The Podium

By NBC Olympics, Zora Stephenson

The Podium: An NBC Olympic and Paralympic podcast. Join us for insider coverage during the intense competition at the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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June 03, 2024 The Podium is back for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
The Podium is back.
Join host Zora Stephenson for fresh angles and deeper dives on the people, places and performances that will shape the medal count.
New episodes weekly before the opening ceremony and daily during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform.
And watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games beginning July 26th on NBC & Peacock.
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March 14, 2022 Paralympics: Fun and Games
Paralympians are well-versed in the challenges of life and sport, and yet fun sems to permeate the ranks of competitors at all levels. Through the experiences of Team USA’ Brittani Coury & Lera Doederlein, we’re reminded why we should all seek fun in sport.
Follow The Podium now to get automatic downloads. And tune into the networks of NBC to watch coverage of the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
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26min
March 13, 2022 Paralympics: Down but Never Out
Top sit ski racer Andrew Kurka is collecting Paralympic heartbreaks that would shake even the toughest competitors. While the Alaskan had ambitious goals to add to his Paralympic medal collection in Beijing, the void in his trophy room from these Games has marked an even bigger win: the triumph that comes from getting back up, and out on the slopes.
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26min
March 11, 2022 Paralympics: Twists and Turns
Visually-impaired skier Danelle Umstead and her guide Rob Umstead share every twist and turn of their lives and their Paralympic aspirations on and off the slopes. The couple discuss race strategy, headset etiquette and why facing down the biggest challenges is possible, and faster, together.
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19min
March 09, 2022 Paralympics: Peak Season
The 6 month gap between paralympic games has left athletes with an unprecedented challenge: finding their podium form after going all-in for Tokyo. Oksana Masters and Kendall Gretsch kick into high gear and even higher medal counts, explaining what it takes to go from one winning season to the next in record time.
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24min
March 07, 2022 Paralympics: Tools of the Trade
Mike Schultz designed a prosthetic leg to help him return to motorsports racing, but it’s the process of adapting his design for other athletes that he found his way to the Paralympic podium, and his most meaningful work.
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22min
March 05, 2022 Paralympics: One Team One Opening
As the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games begin, we look into the increasingly united front of para and able-bodied athletes through the experience of skier Thomas Walsh. Walsh and host Mallory Weggemann expand on how para athletes may better embody traditional sportsmanship despite their less traditional ways of competing.
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28min
February 21, 2022 Day 16: Ocala Ice
There's a city in central Florida that has proven to be the epicentre for American long track speed skating excellence. We speak to medalists Erin Jackson, Brittany Bowe and Joey Mantia to figure out just what about the subtropical town makes fast athletes on ice.
Follow The Podium now on Spotify to get automatic downloads. We thank you for tuning into the networks of NBC to watch every moment of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic games and stay tunes for the 2022 Paralympics starting March 4th.
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February 20, 2022 Day 15: Winter in Our Blood
Indigenous athletes are rare in the Winter Olympics, but for the select few in Beijing like Greenlandic biathlete Ukaleq Slettemark and Team USA hockey player Abby Roque, their unique background is a point of strength.
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February 19, 2022 Day 14: Shifting Gears
In a sports landscape of ultra-specialized athletes, there is meaning in finding the compromise of doing different sports in different seasons.
We talk to nordic combined skiers Taylor Fletcher & Jared Shumate along with summer and winter Olympian Nathan Crumpton about what it takes to shift gears between multiple sports.
Follow The Podium now on Spotify to get automatic downloads. And tune into the networks of NBC to watch every moment of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic games.
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