It's time to talk coaching—the good, the less good, and what truly makes an impact.

From learning to swim with their grandma in Africa to spending 21 years with the same coach, Cate and Bronte share personal stories from their Olympic journeys, break down the differences between junior and elite coaching, explain why humor is a superpower in high performance, the truth about squad dynamics, and whether either sister would ever step up to the role themselves...

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Would you believe that the athlete responsible for one of the most iconic sporting moments in history, the gold medal 400m run at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, had to be dragged out of a school bathroom to compete in her very first race?

This is just one insight Bronte and Cate were lucky to hear about in this rare and wonderful chat with Cathy Freeman.

She pulls back the curtain on that gold medal run, including the whispered fear to her coach, the dissociative “dream state” that plunged 100,000 screaming fans into absolute silence, and how she reflects on the legacy of that win today.

Cathy also opens up about the grounding perspective provided by her late sister Anne-Marie, how her journey to becoming an athlete was one of culture-shock, and the exact stride at the 110-metre mark in 2003 when she knew she had to retire.

Finally, Cathy shares what brings her joy and purpose today, the power of trusting your intuition, and the superpower that has served her through her entire life.

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People have had opinions about what should and shouldn't be in the Olympics for about as long as the Olympics have existed. So, in this episode, Cate and Bronte ask: how are Olympic sports are chosen? How and why have changed over their vast history? And the most currently controversial question of the moment: should the Olympics embrace eSports?

Plus, a look ahead to the sports to be introduced in the LA and Brisbane games, Cate's never-forgotten sports snub and more than you (hopefully) ever wanted to know about Bronte's wikifeet score.

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What does it actually feel like when your Olympic debut spirals into global notoriety, leaving you disconnected from the very image of yourself?

In this raw, unguarded conversation, Rachael Gunn joins Cate and Bronte Campbell to share the reality of how it really feels to be "Raygun" before, during, and after the viral storm of Paris 2024. Rachael "breaks down" everything about both her and the sport of competitive breaking's origins alike, including the journey from training on Sydney’s concrete courthouse steps to the isolating dread of seeing the Athletes' Village. She confronts the surreal feeling of seeing her identity reduced to a meme (or even a Halloween costume), debunks the tabloid myths of viral wealth, and explains why she feels a Netflix documentary was her only way to cut through the noise.

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So, what's harder: a 2K ergo or a round of chemo?

There aren't a lot of people who could tell you, but Jean Mitchell is one of them. And turns out, it's a pretty close contest sometimes!

In fact, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour in her last year of high school, it was Jean's experience with grueling rowing training that helped her stick out chemo - and then it was her experience of chemo that helped her commit to the intensity of training once more.

It's amazing to think of the journey Jean went through to make it to Paris, but she takes Bronte and Cate through all of it: how she secretly signed up to rowing in the first place, how it felt to receive her surprise diagnosis, her treatment, her recovery, her return to the sport, the unexpected accommodation that awaited her Paris, why the closing ceremony brought her to tears, and even a spontaneous trip to a tattoo artist for maybe one of the most powerful and symbolic Olympic-related tattoos ever.

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What do you REALLY know about elite level race walking?

In this episode, Isaac Beacroft, Australian Commonwealth Games gold medalist and World Under-20 Champion of the sport tells all - from the intense techniques, tactics and training, to the surprising mid-race trash-talking and mind games, to exactly what reactions you get from fellow high schoolers once they know it's what you do.

He also opens up on the crucial chapters of his athlete journey so far, including what it's like being coached by your Dad, how he views the pain of competition, why he chooses to take competition a little more lightly while still aiming for Olympic glory, how he competed at the Under-20s after just finishing up in Glasgow, and an inside look at the fierce on-track rivalry of his Comm Games Gold win.

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Emily Seebohm’s road to the Paris 2024 trials was anything but ordinary.
In fact, it's almost unheard of - a decision made to train while pregnant and in the early stages of postpartum. But Emily is anything but ordinary herself.

In this episode, Bronte sits down with four-time Olympian to dive into the unfiltered reality of what that time was like, including elite level training on no sleep, navigating a changing body and a changing identity, and how her athlete mindset remains with her today.

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The recent viral Hyrox mishap and the upcoming AFL Grand Final have given Cate and Bronte plenty to think about, including performing under pressure, pre-competition panic... and well, protocols for poop...

In this episode:

• Would Cate or Bronte keep competing after a catastrophic digestive mishap for $20,000 - or an Olympic gold?
  

• The 1990 Gary Lineker FIFA World Cup story that Cate resurrected from Google (and that Bronte deeply wished she hadn't).

• The time Cate purposefully stayed awake for 24 hours before a race - and why.

• Grand Final wisdom from AFL legends Joel Selwood, Rory Sloane, and Jimmy Bartel on ticket stress, a good night's rest, and reframing fear as opportunity.

• Bronte's "unhinged" smiling technique - and why it was so effective
  

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