This week on Benched, we're going off the bench and behind the mic to unpack what it’s really like telling other people's queer stories for a living, while trying to live your own off the clock: what footy media actually looks like from the other side of the white line, whether sports journalism is genuinely safe to work in as a queer woman, visibility as a double-edged sword, and the untold queer AFLW stories that have never been covered properly.

We're joined by multi-Quill-Award-winning ABC Sports journalist and co-host of The Footy with Broden Kelly Marnie Vinall, alongside retired AFLW All-Australian turned Channel 7 commentator Kate McCarthy, for an unmissable conversation about comebacks, community, commentary, and how being visible changes who trusts you with a story.

Hosted by Rudy Jean Rigg, Hannah Wilkinson and Mitch Brown, Benched brings together athletes, artists, fans and storytellers to unpack the weird, wonderful and unexpected corners of sport.

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Presented by Pride Cup

Production - Humdinger Studios

Design - Nat Gills

Key Art Photography - Hailey Moroney, Archer Studios

This podcast acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government.

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