The Podium

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The Podium: An NBC Olympic and Paralympic podcast. Join us for insider coverage during the intense competition at the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. In the run-up to the Opening Ceremony, we’ll bring you deep into the stories and events that have you know and those you'll be hard-pressed to forget.

EPISODE 1

The Grit & Glamour of Artistic Swimming

Anita Alvarez and Bill May take us beneath the surface and into the Grit and the Glamour required to master perhaps the summer games’ hardest sport, artistic swimming, and the bottomless effort required to make something look “effortless”. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform. And watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games beginning July 26th on NBC & Peacock.

25 min
EPISODE 2

Standing Since ‘88

What do Jackie Joyner Kersee and Gustave Eiffel have in common? Both made something in’88 that, against all odds, has stood the test of time. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform. And watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games beginning July 26 on NBC & Peacock.

18 min
EPISODE 3

Trials and Tribulations

Arguably the world’s most competitive swim meet, the US Olympic Swimming Trials are integral to why Team USA is so dominant in the pool. National Team coach Todd Desorbo and Director of Performance Matthew Barbini break down the strategy and magic of a make-or-break event. Our swimming correspondent and 2-time Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel gives us a report from her time on deck. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform. And watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games beginning July 26 on NBC & Peacock.

32 min
EPISODE 4

Unwheeldy

With full speed hits, trash talking and uncompromising competitiveness, Team USA’s Sarah Adam explains wheelchair rugby’s electrifying appearance into popular culture and why it’s empowered her and many others to see Para-sports in a different light. Join host Zora Stephenson every day during the games to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before.

22 min
EPISODE 5

Day 1: Paris from the Streets - Nyjah Huston & Jagger Eaton

When Olympic skateboarders Nyjah Huston and Jagger Eaton touched down as part of only the second-ever US Olympic Skateboard team, they went for a practice session…in the streets of Paris. It’s one of the ways that street skateboarding, much like the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as a whole, blends the city and field of play in innovative ways. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform and watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games July 26 – August 11 on NBC & Peacock.

8 min
EPISODE 6

Day 2: History, Horses, Versailles - David O'Connor

Is there a more regal Olympic sport than equestrian? Well for 2024 the venue is literally fit for a king and queen. The International Equestrian Federation’s David O’Connor, a 3x Olympic medalist in his own right, walks us through the grounds that are part sporting challenge and part royal garden, and entirely amazing. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform and watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games July 26 – August 11 on NBC & Peacock.

12 min
EPISODE 7

Day 3: Better Together - Kassidy Cook & Sarah Bacon

Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon have woken up Team USA’s medal count by having a perfectly in-sync day from breakfast to diving to podium. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform and watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games July 26 – August 11 on NBC & Peacock.

10 min
EPISODE 8

Day 4: Hear Badminton Roar - Vincent Chiu & Howard Shu

On today's episode of the podium, we take you inside an Olympic badminton match and how perhaps the quietest field of play generates some of the fastest, liveliest and most challenging conditions for Team USA, who have yet to ever medal in the sport. Team USA players Vincent Chiu and Howard Shu are joined by some avid Parisian spectators to provide insight on what it's really like at the badminton courts. Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the games, to hear the Olympics like you’ve never quite heard them before. Follow the show on the iHeart app, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform and watch every moment of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games July 26 – August 11 on NBC & Peacock.

9 min

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Lauren Shehadi

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Thanks for 2024 Paris Paralympics!

09/10/2024

USA Mknitter

Thanks so very much for your 2024 Paris Paralympics episodes, especially the deep dive in Goalball with Callahan Young to help me understand the game and strategies, but also with Jeff Waldmuller, the amputee athlete and prosthetist, and Ottobock’s equipment repair tent in Paris and some of the evolutionary changes in prosthetics over the recent years. Thanks for Chris’ interviews with the Paris Paralympic athletes! I wish more were available.
Simone biles is great

08/06/2021

maeveatlove

The rest of them that where the competition cheated
CHINA IS NOT EVIL!!

07/27/2024

china isnt evil

China is not evil!!
Unbelievable

02/23/2022

the man who is clear

Those comments which said that China is cheating are idiots.Come on，pick up your brains and eyes then watch the game clearly.Don’t be a blinder.

The Podium: An NBC Olympic and Paralympic podcast. Join us for insider coverage during the intense competition at the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. In the run-up to the Opening Ceremony, we’ll bring you deep into the stories and events that have you know and those you'll be hard-pressed to forget.