Outsports Radio

Hello, lovelies! This week's episode is all about NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14. After watching nearly 15 hours of top-tier pro wrestling from Tokyo, there's a lot of gold, looks and deadeyed drama to chat up. Rachel Giuliani (@EffingBoring) and wrestling and comics writer C.K. Stewart (@ckayfabe) join the show to run through everything from Jushin Thunder Liger's retirement to Tetsuya Naito's coronation. And Kazuchika Okada's butt-to-thigh ratio. 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

It's the first-ever Same Team Q&A! Listener questions about sports, the Academy Awards, pro wrestling, Real Housewives and more get answered by a sorta sick host. It's a chaotic experience! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week I welcome to the podcast Ben Pereira, Ben works for Minor League Baseball with the job title of Specialist, Diversity & Inclusion. Before we talk pride nights we get to know Ben a little bit. His love for baseball, his bond with his grandfather and coming out. He is able to tell us personal stories from some of those pride nights. He talks about some of the problems they had, including Sean Spicer throwing out the first pitch on one of these games. How it made sense why it happened but how to prevent it in the future. I hope you enjoy this episode. Follow Ben on twitter at @Bereira31 You can follow this podcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @LPFPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sarka Pancochova has competed in three Olympic games as a snowboarder. Yet as she aims for No. 4 in 2022, she's doing so in a relationship with her girlfriend, Laree. Both Sarka and Kaileen join us this week to talk about not getting married until it's legal in Sarka's home country of the Czech Republic. They also talk about navigating a 5,000-mile relationship, and Sarka opens up about competing as an out athlete on the slopes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MMA trailblazer Fallon Fox asks Outsports managing editor Dawn Ennis why trans women like her were conspicuously absent from the Outsports 20 list of LGBT heroes of 2010 to 2019. You'll hear Dawn's answer as well as their conversation about race, religion, TERFs and discrimination. Fallon addresses all the haters who bring up her fight with Tamikka Brents. Plus, what Fallon's been focused on since leaving the ring, and she hints at her future plan to return to sports competition. Finally, our shared love for Star Wars, The Mandalorian and Star Trek — and the need for greater LGBT representation. Dawn was all alone at the controls this week, since Karleigh Webb on an away mission to that strange planet known as Southern California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, Lovelies! We're recounting the top 25 queer wrestlers of the year this week with the show's first annual QWI 25 list, but not before more Butch v. Gore talk with the Prime Time Pro Wrestling Queermanders-in-Chief Billy Dixon and Lolo McGrath! Follow Billy Dixon on Twitter: @TheBillyDixon Follow Lolo McGrath on Twitter: @hellbenderLo 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

It's the end of the year and Same Team is switching things up! Sports are (mostly) left on the back burner as Daniel and special guest Xander Pakzad discuss their favorite movies, TV shows, music, video games and so much more from 2019. Fleabag to Death Stranding, Parasite to PEN15...it's a momentous occasion. Plus, they sample some special vegan snacks while looking ahead to 2020. Happy Holidays! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this holiday week before New Year's, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes, from Nov. 18, 2019: Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler talked with Track & Field Olympic hopeful Nikki Hiltz about her goal of qualifying, training, competing, her relationship with her girlfriend and what it was like being an out lesbian in Qatar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this last episode for 2019, Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb discuss the winners of the 2019 Outsports Awards, plus we look back at the biggest sports stories of 2019, as well as the decade. We also make our predictions for what's to come in 2020. Plus, see if you agree with our review of "Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker" (SPOILER ALERT!) And did you hear? "Lost in Space" returns to Netflix! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the spirit of Dickens and the ghost of Christmas past, we're revisiting the inaugural episode, in which host Ken Schultz talks about the Nationals/Astros World Series with comedian Kevin McCaffrey (Letterman, Away Games Podcast, Sex & The Cidiots Podcast). Topics covered include: the solid career and occasional brilliance of Howie Kendrick, CC Sabathia a Hall of Famer? (SPOILER ALERT: Yes, yes, a thousand times yes), and the frustrating necessity of pain as an essential part of baseball fandom. As you no doubt have already concluded, both of us root for the Cubs. Twitter: @kenschultz_ @KevinMcCaff Insta: @kenthinguy @KevinMcCaff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, lovelies! The final show of 2019 features an awesome chat with Prime Time Pro Wrestling's Chief Brand Officer and co-founder Lolo McGrath. They haven't been in the business that long, but that doesn't mean they don't have their finger on the pulse of both the good and bad in terms of queer acceptance in the industry. PTPW's upcoming Butch v. Gore show on March 7, 2020 being a prime example! Put your pie in the oven and take a seat. Follow Lolo McGrath on Twitter: @hellbenderLo 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

For Christmas Eve we're revisiting the Dec. 10th episode in which I spoke with the amazing trans athlete and advocate Chris Mosier. When I first started this podcast back in March, Chris was one of the guests I really wanted to speak with. It took some time for our schedules to work and here he is. While we talk about his transitioning a bit, we focus more on his advocacy work, competition and policy changes at the different levels. Here are some links to get some more info: Regarding the Chris Mosier Project from Nike: https://workingnotworking.com/projects/182507-nike-betrue-the-chris-mosier-project To find more information on his advocacy : https://www.transathlete.com/ His personal/public speaking website : https://www.thechrismosier.com/ Follow Chris on Twitter, Instagram and facebook : @thechrismosier PLEASE LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE You can find me twitter and Instagram at : @LPFPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stephanie Wheeler is a three-time Paralympic champion. She's done it in wheelchair basketball as both a player and a coach. She talks about how she came across the sport as a kid, reaching the pinnacle of the Paralympics, and the importance of connecting with the athletes she coaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Team USA's Chris Mosier, fresh off announcing he is competing in the Olympic Trials for race walking next month, joins Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb to talk about this historic opportunity, his advocacy, his work with Nike and his love for Baby Yoda, as we discuss the opening of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Also Karleigh and Dawn talk DC Comics superheroes from Superman to Batman, Batwoman and the Green Lantern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello Lovelies! Daniel Trainer (Same Team podcast) returns to the show to help Brian pick through the plunder, injuries and Devon Monroe sightings to find the good and bad from WWE's final pay-per-view of the decade, TLC 2019. Is the dog food can half-full or half-empty? Follow Daniel Trainor on Twitter (@dantrainor1) and listen to the Same Team podcast every other Wednesday on the Outsports Radio Network. 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

Since it's almost New Year's, we're talking with veteran queer journalist Zack Ford about 5 LGBTQ sports stories that will emerge in 2020 and why they matter for the larger LGBTQ community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to another episode of Level Playing Field. I am your host, Randy Boose, and this is my podcast where I speak with LGBTQ people involved in sports. This episode is a little different because it is not my typical coming out type of story, this really is about Daniel's experience in media, Reality TV and podcasts. Hope you enjoy this episode. I will be off the next two weeks to celebrate Christmas and New Years. Be back early January. You can follow Daniel on twitter at @dantrainor1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lifelong Olympics fan Charley Cullen Walters has built an incredible career for himself that has taken him to every Olympics since the Summer Games in Beijing in 2008. His Olympics blog, Olympics or Bust, was a big success, and he has created a wonderful annual event, Gold Meets Golden, that brings together Olympians with people across entertainment. Walters talks with Cyd Zeigler about some of the incredible GMG guests this year, including Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Matt Bomer, Alex Rodriguez, Sylvester Stallone, Gus Kenworthy, Kristi Yamaguchi, Monica Seles, Carl Lewis and so many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transgender auto racer Charlie Martin joins Dawn Ennis and Karleigh Webb from the United Kingdom to talk about her goal of competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the medical steps she took as part of her transition, media coverage of trans people and her favorite science fiction film series: Star Wars. Plus we remember Rene Auberjonois and D.C. Fontana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, the first words out of my guest's mouth are "That is so depressing!" So that's how you know we must be talking about the Cubs' offseason. Andi Cruz Venacek (Cuppa Cubbie Blue podcast, Cubs Den) joins Ken Schultz to discuss all that the Cubs have accomplished so far during the Winter Meetings. After that seven seconds, we realize that there's still a ton of time to fill. So we launch into the many reasons why trading Kris Bryant is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea. Other topics include: Marvin Miller's long overdue Hall of Fame election, a desperate plea to extend Javy Báez & Anthony Rizzo, and the tribulations (and occasional triumphs!) of being a Cub fan living in St. Louis. Twitter: @kenschultz_ @bryz_blue @CuppaCubbieBlue Insta: @kenthinguy @andi.cru.van Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices