Naked and Exposed: The Abandonment of Female Athletes
The Happy Women Podcast
Happy Women
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The Happy Women, Jen Horn and Katie Gorka are joined by Kaitlynn Wheeler, a swimmer and advocate for women's sports. They discuss the impact of Leah Thomas on women's sports, and the challenges faced by female athletes in a changing landscape. The conversation highlights the importance of speaking out against institutional intimidation, the biological realities of sports, and the role of organizations like Turning Point USA and the Riley Gaines Center in advocating for women's rights. Caitlynn shares her experiences with protests and the need for truth in advocacy, as well as the legislative efforts surrounding Title IX.
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| 0:00.0 | There are two happy women bringing you inspiring stories, politics, pop culture, and lifestyle |
| 0:07.8 | hacks, all with an eye to making our communities and our country a better place to live. |
| 0:13.8 | It's the Happy Women Podcast with your hosts Jen Horn and Katie Gorka. |
| 0:19.3 | Thanks for joining us and welcome to another episode of the Happy Women Podcast. I'm Jennifer Horn. |
| 0:26.5 | And I'm Katie Gorka. And I'm really excited today, Katie, because it's a show, well this show is always about a little bit of girl power I mean let's be |
| 0:33.8 | honest it's the happy women podcast it's in the name but we are going to talk about women's |
| 0:38.3 | sports today and the battle to protect women's sports. |
| 0:42.6 | And joining us today, I'm super excited |
| 0:44.6 | to introduce you to Caitlin Wheeler. |
| 0:46.0 | She is an ambassador for the Riley Gain Center |
| 0:48.9 | at the Leadership Institute. |
| 0:51.0 | She is also an incredible swimmer herself. She swam as well for |
| 0:55.0 | Team USA. She's also been in NCAA swimmer. She works for Turning Point USA. She's an |
| 1:01.1 | incredible talent and you can give her a follow at |
| 1:03.8 | Wheeler Caitlin on X. Caitlin Wheeler thank you so much for for being with us |
| 1:08.9 | today. Welcome to Happy Women. Thank you Jen and Katie for having me. I'm super excited to be here. |
| 1:14.0 | Well, before we get started into the political stuff, we always love to hear people's stories and you are an incredible talent. |
| 1:20.0 | You're doing incredible things in a field that's really, really competitive. |
| 1:25.0 | So take us through your story before we get started here. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah, I think it all starts with my beginning in sports which was swimming I started |
| 1:34.4 | swimming and I was four years old I quickly fell in love with it I made it my |
| 1:38.9 | goal to swimming college and I was fortunate enough to be offered a |
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