Sportish: Paris 2024 + surfing + Tyler Wright

We're on holidays (hooray!) so this week we're interrupting normal programming to help you jump on some Olympic bandwagons! And we wanted to start with one of the newer Olympic sports - surfing - and chat with legendary Australian surfer, Tyler Wright, who's heading to her first ever Olympics. We r…

Sportish: a nuanced conversation about human rights, transathletes and sport

We get it, these are tricky conversations. But they are also some of the most important conversations to be having. So when we had incredible human rights lawyer, Nikki Dryden, in the house, we decided it was the best opportunity for us to have an educated, informed discussion on the topic.   And …

Sportish: All That Glitters - Katie Walker

Holy moly, a lot has been going on at Firebirds HQ in the last month! But when we heard that our mate, Katie Walker, had been asked to step into role of coach for the last 4 matches of the season, we knew that the team was in good hands.  And so we wanted to drop this oldie but goodie from the All…

Sportish: It's beginning to feel a bit Olympic

Olympics are in the air and WE ARE EXCITED. We chat about swimming Christmas (aka the Australian Swimming's trials) and the absolute triumph of combining the Olympic and Para athletes at the same event. Libby's also off to Paris as a commentator and we hold grave concern for her mastery of the Fren…

Sportish: So What Happened Next? Nikki Dryden

Nikki Dryden is an Olympic swimmer, journalist and human rights lawyer who in late 2021, realised that the female athletes of Afghanistan were in grave danger. What happened next saved countless lives, brought into question the obligations of large sporting bodies and preserved the fundamental righ…

Sportish: Do you want to pay to watch ALL sport?

Look, we get it. Not everything can be free. But when it comes to key sporting moments, don't you think everyone should be able to watch? In a society where sharing a cultural moment is becoming increasingly rare, do we want it to be harder?  NOT US! So this week, we spoke to the Greens Senator Sa…

Sportish: All That Glitters - Joe Williams

Joe Williams grew up in the NSW country town of Cowra, lived for Saturday morning sport and dreamed of becoming a footy player. And he did - he went on to play in the NRL and then later became a world champion boxer. But through the progression of his life and his career, he realised that sport was…

Sportish: What on earth is happening with Brisbane 2032

For the last 18 months, the momentum towards Brisbane 2032 has felt, well, a bit stuck. But with a tiny glimmer of hope around the corner, we asked Olympic and Paralympic Games mega fan David Lutteral (Luttsy) from Nova and Brisbane Olympic's podcast, Towards the Games, to join us for a chat about …

Sportish: So What Happened Next? Lucy Small

In 2021, Lucy Small won a premier Sydney longboard surf competition and at the presentation, found out that she was receiving less than half of her male counterpart. In a split second moment, she decided to use her acceptance speech to point out the inequity of the situation. What happened next was…

Sportish: Sports documentaries are our love language

From retro vibes to A-list celebrity club owners, all the sportish 'tings we've been reading and watching. Unexpected connections included J-Lo, Happy Gilmore and the mini-disc.  The Nike> Basketball > Chicago Bulls collection Shoe Dog  by Phil Knight Air on Amazon Prime The Last Dance on Netfl…