The podcast episodes delve into the behind-the-scenes events, moral dilemmas, and untold stories surrounding the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which were hosted by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler's rule.

The episodes explore the roles of influential figures like Avery Brundage and Charles Hitchcock Sherrill, who undermined efforts to boycott the games and enabled Nazi Germany to use the Olympics for propaganda purposes, Disregarding the oppression of Jewish athletes.

The podcasts also examine the prescient warnings of journalists like Dorothy Thompson, whose concerns about the dangers of Nazism and anti-Semitism were largely ignored as the world decided to participate in Hitler's 'propaganda games'.