Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham (8) smiles Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images
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Sophie Cunningham’s podcast is coming back under a new name, with a new co-host.

The show’s X account announced Thursday that Cunningham is relaunching and rebranding Show Me Something as No Hesitation alongside renowned basketball trainer Drew Hanlen, who will replace former co-host West Wilson, after the show’s nearly three-month hiatus.

Since Cunningham spoke out against transgender women competing in women’s sports during an ESPN profile in late July, the Indiana Fever forward has become an inescapable presence across sports media, except on her own podcast. Her original comments have been dissected across countless cable news segments, an avalanche of social media posts and podcast clips, while her personal accounts have continued to pull in millions of views.

However, her own podcast, Show Me Something, produced and distributed by The Volume, had sat dormant since June 27.

The show had launched as a destination for Cunningham’s musings on the WNBA and her very closely watched Fever team, and she used it early on to defend teammate Caitlin Clark and dispute controversial foul calls and league decisions.

Shortly after Cunningham’s initial comments about transgender athletes went viral, her then co-host, West Wilson, posted a TikTok that directly contradicted Cunningham’s perspective. The reality television star, with whom Cunningham grew up in Missouri, called transgender women’s participation in sports “a borderline nonexistent issue” that right-wing commentators amplify. Wilson added that discourse about transgender athletes further isolates transgender people and distracts Americans from “actual harmful sh*t” such as the cost of living.

Cunningham has kept contributing to USA Network’s WNBA studio show and continued posting sponsored content on Instagram and TikTok. Wilson, meanwhile, lost his role on Bravo’s Summer House over a romantic entanglement with his ex-girlfriend’s best friend.

Neither Wilson nor representatives for The Volume responded to requests for comment, and Cunningham couldn’t be reached when Awful Announcing first reported on the podcast’s absence on Sept. 3.

Now we know why.

About Sam Neumann

Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.

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