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In this episode we learn about basketball in Japan from Ed Odeven, who is the sports editor at japan-forward.com and the author of the book, Going 15 Rounds with Jerry Izenberg, which is a great collection of writings about one of the best… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 11 – Ed Odeven (“The American expert on Japanese Basketball”)
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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”)
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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”)
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In episode #5, we again explore issues regarding the 2020ne Tokyo Olympic Games, this time by learning from Professor Victor Matheson about Olympic economics. In particular, Prof. Matheson helps us understand why many citizens around the world, including in Japan, have turned… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 5 – Prof. Victor Matheson (“The Scholar Of Olympic Economics”)
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In this episode, it was a pleasure to speak to Professor Andrew Billings of the University of Alabama about the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo and how Olympic television broadcasts shape our perceptions about race, gender, and nationality. Our conversation spanned a… Read More »TPOS Podcast Episode 4 – Prof. Andrew Billings (“The Scholar Of Olympic Media And Identity”)
