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Keep the Flame Alive
Obsessed with the Olympics and Paralympics? Just curious about how Olympic and Paralympic sports work? You’ve found your people! Join your hosts, Olympic aunties Alison Brown and Jill Jaracz, for smart, fun, and down-to-earth interviews with athletes, coaches, and the unsung heroes behind the Games....
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Sydney 2000: Paralympic Football 7-a-Side and Olympic Television Advertising
It's the latest installment of our retrospective on the 25th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics! Jill looks at the Paralympic Foo...
Olympic Figure Skater Nicole Bobek's Wild Life
Olympic figure skater Nicole Bobek has long been on our list of athletes to interview, and we're thrilled she's able to come on the show! In 1995, Nic...
The Science Behind Classification in Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby
Wheelchair rugby is a mixed-gender sport, but not many females play. One way to increase their numbers and playing time is to see if they're classifie...
Athletes for Hope with Jason Belinkie and Jenny Sichel
You know how Olympic and Paralympic athletes go around and speak at schools and do other types of education-related events? How do they get those gigs...
Sydney 2000: Better Than New: Triathlon, Women's Pole Vault and Modern Pentathlon
All year long we're celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Games, and this month is the actual month of the Games' anniversary! The Sydne...
Back to School with Olympic Luger Ashley Farquharson
It's back-to-school time, so we wanted to hear what it's like for an elite athlete to go back to college. Olympic luger Ashley Farquharson explains ho...
Brooke Nunemaker and Brad Roethlisberger on Officiating Women’s Para Ice Hockey
History is in the making this week with the first-ever women’s para ice hockey world championships. This is a big step forward toward inclusion in the...
World Games: Chengdu 2025 - Week 2
It's the final week of the World Games - Chengdu 2025! We're joined by John Moorhead, 2017 World Games athlete and current USA Fistball secretary, to...
World Games: Chengdu 2025 - Week 1
The 12th edition of the World Games, Chengdu 2025 is underway! We discuss what sports and events we and other listeners have been bingeing on our feed...
Sydney 2000: Eventing, Para Sailing, and Wheelchair Rugby - Oh, My!
It's our monthly look back at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics! This time, Jill looks at the Olympic equestrian eventing competition, includin...
Book Club Claire on "Above & Beyond: Tim Mack, the Pole Vault and the Quest for Olympic Gold"
Book Club Claire is back for our summer reading selection: Above & Beyond: Tim Mack, the Pole Vault and the Quest for Olympic Gold by Bill Livingston....
2x Paralympian Noelle Lambert Talks Running Blades, Paralympics
Today we are talking with 2x Paralympian Noelle Lambert who competes in the 100m and long jump. We get into the details of running blades (and how muc...
Keep the Flame Alive Celebrates the Big 400!
This week, Keep the Flame Alive is celebrating a big milestone: Our 400th regular episode! This episode is an online party with many citizens of TKFLA...
Sydney 2000: The Cover-Up and the Comebacks
We travel back to 2000 for another look back at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics. This month Alison explores what's considered to be the bigge...
The Surprising Early Legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics
It's been nearly a year since we said, "Bonjour!" to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, so what's been happening in Paris since the cauldron wen...
Wheelchair Tennis with Charlie Cooper
We're delving into the sport of wheelchair tennis with American Charlie Cooper, who's currently ranked #2 in the world for junior wheelchair singles....
Olympic Technology with Pascal Wattiaux
We're talking technology at the Olympics with Pascal Wattiaux, IT Consultant and former Director of Technology at the International Olympic Committee....
Thorpedo and the Experiment: Para Swimming, Swimming and Wrestling at Sydney 2000
It's our monthly look back at history--all year long we're looking at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics.
This month Alison tackles the m...
Dr. Michele K. Donnelly on Gender Equity at the LA28 Olympics
In April, LA 2028 announced that it would be the first Olympics to have more quota spots for women than men. That’s a win for women’s sports, right?...
Olympians' Mental Health Update with Dr. Kristin Keim
We welcome back sports psychologist Dr. Kristin Keim to talk about the kinds of mental health issues Olympians, Paralympians and other elite athletes...
Rekindled: Samantha Schultz on Mental Health after the Olympics
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and Military Appreciation Month, we're rekindling our interview with Olympian Samantha Schultz, former moder...
Sydney 2000: Olympic Football and Women's Weightlifting, Para Powerlifting
We're headed back to Sydney 2000 for another episode in our history series on these Games. It was the first time women were allowed to compete in Olym...
Dr. Yoav Dubinsky on University of Oregon's Olympic Studies Hub
If you've ever been interested in studying the Olympics and the Olympic Movement, this is the episode for you! We're talking with Dr. Yoav Dubinsky, p...
Olympic Figure Skater Gracie Gold on Mental Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this month, we’re exploring aspects of mental health as it pertains to sports. We’re kicking it off with our...
Ryan Cooper on USA Cycling's Project 4:05
USA Cycling's Senior Data Analyst Ryan Cooper joins us to talk about Project 4:05, the quest to win the women's track cycling team pursuit gold medal...
Paralympic Gold Medalist Elizabeth Marks
3x Paralympian and U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program member SFC Elizabeth Marks joins us to tell us about her experience in the pool at Paris 2024...
Sydney 2000: Set Sail with the Mascots
We sail back in time to Sydney 2000! Alison explores the origins of the official Olympic mascots, Syd, Millie, and Olly, and the Paralympic mascot Liz...
New IOC President Kirsty Coventry
Five-time Olympian Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee. She's the first woman and the first A...
2025 World Figure Skating Championships Recap
Alison went to the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston and has all of the behind-the-scenes details! Find out what you can't see on TV a...
No Show This Week!
Hello TKFLASTAN!
Just a note that we won't be able to produce a show this week. Jill's been doing a lot of caregiving for her mother, which has...
Book Club Claire on Paralympian Sydney Collier's Memoir "Beyond Expectations"s
Book Club Claire is back for our first selection of 2025, which is by a TKFLASTANI! We're reading Beyond Expectations: An Extraordinary Equestrian Jou...
Sydney 2000: The Debacles of Women's Gymnastics
While the Sydney 2000 Olympics are generally considered to be one of the best Games of all time, yet they still had their fair share of issues, partic...
Alison Levine's Paris 2024 Paralympics
Sometimes all of the training and preparation in the world doesn't get you to the Paralympic podium. Boccia player Alison Levine experienced that firs...
Kenny Bednarek's Paris Olympics
We catch up with sprinter Kenny Bednarek and learn about his Paris 2024 experience running the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. He did bring home some har...
Para Powerlifter Bobby Body's Paris 2024 Paralympics
We catch up with our para powerlifter Bobby Body and talk with him about his experience at Paris 2024, including:
We also have news from past an...
Sydney 2000: Glory and Disgrace on the Track
Runners Cathy Freeman and Marion Jones, two of the stars from the Sydney 2000 Olympics, could not have had more different outcomes to their experience...
Ken Hanscom's Travel Tips for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
It's one year to go until the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics! Tickets went on sale today, which means it's time to figure out travel plans--and be...
Brazilian Cross-Country Skier Bruna Moura's Olympic Quest
Brazilian cross-country skier Bruna Moura joins us to talk about her continuing gritty journey to become an Olympian. A former mountain biker, Bruna t...
Sarah Cookler on Ski Mountaineering
The one new sport on the program for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics is ski mountaineering (aka skimo). What is this sport all about, and why s...
Sydney 2000: The Bid and Opening Ceremonies
Welcome to our look back at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics! We asked which historical Games should get a deep dive, and your response was to...