Men in Blazers "Direct from Down Under" with Naomi Girma, Presented by Bud Light
Men In Blazers
Men In Blazers
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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In the first episode of our "Direct from Down Under" series, Rog sits down with cerebral center back Naomi Girma to get a temperature check on nerves ahead of her first World Cup, how she's coping with the loss of fellow defender Becky Sauerbrunn through injury, and whether this team feels increased pressure to deliver for Megan Rapinoe.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Primembers! You can listen to Men in Blazers ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:09.0 | Don't Panic is a new comedy podcast from Wondry that leans into our most absurd anxieties and defuses them with humor and actual advice. |
| 0:20.0 | Listen to Don't Panic on the Wondry app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:24.0 | You're listening to The Men in Blazers' Media Network Suboptimal Radio. |
| 0:41.0 | It's Rodge here to launch a very special Women's World Cup series. |
| 0:47.0 | Yes, our United States Women are on a Chicago Balls-esque mission to three-peat as world champions. |
| 0:56.0 | Just saying it makes you realise how incredible this feat could be back to back to back and we at the M.I.B. Media Network have a front row seat for you as they do with this new series. |
| 1:10.0 | Direct from Down Under presented by our friends at Bird Light. |
| 1:16.0 | And it is kind of incredible all of this because the very first ever Women's World Cup I covered 2011. |
| 1:23.0 | Men in Blazers had to beg ESPN to let me do just one podcast a week and now we've got staff who've flown down to flight to the Concord's Territory. |
| 1:33.0 | We built a studio in Auckland, New Zealand so that we can film with a different one of the squad of 23 on the regs, each one an incredible human being. |
| 1:45.0 | And they will be part of our entire World Cup package which will be led by the magical Samuys and Becky Sourbrune. |
| 1:53.0 | We'll have this series of interviews in which we'll get to spend time with so many footballers representing our nation. |
| 2:01.0 | Really the best of us, players who will take the field in the United States jerseys in this, the most competitive Women's World Cup of all time and attempt to take on all comers. |
| 2:13.0 | We start with the key crucial cornerstone of the back line, Naomi Gurma, a sensation of footballer and even better human being, quickly followed by that human exclamation point, Trinity Rodman, more to come after that. |
| 2:28.0 | We're all getting up in the middle of the night to shoot this stuff and I've got to tell you, stumbling out of bed to charge down to the studio is never felt like more of an incredible on up. |
| 2:39.0 | These are remarkable human beings we are able to spend time with together. |
| 2:44.0 | There's ever thanks for your questions for them which only add to the quality of the conversation, keep sending us your questions, keep sending us your ideas and let's dive right in. |
| 2:54.0 | As I'm joined by a remarkable human being is at the beginning of an odyssey that's woven out of equal parts big dreams, intelligence and hard bloody work. |
| 3:06.0 | At the age of 23, this inspirational San Jose and is set to make a World Cup debut with all eyes on her centre back leadership on the field, from your San Diego wave and packed to back defending champion US Women's national team. |
| 3:21.0 | My first guest on direct from down under presented by Bud Light, easy to drink, easy to enjoy, live from Auckland, New Zealand, Kia ora to the incredible Naomi Gurma. |
| 3:33.0 | Hey, Raj, thanks for having me. |
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