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Fantasy Five Rings
by Alex Loveless
This is Fantasy Five Rings! A podcast where guests come on and name their ideal fantasy Olympic Games. What events are they dropping? What are they adding? Whereabout are they holding it? We'll be asking these questions and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Fantasy Five Rings #71: Summer of Sport 2026 Part 2
Fantasy Five Rings concludes our Summer of Sport specials by heading back to the Commonwealth Games. I am joined by the always awesome Sheldon the Rapper to discuss everything that we did at the Games in person. We discuss sports, giant horse heads, well-cooked steak and a whole lot on top of…
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Fantasy Five Rings #70: Summer of Sport 2026 Part 1
We just couldn't keep away! And for good reason as there were a few things from this past summer that we wanted to talk about here at Fantasy Five Rings. Firstly, I am joined by David de Guzman to discuss what happened at the Commonwealth Games, then following that we welcome back rapper X-It as…
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Fantasy Five Rings #69: Series 4 Finale Part 2
Series 4 concludes with Part 2 of our series finale, and this time round we are joined by the Birthday Boy, Sheldon the Rapper as we discover who is coming top of our medal tables. Come for the End of Series Game, stay for the tangents, the quizzes and the freestyle rap! Hosted on Acast. See...
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Fantasy Five Rings #68: Series 4 Finale Part 1
Series 4 of Fantasy Five Rings has flown by and we have already reached our Finale, and in this first part I am joined by Patrick Riley as we play the End of Series Game and find out which FFR guest has funded their country the best in the first batch of events. On top of this, we also talk…
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Fantasy Five Rings #67: That's Not Handball!
With the series finale sneaking up on us, we take one final stop to play a game. This week on Fantasy Five Rings, we play That's Not Handball with Handball commentator and theatre director Chris O'Reilly, where the rules are simple. Chris will list terms from the various sports he's played, I…
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Fantasy Five Rings #66: Steve Farrell
We continue on with Series 4 of Fantasy Five Rings as we welcome our last brand new guest of the series, Steve Farrell, aka Lord Stephen Farrell, aka the singer from Knotted, aka the creator of Our Town. As you can see, he's got a lot on his plate and we chat about it all as well as of course...
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Fantasy Five Rings #65: Tales From Milan-Cortina Part 3
We've reached the final part of our Tales From Milan-Cortina mini-series within a series and after hearing all the stories from Patrick, Jill & Alison, it's the turn of the co-host of the podcast Off The Podium, Ben Waterworth, to reveal everything he got up to during his trip to Italy at the…
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Fantasy Five Rings #64: Tales From Milan-Cortina Part 2
We're back after our week off galivanting about Scotland for more of our Tales From Milan-Cortina! This week we're joined by the always awesome Jill & Alison from the podcast Keep The Flame Alive. We discuss all the things that they got up to at this years Winter Olympics from all the ceremonies…
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Fantasy Five Rings #63: FFR Football Quiz - Scotland vs. Australia
5 of these Quiz episodes are gone and so we reach the final match of the competition between Jamie McBride from the Off The Underside podcast & Ben Waterworth from the Off The Podium podcast. Ben is still in the running for the title if he can get a big win, but Jamie is not going to lay down as…
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Fantasy Five Rings #62: Tales From Milan-Cortina Part 1
We're kind of halfway through Series 4 of Fantasy Five Rings and this seems like a great time to start a mini-series within a series! This week we kick-off Tales From Milan-Cortina, a 3-part special where we chat to some of our FFR regulars who attended the Winter Olympics this year to give a…
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Fantasy Five Rings #61: FFR Football Quiz - United States vs. England
It's the penultimate episode of the FFR Football Quiz and a top of the table clash for both of this editions final match of the competition. USA's Connor Bunnell leads the table on 6 points with a 100% record while Englishman X-It sits in second on 3 points with one win and one loss. Can X-It…
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Fantasy Five Rings #60: Laura Johnston
It's new guest time here on Fantasy Five Rings as we welcome to the show Australian comedian Laura Johnston. For this chat we discuss some of her more recent shows. including one where the crowd really get involved, what she previously had done in Edinburgh for the Fringe and of course, we get...
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Fantasy Five Rings #59: FFR Football Quiz - United States vs. Scotland
We're on Matchday 4 of the FFR Football Quiz already, and today we see Connor Bunnell & Jamie McBride face off. Connor and his County Roots currently sit 1st on the overall table on goal difference and can extend their lead with any sort of result, meanwhile Jamie, from the Off The Underside...
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Fantasy Five Rings #58: Zombie Apocalympics
We have a crossover episode this week on Fantasy Five Rings as we mix it up with Geek Mythology to bring you the Zombie Apocalympics. Myself, Sheldon the Rapper & James Barber discuss which Zombies from TV, film & video games would be best in a series of Olympic events. Who is taking Gold in the...
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Fantasy Five Rings #57: FFR Football Quiz - England vs. Australia
Our four competitors in the FFR Football Quiz have all had their first matches of the tournament, but now we have reached those tricky second ties. This week, England's X-It and his Stunning Slades team look to follow-up their opening day victory against Australia's Ben Waterworth from the…
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Fantasy Five Rings #56: Wrestlympics
This week on the show we welcome back ripperologist John Chambers back to the show to talk wrestling as he and myself create a line-up for a fictional Olympic-style wrestling competition by selected eight wrestlers each, but they all must hail from a different country and all have featured on a…
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Fantasy Five Rings #55: FFR Football Quiz - Australia vs. United States
It's matchday 2 in the FFR Football Quiz and we bring on the other two competitors in our tournament, Ben Waterworth representing Australia & the USA's own Connor Bunnell. And if you are listening to this on release, it also happens to be the day these two nations face off in the World Cup. So, a...
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Fantasy Five Rings #54: David de Guzman
After the variety of the Opening Ceremepisode, it's time to do some proper Fantasy Five Rings'in! Joining up this week new guest, reporter & journalist David de Guzman, who will be creating his own Olympic Games, playing the End of Series game plus having a chat about how he got into his line of...
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Fantasy Five Rings #53: FFR Football Quiz - Scotland vs. England
It's the first episode of FFR Football Quiz, a series of Fantasy Five Rings special where people face one on one in trivia battles. In this edition Scotland's Jamie McBride from the podcast Off The Underside takes on rapper X-It from England. Who will take home the first 3 points of the series?...
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Fantasy Five Rings #52: The Opening Ceremepisode IV
We're back and the gangs all here to bring you into Series 4 with a bang! There's brand new guests in David de Guzman, Steve Farrell & Laura Johnston to give their ideal Opening Ceremonies, all our returning guests answer the Opening Question, Sheldon The Rapper & James Barber (& me) finish off…
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Fantasy Five Rings Series 4 Preview
Series 4 of Fantasy Five Rings begins this week on Wednesday 10th June with 3 brand new guests and a whole bunch of other episodes featuring some of your returning favourites, plus every weekend of the World Cup, we have the FFR Football Quiz. Here's a preview of what you can expect! Hosted on...
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Fantasy Five SINGS #51: Eurovision 2026 Special Part 3
The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest is in the rear view mirror but we're not finished with it just yet, as we're joined by Harry Dowdle & James Barber to review everything that happened on the night. Before that though you finally have a chance to listen to our 4 guests ideal Eurovision songs that...
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Fantasy Five SINGS #50: Eurovision 2026 Special Part 2
We're back for Part 2 of the 2026 Fantasy Five SINGS Eurovision specials and it's also FFR's 50th episode! Joining us this time are last years ideal Eurovision song winner Harry Dowdle, looking to repeat the feat, and then we chat with musician Alan Horner. With Harry, we review the Eurovision...
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Fantasy Five SINGS #49: Eurovision 2026 Special Part 1
Fantasy Five SINGS has returned to chat Eurovision once again! For the first part of this short series, we are joined by two co-hosts of Off The Podium in Jarrod Loobeek & Colin Hilding. With Jarrod we preview this years coming competition, while with Colin we look into what he likes about...
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Fantasy Five Rings #48: Revisione di Paralympic
For one last time, we talk Milan-Cortina 2026 as we discuss everything that happened during the Winter Paralympics. I am joined by a man who was only over in Milan-Cortina 2 weeks ago, Patrick Riley, as we chat about how great the Curling finals were, USA's complete dominance in the Sled Hockey…
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Fantasy Five Rings #47: Revisione di Milan-Cortina Part 2
We're back for another look at what has happened during Milan-Cortina 2026! This time round, we are again joined by the awesome Colin Hilding from the podcast Off The Podium, to discuss as much as we can from the second week of the Winter Olympics, including the Closing Ceremony, the Canada...
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Fantasy Five Rings #46: Revisione di Milan-Cortina Part 1
It's been basically a week of the 2026 Winter Olympics and we are ready to start talking about what's happened (although it was recorded just before Great Britain started winning all their Gold medals). I am joined by brand new guest David de Guzman to chat pretty much everything that has…
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Fantasy Five Rings #45: Cerimonia di Apertura
The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are underway with a spectacular Opening Ceremony. Me and Sheldon the Rapper sat down the next day to discuss all the important points such as Taylor Swift recording her new video in Croydon & how a Cortina Milan sounds like a car. Important stuff like that. We do...
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Fantasy Five Rings #44: Preview la Milan-Cortina
The Winter Olympics are right around the corner and to get in the mood for it I am joined by certified Canadian & co-host of the podcast Off The Podium, Colin Hilding, to preview the upcoming games in Milan & Cortina. We both list the top 5 things we are looking forward to over the next few…
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Fantasy Five Rings #43: Series 3 Finale Part 2
We have hit the final episode of series 3 as we continue with the End of Series Game, once again joined by the awesome Sheldon the Rapper. Who will reign supreme at the top of our medal tables? It's time to find out. Plus a couple of quizzes and other fun stuff! Hosted on Acast. See...
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Fantasy Five Rings #42: Series 3 Finale Part 1
We have reached that time again, the funding is all in place for the end of series game and so now it's time to play it! Join myself and Sheldon the Rapper as we enjoy some spreadsheety goodness and see who's winning all the Gold medals. Plus there's the usual finale hijinks with quizzes and…
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Fantasy Five Rings #41: Jarrod Loobeek
We've reached the final normal episode of Series 3 and as we hurtle towards the start of the finale episodes next week we welcome, another co-host of fellow Olympic podcast Off The Podium, Jarrod Loobeek to the show. We're obviously going to chat Olympics but not just that as we're also going to...
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Fantasy Five Rings #40: Olympic Video Games Part 2
Had enough video game chat yet? No? Good, because we've got a bit more for you as we continue talking to Olympic Superfan Patrick Riley about our favourite Olympic video games. What will we deem to be the best Olympic video game? Listen in to find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
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Fantasy Five Rings #39: Olympic Video Games Part 1
We've got a two parter on our hands for the latest episode of Fantasy Five Rings. We welcome back Olympic superfan Patrick Riley to talk everything Olympic video games, we myself and Patrick pick our top 5 games of the genre each. Enjoy the first half of this conversation now! Hosted on Acast.…
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Fantasy Five Rings #38: Chris O'Reilly
We reach the middle of series 3 with a great chat featuring a brand new guest in Handball commentator and fellow Olympic podcast host, Chris O'Reilly. He is a man of many talents and we talk plenty of them, including his playing career in both standard and beach handball and his other job being a...
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Fantasy Five Rings #37: Matthew Xuereb
We're back for another episode of Fantasy Five Rings and this week we welcome Island Games Silver Medallist, Matthew Xuereb. We discuss his career, distance running in general and of course what he'd like to do during his Olympic Games! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fantasy Five Rings #36: The Batman Olympics
Series 3 of Fantasy Five Rings continues with a curiosity for you. Which live-action Batman would excel in a series of Olympic events? Joining me on this incredibly nerdy debate are FFR regulars Sheldon the Rapper & James Barber as we welcome you to the Batman Olympics! Hosted on Acast. See...
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Fantasy Five Rings #35: X-It
Series 3 of Fantasy Five Rings continues with our first full new guest chat as we welcome British rapper X-It to the show. We create his Olympics, play the end of show game and discuss his recent album "The Evening Cool Down". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fantasy Five Rings #34: The Big Olympic Quiz 2025
Let's get quizzical, quizzical! Episode 2 of Series 3 is not a normal episode, it's a bumper sized episode as we bring you The Big Olympic Quiz 2025. See Ben & Colin from Off The Podium take on Jill & Alison from Keep The Flame Alive in a battle of knowledge. It's one podcast against another...
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Fantasy Five Rings #33: The Opening Ceremepisode III
Fantasy Five Rings is back for Series 3 and this is the Opening Ceremepisode. It's a jam packed preview of a show featuring new guests, old guests and Batman chat. We talk Opening Ceremonies, Mascots and of course, we play the game! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fantasy Five Rings Series 3 Preview
Series 3 is coming soon! We have 4 new guests and 3 other new episodes in the pipeline with Episode 1 coming on Wednesday 8th October. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fantasy Five Rings #32: 2025 Summer of Sport Special
Bonus special episode time! It's the summer of sport, where we cover all the fun stuff that has happened over the last few months with a selection of lovely guests! We chat the World Games with Jill & Alison from Keep The Flame Alive, get the lowdown on the Island Games with Silver Medal winning...
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Fantasy Five Rings #31: 1904 Marathon Special
Ooh, whats this? A bonus episode of Fantasy Five Rings? Yep, you betcha! For this special episode, we are joined by Sheldon the Rapper once again as we look over all the crazy happenings of the 1904 Olympic Marathon in St. Louis. If you don't know the story, you are in for a treat! Hosted on…
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Fantasy Five SINGS #30: Eurovision Special Part 3
Our guests described their ideal Eurovision song, we stuck it through the AI and sent it to our judges and they have had a week or so give their votes. And now, we find out who is going to win our competition! Not only that, but we are also joined once again by Harry Dowdle & James Barber to give...
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Fantasy Five SINGS #29: Eurovision Special Part 2
We continue to get our Eurovision hype on for part two of our specials, it's Fantasy Five SINGS! This week we are joined by friend of the show James Barber & brand new guest and third co-host of Off The Podium to come on the show, Jarrod Loobeek. Expect more talk about how they got into…
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Fantasy Five SINGS #28: Eurovision Special Part 1
For a few weeks only, we're now Fantasy Five SINGS! As we move in a musical direction to discuss what I deem to be the Olympics of song, Eurovision! This week I am joined by co-host of Off The Podium, Ben Waterworth and musician/former American Footballer, Harry Dowdle to ask what got them into…
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Fantasy Five Rings #27: Series 2 Finale Part 2
This is it, the final episode of Series 2 of Fantasy Five Rings. I am still joined by Sheldon the Rapper as we react to more spreadsheet madness! There those, more quizzes, we create an Olympic movie and then we finally find out who wins the end of series game. Who will it be? Hosted on Acast.…
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Fantasy Five Rings #26: Series 2 Finale Part 1
It's time for the Fantasy Five Rings series 2 finale! Or part 1 of it at least. I am joined again by Sheldon the Rapper as we go on a spreadsheet odyssey to decide who will win the end of series game. There's formulas, quizzes, rapping, mistakes, sarcasm and chat as we try to finish series 2 in...
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Fantasy Five Rings #25: Dowdle, Barber & Chambers
It's the last stop on the road to the end of series game and we're on a mission this episode to collect all the entries remaining for the series. And so with that, this edition of the podcast features 3 whole guests returning from series 1 - Harry Dowdle, James Barber & John Chambers! Hosted on...
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Fantasy Five Rings #24: Colin Hilding
We continue chatting to co-host's of the award winning Olympic podcast Off The Podium this week as we welcome back Colin Hilding for his attempt at a proper Fantasy Five Rings episode to create his own Olympics. We talk podcasts, Moguls, Demonstration sports and he gives us an interesting use for…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is Fantasy Five Rings! A podcast where guests come on and name their ideal fantasy Olympic Games.
What events are they dropping? What are they adding? Whereabout are they holding it?
We'll be asking these questions and more!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Alex Loveless
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