June 26, 2025 • 38 mins
She’s baaack.
Friend of The GIST Breanna Stewart is back on the pod and busier than ever. On this episode of The GIST of It, Stewie sits down with The GIST’s Managing Editor Lauren Tuiskula for an extra-fun, super caffeinated conversation about the NY Liberty's recent injury struggles, finding inner zen on the road, and what the six-time All-Star is most looking forward to at the upcoming All-Star Weekend.
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Friend of The GIST Breanna Stewart is back on the pod and busier than ever. On this episode of The GIST of It, Stewie sits down with The GIST’s Managing Editor Lauren Tuiskula for an extra-fun, super caffeinated conversation about the NY Liberty's recent injury struggles, finding inner zen on the road, and what the six-time All-Star is most looking forward to at the upcoming All-Star Weekend.
This episode was brought to you by Amazon Business, the ultimate partner for smart business buying. Amazon Business offers a one-stop shop for all of your business needs, helping companies of all shapes and sizes simplify their purchasing process. Learn more by checking out business.amazon.com today.
Show notes:
Vote for your favorite WNBA All-Star
Enhanced Games Wired Article
More on The GIST:
☎️ Leave us a voicemail! Call us at 1-437-564-5579 or hold down on this link
🎧 Subscribe: thegistsports.com/subscribepod
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Hello, helloess, welcome or welcome back to another episode of
The Gist of It. Today is Thursday, June twenty sixth,
and we're your co hosts.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I'm Steh Rotz and I'm all.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
In Hyslop, and we decided to switch up the intro
today and Steph introduce everything.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Steph, how did it feel?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I'm like, I had to say a lot of words
at the.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Beginning, and how did you feel about that?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Odd Whenever you're not here and I have to do it,
I'm always like, oh, pressure's on.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I think that you have an amazing voice, and I
think that you did an amazing job and we should
have you do it more.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Got to make sure the folks don't leave two seconds in.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
We have a lot to talk about today. It's a
podcast that I'm.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Gonna say literally goes all over the place, like we
are booping and dooping throughout the sports world, is what
I will say. We're gonna start off with some big
news from the running world, perhaps a little touch from
the NFL, a big interview from a big time player
in the WNBA, and then I love our personal training
(01:13):
sash today and the person who called in and the
topic is about these new games that essentially allow athletes
to use steroids and encourages them to use steroids to
have the best games ever. So that's just like a
high level of what we're going to get into today.
So we truly are going everywhere. So there's if you're here,
(01:35):
there's something for you.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
We are bippin', bopin' boopin. But one thing I do
want to talk about real quick that you didn't even
mention in that that we also want to talk about.
First of all, you're wearing a really cut shuret thanks
you Side March.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
It's not our Pride March though, No, this is it.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I am wearing so Rough and Tumble shout out to
Rough and Tumble and Jen who runs Rough and Tumble.
It is a inclusive sports bar in Seattle where we
hosted our super Watch party and they have an amazing
T shirt that says in Seattle sports are for everyone
and it has illustrations of six different people playing sports
(02:10):
in all different colors.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Cue Q cue.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
So also needs to talk about what came out this
week for the jest, we.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Launched our own Pride apparel line, which has always been
something so important to the Just year over you over year,
and this year we finally go to launch something stuff
that we have been thinking about launching for probably over
a year now, and actually when I look back at
our Twitter dms, it's over year now.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
And we launched hotes.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Where it says sports are for the girls, the gays,
and the bays. We are making it more of an
inclusive space. So that's a Tope egg. And then we
also launched hats and the hats say she's gay Marcus.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
On them and we everybody, we heard you.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
They sold out really really fast, within the actual hours, Yeah,
they sold out, and so we just restocked, like literally
just restock, so you can go to the Just Sports chopped.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Out the jisports dot com and buy the hats.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
Now.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
We only bought another limited edition, so like literally once
we're done this next reorder, we're gonna be done.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
They are so cute too. They come in two colorways,
black and white and more of like a beige, tan
and black brim. Yeah yeah, yeah, I got the white one,
like the base one, the baby one and for some
lare on She's gay Marcus.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
Do you want to provide the lore stuff or do
you want me to provide the lare I can write it.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I can try my best.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
I think you know what. You know what I love
to say in work meetings. Feel free to jump in
if I miss anything.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So it is PWHL lore, specifically with PWHL Montreal or
the Victoire. On that team, there is a couple Marie
fuliep Pulan and Laura Stacey. They are now married. I
don't believe they were married at the time that this happened.
They were just simply engaged. So is Stacy Boom scores
a beautiful goal and his line mates with Marie filiep
(04:05):
Plan and so they celebrated together after and someone on
Twitter posted it and said something along the lines of
isn't it amazing to be able to celebrate with your
fiance after scoring a goal? And a man Marcus responded
to this tweet and said, I don't see I don't
see her fiance.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Where is he?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
And the response was she's gay, Marcus?
Speaker 4 (04:27):
And it was so good.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
It was such a moment in PWHL history and women's
sports history.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
It reminded me a lot of.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
The sportsmanship moments that we've seen with Sam Kerr and
mwis like, and those moments of the past, which.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
Was so far was the World Cup, right, Yes, that
was the World Cup.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
They were Spottish and hugging their dating and now they
have a baby baby.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Yeah, which is so beautiful and so nice. And what
with this She's Gay Marcus?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
It is probably one of our most engaged with post
we've ever done.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
It literally went everywhere.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
And what was really cool was that for Marie Phillip
Pulanz and Laura Stacey's bachelorette that they hosted together, whoever
was in charge of the T shirts, as someone always
is at bachelorette's, they took the gis Instagram and put
it on.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
The T shirt.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
So they had this She's Gay Marcus basically t shirts
of them celebrating and the tweets and how they went
back and forth.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
And so for this Pride we were like, ah.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
The PWAHL just finished this amazing second season, We're heading
into an incredible Olympic year.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
We are also needing to like.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Celebrate this moment more firmly because I feel like it's
extended past women's talking now and is just this moment
in sports history.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
So anyway, we're so excited about that. She's gay.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Marcus hats and it's been so cool to see the
response from all of our gisters. But yeah, we had
to restock now. It's like, literally, this is our last stock,
so shopped out the jisports dot com if you actually
want to, and and also ten percent of the proceeds
I believe go to you can play for this drop,
which is great.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I'm so excited to wear mine in public and have
people come up to me, like I feel like it's
going to be a great conversation starter and a way
to find my people.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
We also had a man named Marcus by it Oh amazing,
and that just made me so happy. So we're so
excited about that. Before we take a quick break and
get into the next segment, who we're talking about today,
I like kind of buried the.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Lead a little bit. We're talking to Brianna Stewart. Oh yeah,
you did Bury League.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
You didn't say your name, no, no, because I wasn't
sure if we were even get back there.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
We've had Stuwie on the pod before.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
We've had so much fun with her, and so whenever
her team reaches out, we're like, hell, yeah, of course
we're going to have a WNBA MVP Finals MVP, multiple
time WNBA champion on our podcast. And what's really fun
about the timing of this one, Steph, is that we're
leading into All Star All Star voting, and so we
(06:59):
get to talk about out Stewie and what she thinks
gonna happen at Alsar, who's going to go in. She's
also doing this really cool thing with Cliff Bar right now,
so we kind of just like talked about how she's
the face of this new bar, which is so cool
to finally be seeing female athletes be in the face
of things like that. So anyway, it was a lot
of fun. A big shout out to Amazon Business for
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(08:08):
been going on recently, and when we're talking about calling
an audible or starting off our podcast, I just want
to say one quick thing. Tight End University happens every
year in the NFL, and generally it's hosted by Travis
kelce at his Actually it's not generally. This is Travis
Kelcey's thing, tight End University, and this is the first
(08:30):
year that Taylor Swift was there. But for whatever reason,
stuff the whole tight End and then the university of
it all. I just wanted to take a moment to
appreciate that word play, because like, it really is.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Something special tight End University.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Did you see what I put in slack?
Speaker 4 (08:48):
What did you put in slack?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I said, not me, thinking this was an actual university,
and then Alessandra said that would be too American.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
If that was true, it would be exceptionally American if
you can actually get a degree at tight End University.
But I just think that it's I don't know, the
sports are so funny men sports.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
I they're so funny. She did perform, did you say that?
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (09:13):
No, I didn't. I didn't realize that she performed. I
just thought that she was there hanging.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Oh no, she did shake it off.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
It's not so cute. Yeah, that's so cute.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
All these big tight ends, all these like dudes over
six feet or who are gonna make it over six
feet one day, they're all.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Like, shake it up. You know, they got a shake
off defenders. So I think that that's nice.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Anyway, that was me not adding actually anything meaningful to
the conversation. You wanted to add something meaningful to the conversation.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Yes, I wanted to talk about track and field, baby
track star Faith could be. Yegon is attempting to do
what no woman has done before, so let's let's talk
about it. She wants to run a mile in under
four minutes, and she's saying this tomorrow. So she's doing
this out one oh no, the day that you're listening
to this podcast, think it's on the twenty six that
she's doing it in France, Paris, France.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
It's so interesting. She's a middle distance runner.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
She grew up in Kenya and she holds the world
record for the mile, which is four minutes seven seconds
and then sixty four milliseconds. And then she also holds
the world record in the fifteen hundred meter. She's once
ree Olympic golds in the fifteen hundred meter. And what's
cool about this race in Paris is that she's running
(10:28):
and optimized.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Conditions that minimize human air.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
And so there's all of this technology that has recently
come out that she thinks is able to support her
in actually being able to run under a four minute mile,
including things like Wavelight Automated pace setting system whatever that means.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
It's really cool.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
I saw a picture of it.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
What is it?
Speaker 1 (10:52):
It's quite literally what it sounds like.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
It's like, okay, we're lighting the tracks to pace setting system.
What do you mean that? It's quite just said that
that is so wild. A Wavelight automated pay setting system.
It is what it exactly sounds like, like what do
you mean picture that?
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Okay, lights on the track that helped her time where
she should be on her run.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Like to help her pace. Oh, it like lights up
part of the track.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
So like the wave, like the when we do the
wave in a baseball stadium.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
Those lights are kind of like the wave keeping eye.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
I just clicked on the website. It's not the first,
she won't be the first person to use it, but
it is essentially that.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
And then there's human pacers, and then there's also because
of that, it should reduce wind resistance, which, if anyone
knows wind is obviously a huge thing. And then Nikes
also providing her with a custom fly suit along with
super spikes built specifically for the event.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
And part of the super suit.
Speaker 6 (11:55):
Have you have you looked at it yet?
Speaker 3 (11:57):
No?
Speaker 1 (11:57):
She has a three D printed bra and she says
it's incredibly supportive, but also doesn't feel like she's wearing
anything at all. I'm really excited to see what comes that.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
Wait in what fabric?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
Oh, I don't know.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
I don't three D print in fabric.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I think you can three D print in anything. Can't
you like three D print concrete?
Speaker 4 (12:16):
Dude? It's so I guess people on Gray's Anatamy.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
I saw them three D print a kidney or something
like that one time.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Well that, yeah, that is great, So let's put an
asterix on that.
Speaker 5 (12:27):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I'm no doctor here, not a doctor.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Yeah, we're no doctors here anyway, so we think that
she could do it.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
We are all cheering for kipie Gon.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
The only thing is she's not going to be eligible
for the world record because of all of these technical things.
Speaker 4 (12:41):
But I don't think that's really the point.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
I think that breaking four minutes is just an achievement
in and of itself, and a huge achievement for middle
distance runner.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Goosebumps.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Okay, As promised, we are getting into Lauren Tescala, our
associate managing editor co Hos of The Gist of It
sometimes in her interview with Brianna Stewart. You'll hear Lauren
and Stewie talk about it in a few minutes. But
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(13:22):
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Speaker 4 (13:28):
Just community at one point, and I think that is
so Cuteie.
Speaker 6 (13:32):
Briana Stewart, welcome back to the Gist of It podcast.
We're so excited to have you on today. Thank you
for having me, Thanks for coming back. The last time
we spoke to you was just after March Madness. It
was just after your Huskies won that national title again
finally just before the WNBA draft, so a lot of
excitement and now where of course firmly in the season.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
So catch us up.
Speaker 6 (13:53):
What's life like right now now that you're in the
WMB season. What's the day in the life for Branna Stewart?
Speaker 5 (13:59):
A day in the life for myself is pretty busy.
Speaker 7 (14:04):
I think you know, we're on the road right now,
so we're in the midst of a four game road
trip and just games one after another and trying to
make sure that we collect and stack wins as much
as possible.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
Right now, we're a little bit down.
Speaker 7 (14:17):
As far as our roster size with some injuries and
layos and EuroBasket, but it's a great opportunity for our
team to continue to learn and build and know the
adversity is always going to hit at some.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
Point, definitely. And you mentioned that busy routine. Can you
give us kind of I know it change is probably
like game day versus practice day, but can you give
us kind of an itinerary maybe like that day to
day what's that grind like?
Speaker 7 (14:39):
Yeah, so on a practice day, basically we wake up,
go downstairs, you have breakfast. Then shortly after they'll be
like weights, pilates, stretching, whatever you need to get ready
for pre practice. Then we'll have film, We'll go to practice,
get on the court, walk through, like go through our
(15:01):
stuff for offense, defence, and like for the next opponent.
Come back to the hotel treatment, and then it's just
like rest and carbs, especially for a day before game.
Speaker 6 (15:15):
Definitely, I'm tired just thinking about that routine. That is,
of course such a grind. And I know you mentioned
the breakfast and the nutrition of it all too. And
we're speaking because of your partnership with Cliff Bar. You
launched that caffeinated Cliff Bar. So tell us more.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
About the bar.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
I love the flavors. I personally love the chocolate chip
regular Cliff Bar. So I'm excited to ride this caramel one.
But tell us more about the partnership and what it
tastes like, what people can expect.
Speaker 5 (15:39):
Yeah, so.
Speaker 7 (15:41):
Obviously I love partnering with Cliff. We've been together for
a few years now and now having the opportunity to
have a caffeinated caffeinated Cliff Bar, so like is there,
I am right there and just be on a cliff bar,
Like I remember when it used to be like Meghan
Rapino on the bar and we were like, oh, we're
going to eat a Megan And now to have one
(16:03):
like it's really cool because not only can people see
me on the bar, but also it's something that I'm
using and fueling with every day, like pre year, post practice,
and the fact that this is caffeinated just gives you
an extra boost of energy that you need before or
after practice. Like right now, I'm a n after practice
and I'm going to eat this after we're done because
(16:24):
I need it.
Speaker 6 (16:26):
It is so cool to see women athletes on these bars,
and like it's in the gir I remember seeing the
Meghan Rapino ones at the grocery store and it was
so cool and it made me buy it, so I'll
definitely go out and get the Stewy bar as well.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
So so cool.
Speaker 6 (16:37):
And you mentioned that kind of busy routine and everything,
So how do you maintain balance with that schedule on
the road with your family and amid all that busy
day to day grind. How do you maintain that balance?
Speaker 7 (16:48):
Yeah, I think it's being where my feet are on
the road. It is a little bit different because for now,
like my family doesn't travel with me. It's a lot
When you travel with two kids, you just bring a
lot of stuff. So I'm here, you're like just enjoying
some quietness. I go into bed early, getting some food
and really just resting and relaxing because these games are
(17:11):
coming like often and just being prepared for what's next.
But if I was at home, like hanging out with
my kids, you know, maybe going outside, going to the park,
not right now because New York is like crazy hot.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Same here in Boston it's brutal.
Speaker 7 (17:28):
But just like having perspective, you know we have when
you're in a forty four game season, you can't just
like stop doing your life things because you're going to
have a game every other day, So like there has
to be a way to do bold.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Definitely, I love that advice be where your freed are.
Speaker 6 (17:43):
That's such a good quote for pro athletes for everyday
just or so that's such good advice, and you mentioned, yeah,
that's our just audience shout out to.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
The gister, like thank you.
Speaker 6 (17:54):
You mentioned the liberty injuries at the top, and of course,
so I personally I have John cull Jones and Sabrina
on my fantasy team. So I'm struggling. I lost by
like eight points my last matchup, so I'm feeling Harry
as a fan. It's okay, I would have grabbed you.
I didn't have a high enough pick. So that's that's
the draft order. But with all these injuries, and of
course you guys have that target on your back as
(18:15):
the defending champs, what's your mindset and how do you
guys kind of like weather those challenges as they come up.
Speaker 7 (18:21):
Yeah, I mean my mindset is is you know, we're
always getting everybody's best shot. You know that, And that's
just the way it is, especially like you said, being
defending champs. But it's an opportunity for other people to
step up and to really get more experience through this adversity.
And it's early, and I feel like what I've said
to my team recently was like, this isn't going to
(18:44):
be the hardest thing that we face this season, Like
there's gonna be harder things that come along, and making
sure we stay together and we're learning things throughout this thing.
It's going to be what's the most important. And obviously,
you know, we're going for wins like we were in
a great spot right now and just continuing to you know,
take it one day at a time and hopefully, you know,
(19:06):
we'll get our teammates back pretty soon.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Definitely.
Speaker 6 (19:08):
And you're someone who's had a lot of adversary in
your career with injuries and different ups and downs, playing
through COVID to win a title. So how do you
bring that perspective to kind of the different players that
you're saying, Oh, they have a chance to step up.
How do you relay that experience to them and let
them step up in that moment?
Speaker 7 (19:24):
Yeah, I think just by you know, instilling confidence and
trusting them and knowing like, this is your this is
a big opportunity for you, and like basically you don't
want to let it pass you by. And I feel
like collectively, when we all stick together, we're able to
really empower each other even more. So I'm happy for
the people that are getting a little bit bigger roles
(19:46):
and more opportunities, because one thing about us is, you know,
we know our depth is special. So even when we
add our pieces back, it's still going to be tough
for other teams.
Speaker 6 (19:55):
Definitely, building that resilience early in the season will be
so crucial down the line. You mentioned your guys are
on the road right now, in the middle of that
road trip. Obviously, at home, it's Barclay Center, it's Elie
the Elephant, like New York Liberty Home Court. I need
to get to a game. I'm in Boston. It's easy
enough to get down. It's just I've seen the videos.
It looks amazing. But in terms of the road, is
there a venue that you really like look forward to
(20:17):
playing in or crowd that you really like playing in
front of.
Speaker 7 (20:22):
I mean, in terms of on the road, I think
that when we go to Seattle, Yeah, because obviously I
was there for six years. I always like being back
in that city. But like the Valkyries, like they have
a great atmosphere and environment anywhere that's loud, you know,
(20:43):
you just want to like to feel that and know
that it's going to be hard when they're shaying against you.
But that's that's why you're playing, is to like have
that energy and that excitement in the building. But yeah,
Barclays is like no other Definitely.
Speaker 6 (20:57):
Yeah, that loud environment is so cool, and it's seems
like WMA games are. They're just so it's such a
fun crowd, and I know we said it earlier in
the season. We're starting to look a little bit ahead
to All Star weekend in Indiana. It's coming up. Fan
voting ends this weekend for the All Star teams, so
they're everyone exactly, We'll put the link in the show notes.
Everybody start clicking. But obviously you've been multi time All
(21:20):
Star six times. Is there something about All Star weekend
that you most look forward to and you're like, I
can't wait to do this during All Star?
Speaker 5 (21:29):
I like the parties.
Speaker 7 (21:31):
Yeah, I think the like for All Star. It's like
just the ability to celebrate what you've done in the
first half of the season and enjoying that time. And
it's like it's not really a time off because we're
it's like such a short window, but being able to
celebrate with you know, whether it's teammates or friends or opponents,
(21:54):
Like it's a big moment for everybody, and sometimes I
think we're always looking to the next thing, so it's
cool to like stay present and celebrate that with the
whole city and just make an impact.
Speaker 6 (22:08):
Definitely, you mentioned the parties. Is there something fans might
not expect about All Star Weekend? Like we see, we
see the fashion, we see the off court relationships and
kind of the dynamics. But is there something fans kind
of behind the scenes they might not expect about All Star.
Speaker 7 (22:23):
Well, they probably well maybe they expect it, but like
players wise, were so busy, you know, we go from
one thing to the next, to the next to the next,
and having so many different outfit changes ready is important.
And yeah, lots of high duration. Are you heading a lot?
Speaker 6 (22:42):
Okay, good to know. Yeah, the outfits. I know our
audience we love looking forward to the fashion. That is
like a highlight of All Star every year. So we'll
be looking for your fits.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
I haven't figured out my fits yet.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Got a couple of weeks.
Speaker 6 (22:52):
Right, do you have any teaser, any hints or what
you like to wear?
Speaker 8 (22:56):
No?
Speaker 2 (22:56):
Too early?
Speaker 5 (22:57):
Well, it's I don't know. It all depends on the weather.
It's gonna be like blazing. I don't know.
Speaker 6 (23:03):
I remember Phoenix last year, people were like, you can't
you couldn't go outside, you had to go straight to
the venue.
Speaker 5 (23:08):
Right, Phoenix was so hot.
Speaker 6 (23:10):
Yeah, hopefully it'll be a local or to get some
good fits off and everyone can look comfortable out there.
Back to the on court I'm going to put you
in the hot seat. And you've done this before because
you've been a captain, but name you're starting five right
now for All Star.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
You're the captain. Who are you picking to be on
your team?
Speaker 5 (23:27):
Okay?
Speaker 7 (23:27):
We can do it twice because you're not gonna like
my first answer. Okay, my All Star starting five is
going to be my starters, my five starters. But a
liberty duh?
Speaker 5 (23:36):
Not the ride from my teammates.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Okay, that is fair.
Speaker 6 (23:39):
I yes, I should have put a caveat. Okay, with
the caveat that you have to pick at least three
players that aren't on the Liberty.
Speaker 7 (23:50):
Okay, I'll pick me mm hmm, sab Asia be and
Caitlyn Caitlyn.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
That sounds fun. I'd watch that team. That sounds great.
Speaker 6 (24:05):
Got some Yukon representations, pretty good back a lot of buckets. Yeah, okay,
we got it. So if you are named captain, we
know your lineup. Well, maybe not because I'm sure people
will try to pick those players as well, but that
sounds stacked fun to watch. Those are some superstars. Is
there a player kind of flying under the radar this
season that you've been keeping an eye on? Her a
(24:25):
players game that's a little bit underestimated that you've been
enjoying watching.
Speaker 7 (24:28):
I mean, I think players that are flying under the radar.
I'm gonna have to think about this a little bit.
I mean, shout out to Katie with Golden State. We
were really sad to lose her in the expansion draft,
just because she was like such a pivotal part of
what we did last year. But she's crushing it with
the Valkyrie. Is like shooting the ball really well, just
(24:50):
being constantly aggressive. So I'm happy for her, happy to
see her her kind of going off and layo on
our team. I feel like sometimes she's underappreciated for what
she does and we miss her. We want her to
come back.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
Yeah, that's great.
Speaker 6 (25:13):
It's so cool with the Valkyries too, to have so
many more opportunities for players to like expansion and just
growing the league and having more spots so we can
see more and more players.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
So that's great.
Speaker 5 (25:22):
I know next year is gonna be crazy, like so
many expansions.
Speaker 6 (25:26):
It's gonna be wild, so many teams, so many games
to watch, it's gonna be fantastic and kind of in
this vein of looking ahead to next year looking ahead
as you mentioned, all starts kind of the first half
of the seasons behind us, we're looking ahead to the
second half. It's that playoff push. What should fans keep
an eye on as we head into second half of
the season, and then not to get too ahead of ourselves,
but that offseason, knowing see they negotiations are coming up.
(25:49):
What should fans keep an eye on as we head
into this next half of the year.
Speaker 7 (25:53):
Yeah, second half of the season, I would just keep
an eye on. You know, people are pro where you're
gonna really start to like fine tune and tighten up
their offensive defensive schemes. Like right now is the time
where you can try things and test things and see
if they'll work for later. But there's going to be
a huge playoff push with basically every single team because
(26:16):
in the WNBA, everybody's talented, so you can't overlook anybody.
And then as far as CBA negotiations, like like you said,
it's such a pivotal moment. You know, knowing that the
the actual date is like end of October is kind
of crazy. But you know, as w players were constantly
(26:37):
like in the middle of two things at once, so
trying to have those CBA negotiations, fighting for what we
deserve and what we need, and then also doing it
on the court as well.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
Amazing. Yeah, you guys truly do it all. Good thing.
Speaker 6 (26:49):
You got proper fuel and nutrition to power it along
the way. There, there it is once again. I can't
wait to try one.
Speaker 5 (26:56):
Of those cliffs in the grocery store.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Please, that's my next job.
Speaker 6 (26:59):
I got to hit up the local Shaws and grab
a cliff bar caffeinated. Breanna Sewart, thank you so much
for joining us. It's always a blast having you in
the pod. Great talking women tubes. Good luck the rest
of the season. And yeah, can't wait to look out
for CBA negotiations and everything that's to come.
Speaker 5 (27:14):
Thank you. Yeah, we can chat more when it's CBA time.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Thanks again.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
You know what, Stewie I two leg parties so amazing.
I love that.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
What a great interview. Always an honor to have her
on the pod.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Love having her on the pod. Anytime she wants to
come on, she's welcome.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
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(28:17):
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Speaker 4 (28:52):
Was really fun.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Today's Personal Training sash or taken a question from Silka
in the Netherlands, which is so cool. Thank you so
much for listening, and it's just absolutely in shock that
we have people all around the world listening.
Speaker 5 (29:05):
So here we go.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 8 (29:08):
Hi Amansteth. My name is Silka and I'm an international
listener currently living in the Netherlands. I'm curious to hear
your thoughts on the Enhanced Games, the competition where a
speats are allowed and even encouraged to use performance enhancing drugs.
My first instinct is that disposes serious health risks for
thees seats.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
Silka, first off, thank you so much for submitting this question.
This is such a fun one and I feel like
so interesting in the times that we are living in
right now and our potentially reflection.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
Of the times that we are living in right now.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
We certainly have thoughts on this, and we're so glad
that you do too. Before we get into providing those thoughts, though,
because the Enhanced Games are something new, we thought that
it was worth providing some context on them, so Steph,
I'll let you do that.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
The Enhanced Games are an Olympics international competition scheduled to
take place in Las Vegas next year May twenty twenty six,
and athletes will be permitted, if not encouraged, to use
performance enhancing drugs in order to test the limits of
human performance. The founder of Enhanced Games wants to create
(30:20):
super humanity and leave quote unquote antiquated feelings around performance
enhancing drugs behind. So a lot of it stems from
the this isn't fair drugs are being used, so let's
just embrace some mentality. And of course, performance enhancing drugs
or pets are banned at the actual Olympics as well
(30:41):
as in pro sports leagues in North America, and the
Enhanced Games are trying to coerce, if you will, the
world's best athletes to play in their games, which the
World Anti Doping Agency warrants is extremely dangerous, and there
are now also organizations saying if you participate in these games,
(31:02):
either as an athlete or a coach, what have you,
you'll be banned from our games. So people are taking
quite a stance.
Speaker 4 (31:09):
It's very interesting.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
I personally don't love it, and I think there's definitely
bias on my side of growing up in the space
where we have been where if you do drugs you're
a cheater, and especially growing up as a huge Major
League Baseball fan.
Speaker 4 (31:26):
Steroids really marred me as a.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
Fan, especially when I think about Mark McGuire and Sammy
Sosa and their home run races in the early two
thousands and late nineties, where I'm dating myself here, but
if people were kind of aware of what was going
on there, both of them were considered some of the
best hitters in all of MLB history, and then both
of them had come out and.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Said that they used steroids.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
There was Barry Bonds, and it just completely changed my
relationship with baseball and honestly my relationship with athletes. And
then you started to see these things them up at
the Olympics, especially. We've talked about the Netflix documentary Acarus
beforehand that kind of digs into all the issues with
Russia and doping, and so to me as a Libra,
(32:12):
I just really don't enjoy doping and I don't think
that it's fair. I think these games are saying, though,
like put fairness to the side, Why doesn't everybody just
do it and let's see how far we can push
the limits of our bodies to be able to do
sports at the hardest and highest level that we can,
which is potentially to the detriment of someone's physical and
(32:37):
mental health.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
Yeah, putting fairness aside, that is the kicker here. There
are athletes speaking out saying that this is extremely dangerous,
as well as health professionals who are worried about the
long term effect of steroid use on hearts, as well
as premature aging that athletes could go through, and what
might happen when they actually try and wean off of
the drugs if they decide that they don't want to
(32:59):
continue down this path. So there are all of these
unknowns with the health side of it. So even if
you think it's it's fair, because you could argue some
countries have more resources, so they could have better nutrition,
coaches and whatever, so there's never really a level playing field.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
Blah blah blah.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Putting that aside, it seems really really risky to be
encouraging this, And they don't want to release like the
exact cocktails of drugs that two athletes have been taking
to prepare for these games because they don't want to
encourage copycats. But at the same time, the company that's
running the enhanced games has plans to make money selling
(33:37):
direct to consumer performance enhancers two people next year, such
as testosterone, so there is there comparing it to or rather,
there was a really good article on Wired that compared
it to Red Bulls Extreme Games, ultimately trying to just
sell red bull and this being the same for this
future product that we don't know yet, don't know a
(33:59):
lot about yet.
Speaker 4 (34:01):
It's fascinating.
Speaker 3 (34:02):
It feels like almost this money grab for an alternative
group of people who might be interested in these sorts
of things. And I think, and I hope though the
majority of people will see right through it, especially when
there's so many incredible sports happening all year round without
performance enhancing drugs. We have the Olympics next year, we
(34:23):
have the FIFA World Cup, then we have the FIFA
Women's World Cup. We have all of these incredible things
to look forward to where we know that we can
trust the athletes. And I think, listen, right, stuff like
sports aren't necessarily fair. People are born with different privileges
that allow them to be good at sports, whether it
is things like actually having access to play a sport,
(34:44):
or it's things like their limbs are longer, or they
have weapons, oh you know what I mean, or they
have a better they have better VO two max.
Speaker 4 (34:52):
Just the way that their body is able to handle things.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
Like we know that sports already inherently aren't fair, but
I think it's all natural, I would say, and all
just part of the human condition, as opposed to something
that is being made up from drugs. And I think,
to your point, stuff, what I'm really scared about is
what does this and if it is successful and if
people actually make money off of it, what is this
(35:16):
going to do to the sixteen to twenty one year
olds that are in very important stages of their development
both physically and mentally, that end up thinking that it's
okay to take these drugs.
Speaker 1 (35:28):
It also feels really opportunistic because the two athletes that
have signed up have said if they win this or
if they beat the record, they'll make more money doing
that than they have in their entire swimming career.
Speaker 5 (35:39):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
And it just feels really icky because it feels like
kind of like the Hunger Games, where there's this like
one type of class of people who want another class
of people who have less money than them to really
do these really dangerous activities for our own entertainment. And
I think if they truly wanted to push the boundaries
of sport, they could then invest in paying these athletes
(36:02):
throughout the year, because the argument is, oh, I don't
make money, so this is actually an opportunity for me
to make money doing my sport. But there are other ways,
of course, to allocate funding. So it just feels really,
really icky to me.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
So I'm so glad that.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
You brought this up, Soilka, because I actually hadn't heard
about it until I listened to your voicemail, your voice,
the notes that you left us. So thank you so
much for bringing this to our attention so that I
could look into it further.
Speaker 4 (36:25):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (36:27):
And with that that marks the end of today's episode.
I think that's a great ending. Thank y'all so much
for tuning in. We will be back in your feed
with a new podcast on Tuesday.
Speaker 4 (36:35):
In the meantime.
Speaker 3 (36:36):
If you enjoyed this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe.
Speaker 1 (36:39):
This episode was edited by Savannah Held and produced by
Lisa Minutillo, Alessandra Pucco, and Lauren Tescala. Again, I'm Steph
Rots
Speaker 3 (36:46):
And I'm Ellen Hisslab and we'll chat with you soon.
Hello, helloess, welcome or welcome back to another episode of
The Gist of It. Today is Thursday, June twenty sixth,
and we're your co hosts.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I'm Steh Rotz and I'm all.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
In Hyslop, and we decided to switch up the intro
today and Steph introduce everything.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Steph, how did it feel?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I'm like, I had to say a lot of words
at the.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Beginning, and how did you feel about that?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Odd Whenever you're not here and I have to do it,
I'm always like, oh, pressure's on.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I think that you have an amazing voice, and I
think that you did an amazing job and we should
have you do it more.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Got to make sure the folks don't leave two seconds in.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
We have a lot to talk about today. It's a
podcast that I'm.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Gonna say literally goes all over the place, like we
are booping and dooping throughout the sports world, is what
I will say. We're gonna start off with some big
news from the running world, perhaps a little touch from
the NFL, a big interview from a big time player
in the WNBA, and then I love our personal training
(01:13):
sash today and the person who called in and the
topic is about these new games that essentially allow athletes
to use steroids and encourages them to use steroids to
have the best games ever. So that's just like a
high level of what we're going to get into today.
So we truly are going everywhere. So there's if you're here,
(01:35):
there's something for you.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
We are bippin', bopin' boopin. But one thing I do
want to talk about real quick that you didn't even
mention in that that we also want to talk about.
First of all, you're wearing a really cut shuret thanks
you Side March.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
It's not our Pride March though, No, this is it.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I am wearing so Rough and Tumble shout out to
Rough and Tumble and Jen who runs Rough and Tumble.
It is a inclusive sports bar in Seattle where we
hosted our super Watch party and they have an amazing
T shirt that says in Seattle sports are for everyone
and it has illustrations of six different people playing sports
(02:10):
in all different colors.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Cue Q cue.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
So also needs to talk about what came out this
week for the jest, we.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Launched our own Pride apparel line, which has always been
something so important to the Just year over you over year,
and this year we finally go to launch something stuff
that we have been thinking about launching for probably over
a year now, and actually when I look back at
our Twitter dms, it's over year now.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
And we launched hotes.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Where it says sports are for the girls, the gays,
and the bays. We are making it more of an
inclusive space. So that's a Tope egg. And then we
also launched hats and the hats say she's gay Marcus.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
On them and we everybody, we heard you.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
They sold out really really fast, within the actual hours, Yeah,
they sold out, and so we just restocked, like literally
just restock, so you can go to the Just Sports chopped.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Out the jisports dot com and buy the hats.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
Now.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
We only bought another limited edition, so like literally once
we're done this next reorder, we're gonna be done.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
They are so cute too. They come in two colorways,
black and white and more of like a beige, tan
and black brim. Yeah yeah, yeah, I got the white one,
like the base one, the baby one and for some
lare on She's gay Marcus.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
Do you want to provide the lore stuff or do
you want me to provide the lare I can write it.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I can try my best.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
I think you know what. You know what I love
to say in work meetings. Feel free to jump in
if I miss anything.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So it is PWHL lore, specifically with PWHL Montreal or
the Victoire. On that team, there is a couple Marie
fuliep Pulan and Laura Stacey. They are now married. I
don't believe they were married at the time that this happened.
They were just simply engaged. So is Stacy Boom scores
a beautiful goal and his line mates with Marie filiep
(04:05):
Plan and so they celebrated together after and someone on
Twitter posted it and said something along the lines of
isn't it amazing to be able to celebrate with your
fiance after scoring a goal? And a man Marcus responded
to this tweet and said, I don't see I don't
see her fiance.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Where is he?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
And the response was she's gay, Marcus?
Speaker 4 (04:27):
And it was so good.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
It was such a moment in PWHL history and women's
sports history.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
It reminded me a lot of.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
The sportsmanship moments that we've seen with Sam Kerr and
mwis like, and those moments of the past, which.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
Was so far was the World Cup, right, Yes, that
was the World Cup.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
They were Spottish and hugging their dating and now they
have a baby baby.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Yeah, which is so beautiful and so nice. And what
with this She's Gay Marcus?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
It is probably one of our most engaged with post
we've ever done.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
It literally went everywhere.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
And what was really cool was that for Marie Phillip
Pulanz and Laura Stacey's bachelorette that they hosted together, whoever
was in charge of the T shirts, as someone always
is at bachelorette's, they took the gis Instagram and put
it on.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
The T shirt.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
So they had this She's Gay Marcus basically t shirts
of them celebrating and the tweets and how they went
back and forth.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
And so for this Pride we were like, ah.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
The PWAHL just finished this amazing second season, We're heading
into an incredible Olympic year.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
We are also needing to like.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Celebrate this moment more firmly because I feel like it's
extended past women's talking now and is just this moment
in sports history.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
So anyway, we're so excited about that. She's gay.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Marcus hats and it's been so cool to see the
response from all of our gisters. But yeah, we had
to restock now. It's like, literally, this is our last stock,
so shopped out the jisports dot com if you actually
want to, and and also ten percent of the proceeds
I believe go to you can play for this drop,
which is great.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I'm so excited to wear mine in public and have
people come up to me, like I feel like it's
going to be a great conversation starter and a way
to find my people.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
We also had a man named Marcus by it Oh amazing,
and that just made me so happy. So we're so
excited about that. Before we take a quick break and
get into the next segment, who we're talking about today,
I like kind of buried the.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Lead a little bit. We're talking to Brianna Stewart. Oh yeah,
you did Bury League.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
You didn't say your name, no, no, because I wasn't
sure if we were even get back there.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
We've had Stuwie on the pod before.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
We've had so much fun with her, and so whenever
her team reaches out, we're like, hell, yeah, of course
we're going to have a WNBA MVP Finals MVP, multiple
time WNBA champion on our podcast. And what's really fun
about the timing of this one, Steph, is that we're
leading into All Star All Star voting, and so we
(06:59):
get to talk about out Stewie and what she thinks
gonna happen at Alsar, who's going to go in. She's
also doing this really cool thing with Cliff Bar right now,
so we kind of just like talked about how she's
the face of this new bar, which is so cool
to finally be seeing female athletes be in the face
of things like that. So anyway, it was a lot
of fun. A big shout out to Amazon Business for
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(08:08):
been going on recently, and when we're talking about calling
an audible or starting off our podcast, I just want
to say one quick thing. Tight End University happens every
year in the NFL, and generally it's hosted by Travis
kelce at his Actually it's not generally. This is Travis
Kelcey's thing, tight End University, and this is the first
(08:30):
year that Taylor Swift was there. But for whatever reason,
stuff the whole tight End and then the university of
it all. I just wanted to take a moment to
appreciate that word play, because like, it really is.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Something special tight End University.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Did you see what I put in slack?
Speaker 4 (08:48):
What did you put in slack?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I said, not me, thinking this was an actual university,
and then Alessandra said that would be too American.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
If that was true, it would be exceptionally American if
you can actually get a degree at tight End University.
But I just think that it's I don't know, the
sports are so funny men sports.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
I they're so funny. She did perform, did you say that?
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (09:13):
No, I didn't. I didn't realize that she performed. I
just thought that she was there hanging.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Oh no, she did shake it off.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
It's not so cute. Yeah, that's so cute.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
All these big tight ends, all these like dudes over
six feet or who are gonna make it over six
feet one day, they're all.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Like, shake it up. You know, they got a shake
off defenders. So I think that that's nice.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Anyway, that was me not adding actually anything meaningful to
the conversation. You wanted to add something meaningful to the conversation.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Yes, I wanted to talk about track and field, baby
track star Faith could be. Yegon is attempting to do
what no woman has done before, so let's let's talk
about it. She wants to run a mile in under
four minutes, and she's saying this tomorrow. So she's doing
this out one oh no, the day that you're listening
to this podcast, think it's on the twenty six that
she's doing it in France, Paris, France.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
It's so interesting. She's a middle distance runner.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
She grew up in Kenya and she holds the world
record for the mile, which is four minutes seven seconds
and then sixty four milliseconds. And then she also holds
the world record in the fifteen hundred meter. She's once
ree Olympic golds in the fifteen hundred meter. And what's
cool about this race in Paris is that she's running
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and optimized.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Conditions that minimize human air.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
And so there's all of this technology that has recently
come out that she thinks is able to support her
in actually being able to run under a four minute mile,
including things like Wavelight Automated pace setting system whatever that means.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
It's really cool.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
I saw a picture of it.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
What is it?
Speaker 1 (10:52):
It's quite literally what it sounds like.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
It's like, okay, we're lighting the tracks to pace setting system.
What do you mean that? It's quite just said that
that is so wild. A Wavelight automated pay setting system.
It is what it exactly sounds like, like what do
you mean picture that?
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Okay, lights on the track that helped her time where
she should be on her run.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Like to help her pace. Oh, it like lights up
part of the track.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
So like the wave, like the when we do the
wave in a baseball stadium.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
Those lights are kind of like the wave keeping eye.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
I just clicked on the website. It's not the first,
she won't be the first person to use it, but
it is essentially that.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
And then there's human pacers, and then there's also because
of that, it should reduce wind resistance, which, if anyone
knows wind is obviously a huge thing. And then Nikes
also providing her with a custom fly suit along with
super spikes built specifically for the event.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
And part of the super suit.
Speaker 6 (11:55):
Have you have you looked at it yet?
Speaker 3 (11:57):
No?
Speaker 1 (11:57):
She has a three D printed bra and she says
it's incredibly supportive, but also doesn't feel like she's wearing
anything at all. I'm really excited to see what comes that.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
Wait in what fabric?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
Oh, I don't know.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
I don't three D print in fabric.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I think you can three D print in anything. Can't
you like three D print concrete?
Speaker 4 (12:16):
Dude? It's so I guess people on Gray's Anatamy.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
I saw them three D print a kidney or something
like that one time.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Well that, yeah, that is great, So let's put an
asterix on that.
Speaker 5 (12:27):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I'm no doctor here, not a doctor.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Yeah, we're no doctors here anyway, so we think that
she could do it.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
We are all cheering for kipie Gon.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
The only thing is she's not going to be eligible
for the world record because of all of these technical things.
Speaker 4 (12:41):
But I don't think that's really the point.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
I think that breaking four minutes is just an achievement
in and of itself, and a huge achievement for middle
distance runner.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Goosebumps.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Okay, As promised, we are getting into Lauren Tescala, our
associate managing editor co Hos of The Gist of It
sometimes in her interview with Brianna Stewart. You'll hear Lauren
and Stewie talk about it in a few minutes. But
fan voting for the July eighteenth WNBA All Star Weekend
is open now. It is time to cast your vote
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in the link in the show notes. Enjoy this conversation
and Stewie shows out they're.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Just community at one point, and I think that is
so Cuteie.
Speaker 6 (13:32):
Briana Stewart, welcome back to the Gist of It podcast.
We're so excited to have you on today. Thank you
for having me, Thanks for coming back. The last time
we spoke to you was just after March Madness. It
was just after your Huskies won that national title again
finally just before the WNBA draft, so a lot of
excitement and now where of course firmly in the season.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
So catch us up.
Speaker 6 (13:53):
What's life like right now now that you're in the
WMB season. What's the day in the life for Branna Stewart?
Speaker 5 (13:59):
A day in the life for myself is pretty busy.
Speaker 7 (14:04):
I think you know, we're on the road right now,
so we're in the midst of a four game road
trip and just games one after another and trying to
make sure that we collect and stack wins as much
as possible.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
Right now, we're a little bit down.
Speaker 7 (14:17):
As far as our roster size with some injuries and
layos and EuroBasket, but it's a great opportunity for our
team to continue to learn and build and know the
adversity is always going to hit at some.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
Point, definitely. And you mentioned that busy routine. Can you
give us kind of I know it change is probably
like game day versus practice day, but can you give
us kind of an itinerary maybe like that day to
day what's that grind like?
Speaker 7 (14:39):
Yeah, so on a practice day, basically we wake up,
go downstairs, you have breakfast. Then shortly after they'll be
like weights, pilates, stretching, whatever you need to get ready
for pre practice. Then we'll have film, We'll go to practice,
get on the court, walk through, like go through our
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stuff for offense, defence, and like for the next opponent.
Come back to the hotel treatment, and then it's just
like rest and carbs, especially for a day before game.
Speaker 6 (15:15):
Definitely, I'm tired just thinking about that routine. That is,
of course such a grind. And I know you mentioned
the breakfast and the nutrition of it all too. And
we're speaking because of your partnership with Cliff Bar. You
launched that caffeinated Cliff Bar. So tell us more.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
About the bar.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
I love the flavors. I personally love the chocolate chip
regular Cliff Bar. So I'm excited to ride this caramel one.
But tell us more about the partnership and what it
tastes like, what people can expect.
Speaker 5 (15:39):
Yeah, so.
Speaker 7 (15:41):
Obviously I love partnering with Cliff. We've been together for
a few years now and now having the opportunity to
have a caffeinated caffeinated Cliff Bar, so like is there,
I am right there and just be on a cliff bar,
Like I remember when it used to be like Meghan
Rapino on the bar and we were like, oh, we're
going to eat a Megan And now to have one
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like it's really cool because not only can people see
me on the bar, but also it's something that I'm
using and fueling with every day, like pre year, post practice,
and the fact that this is caffeinated just gives you
an extra boost of energy that you need before or
after practice. Like right now, I'm a n after practice
and I'm going to eat this after we're done because
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I need it.
Speaker 6 (16:26):
It is so cool to see women athletes on these bars,
and like it's in the gir I remember seeing the
Meghan Rapino ones at the grocery store and it was
so cool and it made me buy it, so I'll
definitely go out and get the Stewy bar as well.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
So so cool.
Speaker 6 (16:37):
And you mentioned that kind of busy routine and everything,
So how do you maintain balance with that schedule on
the road with your family and amid all that busy
day to day grind. How do you maintain that balance?
Speaker 7 (16:48):
Yeah, I think it's being where my feet are on
the road. It is a little bit different because for now,
like my family doesn't travel with me. It's a lot
When you travel with two kids, you just bring a
lot of stuff. So I'm here, you're like just enjoying
some quietness. I go into bed early, getting some food
and really just resting and relaxing because these games are
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coming like often and just being prepared for what's next.
But if I was at home, like hanging out with
my kids, you know, maybe going outside, going to the park,
not right now because New York is like crazy hot.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Same here in Boston it's brutal.
Speaker 7 (17:28):
But just like having perspective, you know we have when
you're in a forty four game season, you can't just
like stop doing your life things because you're going to
have a game every other day, So like there has
to be a way to do bold.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Definitely, I love that advice be where your freed are.
Speaker 6 (17:43):
That's such a good quote for pro athletes for everyday
just or so that's such good advice, and you mentioned, yeah,
that's our just audience shout out to.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
The gister, like thank you.
Speaker 6 (17:54):
You mentioned the liberty injuries at the top, and of course,
so I personally I have John cull Jones and Sabrina
on my fantasy team. So I'm struggling. I lost by
like eight points my last matchup, so I'm feeling Harry
as a fan. It's okay, I would have grabbed you.
I didn't have a high enough pick. So that's that's
the draft order. But with all these injuries, and of
course you guys have that target on your back as
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the defending champs, what's your mindset and how do you
guys kind of like weather those challenges as they come up.
Speaker 7 (18:21):
Yeah, I mean my mindset is is you know, we're
always getting everybody's best shot. You know that, And that's
just the way it is, especially like you said, being
defending champs. But it's an opportunity for other people to
step up and to really get more experience through this adversity.
And it's early, and I feel like what I've said
to my team recently was like, this isn't going to
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be the hardest thing that we face this season, Like
there's gonna be harder things that come along, and making
sure we stay together and we're learning things throughout this thing.
It's going to be what's the most important. And obviously,
you know, we're going for wins like we were in
a great spot right now and just continuing to you know,
take it one day at a time and hopefully, you know,
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we'll get our teammates back pretty soon.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Definitely.
Speaker 6 (19:08):
And you're someone who's had a lot of adversary in
your career with injuries and different ups and downs, playing
through COVID to win a title. So how do you
bring that perspective to kind of the different players that
you're saying, Oh, they have a chance to step up.
How do you relay that experience to them and let
them step up in that moment?
Speaker 7 (19:24):
Yeah, I think just by you know, instilling confidence and
trusting them and knowing like, this is your this is
a big opportunity for you, and like basically you don't
want to let it pass you by. And I feel
like collectively, when we all stick together, we're able to
really empower each other even more. So I'm happy for
the people that are getting a little bit bigger roles
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and more opportunities, because one thing about us is, you know,
we know our depth is special. So even when we
add our pieces back, it's still going to be tough
for other teams.
Speaker 6 (19:55):
Definitely, building that resilience early in the season will be
so crucial down the line. You mentioned your guys are
on the road right now, in the middle of that
road trip. Obviously, at home, it's Barclay Center, it's Elie
the Elephant, like New York Liberty Home Court. I need
to get to a game. I'm in Boston. It's easy
enough to get down. It's just I've seen the videos.
It looks amazing. But in terms of the road, is
there a venue that you really like look forward to
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playing in or crowd that you really like playing in
front of.
Speaker 7 (20:22):
I mean, in terms of on the road, I think
that when we go to Seattle, Yeah, because obviously I
was there for six years. I always like being back
in that city. But like the Valkyries, like they have
a great atmosphere and environment anywhere that's loud, you know,
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you just want to like to feel that and know
that it's going to be hard when they're shaying against you.
But that's that's why you're playing, is to like have
that energy and that excitement in the building. But yeah,
Barclays is like no other Definitely.
Speaker 6 (20:57):
Yeah, that loud environment is so cool, and it's seems
like WMA games are. They're just so it's such a
fun crowd, and I know we said it earlier in
the season. We're starting to look a little bit ahead
to All Star weekend in Indiana. It's coming up. Fan
voting ends this weekend for the All Star teams, so
they're everyone exactly, We'll put the link in the show notes.
Everybody start clicking. But obviously you've been multi time All
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Star six times. Is there something about All Star weekend
that you most look forward to and you're like, I
can't wait to do this during All Star?
Speaker 5 (21:29):
I like the parties.
Speaker 7 (21:31):
Yeah, I think the like for All Star. It's like
just the ability to celebrate what you've done in the
first half of the season and enjoying that time. And
it's like it's not really a time off because we're
it's like such a short window, but being able to
celebrate with you know, whether it's teammates or friends or opponents,
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Like it's a big moment for everybody, and sometimes I
think we're always looking to the next thing, so it's
cool to like stay present and celebrate that with the
whole city and just make an impact.
Speaker 6 (22:08):
Definitely, you mentioned the parties. Is there something fans might
not expect about All Star Weekend? Like we see, we
see the fashion, we see the off court relationships and
kind of the dynamics. But is there something fans kind
of behind the scenes they might not expect about All Star.
Speaker 7 (22:23):
Well, they probably well maybe they expect it, but like
players wise, were so busy, you know, we go from
one thing to the next, to the next to the next,
and having so many different outfit changes ready is important.
And yeah, lots of high duration. Are you heading a lot?
Speaker 6 (22:42):
Okay, good to know. Yeah, the outfits. I know our
audience we love looking forward to the fashion. That is
like a highlight of All Star every year. So we'll
be looking for your fits.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
I haven't figured out my fits yet.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Got a couple of weeks.
Speaker 6 (22:52):
Right, do you have any teaser, any hints or what
you like to wear?
Speaker 8 (22:56):
No?
Speaker 2 (22:56):
Too early?
Speaker 5 (22:57):
Well, it's I don't know. It all depends on the weather.
It's gonna be like blazing. I don't know.
Speaker 6 (23:03):
I remember Phoenix last year, people were like, you can't
you couldn't go outside, you had to go straight to
the venue.
Speaker 5 (23:08):
Right, Phoenix was so hot.
Speaker 6 (23:10):
Yeah, hopefully it'll be a local or to get some
good fits off and everyone can look comfortable out there.
Back to the on court I'm going to put you
in the hot seat. And you've done this before because
you've been a captain, but name you're starting five right
now for All Star.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
You're the captain. Who are you picking to be on
your team?
Speaker 5 (23:27):
Okay?
Speaker 7 (23:27):
We can do it twice because you're not gonna like
my first answer. Okay, my All Star starting five is
going to be my starters, my five starters. But a
liberty duh?
Speaker 5 (23:36):
Not the ride from my teammates.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Okay, that is fair.
Speaker 6 (23:39):
I yes, I should have put a caveat. Okay, with
the caveat that you have to pick at least three
players that aren't on the Liberty.
Speaker 7 (23:50):
Okay, I'll pick me mm hmm, sab Asia be and
Caitlyn Caitlyn.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
That sounds fun. I'd watch that team. That sounds great.
Speaker 6 (24:05):
Got some Yukon representations, pretty good back a lot of buckets. Yeah, okay,
we got it. So if you are named captain, we
know your lineup. Well, maybe not because I'm sure people
will try to pick those players as well, but that
sounds stacked fun to watch. Those are some superstars. Is
there a player kind of flying under the radar this
season that you've been keeping an eye on? Her a
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players game that's a little bit underestimated that you've been
enjoying watching.
Speaker 7 (24:28):
I mean, I think players that are flying under the radar.
I'm gonna have to think about this a little bit.
I mean, shout out to Katie with Golden State. We
were really sad to lose her in the expansion draft,
just because she was like such a pivotal part of
what we did last year. But she's crushing it with
the Valkyrie. Is like shooting the ball really well, just
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being constantly aggressive. So I'm happy for her, happy to
see her her kind of going off and layo on
our team. I feel like sometimes she's underappreciated for what
she does and we miss her. We want her to
come back.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
Yeah, that's great.
Speaker 6 (25:13):
It's so cool with the Valkyries too, to have so
many more opportunities for players to like expansion and just
growing the league and having more spots so we can
see more and more players.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
So that's great.
Speaker 5 (25:22):
I know next year is gonna be crazy, like so
many expansions.
Speaker 6 (25:26):
It's gonna be wild, so many teams, so many games
to watch, it's gonna be fantastic and kind of in
this vein of looking ahead to next year looking ahead
as you mentioned, all starts kind of the first half
of the seasons behind us, we're looking ahead to the
second half. It's that playoff push. What should fans keep
an eye on as we head into second half of
the season, and then not to get too ahead of ourselves,
but that offseason, knowing see they negotiations are coming up.
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What should fans keep an eye on as we head
into this next half of the year.
Speaker 7 (25:53):
Yeah, second half of the season, I would just keep
an eye on. You know, people are pro where you're
gonna really start to like fine tune and tighten up
their offensive defensive schemes. Like right now is the time
where you can try things and test things and see
if they'll work for later. But there's going to be
a huge playoff push with basically every single team because
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in the WNBA, everybody's talented, so you can't overlook anybody.
And then as far as CBA negotiations, like like you said,
it's such a pivotal moment. You know, knowing that the
the actual date is like end of October is kind
of crazy. But you know, as w players were constantly
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like in the middle of two things at once, so
trying to have those CBA negotiations, fighting for what we
deserve and what we need, and then also doing it
on the court as well.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
Amazing. Yeah, you guys truly do it all. Good thing.
Speaker 6 (26:49):
You got proper fuel and nutrition to power it along
the way. There, there it is once again. I can't
wait to try one.
Speaker 5 (26:56):
Of those cliffs in the grocery store.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Please, that's my next job.
Speaker 6 (26:59):
I got to hit up the local Shaws and grab
a cliff bar caffeinated. Breanna Sewart, thank you so much
for joining us. It's always a blast having you in
the pod. Great talking women tubes. Good luck the rest
of the season. And yeah, can't wait to look out
for CBA negotiations and everything that's to come.
Speaker 5 (27:14):
Thank you. Yeah, we can chat more when it's CBA time.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Thanks again.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
You know what, Stewie I two leg parties so amazing.
I love that.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
What a great interview. Always an honor to have her
on the pod.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Love having her on the pod. Anytime she wants to
come on, she's welcome.
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Speaker 1 (28:54):
Today's Personal Training sash or taken a question from Silka
in the Netherlands, which is so cool. Thank you so
much for listening, and it's just absolutely in shock that
we have people all around the world listening.
Speaker 5 (29:05):
So here we go.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 8 (29:08):
Hi Amansteth. My name is Silka and I'm an international
listener currently living in the Netherlands. I'm curious to hear
your thoughts on the Enhanced Games, the competition where a
speats are allowed and even encouraged to use performance enhancing drugs.
My first instinct is that disposes serious health risks for
thees seats.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
Silka, first off, thank you so much for submitting this question.
This is such a fun one and I feel like
so interesting in the times that we are living in
right now and our potentially reflection.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
Of the times that we are living in right now.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
We certainly have thoughts on this, and we're so glad
that you do too. Before we get into providing those thoughts, though,
because the Enhanced Games are something new, we thought that
it was worth providing some context on them, so Steph,
I'll let you do that.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
The Enhanced Games are an Olympics international competition scheduled to
take place in Las Vegas next year May twenty twenty six,
and athletes will be permitted, if not encouraged, to use
performance enhancing drugs in order to test the limits of
human performance. The founder of Enhanced Games wants to create
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super humanity and leave quote unquote antiquated feelings around performance
enhancing drugs behind. So a lot of it stems from
the this isn't fair drugs are being used, so let's
just embrace some mentality. And of course, performance enhancing drugs
or pets are banned at the actual Olympics as well
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as in pro sports leagues in North America, and the
Enhanced Games are trying to coerce, if you will, the
world's best athletes to play in their games, which the
World Anti Doping Agency warrants is extremely dangerous, and there
are now also organizations saying if you participate in these games,
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either as an athlete or a coach, what have you,
you'll be banned from our games. So people are taking
quite a stance.
Speaker 4 (31:09):
It's very interesting.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
I personally don't love it, and I think there's definitely
bias on my side of growing up in the space
where we have been where if you do drugs you're
a cheater, and especially growing up as a huge Major
League Baseball fan.
Speaker 4 (31:26):
Steroids really marred me as a.
Speaker 3 (31:29):
Fan, especially when I think about Mark McGuire and Sammy
Sosa and their home run races in the early two
thousands and late nineties, where I'm dating myself here, but
if people were kind of aware of what was going
on there, both of them were considered some of the
best hitters in all of MLB history, and then both
of them had come out and.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Said that they used steroids.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
There was Barry Bonds, and it just completely changed my
relationship with baseball and honestly my relationship with athletes. And
then you started to see these things them up at
the Olympics, especially. We've talked about the Netflix documentary Acarus
beforehand that kind of digs into all the issues with
Russia and doping, and so to me as a Libra,
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I just really don't enjoy doping and I don't think
that it's fair. I think these games are saying, though,
like put fairness to the side, Why doesn't everybody just
do it and let's see how far we can push
the limits of our bodies to be able to do
sports at the hardest and highest level that we can,
which is potentially to the detriment of someone's physical and
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mental health.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
Yeah, putting fairness aside, that is the kicker here. There
are athletes speaking out saying that this is extremely dangerous,
as well as health professionals who are worried about the
long term effect of steroid use on hearts, as well
as premature aging that athletes could go through, and what
might happen when they actually try and wean off of
the drugs if they decide that they don't want to
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continue down this path. So there are all of these
unknowns with the health side of it. So even if
you think it's it's fair, because you could argue some
countries have more resources, so they could have better nutrition,
coaches and whatever, so there's never really a level playing field.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
Blah blah blah.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Putting that aside, it seems really really risky to be
encouraging this, And they don't want to release like the
exact cocktails of drugs that two athletes have been taking
to prepare for these games because they don't want to
encourage copycats. But at the same time, the company that's
running the enhanced games has plans to make money selling
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direct to consumer performance enhancers two people next year, such
as testosterone, so there is there comparing it to or rather,
there was a really good article on Wired that compared
it to Red Bulls Extreme Games, ultimately trying to just
sell red bull and this being the same for this
future product that we don't know yet, don't know a
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lot about yet.
Speaker 4 (34:01):
It's fascinating.
Speaker 3 (34:02):
It feels like almost this money grab for an alternative
group of people who might be interested in these sorts
of things. And I think, and I hope though the
majority of people will see right through it, especially when
there's so many incredible sports happening all year round without
performance enhancing drugs. We have the Olympics next year, we
(34:23):
have the FIFA World Cup, then we have the FIFA
Women's World Cup. We have all of these incredible things
to look forward to where we know that we can
trust the athletes. And I think, listen, right, stuff like
sports aren't necessarily fair. People are born with different privileges
that allow them to be good at sports, whether it
is things like actually having access to play a sport,
(34:44):
or it's things like their limbs are longer, or they
have weapons, oh you know what I mean, or they
have a better they have better VO two max.
Speaker 4 (34:52):
Just the way that their body is able to handle things.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
Like we know that sports already inherently aren't fair, but
I think it's all natural, I would say, and all
just part of the human condition, as opposed to something
that is being made up from drugs. And I think,
to your point, stuff, what I'm really scared about is
what does this and if it is successful and if
people actually make money off of it, what is this
(35:16):
going to do to the sixteen to twenty one year
olds that are in very important stages of their development
both physically and mentally, that end up thinking that it's
okay to take these drugs.
Speaker 1 (35:28):
It also feels really opportunistic because the two athletes that
have signed up have said if they win this or
if they beat the record, they'll make more money doing
that than they have in their entire swimming career.
Speaker 5 (35:39):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
And it just feels really icky because it feels like
kind of like the Hunger Games, where there's this like
one type of class of people who want another class
of people who have less money than them to really
do these really dangerous activities for our own entertainment. And
I think if they truly wanted to push the boundaries
of sport, they could then invest in paying these athletes
(36:02):
throughout the year, because the argument is, oh, I don't
make money, so this is actually an opportunity for me
to make money doing my sport. But there are other ways,
of course, to allocate funding. So it just feels really,
really icky to me.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
So I'm so glad that.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
You brought this up, Soilka, because I actually hadn't heard
about it until I listened to your voicemail, your voice,
the notes that you left us. So thank you so
much for bringing this to our attention so that I
could look into it further.
Speaker 4 (36:25):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (36:27):
And with that that marks the end of today's episode.
I think that's a great ending. Thank y'all so much
for tuning in. We will be back in your feed
with a new podcast on Tuesday.
Speaker 4 (36:35):
In the meantime.
Speaker 3 (36:36):
If you enjoyed this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe.
Speaker 1 (36:39):
This episode was edited by Savannah Held and produced by
Lisa Minutillo, Alessandra Pucco, and Lauren Tescala. Again, I'm Steph
Rots
Speaker 3 (36:46):
And I'm Ellen Hisslab and we'll chat with you soon.
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