by flamealivepod | Jul 9, 2026 | Podcast, Alpes 2030, Los Angeles 2028, Milan-Cortina 2026, News, Olympics
We’re back from a recording hiatus, and boy, do we have a lot of Olympics news to catch up on! First, Milano Cortina 2026 released its final report, and we go between the lines to suss out its venue delivery expectations, celebrity initiative, and a major issue... 
by flamealivepod | Jun 25, 2026 | Podcast, Cortina 1956
In our year-long look back at the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics, we head to the cross-country skiing stadium (built with filming in mind) for more Olympic competition than ever before. In the men’s program, the 18K became a 15K, and a 30K was added, so now there were... 
by flamealivepod | Jun 18, 2026 | Podcast, Athletics
It’s another installment of our People Who Throw Things series! This time we’re talking javelin with 4x Olympian Kara Winger. Kara spent 15 years as a professional athlete, and in that time she competed at Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020... 
by flamealivepod | Jun 11, 2026 | History, Cortina 1956, Podcast
We’re traveling back in time to the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics to hear all about the bobsled (or bobsleigh) competition. These Games saw some big changes: New rules about weight, new types of sleds and the introduction of Italian Eugenio Monti, whose results... 
by flamealivepod | Jun 4, 2026 | Podcast, Rowing
If you’ve listened to the podcast for any length of time, you know that we have “the list,” of questions we have about Olympic and Paralympic sports. Rowing coxswain has been on that list for quite some time, and on this episode, we’re thrilled... by flamealivepod | May 21, 2026 | Mental Health, Podcast
For Mental Health Awareness Month, we welcome back Jenny Sichel to talk about her experiences with being an elite athlete while managing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Jenny is a coxswain who competed with both able-bodied and para rowing crews. We talked with her...