Best of Sports and Memoirs of 2022
*[REBROADCAST FROM June 24, 2022] The 1999 World Cup-winning U.S Women's soccer team has been foundational for millions of girls playing soccer in the 21st century, and for the growth of the sport's popularity in the United States. Briana Scurry was the goalie for this team, and she was also the first black and openly gay woman to ever represent her country on the soccer field. Now, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Title IX and Pride month, Scurry has written a new memoir, My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey Of a World-Champion Goalkeeper. She joins us to discuss her story.
*[REBROADCAST FROM August 30, 2022] Pickleball is sweeping the courts of America. With an estimated 4.8 million Americans now playing the sport, Rachel Simon, author of Pickleball for All: Everything but the "Kitchen" Sink, takes listener calls from Pickleball players and fans alike, and explains the history and basics of the sport.
*[REBROADCAST FROM September 9, 2022] NFL stars Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, and Lamar Jackson are all-star quarterbacks dominating in a position once rarely held by Black men. As the NFL season kicks off, we hear from Jason Reid, senior NFL reporter for ESPN's Andscape, and author of the book, The Rise of the Black Quarterback: What it Means for America.
*[REBROADCAST FROM August 31, 2022] Michael K. Williams was in the process of writing his memoir when he passed away unexpectedly in 2021. The book, called Scenes From My Life, details his memories of life growing up in East Flatbush, his starring role as Omar in "The Wire," and his struggles with addiction. Jon Sternfeld, co-writer of the book, and Dominic Dupont, Williams's nephew who is also the program director for his uncle's foundation Making Kids Win, join us to discuss the memoir, and the legacy of Michael K. Williams.
*[REBROADCAST FROM September 26, 2022] When Hua Hsu was an undergrad at Berkeley, to his surprise and amusement, he developed a friendship with a classmate named Ken, who in some ways was Hsu's opposite. But when tragedy strikes, Hsu has to grapple with loss, grief and coming of age all at the same time. Hsu joins to discuss his memoir, Stay True, which Kirkus calls "masterfully structured and exquisitely written."
[REBROADCAST FROM September 13, 2022] From the outside, Jenette McCurdy was living the life other young actors could only dream of. Cast as Sam in the very successful Nickelodeon show "iCarly," and later the spinoff series alongside Ariana Grande "Sam & Cat," McCurdy was a hero to a generation of kids. But behind the scenes, Jenette was coping with disordered eating, mental health issues, and her abusive mother who took her income, and insisted on monitoring her diaries, her emails, and her weight. After her mother's death, McCurdy was able to take a step back from acting, and really examine the toll child stardom took on her life. McCurdy joins us to discuss all of this in her new memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died.
