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"At The Heart of Gold" Producer Steven Ungerleider is todays guest on the Around the Rings podcast, talking about the movie and the Courage First initiative.

Substantial changes are being proposed for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. The recommendations call for greater involvement of athletes in the governance of the USOPC and revisions to the Ted Stevens Act, the federal law that applies to the USOPC. Lisa Borders, chair of the commission that proposed the changes, talks with ATR Editor Ed Hula about the work of the panel.

Ian Logan, CEO of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland talks with ATR Editor Ed Hula about the final months of preparation.

(ATR) Sarah Hirshland, CEO of the newly renamed U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, sits down with ATR Editor Ed Hula for as wide ranging Q&A.

Recorded on June 22 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

(ATR) South African IOC member Anant Singh has been on the IOC for only two years but is already chair of the Communications Commission.

(ATR) Kikkan Randall, IOC member in the U.S. has just finished her first session as an IOC member. The gold medal cross country skier at the 2018 Olympics was also elected to the IOC Athletes Commission and a seat on the IOC by fellow athletes.

Judo comes home to Japan. The country that gave birth to the first martial art to be included on the Olympic program will host the 2019 World Championships in August and next year the 2020 Olympics.

International Judo Federation President Marius Vizer talks to Around the Rings Editor about plans for the sport in Tokyo and other developments in judo.

With Tokyo 2020 fast approaching, Masa Takaya, chief spokesman, talks to Ed Hula about all of the hot points surrounding the upcoming Olympics. Tokyo is bringing the heat not just with the weather, but also with budget cuts, transportation and organizational issues, and ticket prices.

Masa Takaya gives us the break down on how Tokyo plans to solve these dilemmas as well as what we can expect with five new sports, the new venues being built and much more that we can look forward to in Tokyo 2020.

Australia will be in the spotlight of the international sports world during the next week when the annual SportAccord Convention is held in Gold Coast, Queensland.

Australian Olympic Committee President and IOC member John Coates talks to ATR Editor Ed Hula about the importance of the meeting for possible bid from Queensland for the 2032 Summer Olympics. Coates also covers the visit of IOC president Thomas Bach as well as preparations for the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

Marcos Diaz is one of the two candidates in the running for election as president of the World Anti Doping Agency. He speaks with Around the Rings Editor Ed Hula about his interest in the post, his ideas for change and the challenges ahead for WADA.