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**GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast**

GymCastic Podcast is a weekly gymnastics talk show. The hosts interview people who love gymnastics almost as much as we do, discuss the latest news, events and offensive leotard fashion.

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202: The 2016 Men's Olympic Trials, Women's PG Championships Jun 28, 2016

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IN THE NEWS

This week, Uncle Tim, Spencer, Lauren, and Jessica chat about:

Men's Olympic Trials
- The Olympic Team: Sam Mikulak, Chris Brooks, Jake Dalton, Alex Naddour (aka Mr. Hollie Vise), John Orozco.
- Alternates: Danell Leyva, Donnell Whittenburg, Akash Modi
- Strategy (8:47)
- Nancy Armour vs. John Orozco drama (14:50)
- Highlights on and off the floor
- Brooks hugging OTC athlete liaison, Sherry.
The skill Uncle Tim's gymnastics nieces have to learn before they can be in his wedding (23:54)
NBC massive errors and generally being jerks (26:18)
- Putting down Gabby even though she's exactly on track to be at her best
- Race, poverty and sexualizing athletes
Women's P&G Championships
- Our debate for the Gymnastics Is Hard Award (38:00)
- Injury list
- Junior analysis, favor and future super stars (50:00)
- Senior analysis (59:00)
- Who qualified to Olympic Trials for the women: Alyssa Baumann; Simone Biles; Christina Desiderio; Gabby Douglas; Brenna Dowell; Rachel Gowey; Laurie Hernandez; Amelia Hundley; Madison Kocian; Ashton Locklear; Maggie Nichols; Aly Raisman; Emily Schild; MyKayla Skinner; Ragan Smith
- Quantifying Simon's awesomeness; she's improved her senior two day total by 4.550
- An update on Simone's floor music lyrics.
The Ranch documentary from NBC (1:31:50)
- The infamous "Kitchen Scene" where Marta tells Bela off (1:33:17)
The F The Score Award : who made us fall in love with gymnastics (1:51:00)
Absolute favorite moments from the entire week of gymnastics (1:56:41)

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Douglas Family Gold: Worlds Selection Camp Jun 26, 2016

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IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE

This week on Douglas Family Gold (S1 E5), Jessica, Spencer and Stefane recap the episode and discuss:

The family listened to the podcast! (3:00)
Gabby's bar upgrades revealed! (5:00)
- Coach Christian's voice made the show, but not with his face at the same time.
What Gabby's Family has to do to overtake the Kar*$*ians as the top reality family in the world. (15:29)
Natalie's on-screen script boo boo. (28:42)
There was no cause for excitement about the Ranch footage because it was all recycled USAG footage. (35:50)
Jene Park, AKA Edna from The Incredibles is back: (30:55)
- champagne and coffee for everyone
- Gabby says, "what more chocolate do I need" and non-stop BBC jokes ensue.
Natalie has a boob tattoo and we can't stop analyzing it. (43:37)
Jessica's story about Natalie being a badass in Tokyo. (60:00)
Feedback (53:25)
- Some feedback about Gabby's alleged single status from the African-American community.
- Gabby wearing her hair natural this weekend for nationals in St. Louis.

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Watch episodes of Douglas Family Gold here.
Watch Gabby compete in St. Louis at the national championships here

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CONTEST

Name the Gabby Drag Queen here! Tweet @GymCastic #GabbyFamilyDrag with your name for our fabulous listener and legit adult gymnast in her Gabby drag.

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201: Men's Olympic Trials and P&G Champs Preview Jun 22, 2016

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NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer, and Jessica chat about:

Our favorite moments from last week's interview with Alicia Sacramone
Controversy (of course) at Australian Olympic Trials (4:01)
- Congrats to 2016 Olympian Larissa Miller and her beautiful floor!
- Funding expose from StickIt
Rhythmic and Trampoline Olympic Trials (11:09)
- Rhythmic roup qualifies for first time, ever.
- Sadness, injuries, elation and awesome adult gymnastics from tramp (14:04)
- "The legs that I had, the butt that I had were why I jumped so high" - Olympic Champion Rosie MacLennan (CAN) video
P&G Championships Preview (1:03:30)
- How to watch live, online and on tv here. Sam Peszek and Evan Heiter are doing juniors analysis!
- Karolyi Ranch film to premiere on Friday at 8pm ET on NBC, watch trailer here.
- Who we are looking forward to watching who won't go to Rio (Morgan Hurd, Emily Gaskins)
- Who is in a do or die situation to qualify to Rio or even Trials
- Recap of Beyond the Routine with Bailie Key who has scratched from P&Gs
Men's Olympic Trials Preview (1:24:36)
- W.D.M. How the men qualify to the team.
- When will the team actually be named?
- Top 4 storylines to watch?
- Mr. Hollie Vise, Alex Naddour says baby and wife help his gymnastics.

GYMTERNET NEWS

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

Rhythmic gymnastics attempted suicide
The many retirements and injuries including Komova.
Why USA Gymnastics need to change their rules. None of these coaches have been banned or publicly suspended yet! (26:47)
- Moises Renobato
- From trampoline World Championships coach, Zac Lawson
- Tom Bollinger of Top Flight GYmnastics in Maryland
- Patrick Jay Wehrung
Louis Smith accused of objectifying Carly Patterson with close-up bottom shot (49:31)
Bias in judging: Should judges be allowed to judge their relatives or gymnasts?
- Tatiana Nabiyeva's coach-judge was cleared by the FIG
Awesome skills alert:
- Sergio Sasaki has A PIKED DRAGULESCU!
- Katarzyna Jurkowska of Poland is doing a gainer 2/1 off the end of the beam. Should this be a G?
- Kenzo did a Yurchenko 3.5 on a hard surface.
- BRENNA FREAKIN DOWELL!
  - She's training a Dos Santos 2 and double front FULL OUT!
NCAA News:
- Penn State abuse news: People magazine and the Washington Post have covered this and yet, the head coach still remains there.
- LSU gymnastic coach D-D Breaux gets boost in pay, now makes $240,000.
- Miss Val launched a website and announced that she is writing a book.
Book Mania - check them all out in our store here.
Two adult gymnastics camps! Shields in NJ and Atlantic in NH.

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Gymbuster: Domestic vs. International Scoring
She'll Never Get Those Scores Internationally by Spencer
10 Most Popular GymCastic Episodes
#DouglasFamilyDrag Contest
The Hard Way To Sucess featuring Gabby Jupp
List of gymnasts on Snapchat
Details in Maria Olaru book The Price of Gold. Uncomfortable Honesty.
Golden Era of Gymnastics book by Karen Hollis

RELATED EPISODES

200: Alicia Sacramone
162: Wrap Up of the 2015 P&G Championships
161: Women's Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo
160: PG Championships Women's Prelims Recap
Douglas Family Gold on Oxygen Podcast Recaps

Douglas Family Gold: Last Days of Summer Jun 20, 2016

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THIS WEEK'S EPISODE

This week in Douglas Family Gold (S1 E4), Jessica, Spencer and Spanny recap the episode and discuss:

Real Moment of the Week Awards (2:00)
Recap with actual gymnastics! (4:00)
John wants to "prank" the family by tasering them in the outdoors. (9:15)
Jessica responds to criticism from the asexual community after last week's discussion of whether or not Gabby has, or is ready for a relationship and the ancient trope of the romantically immature gymnast. (24:30) Resource links below.

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Watch episodes of Douglas Family Gold here.
Ages and stages of healthy human sexual development from Darkness To Light and ACT of Youth

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CONTEST

Name the Gabby-inspired Drag Queen here! Tweet @GymCastic #GabbyFamilyDrag with your name for our fabulous listener and legit adult gymnast.

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200: Alicia Sacramone Jun 15, 2016

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THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW

We are honored and humbled to welcome back the legend herself, Alicia Sacramone, to celebrate our 200th episode. She joined us for episode 43, the first ever panel on LGBT Issues in Gymnastics in 2013. Since then she's married her longtime boyfriend, started a few businesses, and began coaching and doing choreography. Alicia is expecting her first child this summer. The Olympic silver medalist, 10x World medalist and 4x World Champion discussed:

The crazy vault she never got to compete
Her goal as a television analyst for the SEC Network
Competing in college at Brown and elite simultaneously
- How Marta Karolyi reacted and why she decided to go pro with Under Armour
Transitioning to the open-ended scoring system:
- The 2006 floor leap series incident when her routine wasn't credited and she didn't make finals
- Placing behind Cheng Fei in 2008 Olympic vault final even though Fei had a fall
- Which gymnast rocked the Code of Points best
Clarifying the facts from Shawn Johnson's recent speech for the Regan Foundation.
The Comeback:
- Tokyo World Championships achilles tear, pain medication and fan reactions to her being awarded the team gold medal even though she couldn't compete.
- How her husband and cross training helped, and what technology she used to come back better than ever after her injury.
- Why Brestyan's gymnasts don't get injured when they land short. Here is a video sample of "Brestyan Legs"
2012 Olympic Trials: what happened behind the scenes, did the selection committee make the right choice, and what she did to get over it
Almost getting into a fight with Isabella Severino (FRA) on the dance floor and the competition floor!
Being the Athlete Representative at USA Gymnastics
- Combating barbaric training methods
- How she promoted positive body image and health education
- Why USA Gymnastics has struggled to retain dietitians and nutritionists for the national team.
- Her own struggles with healthy eating
Growing up in a leotard:
- A little advice about boobs, hygiene, underwear and hair that every coach, parent and gymnast can benefit from.
Are cameras too close to gymnasts on the sidelines of the competition?
- What she tells the directors on the SEC Network about appropriate and inappropriate shots.

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Douglas Family Gold: A Companion for Gabby S1 E3 Jun 13, 2016

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The new Gabbymoji app features the gorgeous art above.

THIS WEEK'S EPISODE

This week's show is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the Orlando terror attack and the LGBT community everywhere. Find out how to help here or call on legislators to make gun reform here. On this week's recap of Douglas Family Gold (S2E3), Jessica, Spencer and Spanny discuss:

The lack of gymnastics and Coach Christian
Natalie is shocked that her adult children don't want to spend every waking moment with her
Arie and Joy are totally starting a fashion business right now
Shocker, John doesn't want to hang out with his mom during his college visit
The sisters think Gabby need a companion, but isn't ready to date... sooooo escort?
Jessica is outraged at the old, sexless, no-time for boyfriends, abnormal development because she's a gymnast trope
Gabby gets a kitten instead of an adult cat and the gymternet lost their damn minds.

CONTEST

Name the Gabby Drag Queen here! Tweet @GymCastic #GabbyFamilyDrag with your name for our fabulous listener and legit adult gymnast in her Gabby drag.

RELATED LINKS

Watch episodes of Douglas Family Gold here, on YouTube in the UK or with The Watch Series (warning, don't download from the Watch, stream only).

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199: Euros, Classics and the U.S. ManChampionships Jun 08, 2016

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This week's episode is proudly presented by new Club Gym Nerd member, Saul, who joined at the Episode Dedication level. Saul dedicated this episode to Natalia Frolova's 1986 floor routine. This Soviet great does one of his favorite old school routines; he watches it from time-to-time and not enough people know about her amazingness! We couldn't agree more. Thank you for supporting the show and spending the Frolova, Saul!

IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Lauren, and Jessica chat about:

US Classic (2:36) videos
- Who competed AA, who chose to show up just for podium training and why (read our article on rules changes)
- Gabby's new floor routine, her opinions of the Zika threat, and new bar skill and technique
- Bailie Key Watch
- Laurie Hernandez vs. Ragan Smith vs. Alyssa Bauman vs. Swaggie Maggie
- Bars duel, Ashton Locklear vs. Madison Kocian
- Our top three moments from the junior meet (32:40)
- The insanity of Aly Raisman scoring higher than Jordan Chiles on vault.
- Best moments from the NBC broadcast. Yes, we said best, as in we liked some things.
European Championships (55:45) routines
- Giulia Steingruber has improved her performance quality so much, but her head position on vault is still scary.
- Aliya Mustafina's controversial non-acro series on beam, and the Russian team dominated.
- Ponor's comeback was glorious and why she should have place higher on beam.
- Why Lauren is obsessed with the Czech juniors, like Vendula Měrková doing an Onodi to an Illusion at Bohemians Club.
- The Russian men killed it, Ukraine crashed, and Nile won high bar with this absolute beauty. (1:18:42)
U.S. Men's National Championships (1:47:22) videos
- Danell Leyva's second round of dog bites, stolen medals and new towel.
- The amazingness of Chris Brooks
- Marvin Kimble's celebration for the history books.
- Paul Ruggeri - a 16.000 on high bar and finishing in the top 3 on 3 events!
- Olympic Team Strategy: We are with Spencer, screw pommel horse and maximize the other events!

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Douglas Family Gold: Graduation Day S1E2 Jun 06, 2016

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THIS WEEK'S EPISODE

In this week's recap of Douglas Family Gold, Jessica, Spencer and Spanny recap the episode and discuss:

We have now met Hipster Gabby, Realness Gabby and finally Hangry Gabby; and she is all of us.
The stampede that wasn't caught on camera at Graduation.
Christian Gallardo, he's just here to look adorable, no need to speak.
Why Arie is the Lady Edith, AKA Cinderella, of the family.
All the reasons why Gabby's high-heel dog poop obstacle course lesson was very necessary--this photo says it all.
Gabby's family and friends are hired extras and it's hilarious.

RELATED LINKS

Watch the first episode of Douglas Family Gold here.
Streaming link to full episodes

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147: The 2015 European Championships Jun 01, 2016

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In the News

This GymCastic Classic originally aired April 29th 2015. The 2016 Euros start this week!

Current Australian national team member and World Cup medalist, Mary-Anne "Mez" Monckton joins Emma to give us all the details on the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France:

Preliminary Problems:
- Before the meet even started Kristina Pravdina (AZB) and Anna Pavlova (AZB), along with Alla Sosnitkaya (RUS) were all out with injuries.
- Epke fell on high bar and failed to make finals. What world is this?!
Women's All-Around:
- Historic Firsts: Giulia Steingruber all-around gold was the first ever win for Switzerland, Ellie Downie's bronze was the first ever medal for Great Britain, Poland's fifth place all-around for Marta Pihan-Kulesza was the highest ever finish for Poland--from a 27 year-old!
- Can the Russian women challenge the US now that they have two Amanar's in the lineup?
Men's All-Around
- Sam Oldham returned after his awful ankle injury at Commonwealth Games.
- The Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) vs. Oleg Stepko (AZE, formerly UKR) show down.
- David Belyavskiy (RUS) and Verniaiev showed the world why sports and peace go hand in hand.
Event Finals
- Rayderley Zapata (ESP) was allowed to repeat his floor routine after a timing error.
- Maria Paseka (RUS) flew in last minute and won gold where difficulty won over execution.
- The bars nail biter coming down to two-tenths for Daria Spiridonova (RUS) where perfect form came in third from Sanne Wevers (NED).
- Champion, Eleftherios Petrounias (GRC) actually made Emma and Mez want to watch Rings, RINGS!
- Andreea Munteanu (ROU) won beam, but Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) stole our hearts and broke them again when she fell at the very very end of her routines.
- Claire Martin (FRA) brought back some well deserved glory to French gymnastics after a long drought.
- Marijo Moznik (CRO) vs. Sam Oldham (GBR) high bar debate, justified or not?
Fragapane's ridiculous, unbelievable, not pretty but amazing save on beam - video.
We reanact Carlotta Ferlito's tweet as she, once again, blames everyone but herself for not making beam finals.