1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we've already 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: carefully laid out our watching on the Couch outfits for 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: today's Olympic opening ceremony singular. Today on the show, Fantastic, 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: reporter aj McCord is going to tell us about a 5 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: few Olympic and Paralympic girlies to watch for in Paris 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: and Tahiti. 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 2: But first, here's what you need to know today Winter 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 2: winner bald Eagle eight the African fish eagle for dinner. 9 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: The US women's national soccer team beat Zambia three nil 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: in their Olympic opener, mal Swanson scoring two goals in 11 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: sixty six seconds, Trinity Rodman put the opposing d in 12 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: the spin cycle, scoring a goal of her own, and 13 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: Tierna Davidson, Naomi Germa, Kasey Krueger and the rest of 14 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: the American d kept the dangerous Barbara Band off the 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: score sheet. 16 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 2: Three points for the USA. 17 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: Unfortunately, we technically aren't even at day one of the Olympics, 18 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: and commentators are already tripping up when discussing important issues, 19 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: So we do have to set our Olympic days without incident. 20 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: Counter back to zero. 21 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: Soccer broadcaster John Champion began his discussion of Zambian coach 22 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: Bruce Moape, saying, quote, Bruce Mowape, who is many would 23 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: consider very fortunate to be here. 24 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: John did go. 25 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: On to discuss the investigation into sexual misconduct and even 26 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: the fact that Moape had to take a taxi to 27 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: the game separate from his team. But we would prefer 28 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: a stronger opener to the discussion considering how messed up 29 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: it is that Wape is even allowed to be at 30 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 1: the tournament with the Zambian team. Remember how we told 31 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: you about drone Gate and the Canadians spying on New Zealand. Well, 32 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: Canada women's soccer beat the Football Ferns two to one 33 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: yesterday and Group A play behind goals from Evelyn Via 34 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: and Chloe Lacasse. Cheaters never prosper kids accept like this 35 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: one time. Funny moment though, when Canada Soccer tweeted out, 36 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: hey Canada, where are you watching today's match? From before kickoff? 37 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: My girls over at Galpal Sports responded about one hundred 38 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: feet off the ground, knock out blow. 39 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: Well played. 40 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: We've got some unfortunate news in US domestic soccer today. 41 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: The Chicago Red Stars announced that defender Sam Stobbs NWSL 42 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: season is over after she suffered a torn achilles tendon 43 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: in an NWSL lega MX Feminial Summer Cup matchup with 44 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: Gotham FC on July twentieth, Sam. 45 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 2: We're sending you all the healing energies. 46 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: More NWSL news, The Houston Dash of parted ways with 47 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: GM Alex Singer, who joined the club in August twenty 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: twenty two as its first ever GM. I'm sure we're 49 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: going to get some more context on that decision, but 50 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: for now, just another day in the NWSL, just another firing. 51 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 2: The hell going on over there. 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: Athletes Unlimited's Pro Softball League starts up today sixty of 53 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: the most stellar softballers out there, like defending au Champ 54 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: Odyssey Alexander, Sidney, McKinney, and Moore. They compete for five 55 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: weeks at Parkway Bank Sports Complex in Rosemont, Illinois, which 56 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: totally makes sense because softball was born in Chicago and 57 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: Mount is right outside Chicago. If you didn't know, look 58 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,119 Speaker 1: it up, y'all. Everything dope is from Chicago. Things kick 59 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: off at ESPN two tonight at seven pm Eastern, six 60 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: pm Central, So tune in some more softball news this 61 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: time in the college ranks. Raining NCUBA National Player of 62 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: the Year Nijerie Kennedy is transferring to Texas Tech. The 63 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: Athletic reported that Kennedy will receive a one year deal 64 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: worth over one million dollars with the Mattador Club and 65 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: nil collective for Texas Tech athletes. The previous high for 66 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: a softball pitcher believed to be one hundred and seventy 67 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: five thousand. The price is going up. Last season, Kennedy 68 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: helped Stanford make its third NCUBA Women's College World Series appearance. 69 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 2: Ever to hoops. 70 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: The Chicago Sky has announced plans to build a new, 71 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: state of the art practice facility for the twenty twenty 72 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: six season. According to a Sky press release, the performance 73 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: center will feature multiple regulation sized courts, twenty four hour 74 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: year round access, and community partnerships with the Obama Foundation 75 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: and YMCA of Metro Chicago. And don't even think about it, 76 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: Aubrey Plaza. If anyone gets to be the first person 77 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: to tear their acl there, it's me. This news comes 78 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: at the midpoint of a season that started with the 79 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: franchise receiving a bunch of scrutiny for the setup of 80 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: Angel Reese's introductory press conference at their current center ie 81 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: no fans, few reporters, bad lighting, etc. And fans have 82 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: continued to take shots at their lackluster facility all season. 83 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 2: Well feedback herd feedback taken after the break. 84 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: We talk gnarly waves and Paralympic powerhouses. Stick around joining 85 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: us Now we've got a versatile reporter. She's covered everything 86 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: from professionals surfing to pickleball, Paralympics, Olympics and more on 87 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: outlets including ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS Sports Network, and Portland 88 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: TV and radio. She's about to impress us by saying 89 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: something super complicated in Portuguese. 90 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 2: It's AJ mccor to hit it with the RIAA. 91 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 3: It is a joy to be with you. That means 92 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 3: thank you very much. 93 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: All right, all right, AJ, you're joining us because you've 94 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: got this awesome new podcast called The Power Full. And 95 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: you and I were at dinner in Tucson back in 96 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: October and you were like, I have this idea that 97 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: I want to do. I'm pitching it to my agents, 98 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: like I want it to happen. You wanted to highlight 99 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: women in extreme and outdoor sports a lot of the 100 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: sports that you cover, So what inspired you to pitch 101 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: it and how did you bring it to life. 102 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, so I grew up an extreme and outdoor sports athlete. 103 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 4: I was a surfer my entire life, and then my 104 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 4: competitive sport was gymnastics, and so for me, the Olympics 105 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 4: were always kind of the pinnacle of sport. Like I know, 106 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 4: for a lot of people, there's you know, super Bowls 107 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 4: and titles and all this stuff, but for me, it 108 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 4: was always the Olympics. 109 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 3: That was always the end all be all. 110 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 4: And then I was a whitewater rafting guide in college, 111 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 4: did a lot of backpacking, and so in my personal 112 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 4: life I kept getting drawn more and more to sort 113 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 4: of these extreme sports. Was I think tapped into what 114 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 4: I loved so much about gymnastics, which is like the 115 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 4: thrill of gymnastics is something that I was really drawn to. 116 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 4: And so for me, whitewater rafting was sort of it 117 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 4: was the job I had in college and it was 118 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 4: the one that really introduced me to outdoor sports and 119 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 4: outside of surfing, which wasn't in the Olympics up until 120 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 4: twenty twenty one. So for me it was just it 121 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 4: was so it's so a part of who I am 122 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 4: personally and that I was like, you know, I feel 123 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 4: like professionally I love telling the stories of people who 124 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 4: don't always often get their stories told, right, Like in 125 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 4: a locker room set. For me, there's always there's always 126 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 4: a group in Sarah, you know this sort of the 127 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 4: number of locker rooms you've been in, right, there's always 128 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 4: the ones who go very first to that superstar who 129 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 4: had the game, who did that, and you have to 130 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 4: check that box, especially depending on what you're covering. But 131 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 4: for me, it was always a person who maybe was 132 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 4: the assist or maybe had the standout night, like what's 133 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 4: going on in your life, what's happening that made you 134 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 4: have this night? And for me, that's always what I've 135 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 4: been drawn to because I think in sport it's so 136 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 4: much is a microcosm of our society. But there's also 137 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 4: a reason we're all drawn to sport, right, And it's 138 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 4: not just what these athletes are doing in their field 139 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 4: of play, on the court, in the ocean, whatever it is. 140 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 3: It's about how they live their lives. 141 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 4: And so when I really started finding my voice and 142 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 4: figuring out how I wanted to do that, and this 143 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 4: season of my career, which is freelancing for the first time, 144 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 4: I've been doing it for just over two years now, 145 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 4: and it was really the first time in my career 146 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 4: that I had the freedom to say, Okay, I get 147 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 4: to choose this path. I get to choose these assignments, 148 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 4: and it's not being dictated by the region that I 149 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 4: live in, or the station that I'm working for, or 150 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 4: even the teams that I'm covering. And so I decided, 151 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 4: you know what, I am so stoked. And again, Sarah, 152 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 4: you and I have been covering women's sports for a 153 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 4: really long time, and I'm so stoked that it is 154 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 4: having its moment right like fine, I know people are 155 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 4: looking at women's sports and not seeing a charity, they're 156 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 4: seeing a business, They're seeing amazing athletes, and we're getting 157 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 4: the coverage that we've worked so hard for. And so 158 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 4: I'm looking around, I'm going great, there's so much attention 159 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 4: on the WNBA, there's so much attention on the NWSL. 160 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 3: Who's not getting the attention. 161 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 4: And it's my girls. It's my girls in the Olympic 162 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 4: and extreme and outdoor sports. And so these are the 163 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 4: ones that I've had the front row seat to get 164 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 4: to cover some of the most amazing moments in women's 165 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 4: surfing history in the last two years, and so I 166 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 4: was like, this is where I want to be. 167 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 3: This is going to be my baby, my passion project. 168 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 4: And when I was sitting down with you in Tucson, 169 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 4: I was just thinking about sort of the name of it, 170 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 4: and what kept coming back to me was powerful and 171 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 4: just how powerful these women are, not just in their 172 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 4: fields of play, because oftentimes they're competing against nature herself, 173 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 4: which we know Mother Nature is undefeated, but they were 174 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 4: also doing it with such grace and strength and confidence 175 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 4: in identity that to me, that is the powerful part, 176 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 4: Like that's the her part, impowerful. And so I named 177 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 4: it the Powerful spelled pow h r Ful because I 178 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 4: wanted to highlight these women's power and it comes from within, 179 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 4: it comes from the love of the game because for 180 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 4: so often, for so many times, these women have had 181 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 4: to not just do their. 182 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 3: Sport, but have like five other jobs to make it work. 183 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 4: So that's sort of the long story, the long story short. 184 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 3: Of yeah, how it came to be. 185 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 1: Well, and you're the perfect person to bring us these 186 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: stories and also to get us fired up for this 187 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: upcoming Olympics and Paralympics, because you've spent so much time 188 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: talking to these great athletes, and so I asked you 189 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: to bring us a couple to keep an eye on. 190 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: And I want to start with the surfing because you've 191 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: been I love how you say front row seat, but 192 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 1: it's like front beach. 193 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 3: It really is. 194 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 2: And when you say you know. 195 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: Whether they're doing it like on the court, on the field, 196 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: in the ocean, and I was like, oh my god, 197 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: it's very obvious. But it's so crazy to think that 198 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:58,439 Speaker 1: someone's court is the ocean, the unpredictability of all of it, 199 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: other beings living where you're trying to win a medal, 200 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: you know's there's so many elements that make surfing so 201 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: fascinating and you've done such a great job of covering it. 202 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: And that has brought you Carissa Moore, who was the 203 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: first gold medalist in the Olympics when surfing was introduced 204 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,439 Speaker 1: in the last Olympics. She'll be back in Tahiti to compete, 205 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: and let's start there. They're not even going to be 206 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: in Paris. They're competing in Tahiti and you. 207 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 2: Get to go there. So nice work, gig, thank you, 208 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 2: But tell us about Carissa. 209 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, So Carissa is just one of those human beings 210 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 4: that has so much light, and you walk into a 211 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 4: room that she's in and you feel it, and for her, she. 212 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 3: Always calls it aloha. 213 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 4: She's a native Hawaiian, really proud of her Hawaiian heritage, 214 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 4: and there's a whole story about how her being a 215 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 4: native Hawaiian and duke who was a Hawaiian really is 216 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 4: credited with sort of wanting to get surfing in the 217 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 4: Olympics way decades and decades ago. So it's a really 218 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 4: beautiful story that Carrissa, a Native Hawaiian, ended up being 219 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 4: the first Olympic gold medalist in surfing. But when I 220 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 4: brought her this idea, it was really cool because Ris 221 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 4: is somebody who has been so intentional and so honest 222 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,599 Speaker 4: and so vulnerable. 223 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 3: And I think that's the other thing that I'm. 224 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 4: So grateful for in the extreme and Olympic and outdoor 225 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 4: sports world is that so many of these athletes have 226 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 4: never been asked the questions that are routine for athletes 227 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 4: getting in the w and the NWSL and the NBA, 228 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 4: NFL all this stuff, and so they're really willing to just. 229 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 3: Be honest with you. 230 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 4: And so Carissa is one of those surfers and one 231 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 4: of those people, I should say, who just draws you 232 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 4: in and what she's trying to do at the wave 233 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 4: is called Chaa Hopo, which everyone. 234 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 3: Calls it chops. That's how it's been known around the 235 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 3: world for a long time. So feel free to go 236 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 3: either way. 237 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 4: If you say chops during the Olympics, you're like, oh, yeah, 238 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 4: I'm an insider with surfing. But this wave is iconic, 239 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 4: and that's like almost putting it lightly. This wave translates 240 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 4: from Tahitian into basically like wall of schools or crasher 241 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 4: of schools because it is such a heavy wave that 242 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 4: it really is like when you say a dynamic field 243 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 4: of play, like the last thing the surfers are worried 244 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 4: about are the animals that are also surfing with them. 245 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 3: Instead, it is this massive slab. 246 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 4: Of water that has the power to really do some 247 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 4: damage over a shallow reef and you're trying to somehow 248 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 4: ride it. And so for Caurisa, she is a five 249 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 4: time world champion, she's the reigning Olympic gold medalist. But 250 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 4: for her, her generation of women didn't necessarily have the 251 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 4: same incentive to practice on waves like this, on waves 252 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 4: like pipeline because they were not places that had women 253 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 4: surfing competitions, So from at Chopes from two thousand and 254 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 4: six to twenty twenty two, women were not having contests 255 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 4: there because it was deemed too dangerous of a wave 256 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 4: and it was a liability, which is a wild thing 257 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 4: to say that twenty twenty two was the first year 258 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:58,359 Speaker 4: that there was a legitimate WSL sanctioned event at Tahiti 259 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 4: for the women, But even before that, like in the 260 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 4: two thousands, Kiala Kenney, Jesse, Miley Dyer. I mean, there's 261 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 4: so many women who were blazing the trail of women 262 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,719 Speaker 4: surfing at these big, heavy waves like chokes like Pipeline. 263 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 4: But Carissa was coming up at a time when they 264 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 4: weren't having events there, So why would you go practice 265 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,559 Speaker 4: in a place you weren't going to play? And so 266 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 4: Carrissa is taking this season, which is so cool after 267 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 4: she's been on tour for a decade plus and she 268 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 4: has these five world titles. She actually took this year 269 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 4: off from competitive surfing after Pipeline and she did not 270 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 4: compete in the rest of the WSL season up until 271 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 4: she was a wildcred at the Tahiti event to get 272 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 4: some practice in and so for her coming into the Olympics, 273 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 4: she's in a very different season of her life than 274 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,959 Speaker 4: she ever has been because she's daring to ask herself 275 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 4: the question who am I outside of a competitive surfer? 276 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 4: And I think so many of us can relate to that, 277 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 4: and especially when we love our jobs, we love our careers. 278 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 4: So Carissa being the first guest was kind of perfect 279 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 4: because for me, it was also like I was asking myself, like, 280 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 4: who am I without this big brand behind me? 281 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 3: Right, whether it's CBS, Orius, Men, whoever. And so it was. 282 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 4: Really beautiful to have that conversation with Ris And I 283 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 4: was so honored that she said yes because she was 284 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 4: my first yes, and. 285 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 3: It was the one that was like, yeah, no, I've 286 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,719 Speaker 3: believe in you, Aj and that meant more to me 287 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 3: than I know. 288 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 2: That's awesome. 289 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: Okay, so we're definitely gonna listen to the Cariissa episode. 290 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: Side note, when you mentioned Duke, the first thought I 291 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: had was Lava Flows, which are the greatest drink that's 292 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: ever been invented that you get at Duke's, which is 293 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: named after that famous Hawaiian surfer. They're all over Hawaii, 294 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: but they're also in Malibu and other places and if 295 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: you have not had a lava flow, it is the 296 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: most delicious drink you'll ever have. 297 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 2: In your entire life. You can count on it. 298 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: But such a cool story for Carissa, that native Hawaiian 299 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: to be able to take that first medal. 300 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 2: She'll try to repeat in Tahiti. 301 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: We've got Sarah Adam also another episode of The Powerful 302 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: Wheelchair Rugby. Tell me more about Sarah and why we 303 00:14:58,400 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: should get fired up for this competition. 304 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 3: Okay, So, wheelchair rugby is the sport that I kid 305 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 3: you not is nicknamed murder ball. 306 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 4: There was a two thousand and five documentary all about it, 307 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 4: and that is because these Paralympic athletes trick out their 308 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 4: wheelchairs to where they are battering rams. And wheelchair rugby 309 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 4: is one of the very few mixed gender sports in 310 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 4: the Olympics or Paralympics. And so Sarah Adam is actually 311 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 4: the very first woman to compete for Team USA's Paralympic 312 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 4: wheelchair rugby team. And so there have been women around 313 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 4: the world, I think four or five of them who've 314 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 4: competed in the Paralympics in the past, but she's the 315 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 4: very first member of Team USA to be a woman 316 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 4: and what's so cool is you talk to her teammates 317 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 4: and they're like, well, yeah, she's a woman, but like 318 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 4: she's so freaking good, Like there is no doubt, Like 319 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 4: there's no you know, like I think a lot of 320 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 4: times when you hear the first, right, there's almost that 321 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 4: fear if you are the first, that that's why you 322 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 4: got it, So you can be the first and like 323 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 4: sort of check that box. But all of her teammates 324 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 4: are like, uh uh, do not ding Sarah lightly. And 325 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 4: she is like in her early thirties and just like 326 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 4: this sweetish. She was an occupational therapist and she actually 327 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 4: volunteered for Wheelchair Rugby long before she ever knew that 328 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 4: she was going to sort of lose her mobility and 329 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 4: become a member of Wheelchair Rugby. And so she faced 330 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 4: out of Saint Louis and she's so sweet in person. 331 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 4: Then her episode, I was like, man, you're so kind 332 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 4: and so like, you know, she just gives off that 333 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 4: very like teacherly vibe. And then I watched her highlights 334 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 4: and I was like, oh my gosh, get out the way. 335 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 4: So watch out for Sarah because she is gonna be 336 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 4: making some her. 337 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: Story Wheelchair Rugby aka murder Ball already into it. I 338 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: remember seeing that documentary, didn't watch, but I remember seeing 339 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: all the publicity for it, and yeah, it's wildly physical. Okay, Well, 340 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: another episode we wanted to highlight Evy Leebfarth in kayak 341 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: and canoe. So tell us about Evy and why you 342 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: wanted to have her on. 343 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 4: So Evvy, I mean, selfishly, this one was a little 344 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 4: near and dear to my heart because whitewater rafting and 345 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 4: canoeing and kayaking aren't all that far together. 346 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 3: So we had a great. 347 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 4: Time honestly sharing some pretty embarrassing stories about our most 348 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 4: humbling moments on the river. I don't know who wins 349 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 4: because mine wasn't training at hers was in the Olympics, 350 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 4: so I think technically she wins, but. 351 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 3: You know whatever. 352 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,719 Speaker 4: And she's just a really beautiful soul who is not 353 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 4: only she's going to our second Olympics and she's in 354 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 4: her early twenties, so she's one of the younger members 355 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 4: of TMOSA to be a two time Olympian. She's competing 356 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 4: in three disciplines this summer, which is the first time 357 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 4: that any woman has ever done that in the for America. 358 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 4: In canoe and kayak and so she's actually competing in 359 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 4: a brand new discipline which is called kayak cross. So 360 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 4: I think snowboard cross in the Winter Games translate that 361 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 4: to like four huge boats dropping off of this ramp 362 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 4: and then bumping into each other and trying to go 363 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 4: through this course. It's the first time that it's ever 364 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 4: going to be in the Olympics, and she's going to 365 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:51,159 Speaker 4: be competing in it. 366 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 3: So she's really really sweet. 367 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 4: But one of the reasons that I wanted to have 368 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 4: her on outside of her accomplishments, is just how honest 369 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 4: she's been about her journey of coming out and what 370 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 4: that cost. 371 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 3: Her early on, but what she learned through it. 372 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 4: And I think as we talk about, you know, athletes again, 373 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 4: I am so much about highlighting the human being underneath 374 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 4: the jersey that I really felt like Evie had one 375 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 4: of those stories that is so so incredibly universal, and 376 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 4: yet she navigated it in such a beautiful and challenging. 377 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 3: Way that there were lessons to be learned. 378 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 4: And I think that, you know, I'm never going to 379 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 4: go out and compete in kayak cross, although we did 380 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 4: promise to do like an exchange of sports next year, 381 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 4: so we see how that goes, but I can take 382 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 4: a lesson from how she handled sharing news about who 383 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 4: she is and what made her her that everybody didn't 384 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 4: necessarily agree with when she first shared it. And I 385 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 4: think that's what I want people to get from these 386 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,679 Speaker 4: episodes is, of course I want the sponsorship money, I 387 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 4: want the attention to come to these women because they 388 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 4: a million. 389 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 3: Percent deserve it. 390 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 4: But what I really believe was, like why I really 391 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 4: believe they deserve it is because. 392 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 3: They are you and I. They have the lessons of 393 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 3: how they navigate life. 394 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 4: They're so so universal and so beautiful and so Evy 395 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 4: was wonderful. She squeezed me in in Paris. It was 396 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 4: like six am my time working in Parisian time. 397 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 3: I was like barely awake. And by the time she know, 398 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 3: she's like had four red bulls at that point. 399 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 4: So she was another really great episode, And I just 400 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 4: I loved getting a chance to introduce again new sports, 401 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 4: like let's get behind these women who are making some history. 402 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: Well, I think we all know that once you have 403 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 1: a little bit of information, that's really all you need 404 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: to get interested in something. So I love that you're 405 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 1: on here giving us these names. We can go looking 406 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 1: for them. We can go looking for their events and 407 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 1: maybe introduce ourselves to an event or a sport that 408 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: we're not as familiar with and get super into it. 409 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: That's one of the best parts of the Olympics is 410 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: how they give us a little bit of the storytelling, 411 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: tell us the stakes and the rules, and then we're 412 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: all in. So you can check out all of the podcasts, 413 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: learn more about aj get excited about everything at the 414 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: Powerful dot com pow h E r f U. Well, 415 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: the Powerful dot com is where all the episodes of 416 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: the podcast live. Before we let you go. You're headed 417 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: to Tahiti to cover the surfing. So what is the 418 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 1: most exciting thing you've heard about going there? Maybe what's 419 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: the toughest part about covering surfing? 420 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I mean, pinch me. I'm so excited. 421 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 4: I started my career covering tornadoes in Fayaville, Arkansas, and 422 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 4: now I get to go to Tahiti and cover Olympic surfing. 423 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 3: Like, are you kidding me? This is the dream? 424 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 4: So I'm so excited to root on these athletes and 425 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 4: to get to bring everybody sort of the front row 426 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 4: seat to their stories. But I think if there's anything 427 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 4: sort of hard quote unquote about covering surfing. It's again 428 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 4: the field of play because obviously we're out in the ocean, 429 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 4: and so actually everybody who's covering the games are going 430 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 4: to be on boats in the channel. And so if 431 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 4: you've never sort of sat in the ocean, I don't 432 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 4: know how to describe it other than like, you know, 433 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 4: like a waterbed, Like, yeah, imagine a waterbed on steroids 434 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 4: and knowing that like five feet away from where you're 435 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 4: sitting on waterbed is like a twenty foot wave that 436 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 4: wants to just like pop you right off. But like 437 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 4: the channel is sort of this safe spot, but it 438 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 4: doesn't really feel that same because you're just like moving 439 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 4: up and down, up and down, and you're seeing what 440 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 4: the wave is doing like twenty feet away from you, 441 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 4: and you're just like, Okay, I trust the science that 442 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 4: I'm in the channel, and when I'm in the channel, 443 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 4: the wave is not going to break here. But like 444 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 4: you see it and it's so crazy. So I've sat 445 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 4: in a few channels around around the world where they 446 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 4: have these like big barreling waves, and it's something that 447 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 4: never ceases to amaze me because I just like I 448 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 4: feel like I'm a you know, I'm a confident, strong woman, 449 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 4: and then I get in the ocean and I'm like, nope, 450 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 4: I'm super humble. 451 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 3: I will just sit here. I will mind my business. 452 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 3: I will not go where I'm not supposed to go. 453 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 2: And let me get back to early. You're a lifelike steat. 454 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 2: I'm trying to I'm trying to picture. 455 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: Like the scrubs in like the Bear's locker room, trying 456 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: to like sit on a boat and do their job. 457 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 2: It's incredible. 458 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: It's like a whole other competition for your journalists just 459 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,719 Speaker 1: to like stay in the boat and watch what you're watching. 460 00:21:58,600 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 2: I love this. 461 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: I'm so excited for your podcast. I'm so excited for you. 462 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 1: We can't wait to see you and follow your coverage. 463 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 1: Where can people follow you and support your coverage? 464 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, so you mentioned the Powerful the Powerful dot com 465 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 4: And then we also have a social media account where 466 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 4: I'm posting all of the clips for me to the episodes, 467 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 4: and I'm just really excited about some things that stood 468 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 4: out to me, some really funny moments. One of the 469 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 4: women we didn't talk about, but is the Pride of Alaska, 470 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 4: a love kelter who's going to be competing for rugby, 471 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 4: and she told me the story about how straight up, 472 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 4: growing up in Alaska, she confused a black bear or 473 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 4: a bear for a black lab. 474 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 3: When she was a child, and so like these are 475 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 3: the things, these are the things that come up in 476 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 3: our podcast. We just it's so much fun. 477 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 4: So anyway, the Powerful pow h E R f U 478 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,479 Speaker 4: L on all social media platforms and then you can 479 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 4: find me AJ underscore record. 480 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 3: I'm going to be doing my absolute best to make 481 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 3: you feel. 482 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 4: Like you are in Tahiti with me, because yes, you 483 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 4: please get it. It's a dream assignment and I want 484 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 4: you to feel like you're there. 485 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 3: So we love that. That's where you can find it. 486 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 2: We love it. Thank you so much, AJ, and have fun. 487 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 3: Thanks Sarah, thanks for having me on. 488 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 2: How awesome is she? So awesome? Love her. 489 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: But now I kind of have double fomo because I'm 490 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: missing out on Paris and Tahiti. I'm just gonna pretend 491 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 1: it's not happening, gonna gonna surf the waves in my 492 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,159 Speaker 1: mind during this break. 493 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 2: Be sure to come back though. 494 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 1: Somebody done fucked around and found out tgif it's time 495 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 1: for freck around and find out. 496 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 2: Fridays and we're ready to be petty. 497 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 1: Today we're calling out the clown who tried to roast 498 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: Olympic rugby player Alta Mayor in her Instagram comments for 499 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: having a high BMI because first of all, mind the 500 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 1: business that pays you, and second of all, well let's 501 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: let Alana do the talking. 502 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 5: I think you for this comment, I think you were 503 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,239 Speaker 5: trying to roast me, but this is actually fact. I 504 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 5: do have a BMI of thirty well twenty nine point three. 505 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 5: Even more exact, I've been considered overweight my whole life. 506 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 5: In middle school, elementary school, high school, I was always 507 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 5: considered overweight. I remember, viv one time in high school 508 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 5: I did turning the physical to the office and right 509 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 5: at the bottom of the page it said overweight and 510 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 5: I was so embarrassed to turn that in andto to 511 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 5: have that written there. So my whole life I've been 512 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 5: this way. I chatted with my dietician because I go 513 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 5: off of you know, facts and not just what pops 514 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 5: up here, you know, like you do, and we talked 515 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 5: about BMI and we talked about how it really isn't 516 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 5: helpful for athletes. BMI doesn't tell you much. It just 517 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 5: tells you what your height and weight and what that equals. 518 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 5: I've said it before. I'm five to ten two hundred 519 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 5: pounds and I have about and it's this is an estimate, 520 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 5: but about one hundred and seventy pounds of lean mass 521 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 5: on me. Do that math in your head. You probably can't. 522 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 5: That's pretty crazy, right, And that BMI doesn't really tell 523 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 5: you what I can do. It doesn't tell you what 524 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 5: I do in the field, how fit I am. It's 525 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 5: just a couple numbers put together. Doesn't tell you how 526 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 5: much muscle I have or anything like that. 527 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 3: So, yeah, I do have a BMI. 528 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 5: I'm thirty, I am considered overweight, but alas I'm going 529 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 5: to the Olympics and you're not. 530 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes commenter. And 531 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: by the way, BMI it played a key role in 532 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: the origins of eugenics. It allows insurance companies to sometimes 533 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: charge higher premiums for people with a high BMI, even 534 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 1: if they're perfectly healthy. And it makes absolutely no allowance 535 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: for the relative proportions of bone, muscle and fat in 536 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: the body. Bone is denser than muscle and twice as 537 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: dense as fat, so a person with strong bones, good 538 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: muscle tone, and low. 539 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 2: Fat, we'll have a high BMI even if they're fit 540 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 2: as hell. 541 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: So until BMI starts taking into account the weight of 542 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: titty meat and a squat's built ass, we're not interested. 543 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: And for all the folks out there, we know athletes 544 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: come in different shapes and sizes. Fitness looks different on 545 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: and means something different to everybody. So whether you're actually 546 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: an Olympic athlete or the best fan of all fans, 547 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: we see you, baby, and you're perfect as is. We 548 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: love that you're listening, but we want you to in 549 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: the game every day too, So here's our good game 550 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: play of the day. I've been very sneaky, y'all. In fact, 551 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:12,199 Speaker 1: I bet you underestimated my sneakiness. I have snuck an 552 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: Easter egg into every show since last Wednesday's premiere. That's 553 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 1: ten Easter eggs. What is the common theme and what 554 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,959 Speaker 1: are at least three of those Easter eggs? 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The pluck is easy and satisfying. 565 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 2: In fact, I just spotted one today. Oh thanks for listening. 566 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: Have a great weekend, and we know you will because 567 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: there's a bonus Good Game episode with the best water 568 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 1: polo player on the planet, Maggie Stephens hitting tomorrow, Flavaflav 569 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: Horses and t Swift all making appearance. 570 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 2: That's right, a Saturday episode. We're so good to you. 571 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: Good Game, aj Good Game, Elana Few torn achill Zzzz, 572 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: Sam Stobbs and Mine twenty years ago. 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