Torched
by FilmNation Entertainment
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About this podcast
What would the greatest athletes lose ... to win? Hosted by Molly Bloom - former skier, speaker, and author of "Molly's Game" - Torched is a podcast about the heat of competition. We tell stories of scandal, controversy, and redemption on the biggest world stage: the Olympics. Binge all episodes of TORCHED ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App or Apple Podcasts. Start your free trial today by visiting http://www.wondery.com/shows/torched. Produced by FilmNation Entertainment in association with Gilded Audio.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 35 episodes
- From Here We Go Again with Kal Penn: The Caitlin Clark Effect with Sarah Spain · 44 minThis week in honor of National Girls & Women in Sports Day, we're bringing you a special episode of Here We Go Again with Kal Penn, another show from the Executive Producers of…
- World Cup Part II: The Legacy of Les Bleues · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 18Season Finale! We complete our World Cup coverage and look at what the French National Team, Les Bleues, means to the nation it represents. Will they succeed in repeating as…
- World Cup Part I: Shadows of the Beautiful Game · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 17We investigate what it looked like when a nation tried to win the right to host the World Cup, and what was sacrificed in the process. See Privacy Policy at…
- Writing Your Own Story with Lindsey Jacobellis · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 15We talk with Lindsey Jacobellis, the most decorated snowboarder in history, and delve into her winning ways as an athlete, mentor, and published author. See Privacy Policy at…
- Your Friendly Neighborhood All-Star · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 14Hear the story of Stasia Czernicki, one of the greatest candlepin bowlers of all time. Her determination to be the best at this little known sport catapulted her to celebrity…
- Sports Betting in the Digital Age · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 13In a short amount of time, we’ve gone from gambling being stigmatized and barely legal, to omnipresent and woven into the sports we watch. But how did we get here? See Privacy…
- A Scandal at Stones · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 12Poker impresario Veronica Brill joins us to break down one of Poker's most recent and heightened controversies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California…
- Taking a Stand with Judge Rosemarie Aquilina · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 11We speak with Judge Rosemarie Aquilina about her most infamous case, and how she helped empower the young women who bravely took the stand during the trial of Larry Nassar. See…
- Amateurism & The NCAA · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 10Jeremy Bloom joins us to discuss amateurism and how new rulings have helped college athletes begin to make money off the big business that exists because of their talents and…
- Title IX Trailblazers · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 9Through the lens of several women impacted, we’ll see how Title IX provides more than just athletic opportunities and how it has led to sweeping changes in women’s sports. See…
- The Long-term Future of Winter Sports with Auden Schendler · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 8Climate activist, businessman and author, Auden Schendler joins us to help unveil the simplest concepts behind tackling climate change, and saving the long-term future of our…
- Olympic Dreams to Hollywood Screens · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 7Hear the tale of Esther Williams, a champion swimmer whose dreams of Olympic success were shortchanged due to a world war...and how she turned her trailblazing prowess in the…
- Breaking on the Olympic Stage · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 6Breaking, an art form, dance, and cultural movement, was announced to be an upcoming Olympic Event in 2024. However, reactions to this decision were mixed, with the most vocal…
- Olympic Destroyer · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 4To most, the 2018 Winter Olympic Games were an astounding success. But for the organizers and security personnel on the inside, it was a tense game of cat and mouse with the most…
- The Russian Obsession With Winning · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 3We talk with Russian athletes and international watchdogs — to discover how Russia’s elaborate, state-sponsored doping regime has become virtually unstoppable and why taking away…
- Two Tales from the Tour De France · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 1Season 2 launches with a two tales from the Tour De France, which has, over the course of decades, become a stain on the sport of competitive cycling. But what does the Tour's…
- Introducing Torched: Season 2 · 1 min · Season 2Torched is back! Season 2 brings you the same high-stakes controversial Olympic stories you loved in Season 1, while expanding to other iconic sporting events and timely topics…
- Relax and Win from Legacy of Speed · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 19Sharing a new Pushkin show, Legacy of Speed. When two Black sprinters raised their fists in protest at the 1968 Olympic Games, it shook the world. More than 50 years later, the…
- Taking a Stance with Gwen Berry · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 17Listen to the full conversation with Gwen Berry from our Rule 50 episode. We talk with Gwen about what it means to her to be an activist, a mother, a black woman, and an athlete…
- Changing Course with Kaillie Humphries · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 15Now famous for winning the first ever gold in women's monobob at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Kallie Humphries once didn't even know if she would be allowed to compete for the US…
