Episode #20
Inside the Olympic Movement: Rich Perelman on Money, Politics, and the Road to LA 2028
Back in 2023, Rich Perelman joined Prof. C for one of the first episodes in the podcast to discuss the future of the Olympic movement. Now, with the 2028 Los Angeles Games less than two years away, he returns for an in-depth update. Perelman, publisher of The Sports Examiner and a veteran of the Olympic movement dating back to the 1984 Los Angeles Games, joins Prof. C to discuss how the IOC funds and governs itself, why host cities are once again lining up to bid, and what separates the 2028 Los Angeles Games from the Games he helped organize four decades ago. The conversation also covers the LA28 organizing committee's progress on security, transportation, and sponsorship; new IOC President Kirsty Coventry's early tenure; the push to pay Olympic athletes; the [I took out the word "looming"] debate over transgender athletes in elite competition; and the potential long-term implications that changing media habits pose to Olympic revenue. Host and Executive Producer: Mark Conrad Producer: Victoria Ilano Additional Production: Jeffrey Haynes Artwork: Pamela V. White Marketing: Paola Curcio-Kleinman Music: ”MarcusWay/Energetic Pop Punk/Tribe of Noise”
