Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Sue Bird is a former WNBA basketball player and a five-time Olympic gold medalist. Megan Rapinoe is a former soccer player and an Olympic gold medalist. Sue and Megan join the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in different socioeconomic cultures, whether or not parents should let their kids win against them, and the relationships between athletes on professional sports team. Sue, Megan, and Dax talk about how impactful their injuries were to their mental games, why sports are so addicting, and how much pride they had representing America in the Olympics. Sue and Megan explain what makes a win rewarding to them, how showing emotion is viewed in athletics, and how important storytelling is to growing a fanbase.

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0:06.5	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.0	Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:13.9	Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert.
0:16.0	Experts on expert.
0:17.0	We have two physical phenoms today as our experts.
0:20.5	We sure do. Sue Bird and Megan
0:22.9	Rappano. Sue, of course, is a WMBA champion and Olympic gold medalist. Megan is a two-time
0:28.9	World Cup champion, Olympic gold medalist, and bestselling author. They've got a new podcast
0:33.9	that's out on Wednesdays weekly called A Touch More, the podcast. So I encourage
0:39.1	everyone to listen to that. This was very fun. Couples are fun. They are fun. And they have such
0:46.2	a great rapport. And they're so interesting. And it's a subject we don't know that much about it.
0:50.1	And they have a great Rapino. In addition to their rapport. Please enjoy Sue Bird and Megan Rapino.
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