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Moving back into our athlete interviews today as we chat with our first Paralympic athlete in para-snowboarder Joany Badenhorst! In a fun and entertaining interview, Joany takes us through her amazing life story, from her terrible accident as a child right through her 'accidental' discovery of the sport that made her a Paralympian! She also talks up her incredible speaking ability that could just lead to a future job on our show, as well as telling one of the most unique and funniest jokes you will ever hear...

A special episode of the show today as we take a trip down memory lane to bring you highlights from our first 50 episodes! Go back to Rio 2016 and hear some classic moments during our daily coverage of the games, from all the Ryan Lochte love right through to our own Olympic bid and the best bits from the 'my name is' and 'fan messages' segments. We also hear highlights from each of our interviews we've had on the show, giving you plenty of material to get the brain remembering ahead of our next 50 episodes!

A very special and exciting episode of Off The Podium today as we speak to one of the original members of the iconic Jamaican bobsleigh team Devon Harris! In this fun chat, Devon takes us through the story of how he became a member of the team for the 1988 Calgary Olympics, as well as talking about his return efforts during the 1992 & 1998 Olympics. He also gives us an insight into the future of the sport in the country and why he believes it won't be long until they can win their first ever Winter Olympic medal, as well as giving his views on the 1993 movie inspired by the story of his team, Cool Runnings.

Our 'cross' sport series continues as we switch from snowboard to skis and speak with 2014 Australian Olympian Sami Kennedy-Sim! Fresh off her most successful World Cup season yet, Sami takes us through her thoughts ahead of the Olympics next year and why the mood within the Australian team is so good heading towards Korea. She also helps Ben out (slightly) with his ultimate goal of making Nordic Combined a thing in Australia and mentions Nikki Webster...which let's be honest sells any interview as a good one!

Today we switch focus to snowboard cross as we speak to Australian Olympian Belle Brockhoff. Belle talks about the success of the most recent World Cup season as well as her serious injury she suffered and why it was the 'best time' to get such an injury. She also discusses what her goals are ahead of the 2018 Olympics and just why she now has some potential ammo to use against her Canadian rivals heading into the games next year

Our Moguls preview continues as we talk to Britteny Cox, who finished this past season ranked #1 in the World. Britteny tells us about growing up on skis, competing in her first Olympics at the age of 15, what it's like competing as a Winter athlete in Australia, the thrill of competing in Dual Moguls, and of course meeting the legendary Dale Begg-Smith and whether or not she has been to his private island!

Our road to Pyeongchang continues as we bring you the first interview in our Moguls preview series. We speak to one of the top Moguls Skier in the world, Andi Naude, about how heavy the competition is here in Canada, being part of a sweep with her teammates,  missing out on Sochi 3 years ago and what it was like to compete in Pyeonchang this past season. We also go over our "Hi My Name Is" Questionnaire, where Andi gives us the most surprising answer ever about her biggest fear.

For the first time since the Rio games the entire gang of hosts are together as Ben, Colin & Jarrod discuss a variety of different things as we continue to push forward towards the next Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next year! Through discussing various sports, getting the mascots names wrong and finding out what name Colin can come up with for Chumpy Pullin every five minutes, you'll be glad to have the boys back together once again!

2018 will see the Winter Olympic and Paralympic games take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Allan Russell spoke to Penny Brisco, Chef De Mission, from the BPA to look ahead to the games, the sports and our chances...