Peri Goodman is a cheerleader for the Brock University Badgers in St. Catharines, Ont. She’s toured the world as a flyer—that’s the one who, yes, flies in the air, thrown up by her teammates—and has navigated the surprisingly intense behind-the-scenes politics of cheerleaders versus gymnasts.
She joins Menschwarmers, our podcast about Jews and sports, to chat about life on a cheer team, cheer’s odds at becoming an Olympic sport and her trip to compete in Poland—and how she felt visiting Auschwitz under unusual circumstances. Listen and subscribe
