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Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

299 | What REALLY Happens at the Olympics… (Q&A)

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

5.039.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

We’ve been absolutely hooked watching the 2026 Winter Games and after our last breakdown, it was clear you had a lot of questions about my experience and what it’s really like as an athlete at the Olympics! So we went straight to Instagram, pulled your questions, and nothing was off limits. In this Olympics Q&A, we break down: • What the Olympic Village is really like • The pressure of competing on the world stage • What’s changed heading into 2026 • My honest thoughts on this year’s Winter Games There’s so much that doesn’t make the broadcast and as someone who’s lived it, I’m giving you the real perspective! We mentioned this in the intro, but here is a list of our favorite sports movies for families https://familymade.com/sportmovies Also if we didn’t get to your question, drop it in the comments for part two, we love you guys!! Shawn & Andrew Check out www.https://covesmart.com/eastfam or use code EASTFAM at checkout for up to 70% off your first order. And if you get a survey, be sure to let them know you heard about Cove from this podcast!! Go to www.https:// kachava.com and use code EASTFAM for 15% off!! 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. Caraway’s cookware set is a favorite for a reason, it can save you up to $190 versus buying the items individually. Plus, if you visit www.https://Carawayhome.com/EASTFAM you can take an additional 10% off your next purchase. This deal is exclusive for our listeners, so visit www.https://Carawayhome.com/EASTFAM or use code EASTFAM at checkout. Caraway. Non-Toxic kitchenware made modern. (00:00) olympics being so unified for everyone and our family (03:47) how do they navigate “cheating” and gear meeting all olympics standards (14:47) “patriotic” for the world (15:42) if we were in the olympic games… (17:16) the inside look at the olympic villages (23:58) food at the olympic villages (26:44) two cities how many olympic villages? (30:13) how often can you see family as a competing athlete? (31:38) olympic rings tattoo (32:30) dream olympic host city! (36:39) different sports getting different attempts (44:31) cherished olympic moment (46:26) tuning out the noise (49:00) navigating a hard coach vs a demeaning coach (52:48) easier to watch on tv :) (53:44) coming back to reality after the olympics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good morning, good morning.

0:03.0

I'm Andrew.

0:04.0

I'm Sean.

0:05.4

And this is a couple things live.

0:07.5

These are my favorite.

0:09.8

What you guys didn't hear us say was what's going to go out this time, the video or the audio.

0:16.4

Turns out it was the audio, but we're back, baby.

0:19.1

We're back.

0:20.3

We were talking about the Olympics,

0:22.0

and we are here to talk about the Olympics, and I was saying, since you couldn't hear,

0:26.5

my favorite thing about the Olympics is just like how unifying it is and how beautiful it is

0:32.9

when you have the world's best athletes from every sport and every country around the world

0:37.1

in the same place

0:38.0

on the same stage and you have everybody cheering it's just so beautiful and our kids have gotten into it

0:44.1

we've been explaining to them the olympics and we got them into cool runnings we've been trying to

0:49.9

prime them into what the olympics are yeah and how uniquely amazing they are so we've been watching different sports movies because I felt, you know, we're trying to get out of the phase of just kid cartoons and more into phases of movies that Sean and I also like to enjoy.

1:05.0

Though, Bluie is pretty epic to be honest.

1:07.0

But so Cool Runnings was one of these movies and And it was one of my favorite movies growing up.

1:13.2

Yeah.

1:13.5

I think it still hits my favorite movies list today.

1:16.5

I agree.

1:16.8

Because it makes you laugh.

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