# The Inside Track
> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Inside_Track
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Inside_Track.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inside_Track
> Source revision: 1345300128
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
{{italic title}}
{{About|the Canadian radio program||Inside track (disambiguation){{!}}Inside track}}
'''''The Inside Track''''' was a Canadian radio series, which formerly aired on [CBC Radio One](/source/CBC_Radio_One). A [documentary](/source/Documentary_(radio)) and [interview](/source/interview) series exploring social and cultural issues in the world of [sports](/source/sports), the program was hosted by [Mark Lee](/source/Mark_Lee_(sportscaster)), [Mary Hynes](/source/Mary_Hynes_(broadcaster)) and [Robin Brown](/source/Robin_Brown_(journalist)) at different times during its run.["Say goodbye to The Inside Track, one of a kind". ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', June 26, 2009.]
One of the show's most famous episodes was "The Last Closet", an hour-long special which aired on October 16, 1993. Exploring issues of [homophobia](/source/homophobia) in sports, the show was most noted for its interviews with two gay Canadian athletes who still felt the need to disguise their voices due to the risks of [coming out](/source/coming_out) while active in sports; when they both did later come out, [Mark Leduc](/source/Mark_Leduc) and [Mark Tewksbury](/source/Mark_Tewksbury) were revealed to have been the speakers.[[https://www.cbc.ca/sports/leduc-remembered-as-olympic-champ-gay-role-model-1.827049 "Leduc remembered as Olympic champ, gay role model"]. [CBC News](/source/CBC_News), July 24, 2009.] Other figures interviewed in the episode included [Ed Gallagher](/source/Ed_Gallagher_(American_football%2C_born_1957)),[[http://www.outsports.com/2011/8/4/4051640/moment-62-cbc-airs-the-last-closet Moment #62: CBC airs "The Last Closet"]. [Outsports](/source/Outsports), August 4, 2011.] a former football player from the United States who became an anti-homophobia activist after a [suicide attempt](/source/suicide_attempt) motivated by his inner conflict over his sexuality left him [paraplegic](/source/paraplegic), and Jim Buzinski, a cofounder of the LGBT sports organization [Outsports](/source/Outsports).[
Other episodes of the series included interviews with sports figures such as [Wayne Gretzky](/source/Wayne_Gretzky), [Chris Bosh](/source/Chris_Bosh) and [Perdita Felicien](/source/Perdita_Felicien), often going beyond their sports careers to talk about issues of personal interest.]