Out Wide Podcast

Out Wide Podcast: Our World of Tennis, Inclusivity, and Celebration The only fan-based pod that puts the WTA in the center court of our hearts — and leaves the ATP at the gift shop. Join Stef and Resh for queer, feminist, and unapologetically passionate commentary on women's tennis. We cover the 4 Grand Slams and beyond with love, humor, and a critical eye — celebrating the players changing the game, calling out the culture holding it back, and making space for everyone who's ever felt like an outsider in the sport they love. This podcast is for the girls, the gays, the theys, and the tennis obsessed. If you've ever screamed at a line call, cried during a Serena match, or Googled a WTA player at 2am — you're home. Because tennis wasn't always built for us. We're building it anyway. New episodes dropping throughout the tennis season. Like, subscribe, and come find your people. 🎾

Out Wide Podcast is a sports podcast hosted by Resh & Stef, with 41 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Resh & Stef hosts Out Wide Podcast, a sports show with 41 episodes published.

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  Episode #14

  Multiverse of Red Flags: US Open 2026 Recap

  Sep 21, 20261h 2mS3

  Send us Fan Mail Episode 41 of Out Wide, wrapping up the US Open 2026 chaos — here's the rundown: The vibes: Stef is fried post-Open (watched every second from home), the Portland Thorns and Fire are both flailing, but she and her wife are teaming up for their first doubles tournament in October as "DosStephFi's." Resh is off in SF, sailing accidentally-private boats and gearing up for Valkyries fan appreciation night. Fit check happened. Billie Jean King Adidas were purchased at great personal risk (the employee store is a battlefield, apparently). Tennis history hour: A love letter to Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe — the legends the whole tournament is built on (literally, given the stadium names) — before diving into the actual results. The finals: Elena Rybakina beat Sabalenka for the women's title and the #1 ranking, earning full flower-giving from the hosts ("your fits are terrible, your serve is amazing"). Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton for the men's — cue extensive, well-deserved dragging over his domestic violence allegations, his ball-bouncing habit (2.5 hours across the tournament, RIP everyone's patience), and his new nickname care of an ESPN mispronunciation: Sausage Zverev . His semifinal tickets crashed from $300 to $19, which launched an extended bit about better ways to spend $19 (a Labubu, a therapy copay, an IKEA pillow "since he'll be asleep by set two"). Sabalenka villain arc: Fined $7,500 for racket abuse, told a cameraman off, rolled deep with Jake Paul in her box, and wore a Thanos Infinity Gauntlet necklace — which the hosts note is thematically perfect since she also lost. Wins worth celebrating: Taylor Townsend's first Grand Slam doubles title (and a genuinely great tangent on her sponsor, civil rights attorney Ben Crump). Coco Gauff being extremely mature about aging out of her teen-underdog era. A whole segment on tennis players' secret nerd lives — Coco's Spider-Man/Avatar obsession, Naomi Osaka's Naruto pink hair, Monfils' Wakanda salute — that's genuinely delightful. Institutional chaos: The WTA Finals bailed on Saudi Arabia early, landed in Indian Wells for one year, and is now $30–60M-ish deep in financial trouble heading into a Charlotte relocation. Not great! The "Hall of Lamers": A savage little segment clocking Gabriela Sabatini (dated Trump, apparently), Jennifer Capriati (conservative troll now), and Martina Navratilova/Chris Evert's press tour, which gets zero patience from either host. Ben Shelton discourse: An entire, very funny back-and-forth of "is he MAGA, is he a good boyfriend to Trinity Rodman, why does he have fuckboy energy" that never fully resolves — verdict: TBD, but side-eye maintained throughout. Support the show Instagram : Out_Wide_Podcast Jingle : https://www.nelaruizcomposer.com/ Logo: https://www.instagram.com/crayonspaghetti/

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  Episode #11

  SRY, Not Sorry: The WTA's Junk Science Era

  Jul 27, 202642 minS3

  Send us Fan Mail Resh and Stef are riding high off WNBA All-Star weekend, Napa wine, and 2,500 downloads — then the WTA had to go and ruin everyone's summer. While the world was watching Wimbledon, the WTA quietly posted a brand-new genetic testing policy to their website on July 19th — no press release, no announcement, first reported by Ben Rothenberg at *Bounces*. It took effect July 1st, enforcement started July 21st. Blink and you missed the rollout; players may have found out the same time we did. Out with the old 2024 testosterone-monitoring system (which only applied if you self-declared or were "under investigation" — always a red flag phrase). In with a one-time, mandatory SRY gene test for *every* WTA player, full stop. The guy who *discovered* the SRY gene in 1990, Andrew Sinclair, is on record saying this test is basically useless for what they're using it for — presence of the gene tells you nothing about function. Resh walks through why this test has already failed spectacularly before (IOC dropped it in 1999 after eight Atlanta athletes tested "positive" with zero competitive advantage). This isn't happening in a vacuum — it lines up with the Supreme Court's West Virginia v. B.P.J. ruling, a Heritage Foundation report gunning for Title IX, and the IOC's own policy reversal ahead of LA 2028. Stef traces the receipts back to a 2021 "Women's Sports Policy Working Group" that included Martina Navratilova — who is, notably, denying any influence on this policy. Sure, Martina. The hosts go deep on the historical pattern — gender testing disproportionately targeting women of color and DSD athletes, with Caster Semenya's decade-long fight getting a shoutout. Also: Linda Nosková's Wimbledon championship photo got used in an Out Sports piece about this policy, and she was (rightly) not here for it. Billie Jean King and Semenya call it discrimination. Navratilova calls it progress. Chris Evert is, predictably, one step behind Martina. And Resh has some thoughts about John Isner's serve and Michael Phelps's wingspan never having to pass a permission slip. WNBA All-Star chaos, Pride Nights, the ongoing *Love Island*-style saga of who's dating whom in the league (someone please make the relationship chart official), and a Carla Leite sighting. See you out there, OWLs (Out Wide Listeners) Support the show Instagram : Out_Wide_Podcast Jingle : https://www.nelaruizcomposer.com/ Logo: https://www.instagram.com/crayonspaghetti/

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  Episode #10

  Grass Stains and Growing Pains: Wimbledon 2026 Recap

  Jul 12, 202643 minS3

  Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Wimbledon 2026 Week 2 breakdown! Just like that, grass is in & grass is out. Naomi Osaka's Cinderella run ends in the semis against Karolina Muchova — turns out toppling world #1 Sabalenka takes a toll on the legs. Meanwhile Coco Gauff finds herself one drop shot away from her first Wimbledon final, yet somehow gives the most zen presser of the year anyway. Then the real headline: **the first all-Czech Wimbledon women's final ever**, because apparently the Czech Republic just has a tennis cheat code nobody else got the manual for. Muchova saves FIVE championship points, yet still loses to 21-year-old Linda Nosková in an emotional three-setter that ends with a tribute to Nosková's late mom. Also on deck: Yui Kamiji completes a *career Golden Slam* in wheelchair tennis and gets paid 44 times less than Nosková for the exact same accomplishment (equal pay, but make it asterisks), Djokovic and Felix Auger-Aliassime play the longest quarterfinal in Wimbledon history and somehow no one threw a racket, and Alcaraz is still MIA with a wrist injury and we are all feral with longing. Support the show Instagram : Out_Wide_Podcast Jingle : https://www.nelaruizcomposer.com/ Logo: https://www.instagram.com/crayonspaghetti/

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  Episode #9

  Kimonos, Comebacks, and Curfew Countdowns: Wimbledon 2026 Week 1

  Jul 7, 20261h 19mS3

  Send us Fan Mail Wimbledon 2026's first week delivered chaos, history, and fashion moments for days. Serena Williams' emotional singles return broke ESPN ratings records even in defeat, while Naomi Osaka's stunning upset of world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka — paired with her now-iconic kimono-inspired kits — became the tournament's signature storyline. Coco Gauff pulled off a nail-biting, literal buzzer-beater win under Wimbledon's 11pm curfew to reach her first-ever quarterfinal, setting up an all-American showdown with Jessica Pegula. Stef and Resh also spotlight breakout runs from Alex Eala, Zeynep Sönmez, and Mananchaya Sawangkaew, dig into the historic symmetry of three Black women reaching the quarterfinals 51 years after Arthur Ashe's Wimbledon breakthrough, unpack the controversy around Markéta Vondroušová's four-year doping ban, and touch on a surprising Bad Bunny–tennis crossover moment. Plus: a quick World Cup detour before closing out the episode. Support the show Instagram : Out_Wide_Podcast Jingle : https://www.nelaruizcomposer.com/ Logo: https://www.instagram.com/crayonspaghetti/

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  Episode #8

  Goodbye French Open Mess, Hello Grass Season

  Jun 15, 202657 minS3

  Send us Fan Mail Episode 35: Roland Garros 2026 Recap & The Grass Court Swing Begins We're back with a Roland Garros week two recap that had us screaming, crying, and everything in between. Mirra Andreeva claimed her first Grand Slam title at 19, dropping only 17 games in the second week and accepting the trophy in a custom Nike jacket that read "I'd like to thank myself" — because she absolutely should. Meanwhile, qualifier Maja Chwalińska became only the second player in Open Era history to reach a Grand Slam final as a qualifier, jumping from ranked 114 to number 21 overnight, getting a hero's welcome at the Warsaw airport, and somehow almost running out of money for her hotel mid-tournament. Her story — which includes a very public battle with depression in 2021 and a decision to come back to tennis on her own terms — is one of the most moving in recent memory. We also send our love to Hailey Baptiste, who suffered a torn ACL and meniscus in her second round match and has been sharing her recovery journey with breathtaking honesty. On the brighter side, Karolína Siniaková and Taylor Townsend are one US Open title away from a career Grand Slam together, and their post-win press conference might be the most wholesome four minutes of the year. We then head to the grass court swing, where the palate cleanser we all desperately needed arrived in the form of Serena Williams making her competitive return after 1,375 days away. She and Vicky Mboko upset the third seeds at Queen's Club and reminded us all why tennis is worth watching. We break down Donna Vekic going from lucky loser to champion, the deeply pointed wildcard snub of defending Queen's Club champion Tatjana Maria, Alex Eala's win in Birmingham, and Robin Montgomery winning a WTA title in the Netherlands ranked 484th in the world. Resh also delivers an important journalism moment: a full breakdown of why Wimbledon grass and football grass are about as similar as clay and hard court, and why that actually matters for how the ball behaves. In our Five Minutes with the 5%, we talk about Flavio Cobolli — the charming, superstitious, emotionally open 24-year-old from Florence who nearly upset Zverev* in a five-set Roland Garros final and who we are officially rooting for. We also address the men's champion, Alexander Zverev*, with a content warning for domestic violence — including why L'Équipe made the deliberate editorial choice not to put him on their front page after his win. We close out with the ongoing prize money fight (Wimbledon just announced a 20% increase, but players say it's not enough), the rumored Serena/Venus mixed doubles pairing with Sinner and Alcaraz at the US Open, and Resh and Stef's ongoing appreciation for women coaching women across tennis, the WNBA, and the NWSL. Next episode: our Wimbledon preview and thoughts on the Rafa Nadal documentary. See you out there, queens. Support the show Instagram : Out_Wide_Podcast Jingle : https://www.nelaruizcomposer.com/ Logo: https://www.instagram.com/crayonspaghetti/

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