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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 Olympics: Day 14
We're getting close to the end of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, which, for those of us based in Milano, means there are some slim pickings...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 13
It's Day 13 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, and we're introduced to ski mountaineering today. What we thought, plus Alison went to women's...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 12
It's Day 12 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, and while we're coming down to the home stretch, there's still a lot of Olympics to enjoy, in...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 11
What do you do on Day 11 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics?
If you're Jill, you spend hours doing logistics. Then you go to speed skati...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 10
Curious about those On Location Olympic hospitality packages? We experience one of the suites at the figure skating pairs final competition and have t...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 9
Day 9 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics turned into a wild day on ice and snow - we've got all of the results for you! Jill gets feisty (and...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Day 8
Invariably at an Olympics, we're packing so much in that at some point we break. At Milano Cortina 2026, it's Day 8, when Alison tells Jill about a ve...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 7
Day 7 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics brought many surprises, particularly at the ice skating arena, where the men's figure skating finals...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 6
It's Day 6 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, and we're having new adventures! Jill learned some scary new Italian words trying to get out t...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 5
We've hit the point where we have no idea what day or date it is, but we know we're in Milano and that there's an Olympics going on, and that's all th...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 4
During Day 4 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, we check out new sports, new train stations, and new venues. Alison has become a navigating fool, wh...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 3
It's Day 3 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, and we're learning that anything can happen! Favorites go down, medals start breaking, and both of us...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 2
Day 2 of action from Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. The mountain got Lindsey Vonn in a bad way, but other Olympians shined.
We've been multi-sc...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 1
It's the first full day of competition at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics! We already have our first Olympic champions, which means we...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day 0
The Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics are officially open! We look at the competition of day, including our trip to the figure skating arena to see the wom...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics-Day -1
Jill and Alison try Milano's special cake and take a long walk to get to the women's ice hockey venue for the USA v. Czechia match.
Other actio...
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: Day -2
We have made it to Milano and are ready for Olympic competition to begin! We share our first impressions of the city, the Games organization and some...
Keep the Flame Alive on The Cutting Edge: A Figure Skating Podcast
We were recently on The Cutting Edge: A Figure Skating Podcast with the lovely Kim Dunaway, and we had so much fun with Kim that we wanted to share th...
Olympic Snowboard, Paralympic Snowboard and Wheelchair Curling with Team USA
One last show before we head to Milano Cortina 2026! We talk with wheelchair curling's Steve Emt and para snowboarders Mike Schultz and Noah Elliot ab...
Milano Cortina 2026: Alpine Skiing Preview with Tom Kelly
Alpine skiing expert Tom Kelly joins us to preview the competition ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics. We examine men's and women's downhill, s...
Olympic Cross Country Skiing and Para Nordic with Team USA
We're prepping for cross-country skiing and para Nordic at Milano Cortina 2026! At the Team USA Media Summit in October 2026, we talked with cross-cou...
Cortina 1956: Welcome to the Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Winter Olympics
New year, a new historical Olympics to explore! Thanks to you, our listeners, in 2026 we'll be exploring the Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Winter Olympic Gam...
Olympic Biathlon with Sean Doherty and Deedra Irwin
Buckle up for biathlon! We're talking with U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program members SPC Sean Doherty (3x Olympian) and SSG Deedra Irwin (2022 Oly...
Figure Skaters Amber Glenn Jason Brown and Spencer Howe
Olympic excitement is building, as more athletes qualify for Team USA! This week is the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, so to get ready to watch th...
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.
***Are yo...
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...