Your guide to the Winter Olympics
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4.1 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Omna Navaz. For our latest episode of Settle In, we're getting you ready for the next Winter Olympics. |
| 0:06.5 | We talked to legendary sports journalist Christine Brennan right before she heads out the door to go to Italy to cover those games. |
| 0:13.2 | She's been covering the Olympics for almost four decades now. And we talked about a lot. She talked about the prospects for gold for Team USA and figure skating and ice hockey. |
| 0:23.0 | We talked about a new sport you're going to want to know about called ski mountaineering or schemo. |
| 0:28.5 | So get ready for that. She also shared some memories from iconic moments. |
| 0:32.3 | She remembers from all the games she's covered in the past, and also how global politics could find their way |
| 0:38.8 | into these global games. |
| 0:40.4 | So settle in and have a listen to my conversation |
| 0:43.4 | with Christine Brennan. |
| 0:48.8 | Christine Brennan, welcome to settle in. |
| 0:50.6 | Thanks for being here. |
| 0:51.4 | That is great to be with you. |
| 0:52.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:53.6 | We have so much to talk about. |
| 0:55.4 | I know as we sit here, you're getting ready to head out to Italy to go cover another Olympic winter |
| 1:00.7 | games. There's a lot to talk about, but I kind of want to start with just you right now in this |
| 1:04.8 | moment because I know you've done this before. You're a veteran at covering these games. |
| 1:08.7 | But how are you feeling going into these games? |
| 1:12.1 | Something feel different and more exciting. |
| 1:14.2 | What's going on with you right now? |
| 1:15.9 | You know, I am so fortunate. |
| 1:17.9 | I, as a girl growing up in the suburbs of Toledo, Ohio, watching the Olympics on TV, |
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