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US swimmers lied about gunpoint robbery in Rio
Ryan Lochte is back in the United States, but two other members of the US Olympic swimming team are still in Brazil with their passports on hold and another is unaccounted for. It's all about Lochte's claim that they were robbed at gunpoint, while a Brazilian gas-station owner says they vandalized his business.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readRyan Lochte is back in the United States, but two other members of the US Olympic swimming team are still in Brazil with their passports on hold and another is unaccounted for. It's all about Lochte's claim that they were robbed at gunpoint, while a Brazilian gas-station owner says they vandalized his business. Will Carless, senior correspondent for PRI and Global Post, joins us from Rio.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Paul von Zielbauer
Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times
Evan George
Director of Content, News
Will Carless
PRI / Global Post
The full episode
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- 8:50Trump versus the media: can either side win?
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