Erik Shoji: Coming out, mental health, Olympics and libero secrets (MW Podcast #65)

PL (ENG below): To prawdopodobnie jeden z najbardziej lubianych siatkarzy świata. Grał w NCAA, Niemczech, Austrii, Rosji, Włoszech, a od 5 lat w polskiej PlusLidze. Erik Shoji, dwukrotny medalista olimpijski w najnowszym odcinku Michał Winiarczyk Podcast opowiada o swojej drodze do zostania czołowym libero świata, a także o coming oucie, zdrowiu psychicznym czy planach na przyszłość. ENG: He's arguably one of the most liked volleyball players in the world. He's played in the NCAA, Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy, and for the past five years has been playing in the Polish PlusLiga. Erik Shoji, two-time Olympic medalist, talks in the new episode of Michał Winiarczyk Podcast about his path to becoming the world's leading libero, as well as coming out, mental health and plans for the future. _________ Follow: Instagram - ⁠⁠michalwiniarczyk_⁠⁠   / michalwiniarczyk_   Twitter - ⁠⁠@MichWiniarczyk⁠⁠   / michwiniarczyk   TikTok - ⁠⁠michwiniarczyk⁠⁠   / michwiniarczyk   Spotify - Michał Winiarczyk Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/34X0MRl... _________ Timeline: 0:00 - Intro 1:14 - Life in Poland, growing up in Hawaii, American volleyball 11:12 - Overseas volleyball, liberos secrets, Paweł Zatorski 24:56 - PlusLiga, character, mental health, Ben Patch 33:00 - Coming out 39:40 - USA national team career, Dustin Watten 43:42 - Olympics 2016 & 2024, USA vs Poland, Karch Kiraly, 54:05 - Social media activity, volleyball hunger, life transformation 1:01:40 - End _________ Intro music: Hot Coffee by Ghostrifter Official |   / ghostrifter-officialmusic   promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all... Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unportedhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/...