Episodes
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S02 E19: Olympics 2022 - Team Event SP (Pt.1)
It is officially the Beijing 2022 Olympics! It has already been incredibly eventful, but we are going to start with the Team Event short programs and rhythm dance events. This episode was full of math as we tried to add everyone’s points together, and we talked about the fight for the podium…
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S02 E18: Four Continents Championships 2022
Four Continents already?! This year, it was more like Definitely Less Than Four Continents, as we had many withdrawals, but still an event with many podium finishes we loved. In the Pairs event, everyone stayed home, but we had a triumphant comeback from Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud with their...
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S02 E17: European Championships 2022 - Men & Ice Dance
In our second 2022 Euros recap episode, there was no shortage of laughter or tears, as we nervously chuckled about Larry Loupolover’s choreography, but are so incredibly sad that Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius will not be going to the Olympics despite an incredibly hard struggle to obtain...
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S02 E16: European Championships 2022 - Women & Pairs
Welcome to our two recap episodes of 2022 Euros! Our Women and Pairs episode was full of Mambo Italiano, and celebration that Josefin Taljegård will be going to the Olympics! Really, all you need. In the Pairs event, it was the battle of the top three Russian teams, where we were confused by our...
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S02 E15: U.S. Nationals 2022 - Women & Pairs
It’s our second U.S. Nationals recap episode, this time with the Women and Pairs’ events, and there was no shortage of positive COVID tests. After the sad withdrawals of Alysa Liu, and the heartbreak of Amber Glenn, we were able to watch on the edge of our seats as Mariah Bell won her first...
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S02 E14: U.S. Nationals 2022 - Men & Ice Dance
US Nationals was a heck of a superspreader, er, figure skating competition! The top 7 men laid it down in the short program, and went on to lay down some chaos in the free skate. Ice Dance saw some nail biters and some boy bands as the top teams battled for the gold medal, and that coveted third...
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S02 E13: Russian Nationals 2022 - Women & Pairs
It was a big weekend for the Russian women, with so many phenomenal contenders (and of course, the questionable officials and adults in power) but so few qualifying spots for the Olympics and the remainder of the season. It was also a big weekend for the Russian pairs, with some surprising…
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S02 E12: Russian Nationals 2022 - Men & Ice Dance
Welcome to our Russian Nationals recap episodes! This week, Men and Ice Dance brought the big drama, as we have a (wonderful!) somewhat-surprise Men’s gold medalist in Mark Kondratiuk, and a celebration that the Backstreet Boys, Justin Bieber, and Shawn Mendez (and Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan...
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S02 E11: Japanese Nationals 2021/22
Japanese Nationals brought a week of exactly what we love to see - everyone skating their hardest, tight competition, and tears of joy. In Ice Dance, we had Team Koko just edging out Team KanaDai for that coveted Olympic spot, but both had some shaky performances during Nationals. In the Men’s...
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S02 E10: Rostelecom Cup 2021/22 - Men & Ice Dance
It was a week of close calls in Ice Dance and blue body paint in the Men’s event in Sochi! In the Men’s event, we ate our words as last week, we let down our defences with less chaos in France, but this week the chaos multiplied tenfold and also became much more blue. Morisi Kvitelashvili granted...
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S02 E09: Rostelecom Cup 2021/22 - Women & Pairs
We are here (emotionally, not physically) in Sochi for the Rostelecom Cup! In the Women’s event, we have Mariah Bell in the conversation for an American Olympic spot, the battle of the Ekaterinas (Ryabova and Kurakova), and Kamila with her deserved five million world records. In the Pairs event…
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S02 E08: Internationaux de France 2021/22 - Men & Ice Dance
Well well well, it’s another Men’s event and thankfully no one had to say the words “1st to 7th and 7th to 1st” as the chaos was taken down a notch. In the Men’s event, we eagerly got our lightsabers out again to bop along to Adam Siao Him Fa’s step sequence, breathed a sigh of relief for and…
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S02 E07: Internationaux De France 2021/22 - Women & Pairs
We were out for NHK last week due to a family emergency but have a quick recap for you before we jump into the Women and Pairs events at Internationaux de France. In the Women’s event, we SCREAMED and ascended to another dimension after Higuchi Wakaba’s Lion King Free Skate, pleaded with Mariah...
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S02 E06: Gran Premio d'Italia 2021/22 - Men & Ice Dance
No matter the location, whether the Grand Prix is in Italy or China, this week’s cohort of skaters, yet again, delivered some questionable rhythm dances and chaotic performances, leaving Claudia and Joce once again, emotionally scarred. The Ice Dance event saw the much anticipated return of...
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S02 E05: Gran Premio d'Italia 2021/22 - Women & Pairs
This leg of the Grand Prix circuit was saved from disaster by the wonderful Italian federation, who seemed to have had the funds to invite the likes of Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa to the Women & Pairs events this past weekend. In our Pairs event, we saw the start of Nicole Della Monica & Matteo...
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S02 E04: Skate Canada 2021/22 - Men & Ice Dance
It is the second senior Grand Prix event of the season and we are already exhausted, and the men’s continued chaos does not help one bit. Fortunately in this Skate Canada Men and Ice Dance episode, there were some relieving and joyful moments as well. In the Ice Dance event, we pleaded with Zach...
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S02 E03: Skate Canada 2021/22 - Women & Pairs
Welcome to our Skate Canada recap episodes! The Women and Pairs events were, well, eventful, although not quite as hair raising as Men (but we’ll get to them soon). The Pairs event was basically the Vancouver stop on Harry Styles’ Love on Tour (well, kinda), but with the most unfortunate song…
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S02 E01: Skate America 2021/22 - Women & Pairs
The women’s event at Skate America didn’t quite have the chaos of the men’s event, but there was still much to talk about. We discussed Cruella lore and the implications of Alexandra Trusova’s dogs’ names on her dress, cried happy tears over the appreciation of Satoko Miyahara’s artistry (and...
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S02 E02: Skate America 2021/22 - Men & Ice Dance
Would it really be a men’s event if chaos did not abound? We will never know the answer to that as at Skate America, we again did not see peace. We talked about how everyone should lay off Nathan Chen and how we love happy and confident Vincent Zhou and the benefits of skating to a program with...
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S01 E25: End of Season Recap & Awards
We wrap our first season of the Lutz Get Down to Business Podcast with this episode - the pod’s very own End of Season Awards ‘show’! Claudia and Joce take turns guessing the other’s top selections from each discipline, covering programs, costumes, gala programs, funniest moments, and more. We…
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S01 E24: Interview with Camden Pulkinen
We are beyond excited to bring you Lutz Get Down to Business podcast’s inaugural interview guest!! We had the wonderful opportunity of spending some time talking to Camden Pulkinen - US National Team Member, 2018 US Junior National Champion, and a fan fave. We ask Camden about this season and…
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S01 E23: 2021 World Team Trophy
Our final event recap of the season is here! Much like WTT, this episode was just a lot of Claudia and Joce having fun and talking about whatever came to mind. (We talked for MUCH longer than we expected too; but don’t worry, timestamps are below!!). We analysed each team’s Opening Ceremony...
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S01 E22: 2021 Worlds - Gala Recap
This Worlds 2021 Gala/World Team Trophy Selections/Olympics Spot discussion episode may be the most fun we’ve ever had on the pod! Seriously, it was 4:30am and we were laughing so hard. We talked about the emotional significance of Guignard and Fabbri’s 7+3 program, counted the number of skaters…
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S01 E21: 2021 Worlds - Ice Dance Recap
It’s our last 2021 World Figure Skating Championships recap episode! (Well, we will be uploading a Gala/World Team Trophy/Olympics spots discussion soon, but besides that). In this recap of the Ice Dance event, we absolutely screamed for Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier’s bronze medal and waved a…
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S01 E20: 2021 Worlds - Mens Recap
Get ready to have your ears talked off, because this Worlds Men recap episode is our longest one yet - but for good reason! There was SO much to discuss especially when we are so invested in so many of the men! We chat about sageing the cursed ice, cry a ton more for our favourites who had rough...
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S01 E19: 2021 Worlds - Ladies Recap
Ladies, oh ladies. Always bringing the drama. Probably the most highly anticipated event at 2021 Worlds, we recap the main battle between the Russian wonderkids - Anna Shcherbakova, Alexandra Trusova, and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva - and the Japanese superstars - Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, and…
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S01 E18: 2021 Worlds - Pairs Recap
Welcome to the first of our 2021 World Figure Skating Championships recaps! In this episode, we will be discussing what went down in the Pairs event, all the surprises, inspirations, and how Murphy’s law started the theme of us crying for our favourites at Worlds. We express our utter joy at the...
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S01 E17: 2021 World Championships - Preview
After a brief hiatus, we are back with our 2021 ISU World Figure Skating Championships preview episode! We cover some random news, the anticipated arrival of athletes, and what the COVID bubble really means. It wouldn’t be a preview episode without podium predictions (and a fun bet over sour...
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S01 E15: U.S. Nationals - Pairs & Ice Dance
It was a very up and down weekend in American pairs, with Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier winning their first gold medal as a team, while our silver medalists Jessica Calalang and Brian Johnson, as well as our bronze medalists Ashley Cain-Gribble and Tim LeDuc were battling for second place. In...
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S01 E16: U.S. Nationals 2021 - Men
This episode is straight fire. We started with 5 time gold medalist Nathan Chen with a bit of a disappointing weekend, but our socks were knocked right off by Jason Brown and his breathtaking Sinnerman program. We cried to Mitchell Friess’s 'Dear Evan Hansen' program, talked about how suitable…
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S01 E14: U.S. Nationals 2021 - Ladies
The American ladies competition has been tumultuous lately, and Nationals was no different. Bradie Tennell earned her well-deserved gold medal, and there was a fight for 2nd through 5th. We are ECSTATIC that Amber Glenn became the first openly pansexual woman on the American Nationals podium, and...
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S01 E12: Russian Nationals 2021 - Ice Dance & Men
The chaos of Russian men and the 3rd-5th ice dance finishers at the 2021 Russian National Championships was a roller coaster to watch. In this episode, we recap both events. We were so happy to see the return of Stepanova and Bukin, debate The Greatest Showman program cuts, wonder how many glow...
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S01 E13: Russian Nationals 2021 - Pairs & Ladies
Russian Pairs & Ladies always deliver drama, and it was no different at the 2021 Russian National Championships. This episode, we finish our coverage of this competition with chats about how deep the Pairs field is, which teams are contenders for Worlds this year (if it happens), and of course we...
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S01 E11: Japanese Nationals 2021
Japanese Nationals 2021 saw a triumphant return of some beloved champions. We marveled at Rika Kihira’s “The Fire Within” and let Yuzuru Hanyu entertain us. Of course, we had to wonder if Keanu Reeves would show up in the kiss and cry if Kaori Sakamoto’s blade entered the judges’ Matrix, and sob...
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S01 E10: NHK Trophy 2020/21
NHK Trophy 2020 was an eventful weekend in Ice Dance, Ladies, and Men! We scream about the return of Daisuke Takahashi, cry about the curse of the 1A in the men’s event, and think everyone should have a face-mask x program match after seeing Yuhana Yokoi‘s Tom and Jerry mask in the kiss & cry. Of...
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S01 E09: Rostelecom Cup - Pairs & Ladies
Here is the HUGE Part 2 to our Rostelecom Cup recap where we talk at length about the Pairs & Ladies. We pay our respects to Tamara Moskvina, discuss the heating up of competition between the top Russian pair teams, talk until our tongues go dry about the shocking result in the Ladies event, and...
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S01 E08: Rostelecom Cup - Mens & Ice Dance
It was a big week in skating, and we get stuck right into the Mens & Ice Dance events at the Rostelecom Cup Grand Prix Event! We have a chat about RusFed’s not-so-subtle ice dance scoring, discuss which of the Russian men were more chaotic than the other, and of course give our notes on the...
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S01 E07: Budapest Trophy & Cup of China
We are a little late, but we make up for it by stuffing this episode with analogies galore about the Budapest Trophy and Cup of China Grand Prix events. We get talking about which skaters we feel embody characters from Mr Men and Little Miss, Pinocchio from Shrek; and Yan Han’s triple axel…
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S01 E06: Skate America 2020/21 - Ladies & Pairs
Our Skate America recap continues in part two where we chat about the Pairs and Ladies. We talk more about U.S. pairs than both of us have ever done in our lifetimes, count how many friends fell victim to the curse of the popped loop, discover that we feel programs to Fergie need to become a...
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S01 E05: Skate America 2020/21 - Men & Ice Dance
Over the weekend, we finally got our first Grand Prix event of this season! We break our Skate America recap into two parts - and in this episode, we discuss the Mens and Ice Dance events. We gush over ice dancers' edges, shout out the Ponomarenko family, chat about which skaters exude tall…
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S01 E04: Nebelhorn Trophy & ISP Points Challenge
In this episode, we chat about notable skaters who competed at the Nebelhorn Trophy, and dive deep into the USFS’s ISP Points Challenge virtual competition. We fangirl over Nathan Chen’s and Jason Brown’s outings, Claudia rants about the treatment of Alysa Liu for 5 and a half minutes, and Joce...
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S01 E03: Russian Test Skates - Pairs & Ladies
We continue our Russian Test Skates discussion with the Pairs and drama-filled Ladies event. We get excited and mourn over certain coaching changes, talk about which skaters are delivering the same-same styles, which have grown on us from last season, and which of them have merch lines that…
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S01 E02: Russian Test Skates - Ice Dance & Mens
We are back to discuss the start of a new skating season, marked by the Russian Test Skates event! In Part 1 of our discussion, we focus on the Ice Dance and Mens outings. We get loud about Mikhail Kolyada, speak too close to our microphones at times because we wanted to give a bit of oomph to…
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S01 E01: 2020/2021 Off-Season News
Welcome to the first episode of the Lutz Get Down to Business podcast! We chat about the various tidbits of news and drama that went down in the off-season, and try to give our best overview of what the 2020/2021 skating season will look like due to the impact of COVID-19 globally. TIMESTAMPS:...
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S01 E00: Intro & Get to Know Us!
Hello! Introducing...our new podcast, ‘Lutz Get Down to Business’! We (Joce and Claudia) have a fun chat, explaining why we started the podcast, how we got into figure skating, and what to expect in the upcoming episodes. We also answer quick fire questions about things like our favourite foods,...
About this show
We are two cousins from opposite ends of the globe who have way too many opinions about figure skating! So we decided to record ourselves talking about anything and everything that has recently gone down in the skating world.
Hosted by
Joce & Claudia