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Olympic Bonus: Shredding Skateboarding’s Glass Ceiling

Olympic Bonus: Shredding Skateboarding’s Glass Ceiling

FromSidedoor


Olympic Bonus: Shredding Skateboarding’s Glass Ceiling

FromSidedoor

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Jul 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This summer – for the first time ever - skateboarding will be an Olympic sport. In honor of its Olympic debut, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes: the story of how the best women skateboarders stood toe-to-toe with the most powerful people in the industry to demand equal pay. One of those women is none other than Mimi Knoop, who is coaching the USA women’s skateboarding team. In this bonus episode, we also talk about how skateboarding's entry onto the Olympic stage is a major achievement for the sport, but one not everybody is happy about.  
Released:
Jul 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

More than 154 million treasures fill the Smithsonian’s vaults. But where the public’s view ends, Sidedoor begins. With the help of biologists, artists, historians, archaeologists, zookeepers and astrophysicists, host Lizzie Peabody sneaks listeners through the Smithsonian’s side door, telling stories that can’t be heard anywhere else. Check out si.edu/sidedoor and follow @SidedoorPod for more info.