Roller Derby, known for being a sport.

Famous for being a body-checking women's sport.

Nobody thinks much about it, so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why Roller Derby is secretly incredibly fascinating. Hey there, folks, welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt and I'm not alone because I'm joined by my co-host Katie Golden.

Katie.

Hey.

What is your relationship to or opinion of roller derby?

It seems really cool as someone who is not athletic in the slightest, someone who does not

blade.

I don't blade.

I don't roller blade.

I don't do the four wheels or the two wheels.

Nothing.

Unfortunately, I lack skill.

I lack the ability to fall gracefully, the kind of pick yourself up again after you fall on your knees rather than crying and needing a Band-Aid for your boo-boos.

And the Band-Aid has to have Dora the Explorer on it.

Otherwise, you're going to cry even harder.

So, you know, it's not, it's not really me, the,

the roller skating, the roller derby, but it looks, it looks sick as heck. Now I'm thinking of our

recent bubble tea episode, because we both aren't that into the boba balls, and we both aren't

that into roller skating, and most people love both those things. Yeah. We're strange.

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