International Triathlon Union Executive Board Member/USA Triathlon Executive Board President Barry Siff joins the DiploSport Podcast to discuss his wide-ranging career in business, adventure racing and multisport.

Barry was minted a U.S. Department of State Sports Envoy earlier this year and has amassed significant experience spreading triathlon around the globe, including his 2015 trip to Cuba with a rag-tag bunch of amateur triathletes and overseeing a wonderful 2016 program in Benin, held in conjunction with U.S. Embassy Cotonou.  

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David Goldblatt, author of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics, dives deep into the origins, politics, and influence of the modern Olympic Games. Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-32-politics-at-the-olympics

Episode 32 - Politics at the Olympics

Former CIA analyst David Kanin gives a behind-the-scenes look into the Carter administration's decision to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-33-carter-s-olympic-boycott

Episode 33 - Carter's Olympic Boycott

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In 1976, twenty-five African countries boycotted the Montreal Olympics to protest the participation of New Zealand, whose rugby team toured South Africa that same summer. Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-34-the-forgotten-african-olympic-boycott

Episode 34 - The Forgotten African Olympic Boycott

The occupation and division of Germany following WWII created huge disruptions in the country's sport culture. Athletes were considered "diplomats in a tracksuit" and their victories and defeats highly politicized. Dr. Jutta Braun speaks about the lengths the East German regime went to in order to win and to maintain control over its athletes. Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-35-sport-in-divided-germany

Episode 35 - Sport in Divided Germany

In the 1980s, the People's Republic of China returned to the Olympics after more than a twenty year absence. Susan Brownell explains how international politics affected China's participation in global sport, as well as her personal experiences as an athlete in China. Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-36-china-s-return-to-the-olympics

Episode 36 - China's Return to the Olympics

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