Off The Podium - An Olympics Podcast

A very special interview coming your way today as we sit down with the executive producer of presentation for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Bid David Mason to learn a little bit more about his unique role with the bid that helped bring the games to Australia. David goes into extensive detail about just what he did that was so important for the Sydney bid, and how him being brought in really helped chang...

It's time to return to the sport of gymnastics today as we chat with Aussie Tokyo Olympian Georgia Godwin about her Olympic experience and her amazing career. We find out from Georgia about her trampoline roots and switching focus into artistic gymnastics and at what point she realised it was the sport for her and something she could pursue as a career. We also learn about overcoming the disappoin...

It's time to return to the sport of rowing today as we sit down and chat with Tokyo Bronze Medalist Luke Letcher about his career and his Olympic experience. We learn from Luke just how he got into rowing and the process it involved to go from just starting out through to competing for Australia on the world stage. We also learn just how close he was to walking away from the sport, and how the pan...

An absolutely massive interview coming your way today as we sit down with with two-time Olympic Triple Jump champion Christian Taylor to talk about his amazing career. We find out from Christian just how the sport of Triple Jump actually found him and how he used it as "training" for soccer and then turned it into a sport he would soon dominate. We also learn more about his two Olympic experiences...

It's time to bring you a taste of shooting on the show for the first time in over 5 years as we speak with Tokyo Olympian Sergei Evglevski about his recent Olympic experiences and his amazing career. We learn from Sergei how getting into shooting was almost part of the 'family business' and whether or not that was a help of hindrance along his early shooting career. We also learn about his experie...

A great interview coming your way today as we speak with Olympic torchbearer Donna Narvaez about her time carrying the torch during the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. Donna goes into detail about why she was selected to run with the torch and the process involved in it. She also talks about the honour it was carrying the torch and why it was extra special for her on the day she carried it. W...

We have another exciting interview coming your way today as we speak with Olympic Ticketing Expert Ken Hanscom to learn a little bit more about the Olympic ticketing process and hear about his work he does to help make the Olympic experience better for organisations around the world. Ken tells us just why he is so passionate about the Olympics and how his love for the event came about growing up....

It's time for your first taste of weightlifting on the show today as we speak with Australian Olympian Kiana Elliott about her time at the Olympics and her amazing career that lead her to Tokyo. We learn from Kiana just how a promising gymnastics career turned into an even more promising weightlifting career and just how quickly she was able to take to the sport and turn that into representing Aus...

It's time to take a brief break from our interviews as we bring back the gang to talk about the Olympic sports and discuss everything about them in a long overdue episode! We go over what sports currently work and what sports currently don't work at both the Summer & Winter Olympics, and try to make sense about how some of them are held during the Olympics. We also go over the sports that coul...

We’re back into the cold of winter today as we bring you an amazing chat with two-time Australian Olympian in the sport of Alpine Skiing, Greta Small! We learn from Greta how having plastic skis strapped to her feet at the age of two helped her on a journey to being a two-time Olympian and just what other unique sports she participated in as a child. We also learn more about her experiences at the...

Excited to bring you another athlete interview today and another bobsledder to the show as we chat with Beijing 2022 hopeful Sarah Blizzard about her amazing journey into the amazing sport of bobsleigh. We find out how Sarah seemingly was destined on a path towards a Winter Olympics after her interest in all things winter sport started at a young age. We also find out more about her stellar athlet...

We have another great guest to bring you on Off The Podium today as we speak to Australian swimming legend Giaan Rooney about her amazing career and Olympic experiences! We find out from Giaan just how she was able to crack the Australian Swim team after only a few years of committing to the sport, and just how that then turned into winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal at the age of 15. We also...

Excited to bring you another epic interview today as we speak to our second ever Paralympian in Gold Medal winning American Sledge Hockey player Jack Wallace! Jack goes into detail about why he fell in love with the sport of hockey and the challenges involved from switching to stand up hockey to sledge hockey. He also goes over just why the sport is so amazing to watch, and just how skilled of a p...

Get pumped an excited for another amazing interview today as we sit down with American two-time Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry to learn about her amazing life and career in the sport. We find out from Gwen just how she ended up throwing a hammer after initially starting off as a basketball player and just how quickly she was able to adapt to it. We also find out just why hammer throw is one of...

A very special episode of Off The Podium is coming your way today as we sit down with Olympic Marketing Expert Terrence Burns to learn a little bit more about marketing an Olympic Games as well as the process involved in successfully marketing a bid to help bring an Olympics to a city. Terrence discusses just how him wanting to become a dentist lead to his incredible career and how then working fo...

It’s time to bring you our first ever European athlete on the show today as we sit down with Swiss Rower Barnabe Delarze to talk about his amazing career and his amazing Olympic experiences! We find out from Barnabe the unique journey he had from playing rugby into discovering rowing and why it wasn’t exactly a sport that he took to straight away. We also find out just what the rowing scene is lik...

It's time to take a brief break from our amazing interviews to bring you a clip show as we celebrate our 150th episode in style by going over some great moments from the last 50 episodes! That's right, we're bringing you some epic highlights from episodes 101 through to 149, featuring some amazing interviews and guests as well as all the highlights from our daily coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic...

It’s time to bring you your first taste of Artistic Gymnastics today as we chat with Tokyo Olympian Emily Whitehead about her amazing career and Olympic experiences! We find out from Emily how she got involved in the sport and what it is like competing at major competitions at such a young age. We also learn about the importance of being an all-around athlete in gymnastics and just how damn tricky...

A massive interview coming your way today as we chat with two-time Olympian and reigning World Champion in the sport of Aerial Skiing Laura Peel about her amazing career and her hopes ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics! We find out from Laura how much already knowing how to ski helped her transition into aerials from gymnastics, as well as just how it was in the early 2010s to be bunking wi...

An exciting interview coming your way today as we sit down with two-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medallist Eric Radford to talk about his amazing Figure Skating career and just why he isn’t done yet. Eric goes over how watching the 1992 Olympics spurred him on towards his future career and the process that was involved in getting into the sport. He also goes over the influences that helped...

The time has come for us to finally welcome royalty to the show as we sat down with the one, the only Queen Chloe Esposito to talk about her amazing career, her Olympic experiences and of course the incredible sport that is Modern Pentathlon. At what moment did Chloe discover the sport and how was she able to turn that into a career? What are the main challenges when it comes to training for five...

Get yourself excited for another amazing interview as we speak with Tokyo Olympian Maeve Plouffe to learn about her amazing Track Cycling career and her Olympic experiences! We find out just how on earth she went from pursuing a career in swimming to somehow ending up as a track cyclist. We also learn about which one event helped put her on the map to help her get towards Tokyo, and just what it w...

Another super exciting interview is coming your way today as we speak with two-time Olympian and Olympic silver medalist Mariafe Artacho del Solar from the great sport of beach volleyball about her career and her recent success at the Tokyo Olympics! We learn from Mariafe what it was like to experience playing on the famous Copacabana beach in Rio and how that Olympic experience helped spur her on...

Get pumped for another amazing interview today as we sit down with the one and only Johanna Griggs, one of the most familiar faces for Australian Olympic fans, to talk about her amazing broadcasting and swimming career! In our longest interview yet, we learn the amazing story of Jo’s swimming career and how lessons she learnt during her time as an athlete were some of the best lessons she learnt i...

It's time to bring the gang back together as we look ahead to the Winter Olympics in a matter of months to give our thoughts, excitement level and everything else in between! Can we get excited for the mascots and pronounce them right this time? What are the big hopes for both Canada and Australia in Beijing? Are our interviews getting us more excited ahead of the Games? Is it exciting to be talki...