Interview: Andrew Maraniss, Author of Inaugural Ballers: The True Story of the First U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this episode, Lindsay Gibbs interviews Andrew Maraniss, special projects coordinator at Vanderbilt University and author. They discuss his latest book Inaugural Ballers, which tells the story of the 1976 Women’s Olympic Basketball team, who laid the foundation for the rise of women’s sports in the U.S.. This team included many players who would become some of the most legendary figures in the history of basketball like Pat Head Summit, Lusia Harris, Nancy Lieberman, Ann Meyers, coach Billie Moore and beyond. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To get exclusive content and support the Burn It All Down podcast, become a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to burn it all down. And I am so excited by
0:05.0	you for this week's to scream and shout. Oh, yeah.
0:09.0	Hello and welcome to Burn It All Down. This is Lindsay Gibbs here, and I am so excited to be joined by Andrew Marinus for this week's interview.
0:20.0	Andrew is an esteemed author and the special
0:24.2	projects director of Vanderbilt Athletics. He is here today talk about his new book,
0:29.6	inaugural ballers, which is the story of the 1976 USA Women's Olympic Team, but also just a great
0:36.9	read about the history of women's basketball in general.
0:41.3	And I'm somebody who follows women's basketball closely, but still learn so much reading it.
0:45.4	And I'm going to have to read through it a couple more times to like make sure I got everything.
0:51.0	Andrew, thank you so much for joining us.
0:53.2	Oh, thank you, Lindsay.
0:54.0	This is going to be a fun interview I know.
0:56.3	I love your podcast so much.
0:57.9	So this is a great opportunity.
0:59.5	Let's just start.
1:00.4	What drew you to this story?
1:02.7	Sure.
1:03.5	Well, there's sort of a longer answer and then a real specific answer.
1:06.6	I'll give you both if that's okay.
1:08.8	Great.
1:10.0	You know, this is my fourth book, and what I try to do is write books that deal with sports
1:14.1	and social issues for both teens and adults.
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