Outsports Radio

This week Dawn and Karleigh discuss the spate of hate in at least eight states targeted transgender children, our predictions for the Super Bowl, which team is the most LGBTQ-friendly, a controversy about two drag queens in a Super Bowl commercial, two out figure skating champions, Martina Navratilova vs. Margaret Court, Joanna Lohman's engagement, the WNBA queer-friendly CBA, plus the NBA fines Marcus Morris for misogynist comments and more. Plus we chat about Star Trek Picard! This is our last weekend episode! The Trans Sporter Room is moving to every other Wednesday later this month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I don't know if you've heard but some...other sport is having its championship game this weekend. And unfortunately, Ken Schultz can recite more verses of the Super Bowl Shuffle than players involved in the actual Super Bowl. So in a break from our usual 24-7-365 baseball format, this week's guest is comedian/football fan/anti-baseball curmudgeon Brian McGuinness (Playable Characters Podcast). Brian puts in a valiant effort to get Ken up to date on the Chiefs and 49ers. And in the midst of all that, they discuss the Kobe Bryant tragedy, the uplifting Katie Sowers, and the days when Brian actually tolerated baseball. He claims that he used to have fun at Mets games as a kid. Which, as all Mets fans know, means he was doing it wrong. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @LaughAtBrian @PlayablePodcast Insta: @KenThinGuy @LaughAtBrian @PlayablePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RJ Ochoa (Blogging the Boys) & Jeanna Thomas (The Falcoholic) sit down with Dr. Jen Welter, the first female NFL coach, to talk about everything from shoes to Madden to her time in the league and what she's up to now! Powered by SBNation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, lovelies! LGBT In The Ring is back with a full dissection of WWE Royal Rumble 2020. Sam Didier (Wrestling With Gender) and Daniel Trainor (Same Team podcast) help Brian sift through the good bad and offensive from the most exciting event on WWE's calendar. The road to Wrestlemania isn't going to pave itself, after all. But is it even a road worth travelling? Follow Sam Didier on Twitter: @gayfrogandtoad Follow Daniel Trainor on Twitter: @dantrainor1 Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod 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

You can find queer contra dancing events in many major U.S. cities, but unlike Voguing and formal ballroom dancing, it has never really been taken up as a sport. Longtime queer contra dance organizers Chris Ricciotti and Stephen Ulrich, discuss the dance form's historic roots, how it reached the queer community and why it's never taken off as a sport. We also discuss why we don't often see similar participatory cultural dance events from non-European cultures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kerron Clement won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championships. He came out publicly as gay last October at an event for Nike, becoming the most decorated American male Olympian to come out publicly. He talks with us about growing up in Trinidad, finding himself at the Univ. of Florida, the support he's received from his fellow runners, and why being gay helped propel him to the apex of his sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transgender soccer player Kirsti Miller of Australia joins Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis to talk about her successful athletic career before and after her transition, rejection, acceptance, finding love and the calamity that has scorched her homeland. Dawn and Karleigh also chat about the proposed laws in the U.S. targeting trans Americans and the premiere of Star Trek Picard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a shocking development, Derek Jeter was elected to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday. So Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Yankee fan Meghan Hanley (Laughing Skull and Women in Comedy Festival) to deliver a Jeterian episode (That's not a word, John Sterling!). Meghan tells the story of having the good fortune to witness Jeter's 3000th hit in person. Ken counters with the much less fortunate tale of the day Jeter met Cubs reliever Joe Borowski and batting practice ensued. In the sixth inning. Also discussed: the joyful Canadian goofiness of Larry Walker and the ever-loathsome Bud Selig. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @TheMeghanHanley Insta: @kenthinguy @TheMeghanHanley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello Lovelies! The "American Attraction" MV Young sits down with Brian this week to discuss how embracing his sexuality in the ring let his character flourish, fusing wrestling and drag with Uncanny Attractions, his love for no ring deathmatches and the tribulations of leading an ever-growing poly cult. It's all about broadening pro wrestling's reach, especially as he preps for Uncanny Attractions next show in Tampa during Wrestlemania weekend! Follow MV Young on Twitter: @THEonlyMVYoung Follow Uncanny Attractions on Twitter: @uncanny_attract Follow the LGBT in The Ring on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod 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/adchoi

Earlier this month, the New Jersey Devils hosted one of the most comprehensive, inclusive and impressive Pride Night celebrations in history. Joe Altenau, VP of Event Operations and Guest Relations for Prudential Center, talks about being an instrumental part of putting the whole thing together. From working with the team itself to organizing the speakers to the logistics and optics of the entire evening, Altenau explains why his involvement was so crucial to the night's success. A collegiate runner, we also talk about the experience of being gay athlete at George Washington University and his plan to run the Boston Marathon later this year, something I cannot comprehend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field on the Outsports podcast network. This week I speak with gay former NFL player Esera Tuaolo. With any episode I ask him about growing up, which for him was in Hawaii. His college career in the state of Oregon and of course his pro career. Along the way we briefly talk about his appearance on The Voice and we end our conversation of his non profits 3rd annual Inclusion Party which is Super Bowl weekend in Miami. All the important links are below, including more info on the raffle to win your own Super Bowl tickets. Enjoy the episode and see you next week. Esera Tuaolo on twitter : https://twitter.com/eseratuaolo Hate If Wrong on twitter : https://twitter.com/hateiswrongorg hateiswrong.org Esera on Instagram : www.instagram.com/eseratuaolo Follow me on twitter and instagram at @LPFPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Outsports has covered gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender athletes in the Olympics for two decades, and we have noticed a huge interest in the topic. We talk about the stories that have driven the most interest including Johnny Weir, Matthew Mitcham and the plethora of out women at the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis welcome the newest member of the Outsports team: new deputy managing editor Alex Reimer of Boston. He brings his Beantown perspective to the baseball cheating scandal, the Patriots' disappointing season, Curt Schilling's chances of getting into the Hall of Fame and being targeted by online trolls. We also chat about Alex and Dawn's childhood brushes with fame. Plus Karleigh and I anticipate the arrival of Star Trek Picard! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's kind of a depressing time for baseball. So who better to talk about it than a Mets fan? Ken Schultz is joined by Outsports Managing Editor Dawn Ennis (The Trans Sporter Room) to discuss Carlos Beltrán's sudden departure before he managed a single game. If this is what gets someone removed from the Mets roster, by mid-June, Jacob deGrom should be yelling "I stole signs too!" As you might expect, the sign stealing scandals in Houston and Boston dominate this episode but Ken & Dawn also find time to discuss Naked Gun baseball trivia, why no active athlete has come out in MLB, and Joe DiMaggio yelling at children. You know...to lighten the mood. Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @LifeAfterDawn @TransSporterRm Insta: @kenthinguy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello Lovelies! LGBT In The Ring is back with MLW ring announcer (among 70+ other promotions) Mark Adam Haggerty (@MarkAHaggerty). Mark sits down with Brian to retrace his pro wrestling journey from watching Wrestlemania 9 to lending his voice to MLW every Saturday night. We also dive deep into how wrestling ties into Mark's coming out story, the thrills of being a big gay bad guy and the heart behind the goofs of Locker Room Detectives (@LockerDicks)! Follow the show on Twitter: @LGBTRingPod 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

Daniel Villarreal examines the roots of the gay rodeo and speaks with International Gay Rodeo Association President Candy Pratt and its PR Chair David Hartwell about why the IGRA is experiencing dwindling membership numbers. Villarreal also talks with Harley Deuce, who help found HomoRodeo.com and creator of sexy cowboy calendars, about why the cowboy remains so vibrant in the gay erotic imagination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field podcast. This episode I actually have two guests. The first guest is Nick McCarvel. Nick is a media personality who focuses mainly on tennis and figure skating but does cover other sports as well. Nick is also one of the key people behind the many Pride events on the tennis tour, especially at the Open events. My second guest is the organizer of the Glam Slam, a LGBTQ tennis event that is happening during the Australian Open in Melbourne. I was able to sneak in an interview with Rowen last night and we talk Glam Slam. Both guests do have some things to say about tennis great Margaret Court. Here are all the links to follow these fabulous guests Nick McCarvel on twitter:@NickMcCarvel On Instagram @instagram.com/nickmccarvel To follow Rowen d'Souza on Instagram: instagram.com/rowensta/ To follow the Glam Slam on Instagram : instagram.com/glam_slam_tennis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Randy Gardner joins us this week to talk about discovering he was gay in the 1970s, even as he and his figure skating partner, Tai Babilonia, were winning National Championships. As Gardner was taking aim at a World Championship, his parents put him into conversion therapy. Gardner also talks about his upcoming documentary, Go Figure, as well as the dynamic of being a gay man with a female skating partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our very first cisgender guest, Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler, joins Karleigh Webb and Dawn Ennis to discuss our GLAAD Media Award-nominated series on transgender inclusion in women's sports, his recent interview with MMA trailblazer Fallon Fox and the controversy over the Outsports 20 List. Plus we discuss the Star Wars movie we think is the best one in the series, and all of us agree on one film. Hint: it's not Rise of Skywalker! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Back from the holiday break, Ken Schultz is joined by comedian and Padres fan Jono Zalay (writer for Amazon, Fox, & Comedy Central) to discuss the distinctly unfamiliar sensation that is San Diego baseball optimism. It's probably the new brown unis. Brown: the universal color of hope. Ken & Jono discuss the current brilliance of Fernando Tatis Jr, the eternal genius of Tony Gwynn, Jono's least favorite football team (Upset alert: it's NOT the Patriots), and the spectacular setting of Petco Park. Plus, Jono tells what has to be the single greatest story in recorded history about trying to tell jokes after a San Diego crowd has just watch Wil Myers faint and get carried out of the room. Comedy is even weirder than Padres baseball! Twitter: @KenSchultz_ @JonoZalay @FTheChargers Insta: @kenthinguy @JonoZalay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices