Spinsters
301 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 930 ratingsA basketball podcast for people who like basketball. New episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays. Co-hosted by Haley O’Shaughnessy and Jordan Ligons.
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Episodes
The Anti Awards Award Show Pt 1 with Seerat Sohi
April 07, 2022 21:52 - 49 minutesHaley and Jordan are joined by the Ringer's Seerat Sohi to give out some end-of-season awards....just not the awards you might think.... This is part 1! Part 2 comes out on Tuesday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Anti Awards Award Show Pt 1 with Seerat Sohi | THE GIRLIES
April 07, 2022 21:52 - 49 minutesHaley and Jordan are joined by the Ringer's Seerat Sohi to give out some end-of-season awards....just not the awards you might think.... This is part 1! Part 2 comes out on Tuesday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Under a Macroscope with Zach Schwartz | THE GIRLIES
April 05, 2022 20:06 - 59 minutesHaley and Jordan are joined by Bucket's own Zach Schwartz for some ~reflection~ as the regular season winds down. They each give one micro-reflection, one macro-reflection, and one medium-cro-reflection on this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Cornbread Mafia with Mike Rutherford | INTERVIEWS
March 31, 2022 07:00 - 1 hourHaley chats with Mike Rutherford, the hardest working man in Louisville. They talk about all things college basketball for the first half, and all things Kentucky for the second half. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Garden Podcast with Sean Yoo | THE GIRLIES
March 29, 2022 21:33 - 1 hourHaley and Jordan are joined by New Jersey day-1 Sean Yoo to talk about all things New Jersey for the first half of the episode, and some basketball in the second half. They talk about Lousiville's tournament run, the sad streak of big man injuries, and try to figure out what's wrong with the Warriors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Girlies Guide To Gambling Pt 2 with Motoi Pearson | INTERVIEWS
March 24, 2022 07:00 - 42 minutesFor part two of The Girlies Guide to Gambling, Haley and Jordan sit down with Motoi Pearson, senior trader at Wynn Bet. Motoi is part of the team that actually sets the gambling lines for Wynn Bet. Haley and Jordan ask him about how he found himself in the line-setting business, what he takes into account when setting lines, and decompressing from sports during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Girlies Guide To Gambling Pt 1 with Matt Perrault | INTERVIEWS
March 22, 2022 15:11 - 44 minutesHaley and Jordan were in the Bluewire studio in Las Vegas this weekend and sat down with gambling expert, and director of media for Props.com, Matt Perrault. Haley and Jordan asked Matt about how to make gambling more accessible, the future of gambling in women's sports, and the time he won a professional poker tournament his first time playing competitive poker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feel, Marry, Kill Pt 2 with Katie Heindl | THE GIRLIES
March 18, 2022 15:00 - 41 minutesThis is part two of our mega-episode with Katie Heindl! Haley, Jordan, Katie, and Harry finish up their FMKs, talk Ja, Cade, and more Jordan Poole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feel, Marry, Kill Pt 1 with Katie Heindl | THE GIRLIES
March 17, 2022 22:36 - 1 hourKatie Heindl joins the girlies to talk about FEELINGS. Haley, Jordan, Katie and Harry play a game of F, Marry, Kill, but with basketball situations for the remainder of the season. We went so long we decided to make it a two-parter! Part two comes out tomorrow!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Mother of Women's Basketball | THE STORIES
March 15, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutesHost of Them's The Rules and writer Bronwen Clark joins Haley and Jordan to tell the story of Senda Berenson Abbott, the author of the first Basketball Guide for Women and the woman who brought basketball to Smith College. It marked the first time women played organized basketball. Chaos and restrictive rules ensued—including requiring the women to play in corsets and shoot with their pinkies up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Experts Weigh In On Brittney Griner’s Detainment with William Butler and Courtney Cox | INTERVIEWS
March 10, 2022 08:00 - 1 hourHaley and Jordan are joined by William Butler, a Russian legal specialist and Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, to debrief what we know about Brittney Griner’s detainment in Russia. Then the Spinsters are joined by Dr. Courtney Cox, an assistant professor in the Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies department at Oregon, about her experience covering WNBA players overseas, and what Griner’s situation says about larger themes in the women's game. Haley references a previous Spinste...
Down Bad Power Rankings with Jenkins and Jonez | THE GIRLIES
March 09, 2022 00:01 - 1 hourHaley and Jordan are joined by Twitter legends and fellow basketball podcasters John and Tyler try to get to the bottom of an age-old question, who is the most down bad person in the larger NBA universe right now? Some nominees include Frank Vogel, Jerry West, and Jordan because she has to watch the Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NBA Conspiracies with Rohan Nadkarni + Creating Poeltl Gabe Danon | THE GIRLIES
March 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hourHaley and Jordan talk to returning girlie Rohan Nadkarni about if the Celtics can live up to the recent hype, and a host of 100% real NBA conspiracies. Then Haley and Jordan are joined by Gabe Danon, the GENIUS who created POELTE. Read Rohan's work here and give Poetle a try here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NBA Conspiracies with Rohan Nadkarni + Creating Poetle Gabe Danon | THE GIRLIES
March 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hourHaley and Jordan talk to returning girlie Rohan Nadkarni about if the Celtics can live up to the recent hype, and a host of 100% real NBA conspiracies. Then Haley and Jordan are joined by Gabe Danon, the GENIUS who created POETLE. Read Rohan's work here and give Poetle a try here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Complex Zion Williamson Situation with Channing Frye | THE GIRLIES
March 01, 2022 08:00 - 58 minutesHaley and Jordan are joined by NBA Champion and fellow podcaster Channing Frye to hear his perspective on what is happening with Zion Williamson in New Orleans. The three of them unpack where Zion might be coming from, and try to figure out how valid some of the criticism is that has been thrown his way. 📲 SUBSCRIBE! ➡ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLAk3O2Oz4PiOiIootjx8FQ ➡ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spinsters/id1549716001 ➡ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/sho...
A Complex Zion Williamson Situation with Channing Frye | INTERVIEWS
March 01, 2022 08:00 - 58 minutesHaley and Jordan are joined by NBA Champion and fellow podcaster Channing Frye to hear his perspective on what is happening with Zion Williamson in New Orleans. The three of them unpack where Zion might be coming from, and try to figure out how valid some of the criticism is that has been thrown his way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
An Ode to Black Hair | THE STORIES
February 24, 2022 10:00 - 47 minutesTW: Chapter 4 of this episode includes discussions about child abuse and sexual assault. Resident hair expert Jordan takes us through 5 chapters of different Black hair stories in NBA history, from MJ's iconic bald head to Kyle Kuzma's rainbow of looks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We're Inevitable
February 22, 2022 16:48 - 46 minutesHey! No new episode of Spinsters today. Instead, here's the first episode of season 3 of American Prodigies. Enjoy! -- Jordan Chiles tells Amira about losing her love for gymnastics and how she discovered who she wanted to become – just in time to win a silver medal in Tokyo in 2021. Click here for the transcript of episode 1 Click here for the Blue Wire newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We’re Inevitable
February 22, 2022 10:00 - 45 minutesHey! No new episode of Spinsters today. Instead, here's the first episode of season 3 of American Prodigies. Enjoy! --- Jordan Chiles tells Amira about losing her love for gymnastics and how she discovered who she wanted to become – just in time to win a silver medal in Tokyo in 2021. Click here for the transcript of episode 1 Click here for the Blue Wire newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fixing All-Star Weekend with Jason Concepcion | THE GIRLIES
February 17, 2022 21:01 - 58 minutesHaley and Jordan are joined by Crooked's own Jason Concepcion to try to figure out how to improve All-Star Weekend. Is it bringing back the old skills competition? Getting better celebrities for the celebrity game? Adding inter-player gambling? We talk about it all!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Daryl Morey Heat Check with John Gonzalez | INTERVIEWS
February 15, 2022 21:22 - 47 minutesHaley is joined by former colleague, and current host of the BRAND NEW podcast "Sports Illustrated Weekly", John Gonzalez!! Haley and John break down the big Sixers x Nets trade and try to figure out if the process is actually over. Check out John's new podcast here! Haley will be on this Wednesday's episode!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Deep Dive: The NBA’s First Global Health Crisis (re-release) | THE STORIES
February 10, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutesHello! We're re-releasing our first narrative episode on the 30th anniversary of an important moment in NBA history; Magic Johnson playing his final NBA All-Star game after publicly announcing his HIV diagnosis. This episode originally aired on March 4th, 2021 and focuses on behind the scenes and how the NBA & NBPA took action, and the lessons learned 30 years ago that could be applied to the current pandemic. --- Haley and Jordan speak with doctors and former NBA/NBPA employees to uncover ho...
The NBA’s First Global Health Crisis (re-release) | THE STORIES
February 10, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutesHello! We're re-releasing our first narrative episode on the 30th anniversary of an important moment in NBA history; Magic Johnson playing his final NBA All-Star game after publicly announcing his HIV diagnosis. This episode originally aired on March 4th, 2021 and focuses on behind the scenes and how the NBA & NBPA took action, and the lessons learned 30 years ago that could be applied to the current pandemic. --- Haley and Jordan speak with doctors and former NBA/NBPA employees to uncover ho...
Mid-Season Pep Talks with Josh Gondelman | INTERVIEWS
February 08, 2022 19:53 - 1 hourHaley is joined by comedian, author, and famous Twitter uplifter Josh Gondelman to give a few much-needed pep talks to some suffering eastern conference teams! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hot Pat Riley Happy Hour with Chris Herring | INTERVIEWS
February 03, 2022 19:04 - 1 hourHaley and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHRIS HERRING talk about Pat Riley's Amani suits, what makes a good Knicks head coach, and why the Nets can't take any of the Knicks juice. + Producer Harry tells a story about getting into a fight at a Michigan bar?? Get Chris Herring's new book Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 90s New York Knicks!!!!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Lakervention with Jasmine Watkins | THE GIRLIES
February 01, 2022 23:32 - 47 minutesHaley and Jordan are joined by Jasmine Watkins for a Lakers themed therapy session. It's a safe space for Westbrook trades, Vogel gripes, and Haley arguing that the Lakers and Lebron should just part ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rookie Check-In Pt 2 with Sean Yoo | THE GIRLIES
January 28, 2022 00:50 - 1 hourSean Yoo is back to talk about some of the rookies we didn't get to last week. Then Haley, Jordan, and Sean discuss Harden being unhappy in Brooklyn, Steph's cold streak, and Amy Schneider's historic Jeopardy run!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
LA BASKETBALL with Jordin Canada | INTERVIEWS
January 25, 2022 08:00 - 53 minutesJordan Ligons is joined by Jordin Canada to talk about Jordin's recruitment journey, her two W championships, and what it's like being a Jordan Brand athlete! (spoiler: it's cool!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rookie Check-In Pt 1 with Sean Yoo | THE GIRLIES
January 20, 2022 22:00 - 54 minutesHaley, Jordan, and honorary girlie Sean Yoo talk about the rookies that have impressed them the most this year. We went so long that we decided we have to do a part 2! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Who Killed the Eccentric Jersey with Alex Wong | THE STORIES
January 18, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutesWhere did all the good NBA jerseys go? Were they ever even good? Writer and author Alex Wong returns to Spinsters to trace the lineage of modern jerseys, from the iconic designs of the 90's to today's Nike NBA City Edition jerseys, as he tries to figure out what went wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Real trades, fake rules, and who's the best young star right now + BONUS CONTENT!!!
January 13, 2022 22:52 - 1 hourHaley and Jordan talk about the Cam Reddish trade, then try to figure out where Ja fits in the ranking of best young stars in the league. + They talk about Kyrie playing home games, and what made-up rules would make the NBA more fun. PS After the episode ended we accidentally spent 30 extra minutes talking about fake rules and randomly also Jeopardy. We were still recording so we just tacked it on to the back of today's ep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Real trades, fake rules, and who's the best young star right now + BONUS CONTENT!!! | THE GIRLIES
January 13, 2022 22:52 - 1 hourHaley and Jordan talk about the Cam Reddish trade, then try to figure out where Ja fits in the ranking of best young stars in the league. + They talk about Kyrie playing home games, and what made-up rules would make the NBA more fun. PS After the episode ended we accidentally spent 30 extra minutes talking about fake rules and randomly also Jeopardy. We were still recording so we just tacked it on to the back of today's ep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Morant Cinematic Universe with Molly Morrison
January 11, 2022 18:00 - 43 minutesHaley and Jordan talk to twitter's favorite Grizzlies fan Molly Morrison about all things Ja Morant...then somehow also all things having to do with basically every Spiderman movie. Come for Ja, stay for f**k, marry, kill, with all the Peter Parkers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Morant Cinematic Universe with Molly Morrison | THE GIRLIES
January 11, 2022 18:00 - 43 minutesHaley and Jordan talk to twitter's favorite Grizzlies fan Molly Morrison about all things Ja Morant...then somehow also all things having to do with basically every Spiderman movie. Come for Ja, stay for f**k, marry, kill, with all the Peter Parkers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
About Last Night...
January 06, 2022 21:30 - 47 minutesHaley and Jordan talk about the crazy Wednesday night in the NBA, bad announcers, Dirk's legacy, and Legally Blonde. It's got something for everybody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
About Last Night... | THE GIRLIES
January 06, 2022 21:30 - 47 minutesHaley and Jordan talk about the crazy Wednesday night in the NBA, bad announcers, Dirk's legacy, and Legally Blonde. It's got something for everybody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Houstatlantavegas Insiders with @TylerIAm
January 04, 2022 22:07 - 1 hourHaley is joined by Trill Withers to discuss Houston, Atlanta, gambling, and of course, the great state of Kentucky. They also try to figure out whether the Warriors should get a big man, if the Celtics need to break up their nucleus, and if Haley should go to Chicago to catch some Bulls games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Houstatlantavegas Insiders with @TylerIAm | INTERVIEWS
January 04, 2022 22:07 - 1 hourHaley is joined by Trill Withers to discuss Houston, Atlanta, gambling, and of course, the great state of Kentucky. They also try to figure out whether the Warriors should get a big man, if the Celtics need to break up their nucleus, and if Haley should go to Chicago to catch some Bulls games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The 2021 Spinnies Awards
December 30, 2021 21:26 - 49 minutesWelcome to the first-ever SPINNIES awards!! Haley and Jordan run through some highs and lows of 2021 and hand out some awards for the plays, posts, and people that stuck with us this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The 2021 Spinnies Awards | THE GIRLIES
December 30, 2021 21:26 - 49 minutesWelcome to the first-ever SPINNIES awards!! Haley and Jordan run through some highs and lows of 2021 and hand out some awards for the plays, posts, and people that stuck with us this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Deep Dive: Legalizing Defense (re-release) | THE STORIES
December 28, 2021 15:29 - 37 minutesHappy Holidays!! This is our second and final re-release of the holiday season. This Thursday Haley and Jordan will be back with a conversational. This episode originally aired on April 20th, 2021. Haley walks Jordan through one of the most important rule changes the NBA ever made. ––– In April 2001, the NBA changed forever when it voted out its infamous illegal defense rule. Twenty years later, Jordan and Haley hear from people who were in the room where it happened, then explore why elimin...
3. What It Feels Like To Be Traded with Katie Heindl
December 23, 2021 18:51 - 38 minutesHello! We're re-releasing one of our first narratives this week. It originally aired March 30th, 2021, and focuses on what it feels like to be traded, from a player's perspective. Enjoy! Also check out Katie's substack Basketball Feelings -- Basketball Writer Katie Heindl joins Haley and Jordan to explore the question we don't ask enough following the trade deadline: What happens behind the scenes of an NBA trade? Katie talks to players to examine the real life implications for those on the ...
What It Feels Like To Be Traded with Katie Heindl (re-release) | THE STORIES
December 23, 2021 18:51 - 38 minutesHello! We're re-releasing one of our first narratives this week. It originally aired March 30th, 2021, and focuses on what it feels like to be traded, from a player's perspective. Enjoy! Also check out Katie's substack Basketball Feelings -- Basketball Writer Katie Heindl joins Haley and Jordan to explore the question we don't ask enough following the trade deadline: What happens behind the scenes of an NBA trade? Katie talks to players to examine the real life implications for those on the ...
Secret Agent Steve Kerr
December 21, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutesHaley and Jordan talk about how the new NBA covid rules are leading to some pretty strange lineups. + They try to find some fun places for Sabonis, Siakam, and CJ, and discuss a new story in the athletic from Alex Schiffer about how Obama was pitched a plan to send Steve Kerr to play basketball against...Kim Jong-un...? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Secret Agent Steve Kerr | THE GIRLIES
December 21, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutesHaley and Jordan talk about how the new NBA covid rules are leading to some pretty strange lineups. + They try to find some fun places for Sabonis, Siakam, and CJ, and discuss a new story in the athletic from Alex Schiffer about how Obama was pitched a plan to send Steve Kerr to play basketball against...Kim Jong-un...? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
32. Fiancés and Philadelphia with Michael Levin
December 16, 2021 14:59 - 42 minutesComedy writer, co-host of the Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast, and day-one spinfluencer Michael Levin joins the show to talk to Jordan about a bunch of different types of processes. They discuss the process for proposing to your significant other, the process for rehabbing from a sprained ankle, and of course, the process of accumulating a bunch of draft capital in consecutive drafts by bottoming out, with the hope of eventually drafting between 1-3 franchise cornerstone players, competing fo...
Fiancés and Philadelphia with Michael Levin | INTERVIEWS
December 16, 2021 14:59 - 42 minutesComedy writer, co-host of the Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast, and day-one spinfluencer Michael Levin joins the show to talk to Jordan about a bunch of different types of processes. They discuss the process for proposing to your significant other, the process for rehabbing from a sprained ankle, and of course, the process of accumulating a bunch of draft capital in consecutive drafts by bottoming out, with the hope of eventually drafting between 1-3 franchise cornerstone players, competing fo...
Fiancés and Philadelphia with Michael Levin
December 16, 2021 14:59 - 42 minutesComedy writer, co-host of the Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast, and day-one spinfluencer Michael Levin joins the show to talk to Jordan about a bunch of different types of processes. They discuss the process for proposing to your significant other, the process for rehabbing from a sprained ankle, and of course, the process of accumulating a bunch of draft capital in consecutive drafts by bottoming out, with the hope of eventually drafting between 1-3 franchise cornerstone players, competing fo...
Holiday Mailbag + The Spinsters Gift Guide | THE GIRLIES
December 14, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourJordan and Haley recorded in person in LAS VEGAS at the insanely cool Bluewire studio in the Wynn. They took this opportunity to do a little holiday mailbag, which turned into Haley pitching an honestly very thought-out idea for a musical, and an impromptu Spinsters holiday gift guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Holiday Mailbag + The Spinsters Gift Guide
December 14, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourJordan and Haley recorded in person in LAS VEGAS at the insanely cool Bluewire studio in the Wynn. They took this opportunity to do a little holiday mailbag, which turned into Haley pitching an honestly very thought-out idea for a musical, and an impromptu Spinsters holiday gift guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices