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  • Caela Fenton is a doctoral candidate in English at the University of Oregon. Her research lies primarily in cultural studies of sport, utilizing feminist approaches to consider gender equity in sport industry, as well as digital iterations of physical culture. Her academic work has appeared in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Narrative, and Aethlon. Her journalistic work has appeared in Canadian Running Magazine, iRun, and The XC. Most recently, she served on the communications team at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials. In this episode, we discuss social media as it relates to professional athletics, gendered expectations, and capitalism. We also discuss representations of women distance runners throughout time and in various forms of media. Caela blows Emma's mind multiple times, and she will likely blow your mind, too! 

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Running, Identity, and Meaning by Neil Baxter

    --Athlete identity crises

    --Perdita Felicien 

    --Sarah Banet-Weiser and brand culture

    --Women runners and self-representation over Instagram

    --Fetishization of female runners’ bodies

    --Heather Caplan on Social Sport

    --Colleen Quigley's Instagram post on pulling out of Olympic Trials

    --Allie Ostrander's video on beginning eating disorder treatment

    --Postfeminism

    --Once a Runner by John L. Parker

    --"Why I Loathe Once a Runner," Caela's article in Canadian Running

    --Late Air by Jaclyn Gilbert

    --Inadequate representation of Black women runners

    --"Jogging Has Always Excluded Black People," but Natalia Mehlman Petrzela for NYTimes

    --Risa Isard on Social Sport

    --"Hayward Magic in the Era of Globalized Sport Culture"

    --Coach Tom Heinonen

    --The Passage series

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  • Tom O'Keefe is a social impact entrepreneur, and the founder of Stride for Stride, Heart to Cart, and Bostontweet. 

    Stride for Stride is a non-profit running organization that buys race bibs for immigrant, BIPOC, and low-income runners. Their goal is to make races more accessible and more diverse. Tom started Stride for Stride in 2018 after struggling to pay for race bibs and observing that most races lacked diversity - his assumption was that this was due, in part, to the high cost of entry. Since 2018, Stride for Stride has grown to over 60 avid runners from over a dozen countries. They compete in everything from marathons to 5Ks, and even a 50-mile Ultra. All but two of their runners are immigrants representing the following countries; Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Nigeria, and the United States, as well as Puerto Rico. 

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Boston globe article on Bostontweet

    --Story of how Tom met his wife

    --Rosie's Place

    --Sid Baptista of PIONEERS Run Crew on Social Sport

    --Black Men Run

    --Black Girls Run

    --Latinos Run

    --Dominican Runners, NYC

    --Heart to Cart

    --Impact Video Group

    --Donate here or text STRIDE to 44321

    Quotes:

    --“Races are the only sport where you’re running with the best of the best—the professionals, like Meb and Shalane. There is no other sport where you’re competing with them; you can’t play football with Tom Brady. The same thing goes for wage inequity. A CEO makes 258 times what the average employee makes, which is awful, but if those two guys run the same race, the employee could beat the CEO. How empowering is that?”

    --“When you finish a race, you’re high-fiving everyone. That’s all you care about—that you ran. You’re just so happy for yourself and for everyone else. Nothing else matters at that point. You’re not thinking about politics or how much money you made…It changed my life, and I think it can change so many others.”

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  • Risa Isard is a sports industry veteran and policy expert. She specializes in advancing equity with and for girls and women, LGBTQ+ people, people of color, and others in and through sport. Her career in the sports industry spans professional and college sports, sports policy, and nonprofit thought leadership. She has developed partnerships with professional ninja athletes, hosted Billie Jean King in an on-stage conversation, directed the premier national event for increasing access to youth sports, co-authored and edited foundational research reports, established community-based partnerships to support sport leaders across the country, launched a first-of-its-kind online portal for community leaders, founded a farmer’s market at professional baseball games, run a baseball league for people with special needs, hosted a celebrity soccer challenge, authored fortune cookies, and more. She is the former associate director of thought leadership for national nonprofit KABOOM!, former project director for the Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program, and former community relations coordinator for a minor league baseball team. She’s also been on staff at Brandi Chastain’s nonprofit organization, Duke University women’s basketball, and the Phoenix Mercury. Risa has presented at South by Southwest (SXSW), Spotlight: Health at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Surgeon General’s Innovation Summit, the University of Pennsylvania's Law School Sports Symposium, the North American Society for Sport Management, and elsewhere. She has written for Sports Business Journal, AdWeek, Global Sport Matters, Quartz, espnW and elsewhere. Risa graduated cum laude from Duke with a specialized degree in “Social Change at the Intersection of Culture, Gender, and Sports,” simultaneously receiving honors for her original research thesis on the pre-history and early years of Title IX (1969-1975). A long-time advocate of using sports for social change, Risa is a Research Fellow in the Laboratory for Inclusion and Diversity in Sport at UMass, where she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Sport Management from the Isenberg School of Management. 

    Quotes:

    --“This is definitely not sport-specific. Racial bias has long been documented in men’s sports. There is less documentation, but no less convincing evidence, that it happens in women's sports as well. It can manifests in a number of different ways. It can be about the attention athletes get, it can be about the kind of attention they get, and it can be about the language we use when we talk about athletes...Absolutely, racial bias is pervasive in and across sports, and in women’s sports."

    --“Title IX has fixed things unequally when it comes to girls. Title IX has been excellent for white, middle-upper class girls like me. It has been a lot less effective at creating equity for Black girls, Latinx girls, girls of color broadly, and girls from low income communities. The gender gaps that exist in some communities are still quite pervasive…Title IX, at its best, ought to create a more equitable society for all girls, and it hasn’t done that yet.”

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  • Tiara Williams is a former, Division I Texas Tech heptathlete and a track and field reporter. She was inspired to start the platform Real Talk in January of 2019 because she wanted to gain experience toward her dream career in sports broadcasting. She began to showcase track and field athletes in video interview segments, focusing not just on who they are as athletes, but also on who they are as people. In this episode, Tiara shares about her own struggles with mental health and why she values asking athletes about their mental health. Tiara also speaks candidly about changes she wants to see in track and field, what it means to be a young Black woman in sports broadcasting, and what she represents for Black girls who aspire to similar careers. 

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Tiara’s interview with Sha’Carri Richardson

    --Connecting with athletes as real people

    --Watching family members struggle with addiction

    --Sports as an outlet for family struggles 

    --Heptathlon

    --Tiara's Texas Tech career

    --Power dynamics in track and field reporting

    --Asking athletes about mental health

    --Post-college mental health struggles

    --The connection between money and mental health

    --The Magic Boost program

    Quotes:

    --“It means everything to me to be creative. It means everything. It means everything to know that young Black women are looking up to me. Young, high school Black girls are always in my DMs saying, ‘I want to be a sports broadcaster.’ It means everything to know that I am setting the standard that they will look up to.” -Tiara Williams

    --“I like to ask athletes about mental health because we all deal with it. But we all cope with it in different ways. And you never know, your coping mechanism could help someone eles…we can all help each other.” -Tiara Williams

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  • Joanne P. McCallie ("Coach P") is a Mental Health Advocate and Hall of Fame DI basketball coach. With over 600 wins, she has coached at Maine, Michigan State, and Duke, earning National Coach of the Year in 2005. Coach P was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder at age 30. After learning how to manage her mental health and continue winning as a coach, she decided to become a mental health advocate and speaker, sharing her story to inspire and educate others on how to "win without losing yourself." Through Coach P’s high energy speeches and leadership seminars, she engages, educates and inspires organizations with discussions on mental health, sports, faith, and leadership.

    Even though Coach P's past lies in basketball, her recent work is applicable to athletes in all sports. In this episode, like any great coach, she challenges us to think about mental health in unique ways. At the same time, she allows Emma to challenge her and ask difficult questions regarding her tenure in coaching and the accessibility of mental health resources. Her willingness to continue being challenged, while challenging and coaching others, reinforces her forever title: Coach P for Life!

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Coach P's decision to keep her diagnosis a secret

    --Balancing a high-power career with mental health

    --Stepping away from coaching

    --Gender disparity in coaching contracts

    --Duke Fuqua School of Business

    --Secret Warrior book

    --"Mental health impairment" vs "mental illness"

    --Effect of athletes speaking more about their mental health (eg. Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles) 

    --Bipolar disorder misconceptions

    --Coach P's response to allegations of player mistreatment

    --“Mental health impairments” and creativity

    --Inaccessibility of mental health resources

    --Race and ethnicity disparities in mental health resources

    --Bosch TV series

    --Ted Lasso TV series

    --The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

    Quotes:

    --“I’m into life and death now. Before it was wins and losses. This is a whole different ball game.” -Joanne P. McCallie

    --“Sport communicates so many items that you can’t communicate in any other place—the inspiration, the work ethic, the talent of it, the craft of it…” -Joanne P. McCallie

    --“We’ve got to look for life to be not what it is, but what it can be. What can life be? How good can it be?” -Joanne P. McCallie

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  • Lindsley Kump is a mama, wife, fur baby mom, field event marketing manager, trail runner, and the founder of Womxn Who Move. Originally from Hawaii, she has called Colorado home for 18 years now. Road running has been a key part of her life for almost 7 years now, and over the last year, she has transitioned into trail running. It's where her heart is; she finds she is happiest in nature and on the trails. With that being said, she believes a lot needs to change within the trail running community to be more diverse and inclusive for BIPOC runners.

    In 2021, she started a new, all-inclusive community called Womxn_Who_Move, dedicated to empowering, encouraging, and inspiring womxn through movement.

    Discussed in this episode:

    --TransRockies Run

    --Article on Carolyn Su at TransRockies Run

    --Carolyn Su on Social Sport

    --Womxn who Move and finding joy in movement

    --Meg Flanagan on Social Sport

    --Striking balance between building a platform and protecting your mental health

    --Lindsley’s mantra: “be the energy”

    --Safety for BIPOC trail runners, discussed by Lindsley in this Trail Runner article

    --Moun10 Ultra

    -Chasing joy in career changes

    Quotes:

    --“Fear, fear of not being seen and fear for my own safety, is a factor whenever I go out for a run. I’m always going to be fearful, but I try not to let that stop me from doing something. If you feel that joy, if trail running or hiking or anything brings you that joy, try to remember that. Try to remember how it makes you feel in that moment, to help you move past the fear.” -Lindsley Kump

    --“Life really really is short. Don’t take things for granted. For a long time, I have been very comfortable and have taken a lot of things for granted. It made me realize that I needed to start pushing past my comfort zone and speaking up for things that were not right… I needed to start using my voice the best that I possibly could to stand up for things that were not okay, and I needed to start doing the things that I was passionate about.” -Lindsley Kump

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  • Guarina Lopez (Pascua Yaqui) is a visual artist and storyteller using photography, film, and writing to share stories of this Native land, the Indigenous people, and the environment. She works at the intersections of Indigenous sovereignty, land and water rights, and colonial abolition. Much of her work is raising awareness about Native history, culture, art, and law as a way to elevate Indigenous stories beyond stereotypes to ground them in contemporary life. Guarina is also a runner, cyclist, and mother to a long-haired skater boy.

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Guarina’s letter in Trail Runner Magazine, and related discourse

    --Dinée Dorame on Social Sport

    --Hire Indigenous creatives!!

    --NYTimes article, "The Racial Bias Built into Photography"

    --White-centering of environmental movement

    --Injustice and power dynamics in the biking community

    --Women Run the Vote Relay 2021

    --Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    Quotes:

    “What I was seeing from individual Native women cyclists, myself included, was that our relationship to the land was different from that of cyclists who are not Native. We have a different form of deference to the lands that we ride on, or ride with. I wanted to tell those stories.” -Guarina Lopez

    “It’s not that we’re not out there, it’s not that we haven’t been on bikes, it’s that our stories have not been fore-fronted. Our stories have not been told. That makes me mad. We’ve been denied the opportunity to tell our stories.” -Guarina Lopez

    Follow Guarina and her work:

    --Personal Instagram

    --This Native Land Instagram

    --Native Women Ride Instagram

    --Yaqui Rain Runner Instagram

    --Modern Natives Personal Regalia Instagram

    --Call Me By My Name Project Instagram

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  • Hannah Borenstein is a Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. Her academic research is about women runners in Ethiopia navigating a transnational athletics economy. Outside of academia, she writes primarily about the intersections of sports, race, gender, and labor politics. She speaks Amharic, can juggle, and loves to run.Discussed in this episode: --COVID experience in different countries--Post-colonial feminist critique--Power dynamics that elite Ethiopian distance-runners might face when dealing with male coaches, training partners, etc.--Considerations involved in being a white woman from the US doing research in Ethiopia--Firehiwot Dado, Hannah's friend and 2011 NYC Marathon champion--Navigating dual roles as friend, teammate, and researcher--Hannah's Fansided Article on Pan-Africa-USA International Track Meet--The complexity of track and field when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion--The injustices of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics games--Female classifications/testosterone rule in Olympic track events: 400m to 1500m--Hannah's World Athletics article on women runners from Ethiopia's Tigray region--Hannah's article, The Long Run --Alison Wade's Bookshop page on books on women's distance running--The White LotusFollow Hannah: Website, TwitterFollow Social Sport: Website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter Subscribe to the Social Sport Newsletter--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/socialsport/support

  • The mission of Kyniska Advocacy is to create a sporting world that celebrates, protects, and respects women in sport. They advocate for progressive policies in women’s sport, enacting change one campaign at a time.

    Kate Seary, Co-Founder: Kate is an experienced Welsh International middle-distance runner. She has been competing in athletics since 2008. Passionate about improving the culture of women’s sport, Kate is tirelessly innovative, actively fighting for policy changes to better protect and support women. Kate has a background in government and working with policy. She began formally campaigning for a safer and more equitable sporting environment last year.

    Mhairi Maclennan, Co-Founder: Mhairi is a Scottish and GB international athlete with immense talent over track, road, and cross country. She is a tenacious and fearless competitor and campaigner, with big goals in sight for all women in sport, at every level. Mhairi is a fierce defender of grassroots sport, believing it is vital that our young people are protected and supported to grow into passionate athletes that love the sport as much as she does.

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Why policy is important for creating healthier sport cultures

    --Patriarchal history in sports and how it affects sports today

    --Sports structure in the UK

    --Abuse in sport

    --Taking the onus off of abused athletes

    --#ZeroToleranceUKA campaign

    --Atalanta NYC

    --Changing the narrative around puberty and girls’ trajectory in running

    --Once a Runner by John L. Parker

    --Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg

    --The Bold Type, tv series

    Quotes:

    “It is a minority of coaches and officials that are abusing athletes, but one abusive coach is too many. We’re trying to minimize the number of coaches that could abuse. The way Mhairi and I believe that needs to happen is through policy change.” -Kate Seary

    “We hold victims up to ridiculous standards to convince everyone that what happened to them is true. That’s where the structural change needs to comes in to play. We need to have systems that protect victims when they come forward. We need to have people on hand to manage the trauma of admitting, to yourself and everybody else, what happened to you...” -Mhairi Maclennan

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  • Zahra Alabanza (she/her/they) conjures enthusiasm for life by practicing pleasure and play, living simply and seeking joy. Being a parent, organizer, creator and adventurer are a few roles that allow her to explore the depths of her pleasure and joy. She curates experiences; decolonizes and deconstructs spaces; and utilizes outdoor adventure, land base work, and wellness rituals to contribute to enhancing the quality of life among Black folk. Her work centers Black women, children and queer folks and meets at the intersection of justice, principled living, healing, quality of life, and Black liberation.

    She is the co-founder of Red, Bike and Green-Atlanta and Black Freedom Outfitters.

    Discussed in this episode:

    --“striving to be full”

    --Black Freedom Outfitters

    --Black Feminist Future

    --Environmental stewardship through outdoor adventure

    --White-washing of environmentalism

    --Red Bike and Green Atlanta

    --Zahra's planting at Rooted Plants and Tings

    Quotes:

    “If you’re riding a bike for any mileage, let alone long miles over multiple days, what that does for who you are and how you show up in the world is really phenomenal.”

    "It's not an inconvenience to consider the earth. We actually must."

    "What was once joy became politicized. And then, I became exhausted." 

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  • *CW: this episode mentions suicidal ideation

    National suicide prevention lifeline: 800-273-8255

    Emma Gee is a queer Division 1 runner who competed for both Brigham Young University and Temple University. She recently completed her final collegiate track season at the NCAA Track & Field Championships by racing the 3000 meter Steeplechase. In April 2020, Emma graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Public Relations. She was the first LGBTQ+ athlete to come out publicly at BYU, and the only athlete to be out during her five years at school, an experience which Emma has written and spoken openly about. Emma is currently completing a masters degree at Temple University. 

    On Instagram, Emma said: "I went from being a little closeted Mormon girl on a partial cross country scholarship, to becoming the first LGBTQ+ athlete to publicly come out at BYU, to qualifying for nationals and racing at NCAAs for the first and last time." Hers is a story of self-love, authenticity, and the benefits that come from being your true self. 

    Discussed in this episode: 

    --Unlearning childhood lessons

    --Student stories regarding BYU's honor code, @honorcodestories

    --Having a supportive, identity-affirming adult in your corner

    --Emma's Instagram post on her presentation to senior athletic leadership at BYU

    --NCAA Common Ground Initiative 

    --Speaking out VS quietly taking care of your own mental health

    --Navigating a public relationship

    --Supporting a loved one’s sexuality and gender identity

    --The importance of pronouns

    Quotes:

    "My relationship with myself is the most important relationship I’m ever going to have.” -Emma Gee

    On pronouns and unlearning the binary: “do better honey.” -Emma Gee

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  • Chris Mosier is a trailblazing hall of fame triathlete, All-American duathlete, and a 6-time member of Team USA. In 2015 he became the first known transgender man to represent the United States in international competition, and was a catalyst for change for the International Olympic Committee policy on transgender athletes. He is also a 2x National Champion and the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Trials in any sport in a category different than their sex assigned at birth. He has devoted his life to fighting for transgender athletes’ rights and fair, inclusive policy. 

    In this episode, Chris talks about the current moment we are in with so many bills on the table that attack transgender youth. We also talk about the documentary, Changing the Game, that Chris is the Executive Producer of. The film follows transgender high school athletes across the country as they compete at the top of their fields, while also challenging the boundaries and perceptions of fairness and discrimination.

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Transathlete.com

    --Take action tab on transathlete.com (reach out to legislators)!!

    --Gender-affirming healthcare

    --The inherent harm in the phrase “protect girls’ sports”

    --AP article: lawmakers fail to be able to cite any example of transgender athletes in sports being a problem

    --Women’s Sports Foundation statement: "Let us be clear, there are many real threats to girls’ and women’s access and opportunity in sports; however, transgender inclusion is not one of them." 

    --Watch Changing the Game on Hulu 

    --Particular struggles that Black transgender kids face

    --Sha’Carri Richardson and scrutiny of Black women athletes

    Quote: 

    “This is not a partisan issue. And while it’s been made out to be a partisan issue, my identity should not be political. The identity of these kids should not be political. We’re talking about basic human rights, dignity, respect, and opportunity--like every other kid has--to play the sports they love, to be their authentic selves, and to have a childhood and experience in school that is like that of their peers. That is not a political issue.” -Chris Mosier

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  • Lynn Mattix is a wife, mom, USAF veteran, military spouse, age-grouper in triathlon, and the founder of Fund Her Tri. 

    Fund Her Tri is a nonprofit that pursues equality in triathlon, breaks down the financial barrier & makes triathlon more accessible to women & girls. The Fund Her Tri team raises money to pay race registration fees for first-time, female triathletes. Lynn says, "In an effort to grow the participation of women in the sport of triathlon, I wanted to start an organization that provides financial resources to first-timers. My professional background is in aviation so starting a nonprofit is outside my comfort zone, but if triathlon has taught me anything, it's that I'm capable of far more than I ever dreamed possible. I have been doing triathlons for 10 years and I hope to continue doing it forever. The sport has changed my life in the best way." 

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Lynn's experience with teenage pregnancy and why she speaks openly about it

    --Open adoption

    --Military careers

    --"Addictive personalities" and endurance sports

    --Barriers to entry for women in triathlon

    --Vanessa Foerster on the Social Sport podcast

    --How gender interacts with other marginalized identities to increase barriers to entry in triathlon

    --Outspoken Women in Triathlon's Bethany Rutledge Memorial Award

    --Untamed by Glennon Doyle

    --Turia Pitt, 2016 IRONMAN World Championships

    Quotes:

    "When women are loving themselves, you can see it. We’re unstoppable. It’s wonderful. I basically just wanted to share that with as many people as possible.” -Lynn Mattix

    “I want [my daughter] to understand that this is how we live. We live in a way that gives to others.” -Lynn Mattix

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  • Lucy Bartholomew is a 25-year-old living in Melbourne Australia who runs professionally for Salomon Running. She joined the sport of ultra trail running at age 15, when she ran 100km with her Dad. Her accolades have included setting the course record at the Ultra-Trail Australia Championship and claiming a third-place finish at the 2018 Western States 100-mile race. Recently, she also set the fastest known time on the Larapinta Trail. Lucy says, "I love the nature, the community, the challenges and the resilience that this sport provides.. okay, and all the food you get to eat too!"

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Larapinta Trail

    --Lucy's Larapinta Trail recap post

    --Lucy's recent quote on body image in Runner's World 

    --Body positivity vs. body neutrality

    --Many different forms of sustainability 

    --Sustain plant-based cookbook

    --Lucy and her watermelon 

    --The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement by Shane Benzie and Tim Major 

    --Quote: “I surround myself with people who support me and don’t pressure me to be anything different. I’ve learned that if you do anything with confidence, ANYTHING—if you wear a new hairstyle with confidence, if you wear a new t-shirt with confidence, or if you say you don’t drink alcohol with confidence—people will say, ‘oh wow, she owns that.’”

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  • Featuring Vic Thasiah, Executive Director of Runners for Public Lands.

    Cut to the Chase with Emma and Kamilah is a monthly series on the Social Sport Podcast. Each month, Emma Zimmerman and co-host, Kamilah Journét, bring you a no-filter conversation at the intersection of endurance sports and social change. In other words, we cut to the chase.

    In this episode, we talk about the recent wave of anti-trans bills, transgender athletes' rights, and support for transgender athletes from the running community. We speak with Vic Thasiah, Executive Director of Runners for Public Lands (RPL), about the recent statement released by RPL and the Running Industry Diversity Coalition, in support of transgender youth. This statement sets a strong example for the rest of the running community and other athletic communities when it comes to publicizing support for transgender youth in sports. 

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Map and Lists of states with anti-trans bills passed or introduced

    --Take action against anti-trans bill, information on transathlete.com/take-action

    --30% of trans girls reported having attempted suicide

    --Harm faced by trans kids intersects with race: learn more from National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition

    --Using language: “being united,” rather than “taking a stand”

    --Call to action—what you can do to support transgender youth athletes

    --Trans athlete-activists' social media accounts to follow: @thechrismosier @pinkmantaray @athleteally

    Quotes:

    --“Any risk that comes from being united with people to support transgender youth is such a small risk when compared with the riskiness of being transgender in the United States right now.” -Vic Thasiah

    --“Hopefully, we can get conversation going so that it’s harder and harder to pass this legislation and then, in the future, virtually impossible to pass anti-transgender youth legislation. I think, because running is a sport that can involve so many young people across the country, it really is a good place to have this conversation.” -Vic Thasiah

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  • Liz Thomas is a professional hiker, speaker, and outdoor writer who held the women’s self-supported speed record on the 2,181-mile long Appalachian Trail from 2011-2015. Called a "thru-hiking legend" by Outside Magazine, Liz has also hiked 20+ long distance trails including the Triple Crown of Hiking (AT, Pacific Crest Trail, and Continental Divide Trail) and first known traverses of the Wasatch Range and Chinook Trail. Her innovative urban thru-hikes of 14 cities led The Guardian to call her “The Queen of Urban Hiking.” Liz is a former staff writer for the New York Times/Wirecutter and current Editor-in-Chief for the outdoor web-magazine Treeline Review as well as contributing editor and columnist of “Ask a Thru-hiker” for Backpacker Magazine. She's the author of Long Trails: Mastering the Art of the Thru-hike, which received the 2017 National Outdoor Book Award for Best Instructional book with judges calling it destined to become the “Bible of the Sport.”

    Discussed in this episode: 

    --Barriers to entry in thru-hiking

    --The story of how Liz got her trail name, Snorkel

    --Urban thru-hiking

    --The ALDHA West video on Liz's Seattle urban hike

    --How urban settings interact with redlining, race, class, gender, etc.

    --The Trust for Public Land

    --NYC playgrounds thru-hike

    --Inman 300 trail

    --Sign petition to support the Parks, Jobs, and Equity Act

    --Truffle Pigs Bistro

    --Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

    --Quote: “I had spent a lot of unnecessary money and pain learning about thru-hiking the hard way, and yet, thru-hiking had still changed my life and rewired me into a much more emotionally stable and happier person… I really wanted to share that joy with others while also minimizing the barriers to entry that I experienced.”

    --Follow Liz: www.eathomas.com or @lizthomashiking.

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  • Sabrina L. De La Cruz is an elite runner, Olympic Trials Qualifier, and co-founder of Angel City Elite, a running team with the mission to bridge the disparity gap of BIPOC representation in the running community. 

    In this episode, we talk all about Angel City Elite, why representation is so important at the elite level, eating disorders and cultural beauty standards, and female athlete health. 

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Women’s Running article on Angel City Elite

    --Angel City Elite's partnership with Brooks

    --Starla Garcia on the Social Sport Podcast 

    --Mexican American beauty standards vs stereotypical expectation of a "runner's body"

    --Cultural identity as it interacts with eating disorders and body expectations 

    --Sabrina's twin sister and their shared experience with eating disorders and body shame 

    --Menstrual health for female athletes

    --Running during pregnancy, and what Sabrina has learned from Aliphine Tuliumuk and other pro runners/mothers 

    --Selena movie, series, and podcast

    --Quote: “Running saved me; it shaped who I am, and it helped me attend college. I don’t think I would have attended college if it weren’t for running, because running helped me get a scholarship. I hope that Angel City Elite will connect with the younger generation and teach them that they can run and become educated as well.”

    --Follow Sabrina on Instagram 

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  • Sandy Namgung (she/her) is a five-time vegan and cruelty-free marathoner, writer, and social justice advocate based in Duwamish land (Seattle, WA).

    As a Korean American woman, Sandy was frustrated by the lack of media attention regarding the significant increase of anti-Asian racism and violence during COVID-19. She began sharing and speaking up on Instagram about the racism, erasure, invisibility, and misogyny Asian communities continue to experience today, including within the running community.

    Through her advocacy work and writing, Sandy continues to fight against the harmful casting of Asian Americans as “model minorities,” break stereotypes that dehumanize Asian women, and hopes to contribute to a new narrative that recognizes and values the diversity of Asian people and their full personhood.

    Discussed in this episode:

    --@Diversewerun Instagram account and Sandy’s feature

    --Societal focus on athletes' body sizes

    --Korean and American beauty standards and running

    --The lack of media attention on the increase in anti-Asian violence at beginning of the pandemic

    --Sandy's June 2020 Instagram post on running as a BIPOC athlete

    --Mental health effects of racism

    --Sandy’s Medium article, "Dear Allies and Antiracists, Where Are You?"

    --The Model Minority Myth

    --Cruelty-free veganism

    --How to balance your physical and mental health with environmental/cruelty-free food values 

    --“If I keep on not running [out of fear], if I keep denying myself this happiness, them I’m letting racism win. I’m letting hate win. That thought is what led me to start running again.” -Sandy Namgung

    --Follow Sandy on Instagram

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  • Sam is an organizer and a communicator with over a decade of experience leading environmental/conservation political campaigns in Alaska. He has worked on state and federal policy campaigns, as well as electoral efforts of ballot measures and campaigns for state legislature (notably his wife's successful run for Alaska State Legislature). In addition to his campaign work, he teaches "Civic Engagement" in the Center for Community Engagement and Learning at the University of Alaska-Anchorage and "Public Interest Communications" in the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications.

    Snyder also leads Wild Salmon Center’s public engagement efforts in Alaska. Notably, he has helped coordinate high profile salmon conservation campaigns that include stopping Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, preventing the damming of the Susitna River, and a statewide ballot measure to update state fisheries laws. To balance it all he runs and skis as much as humanly possible. He lives, works, and plays on the unceded lands of the Dena’ina people (Anchorage, Alaska).

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Campaign to protect Bristol Bay

    --Pebble Mine, one of the greatest threats to Alaskan salmon 

    --Mini documentary on Sam

    --United tribes of Bristol Bay

    --53% of the global sockeye catch comes from Bristol bay

    --Take action to stop the Pebble Mine: stoppebbleminenow.org 

    --Recent episode of Social Sport, Cut to the Chase with Emma and Kamilah: People-centered environmentalism

    --Jordan Daniel

    --The Overstory by Richard Powers

    --“We have to be willing to ask questions as runners. And it’s hard. A lot of runners say, ‘I want to keep my running politics-free.’ But I think the past year, in particular, has shown us that we can’t—to have running be politics-free is a position of privilege. It doesn’t have to inundate all of your running, but it’s worth pausing every now and then and asking a few questions before you continue on your way.” -Sam Snyder

    --“Running inherently gives people a sense of home; it is one of the things that makes us human.” -Sam Snyder 

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  • Cut to the Chase with Emma and Kamilah is a monthly series on the Social Sport Podcast. Each month, Emma and co-host, Kamilah Journét, bring you a no-filter conversation at the intersection of endurance sports and social change. In other words, we cut to the chase.

    In this episode, we focus on people-centered environmentalism. We ask, what does "people-centered environmentalism" mean to us, and how can athletes better serve not only this planet, but the many people who call it home. 

    Discussed in this episode:

    --Leah Thomas and Intersectional Environmentalism

    --Balancing environmental advocacy with respecting others' choices 

    --Feminist Political Ecology

    --People-centered environmentalism in the running and outdoor industries

    --Brands doing intersectional work: OPE Running, Janji, PYNRS, Oiselle, Cotopaxi

    --A Trail Runner’s Guide to Environmental Justice, by Zoë Rom 

    --Zoë Rom on Social Sport Podcast

    --Are trail runners more interested in intersectional environmentalism than road runners are?

    --Environmentalism in urban communities

    --Runners for Public Lands

    --Vic Thasiah on Social Sport Podcast

    --Why aren’t more runners climate activists?

    --WWOOF (worldwide opportunities on organic farms)

    —Follow Kamilah, Follow Emma

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