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Topic: Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens was an African American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, defying Nazi propaganda and becoming a symbol of racial equality and human rights.

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The podcast episodes 'Part Two: How Avery Brundage Gave Hitler an Olympics' from Behind the Bastards and 'Introducing: Hitler's Olympics' from Revisionist History both mention Jesse Owens in the context of discussing the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Owens, who defied Nazi propaganda by winning multiple gold medals, is highlighted as a key figure who shaped the narrative around these infamous games and the moral dilemmas surrounding them.

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