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Michał Winiarczyk Podcast
Michał Winiarczyk Podcast
15.03.2026 09:00

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.

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Timeline:

- Intro

- Life in Poland, growing up in Hawaii, American volleyball

- Overseas volleyball, liberos secrets, Paweł Zatorski

- PlusLiga, character, mental health, Ben Patch

- Coming out

- USA national team career, Dustin Watten

- Olympics 2016 & 2024, USA vs Poland, Karch Kiraly,

- Social media activity, volleyball hunger, life transformation

- End

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Intro music:

Hot Coffee by Ghostrifter Official | https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-officialMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unportedhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Karch Karch Kiraly Zoxo Ben Patch men's volleyball Erik Shoji I'm also pretty Dustinem Wattem Hi Erik He's our guy that's going Dustin Watson Joe Worsley Grzegorzem Szłomaczem MLW L.

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You'll see a lot of defense today, it's just getting hit by the ball.

So I think it's probably 70% prediction where you need to be and then 30% the skill of playing defense and actually defending the ball.

It's impressive to just see how hard they work and how consistent they are in their effort in training and just their overall attitudes as well.

I think Americans in general talk about it more than probably Polish people and athletes in general.

I think my first season in Zaxa at the start, I really struggled with the pressure and the expectations and also just not feeling confident coming off the Olympics in which our team didn't perform very well.

You know, when I haven't, you know, I don't speak with Ben that often anymore, just because he's so busy in his own world and being successful.

And I wasn't like even, it wasn't intentional.

Ale myślę, że w volleyball...

Powiedział, że lubi kobietę i pamiętam kiedy usłyszałem, że został kierowcą men's volleyball.

Dla mnie to była duża różnica, bo on wiele razy mówił, że nie chciał oglądać men's volleyball.

To jest cel.

Ale cel jest to, by być początkiem libero dla USA i do L.A.

You have to have some sort of short form content out there as well.

I think they can be educational.

I want a gold medal.

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