Olympics special

奥运专场

The Global Countdown

社会与文化

2024-08-15

10 分钟
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This week on The Global Countdown, Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the number-one songs in the most successful countries at the Paris Olympics. Would they also get a gold medal for music? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • This is the Global Countdown, first broadcast on the briefing on the 15th of August.

  • And finally on today's show.

  • It is a Thursday and regular listeners will know that jingle by now.

  • Our very own musical curator, Fernando Augusto Pacheco has just rushed right into the studio here for the Global Countdown.

  • Fei, we've all been watching the medals table of the Olympics open over the past couple of weeks.

  • You've been watching it with a musical eye?

  • Absolutely.

  • First of all, I'm obsessed with the Meadows table every day.

  • I was checking like twice maybe because I like a little bit of statistics.

  • But Chris, I just want to realize here, our countries that are a bit sporty, also good with music.

  • We'll find out right now.

  • Well, I mean, I have to say on that.

  • Perhaps just one shout out to the one I'm sure you wish were in there.

  • Brazil is not in the top five.

  • Don't even mention that.

  • What does that say about their music tastes?

  • Well, we have amazing music taste, but yeah, we're definitely not in the top five.

  • So I looked at the top five countries in the medals table.

  • So whoever gets the most gold, silvers and bronze, I think we're gonna start on a very good note.

  • We're starting with France.