Ministry of Sport Podcast

Ministry of Sport Podcast

Global sport is worth half-a-trillion dollars. The passion of sport unites people, nations and the world together as one. The agony and the ecstasy, the pursuit of human greatness, captivates us all. Consequently, sport is an economic and cultural powerhouse. We go inside the business of sport every fortnight, and talk to the people who make it happen!

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March 10, 2024 46 mins

The Brisbane Heat have the biggest social media following of any team in Australia and Oceania- more than double the Broncos, more than quadruple Collingwood. They’ve just won the BBL- and were WBBL finalists- with crowds and TV numbers almost doubled season-on-season. Heat Commercial Partnerships Boss Hugh Raleigh takes us inside his current pitch to the major sponsor market. 

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Only 16% of Australia’s STEM workforce are women. That figure in the United States is only slightly better at 27%. 

American sports executive Marilou McFarlane founded not-for-profit Women in Sports Tech (WiST) in 2017 to help drive industry change. WiST works with the NBA, Nike, NBC and some of the biggest names in sport to create gender equality.

Emma Henzes works with sports performance tech company Teamworks- who’s clients range ...

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Data is power, and it is profit. It has made some of the richest companies and the richest people in the world. The game is about to change. Third-party cookies are about to be wiped forever. What comes next? Sportradar’s Vice President Mike Falconer tells us now. 

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February 11, 2024 43 mins

NRLW star Andie Robinson is one of the most exciting players in the country. The Cronulla Sharks 21 year-old has been described by Phil Gould as an “X-factor player”. Robinson is also a journalist, working with Fox League. Today we discuss the business of women’s sport, a passion for role modelling, brand building, her media career and the challenge of social media bullying. 

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Gabriela Knutson became a prodigious Collegiate athlete, dominating courts across America.

She left the sport age 19 to pursue her passion for Climate Science. 

Gabriela moved to the UK completed a Master of Science and Marketing, and then a Master of Sustainability, Energy and Environment. 

She came back to Washington DC for a position with the Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions.

But the passion for tennis that burned bright in h...

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Craig Tiley is a world-leading sports CEO.

He revolutionised the Australian Open- upending its old business model, by bringing media rights, sponsorship and merchandise in-house.

Media rights and sponsorship revenue has tripled, and attendance revenue has more than doubled.

The 2023 Australian Open broke the all-time world record for the most attended tennis event in history. 

Naomi Osaka says the AO is one Slam where “players feel lik...

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Paul Roos is the transformative figure of modern Australian sport. He re-wrote the rule book on being a coach. 

Today- sport is all about culture, values, authenticity and vulnerability. Paul Roos started that- 20 years ago- and mastered it. 

He coached the Sydney Swans to their first AFL premiership in 72 years, then saved the Melbourne Football Club- taking a perennial on-field loser, and building a premiership-wining organisation....

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Stirling Mortlock says Dan Herbert is the right person at the right time to lead Rugby Australia. 

Mortlock has also told the Ministry of Sport Podcast, out-going boss Hamish McLennan deserves credit for bringing the game from the financial brink.

The former Wallabies Captain gives us an insight into his old team-mate, Herbert, his take on the shake-up, as well as the Eddie Jones tenure, and the future hopes of our Wallabies side.

Mor...

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In an Australian exclusive, the world’s biggest sports tech company, Sportradar has given The Ministry of Sport Podcast behind the scenes access to the NBA’s latest tech revolution. 

The NBA and Sportradar have joined forces to launch human tracking technology that three-dimensionally captures 29 data points on each player live on court. 

Previously, each player was a single two-dimensional dot.

The skeletal tracking is created by art...

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