25 episodes
All-American: Venus & Serena Stitcher Studios
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4.7 • 15 Ratings
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Witness Docs presents All-American, a series that zeroes in on sports icons to find out what their stories can tell us about America itself. Season 1 focused on the many chapters of world-famous golfer Tiger Woods: a phenom's rise, a shocking fall from grace, and debatably the greatest sports comeback of all time. Host and producers Jordan Bell and journalist Albert Chen revisit Tiger's journey to find out what the media got right, and what it didn't. Season 2 focuses on Venus and Serena Williams. Hosted by veteran journalist Cecil Harris, the story reveals ugly truths about how America often scorns and resists Black excellence. Hear more great stories about complicated people from Witness Docs at witnesspodcasts.com
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Venus & Serena | E10 Opening the Door
Women’s tennis is more competitive, there’s more money to make, and there are more Black women and other players of color in the sport than ever before — all thanks to Venus and Serena. Cecil explores the mark the Williams sisters have left on tennis. Plus, Serena’s big announcement, and the sister act returns to the 2022 U.S. Open.
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Venus & Serena | Final Episode Coming Soon
A quick update on our season finale, where we'll reflect on the Williams Sisters' legacy, and their showing at the 2022 US Open.
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Venus & Serena | E9 Passing the Torch
After recovering from a traumatic birthing experience, Serena is back on the tennis court. Cecil walks us through what it was like to watch in person as Serena returned to the US Open and faced Naomi Osaka in the controversial 2018 final.
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Venus & Serena | E8 Greatness
2015 marked the greatest tennis season Serena Williams has ever played. She dominated her sport and entered the GOAT conversation. Also that same year? A noticeable shift in how America viewed — and treated — the Williams sisters.
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Venus & Serena | E7 Style Points
Venus and Serena have made no secret of the fact that they love fashion, and their looks have been featured on red carpets and magazine covers. But their influence goes deeper than that. Both sisters have made bold on-court fashion choices that have redefined the sartorial possibilities for women in tennis
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Venus & Serena | E6 You've Come A Long Way, Baby!
Venus steps up to win a decades-long battle for equal prize money in professional tennis.
Customer Reviews
I love this podcast
A great listen - it seems the host, Jordan, doesn’t come from a background of sports journalism (I don’t know this for sure) - and I love her enthusiasm to learn things about sports and athletes, it feels inclusive for someone like me that doesn’t know much about golf.
The interviews are well done and offer an insight into the world of people as brands, as well as interesting commentary on race in America, racism and race obsession.
I’m not American so my suggestions for season two are probably entry level, but here they are:
The most obvious choice would be Lance Armstrong, someone that I think is less endearing than Tiger.
Adrian Peterson who was charged with injuring his son.
Ben Wilson, a high school basketball prodigy whose life was cut tragically short.
Brett Favre, one of the first celebrities to fall victim to a ‘sexting’ scandal.
Hit and miss
Season 1 (Tiger Woods) was interesting and professionally presented. Season 2 (Venus and Serena Williams) was neither. It lacked a coherent storyline, the host is very preachy, and it was overall disappointing. I will not be sticking around for season 3.