Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis

By Carl Bialik

Conversations about tennis, always under 30:00, with host Carl Bialik and guests.... more

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How many episodes does Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis have?

The podcast currently has 159 episodes available.

Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis episodes:

September 14, 2023 Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Matt Marolf Wraps the Tournament and Airs Grievances
Returning guest Matt Marolf (@mattmarolf), who writes match
previews for big tournaments year-round, joins Thirty Love host
Carl Bialik after the 2023 U.S. Open to recap the tournament and
Matt's prescient picks, predict the careers of the finalists, and
air grievances about the sport we love and love to find ways to
make better.
Links:
Matt on Twitter
Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit
Roll" and "Glass
Android."

...more
30min
September 05, 2023 Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Jeff Sackmann on his project Battles, Boycotts, and Breakouts: 1973 Redux
Jeff Sackmann, proprietor of the stats and history site Tennis
Abstract, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about Battles,
Boycotts, and Breakouts: 1973 Redux, Jeff's project to revisit
memorable moments from the pivotal tennis season of a half-century
ago. Carl and Jeff discuss the 50th anniversary of equal prize
money at the U.S. Open, what made 1973 special, and how 2023 might
look 50 years from now.
Links:
1973
Redux
Tennis Abstract
Jeff on
Twitter
Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open.
Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit
Roll" and "Glass
Android."
...more
30min
September 01, 2023 Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Tumaini Carayol on Tiafoe, Wozniacki, Kasatkina, and Murray
Returning guest Tumaini Carayol, the Guardian's
tennis correspondent, joins the show to talk about players who have
caught his eye and had memorable matches at this tournament:
Frances Tiafoe, Caroline Wozniacki, Daria Kasatkina, and Andy
Murray. He also talks about the rise of hard-court sliding.
Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open.
Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit
Roll" and "Glass
Android."
...more
30min
August 30, 2023 Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Jim Chairusmi on Pickleball and Playing the Pros
Returning guest Jim
Chairusmi, part of the Wall Street Journal's team covering the
2023 U.S. Open, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about
tennis pros leaving the sport to play pickleball, and how the
Average Joe, Jane, and Jim would do against pro tennis players.
Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open.
Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit
Roll" and "Glass
Android."
...more
29min
August 29, 2023 Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Giri Nathan on seeing the sport with fresh eyes, Wide Tennis, and slow tennis
Returning guest Giri
Nathan, who writes about tennis for Defector and
Racquet, joins Thirty
Love host Carl Bialik to talk about his experience covering the
French Open and Wimbledon in person for the first time, how tennis
speeding up might have slowed it down, and the joys of Wide Tennis
and Greek Yogurt.
Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open.
Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit
Roll" and "Glass
Android."
...more
30min
August 28, 2023 Thirty Love at the 2023 U.S. Open: Matt Marolf Previews the Tournament
Returning guest Matt Marolf (@mattmarolf), who writes match
previews for big tournaments year-round, joins Thirty Love host
Carl Bialik after they played a tennis match ahead of the 2023 U.S.
Open to preview the tournament, explain his process for researching
players and matches, share insights from a week on the grounds
before the event began, and rant about the sport's rulebook.
...more
30min
September 14, 2022 Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: Matt Marolf Solves All of Tennis's Problems
Returning guest Matt Marolf, who writes match previews for big
tournaments year-round, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik after
they played a windy tennis match to wrap the 2022 U.S. Open,
preview the rest of the season, and solve all of tennis's problems
along the way: how a change to the scoring system could simplify
the fan experience and prevent late finishes, what to do about
faulty let calls, which singles runner-up will win their first
major first, and what to watch for at Laver Cup and the WTA tour
finals.
Links:
Matt Marolf on
Twitter
Thirty Love returned for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S.
Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or
anything else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit
Roll" and "Glass
Android."
...more
30min
September 05, 2022 Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: Jeff Sackmann on the Tennis 128
Jeff Sackmann, proprietor of the stats and history site Tennis
Abstract, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the
Tennis 128, Jeff's project to name and profile the 128 greatest
tennis players from 1919 to the present. Carl and Jeff discuss the
project's progress, whether players at the U.S. Open have a shot at
better spots, and how Jeff will handle the response when he unveils
his algorithm's ranking of the very best.
Links:
The Tennis 128
Tennis Abstract
Jeff on Twitter
(while he's still there, anyway)
Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open.
Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit
Roll" and "Glass
Android."
...more
30min
September 04, 2022Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: Caitlin Thompson on Racquet
Returning guest Caitlin Thompson, co-founder of Racquet, joins
Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to catch up on what's new at her
tennis media company: Racquet House, Ambush Tennis, and dealmaking.
We also talk about junior wheelchair tennis at the U.S. Open, what
makes something Racquet, and what she has learned about her
audience.
Links:
Caitlin on
Twitter
Racquet on
Twitter
Racquet in
Hellgate
Racquet
House
Ambush Tennis
1976 Davis Cup final
Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open.
Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit
Roll" and "Glass
Android."
...more
30min
September 03, 2022 Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: A day after Serena Williams's last match (?), with Jim Chairusmi
Returning guest Jim
Chairusmi, part of the Wall Street Journal's team covering the
2022 U.S. Open, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik the day after
Serena Williams's loss in what she has said will be her final
tournament, to talk about what's next for her and he sister Venus
Williams. We also talk about what's left in the tournament and
memories of
Tom Perrotta.
Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open.
Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything
else you want to say? Email Carl at [email protected]
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit
Roll" and "Glass
Android."
...more
30min

FAQs about Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis:

How many episodes does Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis have?

The podcast currently has 159 episodes available.