Olympipod

Olympic diving finalist Oliver Dingley joins us to share his personal Olympic tales and delve into the first games after World War II, featuring the 'Flying Housewife', the arts competitions' last hurrah and a terrifically terrible basketball team.

While World War II tore the 1940 and 1944 games asunder, two prisoner-of-war camps in Germany kept the Olympic spirit alive with their own games behind the Nazi barbed wire.

We're off to Hitler's Olympics in 1936, the scene Jesse Owen's brilliance and an unlikely friendship, more dodgy refereeing and a festival of nudity on film.

Jill and Alison from the brilliant Keep the Flame Alive podcast join us to talk all things Los Angeles 1932, the games which was well ahead of its time and brought a surprising amount of glamour given it took place in the depths of the Great Depression. Catch our lovely guests every Thursday on https://flamealivepod.com/

Women finally get a shot on the track, it's a swansong for previous heroes while India begin their rise to power in hockey. We have sinking pools, dodgy judging and much more in Amsterdam 1928

24 years after it first hosted the games, the Olympics actually caught the imagination of Paris this time. With flying Finns, angry Rugby crowds and swimming sensations, there is no shortage of fun tales to discover from 1924.

Hero among Olympics nerds and leading authority on the games' history, Bill Mallon, joins us to look back at the most interesting stories from the games organised in a hurry after WWI.

Neither global conflict nor pandemic can stop the Olympipod. The same, unfortunately, can't be said for the Olympics. Ruth and Chris scrape the barrel for facts about the Games that never were, a War Championship which may have been a lie, and an Inter-Allied Games with baseball and grenades.

It’s the summer of 1912 - the sun is shining, the ladies are wearing see-through tops, and the Games have never looked so sleek. With us this week is international Judoka and member of the IOC Sport and Active Society Committee, Laura-Marie Tiidla, who helps us delve into some of the more delectable stories of this thankfully brief Stockholm Olympics.

The Magnificent David O'Doherty joins us to share his unique insights and sporting philosophy as we look back at the 1908 Olympics in London, featuring a trans-Atlantic rivalry, our first truly heroic loser and even more odd events.

It may not have remained in the record books, but we're giving the 1906 Intercalated Olympic Games just treatment with a full episode, delving into sexy Danes, sneaky walkers, proud pole climbers, the original 'ballers' and mismatched wrestlers.

Ultrarunner and lacrosse international Paddy O'Leary is our very first guest on the Olympipod, joining us to speak about St. Louis in 1904, an infamous Olympics best known for its torturous marathon. Among the dreadful moments, we do shine a light on some of the happier stories, while Paddy makes his sport swap - here's the video he spoke about: https://youtu.be/AaXum47XJxs

“It was the worst of games, and – the worst of games” Five months of random sports, swimming in the Seine, athletes not knowing what they were competing in and women! Was this even an Olympic Games? Ruth and Chris investigate.

Ruth and Chris begin their journey back through Olympic history with the first modern games in Athens, delving into the stories and sports which made the 1896 games so unique.