Fútbol Goddesses
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
To discuss the Women's World Cup being held in France, Julio is joined by Shireen Ahmed, writer and co-host of the feminist sports podcast, Burn It All Down. They talk about the media coverage, issues of representation and access in the sport including FIFA corruption and pay equity, plus they shout out the Cup's key players and their stellar moments.
ITT Staff Picks:
- Shireen's latest from TIME, about the Women’s World Cup, and the abuse, corruption and lack of equity in the field
- The tournament's key players, record-breaking stats and Jamaica's journey to get there, via CNN
- Al Jazeera explores the best moments so far in the 2019 Women's World Cup
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| 0:23.0 | Grazias. Hey, welcome to Thethaca Podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC |
| 0:36.2 | perspective. I'm Julio Rico-Loberella. Hey guys, listen, I know we've talked |
| 0:41.2 | a lot about politics and the heavy topics, but I'm a huge football fan, |
| 0:47.0 | or as they say in America, the United States, soccer, |
| 0:50.0 | and we're going to focus on an incredible event that's happening in the soccer world. |
| 0:55.0 | That's the Women's World Cup and joining us from the Greater Toronto Area in Canada, |
| 1:01.0 | home of the champion Toronto Raptors of the NBA is |
| 1:04.8 | Sharon Ahmed, writer and co-host of the feminist sports podcast, |
| 1:09.0 | Burn It All Down. |
| 1:10.5 | Love the title. |
| 1:11.5 | Hey Sharon. Hey,io, how are you? |
| 1:14.0 | I'm great and I'm really happy that you're on because I'm a soccer geek, you're a soccer geek. |
| 1:19.0 | This women's world cup has been happening. |
| 1:21.0 | It kicked off in France. |
| 1:22.0 | I would say it's one of the |
| 1:23.0 | most important ones yet. You know, the media coverage, the public attention, it still |
| 1:27.5 | doesn't feel like it's as much as the Men's World Cup, but I kind of sense it |
| 1:31.6 | just watching it, you know, on television, seeing it online, that it has gotten some attention. |
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