Player's Own Voice

4.7 (251)
SPORTS

Host Anastasia Bucsis, Two-time Canadian Olympic speedskater, brings her unique backstory to funny, friendly conversations with high performance athletes. No formulaic jock talk here ... these are buddies who understand each other, and help us do the same.

JUL 18

Player’s Own Voice Introduces: Tested

Tested is a new podcast series from CBC and NPR that asks the question, who gets to compete? Since the beginning of women’s sports, there has been a struggle over who qualifies for the women’s category. Tested follows the unfolding story of elite female runners who have been told they can no longer race as women, because of their biology. As the Olympics approach, they face hard choices: take drugs to lower their natural testosterone levels, give up their sport entirely, or fight. To understand how we got here, we trace the surprising, 100-year history of sex testing. More episodes of Tested are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/7kwp72pO

39 min
FEB 27

Tessa Take Two

A funny thing about great athletes. They tend to keep on surprising us, even after their competitive careers wind down. And so, catching up with Tessa Virtue again, five years after she unlaced the skates and five years after she last came on the podcast, we learn that she has combined her high performance sport experience, a masters in applied psychology, and an MBA to build a unique business advisory role for herself at Deloitte.

45 min
FEB 20

Jessie Fleming, the mindful midfielder

At just 25, Jessie Fleming has already enjoyed a full decade of being named player of the year, top college player, Top Canadian, CONCACAF All Star, and enough adulation to convince a less modest midfielder of her own greatness. But Fleming has a ‘do the work, and do it well’ attitude that has carried her to the apex of soccer, and helped her become a well-rounded, highly-educated, self-aware young leader.

27 min
JAN 2

Josh Liendo, swimming into the record books.

Swimming is notoriously practise-heavy. The daily accumulation of laps and dryland workouts can nudge elite swimmers toward becoming mono-focus athletes. So it’s delightful to meet Canada’s male swimmer of the year, Josh Liendo, and find a well-rounded young man tearing up the record books.

25 min
2023-12-12

John Herdman tackles trauma, on and off the pitch.

John Herdman, the most successful head coach in the history of Canada soccer, came to Toronto FC at the tail end of a miserable season for the club. But he reminds everyone that TFC is the only team in the history of MLS to win the triple crown: the Supporters’ Shield, the Canadian Championship and the MLS Cup. Why wouldn’t you be optimistic ?

24 min
2023-12-05

Thoroughly Social Cyclists, Nick Wammes and Sarah Orban

Nick Wammes and Sarah Orban, track Cyclists on the Canadian National Team, are doing their best to win their sport more love. The pair are partners on and off the track, and they lean hard into social media, to draw attention to their discipline for those 206 weeks of every 4 year cycle when their sport is not enjoying Olympic audiences.

24 min
2023-11-28

Out and About with Luke Prokop

Luke Prokop was only 19 years old when he made pro sports history. A year after the Nashville Predators drafted him, Prokop told his team, his sport, and the wider world that he was gay. He is the first player under NHL contract to do so. He has now bumped up to playing plenty of AHL games, making him the first out gay player at that level, one step away from the top team.

24 min
2023-11-21

Laurence St-Germain's win for the ages

Laurence St-Germain just delivered a fantastic wake up call to the world’s best skiers. She won the slalom gold medal at the 2023 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Courchevel France. The great Mikaela Shiffrin was both startled and delighted to see the friendly Canadian win her first podium on an international circuit.

22 min

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251 Ratings

Fabulous podcast that keeps on guving

2022-10-14

Peter-V

Thanks so much for this podcast. It’s a fascinating look into the ordinary lives of top athletes. Sometimes extraordinary. I loved picking and choosing episodes and have now listened to most of them! The interviews are down to earth and engaging. I love it! Please see if you can gat an interview with Canadian mid-distance runner Gabriela DeBeus-Stafford. She’s great.
Fantastic interviews

2022-10-04

D-ocho

Anastasia Bucsis is simply one of the best interviewers out there. This show is interesting way beyond the field of play, always getting the best out of her guests. And the guests are usually good too!
Interesting, fun talk with Olympic athletes

2022-01-18

T-Bird 13

What stands out is that these are chats with people first, who just happen to be great athletes. Anastasia brings out their essence with short, direct questions that allows the players to be the real voice of her podcast. Many interviewers could learn a lot from her!
Super fan of Canadian athletes

2021-12-11

On th go

Love this podcast 💕 I really enjoy learning more about athletes and their journeys. Super fun to listen to! Would love to hear Mark McMorris, Brad Gushue, and many others. Keep up the fantastic work 👌🏻

Host Anastasia Bucsis, Two-time Canadian Olympic speedskater, brings her unique backstory to funny, friendly conversations with high performance athletes. No formulaic jock talk here ... these are buddies who understand each other, and help us do the same.