The Common Room

Beyond the Beijing Winter Olympics: Snowflakes and Projections of Power


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Season 2 of the Common Room is here!

Beijing 2022 offers a glimpse into how China understands itself and how it wishes to be portrayed to the wider world. In this collab episode, Aria Guevara and Jonah Zijlma (The Common Room), and Mélina Froidure and Isak Johansson (Radio UF at Studentradion 98,9) discuss the stories being told through these Winter Olympics, from their historical roots to their geopolitical implications. Cue Pomp and Circumstance—never was statecraft this sporty!

This episode was recorded on the 2nd of March 2022 at the Yolk Workspace & Community podcast studio, Kraków.

Give some love to our friends at Radio UF!

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