The Game Changers
In this award-winning podcast Sue Anstiss talks to trailblazers in women sport. These are the individuals who are knocking down barriers and challenging the status quo for women and girls everywhere. Along with openly sharing their historic careers, what drives them and how they’ve dealt with tough challenges, each episode explores key issues for equality in sport and beyond.
We’re incredibly grateful to Sport England who support The Game Changers through a National Lottery award.
You can find out about all the guests at https://www.fearlesswomen.co.uk/thegamechangers Fearless Women in Sport
The Game Changers
Trailer: Series 14 of The Game Changers
The guests featured in the new series of The Game Changers could be the most diverse yet, with Olympic, World and Commonwealth Champions, alongside elite coaches, broadcasters, CEOs, Paralympic GB’s Chef de Mission and a Gladiator!
The Game Changers podcast features candid interviews with trailblazing women in sport who are knocking down barriers and challenging the status quo for women and girls across society. Along with discussing their careers, what drives them and how they’ve dealt with the toughest challenges, each episode also addresses wider equality issues in sport and beyond.
The popularity of this award-winning podcast continues to grow, in line with the increased profile and appetite for women’s sport. The Game Changers now ranks in the top 5% of all podcasts globally, and series 14, which launches on Tuesday May 30, will be supported by Sport England through a National Lottery Award.
The remarkable line-up for the new series includes:
- Jodie Ounsley – A professional rugby player who represented England at Rugby 7’s, is Honorary President of UK Deaf Sportand a recently announced Gladiator in the new BBC series
- Eve Muirhead MBE – One of the world’s greatest ever curlers, who won Olympic Gold in Tokyo as the skip for Team GB, and was voted 3rd in last year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year
- Preeti Shetty – the CEO of Upshot, who’s a director at Brentford Football Club and a passionate advocate for the power of sport to drive social change
- Penny Briscoe OBE – a former international canoeist, who’s been a driving force in revolutionising parasport as Director of Sport for the British Paralympic Association and Chef de Mission for Paralympics GB
- Louise Minchin – A BBC Breakfast presenter for over 20 years, who represented Great Britain as an Age Group Triathlete and is now an author, podcaster and someone taking on extreme sporting challenges
- Molly McCann, also known as Meatball Molly – a professional mixed martial artist, currently competing in UFC
- And Eilish McColgan – British and European Record holder, 3 time Olympian and Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist from Birmingham 2022
The series also includes a fascinating panel exploring the topic of women in coaching with:
- Jess Freeman – a community coach with Harlequins Rugby Club
- Kelly Lindsey – former US soccer player who is now Sporting Director at Lewes FC
- Giselle Mather – former England rugby player who is now Director of Rugby at Ealing Trailfinders
- And Sarah Kelleher – who captained the Irish Women’s Hockey team and now coaches national sides in England and Ireland
The Game Changers is hosted by Fearless Women’s CEO, Sue Anstiss MBE, an author, film maker and co-founder of the Women’s Sport Collective.
Head of Equality at Sport England, Garnet Mackinder, comments: ‘Sport England is excited to be supporting the next season of The Game Changers. The podcast is an innovative way of sparking conversations about tackling inequalities that is aligned to the Uniting the Movement strategy. Hearing from amazing women will help to inspire others to follow in their footsteps and encourage more women to work in sport.”
Previous game changing guests, of which there are now over 110, include Jess Ennis-Hill, Gabby Logan, Katherine Grainger, Lucy Bronze, Lau
Thank you to Sport England who support The Game Changers Podcast with a National Lottery award.
Find out more about The Game Changers podcast here: https://www.fearlesswomen.co.uk/thegamechangers
Hosted by Sue Anstiss
Produced by Sam Walker, What Goes On Media
A Fearless Women production
Hello and welcome to series 14 of The Game Changers – the podcast that celebrates the trailblazers in women’s sport. What can we learn from their extraordinary careers as we explore some of the key issues around equality in sport and beyond.
My name’s sue anstiss and I am delighted to say that once again this season is supported by Sport England through a National Lottery Award. Thank you so much to them for their ongoing support that enables us to share the stories of these inspiring women.
My fabulous guest list for this series includes:
- Jodie Ounsley – A professional rugby player who represented England at rugby 7’s, is Honorary President of UK Deaf Sportand a recently announced Gladiator in the new BBC series
- Eve Muirhead – One of the world’s greatest ever curlers, who won Olympic Gold in Tokyo as the skip for Team GB and was voted 3rd in last years BBC Sports Personality of the Year
- Preeti Shetty – the CEO of Upshot, who’s a director at Brentford Football Club and a passionate advocate for the power of sport to drive social change
- Penny Briscoe – a former international canoeist, who’s been a driving force in revolutionising parasport as Director of Sport for the British Paralympic Association and Chef de Mission for Paralympics GB
- Louise Minchin – A BBC Breakfast presenter for over 20 years, who represented Great Britain as an Age Group Triathlete and is now an author, podcaster and someone who takes on extreme sporting challenges
- Molly McCann, also known as Meatball Molly - a mixed martial artist, currently competing in UFC.
- And Eilish McColgan - British and European Record holder, 3 time Olympian and Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist from Birmingham 2022
- We also have a fascinating panel exploring the topic of women in coaching which features
- Jess Freeman a community coach with Harlequins Rugby Club
- Kelly Lindsey a former US soccer player who is now Sporting Director at Lewes FC
- Giselle Mather former England rugby player who is now Director of Rugby at Ealing Trailfinders
- And Sarah Kelleher who Captained the Irish Women’s Hockey team and now coaches national sides in England and Ireland
This series of The Game Changers will be released on Tuesday May 30 so do subscribe or follow us now so don’t miss out on these fascinating conversations.
The Game Changers is available free across all podcast platforms or you can listen directly from our website at fearlesswomen.co.uk which is where you’ll find details of all the guests featured in previous series – there are over 100 of them.
The website’s also where you can find out about the Women’s Sport Collective, a free, inclusive community for all women working in sport. You can sign up for the Fearless Women newsletter which highlights the latest developments in women’s sport and learn more about my book ‘Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women’s Sport’. The whole book is also free to listen to in the previous series of this podcast so do check it out.
Finally, why not come and say hello on social media where you’ll find me on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram @sueanstiss
I really hope you enjoy this new series as much as I have enjoyed making it.
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