# The Open Era: Your New Favorite Gay Tennis Romance with Edward Schmit Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gay-tennis-podcast-7380141/the-open-era-your-new-favorite-gay-tennis-romance-with-edward-schmit Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gay-tennis-podcast-7380141/the-open-era-your-new-favorite-gay-tennis-romance-with-edward-schmit.md Podcast: [The Gay Tennis Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gay-tennis-podcast-7380141) Published: 2026-05-31T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-gay-tennis-podcast/episodes/the-open-era-your-new-favorite-gay-tennis-romance-with-edwar Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/647d28eec1e93b0011e33f02/e/6a175b888084eb4dbabfa04d/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-gay-tennis-podcast-7380141/episodes/the-open-era-your-new-favorite-gay-tennis-romance-with-edward-schmit Duration seconds: 2879 ## Resource Tennis fan and author of The Open Era , Edward Schmit , joins to Tony to talk about his new gay tennis book, pro tennis and more.  We chat about:  The pressures (and joys) of being an out gay pro player  How therapy and tennis intersect Edward’s amazing new book, The Open Era, and why it put Tony though it Tony’s issues with left-handed people  The Open Era vs Heated Rivalry  Why Tony loves a fist bump  For more from us, follow along on Instagram , TikTok and Twitter . And don’t forget to check out our pod store .  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-gay-tennis-podcast-7380141/episodes/the-open-era-your-new-favorite-gay-tennis-romance-with-edward-schmit/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gay-tennis-podcast-7380141/the-open-era-your-new-favorite-gay-tennis-romance-with-edward-schmit.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.