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Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir want to make figure skating great again

Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir want to make figure skating great again

FromRecode Media with Peter Kafka


Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir want to make figure skating great again

FromRecode Media with Peter Kafka

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Dec 21, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Figure skating commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir talk with Recode's Peter Kafka about the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. Lipinski and Weir, both former professional skaters, got their start as commentators at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia, and explain why the official ban on Russian participation this year will not take away from the drama of their sport. Unlike in the 1990s, Lipinski says, there are no household-name figure skaters, meaning it's up to her and Weir to be the stars. Plus: How the commentators use social media and why Weir is not looking forward to the Tonya Harding movie "I, Tonya."
Released:
Dec 21, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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What happens when media, entertainment, and technology collide? Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians and podcasters to get their take. Produced by Recode and the Vox Media Podcast Network.