American Prodigy: Becoming Great

I found this series as I have often felt Gabby Douglas was waaayyyy underrated as a gymnast, and I wanted to listen to some old podcasts back from when she was competing. I found this instead, and I’m so glad I did. In recent years there has been much more exposure around the toxic culture of the sport, and I appreciated the focused lens this series took.

This podcast was great!!! The episodes were informative and insightful. This shined a spotlight on many pioneers and trailblazers that people need to know about. I need this to become a full fledge documentary. As you said to Amanda Seales, I’m speaking it into existence for you.

Overall, the intention of this podcast was fantastic. But, there were too many easily fixed errors to ignore. It came across sloppy.

Good first episode of American Prodigies! I know I’m going to feel a range of emotions this season, feeling joy for these women’s accomplishments and anger for the things they had to go through for being black and women. This is a story that needs to be told. I appreciate the host and athletes pulling back the curtain and shedding light on the black gymnast experience. This is going to be a season where I’m talking to my friends about each episode at the virtual water cooler. -SR