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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

What’s it Like to Do a Triple Axel? with Mirai Nagasu

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Self-improvement, Education, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.921.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Mirai Nagasu was the first American female figure skater to land a triple axel at the Olympics, securing a bronze medal at PyeongChang 2018. Jonathan chokes back tears of love and joy to get deep into the technical, artistic and political aspects of figure skating. Plus, Mirai shares what it’s been like losing the skates to compete in Dancing with the Stars: Athletes. Find Mirai on Instagram at mirainagasu, on Twitter @mirai_nagasu, or at mirainagasu.com. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Getting Curious. I'm Jonathan Beness and every week I sit down for a gorgeous

0:06.1

30 minute conversation with an expert in something that makes me curious. This week I am super

0:12.3

curious about what it's like to be an Olympic figure skater and Jesus Christ we've got gorgeous

0:17.6

more well actually let me rephrase that. Thank you Jesus Christ because we have gorgeous

0:22.4

moreyna gassu bronze medal winning Olympic athlete national champion. I mean she resumes

0:29.6

major iconic figure skater iconic person in studio and currently on Dancing With The

0:35.4

Stars which is why we are having this episode out today because we need you to vote for

0:39.3

Mariah. Mariahna gassu is killing it at ballroom killing it at figure skating. Oh my god

0:43.3

so excited to have you here and if any of you guys follow my answer from you and know

0:46.2

the super obsessed with Mariah who my lovingly refer to as triple axel bay. Are you recording?

0:54.2

Okay. Are you recording? Well Mariah I just- Can you give me some lessons in attitude because

1:01.4

apparently I need more of those. Wait listen.

1:04.3

I'm gonna go back to the truth. I am Nikki Yamaguchi cuz I skate with the-

1:11.3

I think you heard it.

1:13.3

There was a- there was a- there was a Nikki Yamaguchi shout out.

1:16.4

Wow.

1:18.4

Mariah um so with the opposite of chills what I have to have you here today.

1:23.6

Thank you so much for having me.

1:25.8

I want to take you back to um the Olympics and not the part that you think that I'm going

1:31.5

to ask you about which is your skate. It is about the moment when you first acknowledged

1:36.5

me on Instagram and I was on my couch and I remember like yesterday I had been DMing you

1:43.2

like every day just support support support cuz I was just like really here actually even

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