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Worth It: Conversations on Race and Gender in Athletics

Pri Jindal and Sarah Lewis

2 cute jocks speak with BIPOC & gender oppressed and/or queer athletes about their physical practices. Perseverance, growth and finding the perfect workout outfit.

health & fitness fitness

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Episode 20: Kiyomi and Bean present -- THE WNBA

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2021/08/16

Never felt like enough of a sports nut to actually enter the world of pro sports fandom? In our season two finale we have not one, but two guests, WBNA super fans, Kiyomi and Bean! Instead of highlighting an individual athlete, this hour was meant to function like a WBNA primer. Something accessible even to the completely uninitiated but sports-curious listener.

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Episode 19: Bridget

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2021/08/02

Here's Bridget's Bio in her own words:My name is Bridget Benson, I’m from Abington PA. Professionally, I have degrees in physical therapy assistant and sports medicine. I have trained Muay Thai for 10 years this year and also enjoy Olympic weightlifting when I’m not actively competing in Muay Thai. I was active in basketball before I found Muay Thai after college. My hobbies outside of my sport and work include snowboarding, cycling, drums and sleep.

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Episode 18: Landyn

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2021/07/19

Landyn (they/them) is a trans and non-binary, body-positive, all-inclusive personal trainer in Brooklyn, online anywhere (NASM CPT). “I believe that fitness is an amazing tool to connect with your body, pour love and nourishment into your body and push the bounds of what your body and mind can do. Exercise should be healing, accessible and joyful. It’s an act of self-love it should not be harmful or alienating or full of destructive language like “burn fat”, “get shredded”, kill those calories

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Episode 17: Shayna Powless

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2021/07/05

Raised in Sacramento, California, Shayna started out as a competitive runner and triathlete from elementary through high school. In 2012, her senior year of high school, she decided to switch her focus from competing in multiple sports (track and field, cross country, triathlons, and cycling), to focusing solely on cross-country mountain biking. She also represented the national team, and won the mountain bike national championship title in 2013. While attending school at UCLA, she competed in both

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Episode 16: Chase Strangio

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2021/06/21

Chase Strangio is a lawyer and trans advocate based in NYC. He is currently Deputy Director for Trans Justice with the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project and was previously a staff lawyer at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. He is lifelong sports lover though does not have a consistent athletic practice beyond battling anti-trans laws and policies at the moment.

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Episode 15: Maggie

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2021/06/07

Maggie Vimon Tappitake (she/they) is an Autistic ADHD Asthmatic Asian-American Athlete. After 12 years of competitive soccer, Maggie lost her chance to participate on a college team due to racism at their private NY school. It took 3 years of floundering, self-medicating, and searching for Maggie to find their new sport, Muay Thai. At the age of 20, Maggie started training Muay Thai as often as possible while working and earning a bachelor's and a master's degree. After 3 years of training, Maggie

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Episode 14: Alise -- Ally Wellness

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2021/05/24

Alise, @ally_wellness, is a physical therapist from Philadelphia and a cat nerd. She lifts weights and practices Muay Thai. In her physical therapy practice she wants to help people like herself “Queers, Black and Brown people, folks with too much debt and little free time”. Alise loves what she does and wants you to love what you do while being mindful of best practices for your body.

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Episode 13: Stayc Brown

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2021/05/10

"When I chose to live in my truth, that was my biggest flex 💪🏾"

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Episode 12: Bex

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2021/04/26

Bex is a climber and routesetter based in Tovaangar, land of Tongva/Chumash/Tataviam, and what is currently known as Los Angeles, CA. She grew up backpacking with her family, has hiked a lot of trails, started many campfires, and has made her way up a decent amount of boulders. She wants the sport of climbing and the outdoors to be accessible to everyone, especially BIPOC folx, and advocates for diverse representation in the climbing industry. She’s constantly learning and unlearning and just

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Episode 11: Mariko

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2021/04/12

Mariko was born in NYC, lives in Philly and is an Acupuncturist/ Chinese Herbalist. They are half japanese, queer/trans, disabled, and sober. Mariko is a lifelong jock, a martial artist,and cat lover. They are interested in building community and healing around Asian medicine.

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Episode Ten: Emily

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2020/11/02

Emily's Bio! My name is Emily and I'm a Music Therapist and Music Teacher who picked up roller skating as a hobby several years ago. I'm a young, black, queer woman trying to push my limits and learn more about myself through skating. My favorite style of skating is rhythm and dance, with ramp skating at a close second. I love the people I'm meeting along my journey and the person I'm growing to become.

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Episode Nine: E

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2020/10/19

E.N. West, affectionately known as "E" (they/E), proudly hails from the DC metropolitan area, by way of Alexandria, Virginia. They graduated from William & Mary with dual degrees in American Studies and Government. E deeply believes "we are uninhibited when we know our power" and is committed to co-creating a world where everyone intimately knows how powerful they are and directs that power toward collective liberation. They are many things, but at the heart of all of them, they are a community

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Episode Eight: Susanne

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2020/10/05

Susanne Johnson is a Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner who focuses on primary care across the lifespan and integration of medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders without primary care. She is currently the Associate Medical Director at Project HOPE in Camden, NJ where she has been practicing for 4 years. Susanne practices from a weight-neutral perspective and strives to approach patient care in a holistic fashion that takes into account not only bio-medical markers but social

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00:49:34

Episode Seven: Van

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2020/09/21

Van is a Viet Chinese community organizer who grew up in Philadelphia. They enjoy working with young people to build up their leadership just like how when Van’s mentor has helped them grow when they were younger. They have been running since they were a sophomore in high school and they have a complicated relationship with running because of a condition. They also love to dragon boat, travel and bake in their free time. Stay soft!

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Episode Six: Laura

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2020/09/07

Laura Smith is an avid snowboarder and snowboarding instructor living in the Northeast Kingdom in Vermont with her wife, two daughters, two dogs, five goats and four chickens. Her social justice work has the ultimate goal of making Vermont a place where black and brown people would want to live and work.

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Episode Five: Omi

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2020/08/24

Omi (they/them) is a Black, Trans, and Queer athlete and coach involved in many sports and other activities. As an athlete and facilitator, they believe in the power of caring and challenging coaching in sport and in life.

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Episode Four: Mike Watkins -- Festive Fitness

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2020/08/10

Mike (he/him) is a licensed athletic trainer, injury rehabilitation specialist, manual therapy expert, and sport business professional. His mission is to affect change and empower his communities through sport, fitness & wellness. He has over 10 years of experience in the sport and fitness industries, and encourages those around him to 'stay festive' with his dynamic personality and unique love of functional anatomy, sports & pop culture. Tune in to this episode to hear Mike's story from working as

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Episode Three: Amanda G -- Big Girl Barbell

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2020/07/27

Amanda Gilliam is super heavyweight Masters weightlifter and the creator of Big Girl Barbell, a fat-positive, body-positive community for athletes in strength sports. Her community-based work centers folk’s full humanity and is inspired by the vision that marginalized bodies can ultimately be tools of liberation. Outside the gym, she works full-time in higher education administration, volunteers with immigrant organizations in the New York City metro area, teaches outdoor education workshops, and

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Episode Two: Kai

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2020/07/27

Kai Stone is a native North Londoner. A life-long football fan and player, her Arsenal fanaticism passed down from her tough-as-nails Mom. The love of football was one of the earliest ways she was able to connect with people and forge friendships. In spite of the sexism and racism deeply embedded in the sport, Kai went on to be a successful junior athlete, play club football and now coaches a Girls Under 12 team. Off the pitch, Kai plays bass in two bands, Nekra and Child's Pose and has just

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00:38:43

Episode One: Sarah and Pri

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2020/07/27

Pri and Sarah introduce themselves and the show! Hear how they got into Muay Thai as unlikely jocks, fell hard for the sport and eventually became fighters. There have been some intense highs and heartbreaks along the way -- Pri and Sarah share their accounts of leaving a gym space that didn't serve them, finding a new team, becoming closer friends and finally, dreaming up this podcast!

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