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PARIS 6: Au Revoir

Closing ceremonies! People disguising themselves to compete as other people! True Crime Scientology! Liam Hemsworth hate! Proposals and Paralympics! This Paris finale has it all! You can always do worse… and we will! XOXO till next time.
Hosts are Elizabel Riggs and Bernadette Sefic
Cover Art by Phelix Venters-Sefic
Music by Aaron Dupuis

PARIS 4: Please Don't Cancel Breakdancing

The Olympics are over but we're just getting hyped baby. First we medal our favorite things coming out of the last weeks, and then we deep dive on Breakdancing the ART being in the Olympics! And the wild controversy that has ensued...
We apologize for any thunder and cars in the background, it was noisy in the podcast void.
Hosts are Elizabel Riggs and Bernadette Sefic
Cover Art by Phelix Venters-Sefic
Music by Aaron Dupuis

PARIS 3: The Ancient Greek Olympics Were In The Nude

We finally deep dive on what the original Olympics looked like! They had everything! Just no gouging of the eyes. We also touch on the toll of genocide in Palestine through the lens of sports.
Hosts are Elizabel Riggs and Bernadette Sefic
Cover Art by Phelix Venters-Sefic
Music by Aaron Dupuis

PARIS 2: Paris the Shit Show, Then and Now

This week we deep dive in on when the Olympics were last in Paris, and the chaos that ensued. Then we discuss what a great use of tax dollars the Seine clean up has been!
Hosts are Elizabel Riggs and Bernadette Sefic
Cover Art by Phelix Venters-Sefic
Music by Aaron Dupuis

Episode 1: The Starting Line (REMASTERED)

Episode 1: The Starting Line (REMASTERED)

Welcome to the first episode of What a Relief: the untold story of the arts’ tenure in the olympics! We re-edited it to make it better, faster, stronger, sexier. We talk the creator of the modern Olympics, the niche genre of sports poetry, and the one! The only! Bob Costa’s Pink Eye!
Hosts are Elizabel Riggs and Bernadette Sefic
Cover Art by Phelix Sefic
Music by Aaron Dupuis