From filing an antitrust lawsuit at 14 to winning 23 major singles titles, Serena Williams built a career defined by refusing to conform. This episode explores her Compton upbringing, her father’s decision to pull her from the junior circuit, and the psychology behind her dominance.

We examine the emotional toll of beating her sister Venus in four straight Serena Slam finals, her life-threatening 2011 pulmonary embolism, her postpartum complications, and how she carried an anti-establishment playbook into fashion, business, and Serena Ventures.

• Her lawsuit at 14 and wild-card entry into pro tennis
• Richard Williams pulling her from the junior circuit
• The 2002-03 Serena Slam won against her sister Venus
• Surviving a pulmonary embolism and postpartum blood clots
• Launching Serena Ventures for women and people of color