Danny, Sandy, and T S Eliot: A Meandering Meme-y Mish Mash of Recent Athletics Happenings
Diamond League finals, Sha'Carri and #DeadLast, a shout out to the surprisingly excellent Continental Tour, *that* 100 metres in Nairobi, a chang...
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Switching Countries, Dissuading Daughters, and Keeping It Simple: An Italian Special with Fiona May
Two World titles, two Olympic silvers, and a personal best of 7.11m. Fiona May achieved an awful lot in a stellar long jump career, but - despite havi...
Incredible Performances, Gorgeous Storylines, and just being 'So Olympics': Our (1st) Tokyo 2020 Review
'What's the plan for this one, Claire?''I'll do a quick intro, and then how about we just talk about the Olympics for an hour...
Deprived of Sleep, Delighted for Daley, and just INCREDIBLY Excited: Roger Black joins us to preview the Olympics
Athletics in Tokyo is just hours away, and - if we thought we were excited before Roger Black joined us to discuss it all - we had another thought com...
Jubilant Jodie, Kween Keely, and Plenty More from Manchester: Our British Champs Sunday Special
When British Athletics offer you accreditation for Olympic trials, you drop everything, and so Claire and Bayo headed up to Manchester for a blockbust...
Finish First, Finish Second, or Finish Third: US Trials Preview with Christian Taylor
US trials start today, so we hopped on Instagram Live with the reigning Olympic Champion, the goat, and the birthday boy, Christian 'friend of th...
Sha'Carri, Jump Format Changes, and Euro Team Champs: A Marmitey Backstraight Chat
We're never short on opinions at Backstraight Towers, but this week includes some particularly impassioned discussions: why on Earth are World At...
All the gear, plenty of ideas, and tonnes of noteworthy results: a real round-up of a pod
We're back in the same room! We've got amazing new recording equipment! Katie Snowden's run 4:02! The women's 100 metres at Gatesh...
Extraneous Events, Priceless Experience, and Bra Malfunctions: it's Mr Relay himself - Martyn Rooney
The World Relays were a funny old meet, but - as per - we were just thrilled to have athletics to watch, and used it as an opportunity to *finally* we...
High Hopes, Closed Honey, and Dipped Sheep: What To Do About British Javelin Throwing, feat. Goldie Sayers and Steve Backley
British javelin throwing is not in a good place right now. The days of Fatima, Tessa, Steve, and Goldie feel long gone, and it's not entirely cle...