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On The Ground: The Winter Games

Podcast: NBC 's Mike Tirico On His First Games As Studio Host

Mike Tirico with gold-medal snowboarder Chloe Kim on NBC's prime-time set from PyeongchangNBC

NBC Olympics host Mike Tirico chatted with staff writer Ben Fischer on Wednesday, Day 13 of his first Olympics in the hosting chair. They talk about how NBC builds storylines without a lot of American medalists, putting his personal touch on the broadcast, how the job is bringing him back to his old ESPN studio show host days, and reviewing his performance so far, including his interview with snowboarder Shaun White.

Take a look back at who else Ben Fischer has chatted with in Pyeongchang throughout the Games:

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