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Power Players
by Audacy
A conversation moderated by and commentary from Danielle McCartan exploringtopics relating to women in sports. 'Power Players', a pun on the hockeyterm, exists to assert the female perspective in sports. The intelligent,informative, and engaging 30-minute episodes will be specific to each guest:player, coach, broadcaster, official, or executive. Come for the guest orhost, but stay for the adversities and triumphs of Power Players in sports.
Episodes
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POWER PLAYERS 013 - Inside the "Wubble"
Players and coaches from 3 WNBA teams (LA Sparks, Dallas Wings, and Washington Mystics) discuss: In a new, and different style podcast than what you're used to, the athletes listed below discuss: Advantages/disadvantages of playing in the WNBA's 'Wubble' at IMG Academy in Florida What activities...
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POWER PLAYERS 012 - Miesha Tate
“I didn’t want to be one of those people that hung around and tarnished what I had built in my career if I wasn’t all in it. I’m either 100% in or 100% out and, at that point, I knew I had to be out… because I wasn’t 100% in. 80% is not good enough.” - Miesha Tate From cupcakes to the evolution…
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POWER PLAYERS 011 - Venessa Hutchinson
“You’re always going to come across somebody, at some point in your career, that doesn’t really think you belong there [but] you’ll come across way more that think you do-which is the great part about where the sport is heading.” - Venessa Hutchinson I talked with Venessa Hutchinson, the NFL’s...
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POWER PLAYERS 010 - Denise White
“People like a comeback story.” - Denise White A young girl and her twin sister overcome a rough childhood and the foster care system- one starts her own company and becomes the most powerful athlete crisis manager in the world. It sounds like something out of a movie, right? Well that's because…
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POWER PLAYERS 009 - Amanda Kessel
“Just thinking that I lost this love of my life was something that I was really having a hard time to come to terms with.” - Amanda Kessel Olympic gold and silver medal winning professional hockey player Amanda Kessel and Danielle McCartan have an open conversation about Amanda’s…
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POWER PLAYERS 008 - Kara Goucher
“What’s the alternative, I quit? … I can’t let them break me. No way.” - Kara Goucher World Championship (now) silver medal winner and 2x Olympic distance runner Kara Goucher and Danielle discuss ethics at the highest level of sport. Against the background of ESPN’s newest 30 for 30: “Lance”…
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POWER PLAYERS 007 - Rachel Balkovec
“Let me tell you about my daughters. I’ll start with the one that’s coaching for the Yankees.” - Rachel Balkovec channels her father. Rachel and Danielle discuss surprisingly similar childhood aspirations, deliver a message to "old school" baseball fans, and compare and contrast the pitch...
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POWER PLAYERS 006 - Laura Okmin
“Hang in there, you’re not going to believe how good it’s about to get for you.” - Laura Okmin Laura goes "5 levels deep" into conversation with Danielle about feelings of her loneliness on the road, family planning sacrifices due to her profession, and the personal and professional impact of...
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POWER PLAYERS 005 - Monica Abbott
A discussion with an Olympic Athlete about the delay, staying prepared, advice to young softball players, and about the radioactivity in Japan ahead of the games. We need to take care of the world first: the Olympics is the world’s game”. -Monica Abbott Softball, after a 12 year hiatus, is again...
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POWER PLAYERS 004 - Courtney Banghart
“It’s not about survival of the fittest, it is: survival of the ‘most adaptive’" - Courtney Banghart channels Charles Darwin. After having accumulated, in her twelve years as head coach of Princeton University's women's basketball program, seven Ivy League titles, eight NCAA Tournament births…
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POWER PLAYERS 003 - Danita Johnson
“Don’t be afraid to ask for it” - Danita Johnson, President and COO of the Los Angeles Sparks A meteoric rise over 14 years in basketball to the office of president and COO of a major market professional organization, Danita offers a valuable, front-office perspective on a wide variety of…
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POWER PLAYERS 002 - Danielle McCartan... MY story!
“I never wanted to always wonder: ‘what if?’ - Danielle McCartan How does a three sport high school athlete turned high school teacher and coach end up hosting a weekly show on our nation's original all-sports radio station? Well, I can tell you that I didn't go to school for this! Here is the...
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POWER PLAYERS 001 - Suzyn Waldman
“Tolerated but Not Accepted”- Suzyn Waldman Receiving feces in the mail, getting bullied out of a clubhouse, receiving death threats... oh my! Suzyn Waldman discusses her beginning in sports media in New York City: from being the first voice heard on the first all-sports station in the country to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A conversation moderated by and commentary from Danielle McCartan exploringtopics relating to women in sports. 'Power Players', a pun on the hockeyterm, exists to assert the female perspective in sports. The intelligent,informative, and engaging 30-minute episodes will be specific to each guest:player, coach, broadcaster, official, or executive. Come for the guest orhost, but stay for the adversities and triumphs of Power Players in sports.
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A conversation moderated by and commentary from Danielle McCartan exploringtopics relating to women in sports. 'Power Players', a pun on the hockeyterm, exists to assert the female perspective in sports. The intelligent,informative, and engaging 30-minute episodes will be specific to each...
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