Rings of Hell VI: The Humiliation of the Will
KNOCK.LA Podcast
English - February 28, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 137 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Episode 6: “Rings of Hell VI: The Humiliation of the Will” -- Hitler didn’t want the Olympics until Goebbels convinced him the 1936 Berlin Games could be a massive boom for Nazi propaganda. Then the Olympic torch relay was born. In this episode @nolympicsla explore how fascists have co-opted and manipulated the platform of mega sports through the annals of history – whether it’s Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco with soccer and the Olympics – or more recent despots or power-hungry individuals who use the games to enhance their power. It turns out the pageantry and bright shiny object-ness of mega sport gives bad people a tremendous amount of cover. ‘Rings of Hell’ segment originally produced with @knockdotla: 10/31/18