The Waves: Watch The Women’s World Cup, Damn It!
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🗓️ 13 July 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of The Waves, we’re talking about the Women’s World Cup and why you should be watching it (even if sometimes it’s a little tricky to find). Slate senior supervising producer Daisy Rosario is joined by investigative sports journalist Jessica Luther with a Waves guide to the cup. They discuss what players to look for, why nationalism can sometimes trump misogyny, Megan Rapinoe’s retirement, and why the US women’s soccer team is so good.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Nike. |
| 0:04.1 | It's packed to school season, and you and your child might be feeling a bit anxious. |
| 0:08.9 | As a parent, you're the best team mate for your mini-me, and together, you can use sport |
| 0:13.2 | to help overcome anxiety. |
| 0:15.5 | Try something new as a family and celebrate even the little wins you achieve on the journey. |
| 0:19.8 | Create long-lasting memories that will take your kids from class to court and beyond. |
| 0:25.5 | Go to Nike.com, forward slash kids to get school ready. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the Waves, Slates podcast about gender, feminism, and this week, getting |
| 0:37.5 | excited for the women's world cup. |
| 0:40.5 | Every episode you get a new pair of feminists to talk about the thing that we cannot get off |
| 0:43.8 | of our minds. |
| 0:44.8 | And today you've got me, Daisy Rosario, senior supervising producer of Audio here at |
| 0:49.0 | Slate. |
| 0:50.0 | And later in the show, I'll be joined by Jessica Luther. |
| 0:52.9 | Jessica is an investigative journalist, author, and podcaster. |
| 0:56.7 | Obviously, the Waves is not a sports show, but much like the Olympics, when a World Cup |
| 1:01.4 | happens, people tend to get pulled in. |
| 1:04.6 | And when it comes to the women's world cup, the United States is the most dominant team. |
| 1:10.2 | Since the women's world cup even started. |
| 1:12.6 | This year, the US women will be going for a three-peat. |
| 1:15.6 | That's right, they won in 2015 and in 2019, and if they win this year, they will be the |
| 1:19.6 | first team to ever win three in a row. |
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