Episode 3

WNBA season kicks off, WNBA team valuations show players’ investments, Natasha Cloud finds a team!

May 11, 2026 · 55:31

We talk about what we’re most excited about for the WNBA season, and why WNBA owners need to stop crying poor. Michelle pans the sports journalists’ coverage of Natasha Cloud’s free agency. As greeting card, floral, and jewelry companies force a normative Mother’s Day on us all, Filiberto reminds us that people have a variety of relationships with their parents, and chosen families should be as celebrated as birth families.

6:52 Valuations Sportico – GSV $850 m, CNBC – GSV – $1 b. Infographic

10:30 Value to Revenue

12:50 Rant on Billionaires!

16:02 USA Rugby Players Combat Trans Exclusion

16:30 Minnesota lifter JayCee wins lawsuit against USA weightlifting over trans exclusion

20:50 USA today commentary by Brianna Turner

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Creators and Guests

Host

Filiberto Nolasco Gomez

Raised in a Mexican working class enclave of Eastern Los Angeles, I spent many hours hooping with the homies in public parks all over Montebello. Read more: https://wegotnextpod.org/hosts

Host

Michelle Hatfield

I’m a miserable childless cat lady from Central California by way of Virginia with some MidWest influence. I’m a women’s sports fanatic. I’m an activist, YIMBY, Golden State Valkyries Founding Guard member and season ticket holder and occasional runner who works for social justice, equal pay, and intersectional liberation. I’m a former journalist now focusing on advocacy communications and storytelling. Read more: https://wegotnextpod.org/hosts

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WNBA season kicks off, WNBA team valuations show players’ investments, Natasha Cloud finds a team!

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