by flamealivepod | Sep 14, 2026 | Blog, Atlanta 1996, Swimming, Sydney 2000
by Alison Brown On our podcast this week, I interviewed six-time Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken, a swimmer who was one of the stars of the Atlanta 1996 Olympics. We talked about her swimming career, her two trips to the Olympics, her post-retirement career, and... 
by flamealivepod | Sep 3, 2026 | National Governing Bodies, Fencing, Podcast
Seemingly every time we open our Inbox, we have an email from the folks at USA Fencing with another amazing announcement: They’re doing a panel at Comic-Con, have a champagne sponsor, creating a theme song, getting colleges to create NCAA competitive programs in... 
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 | Jul 27, 2026 | Blog, History, Hockey, Moscow 1980
A new nation surprises at its first Olympics by Alison Brown This week on the podcast, author Tommy Phillips fills a big black hole in our Olympic knowledge when we discuss his book, The Moscow Olympics: A Day-by-Day History. What do you know about the boycotted Games... 
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 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...