Episode 39 - Beth White
In an extended episode, the incomparable Beth White joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and talks about baking bread, the 1998 and 2002 bids, running the MMC, learnings from Sydney and much more (recorded 18 June 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.
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WARM UP
00:27 - Beth White, in front of the Green Monster
03:58 - Sourdough time
PRELIMS
07:42 - A Salt Palace start
10:06 - From bid to host
QUARTERFINALS
15:51 - The grace of Stockholm / joining SLOC
20:33 - Learning how to run an MMC / the *IOC* scandal
SEMIFINALS
26:32 - Mitt and Fraser arrive / pigeon holes
36:53 - Pollyanna
FINALS
33:49 - The camaraderie / golf w/Dave Busser and Ed Eynon
38:33 - Transport nailed it
MIXED ZONE
41:41 - Transport nails it again
43:39 - Smallwares and golf cart trains
COOL DOWN
49:48 - MMC food / no favorites
54:25 - Other food / An Aussie revs up the Games
