The Iron Butterfly

Latest Episodes:

Career Longevity Through Passion and Inspiration ft. Madison Chock and Evan Bates May 21, 2024

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I interview 2x World Champions and Olympians Madison Chock and Evan Bates on their career and lives together. We chat about their longevity in the sport, the ups and downs of their ongoing journey on-ice, vital lessons they've learned along the way, and how their lives have romantically intertwined off the ice in an even deeper connection.

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Motherhood and Skating ft. Katia Gordeeva Apr 16, 2024

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I chat with 2x Olympic Pair Champion Katia Gordeeva about her life:

-having her first child in between winning two Olympic gold medals

-balancing motherhood while competitively skating and professionally touring

-being a coach to her own daughter and juggling that role

-the American vs. Russian training systems

-her views on current skating

-fitness levels for women in skating

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2024 World Championships Recap Mar 26, 2024

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I recap all four disciplines in the 2024 World Championships in Montreal Canada.

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2024 Junior Worlds Recap Mar 13, 2024

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I recap the top 3 in all disciplines + all Team USA athletes at the 2024 Junior World Championships!

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Confronting Your Own Self and Finding Your Purpose ft. Mae Berenice Meite Feb 20, 2024

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I interview Olympian and French National champion Mae Berenice Meite on her inspiring career. We chat about her early beginnings in skating and getting to the Olympics, how she dealt with her injuries in her recovery process, growing into adulthood while navigating what skating meant to her, finding purpose and clarity while taking a break, and transforming her life with her new vision of skating and future.

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2024 4CC Recap Feb 09, 2024

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I recap the top skaters at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, China.

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2024 U.S. Championships Recap Feb 01, 2024

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I recap the 2024 U.S. Championships in the Junior and Senior categories!

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2024 European Championships Analysis Jan 17, 2024

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I recap the 2024 European Championships:
Loena Hendrickx (BEL)
Anastasiia Gibanova (GEO)
Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)
Livia Kaiser (SUI)
Alexandra Feign (BUL)
Kimmy Repond (SUI)
Olga Mikutina (AUT)
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Adam Saio Him Fa (FRA)
Aleksandr Selevko (EST)
Matteo Rizzo (ITA)
Lukas Britschgi (SUI)
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Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise (ITA)
Anastasia Metelkina/Luka Berulava (GEO)
Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini (ITA)
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Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA)
Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR)
Allison Reed /Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU)
Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler (CZE)
Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (FIN)

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140. Synchronized Skating 101 ft. Rory O'Brien Jan 03, 2024

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I chat with Rory O'Brien, member of the champion Hayden Select Synchronized Skating Team for Team USA about all things synchro!

Topics covered:
-synchro skating general rules
-the levels of synchro and moving up competitively
-team tryout process
-the key elements of a synchro program
-the judging system for synchro
-what the synchro competition season looks like
-international competitions for synchro
-training systems for synchro
-what skating skills are most important for synchro
-the elite 12 division and why it was created
-the barriers for getting synchro into the Olympics
-the best part of skating synchro

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2023 JGPF Recap Dec 20, 2023

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Mao SHIMADA (JPN)

Jia Shin (KOR)

Rena Uezono (JPN)

Rio Nakata (JPN)

Daniel Martynov (USA)

Leah Neset/Artem Markelo (USA)

Yahli Pederson/Jeffrey Chen (USA)

Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA)