"The Runthrough" podcast with Adam & Ashley

[Tesla]

It's also available on Google Podcasts.

 

[Sylvia]

In the 3rd and final Fierce or Flutz "hypothetical" question at the end of the Saved by the Mariah Bell episode, Adam and Sarah (the podcast's producer; Ashley was away on vacation) asked Mariah "Stabbing someone on practice ice at the World Championships - yes (fierce) or no (flutz)?": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...-the-mariah-bell/id1678259172?i=1000621873445
Also available to listen to on this platform, among others:

The Runthrough - Episode 9: Saved by the Mariah Bell | RSS.com

Olympian and U.S. champion Mariah Bell joins the pod to talk about life after skating, being coached by Adam, and figure skating glam. A summer break special!!

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ETA that Sarah's first "Fierce or Flutz?" question (at 47 mins.) involved Sotnikova's infamous recent interview about testing positive at the 2014 Olympics and subsequent claim that she was acquitted via her B sample (link to the discussion in GSD: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...y-for-team-medals.109402/page-91#post-6447184)

 

[Sylvia]

September 1, 2023 episode:

The Runthrough - Episode 12: Stop the Music with Phil Hersh | RSS.com

Ashley and Adam bring on their favorite frenemy, journalist Phil Hersh, to talk about the best/worst program music in figure skating and some of his favorite interviews over the years. This episode also includes a moment to honor Alex Paul, who passed away suddenly last week. If you'd like to...

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Ashley and Adam bring on their favorite frenemy, journalist Phil Hersh, to talk about the best/worst program music in figure skating and some of his favorite interviews over the years.
This episode also includes a moment [at the beginning] to honor Alex Paul, who passed away suddenly last week. If you'd like to donate to the fund to support her husband Mitch and her infant son Charlie, please go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-baby-charlie-loss-of-mother-alex-paul. Thank you.

 

[Sylvia]

"As the Challenger Series gets underway, Ashley tells us about her lifelong boycott of the Challenger Series. We also recap Lombardia Trophy and discuss our vision for a figure skating fantasy league." Sept. 14 episode:

The Runthrough - Episode 13: Living in a Figure Skating Fantasy | RSS.com

As the Challenger Series gets underway, Ashley tells us about her lifelong boycott of the Challenger Series. We also recap Lombardia Trophy and discuss our vision for a figure skating fantasy league.

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[B.Cooper]

"As the Challenger Series gets underway, Ashley tells us about her lifelong boycott of the Challenger Series. We also recap Lombardia Trophy and discuss our vision for a figure skating fantasy league." Sept. 14 episode:

The Runthrough - Episode 13: Living in a Figure Skating Fantasy | RSS.com

As the Challenger Series gets underway, Ashley tells us about her lifelong boycott of the Challenger Series. We also recap Lombardia Trophy and discuss our vision for a figure skating fantasy league.

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Well... the ISU Challenger Series began in the 2014/2015 season...so essentially Wagner, whose final competition IIRC was the '18 US Nationals, essentially did not compete in the Challenger series for one OLY cycle....not quite a lifelong boycott ;-)

 

[Sylvia]

^^^ Turns out Ashley was talking about Senior B comps.

Sept. 28th episode recaps Nebelhorn and Autumn Classic: "If you've got the cat body, wear the catsuit.":

The Runthrough - Episode 14: Mindful Cats and Olivia Rodrigo Programs | RSS.com

We discuss the latest from Nebelhorn and Autumn Classic: "If you've got the cat body, wear the catsuit."

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"Skating Twitter" is brought up briefly... Ashley has joined Threads but there's not much happening there yet; Adam is boycotting X these days.

 

[Sylvia]

Episode 15: Sequins, Sequences, and Body Negativity (Oct. 12):

The Runthrough - Episode 15: Sequins, Sequences, and Body Negativity | RSS.com

We discuss the last few competitions before the start of the Grand Prix series, Adam pitches rule changes, and we have our first on-air fight.

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We discuss the last few competitions before the start of the Grand Prix series, Adam pitches rule changes, and we have our first on-air fight.

 

[Sylvia]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1714678271441347063

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The Runthrough - Episode 16: Skate America Preview | RSS.com

It's the first Grand Prix of the season! And also our first fantasy draft. Listen for our predictions and hot takes and a little bit of singing?

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[Sylvia]

Ashley's 2 posts on Twitter/X today: https://twitter.com/AshWagner2010/status/1717218977942753329

We are reliably chaotic, and we are also back. I continue my streak of having no idea what I’m talking about and it’s fun!
...
This episode of the runthrough also goes deep into the dress conspiracy of the season thanks to
@sarahhughes11 (and by deep I mean we stick a toe in the icy waters of drama). This sport is insane and I love it.

The Runthrough - Episode 17: From America to Canada in a Stolen Dress | RSS.com

We give our thoughts on Skate America and preview Skate Canada with opinions on finger-pointing choreography, bloody knees and dress thieves. Plus Ashley jinxes a whole new group of skaters in our fantasy draft.

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[mtnskater]

I’ve always been big fans of Adam and Ashley’s skating. They are a little too chaotic for me on the podcast. I prefer a more organized discussion. When they aren’t joking around so much and give their honest opinions about the skating I enjoy them the most. But sometimes I don’t finish the episode because of the chaos and disorganization.

 

[Matryeshka]

I LOVE The Runthrough. It's like listening to FSU thread drift. I even created a fantasy skating league on Anything GOE because I figured my picks can't be any worse than Wagner's.

I'd love to sit at a bar and talk skating with all three of them, or just talk in general.

 

[Frau Muller]

What’s the crap about “Not Olympic Champion Sarah Hughes?” Sarah won in 2002.

 

[tony]

What’s the crap about “Not Olympic Champion Sarah Hughes?” Sarah won in 2002.

Frau, maybe investigate things before you constantly comment in distress (or listen to a podcast other than the one you always post about!)

Sarah Hughes works with the NBC team as a producer, sitting alongside Tara, Johnny, and Terry. She is clarifying she's not the same person as the Olympic Champion.

 

[Frau Muller]

Frau, maybe investigate things before you constantly comment in distress (or listen to a podcast other than the one you always post about!)

Sarah Hughes works with the NBC team as a producer, sitting alongside Tara, Johnny, and Terry. She is clarifying she's not the same person as the Olympic Champion.

So not the Hughes skating family…someone with the same name? I hate podcasters who giggle as if every listener knows the chit-chat background. They obviously don’t want new audiences.

 

[Desperado]

I’ve always been big fans of Adam and Ashley’s skating. They are a little too chaotic for me on the podcast. I prefer a more organized discussion. When they aren’t joking around so much and give their honest opinions about the skating I enjoy them the most. But sometimes I don’t finish the episode because of the chaos and disorganization.

Yes, that and making mistakes that are never corrected (ex. Autumn Classic was not 40 min from TORONTO and constantly mispronouncing Sara Maude-Dupuis’ name). I’ve unsubscribed in a moment of impatience.

 

[Ena Grins]

Wow, I think this podcast is great. Sarah is knowledgeable enough to keep Adam and Ashley mostly in line and I think their commentary is a really nice balance of technical, funny, and compassionate. Even if it's disorganized (and they make mistakes - the horror!) it's the best since Flutzes and Waxels in my opinion.

 

[skatfan]

So not the Hughes skating family…someone with the same name? I hate podcasters who giggle as if every listener knows the chit-chat background. They obviously don’t want new audiences.

Lots of skating fans know that there’s a production assistant for NBC sports that is named Sarah Hughes because it is funny. And all shows have “insider” jokes of some kind.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Their SA recap had me HOWLING. “When Patrick Chan skated to Take Four.” DYING

 

[Sylvia]

"Not the Olympic champion Sarah Hughes" won a 2021-22 Sports Emmy as a NBC Sports associate producer for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1602425311861301250

Sarah can be seen at the end of the table in this clip shared by Johnny Weir of Amber landing her 3A last week at Skate America: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cyt8a2MLWiZ/

 

[Frau Muller]

Lots of skating fans know that there’s a production assistant for NBC sports that is named Sarah Hughes because it is funny. And all shows have “insider” jokes of some kind.

I go with These Are the Blades’ inside jokes: Nepotism Baby of the Century.

 

[Sylvia]

Ashley's post today: https://twitter.com/AshWagner2010/status/1719724806294139322

Another week and we are chatting Skate Canada- a stolen dress, Canadian Christmas (aka scoring) and our endless love for Deanna Stellato-Dudek.

"Our first together-in-person recording! We discuss Skate Canada and preview Grand Prix France, and more importantly, Adam has too much power with his new soundboard." (Nov. 1)

The Runthrough - Episode 18: Ashley's Jinx and Canadian Hijinks | RSS.com

Our first together-in-person recording! We discuss Skate Canada and preview Grand Prix France, and more importantly, Adam has too much power with his new soundboard.

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The judging at Skate Canada and Joanne McLeod are mentioned at the beginning.

 

[Sylvia]

Ashley's Insta story pic (now expired) that Adam also shared includes the caption "3 not Olympic champions in one room" and Deanna Stellato publicized the latest episode in her stories so hopefully that means she enjoyed listening to what they said about her.

 

[Ena Grins]

They also corrected their pronunciation of Sara-Maude Dupuis

In all seriousness, while it's not the most cleanly structured podcast, I feel like I learn a lot from listening to it. I also feel the structure is something that usually improves with time and experience.

 

[Sylvia]

Uploaded today: "We discuss Grand Prix France, pre-competition meals, stray birds, and an urgent request we received from a current skater."

The Runthrough - Episode 19: A Porkchop and a French Pigeon | RSS.com

We discuss Grand Prix France, pre-competition meals, stray birds, and an urgent request we received from a current skater.

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[Holy Headband]

I take back every uncharitable thought I've had about Sarah after her unhinged rant about how amazing Yuma is. She gets it.

 

[Allskate]

I take back every uncharitable thought I've had about Sarah after her unhinged rant about how amazing Yuma is. She gets it.

"Yuma Kagiyama Kostner."

I definitely agreed with Sarah (and Ashley and Adam) gushing about Yuma. So buttery and love the footwork sequence. And Ashley is spot on about Yuma actually matching the tempo of that music. I laughed when Sarah said that she feels like she is betraying her "son" Shoma. I love Shoma as well. I can't wait to see him this week. I think that they must not have watched the exhibitions or they would have been gushing even more about Yuma. I also loved hearing Adam gush about Adam Siao Him Fa. The men are so great this season.

I disagreed with some of what Sarah said about Isabeau. (Celine Dion for Isabeau? Really? Sarah thinks that would be interesting branching out and show Isabeau's personality and own taste more than the snake program?)

I also loved it when Sarah mentioned Amber's DM to her. Amber has a great sense of humor. Ashley's response was really funny, too. (Ashley to Amber: "DM me who you do want me to jinx." Good luck Loena!)

 

[Sylvia]

Episode 20: Cup of Chaos
15/11/2023
01:09:47
We discuss Chinese visas, Chinese collisions, and the Chinese Grand Prix.

The Runthrough - Episode 20: Cup of Chaos | RSS.com

We discuss Chinese visas, Chinese collisions, and the Chinese Grand Prix.

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[AnnM]

After today's episode, I may need to change my screen name to Ann Marie Savchenko Pachenko.

 

[Sylvia]

The Runthrough

Olympians Adam Rippon and Ashley Wagner join forces to tackle the most important questions figure skaters have been asking themselves for years. Questions like: “Why does this short program feel so long?” or “Is there such a thing as your costume being too tight?” and the most important question...

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Episode 37: Worlds Recap Part 1 (57 mins., March 27, 2024)
We took forever talking about men and women at the world championships so our worlds recap is in two parts. This is men and women - pairs and ice dance coming soon!!

 

[mtnskater]

Got through the men’s recap and part of the women’s while getting ready this morning. Was pretty shocked to hear Adam say Ilia still skates juniorish in the Worlds recap. Huh? Sarah’s Yuma love knows no bounds. She’s pissed he wasn’t scored a lot closer to Ilia due to skating skills. Ashley mocking Ilia not singing the National Anthem on the podium…is that a requirement to sing on the podium? Not much respect given to Ilia from this crew. Giggled when Sarah said the Montreal stadium was a wonderful venue. She clearly didn’t sit in the ticket holder seats. It was like Frontier Airlines squashed seating on top of each other. The men in my group were getting leg and back problems from the lack of legroom. Also such small, narrow concourses it was hard to move around on the breaks and all bathrooms upstairs or downstairs from the concourse. Yeesh! We all really liked Montreal the city very much, but not the Bell Center venue unfortunately. I did appreciate the replays they did of their predictions, which were way off the mark and pretty funny like Amber and “the little Belgium girl” being on the podium. Ashley offers to help Amber learn not to pop in competition. Ashley thinks pops are unforgivable. I think Amber should take her up on it!