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74. CHLOE LOGARZO

Sam Squiers sits down with Matildas star Chloe Logarzo, who travelled an unconventional path to becoming a regular – and then a star – in the national setup. Chloe walks us through her meteoric rise, before falling prey to what she called a horrendous attitude, which cost her a spot at the 2015 World Cup and derailed her career.She then explains how a football prodigy ends up as a full-time landscaper, and then how she found her way back to playing all around the world, and finding her way to Olympics and World Cups. The Matildas veteran describes why injury has been a blessing, and her thoughts on how far women’s football has come in her long career.

73. ON HER MIND – WOMEN’S SPORT SCHEDULING CLASH

In this episode Sam Squiers sits down with Sarah Olle to discuss the AFLW’s ambitious scheduling in 2022 – staging two complete seasons in one calendar year – and any knock-on effects it created. This conversation also delves into how this decision created challenges for other female leagues like the WBBL and the W-league. Could the NRLW learn from the way the AFLW has mixed things up and has the clogged sporting calendar started to impact traditional Summer fixtures like Test Cricket?

72. KAREN LUNN

Karen Lunn is among a small group of women who have paved the way for Aussie women golfers in the 21st century, winning major European tour events across a 26 year career including the Women’s British Open. Karen spoke to Sam Squiers about growing up in the country, and the advantages that came with that and heading straight to Europe to pursue her golfing dream. Sam pays tribute to Karen’s contribution to women’s golf in Australia and they discuss what golf needs to do to reverse the trend of losing a younger and female audience to the sport.

71. ON HER MIND – NRLW CBA DELAY EXPLAINED

We interrupt our regular transmission for an urgent discussion of the NRLW Collective Bargaining Agreement, which is being negotiated between the NRL and the Rugby League Players Association as we speak.

Sam Squiers welcomes Channel 7 sports journo Katie Brown to break it all down.

Schedule, sponsorship, minimum wage and pregnancy policy are all on the table – and a whole lot more!

70. ON HER MIND – ABOUT BLOODY TIME (PERIODS & WHITE UNIFORMS)

Sam Squiers isn’t afraid to open up and discuss taboo topics and for this episode she is joined by veteran radio journalist Amy Goggins to dig into Wimbledon’s decision to finally scrap the mandatory white undergarments policy. They discuss the absurdity of the rule in the first place and then branch out to discuss the continued use of white uniforms in football, rugby, rugby league, netball and cricket and the implications this has on female athletes at all levels of competition.

69. AMBER BOURKE

Ever wondered how human beings can dive more than 60 metres underwater, without an oxygen tank? Or how you can survive without breathing for six minutes or more? Free diving champion Amber Bourke will answer those questions and many more, as she discusses how she discovered this incredible sport.

68. ON HER MIND – RECOGNISING THE FIRST MATILDAS

In 1975 Australia was represented at football’s Asia Cup by a pioneering and enterprising group of women. These women have never been recognised with caps and this team is not considered a ‘Matildas’ team. Nearly 50 years later this group is fighting to be recognised, and Sam Squiers and Selina Steele take up the cause and explain their case.

67. KATHY WATT

With peroxide blonde hair and signature oakley sunglasses Kathy Watt took Australia by storm in the 1990s and 2000s. She’s still the only Aussie to win road cycling gold at the Olympics and in this candid interview she tells Sam Squiers how proud she was to achieve what her late father couldn’t. Kathy opens up about her career,  explaining why a local bike shop came to her rescue at the Barcelona Olympics, when Australia team officials turned her away and opens up on the years of cruel bullying she had to overcome just to compete in the sport she loves.

66. ON HER MIND – NETBALL CONTROVERSY

In this debut episode, Sam Squiers delves deep into the biggest issues facing women in sport. This week Sam looks into the sponsorship saga that has enveloped Netball Australia, and the steps that led to the sport losing most of the $15 million it was set to receive from Hancock Prospecting. Journalist Selina Steele has been right in the middle of the story, and she brings insight to the topic, from the environmental concerns surrounding Hancock Prospecting, to the impact the deal was set to have on Indigenous communities and players. Sam and Selina also question the responsibilities of all athletes and sporting administrations when it comes to striking deals across elite sport.

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