Episode 33 - The World of Sport

The 2024/25 Biathlon World Cup season starts in a few days' time! In this episode, host Lizzie Boyle gets ready for the upcoming season and dives into the geography of sport: how landscapes, borders, climate, nations and people shape the world of sport and how sport in turn shapes the world around it. There's also a touch of Karelian folklore and an unexpected shoutout to the Finnish tango scene...

 

You can find a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mGrKXXs0_RDt2OaITClkPsxVsn90qVcM/view?usp=drive_link