How Amateur are the Olympics?
Channel: Alliterative
Date: 2020-06-01

The modern Olympic movement was inspired by ancient Greece, but what elements actually go back that far? And how did 19th century ideas about 'gentlemen amateurs' connect to the history of passports and the early days of radio? Find out as we explore the etymologies of Olympic sports and look back at the many 'firsts', Olympic and otherwise, that happened a century ago in 1920.

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Show notes & credits: http://www.alliterative.net/olympic
Transcript: http://www.alliterative.net/olympic-transcript

0:00 Intro
0:28 Beginning of the Olympic movement and the 1920 Olympics
2:36 Women's participation in athletics in Greece and the modern early Olympics
7:17 The statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Seven Wonders
13:18 Olympic events and their etymologies
18:52 The etymology of 'sport'
21:14 The etymology and history of the passport
29:20 Travel literature, early guide books, and the Grand Tour
34:40 Class and 19th century amateurism
39:13 Early amplifiers and the Audion
43:35 The first radio broadcasts

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