Women in Sport
Episodes
Hera United and Women's Football with Barbara Barend and Maurizio Valenti
30 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to build a professional women's football club from scratch, without a men's team behind it? In the Netherlands, it had never...
Ultramarathon Swimming with Amy Ennion, aka Amy Swims
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Can you imagine swimming for 28 hours non-stop, setting a new record? Our guest for this episode can! Records, endurance, and extreme open water swimm...
Gender Inequality in Sports Media with Dr. Anne O’Brien
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sports media isn’t just about results, highlights, and big moments. Behind the coverage is a system that decides which athletes we see, how they are...
Annika Malanciski on Nordic Combined and Olympic Exclusion
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Women in Sport, we sit down with Annika Malanciski to talk about her journey in Nordic Combined, the realities behind the exclusion...
Formula 1 Engineers with Andra Patricia Groapa
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Formula 1 isn’t just about the drivers on the grid. Behind every lap time, upgrade, and race strategy is a team of engineers pushing performance to ...
The Slow Running Movement with Maggie Klein
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 3 of the Women in Sport podcast! We all love hearing about incredible athletes; those who can finish a marathon in just over two hou...
Trailer Season 3 - We are back!
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Women in Sport, the podcast that brings you the stories of female athletes from across the world of sports.After a long hiatus, we’r...
Becoming a professional boxer with Amy Andrew
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Andrew went from working as a financial journalist to winning the England Boxing Elite Championship. In this episode of Women in Sport, we talked ...
Boxing in the Global South with Hellen Baleke and Dr. Paige Schneider
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hellen Baleke began to box to get revenge, but she soon fell in love with the sport and became the first Ugandan woman to win a medal in an internatio...
We're back! Welcome to the second season of Women in Sport
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The second season of Women in Sport is here! Subscribe, so you don't miss any episodes and follow us on Twitter @womeninsportpod for more.&n...
Cricket with Dr. Richard Thomas
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Women in Sport, you can hear about a female cricketer who sold potatoes to finance her cricket career, or about Eileen Ash, the...
Covering women's sport in the U.K. with Jessica Hayden
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"There is a 30% higher chance of mistakes happening in covering women's sport than men's sport." Join us as we take a look at the British media landsc...
Roller Derby with The Lövely Biertrix
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into the world of Roller Derby. Roller Derby is " a game of rugby on skates" and "a game of chess on stage [...] it's about t...
Biathlon with Amanda Lightfoot
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"If I was a footballer, I'd be a millionaire, wouldn't I?" But Amanda Ligthfoot took on the challenge and became a passionate biathlete when she was 1...
Paralympic Sport with Gemma Almond
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Gemma Almond, a former Team GB Paralympian swimmer turned academic. We talk about life after her sporting career, ...
Welcome to Women in Sport!
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who are we? What is Women in Sport about? And why on Earth should you listen to yet another podcast? Join us to find out.