{"podcast":{"title":"BLISTER Podcast","slug":"blister-podcast-48794","podcast_index_feed_id":48794,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5a305be5d97c54ea788d100b","website_url":"https://blisterreview.com/blister-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5a305be5d97c54ea788d100b/1539973576525-fb72fbf785957d60746ef01f5a393bcf.jpeg","author":"BLISTER","episode_count":413,"summary":"The Blister Podcast from BLISTER is a series of wide-ranging conversations with athletes, authors, and influential figures in the outdoor industry about mountain culture, outdoor-industry news, books, films, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T06:20:18.266934+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blister-podcast-48794"},"episode":{"title":"Ted Ligety on the 2026 Olympic Ski Racing; the Carving Renaissance; & His New Carving Skis","slug":"ted-ligety-on-the-2026-olympic-ski-racing-the-carving-renaissance-his-new-carving-skis","published_at":"2026-03-02T17:19:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blister-podcast-48794/ted-ligety-on-the-2026-olympic-ski-racing-the-carving-renaissance-his-new-carving-skis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blister-podcast-48794","url":"https://shows.acast.com/blisterpodcast/episodes/ted-ligety-on-the-26-olympics-ski-racing-the-carving-renaiss","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5a305be5d97c54ea788d100b/e/69a5a5405517cf499dd544d7/media.mp3","summary":"Ted Ligety is back to talk about the ‘26 Olympic games, and the performances of Breezy Johnson, Lindsey Vonn, Federica Brignone, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, Ryan Cochran-Siegel, Franjo von Allmen, and what specific attribute makes Marco Odermatt such an all-time great. Then, we talk about the ‘carving renaissance’ we are currently experiencing, and Ted walks us through the new DPS Pisteworks skis he’s been developing. Note: We Want to Hear From You! We’d love for you to share with us the stories or topics you’d like us to cover next month on Reviewing the News; ask your most pressing mountain town advice questions, or offer your hot takes for us to rate. You can email those to us here . RELATED LINKS:   Palisades Tahoe BLISTER+ Get Yourself Covered Discounted Summit Registration for BLISTER+ Members Non-Member Registration: Blister Summit 2026 Get Our 25/26 Winter Buyer’s Guide Enter Our Free Weekly Gear Giveaways Our Podcast Conversations with Ted: - GEAR:30 ep 342: Ted on Testing Gear - GEAR:30 ep. 340: Ski Tuning & the Art of Going Fast - Blister Pod ep 332: Major Storylines of 24/25 WC - GEAR:30 ep 272: The Pro’s Gear: Ligety - Blister Pod ep 14: Ted’s Story + FIS-Regulation Skis CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS: Blister Studios (our new channel) Blister Review (our original channel) TOPICS & TIMES: Palisades Tahoe (1:33) BLISTER+ Updates (2:23) Comparisons: the ‘26 Olympics (5:08) Broadcasting Logistics (8:12) Favorite Men’s Ski Race? (20:24) Drone Coverage of Ski Racing (22:48) Marco Odermatt (24:40) Franjo von Allmen (30:52) Breezy’s Gold-Winning Run (39:20) Lindsey Vonn (48:42) Comebacks / are Europeans still interested in Vonn? (56:00) Other Memorable Moments? (1:00:28) The ‘Carving Renaissance’ (1:07:41) DPS Pisteworks Series (1:13:2…","meta_description":"Ted Ligety is back to talk about the ‘26 Olympic games, and the performances of Breezy Johnson, Lindsey Vonn, Federica Brignone, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lucas P…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5461,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blister-podcast-48794/episodes/ted-ligety-on-the-2026-olympic-ski-racing-the-carving-renaissance-his-new-carving-skis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blister-podcast-48794/ted-ligety-on-the-2026-olympic-ski-racing-the-carving-renaissance-his-new-carving-skis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}