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Hosted by Olympic medalist and sports executive Karina LeBlanc, Epicenter of Women’s Sports is a podcast delivering conversations at the intersection of women’s sports, business insights, and leadership. This podcast is your all-access pass to the rise of women's sports. Karina takes you behind the scenes with championship-winning athletes, front-office trailblazers, cultural changemakers, and bold investors who are driving the fastest-growing space in sports. Created in Portland, a city that didn’t wait for women’s sports to have its moment. It helped create one. Each episode is designed to inspire action and deliver tangible leadership insights, showing how everyone has a role to play in building the future of women’s sports.
Unknown Host hosts Epicenter of Women’s Sports with Karina LeBlanc, a business show with 16 episodes published.
KeyBank Market President Josh Lyons has a north star for his eight-year-old daughter: whether she ends up in a boardroom, at a gala in a ballroom, or chasing a pro contract on the pitch, she should never doubt she earned
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For Epicenter's first-ever live taping, recorded on the concourse at Moda Center before a Portland Fire home game, Karina sits down with four of the women who built the original Portland Fire. The night's theme was Legac
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The conversation continues. After sitting down with Reilyn Turner, Megan Gustafson and Karlie Samuelson for a Mother's Day special, host Karina LeBlanc returns with the second half of the conversation — this time about w
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What shapes the women behind the athletes? In this special Mother's Day episode, host Karina LeBlanc sits down with three of Portland's professional athletes — Portland Thorns forward Reilyn Turner and Portland Fire's Ka
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Diana Taurasi rarely does podcasts. Widely considered the greatest of all time, she’s the only basketball player ever to win six Olympic gold medals, three WNBA championships, and two Finals MVPs. In this episode, she jo
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In this episode, WNBA legends come together for a conversation that goes beyond the game and into what it actually takes to build, lead, and evolve it. From defining moments, to life after sport, this conversation explor
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Award-winning journalist Sarah Spain joins Karina LeBlanc for a conversation on the evolution of women’s sports and the systems that have shaped it. From covering the Olympics to helping redefine how women’s sports stori
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Less than 24 hours after landing in Portland, new Portland Thorns head coach Robert Vilahamn sits down with Karina LeBlanc for his first in-depth conversation about leading one of the most iconic clubs in women’s soccer.
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In this Season 1 finale, few people have shaped the culture of women’s sports more powerfully than Jenny Nguyen, founder and CEO of The Sports Bra, the Portland bar that became a worldwide sensation and helped redefine h
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Few people understand the intersection of data, fandom, and leadership like Elizabeth Lindsey, Global President of Brands and Properties at Wasserman. In this conversation with Karina LeBlanc, Elizabeth unpacks what the
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What does it take to go from great to extraordinary, and stay there for more than two decades? In this deeply personal episode, host Karina LeBlanc sits down with her former teammate and friend Christine Sinclair for an
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What happens when two former players step into the front office to shape the next era of women’s sports in Portland? In this conversation, host Karina LeBlanc sits down with Vanja Černivec, General Manager of the Portlan
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What does it truly mean to put the athlete first? In this episode, host Karina LeBlanc sits down with three legends: Olympic track and field icon Carl Lewis, World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist Shannon Boxx, and
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What does it take to change the game before most players even graduate high school? At just 13, Olivia Moultrie challenged the system to follow her dream. At 14, Deyna Castellanos inspired a generation of girls in Latin
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Clare Hamill, Interim President of the Portland Fire, spent four decades helping to shape women’s sports, athletes, and brands around the world at Nike. Just when she thought she was retired, the opportunity to build som
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In their first-ever podcast appearance, Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal—co-owners of RAJ Sports and the driving force behind the Portland Thorns and the WNBA’s Portland Fire—share their story and their vision for th
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Welcome to The Epicenter of Women’s Sports, a new podcast hosted by Olympic medalist and global sports executive Karina LeBlanc. This short intro episode sets the stage for what’s to come - raw, real conversations at the
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