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**Chloe Malle** (1:20)
This is The Run-Through and I'm Chloe Malle. Today, I am joined by my lovely co-host, Nicole Phelps.

**Nicole Phelps** (1:27)
Hi, Chloe.

**Chloe Malle** (1:28)
And today on the show, we have a very exciting conversation that you, Nicole, and Vogue's senior editor, Corey Seymour, conducted with tennis superstar Aryna Sabalenka.
This was a live podcast recording at the Gucci Fifth Avenue flagship. Aryna is a Gucci gal. And we, as you'll recall, had an amazing Stephen Klein photographed digital cover of Aryna that ran right before the French Open in May, but is running in our September Issue. And so it was very exciting and timely for you guys to get to speak to Aryna. And also as she was launching into the US Open.

**Nicole Phelps** (2:09)
Yes.

**Chloe Malle** (2:09)
What were the highlights? I haven't heard the conversation yet.

**Nicole Phelps** (2:11)
Well, we talked about her Gucci fit, of course. It was Look 18 in the fall show and talked about her fabulous engagement ring and some wedding planning.
Oh, we need that wedding. And yes, we need that wedding if you're listening, Aryna. And we also talked about her sweet puppy, I guess who's no longer a puppy, Ash, who she-

**Chloe Malle** (2:35)
Future Dogue.

**Nicole Phelps** (2:36)
Yes, Future Dogue who she got after she won the US Open last year. She made a deal with her team that if she won, she would get a puppy.

**Chloe Malle** (2:46)
Oh, wow.

**Nicole Phelps** (2:46)
And the reason she needed to do that, of course, is because she's busy and she would count on the team to watch the dog when she's playing her matches.

**Chloe Malle** (2:54)
Oh, yes. I recall this from Rob Haskell's excellent profile of her. And in it, Ash, the puppy who is named for Arthur Ash Stadium, was peeing all over the hotel room. It was a real portrait of chaos.

**Nicole Phelps** (3:08)
Hopefully, Ash has been potty trained by now.

**Chloe Malle** (3:13)
And what's Corey Seymour, who is blessedly for the rest of us, our resident tennis nut and really where Anna channels all of her tennis passion. He, was he starstruck?

**Nicole Phelps** (3:29)
Well, he'd met her before, so they were actually sort of chummy. And he was at Indian Wells earlier this year and he interviewed her. And so he pressed her on some of the more intense, yes, on-court details, which I know nothing about.
What was so exciting is that she was playing like 12 hours later basically. She was doing mixed doubles with Novak Djokovic.

**Chloe Malle** (3:55)
Because this was Tuesday evening.

**Nicole Phelps** (3:57)
This was Monday evening. She was playing yesterday on Tuesday. And they actually lost, but I think it was either way, it's good for the US. Open to have two huge stars like Aryna and Novak playing together. And so it's off. It's happening.

**Chloe Malle** (4:15)
What is your feeling about live tapings, Nicole?

**Nicole Phelps** (4:19)
Well, they're definitely harder to do than not live tapings. I think you're not only trying to connect with the person across from you, you're connecting with the audience. And whether or not you're not connecting, you can sort of read their reactions. Are they fiddling? Are they getting bored? That's the worst. What about you?

**Chloe Malle** (4:38)
I feel like you're serving two masters in a way.
You want to engage the audience that's there with you, but you also need to be thinking about the listeners. So if you're gesturing to something, it's not going to work. You want it to be something that can just be listened to. And I also feel that sometimes the logistics, you're thinking about more, you're juggling more. It feels like you need to be more dexterous to get through it. Like even, it wasn't a live podcast recording, but at the Teen Vogue Fest, I interviewed Maisie Williams and Joey King, and the audience could hear them, but I couldn't hear Maisie. And so I was sort of only heard like 60% of what she was saying. So you're just always trying to catch up a bit, I find. But it's also really fun to be in a room with people who are very excited to be part of the podcast, like for the Devil Wears Prada screening interview with Billy Norwich and Kate Young. The people were so engaged and excited, and I think that also can be lovely.