Unified Roundtable Podcast: Recent Episodes
Special Olympics Louisiana
A podcast presented by Special Olympics Louisiana, focusing on current events, sports, health within and around the Special Olympics community.
Today, we are discussing all of our Fall Sports!
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Today, we sit down with Rebecca Kalifeh to discuss Healthy Athletes!
For more info on Health with SOLA, email Rebecca at rebecca.kalifeh@specialolympicsla.org
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Today, we sit down with Athlete Leadership Council member and athlete Tony Piontek!
For more info on Athlete Leadership Council contact Rebecca Kalifeh at rebecca.kalifeh@specialolympicsla.org.
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Today, we discuss summertime health with Damon Vincent!
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Join us as we discuss Unifed Champion Schools with our UCS team!
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Today, Helen sits down with LETR Manager Emily Brock to talk all things Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Louisiana!
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We are coming HOME to Southeastern Louisiana University for State Summer Games on May 19th-21st! Today, Helen talks with Max Fernandez and Brock Banos to discuss all things SSG!
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Today, we sit down with Damon Vincent of Train Unique to talk about the Virtual Fitness Classes that he is hosting each week through April!
If still interested in joining us, please contact Rebecca Kalifeh at rebecca.kalifeh@specialolympicsla.org.
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Today, Helen speaks with Coach Landa Gann from New Iberia! Landa is an APE teacher and her schools are part of UCS!
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Today, Helen sits down with athlete Darryl Robinson to discuss State Bowling!
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Today, Helen sits down with Sgt. Dale Wheat to discuss the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Louisiana! Editors Note: CA Area Torch Run will be on MARCH 15th!
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Today, Helen sits down with Patty Strikmiller with St. Michael's Special School in New Orleans to talk about their recent involvement with SOLA and UCS! Patty discusses her early involvement with Special Olympics and how she decided to get involved!
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Join Helen as she sits down with our Jefferson Parish Local Training Program Coordinator, Ann Hulse!
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Today, we sit down with Damon Vincent, owner of Train Unique, to discuss stretching!
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SURPRISE! A Special episode of the Podcast is on the air! Today, we sit down with our Program Team to discuss all thing programs!
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Today, we sit down with April Taylor, Emily Brock, and Toni Wright, SOLA Development Staff, to look back on 2022 and ahead to 2023!
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Happy Holidays from SOLA! Today, Helen Robinson joins us to discuss all things Holiday cheer! Send us your favorite Christmas songs, movies and treats to coser@laso.org.
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Today, we sit down with Dottie Belletto of NOCCI, and joined by SOLA UCCS Manager, Fallon Buckner Ward, to talk our Unified Rivalry Flag Football Game at Bayou Classic in New Orleans!
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Need info on UCCS or Unified Game? Email fbucknerward@laso.org.
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Today, we sit down with Damon Vincent of Unique Fitness!
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Fresh off of their GOLD MEDAL win at the 2022 SONA Tennis Championship, Paige & Kristin join us to discuss their exeperience!
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Today, we sit down with Grant Wild, APE Teacher in Jeff Davis Parish and part of UCS!
Learn about what they are doing at his schools plus a very emotional story!
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Athlete, Mikey Love, from Norco, LA has been selected to attend Special Olympics World Games in Berlin! Join us for a great conversation with Mikey!
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Today we sit down with Owner/President of Care, Inc., James Griffith! We speak about the partnership with SOLA and what Care, Inc. offers!
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Today, we sit down with Helen Robinson to discuss her Cooking with Helen series on our Facebook page!
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Today, we are talking all things volunteering! Join us as we discuss how to volunteer with SOLA. www.laso.org/volunteer
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Today we are talk all things SOLA with Brock Banos!
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Contact Brock about Local Training Programs - bbanos@laso.org
Today, Cooking with Helen joins our podcast. This video series airs on our Facebook page, but wanted to share the audio from our recent segment with you!
Today, we discuss nutrition with some of our athletes from Jefferson Parish!
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Today we sit down with some of our athletes from the Ree Alario Center in Jefferson for a discussion on Fitness!
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Interested in Fitness? Contact Carson at cphills@laso.org
Today, we sit down for a health conversation with Helen Robinson! Helen is our Program Assistant at our State Office and does a great job reminding all of us to be healthy!
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Today, we are discussing All Things SOLA! This episode is about all that SOLA offers and how YOU can get involved!
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Get in touch with our Staff!
- Local Training Programs - Brock Banos - bbanos@laso.org
- Sports - Max Fernandez - mfernandez@laso.org
- Unified Champion Schools - Carson Phills - cphills@laso.org
Unified Champion City Schools - Peter Hunt - phunt@laso.org
Athlete Leadership and Health - Susan Murray - smurray@laso.org
Today we talk about Clinical Director Recruitment for Healthy Athletes with Susan Murray!
Contact Susan - smurray@laso.org or 800.345.6644
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Team Louisiana brought home over 100 awards at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games! Hear all about it in this weeks episode.
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Today, we welcome back Richard LaBranche with North Cypress Fitness for the 3rd time! We talk about being aware and how to stay fit during summer months!
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Today we sit down with Deputy Chief Bret Ibert, who will be traveling to Orlando to run in the Final Leg of the Torch Run for 2022 Special Olympics USA Games!
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Today we sit down with Mikey Love and discuss hi fitness routine and 2022 Special Olympics USA Games!
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Today, we discuss State Games with Max Fernandez! State Games will be held on May 21st at Christ Episcopal School in Covington.
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Join us for an update on 2022 Special Olympics USA Games!
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Recently, Ascension Parish Schools signed on to be a District wide Unified Champion Schools, meaning each school is part of UCS! Today, we sit down with Megan Mast and Chelsea Poche who are in the Ascension Parish School System and discuss their time trials and everything SOLA!
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Today we are talking about health, and specifically, Healthy Athletes! Visit www.laso.org/health for more info.
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Today we are talking about all things Athlete Leadership!
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Interested in getting involved in Athlete Leadership? Contact Susan Murray at smurray@laso.org or 800.345.6644
Dr. Clark, with NOLA Public Schools joins us for a HUGE Announcement!
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Today we sit down with Caitlin Hunter with Chevron to discuss their new sponsorship with us!
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Today, UCCS Manager Peter Hunt joins the show, along with Dr. Clark from NOLA Public Schools to talk about the ELN and YAC!
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Today, Principal Bernard McPherson with St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy joins the show to talk about joining us as a UCS School!
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Today, Carson Phills and Peter Hunt join the show to talk about Spread the Word>>Inclusion!
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Today, we sit down with Max Fernandez, our Sports, Training, and Competition Manager, to talk all things State Basketball!
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Today we sit down with Peter Hunt, UCCS Manager, to talk all things Unified Champion City Schools!
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Brandon Hebert with Anytime Fitness joins us to talk about Fitness!
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A brand new episode of the URP and we are coming to you remotely! Join us as Brock Banos joins us from the HOD Conference in Orlando!
Join us today for a conversation with Emily Brock, Law Enforcement Torch Run Manager for Special Olympics Louisiana! You cant contact emily at ebrock@laso.org or 800.345.6644.
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Join us today as we discuss Healthy Plates! Did you know that there are some GOOD carbs you should be eating?!
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Today we sit down with Toni Wright, Director of Corporate and Community Partnerships at SOLA about Sponsorships! If interested in a sponsorship with SOLA, call Toni at 800.345.6644 or email twright@laso.org.
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Happy 2022!
Today we look for all that 2022 has to offer!
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Happy Holidays from Special Olympics Louisiana! Join us for our Holiday Show with special guest, Helen Robinson!
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Jingle Bell Swing courtesy of Mark Smeby and edited for time.
We have a fun episode today! SOLA staff sit down and discuss 2021 and look forward to 2022!
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Today, we discuss our upcoming program, the Unified Fitness & Outdoor Academy! More information: www.laso.org/unifiedfitnessandoutdooracademy
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Today, Susan Murray, Athlete Program Manager at SOLA, sits down to discuss all things Healthy Athletes!
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Join us today as we discuss healthy eating for Thanksgiving!
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Today, we sit down with NOCCI President & CEO Dottie Bellatto and our Unified Flag Football Game the morning of the Bayou Classic!
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Today, we sit down with 2022 Special Olympics USA Games athlete Courtney Calhoon!
Since recording this episode, Over The Edge has been moved to a virtual event. Please visit overtheedgela.com for more information.
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Today we sit down for a conversation with Sarah Donato with our local training program at Tulane University!
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Helen Robinson joins us today to talk all things Halloween!
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Richard LaBranche with North Cypress Fitness is back for Part 2 to discuss all things health!
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Join us for a conversation with Care, Inc. (www.careinc.com) to learn more about this great organization and how they became a SOLA Sponsor!
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Today, we talk with Craig Parten who is running a 10K, everyday in 2021, to help raise money for our Louisiana Delegation going to USA Games...in flip flops!
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Today, we sit down with Coach Melanie Robillard who will be attending her first USA Games as a Coach!
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Today, we sit down with one of our newest sponsors, Metairie Bank, and their Northshore Market President, Paul Myers! We discuss out State Games, SOLA, and Banking.
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Today, we talk about Hurricane Ida and provide an update for some of our events. We hope all of our SOLA family is safe after this storm!
Athlete Health Messenger, Mikey Love, joins us for a great discussion!
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Join us for a conversation about fitness with Richard LaBranche from North Cypress Fitness! Walk 10,000 steps over the course of a day or 10,000 steps in an hour? Just get it done!
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Join us for a Conversation about Unified Champion Schools (UCS)!
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Join us as we speak with Special Olympics Louisiana and Special Olympics USA Games Flag Football Coach Jade Reaux!
Join us for a conversation with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Healthcare Economist, Mike Bertaut!
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After today, we will be taking a short break from the Podcast to refocus and bring you more guests and content you need! We will be in early August with more of the Unified Roundtable Podcast!
We have another fun episode for you! Join us for a discussion on sports and SOLA!
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Today we have a special guest, Peter Hunt, to discuss vaccines and our Census!
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Today we wrap up our 2021 State Games!
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Today we discuss our 2021 State Games, which will be on Saturday June 5th!
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Join is for a new episode! We discuss SOLA, State Games, and Tim Tebow!
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Join us for another episode of the Unified Roundtable Podcast!
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It is our Sports Movies Episode!! Join us as we discuss our favorite sports movies.
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Join us for a discussion on the NFL Draft and SOLA News!
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Join us for a brand new episode! We are talking LSU's new hire, UCS, and SOLA news!
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Join us for another episode of the Unified Roundtable Podcast!
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Join us for our 25th episode! We discuss SOLA news, sports movies, and more!
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Carson is Back! Join as he updates us on his travels around Louisiana plus so much more!
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Join us for a fun conversation about SOLA, sports, and a special birthday...
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Today we sit down with AJ "The Ghost" Fletcher, MMA Star out of Lafayette, LA and long-time SOLA Volunteer!
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Today we discuss the retirement of Drew Brees and our State Basketball Skills Tournament this past weekend!
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Happy Monday! Today we discuss current events in and around SOLA, including our State Basketball Tourney this Saturday.
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Today we discuss Spread the Word >> Inclusion! Jill Egle, SOLA athlete and board member, joins us to talk about Spread The Word too!
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Today we discuss athlete registration for 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando!
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Today, we discuss Black History Month and Loretta Claiborne, the Chief Inspiration Officer and athlete at Special Olympics!
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Today we discuss the Big Game! Leave us a comment and let us know what you thought of the game!
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Bonus Episode!! We talk about the big game and our predictions on who wins and who will be named MVP!
Today we discuss our new Fitness Videos that Carson recorded! They will air on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/specialolympicslouisiana) starting this Saturday, February 6th at 9am. Tune In!
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Join us as we talk about Coach Education and a little NFL Football!
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Lucky #13!
Today we discuss SO College! We talk about the many universities around Louisiana that are a part of SO College and what they do to stay involved.
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Join us as we discuss our Family Health Forum that will take place in on January!
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Happy 2021! Join us as we discuss the plans for SOLA in the new year!
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Today we discuss the year that was 2020 and our New Year's Eve plans!
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Join us for our Holiday episode! Brock, Carson, and Craig are joined by our special guest, Susan!
We discuss holiday music, food, and traditions.
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25 Days of a Very Special Christmas: bit.ly/25DaysOfAVSC
Brock, Carson, and Craig discuss Unified Sports! Join us for a conversation on inclusion.
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Join Brock, Carson, and Craig as they discuss Unified Champion Schools! If you would like to get your school involved in UCS, email Brock at bbanos@laso.org or call 800.345.6644.
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Today we talk about our recent Flag Football skills competitions around the state! Take a listen and leave us review.
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Join us as we discuss USA Games! We dive into coaches this episode with our special guests, Mike Rhodes and Kenny Guedry. They discuss their coaching experience at USA and why they think coaches should apply.
If you want to apply to be a coach for USA Games visit www.laso.org, click on USA Games and apply today!
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Brock, Carson, and Craig discuss Esports in Special Olympics. They are joined by their first guest, athlete Chris Thibodeaux, and discuss the championships that Chris has won. Get your Playstaion ready and tune in!
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It's our 3rd episode and we are talking about Health! Join Brock, Carson, and Craig as they discuss all things health in Special Olympics!
Brock, Carson, and Craig discuss our Fitness Clubs and how you can get involved.
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It's our first episode! Brock, Carson, and Craig take you through our new protocols for Return to Play. They also give a little backstory on each.