The Battle of the Sexes
Josh and Chuck of Stuff You Should Know recount Chuck’s inspiring visit to a Gen Z high school podcasting class before diving into the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs — a media circus that became a cultural lightning rod for feminism, gen
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