Guest is Melissa Ludtke, whose case opened up baseball’s locker room for women

Episode 420 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Melissa Ludtke, the author of “Locker Room Talk: A Women’s Struggle To Get Inside.” The book recounts Ludtke’s journey as a 26-year-old Sports Illustrated reporter who sued (and won) a gender discrimination case against Bowie Kuhn and Major League Baseball. The decision opened up MLB locker rooms for women reporters. In this podcast, Ludtke discusses her book and why she wrote it today; what it was like to be female reporter covering baseball in 1977; why she brought to her case to court; the environment for women in baseball today; how to promote a book without a big publicity department, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.