An unapproved, unlicensed, unaffiliated with the IOC history of the Olympics
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Episode 27: Amsterdam, 1928 pt. 2: Field Hockey Fever!
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The long-awaited conclusion to our series on the 1928 summer games! Will the fears of orgies in the streets be realized? Or will field hockey become the most popular sport of the games, surprising literally everybody including the field hockey athletes themselves? Tune in to find out!Di Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 26: We'll Do It Live!
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The Beijing Olympics will not be slowed down by COVID, but Bridget was still somehow caught off-guard. Sometimes you just have to wing it and hope for the best. And at least she knew which season the Games were in, which cannot be said for everybody! With special guest star, Pancake the PomeranianDi Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 25: Amsterdam, 1928 pt. 1: This is the Twentieth Century
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Calvinists vs. modern Dutch architects, who will win? No matter what happens, don't ask the boxing judges.Di Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 24: St. Moritz, 1928: Smooth, Orthodox Style
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Returning to our historical series with the second official (but first at the time, not retconned) winter games! The Alpine birthplace of bobsledding and skeleton experiences a freak weather pattern that should have destroyed the games but they managed to finish despite the odds, and all common sense.…
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The long awaited, long delayed conclusion to our special series on the 2020ne Summer Games! Surprises in the team events, surprises that these games actually happened at all, questionable statistics, the perils of an unfamiliar public transportation system, the one thing you would expect an equestrian coach to know not to do, and more! All this wit…
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Our second special episode of the 2020ne games! Bridget is short on rest and high on stress so let the confused takes fly. An in-depth discussion about Simone Biles, Oksana Chusovitina. high jumping and 100m race surprises along with confused metaphors about hypothetical jazz drummers from the '30s and a special guest star appearance by Hannah!…
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Episode 21: Life Finds a Way
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Inaccurate signage! Political fumbling! Abstinence-only initiatives and garden variety corruption! Missing weightlifters! Not to mention the blatant discrimination and stupid suspensions. The Olympics are back, baby! Join us for a special episode before the fun kicks off in an empty stadium far away from you.…
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Episode 20: Paris, 1924 pt. 2: We Let the Italians In
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We conclude our series on the 1924 summer games with all the splashing, scampering, and hopping you could want! Come for the stories about fame-eschewing Finnish long distance runners, stay for Frank's yodeling.Di Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 19: Paris, 1924 pt. 1: Second to None
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Once again, we return to Paris. This time, the welcome is a little warmer. They even invented the Olympic Village! Well, warmer for the Olympics in general if not the Americans. Just ask the rugby team how friendly the crowd was. Along the way we meet a survivor of the Titanic, a gold medalist who takes a bullet, a member of the shooting team who t…
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Episode 18: Chamonix, 1924: No Gold Medal in Chain Smoking
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Just in time for summer: the first Winter Olympic Games! Except, in classic Olympic style, they didn't realize it at the time. But what's a little retconning between friends? Or questionable associations with fascist dictators? A relatively calm affair with some dark undertones released just before Bridget escapes for a long vacation.…
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Episode 17: Antwerp, Part 2: Halfway Between Socialism and Capitalism
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It's a wild ride to the end. What can top horse vaulting? Miserable facilities for swimming and diving! Stranded Japanese athletes! Outspoken fascists! A brief detour into true crime territory with a murderer using an unexpected weapon! Plus, a love story and a Nobel peace prize winner because sometimes, yes, we do get to have nice things.…
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Episode 16: Antwerp, 1920, Part 1: One Small Leap Over Equines
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It's a brave new post-war world. Who's allowed to come back? Who isn't? How do the Belgians afford it? And more importantly, what sport is so ridiculous that it makes Bridget laugh so hard she loses a contact?Di Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 15: Stockholm, 1912, Part 2: Achievable Goals
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Bridget's foreshadowing comes to fruition with the first casualty of the modern Olympic games. Also the ghost of Paris haunts the 100 meter dash, Jim Thorpe displays the best of American athleticism (and courtesy), and Frank finally learns of an Olympic feat he can beat!Di Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 14: Stockholm, 1912, Part 1: Point Guard for the Russian Team
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And we're back with part 1 of Stockholm! Thrill when you hear about ancient Viking games! Chill when you hear about Finland's opening ceremony protest! Wonder when we'll get back on topic when Bridget starts rambling about literary terms!Di Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 13: London, 1908, Part 2: Ask the Norwegians
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The conclusion of our series about the 1908 London Olympics. Learn why the marathon is the distance that it is, which running events allow body checking (it's none of them), and more about the early Olympics' greatest villain: James Sullivan. Cover image: Octave Lapize, French cyclist.Di Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 12: London 1908, Part 1: Political Trouble in the Balkans
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This week we learn about how the 1908 Olympics ended up in London when they were supposed to be in Rome, how long it takes to build a state-of-the-art sports facility, the joys of toddler soccer, and the Olympic debut of both Russia and Figure Skating. Coincidence?Di Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 11: Athens 1906: Flagpole Climber
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A slightly delayed but extra large episode about the one and only Intercalated Games. Learn about how many of the Olympic traditions started, from national teams to the Olympic village to ridiculous antics during the medal ceremony when the IOC rejects your protest to be recognized as your own team! (Here's looking at you, Ireland)…
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In our last episode about St. Louis we cover the track and field events. Features include a bizarrely truncated schedule despite the fact that they had months to compete in, George Poage breaking a racial barrier for American athletes, and the single worst event in Olympic history: the 1904 marathon.…
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The slog through St. Louis continues, this time with thrilling tales of cyclist Crash McCrea, whatever roque was, and the dangers of inadequate aquatic facilities. Bridget's promises of finishing St. Louis are premature, and this briefly becomes a podcast about the classic 1988 teen comedy about suicide and school shootings: Heathers.…
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Episode 8: St. Louis 1904, Part 1: German, There's No Need to Feel Down
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Part one of our series on the disastrous 1904 Olympics in St. Louis. Here we talk about how the Olympics were stolen from Chicago, the most disgraceful event presented by something called "The Department of Exploitation" to ever be associated with the Olympics, and a couple of German-American guys from Buffalo who were real good at basketball…
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Episode 7: Paris, 1900 Part 2 - Punch Your Teammate
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We conclude our series on the 1900 Paris Olympics with thrilling tales of games gone bad, including accusations of cheating in the marathon, nobody taking polo seriously, street urchins recruited onto rowing teams, and a fistfight among the American long jumpers. Plus, Helen de Portales, the first woman to win a gold medal in the modern games!…
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Episode 6: Paris, 1900 Part 1 - Good French Bread
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Part one of our series on the mess that was the 1900 Olympics in Paris. Good news? Women snuck in! Bridget's new favorite Cuban fencer, Ramón Fonst made his gold medal debut at the age of 16! Bad news? Pretty much everything else.Di Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 5: Athens, 1896 - My What a Guy That Launceston
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Back to business with the story of the first Olympics of the modern Olympiad, which took place in Athens, Greece in 1896. The Germans dominated gymnastics! Americans dominated shooting! Launceston Elliot dominated our hearts and there were absolutely no women competing at all (but not for lack of trying)!…
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Episode 4: Olympic Dog Sledding
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The final special bonus episode about the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, in which we discuss the problem with ice dancing siblings, the mysteries of ice, and finally explain where the points come from in curling.Di Olympic Size Podcast
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Episode 3: Mario!!! On Ice
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Frank and Bridget discuss the first week of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with only the occasional tangent into completely unrelated things and/or trash talking their absent cohost.Di Olympic Size Podcast
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A special bonus episode! Get Bridget, Sara, and Frank's preview on what to watch, what to skip, and what other weird stuff is happening in the wide world of Olympic sports!Di Olympic Size Podcast
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