Why Are You Like This? with Megan Rapinoe

On the 10-year anniversary of his historic protest during the national anthem, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick joins Megan on the show for a one-of-a-kind conversation about a moment in time that would come to define both of them. They dive deep into Colin’s protest, getting blackballed by the NFL and his life beyond football, including writing his upcoming memoir The Perilous Fight. They also discuss the collective power athletes have and Megan shares her experience protesting alongside Colin.

00:00 Introduction

09:00 How Colin seen himself

14:10 Playing in the NFL

23:50 Getting Blackballed and Missing Competing

28:14 Colin’s Decision to Protest and Kneel

37:58 Megan’s Decision to Start Kneeling

45:15 The Collective Power of Athletes

47:38 Colin’s Takeaways from Protesting

49:22 “Watching” The World Move on From Kneeling

55:40 Know Your Rights Camp and Conducting Autopsies

1:07:10 His Relationship with his wife Nessa

1:13:10 Colin’s Memoir

1:14:30 Mommy, Daddy, Baby

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After the 2024 election, Kamala is coming back into the public eye and sat down with Megan. They talk about her Oakland roots, her decision to become a prosecutor and why she’s fully committed to public service. Megan puts Kamala on the hot seat to see if she’s going to run for President in 2028 and Kamala puts her own spin on “Mommy, Daddy, Baby.”

0:00 Introduction

04:57 Becoming a prosecutor

10:00 Studying at Howard University

14:45 Her Duty as a Public Servant

18:40 Americans’ issues with trust

22:10 Being the first

26:03 Governing as a woman

32:13 The Next Iteration of the US President

36:21 Why Kamala Harris has returned to the public eye

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This week, Megan is joined by award-winning writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay, whose books have had a huge impact on the way Megan sees the world. One of the most important feminist writers of her generation, Roxane is a contributing Opinion writer for the New York Times and the author of the books “Bad Feminist,” “Hunger” and most recently “The Portable Feminist.” Roxane’s 2017 memoir “Surviving the Silence,” was recently adapted into a Lifetime movie.

The duo talk about Roxane’s queerness, dealing with pressure, and how she protects herself while writing about difficult topics. Roxane discusses why she refuses to operate from a scarcity mindset, and her upcoming novel with Channing Tatum. We also get a special guest appearance from her dog, Max!

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“It was so demystifying because a lot of these people are f*cking stupid”

This week, journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Pablo Torre joins Megan on the show. But first, Megan sounds off about the latest WNBA controversy surrounding Enes Kanter in the latest edition of “Are You Serious?”

Then Megan and Pablo dive into the highs, lows and unexpected turns that landed Torre at the helm of his show “Pablo Torre Finds Out.” Megan finds out how the New York native strikes fear into the hearts of sports teams and Pablo flips the script to get Megan to answer a spicy question.

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This week, Megan is joined by stand-up comedian and director W. Kamau Bell. They dig into the “whys” behind some of Kamau’s biggest decisions, like holding space for Ted Danson to talk about his Blackface scandal, his approach to dealing with trolls, and launching his new podcast “Are You With Me?” Plus they wonder if Megyn Kelly is lowkey flirting with them and Kamau goes off about social media in a new segment called “What Are We Doing?!”

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