115: Beijing 2022: A second pandemic Olympics w/ Dan Orlowitz & Madeleine Orr

<div>With omicron surging around the world, Japan Times sports reporter Dan Orlowitz tells us about the stringent measures put in place to allow these Games to take place, and how Japan is responding to the U.S. call for a diplomatic boycott of these Olympics. Later in the show, Dr. Madeleine Orr joins us to talk about how climate change is threatening the Winter Olympics, and why Beijing is so uniquely reliant on artificial snow.<br> <br> <strong>Read more: </strong> </div> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/02/01/olympics/winter-olympics/olympics-figure-skating/hanyu-pooh-bears/">Absence of Yuzuru Hanyu fans at Beijing 2022 a relief for Xi’s Pooh-paranoid censors</a> (Dan Orlowitz, The Japan Times)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.sportecology.org/research">Slippery Slopes: How climate change is threatening the Winter Olympics</a> (The Sport Ecology Group)</li> <li><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/01/22/olympics/winter-olympics/beijing-olympics-snow-water/">China’s fake snow frenzy for Beijing Olympics strains water supplies</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/01/30/olympics/winter-olympics/beijing-olympics-new-infections/">China reports 34 new COVID-19 cases among personnel connected to Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/02/01/national/china-resolution/">Ahead of Olympics, Lower House issues toned-down resolution on 'rights situation' in China</a></li> <li>The Japan Times' <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/winter-olympics/">full coverage of the Winter Olympics</a> </li> </ul> <div><br> </div> <div> <strong>Sponsor: <br> </strong>Today’s episode is sponsored by RGF Professional Recruitment Japan, the bilingual arm of Recruit, Japan and Asia's largest recruiting and information service company. Visit <a href="https://bit.ly/rgfrecruitment">RGF Professional Recruitment Japan</a> to register your resume and unleash your potential today.<br> <br> <strong>Livestream</strong><br> Dan will join Oscar for a