Olympics 2026 Airing of Grievances!

The Olympics are complete, but our complaints are not! In the spirit of good faith critique, we recount some of our—and YOUR—least favorite aspects of the figure skating competition at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games.

March 4, 2026

Olympic Grievances Special

The Olympic Games are complete — but our complaints are not! In the spirit of good faith critique, we recount some of our least favorite aspects of the figure skating competition at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games. It’s an Olympic Airing of Grievances!

And these aren’t just OUR opinions. We asked our audience for their concerns, quibbles, and frustrations with the games, the scoring, the broadcast commentary, and more. And YOU delivered!

These Olympics were exhilarating, heartbreaking, stunning, and confounding. Some moments are going to be LEGENDARY. But there’s a lot that could have been done better, and plenty of things to fix in the future.

Chapters

00:00 Intro
04:01 Attack on Iran and impact on figure skating
10:04 Let the Grievances Begin
10:34 The Media
22:51 Questionable Judging
32:00 Olympic Quality Control
37:18 Commentary and Broadcast
51:28 NBC-ification
01:00:02 Listener Grievances!
01:15:21 Coal in our Hearts?!
01:18:29 Look ahead to Junior Worlds
01:19:54 Wrap-Up

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