291: Not a Good Look

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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🗓️ 14 February 2018

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

GYMTERNET NEWS

First, Jessica has two op-eds out, one in HuffPo and one in the LA Times—which you MUST read otherwise we can't be friends anymore. Also, we explain why you might see that Nassar interview showing up in your feeds this week. BUT THEN:

Clarifications about the February verification at LSU regarding chaperones, compensation, and reimbursement
WOGA is in trouuuuuuuuble for its handling of sexual abuse complaints
Aly says Geddert might have known in 2011. He's also facing a criminal investigation. Oh, look how that worked out.
The House of Representatives is initiating an investigation into all the major players. Spencer and Jessica have dreams about what comes next.
GUH. FRAN. COME ON.
MSU might actually fire someone. Whaaaaaaa?
The FIG president issues a plan to address sexual abuse. What Jessica thinks his fashion choices tell us about his intentions.
The Oleg Verniaiev interview that must be read to be believed.

MEET NEWS

Is UCLA for real? Is Florida...going to be for real?
Ivy Lu is the best bars worker you've never seen
Kennedy Baker got a 10! We compare her "piked" Dos Santos to the OG "layout" Dos Santos.
Crack or Correct: Should Myia Hambrick be getting 10s? The most hilarious overscore of the week. Plus, Alex McMurtry's DTY scores.
Brenna Dowell did beam exhibition, and it was AMAZING.
Could Romania have a bars solution?
Aliya did bars and beam exhibition in France, and we're making 1700 plans for her life.
English Championships!
- Ellie Downie is back!
- Amy Tinkler and Claudia Fragapane are basically bars specialists now
- Georgia-Mae Fenton is bringing throwback Valdez realness on beam

FEEDBACK

Triceratops hair
The overtraining epidemic among the littles
A new listener (you might recognize) is almost, kind of obsessed with us
Stacey Ervin tries out for WWE. Jessica dies.
JESSICA LIES
The virtues of the national camps
Hypocrisy from college coaches?!?!?! Never!
Mother Earth tries to sabotage Khorkina
A special Jessica RAGE-O-METER about broadcasting gymnastics

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0:00.0	Remember the show is PG-13 so you might hear a naughty word or two.
0:04.0	Today there was a big war to go.
0:10.0	Today there was a bidding war to try to get Olik Vernayev to switch countries.
0:15.6	Getert might have known about Nassar in 2011. Kennedy Baker rocked basically
0:21.2	a dos Santos to many many letters from you guys and a college coach who's obsessed with us.
0:27.0	Obviously this is episode 291 or February 14th Valentine's Day 2018.
0:36.2	Welcome to the number one gymnastics
0:38.7	podcast in the world lovers.
0:41.2	I'm Jessica and I'm here with Spencer from the balance beam situation and today's
0:46.1	episode is dedicated to a very special lady. Happy Valentine's Day to my girlfriend, my better half, my partner in life, Emily Mingus.
0:58.0	That's from Ike.
0:59.0	I'm so excited we got about my same indications. I can tell by the tone of your voice you're very excited.
1:07.0	All of your voice.
1:10.0	All of your dreams are coming true. They are. You should just have a spin-off
1:18.0	podcast where you read people's love letters to each other. We've discussed this before. I think I should. I have like three books on
1:26.6	love letters, like a post secrets one and two other ones. Like I just love love letters. Well the opposite of that is what
1:37.2	we're going to talk about first so this is a really good transition that
1:40.2	there isn't one. So we're going to talk about Larry Nasr right now. So Jessica, as many of our
1:47.1	listeners may know, we did an interview with him, Jim Kastic did an interview with him long ago, before any of us knew the truth about him or anything.
1:56.1	So can you explain to our listeners why that interview might be showing up in their feeds again this week?
2:03.0	Yeah, so basically, you know, we've promised never to take this down because it's the truth.
2:08.8	It's what grooming sounds like, so you can hear what it's actually like. And also because it's
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