NIKE ENTERTAINMENT HUSTLE RULE

 A premium seven-episode soccer podcast hosted by Hannah Waddingham.

The trailer for Hustle Rule

Episode 1 The story of Alinco – and a Nigerian professional league that allows women to change the fates of their families.

Episode 2 The story of a semi-pro team in North Carolina that believes homosexuality is a sin - and the effect this belief has on its gay players.

Episode 3 The underground leagues in New York - cutthroat games with high stakes, mega talent, big crowds, and cash prizes…Allie Long plays against the men.

Episode 4 The story of two moms on opposite sides of the world – Australia’s Melissa Barbieri and USA’s Amy Rodriguez – who were cut or traded… and who set out to make a comeback as good as any you’ll find.

Episode 5: The story of Nadia Nadim – a professional soccer player, a soon-to-be surgeon, an Afghan refugee… and, above all else, a kid who loved to play football.

Episode 6 1000 girls show up to the Santos FC tryout, dreaming of playing for the most storied club in Brazilian history: the land of the King, Pele, and now the Queen: Marta.

Episode 7 Generations of women had no pro league to play in and went on to become rocket scientists, CEOs, and big-time music supervisors are contrasted with today's generation – the New Guard – where the field of opportunity is wide open.

IDEA

Docu-series “Hustle Rule”was co created with Observatory and Waffle Iron Entertainment, a content studio within Nike dedicated to the development and production of premium sports entertainment. Hosted by Hannah Waddingham, “Hustle Rule” is a 7-episode podcast series that tells the untold stories of some of the most inspiring and accomplished female soccer players around the world.

Based on the book “Under the Lights and in the Dark”, by Gwendolyn Oxenham, it spans Santos, Brazil to Queens New York; from Lagos, Nigeria to Adelaide, Australia, inside the lives of women soccer players willing to risk everything for a game.