June 30, 2025 • 35 mins
A conversation with Aron D'Souza, PhD. He is the President of the Enhanced Games. The Enhanced Games are a privately funded sporting body that seeks to allow athletes to compete under performance enhancement under lucrative compensation arrangements.
Dr. D'Souza discusses the main proposition and goals of the Enhanced Games and he provides his position on the conflicts of interests that exist in traditional sport.
We talk about the recent world record that was broken by Kristian Gkolomeev in the 50 meter freestyle and the potential for athletes to reap prize money for reaching world records.
We discuss the degree and prevalence of enhancement in existing sport.
Finally Dr. D'Souza lays out his thoughts about the future of sport and were Enhanced Games will be in just a few years.
About Aron D'Souza, PhD:
https://arondsouza.com/
About Enhanced:
https://www.enhanced.com/
https://www.enhanced.com/the-team
Enhanced on Instagram
@enhanced_games
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Dr. D'Souza discusses the main proposition and goals of the Enhanced Games and he provides his position on the conflicts of interests that exist in traditional sport.
We talk about the recent world record that was broken by Kristian Gkolomeev in the 50 meter freestyle and the potential for athletes to reap prize money for reaching world records.
We discuss the degree and prevalence of enhancement in existing sport.
Finally Dr. D'Souza lays out his thoughts about the future of sport and were Enhanced Games will be in just a few years.
About Aron D'Souza, PhD:
https://arondsouza.com/
About Enhanced:
https://www.enhanced.com/
https://www.enhanced.com/the-team
Enhanced on Instagram
@enhanced_games
Follow Us:
Facebook: https://Facebook.com/EventHorizon.Tv
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EventHorizonTv
Instagram: https://instagram.com/eventhorizon.tv
YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/EventHorizonTv
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