What Mikaela Shiffrin Only Tells Her Mom

Outside Podcast

Wilderness, Sports

4.3 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

When you’re one of the greatest skiers of all time, there are some things you only say to the person you trust most in the world. For Mikaela Shiffrin, that person is her mom, Eileen Shiffrin, who has coached and traveled with Mikaela since her first season on the World Cup circuit, at age 15. Eileen has always played an enormous role in her daughter's life and that role grew even larger when Mikaela's father died suddenly a few years ago. So, when Outside decided to interview Mikaela for our Outsiders of the Year issue, we figured the best way to get truly candid answers would be to have Eileen ask the questions. In this episode, we sit in on their conversation, which offers a rare chance to hear how an Olympic champion really feels about the personal challenges she’s faced on her path to the top of her sport. The Outside Podcast is made possible by Outside+ subscribers. Learn more about all the benefits of a subscription and subscribe now at OutsideOnline.com/podplus

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought you by Hydroflask,
0:05.0	maker of Go Anywhere Drink Wearing Coolers that are the easiest gifts ever. Hey, how's it going to go on?
0:15.0	Hey, Marin, how's it going?
0:17.0	Good, but, uh, are we meeting now?
0:20.0	It looks like you're wrapping gifts?
0:22.0	Oh, I'm basically done.
0:24.0	This takes no time.
0:25.0	Okay, but you do realize that anyone can tell those are
0:29.0	hydroflask bottles, right?
0:31.0	The wrapping paper doesn't really hide anything. I mean, why hide it? Everyone I know
0:35.4	loves hydroflask stainless steel water bottles. They're super durable and designed to keep
0:39.9	their contents at the perfect temperature all day long.
0:43.2	Does that mean that a certain colleague of yours might be getting one this year?
0:46.7	No, no.
0:47.7	Gifts are supposed to be surprises, right?
0:49.8	Mm-hmm, sure.
0:52.0	Wrap up your holiday shopping early this year with the Sure. From Outside magazine, this is the outside podcast. I am recording.
1:17.0	They said start with some casual banter.
1:22.0	Try, we just can talk a little bit about trading today.
1:24.6	Yeah, how was trading today?
1:26.0	You're so natural at this.
1:29.0	It's amazing.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Outside Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Outside Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.