1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and welcome to stuff I've never 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: told you production of I High Radio. And today we 3 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: wanted to read a listener mail that we received a 4 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: while back. UM, which yes, we do read the listener mail, 5 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: although I have some concerns about some of the older 6 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: email addresses. They should all in theory come to the 7 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: same place. But UM, just in case, our emails stuff 8 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: media mom stuff at ihart media dot com, we do 9 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: read them. We respond in might take a minute, but 10 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: we'll get there. We will get there and it will 11 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: be a personalized response. But we wanted to read this 12 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: UM letter from Taylor that was really well typed out. 13 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: We we really appreciate when people take the time time 14 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: to contact us and and you know, provide us with 15 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: information perhaps we didn't have, or maybe we didn't didn't know, 16 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: or bring something to our attention that we might have missed. 17 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: UM and Taylor wrote in about the Para Olympics. So 18 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: Taylor wrote, I was very happy that you did a 19 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: two part or a while back on women in the Olympics. 20 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: I love sports, and none of my female lead podcast 21 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: cover sports. You both have said that you're not interested 22 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: in sports, so it meant a lot for you to 23 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: do not one, but two episodes on the Olympics. That 24 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: being said, you did not think to cover the para Olympics, because, 25 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: let me tell you, women made history there too. More importantly, 26 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: disabilities don't disappear. These athletes live with them every day 27 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: and don't deserve to be a race. I guess if 28 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: you don't do sports, you may not know what these are. 29 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: These are the equivalent to the Olympics for people with disabilities. 30 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: I think one time it was mentioned that links don't 31 00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: make it past the firewall. So I'll give you some facts. Boom, yes, 32 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: and thank you again. For the first time, USA sent 33 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: more women than men to the Paralympics, and the women 34 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: won just over six of US medals who According to 35 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: an article I found on NBC Sports, this is notable 36 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: because the Paralympics are less gender balanced than the Olympics, 37 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: women accounting for of total Paralympic athletes in Tokyo and 38 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: increase from the last Olympics. Wilchair rugby is a mixed event, 39 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: and Kylie Grimes of Team Great Britain is the first 40 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: woman to win a gold medal in mixed wheelchair at rugby. Wow, 41 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: this is huge because there's a reason that sport is 42 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: called murder ball. I have heard it called that. Do 43 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: you want to talk about sitting volleyball, Well, a lot 44 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: happened in sitting volleyball, so we're gonna talk about it. Yes. 45 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: Laura Webster played while pregnant with her fourth child. This 46 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: was her fifth Paralympics and the second Paralympics she played 47 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: in while pregnant uh. The only difference was that she 48 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: told her teammates this time around UH and when searching 49 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: for her name, there was an article on her from 50 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: AP News with the USA's gold medal win and women's 51 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: sitting volleyball. This meant all of volleyball events from the 52 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: Olympics and Paralympics were swept on the women's side. The 53 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: US won gold in Olympic indoor volleyball and beach volleyball. 54 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: I believe that's the first time that's ever happened. Rwanda 55 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: was the first Sub Saharan team in this sport to 56 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: compete at the Paralympic level. They never want to set 57 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 1: in all that time until this year, not just one set, 58 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: oh no, and a classification match. They beat Japan in 59 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: straight sets three. There's an article on Olympics dot com 60 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: detailing why this is a big deal. I believe it 61 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: was mentioned that Rwanda was one of the more expansive 62 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: club systems for the sport. Here's some names to google. 63 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: Anastagia Pagonis just go along, Tatiana McFadden, Oxana Masters, Susannah 64 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: Rodriguez Para Triathlon, Spain One gold is a doctor was 65 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: on the cover of Time magazine. You can find the 66 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: article on Olympics dot com. Baby at the Paralympics, four 67 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: month old Valencia got special permission to travel to Tokyo 68 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: as both her parents were competing. Her dad gregaraias polycrinitists. 69 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: Hopefully I said that right was competing in bacchi ball 70 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: and her mother, Katerina Patroni, is his assistant. They won 71 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: silver in the BC three classification um And there's an 72 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 1: article in Paralympic dot org on this. And this is 73 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: very US heavy because this is what NBC focused on. 74 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: Maybe your research will help make it more internationally friendly. 75 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 1: Typically don't you're doing a great job. Also you should 76 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: look up though. We the fifteen campaign, and this is 77 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 1: the biggest human rights campaign ever. The fifteen is a 78 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: reference to their being fifteen percent of people estimated living 79 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: with disabilities, which is equivalent to one billion people. The 80 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: long video on YouTube for it is great. If you 81 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: need other suggestions for episode, I suggest Jane Goodall because 82 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: science obviously a good one. And an update on the 83 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: US women's national soccer team. Yes, lawsuit against the U 84 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: s s F or PAPA. I don't remember who it's against. 85 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: There was a recent update, but I didn't really understand it. 86 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: When to Olympics and Paralympics are in February, you better 87 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: believe I'll be watching those as well. Agreed, and thank 88 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: you so much for bringing this. We did have a 89 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: discussion that we needed to do this not gonna lie 90 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: kind of escaped our periphery because we got really busy 91 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: with other things, which is not an excuse. Yeah, yeah, 92 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: but you definitely did a lot of work for us. 93 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: So thank you, Taylor. Thank you so much, Taylor, thanks 94 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: for sending like links, thanks to follow up. We definitely 95 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: want to revisit this and and do more research. And 96 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: I will say um lately for something else we're working on. 97 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: I was researching the a d A in the history 98 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: of women advocating in the field of disability and women 99 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: with disabilities. And I will admit that's a an area 100 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 1: that I did not receive a lot of education in 101 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: and I've had to really dig into writings and works 102 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: and articles and it's been really really amazing and enlightening. 103 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: But it is something that I'm working on, and um, 104 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: we do want to talk about more absolutely, And I 105 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: actually I will say I don't really watch a lot 106 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: of sports, but I do love sports. I like playing. 107 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: I'm very competitive. I mean, I'm also very competitive in 108 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: video games. But I I have a friend who's like, 109 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: you know, now you're one of my TikTok prone Samantha. 110 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: I've got like a friend who's a sports friend, and 111 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: she's always like, here's what you need to watch, and 112 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: here's who's coming up, and here's who's amazing and who's 113 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: doing all this amazing stuff. And I love this. So 114 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: Taylor really really really appreciate sending this message. And we 115 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: are certainly looking in February where we'll be watching and 116 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna revisit this for sure in the meantime. 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