The Sporting Owl #7

The seventh podcast from The Sporting Owl is packed with a preponderance of Paralympics ponderings. After bidding a fond farewell to Andrew Strauss, Tom and Ria guide you through some of the exciting events and superstar athletes to watch out for at the BIGGEST PARALYMPICS EVER!

The Sporting Owl #6

Episode 6 of the Sporting Owl takes place in the abyss between Olympics and Paralympics and features a searing riposte on Lance 'drugface' Armstrong, a review of the cake-based crazy golf extravaganza currently occupying the roof of Selfridges, and Ria's debut in the men's 110m hurdles. As you do, if you're a terribly unfit woman.

The Sporting Owl #5

With Ria away, Tom had to step into the breach and fill thirty-plus minutes with sub-par Olympic waffling.  Did he manage without bursting into floods of tears?  Well, you be the judge (but a very nice fluffy judge who won't tell us if it was borderline unlistenable).

As well as the usual news round-up and a necessarily one-sided game, this episode features reports on our trips to the boxing quarterfinals and a gloriously masochistic eight-hour "morning" session at the Olympic Stadium.

The Sporting Owl #4

After taking a long weekend, the Owl is back with musings on the British gold rush, and Tom provides an eyewitness report on the Greco-Roman wrestling.  Ria takes her first turn as question master in another exciting game of 'Olympic True or False' before butchering Grenada's national anthem (sorry, Kirani James).

The Sporting Owl #3

In this landmark third episode of The Sporting Owl, Ria explains why handball is her new favourite sport and Tom tries to work out whether winning and losing are still different.  Dedicated to Bert le Clos.

The Sporting Owl #2

They said it couldn't be done.  They said no-one particularly wanted it to be done.  But we've done it anyway - a second Olympic edition of The Sporting Owl!  Featuring an exclusive-ish report on (our visit to) the badminton at Wembley Arena, and Ria singing the national anthem of Suriname.  And a disturbing premonition of Beth Tweddle's untimely demise...

The Sporting Owl #1

In this exclusive collector's edition of The Sporting Owl, Tom and Ria discuss all the burning Olympic issues - and moths.  Oh, and Ria sings the Djibouti national anthem.  As you do.  Recorded with all the professional sound engineering skill of two people shouting into a bucket of sand in an aeroplane toilet.


NB - this was recorded on Thursday 26 July