Month: December 2013

Allison Mnaley with Dick Button and Doug Wilson in a photo for for the manleywoman skatecast, a figure skating podcast

Episode #71: Doug Wilson, redux!

December 22, 2013 allison Podcast Episodes 0 Comments

December 2013 An interview with Doug Wilson, the ABC Producer and Director that I interviewed in 2008 on SkateCast #16. He contacted me again to talk about his new book, “The World Was Our Stage: Spanning the Globe with ABC Sports.” It’s full of wonderful stories of not only his coverage of figure skating, but so…

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Episode #70: John Misha Petkevich

December 13, 2013 allison Podcast Episodes 7 Comments

December 2013 An interview with John Misha Petkevich, the 1971 US National Figure Skating Champion, two-time Olympian, USFS Hall of Fame member, author of two skating books (“Figure Skating: Champion Techniques” and “The Skater’s Handbook”), and the creator of the fantastic Harvard-run show “An Evening With Champions.” He was also a commentator for NBC, CBS…

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