Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective

Christian Napier talks with former SLOC finance and technology analyst Safia Khaderi (recorded 21 April 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
00:45 - Sleepless in Seattle
03:40 - Independence

PRELIMS
06:43 - Looking through a photo album
09:04 - Switching departments

QUARTERFINALS
11:32 - IT people have more fun
12:58 - System responsibilities

SEMIFINALS
16:26 - "You  just got stuff done"
18:07 - "The parties were amazing"

FINALS
21:48 - "My boss looked like a female John Travolta"
24:20 - "I have no clue where it is"

MIXED ZONE
25:59 - Another Barenaked Ladies memory
27:39 - Four places

COOL DOWN
29:08 - Deer Valley / Moab

Former SLOC employee relations manager Rob Parkes reflects on the Games with host Christian Napier (recorded 20 April 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
01:29 - Rob wears glasses and is hired by SLOC
03:35 - Christian still has a landline

PRELIMS
05:23 - Traditional HR
06:28 - Security cameras in the stairwells
08:24 - "The best job of your life"

QUARTERFINALS
09:21 - Black fleece vests
10:15 - "Figure Skating for Dummies"
12:29 - Job transition program

SEMIFINALS
14:11 - Why the toilet paper shortage?
16:18 - "No one wanted to be alone in a conference room with me"

FINALS
18:20 - A unique environment
20:32 - 9/11 and COVID-19

MIXED ZONE
22:04 - Alone in a conference room with Rob
24:54 - No Barney

COOL DOWN
27:10 - 4th and Main
28:40 - Honoring the flag
29:41 - "Where do you go?"

Host Christian Napier is joined by one of the "originals" Daniel Pacheco who starts at the beginning (recorded 17 April 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
01:04 - 1994 

PRELIMS
05:45 - The Community Department
07:49 - Evolution of the committee

QUARTERFINALS
09:29 - The medicine wheel
11:29 - Two seismic events

SEMIFINALS
14:02 - What did I do?

FINALS
17:12 - Building the education program

MIXED ZONE
21:35 - I-15 bobsleigh
23:50 - Coming to America

COOL DOWN
28:28 - Good eats
30:03 - Twister
31:20 - License plates

Infinite Scale partner Amy Lukas and host Christian Napier look back at the Salt Lake 2002 Games (recorded 16 April 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
00:30 - An "infinite" welcome
02:43 - COVID-19's impact on sports

PRELIMS
04:35 - Happy in LA
06:22 - A change of the weather

QUARTERFINALS
08:36 - The Look of the Games
10:43 - SLC skyline

SEMIFINALS
13:41 - Meeting the partners
17:26 - Windy city

FINALS
21:32 - Triple-wide west side
24:53 - What if?

MIXED ZONE
28:20 - Sliding doors
29:18 - Friends
32:07 - There were a few

COOL DOWN
34:02 - A bittersweet closing

Games veteran and proud "AAA" member Amber Walbeck joins host Christian Napier and remembers the Games (recorded 15 April 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
01:07 - Emergency preparedness

PRELIMS
04:35 - SLOC start
05:58 - "Do you know how to do this?"
07:38 - Staying in the Movement

QUARTERFINALS
09:05 - Grant, Jerry and more
11:57 - A smooth transition / Bechtel

SEMIFINALS
14:28 - Mass quantities
16:48 - We set the tone

FINALS
18:26 - An untimely power outage
19:58 - Games vocabulary

MIXED ZONE
22:43 - NOT John Denver
25:36 - Another Globe trotter

COOL DOWN
27:14 - Who's Brett Hull?  
30:40 - First time in 50 years

Host Christian Napier looks back at the Games with "child of the Utah Symphony" Jess Christiansen (recorded 14 April 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. Note that Jess' nomination of the techno remix version of "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge is not on Spotify, but you can access it on YouTube here.

You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
00:47 - Staying in Mom's basement (sort of)
03:30 - Protesting the Games
06:50 - Miss Independent
08:13 - Another Games in Utah?

PRELIMS
10:17 - A whole new (corporate) world
11:54 - The morning of 9/11

QUARTERFINALS
13:38 - Moving to the venue
14:52 - An amazing venue team

SEMIFINALS
16:30 - Venue training
18:33 - Born into the Utah Symphony

FINALS
21:18 - The best office
23:45 - "I don't think I can do 5,000"

MIXED ZONE
26:44 - Selling my car and moving to Athens
28:47 - A unique yet very random skill set

COOL DOWN
33:04 - "Come What May" (techno?)
34:54 - Milkshakes
36:24 - "Smelling the barn"

Chris Crowley takes a small break from coronavirus duty to remember the Games with host Christian Napier (recorded 2 April 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
00:46 - Fighting COVID-19
03:38 - PCMR VGM 

PRELIMS
04:31 - From the Bay to Brigham's home
07:33 - Settling in Summit County
08:25 - Fitting 40,000 spectators in Park City

QUARTERFINALS
10:23 - Props to the Transport FA
11:53 - Crazy competition schedules

SEMIFINALS
14:55 - A big venue team
16:28 - A tough question

FINALS
19:29 - The sorrow of our country
20:51 - The Superpipe snow monument

MIXED ZONE
23:29 - The "not so Secret Service"

COOL DOWN
29:06 - Oops
31:36 - Bisteca a la Mexicana
32:36 - The first venue team meeting
33:44 - "It really did open my eyes"

Host Christian Napier catches up with long-time friend and colleague Alan Shaw (recorded 1 April 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
00:29 - Alan joins from Atlanta
01:57 - SLOC role recap 

PRELIMS
04:10 - Joining SLOC
05:08 - The "hatchet man"
07:55 - "Special projects"

QUARTERFINALS
09:31 - A jack of all trades
10:42 - Family history
11:54 - Alan's long list of people

SEMIFINALS
15:44 - 9/11 impact

FINALS
19:48 - The case of the missing skate

MIXED ZONE
22:43 - "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts"

COOL DOWN
27:54 - The end of the world
29:10 - A "grande" restaurant
31:09 - 8 bedrooms

Dan Merkley shares his SLOC stories with host Christian Napier (recorded 31 March 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
00:36 - Welcome Dan
01:25 - What's Dan doing these days? 

PRELIMS
04:20 - Sluffing school for Atlanta
06:55 - The Sport Education and Values Foundation
07:59 - Finally hired by SLOC

QUARTERFINALS
09:57 - A long commute
12:25 - "They were all fantastic"

SEMIFINALS
14:45 - Ralph Cranston and Ed Norton
17:20 - Not enough beds

FINALS
20:05 - Embarking on a career

MIXED ZONE
23:40 - Winning the lottery
28:42 - Have a dinner roll
29:52 - Handing off the flame

COOL DOWN
30:56 - The "Mama Leone"
32:44 - Remembering Napster
35:30 - A surprise calling
41:13 - Witnessing a wedding

In this week's episode, Maureen Sweeney joins host Christian Napier (recorded 30 March 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
00:51 - Games are postponed
02:26 - What's Maureen up to?
03:44 - Language and Protocol

PRELIMS
04:48 - My roommate is an interpreter
08:21 - After Atlanta

QUARTERFINALS
10:30 - A brave new world
13:07 - New digs

SEMIFINALS
15:07 - A scandalous start
17:36 - The language of love 

FINALS
21:08 - Finding a balance
23:23 - Becoming a professional
25:25 - A privileged client group

MIXED ZONE
28:58 - It took six Games
31:06 - Three interesting people
36:48 - The Games impact

COOL DOWN
39:57 - Let them eat Cake
41:14 - French mediterranean
41:58 - Curling and flags
44:42 - Bob Garff