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Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia Gets Wise with Billie Jean King

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.710.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Today on Wiser Than Me, Julia sits down with 80-year-old tennis pro, activist, and LGBTQ+ icon Billie Jean King. Billie Jean delves into the nature of leadership, visualization, and her long journey towards self-acceptance. Inspired by the sports legend, Julia asks Billie Jean for advice about her niece’s college soccer career, as well as revealing the original spark that lit her own love of sports. Additionally, Julia’s mom, Judy, reflects on her generation's acceptance of societal norms and the transformative power of the feminist movement.   Follow Wiser Than Me on Instagram and TikTok @wiserthanme and on Facebook at facebook.com/wiserthanmepodcast.   Keep up with Billie Jean King @billiejeanking on Instagram.   Find out more about other shows on our network at @lemonadamedia on all social platforms.   Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    For exclusive discount codes and more information about our sponsors, visit https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/.  For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:16.6

We are so excited to be back for a second season of Wiser than me. I have been, and I really do mean this, truly blown away by the support that this show has received. We really do have a lot to learn from the glorious older women in our lives and to celebrate I've got a super fun announcement to share with you.

0:20.0

Wiser than me now has its very own merch. Yeah, merch!

0:25.0

Our team has whipped up some items we think you're going to love.

0:30.0

We're kicking off the collection with a beautiful, wiser me cross body tote bag that even has a zipper.

0:36.0

Oh sure, you think you've got enough tote bags, but if you get one more tote bag, a wiser than me

0:41.2

tote bag, you'll have room to buy so many more heads of organic lettuce

0:45.4

at the farmers market or to carry that second six-pack of Mountain Dew from your local 7-Eleven, all while brushing your teeth with both hands, because it's cross-body.

0:56.1

Hands free, baby.

0:57.4

What I'm saying is that this could be a life changer, and this bag is made by Bagu, so it's

1:02.0

super high quality and its beautiful design features

1:05.0

some of my favorite words of wisdom from the show. Head over to wiser than Me Shop.com and get two

1:11.2

for yourself and then a bunch more for friends and family and

1:14.0

presto holiday shopping done early.

1:19.0

Lemonade. Lemonnader.

1:31.0

I don't exactly know how I became a sports fan because I was not an athlete when I was young. I was born in New York and early on I learned to ride a

1:34.8

tricycle and I was good at that trite. I wrote it in the hallway of our building. How much

1:39.9

fun is an apartment hallway on a tricycle? It's like, you know, just imagine it's being on a

1:44.8

racetrack up and down and up and down. Although as I say this I'm now remembering The Shining

1:50.0

and of course not so fun in that movie, but in reality is in fact a lot of fun but I lived

1:54.6

in the city and so I never learned to ride a bike until I was like I don't know

1:59.6

eight and everybody was riding bikes by then, you know, by eight. But I kind of missed that

2:05.6

window and I was so embarrassed because I had to have training wheels. I was always unsure of

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