Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective

SLOC Chief Communications Officer Caroline Shaw joins from wine country to discuss affordable housing, Mitt and McDonalds, and 9/11 in Manhattan (recorded 25 June 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
00:26 - Welcome to the "bridge"

PRELIMS
04:21 - Pathway to SLOC
05:40 - Comms 101

QUARTERFINALS
08:41 - Rebuilding the brand
11:36 - Gratitude for a great team

SEMIFINALS
14:35 - 9/11

FINALS
22:08 - Three generations
24:39 - Plain hamburgers

MIXED ZONE
27:29 - Too many songs / burgers and fine dining
29:41 - The story behind the flag

COOL DOWN
33:36 - A poignant letter

A giant of the event industry, Ron Cameron talks about the complexity of delivering ceremonies operations in Salt Lake and even looks back at the 2007 Rio Pan-American Games (recorded 24 June 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
00:25 - Ron joins from the East Coast

PRELIMS
03:58 - Got a call from Mike Loynd
08:27 - Operating Rice-Eccles

QUARTERFINALS
10:28 - Partnering with the U
13:10 - Becoming a National Security Event

SEMIFINALS
15:05 - Rehearsal learnings
19:29 - A Rio 2007 tangent

FINALS
21:14 - Transport challenges
25:40 - What about the other ceremonies?

MIXED ZONE
29:15 - Outdoor ceremonies
32:15 - It's all about team

COOL DOWN
36:59 - More snow challenges
40:40 - Stevie, Red I and a chance encounter

In an extended episode, the incomparable Beth White joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and talks about baking bread, the 1998 and 2002 bids, running the MMC, learnings from Sydney and much more (recorded 18 June 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
00:27 - Beth White, in front of the Green Monster
03:58 - Sourdough time

PRELIMS
07:42 - A Salt Palace start
10:06 - From bid to host

QUARTERFINALS
15:51 - The grace of Stockholm / joining SLOC
20:33 - Learning how to run an MMC / the *IOC* scandal

SEMIFINALS
26:32 - Mitt and Fraser arrive / pigeon holes
36:53 - Pollyanna

FINALS
33:49 - The camaraderie / golf w/Dave Busser and Ed Eynon
38:33 - Transport nailed it

MIXED ZONE
41:41 - Transport nails it again
43:39 - Smallwares and golf cart trains

COOL DOWN
49:48 - MMC food / no favorites
54:25 - Other food / An Aussie revs up the Games

Project manager extraordinaire Craig Utian joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast to talk with host Christian Napier about airport baggage handling, coming to America and pyrotechnics (recorded 15 June 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
00:27 - Craig joins from Vancouver
03:58 - Kids and COVID-19

PRELIMS
05:58 - Getting off the Olympic train
07:56 - From Sydney to SLOC

QUARTERFINALS
11:02 - Coming to America (with friends)
13:48 - "Stop telling us how you did it!"

SEMIFINALS
16:50 - 9/11 impact
19:08 - Pyrotechnics

FINALS
21:57 - Roving during Games-time
24:05 - Key learnings

MIXED ZONE
26:12 - End of Opening Ceremony

COOL DOWN
31:18 - U2 in concert
33:09 - Squatters
34:41 - Lasting friendships  

Christian Napier sits down with Heather Brace, former SLOC Medical Services Volunteer Manager and current Intermountain Healthcare SVP of Human Resources and Chief People Officer in the very first in-person (but socially distant) Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast episode (recorded 12 June 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
00:25 - 41,000 people
04:04 - Working remotely

PRELIMS
06:31 - Loaned to SLOC by IHC
09:15 - An international talent pool

QUARTERFINALS
11:41 - The most diverse, interesting group of people
13:55 - Camping time

SEMIFINALS
17:30 - Storing SLOC stuff / nice pass
21:32 - A tight group of friends

FINALS
23:53 - Life after SLOC
27:50 - IHC COVID-19 volunteers in NYC

MIXED ZONE
29:51 - Lessons learned from NYC
32:47 - John Williams again!

COOL DOWN
34:15 - Boston and wings
36:34 - September morning

Michael Wingate, major event logistics expert, connects all the way from Doha to talk with Christian Napier about Salt Lake 2002, buying SLOC stuff post-Games and ice cream (recorded 3 June 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
00:27 - COVID-19 in Qatar

PRELIMS
05:47 - An Atlanta start
07:54 - A winter arrival 

QUARTERFINALS
09:46 - UOP test events / Michael's role
14:01 - Out of the inversion

SEMIFINALS
15:28 - Salt Lake is the bar
19:32 - The pull of events

FINALS
21:37 - Living abroad 
25:36 - Resume in your pocket?

MIXED ZONE
27:26 - Where's that TV going?

COOL DOWN
32:34 - Dissolution
36:40 - Ice cream and BBQ / fastest ice on earth

Digital media expert, adjunct professor and former Arch Deluxe expert Steve Raquel talks with Christian Napier about 9/11 in a hotel, the McRib and the coolest flight ever (recorded 27 May 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
00:26 - Jordan pushed off

PRELIMS
03:57 - From McPizza to SLOC
07:40 - First impressions

QUARTERFINALS
08:30 - Olympic Marketing 101
11:02 - Scandal and sponsorship

SEMIFINALS
14:24 - Letting Mitt in the door
16:44 - A great team

FINALS
19:12 - "My people" 
21:25 - Little America

MIXED ZONE
25:56 - Getting home / post-Games
31:00 - The marketing playbook

COOL DOWN
34:09 - Lose yourself / coffee and porcupines
36:48 - Flying for $20.02

Host Christian Napier is joined by Deer Valley results manager Cyndi Sherman from her cabin in upstate New York to remember  (recorded 20 May 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
00:24 - Welcome Cyndi from the Finger Lakes region!

PRELIMS
04:37 - Leaving Kodak
08:34 - Shot into SLOC

QUARTERFINALS
10:38 - Results in a nutshell
13:45 - Dear Deer Valley

SEMIFINALS
16:49 - Getting up and running
20:14 - Gorillaz

FINALS
23:06 - A party atmosphere
25:25 - The road less traveled

MIXED ZONE
28:06 - Testing every scenario

COOL DOWN
31:16 - September / breweries
36:24 - Early mornings

We have our first duo! SLOC trainers Bob Ligget and Tara Anderson Warren join host Christian Napier for an extended episode of the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast (recorded 20 May 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
00:27 - Another podcast first!
03:38 - Ultra running

PRELIMS
06:23 - Two different paths to SLOC
13:31 - Designing volunteer training

QUARTERFINALS
17:21 - Taking C.H.A.R.G.E
22:40 - Finding the right trainers

SEMIFINALS
29:58 - Trainers, cont'd
36:13 - A wonderful group

FINALS
40:22 - What do you do during Games-time?
46:34 - One lesson you learned

MIXED ZONE
52:37 - A lifetime ago / meeting Marie
57:23 - A hard question

COOL DOWN
1:01:03 - Crepes and seafood
1:04:34 - Tequila and pizza

Host Christian Napier talks with Roger Baugh (in Paris!) who shares his hilarious stories about start gate fires, the Secret Service, cabins and doobies; emotional memories of 9/11; and the revelation of who REALLY won the "Run for the Rings" (recorded 20 May 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
00:25 - An American in Paris
03:25 - Props to teachers and Paris 2024

PRELIMS
04:48 - From Temple to the Temple
08:16 - Stunning SLC

QUARTERFINALS
10:26 - Working in Venue Technology
12:37 - Test event trials

SEMIFINALS
16:49 - Tilting cabins
18:48 - Secret cabin

FINALS
21:50 - The very personal impact of 9/11
27:01 - The Games go on

MIXED ZONE
28:50 - "Once in a lifetime"
31:58 - Living abroad

COOL DOWN
34:56 - Doobie brothers
35:46 - Tequila and pizza
40:10 - In memoriam / "Run for the Rings"