Off The Podium - An Olympics Podcast

We're back with another amazing athlete interview as we speak with the reigning men's Olympic high jump champion, Derek Drouin! Derek gives us a rundown of what lead him to the unique sport that is high jump and just how he was able to make a name for himself both in Canada and the internationally over a fairly short period of time. He also goes into detail about the unique mental quirks and strat...

We're back for another Olympian interview today as we chat with two-time Olympic swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist Brittany MacLean about her incredible career! We learn just why she got into swimming, the swimming scene in Canada and how it improved during her time on the team and what amazing things she has gotten up to since her retirement! It's a chat you won't want to miss!

We're back with an another Olympian interview as we chat with three-time Olympic ice hockey player and winner of two golds and a silver medal Sami Jo Small about her amazing career, her amazing book, her love of TV shows (that Ben apparently gets way too excited to chat to her about) and just why she is always willing to ride the squirrel bike.

As we near the end of the Summer that wasn't Tokyo 2020, we have our firs every swimmer to talk to today as we chat Kylie Masse Canada's Olympic Bronze Medallist from the 100 metre backstroke. We talk to Kylie about how she broke into the competitive swimming, her medal win in Rio, and her massive success at the 2017 World Championships. We also get her answers to the famous "My Name Is" questionn...

Another big interview to come your way today as we chat with Australian Rio 2016 gold medallist from rugby 7s Charlotte Caslick about her amazing career and her hopes moving into the Tokyo Olympics! We find out about her unique path into the sport of rugby 7s, just how incredible her time at the games was and just how she is handling the current pandemic as she hopes to back up her gold at the nex...

An absolutely incredible interview to bring you today as we chat with legendary Canadian figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Jamie Sale! Jamie gives us an insight into just what drew her into the sport, her experiences at the Olympics in 1994 and just why she had a literal front row seat to the Nancy Kerrigan & Tonya Harding drama, the entire situation around the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympi...

A great interview to come your way this week as we chat with Australian water polo player Nicola 'Ziggy' Cotterill about her amazing career! We learn just how she got into the sport, what it meant for her to make the Olympics and just what she does with her bronze medal she won at the 2012 London Olympics! We also find out what she has been up to since and whether or not she misses the sport! It's...

We bring you a special episode today that you weren't expecting as we apparently find a reason to allow Ben to talk more about himself and learn more about his unsuccessful bid to bring the 2020 Olympics to Hobart. Just how far did this bid get? Was he ever serious about? What was the endgame of the bid? Did he lead people on with it? Why did it stop? And does he believe that smaller cities such a...

Following on from our Aaron Brown interview a couple of weeks back, it's time to chat to another Canadian sprinter in Brendon Rodney about his career and hopes ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics! Brendon tells us everything from what drew him into the sport, right through to how the current pandemic has altered his preparations for the games. It's another exciting addition to our interview series th...

An exciting interview to come to you today as we chat to Ella Easton, an Australian sports climber who is setting her sights on reaching the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. We learn from Ella just what sports climbing is and what disciplines there, as well as why we should be really excited about watching it during the Olympics. We also learn everything from the training required, why the Olympics will be di...

We are back as promised with another Canadian Olympic interview for you. Today we talk to Aaron Brown, who won bronze as part of the Men's 4x100 Relay team in Rio 2016. Aaron tells us about the differences in training between running the 100 and 200 metres, as well as how precise the exchanges are in a relay. Aaron also talks about having to compete against, as well as compete with his own Team Ca...

In the absence of Tokyo 2020, we're here to bring you a huge series of athlete interviews to carry you through the Summer. Today we speak to Jon Montgomery, Skeleton Gold Medalist from Vancouver 2010. We talk to Jon about how he was able to break into the sport of Skeleton, and what it takes to excel in this insane and unique Winter sport. Jon breaks down his Gold medal run, and the memorable cele...

Oh hey everyone! Remember us? Well we're back for the first time in nearly two years to bring back your favourite three Olympic podcast hosts to chat everything about the recent announcement of the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and try and get caught up on everything else that we have missed since we last spoke! Do the boys agree with the decision to postpone the games? Do they feel our...

We are ALL back to talk about the final days of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Ben gives us more first hand experiences from his work at the Boxing events, while Jarrod tells us all about the extensive 2 hours of coverage he managed to see over the course of 11 days. Meanwhile Colin has mostly positive things to say about Canada's exclusive coverage from the DAZN (Da-Zone) app, including...

We are back, and coming to you live from the Gold Coast.... well, at least one of us is. Ben takes time out of his busy day working the Boxing venue to tell us all about his experiences behind the scenes of working the Commonwealth Games. Who will come out on top between the Aussies and Canadians in the pool? Which boxer could fist bump Ben to the ground? Which Canadian commentator just cuts in an...

We've barely been gone a month and already we're back on your airwaves as we get excited to cover our very first Commonwealth Games in the lead up to the biggest sporting event in Australia this decade, the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast! Just how excited are Ben, Jarrod & Colin for the games? Does Canada even give two hoots that they're on? Will Jarrod be driving 8 hours to the Gol...

Well all good things must come to an end and sadly PyeongChang 2018 is over. But does that mean we're going to stop and not bring you our review and recap of the final day and closing ceremony? Of course now! How crap was the closing ceremony? What is the deal with kids? What is the deal with kids who can project their voice so far? Where the hell was Psy? Are we looking forward to Beijing? Is Tho...

The penultimate day is here and it's time to make sure you're updated and fulfilled as we declare it the games of Ester Ledecka and Canadian bronze with day 15 of PyeongChang 2018. Why is it such a big deal for Canada to break the bronze drought in Men's Ice Hockey and eclipse the fortune of the great Grenoble 68 side? Why is it such a big deal for Canadian's to break the car robbery drought and c...

We're so close to the end that we're nearly going to cry and there is a lot of crying today especially if you're Canadian so we try to make sure your tears are wiped away in the best possible way. Just how on earth did Canada lose to Germany in ice hockey? Just how on earth did Canada lose to Switzerland in curling? Just how on earth is it deemed a failure for Canada despite the fact they won a me...

As we get closer to the end of another Olympics it's time to recap on a day that New Zealand will remember forever and Canada will want to forget as Ben, Colin & Jarrod reflect on the 13th day of PyeongChang 2018. Just how is Canada coping with the loss of both the ice hockey and the curling? How is New Zealand still celebrating winning two bronze medals? How is Hungary celebrating by finally...

It's a momentous day in the history of the Winter Olympics as we come to you for day 12 of PyeongChang 2018 and celebrate some moments from day 13 which involve NEW ZEALAND GETTING ON THE PODIUM....TWICE!!!! As we hide our shock factor at this amazing feat, Ben, Jarrod & Colin go over all the other stuff that needs to be talked about so that we don't get too kiwi at this point of the games. Wh...

As we pass another day at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics it's time to celebrate Canada being amazing and Australia being beyond our peak as day 11 gets reviewed by your resident winter experts Ben & Jarrod. Just why was the short-track relay so confusing? How good are Virtue & Moir and how much are they doing it? How will Australia react if New Zealand end up sweeping the ski half-pipe? Why...

It was a golden day for Canada and a day for Australia but that doesn't change Ben & Jarrod coming back on air to recap all the exciting action that was day 10 of PyeongChang 2018! Have the guys gotten over the David Morris robbing? How amazing was the Bobsleigh? How much of a let down was the big air? Is the 500m speed skating the most exciting speed skating event? Did the Norwegian party pan...

It's time to finally bring back a Canadian perspective (given they're wining medals and Australia isn't) and get ourselves worked up over some terrible judging as we recap the 9th day of PyeongChang 2018. Just how much bullshit was coming from the judging of the men's aerials and why is David Morris just such an awesome human for taking it so well? Has Colin recovered from basically being dead and...

As we reach the half way point of the 2018 Winter Olympics it's time to go over another day without any medals (at least for Australia) and at least make it super entertaining for you yet again! Why is David Morris just so goddamn awesome? Why does Channel 7 continue to suck so badly? Is Ester Ledecka the star of the games so far? Why are Liechtenstein and Spain the star countries of these games?...