The Outer Sanctum

AFLM and AFLW chat done differently in this weekly all-female podcast featuring ten passionate footy fans. The team discuss and uncover AFL stories from the outer. Go Footy!

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Episodes

A Season of Two Halves

The AFL's first female club CEO discloses what it’s like to be the first. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 08, 2017•45 min

Pride in the Country

VFL Women head to country Victoria to raise the rainbow flag. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 01, 2017•59 min

Dreamtime

A new perspective on Dreamtime Round through stories of grassroots and on-country projects around footy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 25, 2017•56 min

When Podcasts Write Themselves

Misogyny marred on-field play and banners in a round ironically featuring Mother’s Day.Haylea Cooney and Ladies Who League help The Outer Sanctum unpack sexism in footy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 18, 2017•1 hr 1 min

The Circle of Life

Get your passports, footy cards and Working With Children Check ready.You'll need them this week to board The Outer Sanctum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 12, 2017•53 min

One Jumper, Six Head Holes

This week at the Outer Sanctum it’s all things literary as we discuss footy books old and new. We ask children’s book expert Miffy Farquarson about how footy books can engage reluctant readers and we meet author of the bestselling Specky Magee series, Fel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 04, 2017•57 min

The Moment of Truth

This week we discuss good omens and bad omens, as well as the end of the world as we know it. We unpack the commentary around language and responsibility in the wake of incidents of racial and ableist abuse with disability activist Jax Jacki Brown, and Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 27, 2017•59 min

Third Man Up

This week on the Outer Sanctum we discuss celebration and deflation, whipping boys and tears.We look at emotion in sport, Good Friday’s good footy, chat with former Hawk, Eagle and Swan - Matt Spangher - about changing clubs and life after football, and Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 20, 2017•45 min

Don’t be an A**hole

This week, we look at winners and losers, banners and schadenfruede. We discuss racism and showdowns, and seek advice from academic Sean Gormon on where to from here. Finally, we revisit Colin Kapaernick’s decision to “take the knee,” and the fallout post Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 13, 2017•40 min

Things that hurt

This week, a new segment... 'Mea Culpa Corner' starring Lucy and Kate. Head injuries and concussion dominate the discussion. Alicia Koschitzke, wife of former Saint, Justin, on the role of partners and family. Plus, Dermott Brereton’s troubling comments a Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 06, 2017•54 min

There’s a bear in there

The team celebrate joining the ABC with a look at the AFLW final, the start of the AFL (M) and the burning question concerning Daryl Braithwaite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 30, 2017•51 min

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