Why Are You Like This? with Megan Rapinoe

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Why Are You Like This? with Megan Rapinoe episodes

October 01 Jaedyn Shaw on going pro at 17, winning trophies with Gotham and the USWNT
Jaedyn Shaw joins the show to talk all things Gotham, USWNT and going pro at a young age. But first, Megan dishes out her takes on Emma Hayes’ roster for the team’s October friendlies vs Spain.
Jaedyn and Megan dive into all of the twists and turns of Jaedyn’s career from going pro at 17 to her league-record move to Gotham FC. They get into Jaedyn becoming the first Vietnamese-American to represent the USWNT, the legacy of Black national team players, and the role her faith plays in her career. Jaedyn shares where she gets her killer style and reveals if she’s more “Mommy, Daddy, Baby.”
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58 min
September 24 Amber Ruffin on SNL, Seth Meyers and Creating Bigfoot! The Musical
Comedian Amber Ruffin is a trailblazer in the late night space and she joins the show this week ahead of season two of CNN’s “Have I Got News For You.” But first, Megan gives us a behind the scenes look at the making of her documentary “Rapinoe.”
Amber and Megan dive into all of the highs and lows of Amber’s career . from her unsuccessful audition at “Saturday Night Live” to her getting a writing job on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” Amber also shares her musical side, from becoming a choir director at the age of 11, to writing the book and lyrics to “Bigfoot! The Musical.” Amber and Megan reminisce on their coming out stories and discuss how to find joy in moments of chaos.

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1 hr 14 min
September 17 Colin Kaepernick on kneeling, NFL ban, and new memoir The Perilous Fight
On the 10-year anniversary of his historic protest during the national anthem, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick joins Megan on the show for a one-of-a-kind conversation about a moment in time that would come to define both of them. They dive deep into Colin’s protest, getting blackballed by the NFL and his life beyond football, including writing his upcoming memoir The Perilous Fight. They also discuss the collective power athletes have and Megan shares her experience protesting alongside Colin.
00:00 Introduction
09:00 How Colin seen himself
14:10 Playing in the NFL
23:50 Getting Blackballed and Missing Competing
28:14 Colin’s Decision to Protest and Kneel
37:58 Megan’s Decision to Start Kneeling
45:15 The Collective Power of Athletes
47:38 Colin’s Takeaways from Protesting
49:22 “Watching” The World Move on From Kneeling
55:40 Know Your Rights Camp and Conducting Autopsies
1:07:10 His Relationship with his wife Nessa
1:13:10 Colin’s Memoir
1:14:30 Mommy, Daddy, Baby
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1 hr 24 min
September 10 Kamala Harris on public service and if she’s going to run for president in 2028
After the 2024 election, Kamala is coming back into the public eye and sat down with Megan. They talk about her Oakland roots, her decision to become a prosecutor and why she’s fully committed to public service. Megan puts Kamala on the hot seat to see if she’s going to run for President in 2028 and Kamala puts her own spin on “Mommy, Daddy, Baby.”

0:00 Introduction
04:57 Becoming a prosecutor
10:00 Studying at Howard University
14:45 Her Duty as a Public Servant
18:40 Americans’ issues with trust
22:10 Being the first
26:03 Governing as a woman
32:13 The Next Iteration of the US President
36:21 Why Kamala Harris has returned to the public eye

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48 min
September 03 Roxane Gay on "Bad Feminist," Her Queerness and Having Audacity
This week, Megan is joined by award-winning writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay, whose books have had a huge impact on the way Megan sees the world. One of the most important feminist writers of her generation, Roxane is a contributing Opinion writer for the New York Times and the author of the books “Bad Feminist,” “Hunger” and most recently “The Portable Feminist.” Roxane’s 2017 memoir “Surviving the Silence,” was recently adapted into a Lifetime movie.
The duo talk about Roxane’s queerness, dealing with pressure, and how she protects herself while writing about difficult topics. Roxane discusses why she refuses to operate from a scarcity mindset, and her upcoming novel with Channing Tatum. We also get a special guest appearance from her dog, Max!

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1 hr 11 min
August 27 Pablo Torre on Investigating Billionaires, Journalism Risks, and getting heckled by Knicks Fans
“It was so demystifying because a lot of these people are f*cking stupid”
This week, journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Pablo Torre joins Megan on the show. But first, Megan sounds off about the latest WNBA controversy surrounding Enes Kanter in the latest edition of “Are You Serious?”

Then Megan and Pablo dive into the highs, lows and unexpected turns that landed Torre at the helm of his show “Pablo Torre Finds Out.” Megan finds out how the New York native strikes fear into the hearts of sports teams and Pablo flips the script to get Megan to answer a spicy question.

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1 hr 14 min
August 20 W Kamau Bell on East Bay Lesbians, Right Wing Grifters, and United Shades of America
This week, Megan is joined by stand-up comedian and director W. Kamau Bell. They dig into the “whys” behind some of Kamau’s biggest decisions, like holding space for Ted Danson to talk about his Blackface scandal, his approach to dealing with trolls, and launching his new podcast “Are You With Me?” Plus they wonder if Megyn Kelly is lowkey flirting with them and Kamau goes off about social media in a new segment called “What Are We Doing?!”

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Catch new episodes of 'Who's With Me? with W. Kamau Bell' every Wednesday on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@WhosWithMePod or wherever you get your podcasts.

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1 hr 16 min
August 13 Cheryl Reeve on The StudBudz, the 2016 Lynx and Becoming the Winningest Coach in WNBA History
Live from WNBA All Star Weekend, Megan is joined by the winningest coach in WNBA history and five-time All-Star coach Cheryl Reeve. They discuss how she supported the 2016 Lynx’s protest against police brutality, Cheryl’s stellar t-shirt collection, and how the StudBudz changed her approach to coaching. Plus, Cheryl decides if she’s more “Mommy,” “Daddy” or “Baby.”
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1 hr 1 min
August 06 Kristen Kish on Overcoming Fears on Top Chef, Korean Cinderella and Finding Her Queer Identity
On the inaugural episode of “Why Are You Like This?” Megan Rapinoe sits down with Top Chef host Kristen Kish. Kish took the culinary world and media space by storm after becoming the second female winner of Top Chef. The duo dig into how Kristen came out to herself, why she doesn’t yell at others in the kitchen and what success looks like to her.
And Megan sounds off on the recent discourse around transgender athletes and sports in the segment “Are You Serious?”
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1 hr 4 min
July 20 Introducing Why Are You Like This? with Megan Rapinoe
Megan Rapinoe is sitting down with the athletes, artists, activists, and architects of our culture who weren’t satisfied with the status quo and wanted to do things differently. Why Are You Like This? premieres on August 6 wherever you get your podcasts.

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2 min

About Why Are You Like This? with Megan Rapinoe

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Megan Rapinoe has never been content to just play the game, on or off the field. In Why Are You Like This?, she sits down with the artists, athletes, activists, and architects of culture who share that same refusal and curiosity: people who looked at the way things were and decided to build something different.