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Keep the Flame Alive

Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

Obsessed with the Olympics and Paralympics? Just curious about how Olympic and Paralympic sports work? You"ve found your people! Join your hosts, Olympic aunties Alison Brown and Jill Jaracz, for smart, fun, and down-to-earth interviews with athletes, coaches, and the unsung heroes behind the Games. Get the stories you don"t find anywhere else. Tune in weekly all year-round, and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. We"re your cure for your Olympics Fever! Call us: (208) FLAME-IT.

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54:45

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 14

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2022/02/18

It’s Day 14 at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and boy, was it a doozy! Drama in the hockey arena! Drama on the ice! Drama in the Main Media Center during the Magical Hour of Vacuuming! It’s been a wild day at Beijing 2022, and we’ve got all the details. Sports on today’s competition schedule: Alpine Skiing – Women’s Combined Curling – End of the Round Robin tournaments; men’s semifinals Figure Skating – Women’s free program Freestyle Skiing – Women’s and men’s ski halfpipe; women’s ski cross Ice

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45:41

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 13

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2022/02/17

It’s Day 13 of the Beijing Winter Olympics! Our TKFLASTANI Clare Egan had her last Olympic race today. How did the US women fare in the biathlon relay? Also, it’s man vs. mountain again on the slopes in Yanqing. Who wins today? Sports on today’s competition schedule: Alpine Skiing – Men’s slalom Biathlon – Women’s relay Cross-Country Skiing – Women’s and men’s team sprint classic Curling – Men’s and women’s round robin Freestyle Skiing – Men’s aerials Ice Hockey – Women’s bronze medal game and

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40:29

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 12

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2022/02/16

It's Day 12 of the Beijing Winter Olympics! The drama continues on the skating rink, as reprieved ROC skater Kamila Valieva takes to the ice in the Women's short program. She also skates past all of the doping questions sent her way. Jill reports from the last competition at Big Air, the men’s snowboard. Did the competitors get big air? Nine meters seems pretty big. On today’s competition schedule: Alpine Skiing – Women’s downhill Biathlon – Men’s relay Bobsleigh – 2-man final heats Curling – Men’s

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41:22

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 11

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2022/02/15

It’s Day 11 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics! It’s Valentine’s Day, and although love is in the air, not everyone loves the decision on the Kamila Valieva doping situation, which was announced today. There’s still no team medal though, so this story isn’t over. We did have more drama on the ice with the Ice Dancing Free Dance competition. Plus, what are the medal ceremonies like in person? Jill went to some and reports back! Today’s sports schedule includes: Bobsleigh – Women’s Monobob, heats

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53:04

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 10

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2022/02/14

It’s Day 10 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and TKFLASTAN has made the podium again! TKFLASTANI Erin Jackson competed in the Women's 500m long track speed skating event and won some hardware. What color is it, and (maybe more importantly) did she make Jill cry? It’s a winter wonderland at Beijing 2022, as all three competition sites got snow – which for some competitions, made for a very challenging day indeed. Did the mountain win again? Did the cold and the wind get to the competitors

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44:39

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 9

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2022/02/13

It’s Day 9 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics - and Alison's excited because it's the start of the ice dancing competition. Jill went to it - was it as good as she hoped? Today’s sports schedule includes: Biathlon – Men’s 10K Sprint Cross-Country Skiing – Women’s 4x5K Relay Curling – Men’s and Women’s Tournament Figure Skating – Ice Dancing Rhythm Dance Ice Hockey – Men’s Prelims and Women’s Quarterfinals Skeleton – Women’s Ski Jumping – Men’s Large Hill Snowboard Cross – Mixed Team Speed Skating

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53:32

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 8

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2022/02/12

It’s Day 8 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and speed is key for today! Today’s sports schedule includes: Alpine Skiing Biathlon – Women’s Sprint with TKFLASTANI Clare Egan Cross-Country Skiing – Men’s 15K Classic Curling – Women’s and Men’s tournaments with TKFLASTANI John Shuster Ice Hockey – Men’s prelims and Women’s quarterfinals Skeleton – Men’s finals Ski Jumping – Men’s Large Hill Snowboard – Men’s Halfpipe Speed Skating – Long Track – Men’s 10000m Speed Skating – Short Track – various

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43:14

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 7

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2022/02/11

It's Day 7 from the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and skiers are starting to conquer the mountain, rather than the other way around! Plus, Nathan Chen delivered a performance that got Jill and Alison in the feels, and Jill's come up with a new way to rate figure skating. Today's schedule included: Alping Skiing - Men's Combined Cross-Country Skiing - Women's 10K Classic Curling - Men's and Women's tournament Figure Skating - Men's Free Program Freestyle Skiing - Team Aerials Ice Hockey - Men's

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55:07

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 6

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2022/02/10

It’s Day 6 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and once again we have the question of who’s the real winner: The mountain, or the Alpine skiers? Plus, it’s not redemption for Lindsey Jacobellis, TKFLASTAN hits the halfpipe, and do we have another version of Elizabeth Swaney? Sports on today’s program: Alpine Skiing – Women’s Slalom Curling – Men’s tournament kicks off Freestyle Skiing – Men’s Big Air Ice Hockey – Men’s prelims Luge – Doubles Nordic Combined – Normal hill Snowboard – Men’s and

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45:46

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 5

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2022/02/09

It's another great day of competition from Beijing 2022. Jill went to see figure skating - the men's short program - and the finals of mixed doubles curling. Also on tap today: Alpine Skiing - Super G Biathlon - Men's Individual Freestyle Skiing - Big Air Ice Hockey - Women's prelims Luge - Women's Singles Snowboard - Parallel Giant Slalom Speed Skating Red Envelope campaign! This show does cost money to produce, and while our listeners have been extremely generous in supporting us through the

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40:38

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 4

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2022/02/08

Who's winning the Olympics? The mountains. Alpine Skiing proved to be a tough course, and getting down was a victory all in itself. Jill went out to the biathlon range to watch TKFLASTANI Clare Egan in the Women's Individual race and witnessed a big day for the US Biathlon team. It was also a big day for Canada on the ski jump and freestyle slopes, and Irene Wust became the first individual to win gold medals at five different Olympic Games. Take that in for a second. Five. Different. Olympics

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50:15

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 3

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2022/02/07

It's Day 3 of the Winter Olympics, with so much action (even if races are postponed due to high winds)! Jill's in Beijing today, hanging out at the figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey rinks. Alison's got the news on a momentous medal win for the Silver Ferns of New Zealand. Plus results from: Cross-Country Skiing Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey Luge Ski Jumping Speed Skating Snowboard Plus, what officiating/volunteer job would we do and more! Red Envelope campaign! this

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40:38

Beijing 2022: Olympics Day 2

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2022/02/06

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50:16

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day 1

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2022/02/05

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are officially open! Jill was able to go to the Opening Ceremony, and she shares details you didn't get to see on TV, while Alison tells Jill about some of the stuff she missed by not watching it on TV. The fireworks were stellar, the details incredible, but what they did with the Olympic flame? We have thoughts. Today also had some competitions, so we've got updates from: Curling - Mixed Doubles Figure Skating - Team Event Ice Hockey - Women's tournament Plus an

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25:30

Beijing 2022: Olympics - Day -1

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2022/02/04

It’s Day -1 to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and the action is heating up (but the weather isn’t). Jill didn’t pack her recording microphone before she headed out of the hotel, so enjoy the ambience of the Main Media Center. She has been out to the two other competition zones: Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, both of which involve immense planning to get to, and both of which are cold. Very cold. Jill also went to the kickoff event of these Games: Mixed Doubles curling at the Ice Cube (formerly the

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56:26

Episode 225: Contributor Roundtable Beijing 2022 Preview

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2022/01/31

Our contributors Book Club Claire and Super Fan Sarah are back to talk about what they're looking forward to at Beijing. Plus, Jill has made it to China and tells how her trip almost didn't happen. But, she's in the closed loop and is ready to report back on what she's experienced so far. We also learn about some of the new technologies that will be in play at Beijing 2022, which hope to give you a better viewing experience! Join our Fantasy League! Look for it in the Fanzone section of

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50:46

Episode 224: Book Club Claire on "Boycott"

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2022/01/27

Book Club Claire is back for our first book club session of 2022! Because of the cries from various Western countries (United States, we’re looking at you) to boycott the Beijing 2022 and the ensuing diplomatic boycott by several of them, we wanted to look at the last US-led boycott of an Olympics, that of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. Claire leads us in a discussion of Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games by Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli, which covers both the political

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58:29

Episode 223: 2x Paralympian Steve Emt on Wheelchair...

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2022/01/20

On this episode we take to the ice with Paralympian Steve Emt, who will be going to his second Paralympics when he heads to Beijing 2022 this March. Steve tells us about how the sport works, how he was stalked into trying it, and about his cameo on "The Last Dance." Steve is also a motivational speaker and author of the book You D.E.C.I.D.E.. You can learn more about him and his book at his website. Follow him on social: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/stephen.emt Instagram:

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01:34:29

Episode 222: Beijing 2022 Alpine Skiing Preview with...

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2022/01/14

What can we look forward to from the ski slopes at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics? No one really knows, but Tom Kelly has a good guess. Tom, who's an Olympics communicator and has been involved with skiing and snowboarding events for decades, walks us through each of the disciplines on the Alpine Skiing program at this year's Olympics. Who should we look for, and how many times do we say, "Hot Diggity!"? Listen to find out! Tom's a podcaster in his own right – check out his shows: Last Chair (Ski

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52:56

Episode 221: Olympian Jayson Terdiman on Doubles Luge

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2022/01/07

We're sliding closer to Beijing 2022! On this episode Olympian Jayson Terdiman tells us how the sport of doubles luge works, from top to bottom. Plus, news from TKFLASTAN: Checking in with our citizens of TKFLASTAN, more athletes are working toward Beijing. We also have news from: Erin Jackson, Clare Egan and Nate Bartholomay, who are competing this weekend. Brianna Decker, who is heading to Beijing. Alex Diebold, who has great family news. Jessica Leclerc, who was featured on USA Hockey Magazine's

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