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Have we reached peak women’s sport?

Have we reached peak women’s sport?

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Why are TV audiences for women’s sport falling? Was the Nato summit a victory lap for Donald Trump? And who is Zohran Mamdani, the charismatic progressive running for New York City Mayor?


Giles Whittell is joined by Katie Riley, data editor at The Observer; Jessica Hayden, The Observer’s assistant sports editor and author of The Red Roses: Behind the Scenes with the England Women’s Rugby Team; and Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to Nato and foreign policy advisor to President Obama.


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Host: Giles Whittell, deputy editor-in-chief at The Observer


Producer: Poppy Bullard


Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore


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