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Hello to our dope village, I'm Julie Fowdy, she's Linda Zowie, and this is laughter permitted. Hi, Lynn.

Hi, Julie.

Lynn, I am super excited, as you know, for our guest this week.

Missy Franklin, because we have both agreed for a very long time that one, she's an incredible athlete,

but even more important to both of us is she's just a fantastic person all around.

We are officially dubbing Missy a good hoat. We've made this up.

She is one of the greatest humans of all time. Get out!

The reason we really wanted to chat with Missy is beyond all her success as a swimmer

is that the script for her athletic career did not end as planned.

And just to give a little context, she came out of the gates as a 17-year-old at the 2012 London Olympics,

winning four gold medals and was literally America's sweetheart.

All full personality and joy. And so it came as a surprise when we all watched her struggle four

years later at the Rio Olympic Games in what Missy calls the hardest eight days of her career.

And we both wanted to know how she came to terms with that. She's been open about her challenges

of dealing with depression and anxiety. It's a really fascinating conversation with so much wisdom

shared by the Gohote. So get comfortable listening. It's Missy Franklin.

There she is. Hi! How are you? I'm Missy Udarlan.

Missy so much. You look so so well. Oh gosh. Thank you. The ring light helps.

I know. I swit back. I gave one to Lynn and she rejected it. I was like, what are you doing?

I have a lot of natural light that comes in. You're lighting looks beautiful. Thank you.

Oh thank you Grace so much for asking me to do this. I'm so excited.

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