Podcasts by My New Favorite Futbolista

Meghan Klingenberg: Now is the time to invest in female athletes from 2023-08-04T07:30

As a bonus treat for our listeners, we're flipping the tables and having My New Favorite Futbolista host (and World Cup champion) Meghan Klingenberg answer questions from Andy Slavitt, the host ...

Lauren Holiday on Team USA’s World Cup mindset from 2023-07-31T07:30

How will Team USA handle the adversity they are facing at the Women’s World Cup? Olympic and World Cup champion Lauren Holiday discusses with soccer content creator Megan Reyes in this bonus epi...

How Team USA phenom Sophia Smith strengthens her mental health from 2023-07-19T07:45

Sophia Smith, the reigning NWSL MVP, has become an advocate for student-athlete mental health after losing her best friend and Stanford teammate Katie Meyer to suicide.

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How teenage phenom Linda Caicedo overcame ovarian cancer from 2023-07-19T07:30

18-year-old Colombian forward Linda Caicedo, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was just 15, is now one of the sport’s most electric goal scorers.

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L...

Naomi Girma: Team USA’s first-gen trailblazer from 2023-07-12T07:45

Naomi Girma, the first player of Ethiopian descent on the U.S. Women’s National Team, hopes to make it easier for first-generation Americans to succeed.

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Naomi G...

Panama’s Marta Cox picks up the pieces after losing her mother from 2023-07-12T07:30

Panamanian midfielder Marta Cox, who recently lost her mother unexpectedly, finds ways to keep her mother’s memory alive on the pitch. 

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Marta Cox

Raiza G...

Team USA’s Sofia Huerta and Ashley Sanchez: Am I Mexican enough? from 2023-06-28T07:45

Sofia Huerta and Ashley Sanchez, who are poised to be the only two Mexican Americans to represent the U.S. at the World Cup, are grappling with their hybrid identities.

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Call me Estefanía Banini, not the “female Messi” from 2023-06-28T07:30

Argentina’s Estefanía Banini, who is nicknamed the “female Messi,” is using her platform to advocate for equality for female soccer players in Latin America.

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Becky Sauerbrunn: Team USA's "moral compass" from 2023-06-21T07:45

World Cup champion Becky Sauerbrunn, who due to injury will not feature in this year’s event, has an important story to tell. Sauerbrunn describes herself as an “introvert,” but she proudly step...

Soccer’s silent superstar Christine Sinclair opens up from 2023-06-21T07:30

Canada’s Christine Sinclair, soccer’s all-time international goal scoring leader, has always let her stellar play do the talking for her...until now. Sinclair opens up about gender equity, multi...

Crystal Dunn: Soccer's super mom from 2023-06-14T07:45

Team USA’s Crystal Dunn, who returned to competitive soccer less than four months after giving birth to her son Marcel Jean, shares how she juggles her career and motherhood.

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Rocky Rodriguez’s complicated American Dream from 2023-06-14T07:30

Costa Rica’s Raquel “Rocky” Rodríguez, the 2016 NWSL Rookie of the Year, faced unexpected obstacles when she decided to immigrate to the U.S.

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Who should you root for at the FIFA Women’s World Cup? from 2023-06-01T07:30

My New Favorite Futbolista will introduce you to the World Cup’s most inspiring soccer players and the causes they champion. New episodes hosted in English by World Cup champion Meghan Klingenbe...

Ferran Torres: Score by rescuing stray dogs from 2022-11-22T11:00

Ferran Torres (Spain and FC Barcelona), a proud advocate for rescuing stray dogs, is determined to get dogs off the streets through adoption and education

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Ferra...

USMNT: Pass gun reform, now from 2022-11-21T11:00

The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team used its platform to demand that Congress do something about gun violence in America

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Chris Murphy (U.S. Senator from Connect...

DeAndre Yedlin: Kicking homophobia out of soccer from 2022-11-17T11:00

DeAndre Yedlin (USMNT and Inter Miami CF) is a proud LGBTQ ally who is determined to make soccer more inclusive after hearing homophobic slurs on the pitch

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DeAn...

Mark-Anthony Kaye: Why I stand with single mothers from 2022-11-15T11:00

Mark-Anthony Kaye (Canada and Toronto FC), who was raised by a single mother, is partnering with Single Mothers Outreach to provide single mothers with resources to successfully raise their fami...

José Cifuentes: Educating soccer’s ‘forgotten’ kids from 2022-11-10T11:00

José Cifuentes (Ecuador and LAFC), who had to choose between pursuing soccer or a formal education, wants to make it easier for future generations of soccer players to finish their studies

Paul Arriola: F--- Cancer from 2022-11-08T11:00

Paul Arriola (USMNT and FC Dallas) shares what he learned about maintaining mental health during a two-year stretch in which he lost two loved ones, had a third diagnosed with stage four lung ca...

Julián Araujo: Fighting for Farmworkers from 2022-11-01T09:00

Julián Araujo (Mexico and LA Galaxy), who comes from a family of farmworkers, is using his voice to advocate for more equitable policies in the agriculture industry

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Who should you root for at the FIFA World Cup? from 2022-10-20T10:00

My New Favorite Futbolista will introduce you to the World Cup’s most inspiring soccer players and the causes they champion. New episodes hosted by former Colombian striker Juan Pablo Ángel and ...

Who should you root for at the FIFA World Cup? from 2022-10-20T10:00

My New Favorite Futbolista will introduce you to the World Cup’s most inspiring soccer players and the causes they champion. New episodes hosted by former Colombian striker Juan Pablo Ángel and ...

Colby Stevenson was millimeters away from death from 2022-02-02T12:00

Freeskier Colby Stevenson is thankful to be back on the snow after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a life-threatening car crash

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Colby Stevenson

John Michael Fa...

Indigenous hockey player Abby Roque competes for more than Team USA from 2022-01-19T10:00

Hockey star Abby Roque will become the first Native American woman to represent the U.S. in ice hockey at a Winter Olympics

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Abby Roque

T.J. Oshie (Washington Capital...

Curling stars: It is time to diversify the sport from 2022-01-12T10:00

Olympic champion John Shuster, Super Bowl champion Vernon Davis, USA Curling’s Monica Walker and other curling enthusiasts are teaming up to create pathways to diversify the sport

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Timothy LeDuc, figure skating’s non-binary trailblazer from 2022-01-05T10:00

Figure skater Timothy LeDuc (they/them), the first openly gay athlete to win a U.S. national pairs title, will become the first publicly out non-binary athlete to compete at a Winter Olympics Listen

The Winter Olympics’ first Winter from 2021-12-15T10:00

Aerials skier Winter Vinecki, who is set to become the first Winter Olympian named “Winter,” raises money for prostate cancer research to honor her late father

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Winter Vine...

The ShibSibs want to diversify book publishing from 2021-12-08T11:00

Maia and Alex Shibutani already boosted representation on the ice, becoming the first ice dancers of Asian descent to earn an Olympic medal, and now the “ShibSibs,” as they are affectionately ca...

Who should you root for at the Winter Olympics? from 2021-12-06T10:00

The Winter Olympics season of My New Favorite Olympian will introduce you to the most inspiring members of Team USA and the issues they champion. New episodes hosted by Apolo Ohno, Team USA's mo...

Who should you root for at the Winter Olympics? from 2021-12-06T10:00

The Winter Olympics season of My New Favorite Olympian will introduce you to the most inspiring members of Team USA and the issues they champion. New episodes hosted by Apolo Ohno, Team USA's mo...

Olympic dreams are no slam dunk from 2021-07-07T09:00

Why Kareem Maddox left his dream job at 30 to pursue another dream—representing Team USA in 3x3 basketball at the Tokyo Olympics—and what he’s going to do now that his Olympic dream didn’t work out

Alix Klineman thinks it’s time to destigmatize women’s health, period | My New Favorite Olympian from 2021-06-23T09:00

Beach volleyball phenom Alix Klineman is not embarrassed to talk about birth control and how she sustains peak athletic performance throughout her menstrual cycle

Caroline Marks’ body positivity journey from 2021-06-16T09:00

Surfing phenom Caroline Marks reveals how she went from a self-conscious 15-year-old rookie to an 18-year-old confident enough to pose for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Caroline Marks’ body positivity journey | My New Favorite Olympian from 2021-06-16T09:00

Surfing phenom Caroline Marks reveals how she went from a self-conscious 15-year-old rookie to an 18-year-old confident enough to pose for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

World’s fastest epidemiologist Gabby Thomas | My New Favorite Olympian from 2021-06-09T09:00

Sprinter Gabby Thomas, a Harvard graduate pursuing a master’s in epidemiology at the University of Texas amidst a global pandemic, is determined to make the nation’s healthcare system more equitabl...

World’s fastest epidemiologist Gabby Thomas from 2021-06-09T09:00

Sprinter Gabby Thomas, a Harvard graduate pursuing a master’s in epidemiology at the University of Texas amidst a global pandemic, is determined to make the nation’s healthcare system more equitabl...

Nathan Adrian’s testicular cancer battle | My New Favorite Olympian from 2021-06-02T09:00

Olympic swimming champion Nathan Adrian is determined to redefine masculinity after being diagnosed with testicular cancer

Nathan Adrian’s testicular cancer battle from 2021-06-02T09:00

Olympic swimming champion Nathan Adrian is determined to redefine masculinity after being diagnosed with testicular cancer

Who should you root for at the Tokyo Olympics? from 2021-05-14T15:58:52

My New Favorite Olympian will introduce you to the most inspiring members of Team USA and the issues they champion. New episodes hosted by Olympic trailblazer Ibtihaj Muhammad and NBCLX storytel...

Who should you root for at the Tokyo Olympics? from 2021-05-14T15:58:52

My New Favorite Olympian will introduce you to the most inspiring members of Team USA and the issues they champion. New episodes hosted by Olympic trailblazer Ibtihaj Muhammad and NBCLX storytel...

Who should you root for at the Tokyo Olympics? from 2021-05-14T15:58:52

Olympic trailblazer Ibtihaj Muhammad and NBCLX storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo will introduce you to the most inspiring members of Team USA and the issues they champion beginning June 2 on "My New Favori...

My favorite Kobe story from 2021-01-21T11:00

Kobe Bryant’s closest confidants share their favorite Kobe memory so we can better understand how and why Kobe became Kobe. You will hear previously untold tales from Hall of Famers and Oly...

My favorite Kobe story from 2021-01-21T11:00

Kobe Bryant’s closest confidants share their favorite Kobe memory so we can better understand how and why Kobe became Kobe. You will hear previously untold tales from Hall of Famers and Oly...

Gayle Sierens, the first woman to call an NFL game from 2021-01-14T11:00

How did Gayle Sierens become the first woman to call play-by-play of an NFL game, and why did it take 30 years for another woman to do the same? Sunday Night Football reporter Michele ...

Jon Gruden, the coach worth trading for from 2020-11-19T10:00

Why did the Raiders trade head coach Jon Gruden, and why did they spend $100 million to bring him back? Michele Tafoya, the longtime Sunday Night Football sideline reporter, unmasks Gruden by ta...

The Bill Belichick you don’t know from 2020-07-16T09:00

Bill Belichick’s closest confidants reveal the side of the New England Patriots head coach the public doesn’t get to see.

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Doug Flutie (Heisman Trophy winne...

The mysterious disappearance that changed a Super Bowl from 2020-07-09T09:39:33

Barret Robbins in his own words—from prison—revealing the real reasons why he disappeared and missed playing in the Raiders’ loss in Super Bowl XXXVII.

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Bar...

Marathon on ice from 2020-06-25T09:00

How the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins survived seven hours of playoff hockey as they battled in the longest game of the NHL’s modern era

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Bria...

Sean Taylor, the NFL superstar we didn’t get to know from 2020-06-18T09:00

Untold stories that explain why the NFL’s biggest stars revere Sean Taylor, the Washington Redskins safety who was killed at 24 while protecting his family

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The uniform craze that revolutionized college football from 2020-06-11T09:00

How the University of Oregon ignited a fashion arms race across all sports, both collegiately and professionally, by going from having Donald Duck as its mascot to trendsetting Nike uniforms tha...

Michael Jordan: "I'm Back" from 2020-05-28T09:00

How a two-word fax from Michael Jordan changed the course of NBA history, plus never-before-heard stories about his secret workouts with another NBA team

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D...

Trailer for Michael Jordan: 'I'm Back' coming May 28 from 2020-03-18T10:00

“I’m back.” You remember the two-word fax from Michael Jordan announcing his return to the NBA, but there is much more to the story that you don’t know. Subscribe to Sports Uncovered right now t...

Trailer for Michael Jordan: 'I'm Back' coming May 28 from 2020-03-18T10:00

“I’m back.” You remember the two-word fax from Michael Jordan announcing his return to the NBA, but there is much more to the story that you don’t know. Subscribe to Sports Uncovered right now t...