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This week in honor of National Girls & Women in Sports Day, we're bringing you a special episode of Here We Go Again with Kal Penn, another show from the Executive Producers of TORCHED. Listen and subscribe here or on your favorite podcast app: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-here-we-go-again-with-kal-300268750/

It's been coined, "The Caitlin Clark Effect." For the WNBA's last few seasons, it's translated to a surge in popularity, viewership, and revenue, sparked by one extremely talented, ever-watchabale player. But are women's sports at large suddenly having a moment? Where was that attention two or three decades ago? And what does the future look like for female athletes? Sports journalist, former college athlete, and Good Game podcast host Sarah Spain chats with Kal about the Caitlin Clark Effect amidst all things women's sports.

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TORCHED is a finalist for two Signal Awards! Please vote at the links below for best sports show and best sports episode for Greg Louganis' Last Dive. A sincere thank you for being a fan of our show!

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Season Finale! We complete our World Cup coverage and look at what the French National Team, Les Bleues, means to the nation it represents. Will they succeed in repeating as World Cup Champions in 2022?

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We investigate what it looked like when a nation tried to win the right to host the World Cup, and what was sacrificed in the process.

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We speak with Caroline Marks, American pro surfer, and get into what it was like to represent Team USA in the inaugural surfing event at the Olympics.

We talk with Lindsey Jacobellis, the most decorated snowboarder in history, and delve into her winning ways as an athlete, mentor, and published author.

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Hear the story of Stasia Czernicki, one of the greatest candlepin bowlers of all time. Her determination to be the best at this little known sport catapulted her to celebrity status in the New England area.

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In a short amount of time, we’ve gone from gambling being stigmatized and barely legal, to omnipresent and woven into the sports we watch. But how did we get here?

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Poker impresario Veronica Brill joins us to break down one of Poker's most recent and heightened controversies.

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We speak with Judge Rosemarie Aquilina about her most infamous case, and how she helped empower the young women who bravely took the stand during the trial of Larry Nassar.

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