Women Unscripted

Motor Racing's Katie Hargitt has, it’s fair to say, landed her dream job as a pit reporter for IndyCar and IndyLights on NBCSN. She also produces and hosts a web show, #UpToSpeed, on IndyCar.com. Katie was born and raised in Indianapolis so the fumes of motor racing run in her genes and she’s most at home on the race track. She also serves as a member of the public address team at the Indianapolis...

Para dressage rider Annie Peavy, 22, is heading for her second FEI World Equestrian Games, this time riding a different horses to the one she rode at the 2014 WEG in Normandy, France and in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Royal Dark Chocolate, or “Cocoa” as she is known to her friends, is turning out to be an ideal partner for the Florida based rider who has been trained by former Team USA rider Heath...

Claire Deacon highlights some of the best yoga poses for equestrians. She explains that self-awareness and emotional awareness is an important tool to unite with your horse and also important to find harmony in yourself. This is where yoga comes in. In a yoga pose you can locate areas of bodily tension and identify your emotions. Emotions are stored in your body and yoga really helps to pinpoint t...

On this week's episode, Dr. Heather North helps us understand the use of dry needling in physical therapy. Dry needling is a unique procedure intended to specifically target and restore muscle function, with an emphasis on improving tissue healing and restoring normal tissue function. This is important as continued activity with poor muscle function may lead to further tissue damage and increased...

This week’s episode features master networker, Janice Porter, of JanicePorter.com.  Host Kristin Ray and Janice continue the Networking Like a Pro series. Earlier this spring, in Episode 1 of the series Janice introduced the first step to her networking process, which is doing the appropriate research before you attend a sports industry networking event.  This episode dives into step 2 of her proc...

South African Rhythmic Gymnast Shannon Gardiner, 18, is focused on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the journey has already begun. She will shortly be heading to Europe to compete in the World Championships and after the she has the African National Championships. Her routine on the mat is breathtaking and her training schedule is exhausting, her days filled with a variety of routines in her quest...

On this episode Chris Stafford talks with an all time leading American show jumping rider and coach, Anne Kursinski about coaches and coaching, and her story of being a victim of sexual abuse.  Anne is a five time Olympian, double silver medalist from Seoul and Atlanta, won individual and team gold medals in the 1983 Pan-American Games, a member of three World Equestrian Games teams. She rode on 4...

On this week’s episode Siri & Bek discuss the importance of debriefing after a race, and why you should visualize everything—when things go wrong as well as right—be prepared and you will handle anything.  Look for how can you make each one the best race possible, and when things don’t go according to plan always to handle it with calmness and grace.  We all know that athletic performance of any k...

On this week's episode Maricarmen Farias explains nutrition labels; what's inside the food you are eating with a comprehensive list of ingredients which can be confusing with all the information available.  Manufacturers claiming their products are organic, gluten free, non GMO, etc. But how do you really know if what you are eating is good for you?  Learn more about serving sizes, what to look fo...

In this episode Mick Swagger chats with Maurine Filip of Stockholm Roller Derb who obtained her Masters degree in Psychology with a focus on Sports and Organizational Psychology. She and Mick discuss #mentalmondays, which aim to give Roller Derby athletes tools to increase their mental game. They also delve into Organizational Psychology as it relates to creating positive and long lasting cultural...

In this season finale before Kara Lynn Joyce and Christen Shefchunas take a summer break they are joined by a living legend in swimming. Missy Franklin shares some special moments in her career, how she faced her fear and found her confidence, how important her family and supporters have been in her journey, how she overcame depression. We hear how she felt going into her first Olympics Games havi...

On this month’s episode of The Circle, Ash Nelson’s guest is Janne Müller-Wieland, captain of Germany and a world class international player with over 220 caps for her country. She is a 3 x Olympian, having represented Germany at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where she captained her country to a bronze medal. In 2008 she was nominated for the FIH World Young Player of t...

Connecticut native Adrienne Sternlicht, 25, has watched her US rankings climb to no 6 and elevate her to the short list for the FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, NC this fall. Trained by McLain Ward, Adrienne’s ‘once in a lifetime’ partner is the 10 year old mare Cristalline; a ride she acquired from Australian Chris Chugg two years ago. Together they notched up a career highlight by winning a...

On this episode Dr. Heather North offers advice about injuries that are caused by exercising in the heat and how to avoid them. In the show notes for this episode here there is the list of topics that are discussed from blisters to the most efficient way of cooling off the body.  WiSP Sports Radio is brought to you by Hyland's Earache Drops. For show notes and related links for this episode click ...

This week we continue our series on social media for our careers and sit down with Caroline Drake of Bloom Social Media for a focus on Twitter.  This conversation is relevant to any female in our industry who is growing their career from the ground up, or even an industry veteran looking to make their personal brand more well-rounded.  Find out the ideal number of posts per day when some are posti...

This month Dr. Lisa Ingarfield is joined by Brenda Andress, Commissioner of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and Founder of the She Is campaign; a project initiated to support women and girls in sport at all levels. They discuss the She Is campaign, why it was started and its stated goals.  Brenda played hockey at college level and now shapes the CWHL to create the world's most successful...

Claire Deacon guides us through some of the best yoga poses for cyclists, explaining that cycling is one of the few activities in which muscles contract concentrically (so, while shortening), rather than eccentrically (while lengthening). The repetitive motion in peddling can cause the muscle fibres to shorten - this is also known as 'adaptive muscle shortening.' This will not only cause an imbala...

On this week's episode of Off the Track, Mick Swagger from Team Indigenous is joined by Carly Harper aka The Lovely Biertrix. You may recognize her voice as she is a long time Roller Derby announcer who has been in the European announcing scene for a number of years.  Biertrix is from my favorite city in the UK; Manchester, a former skater who founded Rainy City Roller Derby and skated with them f...

Do you struggle with finding healthier options when you go grocery shopping?  On this week's episode Maricarmen Farias shares some great alternatives you can find that will give you the nutrition you need.  She recommends that you always look at labels when buying processed food—pretty much everything that is pre packaged. Just because a food is labelled as "organic", "gluten free","fat free", etc...

On this week’s episode of The FAB Podcast, Kristin Ray speaks with Christina Hovestadt, Community Relations Manager for the National Football League (NFL) about the importance of female mentoring in the sports industry and how to help yourself to stand out among the crowd, even when you haven’t had a strong career mentor.  Christina talks about her journey in this industry and how she came to be w...

On this episode Dr. Heather North offers advice for endurance runners, how to survive your first marathon and the common injuries that come along with it. Heather talks us through the start of training, stretching, increasing mileage and avoiding injury, some new thoughts on shoes, how to keep your feet healthy and race planning and recovery. Host: Dr. Heather North. WiSP Sports Radio is brought t...

The dynamic duo behind one of the leading triathlon coaching clubs in the world Team Sirius Tri Club, Siri Lindley and Rebekah Keat, offer another jam-packed episode of their experiences and advice, this time for the transition off the bike and the run. Whether you're an Age-Grouper who just wants to finish happy, healthy and satisfied or if you're a pro and every stride counts to win your race, t...

On this month’s Ruck On former Team Canada Hooker Kim Donaldson welcomes her new co-host Saracen & England Lock Poppy Cleall and what a jam packed show they have with Poppy chomping at the bit to get out the gate and offer her Team of the Month. But not before the pair chat about the soccer World Cup and Poppy’s bold predictions for the men’s game.  Plus an analysis of the Montpelier and Sweden te...

This month Zoe kicks off by making the men’s World Cup football about women and their involvement, Sports Psychologist Karen Nimmo gives us some tips to being assertive, we celebrate LGBTQI + month with the Central Pulse netball team, and we find out what heck is Pickleball. Plus of course a bit of cricket and an update on the toilets at the Basin Reserve. RNZ’s resident football buff, and fellow...

On this week’s episode, Kristin Ray speaks with Kaleigh Krish and Emily van Buskirk, hosts of the Sideline Sasss Podcast.  Kaleigh and Emily, along with being hosts of their own show, are sports journalism professionals in the bay area of California.  They have experience working in both the newspaper and video journalism sectors of the sports journalism world and share some of their experiences a...