Amanda McGrory and Michelle Konkoly, 7x and 4x Paralympic medalists respectively and Paris 2024 analysts join Chris to give their highlight moments of these Games. The face, countries and dynamics discussed shapes the medal table in France but also define the horizon for 2026 and 2028. The Podium is back for the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Join host Chris Waddell during the games for fresh perspectives and deeper dives to hear the Paralympics like you’ve never heard them before. Follow the show on i...
Sep 08, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 26
In this episode, Paralympian Ryan Medrano opens up about living with cerebral palsy and the challenges of competing with an invisible disability. Ryan shares his personal journey in track and field along with shedding light on the misconceptions and stigma surrounding invisible disabilities. The Podium is back for the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Join host Chris Waddell during the games for fresh perspectives and deeper dives to hear the Paralympics like you’ve never heard them before. Follow the sho...
Sep 05, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 25
In this episode, we chat with Tokyo Paralympic champion Ian Seidenfeld, who shares his journey in the world of table tennis and the unique family legacy he continues. As the son of a Paralympic champion, Ian talks about the challenges and triumphs of following in his father’s footsteps, and how the sport has shaped both their lives. The Podium is back for the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Join host Chris Waddell during the games for fresh perspectives and deeper dives to hear the Paralympics like you’...
Sep 02, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 24
In this episode, we take you behind the scenes to the Paralympics' prosthetic pit with Jeff Waldmuller, a research and development prosthetist from Ottobock. Jeff shares insights into the fast-paced world of Paralympic prosthetic repairs, where precision and speed are crucial. Learn about the essential role these "pit stops" play in keeping athletes at their peak performance. The Podium is back for the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Join host Chris Waddell during the games for fresh perspectives and de...
Aug 31, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 23
In this kick-off episode of the Paris Paralympics, we sit down with Calahan Young, a standout player on Team USA's Goalball team. Discover the unique intensity of Goalball—a sport created specifically for blind athletes that has no Olympic counterpart. Calahan shares his journey, the sport’s challenges, and why Goalball might just be the greatest sport you’ve never seen. The Podium is back for the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Join host Chris Waddell during the games for fresh perspectives and deeper ...
Aug 28, 2024•21 min•Season 3Ep. 22
The Podium is back for the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Join host, Chris Waddell for fresh perspectives and deeper dives on the people and performances that will shape the medal count. The first episode will air on August 28th when the games kick-off. Follow the show on iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform. And watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games beginning August 28th on NBC & Peacock.
Aug 21, 2024•1 min•Season 3Ep. 21
While the closing ceremony is only hours away, Volleyball analyst Kevin Barnett previews one of the last American gold medal opportunities and why it is symbolic of the Games at large. Follow the show on Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform. Stay tuned for more episodes of The Podium soon covering the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games beginning August 28 on NBC & Peacock.
Aug 11, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Kristen Faulkner’s gold medal in the cycling road race, Team USA’s first in 40 years, isn’t a result of her singular lifelong path in cycling. She wasn’t a favorite. In fact, she hadn’t even technically qualified. Instead, she used her relative newness to the sport and learnings from her past successes out of the saddle to make a break for the finish line. Follow the show on the Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform. And watch and listen to every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games J...
Aug 10, 2024•12 min•Season 3Ep. 19
How long does it take to tell a story? The kind of story that has ups and downs, heroes and villains, hope lost and hope found? Cole Hocker’s gold medal winning 1500 meter run gives us a pretty accurate answer: 3m 27.6s Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform. And watch and listen to every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games July 26 – A...
Aug 09, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Discus thrower Valarie Allman and pole vaulter Sam Kendricks earned gold and silver, respectively, for Team USA only moments and yards apart. That parallels the tiny and often uncontrollable differences between a good and great performance in their events. The pair take us into the art of letting go when gold is within reach. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the Amazon Music or your...
Aug 08, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Epic Olympic performances are said to be built “from the ground up” but in Paris, historic and novel ground surfaces are literally affecting the speed of sport. Track and field athletes Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Matthew Wilkinson juxtapose their fast track with the slow clay court that Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram faced at Roland Garros. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics ...
Aug 07, 2024•8 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Canoe Slalom bronze medalist Evy Leibfarth tells the podium why becoming one with the flow of water and paint helped her navigate these Games. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform and watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games July 26 – August 11 on NBC & Peacock.
Aug 06, 2024•11 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Fencing at the Grand Palais is already grandiose, but the athlete presentation for finals takes it up a step, or more accurately down over 80 steps to the field of play. A grand entrance that eventually led Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Jackie Dubrovich and Maia Weintraub to a first American team gold in fencing’s long and ornate Olympic history. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the i...
Aug 05, 2024•12 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Track sprinters Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney and Duan Asemota help us see all the facets of sunglasses at the Olympics. From trying an iconic pair to describing the perfect fit, these fast men agree there is more to wearing shades than meets the eye. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform and watch...
Aug 04, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Matteo Jorgenson is a road cyclist, a sport that every four years demands its best to juggle the demands of two huge races, the Tour de France and the Olympic road race. With only 13 days between the events, Matteo takes us into the science of living slow to ride again fast. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podc...
Aug 03, 2024•12 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Nevin Harrison, Aaron Small and Jonas Ecker are masters at building and releasing tension in the water, in their muscles and in their incredibly close races. We join a practice with coach Shelley Oats-Wilding to get the on and off from the nautical venue. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform and wat...
Aug 02, 2024•15 min•Season 3Ep. 11
The Olympic mountain bike course in Elancourt Hill, about 25 miles outside of Paris, is designed to let its competitors around…just. Cranking up steep hills only to descend on technical obstacles is hard, but with 35 other riders, 90 degree weather and 8 laps, this event is extreme. Team USA’s Savilia Blunk, fresh off the women’s race, gives us a grip on the tight men’s race. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them ...
Aug 01, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In Cycling’s time trial event, everything is planned. So when rain and a crash unexpectedly wiped out Chloe Dygert’s lead, she used her experiences of overcoming the worst to ride her way to a Bronze medal for Team USA. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform and watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Ol...
Jul 31, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 9
On today's episode of the podium, we take you inside an Olympic badminton match and how perhaps the quietest field of play generates some of the fastest, liveliest and most challenging conditions for Team USA, who have yet to ever medal in the sport. Team USA players Vincent Chiu and Howard Shu are joined by some avid Parisian spectators to provide insight on what it's really like at the badminton courts. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like ...
Jul 30, 2024•9 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon have woken up Team USA’s medal count by having a perfectly in-sync day from breakfast to diving to podium. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform and watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games July 26 – August 11 on NBC & Peacock.
Jul 29, 2024•10 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Is there a more regal Olympic sport than equestrian? Well for 2024 the venue is literally fit for a king and queen. The International Equestrian Federation’s David O’Connor, a 3x Olympic medalist in his own right, walks us through the grounds that are part sporting challenge and part royal garden, and entirely amazing. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts,...
Jul 28, 2024•12 min•Season 3Ep. 6
When Olympic skateboarders Nyjah Huston and Jagger Eaton touched down as part of only the second-ever US Olympic Skateboard team, they went for a practice session…in the streets of Paris. It’s one of the ways that street skateboarding, much like the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as a whole, blends the city and field of play in innovative ways. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart ...
Jul 27, 2024•8 min•Season 3Ep. 5
With full speed hits, trash talking and uncompromising competitiveness, Team USA’s Sarah Adam explains wheelchair rugby’s electrifying appearance into popular culture and why it’s empowered her and many others to see Para-sports in a different light. Join host Zora Stephenson every day during the games to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before.
Jul 24, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Arguably the world’s most competitive swim meet, the US Olympic Swimming Trials are integral to why Team USA is so dominant in the pool. National Team coach Todd Desorbo and Director of Performance Matthew Barbini break down the strategy and magic of a make-or-break event. Our swimming correspondent and 2-time Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel gives us a report from her time on deck. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite hea...
Jul 17, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 3
What do Jackie Joyner Kersee and Gustave Eiffel have in common? Both made something in’88 that, against all odds, has stood the test of time. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform. And watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games beginning July 26 on NBC & Peacock.
Jul 10, 2024•18 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Anita Alvarez and Bill May take us beneath the surface and into the Grit and the Glamour required to master perhaps the summer games’ hardest sport, artistic swimming, and the bottomless effort required to make something look “effortless”. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform. And watch every moment...
Jul 03, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Excited for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games? You’re not alone. We’re starting off the season with four bonus pieces from our Olympic and Paralympic athlete summits. This week, a glimpse into the “never before seens” to expect from Nyjah Huston, Oksana Masters, Hannah Roberts, Sunny Choi, Ilona Maher, Victor Montalvo, Ryan Crouser, Daniela Moroz, Jeffrey Louis and Rai Benjamin. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them be...
Jun 26, 2024•9 min
Excited for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games? You’re not alone. We’re starting off the season with four bonus pieces from our Olympic and Paralympic athlete summits. This week, the sights and sounds that inspire athletes like Sha'Carri Richardson, Bobby Finke, Nyjah Huston, Frederick Richards, Sarah Hughes, Nick Mayhugh, Mallory Weggemann, Jagger Eaton and McKenzie Coan Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Fo...
Jun 19, 2024•10 min
Excited for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games? You’re not alone. We’re starting off the season with four bonus pieces from our Olympic and Paralympic athlete summits. This week, the return of full arenas and athletes’ loved ones in the words of Ashleigh Johnson, Evan Medell, Jagger Eaton, Jessica Parratto, Hannah Roberts, Ilona Maher, Andrew Capobianco, Nyjah Huston, Matt Stutzman, Jessica Long, Adeline Gray, Brittni Mason, Courtney Ryan, Maddie Musselman, Anna Hall and Alex Walsh. Join host Zora Ste...
Jun 12, 2024•11 min
Excited for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games? You’re not alone. We’re starting off the season with four bonus pieces from our Olympic and Paralympic athlete summits. This week, the beauty, culture and stinky cheese that defines the host city in the eyes of some of Team USA like Katie Ledecky, A'ja Wilson, Nyjah Huston, Regan Smith, Sarah Adam, Hannah Roberts, Brooke Raboutou, Brittni Mason, Ashleigh Johnson, Tyler Downs, Ilona Maher, Jordan Larson and Adeline Gray. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly a...
Jun 05, 2024•9 min
