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THIS WEEK

• We have TWO episodes this week, so be sure to catch our 1993 NCAA Nationals commission as well!
• Updates on some of the other difference makers we could have talked about last week but didn’t. Like idiots. Plus, many more American collegiate medalists. 
• More on the Jade Carey situation
  • Jessica thinks it’s AWESOME, Spencer thinks it’s strategically unsound, and they both think USAG botched it (but whaaaaa?) 
• The great INDIVIDUAL vs. TEAM debate, years in the making
  • In the individual corner, Jessica O’Beirne, who gives two giant steaming turds about team medals
  • In the team corner, Spencer Barnes, who finds a way to make this about math homework somehow
• We create some much better rules for how the US should be handling individual Olympic spots
• The Youth Olympic Games have started! We need to talk about the “mixed multi-discipline team event” 
• Jessica tells us about Shawn Johnson’s interesting appearance on Freakonomics
• Miss Val’s Life is Short Don’t Wait To Dance Book contest winners announced.

FURTHER READING

The Jade Carey Problem 

Strong Opinions About Every Single Nation’s Worlds Team

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RELATED EPISODES

• 325: Olympics of Difference Makers (Commissioned)
• 324: The Jade Carey Situation & a Miss Val Book Interview Drinking Game
• 323: Miss Val Retires, Inside Men’s Doha Selection, and the MLT Debrief
• 322: Mary Lee Tracy Truth & Reconciliation
• 321: Consequences, Felonies, and Tumblers
• 320 Spencer Blogcast: USA Gymnastics Is an Exploding Garbage Monster
• 319: Aly and Lynn Raisman
• 318: 2018 US Wonder Woman Nationals

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