EPISODE · Apr 15, 2026 · 15 MIN
The Origins of The Olympics
from UnZipped: Sports Deep Dives · host Liam Riggenbach
In this week's episode Liam takes a back seat as Heather Pollock, a professor of classics at the University of Akron, joins the show to discuss the beginnings of the spectacle we now know as the Olympic games. The two discuss things from the origins, the revival, and favorite anecdotes about the games.
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