**HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: Tune into this week's episode for a BIG announcement about the future of The End of Sport!**
In this episode, Derek and Nathan speak with Dr. Johanna Mellis, Assistant Professor of History at Ursinus College, to discuss her brilliant recent scholarly articles “From Defectors to Cooperators: The Impact of 1956 on Athletes, Sport Leaders, and Sport Policy in Socialist Hungary” and“Cold War Politics and the California Running Scene.”
Johanna takes Derek and Nathan through a fascinating period of history in order to explain why traditional assumptions about sport in the Soviet Bloc need to be revised, particularly in the context of a more critical understanding of amateurism and US capitalist sport.
In the latter part of the conversation, Johanna shares painful personal experiences with sexual harassment and the toxicity of sport culture from her career as an elite swimmer and the impact they have had on her identity and development as both academic and coach.
**We discuss sensitive and disturbing issues related to sexual harassment and abuse in sport during this episode from 1:20 - 1:30, please consider this before listening**
You can find Dr. Johanna Mellis on Twitter @JohannaMellis.
For a transcription of this episode click here.
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**For a transcription of this episode please click here. Huge thanks to @Punkadmic for making this happen!**
Episode 23: Hypocrisy is Their Middle Name
Episode 22: Mailbag Time!
Episode 21: Hoop Dreams, High Flying Bird, and Sporting Blackness on Screen with Samantha Sheppard
Episode 19: Behind the UNC Scandals with Jay Smith and Ted Tatos
Episode 18: Edgy Times with Dave Zirin
Episode 17: Beyond Diversity and Inclusion in Sport with Shireen Ahmed
Episode 16: Racism, Rebellion, and the Sport Media Complex with Hemal Jhaveri
Episode 15: Racism and Resistance with Michael Bennett
Episode 14: On The Last Dance with Louis Moore
Episode 13: The Ethics of Football and the Concussion Industrial Complex
Episode 12: Blame Canada
Episode 11: Bootstraps and Baseball
Episode 10: Fans All Day with Andrew Stoeten
Episode 9: Life in the W (and Around the World) with Elizabeth Williams
Episode 8: The Lie of Amateurism
Episode 7: Fandom, Work, and Academic Precarity
Episode 6: Not Your Average Athlete Interview
Episode 5: Food Insecurity and College Athletics
Episode 4: What's Wrong with the Olympics?
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