#284 - Enhanced Games / Steroids in Sports / Are Natural Athletes Boring Now? / Fencing on Shrooms

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In this banger of an episode, we dive deep into the upcoming Enhanced Games — aka the Super Saiyan version of the Olympics where athletes are juiced to the gills, legally. We unpack what happens when sports go full Fast & Furious with science: from steroid-fueled sprinters to combat sports that might just delete a man on live TV. Is this the future of sports or just Space Jam with needles? We also throw shade at traditional leagues (sorry, baseball).

We ask the big questions: Do we really care about athlete safety? Should athletes be allowed to turn into chemically-enhanced dolphins? We pitch a world where sports evolve into The Hunger Games: ESPN Edition, and we ask the real questions: Should we just let F1 drivers juice up and crash gloriously? Is Barry Bonds a walking steroid ad? Should chefs be tested for doping? Can we get a little ...