Olympic Fever

It's snowboard week on Olympic Fever! Jill talks with Alex Diebold, Sochi 2014 bronze medallist in snowboardcross, and Alison chats with halfpipe medal hopeful Chloe Kim at Team USA Winterfest. It's also time to prepare for your Opening Ceremonies party--we talk with Team USA's #1 fan Sarah Patton for party planning advice.

This week we are heading to the biathlon range, where contributor Ben Jackson talks with Team USA biathlete Clare Egan, who recently made the U.S. Olympic team and is heading to PyeongChang for her first Olympics! Plus, we can't not mention the great Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. And there's trivia, plus our first listener emails!

After weeks of talking about India's greatest Winter Olympian, we have him ON THE SHOW! The one, the only SHIVA KESHAVAN joins us to talk about the sport of luge. We have a fascinating conversation with him that will help you better understand what you're watching when you tune in to a luge competition. Plus, what does doubles luge and the team relay entail? And trivia!

Jill and Alison fly high this week as they talk about ski jumping and the reason women weren't allowed to compete in the Olympics until Sochi 2014 (you won't believe it when you hear it). Alison interviews U.S. Olympian Sarah Hendrickson about being the first female to land a ski jump in Olympic competition. We also talk about British ski jumper Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards' talents and the Tokyo 2020 Masot finalists.

Athletes make us laugh when they say they're "old." While Jill and Alison are ageless, these athletes are nowhere near "old" to us. Today we've got some "older" Olympians. First up is Devin Logan, silver medalist in slopestyle at Sochi 2014. After that, we talk to Sochi Olympic moguls skiier Bradley Wilson. We've got some trivia too, which leads into some fascinating moguls stories from Olympics past.

Big news from the International Olympic Committee this week: The IOC has banned Russia from competing at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games--and a host of other sanctions--as a result of systemic doping. Join us through the cycle of grief as we work through this issue and its ramifications for this Olympic Games and beyond. Plus, Alison brings some happy Olympic trivia to the table.

This week we're entering the world of freestyle skiing and the sport of aerials. Contributor Ben Jackson chats with three-time U.S. Olympic aerialist and current coach Emily Cook about the technical aspects of this thrilling--and surprisingly quick--sport. Plus one fantastic trivia question and news/holiday gift ideas.

Before we build up our PyeongChang fever, we look back at stories from the last Winter Olympics in Sochi. U.S. Pairs Skater Nate Bartholomay talks about competing and sibling Jamie talks about cheering on their brother--and be in a country that didn't acknowledge them. Olympin president Don Bigsby gets to see a part of Sochi that most visitors don't, and finally, the Olympic story that broke the Internet: U.S. bobsledder Nick Cunningham gives us the deets of why his brakeman busted through a bathroom door.

The U.S. Curling Association Olympic Trials are underway, so we're talking curling this week! Will Alison take a spill on the ice, or will she land her rock on the button? Learn more about this great sport and how it's much more athletic and strategic than you might think (and why the Norwegians wear those great pants). We also talk with three-time curling Olympian John Shuster. Plus, curling trivia and news updates from around the world of Olympic sports.

We're starting the first of our deep dives into specific Olympic sports--and yeah, deep dive equals long podcast, but you're in for a great ride. We're talking bobsled, with US Brakeman/Olympic hopeful Lauren Gibbs and US Pilot/two-time Olympian Nick Cunningham. Plus, an update on our bobsledder Josh Williamson, the craziness that's happening in Team GB bobsled, and bobsled trivia!

This week we're in New York City for Team USA's Winterfest (presented by Hershey), which kicked off the 100 day countdown to PyeongChang 2018. Join us for the fun as we hear from the athletes, try out the Winterfest activities, eat the snacks and check out the mascots.

The Olympic Flame is afire, and the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Torch Relay has begun, meaning our Olympic Fever is really starting to take hold. We talk about this week's torch lighting ceremony, and Alison gets into the history of the Torch Relay, including fennel's weird place in it. We also talk to former torchbearer for the Salt Lake City torch relay Craig Perlow of Olympian Artifacts about his experience in the event. Finally, we preview Team USA's upcoming Winterfest roadshow.

Ever since the beginning of the modern Olympics, pins have been around--and every Games, they are a hot commodity to buy, sell and trade. This week, we crash the Olympin Pin Collectors Convention and meet some of the characters behind this incredibly popular hobby. Also, what do the Austrians think about holding another Winter Olympics?

Today we’re talking with Josh Williamson, one of the bobsled winners of the NBC SN show “Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful.” Also on the docket: Remember the hullabaloo about Zika at Rio 2016? We've got an update on how the disease actually affected the athletes who attended the games. All this, plus trivia!

We're podcasting from Lake Placid, home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Games!!! Jill and Alison talk about their adventures (maybe geek out a little) and discuss Lake Placid as an Olympic Host City. Also, trivia, and we say good-bye to a pairs figure skating legend.