Marci is joined by Mel Davidson, former Head Coach of Team Canada Women’s Ice Hockey team. A trailblazing coach, mentor, and newly appointed sport advisor with Own the Podium, Mel shares insights on life as a coach at the highest level and her greatest takeaways that have motivated her to remain a strong advocate for girls and women in sport and coaching. Just as most would look to retirement after an illustrious career, Mel is planning the next 10-15 years of energized living embracing new challenges with OTP, remaining involved in supporting roles with the continued growth of ice hockey, and being a role model for those who aspire to coach and advise at the highest level in any sport.
Podcast length: 41 mins
Host: Marci Kornegay
A co-production between WeCoach & WiSP Sports
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Chris and Nancy look back on 2020 in this review of women’s sport in a year like no other in our lifetime. The disruption to sport caused by a global pandemic will make the year memorable for all the wrong reasons. Before the winter was out the calendar was upended and cancellations scribbled across dates around the globe from grassroots to Olympic Games. Uncertainty was wrapped in confusion and chaos walked the hallways of sport’s governance. So many questions and so few answers left athletes stranded and perplexed as gyms closed and training routines were forced to detour. The ripple effect has been far reaching across venues, organizers, sponsors and industries that supply the sports world far and wide. Yet as it became clear that there was some hope and sport would find a way to prevail, albeit singing a different tune as empty stadiums echoed a hollow sound bereft of crowds. We were concerned that there would be no competition to report on some ten months ago and yet as the year unfolded we found plenty of stories to share in women’s sport. And some would say that while the same issues facing women continue to be a constant undertone there was a glimmer of light beyond the dark clouds, and even some good news emerging from this annus horribilis.
36 mins
Hosts: Chris Stafford & Nancy Gillen
For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

On this week’s episode our guest is Kaylin Richardson, a two-time Olympian in Alpine Skiing, four-time National Alpine Champion, and a member of the U.S. Ski Team fo ten years. Kaylin was raised in Minnesota and followed her brothers into ski racing. After she retired from professional racing in 2010 she moved to Utah to focus on free-skiing and backcountry touring when she discovered the magic of the backcountry and went on to win the Free-skiing World Tour’s North American Championship in Snowbird in 2012. After this win she accrued a few sponsors and was invited to take part in a Warren Miller film. She recently wrapped her eighth Warren Miller shoot and is looking forward to the upcoming winter. 
Retiring from ski racing at the early age of 25 surprised people in the sport but Kaylin was satisfied with what she had achieved in alpine skiing and wanted to explore other options on skis. The regimented structure of training with the Olympic team was something she felt ready to move on from and the  agility and speed skills she learnt during her alpine skiing career are useful for big mountain skiing. 
At that time, children were not in the plans and it was interesting to hear her perspective of motherhood in her sport as a new mother. Kaylin was able to stay very active during her pregnancy and had an easy time of it — something all expectant mothers hope for. We also hear Kaylin’s birth story so stay tuned to the end for that.
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Run Time: 54 mins
Hosts: Sarah Newberry Moore & Pamela Relph Jones
Music: Destino by Paula van Hissenhoven
For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million plays and downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Write to us at [email protected].
 
 

Julie Shea is a four time USA World Cross Country Team member, eight-time Collegiate National Champion and 1980 CWSA Cup (then Broderick, now Honda) Winner who shares her love of running and desire to give back to the sport.
She credits her family and father’s interest in being active as the basis of her running. From leisurely running to being timed, she had a meteoric rise as a 17 year old making two USA teams all the while setting a high school record that has not been broken for 30 years. Once a North Carolinan, always a North Carolinan, Julie describes how being a runner offers an appreciation for the outdoors and nature.  She recalls her excitement in having new-found interest shown in girls and women’s participation in the first decade of TITLE IX, whether it an apparel company, educators or community that supported her running in cross country, on the track in college, or eventually running for office later in life.  Julie shares what recognition means to a local runner who makes it to the national stage. She credits not only her family and community but her college coach who gave her great advice and she is aware that his scientific background was ahead of his time in training methods. Julie shares the lessons learned as she enters local politics and spends time giving back to her community. Her commitment to running continued when she founded Cool Kids Run, which involves parental engagement while making a statement beyond sport.  Julie is now enjoying her retirement in the Hickory Nut Gorge area of North Carolina.

Host: Chris Voelz, CWSA Executive Director

Podcast length: 41 mins.

A co-production with the CWSA.

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

Ella and Georgina’s guest this week is Australian netball player Sarah Wall who began her professional playing career in 2005 for the Melbourne Vixens and has since played for the Queensland Firebirds, NSW Swifts and Sydney Giants. Sarah is also the founder and CEO of NETFIT, which develops netball training programs for grassroots players across the world. We hear about Sarah's unrivaled passion for netball, how her quest to 'prove them wrong' after being delisted seriously impacted her health, and the strong NETFIT community that she's created in the aftermath of her playing career.
Duration: 32 mins
Hosts: Ellie Smith & Georgina Mallon
A co-production with Women Sport Australia
Music: When the Music Starts Playing by Paula van Hissenhoven
For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].
 

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On this season finale, Nicole talks to colleague Dr. Akilah Carter Francique, Executive Director for The Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change (ISSSSC) at San Jose State, which continues the legacy and dialogue about athlete activism and the influence of sport in effecting positive social change. Akilah was part of a scholarly panel for the Fall 2020 Tucker Center Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) where she talked about various types of rage experienced by Black women. We hear her talk more in depth about how she came to frame her remarks around rage, using anger as information as well as healing, and answer some audience questions we didn’t get to during the live lecture. We end with her advice to young female scholars about the initiatives and productive work of the ISSSSC.
Host: Dr. Nicole LaVoi
Podcast length: 47 mins
A co-production with the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport.
For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

Chris and Nancy roundup the top stories from around the world of women’s sport and this week we revisit an interview with Kacey Lee Bellamy an American ice hockey defender, Olympic gold and two-time silver medalist, and seven-time IIHF World Women's Championship winner. She currently plays for the Boston Pride in the National Women's Hockey League and the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won the Isobel Cup with the Pride and is a two-time Clarkson Cup champion with the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. And she’s also played for the New Hampshire Wildcats. We also discover that Kacey is a published poet as she revealed to Shannon Miller when they spoke on the Hockey Talk podcast in November 2018 when Shannon was coach for the Calgary Infernos.
Nancy’s international news roundup:
Paris 2024 gender equality
Human Rights Watch report
Female golf president
Shayna Jack update
WTA stories
ATP-WTA Awards Tennis 2020
U.S. Soccer and Women’s Stars Reach Deal on Working Conditions
Hosts: Nancy Gillen and Chris Stafford
Duration: 51 mins
For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].
 
 

This week we are joined by pro athlete and women’s fitness expert Lisa MacDonald.  Lisa’s interest in women’s health and fitness started during her own athletic upbringing in equestrian sport. She moved into the fitness industry through the painful all-in-one exercise of kettlebells. Her story of how her body image has adapted and changed through her journey is so inspiring and she is very candid on her social media about the struggles so many women face when it comes to their self image and confidence. Lisa was not sure she wanted to have children when she got pregnant for the first time, and just like other women we have interviewed who felt this way, once she had her son Jax she knew it was the best thing to ever happen to her. So much so that she had another!  Lisa has risen to become a leading expert when it comes to pregnancy and postpartum fitness, especially in weightlifting. She reveals some excellent tips for women looking to continue to lift weights during pregnancy and how to build back up after childbirth.
Hosts: Sarah Newberry Moore & Pam Relph Jones
Podcast length: 43 mins
For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million plays and downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Write to us at [email protected].

On this week’s episode of Sound Bites, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, covers our next nutrient highlight: Vitamin A; it’s essential that’s for sure, but should athletes really be supplementing with a bunch of antioxidants? We’ve been hounded to support our immune systems and athletes are known to take sports supplements, which can be fortified with antioxidants, especially this year.. Could they be causing more harm than good?  Dr K explains why we need Vitamin A and why it’s vital to get it from food based sources. 
Duration: 16 mins
For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].
 

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Three-time Olympic bobsledder Kaillie Humphries is the only woman to win back to back Olympic gold medals as well as being a three-time World Champion. Having just completed the US National Trials, she is in the process of making the cut to compete in next year’s World Championships and the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. If you follow the sport you will know that prior to the 2018-19 season, Kaillie took the brave step to speak out about the harassment she faced from the governing body of professional Canadian bobsledding. She filed a lawsuit to be released from Canada’s national team in September, 2019 and joined Team USA. Like many female athletes in recent years, Kaillie risked her career to stand up publicly against a sports’ governing body. As one of Canada’s most decorated athletes of all-time, she made the difficult personal and professional choice to leave her home country. Kaillie is an example of how women should stand up to any form of abuse or harassment and remain resolute at defining their own journey.
Duration: 48 mins
For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].