About this episode

Misty Copeland discusses her experience at the Oscars and her journey after hip replacement surgery, alongside various sports topics.

The internet was all in on Timothée Chalamet’s Oscars run last year for “Marty Supreme” (guilty as charged). The Academy? Not so much. The ping-pong flick struck out, Chalamet walked back his ballet take, and he left empty-handed. Meanwhile, ballerina Misty Copeland had a front-row seat, performing onstage during Sinners’ “I Lied to You.” She joins us on Well Played to talk about getting the call from Ryan Coogler, what society gets wrong about women’s strength, and her journey back after hip replacement surgery. In this episode of Well Played, we also cover: Chloe Kim and Myles Garett’s unlikely matchmaker Boston Legacy’s record-breaking home opener – and why the record won’t last long Misty Copeland on how she gained a newfound strength post-retirement How Oksana Masters went from orphan in Ukraine to most decorated Paralympian Where to find our March Madness brackets Send Its: Dua Lipa, Callum Turner, and Jannik Sinner give us a lesson in body language: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV4oi-7D4DV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Indian Wells’ Whitney Houston challenge…

People in this episode

Guest: Misty Copeland

Topics covered

• Oscars
• ballet
• women's strength
• sports
• Paralympics
• March Madness

Keywords

• Oscars
• Misty Copeland
• Chloe Kim
• Oksana Masters
• March Madness
• women's strength
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Marty Supreme

Places: Boston

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