99: US vs Them: Sports on the World Stage
This year’s Winter Olympics have already seen their share of drama
-- and political jockeying -- and the games haven’t even begun. So,
BackStory is digging into the history of the power of international
sports. We’ll discuss how sports have been tangled u
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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Each week we take a topic that people are t...
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This year’s Winter Olympics have already seen their share of drama
-- and political jockeying -- and the games haven’t even begun. So,
BackStory is digging into the history of the power of international
sports. We’ll discuss how sports have been tangled up in what’s
going on off the field, from Cold War politics to Americans’ sense
of ourselves at home and abroad.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
-- and political jockeying -- and the games haven’t even begun. So,
BackStory is digging into the history of the power of international
sports. We’ll discuss how sports have been tangled up in what’s
going on off the field, from Cold War politics to Americans’ sense
of ourselves at home and abroad.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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