Off The Podium - An Olympics Podcast

Episode 178 - Eleanor Patterson Interview

11 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to return to High Jumping today as we speak with two-time Australian Olympian Eleanor Patterson about her amazing career in her amazing spor...

Episode 177 - Simon Leung Interview

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to bring you your first ever taste of Badminton on the show today as we speak with Australian Tokyo Olympian Simon Leung about his Olympic e...

Episode 176 - Jordan Chiles Interview

07 Dec 2021

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A massive interview coming your way today as we sit down with American Artistic Gymnast Jordan Chiles to chat about her incredible career and her amaz...

Episode 175 - Jason Brown Interview

05 Dec 2021

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It's time to return to one of our favourite sports in Figure Skating as we chat with American Olympic bronze medallist Jason Brown about his incredibl...

Episode 174 - Jane Saville Interview

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An amazing interview is coming your way today as we speak with legendary four-time Olympic Race Walker from Australia Jane Saville about her incredibl...

Episode 173 - Ranking The Olympic Medals

01 Dec 2021

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It's time to bring you a fun episode today as we sit down to rank our favourite Olympic medals from the last 27 years and give you a taste of some of ...

Episode 172 - Matthew Lydement Interview

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to lift some weight once more as we speak with Australian Tokyo Olympic Weightlifter Matthew Lydement about his weightlifting career and exp...

Episode 171 - Ashleigh Nelson Interview

27 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to bring you our first ever Field Hockey athlete today as we speak with London Olympian Ashleigh Nelson about her incredible career for the ...

Episode 170 - Esraa Khogali Interview

25 Nov 2021

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A very special interview coming your way today as we speak with Sudanese rower Esraa Khogali about her groundbreaking appearance at Tokyo and what it ...

Episode 169 - Nina Sterckx Interview

23 Nov 2021

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A very exciting interview for you today as we return to the sport of weightlifting by speaking with Belgian Tokyo Olympian Nina Sterckx about her incr...

Episode 168 - Lucy Stephan Interview

21 Nov 2021

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It's time to get back into the boat today as we sit down and chat with Tokyo Gold Medal winning Australian rower Lucy Stephan about her incredible car...

Episode 167 - Joey Lye Interview

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to hit a home run with our next interview as we get our first taste of Softball and speak with Canadian Bronze Medallist from Tokyo Joey Lye...

Episode 166 - David Mason Interview

17 Nov 2021

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A very special interview coming your way today as we sit down with the executive producer of presentation for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Bid David Mason ...

Episode 165 - Georgia Godwin Interview

15 Nov 2021

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It's time to return to the sport of gymnastics today as we chat with Aussie Tokyo Olympian Georgia Godwin about her Olympic experience and her amazing...

Episode 164 - Luke Letcher Interview

13 Nov 2021

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It's time to return to the sport of rowing today as we sit down and chat with Tokyo Bronze Medalist Luke Letcher about his career and his Olympic expe...

Episode 163 - Christian Taylor Interview

11 Nov 2021

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An absolutely massive interview coming your way today as we sit down with with two-time Olympic Triple Jump champion Christian Taylor to talk about hi...

Episode 162 - Sergei Evglevski Interview

09 Nov 2021

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It's time to bring you a taste of shooting on the show for the first time in over 5 years as we speak with Tokyo Olympian Sergei Evglevski about his r...

Episode 161 - Donna Narvaez Interview

07 Nov 2021

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A great interview coming your way today as we speak with Olympic torchbearer Donna Narvaez about her time carrying the torch during the 2002 Salt Lake...

Episode 160 - Ken Hanscom Interview

05 Nov 2021

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We have another exciting interview coming your way today as we speak with Olympic Ticketing Expert Ken Hanscom to learn a little bit more about the Ol...

Episode 159 - Kiana Elliott Interview

03 Nov 2021

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It's time for your first taste of weightlifting on the show today as we speak with Australian Olympian Kiana Elliott about her time at the Olympics an...

Episode 158 - The Sports Episode

01 Nov 2021

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It's time to take a brief break from our interviews as we bring back the gang to talk about the Olympic sports and discuss everything about them in a ...

Episode 157 - Greta Small Interview

30 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back into the cold of winter today as we bring you an amazing chat with two-time Australian Olympian in the sport of Alpine Skiing, Greta Smal...

Episode 156 - Sarah Blizzard Interview

28 Oct 2021

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Excited to bring you another athlete interview today and another bobsledder to the show as we chat with Beijing 2022 hopeful Sarah Blizzard about her ...

Episode 155 - Giaan Rooney Interview

26 Oct 2021

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We have another great guest to bring you on Off The Podium today as we speak to Australian swimming legend Giaan Rooney about her amazing career and O...

Episode 154 - Jack Wallace Interview

24 Oct 2021

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Excited to bring you another epic interview today as we speak to our second ever Paralympian in Gold Medal winning American Sledge Hockey player Jack ...

Episode 153 - Gwen Berry Interview

22 Oct 2021

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Get pumped an excited for another amazing interview today as we sit down with American two-time Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry to learn about her a...

Episode 152 - Terrence Burns Interview

20 Oct 2021

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A very special episode of Off The Podium is coming your way today as we sit down with Olympic Marketing Expert Terrence Burns to learn a little bit mo...

Episode 151 - Barnabe Delarze Interview

18 Oct 2021

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It’s time to bring you our first ever European athlete on the show today as we sit down with Swiss Rower Barnabe Delarze to talk about his amazing c...

Episode 150 - The Best Of Off The Podium Part 3

16 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 gre...

Episode 149 - Emily Whitehead Interview

14 Oct 2021

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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 Oly...

Episode 148 - Laura Peel Interview

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 147 - Eric Radford Interview

10 Oct 2021

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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 amaz...

Episode 146 - Chloe Esposito Interview

08 Oct 2021

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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 c...

Episode 145 - Maeve Plouffe Interview

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Get yourself excited for another amazing interview as we speak with Tokyo Olympian Maeve Plouffe to learn about her amazing Track Cycling career and h...

Episode 144 - Mariafe Artacho del Solar Interview

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another super exciting interview is coming your way today as we speak with two-time Olympian and Olympic silver medalist Mariafe Artacho del Solar fro...

Episode 143 - Johanna Griggs Interview

02 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 Olym...

Episode 142 - Looking Ahead To Beijing 2022

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 eve...

Episode 141 - Robert Livingstone Interview

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ab...

Episode 140 - Emily Abbot & Alannah Mathews Interview

26 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 Australia...

Episode 139 - Matthew Denny Interview

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 138 - Rhydian Cowley Interview

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

Episode 137 - Marcus Fraser Interview

19 Sep 2021

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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 experience...

Episode 136 - Ji Wallace Interview

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 incr...

Episode 135 - Alyce & Jordan Wood Interview

14 Sep 2021

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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...

Episode 134 - Kerri Pottharst Interview

12 Sep 2021

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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 medal...

Episode 133 - Alanna Goldie Interview

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 132 - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Recap

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 131 - Scott Gow Interview

05 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 Sco...

Episode 130 - Tahli Gill & Dean Hewitt Interview

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 129 - Sarah Snowsell Interview

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Episode 128 - Danielle Scott Interview

29 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 win...

Episode 127 - Ashleigh Werner Interview

22 Aug 2021

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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...

Episode 126 - Hannah Campbell-Pegg Interview

15 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Episode 125 - Tokyo 2020 Wrap Episode

09 Aug 2021

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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 els...

Episode 124 - Tokyo 2020 Day 16 Review & Closing Ceremony Review

08 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 123 - Tokyo 2020 Day 15 Review

07 Aug 2021

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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...

Episode 122 - Tokyo 2020 Day 14 Review

06 Aug 2021

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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 Austral...

Episode 121 - Tokyo 2020 Day 13 Review

05 Aug 2021

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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 t...

Episode 120 - Tokyo 2020 Day 12 Review

04 Aug 2021

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A golden day 12 for both Australia & Canada is in the books as we go over everything that happened and more! How excited were we to finally get ou...

Episode 119 - Tokyo 2020 Day 11 Review

03 Aug 2021

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Another day of Tokyo 2020 is done and another episode of your favourite Olympics podcast is here to go over everything that happened! How amazed are w...

Episode 118 - Tokyo 2020 Day 10 Review

02 Aug 2021

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After the highs of yesterday it's time to calm ourselves down for a quieter day as we are back to cover all the action of day 10 of Tokyo 2020! How ar...

Episode 117 - Tokyo 2020 Day 9 Review

01 Aug 2021

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It's a groundbreaking & record breaking day for both Australia & Canada at the Olympics and we're back to go over everything that happened &am...

Episode 116 - Tokyo 2020 Day 8 Review

31 Jul 2021

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As we reach the halfway point of Tokyo 2020 it's time to come back and chat about another golden day for Australia and another silver day for Canada w...

Episode 115 - Tokyo 2020 Day 7 Review

30 Jul 2021

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A golden day for both Australia and Canada today and we're back to go over everything that happened and more! How excited are we to see Emma McKeon wi...

Episode 114 - Tokyo 2020 Day 6 Review

29 Jul 2021

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Another golden day for Australia and a day that brought us the gold we most wanted as we celebrate Jess Fox finally getting to the top of the podium! ...

Episode 113 - Tokyo 2020 Day 5 Review

28 Jul 2021

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An absolutely epic and history making day 5 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is in the books with so many medals coming our way (for Australia, sorry Canada...

Episode 112 - Tokyo 2020 Day 4 Review

27 Jul 2021

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Another golden day for Australia and Canada is here and we're back to cover all of that and more with our Tokyo 2020 day 4 recap! Why are we pumping o...

Episode 111 - Tokyo 2020 Day 3 Review

26 Jul 2021

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Another day of Tokyo is behind us and it's been a golden day for both Australia & Canada...but more importantly TASMANIA! Yes that's right, Tasman...

Episode 110 - Tokyo 2020 Day 2 Review

25 Jul 2021

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After a golden day for Australia and a silver day for Canada, it's time to bring the squad back together for another epic recap of the Tokyo Olympics ...

Episode 109 - Tokyo 2020 Day 1 Review

24 Jul 2021

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The first day of competition at Tokyo 2020 is finally upon us which means we're back to go over all the excitement and action that it brought us! How ...

Episode 108 - Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony Review

23 Jul 2021

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It's time to light that cauldron and get yourself even more excited than you already are as THE GAMES HAVE OFFICIALLY BEGUN! Yes, that's right, after ...

Episode 107 - Brisbane Olympics Reaction Episode

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE GAMES ARE COMING BACK TO AUSTRALIA! Yes, that's right, the Olympics will officially be hosted in Australia for the third time, with Brisbane being...

Episode 106 - Tokyo 2020 Preview Episode

18 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE GAMES ARE FINALLY HERE! Yes that's right, after an extra year of waiting we are finally about to celebrate the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and make oursel...

Episode 105 - Tristan Thomas Interview

17 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another exciting interview coming your way today as we sit down with Australian 400m hurdler Tristan Thomas to talk about his amazing career in and hi...

Episode 104 - Abdi Abdirahman Interview

15 Jul 2021

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In what may our final interview before the start of the Tokyo games, we thought it was fitting to bring you an interview with an athlete who's about t...

Episode 103 - Jayden Lawrence & Connor Evans Interview

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A special dual interview episode for you to sink your teeth into today on Off The Podium as we continue the build up to the Tokyo Olympics, as we sit ...

Episode 102 - Laura Hingston Interview

12 Jul 2021

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In the latest episode of Off The Podium we're excited to learn a bit more about the sport of diving for the very first time, as we sit down with Austr...

Episode 101 - Maximilien Van Haaster Interview

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As we get closer to the Tokyo Olympics, we're excited to bring you a great interview today with an athlete who is set to compete in only a couple of w...

Episode 100 - The Best Of Off The Podium Part 2

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As we get ready to FINALLY experience the Olympic Games in Tokyo, it's time to celebrate another occasion first as we bring your our landmark 100th ep...

Episode 99 - Pat Melgares Interview

24 Jun 2021

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In our latest interview we talk to Pat Melgares, a former All-American cross country runner turned author who tells us about his book "Chasing Excelle...

Episode 98 - Nathaniel Mah Interview

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We bring you a new interview today with the first ever Nordic Combined athlete we've had on the show, the one and only Nathaniel Mah. In this chat Nat...

Episode 97 - Tessa Virtue Interview

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest interview we speak to Tessa Virtue the 3 time Ice Dancing Medalist legend. Tessa tells us about how she got into figure skating as a chi...

Episode 96 - Mike Harris Interview

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our mini series on the great sport of Curling continues as we speak to one of the Olympic pioneers in the sport, the Silver medalist Skip for Team Can...

Episode 95 - Jill Officer Interview

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we tick another sport off our list that we've never featured interview from before with our first ever curler, the one and only Jill Officer. Ji...

Episode 94 - Breeana Walker Interview

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another exciting interview coming your way today as we speak with Australian bobsledder Breeana Walker about her hopes for Beijing 2022 and her amazin...

Episode 93 - Tom O'Halloran Interview

12 Mar 2021

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We're back for another great interview as today we speak with a history making athlete who is the first Australian male athlete to be selected for an ...

Episode 92 - Myles Silverman Interview

30 Jan 2021

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We're back for 2021 with a brand new interview, as we chat with our first American athlete on the show by speaking with Team USA hopeful for the 2022 ...

Episode 91 - Derek Drouin Interview

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with another amazing athlete interview as we speak with the reigning men's Olympic high jump champion, Derek Drouin! Derek gives us a rundo...

Episode 90 - Brittany MacLean Interview

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're back for another Olympian interview today as we chat with two-time Olympic swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist Brittany MacLean about her incred...

Episode 89 - Sami Jo Small Interview

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with an another Olympian interview as we chat with three-time Olympic ice hockey player and winner of two golds and a silver medal Sami Jo ...

Episode 88 - Kylie Masse Interview

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As we near the end of the Summer that wasn't Tokyo 2020, we have our firs every swimmer to talk to today as we chat Kylie Masse Canada's Olympic Bronz...

Episode 87 - Charlotte Caslick Interview

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Another big interview to come your way today as we chat with Australian Rio 2016 gold medallist from rugby 7s Charlotte Caslick about her amazing care...

Episode 86 - Jamie Sale Interview

05 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An absolutely incredible interview to bring you today as we chat with legendary Canadian figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Jamie Sale! Jamie giv...

Episode 85 - Nicola 'Ziggy' Cotterill Interview

29 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A great interview to come your way this week as we chat with Australian water polo player Nicola 'Ziggy' Cotterill about her amazing career! We learn ...

Episode 84 - The Hobart 2020 Olympic Bid

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We bring you a special episode today that you weren't expecting as we apparently find a reason to allow Ben to talk more about himself and learn more ...

Episode 83 - Brendon Rodney Interview

22 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Following on from our Aaron Brown interview a couple of weeks back, it's time to chat to another Canadian sprinter in Brendon Rodney about his career ...

Episode 82 - Ella Easton Interview

15 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An exciting interview to come to you today as we chat to Ella Easton, an Australian sports climber who is setting her sights on reaching the Tokyo 202...

Episode 81 - Aaron Brown Interview

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are back as promised with another Canadian Olympic interview for you. Today we talk to Aaron Brown, who won bronze as part of the Men's 4x100 Relay...

Episode 80 - Jon Montgomery Interview

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the absence of Tokyo 2020, we're here to bring you a huge series of athlete interviews to carry you through the Summer. Today we speak to Jon Montg...

Episode 79 - Discussing The Postponement Of Tokyo 2020

28 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Oh hey everyone! Remember us? Well we're back for the first time in nearly two years to bring back your favourite three Olympic podcast hosts to chat ...