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The Riley Gaines Show

Why CA Is Ground Zero For Trans Athletes ft. Brooke Slusser

The Riley Gaines Show

Fox Media

News, Sports, Society & Culture, Politics

4.4592 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Brooke Slusser joins Riley Gaines for a powerful conversation about what she says happened during her time on the San Jose State women’s volleyball team, the moment she learned her teammate was born a male, the impact on the season, and why she decided to speak publicly. Riley and Brooke also discuss the broader debate around women’s sports, Title IX, locker rooms and living accommodations, online backlash, TikTok censorship, lawsuits involving the NCAA and Mountain West, and how faith helped Brooke navigate one of the hardest seasons of her life. New episodes of The Riley Gaines Show drop every Tuesday and Friday at 10 AM ET. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Attention all passengers.

0:03.0

The Uber ride for Jeff's rugby team will depart in five minutes from Platform 15.

0:09.0

Your ride comes with six toilets and a refreshments carriage that you'll empty within five minutes.

0:16.0

Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.

0:19.0

Trains on Uber. Trains on Uber.

0:26.3

There's an unspoken rule in today's culture.

0:29.5

Believe all women, unless it's inconvenient,

0:33.2

or unless believing women would require you to question the man in the situation.

0:39.1

Then, suddenly, the woman speaking out, she is questioned, she is dismissed, or at worst, she is attacked.

0:46.9

Today we are talking to Brooks Slusser.

0:49.1

We talked to Kaylee Ray on the Riley Gaines Show a few weeks ago.

0:52.6

I encourage you to go back and watch that episode.

0:54.6

It might give you a little context for today, but I guess 30,000 foot overview, Brooks Susser

0:59.4

played on the women's volleyball team, women's and air quotes, the women's volleyball team at

1:04.2

San Jose State University. She found out that a man that she had been playing with, that she had

1:10.0

been living with,

1:11.6

was posing as a woman.

1:14.5

The institution that she trusted, that she believed had her interest at heart, her university

1:19.5

lied to her.

1:21.7

They stripped her of her ability to consent.

1:25.3

Really horrific stuff.

1:26.3

We're talking to her today. She went public about unknowingly

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