It's time to take a brief break from our amazing interviews to bring you a clip show as we celebrate our 150th episode in style by going over some great moments from the last 50 episodes! That's right, we're bringing you some epic highlights from episodes 101 through to 149, featuring some amazing interviews and guests as well as all the highlights from our daily coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics! So get yourself ready for a fun trip down memory lane as we celebrate the 150th episode of your f...
Oct 16, 2021•3 hr 27 min•Ep. 150
It’s time to bring you your first taste of Artistic Gymnastics today as we chat with Tokyo Olympian Emily Whitehead about her amazing career and Olympic experiences! We find out from Emily how she got involved in the sport and what it is like competing at major competitions at such a young age. We also learn about the importance of being an all-around athlete in gymnastics and just how damn tricky that pesky beam can be. Added to this we learn about how an injury that prevented her selection for...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 149
A massive interview coming your way today as we chat with two-time Olympian and reigning World Champion in the sport of Aerial Skiing Laura Peel about her amazing career and her hopes ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics! We find out from Laura how much already knowing how to ski helped her transition into aerials from gymnastics, as well as just how it was in the early 2010s to be bunking with a soon to be Olympic Champion in Lydia Lassila. We also find out just how much her coach yelling ...
Oct 12, 2021•50 min•Ep. 148
An exciting interview coming your way today as we sit down with two-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medallist Eric Radford to talk about his amazing Figure Skating career and just why he isn’t done yet. Eric goes over how watching the 1992 Olympics spurred him on towards his future career and the process that was involved in getting into the sport. He also goes over the influences that helped him along the way, getting paired up with Meagan Duhamel and the success that pairing brought as we...
Oct 10, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 147
The time has come for us to finally welcome royalty to the show as we sat down with the one, the only Queen Chloe Esposito to talk about her amazing career, her Olympic experiences and of course the incredible sport that is Modern Pentathlon. At what moment did Chloe discover the sport and how was she able to turn that into a career? What are the main challenges when it comes to training for five uniquely different sporting events? How close was she to qualifying for Beijing at the ripe old age ...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 146
Get yourself excited for another amazing interview as we speak with Tokyo Olympian Maeve Plouffe to learn about her amazing Track Cycling career and her Olympic experiences! We find out just how on earth she went from pursuing a career in swimming to somehow ending up as a track cyclist. We also learn about which one event helped put her on the map to help her get towards Tokyo, and just what it was like to make the Olympic team ahead of a schedule which she had set out for herself. Added to thi...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 145
Another super exciting interview is coming your way today as we speak with two-time Olympian and Olympic silver medalist Mariafe Artacho del Solar from the great sport of beach volleyball about her career and her recent success at the Tokyo Olympics! We learn from Mariafe what it was like to experience playing on the famous Copacabana beach in Rio and how that Olympic experience helped spur her on to further success before the Tokyo Olympics. We also learn from her the importance of mental prepa...
Oct 04, 2021•34 min•Ep. 144
Get pumped for another amazing interview today as we sit down with the one and only Johanna Griggs, one of the most familiar faces for Australian Olympic fans, to talk about her amazing broadcasting and swimming career! In our longest interview yet, we learn the amazing story of Jo’s swimming career and how lessons she learnt during her time as an athlete were some of the best lessons she learnt in life. We also learn just how she was able to so seamlessly transition from being an athlete into t...
Oct 02, 2021•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 143
It's time to bring the gang back together as we look ahead to the Winter Olympics in a matter of months to give our thoughts, excitement level and everything else in between! Can we get excited for the mascots and pronounce them right this time? What are the big hopes for both Canada and Australia in Beijing? Are our interviews getting us more excited ahead of the Games? Is it exciting to be talking about the 'real' Olympics? And what other interesting things will we find to talk about? Ski and ...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 142
A very special interview coming your way today as we chat with the man behind the popular Olympic bid news website GamesBids.com Robert Livingstone about his incredible career covering the Olympics and learning more about the Olympic bid process. Robert goes over just how his interest for the Olympic bid process was sparked and how he was able to turn it into a career he still holds today. He also goes over just what it was like covering Olympic bids during the 90s and how the bid process has ch...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 141
We have a great chat for you today as we bring you our first taste of Rhythmic Gymnastics by speaking with two members of the history making Australian group team from Tokyo, Emily Abbot & Alannah Mathews! Both Emily & Alannah tell us about their different journey into the sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics and why it is a sport that needs to be talked about more in Australia. We also learn about how concussion is a possibility in the sport, just how strenuous that training routines are in the...
Sep 26, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 140
Pumped to bring you another amazing interview today as we speak with Australian dual Olympian from the sport of Discus, Matthew Denny! Matthew gives a great insight into just how he got into the sport, and how he very much could’ve been a star in another sport instead. He also takes us through the unique nature of him competing successfully in both the discus and hammer throw, as well as which other field discipline he very nearly could’ve succeeded in more too. Added to this we learn just how m...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 139
It’s time to get back into a sport we love on the show in Race Walking as we speak with Australian walker Rhydian Cowley about his amazing career and amazing Olympic experiences. Just how did Rhydian get into race walking and why is it more of an amazing sport than people give it credit for? Why does having the sport featured in comedy shows such as Malcolm In The Middle and Kath & Kim actually help it more than hinder it? Why does Australia seem to produce so many talented race walkers? Wha...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 138
Excited to bring you our first ever Golf athlete on the show today as we speak with Australian Rio Olympian Marcus Fraser about his Olympic experiences and amazing career! We learn just what it is like for Marcus to be living so many people’s dream when it comes to being a professional golfer, and the journey from playing in rural Victoria right through to joining the European Pro Tour in 2002. We also learn just what it was like to be selected to represent Australia at the Olympics and the real...
Sep 19, 2021•58 min•Ep. 137
Another amazing interview is coming to you today as we speak with our first ever Gymnastics athlete in the legendary Ji Willace to talk about his incredible career! We learn from Ji how the quintessential Aussie activity of jumping on a trampoline in his backyard lead him to becoming one of the most decorated trampoline athletes of the 90s, as well as how watching the 1980 Moscow Olympics harboured an Olympic ambition from him from a very young age. We also learn about his entire Olympic experie...
Sep 16, 2021•41 min•Ep. 136
A special and exciting interview coming your way today as we speak with our first ever Canoe/Kayak athletes and recently returned Olympians from Tokyo, Alyce & Jordan Wood, about their amazing careers and Olympic experiences! We find out from both of them how they got into the sport and how much surf lifesaving has played a part and also helped in their careers. We also learn about the differences between canoe & kayak, as well as what leads an athlete to choose sprint over slalom and ho...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 135
A massive interview for you today as we get our first ever taste of Beach Volleyball on the show by speaking with the legendary two-time Olympic medallist Kerri Pottharst about her amazing career and Olympic experiences! We learn from Kerri how a random moment from her brother got her into the sport and how that lead to an amazing indoor career throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. We also learn about the transition into beach volleyball, what lead her to partnering up with Natalie Cook and what...
Sep 12, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 134
Excited to bring you another Fencing interview today and our first interview with an athlete who is just back from Tokyo as we chat with Canadian foil fencer Alanna Goldie. Alanna gives us a great insight into how coming from a fencing family helped get her into the sport, and why she was so keen to start earlier than she could. We also learn about her experiences competing at the Youth Olympics back in 2010 and how that helped her when it came to competing at the full Olympics 11 years later, a...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 133
It's time to recap an epic Paralympics and go over our thoughts on all the incredible moments and achievements that we just witnessed over 13 massive days of competition. We go over all the highlights from both a Canadian and Australian perspective, as well as going over some other memorable moments that stood out amongst the rest. We also talk about how the Paralympics are possibly more entertaining than the Olympics, and why we'd like to see more coverage of them moving forward. It's an epic e...
Sep 07, 2021•56 min•Ep. 132
We brought you our first ever biathlete interview a few weeks back and now it’s time to bring you another as we chat with 2018 Canadian Olympian Scott Gow about his incredible biathlon career and how he is tracking ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics! We learn from Scott how he got into the sport and how summer actually played a key part in it. We also learn more about the world circuit for biathlon and what it is like competing in Europe as opposed to Canada, as well as how big a deal it was t...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 131
It’s time to return to one of our favourite sports today and bring you an interview with Australian curlers Tahli Gill & Dean Hewitt, who are on track to make history as the first ever Australian curlers to compete at an Olympic Games. We learn from both Dean & Tahli just how they got into the sport and how it was growing up as a curler in Australia. We also learn about just how big of a deal it was to finish 4th at the 2019 World Championships and how that exposure helped the sport of c...
Sep 02, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 130
A special treat for you today in the lead up to the Beijing Olympics as we not only speak to our first ever biathlete, we also speak to our first ever New Zealand Olympian as we chat with New Zealand’s only ever Olympic biathlete, Sarah Snowsell. Sarah talks us through just how an injury in a completely unrelated sport helped her take up biathlon, and just how this journey ended up leading her to compete for New Zealand at the Olympics. She also goes over the unique training needed for the sport...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 129
As we continue to get closer to the Beijing Olympics, we’re thrilled to bring you an interview today with one of the biggest names in Australian winter sports, aerial skier Danielle Scott! Danielle chats about her journey from gymnastics through to aerial skiing, including which legendary athlete helped recruit her to the sport and just what it was like transitioning between gymnastics and aerial skiing. Danielle also talks about how important the mental aspect of the sport is, what that feeling...
Aug 29, 2021•52 min•Ep. 128
Another exciting interview is coming your way today as we chat with Australian bobsleigh pilot Ashleigh Warner about her amazing career and how she is tracking ahead of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. We learn from Ash the unique way she got into the sport of bobsleigh and just how close she was to making the Olympics in another sport. We also learn more about the transition from being a brakewoman to a driver and how that has helped her driving in the sport, which types of tracks she prefers as ...
Aug 22, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 127
We’re excited to bring you a great interview today as for the first time we get to learn a little bit more about the sport of luge by talking with two-time Olympian Hannah Campbell-Pegg. Hannah talks us through her journey in getting into the sport, from starting off as a bobsleigh athlete to what brought about the transition into luge. She also takes us through her two Olympic experiences, detailing what it is like for an athlete from a country with no luge history to compete on the world stage...
Aug 15, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 126
After 16 days of amazing competition, it's time to farewell the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as we go over all the best bits, the worst bits and everything else in between in our comprehensive wrap episode of the games we thought never would happen! Just who was the star of the games? Are we sold on the new sports or do we have issues? Were these games better than we expected? Why do we feel both Australia and Canada did so well? How did our medal predictions turn out from before the games? And although ...
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 125
An epic final day is in the history books, as is another Olympic Closing Ceremony, and we're back for another epic episode to wrap up everything that we saw, loved and didn't love on day 16 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics! Just why are Olympic ceremonies seemingly getting worse and worse? Did anything actually happen during the Closing Ceremony or are we still waiting? Why was the star of the Closing Ceremony a moth? How excited is Canada to celebrate a gold medal on the final day of competition? Did...
Aug 08, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 124
As we reach the penultimate day of Tokyo 2020 it's time to once again go over everything that happened and more on our day 15 recap! Has Canada calmed down after their epic win in the women's football yesterday? How is Australia reacting to finally breaking the curse and winning a medal in men's basketball? Is Nicola McDermott our new favourite athlete? Do we know the difference between javelin and high jump? Have we saved our best commentary for last with our commentary of rhythmic gymnastics? ...
Aug 07, 2021•2 hr 14 min•Ep. 123
The third last day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is over and we're back to go over everything that happened on another medal winning day for both Australia and Canada. Are we disappointed or satisfied with Australia's beach volleyball silver and boxing bronze today? How do we feel about Canada doing so well in athletics? How pumped are we to have more medals won for Off The Podium? Are we still so in love with modern pentathlon, even without Chloe? How good are we at commentating table tennis? What...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 122
Another incredible day of Olympic action is behind us and there are gold medals coming from everywhere for both Canada & Australia, so it's time to recap everything that happened on day 13 to bring you up to speed! How shocked is Australia at winning two gold medals that perhaps we didn't expect? Has Canada calmed down after Andre de Grasse's run yesterday and their gold medal decathlon success today? Are these the greatest Olympics ever? Is Canada now a powerhouse in both canoe and cycling?...
Aug 05, 2021•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 121
