Cameron Esposito is Reclaiming Rape Jokes
Nancy
WNYC Studios
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2018
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Content warning: This episode discusses sexual assault.
Most jokes about rape are terrible. But in a new special, comedian Cameron Esposito is using them to talk about being a survivor of sexual assault.
Cameron's special "Rape Jokes" can be streamed for free on her website or purchase a copy with all proceeds going to RAINN, the United States’ largest organization combatting sexual violence. You can find resources for survivors of sexual violence at RAINN, End Rape on Campus, and the Trevor Project.
Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom with additional music by Drake Stafford ("Casets"). Theme by Alexander Overington.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Nancy Lestner's, before we get started, we want to give you a heads up to this episode |
| 0:04.3 | discusses sexual assault. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey guys, it's Tobin. |
| 0:08.3 | And Kathy. |
| 0:09.3 | And we are jumping back into your podcast feeds with a surprise bonus. |
| 0:13.1 | So if you know us, you know that we love actor and comedian Cameron Esposito. |
| 0:17.8 | I love her. |
| 0:18.8 | You may know her from Take My Wife, the TV show she co-created with her partner, Rhea |
| 0:22.6 | Blitzer. |
| 0:23.6 | Or you might know her from her podcast query where she interviews fascinating queer folks. |
| 0:28.2 | Or you may know her from being a hilarious stand-up comedian, which is what we're going |
| 0:32.8 | to talk to her about today. |
| 0:34.2 | More specifically, she has this upcoming special that she is about to release called Rape |
| 0:38.7 | Jokes. |
| 0:39.7 | It's a super timely and hilarious hour of comedy that gets into how we talk about sexual |
| 0:44.4 | assault. |
| 0:45.4 | I know it sounds like a super hard topic to make jokes about, but Cameron does it, everybody. |
| 0:49.6 | She does. |
| 0:50.6 | She does. |
| 0:51.6 | She really is so funny and so smart. |
| 0:52.9 | And Kathy, since you just went on this epic pub crawl with Cameron the other day, we |
| 0:56.7 | hit up every lesbian bar in New York City, which isn't that many. |
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