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.

Hosted by Cody Johnston
Executive Producer - Katy Stoll
Directed by Will Gordh
Written by Lon Harris
Edited by Gregg Meller
Produced by Jonathan Harris
Associate Producer - Quincy Tucker
Post-Production Supervisor - John Conway
Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales
Graphics by Clint DeNisco
Story Editor - Tom Reimann
Head Writer - David Christopher Bell

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:04 - History
06:05 - The Olympics Hurt Their Host Cities
20:43 - The Olympics Are Full of Corruption
26:19 - The Olympics Ignore Human Rights Abuses
37:50 - The Olympics Are Terrible For The Environment
43:03 - Fixing The Olympics