Episode 60: Venus Williams

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy and Lynn Olszowy

Sports

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Seven-time Grand Slam champion and 5-time Olympic medalist Venus Williams joins Laughter Permitted to talk about her fight for equal pay in tennis, where her entrepreneurial spirit comes from and what continues to drive her as player. Venus describes her bond with Serena and how Serena's daughter, Olympia, might be the most athletic in the family. Plus, Venus invites Julie to be on team "Bad Guys" and explains that while the Olympics might be in her future, pickle ball most likely isn't. In the close of the show, Julie and Lynn share the soundtrack to their lives, which leads to a lot of Julie singing. You've been warned! (Oh, and Julie thinks there are 12 planets.)

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0:00.0	The laughter permitted podcast is brought to you by Ally. Do it right.
0:04.0	Well hello there dope village.
0:06.5	Welcome to laughter permitted. I'm Julia Gooleah. This is Linio.
0:11.5	Hi, Lynn. Hi, Julie.
0:13.3	So our guest today is tennis icon Venus Williams.
0:20.7	I think Venus is what you can call a living legend.
0:24.9	Indeed, in her 26 years as a professional tennis player and she's still going mind you 26 years of playing professionally.
0:35.7	Crazy. Venus has won 49 singles titles, seven grand slams, 16 grand slam doubles titles and four Olympic gold medals.
0:49.2	But we're not stopping there because she's equally impressive off the court as she's fought for equal pay and is a big time entrepreneur as we will talk about what you may not know.
1:01.5	Venus loves karaoke watch out some loving.
1:06.1	Have me a blast nice.
1:09.1	And we had a blast with this episode.
1:11.8	So get comfortable listening.
1:15.3	It's Venus Williams.
1:17.4	Kick back relax and rewind.
1:22.0	Let's have a good time.
1:23.7	Riding the joy in life.
1:27.4	We're smiling so bright talking and laughing combined.
1:32.9	Feeling all right.
1:34.5	Get comfortable listening.
1:38.2	It's laughter permitted.
1:40.1	It's like where my glasses on my blood.
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