Episode 124: Sam Mewis

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy

Sports

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

World Cup champion Sam Mewis joins Laughter Permitted to talk about her recent retirement from soccer, the biggest lesson she learned while dealing with her knee injury and how she misses the camaraderie of the U.S. women's national team. Sam also learns about the art of "plorking" (she's already great at it) and discusses her new role as Editor in Chief of the Women's Game for the Men in Blazers Media Network. Sam and Julie give their input on the current USWNT. Plus, find out Sam's thoughts on returning shopping carts at the grocery store. Stay tuned as Julie and Lynn talk about having the courage to raise your hand. If you have a question or good joke for Julie and Lynn, hit them up at [email protected]

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0:00.0	The Laughter Permitted podcast is brought to you by Ally.
0:02.9	Do it right.
0:03.9	Hello!
0:04.9	Welcome to Laughter Permitted.
0:06.9	I'm Julie Fowdy.
0:08.0	I'm Leno Zowie.
0:09.6	Our guest this week is US soccer superstar Sam
0:17.0	Meuas
0:20.0	All suddenly I felt like I was in a stadium.
0:22.0	It was, uh, it was so. Suddenly I felt like I was in a stadium.
0:23.4	It was so much fun to chat with her.
0:27.5	It really was.
0:28.2	Yeah, this is our second time chatting with Sam.
0:31.3	We had her on with Rose Lavelle back in 2019 after they won the World Cup and I'll have to tell you
0:41.1	Jules with this episode it felt like I got a little glimpse into what life with the U.S. Women's National Team is like.
0:51.2	It kind of felt like I was on a bus ride with you guys or even just
0:55.4	waiting for the bus just the banter and sort of lightness and also y'all are soccer
1:00.8	nerds like big-time soccer nerds, like big time soccer nerds. It's funny you say bus ride because you
1:07.8	know that was our most cherished time together when you when you step away from the
1:12.0	game I remember looking back and people would be like what do you miss the most and I'd be like bus rides
1:17.3	Mind you this was in the day pre cell phones and social media so bus rides were a lot more chatter than screen time. But yeah that's
1:26.6	funny you say that because bus rides are precious for us. We often talk about like
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