This podcast took me into a world I don’t know much about. I felt like I was sitting mat side at the 2000 Olympics! Great listen.

I finish the podcast loved it a lot because in my free time I don’t have a lot to do so I listen to this podcast and I loved it because I am a gymnast and I compete in a lot of those events and it’s a it’s a fun experience listening to the listening to this podcast You did an amazing job. Thank you.

Fascinating podcast and so well done!! Appreciate all the different perspectives. Looking forward to the next season.

So Well done!

Sabrinas did place an inquiry and she inquired on the wrong part of her score and it was therefore rejected

Love love love this podcast. Ari is an excellent investigative reporter and the team does so well putting their stories together. One of my favorite Podcast listens.

Who knew gymnastics was so controversial?? Such great story telling for an independent team!

Worthwhile stories, excellently crafted!

Well researched, entertaining and educational.

I love it 🩷

So interesting and eye opening.

Nice

Really great podcast! You miss a lot of important details though that make the stories even more incredible

So good 🙂

This is SUCH a good podcast! Thank you for all you do.

Well-researched and engaging podcast! As a long time gymnastics fan, I’m so impressed with the show’s insights and behind the scenes reporting. Highly recommend!

5am. Couldn’t sleep. Found it. Started and didn’t stop until I listened to the whole 1st season. I’m grateful they made this series for us, thank you! As a child gymnast, the topic interested me. And as a parent of an elite athlete, ditto. The series is interesting and thorough, and the injustices stick with me still.

Fact driven and detail oriented with interesting information as well as insightful opinions from Ari the host. He is very knowledgeable and you can tell he does his research and is very fair in his conclusions. I love that he stays on topic, and has a nice voice as well!

Grateful to hear this covered, finally, after 20+ years. Thank you!

I’ve listened to every episode and have learned so much. It’s the kind of journalism I love: the kind that takes a subject you may know in passing and then hits you with the depth that compels you to listen to he next episode.

Great storytelling! A must listen! Well done!

As a skating and gymnastics fan recently discovered this podcast thanks to Ari appearing on Gymcastic- learning a lot in the 4 episodes I have listened to. Great journalism

One of my favorite podcasts I love how well researched and told all of the stories are.✨💕

Binged in two days - seriously the best

I don’t even care much about sports, but this podcast made me cry multiple times, which is the highlight praise imo.

Just listened to to Rebbecca Andrade’s story with my daughter who is a gymnast and had two ankle breaks and surgeries this year. Truly inspiring to hear Rebecca’s story. Thank you for telling it!

Your Rebeca Andrade episode made me cry in the best possible way. Thank you for such a wonderful discussion of a truly ground-breaking athlete.

I really enjoyed the storytelling on this recent episode! I enjoyed all of the interviews, the history and how the host wove in her personal story as well. Very captivating — I forwarded to some friends. Keep up the good work!

Amazing listen!

Was really impressed by the framing, breadth, and depth of the approach to these stories. A necessary listen for everyone from hardcore fans and recovering figure skaters to new inductees! Thanks for telling these important stories.

Thank you for sharing a part of this amazing woman’s life and dedication to figure skating!

As a long-time figure skater the critique of gender conformism, racism, homophobia in skating is so necessary (and long overdue). Ageism, ableism and fat-shaming are also prevalent. Thanks for addressing these questions in a thoughtful way.

Great storytelling!

I thought this podcast was so interesting and the hosts are great.

Such a success with a feel of Serial.

Don’t be fooled - this podcast isn’t just about skating. Ari does a fabulous job of putting context to how sexuality and traditional roles limit all of us. The microcosm of the skating world with its rigid roles makes it easy to understand and it’s then not difficult to see how widespread such expectations are in the bigger world. The LBGT (never sure of the initials:)) has suffered the worst but it affects us all. The world will be a better place when we can all be the best we can be - not to mention healthier and more interesting.

I was thrilled to see the second season pop up! An an avid follower of the Olympics, I remember all of what they talk about. It’s so interesting to get this insider perspective. Thank you so much for this awesome podcast!

This podcast offers exceptional, high quality story. It is not just for gymnastics and figure skating fans—the sports are a lens into wider culture. Thanks to the creators

A fantastic podcast! Informative, engaging, and creative. Give it a listen

This is such an interesting podcast! I learned so much about behind the scenes of the Olympic gymnastic world. Ari Saperstein is an amazing host! What a fantastic investigative journalist/podcaster. Keep up the great work!

I binged this podcast because I had no idea about what went on in the background at the Olympics in gymnastics . The lack of safety measures was alarming and underscores the point that the people at the top are not always your protectors. Please keep making these informative podcasts about subjects that are rarely written about

Giving these stories a voice after all these years hopefully brought some consolation for something so unfixable. Appreciate the quality effort put into bringing this out into the world.

I loved everything about this podcast -the story itself, which I wasn't at all familiar with, despite at least some familiarity with Olympic gymnastics, the production, the writing, the editing, the narration and interviews. Huge thanks to everyone involved. One of my all time favorite podcasts.

Despite Khorkina’s megalomania and gross contemporary public commentary re: abuse, I’m still not over what happened at the 2000 Olympics and think about her yelling about that springboard regularly. I love how this show threads the needle between the global dysfunction of gymnastics culture (athletes LAST!) and the ineptitude and hypocrisy of the FIG. It’s certainly clear that USAG modeled themselves in the FIG’s image.

Great podcast on a little known Olympic story.

I really loved this podcast!! I hope you do more

Omg my new podcast binge! Excited to keep listening

I really enjoyed this podcast. I hope you do more of them!

I stumbled on this podcast by serendipity. After listening to the first five minutes I was hooked. The show is well thought out and very professionally presented. Kudos to all involved!

Well told story about the all around gymnastics competition at the Sydney Olympics. A story that needed to be told. I feel for the competitors. They were robbed of a real competition.