WELCOME TO THE PARTY EP1 - Allyson Felix Took On Corporate Sports and Won

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🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Enjoy the FIRST EPISODE of Abby's new women's sports podcast co-hosted by Julie Foudy and Billie Jean King... WELCOME TO THE PARTY! In this first episode, track and field legend ALLYSON FELIX joins Abby, Julie, and Billie to get real about the Nike showdown that reset maternity protections, the women-first power plays behind Saysh and Always Alpha, and what’s next for track & field. Plus GOATs Ask the GOAT—Mia Hamm, Coco Gauff, and Mikaela Shiffrin pop in with surprise questions for “The Kinger” Subscribe to WELCOME TO THE PARTY on your podcast app and WATCH VIDEO EPISODES on YouTube! Follow @welcometothepartyshow on: YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@WelcomeToThePartyShow Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/welcometothepartyshow/ TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@welcometothepartyshow Go Deeper Saysh — Allyson’s women-first shoe brand: https://saysh.com/ Always Alpha — Allyson’s management company for women athletes and coaches: https://always-alpha.com/ She Runs the World — Allyson’s documentary (Tribeca): https://tribecafilm.com/films/she-runs-the-world-2025 The Next Day — by Melinda French Gates: https://www.melindafrenchgates.com/ Abby post-game interview vs. Japan: https://youtu.be/kwAMN1-1p_c?si=MZDQ0KkoamVOS6YR Julie’s Party Starter summer highlight: Marta’s two goals in Copa América Femenina — https://youtu.be/tiUWtL0vYVc?si=9Bt9FebPKDeEXwoX Billie’s Party Starter summer highlight: Mboko wins the Canadian Open - https://www.wtatennis.com/videos/4336505/champions-reel-how-victoria-mboko-won-montreal-2025 Abby’s Party Starter summer highlight: Katie’s 7th consecutive 800m freestyle gold — https://youtu.be/N1_h787R0_Q?si=SDGkKurSytqWtYiq

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0:00.0	What's up party people?
0:04.0	We are beyond excited, as you can see, to get this party started.
0:10.4	I'm Julie Fowdy.
0:11.8	I'm Abby Wambach.
0:13.2	And I'm Julie Jean King.
0:14.8	Yes, you are.
0:15.6	Welcome to the party, everybody.
0:17.1	Perhaps you are wondering what is this party. Well, this party is women's sports. And
0:24.4	everyone is invited, whether you've been here forever, like the three of us have, or maybe you're
0:31.4	new to the party, or maybe you have some FOMO. And like everybody's basically talking about women's sports right now.
0:38.3	So you're like, I want to be in that.
0:39.8	You all are invited.
0:41.7	Our missions to celebrate.
0:43.0	Elvay, come on.
0:45.0	Educate.
0:45.8	And that's about all of our women's sports, all of them.
0:48.5	And, you know, we just want to grow this community.
0:50.3	And we need you guys out there because this is going to be a party like nothing else.
0:56.8	We are no party like a women's sports party.
1:01.0	There ain't a party like a women's sports party.
1:03.3	No way.
1:04.1	I mean, we are the best at parties.
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