If it’s Tuesday, the phone lines are open and operators (me) are standing by. Today we’re talk to callers from Honolulu to North Carolina about everything from worrying to working as an extra on Hallmark movies to existential crises.

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Introducing Group Chat: Socially Acceptable Drama with Charlotte Wilder and Madeline Hill from Good Game with Sarah Spain.

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Valentine’s Day calls for some hot goss! Charlotte Wilder and Madeline Hill, co-hosts of The Sports Gossip Show, join Sarah to discuss their podcast’s origin story, how to medium-launch a relationship, and the women’s sports reality shows we need in our lives. Plus, we play Cupid for your valentines and a “What The Fact” that gives some perspective on a few recent policy decisions.

• Check out “The Sports Gossip Show” here 

• Read Kalyn Kahler’s 2022 report for Defector on nepotism in NFL hiring here 

• Read Molly Hensley-Clancy’s reporting for the Washington Post about the abuse allegations against Sedona Prince here

• The Women’s Lacrosse League schedule is here

• The NCAA basketball schedule can be found here

• The LOVB schedule can be found here

• Check out slice Joey’s multi-sport schedule here 

• Leave us a voicemail at 872-204-5070 or send us a note at [email protected] 

• Follow Sarah on social! Bluesky: @sarahspain.com Instagram: @Spain2323

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As a widow, I get many emails from other widows. But this one – from a man who created an AI version of his dead wife – was definitely a first. And I knew I had to talk to him.

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Introducing The Superb Bowel with Michelle Beadle and Mina Kimes from Good Game with Sarah Spain.

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Down in the The Big Easy, Sarah catches up with Michelle Beadle, host of SiriusXM’s “Beadle & Decker,” and ESPN’s Mina Kimes to add a women’s sports slant to some of Super Bowl week's biggest questions: Ar e dynasties good or bad? And is it cool to root for your former team instead of your sibling? Plus, we’re making a plan to buy A’ja Wilson’s shoes, the NWSL is coughing up some cash, and more proof the NFL never really cared about ending racism.

• View the NCAA softball schedule here

• Read Meg Linehan’s story on the NWSL abuse settlement here 

• Watch A’ja Wilson’s sit-down with Issa Rae here

• Listen to A’ja on The Athletic Women's Basketball Show here

• Leave us a voicemail at 872-204-5070 or send us a note at [email protected] 

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Sharing a podcast we can’t get enough of: Your Mama’s Kitchen. It’s a show about cuisine and culture, ingredients and identities, and the meals and memories that make us who we are. Host Michele Norris talks to Michelle Obama, Glennon Doyle, José Andrés and so many other guests about the complexities of family life and how their earliest culinary experiences helped shape their personal and professional lives. And of course, each guest shares a recipe for a favorite dish from their youth so you can taste a bit of their story. In this episode, singer John Legend takes us back to his roots in Springfield, Ohio, where he was an academic overachiever and a musical prodigy. John opens up about his early rocky relationship with his mother and how, over time, they came together to nurture one beautiful family. Plus, we learn how to make his mama's special mac & cheese.

You can find more Your Mama’s Kitchen at https://lnk.to/yourmamaskitchenTF

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Loneliness is, according to people who know about these things, an epidemic on par with smoking and obesity. It affects our physical and mental health…and it seems like it’s affecting everyone. Today’s callers are experiencing loneliness in many different ways and for many different reasons, and if you are also feeling lonely…you’re definitely not alone. 

Take a listen, then call someone (anyone!). Make a plan to hang out, and follow through. Let’s find and nurture connections wherever and however we can. 

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Articles mentioned in this show:

Americans need to party more

The antidote to loneliess

The loneliness epidemic

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THINGS ARE DEFINITELY NOT OK RIGHT NOW! We know it. You know it. Your dog knows it (who told her??). But even when things are terrible, there’s something out there — however small — that is at least okay. Today’s episode is an exercise in finding (and sharing) the ok, with stories of the ways strangers have shown up for us in our times of need.

Thanks to everyone who called (or texted!) in.

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Introducing Sticky Brain with Katherine Legge from Good Game with Sarah Spain.

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Trailblazing motorsport driver Katherine Legge joins Sarah to discuss how she got into racing as a kid, the win-win deal she and her dad made that helped accelerate her career, and whether women’s-only racing helps or hurts the development of female drivers. Plus, Naomi Girma is about to get a whole lotta stamps, a belated congrats to a dawg, and a review about a douche who can’t get out of women’s soccer fast enough.

• Listen to “Throttle Therapy” with Katherine Legge here

• Check out “Full Circle” – a new podcast co-hosted by WNBA star Lexie Brown and sports media personality Mariah Rose – here 

• Watch tonight’s LOVB action here

• More on the PWHL’s inaugural Breakthrough Cup here 

• The college hoops schedule is here 

• Become an owner of the Minnesota Aurora FC here

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The first episode of our new call-in show is here, and we have two callers who seemed to be totally unrelated: a new rancher in Texas, and a Swiftie with Cerebral Palsy in New York.

But (get your red string and your tinfoil hat) everything is connected! Especially us. 

That’s easy to forget when we’re constantly pushed to see each other as the enemy, and something we need to remember now more than ever. 

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It’s been awhile since we’ve been in your feed, probably because we took a hiatus in March of 2024. Nearly a year later, we have some clarity on what’s next (it’s exciting!).

The new show will launch on January 14, but on Sunday I shared that 2025 is The Year of Less and at least 5 people said they were interested in hearing more about what that means and I couldn’t wait ANOTHER week because I simply don’t have the brain storage space.

In this episode, we cover:

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