Stay ConnectedWelcome to Ice Talk — the show where we travel together throughout the skating season, sharing the highs and lows and all the stories in between.
Join host Tara Nichols and expert skating analyst Jackie Wong each week for news and notes from the latest competitions on the ice. Plus, hear directly from special guests throughout the season as we work our way towards Bejing 2022.
The Grand Prix season is underway, after an incredible week of competition in Las Vegas. This week, Tara Nichols and Jackie Wong look back at the season opener, then ahead to the weekend competition at Skate Canada.
Plus, Jimmy Ma joins the show fresh off of his experience at Skate America where he skated to a 3rd place finish in the Short Program... using music that might have been unexpected!
Ice Talk is back, and it's time to officially kick off the Olympic season!
Join host Tara Nichols on the journey through the competition season for analysis, stories, and LOTS of special guests.
The Grand Prix kicks off in Las Vegas this weekend, and we're kicking off the new season with a familiar voice returning to the airwaves...
Mirai Nagasu and Tara Wellman wrap up this season of Ice Talk with a look back at the season that was. Then, Mirai shares her thoughts on AAPI Heritage Month and the figure skating role models who once gave her own Olympic dream its wings!
Mirai and Tara take a few minutes to chat about the World Team Trophy competition, before being joined by Josh Babb (coach of the Skyliners) to take the teamwork idea to a different level.
The world of synchronized skating is blossoming and evolving and we are here for it! Hear from Babb what it's like to pull together different elements for different people and make them all look as precise as possible!
With a few weeks to process all the happenings of the World Championships, Mirai and Tara reconvened to talk through the impact moments of the event, including the wild and wonderful Ladies event and Nathan Chen's mind boggling Free Skate comeback.
Then, Mirai sat down with 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist Evan Lysacek to catch up on his life post-skating, reflect on his decorated career, and get his thoughts on Nathan Chen's momentum headed toward Beijing 2022.
They're here! The World Championships are officially underway. Before the Team USA skaters left, Mirai caught up with a few National Champions to find out more about training through the uncertainty of the past season, and preparing for the unusual circumstances of competition week in Sweden.
The world is full of remarkable women. This week, Mirai and Tara hear from Team USA athletes about the women who inspire them to be strong, brave, and confident.
Then, Mirai sits down with Olympic Champion Meryl Davis to discuss her history-making skating journey, as well as her continuing efforts to make the world a better place for girls and women of all ages.
The sport of figure skating was changed for the better by the barrier-breaking efforts of people like Mabel Fairbanks. This week on Ice Talk, Mirai and Tara continue the conversation with Tai Babilonia and Starr Andrews about the impact of Fairbanks and other BIPOC athletes, as well as the continuing efforts to confront the issues of race and inequality on and off the ice.
In February, we celebrate U.S. Figure Skating's Get Up Campaign, and who better to speak to the value and the challenge of getting up after every fall than Scott Hamilton?
Plus, host Mirai Nagasu catches up with Yaroslav Paniot who turned heads at the U.S. Championships with an Elvis-themed free skate that landed him on the podium... and in the Olympic Team conversation. But it's been an interesting road for the 2017 Ukranian men's champion -- one that includes a particularly entertaining story that involves tennis shoes, the Las Vegas bubble, and his warm up routine.
After another competition week inside the figure skating bubble in Las Vegas, four national champions were crowned and World Teams were named. Host Mirai and Producer Tara break down what happened, what didn't, and how it all stacks up in light of an unconfirmed World Championships schedule.
Plus, Mirai catches up with now five-time U.S. men's champion Nathan Chen to talk about the pandemic altered season, what it means to join the likes of the sport's biggest legends in the history books, and how a five-quad free skate is even possible!
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