Flame Bearers: Keeping the Fire Burning

Flame Bearers: Keeping the Fire Burning spotlights women Olympians and Paralympians who sought to compete in the Tokyo Summer or Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In this season, we discuss what happens AFTER the Games, when the fans and cameras go home. We’re going beyond the glamour to see how these women stay focused when […]

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Flame Bearers: The Women Athletes Blazing the Trail to Beijing

Flame Bearers: The Women Athletes Blazing the Trail to Beijing celebrates the journeys of unsung women Olympians & Paralympians and provides action-oriented analysis of the issues closest to their hearts. Flame Bearers spotlights the people, not the sports, sharing athletes’ rarely-heard stories and providing a microphone for women who are true masters of resiliency. Through […]

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Ezinne Kalu-Phelps (Nigeria): Basketball & Entrepreneurship‪p‬

Flame Bearers: The Women Athletes Carrying Tokyo’s Torch celebrates the journeys of Tokyo’s unsung women Olympians & Paralympians and provides action-oriented analysis of the issues closest to their hearts. 2019 Women’s Afrobasket MVP, Ezinne Kalu plays for the reigning African champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigress. While most know Ezinne for her talent on the court, she’s also […]

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Lea Davison (USA): Mountain Biking & Queer Visibility‪‬

Flame Bearers: The Women Athletes Carrying Tokyo’s Torch celebrates the journeys of Tokyo’s unsung women Olympians & Paralympians and provides action-oriented analysis of the issues closest to their hearts. In this episode, we spotlight, Lea Davison, a 2X Olympic Mountain Biker and 2016 World Championship silver medalist looking to qualify for her 3rd Olympics. Lea […]

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