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The Olympic host city hangover

International Olympic Committee's President Thomas Bach and Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games make the sign of a heart with their hands during the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (Dan Mullen/Pool Photo via AP))

Another Olympics has come and gone. And as the athletes and sponsors leave town, Tokyo could be left to deal with the debt, gentrification, and displacement that can come from hosting the Games. In this episode, we look at the social cost of hosting sporting events and the activists fighting to keep the Olympics out of their hometowns.

In this episode:

Christopher Gaffney (@geostadia), associate professor at New York University
Theresa Williamson (@greencities), executive director of Catalytic Communities (@CatComm)
Jonny Coleman of @NOlympicsLA

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Source: Al Jazeera

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