Women Unscripted

Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen have the top stories from women's sport around the world. This week they are joined by Fox Sports NFL Veteran Sideline Reporter and Founder of GALvanize Laura Okmin to talk about how the pandemic is affecting her and to hear her views on the impact of COVID-19 on the sports world. USA Rugby Board of Directors and Congress vote to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy  IOC and...

On their second episode Ella and Georgina's guest is Carol Fox who is currently the President of Women Sport Australia. Carol also runs her own executive coaching business, and is a regular speaker at conferences and forums for women in leadership. She was Victoria’s first professional female surf life saver, a state level swimmer and water polo player. Carol was a baton bearer for the 2018 Common...

Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen have the top stories from women's sport around the world. This week they are joined by Megan Kahn, CEO of WeCoach to discuss the impact the virus is having on the coaching profession and how coaches are coping. Stories covered on this week's show include:  Tokyo 2020 "purely working" towards rescheduled Olympics and Paralympics Olympian Wickenheiser reveals how she...

In our continuing series of Equestrian Legends our guest this week is Dawn Palethorpe-Wofford is a British show jumper, Pony Club executive and author. She represented Great Britain on several winning Nations Cup teams, was selected for the 1956 Stockholm Olympics where she met here husband Warren Wofford and the 1960 Rome Olympics. She won the silver medal at the 1960 Ladies European Championship...

Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen have the top stories from women's sport around the world. Stories covered on this week's show include:  Athlete age limits to be relaxed following rescheduling of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Japan closes Olympic training bases amid state of emergency World Athletics Championships in Oregon moved to July in 2022 VASANOC Women's sport leadership Cricket South Africa coach Ste...

This month's episode of the Lovely Biertrix focuses on what resources are available for you to access during the Corona pandemic to keep happy, healthy and connected. Join Biertrix and the wonderful Verry Cherry for a light hearted chat about handstands, lack of skate maintenance and how Jon Bon Jovi will help us through  these times, We've signposted excellent resources from WFTDA, fun challenges...

On this first episode of Beyond the Balls, Ella Smith and Georgina Mallen chat with Emily Chancellor, 28, rugby player in the national Wallaroos team and NSW Waratahs, which dominated the Super W competition before being cut short by Covid-19. Despite only having started rugby when she was 21, Emily's skills have been recognized in her 2018 Wallaroos Player of the Year award and 2019 NSW Best Forw...

On this week's episode Chris & Nancy discuss the stories that are making the news since the Tokyo Olympic Games was rescheduled including: Tokyo Olympic Games New Date World champion swimmer has coronavirus Chelsey Gottell added to WADA committee Zambia FIFA World Rankings Irma Testa becomes AIBA athletes Commission vice chair USA Rugby file for bankruptcy as Rugby Australia report financial defic...

We continue our series on equestrian legends with all-round horsewoman Betty Ann Gilbert Lester who has succeeded in several equestrian disciplines and regarded with reverence by the equestrian community where she has spent her life in Pennsylvania. Growing up against the background of WWII she soon took to the hunting field with the Rose Tree Hunt Club and Radnor Hunt and then enjoyed competing i...

On this week’s episode Chris & Nancy discuss the implications of postponing the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and how it could potentially be scheduled for the spring of 2021 as well as the effect the Coronavirus is having on elite athletes. Read Nancy’s articles on Inside the Games for up to date coverage. For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and pod...

On this episode we discuss self isolation and the impact it can have on your mental and physical health. Jenny offers a number of ways to alleviate the anxiety that comes with the unknown and how to cope with stress whether you’re alone or with family when your routine has been so drastically changed.  Feeling out of control and scared takes its toll on the mind and body and when we are faced with...

Alexandra Chalat is the Managing Director of Beyond Sport, which convenes, funds and supports organisations using sport as a tool for social change. After joining in 2008, Lex helped the organisation grow from the ground up while also co-founding thinkBeyond, a sister advisory firm that provides ways for governments, companies and charities across the world to create positive social change using s...

On this week’s show we have the latest news on the impact of the Coronavirus on athletes preparing for the Olympic Games and the IOC’s announcement not to make a decision regarding the Tokyo Olympic Games amidst calls for the postponement. And elsewhere Canadian/Czech rower Helena Hlas has launched an online directory for athletes and coaches. Rentlete will enable an athlete to find a coach win th...

As part of our continuing series of interviews with equestrian legends we revisit an interview from 2012 with a woman who is revered in Virginia horse country. Ellie Wood Baxter is a classic Virginia horsewoman who became a prolific show hunter rider partnering numerous champions across the northwest. In 1936, she won the coveted ASPCA MacLay Trophy and on four occasions captured the Piedmont Hunt...

Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen have the top stories from women's sport around the world. Stories covered on this week's show include: US Soccer Doesn’t Want To Give The Women’s Team Equal Pay Because The Men Have “More Responsibility” Australia Retain ICC T20 World CupRugby Africa Cup: Zambia qualify for Tokyo 2020 Rugby 7s with Naya Tapper   Ormerod wins slope style World Cup, can also talk abou...

Californian Julie Suhr has broken records in Endurance competitions and milestones in horseback adventures around the globe. Since her first ride in the world renown 100 mile Tevis Cup, Julie has completed twenty-two times out of twenty-nine starts [updated to 33 Tevis Cup buckles].  She has collected three Haggin Cups for the Best Conditioned Horse to finish in the Top Ten and she famously garner...

This week’s guest is Drury Head Women’s Basketball Coach Molly Miller, who knows a thing or two about winning. In her 6th season as head coach at her alma mater, Molly has the Lady Panthers ready to make a run at a national title. Following last season’s national semifinal loss – their only loss of the season, they currently sit undefeated and kick off the GLVC tournament this weekend. Molly recen...

Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen have the top stories from women's sport around the world. Stories covered on this week's show include: Coronavirus: Tokyo 2020 could be postponed to end of year - Japan's Olympic minister IOC Sends Extremely Strong Message that Gender Balance is a reality at the Olympic Games IOC reiterate commitment to holding Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as planned Tahiti approved by...

On this episode we revisit an interview that was recorded in 2011 as part of a series on Equestrian Legends. Edith Conyers has spent her life devoted to the prosperity and future of horses and the countryside of Kentucky. She has followed hounds with more than 60 packs across America and overseas, some of which as Joint Master of the Iroquois Hounds in Kentucky. She developed a reputation for turn...

My guest is Australian academic and activist Nadia Bevan who recently wrote an article on women’s sport and why it matters in which she made the case for why this is a momentous time for women’s sport. Nadia shares her perspective on where sport for women is in Australia with many of the same challenges faced elsewhere. She explains why keeping girls and women active is critical and the need to un...

In this episode of Tucker Center Talks, Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi (current Tucker Center director) talks with the Founder of the Tucker Center Professor Mary Jo Kane about her sport media research. They discuss their theories of why media portrayals matter, the evidence on quantity and quality of sport media coverage of female athletes, as well as Kane’s sport media guide and audience reception research...

Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen have the top stories from women's sport around the world. Stories covered on this week's show include: Sharapova Retires from Tennis Coronavirus forces postponement of World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan BWF postpone Vietnam International Challenge due to coronavirus World Para Snow Sports cancel Europa Cup in Italy amid coronavirus Professional Women's H...

On this week’s episode we feature an interview that Chris Stafford recorded in 2011 as part of a series on equestrian legends. Kay Meredith is considered a doyen of American dressage, a founding member of the U.S. Dressage Federation she is a past President and Vice President. Recognized with Lifetime Achievement and Horsewoman of the Year Awards, Kay has been a national champion, selected for the...

Abby's guest on this month’s episode is British Paralympic sailor Hannah Stodel, who has represented Great Britain at four Summer Paralympics and with her colleagues John Robertson and Stephen Thomas. She has also won multiple medals in the Mixed Sonar class at the Disabled Sailing World Championships, including gold in 2005, 2006 and 2016.  We hear about Hannah’s transition from Paralympic Sailin...

On this week's episode host Megan Kahn chats with Kennesaw State Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Agnus Berenato. Agnus' career spans 31 seasons, becoming. the winningest coach at the University of Pittsburgh, the second-winningest coach at Georgia Tech, and now has turned around the Owls into title contenders. Agnus has attacked her breast cancer battle with the kind of energy, courage and poise sh...