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Welcome to the Party

The Most Inspiring Graduation Story You’ll Ever Hear

Welcome to the Party

Treat Media

Sports

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Billie Jean King just added another historic achievement to her legendary career: graduating from college at 82 years old. More than 60 years after first enrolling at California State University, Los Angeles, Billie finally walked the stage and Abby Wambach and Julie Foudy were there to witness every emotional moment.   In this special graduation-themed episode of Welcome to the Party, Abby and Julie break down Billie’s inspiring commencement speech, reflect on what it means to finish what you start, and share their own hilarious college graduation stories. The crew also reacts to Billie’s powerful messages about equality, inclusion, Title IX, women’s sports, and making history. Plus, Billie joins the show moments after receiving her diploma to talk about returning to school decades later, studying history remotely, correcting inaccuracies in a college course about women’s sports, and why earning this degree meant so much to her. This episode is funny, emotional, deeply inspiring, and a reminder that it’s never too late to chase something meaningful. Party People this one’s special.   Follow @welcometothepartyshow on: YouTube — ⁠@welcometothepartyshow⁠ Instagram — ⁠@welcometothepartyshow⁠ TikTok — ⁠@welcometothepartyshow⁠ Email — partypeoplequestions@gmail.com Substack: https://welcometothepartyshow.substack.com   Keep the Party Going: Billie Jean’s Graduation Speech at Cal State Los Angeles: Billie Jean King Commencement Address Abby’s Wolfpack Book: https://a.co/d/01wZH3Hw Abby’s Barnard Wolfpack Speech: https://youtu.be/wJe40l2waxs?si=gbVFS4Yos5jkKpuf  Eric Church Commencement Speech: https://youtu.be/pSYEDc7-Ah0?si=Aa01ZxZXz5N6Sjis   Thank you to our sponsors: -Ally’s got you covered. Ally Bank, Member FDIC

Transcript

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0:00.0

You did it, Kinger!

0:02.0

Billy Jean King!

0:04.0

She graduated college last week, Jules.

0:06.0

At 82 y'all.

0:08.0

Billy Jean!

0:10.0

Yeah, baby.

0:12.0

Only 61 years!

0:14.0

What is going on?

0:16.0

Hey!

0:17.0

Hey!

0:18.0

Go flip your jassel!

0:20.0

Okay, I'll go flip it! You gotta go flip it. She's hitting tennis balls out with a racket and we're like with our with our fat heads. We're like, Ganger, give us the ball, send us the ball. Cise Puente. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Welcome to the party!

0:38.5

Attention.

0:42.8

The party is about to commence.

0:50.0

Welcome to the party!

0:55.1

What's up, party people?

0:56.9

I'm Julie Fowdy.

0:58.8

And I'm Abby Wambach.

1:00.2

Hi, Jules.

1:01.3

Who?

1:03.8

BJK graduated college.

1:06.1

She graduated college last week, Jules.

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