#ICYMI - Bobsledding, with Olympic Gold Medalists Curt Tomasevicz & Steve Mesler

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🗓️ 1 March 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Get ready for a wild ride – Hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the dangerous, daring world of bobsledding: the physics, the strategy, and the skill. Featuring Olympic gold medalists Curtis Tomasevicz, Steve Mesler, and astrophysicist Charles Liu. Credit: Stockbyte. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/bobsledding-with-olympic-gold-medalists-curt-tomasevicz-and-steve-mesler/

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0:00.0	I'm Gary Aurelie.
0:10.0	I'm Gary Aurelie.
0:11.0	And I'm Chuck Nice.
0:12.0	This is playing with science.
0:14.0	Yes, you can call it Bob Slade.
0:16.0	Or you can call it Bob Slade.
0:18.0	It's entirely up to you.
0:19.0	It's loud.
0:20.0	It's cold.
0:21.0	It's cold in here as well.
0:22.0	And it's a ferocious need for speed and a blind faith in one man or woman.
0:27.0	To see you on a course that's ultimately true.
0:29.0	Yeah, because if you don't, there's an unforgiving wall of ice with your name on it.
0:34.0	So with that in mind, you don't have to be crazy, but it may not hurt if you are.
0:39.0	And being propelled at 90 miles an hour and experiencing up to 5G is not for everyone.
0:46.0	But one man who knows what it's like to be shaken and not stirred.
0:50.0	Did you like that?
0:52.0	Good.
0:53.0	That man will be 2010, the Olympic champion Kurt Thomas.
0:57.0	I'm sure it's because one is never enough.
1:00.0	We'll have Kurt's world champion teammates Steve Mezzler on the show as well.
1:05.0	Not one, but two for the price of Olympic gold medal winners.
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