Ogden City Mayor Mike Caldwell joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and describes how the Games served as an inflection point for his own career and the city's long-term trajectory (recorded 30 September 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.
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WARM UP
00:26 - Welcome Mayor!
PRELIMS
05:55 - The vision for Ogden
09:45 - Battling COVID-19
QUARTERFINALS
12:01 - "My own personal campaign" to join SLOC
14:55 - Two days off in six months
SEMIFINALS
17:14 - The fixer
FINALS
23:17 - Getting the most out of the volunteers
26:20 - Skating scandal / a chance Paralympic encounter
MIXED ZONE
30:56 - Building an Olympic legacy in Ogden
33:58 - SLOC lessons learned
COOL DOWN
37:29 - More Cake / street tacos
41:33 - A meteorological gift
