On today's 33rd episode of The unTITLED Podcast, the day has finally arrived - A movie that is brought up on nearly every episode is the center of this one: "A League of Their Own". Shannon and Stacey are joined by their friend Brigit to break down, discuss and analyze arguably the greatest Women's Sports movie off all-time. They start by offering their initial thoughts on the movie (1:00); then move on to a scene-by-scene breakdown (7:35); where they make the case for the best scenes taking place on the bus (39:13); and discuss and debate Marla's sudden exit from the movie (45:25); Dottie's decision to leave (50:31); and the final showdown at the plate between Kit and Dottie (55:26); Later, they run through some trivia and categories, including "Best Scene", "Best Line" and some unique to the podcast (1:03:33); To close it out, the 33rd edition of "Player Voicemail" (1:14:07).

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On episode No.32 of The unTITLED Podcast, we welcome the intelligent, insightful and awesome Kelsey Trainor. Kelsey is a lawyer/writer/producer, who has carved out a unique and far-reaching space for herself within the Women's Sports landscape. We start out the conversation by offering our thoughts on the NWSL Draft before we jump back to the beginning as Kelsey shares where she found confidence and what she connected to growing up (1:00);  before she shares the origin story of finding her place within the Women's Sports landscape (15:11); We then pivot to coaching and talk about what we each learned about ourselves working as leaders of young women (27:11); She then generously breaks down the latest developments in the USWNT's fight for equal pay (32:40); before we have a frank discussion about investing in women and women’s sports - including thoughts on "Bet On Women", "Invest In Women", the power of language and why it all means nothing without action (40:59); we finish up our conversation with Kelsey defining "Womanhood in 3 Words" and reflecting together on cross country road trips we took a year apart from each other (50:20); and to close it out, with the 32nd edition of "Player Voicemail" (55:38).

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Episode No.31 is a combo episode. Stacey and Shannon run through the standard O's and E's, along with Fair and Foul on the front end, and for the back end, Shannon is joined by writer/journalist Carrie Dunn to discuss the WSL Dubai backlash in England and the expectations we set for female athletes.

In O's and E's, Shannon and Stacey offer some thoughts on embarking on a new year after a challenging 2020, discuss COVID's continued effect on the Women's College Basketball Season as postponements and program pauses pile up, and Stacey shares a High School winter sports update (1:20); In Fair, they discuss Becky Hammon becoming the first female head coach in the NBA after Gregg Popovich was ejected in the second quarter of the Spurs recent game against the Lakers, The WNBA and their role in the Georgia runoff election, and Bianca Smith becomes the first Black female MLB coach (21:49); In Foul, Shannon and Stacey head to England to discuss Karen Carney and the Leeds tweet, WSL Players traveling to Dubai during the Christmas break, Phil Neville's potential move to Inter Miami and the third and fourth rounds of the Women's FA Cup potentially being decided by a coin flip (29:54); Later, Carrie Dunn joins the podcast (49:06); and the 31st edition of "Player Voicemail" (1:23:41).

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Our first interview of 2021 is with the warm, honest and insightful Katie Moses Swope. Katie founded MoSwo PR after (16) years at ESPN. Her clients include Paralympians Oksana Masters and Alana Nichols, as well as USA BMX, USA Skateboarding and the youngest Gold Medalist in X Games history, Brighton Zeuner.

We begin the conversation with an origin story of sorts, with Katie sharing stories of her time at ESPN in the late-90's including working at the X Games in its early days (2:08); Then going farther back to talk about Katie's influences growing up in confidence, sports and storytelling (8:40); Katie then breaks down her work in terms of approach and speaks to the importance of building relationships (16:21); How the landscape of media has changed throughout her career, specifically the rise of social media platforms,  and how she has incorporated them into her work from her time at ESPN to now running her own company (22:15); We then pivot to discuss storytelling, with Katie sharing the stories that have influenced her, and when she recognized it was something she wanted to incorporate into her work (28:45) Plus, the athletes whose stories were the first to be shared by MoSwo PR, the ones who have had the greatest impact on her and her process for curating these stories (35:17); Katie then speaks about the female mentors she has had throughout her career and shares a leadership story about a harrowing event at her final X Games (39:34); Before speaking on a moment in her life when she felt truly brave and how that experience has changed her perspective (46:31); To close it out, Katie circles back to tell the story of meeting her husband at an X Games in the 90's, the best sporting event she has ever attended, and defines "Womanhood in 3 Words"(49:09); We end the podcast with the 30th edition of "Player Voicemail"(57:32).

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For The unTITLED Podcast's final episode of 2020, Shannon and Stacey spend some extra time on Odds & Ends and dedicate the back half of the episode to picking their favorites of the year in sports and pop culture. They start Odds & Ends by discussing Paige Beukers' arrival in Storrs and her performance over her first few games as a Husky, before touching on a departure: Alex Morgan leaving England to return home to Orlando (2:48); They then move to a conversation about the recently-announced winners of the FIFA Player of the Year awards: the winners, the visibility of the women's game at-large and considering why we need awards in the first place (9:14); Stacey Dales, after far too long of a wait, will be inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, the WNBA orange hoodie gets its due, Tara Vanderveer passes the legendary Pat Summitt to become the winningest coach in Division I Women's Basketball and Women's Professional Volleyball and Ice Hockey will be on our televisions in 2021 (18:28); Shannon and Stacey then move into some movie talk to discuss Nancy Meyer's retirement from movies, meaning we will not get "The Holiday 2", Nina DaCosta will helm Marvel's "Captain Marvel 2" [Yes, to female directors. Yes, to female-centric films] + offer their reviews of Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of the Broadway hit "The Prom" for Netflix [Spoiler alert: Shannon and Stacey disagree on the movie] (25:31); They close out the podcast by sharing their favorites of the year in Pop Culture - TV, movies, music and books + Sports - games, moments, players (32:38) And to end the episode, the 29th edition of "Player Voicemail" (51:11).

Thank-you for listening. Here's to women in sport - the athletes, the coaches, those on the sideline, at their keyboards, in their offices, behind the camera and behind the scenes; the competitors, the storytellers, the advocates, the leaders. Many more stories and conversations to come. We hope you will join us in 2021.

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On today's 28th episode of The unTITLED Podcast, we have our final interview podcast of the year:  Part II of our conversation with Oscar-Winning Documentary Film Producer, Caroline Waterlow. We kick off the second part of our conversation by discussing the lack of female-centric documentary films. Caroline shares her experience working on the Janet Guthrie documentary "Qualified", her current project centered on the youngest X Games champion in history, Skateboarder Brighton Zeuner, she also talks about a past project that did not end up getting made, and shares why the narrative may not be shifting as fast as we would like (00:50); Caroline then talks about mentors she has had throughout her career, her experience as a female working in documentary film, and her relationship to sport (10:29); We wind down the conversation with Caroline sharing her favorite films with females in front of and behind the camera from the past few years (17:03); before she defines "Womanhood in 3 Words" and shares the last great thing she read (24:09).

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On the 27th episode of The unTITLED Podcast, Shannon and Stacey discuss some big topics in Women's Sports and engage in a ton of banter while sharing their Top 10 Holiday Movie Rankings. In Odds & Ends: The NWSL and WNBA are at the top in Twitter and Instagram engagement for 2020, the NY Liberty won the draft lottery again, The Guardian ranked "The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World", plus a few shout outs and Shannon and Stacey discuss a new list of films to dig through in 2021 (00:51); In Fair: Sarah Fuller becomes the first female to play in a Power 5 football game, and the NWHL announces it it coming back for an abbreviated bubble season in 2021 (15:28); In Foul, the Utah Royals are moving back to Kansas City, but the men's team is still not open to sharing their stadium, Stacy and Shannon react to SI's Activist Athletes of the Year and a USWNT Equal Pay update (19:47); Later, Shannon and Stacey share their Top 10 Holiday Movie Rankings (31:43); and Stacey gives a quick review on one of Shannon's favorite films (58:27); To close it out, the 27th edition of "Player Voicemail" (1:00:02).

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In our final two interview podcasts of 2020, we break up our conversation with Caroline Waterlow, Oscar-Winning Producer of "O.J.: Made in America" into two episodes. Today's episode is Part I. This was recorded in mid-November, just after the election. We begin the conversation with Caroline reflecting on what it was like in New York City the weekend the election results were reported, and chat about what an interesting time it has been (2:20); Caroline then begins to trace her career by sharing what it was like growing up as an only child in a home that exposed her to books, culture, film and television; specifically, how history was ever-present and the first thing she really connected to (8:22); She then shares the jobs and self-discoveries that led  her to working in documentary film (13:10); Caroline and Shannon close out Part I of their conversation by discussing, "O.J.: Made in America", including the overall approach to the storytelling (21:03); Whether or not they categorize it as a sports documentary, why it was the right time for it, and why they love a good origin story (28:10); Later,  the 26th edition of "Player Voicemail" (36:49).

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Shannon and Stacey are back for another Wildcard edition of The unTITLED Podcast; in Odds & Ends, they give a very special shout out, discuss an epic reference in Megan Rapinoe's new book, Casey Stoney's sideline style, the return of the USWNT, Leah Williamson's 150th appearance for Arsenal (2:58); + some TV talk with "The Crown" and "The Queen's Gambit" (16:08); in FAIR, Kim Ng is named General Manager of the Miami Marlins, making her the first female GM in MLB history and Becky Hammon's feature in "60 Second Docs" (24:16); in FOUL, Liverpool's new training center and the reaction to its exclusion of the Women's Team, the NCAA pushes all Fall championships to the Spring, ESPNFC ignores Women's International Football while wrongly reporting that Cristiano Ronaldo is (8) goals away from breaking the international scoring record (29:54);  NIKE releases Kyrie Irving "Sisterhood" shoe, and UCONN halts team activities for (2) weeks following a member of the program testing positive for COVID-19 (38:00); and to close it out, the 25th edition of "Player Voicemail" (50:01).

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On episode No.24 of The unTITLED Podcast, a conversation with Saudia Mitchell. In 2017, Saudia became Creative Director at USA Basketball after years working in content production at the NBA. We start our conversation tracing back to her childhood growing up as 1 of 8 children in Long Island; how she found space for herself, what she connected to creatively and the influence her parents and teachers had in supporting her curiosities (2:38); Saudia then shares her journey from college in Philadelphia, back home to Long Island, to her path of learning and discovery while at the NBA, specifically the finals series that helped open her up to the possibilities in production (15:26); Saudia reflects on family time watching the Olympics as her first experience in bridging sports and storytelling (22:46); We then discuss her beginnings creating content for the NBA and what her day to day is like producing all of the content for USA Basketball, from the Junior National Teams to the Men's and Women's National Teams (32:04); We switch gears and Saudia shares the most charismatic athletes she's been around, the best venues to see a game (46:11); Before defining Womanhood in 3 Words and sharing a few Philly stories (50:37); To close it out, the 24th edition of "Player Voicemail" (58:11).

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