The Keeper’s new Sports & Rights season kicks off with something a little different – a joint episode hosted by Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett and Tim Horgan, Executive Director of the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire and host of the Global in the Granite State podcast. Katrina and Tim join forces for a dynamic conversation about the complex and often problematic ways in which the world of sports intersects and interacts with human rights issues. They cover everything from sportswashing (ancient and modern!) – including the two biggest sporting events of 2022, the Beijing Winter Olympics and the World Cup in Qatar – to the responsibility of sports federations to promote and uphold human rights, to the powerful role that athletes can play as advocates for human rights and other social issues. The episode introduces many of the topics that the Sports & Rights season will dive into more fully, with a special focus on how they play out close to home in the Granite State.

Global in the Granite State Podcast

“Could 2022 be sportswashing’s biggest year yet?”, The Guardian, January 5, 2022, by Karim Zidan 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Congressman Tom Lantos on China’s 2008 Olympic bid, C-Span, July 11, 2001

Sport & Rights Alliance

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Center for Sport Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University

Producers: Chelsea Hedquist, Brittany Smith

Audio technician: Chelsea Hedquist

Audio editors: Brittany Smith, Trent Gunst

Music: Riorr by Audiorezout