Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics & Paralympics

Episode 255: Blake Hughes on Ski Jumping

Content warning: This episodes contains discussions of eating disorders. During the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, our listeners had a ton of questions about ski jumping (particularly with that suit controversy). We talked with Blake Hughes, former USA Nordic Women's Ski Jumping Team Director and Head Coach of USA Nordic Sport, to sort it all out. Read More

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Episode 256: Film Buff Fran on “Race”

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It's a Lightning Round episode of Keep the Flame Alive Podcast! Lightning Rounds feature past guests (aka TKFLASTANIS) answering similar questions to get their hot takes on the Olympics and Paralympics.

Episode 252: An Athletics Lightning Round with Madeline Manning Mims, Evan Dunfee and Abdi Abdirahman

It's time for another Lightning Round episode with some of our TKFLASTANIs - and this time, we're keeping it in the world of athletics. Runner Madeline Manninng Mims talks with us about being a Tigerbelle and just how hard training could be. Race walker Evan Dunfee shares where you can get the best doughnuts in Canada. And marathoner Abdi Abdirahman shares the secret to getting good pins for his Olympic pin collection.Read more
September 1, 2022
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Episode 251: Gordon Leary and Julia Meinwald on “The Magnificent Seven”

Theater collaborators Gordon Leary and Julia Meinwald have brought the Olympics to the stage in the new musical "The Magnificent Seven," which tells the story of the women's team artistic gymnastics competition during the Atlanta 1996 Olympics. How did they bring this show to the stage, and just what is "sports blue"? Find out on this episode! Read more
August 25, 2022

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