CrossFit Games Analysts Sean Woodland and Tommy Marquez and Lauren Kalil, bring you all the latest information, updates, and analysis on the sport of fitness, and the CrossFit community.
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What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.
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TV broadcaster and journalist Greg Haines is Talking Away in a variety of different locations, meeting and greeting personalities from all walks of life in this radio-style podcast talk show.
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A Colorado Rockies podcast by The Denver Post.
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Kaliane Bradley's extraordinary time travel love story
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Cassie and Jonathan Green review The Ministry of Time by debut British-Cambodian novelist Kaliane Bradley, a heads up, it's brilliant.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Attendance Matters, Torian's Pros and NA East Preview
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We are down to the final week of Semifinals. Sean, Tommy and Lauren take a look back at week number two before looking ahead to the Syndicate Crown. Justin Medeiros looked like his old self at the West Coast Classic while Abigail Domit stands atop the podium for the women. But most of the talk about what happened in Carson has to do more with who w…
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Death By Episode 52 - Should Event Wins be Worth More?
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On this episode of Death By, Lauren Kalil and the contestants discuss ways to increase attendance at live events, whether event wins should be worth more than 100 points, if Justin Medeiros is "back," and the biggest moments from this past Semifinals weekend. Our contestants include James Hobart, Tim Paulson, and Kenny Johnson. Want to maximize you…
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Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch joins an all-star panel from SWF
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Cassie and Claire Nichols team up on stage at this year's Sydney Writers' Festival to grill some huge literary stars on their reading lives, including 2023 Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch, US bestseller Celeste Ng, and Australia’s Christos Tsoilkas. GUESTS Paul Lynch, internationally acclaimed, prize-winning author of five novels including the 2023 …
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Lack of Urgency in an Emergency, Oceania and NA West Preview
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The first weekend of Semifinals was not without controversy. Sean, Tommy and Lauren dive into what led to the slow response to Rebecka Vitesson's knee injury during the French Throwdown. Jeremy Austin is ready to call a full weekend of action at the Torian Pro. He sits down with Sean and tells us what he'll be watching this weekend in Australia. Cr…
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Death by Episode 51 - Is Europe the New Capital of CrossFit?
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On this episode of Death By, Lauren Kalil and the contestants discuss if Europe is the new capital of CrossFit, what CrossFit should do if there's an injury on the competition floorand whether the tides are shifting from veterans to rookies. In two bonus rounds, each contestant gave their biggest weekend winner and discussed the impact of not resee…
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The Motorbike Racing Show: Around The Table - With Tommy Bridewell and Niek van Gelder
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Warning! Pineapple on pizza is discussed in this podcast. We’re back in Motorbike Racing’s finest eatery – and the name suggestions have started! On this occasion, Greg Haines is accompanied by The Netherlands’ online racer/commentator Niek van Gelder and none other than reigning British Superbike Champion Tommy Bridewell, who briefly leaves the ta…
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We have our first group of individual Games qualifiers as both the Europe and Asia Semifinal have wrapped up three days of competition. Sean and Tommy recap all the top stories and performances, talk about who stood out, the chaos that unfolded for the European men in event 6 and what conclusions we can draw from the Far East and French Throwdowns.…
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One day of competition remains in France and South Korea. We know the first 9 teams that are going to be making their ways to Fort Worth, Texas to compete in the CrossFit Games. With 3 events remaining for the individuals, plenty can happen on Sunday. In Europe, it's tight on top of the women's leaderboard while there are some major surprises on th…
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We are through the first of three days of competition at the Europe and Asia Semifinals. Sean, Tommy and Lauren recap the first three events for the teams and the opening event for the individuals. We had a couple big surprises in Europe as a pair of favorites have dug themselves an early hole. Who has the best chance of climbing out? A team in Asi…
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A new novel from Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran
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Cassie and Jonathan Green review Safe Haven by 2023 Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Sara's Setback, Enjoy Your Appetizer, and Europe Semifinal Preview
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Another Icelandic star is sitting out the season. Sara Sigmundsdottir is calling it a season after being diagnosed with Reactive Arthritis. CrossFit's coverage of Semifinals on Friday has been called an "appetizer." But what exactly can we expect them to serve up? CrossFit Games Podcast host Chase Ingraham sheds some light on that. Speaking of Semi…
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Death By Episode 50 - Should CrossFit Only Livestream Individuals at Semifinals?
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On this episode of Death By, Lauren Kalil and the contestants discuss whether the allocation of Games spots is a cause for alarm or just growing pains of a new process, whether livestreaming the final two heats all three days is a better option than the current broadcast option and if it matters what a livestream looks like. Our contestants include…
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The Motorbike Racing Show: Around The Table - With Lucy Wiryono and Sylvain Barrier
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Welcome to The Motorbike Racing Show’s virtual restaurant! In our first simulated culinary experience, Greg Haines is accompanied by Indonesian influencer and TV presenter Lucy Wiryono plus France's former World Superbike racer and double Superstock 1000 Champion Sylvain Barrier. Conversation topics include Pedro Acosta, Toprak Razgatlioglu, what M…
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Cassie and guest host Tom Wright discuss Claire Messud's This Strange Eventful History, about a family torn apart by war, geography, politics and religion, over the course of three generations.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Katrin Talks Back, Games Spots Speculation and TYR's Take on Teams
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Semifinals are one week away and we finally have an idea of how many Games spots will be available at each competition. Sean and Tommy take a closer look at Mike Halpin's projections for the men and the women. Age Group Semifinals are officialy underway. Will we have a repeat of what happened during the Quarterfinals when it comes to judging? The T…
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The Motorbike Racing Show: The Interview – Alvaro Bautista on World Superbike and MotoGP
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Double World Superbike Champion Alvaro Bautista joins Greg Haines for half an hour to discuss the current season and how he feels Scott Redding is talking ‘bulls***’ when it comes to weight limits. There’s also opinions on the new 2027 MotoGP regulations and plenty of questions from the listeners! Follow @GregHainesTV on social media! X - https://x…
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Death By Episode 49 - Is Jonne Koski Going to Dominate Semifinals and the Games?
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On this episode of Death By, Lauren Kalil and the contestants discuss the biggest advantages TYR WZA SoCal has to the off-season, whether they love or hate going back to classic CrossFit style workouts for Semifinals and which male and female will make the biggest waves at Semifinals. Our contestants include Chase Ingraham, Matt O'Keefe, and Justin…
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Colm Tóibín's long awaited sequel to Brooklyn
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Cassie and Jonathan Green discuss Colm Toibin's eagerly awaited new novel Long Island.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Hangin' with Halpin and The Fallout from Quarterfinals
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If you were keeping a close eye on everything going on with Quarterfinals, odds are you were looking at Mike Halpin's spreadsheet. He joins Sean, Tommy and Lauren to take closer look at some of the numbers, what those numbers can tell us and why the penalties this time around are stirring up more controversy than past years. Following that, CrossFi…
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Death By Episode 48 - Improving Quarterfinals and the Review Process
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On this episode of Death By, Lauren Kalil and the contestants discuss whether we're at a turning point where the CrossFit sport and HQ break off, solutions for future years on how to best approach this stage in the season, and if the season schedule should change for age groups. Our contestants include James Hobart, Tim Paulson and Adrian Conway. T…
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Cassie and Jonathan Green look at Until August, the lost novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and guest reviewers Hannah Kent and Roanna Gonsalves discuss powerful new fiction out of Iceland and the UK.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Well, that escalated quickly. Penalties are wreaking havoc on the Quarterfinals leaderboards. Masters Champion Jason Grubb joins the show to talk about why this keeps happening and what athletes can and need to do to give themselves the best chances of emerging unscathed. Plus, there are going to be uniforms at semifinals, Katrin Davidsdottir is ou…
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Death By Episode 47 - Does Europe Deserve a Second Semifinal?
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On this episode of Death By, Lauren Kalil and the contestants discuss if Open scores should roll into the Quarterfinals leaderboard, whether Europe deserves a second semifinal based on the current world wide leaderboard and if CrossFit had to pick one video to review from everyone, which one would it be? Our contestants include Chase Ingraham, Just…
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Cassie and guest host Beejay Silcox read new work by One Day sensation David Nicholls.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Land of Boz, HWPO for Michele Letendre and Layman's Terms
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Individual Quarterfinals have begun! Competition Director Adrian Bozman joins the show to give us an inside look at what inspired him to concoct the four workouts, where he is in semifinals programming and what he's looking forward to when we get to the CrossFit Games in Fort Worth. Michele Letendre is joining forces with HWPO. She tells us why thi…
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Death By Episode 46 - Can All Major Training Camps Survive?
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On this episode of Death By, Lauren Kalil and the contestants discuss ways that major training camps can survive in the ever growing ecosystem, whether the team eligibility rule should change and what movements need to be programmed for indy quarterfinals in order to advance the correct athletes to Semifinals. Our contestants include James Hobart, …
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The PFAA's Hot Topic, Making the Open Matter and Team Quarterfinals Reaction
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The PFAA has questions about the heat in Ft. Worth but CrossFit is short on answers right now. Brent Fikowski joins the show to shed some light on why the PFAA reached out and what information they were hoping to get. Dave Castro is saying there are plans to make the Open matter again. Sean, Tommy and Lauren talk about what that might mean. Plus, C…
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Never-before-published & new novels from Charmian Clift, Tommy Orange and Caoilinn Hughes
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Cassie and Tom Wright look at The End of the Morning, the never-before-published novel by cult Australian writer Charmian Clift, and new novels from bestselling author Tommy Orange and Irish novelist Caoilinn Hughes.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Talking Away with Mario Andretti - Senna, Surtees, Sainz and safety
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When it comes to names in motorsport, they don’t get much bigger than that of Mario Andretti. Greg Haines is joined by the car racing legend in this Talking Away special. Topics include late greats John Surtees and Ayrton Senna as well as Ronnie Peterson, safety improvements over the decades and how the human element remains such a key part of spor…
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Death By Episode 45 - Should CrossFit Have Anonymous Submission Drug Testing?
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On this episode of Death By, Lauren Kalil and the contestants discuss the pros and cons of potentially having the CrossFit Open qualify athletes for the Games, thoughts surrounding CrossFit's new sponsor Hustle Up and whether athletes should be allowed to fill out anonymous submissions of athletes they think are on PEDs. Our contestants include Cha…
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