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Three men who dream of Olympic glory and have as much athletic prowess as a piece of cheese sit down (or stand up) and discuss the Olympics, bringing you daily updates, segments and attempted humour that would make even the most passionate Olympics fan in the world crack a wry smile. Well, at least we hope. If it doesn't then we'll gladly give you your money back.
 
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We're going back to moguls today as we speak with American Olympian Olivia Giaccio about her incredible career and journey in one of our favourite sports we can never get enough of! We learn from Olivia which other sport she grew up playing that she could've potentially made it to the Olympics in and what it was about skiing that made her focus on …
 
You know how excited we get when we can bring you an athlete from a sport we have never covered before on the show, and today is one of those days, as we chat with our first ever soccer athlete in the incredible Olympic gold medallist from Canada Gabrielle Carle about her incredible career and amazing Olympic experiences! We find out from Gabrielle…
 
It's always an exciting time when we get to chat about swimming and we're doing exactly that today by chatting with Australian Olympic gold medallist Meg Harris about her incredible career and incredible Olympic experiences! We find out from Meg how growing up in Far North Queensland started her love of swimming and what other sports she could've p…
 
It's one of our favourite sports on Off The Podium and it's a pleasure to bring you another athlete from it today as we bring you a great interview with Olympic gold medal winning ice hockey player Jamie Lee Rattray to learn more about her incredible career in the even more incredible sport! We find out from Jamie just how she got involved in the s…
 
Can you believe we've somehow made it to 300 episodes?! We can't either! But as is the case every 50 episodes, we're back to bring you an epic clip show, celebrating all the best moments from episodes 251-299! You'll hear all the classic moments from our great interviews since our last clip show, as well as our fun coverage of both the 2022 Commonw…
 
An epic chat heading coming your way today as we chat to a legend in the sport of both short-track & long-track speed skating in four-time Canadian Olympian and Olympic gold medallist Valerie Maltais about her incredible career! We find out from Valerie just what brought her into both her sports and the incredible journey that saw her become only t…
 
It's time for your first taste of canoe slalom on the show today as we chat with Aussie Olympic canoeist Daniel Watkins to learn more about his sport as well as his incredible career so far! We find out from Dan how growing up in Tassie helped him get into the sport and just why the wilderness of Tasmania is a great place to train. We also find out…
 
Another epic moguls interview coming your way today as we chat with two-time Australian Olympian Taylah O'Neill about her time in the sport and memories of her Olympic experiences! We find out from Taylah how she got into the sport and how seeing Dale Begg-Smith win Olympic gold in 2006 in person helped light the fire towards her Olympic dream. We …
 
It's a rowing kind of day on Off The Podium as we bring you a great interview with two-time Olympic Canadian rower and Olympic gold medallist Susanne Grainger to learn more about her incredible journey in the sport! We find out her unique way of starting in the sport and why finding the "last tall person sport out there she hadn't tried" was the st…
 
An absolutely massive episode coming your way today with a massive special event as we bring you a crossover special episode with fellow Olympics podcast Keep The Flame Alive to bring you a massive Olympics episode for the ages! Ben & Colin are joined by Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown to discuss their love of the Olympics, their love of Olympic podcast…
 
It's alpine skiing time once again on the show as we chat with two-time Canadian Olympian Laurence St-Germain about her incredible career and Olympic experiences! We find out from Laurence how she got into the sport as well as the unique sport that not many people are aware that she competed in that could've taken her to the Olympics in a different…
 
It's time to get yourself on target for our first ever athlete from the great sport of archery as we chat with Olympic bronze medallist and three-time Olympian Taylor Worth to learn more about his unique sport and incredible career! We find out from Taylor how he got into the sport and the unique training that is involved in archery. We also find o…
 
We're returning to the sport of basketball today as we chat with three-time Canadian Olympic basketballer Kimberley Gaucher about her incredible Olympic & pro hoops career! We find out from Kim her journey through the sport and just how far basketball in Canada has come since her early playing days right through to today. We also learn about her le…
 
Are you excited to learn more about the brand new sport of breaking set to take over the Paris Olympics next year? Well if you are, then this is the episode for you! We sit down today and chat with one of Australia's best breakers Gerard Cabellon, aka B-Boy Kid Tek, to learn more about this unique sport, his hopes for the Olympics next year and jus…
 
Moguls time! Yes! It's time to get back into one of our favourite sports by chatting with Australian Olympian Brodie Summers about his amazing time in the sport and his even more amazing journey across three Olympic Games! We find out how Brodie got started in the sport and how he was inspired by the icon that is Dale Begg-Smith. We also learn just…
 
A brand new sport for us to cover today as we speak to our first ever athlete from the incredible sport of tennis by chatting with Canadian Olympian Sharon Fichman about her time in the sport and experiences at the Olympic Games! We learn from Sharon her journey rising the ranks in the sport and more about her amazing junior career which took her t…
 
It's time to get back in your boat and row your way to another epic interview as we chat with Olympic gold medal winning rower from Canada Sydney Payne about her time in the sport and her incredible Olympic experiences! We find out about Sydney's unique journey in the sport and which sport she transitioned from that maybe might be seen as somewhat …
 
It's time for a fun and unique episode today as we bring you the first ever sister of another guest we've had on the show with the incredible Aussie Aerial Olympic Skier Gabi Ash to learn more about her incredible career and the incredible Olympic Ash family! We find out from Gabi how she went from skiing to diving and back to skiing again that set…
 
It's another exciting rankings episode coming your way today and it's the rankings episode you have all been waiting for as the boys come together to rank THE OLYMPIC MASCOTS in true Off The Podium style! Yes, that's right, those beloved hosts will now get to rank the beloved mascots that we definitely have an obsession with talking about every sin…
 
Today we head back to the great sport of freestyle skiing as we chat with two-time Canadian Olympic aerialist and Olympic bronze medallist Lewis Irving about his extraordinary career and even more extraordinary Olympic experiences! We find out from Lewis how he got involved in the sport and how being involved in circus school helped him on his jour…
 
It's time once again to get yourself in the mood for a behind the scenes look at the Olympics as we chat with legendary Australian broadcaster Matt White about his incredible broadcasting career and experiences working on the Olympic Games! We find out from Matt about his love of the Olympics growing up and how an Olympic legend being a close famil…
 
A massive interview coming your way today as we chat with the legendary four-time Olympic bobsledder and two-time Olympic medallist Justin Kripps from Canada about his incredible career in the sport! We find out from Justin about how his life is weirdly similar to that of the movie Cool Runnings and how watching a certain iconic Canadian Olympic mo…
 
It's a new year here on Off The Podium and that means we're back for another epic interview! We love talking to athletes from sports we have never covered before, particularly when that athlete is a true legend of not only the sport, but the Olympics in general! Today we have the pleasure of bringing you an interview with the icon that is eight-tim…
 
The World Cup is over and that means it's time to back into our weekly athlete interviews and this week we are pumped and excited to bring you an incredible interview today that will definitely make you go gobbledygook as we chat with Olympic gold & bronze medallist Zac Stubblety-Cook about his incredible career and amazing Olympic experiences at T…
 
It's been an epic World Cup of epic proportions and we're here to wrap up our coverage in true Off The Podium style! Just what did we think of the final? Is Messi now the GOAT? How bad do we feel for France or do we not really care? Was this the greatest World Cup of all time? How do we feel heading into a World Cup in North America in four years t…
 
It's hard to believe we're at that point of the 2022 World Cup where we are talking about the final, but that is here and we're here to talk about it in one epic episode! The boys talk about their thoughts on the quarter and semi-finals before giving their viewpoint on the big final between Argentina & France. We also talk about the history making …
 
Another week of the 2022 World Cup is done with as we are back to give our take on all the action and look ahead to the meaty end of the competition! How is Canada caring about the World Cup now that they're home? How are Australia reacting to the World Cup after their stunning performances? Is Ben still crying over Germany being eliminated in the …
 
Another week of the Qatar 2022 World Cup is behind us and it's a mixed week for our hosts with celebrations and sadness filling the airwaves with another week of epic soccer action! Ben & Jarrod continue to celebrate the Socceroos creating history by making it through to the second round and talk up why we aren't scared of Messi and Argentina. Mean…
 
The first week of the 2022 World Cup is over and done with and the gang is back together to discuss their take on the open round of matches and look ahead to what is to come for the remainder of the group stage. How did Ben & Jarrod feel Australia went against France? How did Colin feel Canada did against Belgium? Why have there been so many upsets…
 
We've been teasing it and teasing it and FINALLY it is here, the 2022 FIFA World Cup! And for the first time in our history we are set to bring you our unique take on the biggest sporting event in the world, as today we kick that off (haha) with our massive Qatar 2022 preview episode with a very special guest also joining us to talk up the tourname…
 
Get excited and pumped as we have a massive massive interview coming your way today as we chat with the most decorated Canadian Olympian in the history of the Olympic Games Penny Oleksiak about her extraordinary swimming career that has seen her yield an amazing seven Olympic medals across two Olympics! We find out more about Penny's journey in the…
 
It's time to get on your bike once again as we return to the sport of Cycling by speaking with two-time Australian Olympic cyclist Georgia Baker about the sport, he Olympic experiences and getting Ben excited for being the first Tasmanian female Olympian to appear on the show as well! We find out from Georgia about her talented sporting background …
 
It's time to visit a brand new sport on the show today as we chat with two-time Australian Olympic basketballer Marianna Tolo to talk about her amazing career in the sport as well as her Olympic experiences and everything else in between! We find out from Marianna what drew her to the sport and why basketball is so popular in Far North Queensland. …
 
It's time to get fast and skate into another epic interview as we chat with two-time Canadian speed skating Olympian and Olympic silver medallist Laurent Dubreuil about his incredible career and even more incredible Olympic experiences! We find out from Laurent just how influential his Olympian parents were in getting into the sport as well as why …
 
A big chat coming down your speakers today as we chat with Australian Olympic gold medal winning sailor Matt Wearn to learn about his incredible win in Tokyo 2020 as well as his even more incredible sailing career! We find out from Matt which other sport he very much could've been a champion in and what made him make the ultimate decision to pursue…
 
You loved our rankings episode on the Olympic medals so we're back to bring you another great rankings episode as this time we go over the Olympic logos that you have come to enjoy over the years and give our unique perspective on them by putting them in an order we deem fitting of each of them! What will come out on top? What will sink to the bott…
 
A fun chat to bring you today as we chat with one of Australia's favourite broadcasters and former sprinter Jason 'Richo' Richardson about his incredible career and his incredible love for all things to do with the Olympics! We find out from Richo just what three dreams he had as a child and how one of them came true in some pretty extraordinary ci…
 
It's time for a special interview on the show today as we are joined by two-time American Olympic kayaker Cliff Meidl and American doctor Dr. Malcolm Lesavoy to learn about their unique friendship and just how together they created one of the most inspirational Olympic stories in recent history! We find out from Cliff how a horrific accident set hi…
 
It's snowboarding time once again on Off The Podium as we chat with 2010 Australian Olympian Steph Prem about her incredible career and her inspirational journey that has followed her time at the Olympics! We find out from Steph just what brought her into the sport of snowboarding and how different and new it was during the 1990s and early 2000s in…
 
It's always a fun time when we get to talk cross-country skiing on the show and that time is now as we bring you a great chat with Australian Olympian Seve de Campo to learn more about his amazing career and his amazing sport! We find out from Seve how he came into the sport a little later than most and how a moment of inspiration from his father h…
 
Excited to bring you another epic interview today as we chat with two-time Aussie Olympic snowboarder Adam Lambert about his incredible career and even more incredible Olympic experiences! We find out from Adam just how being strapped to a snowboard at 18 months old helped him on his journey towards the Olympics and how his supportive parents fuele…
 
It's time to get excited for another amazing interview as we return to the sport of alpine skiing by chatting with Australian Olympian Louis Muhlen-Schulte about his incredible career! We find out from Louis how we went from a tiny town in rural Victoria to competing on the biggest stage in world sport. We also find out just what other potential sp…
 
We are pumped and excited to be visiting the sport of volleyball for the first time today on the show as we chat with Sean Murray, the author of a brand new book If Gold Is Our Destiny, which details the amazing story behind the US men's volleyball team and their groundbreaking gold medal win at the 1984 Olympics, as well as the coach of that team …
 
Another Commonwealth Games has drawn to a close and after 11 action packed days and another unique closing ceremony we're back to go over the last few days of competition as well as going over what we just witnessed to close the games! Were we satisfied with how Canada and Australia closed things off since our last episode? Was the closing ceremony…
 
There has been plenty of action in the first week of the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the boys are back to go over it all in our massive review of the first 7 days of Birmingham 2022! Just how have the Aussies and Canadians faired compared to how we thought they would do? Should other countries even bother to show up in the swimming when Australia i…
 
The time has finally arrived to get excited for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and after a very unique opening ceremony we're back with a brand new episode to give our full review of it! Did we enjoy it or did it not live up to what we were hoping for? How excited were we for the flag bearers of Australia & Canada? Why do the Commonwealth Games love g…
 
It's time to get pumped and excited as we not only bring back all the crew together but we return for an EPIC preview episode of the 2022 Commonwealth Games to get you super excited for another super exciting major sporting event! Join Ben, Colin & Jarrod as they go over all the things to look forward to across the next couple of weeks and work out…
 
It's time to return to the great sport of cross-country skiing today as we speak with Australian two-time Olympian Jessica Yeaton about her amazing career in here amazing sport! We find out from Jess her unique journey into skiing and find out with all the moving she did as a child if her father was actually secretly a secret agent. We also find ou…
 
It's been a long time since we've talked about sailing on the show and we're excited to return to it today as we speak with two-time Australian Olympian and two-time Olympic medallist William Ryan about his amazing career and his amazing Olympic experiences! We find out from Will just how young he was when he got his first taste of sailing and why …
 
It's time to return to bobsleigh today as we speak with Canadian Olympic bobsledder Sara Villani about her unique journey into the sport and her Olympic experiences! We find out from Sara just how she was able to go from never having been in a bobsleigh at the last Olympics to competing for her country in Beijing four years later. We also find out …
 
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