Lea Davison is a 2X Olympic Mountain Biker and 2016 World Championship silver medalist looking to qualify for her 3rd Olympics. Lea is unabashedly herself in all ways, including being open about her sexuality: Lea is gay. This episode takes a dive into some of Lea’s professional cycling highlights, her co-founding of Little Bellas with […]
and we’re rollin’…but what am I doing?! For my first month of “podcasting,” I was all three Kermits. My emotions fluctuated between terror (of the commitment I had gotten myself into/was now accountable for), excitement (about the incredible opportunity and support I was being given), and extreme confusion (I needed to learn a LOT of […]
Athletes are inundated with requests, so I needed to come up with a pitch and approach that would set me apart. In many ways, starting this process felt like I was starting a massive maze; it had a million different starting points (and they were all continuously moving!), but only one desired endpoint. Unfortunately for […]
While many may feel fine just jumping into an interview without much prep, this approach didn’t sit well with me. Instead, to prepare for every athlete interview, I employed a two step approach: 2. Once I get a sense of who each athlete is, I create draft interview guides that I share for her feedback. Each […]
Securing Becky’s participation was a huge win coming out of the gate. Even before our interview, I knew that her episode would be a part of the season launch. There were two reasons why: To prepare for my interview with Becky, I read everything about her I could find, including arguments siding with US Soccer […]
Nicky Nieves is a middle blocker on the USA’s Sitting Volleyball team, and a Rio Paralympic gold medalist. She is an Afro Latina and an outspoken advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement, spearheading conversations about race on her team and via social media. This episode explores Nicky’s experience playing volleyball without a hand, but […]
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