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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we managed

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Speaker 1: to escape a work trip to Las Vegas without blowing

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Speaker 1: it all on the slots. It's Thursday, February twentieth, and

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Speaker 1: on today's show, we'll be chatting with soccer analyst and

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Speaker 1: former US Women's National Team member Laurie Lindsay about all

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Speaker 1: things footy, which NWSL teams won and lost the off season,

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Speaker 1: how will Netflix handle the World Cup rights, and what

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Speaker 1: to watch for in the She Believes Cup, which kicks

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Speaker 1: off tonight in Houston. First up, it'll be Japan facing

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Speaker 1: Australia at five pm Eastern, followed by the US taken

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Speaker 1: on Columbia at eight pm Eastern. We'll link to the

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Speaker 1: full She Believes Cup schedule and tune in info in

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Speaker 1: the show notes.

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Speaker 2: Also, Laurie and I talked about.

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Speaker 1: What the what is going on with Gotham, so I

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Speaker 1: wanted to play you an interesting clip from Lynn bian

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Speaker 1: Doolo formerly Lynn Williams from the February fourth episode of

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Speaker 1: The Women's Game podcast, because she talks about her decision

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Speaker 1: to leave Gotham and sign with the Seattle Rain and

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Speaker 1: suggests that her departure and the departure of several other players.

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Speaker 1: Wasn't just about folks going elsewhere to find more playing time.

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Speaker 2: Take a listen.

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Speaker 3: I think that when you have a mass exodus in

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Speaker 3: a club, it's just about being valued as a player,

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Speaker 3: being valued as a person, and wanting to feel valued.

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Speaker 3: And I think clearly you see people leaving for those reasons.

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Speaker 1: Biandolo also reference players leaving in the middle of contracts.

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Speaker 1: You remember specifically and notably that Crystal Dunn depart of

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Speaker 3: Here's that clib I find it strange when players are

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Speaker 3: I think that that in a normal situation, you would

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Speaker 3: But if it were to happen, it would be like

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Speaker 1: the show notes. Plenty of questions about Gotham still remain.

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Speaker 1: Laura and I get into a few of them in

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Speaker 1: our conversation that's coming up.

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Speaker 2: After the break joining us.

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Speaker 1: Now she's an NWSL, MLS and Euros analyst for CBS Sports, Apple, TV,

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Speaker 1: Prime Video, Fox and ESPN. A former midfielder who made

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Speaker 1: thirty one appearances for the US national team, including at

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Speaker 1: the twenty eleven World Cup, where they were runners up,

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Speaker 1: and one of only four players to have played in

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Speaker 1: all three US professional women's soccer leagues.

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Speaker 2: And we're going to list them all.

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Speaker 1: The Washington Freedom in the WUSA, the Washington Freedom and

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Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Independence in the WPS, the Western New York

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Speaker 1: Flash in the WPSL Elite League, the Washington Spirit in

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Speaker 1: the NWSL, and Canberra United in the w League. In Australia,

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Speaker 1: in high school, she reffed fellow national team player Lauren

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Speaker 1: Holidays indoor game. She's a million dollar winner in the

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Speaker 1: soccer tournament and she's imperare a parlaure espaniolo. It's laur

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Speaker 1: lindsay yon abla Espanol.

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Speaker 2: Did I say it right?

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Speaker 4: I don't even know what you said of it.

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Speaker 1: I tried to say, she's learning how to speak Spanish.

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Speaker 4: I think it sounded right. Well, Son, I'm a beginner

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Speaker 4: for like three years.

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Speaker 2: How's it going?

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Speaker 4: Say something? Yeah?

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Speaker 5: I'm great? Thanks for thanks for having me. I love

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Speaker 5: that Introhta.

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Speaker 1: There we go, speaking of the soccer tournament. I want

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Speaker 5: Okay, I'm back on the team, but I have pulled

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Speaker 5: getting a team together along with Heather O'Reilly. But this

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Speaker 5: old lady does not need to be playing seventy seven anymore.

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Speaker 2: So do you get a cut still if you win?

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, I'll made sure I put that in the contract.

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Speaker 1: So okay, because so you're not then taking on Hope Solo, correct.

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Speaker 5: Even though my team will be taking on Hope Solo.

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Speaker 5: But yes, that was big news.

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Speaker 2: What's the reaction to Hope Solo entering a team there?

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Speaker 1: Is she going to be a keeper still or is

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Speaker 5: These are all a great question.

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Speaker 2: That would be wild.

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Speaker 1: Because I remember watching I watched her documentary and she

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Speaker 5: If you're a goalkeeper, regardless of your age, being a

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Speaker 5: it is more suited. Like I'm not kidding. I played

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Speaker 5: for like a minute and I was like, get me off,

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Speaker 4: This is not great.

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Speaker 1: So who would you want to see in the fold,

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Speaker 1: think would excel in seventy seven?

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Speaker 5: Well, Carly Lloyd's going to be back on our team.

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Speaker 5: She was supposed to be on our team last year

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Speaker 5: Who do we have coming back? Heather Riiley is always

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Speaker 1: That brings me to my next question perfectly this she

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Speaker 2: What do you make of this roster?

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Speaker 1: Obviously some big names are off as they recover from

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Speaker 4: So that's what's gonna happen.

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Speaker 5: Like the women's game is growing, there's more competitions, there's

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Speaker 4: So the one thing that Emma.

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Speaker 5: is expanding the player pool. Yes we have the NBSL,

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Speaker 5: a ton of players that haven't been given the opportunity

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Speaker 5: In my opinion, I love it and this she believes

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Speaker 5: under Emma Hayes. So Giselle Thompson Alyssa Thompson the first

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Speaker 5: So I'm excited to see Giselle and Alyssa uh continue

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Speaker 5: the DBSL are Claire Hunting, a midfielder. She was seventeen

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Speaker 1: There's two I want to ask you about, Kat maccario

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Speaker 1: Do you see logjams at certain positions where if some

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Speaker 1: of this up and coming younger talent really needs a

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Speaker 4: I think that's.

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Speaker 5: Always the case with our USU Mesash team, and that's

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Speaker 5: what has driven this this team forward and why it's

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Speaker 5: one percent and everybody's fighting. It's about showcasing everybody's excellent, right,

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Speaker 5: and so it's about showcasing the little details of your game.

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Speaker 5: So yes, I think that is always a question mark.

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Speaker 5: And I think it's about putting the best group together,

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Speaker 5: a variety of starting elevens or that's also so hard.

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Speaker 1: You can literally be technically the best or the most effective,

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Speaker 1: or even the folks that are available or the style

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, that's what I love those two that you mentioned,

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Speaker 5: because Captain Carlo has a good relationship, a longer relationship

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Speaker 5: obviously Lily Johannes is one of the ones I should

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Speaker 5: have actually just mentioned because we've seen small glimpses of her.

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Speaker 5: She had to choose right between Netherlands and the US.

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Speaker 4: Chose the US.

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Speaker 5: So this will be a fun tournament to be able to.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, see, are you going to be at any of

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Speaker 5: I am not. MLS starts this coming weekend, so I

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Speaker 5: And so now this offseason, I do feel like they've

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Speaker 1: And it was such a quick it was like, okay,

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Speaker 4: That's I mean, your guess is as good as mine.

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Speaker 5: I mean, I think that's the thing, and you know,

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Speaker 4: And the question was they're going to be like a

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Speaker 5: But that also requires that you really bring all of

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Speaker 5: When you have a super team, It's like, can you

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Speaker 1: Money to be made, minutes to be had, all of that. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, I mean this, you know, I think that

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Speaker 5: Exactly, and so one hundred like by the end of

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Speaker 5: the biggest transfer foreever, generational talent amazing. I love that

442
00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,080
Speaker 5: for her, Excited for her to be going to Chelsea,

443
00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,960
Speaker 5: she has that option as a young player. Crystal Dunn

444
00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,840
Speaker 5: going to PSG not one of the younger players, but

445
00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:32,439
Speaker 5: still has so much to give great Paris Olympics husbands French.

446
00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,439
Speaker 5: So the PSG move at this time seems like it

447
00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,520
Speaker 5: makes the most sense for her right in terms of

448
00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:42,719
Speaker 5: getting minutes. Took time off personally after the Olympics, and

449
00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,760
Speaker 5: so I think what you're seeing is what we've all

450
00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,119
Speaker 5: thought and know where this game could go. It just

451
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,919
Speaker 5: wasn't taken seriously or the money and the business aspect

452
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,040
Speaker 5: of it wasn't taken seriously. Now it is and so

453
00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,920
Speaker 5: it's exactly what you see on the men's side, where

454
00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,000
Speaker 5: there's player movement all the time. And I think most

455
00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,160
Speaker 5: importantly too, we now have Emma he as a coach

456
00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,760
Speaker 5: who still resides in England. She has a pulse on

457
00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,520
Speaker 5: all the WSL, in particular obviously Chelsea former coach. So

458
00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,960
Speaker 5: you have that and you also have a perfect timing

459
00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,440
Speaker 5: whether or not players are going to be coming back

460
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,840
Speaker 5: and forth. But it's a perfect time before the next

461
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,440
Speaker 5: World Cup Champions League is a huge drawl over there.

462
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,119
Speaker 5: I understand why players want to go, but I also

463
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,920
Speaker 5: think Tim washewinga Barbara Banda.

464
00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:29,840
Speaker 4: We have so many stars and.

465
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,399
Speaker 5: It's not just American stars and europe stars anymore. There

466
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,679
Speaker 5: are so there's so much I say, untapped talent, but

467
00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,960
Speaker 5: it's just because we don't know those names.

468
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,320
Speaker 1: Or from countries that don't have the same investment, and

469
00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,600
Speaker 1: once you drop those players into a league that does

470
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Speaker 1: have the right resources exactly which you brought me to

471
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Speaker 1: my next question, which was about Tim Wa and Barbara

472
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,040
Speaker 1: and Rachel Kundananji in these fresh faces from other countries

473
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Speaker 1: that Bleue Open NWSL game last season.

474
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Speaker 2: Is there a next name we'll all know by the

475
00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:57,520
Speaker 2: end of this year?

476
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Speaker 5: Ooh, good question? Is it Guzman who just signed with Utah?

477
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 5: You have Lacy Santos who only played half the season

478
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,560
Speaker 5: last year for the Washington Spirit, another Colombian player that

479
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,920
Speaker 5: will play against the US on Thursday as well.

480
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Speaker 1: So the Gotham who also signed a Oh yeah, Gabby Portillo.

481
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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, exactly, So there. I mean, there's so many

482
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,560
Speaker 5: exciting players. But I think also we just seeing Barbara

483
00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 5: Banda shawinga tap the.

484
00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:24,720
Speaker 2: Another step forward.

485
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:30,439
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, when they and you you heard from Temo

486
00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,359
Speaker 1: when she resigned that it felt like home yeh. And

487
00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,480
Speaker 1: then I mean she didn't seem to need much transition time.

488
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Speaker 1: But now that she's got some more and she feels

489
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Speaker 1: more at home. Look out, jeez, we got to take

490
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,800
Speaker 1: a quick break more with Lourie after this.

491
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Speaker 2: What's going on in Boston? Have you heard anything?

492
00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:55,800
Speaker 4: I have not?

493
00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,199
Speaker 1: Do they still have a too many balls problem?

494
00:22:58,600 --> 00:22:59,000
Speaker 4: Fix it?

495
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:00,280
Speaker 5: I'm sure.

496
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Speaker 4: I don't even think Boston Nation.

497
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:03,639
Speaker 5: I don't even like saying it, but I don't even

498
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:04,840
Speaker 5: know if that's going to be their name.

499
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,840
Speaker 4: But yeah, I feel like.

500
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:08,960
Speaker 2: Mighty quiet over there.

501
00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,960
Speaker 5: They are mighty quiet, and maybe they feel lucky about

502
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,119
Speaker 5: that since Denver has taken over a lot of the commentary.

503
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:20,760
Speaker 5: So yeah, that wasn't the most successful to say the least.

504
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,480
Speaker 5: But I do believe that is going to be a

505
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,560
Speaker 5: good market. They have been a very successful market previous

506
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,000
Speaker 5: leagues for US. I think we'll see that again. But

507
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,200
Speaker 5: I laugh because there are some things that need to

508
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 5: be sorted out.

509
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:40,199
Speaker 1: Honestly, good news Boston. She believes in you, in you.

510
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,320
Speaker 2: We'll see if they can re emerge.

511
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,920
Speaker 1: They tentatively put out a statement that felt like they

512
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:48,800
Speaker 1: were going to re emerge for something new, but I

513
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,760
Speaker 1: think the statement was just to tell people were putting

514
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,399
Speaker 1: our heads down, getting back to work, and when we

515
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:53,040
Speaker 1: come back.

516
00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,320
Speaker 2: Hopefully things will be better. Radio they've just's been gone

517
00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 2: for a while.

518
00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,360
Speaker 1: Bold prediction for this NWSL season.

519
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,879
Speaker 5: Yeah, okay, this is going to be a bold prediction.

520
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,440
Speaker 5: But I am very curious about what the Seattle Rain

521
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 5: is going to do. I think, you know, big fan

522
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,359
Speaker 5: of Laura Harvey, their head coach there. To say the least,

523
00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 5: they were incredibly unhappy with how this past season went

524
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 5: from being in the final the previous year to basically

525
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 5: bottom of the league this year, this past season. But

526
00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,440
Speaker 5: they've made some they've made some moves, and just being

527
00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 5: Laura Harvey, being one of the veteran of the most

528
00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,400
Speaker 5: veteran coaches in the league, will have taken that very

529
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 5: seriously into heart. And so I'm curious to see because

530
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 5: we haven't even mentioned them in this conversation, but I'll

531
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,920
Speaker 5: be excited to see what they do. And then also

532
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 5: Kansas City, because I do think Bia is going to

533
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,560
Speaker 5: be back. She's a Brazilian forward. She had some injuries

534
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,320
Speaker 5: last year. Her and Tim Oshawinga. I mean, I just

535
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,919
Speaker 5: they've added some pieces, some young pieces, and I think

536
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,040
Speaker 5: they'll have a chip on their shoulder.

537
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right. I have two quick questions about the

538
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 1: broadcast side. Yaws Well, is a really interesting deal with

539
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 1: rights packages across multiple networks.

540
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 2: What do you think is working as a result of that,

541
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:08,200
Speaker 2: and maybe what is.

542
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,760
Speaker 5: It Well, I think on the simplest thing that's as

543
00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:15,320
Speaker 5: challenging is everything used to be under one umbrella, and

544
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 5: so it's easy for fans.

545
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,160
Speaker 2: And just one camera, right.

546
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 6: Exactly, and so now we've expanded that that comes you know,

547
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,000
Speaker 6: some trials and tribulations on like, okay, where do we

548
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,840
Speaker 6: find where do we find these games?

549
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 5: Easier before? But I think that was also for the

550
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 5: fan that already knew that they wanted to watch, and

551
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 5: so I think the exciting thing is you have Prime Video,

552
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,360
Speaker 5: have CBS, you have eye On, you have ESPN. Those

553
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 5: are the four main partnerships, and then you have all

554
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,439
Speaker 5: the other games and are indibissel plus, which is a

555
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 5: stream streaming platform to be able to get all the

556
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:50,480
Speaker 5: other games, but.

557
00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,280
Speaker 4: More eyeballs, more eyeballs to.

558
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,040
Speaker 5: Be able to to find the games, be excited about

559
00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 5: the games, and prime time hours the championship huge numbers

560
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 5: back in November in Kansas City, Orlando versus Washington, So

561
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,560
Speaker 5: more eyeballs, more excitement around the game. I will say

562
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,920
Speaker 5: we did just have a broadcast seminar last week that

563
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,560
Speaker 5: spoke about this a little bit. Is like, for instance,

564
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,800
Speaker 5: I'll use Ion. They have a lead up in terms

565
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,560
Speaker 5: of a studio show, and then they go right into

566
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 5: their games and they have a lot of excitement at

567
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 5: the beginning because they can build up that first game.

568
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,680
Speaker 5: But they have a double header every Saturday, and their

569
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,399
Speaker 5: challenge is how do we keep that viewership for that

570
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:37,159
Speaker 5: late game that comes on at like ten PM for

571
00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,880
Speaker 5: the East Coast. So that those, I would say, are

572
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 5: some of the small challenges, but good problems to have.

573
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 5: Because now it's the second year for this, you know

574
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 5: that the Prime Video games are going to be on

575
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 5: Friday night every single week of the season. You have

576
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Speaker 5: the two double headers Saturday night for ION and then

577
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Speaker 5: CBS and ESPN or sprinkled throughout. I think one of

578
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,800
Speaker 5: the things, the last one I'll make is there is

579
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,119
Speaker 5: a real push from the league to make that and

580
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,919
Speaker 5: streamline that as much as possible for the fan to

581
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,440
Speaker 5: be like, yep, these are where the games are not

582
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 5: just a social media posts, but like really trying to

583
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 5: amplify that for new viewers.

584
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:16,400
Speaker 2: Is it hard for you?

585
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:22,960
Speaker 1: Are there distinct stylistic differences or presentation choices that differ

586
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 1: across the networks that you have to be a part

587
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,440
Speaker 1: of in your presentation since you work at so many.

588
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:32,320
Speaker 5: Well only two for the NDOBSL, which is Amazon and CBS,

589
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 5: And I would say just the differences. Because Amazon Prime

590
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 5: Video is a streaming platform, we have a little bit

591
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 5: more leeway time, so are open the beginning of the game.

592
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,679
Speaker 5: We have a lot more time to work with the

593
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 5: setup the game, do interviews, where with CBS we have

594
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 5: a studio show attacking third we'll be in the thirty

595
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,720
Speaker 5: minutes prior to that. So that helps a ton, because

596
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 5: before we're really contained to essentially a two hour window.

597
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 5: So you're like on air here we are, okay, the

598
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 5: teams the game is.

599
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 4: Socker go exactly.

600
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, I mean it's it's always interesting to me

601
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 1: trying to figure out how much a league wants there

602
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: to be consistency across broadcast, but then how much those

603
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 1: broadcast partners want to be their own, unique selves and

604
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 1: their own presentation, Which brings me to my final discussion topic,

605
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,199
Speaker 1: Netflix earning the rights to the next two Women's World Cups.

606
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 1: They are both positives and negatives to this. Are you

607
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 1: enthusiastic and optimistic about what they'll.

608
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 4: Do with this hugely? I think that's awesome.

609
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,439
Speaker 5: I think one just in general, is that they've FIFA

610
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:34,960
Speaker 5: separated the men's and.

611
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 2: Women's right, massive and long overdue right.

612
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 5: Exactly, and so that alone you just already realize, like, Okay,

613
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 5: this is worth it. And I think one of the

614
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 5: things that we've seen with Netflix is they've they're already dabbling.

615
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 5: They're already like more than dabbling actually in terms of live,

616
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 5: live sporting events.

617
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 4: So by the time.

618
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 2: Some success and some right buffering.

619
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 4: Wheel, yeah exactly exactly.

620
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 5: I don't know if they're shying away from that, they

621
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 5: would realize that that is the case, right, But I

622
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 5: think to highlight that, they're like, Okay, listen, we we're

623
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 5: going to get these kinks out in the next two

624
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 5: years before we host the Women's World Cup that'll be

625
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 5: done in Brazil. And also, I think the thing that's

626
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:22,400
Speaker 5: so exciting is there is all that leeway and runway,

627
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,959
Speaker 5: run up, run time way. Yeah exactly, because they can

628
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 5: do documentaries on players.

629
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 1: I was going to say, they are the perfect place

630
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: to do the content and the original content around the

631
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: players and the leagues and the tournament to set people

632
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,840
Speaker 1: up so that they have the connective tissue and the

633
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 1: information the need to get excited about it, and time

634
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 1: and space. Because it's a streaming platform that isn't beholden

635
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 1: to the regulations of set half hour hour time slots

636
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: and whatever. The buffering hopefully will be fixed, hopefully accessible

637
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 1: to enough. I know there's plenty of numbers around subscribers

638
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 1: versus people who have cable and all that. And I

639
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,959
Speaker 1: understand that the numbers are getting much much closer than

640
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 1: they used to be, but I still think there's something

641
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,960
Speaker 1: about the intentionality of pulling up something on streaming versus

642
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 1: the happenstance of arriving on something on television, whether that's

643
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,719
Speaker 1: in a bar at home, that I hope doesn't prevent

644
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: the casual viewer from stumbling upon it and deciding it's

645
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 1: something worth watching.

646
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, And I think that is the biggest question. And

647
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 5: I think the hope is too that, because there's enough

648
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 5: runway leading up to that. Like I was just on

649
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 5: a podcast talking about this with Julie Foudy, and when

650
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 5: you turn on Netflix, and I don't know anyone who

651
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 5: doesn't have Netflix right as well, but when you turn on,

652
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 5: the first thing that's coming up is like WWE, So

653
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 5: there will be an opportunity for Netflix to get to.

654
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: Place it on your homepage. Yes, next to like do

655
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: you want to keep watching Gilmore Girls? And the answers

656
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: always yes. Just in case I feel like the world

657
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: is collapsing upon us, I can always go back to

658
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: Stars Hollow when I need to. And just you know,

659
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 1: you said they haven't announced talent yet for that right

660
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 1: Netflix for their songer. Okay, so you know, as long

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Speaker 2: I know you can't speak to any of that, so

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Speaker 2: I won't make you respond.

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Speaker 1: Laurie, Thank you so much for joining us, for talking

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I love be a non Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Thanks again to Laurie for hanging out with us. We

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Speaker 1: got to take another break when we come back. Birthday

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Speaker 1: breakfasts and high fives.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, Slices.

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Speaker 1: We always love that you're listening, but we want you

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Speaker 1: to get in the game every day too, So here's

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Speaker 1: our good gameplay of the day. Any Slices happen to

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Speaker 1: be going to the USA Australia she believes Cup game

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Speaker 1: in Glendale on Sunday, because I'm planning to be there

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Speaker 1: and I would love to meet you. Shoot me a

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Speaker 1: we can high five or talk some shit about kangaroos

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Speaker 7: Thanks for Alex carrying your birthday celebration into the next

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Speaker 7: morning by eating birthday cake for breakfast, rating zero out

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Speaker 7: of zero regrets review. Want to avoid the post birthday blues, Well,

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Speaker 7: have I got a tradition for you. Make sure to

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Speaker 7: save a slice of birthday cake for breakfast. It's the

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Speaker 7: perfect way to extend your celebration for another day and

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Speaker 7: indulge in childish whimsy. Plus, my situ aka my Lebanese

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Speaker 7: grandmother used to say it was bad luck to throw

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Speaker 7: out birthday cake. So not only are you getting to

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Speaker 7: and sixty five days of bad luck.

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Speaker 1: Happy blated birthday, Alex. No shame in that cake game,

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Speaker 1: and I love the spin. Yeah, I mean, clearly it's

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Speaker 1: good luck to just keep eating cake. Why wouldn't you

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Speaker 1: eat it the next day too? Then, and the day

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Speaker 1: after that and the day after Now it's your turn slices,

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Speaker 1: rate and review. Thanks for listening, See you tomorrow. Good game, Hey, Laurie,

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Speaker 1: Good game cake? Fuck you whoever keeps putting Alexey Lawless

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Speaker 1: on my TV for US women's national team games. Good

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Speaker 1: Game with Sarah Spain is an iHeart women's sports production

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Speaker 1: in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can

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Speaker 1: you get your podcasts. Production by Wonder Media Network, our

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Speaker 1: producers are Alex Azzie and Misha Jones. Our executive producers

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Speaker 1: are Christina Everett, Jesse Katz, Jenny Kaplan, and Emily Rudder.

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Speaker 1: Our editors are Emily Rutterer, Britney Martinez, and Grace Lynch.

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Speaker 1: Our associate producer is Lucy Jones and I'm your host

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Speaker 1: Sarah Spain