Outward: The WNBA’s Very Big Year: New Fandom, Renewed Homophobia? with Frankie de la Cretaz

Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery

Slate Podcasts

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Relationships

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode long-time friend of the show and longtime WNBA fan Daisy Rosario sits down with queer sports reporter Frankie de la Cretaz to chat about the historic 2024 WNBA season. In this episode, they dig into the celebration and tension as the WNBA’s queer roots meet mainstream success. Can the league stay true to its queer community while taking on big-time sponsors and new fans? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	iPhone 16 Pro is here with cinematic slow motion and the power of Apple intelligence
0:06.2	Plus stay connected and busy crowds with E E E's enhanced 5G
0:10.3	It's so bad
0:11.6	Come on guys let's get to the front.
0:13.6	Film the band!
0:14.6	That video is wicked!
0:16.5	The new iPhone 16 Pro on the UK's best network.
0:20.7	Search EE iPhone.
0:22.4	Available on All-rounder and Full Works Plan in 5G standalone ready areas.
0:25.0	Verify best network at EE.
0:27.0	K slash claims.
0:28.0	Apple Intelligence coming December 2024. Oh, Hello and welcome to Outwork, Slate's LGBTQ podcast that tries to keep you up as best we can with all things here.
0:53.8	I'm Daisy Rosario.
0:54.9	I'm a senior supervising producer of audio here at Slate,
0:57.9	and I'm guest hosting this episode today,
1:00.2	in part because we are talking about the WNbA and I am a massive and long time Wnb a fan.
1:06.6	Now you may have heard and probably noticed that the WnbA had a year, highest viewership ever, huge players like Caitlin Clark and
1:17.2	Angel Reese driving massive ticket sales, more ratings on television, higher sales of merch.
1:23.4	I mean, it's just been huge.
1:25.6	I've been a fan since the league started,
1:27.9	and I gotta say it hasn't always been easy to be a fan.
1:30.6	I mean, they kind of made it hard.
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