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The Reluctant Revolution

The Reluctant Revolution

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Why did Australia’s most popular and powerful sporting code take so long to see value in women and girls playing footy?

In this second episode of ROAR Sam Lane revisits the revolution that reshaped the AFL from the inside out. Hear trailblazers Debbie Lee, Michelle Cowan, Jan Cooper and Chyloe Kurdas recount confronting episodes of sexism, homophobia and exclusion that they experienced, and about the quiet but compelling power of the AFL’s first woman Commissioner - Sam Mostyn - who chipped away with great effect at changing rusted-on culture from within.

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This recording would not have been possible without the generous philanthropic backing of Ian Darling and the Shark Island Institute.Recorded and produced by Mushroom Studios. Published by Podshape.

ROAR was recorded in Melbourne, Victoria, where the traditional owners of the land are the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I acknowledge these traditional custodians and pay my respects to Wurundjeri Elders past and present.

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