Episode 116: Scout Bassett

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy

Sports

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Paralympic track and field star Scout Bassett joins Laughter Permitted to talk about her journey from a government-run orphanage in Nanjng, China to representing the United States in the Paralympics. Scout shares what it was like being adopted and moving to the United States as a child, why she was initially hesitant to wear a prosthetic leg that would allow her to compete in track and field and how sports ultimately transformed her life. Plus, learn the meaning behind the title of Scout's book "Lucky Girl" and what her hopes are as the next president of the Women’s Sports Foundation. In Questions Permitted, Julie offers her thoughts on Emma Hayes being named the next head coach of the U.S. women's national team, and Julie and Lynn talk about mental health during the winter and holiday seasons. Hey, Dope Village. Email Julie and Lynn at [email protected].

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0:00.0	The Laughter Permitted podcast is brought to you by Ally.
0:02.9	Do it right.
0:04.3	Hello, party people.
0:06.1	Welcome to Laughter Permitted.
0:07.4	I'm Julie Fowdy.
0:08.4	I'm Lynn Ozzowie.
0:10.3	We sure do have a lovely episode today and it is perfect timing for Thanksgiving because our guest is Paralympic track and field athlete
0:20.7	Scout Bassett. I've had the pleasure of getting to know Scout over the years
0:24.8	through the Women's Sports Foundation and she will become the
0:29.1	Foundation's next president in 2024 in this episode.
0:33.8	You'll also hear about Scout's life story.
0:36.8	And for some background on that, Scout was born in China
0:40.3	and found abandoned on the side of a street
0:42.4	when she was about 18 months old.
0:44.4	Her right leg was severely mangled from a chemical fire.
0:48.4	She lived in a government-run orphanage in Nanjing, China, and then was adopted by an American
0:55.0	couple just shy of her eighth birthday. Scout shares with us what it was like
1:00.0	being not only a minority, but disabled in a predominantly white Michigan town and how
1:06.2	sports became a refuge.
1:08.8	She would go on to attend UCLA where she was introduced to the Paralympics and would compete in the 2016 Paralympics.
1:16.0	Scout is a two-time World Championship bronze medalist in the 100 meters and long jump and she is now an author a very important
1:25.9	author of VIA sharing all of her fabulous life lessons her book launched in
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