Trailer: Series 12 of The Game Changers

Fantastic news for all fans of women’s sport and equality - The Game Changers podcast returns on November 1st with an incredible line up of guests and the one hundredth episode featuring one of the most influential women in sport, Sally Munday. The new series also includes two panel discussions considering women’s sport clothing and racial equality in women’s sport.

Once again, this season of the award-winning podcast is backed by Sport England through a National Lottery award.

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 tough challenges, each episode also addresses key issues for equality in sport and beyond.

This season’s inspiring line-up includes: 

Hannah Cockcroft – one of Britain’s most successful para-athletes who has won Gold medals at every major championship including Paralympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games

Sarah Hunter – England’s most capped Rugby Player, and a World Cup winner who captained her country to a record-breaking number of consecutive wins

Donna Fraser – a four-time Olympian, who specialises in in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in sport and has recently joined the Professional Cricketers Association

Emma Mitchell – a former World Cup winning international rugby player, who works as a Performance Lifestyle Coach at the English Institute of Sport

Rachel Pavlou - Women's Development Manager at the Football Association who’s been instrumental in the development of the women's game for more than 25 years

In this series we’ll also include panel discussions considering: 

Women’s sports clothing with Rimla Akhtar, Wendy Taylor, Tess Howard, Holly Bradshaw

Racial inclusion in women’s sport including, Garnet Mackinder, Anne Wafula Strike and Shruti Saujani

Finally, we’ll be celebrating our 100th episode by returning to talk to a very special guest who featured in our first series and is considered by many to be the most influential woman in British Sport – Sally Munday, the CEO of UK Sport. 

The Game Changers is hosted by Sue Anstiss MBE, author of ‘Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women’s Sport’, CEO of Fearless Women and co-founder of the Women’s Sport Collective. 

Previous game changing guests include Jess Ennis-Hill, Gabby Logan, Katherine Grainger, Lucy Bronze, Laura Woods, Judy Murray, Sarah Storey, Denise Lewis, Shaunagh Brown, Kelly Smith, Clare Balding, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Lizzie Deignan, Emma Hayes, Chrissie Wellington, Maggie Murphy, Sue Campbell and Tanni Grey-Thompson, along with male allies including Ian Wright and Ugo Monye.

The Game Changers is available free of charge across all podcast platforms including iTunes, Spotify and Google or you find out about all the guests from this and the previous series and listen here - https://www.fearlesswomen.co.uk/thegamechangers. 

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

Transcript

Series 12 of the Game Changers

Hello and welcome to a series 12 of The Game Changers – the podcast that celebrates the trailblazers in women’s sport. What can we learn from their careers as we explore some of the key issues around equality in sport and beyond.

I’m delighted that once again this season is supported by Sport England through a National Lottery Award.

My fabulous guest list for this series includes: 

-        Hannah Cockcroft – one of Britain’s most successful para-athletes who has won Gold medals at every major championships including Paralympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games

-        Sarah Hunter –England’s most capped Rugby Player, and world cup winner who has captained her country to a record-breaking number of consecutive wins

-        Donna Fraser – a four-time Olympian, specialises in in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in sport and has recently joined the Professional Cricketers Association

-        Emma Mitchell – a former World Cup winning international rugby player, who works as a Performance Lifestyle Coach at the English Institute of Sport

And Rachel Pavlou - Women's Development Manager at the Football Association who’s been instrumental in the development of the women's game for more than 25 years

-        We’ll also include panel discussions considering women’s sports clothing and racial inclusion in women’s sport. These episodes feature game changing guests including Rimla Akhtar, Wendy Taylor, Tess Howard, Holly Bradshaw, Garnet Mackinder, Anne Wafula Strike and Shruti Saujani

-        Finally, we’ll be celebrating our 100th episode by returning to talk to a very special guest who featured in our first series and is considered by many to the most influential woman in British Sport – Sally Munday, the CEO of UK Sport

This series of The Game Changers will be released on Tuesday November 1st so do follow the podcast now, so you don’t miss out on these fascinating conversations.

The Game Changers is completely free for you to listen across all podcast platforms including apple, spotify and Google or you can listen directly from our website at fearlesswomen.co.uk where you also find details of all guests featured in previous series. 

The website’s also where you can find out about Fearless Women’s Collective, an 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’.

Finally, why not come and say hello on social media where you’ll find me on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram @sueanstiss 

I really hope you enjoy this new series as much as I have enjoyed making it. 

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