Recode Decode: Sports columnist Christine Brennan previews her 18th consecutive Olympics

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Christine Brennan, the sports columnist for USA Today, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the February 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, which will be Brenann’s 18th consecutive Olympics. She previews what events she's most interested in seeing — and what will be happening on the sidelines. She talks about the fallout from Russia's sophisticated doping system, why that's different from Americans like Lance Armstrong who have used performance-enhancing drugs and other scandals like the serial sexual abuses of U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Plus: How Brennan's father stoked her childhood love of sports and why Title IX is so important for young female athletes everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:03.8	You may know me as someone whose favorite sport is that one with the two teams playing
0:08.0	against each other.
0:09.0	I forgot the name, but you know what I'm talking about.
0:12.2	In my spare time, I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech
0:16.3	and media's key players, big ideas, and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:19.8	You can find more episodes of Recode Decode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play Music,
0:24.5	or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
0:26.8	We're just visiting recode.net slash podcast for more.
0:30.7	Today in the red chair is one of my favorite people I worked with at the Wash and Post a
0:34.8	million years ago, Christine Brennan, the sports columnist for USA Today.
0:39.8	She's also a well-known TV and radio commentator and author of several best-selling books
0:44.6	about sports and a really groundbreaking sports journalist.
0:47.9	Again, we used to work here at the Washington Post where she was the first woman to cover
0:52.3	the Washington Redskins full time.
0:54.6	And that was a time, if you remember George Solomon, everything else.
0:57.7	This conversation is part of the podium, a podcast collaboration between NBC Sports Group
1:02.8	and Vox Media.
1:04.4	Beginning in January, we'll bring you athlete profiles, daily updates, and exciting
1:08.0	stories from the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.
1:12.4	But for today, we're delighted to have Christine on Recode Decode.
1:15.6	Welcome Christine.
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