To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Natasha and I reflect on the opening ceremony and how the event was hyped during our respective childhoods.

Thank you for your patience with some echo in this episode, due to a fun technical issue. Enjoy it!

Notes

• 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney)
• FREEMAN on ABC iView
• Nikki Webster
• Strawberry Kisses (song by Nikki Webster)
• 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne)
• 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens)
• My Number One (song by Helena Paparizou from Eurovision Song Contest 2005)
• Sydney Olympic Torch
• Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay through the Illawarra
• 2000 Opening Ceremony – Full Length
• Stadium Australia
• Sydney Olympic Park
• The Dreaming
• 2000 Walk for Reconciliation across Sydney Harbour Bridge
• John Howard (Former Prime Minister of Australia)
• John Stanton (actor and voiceover artist)
• Forty Winks TV advertisements
• Grim Reaper AIDS advertisement
• Article on Southern Stars in Wollongong
• Sydney Schools Spectacular
• 1936 Opening Ceremony
• Dare to Dream (song by John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John)
• Betty Cuthbert (Australian athlete and Olympic champion)
• Dawn Fraser (Australian athlete and Olympic champion)
• Shane Gould (Australian athlete and Olympic champion)
• Cathy Freeman (Australian athlete and Olympic champion)
• 2000 Summer Olympics Cauldron
• Darling Harbour, Sydney
• Sega World Sydney
• Sydney Monorail
• Streets and the Paddlepop Lion
• Sydney 2000 mascots
• Martin’s Olympic souvenir socks
• The Dream with Roy and HG
• Smiggin Holes 2010 Winter Olympic bid