India's Srikanth Kidambi is this week’s Olympic Channel podcast guest who talks about captaining his team to historic victory in the Thomas Cup and how momentous it was for the country.

He shares his love of film with Ash Tulloch and explains who he would like to play him in a film about the Thomas Cup. The badminton star also reflects on missing out on Tokyo 2020 and discusses his ambitions for the Commonwealth Games and Paris 2024.

India's Srikanth Kidambi is this week’s Olympic Channel podcast guest. The badminton star talks about captaining his team to an historic victory in the 2022 Thomas Cup and how momentous it was for the country.

He tells host Ash Tulloch about his love of film and shares who he would like to play him in a movie about the recent men's team event success. The 29-year-old also reflects on missing the men's singles at the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021, and discusses his ambitions for the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and Paris 2024 Olympics.

Paul Gasol is giant in stature and in mind.

For 18 years he played professional basketball in the NBA and for Spain’s national team. He retired in 2021 with two NBA championship rings and three Olympic medals to his name. He joins the Olympic Channel podcast to chat about life and all things basketball, including his thoughts on the NBA finals between the Golden State Warriors, and Boston Celtics.

He tells Ash Tulloch how he continues to honour the legacy of his friend Kobe Bryant and what it means to be a girl dad now that he is a father himself. The retired Spanish star gives his take on the future of for his former team, the LA Lakers and discusses what we can expect from new coach Darvin Ham.

Pau also takes a trip down memory lane reflecting on his five Olympics and explains how the Games have had such a big impact on his life. Plus, find out which NBA franchises has he been working with this season. 

Olympic gymnastics champion Shawn Johnson East takes us inside the life and mind of an entrepreneur, Olympic gold medallist, mother, and digital media mogul. 

The Team USA star gets candid with Olympic Channel presenter Ash Tulloch about her feelings towards the age limit in gymnastics, keeping in mind that she was just 16 years old when she took home gold and three silvers from Beijing 2008 for the U.S.. Her thoughts may surprise you.

As well as her life as a gymnast, we discuss her body image journey, becoming a YouTube parenting sensation with her husband, NFL star Andrew East, plus being a co-owner of North American women’s football team Angel City FC, and how they plan to make a positive impact in women’s soccer and influence other sports, to "help every athlete in the world have a voice.’”

From humble beginnings in Serbia to becoming a tennis icon, Ana Ivanovic has had a remarkable journey so far.

In an open and insightful interview, she speaks with Ash Tulloch about society pressures, life, motherhood, guilty pleasures, athletes she’s excited about and the 2022 French Open.

Ana was just 20 years old when she won the trophy at Roland Garros, becoming the number one women’s tennis player in the world. Since retiring in 2016, she’s had two boys with husband, German football star Bastian Schweinsteiger, and been working on personal projects to help improve the lives of children worldwide.

Brazilian swimmer Bruno Fratus is many things. As well as being the 50m freestyle bronze medallist from Tokyo 2020, he's humorous, honest and epitomises resilience.

After making 3 consecutive 50m free Olympic finals, in Japan he finally won the medal that had eluded him for so long.

Ash Tulloch had a revealing chat with Bruno about his journey in and outside the pool. They discuss everything from putting on 10 kg after the Tokyo Games, his wife and coach, fellow Olympian Michelle Lenhardt, plus Formula 1 icon Ayrton Senna and the mission on the horizon - Paris 2024.

Olympic champion basketballer Chris Bosh, Olympic runner Alexi Pappas, and Paralympic champion Birgit Skarstein offer up their most memorable pieces. Plus, a bit of memorable fun with skateboarder Lizzie Armanto in our host Ed Knowles' farewell podcast.

The snowboarding legend and three-time Olympic champion retired from the sport he became synonymous with after coming fourth at the half pipe competition at Beijing 2022. Shaun White sat down for an emotional interview that day with Ash Tulloch. We are also joined by his physical therapist Esther Lee and his coach JJ Thomas.

Paralympian and motivational speaker Amy Purdy talks to IOC Young Leaders about their own journeys and how they’re driving change in the areas of gender equality, peace building, inclusion and sustainability. This sample of the 'We Have a Goal' podcast series showcases the four episodes supported by Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner Panasonic. Listen to all of them at Olympics.com/podcast

Nelson 'Chris' Stokes was one of the original members of the 'Cool Runnings' Jamaica bobsleigh team who captured the world's imagination at Calgary 1988. Now, it's his mission to make his country genuine top 10 contenders in the world.

Paula Moltzan is a US skier who specialises in slalom. She learnt how to ski on the same slope as Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn. In 2015, Paula became the junior world champion but her lifelong dream of being a pro skier was put under threat when she was cut from the US team. She decided to go to college and continued racing. Eventually - her determination and skill earned her a place back on the team. At Beijing 2022, she became an Olympian.

We spoke to her during Beijing 2022 to talk about her friendship with Ryan Cochran-Siegle and his silver medal win, why Lindsey Vonn is an inspiration, and much more.