Episode 71: Tamyra Mensah Stock

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy and Lynn Olszowy

Sports

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Get ready for a jolt of joy as Olympic gold medalist wrestler Tamyra Mensah Stock joins Laughter Permitted. Tamyra shares how she quickly rose in the sport of wrestling despite a late start, how tragedy has shaped her perspective on life and why fun is a key component to her success as an athlete. Julie’s dog Swaggy makes a strong showing during the Lynn Game, Tamyra explains the perks of winning a gold medal and how her coach encouraged her to bring a karaoke machine to the Olympics. In the close of the show, Julie and Lynn have deep thoughts on the topic of milk.

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0:00.0	The laughter permitted podcast is brought to you by Ally.
0:02.8	Do it right.
0:04.2	Hello, dovillage. Welcome to laughter permitted.
0:07.0	I'm Julie Fowdy. I'm here with Lynn O'Zawi-Hallen.
0:10.2	Hey, Julie. Guess what?
0:12.7	What? We have a first on our show today.
0:15.2	That's right.
0:17.1	We have our first wrestler on the pod.
0:21.2	Very exciting. Our guest is Olympic gold medalist,
0:26.3	Tamara Mensa Stark.
0:30.1	I do have a question for you after having done this interview.
0:34.4	Who do you think would win in an arm wrestling match? You were Tamara.
0:39.6	Oh, God. I need about 0.2 seconds to think about that.
0:44.9	Uh, me.
0:49.2	Duh. You're not seeing my biceps lately from Beach volleyball?
0:54.4	You are scrappy. ESPN colleagues know that I lost two Rachel
0:58.8	Epstein who is all of 100 pounds soaking wet.
1:03.3	In my backyard one night at an ESPN W post summit party.
1:08.4	So there is no way in hell I am beating Tamara Mensa Stark.
1:14.4	Thank you for that question. Okay. A bit more about Tamara.
1:19.1	She won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the Tokyo Olympics this past summer.
1:25.0	Becoming the first black woman ever to do so.
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