JB Pritzker, who has spent years building a national profile, will seek a third term as Illinois’ governor.

Chase Kalisz has become the seventh American swimmer to make six world championship teams.

Katie Ledecky has joined an elite club, earning her sixth trip to the world championships with a dominating victory in the 800-meter freestyle at the U.S. nationals.

Team USA bobsledder (and Closing Ceremony flagbearer) Elana Meyers Taylor takes some time out of her day to talk to In the Village.

Matt Hamilton stops by In the Village to admit he's the black sheep of his family, rave about custom sneakers, and tell us about his philanthropic long hair.

The designated old man of the team and his protegé join In The VIllage to discuss how they use KT tape to brave the cold finding a Valentine in the village.

Aerial skier Megan Nick stops by In The Village wearing only one of her 15 pairs of sunglasses to discuss speed markers, her start as a gymnast, and duck tacos.

Gold medalist speed skater Jackson talks about making pancakes in her room, overpacking, and how much she values her roller derby teammates back in Florida.

Nick Goepper, Mac Forehand, and Colby Stevenson have survived their burning hot floor, stolen bicycles, and ferocious pin traders to join In The Village.

The latest episode of The Podium discusses the tradition of Olympic athletes getting a tattoo of the Olympic rings.

Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner join us moments before their podium ceremony to talk about signature hairstyles, rad dads, and nervous energy.

Gold-medalist skiers Ashley Caldwell, Justin Schoenefeld, and Christopher Lillis join In the Village and say they did not consider themselves as underdogs.

Newly-crowned king of figure skating Nathan Chen tells us about his performance and how he pigged out on KFC, Pizza Hut, and ice cream to celebrate.

Deedra Irwin and Elizabeth Beisel also discuss social media and Wisconsin beer, as well as her best-ever finish for Team USA in the women's biathlon 15km individual.

Decker injured her ankle in the first period of her Olympic campaign. Despite that setback, she remains an asset to the team by supporting from off the ice.

The latest Olympic champion of the Cochran skiing dynasty stops by to talk about life in the village and traveling with 22 pairs of skis.

It's time to welcome American bobsledder Kaillie Humphreys to our podcast village inside the Olympic village with Elizabeth Beisel.

Kleba dispels a rumor about an unfortunate testing debacle, gives insight into a day on the ice, and gets asked a starchy question about his futuristic eyewear.

Freestyle aerial skier Winter Vinecki, who also happens to be a marathon runner and gymnastics fan, finds common ground with Elizabeth Beisel about turning loss into positive action.

Louie Vito talks traveling Italian-style, being the old guys with Shaun White, and why his Opening Ceremony experiences are just as meaningful 12 years apart.

Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel has become the first woman to swim from the Rhode Island mainland to Block Island.

Stephanie Simpson, U.S. equestrian Boyd Martin’s barn manager and head groom, takes you inside the Olympic equestrian stables to talk about the daunting task of shipping horses to the Games and the amount of care they require.

On the today’s In The Village podcast, Kate Nye tells host Elizabeth Beisel how a knee injury at 16 took her from a gymnast to a CrossFit athlete to a medal-winning Olympic weightlifter.

In The Village podcast host Elizabeth Beisel asks her former teammate Katie Ledecky to take us off the pool deck and into the dining room at the Athlete’s Village to learn what fuels her athletic achievements.

In today’s In The Village Podcast, Katie Zaferes talks about her 2:45 a.m. wake-up call, practicing race transitions in her room and also reveals a little TMI.

Lawson Craddock covers a wide array of topics in this episode of In The Village with podcast host Elizabeth Beisel. The cyclist discusses raising big bucks to repair his hurricane battered velodrome back home in Houston, his collection of too many bicycles and he imparts this piece of wisdom: “I can tell you that racing these days is a whole lot easier when you don’t have a fracture in your shoulder blade.”

Shortsop Ali Aguilar of the U.S. softball team discusses her journey to becoming an Olympian, team bus concerts, and empty cafeterias.

Olympian Elizabeth Beisel will host the In The Village podcast, pulling the curtain back for a look at the diverse atmosphere in the Olympic Village.

Stay updated on everything in Tokyo with the latest episodes of NBC Olympics' podcasts: The Podium and In the Village.