Barely Adulting

S1E13: Humans Win the Gold Medal For Destroying the Earth

Episode Summary

The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are approaching and the world is melting. Cheyenne and Annie dive into topics that have been on their mind lately, from controversial Olympic policies to record-breaking heatwaves.

Episode Notes

The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are approaching and the world is melting. Cheyenne and Annie dive into topics that have been on their mind lately, from controversial Olympic policies to record-breaking heatwaves. 

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Olympic Sources:

• Japan moves forward with Olympics despite COVID crisis and public doubts: "It's a tug of war"
• Tokyo Olympics 101: What are the new sports?
• There's a Dark History Behind the Glittering Olympic Games
• Column: Yes, the Olympics are political, including ridiculous rules on swim caps
• Namibia teenagers barred from Olympic 400 over testosterone
• The rules around the Olympics are simply confounding
• The doping rules that cost Sha’Carri Richardson have a debated, political history

Climate Crisis Sources:

• ‘Lytton is gone’: Accounts of death, destruction in Canadian village that caught fire in record heat
• Climate Change Drove Western Heat Wave’s Extreme Records, Analysis Finds
• Heat waves kill people—and climate change is making it much, much worse