Sky Sports: Real Talk

** WINNER! Broadcast Sport Awards, 2024 - Sports Podcast of the Year ** Welcome to Real Talk, the award winning series where we deep dive into subjects that aren’t often spoken about in a sporting context. You’ll hear sportspeople talk like you’ve never heard them before - vulnerable, open and honest. Join Sky Sports' reporter Miriam Walker-Khan as we explore health and well-being topics experienced by athletes in different sporting worlds. As well as listening to the podcast, you can watch 'Real Talk' across Sky Sports. Listen to every episode of Real Talk here: skysports.com/real-talk You can listen to Real Talk on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Sky Sports Real Talk". Watch every interview from Real Talk on YouTube here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis

Sky Sports: Real Talk is a sports podcast hosted by Sky Sports, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Talking the FA’s transgender football ban - with Blair Hamilton, Jackson Irvine, Jessy Parker Humphreys and Goal Diggers FC

  May 12, 202558 minS0

  Award-winning podcast Real Talk is back with a one-off episode about the FA’s ban on transgender women in FA-affiliated football. <br /><br />We speak to players Blair Hamilton and Sammy and Paula from Goal Diggers FC, to understand what the ban means for them. <br /><br />We also hear from sports law professor Dr Seema Patel, who specialises in the balance between inclusion and exclusion in competitive sport, to unpack the FA’s decision to ban transgender women from football after the Supreme Court ruling on April 16th which unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under...

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  Talking IVF, Egg Extraction and Sperm Donation – with Anita Asante and Katrina Gorry

  Mar 25, 202556 minS0

  Our award-winning podcast 'Real Talk' is back with a one-off episode, and this time, we deep-dive into the world of IVF and fertility equality to understand what it's like for lesbian sportswomen to have babies.<br /><br />We discuss sperm donors and football genetics with former Arsenal and England legend, Anita Asante and her wife Beth Fisher, and find out how West Ham captain Katrina Gorry walked into an IVF clinic on her own one day and ended up pregnant just a few weeks later. <br /><br />A special thanks to Laura-Rose Thorogood, founder and CEO of LGBT Mummies and l...

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  Real Talk: The Recap

  May 1, 202410 minS0

  Missed Real Talk? Don't worry! Here's Miriam Walker-Khan with all you need to know about the series from Sky Sports, where athletes speak openly and honestly about topics that aren't often covered in a sporting context. <br /><br />All Real Talk episodes are available to listen to for free, you can watch our athlete interviews on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@skysports), and read supporting articles on our website (skysports.com). <br /><br />Real Talk will be back soon, so please give us a like, follow or subscribe so you don't miss an episode. <br /><br />

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  Talking Retirement - with Stephen Warnock, Victoria Pendleton & Danielle Brown.

  Apr 22, 202449 minS0

  In the final episode of Real Talk season one, Miriam Walker-Khan chats to two-time Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton, double Paralympic gold medallist in archery, Danielle Brown, and Sky Sports pundit and former footballer Stephen Warnock about their retirements. They share what is for some, the pain - and for others, the relief - of leaving the dream they once lived.<br /><br />A special thanks to Dawn Airton, the UK Sports Institute’s Senior Performance Lifestyle Coach and former Harlequins player, who joins us on this episode to give us her expert advice.<br /><br />This podcast contains discussions of...

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  Talking Motherhood in Sport - with Natasha Jonas, Dame Sarah Storey & Bismah Maroof

  Apr 17, 202448 minS0

  On this week’s Real Talk, Miriam Walker-Khan chats to three incredible athletes, who are also all Mums. <br /><br />Boxing legend Natasha Jonas, seventeen-time Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey, and Pakistani cricketer and trailblazer Bismah Maroof discuss their pregnancies and how they managed to come back to competing at the top level of their sports after giving birth - both physically and mentally.  <br /><br />A special thanks to Baz Moffat, founder of The Well HQ, co-author of The Female Body Bible, ex-Team GB rower, and mother, who joins us on this episode to give us her expert advice.  <br /><...

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