Rings of Hell: The Humiliation of the Will

For our sixth episode, we explore how fascists have co-opted and manipulated the platform of mega sports through the annals of history — whether it’s Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco with soccer and the Olympics — or more recent despots or power-hungry individuals who use the games to enhance their power. It turns out the pageantry and bright shiny object-ness of mega sport gives bad people a tremendous amount of cover.