Dave Zirin & Jules Boykoff on the 2016 Rio Olympics & Brazil’s Collapsing Political System

We continue our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the book "Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy," and Jules Boykoff, author of "Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics." In early August, more than 10,000 athletes across the world will convene in Rio de Janeiro's Olympic City for one of the most widely watched sporting events of the year. This comes as Brazil is battling an economic recession, a massive Zika outbreak and its worst political crisis in over two decades.

Watch Part 1 || In Wake of Coup, Should Brazil's Olympics Be Moved or Become a Site of Protest?