<description>&lt;p&gt;On this episode of Keep the Flame Alive, we have conversations with Olympic speed skater Erin Jackson and Olympic short track skater Corinne Stoddard that we had at the Team USA Media Summit.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Follow Erin and Corinne on social:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Erin:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.twitter.com/@ErinJackson480"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://www.twitter.com/@ErinJackson480&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.instagram.com/@speedyj"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://www.instagram.com/@speedyj&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.facebook.com/ErinJackson480/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://www.facebook.com/ErinJackson480/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.youtube.com/US%20Speedskating"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://www.youtube.com/US%20Speedskating&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://sites.google.com/site/jacksonerin5032/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://sites.google.com/site/jacksonerin5032/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinjackson480"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinjackson480&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://www.tiktok.com/@ErinJacksonSkates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Corinne:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.instagram.com/c0rie815/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://www.instagram.com/c0rie815/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@fastbutunstable"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://www.tiktok.com/@fastbutunstable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.facebook.com/share/1B8epkSqbg"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://www.facebook.com/share/1B8epkSqbg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Alison reports back from a Milano Cortina 2026 talk on branding, where she learned about the thinking that went into the look of these Winter Olympics. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We have plenty of news about Milano Cortina, including the &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/live/nmiPOZY2vME?si=tK09cuIYk9MIZCVd"&gt;torch relay ceremony&lt;/a&gt;, the victory ceremony uniforms, woes about the ice hockey stadium, results from the speed skating test event, the Cortina Athletes Village, and woes about the construction delays of a gondola from Cortina to Tofane. Read more about the gondola here: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/sport/olympics-2026-cortina-ticket-sales-cap-intl"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/sport/olympics-2026-cortina-ticket-sales-cap-intl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Plus, LA 2028 has a new sponsor, and SLC 2034 has a new name! And we travel to TKFLASTAN to get the latest from Team Keep the Flame Alive.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For a transcript of this episode, please visit &lt;a href= "http://flamealivepod.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;http://flamealivepod.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Keep the Flame Alive: Obsessed with the Olympics and Paralympics? Just curious about how Olympic and Paralympic sports work? You've found your people! Join your hosts, Olympic aunties Alison Brown and Jill Jaracz for smart, fun, and down-to-earth interviews with athletes coaches, and the unsung heroes behind the Games. Get the stories you don't find anywhere else. 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Keep the Flame Alive

Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

Team USA Olympic Speed Skaters Erin Jackson and Corinne Stoddard

DEC 4, 202591 MIN
Keep the Flame Alive

Team USA Olympic Speed Skaters Erin Jackson and Corinne Stoddard

DEC 4, 202591 MIN

Description

On this episode of Keep the Flame Alive, we have conversations with Olympic speed skater Erin Jackson and Olympic short track skater Corinne Stoddard that we had at the Team USA Media Summit.

Follow Erin and Corinne on social:

Erin:

https://www.twitter.com/@ErinJackson480

https://www.instagram.com/@speedyj

https://www.facebook.com/ErinJackson480/

https://www.youtube.com/US%20Speedskating

https://sites.google.com/site/jacksonerin5032/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinjackson480

https://www.tiktok.com/@ErinJacksonSkates

Corinne:

https://www.instagram.com/c0rie815/

https://www.tiktok.com/@fastbutunstable

https://www.facebook.com/share/1B8epkSqbg

Alison reports back from a Milano Cortina 2026 talk on branding, where she learned about the thinking that went into the look of these Winter Olympics.

We have plenty of news about Milano Cortina, including the torch relay ceremony, the victory ceremony uniforms, woes about the ice hockey stadium, results from the speed skating test event, the Cortina Athletes Village, and woes about the construction delays of a gondola from Cortina to Tofane. Read more about the gondola here:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/sport/olympics-2026-cortina-ticket-sales-cap-intl

Plus, LA 2028 has a new sponsor, and SLC 2034 has a new name! And we travel to TKFLASTAN to get the latest from Team Keep the Flame Alive.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.

Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!

***

Keep the Flame Alive: Obsessed with the Olympics and Paralympics? Just curious about how Olympic and Paralympic sports work? You've found your people! Join your hosts, Olympic aunties Alison Brown and Jill Jaracz for smart, fun, and down-to-earth interviews with athletes coaches, and the unsung heroes behind the Games. Get the stories you don't find anywhere else. Tun in weekly all year-round, and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. We're your cure for your Olympic Fever! Call us: (208) FLAME-IT.

***

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