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Olympic Historian: You Can’t Keep Politics Out of The Games

February 3, 2018

North and South Korea will march together on Friday for the opening ceremony of the Olympics for the most dramatic gesture of conciliation between them in a decade. But Olympic historian John Hoberman says not to count on warmer relations any time soon. Although politics have long been banned from the Games, they have been a major part for decades. Soledad O’Brien sits down with Hoberman for a discussion on the intersection of sports, politics and activism.  

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