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The Worst Olympics Ever

Softcore History

Softcore History

Improv, Comedy, History

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

The 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis were the worst Olympics ever held. The Marathon involved a purposeful dehydration experiment and a runner who cheated by riding 11 miles in a car, the swimming events were all done in a pond, and people from various third world countries were forced to compete in what the media dubbed the “Savage Olympics”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Soft Core History.

0:08.0

What is up guys?

0:09.0

Welcome back to Soft Core History.

0:10.7

I am your host Rob Fox and I am joined as always by I start with Dan Dan Regester how's it going is this like you

0:19.1

return the favor and not really what's the what's the ulterior what Yeah, there's no angle. I don't get a lot of quibono vibes with you to be honest

0:27.6

That reference is not click with me of course. It doesn't no no qu no Kui Bana. Well this is a history podcast.

0:35.2

Is that you too? Like what is that? I mean who benefits?

0:37.5

Kui Bana? Yeah. Kui bono. Who benefits? At no point, Ed, do I think you're

0:42.1

acting in a motivated way? You're just like this is what I'm going to do right. Yeah, I don't plan five minutes from now. Right, let alone exactly. Yeah, there's no there's no ulterior motive to anything.

0:52.8

Yeah, it's just you're doing what you're doing.

0:55.3

Yeah, yeah.

0:56.6

And it's fine.

0:57.2

Hey guys, I'm here to you.

0:58.2

I'm also, we are gonna introduce you, calm down.

1:00.9

Joined by Jake Goldman as well. Hey hey we're both feeling pretty weird today yeah

1:05.4

we're just a little yeah what you're sleep deprived you're I don't know what you are

1:09.6

I'm a little sleep deprived I almost got carjacked last night. No way, really? What happened?

1:14.5

It's a good story.

1:15.5

You make it quick because I have a lot of material.

1:17.2

Of course, of course. I'll make it quick.

1:19.2

So I went late

1:25.0

late 10 o'clock showing, dropped Kylie off because she had to go to work early.

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