Lou Lauria's guest appearances

Lou Lauria

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Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective

Al Gore

Carlos Ghosn

Mark Adams

Robert Richardson

Karen Wright

Eric Garcetti

Casey Wasserman

David Simon

Alan Shaw

Michael Johnson

Andrew Young

Connie Nelson

Sepp Blatter

John Furlong

Andy Williams

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Lou Lauria, Chief of Sport and Games at Special Olympics International, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast in a special Paralympics-focused episode (recorded 4 September 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com.WARM UP00:27 - Welcome Lou!02:16 - Special Olympics primerPRELIMS05:54 - The potential for the Special Olympics10:28 - From Sydney to Salt LakeQUARTERFINALS14:15 - Taking on a Paralympic role18:03 - Integration challengesSEMIFINALS20:26 - A lack of preparedness23:31 - Paralympics breaks outFINALS26:04 - Working in the MOC28:24 - TransitionMIXED ZONE32:27 - People leave - 9/1135:28 - Marketing the Paralympic GamesCOOL DOWN39:12 - The broadcast piece46:24 - "The only band that matters"

Lou Lauria, Chief of Sport and Games at Special Olympics International, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast in a special Paralympics-focused episode (recorded 4 September 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Pw3NYG36cocMLp8OR7CGb?si=FXsuhOVPR4-rUWjsQ876-Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com.WARM UP 00:27 - Welcome Lou! 02:16 - Special Olympics primerPRELIMS 05:54 - The potential for the Special Olympics 10:28 - From Sydney to Salt LakeQUARTERFINALS 14:15 - Taking on a Paralympic role 18:03 - Integration challengesSEMIFINALS 20:26 - A lack of preparedness 23:31 - Paralympics breaks outFINALS 26:04 - Working in the MOC 28:24 - TransitionMIXED ZONE 32:27 - People leave - 9/11 35:28 - Marketing the Paralympic GamesCOOL DOWN 39:12 - The broadcast piece 46:24 - "The only band that matters"

Episode 66 - Lou Lauria

With more than 6 million athletes, Special Olympics has become a global movement for intellectually disabled athletes since its founding more than 50 years ago. Lou Lauria, director of games and competition for Special Olympics talks with ATR Editor Ed Hula about the growth of the movement and upcoming summer and winter games.

ATRadio - 2019-11-05 with Lou Lauria - Special Olympics Update