The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games
A twice a week (Monday and Thursday mornings just so you know) 20 episode series of super short podcasts looking at the incredible people, whacky sports, bizarre events and crazy happenings that have happened in the last 128 years of the Olympic Games. The shows start from 1896 in Athens and the super strange 100m Freestyle for Greek Navy Sailors all the way through to the Breakdancing that will happen in Paris 2024. In between, we will look at the cheats, the mad sports, the deleted events, the Olympic gold medal in town planning, the self administered electric shock torture to win medals and a whole host in between.
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Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
This episode looks at why you should listen and some of the secret stories surrounding the London 2012 games. It is just weeks now until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
This is the first of a twice weekly 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 13 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.