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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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GymCastic Podcast is a weekly gymnastics talk show. The hosts interview people who love gymnastics almost as much as we do, discuss the latest news, events and offensive leotard fashion.

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01:30:40

416: Everything Is Canceled

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/03/18

GYMTERNET NEWS Everything has been canceled. We run through the events that have been canceled thus far (spoiler: it's all of them), and theorize what it might mean for Olympic qualification—if the Olympics actually happen. Note to FIG: We already figured out what you need to do, so just do what we say and you might survive. USAG has canceled events through May 10, but how much oversight does USAG have to tell clubs to stop training and classes? We discuss. Jessica uses the Olympic Spirit as a

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19:32

March 12 COVID-19 Championships Update

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/03/12

COVID-19 Watch: what's cancelled and what's not...yet. The drastic differences in policy from college to college.

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01:49:12

415: American Cup of Coronavirus

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/03/11

COVID-19 NEWS Jesolo is officially canceled, Qatar has instituted a quarantine period, Vanessa Ferrari JUST got out of Italy in time, Colin Van Wicklen has withdrawn, and the FIG told USAG to wash its hands. We're diving right into the disease news and how this affects Olympic qualification. AMERICAN CUP We discuss Morgan Hurd's glorious return to her rightful place atop the podium, the DAMN BARS breaking, Jennifer Gadirova emerging as the future of all that is right and good, Ellie Black being

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01:43:36

414: American Cup Preview

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/03/04

AMERICAN CUP It's happening! This Saturday! Russia has withdrawn from the competition for...murky reasons that may or may not be related to viruses. Do we have multiple conspiracy theories about it? YOU BETCHA. What we're looking forward to seeing from Morgan Hurd and Kayla DiCello—and who's more likely to win Other people who could legitimately win, like Ellie Black and Giorgia Villa Our Must-Watch Athlete of the meet: Jennifer Gadirova What Nikita Nagornyy's absence means for Sam Mikulak and the

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02:20:58

413: Is Jade Carey an Olympian Yet

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/02/26

MEN'S PROGRAM OOOPSIES (3:24) Between the all-around results mix-up and the World Cup...reassignments...the US men's program had quite the controversial week at Winter Cup. Kensley breaks it all down, with statements from USAG about both issues. USAG awarded the all-around medals to the wrong people. Great job. Yul Moldauer was under the impression he had 3 world cup assignments. Turns out, nope. We discuss the problems of miscommunication and having UNWRITTEN selection procedures for squads that

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01:37:49

412: The Fall That Wasn't

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/02/18

IMPORTANT BUSINESS We're doing another live show from NCAAs this year in Fort Worth! We're doing another LIVE SHOW FROM NCAAs with special guest Jamie Dantztcher this year in Fort Worth! When: Friday, April 17, 2020 after prelims Where: Fort Worth BotanicGardenAuditorium (1.1 mi from Dickies Arena) Time: Doors open 7:30, Live Show 8-930 Tickets: Club GymNerd pre-sale Feb 26-March 4. On sale to public starting March 5. Join Club Gym Nerd here. Contest! We're giving away five copies of Break

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01:28:04

411: Take Off on Gay, Split on Rights

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/02/12

This week, we open with rage (TV network-type), then switch to rage (dumpster fire-type), and go on to rage (Achilles injury-type), but then comes the fun part—Ellie Black's return and a brand new sass-filled Olympic year segment. UCLA's amazing Pride meet was the gayest thing ever to happen in gymnastics, and the Pac-12 Network pretended it didn't exist An SEC Network basketball commentator did a very very (very) bad one Following up on the Maggie Haney suspension and the Denis Abliazin racism A

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01:48:39

410: Simone's Vault to the Rescue

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/02/05

Today, a sort-of-depressing episode about suspensions and bankruptcy and the crimes of the criminal ex-doctor is saved by the beacon that is Simone posting a Yurchenko double pike video... Breaking: Maggie Haney has been suspended from contact with minors pending the results of the hearing and investigation – and what this means for Riley McCusker. Today's Interview: We're joined by John Barr and Dan Murphy, authors of Start By Believing: Larry Nassar's Crimes, the Institutions That Enabled Him,

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01:42:38

409: Falling with Style

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/01/28

OLYMPIC QUALIFIER NEWS The American Cup rosters are out. We delve into the crazy-deep men's field, some of the surprises of the women's field, and what this means for Olympic qualification. Jade Carey is going to Melbourne. How does this affect the race for the apparatus spots? COLLEGE MEET NEWS Kensley went to Metroplex. She shares how loud it was (very) and observations from a civilian gym viewer. LSU/Florida was INTENSE: We break down the 10s, amazing meets from Trinity Thomas and Ruby

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01:25:06

408: Jessica Goes to Camp

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/01/22

NATIONAL TEAM CAMP Jessica attended the first national team camp of the year in Indianapolis. We discuss: Simone's injury status, mental blocks, new book, and what grade she'd give USAG The most important upgrades...that we're allowed to talk about Olympic team predictions 6 months early and based on exactly two practices The best floor routine in the history of all the evers Laurie Hernandez Watch Atmosphere changes compared to the past Kitty litter boxes for some reason REMEMBER: Join Club Gym

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01:31:55

Crown Watch 2020

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/01/15

Rage-o-Meters galore, a mini-commission about what college gymnastics is doing right, Spencer’s Crack Den featuring a meet so crazy that Kathy Johnson had to do a twitter thread about TAKING deductions, Terin Humphrey wrote a book, the Aurora Games has failed to pay the majority of the staff or athletes, Denver and Minnesota showed WHY WE LOVE COLLEGE GYMNASTICS! HEROES!Olympic Champion and holocaust survivor Agnes Keleti, just turned 99.

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01:55:43

BRENNA DOWELL

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2020/01/09

BRENNA DOWELL (4:00) Continuing our now two-year-old tradition of beginning the NCAA season by asking the final person to compete for last year's winning team to be our first guest of the new year, today we are delighted to be joined by Brenna Dowell! We discuss that vault from championships, leaving NCAA to pursue elite and coming back again, having that story depicted in a movie, GAGE and its GAGEness, Italian culinary adventures, her future plans, her thoughts on USAG's exposed corruption and

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01:40:23

405: The Best of 2019

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/12/19

GYMTERNET NEWS The Simone Tour We discuss the Gold Over America Tour (Get it? The...GOAT? DO YOU GET IT?????) and why we love everything about this You know who doesn't love everything about this? Jon Horton. Spencer and Kensley go toe-to-toe about Horton's tour comments and the subsequent Twitter dustup. Jessica has some theories about why the men won't be on Simone's tour, which includes a homework assignment for you over the holiday break (because she's totally the mean teacher) Russia and

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01:29:30

404: 2008 Men's Team Final (Commissioned)

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/12/11

This week's episode was commissioned by Anonymous, who requested an episode about the US men's bronze-medal performance in the 2008 team final, saying: “I would like to dedicate the commission to all of the females, be it as coaches, judges or fans, who have fled the WAG dark side to appreciate all of the joys, amazement and wonders on the extraordinary MAG side of the sport. The story of the 2008 US Men's Team Bronze is a perfect example of why we love MAG so much.” Setting the scene: The US men's

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50:28

Tokyo Olympic Gymnastics Qualifying Process Explained

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/12/06

Spencer is alone this week for a comprehensive explainer of this comically complicated 2020 Olympic qualification process, answering all the questions you were too afraid to ask because you didn't quite understand them. THE PROCESS How teams qualify to the Olympics from worlds How individuals qualify to the Olympics from worlds WTF the "Jade Carey route" is How the all-around world cups are different from the apparatus world cups and why they matter (AHHHHH) Why continental championships are so

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01:32:28

403: "Did Everyone Know But Me?"

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/11/27

GYMTERNET NEWS We begin this week with a visit back to the land of dumpster fires. Louise Radnofsky has a piece for the WSJ on how information about the Nassar investigation was withheld from Simone—and information that Simone was a likely victim was in turn withheld from the FBI. We delve into the predictably terrible things we learn about Steve Penny and why information like this is still trickling out three years later, with further reporting from Scott Reid at the OC Register on the behavior

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01:29:19

402: 1984 NCAA Championships

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/11/23

Today, we have an episode commissioned by Club Gym Nerd member Helen, who asked for an episode about the 1984 NCAA Championships! That means we get to discuss sexism, a time when there were more than 16 men’s college teams, Baby Kathy Johnson commentary, Mitch GAYLORD and his GAYLORD, Timmy "The Bull" Daggett, a coach marrying a current athlete because 80s, and a time when Utah Gymnastics ruled the world! You guys: You had to have a mustache and giant glasses or you weren’t allowed to coach. Men

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59:25

401: The Forster House Rules

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/11/20

Attention! We have very, very many episodes for you this week! A new Behind the Scenes episode about cats and musicals (but not Cats: The Musical) is currently available for Club Gym Nerd members, who can find all of their special goodies at our Club Content page. Also this week, you'll be able to enjoy a commissioned episode about the 1984 NCAA Championships. But for now, Gymternet News. GYMTERNET NEWS On Facebook, International Gymnast provided some "problematic areas" in judging, presented by

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01:40:05

400: 2024 Fantasy Compulsories (Commissioned)

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/11/12

This episode has been commissioned by Club Gym Nerd member Billy, who has used his commission to give a gift to you, the listeners, by commissioning a fan-idea episode—it's a special tribute to the most dedicated of gym nerds for our 400th episode! This is a super-extra gym nerdy topic submitted by Poor Lawyer who said, "spend one hour designing compulsory routines for 2024, if they returned." Eeeeeeee! (Spoiler alert: it's more than an hour.) We discuss the background of compulsories and why we

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01:27:39

399: CHUSO (Commissioned)

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/11/05

This episode has been commissioned by Club Gym Nerd member Britt, who asked for an episode all about the career of Oksana Chusovitina, saying, “I wanted to wait until she retired, but who knows when she will ever actually retire.” Correct. As we have established, she’s not allowed. Part 1 – What Is It About Chuso? Jessica takes us on a scenic tour of Chuso's life (and also the history of the internet?), from her start in Uzbekistan, to her time with the Unified Team, to her marriage and her son's

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