{"id":23265,"date":"2021-10-11T09:37:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T13:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/?p=23265"},"modified":"2021-10-31T20:06:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T00:06:48","slug":"on-the-air-lilah-fear-challenging-her-curiosity-to-share-introspective-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/2021\/10\/11\/on-the-air-lilah-fear-challenging-her-curiosity-to-share-introspective-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Air: Lilah Fear challenging her curiosity to share introspective interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Maura Sullivan Hill, Team FSO Staff Writer
\nPhotos by Robin Ritoss and Lilah Fear<\/p>\n

For elite figure skaters, interviews and talking to the media are part of the package when you compete at national and international competitions.\u00a0But a couple of your favorite skaters have turned the tables and become the interviewers themselves, hosting their own podcasts and interview series.<\/p>\n

Figure Skaters Online\u2019s Maura Sullivan Hill spoke with three podcasters, all focused on sharing personal stories, digging deeper, and making connections to help the next generation of skaters. In the final part of her three-part series called \u201cOn the AIr\u201d, Maura talks with 2017 U.S. pewter medalist Elliana Pogrebinsky on how she\u2019s empowering women athletes through a web and interview series.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Lilah Fear says she can\u2019t stand silence. Whenever she is at home, whether it\u2019s cooking a meal, folding laundry, or just relaxing, she usually has a podcast playing.<\/p>\n

The three-time British Ice Dance Champion and 2022 Olympic hopeful alongside her partner Lewis Gibson fell in love with podcasts in 2017. She had graduated from high school but was taking a gap year before she enrolled at McGill University in her training town of Montreal, and listening to podcasts like Oprah\u2019s Super Soul Sunday and The Tim Ferriss Show business podcast helped fill the newfound extra time in her schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really just struck moreso by the interviewer themselves, and the questions they\u2019d ask and the different ways of looking at someone\u2019s life,\u201d Fear says. \u201cAnd I was just intrigued by the fact that I was drawn to the interviewer more than the interviewee. I started studying their technique and diving into different podcasts, and I thought, I\u2019m a chatty Cathy, I love to meet new people, so why not try my own?\u201d<\/p>\n

She launched The Lilah Jo Show<\/span><\/a> in 2018 and is in her fourth season of producing the podcast, which features skaters and other athletes, artists and creatives. As the show bio details, Fear \u201cinvites her guests to step down from the podium and draws out advice, anecdotes and relatable stories that will inspire you to fearlessly pursue your passions.\u201d \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fear reaches out to guests via email or social media to book them, edits the show herself and takes inspiration from her career as an elite athlete in the interview structure. She formats each conversation like a workout: a series of short, quick questions for what she calls the warm up; then what she refers to as \u201ca longer period of high-intensity questioning;\u201d followed by a cool down featuring some more introspective questions.<\/p>\n

Now that she\u2019s studying psychology and communications at McGill in addition to her ice dance training, Fear produces the podcast during the summer. Her latest episode features none other than British ice dancing legend Jayne Torvill, and she\u2019s interviewed many of her training mates at the Ice Academy of Montreal. Fear says one of her most memorable interviews was with Tessa Virtue, one half of the ice dance duo that is the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history.<\/p>\n

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