PlanetSKI on The Ski Podcast
2nd November 2025
Last modified on November 5th, 2025
PlanetSKI editor James Cove has appeared on a Ski Podcast ‘Special’. He discusses his work as a BBC news journalist for 22 years, how he transferred those skills to setting up PlanetSKI in 2008, his thoughts on the current state of snowsports + much else besides.
The interview with The Ski Podcast presenter, Iain Martin, was conducted in an unlikely setting and at a very un-wintery time of year.
Late last summer James was on the small and less well-known Greek island of Tinos when Iain gave him a call.
Iain and James have known each other for more years than they care to remember.
“Hi Iain, ask me whatever you want – I can do it now if that’s good for you,” said James.
James Cove on The Ski Podcast. Image © PlanetSKI
Iain was interested in his early years as a BBC journalist, first for local radio and then national TV News.
How the transition to writing and posting about ski news happened, why PlanetSKI has proved so successful for all these years, his time as a ski instructor in Verbier, working with the Ski Club of Great Britain and his views on many, many subjects – skiing and others.
See here for the full Ski Podcast interview:
James Cove on The Ski Podcast.
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