The Waves: The Forced Kiss Seen Round the World
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of The Waves, we’re talking about The Kiss. Scaachi Koul is joined by Women’s World Cup reporter for The Athletic and freelance sports reporter, Tamerra Griffin to talk about Spanish Soccer President, Luis Rubiales forcibly kissing player Jennifer Hermoso after Spain’s FIFA Women’s World Cup final win. They dig into the internal strife that was already going on within the Spanish team, Rubiales’s history of alleged misconduct, where the sport can go from here, and more.
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Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Scaachi Koul, Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're looking for a new podcast, might I recommend our podcast? |
| 0:09.3 | Hi, I'm Gabe Dunn, and I'm Allison Raskin. |
| 0:12.5 | We have a weekly show called Just Between Us where we explore every kind of topic out |
| 0:17.4 | there, from mental health to sexuality, to animal behavior, to science. |
| 0:24.7 | We love to interview fascinating people about their various expertise. |
| 0:29.0 | We also answer listener questions and play a very silly game called hypotheticals. |
| 0:34.4 | You're not going to want to miss it, it's unhinged. |
| 0:37.3 | And if you don't want to trust our word for it because it's our show, you should know |
| 0:40.7 | that the IHAR podcast awards nominated us for Best Ensemble for 2023. |
| 0:47.0 | That means that we are good at our jobs. |
| 0:49.6 | Or we have good chemistry. |
| 0:51.8 | Ooh! |
| 0:53.8 | So check out Just Between Us every Wednesday. |
| 0:57.8 | We talk a lot today about sexual assault and harassment. |
| 1:00.6 | I know a lot of things are about that, but this episode is too, so listen with care. |
| 1:12.0 | Welcome to The Waves, Slate's podcast about the Terror of Gender, Feminism, and today, |
| 1:17.4 | the Audacity of a Man who looks like a melted Jason Statham candle. |
| 1:22.1 | Being a 46 year old man should be a felony. |
| 1:24.9 | Every week we talk about what fresh hell is being unleashed on the girls and the gays, |
| 1:29.0 | the days and thems, and anyone else similarly committed to a society free of cis male dominance. |
| 1:35.1 | I'm Sachi Cole, it's my last week hosting The Waves, so I'm going to work very hard to |
| 1:39.6 | get in trouble. |
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