Interview: Anastasia Bucsis, Speedskater, Olympian and CBC Sports Analyst

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Shireen Ahmed interviews Anastasia Bucsis, 2-time speedskating Olympian for Team Canada and CBC Sports Analyst and host of Player's Own Voice Podcast. They discuss Anastasia's transition from professional athlete to journalist and the challenges of the 2020/21 Olympic games. Anastasia also shares her experience competing as the only out North American athlete at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and publicly opposing Russia's anti-LGBTQ laws. They talk about the progress made and the progress needed to eradicate homophobia from sport and better support for athletes' mental health. **TW: This episode discusses depression and suicide.** This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, flame throwers.
0:01.5	Shereen here.
0:02.5	I would like to offer a content and trigger warning for the conversation you are about to hear between me and Canadian speed skater, come sports broadcaster, Anastasia Buseus.
0:13.2	In this episode, we discuss mental health struggles and suicide.
0:19.1	And I'll suck you up and I'll spit you out and I'll play with you, baby. and suicide.
0:29.8	Hello, Flamethrower, Shereen here.
0:31.2	Well, I am very excited.
0:36.0	I'm always excited, but I am especially excited today to have one of the coolest people I know,
0:37.7	Anesthesia, with us.
0:38.3	Hello.
0:39.4	Hello.
0:41.0	You say you're excited.
0:43.4	I am, like, thrilled to be here.
0:44.2	I'm Starstruck.
0:45.9	So thank you.
0:47.9	We're so happy to have you and burn it all down.
0:52.1	Now, for those of you that unfortunately don't know, Anastasia, here is your chance.
0:55.0	Anastasia was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta.
1:01.2	She started speed skating at the age of four and winning her within her 24-year speed skating career. She's represented Canada twice at the Olympic Games, six world championships, and 46
1:07.5	World Cup starts. She was the only athlete from North America to come out publicly in opposition
1:12.7	to Russia's anti-LGBIQ laws before the Sochi 2014 Olympics. She now lives in Toronto and works for
1:20.1	CBC Sports, where she hosts players' own voice, the podcast, and she's a passionate advocate for
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