{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695d5c48154465cd6010f4b3/695d5c59154465cd6010fb02?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Olympics Are a Tool of Oppression","description":"<p>On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: opening ceremonies (and a can of worms).</p><p><br></p><p>We come to you midway through the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. But amid the patriotism, athletic prowess, and sheer spectacle of these games — the most watched and streamed to date, by some measures — there’s also concerns about geopolitical power, human rights abuses, and the facilitation of facism.  </p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://x.com/punchingprof?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">MacIntosh Ross</a> of Windsor University joins us to talk about the uglier facets of the Olympic Games.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: <a href=\"mailto:hearmeout@slate.com\">hearmeout@slate.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Maura Currie.</p><p><br></p><p>Want more Hear Me Out? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit <a href=\"http://slate.com/awordplus\">slate.com/hearmeoutplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}