Some More News: The Olympics Are Kinda Bad, Actually

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🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Hi. This week, we're looking at the Olympic Games, how they never bring the expected benefits to host cities, how they're mired in corruption, and what we could do to fix them. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n_j-HB7eAI7W1d9G66snm4qEDkzFz8UxEKMCypjq_Bk/edit?usp=sharing Give Trade Coffee a try and see how you can make better coffee at home. Visit https://drinktrade.com/MORENEWS to enjoy 30% off your first order when you subscribe. Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code MoreNews at https://shopmando.com! #mandopod #ad Check out our MERCH STORE: https://shop.somemorenews.com SUBSCRIBE to SOME MORE NEWS: https://tinyurl.com/ybfx89rh Subscribe to the Even More News and SMN audio podcasts here: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-more-news/id1364825229 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ebqegozpFt9hY2WJ7TDiA Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomeMoreNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SomeMoreNews/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SomeMoreNews/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somemorenews

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0:00.0	Hey there, Newservors!
0:04.8	Which sounds like people who eat the news, but also like people who eat old-timey news
0:08.9	boys.
0:09.9	And odd jeez!
0:10.9	Which way did I mean it?
0:12.2	That's for you to decide. I'm an old-timey news man, and here's some more news.
0:17.2	The Olympics are almost here! Did you know?
0:20.8	Do you ever? Does anyone actually know when the Olympics are coming? Or do we all just sort of turn on the TV and get surprised by them? Like the ring goes running a mean 100 meter dash. I'm just kidding. I'm just razzing. Yeah, we're really into razzing here on
0:35.8	the shodie. I razzed like four times this morning. The Olympics are obviously a very
0:41.6	major and a very popular worldwide event and that's no-raz.
0:44.8	You've entered the no-raz zone. That-rass, no!
0:50.0	Countries agreeing to set aside their political differences to have one big field day together is honestly kind of a miracle, and it speaks to something good and decent within us all.
0:59.0	To me, one of the biggest thrills is being in that stadium and hearing the athlete oath,
1:06.0	hearing them announce the games being open and seeing the flame come in
1:11.0	because to me it reaffirms what the Olympic Games are about and why I'm doing what I'm doing.
1:17.0	That sounds inspiring because the Olympics as an ideal are inspiring. They give us a tiny fleeting glimpse of what world peace could be like.
1:25.0	They're also a bone fest which personally inspires me to bone and fester.
1:32.0	But the Olympics as a real life organization are, as you may have guessed by the video title,
1:37.6	far less noble. In fact, the event is closer to a traveling blight,
1:42.2	crawling across the planet and sucking up resources
1:45.0	like those awesome predator cities and that mortal engines movie, a common reference that all
1:49.4	of us understand and appreciate.
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