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The Future of Women’s Sports | The Atlantic Festival 2025

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September 20, 2025

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Fifty years after the passage of Title IX, professional women’s sports is a huge business, boasting record-breaking viewership, sponsorship deals, and valuations. But challenges for equity with women’s male counterparts remain—in pay, media exposure, and access. Join Clara Wu Tsai, the owner and governor of the New York Liberty, and Atlantic contributing writer Jemele Hill for an inside look at how innovation and investments are expanding the reach of women’s sports. Then, Hill leads a conversation about the explosive growth in women’s sports, the rise of the superstar player, and what’s ahead for the next generation of women’s athletes with the sports journalist and Atlantic staff writer Sally Jenkins, ESPN and MSG Network basketball analyst Monica McNutt, and Sarah Spain, the host of the podcast “Good Game With Sarah Spain.”

Speakers include:

Clara Wu Tsai, Owner and Governor, New York Liberty

Jemele Hill, Contributing Writer, The Atlantic

Sally Jenkins, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

Sarah Spain, Journalist, Podcast Host, and Author

Monica McNutt, Basketball Analyst, ESPN and MSG Network

The Atlantic Festival brings the brand’s essential journalism to life on stage through dynamic conversations, exclusive screenings, and engaging performances. Expect rigorous dialogue with influential voices in politics, culture, business, technology, and media—plus opportunities to connect with other curious, thoughtful attendees.

The 2025 lineup includes Scott Galloway, Richard Ayoade with David Letterman, H.R. McMaster, Clara Wu Tsai, Arvind Krishna, Jennifer Doudna, Monica Lewinsky, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Bryan Stevenson, Dr. Becky Kennedy, and many more. Atlantic journalists including Jeffrey Goldberg, Jemele Hill, Vann Newkirk, and Sophie Gilbert will moderate and lead discussions.

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Title IXJoin Clara Wu TsaiNew York LibertyJemele HillThen HillSally Jenkins ESPNMSG NetworkMonica McNutt

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