In case you haven’t heard, the Summer Olympics aren’t over yet! This year’s Paralympics begin on August 28 in Paris.

It is the first time that all 22 Paralympics events will be broadcast live, and total broadcast revenue has increased by more than 20% compared to the postponed 2020 Paralympics. Chuck Aoki, an American Paralympic wheelchair rugby player, said content creators like himself are also driving awareness of the event.

“Even though we haven’t always been represented in the mainstream media, we can now actually take matters into our own hands, build our own audience and bring our message directly to the people,” Aoki said.

On today’s show, Aoki explains the basics of wheelchair rugby (also known as “murderball”), the system that classifies para-athletes based on their disability, and why this year’s Paralympics are generating more buzz than ever before.

We’ll then look at how pharmaceutical companies’ new direct-to-consumer programs could affect drug prices. And the easing of the Panama Canal drought reminds us once again how fragile global shipping supply chains really are.

Later, listeners tell us about the traffic-free 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a lesson about credit cards that they learned the hard and heartbreaking way.

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