Arc City
Episodes
BODE MILLER
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The elusive, five-discipline-winning, win-or-DNF, legend of American ski racing Bode Miller visits Arc City, at long last. First, we catch up on his l...
A Little Good News from the CMC Ski Team
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We crashed and burned on our first ski team-saving attempt (see: Middlebury club team), but we're looking good so far with CMC... The Colorado Mountai...
Dane Spencer, Former World Cup Racer and Coach, on... Everything
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dane Spencer, though long since retired from the World Cup, has remained in the thick of American ski racing. He has been behind numerous successful r...
Paula Moltzan Sends It
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paula Moltzan continues to trend upwards—her bronze medal at the World Championships was just another step. Of course, I ask her about her stellar r...
Bryce Bennett Makes Some Good Points
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bryce Bennett does not mince words, which makes him fun to converse with. The tallest man on the World Cup circuit also takes the title for longest Ar...
Colorado Mountain College: An Affordability Model is at Risk of Disappearing
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another year, another ski team on the chopping block. While it’s not certain we can save the Colorado Mountain Ski Team, it’s at least worth telli...
Coaching the American Greats with Mike Day
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Day has witnessed a lot of skiing greatness firsthand. He’s coached Bode Miller, Ted Ligety, and Mikaela Shiffrin, among others. And he graciou...
How to Run a FIS Race
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who makes up the jury? How does timing work? How many people does it take to run a race? There is a lot more to it than meets the eye--and it's surpri...
Ted Ligety, the GAOAT
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Greatest Arcer of All Time should need no introduction. (He is a five-time World Champion, two-time Olympic Champion, and the man who tamed the 35...
Collegiate Club Ski Teams (and Middlebury's Lack Theorof)
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We don’t talk about this enough: there are 128 colleges and universities across the US with a club ski team that competes in USCSA. (Far more than t...
Sasha Rearick on Coaching
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sasha Rearick has coached Bode Miller, Ted Ligety, Andrew Weibrecht…and most of the U.S. Men’s Team over an 18 year career. Now he’s at Apex2100...
American College Ski Racing
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is the potential for an age-limit rule change in NCAA skiing. So I got three veterans of the American ski racing world to help talk through it, ...
The Art of World Cup Ski Tuning
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No one talks about technicians. Which is curious because they perform the most important job in ski racing aside from actually skiing. Bart Mollin is ...
Atle McGrath, At Long Last
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a year late. No matter: we overcame the broken SD card and recorded a new interview with Atle Lie McGrath. One of the most fun skiers ...
Conversing on Climate Change with Julian Schütter
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We might as well talk about it, right? Austrian speed skier and climate advocate Julian Schütter visits Arc City (1:57) to work through this often-po...
The National Brotherhood of Skiers is Doing The Work
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Three years after the world engaged in deep conversations about diversity and inclusion, the topic may have faded for some—but certainly not for the...
The Alice Robinson Effect
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We visit Alice Robinson in New Zealand to kick off Arc City's fourth (!) winter. Alice and I sat with a view of Coronet Peak, her home mountain, and h...
Laurence St. Germain, World Champ
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To close out the season the recently-crowned World Champion in slalom, Laurence St. Germain, visits The City. She tells us the story of winning that r...
AJ Ginnis adds to Greek History
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A couple of days ago I interviewed AJ Ginnis about his miraculous second place finish at the Chamonix World Cup slalom…then he went ahead and won th...
Dave "The Rocket" Ryding
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hold onto your biscuits! Dave Ryding, Britain’s pride of the FIS Alpine World Cup, visits Arc City (in person!) to talk about his inspiring World Cu...
A Grassroots Model: Lin-Wood Public School
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our third season of Arc City opens with a fun, inspiring story about small-town ski racing. We meet Aaron Loukes and Marcus Corey, the high school and...
A State of the Union with Sophie Goldschmidt
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with President and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard marks Arc City’s return from summer break. Sophie Goldschmidt has a long, impressi...
Hip Dragging with River Radamus
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the season comes to a close, River Radamus—a rising American GS star—and I talked shop (2:06). River is well-spoken and has some fascinating pe...
Luke Winters Is Coming
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Winters races tonight at the Olympics, and it is high time you learned his name and his story. He’s leading the charge for the American men’s...
Tommy Ford, the GS Artist
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After suffering a brutal crash last year, Tommy Ford is back on skis and making GS arcs. So, to start we have Tommy actually describe what a World Cup...
The Stories of Tamara McKinney
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If basketball fans know about Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, then ski racing fans absolutely need know about Tamara McKinney: the first American woman ...
Breaking Legs with Sam DuPratt
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Warning: the crash that broke both Sam's legs will be described (at 5:43). Sam DuPratt (2:45) is a member of the US Ski Team's World Cup speed squad....
Mikaela Shiffrin (and Aleksander Kilde?!)
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Well folks, this is a big one. Olympic champion, World Champion, and 69-time World Cup winner Mikaela Shiffrin gives us a chunk of her very-busy, Olym...
Tales From Inside the Ski Industry
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, a slight change of pace. Instead of an athlete, we talk to someone inside the ski industry (2:55). Jake Stevens spent six years runn...
Ralph Green, Paralympian, Badass
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ralph Green is a Paralympian and one of the best one-legged ski racers ever (1:14). We talk about his incredible back story, from his humble beginning...
The Fearless Breezy Johnson
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Things are heating up here in Arc City. Ted Ligety retires (00:36) and World Champs begins. Breezy Johnson has been on fire this season so we give her...
RCS: The Cochran Legend Continues
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amidst a flurry of serious injuries, including that of your faithful host, we carry on! We have an interview with Ryan Cochran-Siegle (2:30) that was ...
Lucas "The Next One" Braathen
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The population of Arc City continues to grow. After the headlines (2:00), we check in with the ever-cool Tommy Ford to ask him about his recent GS pod...
Steven Nyman, an American Downhiller
05 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We pick up steam this week, bringing you several fun segments, including the usual headlines (3:20), a quick COVID watch (5:00), a Skiing History nugg...
Julia Mancuso!
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In his first episode back in the booth, Jimmy talks with Olympian extraordinaire Julia Mancuso (2:12). We touch on everything from Julia’s early yea...