WEBVTT - Titty Meat and Squat-Built Asses, Plus AJ McCord 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:03.400 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we've already 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:06.040 carefully laid out our watching on the Couch outfits for 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:11.360 today's Olympic opening ceremony singular. Today on the show, Fantastic, 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:13.399 reporter aj McCord is going to tell us about a 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:16.520 few Olympic and Paralympic girlies to watch for in Paris 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:17.560 and Tahiti. 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:22.160 But first, here's what you need to know today Winter 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:26.120 winner bald Eagle eight the African fish eagle for dinner. 0:00:26.400 --> 0:00:29.000 The US women's national soccer team beat Zambia three nil 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:32.680 in their Olympic opener, mal Swanson scoring two goals in 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:35.720 sixty six seconds, Trinity Rodman put the opposing d in 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:37.760 the spin cycle, scoring a goal of her own, and 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:40.879 Tierna Davidson, Naomi Germa, Kasey Krueger and the rest of 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:44.000 the American d kept the dangerous Barbara Band off the 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:44.600 score sheet. 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:46.560 Three points for the USA. 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:51.240 Unfortunately, we technically aren't even at day one of the Olympics, 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:54.720 and commentators are already tripping up when discussing important issues, 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:58.000 So we do have to set our Olympic days without incident. 0:00:58.080 --> 0:00:59.560 Counter back to zero. 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:03.400 Soccer broadcaster John Champion began his discussion of Zambian coach 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.920 Bruce Moape, saying, quote, Bruce Mowape, who is many would 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:08.840 consider very fortunate to be here. 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:10.160 John did go. 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:13.520 On to discuss the investigation into sexual misconduct and even 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:15.880 the fact that Moape had to take a taxi to 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.720 the game separate from his team. But we would prefer 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:21.680 a stronger opener to the discussion considering how messed up 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:24.319 it is that Wape is even allowed to be at 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.479 the tournament with the Zambian team. Remember how we told 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:31.640 you about drone Gate and the Canadians spying on New Zealand. Well, 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.880 Canada women's soccer beat the Football Ferns two to one 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:38.160 yesterday and Group A play behind goals from Evelyn Via 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:43.720 and Chloe Lacasse. Cheaters never prosper kids accept like this 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:48.320 one time. Funny moment though, when Canada Soccer tweeted out, 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.760 hey Canada, where are you watching today's match? From before kickoff? 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:55.520 My girls over at Galpal Sports responded about one hundred 0:01:55.560 --> 0:02:00.920 feet off the ground, knock out blow. 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:01.880 Well played. 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:06.040 We've got some unfortunate news in US domestic soccer today. 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.680 The Chicago Red Stars announced that defender Sam Stobbs NWSL 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.720 season is over after she suffered a torn achilles tendon 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:16.760 in an NWSL lega MX Feminial Summer Cup matchup with 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.280 Gotham FC on July twentieth, Sam. 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:21.919 We're sending you all the healing energies. 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:25.840 More NWSL news, The Houston Dash of parted ways with 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:28.880 GM Alex Singer, who joined the club in August twenty 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.960 twenty two as its first ever GM. I'm sure we're 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:33.920 going to get some more context on that decision, but 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:38.120 for now, just another day in the NWSL, just another firing. 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:39.960 The hell going on over there. 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:44.920 Athletes Unlimited's Pro Softball League starts up today sixty of 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:48.640 the most stellar softballers out there, like defending au Champ 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:52.440 Odyssey Alexander, Sidney, McKinney, and Moore. They compete for five 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:56.240 weeks at Parkway Bank Sports Complex in Rosemont, Illinois, which 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:59.720 totally makes sense because softball was born in Chicago and 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.919 Mount is right outside Chicago. If you didn't know, look 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:06.119 it up, y'all. Everything dope is from Chicago. Things kick 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:09.200 off at ESPN two tonight at seven pm Eastern, six 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:12.760 pm Central, So tune in some more softball news this 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:16.160 time in the college ranks. Raining NCUBA National Player of 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:20.240 the Year Nijerie Kennedy is transferring to Texas Tech. The 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:23.080 Athletic reported that Kennedy will receive a one year deal 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:26.480 worth over one million dollars with the Mattador Club and 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:30.320 nil collective for Texas Tech athletes. The previous high for 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.160 a softball pitcher believed to be one hundred and seventy 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:37.560 five thousand. The price is going up. Last season, Kennedy 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:41.640 helped Stanford make its third NCUBA Women's College World Series appearance. 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:42.760 Ever to hoops. 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.520 The Chicago Sky has announced plans to build a new, 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.080 state of the art practice facility for the twenty twenty 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.960 six season. According to a Sky press release, the performance 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.640 center will feature multiple regulation sized courts, twenty four hour 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.920 year round access, and community partnerships with the Obama Foundation 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:01.520 and YMCA of Metro Chicago. And don't even think about it, 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:04.440 Aubrey Plaza. If anyone gets to be the first person 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:09.600 to tear their acl there, it's me. This news comes 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:11.560 at the midpoint of a season that started with the 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.280 franchise receiving a bunch of scrutiny for the setup of 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:18.440 Angel Reese's introductory press conference at their current center ie 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:23.039 no fans, few reporters, bad lighting, etc. And fans have 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:26.080 continued to take shots at their lackluster facility all season. 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:32.520 Well feedback herd feedback taken after the break. 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:40.800 We talk gnarly waves and Paralympic powerhouses. Stick around joining 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.640 us Now we've got a versatile reporter. She's covered everything 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:48.080 from professionals surfing to pickleball, Paralympics, Olympics and more on 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:52.280 outlets including ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS Sports Network, and Portland 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.920 TV and radio. She's about to impress us by saying 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:58.240 something super complicated in Portuguese. 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:02.360 It's AJ mccor to hit it with the RIAA. 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:04.520 It is a joy to be with you. That means 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:05.159 thank you very much. 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:09.440 All right, all right, AJ, you're joining us because you've 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.560 got this awesome new podcast called The Power Full. And 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:14.919 you and I were at dinner in Tucson back in 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.520 October and you were like, I have this idea that 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.000 I want to do. I'm pitching it to my agents, 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:22.800 like I want it to happen. You wanted to highlight 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:24.880 women in extreme and outdoor sports a lot of the 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:27.599 sports that you cover, So what inspired you to pitch 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.120 it and how did you bring it to life. 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:35.200 Yeah, so I grew up an extreme and outdoor sports athlete. 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:38.400 I was a surfer my entire life, and then my 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:42.120 competitive sport was gymnastics, and so for me, the Olympics 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:44.479 were always kind of the pinnacle of sport. Like I know, 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.400 for a lot of people, there's you know, super Bowls 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.280 and titles and all this stuff, but for me, it 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:50.440 was always the Olympics. 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:51.920 That was always the end all be all. 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.520 And then I was a whitewater rafting guide in college, 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.560 did a lot of backpacking, and so in my personal 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.560 life I kept getting drawn more and more to sort 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:02.520 of these extreme sports. Was I think tapped into what 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.440 I loved so much about gymnastics, which is like the 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:08.800 thrill of gymnastics is something that I was really drawn to. 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.800 And so for me, whitewater rafting was sort of it 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:14.359 was the job I had in college and it was 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:17.400 the one that really introduced me to outdoor sports and 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.320 outside of surfing, which wasn't in the Olympics up until 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.880 twenty twenty one. So for me it was just it 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:27.080 was so it's so a part of who I am 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:30.040 personally and that I was like, you know, I feel 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:34.400 like professionally I love telling the stories of people who 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:38.080 don't always often get their stories told, right, Like in 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:41.159 a locker room set. For me, there's always there's always 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:42.560 a group in Sarah, you know this sort of the 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:44.640 number of locker rooms you've been in, right, there's always 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.600 the ones who go very first to that superstar who 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:49.479 had the game, who did that, and you have to 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:52.560 check that box, especially depending on what you're covering. But 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.320 for me, it was always a person who maybe was 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.840 the assist or maybe had the standout night, like what's 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:01.240 going on in your life, what's happening that made you 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.320 have this night? And for me, that's always what I've 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.479 been drawn to because I think in sport it's so 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.920 much is a microcosm of our society. But there's also 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:15.640 a reason we're all drawn to sport, right, And it's 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:18.400 not just what these athletes are doing in their field 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:20.720 of play, on the court, in the ocean, whatever it is. 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.040 It's about how they live their lives. 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.520 And so when I really started finding my voice and 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.040 figuring out how I wanted to do that, and this 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.560 season of my career, which is freelancing for the first time, 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.040 I've been doing it for just over two years now, 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:36.160 and it was really the first time in my career 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.120 that I had the freedom to say, Okay, I get 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.840 to choose this path. I get to choose these assignments, 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.160 and it's not being dictated by the region that I 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:46.840 live in, or the station that I'm working for, or 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:50.120 even the teams that I'm covering. And so I decided, 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:52.960 you know what, I am so stoked. And again, Sarah, 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.200 you and I have been covering women's sports for a 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.720 really long time, and I'm so stoked that it is 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.760 having its moment right like fine, I know people are 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:02.680 looking at women's sports and not seeing a charity, they're 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:06.120 seeing a business, They're seeing amazing athletes, and we're getting 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.680 the coverage that we've worked so hard for. And so 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:11.200 I'm looking around, I'm going great, there's so much attention 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.880 on the WNBA, there's so much attention on the NWSL. 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:15.920 Who's not getting the attention. 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.080 And it's my girls. It's my girls in the Olympic 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:21.840 and extreme and outdoor sports. And so these are the 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:24.360 ones that I've had the front row seat to get 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:26.800 to cover some of the most amazing moments in women's 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:30.400 surfing history in the last two years, and so I 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:32.040 was like, this is where I want to be. 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.600 This is going to be my baby, my passion project. 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:37.720 And when I was sitting down with you in Tucson, 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.120 I was just thinking about sort of the name of it, 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:43.440 and what kept coming back to me was powerful and 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:47.000 just how powerful these women are, not just in their 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:49.959 fields of play, because oftentimes they're competing against nature herself, 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:53.240 which we know Mother Nature is undefeated, but they were 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:57.040 also doing it with such grace and strength and confidence 0:08:57.120 --> 0:09:00.920 in identity that to me, that is the powerful part, 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:04.400 Like that's the her part, impowerful. And so I named 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:08.720 it the Powerful spelled pow h r Ful because I 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:13.040 wanted to highlight these women's power and it comes from within, 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.920 it comes from the love of the game because for 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.280 so often, for so many times, these women have had 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:19.240 to not just do their. 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.360 Sport, but have like five other jobs to make it work. 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:25.160 So that's sort of the long story, the long story short. 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:27.240 Of yeah, how it came to be. 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:29.719 Well, and you're the perfect person to bring us these 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.160 stories and also to get us fired up for this 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:35.120 upcoming Olympics and Paralympics, because you've spent so much time 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.280 talking to these great athletes, and so I asked you 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:39.920 to bring us a couple to keep an eye on. 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.080 And I want to start with the surfing because you've 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:44.040 been I love how you say front row seat, but 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:45.199 it's like front beach. 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:46.080 It really is. 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:47.240 And when you say you know. 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.000 Whether they're doing it like on the court, on the field, 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:50.360 in the ocean, and I was like, oh my god, 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:53.440 it's very obvious. But it's so crazy to think that 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:58.439 someone's court is the ocean, the unpredictability of all of it, 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.520 other beings living where you're trying to win a medal, 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.920 you know's there's so many elements that make surfing so 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:07.920 fascinating and you've done such a great job of covering it. 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:10.760 And that has brought you Carissa Moore, who was the 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.920 first gold medalist in the Olympics when surfing was introduced 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.439 in the last Olympics. She'll be back in Tahiti to compete, 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.720 and let's start there. They're not even going to be 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.480 in Paris. They're competing in Tahiti and you. 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.320 Get to go there. So nice work, gig, thank you, 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:26.360 But tell us about Carissa. 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:30.040 Yeah, So Carissa is just one of those human beings 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.880 that has so much light, and you walk into a 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:36.160 room that she's in and you feel it, and for her, she. 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:37.480 Always calls it aloha. 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:40.280 She's a native Hawaiian, really proud of her Hawaiian heritage, 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.360 and there's a whole story about how her being a 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:46.720 native Hawaiian and duke who was a Hawaiian really is 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.079 credited with sort of wanting to get surfing in the 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:52.160 Olympics way decades and decades ago. So it's a really 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:54.920 beautiful story that Carrissa, a Native Hawaiian, ended up being 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.520 the first Olympic gold medalist in surfing. But when I 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.680 brought her this idea, it was really cool because Ris 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:05.960 is somebody who has been so intentional and so honest 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:07.599 and so vulnerable. 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.800 And I think that's the other thing that I'm. 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:12.600 So grateful for in the extreme and Olympic and outdoor 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:15.440 sports world is that so many of these athletes have 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:19.240 never been asked the questions that are routine for athletes 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.600 getting in the w and the NWSL and the NBA, 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.439 NFL all this stuff, and so they're really willing to just. 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:25.840 Be honest with you. 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:28.920 And so Carissa is one of those surfers and one 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.800 of those people, I should say, who just draws you 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.720 in and what she's trying to do at the wave 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:36.880 is called Chaa Hopo, which everyone. 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:38.600 Calls it chops. That's how it's been known around the 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.200 world for a long time. So feel free to go 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:41.520 either way. 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:43.640 If you say chops during the Olympics, you're like, oh, yeah, 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:49.400 I'm an insider with surfing. But this wave is iconic, 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:53.000 and that's like almost putting it lightly. This wave translates 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:56.760 from Tahitian into basically like wall of schools or crasher 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:00.800 of schools because it is such a heavy wave that 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:03.320 it really is like when you say a dynamic field 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:05.800 of play, like the last thing the surfers are worried 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:08.240 about are the animals that are also surfing with them. 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.160 Instead, it is this massive slab. 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:14.200 Of water that has the power to really do some 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.400 damage over a shallow reef and you're trying to somehow 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.560 ride it. And so for Caurisa, she is a five 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:24.000 time world champion, she's the reigning Olympic gold medalist. But 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:28.960 for her, her generation of women didn't necessarily have the 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:32.680 same incentive to practice on waves like this, on waves 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:36.400 like pipeline because they were not places that had women 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:40.120 surfing competitions, So from at Chopes from two thousand and 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:43.880 six to twenty twenty two, women were not having contests 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.720 there because it was deemed too dangerous of a wave 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.880 and it was a liability, which is a wild thing 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:53.800 to say that twenty twenty two was the first year 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:58.359 that there was a legitimate WSL sanctioned event at Tahiti 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.160 for the women, But even before that, like in the 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:05.080 two thousands, Kiala Kenney, Jesse, Miley Dyer. I mean, there's 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:07.880 so many women who were blazing the trail of women 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:11.719 surfing at these big, heavy waves like chokes like Pipeline. 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:14.199 But Carissa was coming up at a time when they 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:16.600 weren't having events there, So why would you go practice 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:18.559 in a place you weren't going to play? And so 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.320 Carrissa is taking this season, which is so cool after 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.760 she's been on tour for a decade plus and she 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.640 has these five world titles. She actually took this year 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:30.920 off from competitive surfing after Pipeline and she did not 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:34.079 compete in the rest of the WSL season up until 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.079 she was a wildcred at the Tahiti event to get 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.920 some practice in and so for her coming into the Olympics, 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:42.440 she's in a very different season of her life than 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.959 she ever has been because she's daring to ask herself 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:50.240 the question who am I outside of a competitive surfer? 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.800 And I think so many of us can relate to that, 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.600 and especially when we love our jobs, we love our careers. 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:57.960 So Carissa being the first guest was kind of perfect 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.160 because for me, it was also like I was asking myself, like, 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:03.160 who am I without this big brand behind me? 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.240 Right, whether it's CBS, Orius, Men, whoever. And so it was. 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:08.840 Really beautiful to have that conversation with Ris And I 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:10.880 was so honored that she said yes because she was 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:12.240 my first yes, and. 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:13.559 It was the one that was like, yeah, no, I've 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:16.719 believe in you, Aj and that meant more to me 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:17.200 than I know. 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:18.360 That's awesome. 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:21.280 Okay, so we're definitely gonna listen to the Cariissa episode. 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:23.640 Side note, when you mentioned Duke, the first thought I 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.720 had was Lava Flows, which are the greatest drink that's 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.880 ever been invented that you get at Duke's, which is 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:33.280 named after that famous Hawaiian surfer. They're all over Hawaii, 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.240 but they're also in Malibu and other places and if 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:37.920 you have not had a lava flow, it is the 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:39.400 most delicious drink you'll ever have. 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:42.840 In your entire life. You can count on it. 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.840 But such a cool story for Carissa, that native Hawaiian 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:48.520 to be able to take that first medal. 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:50.160 She'll try to repeat in Tahiti. 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:54.760 We've got Sarah Adam also another episode of The Powerful 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:58.360 Wheelchair Rugby. Tell me more about Sarah and why we 0:14:58.400 --> 0:14:59.920 should get fired up for this competition. 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.560 Okay, So, wheelchair rugby is the sport that I kid 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:05.040 you not is nicknamed murder ball. 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:07.520 There was a two thousand and five documentary all about it, 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:11.160 and that is because these Paralympic athletes trick out their 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:15.360 wheelchairs to where they are battering rams. And wheelchair rugby 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:18.320 is one of the very few mixed gender sports in 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.240 the Olympics or Paralympics. And so Sarah Adam is actually 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:25.320 the very first woman to compete for Team USA's Paralympic 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.800 wheelchair rugby team. And so there have been women around 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:30.600 the world, I think four or five of them who've 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:32.840 competed in the Paralympics in the past, but she's the 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.680 very first member of Team USA to be a woman 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:38.200 and what's so cool is you talk to her teammates 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.520 and they're like, well, yeah, she's a woman, but like 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:45.000 she's so freaking good, Like there is no doubt, Like 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:46.720 there's no you know, like I think a lot of 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.040 times when you hear the first, right, there's almost that 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:52.120 fear if you are the first, that that's why you 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.240 got it, So you can be the first and like 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:56.760 sort of check that box. But all of her teammates 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:59.720 are like, uh uh, do not ding Sarah lightly. And 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:02.520 she is like in her early thirties and just like 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.640 this sweetish. She was an occupational therapist and she actually 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:08.400 volunteered for Wheelchair Rugby long before she ever knew that 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:11.920 she was going to sort of lose her mobility and 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:15.080 become a member of Wheelchair Rugby. And so she faced 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.720 out of Saint Louis and she's so sweet in person. 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:19.680 Then her episode, I was like, man, you're so kind 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:21.720 and so like, you know, she just gives off that 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:25.480 very like teacherly vibe. And then I watched her highlights 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:27.920 and I was like, oh my gosh, get out the way. 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:30.880 So watch out for Sarah because she is gonna be 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:31.480 making some her. 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:36.520 Story Wheelchair Rugby aka murder Ball already into it. I 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:38.800 remember seeing that documentary, didn't watch, but I remember seeing 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:43.440 all the publicity for it, and yeah, it's wildly physical. Okay, Well, 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:47.560 another episode we wanted to highlight Evy Leebfarth in kayak 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:49.800 and canoe. So tell us about Evy and why you 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:50.480 wanted to have her on. 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:53.320 So Evvy, I mean, selfishly, this one was a little 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:55.760 near and dear to my heart because whitewater rafting and 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:57.880 canoeing and kayaking aren't all that far together. 0:16:58.000 --> 0:16:59.280 So we had a great. 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:02.040 Time honestly sharing some pretty embarrassing stories about our most 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:05.639 humbling moments on the river. I don't know who wins 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:07.720 because mine wasn't training at hers was in the Olympics, 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.160 so I think technically she wins, but. 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:11.199 You know whatever. 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:15.719 And she's just a really beautiful soul who is not 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:17.760 only she's going to our second Olympics and she's in 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:20.040 her early twenties, so she's one of the younger members 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:23.600 of TMOSA to be a two time Olympian. She's competing 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:26.560 in three disciplines this summer, which is the first time 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:29.480 that any woman has ever done that in the for America. 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.920 In canoe and kayak and so she's actually competing in 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:35.720 a brand new discipline which is called kayak cross. So 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:39.600 I think snowboard cross in the Winter Games translate that 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:43.520 to like four huge boats dropping off of this ramp 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:45.600 and then bumping into each other and trying to go 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:47.960 through this course. It's the first time that it's ever 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:50.359 going to be in the Olympics, and she's going to 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:51.159 be competing in it. 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.040 So she's really really sweet. 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:54.800 But one of the reasons that I wanted to have 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:58.520 her on outside of her accomplishments, is just how honest 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:02.159 she's been about her journey of coming out and what 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:03.400 that cost. 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:05.640 Her early on, but what she learned through it. 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:09.720 And I think as we talk about, you know, athletes again, 0:18:10.040 --> 0:18:12.680 I am so much about highlighting the human being underneath 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.439 the jersey that I really felt like Evie had one 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:20.800 of those stories that is so so incredibly universal, and 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:25.399 yet she navigated it in such a beautiful and challenging. 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:27.240 Way that there were lessons to be learned. 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:29.200 And I think that, you know, I'm never going to 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:31.560 go out and compete in kayak cross, although we did 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:33.840 promise to do like an exchange of sports next year, 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:37.400 so we see how that goes, but I can take 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:41.280 a lesson from how she handled sharing news about who 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:46.000 she is and what made her her that everybody didn't 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:48.840 necessarily agree with when she first shared it. And I 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:51.480 think that's what I want people to get from these 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:54.679 episodes is, of course I want the sponsorship money, I 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:56.560 want the attention to come to these women because they 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:57.560 a million. 0:18:57.240 --> 0:18:58.760 Percent deserve it. 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:00.800 But what I really believe was, like why I really 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.080 believe they deserve it is because. 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:06.080 They are you and I. They have the lessons of 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:07.160 how they navigate life. 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:11.680 They're so so universal and so beautiful and so Evy 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:14.760 was wonderful. She squeezed me in in Paris. It was 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:17.360 like six am my time working in Parisian time. 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:19.720 I was like barely awake. And by the time she know, 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:21.320 she's like had four red bulls at that point. 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:24.879 So she was another really great episode, And I just 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:27.640 I loved getting a chance to introduce again new sports, 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:30.080