Beyond Stoli and Snowden: The Rift between Russia and the US

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Guest host Madeleine Brand looks at the frosty relations between the US and Russia. Why are gay activists clamoring for a boycott of the Russian Winter Olympics? Also, anti-US tensions mount in Egypt, and how scientists are using genes to determine what makes a star athlete. It's not necessarily what you think.

Banner image; Former Russian paratroopers shove gay rights activist Kirill Kalugin aside to stop his one-man protest in St. Petersburg, August 2, 2013. Photo: Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters