Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird
Wed, 20 Nov
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Sue Bird is a former WNBA basketball player and a five-time Olympic gold medalist. Megan Rapinoe is a former soccer player and an Olympic gold medalist. Sue and Megan join the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in different socioeconomic cultures, whether or not parents should let their kids win against them, and the relationships between athletes on professional sports team. Sue, Megan, and Dax talk about how impactful their injuries were to their mental games, why sports are so addicting, and how much pride they had representing America in the Olympics. Sue and Megan explain what makes a win rewarding to them, how showing emotion is viewed in athletics, and how important storytelling is to growing a fanbase. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard/ now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: What are the backgrounds of Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe?
Because one of their sponsors is The Row. Stop. But it's not that row.
Okay. I was like, it is? Is it? I hope so. Are you sponsoring us? Everyone's eyes just got huge. I would love to be sponsored by The Row. Me too.
I think The Row you guys were promoting was some area of some town where there's lots of shops. Oh, down here there's a row. I don't even know. I think it's like an area. It was like, visit this and this. But when I first heard The Row, I was like, oh, Monica's going to be really upset.
We love The Row too, though. Aww. Dream sponsor. I don't think the twins sponsor anyone or give discounts or give a fuck about anyone, honestly.
No. They sure don't. They sure don't. I've heard about their friends and family discount. It's quite minimal. Oh, even a friend or a family? I think they do have it probably just for Elizabeth Olsen. Elizabeth, what's she paying?
10%?
I don't know.
It's like probably.
But probably. If my siblings, you have a twin.
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Chapter 2: How do Sue and Megan view competition and parenting in sports?
Yeah. So add Patti Arquette to the list. I think Elizabeth gets free stuff. I hope so. I think she probably does. If she wears it. Might be an act of rebellion. No, she supports her sister. Yeah, they love each other probably. Anyway, so I don't want it to come off like they're not generous. Oh, okay. Because I don't know about their generosity. So you didn't get the real number or anything. No.
In general, you want to say maybe it is a really nice one. Maybe it's 90%. You know, if you followed a bunch of car accounts like I do on Instagram, you would have heard Porsche recently ended their friends and family business. discount for employees. Really?
Yes, and the number was staggering because Porsches are generally hard to get. there's not a bunch of them at the dealership. You got to order one, you got to wait and all this stuff. So everyone that can get one, those executives, they all get one because they're ultimately end up being worth more and they're, you know.
So, but it was in the tens of millions of dollars that they saved on the bottom line by getting rid of that. They're like, no more cheap Porsches for people who work here. That makes me kind of sad though. They put in the time, they're representing their company.
It makes me sad, too, because also I grew up in a family that had the GM discount, which was relevant. Although often it was the same as whatever sale they were running. But in general, it was good. But I will say it's a slightly different business model, which is GM's making millions and millions of cars. Porsche's making a very finite amount of cars.
And so, you know, at some point if you go like, well— I don't know what the percentage was. Well, let's say 8% of our cars are just going to our own employees at this discount. This is untenable. I guess so. I think they decided it was untenable. Huh, that's interesting. Because I also wonder how many people aren't getting Porsches that would have got them. Probably not that many.
Well, right. These are highly paid German employees of Porsche. The Germans pay well. They pay their folks good. Well, no, sorry. I guess I mean, like, because... Like they're giving these, in their head, they're giving these Porsches away to their employees. Yes. And it's not good because other people. It can't be a business that just builds cars for their employees at no profit.
But are people who would buy a Porsche, not their employees, regular people who would buy a Porsche, are they not able to buy the Porsche? Well, I think it's that it's a supply issue with Porsche. Okay. If it were like. Tesla, where they can make $100,000 a month, they go, no problem. They turn the dial up on the machine. Right, okay.
But I think they're having like supply issues and then they're going like, okay, well, we're selling a significant percentage of these to our own employees at this cutthroat. That's not a dream car for me. None of them. Porsche is not. What about like the four doors? None of those appeal to you? They look very pretty, but it doesn't feel like it's my personality.
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