Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Paris passes Olympic baton to LA. What can we expect?
LA’s 1984 Olympics were the pinnacle of organization, profitability, and viewership. Can LA’s 2028 Games build on that and the momentum from 2024’s successful Paris Games?
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLA’s 1984 Olympics were the pinnacle of organization, profitability, and viewership. Can LA’s 2028 Games build on that and the momentum from 2024’s successful Paris Games?
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Angie Perrin
Producer, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Jon Wertheim
senior writer for Sports Illustrated, and author of the book “Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever”
The full episode
1 of 5Why was 1994 a key year for music?- 0:00Paris passes Olympic baton to LA. What can we expect?You’re reading this
- 11:12TikTok ‘meme armies’ are energizing the 2024 campaign
- 19:22What's behind the push to end no-fault divorce?
- 28:37Utah implements the nation’s first statewide book bans
- 37:00A pivotal year for music from The Cranberries, Massive Attack, Beck