Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 15
It's the penultimate Olympipod daily bonuses and Ruth has survived her Pfizer. Also: punching horses is bad. Denmark are sad. And some other Olympics happened too.
Aug 07, 2021•19 min
Olympipod
A biweekly podcast about the world's greatest quadrennial multi-sport extravaganza brought to you by below-average international athlete
Chris O'Reilly and above-average international nonathlete Ruth Fitzpatrick.
We will be your one-stop pod guiding you through all 32 Olympiads as well as a couple of non-Olympiads.
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Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 14
Day 14 of #Tokyo2020 has drawn to a close, but there's still plenty to discuss: long walks, disgruntled horses, imaginary sports. While Chris takes the reigns of the minipod, when Ruth was found sleeping on the job.
Aug 06, 2021•20 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 13
Day 13 of Tokyo 2020 will go down in the history books as the day the Olympipod officially became 75% vaccinated. And other stuff happened too! Stuff at the Olympics!
Aug 05, 2021•19 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 12
Day 12! Ruth is excited! She's found some new sports! Also, it was the first day of the multi-discipline events, and the Olympipod is delighted.
Aug 04, 2021•25 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 11
Day 11 of #Toyko2020 and it was a day for the history books. Records were smashed. Real Cycling was cycled. Tiny cars went beep beep. And Chris dropped a bombshell.
Aug 03, 2021•18 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 10
Day 10 of #Tokyo2020 has been and gone. The Cuban anthem was jaunty. The Greco-Roman existed. And we had some very tragic news from Tokyo.
Aug 02, 2021•6 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 9
Day 9 has come to a close, and what a Day 9! Chris - AND Ruth - take the most unbrief of brief look backs at the triumphs and the tragedies of the days events at #Tokyo2020.
Aug 01, 2021•28 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 8
We've reached the halfway point, and it turns out Ruth's viewing of BMX freestyle was simply an Olympic fever dream. But mixed relays were not, and she's a big fan. Also - Chris!
Jul 31, 2021•19 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 7
Where's the last week gone? To #Tokyo2020, that's where! And to celebrate, Ruth has been left - some might say inadvisably - unsupervised to share some of her thoughts on day 7 of the Olympic Games.
Jul 30, 2021•9 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 6
The Microstates shall inherit the earth. Or, at the very least, a couple of Olympic medals. Also - IRELAND WINS GOLD IRELAND WINS GOLD IRELAND WINS GOLD. It all happened on Day 6 of #Tokyo2020
Jul 29, 2021•15 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 5
Today Mega-Host Chris is joined by Ruth. She claims it's day 6. It isn't. It's day 5. She's just gone quite mad. It's the Olympics. But she still loves weightlifting, and thinks the 1500m freestyle is too long.
Jul 28, 2021•16 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 4
Olympipod's very own Chris joins Ruth to catch up on all the day's action, including horse frolicking, wave riding, and some gigantic tumbles.
Jul 27, 2021•13 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 3
Ruth had a sleep. Denmark won gold. People lifted heavy things. Breaststroke is very old. It all happened on Day 3 (ish) of the Games, and Ruth has all (some) of the facts.
Jul 26, 2021•6 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 2(ish)
Nobody has slept. There's just too much sport. And Ruth has opinions. On the butterfly, knitting, and the Danes.
Jul 24, 2021•8 min
Olympipod XXXII - #Tokyo2020 Day 1
364 days delayed, Tokyo 2020ne is finally here. Joined by a very special guest - Chris - Ruth takes a look back at Day 1 of the XXXIIth Olympiad, and a look forward to an action-packed Day 2. Big thanks to our wonderful guest sound editor, Tony Groves. Make sure to check out tortoiseshack.ie and their amazing selection of podcasts. And don't forget to subscribe to their patreon for extra episodes and content patreon.com/tortoiseshack...
Jul 23, 2021•9 min
Olympipod XVIII - Tokyo 1964
After three attempts, four recording sessions, and multiple creative directors' dismissals, Olympipod XVIII - Tokyo 1964 is finally here. And with heartthrobs, sailing millionaires, weddings, shearings, and murder soccer to look forward to - it was well worth the wait!
Jul 22, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Olympipod XVII - Rome 1960
Did Rome 1960 change the world? Probably not, though it did give us plenty to talk about with amazing athletes, fierce rivalries and death, played out in a sizzling Italian summer.
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 18
Olympipod XVI - Melbourne 1956
Just how friendly were Melbourne's friendly games? Among the blood in the water, cold war antics and torch shenanigans, we find love, legendary athletes and lounging Liberians.
May 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Olympipod XV - Helsinki 1952 Part 2
Ready for more from Helsinki? After a fierce rivalry on the football pitch and pure flames on the torch relay, James Ward makes his long-awaited change to the Olympic programme!
Apr 01, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Olympipod XV - Helsinki 1952 Part 1
The Soviets are here, the arts are gone and superfan James Ward joins us for our longest episode to date. In fact, it was so long and so full of fun, that we decided to split it into two episodes!
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Olympipod XIV - London 1948
Olympic diving finalist Oliver Dingley joins us to share his personal Olympic tales and delve into the first games after World War II, featuring the 'Flying Housewife', the arts competitions' last hurrah and a terrifically terrible basketball team.
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Olympipod XII/XIII - Cancelled
While World War II tore the 1940 and 1944 games asunder, two prisoner-of-war camps in Germany kept the Olympic spirit alive with their own games behind the Nazi barbed wire.
Feb 04, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Olympipod XI - Berlin 1936
We're off to Hitler's Olympics in 1936, the scene Jesse Owen's brilliance and an unlikely friendship, more dodgy refereeing and a festival of nudity on film.
Jan 14, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Olympipod X - Los Angeles 1932
Jill and Alison from the brilliant Keep the Flame Alive podcast join us to talk all things Los Angeles 1932, the games which was well ahead of its time and brought a surprising amount of glamour given it took place in the depths of the Great Depression. Catch our lovely guests every Thursday on https://flamealivepod.com/
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Olympipod IX - Amsterdam 1928
Women finally get a shot on the track, it's a swansong for previous heroes while India begin their rise to power in hockey. We have sinking pools, dodgy judging and much more in Amsterdam 1928
Nov 05, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Olympipod VIII - Paris 1924
24 years after it first hosted the games, the Olympics actually caught the imagination of Paris this time. With flying Finns, angry Rugby crowds and swimming sensations, there is no shortage of fun tales to discover from 1924.
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Olympipod VII - Antwerp 1920
Hero among Olympics nerds and leading authority on the games' history, Bill Mallon, joins us to look back at the most interesting stories from the games organised in a hurry after WWI.
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Olympipod VI - Berlin 1916
Neither global conflict nor pandemic can stop the Olympipod. The same, unfortunately, can't be said for the Olympics. Ruth and Chris scrape the barrel for facts about the Games that never were, a War Championship which may have been a lie, and an Inter-Allied Games with baseball and grenades.
Sep 17, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Olympipod V - Stockholm 1912
It’s the summer of 1912 - the sun is shining, the ladies are wearing see-through tops, and the Games have never looked so sleek. With us this week is international Judoka and member of the IOC Sport and Active Society Committee, Laura-Marie Tiidla, who helps us delve into some of the more delectable stories of this thankfully brief Stockholm Olympics.
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Olympipod IV - London 1908
The Magnificent David O'Doherty joins us to share his unique insights and sporting philosophy as we look back at the 1908 Olympics in London, featuring a trans-Atlantic rivalry, our first truly heroic loser and even more odd events.
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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