Armchair Politics

Winter Olympic Edition: Pairing politicians with winter sports


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The Armchair guys debate which politicians would win the gold medal in different winter olympic events.  While deciding their podium of politicians, they recount Cory Booker’s 25 hour marathon speech, break down how Bill Clinton always skis past accountability, pitch how Zohran Mamdani could be the metaphorical future of American figure skating, more. 

The five Winter Olympic events covered are:

  1. Cross country skiing 
  2. Curling
  3. Figure skating
  4. Moguls skiing 
  5. Bobsled

Episode links:

Julian bond story - https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/georgia-state-house-refused-to-seat-julian-bond/

Eillen Gu’s interview answer of perspective - https://x.com/alvinfoo/status/2023955713760850190?s=46

Bill Clinton playing the sax on Arsenio Hall Show - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_WuGDYawFQ

Amber Glenn’s statement after winning gold - https://x.com/pinknews/status/2021890808383717758?s=46

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Armchair PoliticsBy David