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: https://www.skysports.com/podcasts/36578/13094637/real-talk-a-sky-sports-news-podcast (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: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDQUlxGkgktf1Js0QUahU2amDeTrMrJmy (Real Talk on YouTube) For advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk
Episodes
We speak to players Blair Hamilton and Sammy and Paula from Goal Diggers FC, to understand what the ban means for them.
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 transgende...
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 en...
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).
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A special thanks to Dawn Airton, the UK Sports Institut...
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.
A special thanks to Baz Moffat, foun...
On this week’s Real Talk, Olympic bronze medallist and former Gladiator Jennifer Stoute, middle-distance runner Sarah McDonald, and health, fitness, and female empowerment influencer Hayley Madigan share their experiences of harassment and assault whilst training. They discuss how they’re now ad...
They raise the importance of having more education on pelvic floor health - especially from a younger age, explore why certain sports can damage the pelvic floor and share how they've regained control by working with a specialist.
A spe...
On this week’s Real Talk, England rugby union international Henry Slade, UFC fighter Nathaniel Wood and Olympic swimmer Freya Anderson open up about their battle with obsessive compulsive disorder – a condition that affects over one million people in the UK.
As you'll hear, they discuss openly and honestly how OCD has impact...
On this first episode of Real Talk, Miriam Walker-Khan talks to former Manchester City player Nedum Onuoha, England and Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Claudia MacDonald and 2010 Commonwealth Games champion, boxer Callum Johnson, who have all lost someone close to them. Speaking openly and honestly, these athletes share how they...
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