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Welcome to the official podcast of USA Fencing! In each episode, we’ll talk to someone interesting within the fencing world, including young fencers just learning the sport, coaches, experts from outside of fencing, fencing parents, referees, Olympians and Paralympians, and many more. Ready? Set? Fence!

Episode Date
Supriya Nair, Live at 2025 Summer Nationals, Returns with a Neurofencing Update
Jul 14, 2025
Luao Yang on the Road From Michigan to a Cadet Men’s Foil World Championship
Jun 30, 2025
Will Morrill and Emilio Gonzalez on Being Teammates and On-Strip Rivals
Jun 09, 2025
Princeton’s Alexandra Lee on College Fencing and Junior Worlds
May 19, 2025
Don Anthony, Head Coach at Ohio State, on the State of Collegiate Fencing
Mar 17, 2025
Alex Massialas on Continuing to Fence, Coach at Stanford and Push for LA28
Feb 17, 2025
Jaelyn Liu on Becoming Team USA’s Youngest Senior Women’s Foil World Cup Winner
Jan 27, 2025
The Golden Touch Ep 7 - Lauren Scruggs on Anchoring Team USA to Gold
Dec 30, 2024
The Golden Touch Ep 6 - The Cadre, USA Fencing's "Team Behind the Team"
Dec 23, 2024
The Golden Touch Ep 5 - The Three Training Partners Who Prepared Team USA for Gold
Dec 16, 2024
The Golden Touch Ep 4 - Coaches Ralf Bissdorf and Brian Kaneshige Go Behind the Scenes
Dec 09, 2024
The Golden Touch Ep 3 - Maia Weintraub on Clinching Gold as Team USA's Super Sub
Dec 02, 2024
The Golden Touch Ep 2 - Jackie Dubrovich on the Joy (and Relief) of Olympic Gold
Nov 25, 2024
The Golden Touch Ep 1 - Lee Kiefer on the Mountaintop Moment for Women’s Foil
Nov 18, 2024
Valerie Asher on Vet Fencing in Dubai and at National Tournaments
Nov 04, 2024
Tori Isaacson, on the Road From Able-Bodied Fencing to the Paris Paralympics
Sep 02, 2024
Dr. Jasmine Brewster Piper on Serving as USA Fencing’s Sports Med Provider for the Paris Paralympics
Aug 29, 2024
Jataya Taylor on Qualifying for the Paralympics Just Two Years After Starting Fencing
Aug 26, 2024
Why These High School Students Founded Fencing for a Purpose
Jul 22, 2024
Dan Berke, Creator of Fencing Time, Goes Behind the Scenes of Tournament Scheduling
Jun 24, 2024
Anne Cebula on the Three-Year Plan to Making the Olympic Games
Jun 10, 2024
Mitchell Saron on How His Unique Diet and Training Program Led to an Olympic Spot
May 27, 2024
Eli Dershwitz on Winning Worlds and How He’s Approaching His Third Olympics Differently
May 20, 2024
Elizabeth Tartakovsky on the Journey to Her First Olympic Games
May 06, 2024
Margherita Guzzi Vincenti on Her Journey from Growing Up in Milan to Representing Team USA the Olympics
Apr 29, 2024
Courtney Hurley on Her Growth Across Three Olympic Games
Apr 15, 2024
Nick Itkin on Become World No. 1 and Training for the Olympic Games Paris 2024
Apr 01, 2024
Brandon Rochelle, Tournament Committee Chair, Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Running a Tournament
Mar 18, 2024
Live from Junior Olympics - The Importance of Women’s Fencing — Why Young Women Should Keep Fencing in College
Mar 04, 2024
Nathan Anderson of Denver Fencing Center on Moving Fencing Beyond 'Niche' Status
Feb 19, 2024
Mary Sola Spohn, Owner of Swordplay LA, on Choreographing Fencing for Hollywood
Feb 05, 2024
Jenna Shoman on Junior and Cadet Fencing — and That Perfect Pool
Jan 22, 2024
David Blake on Replay, Streaming and the Hidden Magic Behind USA Fencing Tournaments
Jan 08, 2024
Jess Davis, 2024 Olympian in Modern Pentathlon, on Training for Five Sports at Once
Dec 18, 2023
Nathan Jeon, Fencer and Referee, on the Journey to Becoming an FIE Ref
Dec 04, 2023
Tierna Oxenreider, Junior Women’s Epee Fencer, on Collegiate Fencing and What She’s Learned
Nov 20, 2023
Nzingha Prescod on Her Path to the Olympics and Founding PISTE
Oct 30, 2023
Julie Seal on Veterans Fencing and the Plan for Vet Worlds
Oct 09, 2023
Akhi Spencer-El on Success in Milan and the Plan for Paris
Sep 25, 2023
Y-14 Fencer Supriya Nair Returns With a Neurofencing Update
Sep 11, 2023
Emersyn Runions, 16-year-old Epee Fencer, on Starting a Fencing Camp for Kids With Cerebral Palsy
Aug 28, 2023
Maggie Dull Takes Us Inside the Bout Committee
Aug 14, 2023
Matt Tucker on Refereeing and Whether We'll Ever See a Robot Ref
Jul 24, 2023
Olympian Jackie Dubrovich on Her Mental and Physical Game and the Road to Paris
Jul 10, 2023
Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin, Psychologist and Fencing Parent, on Impostor Syndrome and Upping a Fencer’s Mental Game
Jun 26, 2023
Megumi Oishi, Saber Fencer at Northwestern, on Body Positivity and Fencing
Jun 12, 2023
Georgina Love on Vet Fencing and the Journey to Vet Worlds in Daytona Beach
May 29, 2023
Ralf Bissdorf, Women’s Foil Team National Coach, on the Road to Paris
May 15, 2023
Daria Schneider on Harvard Fencing and Her Role on the USOPC Board
May 01, 2023
Arya Chavan, 13-Year-Old Saber Fencer from Massachusetts, on Her Journey So Far
Apr 10, 2023
Zach Moss, Northwestern Fencing Head Coach, on the Magic of Collegiate Fencing
Mar 27, 2023
Ana Irene Delgado of the FIE Executive Committee on “Fencing for the Planet”
Mar 13, 2023
Philippe Bennett on Veteran Fencing and Where the Sport Should Innovate Next
Feb 27, 2023
Aleks Ochocki, Team USA's Women’s Saber National Coach, on the Future of Women’s Saber
Feb 13, 2023
Jen Oldham on Coaching and Overcoming Obstacles Facing Women Fencing Professionals
Jan 30, 2023
Natalie Dostert, Women’s Epee National Coach, on Why She Loves Epee
Jan 16, 2023
Felicia and Iris Zimmermann on the Journey to the 2000 Olympics — and Beyond — as Sisters
Jan 02, 2023
Aaron Luo on Staying in Fencing Shape and Balancing Vet Fencing With Being a Fencing Dad
Dec 12, 2022
2004 Bronze Medalist Scott Rodgers on Making the Paralympics and Growing Parafencing in the U.S.
Nov 28, 2022
Khalil Thompson on Overcoming Anxiety and Depression and Making the Olympics
Nov 14, 2022
Laura Decker on What it Takes to Be a High-Level Fencing Referee
Oct 31, 2022
Eric Momberg on What Juniors and Cadets Should Know About College Recruiting
Oct 17, 2022
Sylvie Binder on Continuing Her Fencing Journey into College
Oct 03, 2022
Damien Lehfeldt on How Team USA Is Using Analytics to Get an Edge
Sep 19, 2022
USA Fencing CEO Phil Andrews on the Future of Our Sport
Sep 05, 2022
Chris O’Loughlin on the Road to the 1992 Olympics and His Continued Success in Veteran Fencing
Aug 22, 2022
Supriya Nair on Neurofencing and Whether Warming Up Really Helps You Fence Better
Aug 08, 2022
Em Beihold on College Fencing, Mental Health and the Road to Songwriting Stardom
Jul 25, 2022
Jeidus DeSeranno on the Journey from Y8 to a Senior World Cup — and Beyond
Jul 11, 2022
Daryl Homer on the Secret to Consistently Strong Fencing
Jun 27, 2022
Hadley Husisian on Qualifying for Her First Senior World Team
Jun 13, 2022
Tim French on What He's Learned as a Coach
May 30, 2022
Magda Skarbonkiewicz on Life as a Junior World Champion
May 16, 2022
Lee Kiefer on the Road to Olympic Gold — and Beyond
May 02, 2022