PODCAST UPDATES: ZOOM SESSIONS & QUARANTAINMENT

It's been a minute since we posted here, but we've been staying active during this pandemic with live Zoom sessions, pop culture episodes, advice segments, and tennis updates.
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​Episodes 195-197 of The Body Serve Tennis Podcast are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, podbean.com, and your favorite podcast apps.

Episode 195: "TBS Live!"

This week, we attempted our very first live show on Zoom. We recorded a live TBS episode covering the bizarre news of the past week or so (think vaccines, mergers, missteps), and followed that up with some games and live Q&A. Thanks to the folks who joined in, contributed to the live chat, and submitted questions. If you weren't able to make it, here's the entire session along with a quick intro. 
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0:30 Intro - the fandoms had quite a week, huh?
8:30 TBS Live: starting with Roger Federer's bombshell tweet on ATP/WTA merger
18:30 Billie Jean weighs in: "The WTA on its own was always Plan B"
26:05 Novak's no good very bad week
37:00 ND clarified: I said what I said
40:00 Tennis powers announce a $6 million player support fund
49:15 A live F-Marry-Kill from @SholzTalks10s
53:00 Name the Tennis Player
55:20 A live mailbag from the Zoom live chat - starting with best player social media accounts
59:30 Who benefits the most and least from the suspension of tennis?
75:30 Flukiest Slam champ of the century? 

​Episode 196: "For the Quarantainment"

The Body Serve is back with a tennis-free episode meant to entertain you during these trying times. We've broken this rather long episode into three parts: 1) trending topics, in which we take up a few non-COVID-related topics that have grabbed our interest recently; 2) TV talk, which is just us having fun talking about the long list of TV series we've been watching; and finally, 3) Body Serve and Soul, our first crack at an audio advice column, answering five questions submitted by listeners. Sending everyone our best wishes and strength while we all do our best to make it through this mess.

Part One: Trending Topics
2:45 Do you remember how messed up Tyra's shows were? Twitter does
10:20 A conversation about "cancel culture," how powerful it is, and who actually deserves it
22:30 Verzuz battles: who would we pick?
29:15 What is going on with Karens and Chads across America?!

Part Two: TV Talk - *Warning: spoilers ahead for Hollywood and How to Get Away With Murder (the other series are mostly safe from spoilers)
35:00 Hollywood on Netflix
40:00 Shows we enjoy: We're Here, Normal People, Little Fires Everywhere
51:20 Real Housewives of Atlanta does its first online reunion
55:40 Insecure looks at a friendship in decline
61:40 RuPaul's Drag Race
67:00 The Good Fight, Upload, Never Have I Ever, and the finale of How To Get Away With Murder
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Part Three: Body Serve and Soul, our advice column 
79:40 We answer listener questions on relationships, love, social media, and quarantine issues
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​Episode 197: "TBS Live: The Remix"

Welcome to our second ever Zoom session - The Remix, where we take listener questions, talk about Dominic Thiem's unfortunate comments and clarifications on those comments, and the larger inequities built into professional tennis. There's not much actual tennis news to talk about, so kick back and enjoy a much more relaxed Body Serve chat.
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2:15 Catching up with player social media exploits: Venus, Naomi & Stef, Nick & Andy
7:25 The Dominic Thiem controversy - how to support lower-ranked players and how to answer this question better
11:15 The Ines Ibbou video response sheds light on the inequalities built into international tennis
18:30 This is bigger than Dominic! Bootstraps individualism and tennis' flawed governance
29:15 The WTA/ATP have announced how they will distribute player relief money
33:55 Merger updates
46:40 Please indulge us while we play a "newlywed game," guessing each other's favorite stuff & more
64:00 Live questions - which results would you reverse? Will tennis resume before a vaccine is available? 
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