Episode 10: Adam Rippon
About this Episode
Show Notes:
:28 – Career overlaps between Sasha and Adam
1:31 – Missing two Olympic teams (2010, 2014) and debuting at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018
5:39 – Reflecting on and appreciating difficult career moments later in life
7:01 – Being in the ESPN Body Issue after the Games
8:18 – Adam finding his voice on Twitter and his infamous Twitter exchange with former Vice President Mike Pence
15:52 – Decision to come out ahead of the 2018 Games and become the first openly gay winter Olympian
21:19 – Choosing coaches over his career
26:43 – How the team event at the Olympics changed Adam’s mindset
29:25 – Life in retirement and leaving skating in the past
31:48 – How being an athlete prepared him for life outside of sports
36:22 – Adam’s memoir Beautiful on the Outside
40:02 – One piece of advice Adam would like to share
41:10 – Olympic or Paralympic moment in life
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Episode 28: Yul Moldauer
Episode 27: Tyler Merren
Episode 26: Tianna Bartoletta
Episode 25: Yeonmi Park
Episode 24: David Brooks
Episode 23: Molly Bloom
Episode 22: Jeremy Bloom
Episode 21: Maame Biney
Olympic Speedskater Maame Biney joins Sasha this week. Maame talks about her Olympic debut as the first Black women to represent Team USA in short track speedskating. She tells Sasha about learning to care for her mental health after the Olympics in 2018 and through the COVID-19 pandemic. Maame also explains how she began using her platform to push for change after the death of George Floyd, and how she wants to use her voice to be more than an athlete.