Hey, it's Pablo here coming to you on a Saturday with a question.

What if I told you that women in Iran can't even go to a soccer game?

That reality is the subject of the new 30 for 30 podcast series, Pink Card,

which tells the story of the Iranian women who dare to risk everything for the simple right to watch a game.

Now on Thursday, you may have heard our episode with the creator of this series, Shima Oliyai,

who reported on the generations of women who have fought to take back their stadiums,

and their joy, their love of sports.

Well, this episode is the first in that series, Pink Card, which will forever change how you see

fandom, how you see freedom, and after you listen to this, you can go binge the entire season right now

in the 30 for 30 podcast feed. All right, here's Shima.

Mom, kick the ball.

I grew up playing soccer. My mom hated when I called it that.

I can't see she does that. She called it football.

I'm a soccer player. I'm a soccer player. I love you.

I'm Christmas, my daddy, my soccer ball, and my pump.

It's Christmas Day. I'm nine, and I can't get the ball past my mother. She does not care that I'm a kid.

My mother played on club teams in Reyna, Nevada for the past 40 years.

I remember her coming home after matches when I was in middle school,

telling us in Farsi that she scored a goal.

In my family, our love for soccer was constant and clear, but living in America and being from

Iran, that was more complicated. We always sing two birthday songs, one in English,

one in Farsi. I often felt like that, split into. At school, I was ashamed of telling people

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