A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: Nina Kennedy has become Diamond League Champion to wrap up an epic season, Madison De Rozario has won the Sydney marathon just days after competing in the Paralympics and Olivia Gadecki is the first Aussie into a WTA 500 final since Ash Barty. For the key story, we look at the results of a new survey which has found more than half of women have experienced sexism at a football match, and what is being done about it ...
Sep 16, 2024•23 min
Emily Gielnik has played more than 50 games for the Matildas, and counting. It’s a career that’s so far included an Olympic Games and a FIFA World Cup. But her journey into that side was far from the textbook. In fact it was a school camp at the Australian Institute of Sport that started her footballing career, when her PE teacher asked if she could join in on a training session with the Matildas. Fast forward and Emily made her debut with the Brisbane Roar at age 18. And then with the Australia...
Sep 11, 2024•43 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: our Aussie women have claimed 27 medals at the Paris Paralympics, Aryna Sabalenka has won her first U.S Open title and an 18-year-old is the World Surfing champ. For the key story, we chat about a new report that shows the awareness gap between England’s women’s national rugby union team and the men’s side is narrowing! Sit down with Chloe and Kayo Sports as she calls upon experts in their fields to discuss the issu...
Sep 09, 2024•17 min
From age 12, Elle Steele knew she wanted to become a Paralympian. Even better, she knew she wanted to become a Paralympic Gold medallist. At just 17 years old she achieved that dream, representing Australia at the Sydney 2000 Games, and breaking the 400 metres freestyle record on the way. After retiring from swimming, she made the switch to Wheelchair Rugby and became the first female to represent Victoria in the sport. But when injury stopped her competing from sport altogether, neurolinguistic...
Sep 04, 2024•39 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: Our Aussie Paralympians are winning plenty of medals in Paris, Football Australia have announced a new broadcast deal and Angel Reese has set the record for the most rebounds in a single WNBA season (plus she has the treats for movie night covered). For the key story, we chat about the new 'smart ball' technology being used in the AFLW and how it will benefit the league's goal review processes. Sit down with Chloe a...
Sep 02, 2024•24 min
Jamieson Leeson is the reigning Boccia world champion in the BC3 pairs event. While the 21-year old only took up Boccia six years ago, she started her career off with a bang. Winning a gold medal at her first competition - Australia’s New South Wales State Titles. Since then she’s gone from strength to strength including winning the individual silver medal at the 2022 Boccia World Championships, and gold alongside her teammate Daniel Michel. Now she’s looking to become the first Australian to ta...
Aug 28, 2024•22 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: Caitlin Clark has set another record, Patterson and Olyslagers are on the high jump podium again, and Australia will have the most women’s singles competitors in 35 years For the key story, we chat about how the NWSL has become the first major U.S. professional sports league to abolish the draft system with a ground-breaking new collective bargaining agreement, and what this means for the future of football. Buy our...
Aug 26, 2024•20 min
Noemie Fox is the first-ever Olympic champion in the women’s kayak cross. While she comes from a family of paddling royalty, the youngest Fox wasn’t always in love with the sport. A self-described, late bloomer, it wasn’t until age 15 that Noemie found her love for water sports. Growing up alongside her Olympic Champion sister, Noemie kept falling just short of that Olympic quota. That is until she found kayak cross and made it her niche. While she only left herself two months to qualify for thi...
Aug 21, 2024•53 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: Kasia Niewiadoma has won the Tour de France Femmes with the closest finish in the race's history , the Cronulla Sharks have continued their unbeaten run in the NRLW and Aussie cricketer Georgia Redmayne picked up her second player of the match in a row, in 'The Hundred'.For the key story, we chat about a historic move for women’s football in England, with the FA transferring control of the Women’s Super League and C...
Aug 19, 2024•18 min
The GOAT of Australian Basketball. Every time we hear that phrase, one particular athlete always springs to mind. And considering she’s just become the first Australian to win FIVE medals across FIVE Games, there’s no better time to have her back on the pod. It’s been almost two years since we spoke to Lauren Jackson and during that time she was gearing up for an impressive 5th Basketball World Cup and one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history. It hasn't been the easiest journey to get t...
Aug 14, 2024•44 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: the Aussie women have carried at the Paris Olympics - claiming 32 of Australia's 53 medals, the Broncos have broken a club record in their win over the Titans and A.C. Milan has a new pregnancy policy. For the key story, we chat about the results of a new survey, that’s revealed experts are predicting double-digit growth for women’s sports revenues over the next three to five years. Buy our kids book The A to Z of W...
Aug 12, 2024•21 min
Rachael Gunn, better known as ‘RayGun’ is Australia’s top-ranked B-girl. She’s always had a love for dancing, but it wasn’t until her twenties that she fell in love with breaking. Coming fresh off victory in the 2023 Oceania Breaking Championships, RayGun is ready to dance her way into the Paris Games, where breaking will make its Olympic debut. By day Raygun is a full-time university lecturer and has combined her passion for feminism with her love of breaking to write a PHD on the intersection ...
Aug 07, 2024•43 min
Nat Cook is an Olympic gold medalist, in beach volleyball. She became the first Australian woman to compete at five Olympic Games in her sport. When Beach Volleyball made its Olympic debut in 1996, Nat and her playing partner Kerry Pottharst claimed bronze. But the dynamic duo are best known for winning gold at Sydney 2000 on the sands of Bondi Beach. But her passion for the Olympic Games kept burning long after her retirement. Nat is the founder of the Aussie Athlete Fund, a body designed to he...
Jul 31, 2024•47 min
The Tillies are the Australian football team taking the country and the world by storm. But behind every great football team, there’s an amazing team of experts working behind the scenes, incredible women who help to manage the Matildas. On today’s episode, we meet Ann Odong, the Media and PR Manager for the Matildas. Ann is responsible for making sure the fans get access to the players and get to learn about their lives. But she’s also equally responsible for looking after the players, and reme...
Jul 24, 2024•42 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: the Adelaide Thunderbirds are into the Super Netball Grand Final after a convincing win over the Vixens, Pole Vault champion Nina Kennedy has won her fifth consecutive event this year and Angel City FC is set to become the most valuable professional women's sports team in the world! Plus the Olympics begin this week! For the key story, we chat about France’s principle of ' laïcité' loosely translated as “secularism ...
Jul 22, 2024•26 min
Have you ever wondered how active women fuel their bodies? Sally Walker is an advanced sports dietician who’s worked across more than twenty-five different sporting programs, including as the lead dietician at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Meanwhile, Jelena Savic is a naturopath with over thirteen years of experience in the health and fitness industry. Put these two great minds together and you have a wealth of knowledge about the nutritional needs of the female body. Take your performance to th...
Jul 17, 2024•42 min
The Tillies are the Australian football team taking the country and the world by storm. But behind every great football team, there’s an amazing team of experts working behind the scenes, incredible women who help to manage the Matilda’s. On today’s episode we meet Gina Rees. She’s the Team Manager at the Tillies who’s responsible for what she calls, rolling out the red carpet for her players. Gina and her team are the ones booking flights, inspecting pitches and making sure everything rolls as ...
Jul 15, 2024•39 min
Basketballer Emma Clarke pushes for perfection in every aspect of her life. The Sydney Flames forward loves the grit and grind of the sport and is already one of the best three-point shooters in Australia. But it was during her first 3X3 basketball camp, that she and her competitive streak finally met their match. Take your performance to the next level with Athena nutrition. https://athenanutrition.com.au Buy our kids book The A to Z of Who I Could Be, or book for adults GIRLS DON’T PLAY SPORT....
Jul 10, 2024•31 min
The Tillies are the Australian football team taking the country and the world by storm. But behind every great football team, there’s an amazing team of experts working behind the scenes, incredible women who help to manage the Matildas. Georgia Brown is the Assistant Sports Scientist at the Tillies, who is changing the game when it comes to research around female footballers in Australia. She’s currently completing her PhD on the effects of the menstrual cycle on football performance and recove...
Jul 08, 2024•22 min
Trigger warning: this episode mentions an eating disorder. If this impacts you and you feel like you need support, contact The Butterfly Foundation on 1800 ED HOPE (1800 33 4673). In 2019, middle distance runner Catriona become the first Australian woman in a decade to break the two-minute barrier in the 800m. Later that year, she set a new Australian record of 1:58.78, surpassing the 43-year-old record set by Charlene Rendina. One of the most dominant middle-distance runners in the world that y...
Jul 03, 2024•47 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: the Queensland Maroons have won the first-ever women's State of Origin decider, the Aussie Gems U18’s basketball team have claimed back-to-back Asian Cups and Mia Kretzer has become the youngest person to win an X Games gold medal. For the key story, we’ll chat about a new report that shows there's a huge demand for women’s sports merchandise around the globe, but supply simply isn't keeping up with demand… Buy our ...
Jul 01, 2024•29 min
Kim Ravaillion is one of the most experienced mid-courters in Australian netball. But her journey to get there looked very different to those who came before her. At age 19, Kim became the first player to make her international debut, before playing a single national game. Now Kim has 60 Diamonds caps to her name, alongside back-to-back championships with the Queensland Firebirds. But giving birth to her daughter Georgie in 2020, clocks in as one of her favourite achievements to date. And now sh...
Jun 27, 2024•40 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: the Queensland firebirds have pulled off the upset of the season in the Super netball, the Gangurrus have won the FIBA 3x3 series in China and Ash Barty is BACK, and will play the invitational doubles at Wimbledon with her former partner Casey Dellacqua. For the key story, we’ll chat about some of the results of the women in football survey which found online hate is on the rise, and whether the IOC are leading the w...
Jun 24, 2024•27 min
Chantelle Cameron is the former boxing world champion in two weight classes, but it was her love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer that got her there to begin with. Chantelle has an almost unblemished professional record, winning eighteen of her so far nineteen professional fights. And now she’s gearing up for her next fight on the 20th of July. Buy our kids book The A to Z of Who I Could Be, or book for adults GIRLS DON’T PLAY SPORT. www.thefemaleathleteproject.com/shop Get the wrap delivered into y...
Jun 19, 2024•33 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: Ariarne Titmus has broken the world record for the 200-metre freestyle, Jess Fox has collected her 50th Canoe World Cup gold medal and Cortnee Vine is heading to the U.S! For the key story, we’ll chat about how World Athletics and the International Boxing Association will pay athletes who get medals at the upcoming Paris Olympics, but not everyone is happy about it. Bid here for your chance to win a Manchester City j...
Jun 17, 2024•29 min
Growing up in Paris, Marie Sallois spent her childhood surrounded by sport. But it was a fateful moment 20 years ago that led her to walk through the doors of the International Olympic Committee. Now, Marie is the Corporate and Sustainable Development Director at the IOC. Her role is as vital as ever with the 2024 Paris Games becoming the first Olympics to reach full gender parity in the number of athletes competing. Buy our kids book The A to Z of Who I Could Be, or book for adults GIRLS DON’T ...
Jun 12, 2024•26 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: Jess Fox and her sister Noemie have both finished with silver medals at the Canoe Slalom World Cup, game two of the women’s state of origin has broken even more records and Iga Swiatek has won her third straight French Open title. For the key story, we’ll chat about Saudia Arabia’s controversial partnership with the Women’s Tennis Association. Buy our kids book The A to Z of Who I Could Be, or book for adults GIRLS D...
Jun 10, 2024•19 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: The Aussie Rugby Sevens team have been crowned overall champions after a convincing win over France, golden girl Jess Fox has won gold at the Canoe Slalom World Cup and the tillies scored a late equaliser to draw with China in a friendly. For the key story, we’ll chat about Australia’s Marathon selection drama, raising questions about how we pick our marathon athletes for the Olympics Buy our kids book The A to Z of ...
Jun 03, 2024•23 min
Saskia Newman, fell in love with football at the age of four. Now at just 22, she's been named the vice-captain of the Australian Women's Deaf Football Team. But along the way she's been advocating for change. Educating players and referees on what the cochlear implant is and just how it helps her play to the best of her ability. This weekend she will conquer another challenge, as she leads her team to play their first international game outside of Australia in 20 years. Buy our kids book The A ...
May 29, 2024•21 min
A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: Aussie sailor Lisa Blair has become the first person to sail around New Zealand Solo, FC Barcelona have won their third Champions League title and Jessica Hull has broken the national record for the 1500m! For the key story, we’ll chat about the findings of the largest EVER survey looking at equity in women’s sports around the globe and what it means for women’s sports going forward. Buy our kids book The A to Z of W...
May 27, 2024•17 min
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