Future of Figure Skating podcast

[divan]

Couldn't find the topic, so creating one for the Future of Figure Skating podcast with host Anna Kellar. Each episode is an interview with a new person from the figure skating community and explores a wide range of topics and thoughts centered around the current and systemic problems in this sport - mental health and well-being of the athletes, governance and financial structures in federations, challenges in different disciplines and underrepresented groups, evolution of the judging and rules, and many more.

It already has 28 episodes and recently switched to the video format. Some of the recent guests are: Bruno Massot, Johanna Allik, Jamal Othman, Philipp Craig Buntin, Kiira Korpi, Meagan Duhamel and others.

One of the episodes I would recommend to get a feeling of the podcast:
- Episode 14 - Christopher Trevisan (Director of the Skating School of Switzerland, working with Stephane Lambiel)
- Episode 22 - Panel with Joan Ryan (author of "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes" book and Kaitlyn Weaver)
- Episode 21 - Rob Koehler (Director of Global Athlete, ex-Deputy Director General of WADA)
- Episode 3 - Jeroen Prins (Judge and Technical controller)
- Episode 18 - Ryan Stevens (SkateGuard blog father)



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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFutureofFigureSkating

 

[Sylvia]

Episode 29: Anti-Doping System (March 11, 2024; 54 mins.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5484aCAso

A special conversation about the anti-doping system and how it is working or not working to support athletes.
Guests: Meagan Duhamel; Rob Koehler, director of Global Athlete and former executive at WADA; and Paul Greene, founder of Global Sports Advocacy and a leading lawyer working on sports.

01:53 - System Failures
05:44 - Global View
10:39 - Athlete Accountability
12:49 - Russia's Sanctions
21:20 - Whistleblower Challenges
25:13 - Whereabouts System
31:09 - System Improvements
47:39 - Future Changes

ETA: I've since posted the link to this post in the "Valieva Banned..." thread.

 

[skatingguy]

Episode 29: Anti-Doping System (March 11, 2024; 54 mins.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5484aCAso

A special conversation about the anti-doping system and how it is working or not working to support athletes.
Guests: Meagan Duhamel; Rob Koehler, director of Global Athlete and former executive at WADA; and Paul Greene, founder of Global Sports Advocacy and a leading lawyer working on sports.

01:53 - System Failures
05:44 - Global View
10:39 - Athlete Accountability
12:49 - Russia's Sanctions
21:20 - Whistleblower Challenges
25:13 - Whereabouts System
31:09 - System Improvements
47:39 - Future Changes

ETA: I've since posted the link to this post in the "Valieva Banned..." thread.

Paul Greene talks about numerous Russian athletes who have attempted to come forward as whistle blowers only to back out because of the death threats levelled against their family.

 

[Desperado]

I listened to the latest ep and it was great to have a lawyer’s perspective.

The interview was very well conducted and I appreciated all three members of the panel.

Many like to complain about Meagan but she made great points and I love her advocacy when it comes to this.

The system is failing in never finding systemic culprits who dope, but also failing athletes as they have all the accountability (if testing positive but also in whistleblowing) but no support.

 

[skatingguy]

Paul Greene talks about numerous Russian athletes who have attempted to come forward as whistle blowers only to back out because of the death threats levelled against their family.

Here's the clip.

 

[Sylvia]

Playlist of Anna's podcast episodes (most recent one at the top): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe2pdWMwNXt6E2HjB9qYTLNHjo6yQDyaY

Latest video (episode #30) is embedded in the SafeSport news thread, here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...nsions-in-skating.105778/page-56#post-6580961

 

[Sylvia]

Episode 31: Christine Brennan (April 21, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R6Ix1yhvTw

ETA that I've cross-posted this video in the SafeSport thread (post #1710): https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...nsions-in-skating.105778/page-57#post-6589051

 

[Sylvia]

Anna’s latest episode (#40) is with Drew Meekins (and Matteo Rizzo was the one before): https://www.youtube.com/@TheFutureofFigureSkating/videos

Nov. 26, 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r17SFFtuRU

Drew Meekins is a coach and choreographer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Together with Natalia Mishkuntenok he runs M&M pairs, and coaches US Champions Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea, Junior Champions Olivia Flores and Luke Wang, and teams from eight nations. He is also involved in coaching and choreography for singles skaters at the World Arena, most notably Elyce Lin-Gracey. Drew was the 2006 junior world champion with pairs partner Julia Vlassov. We talked about the role of artistry in the sport and the challenges of growing the pairs discipline.

 

[divan]

Episode 46: Gabriella Papadakis & Madison Hubbell​

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