Megan Rapinoe

Having won an Olympic gold medal and two Women’s World Cups, Megan Rapinoe is among the most decorated and world famous athletes of our time. She joins to talk about her legendary soccer career, activism, and New York Times Best-Selling book.

[This episode originally aired June 2022.] Megan Rapinoe is a world class athlete and activist. Together with the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, Megan has won World Cups and Olympic medals. She is a fierce advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, equal rights and social justice. This story is from the new Rebel Girls app! You can listen to more stories like this, PLUS sleepy stories, soundscapes, and all the podcast episodes you know and love. Just go to go.rebelgirls.com/dream-on to download and listen for free!This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This episode was produced by Camille Stennis and Haley Dapkus. Sound design and mixing by Bianca Salinas. It was written by Meghan Pochebit and voiced by Aida Reluzco. A special thanks to the whole Rebel Girls team, who make this podcast possible!

For the next few weeks on The Limits, we're pulling together some of our favorite conversations from The Limits Plus that were only available to subscribers – until now. In this week's Remix episode: Every magic moment on the court or the field actually represents a lot of hard work and discipline. So what makes a player truly great? Host Jay Williams asks his mentor Coach Mike Krzyzewski (better known as Coach K), and legendary athletes Megan Rapinoe and Magic Johnson.Follow Jay on Instagram and Twitter. Email us at thelimits@npr.org.

#RAPINOE #SOCCER #FREEDOM Top 50 Women Soccer Players announced USYS BEST OF TIK TOK First Pro Soccer Player diagnosed with CTE Megan Rapinoe gets the medal of freedom? We will do a crossbar challenge at the end of the show Welcome Jack to the show.  Sorry jack I don’t have your intro but what we do have is your crossbar challenge from a year ago.  So on one of our Bainbridge shows last summer we challenged Jack to hit the cross bard followed by scoring a goal.   It was coming to the end of the show and Jack failed 2 or 3 attempts.   Let’s take a look at one of your FAILS.   Ouch!  But jack overcomes it at his last opportunity.   Do you think Megan Rapinoe should receive the medal of freedom?   COMMENT It just seems like we are about to have an Oprah moment “you get a medal you get a medal!” OVERLAY LEGENDS INFO Tonight's Sponsor is Legends Elite Soccer Academy.  Contact Coach Roberto at 623-810-4720 or email kingrex10@gmail.com  Professional training for serious soccer players Experience the difference that high level training can offer.   USYS the United States youth soccer association official tiktok post this on their feed.  Do you see the problem?  Our governing body believes this is the beautiful game. How we create a soccer culture within my family we do this show and do bits like the jack and Jett battles speaking of which we have a new one PLAY JACK N JETT BATTLE OVERLAY TOP 50 ESPN FC Women's Rank: The 50 best footballers in the world this week To mark a year of achievement we present ESPN FC Women's Rank 2022. This spring, we polled 26 of the brightest minds in women's soccer -- from coaches to executives to journalists -- about their standout performers across the 2021-22 season, and we arrived at the definitive ranking of the top 50 women's players in 2022. #1  Alexia Putellas SPAIN overlay #1 Alexia Putellas #2  Sam Kerr Australia overlay #2 Sam Kerr I think Sam Kerr should be #1 for this impressive tackle she made during her time playing for the Lyon’s in the UK  PLAY SAM KERR --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coachcameron/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coachcameron/support

We began the week celebrating freedom, and we end the week celebrating free-dumb. President Biden bestowed the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on two of the least deserving athletes of all time: Simone Biles, a gold medalist gymnast who most recently quit on her team in the Tokyo Olympics, and Megan Rapinoe, a professional soccer player who's taken more knees than Colin Kaepernick. Jason gets to the real reason Biles and Rapinoe were honored by the Left. They represent the highest ideals of the Democratic Party: They are women, black, and gay. "Fearless" contributor Steve Kim adds his cutting criticism on Biden's selections and his “approval rating” on Simone Biles. Macy Gray spoke out against the transgender movement in an interview with Piers Morgan, then almost immediately walked it back on the "Today Show," citing her “education” on the matter. "Fearless" soldier Shemeka Michelle drops in to help “Make It Make Sense.” Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Virgil Walker of G3 Ministries penned a letter to black pastors urging them to break the ties between the church and the pro-choice movement. He joins Jason to tackle the subject. Plus, Delano Squires discusses his latest piece for TheBlaze on “The Great Separation” and the growing fault line dividing America.​​Today's Sponsor:Bring the American family to the table again with Good Ranchers! Right now, get $30 off your order! Plus, FREE shipping is a huge cost covered for customers. Use my code, “FEARLESS”, or visit https://GoodRanchers.com/FEARLESS.Shout Out from Jason:Do you love gifts? Would you want to request a personal shout out for you, family or friends from Jason Whitlock?! Click either link below to get the official Shout Out app for Apple or Android and request a personal shout out from Jason Whitlock!Shout Out for Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shoutout/id1541540629Shout Out for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.shoutoutappGet 10% off Blaze swag by using code Fearless10 at https://shop.blazemedia.com/fearless Make yourself an official member of the “Fearless Army!”Support Conservative Voices! Subscribe to BlazeTV at https://get.blazetv.com/FEARLESS and get $10 off your yearly subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Washington and Rapinoe are among this year's recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Washington's films include "Malcolm X," "Philadelphia," "Glory," and "Training Day." Rapinoe is a soccer champion and LGBTQ activist. She fought for, and helped win, equal pay in women's soccer. Also, Justin Chang reviews the new French film Both Sides of the Blade, starring Juliette Binoche and directed by Claire Denis.

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U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe is of course a champion on the field, but off the field, she's a champion for the causes that matter. She has long been one of the biggest voices advocating for equal pay in the U.S. Soccer Federation, which was historically reached via collective bargaining agreements this month. Now, as she's reaching the end of her trailblazing run in professional soccer, Megan sat down with Jay Williams to talk about the path to equal pay for the U.S. Women's National Team, and what work still needs to be done across professional sports. Plus, she reveals whether she'll appear in the 2023 World Cup, the sacrifices she has made as a lifelong athlete, and whether or not a future in politics is in store for her. For sponsor-free episodes, weekly bonus content, and more, subscribe to The Limits Plus at plus.npr.org/thelimits. On this week's Plus episode, Megan discusses equal pay in the international arena, and how she has remained at the top of her sport. Follow Jay on Instagram and Twitter. Email us at thelimits@npr.org.

In this controversial episode, the guys talk about US Soccer's decision to pool the proceeds for the respective Men's and Women's World Cups, and split the money in half.  Is this really in the interest of fairness?  Mancuso, Cicarelli, and Uncle Rino also talk about AC Milan's Scudetto title victory, and Manchester City's EPL title win. Enjoy the Show!!

This week, Chelsea is sitting down with soccer star and equal pay advocate Megan Rapinoe to look at women in sports – the progress we’ve made toward equality and what needsto happen next.Megan and Chelsea are talking on the heels of a major victory off the field —a settlement designed to bring equal pay to our US National Soccer Team women players after a years-longfight led by Megan and her teammates.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.