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Michael Phelps of the United States, competing in the Men's 200m Butterfly Semifinal 2 during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Phelps finished the race in first place in a time of 1:53.70, a new Olympic Record. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
Back from Beijing
Broadcast: Midday, 08/27/2008, 11:00 a.m.
Writer Jay Weiner has covered every Winter and Summer Olympics since 1984. He's just returned from covering the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and he joins Midday to share his stories.
Guests
Jay Weiner: Reporter and writer based in St. Paul, Minnesota, adjunct journalism professor at the University of Minnesota and former Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs.
Melody Ng: Public Insight Analyst at Minnesota Public Radio. She was in Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics, and wrote on an MPR blog about her experiences.
Audio
- Back from Beijing (program audio)
Photos
More from MPR
- Beijing from the ground up (08/22/2008)
- 2008 Summer Olympics Day 15 (08/23/2008)
- Slideshow: 2008 Summer Olympics Day 14 (08/22/2008)
- Slideshow: 2008 Summer Olympics Day 13 (08/21/2008)
- 2008 Summer Olympics Day 12 (08/20/2008)
- A look at the Olympics from street level (08/18/2008)
- A preview of the Beijing Olympics (08/06/2008)
- Power, Politics and the Olympics: The Games Behind the Games (08/01/2008)
- The role of sports in America (08/12/2008)
- Frank DeFord on sports in society (06/30/2008)
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