Have a Go
Have a Go
The (Very) Unofficial Podcast for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Join us for race previews, gold medal updates, feature stories from Tokyo-based correspondents, special guests and frankly ridiculous tangents. All dripping with Sydney 2000 nostalgia!Social links:
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It's the Final Day of Tokyo 2020!
We’ve made it- it’s the final day of the Tokyo Games, and we have emerged intact, covid-free, and laden with sweet, sweet gold. The final days saw more success for Australia; God brought home Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen for gold on a kayak, but could only afford Nicola McDermott a silver…
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FLASHBACK: Bad Boy Aussie Olympians
In this episode, which was recorded just before the start of Tokyo 2020, we're fondly reflecting on the true Bad Boys (and Girls) of Australian Olympic History. Sung to the theme of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire, our subjects include: "Nick D'arcy, Kendrick Monk, posing in a gun shop. Sti…
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OLYMPIC REFLECTIONS: with Luke Heggie
Have a Go's fan favourite Luke Heggie is back on as part of our special 'Olympic Reflections' mini-series. We hear about one of the strangest units of all time, British decathlon gold medallist Daley Thompson, before learning about Irish sporting royalty, Michelle Smith de Bruin and her doting hu…
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Where Have All Our Bloody Gold Medals Gone?
We’re deep in to the post-swimming medal frenzy. The rivers of gold have slowed, and Australia is diligently scouring the beach with a metal detector for anything that resembles a precious metal. Thankfully, sailing is keeping us afloat, with Matthew Belcher and Will Ryan picking up another ‘just …
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OLYMPIC REFLECTIONS: with Tim Hewitt
Melbourne comic Tim "Big Hewy" Hewitt joins us today on our special 'Olympic Reflections' mini-series! We start with a very recent memory (Anastacia's parochial reaction to the Brisbane 2032 bid win), before deep-diving Australia's brief and weird obsession with the pole vault, triggered by gold m…
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OLYMPIC REFLECTIONS: with the Mugg Off Podcast
Cam Duggan and Gerard McGowan, two-thirds of the excellent Mugg Off Podcast, join the show as part of our special 'Olympic Reflections' mini-series. We discuss Eric 'The Eel' Moussambani, who stole our hearts at Sydney 2000 despite coming from a country which didn't have an Olympic pool. How did h…
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The Single Greatest Day in Australian Olympic History
Scintillating Sunday has moved in to Magic Monday, and we’re blissfully counting our ever-growing mountain of gold. Where do we start? Logan Martin picked up an unlikely gold in BMX, leaving the nation in a bunny-hop lather and sending his real estate agent scrambling for an effective way to marke…
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FLASHBACK: When Kieren Perkins won Gold from Lane 8 at Atlanta 96
We examine one of the most iconic moments in Australian sporting history: the time Kieren Perkins won Gold in the 1500m from lane 8 at Atlanta 1996. He'd barely qualified for the team, he was ill before the race, and he was plagued by self-doubts and panic attacks. But he romped it home from the "…
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Is the Gold Getting Old?
Super Saturday is here and the gold on the water at Tokyo 2020 continues to flow apace. From Wednesday's "67 minutes of glorious gold" to the extreme dominance in the Rowing, Australia's been unashamedly stockpiling medals for the looming athletics drought. But is the gold getting old? Is a breas…
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Kurt Fearnley joins the Have a Go Podcast!
Kurt Fearnley is Australia's pre-eminent Good Strong Bloke (GSB). Over a 25-year career, he's amassed three Paralympic Gold medals, two Olympic silver medals and seven world titles. He's also crawled the Kokoda Trail, crewed the winning yacht in the Sydney to Hobart, and jagged an OAM. We hear…
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