On this episode, Laura covers all the royal health news making headlines this week. She and Morgan first discuss the news that Charles will have surgery for an enlarged prostate, his decision to disclose his diagnosis, and the impacts to the monarchy of this news.

Next, they discuss Kate's abdominal surgery, the concerning length of time she will need to stay in hospital, the logistical considerations, the speculation around the release, William visiting Kate, and much more. Laura briefly covers Sarah Duchess of York's skin cancer diagnosis to end the show.

Show news: No episodes next week as Laura is out of town. Shows return the first week in February.

On our sports episode of the week, Morgan makes the (easy) case for Adrián Beltré to be in the Hall of Fame. Morgan reviews his career story and stats to show why he is a clear-cut HOFer.

Morgan and Laura also discussed a journalist writing an article about not voting for Adrián Beltré. They also float a revolutionary idea of disqualifying journalists who use their votes for clickbait.

Laura ends the show with rant and rave.

On January 14th, Queen Margrethe abdicated the Danish throne, and King Frederik acceded to the throne. With it, Mary became Queen and their son Christian became Crown Prince.

Morgan covered all the details about the modern ascension including Mary's fashion, all the little touches, and the Danish royal family's social media game. Mostly, Morgan and Laura talked again about how excited they are for Queen Mary and what an amazing Queen she will make.

Laura ends the show with rant and rave.

On this episode, Laura covers two more sports media stories. First, she covers how ESPN had a decades-long scheme to get on-air talent Emmys they weren't eligible for using fake names. Morgan and Laura discuss how stupid the motives seem for ESPN and discuss the nuances of the story.

Then, Laura discusses the Cutter Gauthier trade and the media coverage that came with it. Specifically she discussed a baseless rumor spread by a Flyers-affiliated podcast that made former Flyer Kevin Hayes look bad and resulted in death threats and other vile remarks directed at him. She also discussed the Flyers subsequently coming out and denying that story and Flyers head coach John Tortorella going after the podcaster who said those things and defending Kevin Hayes.

Morgan ends the show with rant and rave.

On this episode, Laura discusses 4 royal stories she's excited for in 2024. Of course, they lead things off discussing the surprising announcement that Queen Margrethe of Denmark will abdicate in favor of her son Crown Prince Frederik on January 14th. Laura and Morgan discuss what that means for the Danish monarchy as well as they're excitement to have Queen Mary of Denmark.

After a lot of discussion about Denmark, Laura then discusses if Margrethe will set a new precedent specifically in Norway where King Harald has health issues. She also discusses the Spanish state visit to the Netherlands and all the tiara excitement as well as William and Kate's reported trip to Rome.

Morgan ends the show with rant and rave.

In the first episode of the New Year, Morgan discusses 4 sports stories she's looking forward to in 2024. Naturally, because it's Morgan and Laura, Morgan covered 2 baseball stories and 2 hockey stories.

For baseball, Morgan discussed the Rangers (did she mention they're the reigning World Series champs) hosting the All Star game and all the excitement that will bring and the Hall of Fame ballots (and her pitch for Adrian Beltre being a first ballot HOFer).

For hockey, Morgan (with some help from Laura) discussed the start of the NWHL and all the excitement and momentum around women's hockey. In addition, they discussed the potential jump in salary cap and how that could lead to an amazing free agency.

Laura ends the show with rant and rave.

In the final episode of 2023, Morgan wraps up the Top 3 in 2023 episodes by covering the top 3 life (well really, royal) stories of 2023.

She starts by discussing the biggest tiara moment of the year, the reemergence of the Strathmore Rose tiara after 90+ years in the vault. She revisited Kate's stunning appearance in the diadem. Morgan and Laura also discussed the conspiracy theory that this was Kate's original look for the coronation before it was decided that tiaras wouldn't have been worn.

Next, Morgan highlights the Jordanian royal wedding and all the amazing moments (fashion and otherwise) from the event.

Finally, Morgan and Laura discuss the coronation of King Charles. The discuss some of the great moments as well as some of their disappointments and missed opportunities for the event.

In typical Morgan and Laura fashion, there were a lot of tangents in this episode, but they brought it home in the end with Laura providing the final rant and rave of 2023.

We'll see you all in 2024!

For their last episodes of the year, Morgan and Laura are discussing their top sports and life moments of the year. First up, Laura presented her top 3 sports moments of the year.

Laura discussed the Mike Babcock coaching tenure (he was gone before he coached a game) and all the drama surrounding it. She then covered two very catastrophic injuries: Damar Hamlin in the NHL and Adam Johnson in hockey. She finished her top 3 stories by discussing Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's relationship and how that dominated the 2023-24 NFL season so far.

Morgan ended the show with a rave, and Laura supplied the rant.

On this episode, Laura very quickly recaps the British Diplomatic reception in which Kate wore an entire look she's worn before. Then, she discusses the Nobel Prize Ceremony where Victoria wore an entire look she's worn before. There was a lot of tiara déjà vu this week.

Sofia did spice things up by wearing a new gown handcrafted for this event and a whole lotta Swarovski crystals, but Laura and Morgan aren't sure it worked. Laura also gives predictions and dreams for the second Nobel event that has since already happened but hadn't at the time of recording.

Morgan ends the show by ranting about William and Kate's family Christmas card and using her photography knowledge to analyze it.

The most highly anticipated MLB free agent signing in a long time, dynamite pitcher and hitter Shohei Ohtani decided he did not want to have to hire a moving company and pack up his things. He decided to stay in LA but not by reupping his contract with the Angels. The Japanese phenom decided to move to NL powerhouse the LA Dodgers.

Our resident baseball expert Morgan gave us all the deets of how this signing came to be, the staggering details of the contract, and all the rumors that swirled about Ohtani going to Toronto. It was a whirlwind of social media craziness so there was much to discuss.

Laura ends the show with a rant and rave.

Kate has been Princess of Wales for a little over a year now. Morgan decided to check in and review what a year in that elevated position has meant for her wardrobe. She covers the high and low moments. Morgan and Laura also cover the opportunities for Kate and hear team to leverage fashion to communicate more.

Laura ends the episode with a rant and rave.

On this episode, Laura dives into two recent issues with journalistic standards and ethics. First, she discusses Charissa Thompson's statements (and then apology and then deletion of the apology) about faking reports as a sideline reporter at sporting events. Laura and Morgan discuss the implications as well as the holes and issues with her apology.

Next, Laura highlights the recent Futurism piece about Sports Illustrated having AI headshots and bios and articles that were allegedly written by AI. Laura and Morgan discuss the issues with what SI was doing and how bad some of the articles were.

Morgan ends the show with a rave (the whole episode has our rant covered).

In this episode, Laura delves into the recent South Korean state visit to the UK, covering the grand arrival ceremony and the fashion highlight: Kate's stunning and unexpected red cape ensemble. The real buzz, however, revolved around the state dinner and the mesmerizing tiara moments. Morgan and Laura praise Camilla's elegant gown choice, perfectly complemented by her captivating debut of the Burmese Ruby Tiara (spoiler: Morgan and Laura think Camilla wore it better than the late Queen Elizabeth did). The conversation then shifts to Kate's jaw-dropping surprise appearance in the Strathmore Rose tiara after its 90-year hiatus. It an undoubtedly iconic moment, and Laura and Morgan have a lot to say. They further dissect the attire of other attendees before Morgan wraps up the episode with rant and rave.

Morgan discusses three of the big recent headlines with the NHL recently. Her first two stories are best summarized by our episode title "best sport, worst league". She first discusses the NHL trying to stop Minnesota goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury honoring his wife's Native heritage and wearing a mask designed by a Native artist and auctioning that mask off for charity. Next, she discusses NHL Player Safety's horrible decision to only fine Rangers captain Jacob Trouba for swinging his stick at a player's head. Finally, she discusses the conflicting reports from Corey Perry's agent and the Chicago Blackhawks about the reason for Corey's absence and whether it was a team or player decision. Laura ends the show with a rant and rave.

On the Friday episode, aka our "Life" episode Morgan goes in on a movie near and dear to the hearts of many millennials The Princess Diaries. Morgan highlights all the inspiration the movie took from royals around the world and how cool it was to see all the royal families represented by the movie. Morgan also highlights the inaccuracies and some of the ways the movie doesn't correctly portray royalty. You'll never watch the movie the same way!

Laura closes the show with royal themed rants and raves.

In this episode, Laura takes her turn diving into a sports topic. This week, the focus is on the legalization of sports betting in the US. She discusses the court cases that led to it, the various leagues' rules around players and gambling, and other implications of the popularity and availability of betting.

Morgan closes the show with a rant and rave.

In episode 51 and the first "life" episode in the new format, Laura presents a topic on one of her and Morgan's passions, royals. However, it's a royal family the wider public may not know a lot about, the Danish Royal Family.

After giving background on all the key players, Laura details two recent scandals in the past two years that alone are worthy of a Danish version of The Crown.

Family fighting! Cheating rumors (with photographic evidence)! It's truly worthy of a good TV series, and Laura has all the details for you.

The show ends with a rave about Bing's AI image creator and its ability to make fantasy tiaras and a rant about Twitter's suggested royal trends being toxic AF.

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See y'all next week!

All it took was the Texas Rangers winning the World Series to bring Morgan and Laura back from hiatus!

On their triumphant return to the podcasting world, they announced a new format. There will now be two episodes a week. A sports episode on Tuesday and a life episode on Friday. They will take turns presenting a topic fitting each theme.

Of course, for their return Morgan is covering the Rangers winning the World Series. She goes in depth on the entire season that led up to it, the ups and downs of post season, and of course her undying love for Corey Seager.

Everyone was wondering what would happen if A Show of Their Own was over. I guess we'll never know. But you can know about future episodes by subscribing on whatever podcasting app you're listening to this on. Follow us on Twitter/X @ashowoftheirown and Instagram @ashowoftheirownpodcast

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On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss the foreign substances checks and how manager are trying to use them. Then, they check in on the latest MLB standings.

They also check in on the NHL Awards and preview the Stanley Cup Finals between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Montreal Canadiens.

Then they discuss the lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks and their terrible response to both the allegations when they happened in 2010 and the lawsuit.

Rant and rave end the show. They discuss the NCAA Supreme Court loss, the weather, Carl Nassib coming out, and the Texas Rangers making Morgan happy for a change.