Burn It All Down

In Episode 10 of Burn It All Down, Shireen Ahmed, Brenda Elsey, Lindsay Gibbs, and Jessica Luther marvel at the way pseudo-science is used to police female athletes’ bodies. They discuss women’s concussions, attempts to regulate women’s natural testosterone levels in track and field, Wimbledon thus far, and check in on Monica González, former captain of Mexican national soccer team after her world record breaking climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro to play in the highest ever regulated soccer match. So much to burn and so little time. The state of research on women’s concussions and concussion protocols in women’s sports. (17:49) Interview with Katrina Karkazis on the IAAF’s regulation of women’s testosterone. How the IAAF polices wome fo color in particular, the racial identity of Dutee Chand and Caster Semenya (30:44) Our first reactions to Wimbledon and the stellar women’s matches. Go Venus! (34:09) Shireen Ahmed and Brenda Elsey interview Monica González about her climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro to play in the highest al