# My Best Reply Guys with Emma Baccellieri Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-distraction-a-defector-podcast-513759/my-best-reply-guys-with-emma-baccellieri Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-distraction-a-defector-podcast-513759/my-best-reply-guys-with-emma-baccellieri.md Podcast: [The Distraction: A Defector Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-distraction-a-defector-podcast-513759) Published: 2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://mgln.ai/e/282/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/tracking.swap.fm/track/IVPmvUWSCISCVAzWNnnJ/rss.art19.com/episodes/92fe81d7-bc1d-4cf2-9397-36f02010c128.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/282/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/tracking.swap.fm/track/IVPmvUWSCISCVAzWNnnJ/rss.art19.com/episodes/92fe81d7-bc1d-4cf2-9397-36f02010c128.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-distraction-a-defector-podcast-513759/episodes/my-best-reply-guys-with-emma-baccellieri Duration seconds: 3678 ## Resource Emma Baccellieri ( Sports Illustrated ) is back, and with a new book! Drew and Roth ask her about her writing process, and how she worked with co-author Jordan Robinson. Then, they talk Emma’s women’s Sweet Sixteen bracket and WNBA players’ collective bargaining. Finally, it’s Emma’s Soda Minute, and Drew and Roth open up the funbag to answer questions from Distraction listeners.  Go get Emma’s new book, Court Queens: Celebrate the Players, Teams, and History of Women's Basketball , out now!  Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0! Stuff We Talked About Opening day is opening night When Netflix had DVDs WNBA CBA marathon negotiations Emma’s new favorite sodas! Dr. Pepper’s medical credentials Mr. Pibb’s neck tattoo Historical one-sided relationships The good mustaches Bloop out, get hard (cheese) Credits - Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth - Producer: Brandon Grugle - Editor: Mischa Stanton - Production Services & Ads: Multitude Podcasts - Subscribe to Defector ! About The Show The Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voicemails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-distraction-a-defector-podcast-513759/episodes/my-best-reply-guys-with-emma-baccellieri/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-distraction-a-defector-podcast-513759/my-best-reply-guys-with-emma-baccellieri.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.