Why Are You Like This? with Megan Rapinoe

105 episodes

Cheryl Reeve on The StudBudz, the 2016 Lynx and Becoming the Winningest Coach in WNBA History
2026-08-13 | 1h
Live from WNBA All Star Weekend, Megan is joined by the winningest coach in WNBA history and five-time All-Star coach Cheryl Reeve. They discuss how she supported the 2016 Lynx’s protest against police brutality, Cheryl’s stellar t-shirt collection, and how the StudBudz changed her approach to coaching. Plus, Cheryl decides if she’s more “Mommy,” “Daddy” or “Baby.”

Why Are You Like This? is a co-production of A Touch More and Vox Media Podcast Network. New episodes every Thursday.

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Kristen Kish on Overcoming Fears on Top Chef, Korean Cinderella and Finding Her Queer Identity
2026-08-06 | 1h 3 mins.
On the inaugural episode of “Why Are You Like This?” Megan Rapinoe sits down with Top Chef host Kristen Kish. Kish took the culinary world and media space by storm after becoming the second female winner of Top Chef. The duo dig into how Kristen came out to herself, why she doesn’t yell at others in the kitchen and what success looks like to her.

And Megan sounds off on the recent discourse around transgender athletes and sports in the segment “Are You Serious?”

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Introducing Why Are You Like This? with Megan Rapinoe
2026-07-20 | 1 mins.
Megan Rapinoe is sitting down with the athletes, artists, activists, and architects of our culture who weren’t satisfied with the status quo and wanted to do things differently. Why Are You Like This? premieres on August 6 wherever you get your podcasts.
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Megan Rapinoe & Rose Lavelle on Her Debut World Cup and Setting Records with Gotham FC.
2026-07-19 | 1h 8 mins.
Wrapping up her special World Cup series, Megan talks to World Cup Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, and NWSL Champion with Gotham FC Rose Lavelle. Megan and Rose discuss Gotham’s record-setting game at Citi Field and her stunning return to the beautiful game after ankle surgery. The duo also reminisce on their 2019 World Cup winning campaign.

And because the tournament is almost over, it’s time for the most prestigious awards show: The Meggies!

ALSO: Megan is doing a live show with a special guest in Chicago on July 24th as part of Vox Media’s The Lineup. Your ticket gets you all-day access to food, drinks, and the energy of one of the biggest women’s basketball events of the year. Get your tickets at voxmedia.com/thelineup.

And here's a little bonus for ya: if you also grab tickets to a live taping of ANDMOM with Skylar Diggins and Cassidy Hubbarth, you can bundle both events and save 30% with code AFTERNOON30.

A Touch More: The Beautiful Game is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR.

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Megan Rapinoe & Lindsey Heaps on Leadership, Returning to Denver and USWNT’s 2027 Outlook
2026-07-16 | 1h 25 mins.
As part of her special World Cup series, Megan talks to World Cup Champion, Olympic Gold Medallist and captain of the USWNT, Lindsey Heaps. Megan and Lindsey talk about her decision to return to the NWSL with the Denver Summit, the legacy she wants to maintain as national team captain and the road to the 2027 Women’s World Cup.

Megan also gives her take on the World Cup Quarterfinals and how to manage your emotions through the end of the tournament.

ALSO: Megan is doing a live show with a special guest in Chicago on July 24th as part of Vox Media’s The Lineup. Your ticket gets you all-day access to food, drinks, and the energy of one of the biggest women’s basketball events of the year. Get your tickets at voxmedia.com/thelineup.

And here's a little bonus for ya: if you also grab tickets to a live taping of ANDMOM with Skylar Diggins and Cassidy Hubbarth, you can bundle both events and save 30% with code AFTERNOON30.

A Touch More: The Beautiful Game is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR.

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About Why Are You Like This? with Megan Rapinoe

Megan Rapinoe has never been content to just play the game, on or off the field. In Why Are You Like This?, she sits down with the artists, athletes, activists, and architects of culture who share that same refusal and curiosity: people who looked at the way things were and decided to build something different. Each conversation moves between the personal and the professional, the origin story and the long game, the private cost and the public legacy. The result is a show that does what no other can: puts the most compelling person in the room across from the most compelling people in the world, and finds the human being every time. New episodes drop every Thursday starting August 6 on YouTube or wherever you listen to podcasts. From A Touch More and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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