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The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.
The world of elite fencing's most relatable duo — Ari Simmons and Stephen Ewart of Team USA — team up to provide next-level access to life as a fencer as it unfolds. The two teammates drop insights about their journeys to qualify for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. They also endlessly rag on each other as friends do, chat about their sport and welcome some very popular and well-known friends to chat with them.
Topics they explore:
The mindset of world-class athletes
Failure, resilience, and comeback stories
NCAA & Olympic fencing insights
The role of social media, culture, and community in sports
Why athletes do what they do — and what keeps them fighting
Subscribe for episodes that deliver real talk, laughs, and lessons — straight from the fencing strip to your headphones.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
65 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
47 episodes
since July 31, 2025
episodic
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Kaito Streets left Team USA to fence for Japan, where he has both missed and qualified for Olympic Games in the last 10 years. Through the ups, downs, wins and almosts of his career, Kaito's resilience speaks for itself. The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.In this episode, you'll …
How powerful is manifestation? In Paris 2024, Mohamed Elsayed won bronze, and then finally opened a video that he recorded on his phone in 2021.The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.In this episode, you'll discover:• How Mohamed Elsayed turned years of one-touch losses in quarterfinals i…
Kaylin Hsieh won her first Grand Prix gold sick, alone, and with nothing to lose, and came to share some of the ups and downs of her professional athletic career. The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.In this episode, you'll discover:• How Kaylin used illness at the Doha Grand Prix to st…
Duke Fencing Head Coach Omar Elgeziry on why there's no luck in college fencing, and the meditation secret behind every Duke practice.The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.In this episode, you'll discover:• Why Omar believes college fencing structurally eliminates luck, and how the …
3× Individual Olympic champion Áron Szilágyi on the Achilles injury that changed everything and why losing at Paris felt like freedom.The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.In this episode, you'll discover:• What Szilágyi is looking forward to in his upcoming competitions and seasons• How…
USA Fencing's CEO, Phil Andrews, reveals influencer and K-pop deals, a sport-saving radio campaign & what the sport's growth strategy is as we approach the LA 2028 Olympic Games. This episode will surprise you.The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.In this episode, you'll di…
What does it actually take to raise a World Champion fencer? Jerry Simmons reveals the parenting philosophy no one talks about.The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.In this episode, you'll discover:• Why Jerry and his wife never pressured their children about results, rankings, or colleg…
Colin Campbell wrote the Direct Elimination theme song on sticky notes during construction breaks — and he's a Notre Dame fencing champion.The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.In this episode, you'll discover:• How Colin wrote, performed, and produced the Direct Elimination theme s…
The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts.
Ari beat Olympic and world champion Masaru Yamada at the MedellínFencing World Cup, Stephen and the New York Athletic Club won the Senior National Team Championship, and somehow we still squeezed in three weddings, a sponsor visit, a full-reset hike in t…
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