Explaining the Enhanced Games

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🗓️ 30 May 2026

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by our lead sponsor, Crew.
0:04.1	Hey, this is Catherine Ann. Happy Saturday.
0:08.1	The inaugural Enhanced Games took place Sunday, so you may be hearing a lot about doping in sports and performance enhancing drugs.
0:16.5	You may even be wondering, is something like this even allowed?
0:20.3	Wait, what does this even mean?
0:22.6	We had the same questions.
0:24.3	Let's break it down together.
0:25.9	But first, here's your quote of the day.
0:29.0	The most important thing in your life is not what you do.
0:32.9	It's who you become.
0:34.7	Dallas Willard.
0:41.9	Thank you. you become. Dallas Willard. Let's start with, what are the enhanced games? Well, they're the Olympics on steroids,
0:48.8	literally. Founded in 2023 to quote, push the boundaries of human performance, the games are an international
0:56.6	event for elite athletes to compete across three sports while using performance-enhancing drugs.
1:03.3	The goal is breaking world records.
1:06.0	Winners get cash prizes and anyone who beats a record gets a $1 million bonus.
1:11.7	The games, three years in the making, also function as a big infomercial.
1:16.8	The same drugs and supplements the athletes use are available for purchased from enhanced games.
1:22.9	Maybe you're thinking, wait, they can do that?
1:26.6	Technically, yes. It is a gray area. The drugs are FDA
1:31.0	approved, legal, and prescribed by a physician, but performance-enhancing drugs are
1:36.2	banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, also known as the WADA, which isn't a law enforcement
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