Mike Kallmeyer spoke with Elizabeth Emery, a former gold medal-winning cyclist and the host of the “Hear Her Sports” podcast, to talk about her experiences playing sports growing up and the importance of her podcast. She said she started the podcast because, according to a study by Cheryl Cooky, less than 5% of media coverage about sports focused on women. 

“We’re also seeing great change in former female athletes and women business people who have money, they are now investing in women’s sports, they are investing in women’s steams,” Emery said. “They are really becoming part of the decision making, and that is when we are going to see change.”

Emery is also on the board of the Northeast Ohio Women’s Sports Alliance.