Love, Hate & the Olympics - PLUS: The COVID Divide; Whistleblower Daniel Hale Sentenced

The Tokyo Olympics are well underway and have been filled with drama, upsets, and political statements. Mental stress has plagued Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, and other top athletes. One team is designated as the Refugee Team, with athletes seemingly only from countries with leaders the US doesn't like. Plus a conversastion about women's wardrobe issues and the Russian team cleaning up medals -- but not allowed to compete as Russia. Nate Wallace, co-host of Redspin Sports, breaks it down.

The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing, thanks to vaccine apartheid, and even some conservative US politicians are switching course because unvaccinated Americans are getting the coronavirus in such high numbers. Why did this take so long and is it too late?

Alabama organizer Unique Morgan Dunston joins The Freedom Side to discuss the white supremacist attacks that she and her organization, Reclaiming Our Time, have gotten, and their newest campaign against it.

PLUS: Whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to four years in prison for exposing the US military's drone killings in Yemen, where there is an ongoing war and a crisis of mass starvation. Kevin Gosztola, managing editor of Shadowproof.com & co-host of the podcast Unauthorized Disclosure, has covered many whistleblower cases and joins us to explain this most recent miscarriage of justice.

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