Jessica welcomes Dr. Naima Reddick who played rugby for the women’s national team. She was part of the community that started https://www.rugbyforall.com. The two talk Olympics, women’s sports, gender equity and the gender panic that seemed more prominent at these Olympics than in previous years. Naima shares what should really matter in women’s sports. Jessica realizes that she got swept up and distracted by the gender hysteria and what that means. She ends by discussing where Paris went wrong in its nutrition decisions. 

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