Episode 111: Billie Jean King Returns

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy

Sports

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In a live recording of Laughter Permitted in New York City, tennis legend and equal rights icon Billie Jean King returns to the podcast to talk about her life, how she's been fighting for equal pay since the early 1970s and what her hopes are for the future of women's sports. Julie and Billie Jean share the story of how they met and how BJK helped Julie and the USWNT in their equitable support battle with U.S. Soccer. Plus, Billie Jean gives a call to action to women everywhere and implores them not to settle for the crumbs. In the close of the show, find out the crucial role Julie plays at Angel City FC home games. Do you have a question or comment for Julie and Lynn? Send them an email at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Laughter Permitted Podcast is brought to you by Ally.
0:02.8	Do it right.
0:04.2	Hello!
0:05.4	Welcome to Laughter Permitted. I'm Julie Fowdy.
0:07.6	I'm Leno Zowie.
0:09.2	Then I am so beyond excited as our guest this week is my all-time favorite.
0:15.1	The one, the only, Belly, Jane King!
0:21.9	I will go ahead and set the scene for this episode every year.
0:27.0	The Women's Sports Foundation, which Billy founded in 1974,
0:31.8	hosts a big gala fundraiser in New York City and
0:36.8	Julie Hostet. Hostess with the mostess.
0:41.7	The day before the gala, the Women's Sports Foundation holds a conference
0:45.3	for female athletes and change makers and we did a live
0:49.5	podcast with Belly, Jane King as part of that conference.
0:54.4	For OG members of the dope village, you will remember we did this back in 2019,
0:59.6	and we'd like to thank Olga Harvey of the Women's Sports Foundation for once again
1:04.4	extending this invitation to us.
1:06.5	And Billy Jean or the Kinger, as I call her,
1:11.2	is a capital L legend, as you know.
1:15.6	She's a capital H human capital G gift to all of us.
1:20.0	And she, of course, had a phenomenal tennis career in the 60s and 70s,
1:25.0	winning 39 grand slam titles.
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