Athlete A

Chelsea and Michele review Athlete A, a documentary on Netflix. We discuss the following points:

-the age of gymnasts at the Olympics and how this has changed over the years

-looked at USA gymnastics description from their website and where they failed to protect these victims

-looked at the impact of Steve Penny on gymnastics

-the history and practices of Bela and Martha Karolyi

-discuss the woman and their disclosures and lack of action

-also the impact of this abuse on them

-how Dr. Nassar made these victims feel comfortable which contributed to him getting away with abusing them

-discussed Dr. Nassar’s behaviour and coaching videos

-discussed Jennifer Sey’s book Chalked Up

-praised the Indy Star for the fantastic investigative journalism and the influence they had on getting this case heard and other issues involved, not just Dr. Nassar

-also commented on the importance of good investigative journalism, mentioned Teacher’s Pet podcast

Chelsea discussed the book the Huntress by Kate Quinn. She also commented on the podcast the Bad Batch.

Michele discussed listening to the podcast The Drop Out.

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Intro music: Moonrise by Chad Crouch