Keep the Flame Alive

Keep the Flame Alive® is the podcast for fans of the Olympics and Paralympics. Each week co-hosts Jill Jaracz and Alison Brown keep you up-to-date on the worlds of the Olympics and Paralympics through interviews with athletes, Gamesmakers, historians and more. We're the cure to your case of Olympic Fever. Give us a call: 208-FLAME-IT.

The Push to Paris 2024 04/19/2024

After the Olympics with Samantha Schultz 04/11/2024

After the Olympics with Samantha Schultz Note: In this episode, we discuss discovery, treatment, and life with an eating disorder. If you would like more information about screenings, support, and treatment for eating disorders, please visit the for more information. Transitioning to life after sport can be complicated and difficult. On this episode, we welcome back TKFLASTANI and Olympian Samantha Schultz, who's one of the subjects in latest book After competing at Tokyo 2020, Sammy's transition to non-competitive life has been a big adjustment, and in 2023 she sought professional help for an eating disorder. Samantha shares her journey and continued work in recovery with us and what she's learned from her experience as an elite athlete. You can follow her on and e. We have a lot of other news to bring you up to speed in the Olympic and Paralympic world: Paris 2024 will have another on April 17 at 10am CEST - all sports will be available! The Eiffel Tower will be sporting Olympic rings. There are more water quality issues in the Seine, enough that has written an to the Organizing Committee about them. Serbia will have its first-ever at Paris 2024. World Athletes dropped a bombshell on the sporting world with the for gold medalists. is supporting Paralympians -- look for special cereal boxes soon! A fire at the Montreal Olympic Stadium has in the training plans of many Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes/hopefuls, including TKFLASTANIs and LA 2028 will be venue changes to its program over the coming year. The International Olympic Committee is around support for under-age (minor) ahtletes. In news from TKFLASTAN, we hear from: Sailors Curler Race walker USA Fencing CEO Author - check out his fictionalized interview with Pierre de Coubertin . For a transcript of this episode, please visit . Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! Note: This post contains affiliate links -- if you purchase something through that link, we may receive a commission. This greatly supports the effort to keep our flame alive. *** with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed. Support the show: Bookshop.org store: Hang out with us online: Facebook: Insta: Twitter: Facebook Group: Newsletter: Sign up at VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348 /episode/index/show/flamealivepod/id/30789228

Athletes of War Director Gabriel Veras 04/04/2024

Athletes of War Director Gabriel Veras Documenting different stories of the Games is vital to providing an accurate picture of Olympic history. On this episode, we talk with documentary filmmaker Gabriel Veras, director of the new documentary The movie looks at the ongoing war in Ukraine from the lens of athletes who are trying to do sport and train for the Paris 2024 Olympics amidst bombed out facilities and the threat of death. We talk with Gabe about how he conceived this idea, made the documentary, and the athletes involved. Athletes of War at CIFF on Wednesday, April 10. Streaming will also be available for US and US Territory residents through CIFF Streams from April 14-April 21, 2024. Order your stream ! Keep up with the film and Gabe . Follow the and on Insta! We're less than 113 days from the start of Paris 2024, so there's plenty of news from the City of Lights. The surfingnovela seems to be at an end....but the Seinenovela is heating up. If you're going to Paris, you may want to drop by the Mémorial de la Shoah to see the exhibit , which looks at history of Games as it reflects trends in societies and is used by country leaders use the Games for for political reasons, in particular Berlin 1936. It runs through November 10, 2024. The International Handball Federation will also have a from July 27-29, 2024 at the Maison du Handball in Créteil. If you're staying home, you can go to a watch party from your couch. with Alex Cooper, host of Call Her Daddy. In news from TKFLASTAN, we have updates from: Sailors Curler Wrestler Luge coach It's also time to select the Games which will be the focus of our 2025 history moment shows. Go to our to vote for your favorite! For a transcript of this episode, please visit . Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! *** with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed. Support the show: Bookshop.org store: Hang out with us online: Facebook: Insta: Twitter: Facebook Group: Newsletter: Sign up at VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348 /episode/index/show/flamealivepod/id/30681863

All in Stride Author Johanna Garton 03/29/2024

All in Stride Author Johanna Garton Today we’re talking with Johanna Garton, author of the new book All in Stride, which is about the US Army's World Class Athlete Program and two runners who were part of it, Elvin Kibet and Shadrack Kipchirchir. Also featured in the book is TKFLASTANI , who becomes friends with Elvin during their Army duty. Sammy gets to know Johanna as well and opens up to her about her struggles with body image and disordered eating. Learn more about Johanna at her . Get your copy through our ! Purchases made through this link will help the show earn money to bring you the most fun coverage from Paris 2024. So much news is coming out of Paris! Torch relay , flame luggage and cauldron location, , the Opening Ceremonies on IMAX, a food sponsor for the Australian Olympic Committee (what will you be eating for your Opening Ceremonies party?) and more! Louis Vuitton is having a temporary exhibit of sport at its workshops in Asnières. for LV's 30-minute guided visit. Speaking of licensing deals, the International Olympic Committee and eight National Olympic Committees have signed a deal with Warner Brothers for Looney Tunes-branded Olympic products. In news from TKFLASTAN, we hear from: Rower Kristi Wagner Bobsledder Bree Walker Former biathlete Clare Egan Curler John Shuster - Team Shuster will be competing in the from Mar. 30 to Apr. 7! Figure skating analyst Jackie Wong, who was on . Former cross-country skier Kikkan Randall, whose documentary KIKKAN is now on . For a transcript of this episode, please visit . Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! Photo courtesy of Johanna Garton/Roger Charlie. *** with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed. Support the show: Bookshop.org store: Hang out with us online: Facebook: Insta: Twitter: Facebook Group: Newsletter: Sign up at VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348 /episode/index/show/flamealivepod/id/30592008

Chamonix 1924: The Figure Skating Competition 03/26/2024

Blind Soccer with USABA CEO Molly Quinn 03/21/2024

Women's Sled Hockey with Monica Quimby 03/14/2024

Film Buff Fran on The Boys in the Boat 03/08/2024

Track Cycling with Olympic Hopeful Mandy Marquardt 03/01/2024

Book Club Claire on If Gold Is Our Destiny 02/22/2024

GHM: Chamonix 1924: Mountain Climbing Was an Olympic Sport 02/20/2024

Unretiring with Olympic Artistic Swimmer Jacqueline Simoneau 02/15/2024

Monobob with Olympian Bree Walker 02/09/2024

Monobob with Olympian Bree Walker It's two years until the next Winter Olympics at Milan-Cortina in 2026, so we are in a winter sports mood! Milan-Cortina's slidingnovela (where the sliding events will take place) has us curious about bobsled, so Australian bobsledder (bobsleigher?) Breeana Walker joins us to talk monobob. Bree competed at Beijing 2022 in both the two-woman and the monobob, placing 16th and 5th respectively. We've wanted to talk about monobob for a while, and Bree sheds some light on the sport for us, including body weight differences between the two events, why you need different sets of runners, and why they call it the lonely sport. Plus, we get into the costs of sleds and runners--you'll be shocked at how much they can cost. Follow Bree on social @bobsledbree, and check out her and Because it's two years until the next Winter Games, there is a bunch of news from Milan-Cortina, not all of it rosy. The good news: The in the Olympics! They've come to an agreement to have pro players compete at 2026 and 2030, and we are here for it! The not-so-good news: The sliding track is one construction project we've been focused on, but there are more construction issues happening that could affect other sports and where some athletes sleep. In Paris 2024 news, French police are investigating the way Paris 2024 CEO Tony Estanguet is paid and whether that is skirting French law in the wrong way. Final spectator numbers for the Opening Ceremony have been announced--and they're quite a bit lower than originally planned. Pride House is looking for volunteers, both in-person and remotely. Find more information . Tickets for Team NL house are on sale--and it's a pretty good deal! Find them . Following up from our Youth Olympic Games coverage, the IOC will announce the next Winter YOG host next year. In news from , we hear from: Artistic swimmer Curler Shooter Author --register for his March 5 book launch at Parnassus Books in Nashville . For a transcript of episode 323, please visit . Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! Photo courtesy of Bree Walker. *** with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed. Support the show: Bookshop.org store: Hang out with us online: Facebook: Insta: Twitter: Facebook Group: Newsletter: Sign up at VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348 /episode/index/show/flamealivepod/id/29867988

Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 Week 2 (Episode 322) 02/01/2024

Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 Week 2 (Episode 322) The Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 has come to a close and the digital flame has been turned off. We run through the second week of competition, including feed beefs (or a lack thereof) and results from: Alpine Skiing Biathlon Cross-Country Skiing Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey - including why USA and Canada did not field women's teams in these Games Nordic Combined Short Track Speed Skating - the was a lot of fun! Snowboard Speed Skating Closing Ceremony It's been a big news week for the Olympics! First off, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on the Kamila Valieva doping situation from the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, which only took 721 days. Valieva will face a four-year ban effective on the date of the doping, December 25, 2021. That ruling changes the results of the team figure skating competition from Beijing 2022, and the that USA would get moved up to gold, Japan up to silver....and Russia would drop down to bronze. We explain how the ISU's decision is possible--and who's not happy because of it. Paris 2024 announced that it will have until the Games begin in order to sell out its remaining 1+ million ticket inventory. The end of January brought decision-day for whether the Milan-Cortina 2026 Organizing Committee would commit to building a new sliding track (not IOC-recommended), or if they would put the sliding competitions at a track outside of Italy (IOC-recommended). ? Our slidingnovela lives on!! In our visit to TKFLASTAN, we have news from: Curler Speed skater Race walker Nordic combined athlete Artistic swimmer Listener David Also, we unravel a mystery connected with our opening theme--be sure to check that out! [Hint: It involves , which is historic for Americans] For a transcript of this episode, please visit . Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! Image courtesy of Gangwon 2024. *** with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed. Support the show: Bookshop.org store: Hang out with us online: Facebook: Insta: Twitter: Facebook Group: Newsletter: Sign up at VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348 /episode/index/show/flamealivepod/id/29760053

Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 Week 1 (Episode 321) 01/25/2024

GHM: Chamonix 1924: The Story Behind the Winter Olympics 01/24/2024

The Future of Olympic Branding with Terrence Burns (Episode 320) 01/19/2024

Road Cycling with Olympian Coryn Labecki (Episode 319) 01/12/2024

Happy Olympic and Paralympic Year! (Episode 318) 01/05/2024

Film Buff Fran on Over the Limit (Episode 317) 12/15/2023

Book Club Claire on Speed Kings (Episode 316) 12/07/2023

On Location's Will Whiston on Paris 2024 Hospitality Packages (Episode 315) 11/30/2023

On Location's Will Whiston on Paris 2024 Hospitality Packages (Episode 315) You can buy tickets to the Olympics and Paralympics, but then you can also buy "hospitality packages," but what does that really mean? On this episode, we talk with Will Whiston, Executive Vice President of Olympic and Paralympic Games for to demystify "hospitality." It's On Location's first Games as the International Olympic Committee's official sponsor. Will tells us how that partnership came about, and he also explains some of the different . We also look ahead to some of the possibilities for Milan-Cortina 2026 and LA 2028. We're almost done with our year-long look back on the Seoul 1988 Olympics and Paralympics, so Alison looks back at the Olympic Closing Ceremonies. In our visit to TKFLASTAN, we have news from: Boccia player Wheelchair rugby player Bobbsledder Skeleton racers and Speed skater Author - his GoFundMe is Paralympian Swimmer Wrestler Nordic combined racer Paris 2024 has had another -- 400,000 tickets this round, all sports, all sessions (except surfing), and ceremonies in a variety of price ranges. And they have a Christmas card if you're giving them for the holidays! We've also got some travel planning news, particularly around flying in on the day of the Opening Ceremonies (try not to), boating on the Seine ahead of the Opening Ceremonies (won't be possible), and tickets (will be more expensive, but who's surprised?). Plus, another news (guess which country had a about it?), another installment of the surfingnovela--with Paris 2024 providing a really long about why they want to replace the existing wooden judges stand with an aluminum version--and the announcement of the for the Olympic Torch Relay! It's getting close! For a transcript of this episode, please visit . Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! Photo courtesy of On Location. *** with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown Support the show: Bookshop.org store: Hang out with us online: Facebook: Insta: Twitter: Facebook Group: Newsletter: Sign up at VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348 /episode/index/show/flamealivepod/id/28870838

Lightning Rounds with Author Stephen Lane & Hockey Turf Expert Paul Kamphuis (Episode 314) 11/23/2023

Author Aime Alley Card and Olympic Legends The Tigerbelles (Episode 313) 11/16/2023

Author Aime Alley Card and Olympic Legends The Tigerbelles (Episode 313) The world of sports has always been captivating, filled with stories of determination, resilience, and triumph. The legendary Tennessee State Tigerbelles are one of those teams that triumphed throughout many Olympics, even with the odds against them. On this episode with talk with Aime Alley Card, author of the new book T. Aime's book covers the early years of the Tigerbelles, when Ed Temple became coach of the women's track and field team, through the Rome 1960 Olympics. Through meticulous research and interviews, Aime captures the teammates' voices to not just tell the story of the team, its hard work, and its Olympic triumphs, but she also gives us insight into how these women grew up and the segregation they dealt with at college and traveling around the country for meets. It's an excellent read--you can get a 20% discount if you pre-order a copy at . Use code LPTIGERBELLES24 [note: we do not receive any compensation for this offer.] In our Seoul 1988 history moment, Jill tells the story of the North Korean plot to take out the Olympics--and she gets a new nickname! In our visit to TKFLASTAN, we've got updates from: Speed skater Bobsledder Author In Paris 2024 news, the Paralympic Torch Relay route has been announced. See the of the short, but fantastic event! We also officially have a novela for these Games: The surfingnovela! Activists are worried about the metal structure that's planned for the area of Tahiti that will host the surfing competition. include irreparable damage to the reef and changing the wave itself. Paris 2024 has said it'll comment more at the end of November. Please keep our flame alive and support our . For Paris 2024 we'll be producing 34 daily episodes coming to you from the City of Lights. That type of coverage isn't cheap, and we rely on listener support to keep our flame alive. For a transcript of this episode, please visit . Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! *** with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown Support the show: Bookshop.org store: Hang out with us online: Facebook: Insta: Twitter: Facebook Group: Newsletter: Sign up at VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348 /episode/index/show/flamealivepod/id/28678928

Irish Winter Olympic Hopeful Brendan Doyle (Episode 312) 11/10/2023

Cricket in the Olympics with Andrew Nixon (Episode 311) 11/03/2023

Olympian Kristi Wagner on Pairs Rowing (Ep 310) 10/27/2023

Gender Equity at the Olympics with Dr. Michele K. Donnelly (Ep 309) 10/20/2023

USA Fencing CEO Phil Andrews (Episode 308) 10/13/2023

Beach Volleyball Partnerships with Betsi Flint (Episode 307) 10/06/2023

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