This is our first 2016 Olympics edition of the Edge of Sports podcast, and it is a news making edition of the show. I am just back from Rio de Janeiro snd the show reflects this in rather dramatic fashion. I sat down face to face with the mayor of Rio Eduardo Paes for a no holds barred discussion about the Olympics, displacement, and corruption and whether Rio is ready to host the games. THEN I sit down with Rio-based activist Theresa Williamson from Catalytic Communities and Theresa does a point-by-point rebuttal to Mayor Paes. Then I have some Choice Words about the Zika virus and the removal of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff. And lastly the Just Stand Up award to the independent journalists of RioOnWatch.org.

Eduardo Paes: http://fb.com/eduardopaesRJ | https://twitter.com/eduardopaes_
Theresa Williamson: http://twitter.com/greencities
Rio On Watch: http://RioOnWatch.org | http://twitter.com/rioonwatch
Catalytic Communities: http://catcomm.org | http://twitter.com/catcomm
Column: Don’t Move the Olympics, Protest Them http://thenation.com/article/dont-move-the-olympics-protest-them/
See more videos from Dave in Brazil: http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod

Music by Onias Comenda ‘Berimbau’ https://soundcloud.com/boebis2
Ocupa Carnaval ‘Bandeira Branca,’ ’Mascara Negra’ https://soundcloud.com/ocupa-carnaval
Beat Box - Dj Perera 2016 https://soundcloud.com/bruninho-do-funk
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Cover photo: Tasso Marcelo (AFP)