Welcome to Behind The Scenes!
Thanksgiving chaos, over-30 disco adventures, a cursed text message, and breaking NCAA news—including the latest NQS changes and Minamino’s newly named piked Jaeger full. Jess & Coop answer your biggest questions about Romanian gymnasts who never returned home in ’99, U.S. junior development, COP scoring math, McCusker’s Haney lawsuit dismissal, Belu sightings, Alaska horse realities, and more.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 – Welcome to Behind the Scenes (Dec 5)
01:10 – Thanksgiving stories & family chaos
04:42 – The “that was a fart sound” text message incident
07:25 – Over-30 disco adventures
10:08 – “Well the white supremacists have found us” + image moment
13:40 – Buying holiday flights with credit card points (and Coop vs Homeland Security)
18:35 – BREAKING: Update from Melanie
20:10 – New NCAA NQS changes explained
23:55 – Minamino gets the piked Jaeger full named
26:32 – Store updates + Christmas shipping deadlines
28:05 – Only two full commissions left
29:10 – Listener Question: Romanian gymnasts who stayed in the U.S. in 1999
34:12 – Listener Question: Has U.S. junior development fallen off?
38:55 – Listener Question: Fixing the COP with more decimal places?
45:18 – Listener Question: McCusker lawsuit + abuse accountability
49:40 – Fan Story: Sitting next to Belu & the Romanian delegation (1997)
54:22 – Alaska update: Horses, moose, and frozen ears
57:40 – Cozy mystery rec: *The Residence*
59:05 – Moms for LA2028 Dream Team
1:01:30 – College & Cocktails: New interactive judging idea
1:05:12 – UTI myth-busting via Dr. Jen Gunter
1:07:45 – Broken toe saga + Spencer solidarity
1:11:55 – Resistance Tool: Emergency detention notification app
1:14:20 – Wrap-up + Next week’s reminders
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I can’t seem to find this podcast on Spotify… I was wondering why there isn’t any podcasts posted in December… So I entered the site and here it is!
I can’t find the episode Jessica mentions about Riley’s legal case. Please could you link it somewhere? I can find stuff about it on YT but would prefer to hear the GymCastic discussion about it if possible. Thank you for recording all these episodes.