Hot Take: Interview with Executive Director of Women's Flat Track Derby Assoc, Erica Vanstone

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On July 22, 2020, Jessica interviewed Erica Vanstone, the Executive Director of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). They talk about the association's response to COVID, the work they're doing towards dismantling racism, and the overlap of the WFTDA's LA league, Angel City, with the name of the newly-announced NWSL team in LA, Angel City FC. Find the WFTDA here: https://wftda.com/ Music during the episode: "For We Shall Know Speed" by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.7	On Wednesday, July 22nd, a little over two weeks ago, I spoke with Erica Vanstone,
1:04.1	the executive director of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.
1:06.6	That means roller derby.
1:09.6	I'm Erica Vanstone.
1:14.1	I am the executive director of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association. We are based in Austin, Texas, but we represent the sport of roller derby, and that means we have more than 450 member organizations in 23 countries.
1:27.0	So we are also a global organization.
1:31.5	I get into Roller Derby in 2007. I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A good friend of
1:38.9	mine was getting involved in the league here with Philly Roller Derby early on in 2006. I went to see a game
1:48.6	and I thought it was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen in my life. My first foray into
1:54.9	WFTDA Roller Derby was actually as an announcer. I would say three weeks after my first gig, I found out that I was pregnant with my son.
2:03.6	I basically worked on announcing for a few years and then decided it was time for me to put on
2:09.8	some skates and do some officiating.
2:12.1	And then a few years later after that, I finally was ready to become a skater.
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