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Referenced as an analogy for how their Olympic podcast series expanded from one planned episode to multiple parts, comparing it to how Tolkien's book grew from one short book into three.

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Referenced as a book about the Olympics that was discussed in a previous podcast episode. The hosts cite Goldblatt's arguments that the Olympics should be wound up and reference statistics from his work about the economic impact of hosting the games.

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Mentioned as a 'brilliant book' about Israel's Operation Wrath of God and Mossad's hunt for those responsible for the Munich Olympics massacre. The speaker notes he reviewed it a few years ago and describes it as a 'really riveting read.'