Ep. 206: 2020/21 Olympics: So Many Questions, So Few Answers

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Amira Rose Davis, Shireen Ahmed and Jessica Luther start the show with the most random thing they've seen at a sporting event. Then they cover the latest on the Tokyo 2020/2021 Olympics. Will they happen?! If so, How?! They talk about Japan's low vaccination rate and overburdened medical system, the IOC offering the vaccine to competitors and how impossible it feels to determine fairness. Following the main segment, Amira teases her interview with Bianca Tylek, Founder and Executive Director of Worth Rises about national prison phone justice. Then sports' latest garbage gets torched on the Burn Pile. Next they lift up the people and projects shining brightly, including Torchbearer of the Week: 144, the documentary about last year's WNBA bubble, and Executive Producer Chiney Ogwumike. They wrap up the show with what's good in their lives and what sport they are watching this week. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.8	Welcome to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need.
0:54.3	I'm Amira and this week I'm joined with Jessica and Shereen.
0:57.9	We're going to be talking about the Olympics because, yes, there are still questions.
1:02.9	Yes, it's allegedly still happening.
1:05.4	Yes, it feels like there's a lot going on there.
1:10.0	We'll unpack it a bit and get into where we're at in terms
1:15.6	of the Olympic Games. I can't establish in my mind what is fair here. And I think there's no answer
1:22.6	is the unsatisfying thing. I think it is unfair to Japan to hold these games. And I think it is
1:31.6	unfair to a lot of these athletes who... Of course, we're going to be burning some things and
1:37.1	lifting up some torch bears who are lighting the way to a better sporting future. But before we
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