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I'm June Thomas. I am here today because I want to introduce a very special treat that we are putting in our feed and that you will hear in just a few minutes after a little bit of blabbing between me and a very special guest.

We today are featuring one of the episodes of a podcast

called Upon Further Review, which you probably know already because it's also the name of the book

written by Mr. Mike Peska, the gist with Mike Peska. And I actually have Mr. Mike Peska here

with me today to talk about what we're going to hear. Hello, Mike Peska. June, it is very gratifying not only to be here in your feed, but to hear you describe the to tomb that I committed to paper with hard covers as a, what was that word used? A book. A book. A book. Yes. Yes, yes, yes. A book. So, let a talk, not about the book, but Aboot the podcast. About the podcast. So you have done this podcast that is based on the book, and the book is a collection of what ifs, right?

Sporting What Ish? Sure, sure. What if Richard Nixon were good at football? What if the Phoenix Suns had answered Jesse Eisenberg's fan letters? Just to name episodes one and two of the podcast. Now, there are other what-ifs in the book, like, what if Muhammad Ali had gotten his draft deferment?

What if Billy Jean King had... episodes one and two of the podcast. Now, there are other what ifs in the book, like, what if Muhammad Ali had gotten his draft deferment?

What if Billy Jean King had lost to Bobby Riggs? I'll give you the spoiler there. She would have come back to beat him. Yeah, she would. Like, if she pulls the hamstring in that match, she's not taking that. It's not over with it. But today we're going to hear a very special episode of A Pump Further Review.

Tell us what it's about.

This is the journey. She's not taking that. It's not over with it. But today we're going to hear a very special episode of a Pomp further review.

Tell us what it's about.

This is the journalist Louisa Thomas, who in the book and here on the podcast, contemplates the question, what if Brandy Chastain's kick in the 1999 Women's World Cup had not scored the winning goal, had gone awry.

So I guess it's about a book, but also about a boot.

A boot's in a boot.

All right.

Finally, people have acknowledged that those two words should indeed rhyme.

And Louisa explored what happened to women's football or women's soccer in the post the 1999 World Cup.

And it's a very interesting exploration of same.

Yes.

And she has, as you'll hear, the principles who you remember from the World Cup.

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