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Brave in the AttemptBrave in the Attempt Lou Lauria Chief of Sports and Competition for Special Olympics internationalLou Lauria Chief of Sports and Competition for Special Olympics international joins Brave in the Attempt podcast. Lou grew up in the Bronx’s of New York City. Lou has been in charge of organizing huge sporting events from Olympic Games and Paralympic games. Lou takes us behind the scenes of what all goes into planning a Special Olympics international competition. Lou explains what a host town is for world games. To what Special Olympics international is doing with Unified Cups competition. Lou believes that sports can deliver so many opportunities for athletes! From competing on the playing fields to...
2025-07-2427 min
Moms Off The Record#61: Rediscovering Nuance in Pregnancy and Birth: Recalibrating the Swinging PendulumIn this episode, we call out the problems that have arisen as a result of adoption of and adherence to the Freebirth Society ideology while also holding space for a woman’s legal and moral right to choose to have a Freebirth.Ultimately, this is about the need for leaders to act in integrity and for everyone to remember that rarely two truths exist in extremes. All choices are valid, however in order for them to be authentically empowered, they must be made with true informed consent and an informed risk assessment which is unlikely to...
2025-05-161h 12
Special Chronicles PodcastTurin2025: Lou Lauria, SOI Chief of Sport and Competition
On this episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast Series: “A Recap of Turin 2025,” Daniel Smrokowski sits down with Lou Lauria, the Chief of Sport and Competition for Special Olympics, to discuss his journey, the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin 2025, and what it takes to organize such a global event. Lou shares insights on the Games, the athletes, and the incredible impact of the Special Olympics movement.
Lou reflects on how we connected through the Special Olympics World Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi and takes us through his personal journey into the world of Special Olympics. He also...
2025-03-311h 09Special Chronicles PodcastTurin2025: Lou Lauria, SOI Chief of Sport and Competition
On this episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast Series: “A Recap of Turin 2025,” Daniel Smrokowski sits down with Lou Lauria, the Chief of Sport and Competition for Special Olympics, to discuss his journey, the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin 2025, and what it takes to organize such a global event. Lou shares insights on the Games, the athletes, and the incredible impact of the Special Olympics movement.
Lou reflects on how we connected through the Special Olympics World Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi and takes us through his personal journey into the world of Special Olympics. He also...
2025-03-311h 09
The Yips PodcastEp. 48: Lou Lauria - Chief of Sport and Competition at Special Olympics InternationalOn todays episode we have on Lou Lauria! Special Olymipcs extraordinaire and world traveler! We dive into some experiences, unknown facts about the Olympics, and the world of International Sports.
2025-01-0945 min
Special Olympics World Games Podcast SeriesRoad To Berlin: World Games Berlin2023 with Lou Lauria & Ian HarperSpecial Olympics Chief of Sport and Competition Lou Lauria and fellow Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger Ian Harper from SO Europe Eurasia region return on the Special Chronicles Podcast for an engaging conversation on the Road to Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023.
Lou, Ian, and Daniel recount the story of how they met, how Berlin came to be host city of 2023 World Games, Preparations from International to Regionally and locally SO Germany. Lou shares there will be a large amount of athlete leadership involvement, Ian discusses his how he’s preparing, fellow SSIGM Nyasha competes in Berlin Ma...
2022-10-2549 min
Hall of Justice249. Remembering Ed AsnerLegendary actor Ed Asner passed away on August 29, 2021, from natural causes. He rose to stardom playing Lou Grant on the iconic Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Lou Grant.
He was also an amazing accomplished voice actor. In addition to his award-winning role in the Disney/Pixar film Up, he also starred in countless superhero genre shows. He was J Jonah Jameson on the 1990's Spider-Man series. He played Hudson on the incredible show Gargoyles. Amazingly, he played a unique female, Granny Goodness in Superman – The Animated Series, and Roland Daggett on Batman- The Animated Series.
Two incredible guests jo...
2021-09-0252 min
Hall of Justice249. Remembering Ed AsnerLegendary actor Ed Asner passed away on August 29, 2021, from natural causes. He rose to stardom playing Lou Grant on the iconic Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Lou Grant.He was also an amazing accomplished voice actor. In addition to his award-winning role in the Disney/Pixar film Up, he also starred in countless superhero genre shows. He was J Jonah Jameson on the 1990's Spider-Man series. He played Hudson on the incredible show Gargoyles. Amazingly, he played a unique female, Granny Goodness in Superman – The Animated Series, and Roland Daggett on Batman- The Animated Series.Two incredible guests jo...
2021-09-0252 min
Salt Lake 2002 RetrospectiveEpisode 66 - Lou LauriaLou Lauria, Chief of Sport and Games at Special Olympics International, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast in a special Paralympics-focused episode (recorded 4 September 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com.WARM UP00:27 - Welcome Lou!02:16 - Special Olympics primer
2020-09-0951 min
ATRadioATRadio - 2019-11-05 with Lou Lauria - Special Olympics UpdateWith more than 6 million athletes, Special Olympics has become a global movement for intellectually disabled athletes since its founding more than 50 years ago. Lou Lauria, director of games and competition for Special Olympics talks with ATR Editor Ed Hula about the growth of the movement and upcoming summer and winter games.
2019-11-0519 min