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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain. We're almost three

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Speaker 1: weeks later. Our butts are tighter, our pin collection is bigger,

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Speaker 1: we finally say on rivea dece to Italy. It's Monday,

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Speaker 1: February twenty third, and while the Olympic flame has been extinguished,

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Speaker 1: our coverage of the Olympics burns on. If you send

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Speaker 1: us to Italy for the trip of a lifetime, you

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Speaker 1: bet you're ass We're going to come home with plenty

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Speaker 1: more to say about the competitions, the celebrations, the Catchawy

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Speaker 1: Pepe and the stoats Tina I miss you already, Mia Moore.

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Speaker 1: On today's show, we'll talk about our final weekend in Milan,

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Speaker 1: witnessing speed skater Britney Bow's final race, dining with Royalty,

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Speaker 1: and enjoying our version of the Olympic closing ceremony, the

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Speaker 1: tell you, the figure skating galop was more than enough.

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Speaker 1: You'll hear all about it plus more medals for moms.

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Speaker 1: Manganello makes history, and while some athletes at these Olympics

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Speaker 1: after this chaos Laics. Here's what you need to know today.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with speed Skating. Team USA's Britney Bow closed

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Speaker 1: Bo retires after four Olympics and a pair of bronze medals,

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Speaker 1: So we'll have lots more to say about Bo's career

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Speaker 1: More speed Skating Team usays Mia Manganello made history on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: the mass start works like this. It's a sixteen lap race,

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Speaker 1: earlier sprints went. The sixteen lap race dyed controlled through

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Speaker 1: She started speed skating back in three, but stepped away

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Speaker 1: In pyeong Tang. In twenty eighteen, she helped Team USA

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Speaker 1: home with her first Olympic medal. South Korea's Kim Gee

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Speaker 1: week to the halfpipe, where Eileen Goo is ending her

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Speaker 1: Olympics feeling golden. On Sunday, the twenty two year old

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Speaker 1: She was such a strong She was.

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Speaker 2: A fighter, and I think what's so interesting is that

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Speaker 1: Some people cruise. She was a steamship beautiful to Cross

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Speaker 1: the Breeze in their seventy seven to fifty six win

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Speaker 1: over Vinyl. Breezes are currently in fourth in the unrivaled standings.

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Speaker 1: fun note from Sunday's men's hockey win over Canada, making

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Speaker 3: Yeah, perfect description, Sarah. There was also a marching band

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Speaker 1: got to go out on her own terms, and we know,

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Speaker 1: Alex that there's a lot of athletes that don't get

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Speaker 1: the chance to do that, so that was really nice

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Speaker 1: to hear from her. Of course, her engagement came up,

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Speaker 1: of course, you know, being the newfield say to Hillary

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Speaker 1: Knight came up and Brittany said that while she and

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Speaker 1: Hillary had definitely discussed the topic, she did not realize

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Speaker 1: that Hillary was going to propose during the Olympic. Take

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Speaker 1: a listen.

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Speaker 4: I know how focused Hillary is with hockey, being the

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Speaker 4: leader of that team, and she's completely involved with her

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Speaker 4: team So for her to take a moment for me

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Speaker 4: and for us and to propose here to kind of

446
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Speaker 4: close that loop of what was started four years ago

447
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Speaker 4: was really really special.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, such a fun, little full circle moment. The Olympics

449
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Speaker 1: brought them together for their COVID walks, and it brings

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Speaker 1: them together for their engagement.

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Speaker 3: And I'm na tise something here. Brittany might not have

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Speaker 3: known the proposal as coming at the Olympics, but a

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Speaker 3: friend of the show certainly did.

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Speaker 1: Hmmm, you'll find out who soon. Good tease al.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Brittany also talked about how she was sort of initially

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Speaker 1: a little bit torn about whether she would attend Hillary

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Speaker 1: and the Tmusa's gold medal hockey game Thursday night because

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Speaker 1: it was less than twenty four hours ahead of her

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Speaker 1: final race that fifteen hundred meter And we actually got

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Speaker 1: a tip from NBC's Aj Molesco that she was given

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Speaker 1: car service from NBC to the game and back so

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Speaker 1: she could sort of slip in and out and get

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Speaker 1: home to get her rest. And you might remember Alex

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Speaker 1: actually ran into her just before the game. She was

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Speaker 1: kind of coming into the arena, it seemed like just

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Speaker 1: a few minutes before pock drop, so that in and

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Speaker 1: out situation was figured out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and if folks at home are wondering, like, oh,

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Speaker 3: why not just take a normal uber to the game,

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Speaker 3: that's actually really hard. Sarah and I did it. And

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Speaker 3: I had reached out to a few people ahead of

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Speaker 3: the hockey game, being like, is there some secret way

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Speaker 3: to get here that doesn't involve walking basically a mile

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Speaker 3: And the answer is note unless you are either an

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Speaker 3: athlete or have TV transport, So an uber had to

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Speaker 3: stop really far away. So I think I think that

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Speaker 3: was what sealed the deal for her.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you've got to get those special perks. You got

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Speaker 1: to take advantage if you're engaged to the captain of

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Speaker 1: the team. Anyway, the car sealed the deal. But as

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Speaker 1: you can hear from Brittany here, she kind of always

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Speaker 1: knew she was going to find a way to make

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Speaker 1: it work.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I've kind of had it in my heart

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Speaker 4: the whole time.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be able to miss it.

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Speaker 4: But I talked to my coach about it, and I

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Speaker 4: talked to my mindset coach about it a couple of

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Speaker 4: nights ago and he just told me, he's like, the

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Speaker 4: writing's on the wall.

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Speaker 1: You go.

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Speaker 4: If you're going to expend your energy, you're going to

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Speaker 4: expend energy there, but you're also going to expend energy

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Speaker 4: in your hotel room wishing you were there, So you

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Speaker 4: might as well just go and do it and enjoy

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Speaker 4: the moment. And that really sealed.

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Speaker 2: The deal for me.

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Speaker 1: Now, I think Alex and I made it pretty clear

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Speaker 1: what our reaction to the game was, the nerves that

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Speaker 1: we had, the excitement that we had at the end,

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Speaker 1: and all of that. But what about Brittany as she

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Speaker 1: was sitting there watching Hillary and the team. Take a listen,

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Speaker 1: can you walk us through your feelings during that game

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Speaker 1: last night.

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Speaker 4: I didn't have a great feeling for about what would

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Speaker 4: it be fifty eight minutes of it, But I mean,

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Speaker 4: it doesn't matter what the win loss, how big the

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Speaker 4: win or loss is. With the USA Canada matchup, you know,

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Speaker 4: when there's a title on the line, it's gonna be

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Speaker 4: a completely different game. And they proved that once again.

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Speaker 4: So I was on the edge of my seat for

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Speaker 4: most of that game. And to see Hillary put in

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Speaker 4: that game score like the tie to send it into

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Speaker 4: overtime was just I lost my voice, I think from

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Speaker 4: screaming just for that thirty seconds, I'm like, I'm going

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Speaker 4: to be cool, calm and collected. This whole game had

518
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Speaker 4: two outverse screams of the game tying score and then

519
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Speaker 4: the game winning goal, and I have no voice.

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Speaker 1: There was one last question I wanted to ask Brittany,

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Speaker 1: knowing that she had started out her career in inline skating,

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Speaker 1: she had played college basketball. She was just an athlete

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Speaker 1: at her heart, and she's going to be transitioning into

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Speaker 1: NARP life, non athlete, regular person, and I was wondering

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Speaker 1: if she sort of has a sense of what the

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Speaker 1: future holds and what that might look like. Skating's part

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Speaker 1: of your athletic journey over the course of your life.

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Speaker 1: When it's done. Now, pick up basketball in the future

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Speaker 1: for you that you haven't been doing.

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Speaker 4: Well something that I'm really interested in. I've been training

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Speaker 4: my body and my mind for so many years. I've

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Speaker 4: been working with a hypnotherapist for a number of years,

533
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Speaker 4: and I've become super fascinated with the mind and the

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Speaker 4: subconscious and how that shapes our entire belief system. So

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Speaker 4: this past summer actually took a therapis course and became

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Speaker 4: certified in hypnotherapy. So I'm really interested into stepping into

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Speaker 4: that world and diving into the mindset coaching world and

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Speaker 4: really helping others achieve whatever they want to.

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Speaker 1: I'm obsessed, Alex, you know, I'm obsessed with anything involving

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Speaker 1: the brain. So then we ran into Brittany like a

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Speaker 1: little while later, and we were just chatting before we left,

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Speaker 1: and I was like, do you know much about neuroplasticity.

543
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Speaker 1: I feel like neuroplasticity plus hypno therapy, And I was like,

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Speaker 1: we have to talk about this. We have to fly

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Speaker 1: out and get you to use hypnotherapy on us and

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Speaker 1: we'll be your guinea pigs. I'm just so interested in

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Speaker 1: that stuff. And I love the idea that she's taking

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Speaker 1: this brain injury that she suffered in competition a couple

549
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Speaker 1: of years ago and what she learned as a result

550
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Speaker 1: of that to get into studying this. And I especially

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Speaker 1: loved that she was like a lot of people think

552
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Speaker 1: it's really woo woo, but the actual science of it

553
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Speaker 1: is really fascinating to me, and I want to use

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Speaker 1: it to help other athletes. So what a cool plan.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I really can't wait to see what she does next.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's going to be a handful of athletes here

558
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Speaker 1: that have really stolen our hearts and made us fall

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Speaker 1: in love with them. And I'll be very curious to

560
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Speaker 1: see both if they're sticking with their athletics and we're

561
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Speaker 1: going to be watching them for another quad heading into

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Speaker 1: the next Olympics, or if they're off to narpland what

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Speaker 1: they plan to do. And actually, a few of the

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Speaker 1: athletes that I most fell in love with at these

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Speaker 1: Games I fell in love with at the next event

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Speaker 1: we went to Alex. One of them being Mikyle Shatterov,

567
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Speaker 1: the gold medal winning Kazakhstan skater who surprised everyone with

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Speaker 1: that victory after Ilia struggled. And it has to do

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Speaker 1: with him being a panda bear. Okay, let me explain

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Speaker 1: this to y'all. Near the beginning of the Olympics, Alex

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Speaker 1: had mentioned, looking at our schedule that on the Saturday

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Speaker 1: before the end of the Games we might be able

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Speaker 1: to make time to head to the figure skating Gala.

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Speaker 1: I have never even heard of the figure skating Gala,

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Speaker 1: and I'm told that it is a non competitive event

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Speaker 1: where the best skaters who won medals and won the

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Speaker 1: hearts of the crowd throughout the competition do one last

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Speaker 1: show for everyone. And then I had seen like a

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Speaker 1: skater and Amnion's outfit that I thought maybe like, oh,

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Speaker 1: that's the gala, but that was his actual performance. I

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Speaker 1: don't know when I came into it on Saturday night.

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Speaker 1: Let's just say I could not have been prepared for

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Speaker 1: what happened. Oh my god, Alex, the smile on my

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Speaker 1: face the whole time. I can't even remember how many

585
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Speaker 1: times I said to you, oh my god, I love

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Speaker 1: this so much. But here's some highlights. The Kazakhstan Golden

587
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Speaker 1: medal winning guy Mikyle did kung fu fighting. Was the

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Speaker 1: music playing while he was wearing a panda suit. Then

589
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Speaker 1: these two other skaters had already skated in a Mortal

590
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Speaker 1: Combat outfit and a Deadpool outfit kicked his ass. Then

591
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Speaker 1: he got back up finished to Hit Me Baby one

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Speaker 1: more time, but not the Britney Spears version, the Tenacious

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Speaker 1: D version, including doing a triple jump in the panda suit,

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Speaker 1: and then at the end he hugged Jackie Chan. I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure why Jackie Chan was there, but he was

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Speaker 1: on the screen earlier and then there he was ringside

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Speaker 1: to hug the panda. The Pears Silver medalists from Georgia

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Speaker 1: did a medley of Mortal Kombat and True by Spando Ballet,

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Speaker 1: and they just there was like she wanted some Valentine's plans.

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Speaker 1: He suggested they play video games. They Mortal Kombat at it,

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Speaker 1: and then he eventually came to Romance. They danced to

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Speaker 1: the Romantic song and then started throwing hearts into the crowd.

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Speaker 1: It was a whole thing. There was this Italian pair

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Speaker 1: Kanti and Macchi, and they just did like all the

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Speaker 1: songs that have dances for them. When they started with

606
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Speaker 1: Macarena and the whole group of volunteers around the stadium

607
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Speaker 1: started doing it along with the fans, I was already

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Speaker 1: won over. But then they went to the YMCA and

609
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Speaker 1: then you called it al Then they went to Cotton

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Speaker 1: Eyed Joe and like the whole arena was doing the

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Speaker 1: dances to these songs with them.

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Speaker 3: It was so cool, except I'm such a bad liar, Sarah,

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Speaker 3: because I called it. But I also then immediately told you, oh,

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Speaker 3: I just looked at the big JumboTron and it has

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Speaker 3: their music program on it.

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Speaker 1: So here I thought you just knew it was coming

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Speaker 1: because of your love for the Cotton Eyed Joe Dance.

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Speaker 1: But you know a couple other favorites. Estonia's Nina Petrocina

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Speaker 1: did a number to sell Block Tango from Chicago. If

620
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:49,080
Speaker 1: you guys don't know the song, it's like the Cicero lipshits.

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Speaker 1: He had it coming, He had it coming. That one

622
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Speaker 1: where all these different women in jail describe what was

623
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Speaker 1: wrong with their men and why they had to murder them.

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Speaker 1: So Nina starts and she's like dramatic and dancing with

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Speaker 1: the chair and then she murdered. There's multiple men's individual

626
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Speaker 1: skating stars around the rink as the performance goes on,

627
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Speaker 1: including Iliam Melanin, And it was so good and it

628
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Speaker 1: was like that was part of the fun. Alex was

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Speaker 1: how so many people from different teams were part of

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Speaker 1: each other's routines, who had to like practice and plan together.

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Speaker 3: Yes, one hundred percent. Yes. I love the idea of

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Speaker 3: like going up to somebody and being like, hey, will

633
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Speaker 3: you be in my galla performance? I need to kill you.

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Speaker 1: Yes, are playing dead mister Deadpool? Will you please murder

635
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Speaker 1: me as a panda? And then the mortal comback. I

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Speaker 1: forgot to mention spun the panda as if he was

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Speaker 1: his female partner on the ice, which was another impressive showing,

638
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Speaker 1: not just for the panda, but for the guy twirling him.

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Speaker 3: That was my least favorite part both of the Gala,

640
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Speaker 3: maybe the Olympics in general. Every time that the pair

641
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Speaker 3: skaters would swing their partner around and their head was

642
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 3: so close to the ice, I just physically could not

643
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Speaker 3: watch it without just making noises and like scrunching up

644
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Speaker 3: my hands. It just made me so nervous. I was like,

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Speaker 3: why are we doing this.

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Speaker 1: Well, Alex, I've already assigned you two movies for the

647
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Speaker 1: Fight Home. Do you remember which ones and in what order?

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Speaker 3: I have them written down on my notes with Sarah

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Speaker 3: because my brain can't. I normally recommendation.

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Speaker 1: Roles of every ski jumping rule, but you can't remember

651
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Speaker 1: two movies.

652
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Speaker 3: No, but Sarah, you need to know. I normally write

653
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 3: like recommendation from Sarah, recommendation from Bianca. This one says

654
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Speaker 3: literally Sarah required viewing.

655
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Speaker 1: Okay, your two required movies are the cutting edge and

656
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Speaker 1: best in show. Because when I found out that you

657
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,959
Speaker 1: hadn't seen any of those mockumentaries from Christopher Guest, I

658
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 1: was like, this is going to be You're going to

659
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: love these, but also the Cutting Edge, especially if that's

660
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,160
Speaker 1: your least favorite move. You need to learn about the

661
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 1: pim tanko twist. You just need to and it's fictional,

662
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 1: so don't worry about it. Everything's fine, nobody dies, but

663
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 1: you need to watch the Cutting Edge on the way home,

664
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Speaker 1: and then you'll really understand the drama of those spins.

665
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 1: Speaking of drama, it was interesting to see which athletes

666
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Speaker 1: did the most ridiculous things ever dressed as a panda

667
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 1: or soccer players or whatever else, and which ones took

668
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: it more seriously. And Illi Mallanin had a dramatic solo

669
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Speaker 1: skate And what was wild is I can't imagine that

670
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 1: he planned this after. He probably had some sort of idea,

671
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 1: I'm guessing because a lot of these gallap performances there's

672
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 1: footage from them doing them before the Olympics and other Gallas,

673
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 1: so like they probably came in with them, and I

674
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: would imagine he did too. But what was wild is

675
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: his was to a song where the vocals kept saying

676
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 1: is this what you wanted? Over and over again. So

677
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,479
Speaker 1: as he's skating a clean routine frankly a lot easier

678
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: of course, but still doing backflips and quads and stuff.

679
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 1: He's skating to this. Is this what you wanted? Is

680
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 1: this what you wanted? Sort of are you not entertained?

681
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 1: This is the person I wanted to be in my

682
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: real Olympic performance and wasn't. And he looked so emotional

683
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: at the super emotional, and the crowd could feel that

684
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 1: and went absolutely crazy for him, Like it was deeply

685
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,360
Speaker 1: moving to hear the roar of the entire arena like

686
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: trying to lift him up in a moment that they

687
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 1: knew was hard for him, which was really cool.

688
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, And it's interesting because the Gallas invite only athletes

689
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 3: don't get paid for it, and traditionally, you know, the

690
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 3: gold medal lists will perform, the silver medalists usually perform,

691
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:07,959
Speaker 3: but they'll also invite athletes that maybe had disappointing showings

692
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 3: at the Olympics and we're supposed to do better. And

693
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 3: Elia definitely falls into that obviously. He was also a

694
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,920
Speaker 3: member of the team gold medal Amber Glenn also performed

695
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 3: in it, and I think it was really special to

696
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 3: be able to see the skaters, whether they had a

697
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 3: great time at the Olympics or maybe didn't meet their

698
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 3: own expectations be able to kind of come together and

699
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:28,640
Speaker 3: celebrate like this.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you mentioned Team USA. They all skated together to

701
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: a medley that started with we Will Rock You, which

702
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 1: was a very American thing for the gold medalist, but

703
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: then ended with the hockey team's gold medal song, Freebird.

704
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Speaker 1: And I don't know if that was like it seemed

705
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 1: much less planned. So that seemed like they definitely added

706
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: that after the women had won and they were all

707
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 1: so joyful skating together and just getting out there on

708
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Speaker 1: the ice. This was after Amber Glenn had done her

709
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: individual which you mentioned was to That's life again. Have

710
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 1: no idea if that was planned before, but couldn't have

711
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 1: been more perfect. She skated and I said to you,

712
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 1: I think if there was anyone I wanted to watch

713
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: with nothing on the line, just for fun, it would

714
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: be Amber Glenn and then maybe later watching Ilia do

715
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: all the backflips and all the other things too. But

716
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: Amber had a freedom of movement, a freedom of spirit,

717
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 1: and a joy about her in that routine and a

718
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 1: just boss bitch kind of vibe that was so incredible,

719
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 1: and she was flying around the ice, So that's life

720
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 1: like with her hair down, with her hair down and

721
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 1: like this just vibes. The vibes were so good. As

722
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 1: you mentioned, this should be a competition based on vibes, like,

723
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: no technical requirements. You just win if you have the

724
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Speaker 1: best vibes, And she would have been up there.

725
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Speaker 3: Honestly, that was my takeaway. Like, on the one hand,

726
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 3: I worry about taking away the joy of the gallop

727
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 3: by like suggesting that it should ever be a scort thing,

728
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 3: and yet I enjoyed watching it so much that part

729
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 3: of me wondered what could figure skating become if you

730
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 3: removed all of the required elements, all of the step sequences,

731
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,479
Speaker 3: all of this so called figures. I don't think they

732
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 3: use that term anymore, and instead said, hey, you can

733
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,479
Speaker 3: do whatever you want, but we're gonna judge you using

734
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 3: slope style rules, where basically like you have to be cool.

735
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 1: Be rad, you have to be rad, you have.

736
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:16,919
Speaker 3: To put your moves together in a way that makes

737
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 3: sense and has flow. What would we see would somebody

738
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,840
Speaker 3: do three triple axles in a row right now? They

739
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 3: wouldn't get extra points for the additional two, but like

740
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 3: I would just want to see what that would look like.

741
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,360
Speaker 3: So I hope, I hope, maybe that comes to fruition

742
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,760
Speaker 3: someday without ruining the sport.

743
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,439
Speaker 1: Yeah, without ruining the gallop, because the gallow was so

744
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: much fun. So Ambergunn went, then Tsa, then Illy Alone,

745
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: and then chalk and Baits. They steamed up the place, damn.

746
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 1: I mean they had a bed sheet out there, and

747
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:51,640
Speaker 1: the whole time Alex could attest it was like make out,

748
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 1: make out, make out, you want to make out, because

749
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 1: I was just like, I feel like when the partners

750
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,760
Speaker 1: are together in ice dancing at the end, they should

751
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 1: make out because they do and everyone wants see it

752
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:01,280
Speaker 1: because it's so sexual.

753
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 3: Something that stood out to me was the fact that

754
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 3: all of the ice dance galerutines kind of just still

755
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,719
Speaker 3: felt like ice dance, Like I don't. I didn't feel

756
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 3: like any of them were like kind of like silly

757
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 3: or like embodying like weird characters. In the same way,

758
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:20,240
Speaker 3: the routines were very elegant, romantic, sensual, pretty.

759
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 5: Not goofy, no bandast, no no pandas the fact that

760
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 5: at the end all the ice skaters came out together

761
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 5: to bow and wave.

762
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 1: And then would not leave. They were dancing. They were

763
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: taking selfies. A bunch of them brought their phones out

764
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,359
Speaker 1: onto the ice to keep hanging out. Ilia and the

765
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: French skater did synchronized backflips multiple times, and then at

766
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: one point the Mortal Kombat guy and the soccer guy

767
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,919
Speaker 1: like acted like they were going around in a loop

768
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 1: to do their own synchronous backflips and then instead fell

769
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: on their asses like they were having so much fun.

770
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,959
Speaker 1: They were touching the logo at center ice. They were

771
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:02,400
Speaker 1: waving a fan and like taking pictures together all the

772
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 1: different people from different teams, like for a sport that

773
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: absolutely murders your psyche. And we saw with Amber Glenn

774
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,640
Speaker 1: like she did one thing wrong and that took her

775
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: out and she did everything else so perfectly and beautifully,

776
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: Like that will crush you. So for them to have

777
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 1: the opportunity to finish their competition with this is so

778
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: perfect to me in a way that like even some

779
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 1: of the other really tough ones, this needs this, this

780
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: needs you need to be like joyful because watching a

781
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,840
Speaker 1: figure skater do what they do is so beautiful and free.

782
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it was so funny to see them

783
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 3: all like literally like kissing the Olympic rings and not

784
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 3: wanting to leave the ice and Sarah. We've been joking

785
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 3: throughout the Games because as soon as the metal ceremony

786
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,360
Speaker 3: is done at any of the other events, an in

787
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 3: venue announcer will come on and be like the event

788
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:50,879
Speaker 3: has concluded, safe travels home, and then like a minute later,

789
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 3: you must leave, get out. And so this was the

790
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,360
Speaker 3: first time. I was like, well, maybe this might be

791
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,919
Speaker 3: the first time. The athletes are told like GTFO, like.

792
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but people didn't want to leave, No, they didn't.

793
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 1: The volunteers were dancing. Yes, the volunteers were still dancing

794
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,839
Speaker 1: well after it was over, like just having the time

795
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: of their lives. It was just like pure joy. If

796
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:19,360
Speaker 1: you all did not watch it, please find the highlights,

797
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 1: and better yet, watch the whole thing on peacock or

798
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: YouTube or wherever. They'll run the entire replay because it

799
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 1: is so worth.

800
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 3: It probably gone now, okay, well don't.

801
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 1: Just you don't know, Alex, maybe they got a bootleg somewhere,

802
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,799
Speaker 1: maybe they dvr'd it. They didn't even realize. Make sure

803
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,359
Speaker 1: you watch it. You brought up a funny thing though

804
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 1: about like if the other sports at the Olympics also

805
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:39,439
Speaker 1: closed out.

806
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:43,720
Speaker 3: This way, I can dream and we all can dream

807
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 3: and I would like to propose a few galas across

808
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,920
Speaker 3: the Winter Olympics because I want to see athletes in

809
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 3: every sport find the same amount of joy as the

810
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 3: figure skinters did on this final night. So I present

811
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 3: to you the alpine skiing gala. Athletes can choose which

812
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,759
Speaker 3: event they want downhill, super g giant solom or slalom

813
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 3: with no gates, and they will just ski based on

814
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 3: the vibes of what they think that event should feel like.

815
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 3: And so if they're doing slalom, even though there will

816
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 3: be literally no gates, they still have to do the

817
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:18,239
Speaker 3: punching motions to get them out of the way. Costumes mandatory.

818
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 3: Great biathlon feels like a real easy one. You replace

819
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 3: the rifles with laser tag and it becomes a little

820
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 3: bit like hunger game style where you have to both

821
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,360
Speaker 3: chase down your opponent and have a good shot.

822
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:32,720
Speaker 1: Everyone remembers my number one rule of laser tag establish

823
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:33,320
Speaker 1: higher ground.

824
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 3: Moving on to bob sled, I'd like to see women

825
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,799
Speaker 3: have the chance to have a four women competition, but

826
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:45,280
Speaker 3: with school yard style team captain rules, where the pilots

827
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 3: would stand, they'd flip coins, do a draw whatever, and

828
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 3: then they could pick athletes from any country to be

829
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 3: their push athlete, like multinational sleds okay curling. You just

830
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 3: get to touch it and double touch it, and triple

831
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 3: touch it and quadruple touch it as many times as

832
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 3: you want, all the way to the button. I think

833
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 3: this would have to be a judged one because you know,

834
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 3: people would be finishing on the button every single time,

835
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 3: so I think they'd have to award some style points

836
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 3: for this.

837
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, watch your phrasing first of all. And also that

838
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 1: doesn't seem very difficult if you're allowed touch it all

839
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: the way up until it's in the house, because you

840
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: just put it in the middle every time and then

841
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 1: you'd move the next person. So I think we may

842
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:23,280
Speaker 1: need to workshop this one a little bit and stop

843
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:24,800
Speaker 1: talking about people finishing on the button.

844
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,799
Speaker 3: Listen, get your mind out of the gutter. Cross country skiing.

845
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:32,720
Speaker 3: This one's inspired by Jesse Diggins watching her claps after

846
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 3: that fifth place finish in the fifty K. I just

847
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 3: want to see athletes claps all day, even if it's

848
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 3: a little bit dramatic, So best claps at the finish

849
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:46,320
Speaker 3: line again becomes a judged event. Alternative idea everyone brings

850
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 3: their dog and their dogs race each other with a

851
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 3: photo finish.

852
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, in honor of the Czechoslovakian wolf dog that crash

853
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,279
Speaker 1: the race. I like that. I like any event that

854
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:56,960
Speaker 1: involves dogs, So that's a good one for me.

855
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 3: Still working my way through a whole bunch of other sports.

856
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 3: Would love to hear other people's ideas. One more from

857
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,960
Speaker 3: this Olympics is ski mountaineering, the new sport that debuted.

858
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 3: If you were watching, you probably thought that they had backpacks.

859
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 3: I didn't actually see them use the backpack though, and

860
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,359
Speaker 3: so I want a galla where they have to pack

861
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,840
Speaker 3: snacks in the backpack, and then when they get up

862
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 3: to the top of the course after doing that whole

863
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 3: like little diamond section and taking off their skis and

864
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,680
Speaker 3: putting them back on, they like have like a charcuterie

865
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Speaker 3: board section and then they.

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Speaker 1: Ski back down, so it's like a picnic in the middle.

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Speaker 3: A picnic.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, I like that. I think for ice hockey,

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Speaker 1: based on the men's school medal final, there could be

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Speaker 1: some sort of gallat involving the most creative way to

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Speaker 1: fill the holes in your mouth after the teeth that

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Speaker 1: you lost. So who has done the best job recreating

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Speaker 1: an actual tooth using other materials. It's like the Unconventional

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Speaker 1: Material challenge on Project Runway that where they have to

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Speaker 1: make closed with anything other than fabric. It's like you

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Speaker 1: have to make teeth with anything that isn't a tooth.

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Speaker 1: And who does the best job or funniest job? Since

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Speaker 1: it is a gala after all, my brain is somehow

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Speaker 1: ideating around skeleton and or loge but in a surfing

880
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 1: position sounds terrifying and very dangerous. But the course would

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Speaker 1: be modified for safety, and I would like to see

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Speaker 1: them standing up right on those sleds. And then the

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Speaker 1: last one I have would be Nordic combined. Now get

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Speaker 1: this idea. This would be crazy. It'd be so different.

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Speaker 1: It'd be like something we've never seen before. The women

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Speaker 1: get to compete at the Olympics.

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Speaker 3: No, don't too far like that?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, too far of a distance from the actual event. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: fair enough. I'll keep working on that one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean if they haven't competed in one hundred years, like,

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Speaker 3: why start now?

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Speaker 1: Why start?

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Speaker 2: Now?

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Speaker 1: I've pushed it too far. I'm so sorry. Speaking of

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Speaker 1: pushing far, this is a terrible transition. But Alex and

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Speaker 1: I are going to get to a bunch more of

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Speaker 1: the Olympic stuff that maybe we didn't dive into as much,

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Speaker 1: or that we have sound from that we want you

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Speaker 1: to hear that we weren't able to play. But one

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Speaker 1: of the things we didn't really talk about that much

901
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Speaker 1: was Alyssa lose gold because she was doing it at

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Speaker 1: the exact same time as the US women's hockey team

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Speaker 1: was winning gold, and we were at that hockey game.

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Speaker 1: In fact, it was really funny, like because they had

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Speaker 1: won together, they did like their celebration to than they

906
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,719
Speaker 1: were on the Today Show. It was like you both

907
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Speaker 1: did the thing at the same time, so now you're

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Speaker 1: connected forever. But I did just want to say something

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Speaker 1: I mentioned, however many years ago. It was when we

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Speaker 1: first got here al four, five, eleven, twelve sixty two. However,

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Speaker 1: many years ago. That was I started talking about early

912
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Speaker 1: in these games, the idea of the Liz Lemley cool

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Speaker 1: as a cucumber, the lizard, cold blooded people being able

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Speaker 1: to pull us off. And for all the times that

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Speaker 1: Alyssa lu told us that she didn't feel pressure and

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Speaker 1: she was just enjoying it and coming back to do

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Speaker 1: it on her own terms felt different. I don't know

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Speaker 1: that I really believed it until I watched her win,

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Speaker 1: and I watched her skate off the ice and be like,

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Speaker 1: that's how you can do it. And then I was like,

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Speaker 1: oh shit, she was legit, feeling nothing. She was just

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Speaker 1: having a blast out there. And I feel like when

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Speaker 1: you combined the mouth pierced, zebra haired, stropping woman with

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00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:02,120
Speaker 1: the panda costume wearing man, could we have asked for

925
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Speaker 1: a better gold medal dual to potentially lighten up figure

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Speaker 1: skating just a little bit.

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Speaker 3: I love that, and I think I've said it before,

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Speaker 3: I'll say it a million times more. I loved everything

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Speaker 3: about Alyssa's comeback. I love the way that she was

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Speaker 3: able to take ownership over what she was doing as

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Speaker 3: a skater. And if I'm being totally honest, which I

932
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 3: am always on this podcast, I'm nervous and fearful, based

933
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Speaker 3: only on previous experience with seeing other athletes, that the

934
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Speaker 3: machine of Olympic gold will not allow her to keep

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Speaker 3: that freedom and joy in her skating. And so I

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Speaker 3: hope that as offers come her way, as people ask

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Speaker 3: for her time and attention, she is able to break

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Speaker 3: that same nos given energy to that and say no

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Speaker 3: when she wants, and say yes when she wants, and

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Speaker 3: do whatever the fuck she wants.

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Speaker 1: I think she will. I really believe it. I really believe.

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Speaker 1: I think it's different. This time reminds me of Simone

943
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Speaker 1: Biles coming back after the Twisties and telling the gymnastics

944
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Speaker 1: world we're going to support each other. We're going to

945
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:08,839
Speaker 1: be joyful throughout. We're going to find smiles even when

946
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Speaker 1: we fail. We're going to bow down to Brazilian athletes

947
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Speaker 1: that beat us at an event instead of being sad

948
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Speaker 1: about it. And it felt different. It felt different, and

949
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Speaker 1: I hope that that's the case here too. We promised

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Speaker 1: lots more Olympic stuff. We also did some more missions

951
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 1: for y'all, but for now we got to take a

952
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 1: quick break. When we come back, we would like to

953
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Speaker 1: belong to a club that would have someone like us

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Speaker 1: as a member. That's next Welcome back, Slices. We love

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Speaker 1: that you're listening, but we want you to get in

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Speaker 1: the game every day too. So here's our good game

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Speaker 1: play of the day. First, want to let you know

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Speaker 1: we got a bunch more great Olympic content coming your

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Speaker 1: way even though we're headed home, and it includes behind

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Speaker 1: the scenes of Team USA's gold medal night in hockey

961
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Speaker 1: from two time gold medalist Kelly Panic talking about the game,

962
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Speaker 1: the locker room speeches, and who helped them sneak beer

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Speaker 1: into the party after afterwards, plus the inspiring story of

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Speaker 1: current Stoddard. We'll give you our top ten moments from

965
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Speaker 1: the Games. We'll talk about what Alex and I learned

966
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Speaker 1: about each other after three straight weeks of twenty four

967
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Speaker 1: to seven hangs, and an interview with the woman taking

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Speaker 1: on one of the toughest jobs in sports. So all

969
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Speaker 1: of that and more coming up. And when the Olympic

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Speaker 1: content well runs dry, it's time for the Paralympics. The

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Speaker 1: Milan Courtina Paralympics begin in less than two weeks Friday,

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Speaker 1: March sixth, and while we won't be on the ground

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Speaker 1: to investigate your missions, we can still investigate them from AFAR.

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Speaker 1: So if you've got missions or questions about the Paralympics,

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Speaker 1: send them our way. You can hit us up on email,

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Speaker 1: Good Game at wondermediaetwork dot com or leave us a

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Speaker 1: voicemail at eight seven two two oh four fifty seventy

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Speaker 1: and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review slices. It's

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Speaker 1: easy watch the Post Olympic Ladies Travel Club rating one

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Speaker 1: of one club I'd like to be invited to review.

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Speaker 1: We ran into sports business journal reporter Rachel Axon at

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Speaker 1: speed skating and we chatted with her about her Olympic experience,

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Speaker 1: which included a treacherous one am post opening ceremony e

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Speaker 1: Mike crash. Yeah, thankfully the only injury was to her

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Speaker 1: pride though, so that's good. But we asked her about

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Speaker 1: her travel plans for home, and we learned that she's

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Speaker 1: actually headed to Morocco with friend of the show Nancy

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Speaker 1: Armor and a handful of other journalists. The latest in

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Speaker 1: every two years track that they've dubbed the Post Olympic

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Speaker 1: Ladies Travel Club. This year they're going from Italy to Morocco,

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00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 1: two years ago, from Paris to Turkey in twenty eighteen,

992
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,839
Speaker 1: Pyeongchang to Vietnam in twenty sixteen, it was Rio to Argentina.

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Speaker 1: Just a brilliant idea and a nice little break before

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Speaker 1: they have to get back to the grind. Ladies. If

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Speaker 1: I'm at the next Olympics, give me a heads up,

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Speaker 1: let me know where you're headed. I'm in meantime, Alex

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Speaker 1: created her own travel club with a blizzard happening back

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Speaker 1: home that prompted a detour to Paris. Tell Jent Alex,

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Speaker 1: any idea when you'll actually be back or is that

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Speaker 1: still undecided?

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Speaker 3: We're aiming for Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: At this point we might lose you to Paris forever

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Speaker 1: and I wantn't blame you now. It's your turn slices,

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