About Fire Away! : A St. George's School Sports Podcast
Fire Away! is a podcast designed to celebrate the rich sports community at St. George's School. Through a combination of interviews with current students, alumni, and faculty members, your host Devin McGrath-Conwell digs into what makes St. George's and the community around sports so special. The show also features break-out episodes on the intersection between pop culture and sports on topics such as "Top Five Baseball Movies" or "NBA Dream Team."
This week, Beth Larcom ’16 visited the show and had a wide-ranging conversation with Devin. They cover what it was like growing up on the island, and how that influenced Beth's transition to St. George’s once high school rolled around. Mixed in with all of this is how hockey, Beth's sports passion, has remained a constant in her life from childhood up through her recent years playing D1 hockey at Harvard. Plus, when Devin discovers that Beth has an interest in pursuing teaching after graduation, he can't resist but ask her more about what that passion entails.
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21 May 2020
Interview with Henry Savage '17 (S1 E3)
Getting back to an interview after last week's movie podcast, Devin welcomes Henry Savage to the show. Henry spent all four years of high school at the Hilltop, and during that time was involved with football, swimming, and lacrosse. He now attends Bowdoin College in Maine and attributes much of his athletic and academic drive to his time at St. George's. He and Devin and also chat about what it's like to be from a coastal area, and how important the ocean is to them.
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14 May 2020
Top Five Baseball Movies with Dean of Students Xander Jones (S1 E2)
Are you missing the MLB season? Devin sure is, and turns out that Dean of Students Xander Jones is in the same boat. The two of them decided that the best way to cope with the void of live baseball is to turn to the wide array of baseball movies out there that celebrate the sport and all its idiosyncrasies. After talking a little about how each of them fell in love with baseball (spoiler alert, Xander has a much more interesting story than Devin) the two offer up their top fives which span all manner of sub-genres and time periods. So grab some Big League Chew, a slightly spongy hot dog, and settle in for episode two of "Fire Away!"
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7 May 2020
Interview with Sebastian Boivin '18 (S1 E1)
In the premiere episode of "Fire Away!" Devin sits down with Sebastian Boivin, a Class of 2018 graduate who spent two years at the Hilltop. During their conversation, Sebastian delves into how hockey brought him to St. George's, and even so how lacrosse had his heart by the time he graduated. Sebastian also fills Devin in on what the process was like to transfer from his initial college into the Division 1 program he is now a part of, and how his St George's experience set him on a path to find his passion in life. As a bonus, Sebastian indulges Devin's pop culture obsession and the two talk a little bit about the stories keeping them sane during quarantine.
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27 Apr 2020
"Fire Away!" Official Trailer
Introducing "Fire Away!" a new podcast from St. George's School. Hosted by faculty member and soccer coach Devin McGrath-Conwell, "Fire Away!" will feature interviews with recent St. George's alumni, faculty members, and current students all focused on sports within and beyond the St. George's community. A truncated season one will focus on recent alumni who play spring sports, and conversations about alternative ways to engage with our favorite sports even though COVID-19 has shuttered seasons for the time being. If you or anyone you know is a recent St. George's alumni who you think would make a good interviewee get in touch, and maybe we'll put you on the show!
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