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Shooting The Breeze

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Tune in to our women’s hoops and women in hoops podcast.

Hosts Paul Camillos and Jacinta Govind, cover the latest from professional leagues through to grassroots and community.

From our home Australia and across the world we have fresh takes on inspiring athletes, amazing Coaches and behind the scenes trailblazers from the global women's basketball landscape.

We also look at the business and broadcast side of the game while watching women's hoops grow and reach new heights.

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No. 167: James Janssen on Davidson & College Hoops

March 15, 2024 04:30 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB

We’re grateful to have James Janssen return to the pod, after joining us briefly for our 150th episode, we wanted to hear more from the Aussie Assistant Coach of the Davidson ‘Wildcats’ Women’s team from North Carolina.  He takes us deep into their program, including the pipeline of exceptional Aussie female hooper's that are becoming hallmarks of the Wildcats.  It’s a fascinating look into the significant progress of Davidsons women’s basketball program over the last decade, one which Jame...

No. 166: Rachel Taulelei - Tokomanawa Queens ‘Wāhine Toa’

March 01, 2024 04:30 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MB

In this Dream Chasers episode, Kiwi Hoops expert Linden Moore is back featuring special guest Rachel Taulelei - the co-owner of the Aotearoa Wellington team Tokomanawa Queens. In a wide-ranging conversation with Rachel in her prominent role at the Queens and within the NZ business landscape, she gives us a front row seat to the incredible opportunity for women’s hoops in NZ that has come to life! In only their second season the Queens were recognised as Best Club of the Year, Best Game pres...

No. 165: STB LIVE! from the WNBL Awards Orange Carpet

February 26, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MB

STB was LIVE at the 2024 Cygnett WNBL Pre-Awards Orange Carpet, and like all live feeds we had a slight mic issue for the first minute - so hang in there… that’s what we love about the spontaneity of our live pods this series!! If you missed out or just want to re-listen to some of the amazing guests we spoke with, including our roaming mic moment with a surprisingly talkative Melbourne Boomers Coach Chris Lucas … tune in for a FUN Orange carpet ride! Enjoy! Don’t forget to like, share an...

No. 164: Lauren Nicholson Back in Black

February 15, 2024 20:30 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

Loz Nicholson is back in black, and Flames fans are ecstatic to see her in her home team strip. A reigning WNBL Champ; Loz is having a stellar season that has literally kept the team in the hunt! A part of this seasons MVP conversation she returns to STB in a fun chat that's equal parts entertaining and enlightening. We wind back the clock to her first WNBL championship in 16/17 in Sydney and her decision to leave her hometown, to the present day and her surprise that she is still learning...

No. 163: Tall Ferns in China with Linden Moore and Maia Williamson

February 09, 2024 22:35 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MB

Listen in as we talk with Linden Moore and Maia Williamson about the Tall Ferns Olympic Qualifier Tournament campaign. A first round loss against powerhouse China had a lot of positives given the age and experience of the team. Linden and Maia give us a good look at what New Zealand fans can take away from this game, while also giving us their opinions about upcoming games and what this campaign means for New Zealand basketball in the longer term. There was a lot more covered in this podcas...

No. 162: From Sin City to Sports Central with Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas

February 02, 2024 04:30 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB

In our next DreamChasers we get a hoops business perspective with President of The Las Vegas Aces Nikki Fargas. Nikki has an illustrious backstory of her own - player, coach and now executive of back to back WNBA Champs The Las Vegas Aces. We’re incredibly grateful that Nikki shared her time and immense knowledge of the women's game, and the direction the Las Vegas Aces are quite literally championing for the league. It’s a fascinating insight into the front office of the reigning Champs ...

No. 161: Sydney Flames Vs UC Caps LIVE with Michelle Hocking at the Quaycentre

January 23, 2024 02:45 - 29 minutes - 66.8 MB

Prior to the game between the Sydney Flames and the UC Caps we sat down and talked about the game, the Opals and much more.

No 161 Sydney Flames Vs UC Caps LIVE with Michelle Hocking at the Quaycentre

January 23, 2024 02:45 - 29 minutes - 66.8 MB

Prior to the game between the Sydney Flames and the UC Caps we sat down and talked about the game, the Opals and much more.

No 161: Sydney Flames Vs UC Caps LIVE with Michelle Hocking at the Quaycentre

January 23, 2024 02:45 - 29 minutes - 66.8 MB

Prior to the game between the Sydney Flames and the UC Caps we sat down and talked about the game, the Opals and much more.

No. 160: Sara Houston where there's a will there's a way

January 18, 2024 04:30 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MB

Sara Houston is a new addition to the Aussie Glider’s. Wearing the national jersey for the first time at the Asia Oceania Zone Championships taking place in Thailand right now, we spoke with Sara as she was preparing for the trip. We talked about her introduction to wheelchair basketball and the chance encounter with a successful Paralympian and former STB pod guest that seemed almost predestined. Sara is a great ambassador for women’s wheelchair. Also a talented singer with a recent stin...

No. 159: Pink Hoops LIVE from Qudos Bank Arena

January 14, 2024 08:08 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

Pink Hoops is the inaugural WNBL’s Sydney Flames and NBL’s Sydney Kings breast cancer round. This initiative is inspired and driven by Sydney Flames Assistant Coach (former player) Tiana Mangakahia, who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. LIVE from Qudos Bank Arena, Flames player Shaneice Swain joins us as well as pre-recorded chats with Flames’ player and STB pod regular Vanessa Panousis and Kings’ player Jordi Hunter. The Pink Hoops initiative is to rasie awareness and fund...

No. 158: Passion & Possibilities with Vic Denholm & Bernie Dodd

January 05, 2024 04:30 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MB

In our next Dream Chasers instalment, joining us are two female powerhouses behind some of the biggest clubs in the WNBL - Bernie Dodd and Victoria Denholm. Bernie is an Executive Director, and an integral part of the Melbourne Boomers ownership group and Vic is the President and part owner of the Sydney Flames. Both join us in an insightful look into their roles and perspectives. We’re grateful to hear from two impressive leaders working hard behind the scenes. While representing clubs tha...

No. 157: Amy Atwell Licence to Shoot

December 22, 2023 05:30 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

In this episode Perth local Amy Atwell joins us, giving us a great insight into the Perth Lynx sharpshooter who is currently sitting top 3 of the WNBL’s leading three-point shooters this season… just behind former team mate WNBA’s Sami Whitcomb. Given a licence to shoot by Coach Petrik, Amy has fit in well within the Lynx’ fast and furious tempo, with a confidence that defies her age in only her second year in the WNBL. Her formative college years at the University of Hawaii has helped shap...

No. 156: Live Pod UC Caps Vs Townsville Fire with Michelle Hocking & Phil Brown

December 10, 2023 06:00 - 2 hours - 118 MB

Welcome to Shooting the Breeze in our first LIVE pod for series 6. We’re LIVE from the National Convention Centre in Canberra, it’s UCCaps Vs Townsville Fire on Sunday 10 Dec. Despite a tech hiccup we are able to get most of our pre-game chat before tonights live call. Thanks to UCCapsWeekly commentator Michelle Hocking and legendary AIS Coach Phil Brown for joining us tonite! Enjoy! Don’t forget to like, share and leave a review so we can get more Hoops content to you! Join us on o...

No. 155: A Sporting Chance with Cassidy McLean

December 08, 2023 04:30 - 45 minutes - 42 MB

In our Dream Chasers series, we chat with Cassidy McLean. Cass is running her own business ‘Sporting Chance Collective’ that aptly gives athletes a sporting chance to pursue their goals by providing some addtional commercial experience and much needed income to supplement their sporting career. Cass is a reigning NBL1 Champ for the Bendigo Braves in what was a perfect season. In stepping back from the WNBL she is boldly backing herself in business to provide her peers with an opportunity t...

No. 154: Rapid Fire Mikaela Ruef

November 24, 2023 04:30 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MB

It’s our first pod for Series 6 and in this episode Townsville Fires’ reigning Champ Mikaela Ruef joins us. A low-key post player, Mikaela is a high quality contributor and a strong work ethic combined with a genuine love of the game she’s an invaluable team player! Best of all rounding out her remarkable year, Mikaela has finally become an Australian citizen. She’s a Stanford NCAA final four player that was schooled in elite team play, an experience that has, in her words, “helped me to ...

Series Six Trailer

November 23, 2023 05:00 - 4 minutes - 4.01 MB

Series Six begins! Catch up with our fortnightly feature podcasts on womens hoops and women in hoops. We share stories that elevate the women's game, creating deeper connections and greater exposure. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Don’t forget to like, share and leave a review so we can get more Hoops content to you! Join us on our socials - Twitter: @TheBreezePod and IG: @shootingthebreezepod and follow us on LinkedIn.

All-Stars Series Five - Part 2

November 16, 2023 19:45 - 33 minutes - 31 MB

Welcome to Part Two of our All-Star Series 5 Edition. We play it back featuring our most downloaded podcasts from Series 5. To round out our All-Stars we sample the following pods (in order of listening): Ep116: Free Agency Free Fallin’ (Part One) with Sammy Mac Ep118: Lauren Jackson & Tess Madgen - She Hoops; and a first with a female director in a Bonus Ep111 Director Jocelyn Song on ‘Sòng Pèi Xīng’ the Sophia Song Story Stay tuned for Series 6!! Enjoy!! Don’t forget to like,...

All-Stars Series Five - Part 1

November 09, 2023 19:25 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

Welcome to Part 1 of our All-Stars Series 5 Edition. Series 6 is around the corner but in this hang time we really want to play it back for some of our most downloaded podcasts from Series 5. In this episode we sample the following pods (in order of listening): Episode 120: Al Kunek Forging Her Own Path; Episode 122: Saraid Taylor and the creative pivot; and Our first Live Pod for Series 5 with First Sub’s a women’s hoops community program, and co-founder’s Madel Giles & Kaz Emery. ...

BONUS: Chris Pongrass on Tiana Mangakahia excerpt Ep132 Clubland

October 30, 2023 01:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

The Sydney Flames have now officially announced their plans and Tiana Mangakahia's continuing role as part of the coaching line up, so now we can share the excerpt with Chris Pongrass (Ep132 Clubland) where he talks about this along with the team’s heartfelt wish to include Tiana within the Flames fold since her early retirement. Note: Ep132 will be updated as an extended version. Also, in case you missed it, in Ep105 ‘Paint It Pink! Tiana alongside teammate and best friend Vanessa Panous...

150th KICKS with the STB crew and special guest James Janssen

October 06, 2023 06:30 - 1 hour - 76.7 MB

It’s a big 150th milestone podcast. Taped from the KICKS brewery tap room in Marrickville, the format is based on STB listener input. Join us as we look back over 5 series of women's hoops podcasting and some of our greatest memories with our global women's hoops community. It’s been a magical journey speaking with top tier guests incl. this episodes special guest, Davidson ‘Wildcats’ Assistant Coach, James Janssen. Enjoy! Don’t forget to like, share and leave a review so we can get ...

Ep134: Don't Sleep on New Zealand with Linden Moore & Maia Williamson

September 29, 2023 05:30 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB

In our 3rd and final Tauihi New Zealand 2023 instalment, Linden Moore and Maia Williamson joins us one last time this series to wrap what’s been a transformative second season of the Tauihi League, an amazing show of local talent and New Zealand's rise on the world stage. While the Tauihi season is done, the WNBL season is only weeks away giving us another opportunity to catch some of the talented Kiwi players in action in Australia. Big thanks to Linden and Maia, both making great contrib...

Ep133: Kristi Harrower Never Say Die

September 22, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

We welcome Kristi Harrower, a true legend of the game in this episode. From humble beginnings in regional Victoria to the heady days in Russia, Kristi shares a slice of not only her playing journey but also that of Australian women’s basketball and the shifting landscape. An inductee of the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame, she has a staggering medal count representing the Green & Gold and her ‘never say die' attitude typifies an exceptional generation of Opals we were privileged to watch...

Ep132: Clubland with Chris Pongrass, CEO Sydney Flames & Kings

September 15, 2023 05:30 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MB

We welcome back Chris Pongrass, CEO of the Sydney Flames & Sydney Kings in a truly fascinating behind the scenes look into clubland, including some very recent Flames announcements that we were keen to hear more about since our previous podcast on WNBL Free Agency. At the time of taping we hear some highly anticipated team news that’s just been announced… and as some Shooting The Breeze audience members have requested we get into more discussion around roster building and clubland, with some...

Ep132: Clubland with Chris Pongrass, CEO Sydney Flames & Kings - Extended Edition

September 15, 2023 05:30 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

We welcome back Chris Pongrass, CEO of the Sydney Flames & Sydney Kings in a truly fascinating behind the scenes look into clubland, including some very recent Flames announcements that we were keen to hear more about since our previous podcast on WNBL Free Agency. At the time of taping we hear some highly anticipated team news that’s just been announced… and as some Shooting The Breeze audience members have requested we get into more discussion around roster building and clubland, with some...

Ep131: Free Agency Part II with Paul, Jacinta & Sammy Mac

September 08, 2023 05:30 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MB

We pick up where we left off in this Free Agency Part II episode with less than 2 months before the WNBL season tips off. Sammy McDonald, Assistant Coach at the Albury-Wodonga Bandits, joins us again as we revist Free Agency in our follow up from our Free Fallin’ pod in May that saw the biggest WNBL shake up in years. It’s a fly on the wall chat with hosts’ Paul & Jacinta alongside Sammy Mac on how WNBL24 rosters are shaping up. Stay tuned for a fun season ahead! Enjoy! Don’t forget to...

Ep130: Do The Right Thing with Coach Paul Goriss

September 01, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

In this episode we’re joined by Paul Gorris, 2 time WNBL Championship Head Coach of the UCCaps & currently assisting former WNBA Champ Tanisha Wright at the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA. It’s an illuminating conversation, not just of him as a Coach but also his approach in coaching females and developing meaningful relationships within teams and with a stellar cast of our elite female ballers. Securing back to back championships he is known for his experience in being part of a winning team &...

Ep129: The Road to Tauihi Finals with Linden & Maia

August 25, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

Welcome to the second of our 3-part series on the Tauihi League with New Zealand expert Linden Moore and returning pod guest Maia Williamson, who is also an assistant Coach at The Mainland Pouakai. In this episode we get into the current standings ahead of Round 7, hurtling towards playoffs in what’s been an unpredictable season so far! It’s also great to hear about the rising local talent with some impressive performances from young up-and-coming talent alongside quality imports. Always ...

Ep128: Running Up That Hill with Paul, Jacinta & Tristan

August 17, 2023 21:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MB

Shooting The Breeze is past the half-way mark for Series 5 so we’re taking a short pause to catch our breath and rewind on some amazing action this series! With the NBL1 Nationals kicking off this weekend, Tristan Prentice from SA cross over dribble, with a cameo from his dog Zelda, joins us later in this episode to talk about the fairy tale victory by dark horse Norwood Flames in the Central Conference and what we can expect at Nationals. Before we get into that we take a look at the p...

Ep127: Live Pre-Game NBL1 East Women's Grand Final

August 12, 2023 02:30 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB

Join our hosts Paul Camillos & Jacinta Govind for a LIVE NBL1 East Women's Grand Final pre-game podcast from Brydens Stadium. This game between cross peninsula rivals the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Norths Bears will be a battle between two top tier teams supported by their hard core & vocal fans. Our hosts deep dive into the rivalry between Manly and Norths and joining from an Albury basketball court is surprise guest, our Free Agency expert Sam 'Sammy Mac' McDonald, assistant Coach o...

Ep126: The WNBL's big steps with Christy Collier-Hill

August 04, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 56 MB

We’ve got a special podcast this week, joining us is the head of the WNBL Christy Collier-Hill, giving us an early peek into the upcoming season and beyond. It’s been a phenomenal time for women’s sports. Aussie fans of women's hoops have been treated to a memorable year of world class talent and competition in our backyard, add to the mix the excitement of the FIFA Women's World Cup and you know women's sports are making a mark. With three months to go until the 44th WNBL season launches...

Ep125: Tauihi Series with Linden & Maia

July 28, 2023 05:30 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MB

It’s the first of our 3-part Tauihi NZ Special Series with NZ expert Linden Moore and returning pod guest Maia Williamson hailing from New Zealand’s South Island. The second season of the Tauihi league kick started in the last fortnight and with Round 3 just starting we get a good look into the growing quality of players, particularly imports drafted into the Tauihi as well as returning Tall Ferns that are having a greater impact all over the world. In recent months NZ has emerged on the ...

Ep124: Lauren Mansfield is the Complete Athlete

July 21, 2023 05:30 - 46 minutes - 43 MB

We’re thrilled to have Lauren Mansfield return to Shooting The Breeze, she’s one of our OG Series 1 pod guests that is doing great things in the community. An experienced point guard for the Adelaide Lightning, Loz gives us an insight into her hopes and expectations for the WNBL season ahead with exciting player developments. An exciting yet humble player, Loz has low key been smashing it in every way possible. Recently starting a training business alongside fellow NBL1 North Adelaide t...

Ep123: African Queens with Queen John-Moseph & Coach Liz Mills

July 14, 2023 05:30 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MB

Next in our series of Passport Pods we have two African Queens transforming the women in hoops landscape on the continent! We welcome Shooting the Breeze regular Coach Liz Mills returned from a fantastic BAL tournament in which her team from Côte d'Ivoire played in their first BAL at Kigali and Queen John-Moseph joins us for the first time. Queen is a highly regarded sports journalist from Nigeria that alongside Coach Liz is drawing attention to basketball in Africa. Both are actively inv...

Ep122: Saraid Taylor and the creative pivot

July 07, 2023 05:30 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

In a fascinating podcast we’re joined by Saraid Taylor, a cross code AFLW, formerly WNBL, athlete. Both an athlete and artist Saraid has thrived in the AFLW recently after being in a holding pattern as a WNBL development player for a few years. Now based at the Melbourne Demons she is grateful to be in a league that leads the way in athlete development on and off the field. In this pod we also get into Saraid’s other passion when she’s off the field - writing. She’s wanted to be an athlet...

Ep121: Live from the Asia Cup with Paul Camillos, Jacinta Govind and Linden Moore

June 30, 2023 02:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB

We're live from the Women's Asia Cup being held in Sydney at the Quaycentre at Sydney Olympic Park. Our STB crew panel Paul Camillos, Jacinta Govind and Linden Moore will look at the action that's happened, the games that are coming up, including a critical game for Australia tonight against a fierce Korea, in order to advance to the semi final phase and qualify for the 2024 Olympics. We also talk about the activities happening around the event, with an intimate gathering around some amazi...

Ep120: Al Kunek Forging Her Own Path

June 23, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

We’re thrilled to have home based Al Kunek join us again on Shooting The Breeze, one of our OG pod guests from Series 1, AK circles home in a reflective piece that speaks to her vast and varied experience of her European journey these last few years. A sweet conclusion to this journey is AK’s call up to wear the Green & Gold again for the Opals in Australia’s first Asia Cup on home soil. Her knowledge, versatility and maturity shines through in this pod and no doubt will be hugely impactful ...

Ep119: Steph Reid Paying It Forward

June 16, 2023 05:30 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MB

In this pretty special episode, we have reigning Champ with the Townsville Fire Steph Reid join us. This pod was full of laughs as Steph shares the head spinning last 12 months and some personal stories from her college years to her fave food that she’s just a little obsessed by. It’s a truly magical full circle moment with Steph joining us on Shooting The Breeze after such a whirlwhind few months having featured in an award winning piece by our co-host Jacinta last September as part of t...

Ep118: Lauren Jackson & Tess Madgen - She Hoops

June 09, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 66.7 MB

In a podcast first, we’re thrilled to be joined by two of our elite leaders in women’s hoops - Basketball Australia’s Head of Women in Basketball and a hoops legend, Lauren Jackson, as well as FIBA Women’s World Cup (FIBAWWC) Opals Captain Tess Madgen. Both Lauren and Tess give us an update on their respective recoveries and where they’re at, and share their passion and ‘reason why’ for the She Hoops program. She Hoops is a bold vision led by LJ offering free training and courses for wome...

Ep117: Coach Tracy York - Malaysian Master Stroke

June 02, 2023 05:30 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MB

In this episode we’re really grateful to be joined by one of our own - doing great things offshore. Joining us in our latest passport pod is Coach Tracy York - the Head Coach of the Malaysian Women's National Basketball Team that won Bronze at the recent South East Asia Games… during a monster heat wave in Cambodia! A veteran coach of the WNBL, most recently with Bendigo Spirit, she has uniquely cut her teeth coaching both men's and women's basketball, including a near 5 year stint as the A...

Ep116: Free Agency Free Fallin' with Sammy Mac

May 25, 2023 07:30 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MB

It’s our first look into WNBL24 Free Agency, and it's already shaping up to be a doozy! We have alot of fun with this one and jump right into it with Assistant Coach of NBL1 East reigning champs’ Border Bandits’ Sammy McDonald. Based on the border of the two largest hoops states Sammy Mac helps us spitball some ideas in an exciting era for up and coming talent, vets that just keep getting better and the incredible imports that head to our shores. Since recording this episode there has b...

Ep115: Maia Williamson - Girls Can Hoop!

May 19, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MB

In our next passport pod, Kiwi hoops expert Linden Moore joins us to talk to community ambassador and baller Maia Williamson. Coaching at Middleton Grange High School in Christchurch Maia was born to coach and is paying it forward at her alma mater. A participant of the well-regarded Mainland Eagles Camp at a significant time of growth for New Zealand basketball in the South Island - a region of NZ that is as rich in community spirit as it is passionate for basketball. Maia is incredibly ...

Ep114: "It's their team" with Paul Camillos & Jacinta Govind

May 12, 2023 05:30 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

In this episode we lean on some Ted Lasso* inspiration, hence the name of the pod… you’ll have to listen in for that one. We get into the recent swarm of speculation on the WNBL just as the CBA was being negotiated ahead of Free Agency. At the time of recording this episode Free Agency was delayed, and has only just opened up on Tuesday 9th May - weeks later than expected leaving many athletes in a state of limbo, and the whole WNBL fanbase in a bit of a tailspin. We'll unpack some glari...

Ep113: Amanda Christovich - NCAA Women's Hoops and the Biz

May 05, 2023 02:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

Next up in our passport pods for Series 5, we are joined by Amanda Christovich, a sport’s business reporter with Front Office Sports, to discuss the record growth of the NCAA Women’s March Madness. From viewership and media rights to the evolution of the women’s game and the currency of our female players particularly as Aussie representation increases in US College hoops. Increasing coverage by ESPN and international distribution has seen viewers contribute to the remarkable growth of wom...

Ep112: LIVE First Subs with Madel Giles and Kaz Emery

April 29, 2023 06:30 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MB

Co-founders of First Subs, Madel Giles and Kaz Emery join us for our first LIVE podcast of Series 5. LIVE from ELS Hall Park, the home of the Inner West Bulls, we talk about their spirited community of women hoopers that was formed alongside their friends Marianne Engle and Victoria Kirby for women to come together to play hoops in Western Sydney. Creating an inclusive, friendly and welcoming environment they have provided a safe and comfortable place for women of all ages and levels of e...

BONUS: Ep111 Director Jocelyn Song on ‘Sòng Pèi Xīng’ the Sophia Song Story

April 27, 2023 21:15 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB

In the first of our passport pod episodes for Series 5 we talk with Jocelyn Song - a recent graduate of Claremont McKenna College in Media Studies/Economics and an Asian American Studies minor, she makes her directorial debut with 'Sòng Pèi Xīng', a short documentary on her sister, professional basketball player Sophia Song. Jocelyn is the first female director we’ve hosted on Shooting The Breeze, and she has crafted a moving short film featuring her sister Sophia, the first American Tai...

Ep110: Climbing Everest, looking back at the Grand Final and Series 4

March 24, 2023 06:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

In this episode we look back at the WNBL Grand Final and a massive Series 4 as we wrap up what’s been our most exciting and biggest series yet! The Townsville Fire, led by Series 4 pod guest Coach Shannon Seebohm, have taken the WNBL Championship after a 16 game winning streak. We also take a look in the rear view mirror of an adventurous ride that has covered the peaks of a Bronze medal for Australia at our FIBA Womens World Cup and the inspiring athletes and trailblazers that are shaping...

Ep109: Lori Chizik on WNBL Grand Final Eve

March 17, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

It’s WNBL Grand Final Eve, and joining us is expert commentator Lori Chizik. In this episode we take stock of an impressive Semi Finals series, preview the Grand Finals Series, and cover some key observations from a hugely successful WNBL23. The consistent top 2 teams in the back half of the season prevail for an epic Grand Final showdown this Saturday night. Shannon Seebohms’ Townsville Fire are the minor premiers off the back of a 14 game winning streak and will play the best of a 3 g...

Ep108: Live from the National Convention Centre with MVP Media & Alex Bunton

March 04, 2023 04:30 - 1 hour - 58 MB

LIVE from the NCCC for the UCCaps final game for the season - it's the Domestic Violence round at the UCCaps final home game agaisnt Perth Lynx. Hosts Paul Camillos and Jacinta Govind are joined by social & digital media sponsor of the UCCaps, Simon & Michelle from MVP Media, they also host the UCCaps Weekly podcast. We touch on DV awareness, and the powerful story of Alex Bunton. We explore Simon & Michelle's long standing association with the UCCaps and behind the scenes of their growing ...

Ep107: Alex Bunton lifts the lid on Domestic Violence

March 03, 2023 06:30 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

This epsiode deals with domestic violence. Please take care in listening and know that if you or someone you know needs advise or help contact 1800-737 732 or 1800RESPECT In a raw and deeply personal episode Alex 'Bunts' Bunton, a former Opal and UCCapitals big allows us in to her lived experience as a Domestic Violence “DV” victim survivor. In their final home game, the UCCaps play Perth Lynx and will sponsor the DV awareness round to help people gain a better understanding, and allow the...