The podcast is not about me, so if you want to learn about me, you won’t get very far by listening to the episodes; they’re about the world’s top female-identifying athletes. That said, the more research I do and the more I learn about building trust, the more I hear that I have to put […]
Women and Public Policy Program Introducing Flame Bearers: The Women Athletes Carrying Tokyo’s Torch. My name is Jamie Mittelman. I’m a Masters of Public Administration (MPA) graduate student at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). With the support of the HKS Women and Public Policy Program’s Summer Internship Grant, I am launching a podcast spotlighting women Olympians and […]
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 […]
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