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This week, I'm going to recommend The Boys in the Boat, Nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by

Daniel James Brown.

I'll be honest with you all.

I'm actually not entirely sure if I've recommended this one before, but even if I have,

it's worth listening to.

And I'm not just saying that, because a bunch of the action takes place in Seattle at the University of Washington,

a place, of course, I have some history with.

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...claim your copy. Hello and welcome to the history of Japan podcast, episode 338, Let the Games begin, part 3. So why is this particular mini-series still going on now that the 1964 Olympics are done?

Aren't we out of Japanese Olympics that have actually happened?

Well, no, we're not, but we're also not really done with the legacy of the 1964 Olympics and the shadow

they've cast throughout Japanese history. We left things on a very triumphal moment, last

time, highlighting all the ways the Olympics served to showcase Japan as a nation reborn.

And to be fair, that sort of thing is really what the Olympics tend to be best at.

Other parts of the narrative tend to be less shiny, though, when viewed up close.

I think one of the best examples of this is the 1964 Paralympic games, which, by the way,

I also want to note, will be getting a full episode treatment down the line.

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