1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,199 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're slowly 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: coming to terms with no longer being surrounded by gelato 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: shops and struggling to do life without our dear stoat Tina. 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: This long distance relationship is going to be hard. It's Wednesday, 5 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: February twenty fifth, and on today's show you'll hear from 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: Olympic bronze medalist Korin Stoddard, fresh off the podium in 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: the fifteen hundred meters short track speedskating event. We caught 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: up with her at the Team USA Winterhouse in Milan 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: the day after she won bronze to talk about how 10 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: she bounced back after multiple falls at the Games, the 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: viral Instagram posts that inspired support from athletes and celebs alike, 12 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: how she dealt with the poor quality of the short 13 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: track ice, and how one teammate is the perfect wolf 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: to her fox, Korin's honesty about her struggles, and the 15 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:44,279 Speaker 1: toolbox she goes to when she needs to reset her 16 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: mental state where really powerful. Look at the pressure these 17 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: athletes are under. It's a great listen. Plus, Gino is 18 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: tops another quote unquote perfect phone call from the President 19 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: and what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. It's all 20 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: coming up right after this welcome back slices. Here's what 21 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: you need to know today. Let's start with hockey, where 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: whatever feelings of joy and community we had in the 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: moments after the men's Olympic hockey team defeated Canada for 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: gold were immediately spoiled by clips of FBI Director Cash 25 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: Pattel acting like a drunk frat bro in the locker room, 26 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: and footage of a phone call from President Trump to 27 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: the team, joking that he'd have to invite the women's 28 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: squad to the White House too, saying if he didn't, 29 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,199 Speaker 1: quote I do believe I probably would be impeached, while 30 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: the pack of players huddled around the phone laughed at 31 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: the expense of the women that share their uniform the 32 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: quote unquote protect women's sports crowd sure does love to 33 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: step on them at every turn. More on that bullshit 34 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: a little bit later, but for now, some good news. 35 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: The women's team, which declined Trump's invitation to DC, has 36 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: a much better offer from none other than friend of 37 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: the show flavor Flave, the public enemy legend and Olympic benefactor, 38 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: posted on social quote, if the US women's hockey team 39 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: wants a real celebration and invite I'll host them in 40 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: Las Vegas, do some nice dinners and shows and good times. 41 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: I'm sure I can get a hotel and airline to 42 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: help me out here and celebrate these women for real, 43 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: for real end quote, and he did already. Alaska Airlines, 44 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: stub Hub, Resorts World, Las Vegas, Amica, and Glam Squad 45 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: have responded to Flave, indicating interest and helping throw the 46 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 1: party these women deserve. We'll keep you updated on Flave's 47 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: bash and whether I'm invited. Call me Flave and we'll 48 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: have plenty more on the men's team and that phone 49 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,839 Speaker 1: call in a moment too hoops. On Monday, WNBA union 50 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: leadership told the ESPN that for the first time in history, 51 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: the league generated enough revenue in twenty twenty five to 52 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: trigger revenue sharing with its players. Per the union, the 53 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: thirteen teams will receive a total of eight million dollars 54 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: from the league to disperse among players. Now, you remember, 55 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: the revenue targets that were laid out in the twenty 56 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: twenty CBA were cumulative, so surpassing the mark last season 57 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: despite the impacts of two COVID depressed years speaks to 58 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: the league's economic successively. We'll link to an ESPN story 59 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: where he can read more details on that. And speaking 60 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: of CBAS, the WNBA has circled March tenth with a 61 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: bright red marker saying if there isn't a new CBA 62 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: agreed upon by then, the twenty twenty sixth schedule will 63 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: be impacted. Per ESPN, the league met virtually with over 64 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: fifty players Monday morning for the second bargaining session this 65 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: month involving players, per The Athletic, multiple people on those 66 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: calls understood that training camp, set to begin April nineteenth, 67 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: would be the first part of the offseason calendar to 68 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: be impacted if the deal isn't done by March tenth. Now, 69 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: everyone wants to see this signed, sealed, and delivered, but 70 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: it's hard to be hopeful knowing the two sides have 71 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: been going at this for sixteen months now, a timeline 72 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: that's required two extensions of the current CBA. The new 73 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: deadline of March tenth is less than two weeks from now, 74 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: and there's still a shit ton to do, including the 75 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: league conducting a two team expansion draft for the Toronto 76 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: Tempo and Portland Fire, plus holding free agency for eighty 77 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: percent of the league. Remember, only two Vets and players 78 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: are signed to deals for next season. The next step 79 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: is leadership for the players union to meet and discuss 80 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: their response to the WNBA's proposal from Friday, which included 81 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: some new details like guaranteed housing for all players in 82 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six before it's phased out in subsequent years 83 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: of the deal. We'll link to ESPN and the Athletics' 84 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: latest reporting in the show notes if you want to 85 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: check out the details. More hoops assuming we do get 86 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: a WNBA season, The Minnesota Links have announced they'll play 87 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: Nigeria's national team and an historic preseason friendly at the 88 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 1: Tea Mobile Center in Kansas City on April twenty seventh. 89 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: The game is part of a three game preseason slate 90 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: that also includes matches with the Washington Mystics and Toronto Tempo. 91 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: The Links Nigeria game would mark the first WNBA team 92 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: to play an African national team, and the Links would 93 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: also become just the third WNBA team to play any 94 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: international team, after the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky both 95 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: faced and both defeated the Brazil women's national team last year. 96 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: Nigeria squad is the reigning AfroBasket Champs after claiming a 97 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: record five consecutive titles, and the last time Team Nigeria 98 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: play Team USA was in the quarterfinals of the Paris 99 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: Olympics when the US won eighty eight seventy four, their 100 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: slimmest ever victory against the Nigerians. More WNBA news friend 101 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: at the Show and former The Athletic WNBA writer Ben 102 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: Pickman has been hired by the Portland Fire as a 103 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 1: salary captain strategy analyst. Congrats been sticking with the W 104 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 1: for some sad news out of Atlanta. Kara Braxton, a 105 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: former WNBA player and two time champion with the Detroit Shock, 106 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: died in a car crash Saturday. According to police, Braxton 107 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 1: was driving alone on the interstate when she collided with 108 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: the concrete median wall. She was rushed to the hospital 109 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: where she was pronounced dead. She was just forty three. 110 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: Back in five, Braxton entered the WNBA as the number 111 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,239 Speaker 1: seven overall pick of the Detroit Shock, and she played 112 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: for multiple teams during her ten year career in the 113 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: W as well as overseas. Former Shock teammates Win Cash 114 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: posted a photo of Braxton with one of her two 115 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: sons on Instagram, writing quote, the sweetest Mama bear, this 116 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: is how I'll always remember you, loving on your babies. 117 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: Rest in paradise. He has everyone covered. To college hoops, 118 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: where Yukon head coach Gino Oriama has added yet another 119 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: record to his lengthy resume, passing legendary Stanford coach Tara 120 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: Vanderveer for most appearances by a coach in the AP 121 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: Women's basketball Top twenty five. Gino has been at the 122 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: home for the Huskies for six hundred and fifty five 123 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: appearances in the Top twenty five. This year's squad is 124 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: once again at number one this week at twenty nine 125 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: to zero. They're the last unbeaten team in D one basketball, 126 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: and they've won forty five straight games dating to last season. 127 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: More college hoops. After falling to Iowa on Sunday, Number 128 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: eight Michigan, we'll try to get back in the win 129 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: column tonight against number thirteen Ohio State, who have lost 130 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: two of their last three. You can catch that one 131 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: at eight pm Eastern on Peacock. We're also keeping an 132 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: eye on Tennessee ahead of their matchup with LSU on Thursday. 133 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,799 Speaker 1: Senior star Janiah Barker, coming off a career high twenty 134 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: nine points against Texas A and M last Thursday, didn't 135 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: travel with the Lady Bowls to Oklahoma on Sunday after 136 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: her team loss to the Sooners that day. Head coach 137 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: Kim Caldwell said Barker didn't travel because she quote did 138 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: not meet program expectations end quote. Tennessee also fell out 139 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: of the AP rankings entirely for the first time this 140 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: season after losing seven of their last nine games to skiing. 141 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: And yet another update on Lindsay Vaughan, who is finally 142 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: out of the hospital and into a hotel room. In 143 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: an Instagram video on Monday, Vaughn shared that the trauma 144 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: from her crash involved not just a broken right ankle 145 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: and fibula fracture, but also a complex tibia fracture in 146 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: her left leg that led to compartment syndrome in her leg, 147 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: basically when a lot of pressure builds up in a muscle, 148 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: restricting blood flow, Vaughn said. Doctor Tom Hackett, an orthopedic 149 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: surgeon for Vaughn and Tmusa, performed a surgery called the 150 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: fasciotomy on Vaughn to address the compartment syndrome and save 151 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: her leg from amputation. What makes us even more wild, 152 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: Vaughn said, doctor Hackett wouldn't have been in Courtina if 153 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: she wasn't already competing with the torn ACL. Sort of 154 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: a twisted but incredible example of everything happens for a reason. 155 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: As for what's next, Vaughn said, You'll focus on rehab 156 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: and hopefully moving from the wheelchair to crutches soon, writing quote, 157 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: it will take around a year for all of the 158 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: bones to heal, and then I will go back into 159 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: surgery and finally fix my ACL end quote, Wishing all 160 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: the best for you, Lindsay You've got this to soccer. 161 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: ESPN and the NWSL announced a new docus series on 162 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: Monday called NWSL The Final Third. The series follows the 163 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: Washington Spirit, Kansas City Current, and Angel City FC during 164 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: last season's championship run. The three episode series premieres on 165 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: ESPN Plus today, but you can also catch it on 166 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: ESPN on Monday, March second at nine pm Eastern, or 167 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: stream the series on Disney Plus on March second. The 168 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six NWSL regular season is almost here, Hard 169 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: to Believe. Starts Friday, March thirteenth, and finally, while we 170 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: were out in Italy, ESPN announced the upcoming launch of 171 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 1: Women's Sports Sundays, a weekly summertime franchise featuring WNBA and 172 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 1: NWSL games in premium windows. Per an ESPN press release, quote, 173 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: anchored by Live WNBA and NWSL games, Women's Sports Sundays 174 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: will be reported by ESPN's entire best in class media ecosystem, 175 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:08,719 Speaker 1: including studio programming, storytelling, and digital and social coverage. End quote. 176 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: Per the network quote, additional details, including matchups, talent, and 177 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: surrounding programming will be announced at a later date. End quote. 178 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: All right, slices, I've got some stuff to say about 179 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: that Trump phone call to the men's hockey team and 180 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: how quickly men's hockey spoiled a moment of patriotism and 181 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: the goodwill earned by the heated rivalry grace. Unfortunately, a 182 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: wholly unsurprising development for those of us familiar with men's 183 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: hockey culture. It's time for another edition of give me 184 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: a Minute or five now. As I mentioned earlier, while 185 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: celebrating their gold medal win, in the locker room, team 186 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: USA men's hockey players partied with Cash Bettel, who at 187 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: one point called President Trump and put them on speaker phone. 188 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: The video of that call and Trump's joke at the 189 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: expense of the women's team plus the men laughing at 190 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: that joke, has created a lot of conversation in the 191 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: media and online. We mentioned Ellen Weinberg Hughes in a 192 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: previous show, a former women's national hockey team player who 193 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: was player development consultant for this twenty twenty six women's 194 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: team and also the mom of Quinn Jack Hughes, both 195 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: on the men's team. Well, she was asked about Trump's 196 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: joke on The Today Show and as producer Alex put it, quote, 197 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: so much word salad in here. Aaron Frankel needs to 198 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: rate it, said Ellen. 199 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 2: Quote. 200 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: At the end of the day, it's just about the country. 201 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 1: These players, both the men and women, can bring so 202 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: much unity to a group into a country. People that 203 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: cheered on that don't watch hockey, people that have politics 204 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: on one side or the other side. And that's all 205 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 1: both the men's team and the women's team care about. 206 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: End quote. Yes, they can bring unity or they can 207 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: forget that unity almost instantly when they're thrust into the 208 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: masculine energy of that locker room, hanging a medal around 209 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: the neck of FBI agent of chaos and wasteful spending 210 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 1: Patel and hanging on every word of our convicted sexual 211 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: abuser and many times accused rapist president like newborn pups 212 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: angling for their mother's teat. And this is an especially 213 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: apt analogy, since newborn puppies can't see her, hear for 214 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: the first ten to fourteen days of their lives. And Frank, 215 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: that sounds like the world these men choose to live in. 216 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 1: They're hugging their wives, They're thanking their mothers for enrolling 217 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: them in youth hockey, driving them to practice schlepping and 218 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: washing their gear, managing their schedules, wiping their tears, and 219 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 1: in some cases, teaching them how to play the fucking game, 220 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: while simultaneously supporting a man who is actively trying to 221 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: strip their rights and reverse their progress. In that Today 222 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: Show interview, Ellen Weinberg Hutes continued to push the idea 223 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: of connection, talking about the synergy between the men's and 224 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: women's teams, saying, quote, if you could see what we 225 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: see from the inside and the men and women sharing, 226 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: you know, dorm rooms and halls and flex floors, and 227 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: the camaraderie and the synergy and the way the women 228 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: cheered on the men, and the way the men cheered 229 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: on the women. That's what it's all about, and the 230 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 1: other things they cannot control. They care about humanity, they 231 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: care about unity, and they care about the country. End quote. 232 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: We've heard about that camaraderie, We've seen the cheering. We 233 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: heard Ellen's sun Jack say after he scored the game winner, 234 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 1: his first thought was of Megan Keller scoring the winner 235 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: for the women's team. Just a few days earlier, we 236 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 1: told you about the men's team sneaking beer into the 237 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: village though the women could keep celebrating. But frankly, that 238 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: stuff doesn't matter if no one shows up for those 239 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: same women when they're being shit on. Are you showing 240 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: up when it's tough? Are you speaking up when no 241 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: one else is. Are you pushing back on the same tired, 242 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: misogynistic bullshit that has plagued sports for the entirety of 243 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 1: their existence, or are you laughing at the very same 244 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: women who you just claim to support. Are you normalizing 245 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: the fact that the president hates women so much he'll 246 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: interrupt a celebration to make sure he gets a sexist 247 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: shot in Jack Hughes himself did an interview outside of 248 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: the team's party in Miami, which, by the way, just 249 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: curious who footed the bill for that Michelin star steak dinner, 250 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 1: caviar flet, mignon, Don Julio, and over one hundred and 251 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: fifty thousand dollars in champagne that was reportedly enjoyed by 252 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: the men's team. Sure hope it was the venues and 253 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: not USA Hockey, which is notorious for giving the women 254 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: team short shrift. Anyway, said Jack outside the party quote, 255 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: people are so negative out there, and they're just trying 256 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: to find a reason to put people down and make 257 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: something out of almost nothing. People are so negative about things. 258 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: I think everyone in that locker room knows how much 259 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: we support them, how proud we are of them, the 260 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: same way we feel about them they feel about us. 261 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: End quote. Yeah, I'm sure the women know how you feel. 262 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: All they got to do is just ignore what you 263 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: say and do when they're not around, what you say 264 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: and do in the safety of that locker room. Now, 265 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: let's go back to twenty sixteen, when the tape of 266 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: Trump saying, when you're a star, they let you do it. 267 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You 268 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: can do anything now. In the fallout to that tape release, 269 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: Trump called those comments locker room talk. Ah. Yes, the 270 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: safe space of the male locker room where crude language, 271 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: hate speech, misogyny, hazing, even criminal activity is okay, where 272 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: teammates have punched each other, lobbed homophobic insults, and even 273 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: pulled gun on each other, and those acts are excused 274 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: as exercises in toughness or team bonding. Locker room talk. 275 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: In twenty sixteen, Trump found safety in the locker room analogy, 276 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: knowing as we all do, that society forgives and excuses 277 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: the actions and words of men when they're alone together, 278 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: unburdened by the expectations or ethics of an evolved society, 279 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: Boys will be boys. They can't be expected to think 280 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: for themselves right, can't be expected to stay stone faced 281 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: after that joke, or god forbid, even speak up when 282 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: others are degraded or insulted. Laugh, Laugh with your boys. 283 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: Laugh at the women who have won thirty seven percent 284 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: of their Olympic tournaments while you've won eleven percent. Laugh 285 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: at the women who don't get the millions of dollars 286 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: in contracts and sponsor money and go out there and 287 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: fucking win anyway. Laugh at the women who get shit 288 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: on by their own president and then have to watch 289 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: their fellow US Hockey members join in. Laugh at the 290 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: women who have spines enough to s say no to 291 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: that White House invite? Will you hump Trump's leg as 292 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: he jokes about closing the northern border to Canada and 293 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: sending you a military plane to take you all to 294 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: the State of the Union address. Now I can hear it. Now, 295 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: not all men, not all of these men, And you're right, obviously, 296 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: some players might have been hanging back in the locker 297 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: room off camera, not interested in cash Ptel's antics or 298 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: Trump's phone call. Some of them might have sat back, 299 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: letting the MAGA pups breathlessly take in every word of 300 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: a thirty four time convicted felon. In fact, shout out 301 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: to the one player who can actually be heard yelling 302 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: two for two when Trump mentioned the women's team, not 303 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: laughing at the insult, but rather joyfully celebrating that both 304 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: teams had won. Shout out to that man. But where 305 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: were the rest of you? Where are the rest of you? 306 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: Now saying you didn't laugh at the joke saying you'll 307 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: skip the trip to the White House, saying the women's 308 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: team deserved better. Just because you didn't make the joke 309 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're not complicit in protecting and endorsing a 310 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: system that says that that joke is okay, that women 311 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: are a punchline. I don't know Ellen Weinberg Hughes, and 312 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: I certainly don't know what position she's in trying to 313 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: balance her role with the women's team and not bring 314 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: negative attention to her sons. But I'm kind of fucking 315 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: over making excuses for people. Don't word salad this shit. 316 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: Defend your team, say something. You don't have to be 317 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: insulting or dramatic about it. Just say you think the 318 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: women's team didn't deserve that joke. Say you think the 319 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: women brought great pride to our country and deserve to 320 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: be celebrated. That's what Jack would be saying, if he 321 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: was really proud of them like he said he was, 322 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: if he really supported them like he said he did. Instead, 323 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: he said he's excited to be at the White House, 324 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: and he and the rest of the team will let 325 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: Trump and this administration ride the wave of enthusiasm Americans 326 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: have for their gold medal win. They'll be shaking hands 327 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: with and smiling next to the man who insulted the 328 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: women that they just said they supported. Enough of this, 329 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: Enough of this from athletes, and enough of it from 330 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: the average American. People are losing their lives, their livelihoods, 331 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: their homes, their rights, and you're not saying anything. You're 332 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: laughing like the hockey guys, or making excuses for others, 333 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: laughter like Ellen that we have to be braver and 334 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: louder and stand up to this shit. We have to 335 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: give a shit enough to risk being criticized, be willing 336 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: to put something on the line. If you're safe and 337 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 1: you have a home and a job, and you're protected 338 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: by your skin color or gender or economic status, speak 339 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: the fuck up. Otherwise you're just like those hockey players 340 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: enjoying the safe space of their locker room and their 341 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: locker room talk. All right, slices, we got to take 342 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: a break. Coming up a story of grit, perseverance, and 343 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: absolutely unhinged Instagram content plus to slice Kim m Out 344 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: in Denver. We got your mission about speed skater helmets, 345 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: and we got you an answer. It's all coming up 346 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:08,120 Speaker 1: with the remarkable Coren Stoddard next joining us now. She's 347 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: the Olympic bronze medalist in the fifteen hundred meters short 348 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 1: track speed skating event at these Milan Cortina Games, the 349 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: first US woman to win a short track medal since 350 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 1: twenty ten. A two time Olympian and three time World 351 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 1: Championship medalist, she finished this year short track World to 352 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: a rank second in the overall standings after racking up 353 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: eight podium finishes. She and her teammate Kristen are the 354 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: duo behind the very fun Instagram account Fast but Unstable. 355 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:36,959 Speaker 1: It's Current's Daddard aka Corey Akakorn. Hi, Hi, congrats, so 356 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: excited to sit down with you. I'm wondering if you 357 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: have a spot planned for the medal yet. 358 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 2: No, I actually don't. 359 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 3: I do have like a shelf in my room where 360 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 3: like all my individual international medals, just like sit. But 361 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 3: I think this medal is going to be too heavy 362 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 3: and it'll come crushing down, So I'm not really sure 363 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 3: where yet. 364 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: Might deserve its own special spot. 365 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 2: Then yeah, maybe let's talk. 366 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: About the race. You had the lead for most of 367 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: it and then you hung on to in the podium. 368 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: The difference between a bronze and finishing off was zero 369 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: point one three five seconds. How did you have the 370 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: fight to stay in it? 371 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 3: In short track, leading the race is the hardest position 372 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 3: to be in. But after the start and a couple 373 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 3: laps in, I was the only one that was willing 374 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 3: to lead the race. It seemed like because we were 375 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 3: going so slow still, so I was like, Okay, I 376 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 3: guess I'll lead, And after Gillian Minjung passed me, I 377 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 3: was just like, I just have to like try to 378 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 3: keep on going and hang on after leading that whole race, 379 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 3: it was pretty difficult, but I did it. 380 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: So Yeah, and leading is difficult because you're black in 381 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: the air for everybody else and then your body is 382 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: acting as a block for them and helping them sort 383 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: of draft. 384 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. 385 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a tough Olympics for you before Friday. 386 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,719 Speaker 1: It was a great finish, but you suffered a couple falls. 387 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: You finished eighth, twenty fourth thirty. First, you said you 388 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: suffered a lot of abuse online because of those struggles. 389 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: All of that could have overwhelmed you. All that could 390 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: have taken you out of your race for Friday, but 391 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: instead you showed incredible strength and had this triumphant close 392 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: to these games. How did you get your mood right 393 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: and your brain right for Friday? 394 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I came into these Olympics with the 395 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 3: mindset of walking away with multiple medals and hopefully a 396 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 3: gold medal. So it was really disappointing how the Olympics started, 397 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 3: and honestly the whole Olympics other than yesterday. So after 398 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 3: the thousand, which was like my fourth crash of the week, 399 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 3: I was really devastated. 400 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 2: Took multiple days. 401 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 3: Luckily I had multiple days before my next event, But yeah, 402 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 3: I kind of went into yesterday like it can't get 403 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 3: any worse than it already has gone. So kind of 404 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 3: just like screw it. And I didn't have as much 405 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 3: pressure on myself as I had in the other races 406 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 3: because I was like, yeah, it can't get any worse, 407 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 3: And yeah, I felt a lot more like myself yesterday. 408 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: You had a bad crash in the last Olympics where 409 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 1: you actually fell into the boards and broke your nose. 410 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: Is there fear of those crashes because of that or 411 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 1: is it just frustration because it can't be dangerous. 412 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 2: There's no fear for me. 413 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 3: It's all frustration because I had been on the podium 414 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 3: eight times this year, racing the same people I'm racing 415 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,159 Speaker 3: at the Olympics. So it was just really really disappointing 416 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 3: to not even be making it through the first round 417 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 3: of anything because I just kept crashing and not being myself. 418 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 3: I was really really disappointed in myself, not necessarily scared. 419 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: A lot of people have a kind of toolkit that 420 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,719 Speaker 1: they go to for high pressure moments or moments of 421 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: disappointment where you want to turn the page. Do you 422 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: have go to things that you put into place ahead. 423 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 3: Of Friday, Yeah, I kind of tried not to isolate myself. 424 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 3: I tried to still go out and see my friends, 425 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 3: and I leaned on my teammates and coaches and staff 426 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 3: a lot, because if I just isolate myself, I'm just 427 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 3: going to be in that. 428 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 2: Never ending spoal. Yeah. 429 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, like just never ending negative thoughts. So I tried 430 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 3: to kind of live as normal as possible given the circumstances. 431 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 2: I think that helped me bounce back. 432 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 1: That's really smart. Yeah. You mentioned you came into these 433 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: Olympics with really big expectations, and I was surprised in 434 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: your Instagram post that you wrote ahead of Friday's race 435 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: you really were internalizing this feeling of not living up 436 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 1: to your own expectations and maybe those of others. This 437 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: is what you wrote. I came into the twenty twenty 438 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 1: six Olympics with a lot of hopes and dreams of 439 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: bringing home multiple medals, considering how well I performed throughout 440 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: the World Cup season. Ultimately that hasn't happened. I'm not 441 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: sure what's been going on. Part of me thinks I 442 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: haven't been able to handle the pressure and expectations I 443 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: put on myself. The other part of me feels so 444 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: physically drained every time I try to race. The whole 445 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 1: experience has been incredibly unfortunate, and I feel embarrassed by 446 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 1: how many times I've crashed, especially since I'm not an 447 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: athlete who's known for falling often. I also feel embarrassed 448 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: by how much I've choked on the Olympics stage over 449 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: and over again. This isn't what I planned to show 450 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: the world I was capable of. I'm sorry to my 451 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: friends and family who've had to watch me suffer so 452 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: many times over the last week. I have one last 453 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: chance on the twentieth fifteen hundred meters, and then my 454 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six Olympics will be over. Thank you to 455 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: everyone who's continued to be there for me. I'm sorry 456 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: I haven't been myself end quote. Just I want to 457 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: know what you were feeling when you wrote that and 458 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: why you wanted to put it out into the world 459 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: instead of just thinking it for yourself. 460 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 3: I had been getting a lot of hate on Instagram 461 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 3: from people who don't understand the sport, and also people 462 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,479 Speaker 3: thinking that I was trying to rig the Olympics or 463 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 3: try to take people out on purpose and stuff, which 464 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 3: is totally untrue. Yeah, why would I take myself out 465 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 3: of a race, Like it's ridiculous, But yeah, I was 466 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 3: getting a lot of hate and just saying, oh, you 467 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 3: should retire, You're terrible at skating, don't quit your day job. 468 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 3: Just all these things that were like really messing with me, 469 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 3: and I wanted to put out my side of it. 470 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 3: And also I did feel like, and I still do 471 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 3: feel a bit embarrassed and like sad for the way 472 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 3: other races went. But I am happy that I was 473 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,959 Speaker 3: able to overcome that and prove to myself that I 474 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 3: can handle the Olympic pressure, because after all those falls 475 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 3: and disappointments, I was like, am I not cut out 476 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 3: for this? Am I not able to handle the Olympic pressure? 477 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 3: So yesterday was to prove to myself that I could 478 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 3: do it. Yeah. 479 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: I mean it's a fair feeling to have, but that 480 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: redemption is so powerful and for you to dig into 481 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: yourself and find it, it's just it's really incredible. And 482 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 1: I noticed a lot of great messages underneath that Instagram 483 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 1: post from bellow athletes like Brittany Bow, but also Snoop 484 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: Dogg with a surprisingly empathetic and encouraging message for you. 485 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: I was very impressed, and I heard he's been actually 486 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: calling a lot of athletes in tough moments and really 487 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: taking his job as coach Snoop very seriously, not just 488 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 1: for the TV cameras. Did you feel any sort of 489 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: release or relief even after posting that and making it public, 490 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 1: being able to share the emotions and get him out 491 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: of you and getting so much love back. 492 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it took a lot of pressure and 493 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 3: weight off my shoulders from what I had been feeling, 494 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 3: because it made me realize that the people who actually 495 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 3: matter in my life don't care about the result, like 496 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 3: of course they want me to do well but they 497 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 3: still love and support me no matter if I win 498 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 3: or end up in last And I realized that, yeah, 499 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 3: I didn't have to be worried about them and disappointing them, 500 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 3: whereas before I was like really worried about how far 501 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 3: people had traveled and paid money to come and watch 502 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 3: me just choke multiple times. And then also seeing you know, 503 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 3: like Snoop Dogg and other athletes like encouraging me and 504 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 3: knowing that a lot of them have kind of been 505 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 3: in similar situations and were able to get out of 506 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 3: it and redeem themselves gave me motivation. 507 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. You know a lot of athletes talk about controlling 508 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: the controllable, and in different sports there are so many 509 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: different versions of that, but short track is a sport 510 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: where there can be so many uncontrollables. How do you 511 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: prep for that mentally and how are you ready on 512 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: a day where you could do your absolute best and 513 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: it wouldn't be about that, it would be about some 514 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 1: other factor. 515 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, short track is one of the most difficult sports 516 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 3: because you can be the best skater out there, like 517 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 3: when every race all season, and then when it comes 518 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 3: down to the Olympics, you might not even come home 519 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 3: with a medal, just with all the different variables, ice conditions, 520 00:25:55,480 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 3: other competitors, blades, like penalties, crashes. It's just there's so 521 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 3: many variables. And I was watching long track actually this games, 522 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 3: and I was like, that's so nice that, like you 523 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 3: can just go out there and put your run down 524 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,919 Speaker 3: and your time and if you were the best, you 525 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 3: get the metal and if you weren't, you weren't. So 526 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 3: watching that and then dealing with short track, I was like, Yeah, 527 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 3: did I really pick the right sport? 528 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 2: You should try basketball. 529 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: You get a whole bunch of plays and multiple quarters 530 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: that you could fix any problem you made. 531 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, So the uncontrollables of short track are definitely really 532 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 3: hard mental. 533 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, gosh. You know on the NBC broadcast they mentioned 534 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: that you have a scouting report on all of your opponents. 535 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 1: What does that look like and what's that process for you? Yeah? 536 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 3: I mean that's just like racing the same people multiple 537 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 3: years in a row. You kind of get the feel 538 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 3: for what that person usually does and how I'm kind 539 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 3: of kid. Yeah, yeah, depending on who's in my race, 540 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 3: I'll change my strategy and they're doing the same thing 541 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 3: as me. Did that work in the fifteen hundred well, 542 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 3: my strategy wasn't to lead the whole race, but I 543 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 3: ended up having to do that. But yeah, obviously it 544 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 3: didn't fully work because I didn't win, but it was 545 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 3: enough to get a medal, and I think with the 546 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 3: games I had, I wasn't skating to win. 547 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 2: I was skating for a medal this time. 548 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, but also I just did it work? Like, did 549 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,439 Speaker 1: they do what you expected? And the answer is no, 550 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: because you ended up bleeding the whole way. 551 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:18,919 Speaker 2: Yeah. 552 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, I expected it to be a little faster of 553 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,439 Speaker 3: a race, which I wanted it to be faster, but 554 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,679 Speaker 3: I didn't want to have to do the polling. Yeah, 555 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 3: but yeah, after a couple laps and it was slow, 556 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 3: and I was like, all right, I have to make 557 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 3: this faster because there are like sprinters and stuff in 558 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 3: the race and I can't leave it down to the 559 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 3: last couple laps. 560 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 1: Yeah. You know, both short track and figure skating have 561 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 1: been using the same venue at these Olympics, and when 562 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: we talk about things you can't control, that's the ice 563 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: reportedly had some issues for your event, especially short track. 564 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: Can you explain like what was wrong or what it 565 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 1: felt like to you. 566 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 3: The hardest part was we didn't really have that much 567 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 3: time to train on the race ice. We had a 568 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 3: training rink in the basement, but the ice conditions were 569 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 3: completely different than on race nights. 570 00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: Oh man. 571 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 3: It was like certain teams got more time on the 572 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 3: race ice than other teams and us unfortunately we're in 573 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 3: the basement a lot. Just not being confident knowing the 574 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 3: ice because I hadn't skated much on it. That was 575 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 3: probably the thing that was really messing with my head, 576 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 3: was like I just didn't feel comfortable or confident on 577 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 3: the ice. 578 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: Do you think that manifested more physically or mentally? Like 579 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: were your falls more because physically you couldn't control your 580 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 1: skates on the ice, or because you were behaving differently 581 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 1: because of your confidence level? 582 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 3: It was definitely mental. Physically I was ready, but mentally 583 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 3: I was just so uncomfortable. Something that really helped me 584 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 3: before the fifteen hundred was I skated on the race 585 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 3: ice like multiple times before we race, So then I 586 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 3: was like, Okay, I can like skate on this ice 587 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 3: and training, I can skate well on it and training 588 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 3: so I can do it in the race. 589 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, good adaptation ahead of that last one. You said 590 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: you felt physically exhausted. Do you think that that's the 591 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: psychosomatic response of your brain being overwhelmed by like not 592 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: feeling ready and then it manifested physically. Yeah. 593 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 3: I would get like on the ice for my race, 594 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 3: and I just felt like my whole body would go numb, 595 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 3: and I had like jellow legs and like I had 596 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 3: like no feel on the ice or anything. 597 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 2: I was just completely drained so hard. 598 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: When you're playing, surface can change so drastic. That's the 599 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: case for so many winter sports with snow and ice 600 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 1: and whatever. It's real. Yeah, it's a huge part of 601 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: the sport. We've been asking our listeners for submissions here 602 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: at the games, questions that they have that they don't 603 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 1: have answers to, and one of ours was about socks 604 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: and skates. So we talked to Aaron Jackson. She said 605 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: she never wears any socks because the skates are molded 606 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: to your foot, so socks might move around, but the 607 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,719 Speaker 1: skates feel great, no blisters. Do you also wear no socks? 608 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 2: I wear socks. 609 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 3: I think it's gross when you don't wear socks. Slimy 610 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 3: boots and slimy feet and your boots smell bad, and yeah, 611 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 3: I don't like the feeling of like my bare skin 612 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 3: in the skate boot. I like this sock as like 613 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 3: a barrier. I wear very thin socks, but something, Yeah, 614 00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 3: I do worry is that a long. 615 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 1: Versus track thing or is it totally up to the person. 616 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 3: I do feel like a lot of long trackers don't 617 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 3: wear socks, where short trackers people will wear like stockings. 618 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 3: It's like really thin, but it's still something. 619 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: Are your boots molded to your foot too? 620 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 2: Yeah? Okay, fully customed? 621 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, m all right, good investigating for our mission. 622 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: We have another mission. It had to do with the 623 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: helmets and the designs on them, So yours is very cool. 624 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 1: You did a little unboxing video with your teammate and 625 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: Instagram partner Kristin Santos Griswold. Your helmet is the wolf, 626 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: hers is the fox. How'd you come up with that idea? 627 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: And who did you sort of work with on it? 628 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 2: It was actually the opposite. I'm the fox and she's 629 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 2: the wolf. 630 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, we wanted to do Glinda and Alphaba, like 631 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 3: for Wicked. 632 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 2: Who were you going to be Alphaba? Yeah? 633 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,959 Speaker 3: Of course, Kristin's definitely Glinda. Yeah, we were gonna do that, 634 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 3: but then we realized for the Olympics, we couldn't do 635 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 3: that just with like the rules and stuff. And yeah, 636 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 3: so we were talking to the guy who helped us, 637 00:30:58,240 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 3: who painted our helmets, and we were trying to come 638 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 3: up with an idea, and one of his ideas was 639 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 3: like a white fox and a white wolf, and. 640 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 2: We went with that. 641 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 1: Cool. How come we to the fox? 642 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 3: I have a smaller dog than Kristen, and he's more 643 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 3: like a fox. I would say she has huskies, so 644 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 3: they're basically wolves. So it just fit that way. 645 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: You guys are such close friends. She also came into 646 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: these Olympics with big goals for podium finishes. How do 647 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: you support each other throughout the races and during challenging competition. 648 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 3: She was really supportive of me when I was really 649 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 3: bummed about my first few races. And I've also felt 650 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 3: guilty because I crashed in our mixed relay when we 651 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 3: could have made the final and had a medal, and 652 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 3: I felt like I let our whole team down. But 653 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 3: she just kept reminding me, like it happens, like nobody's 654 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 3: mad at you, Like it's okay. Even for the games, 655 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 3: Like before we got here, we could have had single rooms, 656 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 3: but we asked to have a room together to share, 657 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 3: just so like we could support each other mentally and stuff, 658 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 3: because we figured like being in alone in your room 659 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 3: for a month can be pretty isolating. So we were like, oh, 660 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 3: we should room together. 661 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: That's great. Yeah, I mentioned your Instagram account together. It's 662 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: called Fast but Unstable. Can I ask about the name? 663 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, so it's because we're fast but we're mentally unstable. 664 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's exactly what its us. Yes, what inspired 665 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: you to make an account together? 666 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 3: We both went through some pretty like hard mental health 667 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 3: issues the past year, and so we kind of just 668 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 3: wanted to start like making content with each other and 669 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 3: like joking about it and like people like relating to 670 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 3: us and stuff. 671 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really nice. Yeah, it does make both you 672 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: and everyone who sees it feel more seen to know 673 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: that people are going through the same stuff. 674 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. 675 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if this relates to mental health, but 676 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 1: you picked up the trend before you even got here 677 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: of I don't know how to describe it. It's using 678 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: force perspective to make it look like you're eating and 679 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 1: pooping someone out. That might have been my favorite video 680 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: that you did is Yeah, trying to have a name. 681 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 3: People have a lot of opinions on that video. They 682 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 3: either love it or they hate it. 683 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 2: Uh huh, and yeah I loved it. 684 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 3: Those comments on that post are insane because people are 685 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 3: just fighting with each other whether it's okay or. 686 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 2: Not that we posted that. 687 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: It's not that big of a deal. 688 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 2: No, no, it's not. 689 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 3: I think Kristen she saw that trend just scrolling through 690 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 3: Instagram or whatever, and she's like, Oh, we should do 691 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 3: this in the airport on the way to Milan, and so, yeah, 692 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 3: we did it. 693 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: I want you to know that I tried to search 694 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:26,880 Speaker 1: for the name of that trend, and everything that came 695 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: up when you type in eating a person and pooping 696 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: them or swallowing, none of it was good. So I 697 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: don't know what the trend it's called. 698 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know either. 699 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: Well. I think your point about being relatable through your 700 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: Instagram was shown also through the way you got yourself 701 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 1: together for Friday and put together a fantastic race to 702 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: get bronze and go home with this. You didn't need it. 703 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 1: I think you made everyone proud regardless. But it's a 704 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:51,960 Speaker 1: huge thing to be able to prove to people that 705 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: you can fight through that stuff. So congrats and thanks 706 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: for sitting down with us. 707 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you. 708 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: Thanks again to Karin for sitting down with us. We 709 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 1: got to take another break when we come back. Winning 710 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: the Olympics takes money, a whole lot of spending money. 711 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,719 Speaker 1: It takes plenty of money to do it right. Yeh, 712 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 1: that's next. Welcome back, Slices. We love that you're listening, 713 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 1: but we want you to get in the game every 714 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: day too. So here's our good game play of the day. 715 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: The Paralympics are just around the corner. 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Watch the 734 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,719 Speaker 1: Women's Sports Foundations Travel and Training Fund grants, rating eight 735 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 1: out of eight Olympic medals worth of support review. You've 736 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: likely heard the recap of the Milan Courtina Olympic medal 737 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: count by now, but here it is. TEAMUSA took second 738 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,839 Speaker 1: overall in medals one with thirty three. That's one short 739 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:35,879 Speaker 1: of the record for total American medals in a single 740 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,399 Speaker 1: Winter Olympics, which was set at Salt Lake City back 741 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,040 Speaker 1: in two thousand and two. Now, Team USA's twelve gold 742 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 1: medals are the most ever in a Winter Games, with 743 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 1: women athletes and women's teams earning six of them and 744 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 1: mixed gender teams earning two. Now, overall, women contributed to 745 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 1: twenty two medals, so that's sixty six percent earned by 746 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,720 Speaker 1: women or mixed teams. And it's the sixth straight Olympic 747 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 1: Games where US women have earned more medals than the men. 748 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 1: Pretty damn good. But here's a stat you may not 749 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: have heard. Recipients of the Women's Sports Foundation's Travel and 750 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: Training Fund grant brought eight medals home to the States, 751 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,800 Speaker 1: almost twenty five percent of the team total. So shouts 752 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 1: to the Women's Sports Foundation for continuing to do the 753 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 1: work that matters, and for all of you that have 754 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: supported and donated to the WSF. A little bit of 755 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 1: those medals is yours too. Now it's your turn, rate 756 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,560 Speaker 1: and review. Thanks for listening, See you tomorrow. Good game, 757 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: care in good Game. 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