Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (January 2026)
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4.8 • 560 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Cody & Jonathan discuss this weekend’s Olympic women’s downhill and Vonn’s comeback; ski jumping and a crazy scandal; Patagonia vs Pattie Gonia; new studies on the effects of ski wax and PFAS; what we’re reading & watching; and more.
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Cody’s New Team (10:20)
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Alex Honnold’s Live Free Solo (19:42)
Penis Enhancements & Ski Jumping?? (26:27)
Eileen Gu & Female Athlete Salaries (34:00)
Eddie Bauer's Pending Bankruptcy (40:17)
Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia (48:55)
Ski Wax & Health Issues (57:38)
Selfies w/ Snow Leopards (1:00:36)
What We’re Reading & Watching (1:05:40)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast. I'm Jonathan Nelsworth, |
| 0:08.9 | the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at |
| 0:15.3 | blisterreview.com and our two YouTube channels at Blister Review and our newest channel at Blister Studios. |
| 0:25.5 | We've got some great new videos posted over on those channels, so subscribe and check them out. |
| 0:33.0 | All right, today Cody and I are back to review the news and turns out there's a lot of it. |
| 0:40.9 | Now, Cody and I recorded our conversation on Friday afternoon prior to the women's Alpine |
| 0:47.6 | Downhill, which happens Sunday, of course, and I just wanted to say a couple things about |
| 0:53.6 | the women's alpine downhill. |
| 0:56.4 | First, congratulations to Breezy Johnson on a phenomenal performance. |
| 1:02.2 | There is so much about her story that made her gold medal win truly amazing, and yeah, I don't know about you, |
| 1:10.6 | but I was shedding tears as she talked about |
| 1:13.8 | her dad and how much that win means to her. So, congratulations, Breezy. Second, Lindsay's crash. |
| 1:24.1 | I hate that this happened, but mostly I think that what we are all going to remember |
| 1:30.3 | is that this badass woman was ready and willing to get in the start gates. When she was in the |
| 1:38.0 | gates, she looked fierce as hell, she looked focused and absolutely fearless, and I'm recording this introduction shortly after the race, so I don't yet have any new information on how she's doing. |
| 1:51.7 | But above all else, I truly think that this just represents another incredible chapter and story in a life that has had too many to count |
| 2:04.8 | at this point. So, Lindsay, thank you for yet another incredibly inspiring effort, and |
| 2:12.0 | we hope you heal up well. And finally, to all the women who raced on Sunday in the downhill, I truly |
| 2:20.6 | thought the entire field was incredibly inspiring. That course is gnarly and watching racer |
| 2:27.8 | after racer attack it the way that literally every single racer did, watching Brignoni and Gogia and literally all of |
| 2:36.7 | them. I think the world got to see high-level downhill ski racing at its best, and that means |
| 2:44.5 | complete with all the highs and the lows. To that entire field, unbelievable job, incredible skiing, and it was truly |
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