Outsports Radio

In this episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Brewers superfan John Egan (@brewersmoose on Twitter). There's Chicago/Milwaukee tension in the air and it tastes like Secret Stadium Sauce! Ken and John discuss Christian Yelich as MVP runner-up, despite surprisingly unanimous support from #CubsGayTwitter. Other topics include: Craig Counsell losing out on Manager of the Year and not giving a single toodly darn, the Astros' sign stealing scandal, and the eternal brilliance of Bob Uecker. Twitter: @kenschultz_, @johnegancomedy, @brewersmoose Insta: @kenthinguy, @johnegancomedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fresh off their SHIMMER debut, Sophie King joins the show to discuss the unique beginnings of her love for pro wrestling, navigating the industry as a non-binary wrestler and why they stan RISE and SHIMMER so hard! The Heckboy is in the building! Follow Sophie King on Twitter: @SophieKingPW Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a collegiate bowler at Penn State, Tim Culin-Cowells found himself as a bisexual man. We chat about bowling culture, why I haven't been able to get better as a bowler despite being in a league for three years, the uniting force of professional sports and the perverse complexity surrounding the concept of bisexuality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I return to the world of Women's professional hockey, this time speaking with a member of the Professional Women's Hockey Player Association. My guest this week is Canadian National Team member, Brianne Jenner. I was thankful for the PWHPA for putting me in touch with Brianne. The PWHPA was formed after the recent folding of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The folding happened at a time when the women were all gathered for the 2019 World Championships. Through the conversations that were had the PWHPA was formed. One of the biggest supporters of this group was tennis legend and women's and LGBT advocate Billie Jean King and we talk about what it was meant for her to be such the supporter. Have a listen and hear more from Brianne, her coming out, Olympics and what is the latest with the PWHPA. To find out where a showcase might be happening near you, follow on the PWHPA website at : http://pwhpa.com/ You can also follow the PWHPA on twitter at : https://twitter.com/pwhpa To follow Brianne specifically, you

Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler talks with Amini Fonua, the out Olympic swimmer who competed for Tonga, where being gay is illegal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Karleigh and Dawn welcome former college volleyball athlete Chloe Psyche Anderson whose ambitions to play as the woman she is were frustrated by a university coach who's had his share of trouble in women's collegiate sports. Plus the news of the day, including the tragic passing of a beloved transgender advocate, and we share our love for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wrestling Twitter favorite Rachel Giuliani (@EffingBoring) joins Outsports' Brian Bell to unpack the NJPW's Power Struggle event and its Wrestle Kingdom 14 ramifications before diving into the deep end of the Golden Lovers lore pool, including the latest installment of Kenny's Quest on AEW Dynamite. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We speak with T. Cooper, director of the 2018 documentary "Man Made" — a film about trans male bodybuilders — and ask him why we see so few films about trans men or trans athletes in general, why he made the documentary and what he thinks of the current fight to allow transgender athletes in the USA Powerlifting Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I first heard about Scott Norton, a former Professional Bowler on the PBA tour, when Outsports wrote an article about his involvement in the first gay kiss on ESPN. Scott was out early in life and even while on the PBA tour but the media attention from the first gay kiss was way more than he expected. We talk all about his as well as what he is doing now. This month he is opening up his own Escape Room in Orange County, California and you can check it out here: https://www.nbnescaperooms.com/ Check out this article on Outsports about the first gay health. https://www.outsports.com/2013/1/1/4054128/espn-shows-pro-bowler-scott-norton-kissing-his-husband-after-victory You can follow him on twitter at @Norton_Bowling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In his inaugural episode of his new podcast, Outsports Co-founder Cyd Zeigler talks with Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon about his memoir, "Beautiful On the Outside," his Olympic victories, his struggle coming out, what went on behind the scenes at the Games and why he was was not on Grindr when he was competing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first time since this week's breaking news, trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper speaks exclusively to Outsports about entering into mediation with the USA Powerlifting Association over her claim of discrimination, She is joined by Gender Justice legal director Jess Braverman. Karleigh has the latest news about NCAA conference athlete of the week Juniper Eastwood, and Dawn discusses the Texas case of a transgender girl that's stirred up so much vitriol against the trans community, especially targeting the affirming parents of trans children. And Karleigh and Dawn offer their thoughts on "Terminator Dark Fate." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this special World Series wrap-up episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and longtime Astros fan Zach Sims (New York Comedy Festival, On the Road with Gabe, Dan, and Zach) to put a bow on a thrilling World Series Game 7. Appropriately enough, Gerrit Cole doesn't make an appearance on this show either. Other topics include: AJ Hinch managing like he forgot how he won in 2017, Bregman/Altuve as a potential Tommy Boy reboot, and the pitching genius of Zack Greinke. Twitter: @kenschultz_ @alsozachsims Insta: @kenthinguy @alsozachsims Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wrestling's rainbow road marches on as Boxing Scene and DAZN's Corey Erdman stops by to discuss WWE's latest trek to Saudi Arabia, Tyson Fury's homophobic past, his work on the Kenny Omega documentary "Omega Man", the Jordan Myles t-shirt controversy and the state of digital and combat sports journalism. Follow Brian Bell on Twitter: @WonderboyOTM Follow Corey Erdman on Twitter: @corey_erdman The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kevin DeMille, assistant women's basketball coach at George Washington University, discusses his professional rise in the sport, the time he spent inside the program at UConn, the power he has found in working within a progressive athletic department and how how he uses his sexuality as a means to relate to his players. Plus, the two of us veer into pop culture and argue about The West Wing, Friday Night Lights and The Politician! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the second episode, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian Adam Mamawala (Comedy Central, Away Games Podcast) to talk about the 2019 World Series. As an experiment, Ken and Adam record the first half after Game 2 and sound pretty excited about the Nationals' chances to pull off the upset of the decade. They then record the second half after Game 5 and sound...less so. It turns out that the 107-win Astros do, in fact, possess a few good players after all. Twitter: @kenschultz_ @adammamawala Insta: @kenthinguy @adammamawala Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb bring you the latest news about a proposal to require transgender people to carry I.D. cards, trans cyclist Dr. Rachel McKinnon defends her world championship title, CeCé Telfer talks about being the first trans NCAA track and field champion and her future plans — including Tokyo 2020! — and we discuss the last trailer for the episode 9 in the Star Wars movie franchise: The Rise of Skywalker! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ring gets good and stuffy when Impact Wrestling's "Girl on Fire" Kiera Hogan joins the show to unpack her "Coming Out Party" advocacy tour during Bound For Glory weekend. From speaking to LGBTQ youth to attending and hosting her very first drag show, Hogan reflects on the weekend and how far she's come since coming out in June and announcing her relationship with fellow wrestler Diamante. The Progress Pride Flag design by Daniel Quasar is a product of Progress Initiative. Find out more at quasar.digital! Huge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stephanie Lynn Wheeler, head coach of the Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team at the University of Illinois, and Andrew Gurza, a queer sex and disabilities podcaster, both discuss disabled athletes and sex using the 2012 film "Morgan" as a jumping off point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I had enough problems figuring out my own sexuality as a pre-teen and into my teen years, I could not imagine having to deal with gender issues. Especially in a time when we did not have so much information and peers at your fingertips. This episode I speak with English footballer Sammy Walker. Sammy knew at 4 that her outer appearance did not match who she knew she truly was. In this conversation we talk about growing up outside of England, playing football, being confused over sexuality with gender issues and so much more. Please give Sammy Walker a follow on twitter and Instagram, links below. https://twitter.com/No7Sammy https://www.instagram.com/no7sammy/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb reflect on news of the week impacting transgender athletes and interview roller derby athlete Jessica Firinn of New London, Connecticut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices