Episode 77 - Risa Feldman

Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective

English - November 23, 2020 21:33 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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Risa Feldman, Editor of Journey Beyond Aspen magazine, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and talks about the groundbreaking Flower Ceremonies (recorded 29 October 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here.

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].

WARM UP
00:26 - Welcome Risa!

PRELIMS
06:06 - Risa's journey to Salt Lake
09:58 - Creating a new thing

QUARTERFINALS
13:51 - Timing / Reducing 45 minutes to 2 minutes
17:05 - Choosing flower bearers

SEMIFINALS
20:33 - Celebrity voice overs
22:30 - Podium design

FINALS
25:05 - Finding flowers
27:50 - 9/11 impact

MIXED ZONE
30:40 - Risa's on The Today Show!
33:42 - The Games end

COOL DOWN
37:34 - Jimmy Shea heist
40:35 - Three questions