{"podcast":{"title":"Pretty Tough with Maria Sharapova","slug":"pretty-tough-with-maria-sharapova-7814858","podcast_index_feed_id":7814858,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VMP7437512264","website_url":"http://podcasts.voxmedia.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/1a2f82b6-22db-11f1-81bc-372e1a74b223/image/68c364b89291810451235cf78fd6de1c.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Vox Media","episode_count":12,"summary":"Five-time Grand Slam champion, entrepreneur, and bestselling author Maria Sharapova brings her trademark intensity and drive to a weekly podcast that challenges how female ambition is defined and discussed. In each episode of Pretty Tough, Sharapova sits down with high-achieving women across industries for candid, wide-ranging conversations about their pursuit of excellence without apology. Inspired by Sharapova’s own journey as a world-class athlete and entrepreneur, the show serves as a space where discussions about peak performance, career strategy, wellness, and leadership aren't diluted by gender-specific expectations and where being gritty and being female aren't seen as contradictory states of being. New episodes drop Wednesdays. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T04:18:11.626587+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pretty-tough-with-maria-sharapova-7814858"},"episode":{"title":"Chelsea Handler: Unfiltered, Independent, and Always Evolving","slug":"chelsea-handler-unfiltered-independent-and-always-evolving","published_at":"2026-05-20T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pretty-tough-with-maria-sharapova-7814858/chelsea-handler-unfiltered-independent-and-always-evolving","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pretty-tough-with-maria-sharapova-7814858","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3580280451.mp3?updated=1779211925","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/257/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3580280451.mp3?updated=1779211925","summary":"Comedian and best-selling author Chelsea Handler has built a career on saying exactly what she thinks, regardless of the consequences. From stand-up comedy and bestselling books to hit television shows, she’s never played by anyone else’s rules. Maria and Chelsea first connected at the 2012 Olympics and have been friends ever since. Maria explores what drives Chelsea’s independence across every chapter of her life and how she continues to evolve through therapy, travel, and psychedelics. They discuss reinvention, freedom, and what it really means to live life on your own terms. Maria also asks the question she’s been curious about for years: after all the success, what keeps Chelsea pushing forward? The result is a conversation that is funny, honest, and unexpectedly thoughtful, everything you’d expect when Chelsea Handler is in the room. All that and more on this episode of Pretty Tough. Pretty Tough is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA. Listen to every episode on your favorite podcast platform Follow Maria on Instagram Follow Maria on X Follow Pretty Tough on Instagram Subscribe to Pretty Tough on Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Comedian and best-selling author Chelsea Handler has built a career on saying exactly what she thinks, regardless of the consequences. From stand-up comed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2430,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pretty-tough-with-maria-sharapova-7814858/episodes/chelsea-handler-unfiltered-independent-and-always-evolving/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pretty-tough-with-maria-sharapova-7814858/chelsea-handler-unfiltered-independent-and-always-evolving.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}