The Iron Butterfly

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That's Cheeky! 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy GP Analysis Nov 15, 2022

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I analyze the Top 6 women and highlights from Men, Pairs, and Dance at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy in Sheffield Grand Prix: Mai Mihara (JPN) Isabeau Levito (USA) Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO) Young You (KOR) Ekaterina Kurakova (POL) Nichole Schott (GER) Gabriella Izzo (USA) Bradie Tennell (USA) Alexia Pagianini (SUI) + Daniel Grassl (ITA) Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT) Shun Sato (JPN) Jimmy Ma (USA) Tomoki Hiwatashi (USA) + Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier (USA) Nathan Bartholomay/Katie McBeath (USA) + Christina Carriera/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA) Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Bien Joué, Grand Prix de France! 2022 Analysis Nov 08, 2022

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I analyze the top 6 women at the 2022 Grand Prix de France as well as highlights on the Men, Pairs, and Dance: Mana Kawabe (JPN) Audrey Shin (JPN) Haein Lee (KOR) Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN) Yelim Kim (KOR) Loena Hendrickx (BEL Mae Berenice Meite (FRA) Olga Mikutina (AUT) + Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) Sota Yamamoto (JPN) Kazuki Tomono (JPN) + Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen (USA) Eva Pate/ Logan Bye (USA) Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis (FIN) + Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps (CAN) Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Skate Canada, Eh? 2022 Analysis Nov 02, 2022

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I analyze the Top 6 women at the 2022 Skate Canada Grand Prix, as well as highlights in the women, men, pairs, and dance! Rinka Watanabe (JPN) Starr Andrews (USA) Young You (KOR) Ava Marie Ziegler (USA) Rika Kihira (JPN) Niina Petrokina (EST) Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Gabrielle Daleman (CAN) Madeline Schizas (CAN) Yuhana Yokoi (JPN) + Shoma Uno (JPN) Kao Miura (JPN) Matteo Rizzo (ITA) Camden Pulkinen (USA) Jimmy Ma (USA) + Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe (USA) + Piper Gilles / Paul Pourier (CAN) Molly Cesanek & Yehor Yehorov (USA) Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville (USA) Caroline Green / Michael Parsons (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Boston Tea: 2022 Skate America Analysis Oct 25, 2022

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I analyze the Top 6 women at Skate America, and my thoughts on Men, Pairs, and Ice Dance: Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Isabeau Levito (USA) Amber Glenn (USA) Haein Lee (KOR) Ekaterina Kurakova (POL) Gracie Gold (USA) + Liam Kapeikis (USA) Dinh Tran (USA) Donovan Carrillo (MEX) Roman Sadovsky (CAN) Daniel Grassl (ITA) Junhwan Cha (KOR) Kao Miura (JPN) Ilia Malinin (USA) + Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps (CAN Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier (USA) + Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridnov (USA) Kaitlyn Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker (USA) Madison Chock/ Evan Bates (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

2022 JGP Egna Analysis Oct 18, 2022

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I analyze the Top 6 women, highlights, and all Team USA skater at JGP Egna: Hana Yoshida (JPN) Chayeon Kim (KOR) Inga GURGENIDZE (GEO) Mone Chiba (JPN) Phattaratida Kaneshige (THA) Sherry Zhang (USA) Soho Lee (USA) Polina Dzsumanyiyjazova (HUN) Iida Karhunen (FIN) Rose Theroux (CAN) Hannah Frank (AUT) + Lucas Broussard (USA) Daniel Martynov (USA) Leah Neset + Artem Markelov (USA) Jenna Hauer and Benjamin Starr (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

2022 2nd JGP Gdansk Analysis Oct 11, 2022

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I analyze the Top 6 women, highlights, and all USA Skatersat the 2nd JGP Gdansk this season: Ami Nakai (JPN) Jia Shin (KOR) Minsol Kwon (KOR) Mia Kalin (USA) Ayumi Shibayama (JPN) Nikola Femchenkova (LAT) + Josephine Lee (USA) Elyce Lin-Gracey (USA) Maria Eliise Kaljuvere (EST Hetty Shi (CAN) Robert Yampolsky (USA) Beck Strommer (USA) William Annis (USA) Sophia Baram + Daniel Tioumentsev (USA) Ellian Peal + Ethan Peal (USA) Helen Carhart + Volodmyr Horovyi (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

2022 JGP Gdansk Analysis Oct 04, 2022

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I analyze the Top 6 women at JGP Gdansk as well as other highlights in the field and our own Team USA women and men: Mao Shimada (JPN) Mone Chiba (JPN) Chayeon Kim (KOR) Kimmy Repond (SUI) Xiangyi An (CHN) Lorine Schild (FRA) + Clare Seo (USA) Josephine Lee (USA) Logan Higase-Chen (USA) Nataly LangerBauer (EST) Polina Dzumanyijazova (HUN) Lida Karhunen (FIN) Joseph Klein (USA) Michael Xie (USA) Lucas Broussard (USA) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Exploring the Inner Self Post-Retirement (ft. Dylan Moscovitch) Sep 27, 2022

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I sit down with Canadian Pairs National champion and Olympian Dylan Moscovitch to chat about his story: How he got into pair skating and who his first partners were, pairing with Kirsten Moore Towers and become National Champions in their second season, his experience at the Olympic Games in Sochi, switching partners and skating with Liubov Ilyushechkina, his decision to retire in 2018 and the details behind it, importance of fueling well for both partners in pair sports, pursuing acting and working in skating in different ways, how 2020 shifted his path -- digging deep and exploring his inner self, spending time in Costa Rica and his first medicinal retreat there, getting inspired to create an athlete retreat to help others through sport retirement, ancient ways of healing the mind, body, and a spirit with psychedelic medicine, and and his conversation about healing, growing, and evolving! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Young Talent that Slipped Through the Cracks (ft. Kaitlyn Nguyen) Sep 20, 2022

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I sit down with 2017 US Junior Champion turned Instagram skating star Kaitlyn Nguyen about her promising skating career and the injuries that cut it short: when she started skating, the timeline of getting all her jumps, being on the Juvenile National podium to winning the Junior Championship, fracturing her back at age 14 followed by a multitude of other injuries, over-training and her comeback processes, her decision to step away from competitive skating, the flurry of guilt and other emotions associated with retiring so young, environment and mental health, how she's turned her passion of skating into coaching and her skating instagram account (@katwiththeskates), and the advice she'd give to current young athletes on the rise. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

2022 JGP Riga Analysis Sep 14, 2022

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In this episode I analyze the Top 6 Women from JGP Riga as well as highlights of all the USA athletes who competed there: Jia Shin (KOR), Soho Lee (USA), Ami Nakai (JPN), Inga Gurgenidze (GEO), Nikola Fomchenkova (LAT), Jimmy Repond (SUI), and Hannah Herrera (USA) as well as Robert Yampolsky (USA), Kirk Haugeto (USA), Cayla Smith + Andy Deng (USA), and Vanessa Pham + Jonathan Rogers (USA). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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