This week we outsourced the agenda-building to you, our listeners, and you provided a set of fascinating and tough questions. Come take a break from the weekly grind of current tennis events. We’ve got a modest proposal for how to choose new tennis TV commentators, plus we talk about areas of the game we might consider changing and why the age eligibility rule is important. By popular demand, we open with the momentous Williams-Sharapova reunion at the Met Gala and the photos that broke the tennis internet for a day or two.
01:35 Vee, Ree, and Masha at the Met Gala: WHAT?!
08:05 Laver Cup’s blocking spree as social media strategy
13:20 Is the game missing something without challenges? Did automated line calling sap some drama from matches?
20:30 Between Serena and Novak, whose legacy is most affected by missing out on the Grand Slam?
26:50 A question on the teen breakthroughs at the US Open and the WTA’s age eligibility rule
34:15 A memorable FMK - Met Gala Baes
44:10 You all had a lot of thoughts and questions about tennis commentators, as usual!
62:55 A perennial question: where are all the gays in men’s tennis? Do they just not exist?
69:10 A question that threatened the peace in our household: the Whitney-Mariah duet
75:00 Happy 24th anniversary to an album that sounds even better with age: Butterfly
The Placebo Effect
Come Hell or High Pasta: Roland Garros Preview
Rome in Ruins
The Gender Cake Gap
SERENA
Man in the Mirror
Betwixt, Betrayed, and Betweener-ed
Petrafied
Pocketful of Sunshine (Double)
Say Something
Fly Like A Bird
We Need a Preposition
Same As It Ever Was
Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss: Aus Open Wrap
That’s Not The Rule, Kerrilyn
The Bushbirds Are Sh*tting
Pregnant With Possibilities: Australian Open Preview
A Positive Start
How Did We Get Here? TBS Culture Edition
The Merchants of Menace: 2022 ATP Wrap
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