An in-depth look at NBC's Milan-Cortina Olympics coverage
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Episode 588 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Molly Solomon, the Executive Producer & President, NBC Olympics & Paralympics Production and Amy Rosenfeld, the Senior Vice President, Olympics and Paralympics Production for NBC Sports. In this podcast (NOTE: This podcast was taped before Lindsay Vonn's injury and before the awful news about Savannah Guthrie's mother) Solomon and Rosenfeld discuss if they fundamentally see the Olympics as a sporting event versus entertainment programming; what the week is like for them before the Milan-Cortina Olympics; why they learned from Paris about what works in primetime as a show; the importance of Lindsay Vonn's comeback; the excitement over NHL players returning to the Games; the success of Gold Zone coverage; how Mike Tirico will be impacted by the Super Bowl; how they will approach the politics of the moment as it relates to sports; which sports will pop for viewers; breaking the glass ceiling as far as broadcasting Olympics executives; the debut of Ski mountaineering; the additions of celebrities such as as Snoop and Stanley Tucci, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
Episode 588 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Molly Solomon, the Executive Producer & President, NBC Olympics & Paralympics Production and Amy Rosenfeld, the Senior Vice President, Olympics and Paralympics Production for NBC Sports. In this podcast (NOTE: This podcast was taped before Lindsay Vonn's injury and before the awful news about Savannah Guthrie's mother) Solomon and Rosenfeld discuss if they fundamentally see the Olympics as a sporting event versus entertainment programming; what the week is like for them before the Milan-Cortina Olympics; why they learned from Paris about what works in primetime as a show; the importance of Lindsay Vonn's comeback; the excitement over NHL players returning to the Games; the success of Gold Zone coverage; how Mike Tirico will be impacted by the Super Bowl; how they will approach the politics of the moment as it relates to sports; which sports will pop for viewers; breaking the glass ceiling as far as broadcasting Olympics executives; the debut of Ski mountaineering; the additions of celebrities such as as Snoop and Stanley Tucci, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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| 0:29.4 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. |
| 0:30.2 | I'm your host, Richard Dodge. |
| 0:31.9 | My producer is Patrick Antonetti. |
| 0:37.0 | Two guests on this podcast, but if you are going to consume the Milan-Cortina Olympics, |
| 0:39.5 | and millions upon millions of you will, these two women are at the center of what you will be viewing and how you will be |
| 0:47.7 | viewing it. Molly Solomon, the executive producer and president of NBC Olympics and Paralympics |
| 0:52.8 | production. She is at the top of the |
| 0:54.8 | content chain on that. Amy Rosenfeld is the senior vice president of Olympics and Paralympics production |
| 1:00.4 | for NBC Sports. Again, one of the top executives when it comes to the Olympics. Molly has been on |
| 1:07.0 | this podcast before. I've certainly talked to Amy over the years. I have massive respect for both of them. And I welcome them to the sports media podcast. Welcome, Molly. Welcome |
| 1:15.0 | Amy. Thanks, Richard. Let's talk Olympics, Richard. All right. I know you love this, Molly. |
| 1:22.0 | All right. I'm going to start with you, Molly. I think we'll start with a little like sort of behind |
| 1:25.9 | the scenes question because there's |
| 1:27.6 | certainly people who listen to this podcast who are very into production or who maybe want |
| 1:31.1 | to be in your two chairs one day. Can you take my listeners, Molly, of what the week is like |
| 1:37.6 | leading into the Olympics for you? So like that Monday, February 2nd, right before everything |
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