Episode #1019
Bryan Fogel
Books mentioned
1984
Mentioned by Bryan Fogel · at 01:20:20
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Bryan Fogel is an American filmmaker and author who discusses the making of his documentary Icarus and his investigation into Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program. He and Joe Rogan examine anti-doping enforcement, corruption and whistleblower risks, as well as how politics, money, national pride, and fear shape international sports.
What they talked about
- Documentary 'Icarus' and its evolution from doping to Russian state-sponsored doping
- The anti-doping system's failure to catch Lance Armstrong
- Bryan Fogel's personal doping experiment for the documentary
- Gregory Rodchenkov's defection and evidence of Russian doping
- Russia's manipulation of Olympic drug testing at Sochi
- Geopolitical implications of state-sponsored doping
- Future of human enhancement and anti-doping challenges
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