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Sky Sports: Real Talk

Sky Sports: Real Talk

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 ** WINNER! Broadcast Sport Awards, 2024 - Sports Podcast of the Year **

Welcome to Real Talk, the award winning series where we deep dive into subjects that aren’t often spoken about in a sporting context. You’ll hear sportspeople talk like you’ve never heard them before - vulnerable, open and honest.

Join Sky Sports' reporter Miriam Walker-Khan as we explore health and well-being topics experienced by athletes in different sporting worlds. As well as listening to the podcast, you can watch 'Real Talk' across Sky Sports.

Listen to every episode of Real Talk here: skysports.com/real-talk

You can listen to Real Talk on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Sky Sports Real Talk".

Watch every interview from Real Talk on YouTube here: Real Talk on YouTube

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Episodes
  • Talking the FA’s transgender football ban - with Blair Hamilton, Jackson Irvine, Jessy Parker Humphreys and Goal Diggers FC

    Talking the FA’s transgender football ban - with Blair Hamilton, Jackson Irvine, Jessy Parker Humphreys and Goal Diggers FC
    May 12 2025
    Award-winning podcast Real Talk is back with a one-off episode about the FA’s ban on transgender women in FA-affiliated football.

    We speak to players Blair Hamilton and Sammy and Paula from Goal Diggers FC, to understand what the ban means for them.

    We also hear from sports law professor Dr Seema Patel, who specialises in the balance between inclusion and exclusion in competitive sport, to unpack the FA’s decision to ban transgender women from football after the Supreme Court ruling on April 16th which unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equality law.

    And in a world exclusive, we hear from St Pauli captain, Jackson Irvine, who calls the ban “heavy-handed” and “worrying.”

    A special thanks to Jessy Parker Humphreys, sports reporter at the Observer, who joins us in the studio to unpack the interviews.

    You can read more on the Sky Sports website and watch our interviews on the Sky Sports News YouTube channel. Find us on social media @skysports

    Real Talk is presented by Miriam Walker-Khan and produced by Chessie Bent, Maryam Chaudhary, Becky Thompson and Tom Mordey.
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    58 mins
  • Talking IVF, Egg Extraction and Sperm Donation – with Anita Asante and Katrina Gorry

    Talking IVF, Egg Extraction and Sperm Donation – with Anita Asante and Katrina Gorry
    Mar 26 2025
    Our award-winning podcast 'Real Talk' is back with a one-off episode, and this time, we deep-dive into the world of IVF and fertility equality to understand what it's like for lesbian sportswomen to have babies.

    We discuss sperm donors and football genetics with former Arsenal and England legend, Anita Asante and her wife Beth Fisher, and find out how West Ham captain Katrina Gorry walked into an IVF clinic on her own one day and ended up pregnant just a few weeks later.

    A special thanks to Laura-Rose Thorogood, founder and CEO of LGBT Mummies and lesbian mother of 4 children, who joins us on this episode to give us her expert advice.

    You can also watch our interviews on the Sky Sports News YouTube channel, read supporting articles on our website (skysports.com), and find us on social media @skysports.

    Real Talk is presented by Miriam Walker-Khan and this episode is produced by Harshini Mehta, Eddie Decardi-Nelson, Alice Reeves-Turner, Tom Mordey and Chessie Bent.
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    56 mins
  • Real Talk: The Recap

    Real Talk: The Recap
    May 1 2024
    Missed Real Talk? Don't worry! Here's Miriam Walker-Khan with all you need to know about the series from Sky Sports, where athletes speak openly and honestly about topics that aren't often covered in a sporting context.

    All Real Talk episodes are available to listen to for free, you can watch our athlete interviews on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@skysports), and read supporting articles on our website (skysports.com).

    Real Talk will be back soon, so please give us a like, follow or subscribe so you don't miss an episode.

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    10 mins
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