In this episode of AV: Christy Martin is a WBC female Super Welterweight Champion. She’s been inducted into several boxing Halls of Fame; but what people didn’t know is that she dealt with domestic abuse. In 2010, her husband stabbed and shot her. Christy survived the stab wounds, the gunshot wound, and she went on to help others. Christy started Christy's Champs, to help people dealing with emotional and physical abuse. She'll tell us about her boxing career, surviving domestic abuse, and how she's helping others. 
Then, our next guest is Dr. Feng Zhang, who develops technological tools for brain science and gene editing. He'll talk to us about coming the U.S. as a child, the benefits of our education system, and advances he's making in gene editing to help cure diseases. He is a James and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience at The McGovern Institute at MIT. And a core member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. 
Plus, author Tara Ison Writer on her favorite sound.

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Boxing Champion Christy Martin; plus, Dr. Feng Zhang on Gene Editing

For this week's main podcast review, Katie Johnson, Josh Parham, Joselyn Safadi, Dan Bayer & Daniel Howat join me to discuss the latest film from David Michôd, "Christy," starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, and Katy O'Brian. Based on former professional boxer Christy Martin, the film chronicles Martin's rise to becoming America's most well-known female boxer in the 1990s, and later her abusive relationship with her husband/trainer. The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival to positive reviews for Sweeney and Foster's performances, but what did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss that, the direction, writing, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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