The Iron Butterfly

I interview 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist Paul Wylie on his career. -How he got into skating -Working with Carlo Fassi, John Curry, Robin Cousins -His artistic focus in skating skills -Staying on the podium through an Olympic cycle -mental strength and his mindset during competition -His Olympic experiences -Professional shows and artistic growth -Switching professional careers to business after re...

I interview 2002 Olympic Bronze Medalist Tim Goebel on his career and experiences skating: -How he got into skating -His coaching experiences throughout his career with Carol Heiss Jenkins, Frank Carroll, and more -Being the first man to land 3 quads in one program -Handling the mental side of skating and competing -Leading up to the Olympics winning US Nationals the year before -His Olympic exper...

I interview 1995 National Champion, World Bronze Medalist, and Olympian Nicole Bobek on her skating career and life. -skating origin story -her experiences with the many notable coaches she took from -the mental side of skating -artistry and telling stories on ice -her experience at the Olympics in 1998 -experiencing burnout and how she dealt with it -her experiences show skating -her opinion on c...

I recap the top 3 women, men, and all Team USA skaters at the 2024 Cup of China Grand Prix: Amber Glenn (USA) Mone Chiba (JPN) Chayeon Kim (KOR) + Shun Sato (JPN) Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ) Adam Saio Him Fa (FRA) + Katie Mcbeath + Daniil Parkman (USA) + Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA) Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA) Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (FIN) Hosted by Simplecast, an Ad...

I recap the top 3 women, men, and all Team USA skaters at the 2024 NHK Trophy Grand Prix in Japan: Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Mone Chiba (JPN) Yuna Aoki (JPN) Alysa Liu (USA) Bradie Tennell (USA) Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) Daniel Grassl (ITA) Tatsuya Tsuboi (JPN) Andrew Torgashev (USA) Jason Brown (USA) Tomoki Hiwatashi (USA) Madi Chock/Evan Bates (USA) Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponoma...

I recap the top women and men all Team USA skaters at the 2024 Grand Prix in France: Amber Glenn  (USA) Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) Rion Sumiyoshi  (JPN) Sarah Everdhart  (USA) Chayeon Kim (KOR) Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) Koshiro Shimada (JPN) Andrew Torgashev (USA) Mikhail Shaidorov  (KAZ) Camden Pulkinen (USA) Aleksandr Selevko (EST) Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville  (USA) Leah Neset/Artem Markelov (USA) Eva Pa...

I recap the top men, women, and all team USA skaters at the 2024 Skate Canada Grand Prix in Halifax! Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Rino Matsuike (JPN) Hana Yoshida (JPN) Alysa Liu (USA) Elyce Lin Gracey (USA) Kimmy Repond (SUI) Madeline Schizas (CAN) + Ilia Malinin (USA) Shun Sato (JPN) Junwhan Cha (KOR) Jason Brown (USA) Stephen Gogolov (CAN) Sota Yamamoto (JPN) + Emily Chan/Spencer Howe +Emilea Zingas/ V...

I recap all 4 events at the 2024 Skate America Grand Prix in Allen Texas! Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) Rinka Watanabe (JPN) Isabeau Levito (USA) Bradie Tennell (USA) Elyce Lin-Gracey (USA) Nina Pinzarrone (BEL) Ilia Malinin (USA) Kevin Aymoz (FRA) Kao Miura (JPN) Max Naumov (USA) Lucas Broussard (USA) Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT) Ellie Kam/Danny Oshea (USA) Alisa Efimova/ Misha Mitrofanov (USA) Katie Mcbeath/ D...

I recap the top 3 women, men, and all Team USA skaters at the 2024 Junior Grand Prix in China: Ami Nakai (JPN) Yuseong Kim (KOR) Yihan Wang (CHN) Sophie Joline von Felten   (USA) Rio Nakata (JPN) Tonghe Tian (CHN) Yanhao Li (NZL) Patrick Blackwell (USA) Elliana Peal/Ethan Peal (USA) Olivia Ilin / Dylan Cain (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about o...

I recap the top 3 women, men, and Team USA skaters at the 2024 Junior Grand Prix in Slovenia: Sophie Joline Von Felten (USA) Jia Shin (KOR) Mei Okada (JPN)) Jacob Sanchez (USA) Adam Hagara (SVK) Genrikh Gartung (GER) Caroline Mullen / Brendan Mullen (USA)   Yahli Pedersen / Benjamin Starr (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and u...

I recap the top 3 women and all Team USA skaters from the 2024 JGP in Gdansk, Poland: Mao Shimada (JPN) Kaoruko Wada (JPN) Nayeon Ko (KOR) Cleo Park (USA) Elizabeth Hansen / William Church (USA) Saya Carpenter/ Ignacio Maravilla (USA) Reagan Moss/ Jakub Galbavy (USA) Katarina Wolfkostin / Dimity Tsarevski Yahli Pedersen / Benjamin Starr (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswi...

I recap the top 3 women, top 3 men, and all Team USA skaters at the 2024 Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic: Kaoruko Wada (JPN) Stafania Glad (FRA) Yujae Kim (KOR) Josephine Lee (USA) Minkyu Seo (KOR) Patrick Blackwell (USA) Adam Hagara (SVK) Saya Carpenter / Ignacio Maravilla (USA) Katarina Wolfkostin / Dimitry Tsaresvi (USA) Emily Renzi / William Lissauer (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an...

I recap the top 3 women and men and all Team USA skaters at the 2024 JGP in Riga, Latvia: Mao Shimada (JPN) Elina Goidina (EST) Nayeon Ko (KOR) Annika Chao (USA) Sena Takahashi (JPN) Jaekeun Lee (KOR) Shunsuke Nakamura (JPN) Aleksandr Fegan (USA) Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA) Reagan Moss/ Jakub Gabavy (USA) Caroline Mullen / Brendan Mullen (USA) Michelle Deych/Ryan Hu (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, a...

I sit down with 5x World Champion, 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist and 1960 Olympic Champion Carol Heiss to chat about her life. We discuss her skating story, mental toughness, her experience acting in Hollywood after winning Olympic gold, coaching skating, and more! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adverti...

I sit down with 2024 National Champion Amber Glenn and catch up on the past three years of her career! We chat about all things adrenaline, handling competition stress and excitement, making the move to CO Springs and building her adult era out there, tips and trick she's learned about herself for competing, and taking things one step at a time. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad...

I interview 2x World Champions and Olympians Madison Chock and Evan Bates on their career and lives together. We chat about their longevity in the sport, the ups and downs of their ongoing journey on-ice, vital lessons they've learned along the way, and how their lives have romantically intertwined off the ice in an even deeper connection.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswiz...

I chat with 2x Olympic Pair Champion Katia Gordeeva about her life: -having her first child in between winning two Olympic gold medals -balancing motherhood while competitively skating and professionally touring -being a coach to her own daughter and juggling that role -the American vs. Russian training systems -her views on current skating -fitness levels for women in skating   Hosted by Simpleca...

I recap all four disciplines in the 2024 World Championships in Montreal Canada. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I recap the top 3 in all disciplines + all Team USA athletes at the 2024 Junior World Championships! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I interview Olympian and French National champion Mae Berenice Meite on her inspiring career. We chat about her early beginnings in skating and getting to the Olympics, how she dealt with her injuries in her recovery process, growing into adulthood while navigating what skating meant to her, finding purpose and clarity while taking a break, and transforming her life with her new vision of skating...

I recap the top skaters at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, China.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I recap the 2024 U.S. Championships in the Junior and Senior categories! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I recap the 2024 European Championships: Loena Hendrickx (BEL) Anastasiia Gibanova (GEO) Nina Pinzarrone (BEL) Livia Kaiser (SUI) Alexandra Feign (BUL) Kimmy Repond (SUI) Olga Mikutina (AUT) + Adam Saio Him Fa (FRA) Aleksandr Selevko (EST) Matteo Rizzo (ITA) Lukas Britschgi (SUI) + Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise (ITA) Anastasia Metelkina/Luka Berulava (GEO) Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini (ITA...

I chat with Rory O'Brien, member of the champion Hayden Select Synchronized Skating Team for Team USA about all things synchro! Topics covered: -synchro skating general rules -the levels of synchro and moving up competitively -team tryout process -the key elements of a synchro program -the judging system for synchro -what the synchro competition season looks like -international competitions for sy...

Mao SHIMADA (JPN) Jia Shin (KOR) Rena Uezono (JPN) Rio Nakata (JPN) Daniel Martynov (USA) Leah Neset/Artem Markelo (USA) Yahli Pederson/Jeffrey Chen (USA) Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA) Follow me on IG: @polinaedmunds Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.