{"podcast":{"title":"The Ski Podcast","slug":"the-ski-podcast-1125806","podcast_index_feed_id":1125806,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4995750.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4995750","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/42727437/s=1400x1400/el=1/rt=fill.png","author":"The Ski Podcast","episode_count":317,"summary":"Want to know more about the world of skiing and snowsports? The Ski Podcast is an award-winning podcast with over 300 episodes covering all aspects of the world of skiing and snowboarding, from resorts to racing, Ski Sunday to slush. Host Iain Martin is joined by guests from the world of snow in episode to chat about wintery stuff and probe around the avalanche of ski news. Listen to our back catalog at www.theskipodcast.com The Ski Podcast was voted 'Best Wintersports Podcast' in the 2021 Sports Podcast Awards and nominated for 'Best Broadcast Programme' in the 2023 Travel Media Awards. Iain is a freelance journalist specialising in snowsports. He is also the founder of Ski Flight Free - a campaign to encourage skiers to take the train or drive to their ski holiday. If you want to get in touch or take part you can email us: theskipodcast@gmail.com Music: www.purple-planet.com Logo: www.vexels.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T14:29:21.730121+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806"},"episode":{"title":"293: Winter Olympics Special #1 | Graham Bell & Ed Leigh","slug":"293-winter-olympics-special-1-graham-bell-ed-leigh","published_at":"2026-02-04T18:03:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806/293-winter-olympics-special-1-graham-bell-ed-leigh","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8856994","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8856994.mp3?modified=1770556864&sid=4995750&source=rss","summary":"In the first of our special Winter Olympics episodes covering Milan-Cortina 2026, we preview this weekend’s big events - the men and women’s downhill - and look ahead to the Women's Ski Slopestyle. Host Iain Martin was joined in the studio by special guest Emily Sarsfield and down the line by BBC commentator Graham Bell and Ski Sunday's Ed Leigh. SHOW NOTES Emily Sarsfield first appeared on the podcast in Episode 3 (0:45) She represented Team GB in Skier X including at Pyeongchang 2018 (2:00) The opening ceremony takes place at the San Siro in Milan on Friday (4:00) Team GB’s flag bearers are Brad Hall and Lilah Fear (5:00) Download the ski/snowboard schedule - all the dates and timings for the skiing and snowboarding events (5:20) Graham Bell shares his predictions for the Men and Women’s Downhill (6:45) Lindsey Vonn has stated that she has an ACL injury , but will still compete (12:30) The Women's Freeski Slopestyle qualifications are on Saturday, with the final on Monday Ed Leigh shared his thoughts on Kirsty Muir’s chances (14:15) Listen to Iain’s interview with Kirsty Muir in Episode 171 (14:30) If you enjoyed this episode and you want to help the podcast, don’t forget that if you use the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ when you book your ski hire at intersportrent.com you’ll save yourself some money. Simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied Cover Photo (c) Milano-Cortina 2026","meta_description":"In the first of our special Winter Olympics episodes covering Milan-Cortina 2026, we preview this weekend’s big events - the men and women’s downhill - an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1180,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ski-podcast-1125806/episodes/293-winter-olympics-special-1-graham-bell-ed-leigh/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806/293-winter-olympics-special-1-graham-bell-ed-leigh.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}