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The Drink with Kate Snow: Mikaela Shiffrin

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4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus episode of The Drink, Kate Snow sits down with Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated alpine skier in history. Shiffrin reflects on the defining moments of her career so far — from the thrill of 101 World Cup wins, to the heartbreak of Olympic disappointment. She also opens up about her recent PTSD diagnosis, and how she hopes to bring greater attention to mental health among athletes. Tune in to watch the Winter Olympics in February 2026 on NBC & Peacock.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, it's Kate Snow. For this episode of the drink, I caught up with Olympic skier,

0:05.2

Michaela Schifrin at La Maniattan. She is the most decorated alpine skier in history. She chose

0:12.1

seltzer with cranberry juice for her drink, and she taught me this trick where you blow bubbles

0:16.4

into it to stir it up. If you're new to the drink, it's all about how people get to the top of

0:21.6

their field. Michaela told me all about the defining moments so far, the thrill of standing on

0:27.4

top of Olympic and World Cup podiums, and the hard, really hard moments that made her question

0:33.7

her ability. We also talk about the important conversation that she has started around

0:38.2

mental health and how despite being diagnosed with PTSD after a life-threatening crash, she is still

0:44.7

winning and she's training for the Olympics, the Winter Olympics next year. As always,

0:49.6

you can catch all my conversations with top artists, entrepreneurs, and visionaries at NBCNews.com slash the drink.

1:00.1

Do you do?

1:00.7

Do you do bubbles to mix it up?

1:02.7

Do you ever do that?

1:04.2

Blue bubbles?

1:05.1

Yeah, well, if you blow a bubble in the bottom of it, it'll mix a cranberry juice to the top.

1:09.2

I have never done this before.

1:12.6

Just like one bubble. Like that?

1:13.6

Or a cup of maybe.

1:14.6

It helps.

1:15.6

I feel like it like raises the cranberry juice to the top.

1:18.6

How did I not know this track until now?

1:20.6

Well, because I'm an immature child.

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