Hindsight is 2002 (Olympics)
We’re talking about Salt Lake’s favorite brag: the 2002 Winter Olympics. It’s amazing how much about our city today is the result of the Olympics being held here. It’s also amazing how well our collective memory of ’02 includes more of the grand and less of the scandal.
At the time, Salt Lake was able to rehash the absurdity of each year through the annual tradition of Saturday’s Voyeur: a satirical play that gave Utahns the space to laugh and bemoan our political circus. And as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, it’s important to remember that it was perhaps our greatest political circus to date.
Nancy Borgenicht and Allen Nevins, the former writers and show-runners of Saturday’s Voyeur, join Ali to take us on a satirical, musical journey of the Olympics we’ve already had.
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