A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

This week we’re zooming in on the W’s preseason, including Paige Bueckers’ debut with Dallas and way-too-early odds on MVP rankings. Plus, Caitlin Clark is back and outdoing herself already. We also take a closer look at the ACL tears that are plaguing the league, and share our thoughts on a new FIFA-study investigating how menstrual cycles contribute to ACL tears. On a lighter note, we ogle the eye-popping suiting at the 2025 Met Gala, which included some of our favorite athletes. Finally, Sue has a new podcast! Bird’s Eye View will be getting into the weeds of the x’s and o’s of women’s basketball. Get your analysis on YouTube here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OKVloPFwtk] or wherever you get your podcasts [https://link.chtbl.com/birdseyeview], starting May 16  Also: we’ve got another live show coming up in New York City after the Liberty’s Home Opener on May 17, featuring special guest Breanna Stewart! Get your tickets here [https://voxmedia.swoogo.com/ATML-NYC].  A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

In this bonus episode of A Touch More, we bring you an extensive interview with Abby Wambach, Glennon Doyle and Amanda Doyle about their new book “We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions.” This is A Touch More’s inaugural book club selection, and you can order it now here [https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-can-do-hard-things-answers-to-life-s-20-questions-amanda-doyle/21733033?ean=9780593977644&next=t&affiliate=75391] or get the audiobook here [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798217077632-we-can-do-hard-things?bookstore=athenabooks]. In this interview we get deep and personal, getting into the pitfalls of striving for greatness, how women can start to figure out what they want, and how sports – as much as we love ‘em – can be limiting. A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Buckle up, everyone– this week’s episode is one you won’t want to miss. We’re launching the official A Touch More Book Club powered by Athena Books, with special guests Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach to celebrate their brand new book, We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions. In this episode we’re giving you a generous teaser of the spiritual, philosophical and practical conversation with Abby and Glennon about how the book came about, how they arrived at the “20 questions of life”, and their advice for podcasting as a couple. We just couldn’t get enough of this convo, so we’ll be dropping a lengthier, even deeper interview with Abby, Glennon, and Amanda Doyle, next TUESDAY to coincide with the book’s publication. Pre-order the book [https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-can-do-hard-things-answers-to-life-s-20-questions-amanda-doyle/21733033?ean=9780593977644&next=t&affiliate=75391]or the audiobook [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798217077632-we-can-do-hard-things?bookstore=athenabooks] now and our book club! We also check-in on the WNBA preseason being broadcast for the first time ever and Megan’s Way Too Early NWSL takes. Plus, we have a new Are You a Megan or Are You a Sue? And a quick fashion police segment of the WNBA draft. A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

We break down the results of the WNBA draft and Sue looks into her crystal ball to predict a record-breaking season for the W. And then Chelsea Clinton talks with us about how women’s sports can advance progressive ideas, who are her latest additions to her list of gutsy women, and Sue reveals when she first met Chelsea. Of course we don’t let her go without a little Bench/Start/Cut. A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

This week, we open up the mailbag and answer some of your most burning questions. Like when did Sue realize Megan was the funniest person ever? Will Sue ever coach a WNBA team? What’s our nap schedule? And then we share a very personal conversation we had with World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lauren Cheney Holiday at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Lauren tells us what drives her to invest in women’s sports, how the industry could enable women athletes’ involvement in the business, and her up-close insights into what women’s sports needs to grow. Megan and Lauren also reminisce about the NWSL and do some serious fan-girling over the new generation of soccer players. A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]