About this episode

The episode discusses the U.S. hockey teams' Olympic gold wins and the controversy surrounding a phone call with President Trump.

As both U.S. hockey teams won gold, a viral phone call between the men's team and President Trump drew criticism over respect for women's sports.

Topics covered

• Olympics
• hockey
• women's sports
• controversy
• Trump
• gold medal

Keywords

• Olympic gold
• U.S. hockey
• President Trump
• women's sports
• postgame controversy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. hockey teams

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