EP35-It's Hard But It's Worth It with Janine Kuestner: athlete, coach, Highland Games Champion & Title IX enthusiast

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Have you ever been completely floored by the depth of character a person possesses after meeting with them for only one time? I had this experience when interviewing Janine Kuestner. I met her at the Saline Celtic Festival this fall. I spotted her participating in the Highland Game competition (events that I did not know were open to women competitors) wearing a hot-pink t-shirt emblazed with Title IX on the front as she wielded some God-awful heavy load over a bar suspended overhead. I knew then that I had to get to get her on the podcast! While interviewing her, I discovered that she has been an athlete throughout her entire life with no intention to ever quit. All of this, and she is a Title IX activist. In short, Janine Kuestner is - truly - a girl with guts!

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More information about Janine:

• Website: Equity Through Sport - https://equitythroughsport.com/

  Sport has incredible power to influence our culture. It is possible to have greater equity through(out) sport. and, through sport, we can make the world more equitable. We could change the world for the better for all people if sport was equitable. Janine Kuestner, a former NCAA coach and athlete, created EquityThroughSport.com to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making gender equity in and through sports attainable.

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• Instragram - https://www.instagram.com/equitythrusport/

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• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/equitythrusport/

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EP26-Why Not Me? Can I Try? with Debbie Clarke Moderow

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Debbie Clarke Moderow describes the her intimate connection with her dogs as friends and teammates. She explores the complexities she experienced as being a devoted mother and the pull of independence required to become an elite athlete. Debbie hails from a fascinating lineage of strong, athletic women who were willing to challenge societal norms in different ways, a calling that has been passed on to her daughter, Hannah. In this episode, Deb encourages young athletic girls to ask questions, demand answers, and to give it your all in anything you choose to do.

About Debbie Clarke Moderow:

Debbie Clarke Moderow is the author of Fast Into the Night: A Woman, Her Dogs, and their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail. The memoir recounts her experience running Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and explores her deepening and inextricable bond with her team of Alaskan huskies. The memoir, her first book, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in February 2016 and will be released by Boreal Books of Red Hen Press in June 2018. Debbie earned a BA from Princeton University in 1977 and an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific Lutheran University’s Rainier Writing Workshop in 2013. She and her husband Mark live in Denali Park and Anchorage Alaska.

Debbie’s Contact Information:

• Website - http://debbieclarkemoderow.com/

• Instagram - @debbiemoderow

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