This week's episode of iHeartRadio podcast Revisionist History, hosted by Malcolm Gladwell, dives into the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin which Hitler himself attended for the sole purpose of ...

In a conversation with JTA, Gladwell explains Hitler’s lasting influence on the Olympics and gives his take on the veracity of calls to ban Israeli athletes from international competition.

Entering the 1936 Olympics, Hitler — whose antisemitic manifesto “Mein Kampf” had been published 11 years earlier — allowed Mayer to represent Germany as the country’s token Jew, in an ...

The 1936 Olympics urges one to consider not just athleticism but also where to draw the lines between sportsmanship, morality, and shared human experience. Sign up for your daily dose of dope. × ...

T he 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, hosted by a freshly appointed Adolf Hitler, were filled with historic moments in both sports and geopolitics. It was the first Olympic Games to be the subject of ...

Adolf Hitler during the Berlin Summer Olympics in 1936. Erich Andres—United Archives/Getty Images. Hitler was a devout reader of Greek mythology and drawn to the torch as a symbol of ancient Greece.

The Trans History Embedded in Hitler’s 1936 Olympics. On this episode of Edge of Sports, author Michael Waters joins the show to talk about his new book, The Other Olympians. Dave Zirin.

Jesse Owens became an international superstar at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, winning four gold medals. Owens claimed gold in the 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m relay and long jump. On the latest episode of ...

American Jesse Owens’ achievements at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin – he won four gold medals in the 100 meters, the 200m, the 4x100m relay and the long jump – made him a track and field great.

This week's episode of iHeartRadio podcast Revisionist History, hosted by Malcolm Gladwell, dives into the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin which Hitler himself attended for the sole purpose of ...

Entering the 1936 Olympics, Hitler — whose antisemitic manifesto “Mein Kampf” had been published 11 years earlier — allowed Mayer to represent Germany as the country’s token Jew, in an ...