Pretty Tough with Maria Sharapova
Hosted by Maria Sharapova · Vox Media
4.5from 125 ratings
- 23
- Episodes
- 19
- Transcribed
- 125
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About Pretty Tough with Maria Sharapova
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.
- Publisher
- Vox Media
- Category
- business · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Apr 2026
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
19 of 23 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Vera Wang: Inside Her Journey From Olympic Dreamer to Fashion Icon
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Alex Eala Was Raised to Be a Champion
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi on Building, Burnout and Resetting
Inside a recent episode
Vera Wang: Inside Her Journey From Olympic Dreamer to Fashion Icon
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Or it's a small, short window given the length of one's life. And I think when you love something that much and you no longer do it at the level you did or participate in that kind of result, I think it's what you do next. And that's really what happened to me when I had my breakdown. I really, up to 1968, I was going to be a sophomore in college and I was trying to figure out what is my life without skating? And so I took a year off from college and I went to Paris. It's the time I was dating the French champion of figure skating. That's the time to do it, Mary. Yeah. And I fell in love with fashion there, although my mother was really a clothes horse. […]
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- Vera Wang
- Alex Eala
- Christina Tosi
- Carolyn Murphy
- Emmy Rossum
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 75 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 50 ratings
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Who hosts Pretty Tough with Maria Sharapova?
Maria Sharapova host the show. Published by Vox Media.
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