Outer Sanctum

The AFL's first female club CEO discloses what it’s like to be the first. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

VFL Women head to country Victoria to raise the rainbow flag. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A new perspective on Dreamtime Round through stories of grassroots and on-country projects around footy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Misogyny marred on-field play and banners in a round ironically featuring Mother’s Day.Haylea Cooney and Ladies Who League help The Outer Sanctum unpack sexism in footy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Get your passports, footy cards and Working With Children Check ready.You'll need them this week to board The Outer Sanctum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week at the Outer Sanctum it’s all things literary as we discuss footy books old and new. We ask children’s book expert Miffy Farquarson about how footy books can engage reluctant readers and we meet author of the bestselling Specky Magee series, Fel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we discuss good omens and bad omens, as well as the end of the world as we know it. We unpack the commentary around language and responsibility in the wake of incidents of racial and ableist abuse with disability activist Jax Jacki Brown, and See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the Outer Sanctum we discuss celebration and deflation, whipping boys and tears.We look at emotion in sport, Good Friday’s good footy, chat with former Hawk, Eagle and Swan - Matt Spangher - about changing clubs and life after football, and See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we look at winners and losers, banners and schadenfruede. We discuss racism and showdowns, and seek advice from academic Sean Gormon on where to from here. Finally, we revisit Colin Kapaernick’s decision to “take the knee,” and the fallout post See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, a new segment... 'Mea Culpa Corner' starring Lucy and Kate. Head injuries and concussion dominate the discussion. Alicia Koschitzke, wife of former Saint, Justin, on the role of partners and family. Plus, Dermott Brereton’s troubling comments a See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The team celebrate joining the ABC with a look at the AFLW final, the start of the AFL (M) and the burning question concerning Daryl Braithwaite. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.