Ultimate Voices Europe

In this episode, we welcome sports journalist and ultimate player Becky Thompson to explore how media shapes the stories we tell about sport - and who gets to tell them. Together with Anika and Jakob, she discusses the state of women's sports coverage, the role of storytelling in creating visibility, and what ultimate can learn from the wider sports media landscape and vice versa. They also touch...

In this season's second episode we welcome Maëva Coussy and Mattie Drucker to discuss their new project: Allstars Tournament, a women's+ ultimate tournament happening in July this year. Together with Anika and Jakob they discuss the need for safer spaces, gender issues surrounding current tournament structures, and how true inclusion requires more than proclaiming that everyone is welcome. Curious...

Felix Nemec, the EUFs secretary general, comes on to start off the new season of the UVE podcast to talk about Project44, the EUFs new initiative to grow women's ultimate. What, how, and why? Tune in to find out.

The Ultimate Voices Europe Podcast is joined by Isa Monkau right before the World Beach Ultimate Championships to talk about her experience as an athlete dealing with endometriosis and period pain both on and off the pitch. Together with Jakob and Anika she discusses the issues of getting a correct diagnosis, being taken seriously, and the common challenges faced by female athletes when competing...

The Ultimate Voices Europe Podcast is joined by Paula Baas to talk about their experience as a nonbinary athlete playing predominantly in the women's division. Together with Jakob and Anika they discuss how navigate binary gender divisions, stereotypes about the mixed division, and the importance of pronouns and gender neutral language. Later, they discuss cultural differences in how spirit of the...

The Ultimate Voices Europe Podcast is joined by Nils Ostertag to talk about his experience as a gay athlete in the European Ultimate community. Together with Jakob and Anika they discuss the complexities of wanting to be seen as an athlete first, while also showing pride in his identity as a gay man. Later, they talk about the future for DEI projects as ultimate is becoming more professionalized a...

The Ultimate Voices Europe Podcast is joined by Maria Castillo to talk about her journey, starting as a young player in Mexico, leading her to play and live for multiple teams and countries from all over Europe. Together with Jakob and Anika she talks about culture differences and visibility in women's ultimate, and what place agressiveness has in our sport and how it relates to gender and spirit...

The Ultimate Voices Europe Podcast is joined by Nasser Mbae vogel to talk about his 30-year experience as an  Ultimate Frisbee athlete and coach, how the community has evolved in those years, the challenges facing people of colour in Europe, and the lessons he learned troughout his long career.

The Ultimate Voices Europe Podcast is joined by Levke Walczak to talk about the visibility of women-matching athletes in Ultimate, life as a queer athlete, issues with accessibility to tournaments, the power of language, and more.