The PowHERful Podcast with AJ McCord
The PowHERful Podcast with AJ McCord
Welcome to The PowHERful Podcast where we introduce you to PowHERful women who are changing the game in and outside of their field of play. These are women’s stories of Olympians, extreme and outdoor athletes– women who happen to do things many of us can only dream of, but the lessons and inspiration they share is universal. Tune in every Tuesday for a new episode of The PowHERful Podcast.Social links:
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Cameron Newton Smith (Decathlon)
Since 1912 there’s been a men’s Olympic decathlon, the year is 2026 and there is still no women’s Olympic decathlon. That’s a fact that women around the world are fighting to change through the Women’s Decathlon Championships. The event is in its 4th Annual event and will host more athletes, from m…
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Johanne Defay (Surfing)
Olympic bronze medalist surfer Johanne Defay has led the field in competitive surfing for the last decade. She has won at the highest level, competed around the world, and now, after 18 months away from competition she’s doing something she’s never done: competing as a new mom. Nearly a year after …
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Special Episode: Flavor Flav’s SHE Weekend
This week AJ McCord and The PowHERful Podcast hit the road for Flavor Flav’s SHE Weekend in Las Vegas. What started as a tweet offering to throw a part for the Olympic gold medal winning Team USA Women’s Hockey team turned into a weekend where the best Olympians and Paralympians from the Milan-Cort…
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Rhiannan Iffland (Cliff Diver)
She started as a wildcard and now she hasn't lost in the nine years since. Red Bull World Series Cliff Diver Rhiannan Iffland is the undisputed queen in her sport, she's won nine straight titles and is going for her 10th. But in this episode, the Aussie gets vulnerable about fear, how she faces it …
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Kelsey Pfendler (Ocean Row)
“Being brave is not an absence of fear, you need fear to be brave.” Kelsey Pfendler is trying to do what no woman her age has done before - row from Monterey, California to Oahu, Hawaii by herself, completely unsupported, rowing a boat utilizing only her own power to get across the 2,400 mile stret…
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Special Episode: Now Days
Women’s surfing is entering a new era, one of equal pay, consequential waves, an excitement for the sport that feels unquenchable. Six women are leading the way and in a groundbreaking Red Bull Media House Film they share their Now Days. Highlighting the surfing of world champions, Olympians and ce…
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(BEST OF) Brenna Huckaby (USA Para Snowboarding)
CURIOSITY | Para-snowboarder Brenna Huckaby describes her journey from Louisiana to professional snowboarding as a bit of a “Jamaican Bobsled” story. After losing her leg to cancer, she was introduced to the mountains through a hospital program designed to help recent amputees rebuild confidence — …
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Oyuna Uranchimeg (USA Wheelchair Curling)
RESILIENCE | When Oyuna Uranchimeg visited the US in 2002 from Mongolia, she had no idea how her life would change. A car accident left her paralyzed, in a foreign country, with a six-year old son at home who needed her. As she prepares for her 2nd Paralympics representing Team USA in wheelchair cu…
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Natalie Allport (CAN Freeride Snowboarding)
INTUITION | Natalie Allport appears to be absolutely fearless. A former member of the national snowboarding team in slopestyle, former competitive Crossfiter and current member of the Freeride World Tour where she snowboards off cliffs on raw mountain faces around the world, she takes on everything…
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(BEST OF) Deedra Irwin (USA Biathlon)
SELF-BELIEF | Biathlete Deedra Irwin is chasing history in Milan-Cortina, trying to earn Team USA their first ever Olympic medal in Biathlon. With a military background, there was plenty of crossover for Irwin into a sport that involves multiples laps of cross country skiing and shooting. Her fight…
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