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The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Mac Neil (London Aquatic Club/London. Ont.) powered her way through the final 50 metres to win the 100-metre butterfly at the Tokyo Olympic Games. It was Canada’s first gold of the Games and came a day after Mac Neil helped the women’s 4×100-m freestyle relay team win silver. GUEST: Maggie Mac Neil, Gold medalist in the Women’s 100M Fly at the Tokyo Olympics Penny Oleksiak has done it again at the Olympics. In a memorable anchor leg, the 21-year-old swimmer powered Canada's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team to a silver medal — the country's first of Tokyo 2020. ALSO: Kylie Masse prepares to compete for gold in women’s backstroke final & Canadian record by the men’s 4x100m relay team who finished fourth overall GUEST: Sandrine Mainville, Bronze Medallist in the 4x100m Women’s Relay in Rio, swam with Penny Oleksiak and Taylor Ruck in that relay - Few researchers have studied the business of the Olympics more than Andrew Zimbalist, a professor at Smith College who has published three books about the economics of the Olympics. His research has led him to raise questions about the value to cities of hosting the Olympics — and influenced some cities to back away from bidding. He believes Tokyo has spent more on the Olympics than the 2019 government audit estimated and expects the Games to lose at least $35 billion. Every Olympics since 1960 has run over budget, at an average of 172 percent in inflation-adjusted terms, according to an analysis by researchers at Oxford University. They concluded that this was “the highest overrun on record for any type of megaproject,” far exceeding roads, bridges, dams and other major undertakings. GUEST: Andrew Zimbalist, Economics Professor at Smith College and author of ‘Circus Maximus’ - Now that vaccines are widely available, some employers might be looking to only hire vaccinated staff. Is this legal and can employers ask candidates about their vaccination status? Also, is it right for workplaces to require vaccination as a condition of employment? GUEST: Patrick Stepanian, Legal Manager for Peninsula Canada See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.