GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Just started listening after watching gymnastics at the 2024 Olympics and really enjoy this podcast. I’m confused by reviews that are really hard on Jessica because I find her to be delightful. I enjoy how much affection she has for the athletes. I don’t think she comes off racist at all. I think this podcast is really informative for people who are new to the sport. Spencer and Jessica have good chemistry.

I’ve been a listener and supporter for many years. Throughout the years Jessica asks for constructive feedback but when provided, she has an attitude and dismisses it without thought. We all have to live with her inconsistencies of her story telling and “facts” she tries to provide but if brought up in a respectful and private manner, she reacts instead of reflecting on the points made. If Spencer doesn’t correct things in the moment, it lives on and i honestly can’t believe how many pieces of incorrect or ½ pieces of information live on for people to hear/believe. And when she does try to address things that may have not been “reported” on fully, it’s the listeners fault for not understanding journalism. I’ve appreciated many parts of this gymnastics media as there are few competitors in this space but hopefully more will come along.

I’m not a gymnast but my wife is so I end up listening to this all the time. It’s my favorite gymnastics pod cast. Jessica is BIG personality and Spencer is sorta Big but also sweet. They are both intelligent and engaging. Together they are delightful. They are exceptionally knowledgeable about gymnastics. They go into detail and questions on things I might find myself wondering about as a watcher of gymnastics with my wife. They fill in the gaps of my knowledge. I love this. Jessica is also a NorCal native and I’m a SoCal native though now live in NorCal therefore very Californian. Jessica speaks the way Bay Area people of her age with an interest in social topics speak. I don’t mind it. In some ways I think it’s very brave because it could be a turn off for many listeners and could lose them listeners. There have been a lot of comments about her being a racist against Asians and anti semite. This is strange to me. I’m pretty confident in my ability to gauge this as my wife is Jewish and I’ve lived in Japan for 7 years and feel very aligned with Asia in my heart. If I had heard anything that sounded racist, it would be a reason to not listen to this. I feel there are lots of low reviews of this podcast but these are not reflective of it being a bad podcast, but more a review reflecting on the person giving the review.

Spencer, safe to say we all lost our minds to have you back for podium training commentary!!!!!