the [female] athlete project

A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. This week: Aussie Bree Walker has once again shown she is queen of the monobob, the Perth Lynx have beaten the Townsville Fire in a WNBL overtime thriller and North London is red because Arsenal have smashed the Spurs in the WSL's North London Derby. For the key story, we’ll discuss … a new report showing four of the top seven most searched sports...

Australian Cricketer Phoebe Litchfield is quite the character off the cricket pitch. But when she’s at the crease, almost nothing can stop her. The young gun from country New South Wales made her debut in the women’s big bash league at just 16 years old, and continues to etch her name in history. She’s the youngest Aussie cricketer to score fifty runs in both an ODI and the big bash. But just rece...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. This week: The Aussie women have clean-swept the slopes at the Aerial Skiing World Cup, Tyler Wright has become the first woman to win surfing’s Pipeline TWICE and the Hockeyroos have made a solid start to 2025. For the key story, we’ll discuss … the decision to split men's and women's golf at the Australian Open and what this means for the fut...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. The Tillies have signed off on 2024 with 2 wins, Cayla George has broken the 5,000 point barrier in the WNBL and Ellyse Perry dominates game 2 of the ODI series against India. For the key story, we’ll discuss … The big money earners and a new report that calls womens sport "Not a Moment. A Movement"  Buy our kids book The A to Z of Who I Could Be, or b...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Jakara Anthony has broken another record, the North Melbourne Kangaroos are AFLW champions and the Perth Thundersticks are Hockey One Champions. For the key story, we’ll discuss the Melbourne Renegades WBBL title and the incredible story of Josie Dooley.  Buy our kids book The A to Z of Who I Could Be, or book for adults GIRLS DON’T PLAY SPORT.  www.th...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: the “granny” between the Kangaroos and Lions, a rematch, our ParaMatildas becoming World Champs and Michele Kang leading the way again. For the key story we’ll discuss a new report from Wasserman about how growth of the WNBA and NWSL will result in maximum return for investors. Buy our kids book The A to Z of Who I Cou...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. The prelim finals are set in the AFLW, the Paramatildas defeat the USA for the first time ever and Whoopi Goldberg gives us all what we want! For the key story, we’ll discuss the battle to bring together the 'Afghanistan Women’s XI' cricket team to  play a T20 match in Melbourne in January. Buy our kids book The A to Z of Who I Could Be, or book for a...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Around the grounds this week: Port Adelaide have crushed the Richmond Tigers in their elimination final, South African Lizelle Lee has smashed the highest score in WBBL history and the Jillaroos are Pacific Cup Champions. For the key story, we’ll discuss Coco Gauff’s victory in the WTA Finals which were held in Saudi Arabia and attracted plenty of med...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: North Melbourne have finished the AFLW season undefeated to claim the Minor Premiership, the Matildas have beaten Germany for just the second time in history and Ash Gentle has won her 10th consecutive Noosa Triathlon. For the key story, we discuss the new broadcast deal signed for the women’s super league that’s bein...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: New Zealand have won netball’s Constellation Cup for just the third time in history, 15-year-old Caoimhe Bray has helped the Sydney Sixers to victory in the WBBL and the Jillaroos are into the Pacific Championships Final. For the key story, we discuss requests by the The Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) for the...

Growing up, Alyssar Narey loved netball and basketball. But as she describes it, once you get into football, it never really leaves you. And it never did for Alyssar. While she started her career in the music industry, Alyssar channelled her passion for live events into sport, and never looked back. Now this year, she’s been appointed as the CEO of the Central Coast Mariners, making her the club’s...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: The Jillaroos have defeated PNG 84-0, Aussie golfer Hannah Green has won her third LPGA golf title of the year and Lauren Parker has won bronze at the World Para-Tri Championships. For the key story, we discuss new research out of the UK that shows women on Team GB dominated social media content creation and views at...

Growing up in the Australian country town of Albury, Zarlie Goldsworthy always had a love for any sport she could get her hands on. In fact, it was soccer that she had fallen in love with from a young age. But after moving to the city when she was just 15, she associated burnout with soccer and lost her passion for the game. But it was moving back to Albury that helped her re-find her love for Aus...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: The Wallaroos are the WXV2 Champions and have qualified for the Rugby World Cup, Australia are through to the T20 World Cup Semi and the World Record for the women’s marathon has been broken. For the key story, we’ll discuss a new report to the United Nations that found Women and girls in sport face widespread violenc...

Corban Baxter is one of the pioneers of modern day professional NRLW. But her sporting journey actually started with a love of netball. Something she refused to give us as she went on to raise her son from the age of 16. While managing motherhood, Corban discovered the lure of rugby league, and hit the ground running, Going from spectator to Jillaroos player within twelve months.  Channelling her...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: The Roosters are the 2024 NRLW Champions after a thrilling Grand Final, the Wallaroos have continued their unbeaten run in WXV2 and Team Australia are off to a flying start in the Americas Cup! For the key story, we’ll discuss a four-year strategy by the English Football Association with the ambition of building a sus...

Sam Bloom is a four-time para surfing world champion. But it was with the help of a magpie named penguin that she found her way there. Growing up by the beach, Sam always had a strong connection with the ocean. But after an accident left her paralysed and in a dark place, it was Sam’s companion Penguin that helped reignite that love for the water. So much so, that she won two Australian Para-canoe...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: The Wallaroos have opened their WXV2 campaign with a win, the Sharks have upset the Broncos to book themselves a GF spot and the Brisbane Lions are looking like defending premiers, getting a two-point win over the Adelaide Crows.  For the key story, we’ll discuss the inaugural women’s track event Athlos which has laun...

Dr. Bridget Munro has always had a love for science and sport. So it's only natural that this path has led her into the role of Women’s Research Lead at the Nike Sport Research Laboratory. Growing up in Tasmania, she spent her early years studying in biomechanics in Australia, before her and her family moved to Portland, Oregon to join the Nike team. Here, Bridget has played a major role in th...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: The ICC has doubled the prize money for the upcoming women's T20 World Cup, the Roses have made it 1-1 in the netball series against our Diamonds and Oceana Mackenzie has won Australia's FIRST ever medal at a Boulder World Cup event. For the key story, we look at a new study out of the U.S. that examines the G...

When Lisa Blair was 25, she fell in love with sailing while she was working as a hostess on a sailboat. Fast forward only seven years later and she became the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica with one stop. But it wasn’t without complications, having a near-death experience where her yacht dismasted at sea. Still she kept sailing, quickly becoming the fastest woman to sail solo around Au...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: Nina Kennedy has become Diamond League Champion to wrap up an epic season, Madison De Rozario has won the Sydney marathon just days after competing in the Paralympics and Olivia Gadecki is the first Aussie into a WTA 500 final since Ash Barty. For the key story, we look at the results of a new survey which has found m...

Emily Gielnik has played more than 50 games for the Matildas, and counting.  It’s a career that’s so far included an Olympic Games and a FIFA World Cup. But her journey into that side was far from the textbook. In fact it was a school camp at the Australian Institute of Sport that started her footballing career, when her PE teacher asked if she could join in on a training session with the Matildas...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: our Aussie women have claimed 27 medals at the Paris Paralympics, Aryna Sabalenka has won her first U.S Open title and an 18-year-old is the World Surfing champ. For the key story, we chat about a new report that shows the awareness gap between England’s women’s national rugby union team and the men’s side is narrowin...

From age 12, Elle Steele knew she wanted to become a Paralympian. Even better, she knew she wanted to become a Paralympic Gold medallist. At just 17 years old she achieved that dream, representing Australia at the Sydney 2000 Games, and breaking the 400 metres freestyle record on the way. After retiring from swimming, she made the switch to Wheelchair Rugby and became the first female to represent...