Hello everyone. My name is Jinks Monsoon and welcome to a brand new episode of Hi, Jinks, with me, Jinks Monsoon.

It's week three in my Broadway run of Chicago as Matron Mama Morton. Things are going great,

but I've already talked a lot about that. So today we're going to shift gears and talk about gender politics and their unexpected

correlation to racism.

It sounds heavy, but it is actually one of my favorite conversations I've had on

hijinks, and it's not heavy at all.

It's quite delightful because my guest today

is my friend Alok Vad Menon, and you are going to just love the conversation we have. If you are a,

if you are a person trying to live a better, more peaceful, more mindful, compassionate, empathetic life,

today's episode is for you. So buckle up, hunker down, and sink your teeth into some brand new.

Hi, Jinks.

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Mom! Hello everyone. I'm Jinks Monsoon and welcome to, hi, Jinks, a podcast where I, an internationally tolerated drag superstar, get to interview compelling and fascinating people

about how they became who they are and why they do what they do. Today, we are joined by poet and

performer, Alok. Hi, Alok. Hi, Jenks. Now, I recently left you a voice message because I did not know

how to pronounce you less. No, it is Alok-Menon, right? Yeah, Alok Vad, Menon. Alok, Vad, Menon.

You did it.

Of course, I want to say Manol, like, from the craft.

But Alok, okay, so we only recently met in physical space in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival.

I believe it's called Edinburgh.

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