Before we start, a content note.

This episode contains accounts of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and racism.

You'll also hear some swearing.

Hey y'all, and welcome to the last episode of season three of American Prodigies.

You made it, we made it, we're here.

I talked to a lot of people this season, especially gymnasts.

You heard stories from Olympians, Jordan Childs, and Betty O'Kino, trailblazers like Angie Dankins and Joyce Wilborn,

collegiate superstars, Nia Dennis, Sophia de Jesus, and Hallie Mosec,

and young athletes, hoping to be the next generation of sensational black gymnasts.

We reported on the joyful and the uncomfortable and the fucking maddening,

from victories at national championships to hiding food at the Olympics

to white coaches cutting black girls' hair.

On today's episode, I talk with our story editor, Jessica Luther.

We recap where we've been and talk about the gymnast and topics we wished we could have covered.

And then we try to answer the question that's come up again and again throughout this series.

Is the sport of gymnastics compatible with just work for black women. How could it be?

Let's start by looking back on what we were able to cover this season.

We covered a fucking lot.

Yeah.

So you talked to so many people.

When you think back on it, Amira, what was one of your highlights in creating this season?

I mean, honestly, just interviewing people and forming a bond in the connection and in the conversation

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