Podcasts by Changing On The Fly
Changing On The Fly dives deep into social justice issues in hockey, looking at themes such as colonialism, sexism, and racism on the ice. The podcast aims to bring together interviews with athletes, sports scholars, and hockey commentators whose work aims to create radical social change, both inside and outside the arena.
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Hockey Has a Reckoning Moment from 2020-06-24T17:12:13
The hockey world, especially at the NHL level, has been extremely quiet on racial justice issues for too many years - until now. The Black-led uprising for Black Lives Matter following the polic...
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Matt Hern and the Creative Beauty of Hockey from 2020-01-16T05:00
Happy new year! This is our first episode of 2020, and it's nice to have you with us for a new decade of hockey and resistance :)
Our esteemed guest on the show t...
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Hockey Has a Racism Problem, Courtney Szto is Trying to Fix It from 2019-12-16T09:00
We are at a watershed moment in hockey history right now. Many of us know that hockey has had a racism problem for a long time, but now the conversations are coming to the surface in ways that t...
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#DonCherryFired from 2019-11-11T21:27:49
It's official. Don Cherry, the long time host of Hockey Night in Canada, has been fired. FINALLY. It comes after his most recent racist tirade (far from his first) on live TV against immigrants ...
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Decolonization, Reconciliation & Hockey w/ Chief Wilton Littlechild from 2019-10-25T05:00
Wilton Littlechild is a Cree chief from Maskwacis, Alberta. He is a lawyer, a former hockey player, a residential school survivor, and more recently he was one of the commissioners of Canada's <...
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The State of Women's Hockey w/ Erica Ayala from 2019-09-30T04:00
Welcome back to Season 2 of Changing on the Fly! Our guest on this episode is Erica Ayala. Erica is an NWHL analyst, broadcaster, and an expert on women’s hockey. We talk here about the ...
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Fred Sasakamoose: An Indigenous Hockey Trailblazer from 2019-06-15T09:00
This is our last episode of Changing On The Fly for season 1! We'll be back with season 2 in the fall. So as we head out for the summer, we leave you with this very special episode.
Pucks, Punks, and Politics w/ Propagandhi from 2019-05-28T13:36:35
On today’s episode, we’re finally bringing you part 2 of a 2 part series called Pucks, Punks, and Politics - conversations with punk rockers on hockey, radical politics, and the art of getting l...
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From #OneLeague to #NoLeague: The Future of Women's Pro Hockey in Canada from 2019-04-16T14:36:13
On episode 11 of Changing On The Fly, we tackle the devastating news that the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) is shutting down its operations after 12 seasons. Listen
Drop Pucks, Not Bombs with Anti-Flag from 2019-04-01T18:59:34
Chris Barker (aka Chris #2) from the long-standing Pittsburgh punk band Anti-Flag joins us on this episode to talk ...
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Hockey Riot in Canada from 2019-03-18T20:16:17
A History of Le Smashy-Smash
There have been at least 8 recorded hockey riots in Canadian history. While often dismissed as simply drunken hooliganism, these ...
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Arenas on Stolen Land - Edmonton's Rogers Place & Gentrification from 2019-03-04T00:38:55
Today on the podcast, we go to Alberta.
The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers are sworn enemies on the ice, their rivalry known as the 'Battle of Alberta'. And off the ice, the way these...
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Making Hockey History w/ Jessica Platt from 2019-01-30T05:00
On this episode of the podcast, we bring you an exclusive and candid conversation with Jessica Platt of the Toronto Furies! On January 10, 2018, Jessica made history when she came out as the fir...
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Episode 6 - McGill Redmen: Change The Name from 2019-01-10T02:59:44
On this episode of Changing On The Fly, we kick it with Tomas Jirousek, an Indigenous student athlete at McGill University in Montreal. He's a rower & former hockey player hailing from the K...
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Episode 5 - Toxic Masculinity, Homophobia and The Prime-Minister of Saturday Night from 2018-12-03T06:00
On this episode of Changing on the Fly, we take on the double-headed beast of toxic masculinity and homophobia in hockey. We start by looking at the greatest and oldest fountain of toxic masculinit...
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Episode 4 - Power Play: How Feminism is Changing Hockey from 2018-11-12T05:04:36
Changing On The Fly is going live! On this episode, we'll hear a round-table discussion called "Power Play: How Women Can Change Sports Journalism and Hockey". The event was recorded in the Femini...
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Episode 3 - Gritty: The Anti-Fascist Hockey Hero from 2018-10-31T04:00
How did Gritty, the new mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers, become the new mascot for the American anti-fascist movement? Gritty is a huge, ugly, scary orange monster, who comes to us at a time whe...
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Episode 2 - Race & Racism in Hockey from 2018-10-17T14:48:32
If you look at the face of hockey, it's about as white as the ice the game is played on. But if you start to scratch the surface, you start to notice that not only is the game much more diverse tha...
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Episode 1: This Game We Love, On Stolen Land from 2018-10-03T15:13:56
Welcome to the very first episode of Changing on the Fly, a podcast about hockey and social justice! On this episode, we lace up the skates and hit the ice to talk about colonialism in hockey, and...
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Podcast Preview from 2018-09-18T21:36:07
The new podcast series Changing On The Fly hits the ice October 3, 2018! Here's just a small taste of what you'll hear :) **Want to support this podcast and get some great perks in return? We've g...
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