The Outer Sanctum

Aug 28 2024 251 ep. 1.7k
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AFLM and AFLW chat done differently in this weekly all-female podcast featuring ten passionate footy fans. The team discuss and uncover AFL stories from the outer. Go Footy!
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Cherish

Aug 28 2024 66 mins  
When times are tough, we often look to the past for comfort. And while the shine tends to come off and the cracks start to appear as most things age, sometimes nostalgia for the good old days blurs our vision and skews our memory. That’s because nostalgia makes you feel something – it moves you. It makes you feel warm and fuzzy. It makes you spend your money and it demands

Lemonade

Aug 21 2024 63 mins  
In February 2016, the eight-team AFLW competition was announced to the media, with 240 players putting on the boots for season one. Today, heading into the eighth year of the competition with 540 players, we’re starting to gain a better understanding of what it is to be an AFLW player. But, the stories are as diverse as the players – both past and present – and in this e

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Aug 14 2024 63 mins  
As expected, the Olympics raised many discussion points around human rights in sport, but it isn’t just global sports where human rights are part of the discourse: footy has been having this very conversation, too.So today, we ask what are the issues that are relevant to this provincial game of Australian Rules Football? And what kind of framework can help us work our way through

You Need To Calm Down

Aug 07 2024 58 mins  
Can organisations change? In 2019 there was a fracture between the playing group and the organisation that represented them, the AFLPA. Today the relationship is in an entirely different place. So how did they get there? We handed over the mics to two of the key players in that dispute, Paul Marsh and Darcy Vescio, in a Sanctum version of You Can’t Ask That. With thanks to t

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Jul 31 2024 58 mins  
Olympics fever has hit the world and Paris has us enthralled. But beyond the dazzle of the Eiffel Tower, is a sporting competition that has subconsciously informed the way we understand why sport exists, and why athletes compete. So, are Olympians athletes or professionals? How should they be compensated for committing themselves to their crafts and representing their countries? Ho

Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong

Jul 24 2024 60 mins  
What does it mean to belong? How do we ensure people feel at home in the AFLW community as the game continues to grow? From Beyonce to global sporting examples, Emma, Lucy and Julia are joined by special guests Dr Kasey Symonds, Rana Hussain, Kirby Bentley and Shaun Harvey to discuss how we foster a sense of belonging, and why it matters.With thanks to the AFL Players Association.Y

Come As You Are

Jul 17 2024 40 mins  
While we were MIA from podland, there were some significant sport meets culture moments that were VERY The Sanctum. What is the connection between Taylor and the Tillies? Can art inform our conversations about sport? Here, Emma, Lucy and Julia are joined by special guests Dr Kasey Symons, Georgie Tunny, and Shaun Harvey to look at fandom culture from all angles.With thanks to the A

The Seven Year Itch

Jul 10 2024 44 mins  
How is your relationship with AFLW footy? What keeps us interested in long term relationships? Emma, Lucy and Julia are joined by special guests Daisy Pearce and Rana Hussain to interrogate where their relationships with the code are currently sitting. Plus, they talk fixtures, distractions as a weapon and the changes to sport globally.With thanks to the AFL Players Association.You

We're Baaaack! What Have We Missed?

Jul 09 2024 2 mins  
With the AFLW season around the corner, The Outer Sanctum is back. Across eight episodes, we’ll discuss the key topics that have kept us busy in the group chats. You’ll hear from some familiar voices as well as some new ones and we cannot wait to be back in your ears - for a good time, not a long time - from this Thursday!With thanks to the AFL Players Association.You can follo

Dee-light

Nov 28 2022 19 mins  
We say goodbye to footy for 2022 and celebrate a remarkable premiership win for Daisy and her Demons. You can follow The Outer Sanctum on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Email us at [email protected] The Outer Sanctum is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the la