The Olympic Fileshttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-olympic-files--7545655enSportsCopyright Mitchellhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/edf42595c3559f41de7c6a714a43a09d.jpgThe Olympic Fileshttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-olympic-files--7545655Sat, 14 Nov 2026 05:15:10 +0000MitchellMitchellfeeds@spreaker.comOne story from each Olympic Games — no match commentary, just the moments that changed everything.falseabfd6c50-d7f5-5a88-b2e7-e4aa948c2432episodicA Fire That Travelled Three Thousand Kilometreshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-fire-that-travelled-three-thousand-kilometres--76334675https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76334675Sun, 15 Nov 2026 05:00:03 +0000MitchellThe Olympic torch relay feels three thousand years old, but it was invented in 1936 by German organiser Carl Diem for the Berlin Games, a flame lit by the sun at Olympia and carried by more than three thousand runners across Europe. It was designed as...571berlin 1936,carl diem,olympics,sports history,torch relayfalsefullTwenty-Six Miles and 385 Yardshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/twenty-six-miles-and-385-yards--76334669https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76334669Sat, 14 Nov 2026 05:00:03 +0000MitchellEvery marathon in the world is run over exactly 26 miles and 385 yards, and that number was never chosen on purpose. It is the distance from Windsor Castle to the Royal Box at White City Stadium in London, 1908, where an exhausted Italian pastry chef...582dorando pietri,london 1908,marathon,olympics,sports historyfalsefullThe Olympic Village, Explainedhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-olympic-village-explained--76292258https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76292258Fri, 13 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000MitchellFor three weeks every four years, the Olympic Games build a small city, fill it with the fittest people on earth, and then take it down again. This episode opens the file on the Olympic Village: the first village at Paris 1924, the first modern...281athletes,competition,documentary,explained,history,korea,olympic games,olympics,olympic village,paris 2024,research,sports,sports history,tokyo 2020,worldfalsefullOne Race, Two Flagshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-race-two-flags--76292255https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76292255Thu, 12 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000MitchellOne race of people, two flags — and one night when the Olympics asked them to walk under a single banner instead. This episode follows the Korean unification flag, a flag that belongs to a country that does not exist: the first joint march at Sydney...284athletes,competition,documentary,explained,history,korea,olympic games,olympics,olympic village,paris 2024,research,sports,sports history,tokyo 2020,worldfalsefullThe Games That Almost Did Not Happenhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-games-that-almost-did-not-happen--76292253https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76292253Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:00:03 +0000MitchellOn the 24th of March 2020, the International Olympic Committee made a phone call it had never made before: the Tokyo Olympics would wait a year. It was the first postponement in the modern history of the Games, which had survived boycotts and...266athletes,competition,documentary,explained,history,korea,olympic games,olympics,olympic village,paris 2024,research,sports,sports history,tokyo 2020,worldfalsefull