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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The podcast currently has 159 episodes available.

Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis episodes:

September 03, 2022 Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: Serena Williams, with Giri Nathan, winner of the 2022 Tom Perrotta Prize for Tennis Journalism
Returning guest Giri
Nathan, who writes about tennis for Defector and
Racquet, 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 he
saw at her last match of this tournament. We also talk about
whether there will ever be an event like her retirement at a future
Open, and about Nathan being awarded the inaugural Tom Perrotta Prize for
Tennis Journalism by the International Tennis Writers
Association during this year's tournament.
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 02, 2022 Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: Tumaini Carayol on Serena and Venus Williams
Returning guest Tumaini Carayol, the Guardian's
tennis correspondent, joins the show right after Serena and Venus
Williams lost their first-round doubles match, and ahead of Serena
Williams's third-round match in singles, to marvel at how
thoroughly Serena and her retirement have dominated the tournament
— and how realistic a long stay in the draw suddenly looks for the
23-time major singles champ. We also talk about the prospects of
British men's hopes Jack Draper, Cam Norrie, and Andy Murray.
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
August 31, 2022 Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: On 'McEnroe,' with director Barney Douglas
Filmmaker Barney Douglas, director of the new
Showtime documentary "McEnroe," joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik
to talk about how a non-tennis diehard came to make a film about
John McEnroe, how New York City became a costar, the interview that
got away, and which tennis figure he'd want to profile next.
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
August 28, 2022 Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: Previewing the tournament with Matt Marolf
Returning guest Matt Marolf, who writes match
previews for big tournaments year-round and teaches Thirty Love
host Carl Bialik a thing or two on the court in between, joins the
show to preview the 2022 U.S. Open: how far Serena Williams can go,
what her entry in the doubles draw means, favorites in the women's
and men's draws, and tips for attending the tournament.
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
27min
August 28, 2022 Thirty Love at the 2022 U.S. Open: GOAT debates, In-match coaching, and more
Returning guest Ian Katz, who has been playing
and following tennis for nearly 50 years, joins Thirty Love host
Carl Bialik to weigh in on major tennis debates ahead of the 2022
U.S. Open: should head-to-head records count when evaluating who is
the most accomplished player, should the sport allow in-match
coaching, and more.
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
February 05, 2021 Tim Wigmore On 'The Best'
Tim Wigmore, sports journalist for The Telegraph and
co-author of The Best: How Elite Athletes are
Made, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to apply his
sports-science insights to tennis: why younger siblings thrive in
tennis and other sports, how Andre Agassi figured out how to beat
Boris Becker, and how the pandemic upended 2020 for athletes and
the people who write about them.
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
28min
August 19, 2020 Caitlin Thompson On Racquet, The Book
Racquet Magazine cofounder
Caitlin Thompson,
cohost of The Racquet Podcast and The Main Draw, joins Thirty Love
host Carl Bialik to talk about the new book collecting the best of
Racquet, how the pandemic did and didn't affect
the latest issue of Racquet, and how to celebrate a fan-free US
Open with friends, Racquet-style.
Previously on Thirty Love:
Caitlin Thompson On The Expanding
Racquet Empire
Caitlin Thompson on Racquet Magazine's Sophomore Surge
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
July 06, 2020 Ana Mitric On The Adria Tour And Novak Djokovic
Tennis enthusiast Ana Mitric, who refers to
herself as a fake Serb and not quite a journalist, joins Thirty
Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the tennis world's
English-language bias and what the tennis media missed about Novak
Djokovic and the ill-fated Adria Tour.
Previously on Thirty Love:
Katrina Williams on Djokovic
Fandom
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
May 09, 2020 PlaySight's Rodney Rapson On Bringing Sport Back, Safely
Rodney Rapson, PlaySight's managing director
for Europe & UK, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about
the company's role in staging and televising the return of live pro
tennis, how to write the rules on sports safety during a pandemic,
and the way to host an event with the fewest possible people.
Trying something new: The episode has bonus content after the
first 30 minutes. If you want to leave before we get to Minute 31,
the first playing of the outro music is your cue.
Previously on Thirty Love:
Ben Rothenberg On PlaySight
PlaySight's Chen Shachar On Helping
Tennis Players To Know Themselves
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
38min
May 04, 2020 Writer Ben Rothenberg on Tennis Freelancing Without Tennis
Freelance tennis writer Ben Rothenberg, host of the
No Challenges Remaining tennis podcast, rejoins Thirty Love
host Carl Bialik to talk about the pandemic's effect on the tennis
writing business, the seismic effect the tours' interruption could
have on its power balance, and his first two acts if he became
commissioner of tennis (Carl's idea).
Previously on Thirty Love:
Ben Rothenberg On PlaySight
Ben Rothenberg On Exposing The Darko
Grncarov Myth
Ben Rothenberg On Former Phenom
Monique Viele
Have a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest? Email Carl
at [email protected]
Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit
Roll" and "Glass
Android."
...more
29min

FAQs about Thirty Love: Conversations About Tennis:

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

The podcast currently has 159 episodes available.