Olympic Politics

Episode #80

This week, Bill and Phil ponder whether the Olympics bring the world together or inflame nationalism, what this Olympics reveals about China’s rise, new data on the declining competitiveness of congressional districts, and Trump’s relentless habit of destroying documents. 

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “The Olympic ideal is about world peace. The Olympic reality is far from it.” by Bryan Walsh in Vox

• “China courted the world the last time it hosted the Olympics. Not now.” by Yanzhong Huang in The Washington Post

• “Xi and Putin have declared a united front against the United States” by Stacie Goddard in The Washington Post

• “‘Taking the Voters Out of the Equation’: How the Parties Are Killing Competition” by Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti in The New York Times

• “‘He never stopped ripping things up’: Inside Trump’s relentless document destruction habits” By Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Tom Hamburger and Jacqueline Alemany in The Washington Post

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