by flamealivepod | Aug 17, 2026 | Blog, Book Club
by Book Club Claire 2026 marks the eighth year of me being involved with this podcast! Following the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and Paralympics, Jill and Alison were looking for contributors as they hit the lull between Games. I volunteered, and they asked if I would... 
by flamealivepod | Aug 13, 2026 | Book Club, Podcast, Track Cycling
Book Club is back in session! Book Club Claire returns for our first book club episode of 2026, featuring Heroes, Villains & Velodrome’s: Chris Hoy and Britain’s Track Cycling Revolution by Richard Moore. This book covers Hoy’s early cycling career and... 
by flamealivepod | Dec 14, 2025 | Authors, Blog, Book Club
Did you know December is a Read a New Book Month? If you need ideas for great reads about the Olympics and Paralympics, we have plenty of suggestions at our Bookshop.org storefront. Last month, we shared some new titles that have come out in 2025. Here are few older... 
by flamealivepod | Nov 27, 2025 | Podcast, Book Club, PyeongChang 2018
Book Club Claire joins us for a discussion of Seth Berkman’s 2019 book A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History, about the 2018 Winter Olympic Korean women’s unified ice hockey team. This story happened during the... 
by flamealivepod | Jul 31, 2025 | Book Club, Athletics, Podcast
Book Club Claire is back for our summer reading selection: Above & Beyond: Tim Mack, the Pole Vault and the Quest for Olympic Gold by Bill Livingston. Tim Mack won the gold medal at the Athens 2004 Olympics (perhaps a surprise winner), and this book details his... 
by flamealivepod | Mar 20, 2025 | Book Club, International Olympic Committee, Para Equestrian, Podcast
Book Club Claire is back for our first selection of 2025, which is by a TKFLASTANI! We’re reading Beyond Expectations: An Extraordinary Equestrian Journey from Deadly Diagnosis to the Paralympic Games by Sydney Collier with Heather Wallace. For Sydney Collier, a...