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Even as President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to remove millions of illegal immigrants from America, he’s using a 1954 deportation drive called Operation Wetback as his model. That effort caused enormous human suffering, and largely failed in its objectives. As long as businesse ...  Show more

Elections should prioritise pressing issues that shape people’s daily lives – policies, governance, and real challenges on the ground. But, as was evident in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly polls, the focus often shifts to narrative building, disregarding the substantive concerns t ...  Show more

At the Tokyo Olympics, Japan has more or less dominated the competition in a martial art that originated in Japan -- judo. But it turns out, it was actually an American who is responsible for judo becoming an Olympic sport in the first place. The Athletic's Daniel Brown recently ...  Show more

In 2000, Indian weightlifter Karnam Malleswari became the first woman from her country to win an Olympic medal, lifting an astonishing 240kg across two categories. Nicknamed the Iron Lady, Malleswari quickly became a household name in India. She speaks to Dan Hardoon about her up ...  Show more

In this special Athlete Voice edition of the podcast, we chat with Olympic and World Champion rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra about managing the mental pressures of elite sport. Abhinav is a 5 x Olympian, entrepreneur and active member of the IOC Athlete’s Commission. In this 20-min ...  Show more

Alison Mitchell, Brett Sprigg and Charu Sharma find out more about the man touted as India’s next star. Umran Malik, an uncapped 22-year-old, has taken the Indian Premier League by storm with the fastest bowling and best bowling figures in the competition this year.The team attem ...  Show more