{"podcast":{"title":"Epicenter of Women’s Sports with Karina LeBlanc","slug":"epicenter-of-women-s-sports-with-karina-leblanc-7474748","podcast_index_feed_id":7474748,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/thzy9PgW","website_url":"https://epicenter-womens-sports-podcast.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/0b287389-6918-4a34-b058-5a113ecae38c/d8060a6e-000f-4677-a1dc-aeb70ee0425c/3000x3000/ep-tile-karina-leblanc-4.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"RAJ Sports, Karina LeBlanc","episode_count":19,"summary":"Hosted by Olympic medalist and sports executive Karina LeBlanc, Epicenter of Women’s Sports is a podcast delivering conversations at the intersection of women’s sports, business insights, and leadership. This podcast is your all-access pass to the rise of women's sports. Karina takes you behind the scenes with championship-winning athletes, front-office trailblazers, cultural changemakers, and bold investors who are driving the fastest-growing space in sports. Created in Portland, a city that didn’t wait for women’s sports to have its moment. It helped create one. Each episode is designed to inspire action and deliver tangible leadership insights, showing how everyone has a role to play in building the future of women’s sports.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T16:19:55.507235+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/epicenter-of-women-s-sports-with-karina-leblanc-7474748"},"episode":{"title":"Lisa Bhathal Merage & Alex Bhathal: Building the Future of Women’s Sports in Portland","slug":"lisa-bhathal-merage-alex-bhathal-building-the-future-of-women-s-sports-in-portland","published_at":"2025-09-04T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/epicenter-of-women-s-sports-with-karina-leblanc-7474748/lisa-bhathal-merage-alex-bhathal-building-the-future-of-women-s-sports-in-portland","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/epicenter-of-women-s-sports-with-karina-leblanc-7474748","url":"https://epicenter-womens-sports-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/lisa-bhathal-merage-alex-bhathal-building-the-future-of-womens-sports-in-portland-ihVPCPq3","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/68b0c5a8-66f9-43ce-a5a1-cf5f7b3649cc/episodes/2571c0ef-3217-4bb1-8fa5-3a9d40dca369/audio/c75811be-4dfc-456b-9ee0-33f17a9c71ce/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=thzy9PgW","summary":"In their first-ever podcast appearance, Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal—co-owners of RAJ Sports and the driving force behind the Portland Thorns and the WNBA’s Portland Fire—share their story and their vision for the future of women’s sports. From defining family and business moments to their career paths that led to becoming the only ownership group in the U.S. with two professional women’s teams, Lisa and Alex open up about why women’s sports represent one of the fastest-growing opportunities in business today—and why they believe this is just the beginning. The siblings and business partners talk candidly about why women’s sports, why now, and why Portland—sharing their vision for making the city the global epicenter of women’s sports. Listeners will hear what fans, brands, and investors should know about this historic moment—and, beyond the business, get a personal look at who Lisa and Alex are as leaders, innovators, and family. Watch the full episode on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.","meta_description":"In their first-ever podcast appearance, Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal—co-owners of RAJ Sports and the driving force behind the Portland Thorns and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3380,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/epicenter-of-women-s-sports-with-karina-leblanc-7474748/episodes/lisa-bhathal-merage-alex-bhathal-building-the-future-of-women-s-sports-in-portland/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/epicenter-of-women-s-sports-with-karina-leblanc-7474748/lisa-bhathal-merage-alex-bhathal-building-the-future-of-women-s-sports-in-portland.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}