Back in our first week of Soccerish, our friend Julie Foudy sat down with us, dropped an incredible behind-the-scenes story about launching a new podcast with Billie Jean King and Abby Wambach—then told us we had to delay airing it and wait for the official announcement. Fair enough.

We’ve been sitting on it ever since. Now the embargo is over, and you’re getting the whole thing: how Welcome to the Party was born at an Angel City game, why Billie Jean is secretly the funniest person in the room, Abby’s golden-retriever energy, and Julie admitting she has “no ..... idea what TikTok is.”

It’s smart, chaotic, and joyful. In other words: peak Soccerish.

⏱️ Time-Coded Highlights

00:00 – Cold open: “How do we win at podcasting? How do we become number one?” 🎙️

00:21 – Soccerish relaunch + surprise guest Julie Foudy joins the party

01:02 – Julie reveals her new podcast Welcome to the Party with Billie Jean King & Abby Wambach 🎉

01:35 – Behind the scenes: how a quiet Angel City moment with Billie Jean sparked the idea

03:08 – The spark turns real: Abby bounds in, they decide to launch together

03:33 – Format preview: 2x weekly shows → interviews, plays, big moments, topical riffs

04:32 – “It’ll be a party”: equal parts smart, ridiculous, and fun

05:23 – Why separate studios, but lots of live events & “watch with us” parties planned 🥳

07:12 – Julie on Glennon Doyle’s influence: “What Glennon did for women’s sports is what Taylor’s doing for the NFL”

08:09 – Abby’s return after a decade: healing, joy, and a new media company launch

08:56 – The grand plan: Treat Media, a women’s sports network run by athletes, not middlemen 💪

09:58 – Christina and Lori tease Kevin as “the good middleman” 😂

10:30 – Julie on the joy of working with Abby and Billie: laughter, hats, and high energy

10:51 – Distribution: YouTube, Spotify, TikTok, video-first production

11:45 – Billie Jean uncensored: “How do we win at podcasting?”

11:52 – Julie: “Have a ton of fun—then you’re number one”

12:15 – Official launch: September 4 in We Can Do Hard Things feed + dedicated Welcome to the Party feed

12:44 – Julie on TikTok: “I have no effing idea what TikTok is” 🤷‍♀️

13:12 – Farewell: Soccerish sends Julie off with congrats & good luck ❤️

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