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@TontoK, I agree that TSL posted some good interviews. It's too bad that DL is mostly a reprehensible, snarky gossip, sometimes 'used as a tool' by a few people in the sport with an agenda. It was beneficial, though, when there were those seeking to spread a positive agenda, such as the interviews with Shepard and Debi, to help promote World Figure and Fancy Skating! Lease befriended a number of people he interviewed, including Paul Wylie, who later gave DL skating lessons in Lake Placid, which DL posted. It was highly educational watching Wylie teach! DL also posted instructive lessons he took from Viktor Petrenko.
TSL and DL continue to have a following on Patreon. I am not a follower, as I would never pay for content from DL. I do see that he's still active under-the-radar. DL, a few months ago, posted on Patreon an interview with the son and daughter of Dick Button.
Most likely, it's because DL had previously made connections with them in regard to a greatest 'Dick Button witticisms' highlight video he had compiled. Perhaps Button's children are unaware of DL's offensive comments regarding the young skaters who died in the plane crash, the day before their own father passed away. I often wonder whether Uncle Dick had heard about yet another plane crash killing members of the figure skating community prior to his death.
Fortunately, there have recently been posted on YouTube some very good mainstream podcast interviews with skaters, including Max Naumov, Danny O'Shea, Alysa Liu, et al. In addition, P.J. Kwong's excellent interviews over the years, most recently individual YouTube podcast interviews with Tracy Wilson; Brian Orser; and Scott Moir. As well, Polina Edmunds posts some wonderful interviews on her Iron Butterfly podcast, recently one with Danny O'Shea and Ellie Kam (weeks prior to the Olympics). This Week In Skating also posts good interviews. There are a number of excellent print interviews with skaters and coaches, including here on GS. Jackie Wong has posted some podcast interviews, including an excellent one with Mark Hanretty. Wong also posts conversations with skaters in which they review one of their well-regarded performances, e.g., there's an episode featuring Jason Brown. USA Today's
Milan Magic show on YouTube, hosted by Brennan & Boitano, has very good interviews with Carol Heiss Jenkins; Nancy Kerrigan; Paul Wylie; Dorothy Hamill; Scott Hamilton, et al.
Posted in Nathan Chen's fanfest on GS is a recent conversation between Adam, Ashley, and Nathan, sponsored by the USOP Museum in Colorado. I also posted a link to this interview in the recent thread about Alysa Liu, since they discussed the effect Alysa's approach to skating has had on other athletes.
In addition
@manleywoman has recently posted new interviews on her revamped website, which she shared here on GS (with Timothy LeDuc; and with Alexa & Chris Knierim). The
@manleywoman site has some great archived interviews as well. It's an invaluable resource.
There have also been a number of very good skating review shows that have been launched on YouTube over the past year, including The Skating Session; Blades & Banter; et al. It's been great to see and to enjoy.
. Miss (Herma) von Szabo and her partner Mr. Horwitz at 2:10.. Gold medalists Helene Engelmann (then age 15 -- her father built the first artificial open-air ice rink devoted to skating) and Meijstrik) at 1:48.
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Good grief!
