New York Gets A Ring & Stacey Abrams Connects the Dots on Voting Power

A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

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Soccer, Sports, Basketball

4.4 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

The Liberty finally brings the WNBA Championship dub to New York! In this episode, Megan and Sue dive deep into what this historic win means for both the original franchise and the league. And what’s next for the Lynx? Plus, very special guest Stacey Abrams breaks down how to make voting less overwhelming, offering practical steps to encourage participation, and sheds light on the important connection between trans rights and DEI initiatives. And we’re back with another “Bicker of the Week” -- where do you stand when it comes to sharing snacks on a plane? A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.7	Get Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 available now.
0:31.4	Welcome back.
0:33.9	It's time for another episode of a touch more.
0:37.4	Excuse my voice. I've had karaoke on the WMBA Finals Game 5 thriller. It's time for another episode of a touch more.
0:41.4	Excuse my voice. I've had karaoke on the WMBA Finals Game 5 thriller.
0:48.0	Today we're going to be joined by voting rights activist Stacey Abrams.
0:50.6	We are so excited to have Stacey on.
0:52.1	This is a good one.
0:56.4	Yeah, we're two weeks out from the election. So now is the time to make your voting plan. Megan and I actually all the sudden an alarm bell went off. We're like,
1:02.4	oh my, we're registered in Washington. Yeah. We got to figure this out. Washington's like a mail-in ballot.
1:09.4	They don't even do in-person polls. No, they just send it right to you.
1:12.4	They send it right to you. So we had to get on a whole mail forwarding, have our people check our mailbox.
1:18.1	So everybody's got to make a plan. Really important to do that. Can't wait to talk to Stacey more about that.
1:24.1	Plus, the WMBA season is now officially over sad. Teardrop. Tear drop. It was such an
1:31.1	incredible season. There's so much to get into there, including what we think was an omission from
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