We're back for Episode 56, talking about the busy autumn swing in Asia. Since we haven't been around for a minute, there's also lots of chit-chat about happenings in the news, doping drama, Black Lives Matter, and a reprise of one of our favorite Mariah covers.
0:40 Welcome and odds and ends: halftime show performer, hunty, Jenners, etc.

8:00 Petra Kvitova's slayful and savage run to the Wuhan title

15:00 Wozniacki's career resuscitation 

18:45 Naomi Osaka has a huge week in Tokyo

23:00 Lepchenko's statement on meldonium use, and what it has to do with Maria

28:45 Therapeutic Use Exemptions - Serena, Venus, Rafa, and Simone Biles

33:15 The case of Bethanie Mattek-Sands .... 

36:30 Serena making headlines even when she's not playing

38:00 Taking up Black Lives Matter, All Lives Matter, Venus, and the project to silence anti-racist movements

45:45 WTA CEO Steve Simon drops a bombshell: shortening women's tennis matches? (Plus some talk about cricket!)