Tara Lipinski on the Boundary-Breaking RISE of a New Generation of USA Figure Skating

A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

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Soccer, Basketball, Sports

4.4 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Figure skating legend Tara Lipinski joins us to talk about the upcoming Winter Olympics and the US women’s figure skating’s chances for ending their medal drought; and what she learned about herself after appearing on the reality show The Traitors. She also tells us how she prepares and packs for the games as NBC’s lead figure skating analyst, and who she’s most looking forward to watching perform. In keeping with the Winter Olympics theme, Megan and Sue take a look at the roster shakeup for the USA women’s ice hockey team, prompting them to consider what is the best vet-to-newcomer ratio on a national team. Plus, Megan and Sue catch you up on the latest with the NWSL’s High Impact Player Rule (aka the Trinity Rodman rule) and why the players’ union is against it. A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.4	checked out the Seattle Torrent game, which was so fun. So much fun. It was great. 12,000 people,
1:18.5	such a great atmosphere in there. Great crowd in there. Man, they didn't get the win,
1:21.9	which was tough, but they do do shootouts. Yeah. So it ended in a tie in regulation, and then they go straight to a shootout, which I loved. Yeah. That's what I think soccer should do. Just go right to it. Go to the P-Ks. Should we do the people what they want? Should we do the, because they do the three-on-three as well, three-on-three for five minutes. Who does that? The hockey. What? Where were you? They go to overtime.
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