After listening to 50 minute debate and discussion, audience votes 80% that sport is divisive

Does sport unite or divide us?

ABC RN
Broadcast Tue 7 Nov 2023 at 7:30pm

00:00 Intro

01:09 Radio presenter Natasha Mitchell - "A show of hands at the start of this event from the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, suggests the audience were on the side of sport uniting us..."

01:15 "Divides" case - David Rowe

17:44 "Unites" case - Andrew Leigh

27:20 Questions from host Ginger Gorman

39:13 [Bonus Olympic medal info]: David Rowe - "...most of the medals, you know, the Olympics and so on, come from countries with high median incomes, or who have pumped large amounts of money, taking it off poor citizens and giving it to other citizens in order to win medals. And there have been calculations about what a gold medal costs in Australia, one suggestion was about $38 million per gold medal, some people have suggested more..."

42:03 Questions from the audience

45:50 Judges opinions - Dr Catherine Ordway, Chloe Hosking, and Professor Richard Holden.

53:17 Radio presenter Natasha Mitchell - "So where did you land? After hearing all the arguments, the audience at the National Library of Australia in Canberra changed tack completely, again by a show of hands, about 80% this time decided that sport divides us."

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/does-sport-unite-or-divide-us-/102960996