A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe
Everyone watches women's sports—and now, there's a podcast for that. Take a front row seat with world champion athletes Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, as they invite both new and longtime women's sports fans to join them in obsessing over the newest headlines and breaking down the sports landscape. Every week, they'll share deep cut stories from their experiences as athletes, and illuminate the intersection of sports and pop culture. Their energy is contagious, their guests are boldfaced names in sports and entertainment, and, bonus: you'll get a touch more insight into their lives together, too. From A Touch More and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Episodes
July 24, 2025 • 60 mins
Sue and Megan are back from Indianapolis with all their highlights from the WNBA All-Star Game weekend, and are joined by special guests the StudBudz, Courtney Williams and Natisha Heideman. The duo talks about their rise to Twitch stardom, their 72-hour live stream that won All-Star Weekend, and whether Megan could become the third Stud Bud.
Plus, Megan dives into all the thrilling moments from the Euros quarter-finals (sorry, Fr...
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July 21, 2025 • 53 mins
This episode, A Touch More is live from Indianapolis with special guest Caitlin Clark! Caitlin talks about the honor of hosting the WNBA All-Star Game on her home court, how she’s way goofier in real life than you’d expect, and the moment in her basketball career when everything changed.
Then Sue and Megan put Caitin to the test with a round of “You Meme So Much” – just what did she and Taylor Swift talk about at last year’s Chief...
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July 17, 2025 • 65 mins
This week on A Touch More, we are bringing you tons of WNBA tea just in time for the All-Star Game, including The Athletic’s anonymous player survey, what to look out for at the skills contest and the newest expansion teams around the league. Could the Valkyries’ success offer a blueprint for other new teams?
Then, Megan gives us her hottest Euro soccer takes, even hinting at who might win it all, and we look at Portland Fire’s re...
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July 10, 2025 • 80 mins
This week on A Touch More, WNBA All Star, ESPN analyst and secret musician Chiney Ogwumike joins us to talk about the latest WNBA All Stars, what she hopes to see out of the next CBA negotiations, and why raising players’ salaries is the most important issue on the table right now.
Then we honor Candace Parker on her jersey retirement, and take a look at the record-breaking soccer news from the Euros. Megan throws down some truth ...
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June 26, 2025 • 35 mins
This week on A Touch More, we’re live from Sports Beach 2025 in Cannes, France with Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall.
The gold-medal winning track and field power couple break down their mission to bring more attention to their sport, why track needs to become easier to watch, and how they balance each other out as partners.
And since this the very first time we’ve interviewed another gold-medal couple, we asked them to gi...
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June 20, 2025 • 44 mins
This week on A Touch More, we are convening for our first-ever book club meeting! We’re joined by a very special guest: Sue’s older sister Jen, the owner of Athena Books in Old Greenwich, CT.
Even if you didn’t get a chance to finish our first pick, We Can Do Hard Things by Abby Wambach and Glennon and Amanda Doyle, join us to hear why the book was the perfect debut selection. We’ll hear some listener thoughts on the book and then...
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June 12, 2025 • 87 mins
This week we are bringing you an in-depth, in-studio conversation with journalist and host Pablo Torre of “Pablo Torre Finds Out.” We talk to him about his reporting on trans athletes and Bill Belichick, how he comes up with his next investigation, and so much more.
Plus, we discuss the Aces’ big loss to the Valkyries, our latest Coco Gauff obsession, and US Women winning The Soccer Tournament (TST).
For more of Pablo’s reporting...
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June 5, 2025 • 82 mins
A Touch More kicks off Pride Month with Megan’s very scientific theory that you can’t win championships without gay players.
We get into some WNBA news, with Kate Martin’s whopping 14 points in six minutes (check out Sue’s interview with Kate on Bird’s Eye View on Friday) and we try to figure out how the Fever will handle its slew of point guard injuries.
Then we chat with Angel City FC teammates Ali Riley and Syd Leroux about th...
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May 29, 2025 • 63 mins
We kick off this week’s episode with news from the WNBA, including an officiating upset during the Liberty v Fever game, Nneka Ogwumike leading the Storm to a big win over the Aces, and Caitlin Clark’s quad injury… Dr. Rapinoe diagnoses how long she might be out.
In soccer news, Gotham FC won the CONCACAF (that’s the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) and Arsenal won the Champions League. ...
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May 22, 2025 • 75 mins
This week we are live from New York for the Liberty’s home opener, with extra special guest Breanna Stewart!
We have lots of thoughts on the opening weekend of the WNBA: who impressed us with their game and with their fits. And we’re not happy with the media’s coverage of Caitlin Clark’s hard foul on Angel Reese. We tell you why.
With Stewie, she reveals the best advice Sue ever gave her, and what she thinks about the Liberty’s n...
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May 15, 2025 • 69 mins
This week, Sue explains her new job as the Managing Director of USA Basketball, and we get some early 2028 Olympic predictions.
Then we check in with the NWSL and the WNBA, including reports of a Connecticut Sun sale and a tiny history of getting dunked on in the W in light of Dominique Malonga’s arrival in Seattle. We’re sending Angel City’s Savy King our best after her in-game collapse, and we weigh in on whether the game should...
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May 8, 2025 • 74 mins
This week we’re zooming in on the W’s preseason, including Paige Bueckers’ debut with Dallas and way-too-early odds on MVP rankings. Plus, Caitlin Clark is back and outdoing herself already.
We also take a closer look at the ACL tears that are plaguing the league, and share our thoughts on a new FIFA-study investigating how menstrual cycles contribute to ACL tears.
On a lighter note, we ogle the eye-popping suiting at the 2025 Me...
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May 6, 2025 • 50 mins
In this bonus episode of A Touch More, we bring you an extensive interview with Abby Wambach, Glennon Doyle and Amanda Doyle about their new book “We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions.”
This is A Touch More’s inaugural book club selection, and you can order it now here or get the audiobook here.
In this interview we get deep and personal, getting into the pitfalls of striving for greatness, how women can start to...
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May 1, 2025 • 64 mins
Buckle up, everyone– this week’s episode is one you won’t want to miss. We’re launching the official A Touch More Book Club powered by Athena Books, with special guests Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach to celebrate their brand new book, We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions.
In this episode we’re giving you a generous teaser of the spiritual, philosophical and practical conversation with Abby and Glennon about how th...
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April 24, 2025 • 41 mins
We break down the results of the WNBA draft and Sue looks into her crystal ball to predict a record-breaking season for the W.
And then Chelsea Clinton talks with us about how women’s sports can advance progressive ideas, who are her latest additions to her list of gutsy women, and Sue reveals when she first met Chelsea. Of course we don’t let her go without a little Bench/Start/Cut.
A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partner...
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April 17, 2025 • 71 mins
This week, we open up the mailbag and answer some of your most burning questions. Like when did Sue realize Megan was the funniest person ever? Will Sue ever coach a WNBA team? What’s our nap schedule?
And then we share a very personal conversation we had with World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lauren Cheney Holiday at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.
Lauren tells us what drives her to invest in ...
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April 10, 2025 • 78 mins
This week’s episode is dedicated to UConn Nation. Congratulations to Huskies past, present, and future, as they become 2025 NCAA Champions for the TWELFTH time.
We’ll discuss the highs of the final and then bring you our interview with UConn legend and WNBA champ, Diana Taurasi, live from the Final Four in Tampa, Florida.
We sat down with DT to discuss UConn’s legacy and impact, and dug into the vault to share some favorite Coach ...
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April 3, 2025 • 82 mins
The Final Four is officially official. Why has the tournament been so low-scoring so far? And does that mean the team with a Certified Bucket Getter (CBG) is primed to win it all? We chat through this and all the possibilities that could go down in the final stretch.
And then onto our Unrivaled Championship Spectacular. We speak to series Champ and Finals MVP Chelsea Gray and the inaugural MVP and 1-on-1 champ Napheesa Collier.
Che...
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March 27, 2025 • 63 mins
We’re halfway through March Madness -- time to take a close look at the teams and players in the Sweet 16. And we discuss a path forward for USC after Juju Watkins's season-ending ACL injury -- sending our heartfelt best wishes to Juju! We’re going to miss her in the tourney, but know she’ll be back.
Checking in on our bracket, we share some tough lessons we’ve learned the hard way and the matchups we’re looking forward to. Plus, w...
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March 20, 2025 • 60 mins
March Madness, NWSL Kickoff, AND Unrivaled’s first-ever championship? We’re feeling like kids in a candy shop this week.
First up: the madness is real. We break down the final standings, what we’ll miss the most, and why this might be the hardest bracket to crack yet. Think you can out-predict us? Join our bracket challenge.
Then, The Rose are officially Unrivaled’s first champions, and Chelsea Gray put on a performance for the age...
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