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12. Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.”

12. Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.”

FromPeople I (Mostly) Admire


12. Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.”

FromPeople I (Mostly) Admire

ratings:
Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Jan 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

She is one of the best basketball players ever. She’s won multiple championships, including four Olympic gold medals and four W.N.B.A. titles — the most recent in 2020, just before turning 40. She also helped negotiate a landmark contract for the league’s players. Sue Bird tells Steve Levitt the untold truth about clutch players, her thoughts about the pay gap between male and female athletes, and what it means to be part of the first gay couple in ESPN’s The Body Issue.
Released:
Jan 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Steve Levitt, the iconoclastic University of Chicago economist and co-author of the Freakonomics book series, tracks down other high achievers and asks questions that only he would think to ask. Guests include all-time Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, WNBA champion Sue Bird, Operation Warp Speed chief Moncef Slaoui, and neuroscientist/actress Mayim Bialik. People I (Mostly) Admire is a production of the Freakonomics Radio Network.