Ep #127: Sports and censorship in China The GIST of It
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- Sports
We're diving deep into why the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) is taking a stand on behalf of women’s tennis star Peng Shuai. The story involves issues of censorship in China as well as allegations of sexual assault, so please take care while listening.
After discussing the news in the tennis world, we touch briefly on our thoughts regarding sports and the environment. The UN’s summit on climate change, COP26, has just come to an end, and we’re interested in the role sports plays in this changing world.
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Show notes:
Academic study on the environmental impacts of the Olympics
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We're diving deep into why the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) is taking a stand on behalf of women’s tennis star Peng Shuai. The story involves issues of censorship in China as well as allegations of sexual assault, so please take care while listening.
After discussing the news in the tennis world, we touch briefly on our thoughts regarding sports and the environment. The UN’s summit on climate change, COP26, has just come to an end, and we’re interested in the role sports plays in this changing world.
Today’s episode is brought to you by Campaign Monitor, a company we’re huge fans of over here at The GIST. Campaign Monitor is a game-changing email marketing software company that helps newsletters like ours create incredible campaigns without a single line of code. (Here for it.) Head over to campaignmonitor.com to learn more about it!
Show notes:
Academic study on the environmental impacts of the Olympics
More on The GIST:
Subscribe: thegistsports.com/subscribepod
Twitter: @thegistpod
Email: pod@thegistsports.com
IG: @thegistca @thegistusa
31 min