The GIST of It Podcast 
Turn it up, GISTers!
We’ve been impatiently waiting for today’s episode of The GIST of It. Co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz dig into everything you need to know about last week’s major news that the Mark Walter Group and Billie Jean King Enterprises — both already formal partners of the PWHPA — acquired the PHF, clearing the way for a unified women’s hockey league.
This news is years in the making, bringing with it lots of lingering concerns and questions. El and Steph chat through the history of how we got here, the details of the new league, how both PWHPA and PHF players are feeling, and much more. Thanks for tuning in.
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Content warning: Today’s episode contains mention of sexual misconduct.
On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz are back with big updates on two topics they’ve followed closely on the pod: continued progress following investigations into rampant abuse across the NWSL and the latest sportswashing campaigns.
They’ll begin in the NWSL where whistleblower Mana Shim made her triumphant return to the league on Sunday after being off the NWSL pitch since 2018 before closing out with a WTF as sportswashing nears its North American debut.
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F1 Canadian Grand Prix recap and an interview with Canadian national team star Quinn
Happy Tuesday!
While co-host Steph Rotz is off galavanting with her besties in Spain, on today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-host Ellen Hyslop is joined by two very special guests.
First, Ellen is joined by our very own social media producer, Jessica Aldos, to recap their experience covering the F1 Canadian Grand Prix over the weekend. Then after the break, Ellen is joined by the one and only Quinn, a Canadian national soccer team star and the first out, transgender, nonbinary athlete to compete at the Olympics…and first to win the gold.
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