Ski Shoot Repeat

Midway through the Biathlon World Championships from Lenzerheide, host Lizzie Boyle takes a breath and reflects on five amazing races, celebrating the Greatest of All Time and the New Kids on the Block. We also have detours into a couple of other sports, all connected to one very special, very southern nation...
You can find a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fYgs9UhuqH3IVH-kuz2EbM9GL3KzbmrW/view?usp=sharing

Join host Lizzie Boyle on an epic journey through three hundred million years of history, all bringing us to the small town of Lenzerheide in the Swiss Alps for this year's Biathlon World Championships. We've got a preview of the Championships, a look back at the racing from Antholz and a peek behind the curtain at a very unusual bar...
You can find a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6QBuZIGRElwQSSgPPA6eh5aErJKOEBI/view?usp=sharing

In this episode, we look back on an exciting week's biathlon from Ruhpolding - with some surprise results all round - and reflect on the art of knowing when to quit. We'll hear about a farewell tour that took 23 years, a swimming career that lasted even longer and the news that Johannes Thingnes Boe is hanging up his skis and rifle at the end of this season.
You can find a transcript of this episde at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e35v1BCF_VSE9LLk4zByeCCozHdOiPuM/view?usp=sharing

In this episode, host Lizzie Boyle explores what turns sporting competition into a true rivalry, with stories from baseball and chariot racing (of course!) and a little psychology thrown in. There's also a look back at a great weekend in Oberhof and a look ahead to racing from Ruhpolding.
You can find a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1888_TiwNRoe9CSSijKYoews2APTS9ncd/view?usp=sharing

There's some sensible stuff in this episode - a review of Annecy, a look ahead to Oberhof - but it's mostly a bunch of people drinking cocktails and making up new rules for biathlon. Happy New Year, everyone!
In case you'd like to know more, there's a transcript at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RWB6iX5aOjRvoLJf7wpgQYsdfNap17ug/view?usp=sharing

In this episode, host Lizzie Boyle takes a deep-dive into one of those little things that form part of the sportig landscape but which we often forget are there. Yep, it's the concise history of the sporting bib... Why are they the way they are? What do they tell us? And how did a sporting bib lead to a mysterious disappearance at the New York Marathon? Plus a review of everything that happened in Hochfilzen, including a celebration of Bibs 11 and 18 in the Relays!
You can find a transcript at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vnjJmmEjLb29juzkTXElTSeT9Bdz2LMg/view?usp=sharing

In this episode, host Lizzie Boyle takes you on a journey through 2500 years of the history of snow - from Chinese scholars, to European philosophers and the latest in snow science research. There's also a review of the racing from Kontiolahti, shoutouts for Tadej Pogacar and Taylor Swift, and a very, very bad attempt to speak Finnish...
You can download a transcript of this episode from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F5KoMvrxt4B7wKTqCTFNS0uBxj9NFjQB/view?usp=sharing

The World Cup Biathlon season has begun! In this episode, Lizzie Boyle looks back at a busy weekend of relays and contemplates the culture of sports. This may be the only podcast episode this year that features both the philosopher Jean Baudrillard and the Loch Ness Monster...
You can find a transcript of this episode at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rINmEcABJwkjqQvJNtEV-59_1x0MbeUB/view?usp=sharing
There's not as much incidental music this episode, mainly due to time constraints in publishing it before racing resumes tomorrow :-)

The 2024/25 Biathlon World Cup season starts in a few days' time! In this episode, host Lizzie Boyle gets ready for the upcoming season and dives into the geography of sport: how landscapes, borders, climate, nations and people shape the world of sport and how sport in turn shapes the world around it. There's also a touch of Karelian folklore and an unexpected shoutout to the Finnish tango scene...
 
You can find a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mGrKXXs0_RDt2OaITClkPsxVsn90qVcM/view?usp=drive_link

As we gear up for Paris 2024, host Lizzie Boyle takes you back in time to tell the story of biathlon at the Olympics, from Military Patrol in 1924, through the debuts of men's, para and women's events, before a watch-along commentary on the incredible Men's Mass Start from Sochi 2014. The video for this episode is at https://tinyurl.com/massstart2014 (links to Olympics.com, login required, free).
You can find a transcript of this episode at https://drive.google.com/file/d/14WBvEhqi56jFrSnnQNmwVlEP7dim7-I5/view?usp=sharing