{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6961268923ce58f14615840d/6a95e65b0305125c6363e57c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The WNBA's Caught in the Culture Wars","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6961268923ce58f14615840d/1788208702478-79e79534-f6d9-48bc-ab5a-7da5d8797815.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The WNBA is enjoying its most profitable and popular season in league history. At the same time, it’s become another front in the culture war.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Guest: <a href=\"https://defector.com/author/maitreyi-anantharaman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Matreyi Anantharaman</a>, staff writer at Defector.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href=\"http://slate.com/whatnextplus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.</p><p><br></p><p>Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.</p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}