Another huge day of the Paris Olympics, and Colin is joined by Alex and Patrick to go over Day 2 from start to finish! Patrick tells us about seeing the Gymnastics in person, as well as playing a game of 'Spot the Celebrity'. We cover the historic win of Jess Fox for Australia and try to figure out why some of our countries are opposed to airing this event. We also go over the insane Women's Soccer match between Australia and Zambia, historic first medals for both Canada and India, and even bring you live commentary of the Men's 100m Breaststroke that was won by 'some guy' that reminds us of Tokyo's famous 'some guy' win. We wrap it up with the Day 2 winner of the BACHIE which was decided in the most unique way imaginable. This is the episode almost as unpredictable as Day 2 of Paris has been, so make sure to download and listen to join in on our fun!

It was a massive day one for Australia, but more importantly a massive day one for Team OTP, and Colin and Jarrod are here to talk about everything from drones to floating cauldrons. We cover whether the women's 400m Freestyle finals lived up to the hype, analyse what went wrong with the weirdest syncrhonised dive in Olympic history, and go over all the upsets and drama from the Rugby 7s. We also hear direct from the ground in Paris with Ben checking in, as well as bringing back a favourite OTP segment from past Olympics. We then award our first ever BACHIE AWARD for Athlete of the Day to really make things extra interesting! We invite you to join in on all of our festivities as we celebrate the end to a long running curse..... or is it the end? We're not sure. Find out by listening in!

Wow. Is there any other word to describe what we just witnessed? After years of anticipation. Years of questions. Years of wondering just how the most unique and bold Olympic Opening Ceremony of all time would turn out, Paris answered in the most incredible and spectacular way imaginable. But did we like it? Was it worth the wait? What was the vibe like on the ground in Paris? And was it what we were expecting? Colin is joined by Jamie Lyko and Alex Loveless to go over everything, talk up Celine, tale about the coverage from Australia, Canada, the USA and Britain and see how they feel this Opening Ceremony will rank in history. We also cross to Paris to hear from Ben and find out his thoughts and just how it was on the ground in the Olympic city, as well as hearing from Patrick Riley who was in the thick of the action also in Paris. It's one hell of an episode after one hell of a start to one hell of an Olympics! LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS ARE FINALLY HERE! YAY! And what better way to celebrate than by bringing you the one episode you have been longing for! OUR PARIS 2024 OFFICIAL PREVIEW! Yes, that's right, it's time to once again give our final thoughts and opinions ahead of the Paris Olympics in true Off The Podium style! Join Ben, Colin & Jarrod as they go over all the things they are most excited about, and learn which athletes from Australia and Canada we really need to be paying close attention to. We also hear the latest from Paris itself, and learn just what Ben is discovering being in an Olympic city ahead of the Olympics. Added to this we welcome a couple of very special guests to the show, namely our good friend Devin Heroux from CBC in Canada, the legendary Rowdy Gaines from NBC in the US, as well as Murray Shaw from Channel Nine in Australia, to learn what Australians, Canadians and Americans can expect from their respective TV coverages across the next 16 days. It's one incredibly stacked and epic episode to fully get you prepped for the Paris 2024 Olympics!

As we get ready to see the flame lit for the Paris Olympics, we thought it would be fun to bring you another special episode celebrating all 68 members of TEAM OTP ahead of the next two weeks of competition! And just like we did for the 2022 Beijing Olympics, we're here to bring you snippets from every single guest that has appeared on this very show who is set to compete in Paris. With such a stacked roster of incredible athletes from right around the world, TEAM OTP is definitely filled to the brim with talent and this episode will highlight exactly that and showcase why you will be cheering for them across the next 16 days. So strap yourself in to bring yourself into the Paris zone even further as we celebrate TEAM OTP in style!

THREE DAYS! That's how close we are to the Paris Olympics! And with so much to get excited about and digest in the world of Olympic news, it's time to bring you our final Newscast ahead of the Opening Ceremony this Friday. To help us out with that we are once again joined by the host of the 'Fantasy Five Rings' podcast Alex Loveless to go over all the big stories and bring you up to speed with everything Paris 2024! We bring you the latest news from on the ground in Paris as Ben goes over just what the mood is like in the Olympic city. We also learn more about some interesting news coming from Japan, find out what is happening with the 2030 Winter Olympics and learn more about the E-Sports Olympics set to make their debut in 2025. We also give you our final sports previews ahead of Paris by going over canoe/kayak and handball! It's an action packed and massive episode that you simply can't miss!

It's Paris week but that doesn't mean we still can't celebrate the past as we bring you our latest BEST OF episode to go over our last 50 epic episodes! You'll hear all the classic moments from episode 351-399, including all our of our interviews and special episodes that you were hooked to since our last clip show! It's an incredible way to celebrate the occasion as we bring up our 400th episode in true Off The Podium style!

It's Paris Olympic week! In a matter of days we will be seeing the cauldron lit for the 2024 Olympics and we are beyond excited for it all to begin! And we are also beyond excited to welcome back an Olympic legend to this podcast, the iconic Donovan Bailey, to hear his thoughts on how the sprinting events will play out during the Paris Olympics as well as hear some more incredible stories from his incredible career! We learn who he thinks will be challenging for gold in the 100m and 200m, find out if he thinks Noah Lyles can break through for the first USA sprinting men's double since Carl Lewis and hear why he thinks the women's 100m will be the race of the Olympics. Added to this we hear about his part of the famous 4x100m gold medal winning relay team for Canada in Atlanta, learn more about his experiences at his second Olympics in Sydney and hear more about THAT 150m showdown with the iconic Michael Johnson. It's an epic chat to get you in the zone for an epic week ahead of an epic Olympics!