The Game Changers

Updated: 22 Apr 2025 • 228 episodes
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In this award-winning podcast Sue Anstiss talks to trailblazers in women sport. These are the individuals who are knocking down barriers and challenging the status quo for women and girls everywhere. Along with openly sharing their historic careers, what drives them and how they’ve dealt with tough challenges, each episode explores key issues for equality in sport and beyond.  We’re incredibly grateful to Sport England who support The Game Changers through a National Lottery award.  You can find out about all the guests at https://www.fearlesswomen.co.uk/thegamechangers Fearless Women in Sport

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"Great athletes aren’t just terrified of losing – they’re traumatised by it. That’s what drives them." In this powerful and inspiring episode, Sue Anstiss is joined by one of the most influential figures in British sport, Mel Marshall.  A former Olympian turned world-renowned coach, Mel is best known for guiding Adam P

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"I hate mediocrity. As soon as it feels like we’re sitting in the status quo, I feel like I’m failing." In this brilliant episode of The Game Changers, Sue Anstiss is joined by Jess Thirlby, Head Coach of the Vitality Roses and one of the most respected leaders in world netball. From growing up in a deeply sporting fam

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Lucy Wray: Building Culture, Driving Change and Backing Women’s Sport "Sport is this incredible rollercoaster of winning, losing, learning and bonding — I don’t think anything else creates that kind of magic." This week on The Game Changers, Sue Anstiss is joined by Lucy Wray – an inspiring and influential leader in sp

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“When the world forgets Afghanistan, we keep speaking. We are the voices of the women who can no longer be heard.” What would you risk for the right to play sport? For Khalida Popal, the answer is everything. This powerful episode of The Game Changers tells the extraordinary story of a woman who defied the Taliban, cha

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"I’ve become the person I needed when I was younger – and that’s the greatest gift I can offer the athletes I coach today." Jenny Meadows is a former world-class middle-distance runner and now one of Britain’s most respected athletics coaches. Recently honoured – alongside her husband – as BBC Sports Personality Coach

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“Women’s physiology isn’t a problem to be solved - it’s an opportunity to innovate.” In this fascinating episode of The Game Changers podcast, I speak with Professor Kirsty Elliott-Sale, one of the world’s leading researchers in female physiology, about the critical need for women-focused sports science. From her uncon

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