Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective

Lisa Freedman joins the podcast from beautiful San Diego to remember the Salt Lake 2002 Games with host Christian Napier (recorded 19 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 - Lisa and the US Police and Fire Championships
05:29 - Adjusting to this new reality

PRELIMS
07:16 - ""How much time do we have?"
10:52 - Lisa's many hats

QUARTERFINALS
13:52 - Transitions / Superstore site

SEMIFINALS
19:22 - Getting the venue agreements
22:49 - Mitt, Fraser and the culture

FINALS
24:46 - "The event world really changed"
28:17 - A future Games in SLC?

MIXED ZONE
29:34 - "Things I overheard"
32:53 - Strong bonds

COOL DOWN
35:17 - Kiss, Lenny and Alicia
40:58 - The athlete march / Deer Valley

Christian Napier is joined by Michelle Thornbury from her home in Nashville to talk about Scott Hamilton and the Salt Lake 2002 Games (recorded 14 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
00:32 - Third time's the charm / work with Scott Hamilton

PRELIMS
04:54 - From Shania to Salt Lake
08:14 - On the rebound

QUARTERFINALS
09:42 - Trolley Square (and a dog)
13:03 - Ceremonies challenges
 
SEMIFINALS
15:25 - In the wake of 9/11
18:04 - The Paralympics and Stevie Wonder

FINALS
19:15 - Keeping secrets
22:08 - Christmas party

MIXED ZONE
23:29 - President Bush in the elevator / no job too small
24:51 - Lessons learned

COOL DOWN
28:01 - Fragile crepes
29:59 - Every inch of the venue

Lori Morency Kun, head of "5 For The Fight", joins host Christian Napier to talk about her life's work supporting cancer research and her Salt Lake 2002 Games experience (recorded 14 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 - Lori joins us from Park City!
04:11 - 5 For The Fight

PRELIMS
06:48 - The cross-pack!
08:19 - Starting in Atlanta

QUARTERFINALS
11:27 - "I was Sport 2"
14:03 - Snowbasin storm / muffins and headlamps
 
SEMIFINALS
17:54 - "You were Bradburied"
19:53 - Mitt's leadership

FINALS
24:04 - "People with big hearts and passion"

MIXED ZONE
28:52 - Guiding principles
30:36 - Fighting cancer
32:38 - Thank you, eyes of the world

COOL DOWN
34:49 - Fiddling around
35:37 - Kiss and cry

Host Christian Napier talks Salt Lake 2002 uniforms with ultimate frisbee champion and all around great athlete Deirdre Morris Abrahamsson (recorded 14 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
00:34 - Welcome Dierdre!

PRELIMS
04:41 - A journey around the world to Salt Lake City

QUARTERFINALS
09:35 - Running the uniform program
 
SEMIFINALS
13:47 - Uniform sizes / memorable competitions
16:40 - "I got married"

FINALS
18:58 - Ultimate frisbee in Utah

MIXED ZONE
23:46 - Driving all over for ultimate frisbee
26:38 - "It was a great honor"

COOL DOWN
28:26 - More Moby / More "mole"
30:44 - How fragile we are

Christy Nicolay, the preeminent sport presentation producer in the Games, joins Christian Napier and talks sport production (as it was then called in Salt Lake 2002) and S'mores (recorded 12 and 26 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 - Christy joins us from Palm Springs!

PRELIMS
04:35 - "Best Games Ever!"
07:40 - What is sport production?

QUARTERFINALS
09:32 - "Best Games Ever!" (cont'd) / "Salt Lake was just a dream"
12:39 - Cubicle TP'd
 
SEMIFINALS
16:11 - Whitewater rafting / Sundance Christmas
18:41 - Robert Redford (Mr. What's-His-Name)

FINALS
20:27 - "I am the S'mores Champion!"
22:52 - KOUP Radio

MIXED ZONE
26:15 - Lit / music vetting

COOL DOWN
31:44 - Best mole in Utah
33:47 - Speech time

Former "Games Gypsy" Todd Severson joins Christian Napier to remember the second best Games -- after Sydney :-) -- Salt Lake 2002 (recorded 11 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 - Todd joins from Sydney! / five year Games exit plan
03:52 - It all started in Wisconsin

PRELIMS
05:22 - "I was a recovered ticketing person"
07:42 - "It's almost like you read my script"

QUARTERFINALS
10:12 - English variations
11:24 - Joining EVS
 
SEMIFINALS
14:40 - 30 people in Todds apartment on 9/11
18:00 - The life of a "Games Gypsy"

FINALS
21:16 - Amazing colleagues
23:46 - Working as a contractor within SLOC

MIXED ZONE
26:52 - Lost wheelchairs

COOL DOWN
30:51 - Torch collecting
32:16 - Aaron Copeland
34:12 - The ultimate brunch stop
34:44 - Passing the Torch

Bob Bills goes all the way back to the 80's to tell the story of the Salt Lake 2002 Games with Christian Napier (recorded 7 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
00:28 - Bob joins us before heading to southern Utah

PRELIMS
04:20 - Before the Big Bang
08:00 - The domestic bid / bid changes

QUARTERFINALS
10:50 - Competing against Nagano
13:41 - The announcement in Budapest
 
SEMIFINALS
18:32 - Reality sets in
21:44 - "Miles away in a whole other world"

FINALS
26:31 - Finding funding
30:42 - Leadership transitions

MIXED ZONE
33:25 - "Mitt changed things"
35:50 - Leaving SLOC

COOL DOWN
38:42 - Bob's legacy
40:40 - Cowboys / shirt on fire

Donna Providenti takes a welcome break from COVID-19 home schooling to remember the Salt Lake 2002 Games with Christian Napier (recorded 5 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
00:28 - Donna joins from the epicenter of COVID-19
04:25 - Donna leaves corporate finance for sport

PRELIMS
06:10 - "Where do I start?"
07:44 - Becoming Deer Valley GM / influential people

QUARTERFINALS
12:43 - Skiing with Ashcroft
15:58 - Portable toilet shelf
 
SEMIFINALS
17:28 - "There was no one on the mountain"
20:13 - "We weren't done building the bleachers"

FINALS
22:31 - Transport fun / free ski passes?

MIXED ZONE
28:52 - Donna's post-Games journey

COOL DOWN
32:06 - Two songs / two restaurants
34:59 - Helicopter surprise

Kristin Rector joins Christian Napier to talk volunteer shifts and flowchart their memories of the Salt Lake 2002 Games (recorded 5 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
00:29 - Kristin takes a lovely walk down memory lane
03:41 - COVID-19 impacts

PRELIMS
06:54 - A coffee shop in Vail
10:19 - "Something bigger than myself"

QUARTERFINALS
13:56 - A culture of volunteerism
16:05 - Volunteer workflow
 
SEMIFINALS
19:44 - Infrastructure needs / "Six shi(f)ts"
24:19 - "That's just so unfair!"

FINALS
26:29 - Games-time experience
28:32 - Ode to John / whiteboards

MIXED ZONE
33:18 - US 6 (driving from Vail)
35:36 - Another Oasis fan!

COOL DOWN
37:36 - Our favorite barstool

Our first show with two Christians - LaBarbera and Napier - laughing their way down memory lane; from Lausanne to Torino and all the way back to the Salt Lake 2002 Games (recorded 12 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
00:28 - Mr. LaBarbera, an essential employee
03:26 - Too much Target / taking our own advice

PRELIMS
08:02 - Starting with SLOC
11:55 - Two Christians meet  

QUARTERFINALS
13:35 - Hearing voices in the atrium
15:51 - Mr. LaBarbera, an aspiring actor
 
SEMIFINALS
19:11 - Who gets to peg Mr. LaBarbera with a snowball?
21:45 - The power of the organizing committee

FINALS
23:30 - Minimizing poaching
26:02 - Just-in-time workforce delivery

MIXED ZONE
28:57 - Mr. LaBarbera's post-Games career

COOL DOWN
34:27 - Three Little Pigs / Deacon Blues
36:52 - Two favorite songs / pizza and burgers
39:05 - "Tears to the eyes"