Speaker 1: Ring ringing, We're underway.
Speaker 2: I think the shift is incredibly felt palatable. It's palatable.
Speaker 2: I am Olympics mode code dead. How do you feel?
Speaker 1: I feel really well. First of all, can I say
Speaker 1: the patriotism that is coursing through the veins of every red,
Speaker 1: buddet and blue thinking America. Brother, I have to say,
Speaker 1: it feels good. You know, I've been rocking some USA
Speaker 1: merch and you know it's it's a little precarious sometimes
Speaker 1: when doing not precarious.
Speaker 2: This is no, everybody, this is the national it's acceptable nationalism.
Speaker 2: And we get this every couple of years between the
Speaker 2: winter and Summer Games.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, I'm loving I'm loving the red, white and
Speaker 1: blue right now. I'm proud of the girls. I mean,
Speaker 1: we'll get into all of it it, but we were
Speaker 1: able to watch together the women's team gymnastics and it
Speaker 1: was it was amazing. And actually I hadn't seen much
Speaker 1: of the you know, the preliminary events and the qualifying stuff,
Speaker 1: so I didn't know about a lot of the song
Speaker 1: choices and the florid routines, which I think is my
Speaker 1: favorite because I love dance.
Speaker 2: And you love a Beyonce Mega mix.
Speaker 1: I mean, the fact that the Beyonce Mega Mix really
Speaker 1: not only was it incredible performance, but also you can
Speaker 1: enjoy it as just the track. You can just play
Speaker 1: like her track in the club, in the actual club, and.
Speaker 2: People would be people would be doing a little front layout.
Speaker 1: Oh, they'd be responding. They'd be responding in a major way.
Speaker 1: They would do their own floor routine step out, backhand springs,
Speaker 1: step out. We need to get a book on that
Speaker 1: full twisting layout. I'm talking about Jordan Chiles's floratine to
Speaker 1: the Beyonce Megamix. Obviously, you know we saw some incredible
Speaker 1: floriatines such as Simone Biles flying to this guy.
Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about Okay, let's talk about Team USA
Speaker 2: women's team gymnastics. That was a thrilling two hours of
Speaker 2: television for.
Speaker 1: Me, basingly amazing, and also it was like I didn't
Speaker 1: think there was ever any doubt that they were gonna win,
Speaker 1: just because they're that good and they were sort of
Speaker 1: firmly in first pretty much the entire time. But it
Speaker 1: was just like knowing that she was headed towards becoming
Speaker 1: the most metaled gymnast of all time, like that was
Speaker 1: and also just her poise.
Speaker 2: Yes, but like they went in with such a compelling
Speaker 2: narrative and.
Speaker 1: Just to like.
Speaker 2: Undo quote unquote Tokyo for them, just and I think
Speaker 2: just for them the way they've spoken about it, like
Speaker 2: this was a very important moment for them as a team,
Speaker 2: and it was so beautiful and moving just to see
Speaker 2: them all like come together and like help each other
Speaker 2: to this gold with like a five point lead above
Speaker 2: five point eight oh two lead ahead of Italy that
Speaker 2: took silver, Braziltic bronze.
Speaker 1: And by the way, Italy was great. Italy, they were fantastic, you.
Speaker 2: Know, so interesting China really kind of like they they
Speaker 2: are a notoriously like that is one of China's big events.
Speaker 2: There's just gymnastics in general, and women's team is one
Speaker 2: of there was one of their like favored wins.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's been like that my whole lifetime.
Speaker 2: And they're they're they I think yesterday something something happened.
Speaker 2: It's so interesting. I mean, like this is why we watch,
Speaker 2: this is why we follow. I have been loving my
Speaker 2: viewing experience. Multiview on Peacock is where it's at. You
Speaker 2: get four screens and you get to choose which one
Speaker 2: you watch. And they're all live. I'm really enjoying it.
Speaker 2: You can, of course watch them. I watch the games
Speaker 2: on iHeart, but I think there's just a million ways
Speaker 2: to consume.
Speaker 1: The games this year. And it feels like like the
Speaker 1: last time they were on Peacock exclusively was I guess
Speaker 1: with the Winter Olympics last time. And it feels like
Speaker 1: they've figured out a lot, Like it really feels like
Speaker 1: I don't know it is, it's not the user is
Speaker 1: something that's but it does feel like that, right, like
Speaker 1: you pop right on and you're in it.
Speaker 2: You're in it, and this is not we're not being
Speaker 2: paid to say this.
Speaker 1: No, we're not being paid to say this. We're being
Speaker 1: paid for other things. But yes, like they can't listen
Speaker 1: the Peacock. You know, if you listen to a Lost
Speaker 1: Culture Recess, you know we're a Peacock stand account. They
Speaker 1: actually won the Lost Culture Recess Cultural Award for Best
Speaker 1: stream Best Streamer. Peacock Presents the award for Best Streamer,
Speaker 1: and the winner was Peacock.
Speaker 2: It's amazing. We absolutely love Let's backtrack, Yeah, start with
Speaker 2: opening ceremony.
Speaker 1: Sure, I mean the opening ceremonies were Here's I'm just
Speaker 1: going to start with this. They were long, they were long,
Speaker 1: They were very long, and I actually I watched the
Speaker 1: first about hour and a half.
Speaker 2: Yees left.
Speaker 1: I had to get a facial and I got a
Speaker 1: full massage and a facial. I went to the spot,
Speaker 1: got all that done, came back and still got Solli.
Speaker 2: It still got soli.
Speaker 1: Yeah, because there was I mean that hooded guy whoever,
Speaker 1: not got whoever was under the hood. They had that
Speaker 1: torch the whole time. And that is a huge security oversight. Yep,
Speaker 1: to have the torch be stolen for four hours. I
Speaker 1: mean truly. Let me ask you a question. V for Vendetta.
Speaker 1: Remember remember all that Yes, was that France? No Guy Fox,
Speaker 1: not France? But was he was he not giving Guy Fox?
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was giving Guy Fox.
Speaker 1: I think that that was very much a reference.
Speaker 2: Of course.
Speaker 1: I wanted that to be Celian very badly.
Speaker 2: I wanted to be Celine. I wanted it to be
Speaker 2: Charlotte Gainsburg. Yeah, daughter of Sarah Gainesburg, famous French icon.
Speaker 1: I would.
Speaker 2: I really loved that mechanical horse. Look at that horse,
Speaker 2: Look at that horse, Look at that horse. And we
Speaker 2: did look at it, and we enjoyed it. No, but
Speaker 2: I loved I loved the sense of tension throughout. I mean,
Speaker 2: I thought it was great. We got some parkour, we
Speaker 2: got some we got a lot of parks, a lot
Speaker 2: of we got some challengers coded suggestion at m F
Speaker 2: m MMF or whatever. You know, however you want to
Speaker 2: order those letters. You know, A threesome situation going up,
Speaker 2: but they shut the door. That's what That's what I'm
Speaker 2: kind of like, Okay, everyone's all agog at the Dionyson
Speaker 2: last Supper situation, drag situation. I'm like, grow up. That's
Speaker 2: just like pretty colors and makeup and stuff.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all.
Speaker 2: It's just like I'm a little we should all be
Speaker 2: like having a cultural discussion about that threesome moment, because
Speaker 2: are we ready for that conversation if like, let's that
Speaker 2: came earlier in the program.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying I feel like, you know, there was
Speaker 1: a dangerous, like sort of edge ceremony, and I love that,
Speaker 1: Like I loved it was like this moment where there
Speaker 1: was like literally it was like Marie Antoinette holding her
Speaker 1: own head like looking out the window while that punk
Speaker 1: rock music played and then blood rained in the sky,
Speaker 1: blood Fire. We're going for it. Kelly Clarkson was clutching
Speaker 1: her pearls.
Speaker 2: Will you know Kelly was loving and live thing for
Speaker 2: the different kinds of music because.
Speaker 1: She said repeatedly, oh, that's so cool. How there's so
Speaker 1: many types of music like, that's so cool, that's cool. Honestly,
Speaker 1: you need Kelly Clarkson to be a commentator on all
Speaker 1: of these things because she can remark on how cool
Speaker 1: something is better than anyone else.
Speaker 2: Trust me, Trust me, because that's what we're all doing
Speaker 2: at home as cool. All I'm saying is that's so cool.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know. One note I have for another commentator,
Speaker 1: Snoop Dogg lovely man, lovely man, But watching him interview
Speaker 1: people with Hoda, he does not extend the mic out.
Speaker 2: And Hoda was picking up a lot of the slock.
Speaker 1: Hodo was really doing a lot of oh please, and
Speaker 1: there's no one more of a problem now is he?
Speaker 2: But I think I think he was enjoying. I think
Speaker 2: he was being Snoop.
Speaker 1: I think he was being snooped aka high as a kite. Yes,
Speaker 1: And his mic was He's you know, he's used to
Speaker 1: being on the mic. He's a performing artist. Hoda is
Speaker 1: usually delving into the thoughts and opinions and feelings of
Speaker 1: others so that she can broadcast them all over the world.
Speaker 2: So you know, Hoda was trying to get Simona on
Speaker 2: face time the whole, the whole. Damn.
Speaker 1: I did remember that when she was talking to her parents.
Speaker 2: But that was very sweet.
Speaker 1: Yeah, good parents, great parents, good parents in the crowd
Speaker 1: like Jordan's mother and father loved watching Jordan's mother, like
Speaker 1: watch her do her events, like the sort of thing
Speaker 1: where you're half hiding and half screaming and jubilation. That
Speaker 1: is how watching gymnastics, says Live. My sister used to
Speaker 1: do it. It is And we were talking about this,
Speaker 1: like you're most nervous to watch the bars.
Speaker 2: I'm most nervous to watching even bars.
Speaker 1: See for me, it's the balance beam is vault is crazy? Actually,
Speaker 1: think about it is very quick. It is literally you
Speaker 1: sprinting towards a little trampoline, yes, so that you can
Speaker 1: make yourself a flying projectile and lay it on your feet.
Speaker 1: It's crazy, girl like. And also to not even consider
Speaker 1: how what it must feel like when you when you
Speaker 1: bang your wrists on that on that little platform.
Speaker 2: The bang of the wrists, the bang of the wrists.
Speaker 2: These girls have stronger risks than most gay guys.
Speaker 1: Truly, we would say that's a real culture, but we
Speaker 1: just can't.
Speaker 2: We just can't.
Speaker 1: You know, if you want to listen to last culture, resist,
Speaker 1: you can do that. But that's sort of where we'll
Speaker 1: get into things like that. But you no balance beam
Speaker 1: and you still see even the Olympic girls falling off
Speaker 1: the beam. It never gets effortless.
Speaker 2: Well, that makes you go and maybe human beings aren't
Speaker 2: supposed to do this, and that makes you that You
Speaker 2: then go, I mean, and that's why this is in
Speaker 2: the Olympics.
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. It's a whole bunch of activities that human
Speaker 1: beings aren't really supposed to do or be able to
Speaker 1: do well, and it's people absolutely executing at a high level.
Speaker 2: Say that for you know. Beach volleyball. By the way,
Speaker 2: I cannot get over the beach volleyball set up in
Speaker 2: Paris right now. It is right in front of the
Speaker 2: Effel Tower and the Shannamar. It is a sight to behold.
Speaker 2: I'm loving the backdrops to Haiti looks gorgeous. The waves
Speaker 2: are scary. Colin just broke his toes somehow. He's in
Speaker 2: Tahiti reporting on he was reporting on the surfing events. Ah,
Speaker 2: he's been to the medic tent more more than the
Speaker 2: athletes have. Well, and that's just that's on him.
Speaker 1: Another thing. I'll have a conversation and we're going to
Speaker 1: circle back to this idea that human beings shouldn't be
Speaker 1: doing You should not be doing these, especially not mere
Speaker 1: mortals like Colin jos very mortal person.
Speaker 2: Oh, the most mortal person I know. But you know,
Speaker 2: human being should even shouldn't even get on a plane
Speaker 2: and fly to a different country.
Speaker 1: Oh, babe. I took a tiny plane on Cape Air
Speaker 1: to Province.
Speaker 2: Scare is what they call it. Cape Scare is more
Speaker 2: like because it's a scary time.
Speaker 1: It was up down and when you land, when you
Speaker 1: land in those tiny planes, it does feel like you're
Speaker 1: just popping out of the sky. But I digress.
Speaker 2: Speaking of plopping out of the sky, there was a
Speaker 2: downpour in the opening ceremonies, and yet it was still
Speaker 2: by the end. By the time we got to Selina,
Speaker 2: I go, well, the rain is just free production.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just going to motivate her. It's just the
Speaker 1: perfect stage picture.
Speaker 2: As said that.
Speaker 1: Well, I mean it just couldn't have been. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm not let Well, we'll get back to Gaga. But
Speaker 1: now that we've said the word Selene. By the way,
Speaker 1: if you do come to Province down and you go
Speaker 1: to pop in Dutch sam a shop, you can get
Speaker 1: a sandwich called the Selene Dijon. Here's what it is
Speaker 1: on a full back at uh huh jean bau also
Speaker 1: known as ham cochon, also known as ghirkins, baby pickles,
Speaker 1: the most gorgeous fromage cheese, the butter.
Speaker 2: It is French, maybe French Canadian, you might even call it.
Speaker 2: I ate it just now. Yeah, I felt the spirit
Speaker 2: of Celine.
Speaker 1: I think that, especially nowadays, like feeling the spirit of
Speaker 1: Selene in the air as much as we are to
Speaker 1: then eat something named after her felt incredibly like patriotic
Speaker 1: is not the right word, because again, but it just
Speaker 1: it just feels international pride. I felt proud of her,
Speaker 1: and I knew that every person in the world was
Speaker 1: feeling the same sense of beaming pride for her. And
Speaker 1: I would just say that all those people you would
Speaker 1: love the Seline dijon, get to Province town makes like
Speaker 1: twenty a day.
Speaker 2: Let's talk quickly about Selene, this is someone who never
Speaker 2: broke strive.
Speaker 1: I will sing again.
Speaker 2: I will sing again.
Speaker 1: Oh, I will, I will. If I don't run, I'll walk.
Speaker 1: If I can run walk, I'll crawl.
Speaker 2: And not only did she sing, but she didn't even crawl.
Speaker 2: She stood there on the Eiffel Tower and like the
Speaker 2: balcony of the world. Shall we say giving Oh, that
Speaker 2: is one of the biggest, most important vocal performances.
Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe ever. I mean just the narrative that she
Speaker 1: was likely never going to be.
Speaker 2: Able to do that, perish the thoughts.
Speaker 1: And honestly, I was nervous when they announced that it
Speaker 1: was happening because I'm like, I don't know too much
Speaker 1: about her condition. I've been very nervous to watch the
Speaker 1: documentary because I'm told it's very possible to watch. But
Speaker 1: when you really did, and Kelly was broken, she had
Speaker 1: broken down at the end. She was like when really
Speaker 1: she was like, if you really think about what she's
Speaker 1: been going through, this is absolutely insane. And she you know,
Speaker 1: Kelly was right. She called her like a vocal Olympian
Speaker 1: because the amount of training and care and patience it
Speaker 1: must have taken to even be able to go out
Speaker 1: there and like phonate properly and like confidently, never mind
Speaker 1: seeing this incredibly difficult, important song in a way that
Speaker 1: would suggest she never went through any of that. She
Speaker 1: sounded like herself.
Speaker 2: Herself on an international platform. Yeah, like the eyes that
Speaker 2: were on her, like every screen around the world. You
Speaker 2: have to not everyone, but I mean it's like it
Speaker 2: was a thing like Celine Deanna is seeing at the
Speaker 2: opening ceremonies for the Olympics and looked amazing, looked amazing,
Speaker 2: what a beautiful song.
Speaker 1: That moment of her, just like in like the break
Speaker 1: in the song where she gets a little bit of
Speaker 1: a moment to like recharge, just her looking out at
Speaker 1: really the world, and like what she must have been
Speaker 1: feeling in that moment. I said it I lost Culturrasis,
Speaker 1: but I'll give him credit again, Like Lewis Verttel. I
Speaker 1: was texting with him and he was like, you know,
Speaker 1: it had the feeling of that like Luke Erig like
Speaker 1: I'm the luckiest man on the face of the earth speech,
Speaker 1: but like with the added element of performance, which like
Speaker 1: heightens all the emotions. So it was like incredibly emotional
Speaker 1: and overwhelming, and I would imagine for everyone there that
Speaker 1: was there, because not all the athletes go, especially when
Speaker 1: it's freezing in cold and wet. But that must have
Speaker 1: been unbelievably motivating and inspiring for everyone there, because I mean,
Speaker 1: that is the spirit of the Olympics, that is that's
Speaker 1: why we do it.
Speaker 2: That's why we go to see the Olympics.
Speaker 1: That's why, if invited, we would.
Speaker 2: Have gone, and we weren't, and we weren't. Let's go
Speaker 2: back to Gaga. Now, Yes, a pre taped performance, which
Speaker 2: is gagging me. So my necessity, what do you mean?
Speaker 1: I thought I was live. I thought it was live too,
Speaker 1: but I guess the rain we're now the veil.
Speaker 2: Has been lifted. Our lovely producers have told us we've
Speaker 2: had it confirmed. We've had it confirmed up for safety reasons.
Speaker 2: Of course. I was like, dah, it was pouring rain.
Speaker 1: O the thing about stairs in the rain, it's a
Speaker 1: terrible mix.
Speaker 2: I was gonna say. And the thing about heels and
Speaker 2: stairs and rain and.
Speaker 1: Feathers, No, it was all the elements were there for disaster.
Speaker 1: And Lady Gaga said, listen, I'm known by my stage
Speaker 1: name Lady Yaga, Right, I just feel like we got
Speaker 1: to keep these dancers safe man. You know, she was
Speaker 1: calling the shots team vibes. She was like, I'm sorry, guys,
Speaker 1: we'll use the rehearsal footage.
Speaker 2: I don't think I feel comfortable going out there.
Speaker 1: It's like a little Kamala, a little padma, locksmy, a
Speaker 1: little padma. Our favorite impression to do is.
Speaker 2: Ristians, my daughter Christians to be a pop star. It's true,
Speaker 2: It's true.
Speaker 1: We love you. Oh my god, NBC Universal Icon.
Speaker 2: She is there is something Olympian about Patma.
Speaker 1: Oh, without question. There Olympian taste buds, literally.
Speaker 2: Olympian taste buds. She has athletic taste beds. There is
Speaker 2: you know what a person does not have to be
Speaker 2: an athlete to have the Olympian sort of spirit in them. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I would say you have an Olympian spirit.
Speaker 1: Do you really think so?
Speaker 2: Oh my Matt, don't you get an Olympian spirit?
Speaker 1: Yes?
Speaker 2: You can run? What's your mile? What was it? What
Speaker 2: was the Miley ran in high school?
Speaker 1: Let me think about this because it's not always top
Speaker 1: of mind. It's not something that I say for thirty
Speaker 1: six four minutes, thirty six seconds, And can I just
Speaker 1: say I just want to say to my sister, we
Speaker 1: were on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote this podcast, and
Speaker 1: Bowen looks at me and he goes, what was your
Speaker 1: mile again? For forty two? And I just want to
Speaker 1: say something, and this is I'm not upset with you.
Speaker 2: I'm so sorry.
Speaker 1: Those six seconds when you're when when the mile time
Speaker 1: is that low, Oh, you fight for every second. You
Speaker 1: fight tooth and nail. Can this is this is the
Speaker 1: real truth. My best time for two years was forty
Speaker 1: and I finally was like, and it is impossible. I
Speaker 1: would I would run again and again and again. The
Speaker 1: mile competitors for forty two, for forty four, for forty
Speaker 1: one could never Every second is a fight. So when
Speaker 1: I hit four thirty six and got into those mid
Speaker 1: four thirties, I said, I know that I cannot go
Speaker 1: any faster. So the next time we're on a late
Speaker 1: night show promoting this podcast, probably not just no, don't
Speaker 1: you have to give me those six seconds? I thought
Speaker 1: hard for those between four forty two and four thirty Oh,
Speaker 1: so thought hard.
Speaker 2: And can I just say thank god I overshot it
Speaker 2: on my television because then I kind of set you
Speaker 2: up to look good so that you could go.
Speaker 1: And actually actually it was a little bit more than that.
Speaker 1: That was.
Speaker 2: That I mean, and I hope you understand this to
Speaker 2: be true. That is a life defining moment for you
Speaker 2: that much. And let's actually, let's actually because it's a
Speaker 2: bit on the show that every episode we mentioned Matt
Speaker 2: smile that is Olympian. That makes you an Olympian, Olympian
Speaker 2: in spirit.
Speaker 1: It's actually about a minute too slow to be Olympian.
Speaker 1: But I want to say, that's ridiculous. These people are crazy.
Speaker 1: I'm so excited for the track.
Speaker 2: Me too.
Speaker 1: I'm I shouk care deep on looking forward to shook carry.
Speaker 1: And also it's kind of nice that they give you
Speaker 1: like well, obviously I don't know if they did this,
Speaker 1: but like we got some owan and we will continue
Speaker 1: to get salon because of the individual stuff, but like
Speaker 1: to know that all that is still coming. I mean,
Speaker 1: every every sport and every real genre of the Summer
Speaker 1: Olympics has their own phenomenon. Right.
Speaker 2: We should also mention, of course, with the women's team gymnastics,
Speaker 2: when it officially makes themon Biles the most decorated American gymnast.
Speaker 2: Shannon Miller was watching from the Team USA house. I
Speaker 2: think she was just cheering everybody on Yea, So our
Speaker 2: little drama that we were writing for both of them
Speaker 2: didn't come to pass.
Speaker 1: Just let it go everyone. They're supporting each other, and
Speaker 1: she had so much support in the stance. We saw
Speaker 1: Serena Williams out there, Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman, we saw
Speaker 1: Michael Phelps and top knot not. I really have questions
Speaker 1: about his aesthetic choice as of late, but also, you
Speaker 1: know what.
Speaker 2: The man can do what he wants.
Speaker 1: Let him go watch Simone with the stop knot period.
Speaker 1: We're back. We're two guys talking about the five rings.
Speaker 1: You hear about COVID at the games.
Speaker 2: Heard there's been a couple cases of the VID.
Speaker 1: Two US swimmers and multiple piers from other countries have
Speaker 1: tested positive for COVID nineteen at the twenty twenty four
Speaker 1: Olympics in recent days. That's in the water, I know.
Speaker 1: At the first supposedly post COVID Games, supposedly the athletes
Speaker 1: are not required to withdraw from competition. The virus is
Speaker 1: being treated more in line with other respiratory viruses, So
Speaker 1: officially we're sort of saying, hey girl, no big deal.
Speaker 1: Like a lot of you gaze over COVID.
Speaker 2: Oh you know, we were never gonna be on the
Speaker 2: other side of this viparis.
Speaker 1: No, they moved. They moved the US swimmers out of
Speaker 1: the village. I guess they went. They moved to a hotel,
Speaker 1: so they can't enjoy all those condoms.
Speaker 2: That are we'll enjoy the actual real beds. I guess
Speaker 2: right exactly.
Speaker 1: Although you know what would be kind of a great
Speaker 1: story if those two US swimmers with.
Speaker 2: COVID quarantine together had a love connection. Maybe that's how
Speaker 2: they got it.
Speaker 1: Used between ten and twelve condoms themselves, because if you're
Speaker 1: not going to be competing, you might as well just
Speaker 1: I don't know who they are. I'm sure they're keeping
Speaker 1: those identities, so we ye, but we can, of course
Speaker 1: hope in privacy and in fantasy that they hook up.
Speaker 2: Oh my god, do they have hip in France? They should.
Speaker 2: Caleb dressel one is eighth gold medal in Paris for
Speaker 2: that one freestyle relay. Freestyle is that's you can. You
Speaker 2: got to choose your an adventure. You really do the
Speaker 2: freestyle life throughout life. Now, sad news about Coco Cocoa
Speaker 2: goff tell me you know, unfortunately it's a loss. It's
Speaker 2: a loss for Coco. She was knocked out.
Speaker 1: She of course, Coco is a cocoa goff, a twenty
Speaker 1: eight year old American who was seated number two at
Speaker 1: the Olympics in singles tennis. You know, it's it doesn't
Speaker 1: always go. Here's the thing about these people that we
Speaker 1: watch going into the games and we put up on
Speaker 1: these pedestals. It's like, literally what we hope to literally
Speaker 1: put them on a pedestal. Sometimes it doesn't go so good.
Speaker 1: And like that's the thing that's the pressure. And we
Speaker 1: said this in the first couple episodes. I was like,
Speaker 1: take the pressure off, look the other way, Yeah, because
Speaker 1: not everyone is going to show up like Simone Biles
Speaker 1: and be stone cold, just another day at work. Sure,
Speaker 1: that was what blew me away about Simone in particular.
Speaker 1: It looked like it wasn't a big deal. It looked
Speaker 1: like she was just doing it at practice.
Speaker 2: But then what's not normal is like the hordes of
Speaker 2: photographers like just tracking every single moment of that. And
Speaker 2: like I think Laurie was saying the icon Laurie Yeah,
Speaker 2: was like this is something that like we probably didn't see,
Speaker 2: we haven't seen since like Michael Phelps in in Rio,
Speaker 2: like this kind of attention is like very specific to
Speaker 2: certain athletes, and Simone is handling this.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I mean she was just it was made
Speaker 1: it even more fun to see their burst of joy
Speaker 1: oh at the end when they knew that it was
Speaker 1: going to happen. But you notice Simone didn't even break
Speaker 1: a smile after. Well she did because that's what you do,
Speaker 1: and you do your dismount right, but like there was
Speaker 1: still some focus afterwards. She needed like a very low
Speaker 1: score in order to secure the gold medal victory, but
Speaker 1: like they really didn't until it was official official, like
Speaker 1: really let it all go. And they were unflappable the
Speaker 1: entire time. And I wonder what it is that they
Speaker 1: do to develop that sort of unbotheredness.
Speaker 2: But Laurie Hernandez was even saying, like, it's not the
Speaker 2: moments of doing the thing that are nerve wracking, which
Speaker 2: obviously it is, but it's like, what's the most the
Speaker 2: most nerve wracking moment for any gymnast And I think
Speaker 2: we you and I relate to this because we're podcast podcasters.
Speaker 2: Is it's the moment before. It's the moment before where
Speaker 2: it's all that self doubt creeps in and like that's
Speaker 2: what they are battling. Like you saw it on Jordan,
Speaker 2: you sawn on sooner, you saw it on Simone even,
Speaker 2: And I think they have to just keep that level
Speaker 2: of focus and resolve consistent for those for that entire
Speaker 2: event or and the lead up to it. Like I
Speaker 2: can't imagine the process, but it's that moment, that window
Speaker 2: before you actually literally jump off and do the thing, Yeah,
Speaker 2: that it gets to you.
Speaker 1: There was like, you know, Sonny was having some trouble
Speaker 1: in her in her practice attempts at the bars, and
Speaker 1: I think when I compared her demeanor prior to her
Speaker 1: event to Jordan and Simo, and I was like, she
Speaker 1: looks a little way more nervous, like you could read
Speaker 1: it on her face a little bit more. And then
Speaker 1: to see her overcome that as well was to put
Speaker 1: it mildly.
Speaker 2: Phew, few to put it mildly.
Speaker 1: But the girls were amazing. They absolutely earned that gold medal. Yes,
Speaker 1: and they were already you see them, they were all
Speaker 1: they were ready with their tiktoks.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, oh well they were all like I want
Speaker 2: to do this so cute. Okay, Yeah, I highly encourage everyone.
Speaker 2: I'm sure everyone already is watching, but I want to
Speaker 2: encourage my sister. As I looked into your eyes, I
Speaker 2: think we should really have fun with this Olympics. I'm
Speaker 2: really enjoying all of the events. This is such a
Speaker 2: great tasting menu of sports. I'm loving shooting, I am
Speaker 2: loving volleyball. I got really into the basketball games. The
Speaker 2: men's Canada versus Grace was a very nail bier. It
Speaker 2: was a very much a nail biter of a game.
Speaker 2: Loved that. Cannot wait for more swimming, diving.
Speaker 1: Yep, congrats to Tom Daily. Yes, lovely silver medalist this year, and.
Speaker 2: Just what a thrilling time. I'm so happy. I'm so
Speaker 2: happy it is underway. Now, it's our underway.
Speaker 1: We're underway, and I think we have a gold, silver,
Speaker 1: and bronze to give out.
Speaker 2: Oh my god.
Speaker 1: Okay, so honestly, I do think that if I'm to
Speaker 1: if I'm to like throw this out there, the gold
Speaker 1: medal has to go to the gold medalists, the US
Speaker 1: women's all around team. Although you know what, should we
Speaker 1: just give our gold medal to Sliney.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say we should give our gold Yes, sorry,
Speaker 2: someone and the girls.
Speaker 1: You did it, you got it. But you're you guys
Speaker 1: are getting the silver. Sleen Deon, you are earning the
Speaker 1: gold medal, and they should give her one. Absolutely, Why
Speaker 1: can't they just give her a gold medal.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna give bronze to I'll give bronze to Gaga.
Speaker 1: So so we're gonna say Selindian wins the gold medal
Speaker 1: the women's women's women's all around when women should we
Speaker 1: should out of.
Speaker 2: The running because they just want a medal?
Speaker 1: Who which then, do you want to give to Parkour Icon?
Speaker 1: I'm gon Books, but not.
Speaker 2: I want to give it to guy Fox but not
Speaker 2: or I feel for Cocoa.
Speaker 1: Kelly Clarkson could win the silver medal, could win for
Speaker 1: saying how cool Chicago win. Bronze went Brons because she
Speaker 1: kept everyone safe out there, and that's part of being
Speaker 1: a and a leader period. By the way, I'm literally
Speaker 1: thinking to myself now, if they made breaking an Olympic sport,
Speaker 1: why isn't singing an Olympic sport? Because it's physical, it
Speaker 1: can be judged in the summer, technical meriage, you can
Speaker 1: do it outside, you can do it in the summer.
Speaker 1: In fact, it's atually better to do it outside because
Speaker 1: of the humidity in the air. It'll make you even better.
Speaker 1: And also it takes like athletic. I mean, if you're
Speaker 1: like Celene Dion, I'm just saying, like, if we're really
Speaker 1: broadening this, yeah, if breaking is an Olympic sport, and
Speaker 1: I love that it is, why isn't belting a tune.
Speaker 2: Same kind of breath awareness as swimming in a way,
Speaker 2: literally same kind. And I just want to say, can
Speaker 2: we just point out, because this is our first episode
Speaker 2: recording after the opening ceremony, that opening ceremony was and
Speaker 2: people have pointed this out. I don't mean to be
Speaker 2: sollipsistic about this, and I don't mean to make this
Speaker 2: about us. That was an opening ceremony for us. Yep,
Speaker 2: you had your girl Kelly, my girl Gaga, and the
Speaker 2: world's girl Selene.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and also you know what your girl is Kelly
Speaker 1: too and my girl's Gaga too.
Speaker 2: True.
Speaker 1: We all this is that was culture. That was culture,
Speaker 1: culture being shrilled to and fro.
Speaker 2: I thought it was a fab opening ceremony. They really
Speaker 2: it was France in every facet for Turner tay a galatee.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, and I think it was a little controversial.
Speaker 2: We love that little edge, yea. And my only note
Speaker 2: is I like a stadium, and I said this a
Speaker 2: last college. I like a stadium.
Speaker 1: I think the Seen was slowing things down. The processional
Speaker 1: nature of it is. I love that they took advantage
Speaker 1: of this, of the landscape, the city scape of the
Speaker 1: host city. I just think everybody, you know, a stadium
Speaker 1: is tough, it's a big foot print, and it's a
Speaker 1: bunch of but I just think like the locals were
Speaker 1: not very pleased at the way that them crossing the
Speaker 1: river was interrupted. Also not for nothing. But if you're
Speaker 1: one of the athletes, I hope you like boats. I
Speaker 1: hope you like the Hope you like boats because there's
Speaker 1: no other way this is going down.
Speaker 2: Hope you like your drama, mean yeah, because you want
Speaker 2: to lose your cookies right before you go and dive
Speaker 2: off a springboard. I hope not.
Speaker 1: So maybe that so that, honestly, the decision to have
Speaker 1: them come down to Seen good in theory, odd in practice,
Speaker 1: you're not meddling, and it was raining. Let's sue a
Speaker 1: metal count. So this is as of this taping, Great
Speaker 1: Britain is in third place overall. With seventeen total medals.
Speaker 1: France is in second place overall with twenty two medals,
Speaker 1: and the United States of America currently as the most
Speaker 1: medals with twenty eight. This all being said, China currently
Speaker 1: has the most gold medals with eight and they have
Speaker 1: fourth overall with sixteen. So it really depends on how
Speaker 1: you quantify what.
Speaker 2: The value system is, but what the weight is. But
Speaker 2: we're still very early in the games. It's just beginning.
Speaker 2: How exciting, how thrilling.
Speaker 1: It's just beginning, How exciting, how thrilling and more. Listen
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Speaker 2: Okay and Wow, what a thrilling first episode underway officially
Speaker 2: and I guess there's something to do. But close out
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