Welcome to [un]PHASED, an unabashed podcast designed to help you grapple with the reality of racism, sexism, ableism and many other hard-to-discuss issues affecting endurance sports, triathlon, and our lives. This is our inaugural episode in which our hosts Dr. Shaunna Payne Gold & Dr. Lisa Ingarfield speak to a live audience about staying upright in the face of resistance to change, and how jumping in at the deep end may not be the best approach to learning. We need a phased approach. But we also must be unfazed in our approach to facing these challenging issues. Shaunna and Lisa explain why it is important to start from the bottom to gain the proper language and understanding of the historical context of racism in our society before we can tackle the big issues. We are all swimming in the metaphorical “river” of a system that was built to benefit some and marginalize others, and it is time to start naming this system, so we can resist it.