Undaunted.life: A Man's Podcast

In this episode, we welcome Riley Gaines to the show. She is a 12x All-American and champion collegiate swimmer, a womens’/girls’ rights advocate, and America’s most sought-after voice in the fight to save female sports. She swam for the University of Kentucky where she won multiple titles and awards. At the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, her life changed forever. She finished the final for the 200-meter freestyle championship, and when she looked up at the board, it showed that she had actually tied someone for 5th place. That someone? A University of Pennsylvania swimmer named Lia Thomas, formerly known as Will Thomas who had previously competed on the men’s team. After that, Riley spoke out against the fact that she had to compete against a biological male and how no other females should be subjected to that treatment. In this interview, we discuss what it was like growing up in a family of high-level athletes, when she and her team became aware of Lia Thomas, what it was lik