Sons of Olympia

Heroes, Headlines and Heartbreak. The Relentless World of Sports Media

Hello and welcome back to Sons Of Olympia! In this episode we look at the wild world of sports media and how it's changed over the years. We discuss whether we are now part of this media world, some of our favourite and most memorable trails by media and of course chat about the world cup. If you do enjoy listening to the podcast, consider following and subscribing and why not drop us a little review to help the podcast grow :) Thank you so much for listening.

Is There Anything Better Than Live Sport?

With the World Cup upon us, we ask whether anything can beat watching live sports? We share our favourite moments we've enjoyed live and Matt share's his advice on how to create the ultimate at-home sporting viewing experience. If you like the podcast, please give us a follow and leave us a nice review - it really helps the podcast grow and find us on social media @SonsOfOlympiaPod

A Great British Summer of Sport

Summer 2026 is going to be absolutely packed with sports and we can't wait. In this episode we discuss some of the best sporting events taking place over the summer from the World Cup and Commonwealth Games to Wimbledon and Beach Wrestling. If you enjoy the podcast please give us a follow, leave us a wonderful five star review and find us on social media @SonsOfOlympiaPod on Instagram, Tiktok and YouTube. Thanks so much for listening!

Richard Whitehead: Paralympic Champion and Marathon WR holder

In this week's episode, we chatted with Richard Whitehead. Richard is the world record holder for the fastest marathon and 200m as a double amputee, 2x paralympic gold medalist and is the founder of the Richard Whitehead foundation that helps disabled people access sport. He's also just an all round positive, motivational and inspiring guy who we loved chatting to on the podcast. We talked to him about his journey into sports, his recent world record marathon in London, his 40 marathons in 40 days challenge where we ran the length of Britain for charity and how it felt to win gold at a home olympics. We hope you enjoy the episode, if you do please follow, give us a review and find us on social media @SonsOfOlympiaPod ! Thank you so much to Richard for taking the time to talk to us. Hugely appreciate you and best of luck with smashing that marathon world record again soon!

Dealing With Sports Injuries

If you play a sport of any sort chances are you've had an injury. In this episode we chat about the most famous sports injuries, our own long list of injuries and how we dealt with high and lows of rehab and recovery. Does Matt know the difference between tendons and ligaments and how well does George know the human skeleton?