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TPOS Podcast Episode 9 – Prof. Robin Kietlinski (“The Historian of ‘Trash Islands’ and Olympic Greenwashing”)

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In this episode, we speak with Professor Robin Kietlinksi of LaGuardia Community College about Olympic “legacy”, sustainability, and the notion of greenwashing. Prof. Kietlinski has done some fascinating on-the-ground research about the rhetoric of sustainability and legacy of these Tokyo Olympics, and… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 9 – Prof. Robin Kietlinski (“The Historian of ‘Trash Islands’ and Olympic Greenwashing”)

TPOS Podcast Episode 6 – Profs. Jules Boykoff and Naofumi Suzuki (“The Fighters for Olympic Truth”)

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In this episode, our third on the 2020 Tokyo Games, we hear from two scholars who have been vocal opponents of these Olympics Games: Professor Jules Boykoff of Pacific University and Professor Naofumi Suzuki of Hitotsubashi University. As we heard… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 6 – Profs. Jules Boykoff and Naofumi Suzuki (“The Fighters for Olympic Truth”)