EPISODE · Jul 29, 2023 · 42 MIN
The World Cup continues
from Not by the Playbook · host BBC World Service
As the Women's World Cup continues we look at the drama behind the French women's national football team have been through this past couple of years. We get a potted history of this unsettling period for 'Le Blues' from author Professor Lindsay KrasnoffThis week the UN said this month is on course to be the world's hottest on record... and whilst Southern Europe is suffering with wild fires, catastrophic flooding has affected other parts of the world most recently the US state of Vermont, tucked up high on the countries East Coast. Renowned for it's snow capped mountains, it has produced many a Winter Olympic star, including biathlete Susan Dunklee, who was just one of those who has been affected by the weatherSami Jo Small has always taken on difficult challenges head on... She studied the traditionally male dominated field of mechanical engineering at Stanford University, made an appearance on cult Canadian sitcom 'Letterkenny' playing herself and was part of the first Canadian women's Ice hockey team to win gold at an Olympics, and it's difficult no to admire those achievements even when you consider the level of fortitude she needed to stand a chance of succeedingPhoto: Brazil and Panama in action at the Women's World Cup 2023 in Adelaide, Australia. (Credit: Sarah Reed/Getty Images)
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As the Women's World Cup continues we look at the drama behind the French women's national football team have been through this past couple of years. We get a potted history of this unsettling period for 'Le Blues' from author Professor Lindsay KrasnoffThis week the UN said this month is on course to be the world's hottest on record... and whilst Southern Europe is suffering with wild fires, catastrophic flooding has affected other parts of the world most recently the US state of Vermont, tucked up high on the countries East Coast. Renowned for it's snow capped mountains, it has produced many a Winter Olympic star, including biathlete Susan Dunklee, who was just one of those who has been affected by the weatherSami Jo Small has always taken on difficult challenges head on... She studied the traditionally male dominated field of mechanical engineering at Stanford University, made an appearance on cult Canadian sitcom 'Letterkenny' playing herself and was part of the first Canadian women's Ice hockey team to win gold at an Olympics, and it's difficult no to admire those achievements even when you consider the level of fortitude she needed to stand a chance of succeedingPhoto: Brazil and Panama in action at the Women's World Cup 2023 in Adelaide, Australia. (Credit: Sarah Reed/Getty Images)
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