Interview: Dr. Jules Boykoff on the ’26 #WinterOlympics
Burn It All Down
Burn It All Down
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Amira Rose Davis is joined by Dr. Jules Boykoff for post-Olympic analysis, including a look at protests and athlete activism during the Winter Games. The conversation delves into sustainability, colonialism, the IOC's engagement with political figures, and the new era of the IOC under Kirsty Coventry's leadership. They also look ahead to #LA28 and the moral quandaries surrounding the Olympics.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Burn it All Down, the Feminist |
| 0:03.3 | You Out, and I'm so you're screaming shout, oh, yeah, oh, yeah, to your screaming |
| 0:11.4 | show. |
| 0:12.4 | Welcome to Burn It All Down, the Feminist Sports Podcast You Need. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm Amira Rose Davis, and I'm so excited to be joined today by friend of the pod, |
| 0:20.5 | Jules Boykoff, who you've heard |
| 0:22.9 | before on these airwaves and comes to us as an expert in the Olympics, as well as anti-Olympic |
| 0:29.6 | protests and many things, and was the go-to person that I wanted to talk to as we close out |
| 0:35.3 | the Olympic Games and start thinking about the Paralympic Games. |
| 0:39.5 | But welcome, Jules. Welcome to Burn it All Down. |
| 0:42.5 | Thanks so much, Amira. What a treat to join you. |
| 0:44.9 | Oh, always. So, Jules, over the years, me and you have had many discussions on many panels |
| 0:51.2 | and in many places around the Olympic Games, whether we're talking about |
| 0:55.5 | protests, which is what we're usually talking about, or sport washing, or greenwashing, or a number |
| 1:01.5 | of things. And here we are at yet another global event talking about the Olympic Games that |
| 1:07.7 | just concluded in Italy this past February, |
| 1:11.6 | and then the pair of course start in about a week, |
| 1:16.6 | a little more than a week, in the same place. |
| 1:19.6 | So we have a lot to talk about Jules, but before we dive into it, |
| 1:24.6 | I wanted to know, A, you survived, the Olympic Games. What are your |
| 1:29.9 | biggest memories from the last few weeks of the Olympics? Wow. Well, yes, I somehow managed to |
| 1:36.4 | survive. It's been an intense Olympics, I feel like, on a lot of levels. I mean, in my mind, |
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