Dating as an Olympian (w/ A'ja Wilson)

Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer

Headgum & Nicole Byer

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4.8 • 15.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

WNBA superstar and Olympic gold medalist A'ja Wilson joins Nicole to discuss how her 6'4" height shapes her dating experiences, what it's like to be single and mingle amongst Olympians, and the special treatment of being a WNBA icon. Meanwhile, Nicole is enjoying her own singledom.

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0:00.0	Why won't you date me?
0:02.0	Why won't you date me?
0:07.0	Why won't you date me?
0:10.0	Why won't you date me?
0:11.0	Why won't you date me?
0:12.0	Please! Why won't you date me?
0:13.0	Please tell me why.
0:15.0	Ohhoo!
0:17.0	Ohhoo!
0:18.0	Oh, baby, welcome to another episode of Why Won't You Date Me a Podcast,
0:27.0	When Me Nicle Byer was trying to figure out why I'm still single
0:30.0	even though you could lay me down on a basketball court dribble on my head and say,
0:37.1	oh no, the earth is vibrating.
0:39.2	My guest today is a phenomenal athlete and two-time W MBA champion and Olympic gold medal is known
0:49.4	for her incredible work on the basketball court she's also an author in her new book, Dear Black Girls, is now available. It's Asia Wilson!
1:02.0	High, hi, hi hi hi. Hello how are you. Oh listen I'm doing great I
1:09.7	my intro is weird because I was like oh no I don't know what to say and then I was like my
1:15.6	basketball is a thing. Okay Asia when did you start playing basketball tell me about it?
1:21.6	Ooh yes I was a late bloomer so I don't have the like story of like,
1:25.1	oh, I was born in the basketball's in my hand and I was like grew up with it.
1:28.4	I probably started playing basketball when I was maybe, I want to say like 13 years old but I wasn't really good at it like I was
1:36.4	awful for my first two years until I was maybe like 15 years old to where I was like
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