L.A. vs. the Olympics
Edge of Sports
Dave Zirin / The Nation
4.8 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2017
⏱️ 59 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You see, you know, Sochi and Rio and other recent Olympics have gone particularly badly, I think, for those cities. |
| 0:08.3 | So this sort of exceptionalist claim L.A. you know, L.A. bid people are making of like, will be the ones to fix it and solve it. |
| 0:16.1 | It's like, well, look at all the other problems in our city that we can't fix or solve. |
| 0:20.4 | And people aren't even attempting |
| 0:21.9 | to fix or solve because they're too preoccupied with having a big party that costs a lot of money |
| 0:27.4 | and nobody will be able to get into except rich people. |
| 0:31.4 | One day, on tomorrow I depart to that run and then no sense of the sports podcast. |
| 0:43.9 | I'm Dave Zyron. |
| 0:44.9 | This week, I am going to break down why the Golden State Warriors are almost certainly not going to visit Donald Trump's White House. |
| 0:52.7 | Also, we're going to speak to no Olympics, LA organizers, Anne Orchier, and Molly Lambert. |
| 0:59.7 | And if the name Molly Lambert sounds familiar, she's also a journalist for MTV News, formerly with Grantland, |
| 1:05.4 | and really one of the best nonfiction writers that I know. |
| 1:09.7 | And so so excited to talk to Anne and Molly about why they're organizing against the Olympic bid. |
| 1:15.6 | Also, I got to just stand up and just sit your ass down awards. |
| 1:19.9 | So happy to give them both this week as you will hear. |
| 1:23.1 | People I really want to raise up and someone I really want to smack down. |
| 1:26.8 | I also got some words about the Connor McGregor Floyd Mayweather fight because of course I do, |
| 1:31.5 | because I'm almost required legally to have a take on that. |
| 1:35.7 | And I got a special question for listeners at the very end. |
| 1:39.1 | But first and foremost, let's talk some warriors. |
| 1:52.0 | Music foremost, let's talk some warriors. And now I've got some choice words about the Golden State Warriors and the possibility |
| 1:57.2 | or probability that they will not visit the Trump White House now that they are the |
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