In this award-winning podcast Sue Anstiss talks to trailblazers in women sport. These are the individuals who are knocking down barriers and challenging the status quo for women and girls everywhere. Along with openly sharing their historic careers, what drives them and how they’ve dealt with tough challenges, each episode explores key issues for equality in sport and beyond. We’re incredibly grateful to Sport England who support The Game Changers through a National Lottery award. You can fi ...
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Rooted in former GB boxer Lesley Sackey’s personal journey of leaving a long term abusive relationship, the podcast aims to share stories of resilience, challenge, and triumph. Each episode will see Lesley sitting down with a guest after a personalised training session to talk about their journeys, overcoming their personal trauma and how movement has been a core part of that triumph. Lesley Sackey’s narrative is a testament to the boundless potential for growth and excellence. This podcast ...
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The 261 Fearless Podcast dedicated to women around the world. To be inspired, encouraged and uplifted.
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All Things Sport's founder Alex Preece sits down with some of the most interesting people in the sports and fitness space to hear about their journeys. From Founders to world-class athletes to industry leaders, Alex explores the stories behind the individuals and their take on the modern world of sports.
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TritonLake, as primary sponsors of the Ireland Sevens programme, brings you TritonLake Perform – a podcast series that will explore the intersection of sport and business, and in particular, the necessary ingredients when it comes to creating and maintaining a dynamic high-performance culture. Hosted by TritonLake founder and CEO, Conor Smyth, guests on TritonLake Perform will come from the world of sport and business, with particular focus on businesses operating in the countries where HSBC ...
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The half hour show where we talk to some awesome role models from the world of women’s sport. Hear what legends like Bethany England, Hannah Cockroft, Laura Massaro, Stacey Copeland, Jenny Meadows and Emily Freeman have to say about the Gender Sport Gap, the work going into closing it, and their own role models in sport and in life. By age 7 girls are 22% less likely to call themselves "very sporty" than boys, but we are 33 times more likely to see a photo of a man playing sport in a newspap ...
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The Female Athlete Podcast is here to shine a light and bring focus to topics around the female body and sport and exercise which have originally gone under the radar. We'll be tackling everything from the menstrual cycle and how it affects every day women to how it impacts on sporting performance- including issues such as contraception, bone health and female physiology. Presented by three curious young women; journalist Lucy Lomax, Dr Georgie Bruinvels and Dr Jess Piasecki, this podcast is ...
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Sue Anstiss on Transforming Women’s Sports
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In this episode, we sit down with Sue Anstiss, a trailblazer in women's sport, who shares her extensive career driving change and her acclaimed documentaries. We explore the transformative impact of sports on personal growth, discuss the challenges women face in maintaining an active lifestyle, and highlight the role of social media in inspiring an…
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Stef Reid: Pioneering Progress in Parasports and Beyond
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In this final episode of series 17, Sue Anstiss talks to Stef Reid, a remarkable para-athlete who has spent her life breaking boundaries. Stef is a track and field Paralympian - a World Champion, four-time Paralympian, triple Paralympic medallist and five-time world record holder. Having retired from the track in 2022 Stef now works as a keynote sp…
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Tara Dillon: Leadership lessons from the top
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When it comes to building culture and leading an organisation there are few individuals doing it better than Tara Dillon, the CEO at CIMSPA (The Chartered Institute for Sport and Physical Activity). Voted as one of the top 5 CEOs in the Times best companies initiative Tara remains passionate about the potential for the sport and physical activity s…
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Molly Thompson-Smith: Fighting for Inclusion in Climbing
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Can you be a professional climber and still be scared of heights? How much is success down to problem solving versus physical strength? And what can we do to ensure this fantastic activity is inclusive for all? These are just some of the questions I put to Molly Thompson-Smith, a shining light in British climbing who was ranked number 1 in the worl…
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Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix: On faith, family and finding joy in diving
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Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix is the diving sensation who won Gold at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships last year and will be one to watch at the Paris Olympics where she’s competing in both the individual and synchronised 10 metre events. Andrea openly shares her journey in sport and her passion to address stereotypes around aesthetics…
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From Survivor to Coach: How Boxing Transformed Coach Kam's Life
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A Conversation with Coach Kam In this powerful episode, the host introduces Coach Kam, who has transformed her life journey through the empowerment of boxing. Coach Kam shares her experience of abusive relationships and how boxing became her salvation, leading her to become an inspirational coach for both youth and adults. She discusses the challen…
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Charlotte Edwards: Breaking boundaries in cricket
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My guest on The Game Changers today is cricketing legend Charlotte Edwards who shares her extraordinary journey from making her England debut at just 16 to becoming one of the sport's most influential figures as a player and coach. Breaking countless records throughout her 20-year playing career, Charlotte was appointed England Captain in 2006 and …
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Catie Munnings: Driving change in motorsports
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What drives one of Britain's top rally drivers to push the limits on and off the track? In today's episode of The Game Changers we hear from Catie Munnings one of Britain’s most successful racing talents, a rally driver, Red Bull sponsored athlete and TV presenter who now competes in Extreme E - a radical, all electric off-road racing series in the…
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Kiran Gandhi - Our Pain is Our Greatest Freedom
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Award-winning musician and activist Madame Gandhi discusses her journey and mission to use music as a medium for promoting positivity, personal expression, and liberation.By fightforwardlife
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Sandi Procter: Serving up change in tennis leadership
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As we head into Wimbledon, LTA President Sandi Procter talks to Sue Anstiss about female representation at the very top of tennis, why volunteers are essential to running of the sport across the country and how Padel and Pickleball could be key to bringing more women to tennis. Sandi is President of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) - and the most …
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Georgia Hall: Mastering golf’s mental game
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This week’s episode of The Game Changers features professional golfer and major champion Georgia Hall who talks to Sue Anstiss about winning the AIG Women’s Open with her dad as her caddy, the loneliness of playing on the LPGA Tour and why she doesn’t work with a sports psychologist. Georgia won the AIG Women’s Open in 2018 and now plays on the Lad…
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Emma Marshall - How Movement Can Heal Your Trauma
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Episode 2: Emma Marshall - Movement Is Medicine Emma Marshall, Founder and CEO of Movement is MedicineTM, shares her journey from a serious health crisis to creating a global movement that combines neuroscience, music, and dance to address physical and mental health issues.By fightforwardlife
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Emily Campbell: Lifting barriers and inspiring strong girls
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Commonwealth Champion Weightlifter Emily Campbell talks to Sue Anstiss about the changing perception of strong women in society, her medal prospects at the Paris Olympics and inspiring female body confidence. Emily shot to fame at the Tokyo Olympics, winning Britain’s first ever weightlifting medal before going on to win Gold at the Commonwealth Ga…
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Ahead of a huge summer for women’s sports, we’re back with the biggest-ever season of The Game Changers, launching across all podcast platforms on June 18. The ten episodes in this bumper season include Olympians, Paralympians, World Cup winners, European Champions, Presidents and CEOs. It’s also the most diverse series ever in terms the sports fea…
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Episode 1: Meet Your Host Lesley Sackey
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I created The 'Fight Forward' to share stories of resilience and transformation through the power of boxing and movement. Each guest brings a unique narrative of overcoming adversity, which I hope will inspire and empower listeners to fight forward in their own lives.By fightforwardlife
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Jessica Ennis-Hill: On being the poster girl at a home Olympics
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As we look forward to Paris 2024, we're sharing this previous episode with Olympian Dame Jess Ennis-Hill which was released on October 27, 2020. In this episode, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill explores her incredible journey from an enthusiastic young girl at a summer camp to becoming Olympic and three-time World Champion in Heptathlon. It was a privilege…
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Orla Chennaoui: The power of being authentic as a woman reporting sport
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This episode was previously released on May 10, 2022. Orla Chennaoui is an extraordinary woman who has many talents including being a multilingual TV sports presenter. Having worked at Sky News and Sky Sports, Orla is now a Lead Presenter for Eurosport, working across cycling, MotoGP and the Olympics. With her background in hard-news and investigat…
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Pippa Grange: Understanding the role of fear and how to combat it
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This episode of the Game Changers was previously released on June 15, 2021. Dr Pippa Grange is a highly sought-after, influential sports psychologist and a culture coach working across elite sports and business internationally. In this episode, Pippa talks about family turmoil growing up, her formative years travelling and working in Australia, her…
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Esme Morgan & Charlotte O'Neill: Leading the way in women's football
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In today’s special episode of The Game Changers podcast, we talk to two trailblazing women from Man City Women – Esme Morgan and Charlotte O’Neill. Lioness Esme Morgan was a lifelong City fan who joined the club at under 15 level and quickly progressed through the regional talent squad into the Man City Women’s first team. She’s featured throughout…
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Rimla Akhtar, Wendy Taylor, Tess Howard & Holly Bradshaw explore the impact of women's sport clothing
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This episode was previously released on November 15, 2022. Rimla Akhtar, Wendy Taylor, Tess Howard and Holly Bradshaw join Sue Anstiss to consider the impact of sports kit for women and girls. There's been much talk about women's sports kit recently, from issues around Wimbledon whites, girls forced to wear skorts for PE and women not allowed to we…
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Jackie Oatley: Changing career to follow your passion
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This episode was previously released on April 14, 2020 Jacqui talks about her lifelong obsession with football, how she changed careers at 27 to re-train as a journalist and how lonely and isolated she felt after the hideous build up to her first appearance on BBC’s Match of The Day. Being the first female commentator on Match of the Day is how Jac…
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Lauren Steadman: How para athletes change society's perceptions
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This episode was previously released on October 29, 2019. Paratriathlon World Champion and Paralympic Silver medallist, Lauren also enthralled us all as a semi-finalist on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018. Thank you to Sport England who support The Game Changers Podcast with a National Lottery award. Find out more about The Game Changers podcast here:…
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Tanni Grey-Thompson: Calling out sports governing bodies for lack of diversity
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This episode was previously released on June 4, 2019 as the very first episode of The Game Changers Having won 11 Paralympic Gold medals and the London Marathon six times, Tanni now sits as an independent peer in the House of Lords and is Chair of ukactive. Find out more about The Game Changers here Thank you to Sport England who support The Game C…
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Steph Houghton: Lessons learnt as a captain of club & country
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This episode of The Game Changers was preiously released on July 7, 2020. Captain of the Lionesses and Man City, Steph has represented her country at every level, with over 100 appearances for England. Steph’s also led Man City to two Women's FA Cups, three Continental Cup successes and the FA Women's Super League title, as well as landing the PFA’…
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TritonLake, as title sponsors of the Ireland Sevens programme, brings you TritonLake Perform – a podcast series that will explore the intersection of sport and business, and in particular, the necessary ingredients when it comes to creating and maintaining a dynamic high-performance culture. Hosted by TritonLake founder and CEO, Conor Smyth, guests…
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Mo Hunt: The journey to professional rugby
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“It was such a shock for me and it still is. I still don't understand it to this day. I actually didn't sleep that night because I didn't want to wake up and it be something I had to deal with again.” Mo Hunt discussing her surprise exclusion from the Rugby World Cup squad in 2023 Ahead of this weekend’s start of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations, I…
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The Role of Community in Starting Your Own Business
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Listen to Vino, 261 Coach in the UK, speaking about having a supportive community helped her to start her own business. Follow 261 Fearless: Facebook: https://facebook.com/261FearlessKVSwitzer/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/261fearless/ 261Fearless LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/261-fearless-inc/ Follow 261 Fearless: Facebook: https://fa…
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Lisa O'Keefe: Uniting women’s sport across the world
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My guest today is Lisa O'Keefe, a former Scottish international rugby player who was a director at Sport England for 14 years and is now Secretary General of the International Working Group on Women and Sport, the world's largest network dedicated to gender equality in sport and physical activity. Lisa is responsible for leading the Secretariat whi…
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Empowerment Talk with our KIWI Master Coach Anna
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Listen to Anna speak about her journey as a 261 Coach and Master Coach in New Zealand! Follow 261 Fearless: Facebook: https://facebook.com/261FearlessKVSwitzer/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/261fearless/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/261Fearless LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/261-fearless-inc/…
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