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Mon. 08/02 - Why Skateboarding Is An Olympic Sport, But Cricket Isn't

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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What makes an Olympic sport an Olympic sport? And what does it take to get cut from the lineup? Namely, why is baseball getting cut once again in 2024, but breakdancing will make its Olympic debut? A breakdown of how it works. Plus, Boeing is trying again for a successful launch of their CST-100 Starliner tomorrow afternoon. What went wrong last time and what’s at stake? And, the mysterious jetpack man has returned to the Los Angeles airspace. Sponsor: Upstart, upstart.com/kottke Links: From skateboarding to surfing, 6 new Olympics sports will appear at the Tokyo Games (Vox) Tokyo Olympics embrace fun of mixed events (Sports Illustrated) Mixed-Gender Relays Make Their Olympic Debut (NY Times) Boeing’s second Starliner mission to the ISS is a make-or-break moment (MIT Technology Review) NASA, Boeing launch Starliner to the ISS: How to watch test flight live (CNET) All eyes on weather as Boeing looks to Starliner launch on Tuesday (Space) NASA Updates Coverage, Viewing Options for Starliner Launch (NASA) What happened on the International Space Station when Russian module's thrusters misfired? (Washington Post) ‘Possible jetpack man in sight,’ LAX air traffic control reports (LA Times) "Jetpack Man" returns to menace the skies of LA once more (A/V Club) Mysterious 'Jetpack Guy' Could Actually Be a Drone (Gizmodo) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Jackson Bird.

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Today, what makes an Olympic sports in Olympic sports, and what does it take to get cut from the lineup?

0:49.3

Namely, why is baseball getting cut once again in 2024, but breakdancing will make its Olympic

0:56.0

debut, a breakdown of how it works.

0:59.0

Plus, Boeing is trying again for a successful launch of their CST-100 Starliner tomorrow

1:04.4

afternoon, what went wrong last time and what's at stake.

1:09.7

And the mysterious jetpack man has returned to the Los Angeles airspace.

1:14.9

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:20.5

I've been talking up the new sports at this year's Olympics a lot on this show, especially

1:25.1

skateboarding.

1:26.4

My latest curiosity is watching how each nation decides

1:29.5

to interpret what a skateboard uniform should look like. Baggy shorts, khaki pants, button-down

1:36.2

shirts. In its inaugural year, the wardrobes are kind of all over the place. And maybe I'll

1:41.5

dig into this a bit more in a future episode because I am

1:44.2

unreasonably fascinated by it. But yes, skateboarding is one of six new-ish sports added to the

1:51.2

Olympic lineup this year, which has a lot of people wondering, what does it take to be added?

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