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Hello, Wide Open with Ashlyn Harris Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy; it’s “Born to Become with Diana Flores"!!! About the Show: Diana Flores sits down with people shaped by sports and sports culture - athletes, executives, scientists, innovators, entrepreneurs, artists, creators and more - for honest, real, fun and raw conversations about the person their professional bio leaves out. First, we meet the human behind the achievement. Then, we uncover the lessons from their field that anyone can use off it. Listen here and subscribe to Born to Become with Diana Flores on the iHeartRadio App or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today Jonathan van Ness comes swooping in on a CitiBike to sit down with Ashlyn in the studio. Jonathan dishes about getting into sports, understanding his gender-fluidity, and what it’s like terrifying straight men on his Hot & Healed comedy tour. Plus, he asks Ashlyn the burning question everyone has been dying to know: what does “offsides” mean?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Asbury Park Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn joins host Ashlyn to discuss her path from public-service attorney to local elected official and why she’s running for mayor. Drawing on her experience as a lesbian, wife, and mother, Quinn talks about protecting LGBTQ+ history, making housing more affordable, and why local participation matters.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cindy Eckert is a champion of the pink pill in a blue pill world. As founder of Sprout Pharmaceuticals, she’s responsible for Addyi, the only FDA approved drug that is proven to increase sexual desire in women. Today, Ashlyn sits down with Cindy to talk about the long road to getting Addyi on the market, why women’s health is still so under researched, and where Cindy's passion for justice comes from.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashlyn has an unfiltered conversation with Nikki, a sports-obsessed baseball mom and patient. Hear how Nikki’s diagnosis inspired her to do more for herself, and how playing competitive sports helped prepare her for her toughest competition yet. Ashlyn and Nikki discuss what it’s really like to be a woman, balancing work, her treatment, and her son’s hectic sports schedule. Plus, Nikki talks about how her family, friends, and doctors became a team she could lean on for support. Visit https://www.novartis.com/us-en/sites/novartis_us/files/kisqali.pdf for full prescribing Information for KISQALI (ribociclib). Sponsored by Novartis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashlyn sits down with entrepreneur Tristan Schukraft for a candid conversation about building businesses, expanding access to PrEP and HIV care, and preserving queer spaces. Tristan shares how failure, ambition, and vision shaped his career. He also opens up about polyamory, relationships, visibility, shame, and the importance of protecting LGBTQ+ communities and the spaces that give them refuge, history, and connection.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coming out can feel like starting all over again — being a beginner in love, relationships, and of course, sex. In fact, navigating sex in non-hetero relationships is probably the most nerve-wracking part of people’s queer awakenings. In Casey Tanner’s work as a queer sex therapist, she wants to erase the shame and fear associated with feeling like a beginner. Today, Casey sits down with Ashlyn to talk about her work, how she helps clients understand their desires, and to answer your burning questions about queer sex.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeffrey Masters, creator and host of LGBTQ&A, joins Ashlyn to discuss the art of meaningful interviewing, the importance of preserving queer history, and what years of listening to queer icons and activists have taught him. They explore empathy, visibility, mental health, activism, and how asking better questions can create space for people to tell the stories behind the headlines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can we support LGBTQ+ athletes? How is the state of women’s soccer? Is it hard being a mom? How do you know you’ve found “the one”? This week, Ashlyn is answering these and more in a reflective listener question episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Mazzio joins us to share the powerful story behind Mighty Mary and the lessons she’s carried from elite sport into filmmaking and life. From failure and rejection to resilience, leadership, and self-belief, this conversation explores how the mindset of an athlete can shape everything that comes next and why the story of women breaking barriers in sport still matters today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.