Simone Biles Podcasts

Across podcasts, Simone Biles receives sparse, scattered coverage. Only one episode names her outright; elsewhere, she surfaces inside conversations about gymnastics, performance psychology, winning, or Olympic life. That makes this a guide to a handful of useful entry points, not a deep audio archive.

Heroes, pressure, and the “twisties”

The clearest dedicated treatment comes from The Chochmat Nashim Podcast: Women Talk Judaism. From Simone Biles to Liri Albag: Heroes and the Twisted Twisties (Season 8 Episode 5) places Biles in a discussion framed around heroes and the “twisties,” alongside Liri Albag. The pairing signals a moral and communal conversation rather than a technical gymnastics recap.

That suits the show’s candid, issue-driven style. Its hosts tend to begin with a concrete incident, work through what happened, and then widen the argument toward responsibility, visibility, or power. For an episode that most clearly treats Biles as the subject rather than as a passing example, start with this one.

Inside the sport, but rarely centered

Informed, fast-moving gymnastics conversation makes GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast the natural listening choice. Its Biles references, however, are tucked into episodes billed around broader developments: 2026 U.S. Classic Debrief: Esponda, Ohashi's Next Move and the Worlds Picture, 2026 Elite Season Begins!, and What Gymnastics Should Learn (and Not Learn) From Figure Skating.

Expect insider context, strong opinions, rule talk, and quick shifts between jokes and serious scrutiny. Do not expect those episodes to function as Simone Biles profiles; none puts her name in the title.

The Runthrough offers another sidelong route through Olympic Reaction: MEN'S FREE PROGRAM and LIVE FROM GEORGIA: The 3rd Annual Rosie Awards. Both are framed around figure skating, so any Biles discussion is supporting material rather than the main event.

Performance pressure becomes the subject

Some of the more useful mentions occur beyond gymnastics. Losing Control comes closest to the psychological questions through Episode 10: Mental Health and the Yips and Episode 7: Confidence and Sustainable Success. Neither title names Biles, but together they point toward the vocabulary of disrupted performance, confidence, and sustaining success.

The Broad Experience approaches the same territory from a wider cultural angle in Episode 186: Our Obsession with Winning (and how to re-think). Self-Improvement | America Out Loud News makes the Olympic connection explicit, though not the athlete, in Finding your center in a chaotic life: Olympic lessons for everyday wellness. An interest in the ideas attached to Biles, rather than detailed coverage of her, makes these the better listening choices.

Where to start

Begin with The Chochmat Nashim Podcast: Women Talk Judaism and From Simone Biles to Liri Albag: Heroes and the Twisted Twisties (Season 8 Episode 5) for the only clearly signposted Simone Biles episode.

For sport-specific surroundings, try GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast and 2026 Elite Season Begins!. For the performance-psychology route, choose Losing Control and Episode 10: Mental Health and the Yips. If your interest is the culture of achievement itself, The Broad Experience and Episode 186: Our Obsession with Winning (and how to re-think) provide the cleanest on-ramp.

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