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BOUNCE Season 3: The Rise of Women's Professional Sports
BOUNCE: The Rise of Women's Professional Sports

Ep. 3: Changing the Game - The Rise of Professional Women's Sports

By Erin Lim,
Anna Gabriella Casalme, Jordan Karnes, Maya Goldberg-Safir
Published August 12, 2026 at 6:00 AM PDT
(Left to right): BOUNCE host Erin Lim, reporter Jordan Karnes, Rough Notes reporter Maya Goldberg-Safir, and former Sacramento Monarchs executive Andrea Lepore at KALW’s Studio Event Space.
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(Left to right) BOUNCE Host Erin Lim, reporter Jordan Karnes, Rough Notes reporter Maya Goldberg-Safir, and former Sacramento Monarchs executive Andrea Lepore

With all of the talk about the WNBA and the WPBL, team BOUNCE put together a live event at KALW's studio event space. The gathering included station reporters, former Sacramento Monarchs executive Andrea Lepore, and a live audience to discuss the past and present.

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Erin Lim
Erin Lim is Bay Area born-and-raised. An 2025 Audio Academy alum, and is the creator and host of<a href="https://www.bitchtalkpodcast.com/" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000176-7643-d8bf-a5f6-f76350cd0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1786551234334,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000191-e3d0-d1ca-abfd-efd0e8ee0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1786551234334,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000191-e3d0-d1ca-abfd-efd0e8ee0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;anchorable.showAnchor&quot;:false,&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot; Bitch Talk Podcast&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;attachSourceUrl&quot;:false,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.bitchtalkpodcast.com/&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019f-f6c0-d74b-abdf-f6f74ae00000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019f-f6c0-d74b-abdf-f6f74ae00001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}"> Bitch Talk Podcast</a>.
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Anna Gabriella Casalme
Anna Gabriella Casalme (she/her) is a 2025-2026 Audio Academy Fellow.
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Jordan Karnes
Jordan Karnes (they/them) is a 2025-2026 Audio Academy Fellow.
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Maya Goldberg-Safir
Maya Goldberg-Safir (she/her) is an independent writer and audio maker from Oakland who covers women's basketball. She's the creator of WNBA Rough Notes.
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