298 | our honest reactions to the 2026 winter olympics

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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The 2026 Winter Olympics are already chaotic, emotional, and absolutely SO FUN to watch. This week, we’re breaking it all down from a perspective you don’t usually get. Let us know below what your favorites so far have been and if you're following along too!! Can't wait to hear from you guys :) Here’s a page with all the family-friendly sports movies we mentioned at the beginning too: www.familymade.com/sportmovies Love you guys! Shawn & Andrew David is offering our listeners a special deal: buy 4 cartons and get the 5th free when you go to www.https://davidprotein.com/EASTFAM BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% off at www.https://BetterHelp.com/EASTFAM. For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners FIFTY PERCENT OFF and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life! www.https://homechef.com/EASTFAM for FIFTY PERCENT OFF your first box and free dessert for life! If you want to try it yourself, you can actually get a free can of OLIPOP — buy any two cans in store and they’ll pay you back for one. Just go to www.https://drinkolipop.com/COUPLETHINGS to learn more. (00:00) the whole family is glued to the tv! (02:55) our current media consumption (07:18) our new series (11:38) lindsey vonn’s comeback (17:08) go team usa! (19:05) opening ceremonies fits were so fresh (23:27) our favorite parts of the olympics (28:09) $200k for every team usa athlete (34:04) team usa wins gold in figure skating (37:38) madison chock and evan bates (39:11) the curling squad (41:45) slopestyle, halfpipe, and more (43:10) team usa sends its largest-ever winter olympics delegation (44:57) eileen gu and balancing life outside the olympics (46:06) a mother–son duo (47:22) a speed skating update (49:03) snowboarding big air (50:30) current medal count (50:55) our favorite events Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? Welcome back to a couple things.
0:02.5	With Sean and Andrew.
0:03.6	Olympic edition, because this might be maybe my favorite series we will ever do.
0:08.5	We don't know how long it'll be. It might be two episodes, three episodes.
0:11.8	We might just do a recount of like every individual sport.
0:16.6	I like where you're going. You're excited.
0:18.8	But welcome to the Olympics. Cortina Milan.
0:22.1	Milan Cortina.
0:23.7	Doesn't matter.
0:24.7	Tomato tomato.
0:26.0	The Winter Olympics.
0:27.7	We have had them on since the second they started.
0:30.9	Our kids are now bought in.
0:32.8	It's so much fun this phase with the kids.
0:35.8	We used to turn the TV on and they would be like, and I'm saying we used to like literally
0:41.0	six days ago, we would turn the TV on and they'd be like, I won't blip here, I want this.
0:44.4	Now they're like, they've just committed to it.
0:47.6	Jet was locked in on skiing and they all know what the different events going on are.
0:53.0	Bob sled.
0:54.1	It's so fun. They're watching figure skating, ice dancing, downhill. And they all know what the different events going on are. Bob sled.
0:55.0	It's so fun.
1:01.0	They're watching figure skating, ice dancing, downhill, half pipe, all of it.
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