PODCAST: The Chicago Sky's stormy season and early World Cup reactions

PLUS: Paid subscribers get an extended interview with Shireen Ahmed.

This week, Lindsay and Jessie begin by recapping an *incredibly* busy week in women's sports.

Then, Annie Costabile of the Chicago Sun Times joins us to talk about the Sky's new investors, the abrupt departure of Sky head coach James Wade, and what it's like being a full-time beat reporter for a WNBA team that's struggling.

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Finally, the amazing Shireen Ahmed of the CBC joins us from a jazz cafe in Melbourne to talk about our favorite moments of the Women's World Cup so far and what it's been like to get to know the Moroccan team.

You can listen to the podcast here.

You should be able to subscribe to it in the podcast app of your choice if you search for “Power Plays Podcast.”

If you have trouble finding it — some of the apps take up to two weeks to add new podcasts to their directory, apparently just in an effort to exhaust me — you can manually add the podcast to your app by using this RSS feed.

Paid subscribers can listen to an extended interview with Shireen Ahmed, which is included below. If you’re not a paid susbcriber, join the fun — subscriptions are 23% off during the World Cup!!