Kelley O’Hara Teams Up with Heineken in Groundbreaking Podcast Partnership, Launches Season Two with Allyson Felix

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Kelley O’Hara Teams Up with Heineken in Groundbreaking Podcast Partnership, Launches Season Two with Allyson Felix

October 27
12:06 2020
O’Hara’s Just Women’s Sports Podcast and Heineken pave new path for women’s sports, Season Two kicks off with six-time Olympic champion Allyson Felix in candid interview about investing in women for the next generation

Today Kelley O’Hara, member of the U.S. Women’s National Team and Utah Royals, launches Season Two of the wildly popular Just Women’s Sports Podcast. The show debuted at #1 in sports podcasts when it first launched in July 2020 and has grown to over 300,000 subscribers. Building on that momentum, Kelley is teaming up with Heineken for Season Two in a collaborative effort to increase visibility on today’s most-celebrated female athletes and reshape the media landscape for women’s sports coverage. Season Two will feature enhanced interview content and personal stories from top athletes including Allyson Felix, Carli Lloyd, Michelle Wie, Stephanie Gilmore, Mallory Pugh, and Cat Osterman.

Heineken’s sponsorship of the Just Women’s Sports podcast ushers in a new era of brands recognizing the power of female athlete-owned media to redefine visibility for women’s sports and empower female athletes to tell their own stories. In making a commitment to O’Hara’s podcast and in tandem the female athlete-owned women’s sports platform that produces it, Heineken is exemplifying a commitment to women’s sports that sets the bar for brands that follow its lead.

“Soccer has been a crucial platform for Heineken® across the globe with multiple leagues, team and championship game sponsorships. As one of the largest supporters of soccer in the U.S., Heineken became the Official Beer of Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2014,” said Frank Amorese, Senior Director – Media & Creative at HEINEKEN USA. “As a brand committed to uniting fans over the love of the game – on and off the field – and with only 4% of sports coverage dedicated to women’s sports, Heineken is proud to be a sponsor of JWS and supports soccer star Kelley O’Hara’s vision to create more visibility for women’s sports.”

Season Two of the podcast will launch with a personal interview from Olympian, World Champion, and fearless women’s advocate Allyson Felix. In the interview, she shares how her daughter and teammates gave her the courage to speak out about Nike’s treatment of female athletes, the difference she’s experienced firsthand when an athlete is sponsored by a female-led company, and her hope that the way she has overcome adversity sets an example for her daughter. The interview with Felix reflects O’Hara’s greater vision for the podcast to be a space where female athletes feel like this is their space.

“For me, this podcast is not just a space to create visibility. Visibility is only part of it. This podcast is a space for female athletes to come tell their stories and, within that, decide how they want to be made visible to others,” O’Hara said. “This space is about female athletes telling their own stories, not someone telling their story for them.”

The Just Women’s Sports Podcast is produced by Just Women’s Sports Inc. in collaboration with BOOM Integrated. For Haley Rosen, founder of Just Women’s Sports Inc., it was important to work with a production partner who not only possessed the audio expertise but also actively works to elevate female voices in media.

“The BOOM team immediately understood the value of what we were trying to create with the podcast and had the production expertise to make it awesome,” said Rosen. “They have a talented audio team that we’re lucky to work with.”

The female-led BOOM team is committed to raising strong female voices. Among other shows, it produces the award-winning podcast Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and is currently developing a show with a leading Gen Z influencer and equality activist.

Season Two of the Just Women’s Sports Podcast is available on all major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. Episodes will be released weekly. To receive updates when episodes are released, you can sign up for the Just Women’s Sports newsletter at www.justwomenssports.com/podcasts.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Sam Pittman
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Jonna Humphries-Valente
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About Kelley O’Hara

Kelley O’Hara plays for both the US women’s national team and Utah Royals FC. As a member of the USWNT, she has won two World Cups and an Olympic Gold Medal. Prior to her professional career, she attended Stanford University, where she won the Hermann Trophy in 2009. Off the field, Kelley is the host of the Just Women’s Sports Podcast, where she sits down with some of the world’s top athletes to discuss the untold stories behind their success.

About Just Women’s Sports Inc.

Just Women’s Sports Inc. is a digital-first consumer media brand providing dedicated coverage of women’s sports. Through podcasts, newsletters, online content and social media, Just Women’s Sports brings you everything you need to see and know in the world of women’s sports.

About BOOM

BOOM Integrated produces original and branded podcasts and voice-first experiences for Alexa, Google Assistant, and iOS. The GRAMMY-winning audio production team creates shows and interactive voice experiences with both established and rising talent. BOOM is a division of leading audiobook producer John Marshall Media.

Media Contact
Company Name: Just Womens Sports
Contact Person: Sam Pittman
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Country: United States
Website: www.justwomenssports.com

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