The Women in Sport Podcast
Episodes
52: Vicky Gosling OBE, CEO of GB Snowsport
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Women in Sport podcast, we sit down with Vicky Gosling OBE, CEO of GB Snowsport to discuss what it was like becoming CEO of a ...
51: Tabby Stoecker, British Skeleton racer
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
About Women in SportFounded in 1984, Women in Sport is the longest-standing charity in its field with a proud history of securing change for women an...
50: Offscript and Onside with Brian Moore and Maggie Alphonsi MBE
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our Women's Rugby World Cup series, there’s less Carter and more Moore. With Jim on holiday, Brian chats to rugby royalty Maggie ...
49: Off Script on Onside with Jim Carter and Brian Moore | Episode 3 featuring Deborah Griffin
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our Women's Rugby World Cup series, Brian and Jim sit down with Deborah Griffin, Co-Founder of the first Women's Rugby World Cup to...
48: Off Script on Onside with Jim Carter and Brian Moore | Episode 2 featuring Tonia Antoniazzi MP
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our Women's Rugby World Cup series, Brian and Jim discuss what they've enjoyed in the tournament so far, and speak to ex-Welsh rugb...
47: Off-Script and Onside with Jim Carter and Brian Moore | Episode 1 featuring Lisa O'Keefe
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our new Women's Rugby World Cup series, Off-Script and Onside, hosted by actor and sports fan Jim Carter, alongside ex-England rugby player...
46: Black British Girls and Grassroots Sport
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is part two of our two-episode deep dive into why Black British girls fall out of love with sport at such an alarming rate. Black girls tell us ...
45: Black British Girls and Elite Sport
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the next couple of episodes, we’re focussing on the needs and experiences of Black teenage girls. Our research shows that they have some of the ...
44: 40th Anniversary Conference - Highlights - Part 2
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In November 2024 Women in Sport held our 40th anniversary conference in London. In this episode of the podcast we’ll hear further highlights from t...
43: 40th Anniversary Conference - Highlights - Part 1
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In November 2024 Women in Sport held our 40th anniversary conference in London. In this episode of the podcast we’ll hear some highlights from the ...
42: Paris 2024 Paralympic Preview: Monica Vaughan
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s August 2024 and this week, the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games begins. The Paralympics, as we commonly know them, have their roots in the Stoke Ma...
41: Paris 2024 Olympic Preview: Joanna Rowsell
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks Women in Sport’s 40th anniversary and we've relaunched our podcast! This week the world’s top athletes will gather in Paris for t...
40: Paris 2024 Olympic Preview: Tessa Sanderson
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks Women in Sport’s 40th anniversary and we've relaunched our podcast! It’s July 2024. In just a few weeks, the world’s top athle...
39: General Election Special: Tackling Heath Inequalities
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks Women in Sport’s 40th anniversary. We've relaunched our podcast to coincide with the 2024 UK General Election. Women and girls belo...
38: General Election Special: Stamping out misogyny
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks Women in Sport’s 40th anniversary. We've relaunched our podcast to coincide with the 2024 UK General Election. Women and girls belo...
37: General Election Special: Why 50/50 leadership in sport is bl**dy obvious!
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks Women in Sport’s 40th anniversary. Women and girls belong in sport. But they are less active than men at every stage of their lives...
36: What sport taught me about championing change
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Minette Batters is President of the National Farmer's Union, the first women to hold the post in the organisation's 115 year history. Alongside leadin...
35: Rugby League World Cup 2021: A Lasting Legacy
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Rugby League World Cup 2021 made history with Women's, Wheelchair and Men’s teams competing concurrently at the tournament. For the first time i...
34: #TimeTogether: Inspiring mums and daughters to be active together
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When researching the lives of teenage girls Women in Sport uncovered the powerful relationship that exists between mums and daughters. Teenage girls v...
33: The Dream Deficit: Why fewer girls than boys dream of being a top athlete
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two years ago we discovered half as many girls as boys dream of reaching the top of sport - a gap we coined the 'Dream Deficit.' 2022 has put women'...
32: The Commonwealth Games legacy: Supporting the growth of parasport
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham featured the largest integrated para sport programme in the competition’s history with 42 parasport events...
31: How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you have a dusty bike in your shed this episode will inspire you to pump up the tyres jump in the saddle and feel the wind in your hair... For wom...
30: Harnessing the power of self-belief: How Victoria Evans became the fastest female to solo row the Atlantic
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In March 2022 Victoria Evans became the fastest woman to solo row the Atlantic Ocean. An incredible achievement in itself, but one made even more rema...
29: Daughters and Dads: Empowering Change
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gender stereotypes start at birth. For girls, this can lead to a decline in self-belief from as young as 7 years old. Dads/father figures can play a k...
28: The Lost 43% - The Teenage Girls Falling out of Love with Sport
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For International Women's Day 2022, Women in Sport has released new research which found that more than one million teenage girls (43%), who once cons...
27: How Snowsports is Challenging Girls to Take More Risk – Starting at the Skatepark
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The countdown is on to the Winter Olympics, which begins on 4th February, with two weeks of action-packed and exciting competition to look forward to....
26: Exercising in midlife - the challenges and how companies can support their female workforce
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we're looking at the challenges of exercising in midlife and how companies and businesses can support their female workforce to be ac...
25: Exercising outdoors in winter
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Exercising outside is good for our physical and our mental wellbeing. In partnership with women's outdoor brand Acai, we want to encourage more women ...
24: The Hundred - A new tournament to close the gender gap and inspire women and girls to take part in cricket
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode you will hear from Clare Connor, Head of England Women’s Cricket at ECB, Beth Barrett-Wild, Head of The Hundred Women’s Competitio...
23: More than a month - ensuring visibility for women's sport after an Olympics and Paralympic games
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In one of our special live editions of the podcast with our sponsors CSM Live, we discussed how an inevitable boost in visibility for women’s sport ...
22: Inspiring women to be active during midlife and menopause - launch event
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in to the launch of our new insight on menopause and midlife, unveiling of groundbreaking image curation with Getty Images and a panel discussion...
21: Live podcast - Beyond 30%
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This live podcast looked at the impact the increased numbers of women on sports boards is having, its impact on athletes and those at the grassroots. ...
20: The impact of Covid-19 on teenage girls
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to Becca and Britney from Goals4Girls and university student Ellen about what their lives were like during lockdown, the challenges they faced...
19: Menstruation
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to Georgie Bruinvels, co-creator of the Fitr Woman app, Mia Slevin, freestyle swimmer and Fitr Woman Ambassador, and Maddy Cope from Lattice T...
18: Pregnancy and exercise
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to Olympian and retired GB hockey player Alex Danson, Trustee and ultramarathon runner Sophie Power, and Emma Brockwell, a specialist women's ...
17: Seasonal affective disorder
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Naomi Marston from Life Care Counselling, Tina Chantrey, Fitness Editor at Women's Running, Bethan Taylor- Swaine, blogger and PhD st...
16: Inclusive activity
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to Kate Grey, Patron of Disability Sports Coach and former Paralympian, Emma O'Connor from Down's Syndrome Association and GB wheelchair baske...
15: #TimeTogether
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to daughters and mums about the ways they've found activity together and how it's changed their lives as part of our #TimeTogether campaign. ...
14: Back to school - supporting teenage girls
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to Nikki Giant, Interim Head of Girls' Rights Youth Team at Plan UK, Vanessa Greene, Impact and Evaluation Manager at Chance to Shine and prog...
13: Life after lockdown - live podcast
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a special live podcast, we discuss the impact of lockdown on women across the UK and how organisations in and outside of sport can ensure that wome...
12: The visibility of women's sport after Covid-19
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One year on from last year's amazing summer of football, netball, athletics and more, women's sport is faced with an invisible few months. We sat down...
11: The power of running communities
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a bumper episode, we chat to Amy Lane, author and Digital Editor of Women's Health, Leeanne Adu from Backpackers, Mel Bound, Founder of This Mum Ru...
10: Exploring the impact of body image
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We chatted to Becky Adlington OBE, four-time Olympic medallist and Patron of Women in Sport, and Emily Matheson from the Centre for Appearance Researc...
9: Women in Sport's sporting role models
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a special episode, we hear from the Women in Sport team about their sporting role models. Get in touch on social media and tell us about your spo...
8: Each for Equal: International Women's Day Special with CSM Live
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a special live International Women's Day episode Florence Lloyd-Hughes and Stacey Knight, Commercial and Marketing Director at CSM Live, chat to An...
7: Student special
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We put your questions to Kate Nicholson, Head of Insight and Innovation, and Heather Smith, Associate Head of Innovation. If you would like to suppo...
6: Generation Z- sport through the eyes of the next generation
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to Suzanne Robinson, Managing Director UK of Happen, and Ceylon Andi Hickman, Head of Impact and Girls at Football Beyond Borders, about Gener...
5: Removing the barriers to sport for Muslim girls
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to Amna Akhtar co-founder of Girl Dreamer, the empowerment platform for women of colour, and Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan from Maslaha, creators of ...
4: Challenge events-where to begin and how to get going
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat to Ruth Martin from House of Sport and Jess from Girls Who Dare about the challenge events they're taking on and how they developed a passion ...
3: Menopause and exercise
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat about menopause and exercise with Dr Heather Currie, gynaecologist and founder of Menopause Matters magazine, Jane Dowling from Meno and Me, a...
2: Equal pay- influencing the sector and striving for change
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women in Sport chat to Ben Ryan and Heather Fisher from Rugby X, the new indoor rugby competition which is paying its men's and women's players the sa...
1: Girls football- making the most of the Women's World Cup
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women in Sport chat to Louise Gear, Head of Women's Football Participation at the FA, about the FA and Barclay's pledge to make football accessible to...