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Keep the Flame Alive
Obsessed with the Olympics and Paralympics? Just curious about how Olympic and Paralympic sports work? You've found your people! Join your hosts, Olympic aunties Alison Brown and Jill Jaracz, for smart, fun, and down-to-earth interviews with athletes, coaches, and the unsung heroes behind the Games....
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Milano Cortina 2026: Olympic Figure Skating Preview with Sarah Hughes
(Not Olympic Champion) Sarah Hughes of The Runthrough podcast joins us to preview the figure skating competition for Milano Cortina 2026. Who's likely...
Anything But Footy Olympics Crossover Spectacular
John Cushing and Michael Weadock from Anything But Footy join us for a rousing look ahead at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics.
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Olympic Bobsled with Elana Meyers Taylor, Frank Del Duca and Chris Fogt
Alison interviews 4x Olympic bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor on her long career in the sport and being an athlete/parent. Then Jill and Alison intervie...
Sydney 2000: Paralympic Closing Ceremony and Games Legacy
In our final episode on the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics, Alison is thrilled that the demon chicken has returned to the Paralympic Closing Cer...
Team USA Olympic Speed Skaters Erin Jackson and Corinne Stoddard
On this episode of Keep the Flame Alive, we have conversations with Olympic speed skater Erin Jackson and Olympic short track skater Corinne Stoddard...
Book Club Claire on A Team of Their Own
Book Club Claire joins us for a discussion of Seth Berkman's 2019 book A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History, abou...
Olympic and Paralympic Ice Hockey Slaps!
We're exploring the worlds of Olympic and Paralympic ice hockey this week! First, the women's Rivalry Series between Team USA and Team Canada came thr...
Sydney 2000: Rowing and Olympic Closing Ceremonies
In our penultimate episode of our Sydney 2000 Games history series, Jill takes a look at the Olympic rowing competition, specifically the women's coxl...
Keep the Flame Alive-2025 trailer
Introducing your favorite Olympic Aunties Jill Jaracz and Alison Brown! If you're obsessed with the Olympics and Paralympics or just curious about how...
Olympic Luge with Ashley Farquharson, Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby
We are sliding down the luge track in this episode, interviewing three women from Team USA's luge team, who are vying to compete at the Milano Cortina...
100 Days until Milano Cortina 2026
It's 100 days to go until the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics! We have all the latest on these Games from the Team USA Media Summit in New York Ci...
Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington on Kayaking and Kiwis
Paddler Dame Lisa Carrington, New Zealand's most decorated Olympian, joins us to talk about kayaking and how the sport varies from solo races to doubl...
Author Doug Levy on Unknown Olympic Heroes
We are excited to talk with Doug Levy, author of the book Hero Redefined: Profiles of Olympic Athletes Under the Radar. The book contains amazing stor...
Sydney 2000: Paralympic Football 7-a-Side and Olympic Television Advertising
It's the latest installment of our retrospective on the 25th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics! Jill looks at the Paralympic Foo...
Olympic Figure Skater Nicole Bobek's Wild Life
Olympic figure skater Nicole Bobek has long been on our list of athletes to interview, and we're thrilled she's able to come on the show! In 1995, Nic...
The Science Behind Classification in Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby
Wheelchair rugby is a mixed-gender sport, but not many females play. One way to increase their numbers and playing time is to see if they're classifie...
Athletes for Hope with Jason Belinkie and Jenny Sichel
You know how Olympic and Paralympic athletes go around and speak at schools and do other types of education-related events? How do they get those gigs...
Sydney 2000: Better Than New: Triathlon, Women's Pole Vault and Modern Pentathlon
All year long we're celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Games, and this month is the actual month of the Games' anniversary! The Sydne...
Back to School with Olympic Luger Ashley Farquharson
It's back-to-school time, so we wanted to hear what it's like for an elite athlete to go back to college. Olympic luger Ashley Farquharson explains ho...
Brooke Nunemaker and Brad Roethlisberger on Officiating Women’s Para Ice Hockey
History is in the making this week with the first-ever women's para ice hockey world championships. This is a big step forward toward inclusion in the...
World Games: Chengdu 2025 - Week 2
It's the final week of the World Games - Chengdu 2025! We're joined by John Moorhead, 2017 World Games athlete and current USA Fistball secretary, to...
World Games: Chengdu 2025 - Week 1
The 12th edition of the World Games, Chengdu 2025 is underway! We discuss what sports and events we and other listeners have been bingeing on our feed...
Sydney 2000: Eventing, Para Sailing, and Wheelchair Rugby - Oh, My!
It's our monthly look back at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics! This time, Jill looks at the Olympic equestrian eventing competition, includin...
Book Club Claire on "Above & Beyond: Tim Mack, the Pole Vault and the Quest for Olympic Gold"
Book Club Claire is back for our summer reading selection: Above & Beyond: Tim Mack, the Pole Vault and the Quest for Olympic Gold by Bill Livingston....
2x Paralympian Noelle Lambert Talks Running Blades, Paralympics
Today we are talking with 2x Paralympian Noelle Lambert who competes in the 100m and long jump. We get into the details of running blades (and how muc...
Keep the Flame Alive Celebrates the Big 400!
This week, Keep the Flame Alive is celebrating a big milestone: Our 400th regular episode! This episode is an online party with many citizens of TKFLA...
Sydney 2000: The Cover-Up and the Comebacks
We travel back to 2000 for another look back at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics. This month Alison explores what's considered to be the bigge...
The Surprising Early Legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics
It's been nearly a year since we said, "Bonjour!" to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, so what's been happening in Paris since the cauldron wen...
Wheelchair Tennis with Charlie Cooper
We're delving into the sport of wheelchair tennis with American Charlie Cooper, who's currently ranked #2 in the world for junior wheelchair singles....
Olympic Technology with Pascal Wattiaux
We're talking technology at the Olympics with Pascal Wattiaux, IT Consultant and former Director of Technology at the International Olympic Committee....
Thorpedo and the Experiment: Para Swimming, Swimming and Wrestling at Sydney 2000
It's our monthly look back at history--all year long we're looking at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics.
This month Alison tackles the m...
Dr. Michele K. Donnelly on Gender Equity at the LA28 Olympics
In April, LA 2028 announced that it would be the first Olympics to have more quota spots for women than men. That's a win for women's sports, right?...
Olympians' Mental Health Update with Dr. Kristin Keim
We welcome back sports psychologist Dr. Kristin Keim to talk about the kinds of mental health issues Olympians, Paralympians and other elite athletes...
Rekindled: Samantha Schultz on Mental Health after the Olympics
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and Military Appreciation Month, we're rekindling our interview with Olympian Samantha Schultz, former moder...
Sydney 2000: Olympic Football and Women's Weightlifting, Para Powerlifting
We're headed back to Sydney 2000 for another episode in our history series on these Games. It was the first time women were allowed to compete in Olym...
Dr. Yoav Dubinsky on University of Oregon's Olympic Studies Hub
If you've ever been interested in studying the Olympics and the Olympic Movement, this is the episode for you! We're talking with Dr. Yoav Dubinsky, p...
Olympic Figure Skater Gracie Gold on Mental Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this month, we're exploring aspects of mental health as it pertains to sports. We're kicking it off with our...
Ryan Cooper on USA Cycling's Project 4:05
USA Cycling's Senior Data Analyst Ryan Cooper joins us to talk about Project 4:05, the quest to win the women's track cycling team pursuit gold medal...
Paralympic Gold Medalist Elizabeth Marks
3x Paralympian and U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program member SFC Elizabeth Marks joins us to tell us about her experience in the pool at Paris 2024...
Sydney 2000: Set Sail with the Mascots
We sail back in time to Sydney 2000! Alison explores the origins of the official Olympic mascots, Syd, Millie, and Olly, and the Paralympic mascot Liz...