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Jul 2021
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A Champion and a Lemon

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Is anyone going to watch the Olympics? Don talks to sports reporter Cari Champion about who and what to look out for at this year’s delayed Games. They discuss how fans, marijuana, and racism have already made the Tokyo Olympics one to remember.

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