The Sideline Perspective Podcast

Meghan Duggan is a three time Olympian (winning Gold in 2018 at Pyeong Chang), a 7 time IIHF champion, and a 6 time Four Nations champion. She is currently taking the season off from her role as Captain of the US Women’s Ice Hockey team so she and her wife Gillian can anticipate and adjust to arrival of their son. In this episode, recorded in December of 2019, Meghan reflects on what it means to t...

Katie was a competitive synchronized swimmer for many years before retiring from the sport to pursue her career as a dietitian. After struggling herself with her own nutrition as a recently retired athlete, Katie founded Spada Strong Nutrition LLC with the hopes of helping fellow former athletes transition their nutrition with ease in life after sport. Grounded in the intuitive eating principles,...

Kikkan Randall is a lot of things - a 14 year member of the US Ski team, a mom, a cancer survivor, an entrepreneur, and, alongside Jessie Diggins, the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport of Cross Country Skiing. This episode dives into all aspect of her life and the ways in which community has supported her in skiing, in battling cancer, and now, in whatever she tackles...

College graduation is a natural time to transition in many aspects of life. We leave behind our life as a student, and for many of us, it also means leaving behind our life as a competitive athlete. This seemed like the path Taylor Ng was bound to take as she wrapped up a dominant career at Dartmouth College, finishing as captain of the squad and named All-Ivy First Team for the third year in a ro...

This episode is a Story Session - where athletes who have written for The Sideline Perspective website read their reflection in their own words and reflect back on what it meant to process that time of transition in their lives. Erika is a former alpine ski racer who suffered a career ending concussion during her time racing at St. Lawrence University. Her injury ultimately resulted in her decisio...

Doug is a former downhill ski racer whose career saw him as a two time national champion, two time Olympian and World Championship medalist. His historic bronze medal in Bormio Italy was the first ever medal for a male American Downhill racer and has been celebrated with his induction to the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame earlier this year....

This episode is a Story Session - where athletes who have written for The Sideline Perspective website read their reflection in their own words and reflect back on what it meant to process that time of transition in their lives. Elena graduated from Dartmouth College in 2018 and has spent the last several months exploring new perspectives with global travel before settling in Seattle, WA as a tech...

Relationships run through every aspect of our time in athletics. This episode feature's Amanda McGrew, founder of Playoff Dating App and a former college basketball player from Santa Monica, California. She played for four years at the University of Rhode Island and a fifth year at Umass Lowell. She has been teaching PE and coaching basketball back home in Los Angeles for the past 9 years, an...

Shannon (Bowles) Doleac is a former gymnast who was a member of the US National Team and 9-time All-American at the University of Utah. As an undergrad at Utah, Shannon earned a degree in Exercise and Sports Science as well as Psychology before going on to get a Masters in Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism from Tufts University. She has since moved back to Utah with her husband Mike and thei...

This episode features a conversation with Ryder Stone about what’s gone through his head a week after leaving football, finishing up his last season as a professional football player for the Montreal Alouettes. He was drafted 38th overall in the 2018 CFL Draft after graduating early from Dartmouth College with an Environmental Studies degree. He played two years in the CFL, and in that time had sh...

Dr. Alex Cohen is a Senior Sport Psychologist for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Working primarily with winter sports, Dr. Cohen provides sport psychology consultation and counseling for national teams, athletes and coaches at the Olympic Training Centers, at various National Governing Body training sites and at national and international competitions. As a licensed psycholo...

As athletes who’ve competed at a high level, we know what it’s like for our sport to take center stage … but when we step off that stage, and we leave our sport, we’re left to ask ourselves “who am I?” and “what next?” Without sports to drive our path and purpose, the “real world” can be a scary place to navigate. It’s time we start navigating it together. This podcast will dive into the real expe...