The Peak Era of Women's Sports! WNBA Playoffs Are Here!

A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

The Vox Media Podcast Network

Soccer, Basketball, Sports

4.4 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

We’ve got you covered with all the WNBA analysis you need going into the semi-finals this week Plus, we have some thoughts on A’ja Wilson’s historic fourth MVP and sharing the Defensive Player of the Year with Minnesota's Alanna Smith. In Olympic news, Sue discusses how she selected Kara Lawson as head coach of the 2028 USA Basketball Women’s National Team. We conclude our anti-Bicker of the Week over whether you should drink your morning coffee before or after brushing your teeth. We’ve tallied the results, and there is a clear winner. 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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1:31.3	Welcome back, everybody. We have a great show today. It is sports, sports with a capital S on today's show. The WMBA playoffs are in full swing. We're in the semis now. We've got teams thriving and peaking, which means there's some teams that hit a little, you know, Cancun on three.
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1:37.9	There's already been one coaching change with the Seattle Storm.
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