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Welcome to Very Olympic Today! To some of you, I say … welcome back. Longtime followers (and/or those who read our announcement) may remember the name from SI’s daily Olympics podcast in 2016. Aside from my invention of the octopus—long story—my podcast during the Rio Games is easily the professional endeavor I am asked about most.