thePodcast: Did Paris learn from Vancouver's Olympics? Are Vancouver's World Cup hopes in jeopardy?

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thePodcast: Did Paris learn from Vancouver's Olympics? Are Vancouver's World Cup hopes in jeopardy?

Jul 28 2024 | 00:32:27

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Show Notes

For the week of July 28, 2024: The XXXIII Summer Olympics are underway in Paris, now a third-time host of the five-ring circus. We will find out if the French learned anything about the good, the bad and the ugly of the Games that came before, such as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. This week, an encore presentation of host Bob Mackin’s February interview with Irwin Oostindie of Vancouver’s Voor Urban Labs. Oostindie was in the French capital in February to meet with academics and critics of Paris 2024, to share his knowledge about Vancouver 2010 and its socio-economic goals. […]

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