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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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01:22:45

378: KONNOR MCCLAIN US Classic Junior Review

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2019/07/26

JUNIOR US CLASSIC Reminder: You can watch all the individual routines from the competition on USAG's Youtube. KONNOR MCCLAIN. Jessica screams KONNOR MCCLAIN for a while. Konnor McClain. Queens of E: Konnor McClain VT, Kayla Di Cello UB, Nola Matthews BB (plus special mention of FX), Sydney Barros FX A theory on why the juniors are better performers than the seniors right now Ancient Bostonian Sign Language 101, with Professor Jessica Opportunity for comedy award: Skye Blakely, with honorable

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02:00:04

377: CAPES The US Classic Senior Review

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2019/07/23

US CLASSIC Overall impressions This meet was goooooooood. It's Classic. It's not supposed to be this good. Jessica talks about happiness and feelings and a kinder, gentler gymnastics The broadcast: Tim said "dickmount," the Tim Daggett/Tom Forster passive-aggressive showdown about over-competing that we wanted to last forever, and much more Listen. The WCC gymnasts walked out in capes. Simone had BILES on her back. All of our dreams are coming true. Obviously this has given us other signature

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01:05:36

US Classic Preview and Mag 7 Musical Review

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2019/07/18

The Magnificent Seven: The Musical (51:26) There's a musical about the Magnificent Seven. It's real. It exists. Your dreams have come true. Lindsey Green was there, and it was...good, you guys. She and Spencer fangirl about it for a while as Lindsey tells us all about her favorite moments, the fluff piece realness, what needs to be improved, and the part when Tim, Elfi, and Tesh get drunk in Atlanta (!!). US Classic Preview Everything you need to know: When it's happening, who's competing, and

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01:21:15

375: Double Kovacs to Low Bar

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2019/07/16

GYMTERNET NEWS There is a MAGNIFICENT SEVEN MUSICAL, and Spencer will never be the same We discuss 82-year-old badass gymnastics, some dude who doesn't deserve a link, Simone granting wishes while being short, BYU's bottle cap challenge, and Katelyn Ohashi not doing DWTS because phew USAG's tentative women's calendar for 2020 and what we think of it Someone did a list of best gymnastics movies. We discuss the actual, correct list. Like Gymkata and the country of Parmesan And Spitfire

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01:10:17

374: Where We've Been and Where We're Heading...

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2019/07/11

In the second episode commissioned by the Participation Sisters, we talk about...ourselves? They've commissioned an episode called The GymCastic Podcast: Where We've been and Where We're Heading, saying very nice things like: “GymCastic has given gym fans everything we always knew we always wanted but weren't getting from major news outlets: Weekly in-depth updates, impassioned and informed stances on both serious and trivial topics, interviews with past and former athletes and coaches,

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01:23:34

373: Nabieva Returns and Morgan Hurd Special...

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2019/07/09

BUM-BUM-BUMMMMMMMM To start things off this week, we are joined by a little someone you might have heard of named Morgan Hurd, who has a special announcement about an exciting new project (WATCH HERE) she's been working on. The sound you hear from coast-to-coast is Jessica screaming (literally). Then Scott Bregman chats with us about how this project came to be and all the deets you need to know. What is it? “All Around” launches on Tuesday, 6 August with new episodes each month for the next year.

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01:28:37

372: Junior Worlds and Gymternet News

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2019/07/03

JUNIOR WORLDS Athletes from around the world gathered in Hungary for the inaugural junior world championship. Thoughts on the concept of this meet: Does it undermine the purpose of an age limit in women's competition? Is it just a front for an elaborate conspiracy and other agendas (YES)? We didn't get to watch the team/AA competition because the FIG is terrible at this Coronation of the Russian junior amazing brilliant amazingness: with a special attention to Listunova's floor and important

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01:00:55

371: European Games 2019

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2019/07/02

EUROPEAN GAMES In our first episode of the week (look out for a junior worlds/gymternet news episode later in the week where we tell you all to GET A GRIP about the US performance), we take on the events of the second-ever European Games, which is definitely not the European Championships, you guys. Don't even think that it is. Because it's not. Complaining about the format: 18 people in the AA final? Six in event finals?? One per country??? Top women's AA qualifiers starting on bars???? This is

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01:23:42

370: Free Mai

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/06/26

In our second episode of the week covering the gymternet news only. Earlier this week we took a deep dive into the events of the American Classic, the first "big" elite meet of the summer. Let us know if you like the new format. STORIES OF THE WEEK Japan has gone crazy — Mai Murakami is not on Japan's worlds team, despite being healthy and MAI. Spencer explains how this travesty has been allowed to occur because of Japan's unnecessarily intransigent, early, and all-around-focused selection process

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01:07:14

2019 American Classic

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2019/06/25

AMERICAN CLASSIC In our first episode of the week (look out for a gymternet news episode where we fight for justice for Mai Murakami later in the week), we take a deep dive into the events of the American Classic, the first "big" elite meet of the summer. You can rewatch (or just watch) the replay streams on USAG's Youtube. General "what even is this meet" thoughts about...what even is this meet...and whether USAG needs to try to make it an actual event, with a gentle reminder that it's verrrrry

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01:54:38

368: No-No-Nunnoisms (Commissioned)

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2019/06/19

This episode has been commissioned by Club Gym Nerd members The Participation Sisters, who requested an episode called No-No Nunnoisms: The Era of Larger-Than-Life Coaches (and why it needed to end). Disclaimer: We're going to laugh about some of this stuff, and we also know Bela is horrible. Is Bela Karolyi patient zero for this kind of gymnastics coaching? Inside the belief that you needed an impassioned man to coach you to Olympic success (barf barf barf barf barf), and then the times when that

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01:15:39

Shawn and Nastia: From Feud to Friendship (Commissioned)

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2019/06/11

This week's episode has been commissioned by Brad, who commissioned this very special edition of GymCastic as a surprise gift for his girlfriend Tricia. We present...Shawn and Nastia: From Feud to Friendship. All the makings of a classic rivalry—the preordained champion with OLYMPIC DNA LEGACY OMG, versus the little upstart from Iowa corn-fed-doo-dee-doo who just bounced along bouncily The context of the new open-ended code and the BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT Who ultimately won that

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02:19:37

366: Virtuous Value Parts

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2019/06/05

GYMTERNET NEWS Simone's upgrades! (EEEEEE) That Sarah Finnegan abortion broom internet scam Terin Humphrey was fired from USAG What exactly is the virtuous performance of a value part? NCAA coaching developments and rule proposals Aliya's injury (NOOOOOOO) Nabieva is back on national team (Spencer has a tribute here) Ashton Locklear retires A rousing game of "The British Call It What?" hosted by Kensley (56:56) MEET NEWS (1:14:18) Canadian Nationals The Ellie Black/Ana Padurariu rivalry

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01:51:32

365: 1988 Olympics Team Competition Commissioned

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2019/05/29

The hair Olympics! And also gymnastics. But mostly hair! This week, we have a commissioned episode from Club Gym Nerd member Billy, who asked for an episode all about the team competition at the 1988 Olympics saying, “have fun with all the 80s styles and music." We don't need to be told twice. Setting the scene Check out last week's 80s FIGHT episode for all the Romanian/Soviet lead-up drama to the 1988 Olympics Updates on the age falsification discussion from last week, featuring Soviets who

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01:22:19

364: 80s Fight! (Commissioned)

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2019/05/22

The greatest rivalries of the 1980s! This week, we have a commissioned episode from Club Gym Nerd member Kimo, who asked for an episode all about the 1980s rivalries between the Romanians and the Soviets, both team and individually. We are oh so happy to oblige! Setting the scene A history of Soviet dominance Romania’s 1976 emergence The 1977 Europeans Romanian WALKOUT! The first great Romanian/Soviet rivalry—Nadia vs. Nellie and how it may or may not have influenced the future of gymnastics

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02:00:10

363: Five Is the New Four ...Is the New Five

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/05/14

ALL GYMTERNET NEWS, ALL THE TIME Dumpster fire news It has been yet another terrible month for USAG (a theme???) The Li Li Today interview disaster The further mess of the botched hiring of Edward Nyman Whose side are we on here? And is it no one's? (It's no one's) A deep dive into the unprofessional incompetence of everyone ever Seriously Terin? The Terin Humphrey Facebook nonsense. The disastrous, unacceptable debacle that was Mary Lou's latest TV appearance NCAA Coaching Musical Chairs

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01:17:26

362: Morgan Hurd and Heath Thorpe Interview

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2019/05/08

MORGAN AND HEATH! This week, Jessica and Spencer chat with gymnastics royalty—2017 world all-around champion Morgan Hurd and 2018 Australian national floor champion and worlds squad member Heath Thorpe—about being the undisputed monarchs of the gymternet and much more, including How they became friends and whether they're accepting applications for new members Behind the scenes stories from 2018 worlds Which apparatuses are the stupidest and least stupidedest Forcing Morgan to try to come up with

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01:27:00

2019 NCAA Nationals

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/04/24

NCAA Championships! Live show – Thank you to everyone who came. It was AHMAZING! We recap our favorite moments. Oklahoma won the thing with a dominant performance Jessica takes you through all the FEELINGS moments from the press conference—with the trainer, and the team, and the crying, and YOU GUYS and BRENNNNAAAA Maggie Nichols wins AA for 2nd year in a row. How it happened, plus thoughts on that floor routine composition LSU performed excellently to finish 2nd. Which is good. That tweet. Oh,

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01:50:50

360: European Championships and NCAAs Preview

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast ·

2019/04/16

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (1:54) Gymnastics journalist and (now) broadcaster extraordinaire Blythe Lawrence joins us to talk all about the European Championship! WOMEN MELANIE DE JESUS DOS SANTOS - she is the official queen of Europe, and the happiest person about it is Coline Devillard in the stands Alice Kinsella's rollercoaster meet, where no British women fell on beam Maria Paseka's Cheng. We have a necessary emergency therapy session about it. The rise of the new Italian seniors, Ukraine, and

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01:55:43

359: Sudden Death Regionals, Morgiboo Magic

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2019/04/09

LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Remember: Tickets to our live show from NCAA nationals—the Flipping Four After Party presented by Tumbl Trak —are on sale now, and there are only 15 left! Get 'em while they exist. TICKET GIVEAWAY: Plus, we're giving away 2 pairs of tickets! How to enter: Finish this sentence on Twitter or Instagram: “If I were in charge of the college code I would....” including #JudgeMeChellsie #GymCasticLive and tagging @precisionchoreo. Deadline: Sunday, April 14th at midnight

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