Episode 122: Amy Schneider
Gender Reveal
Tuck Woodstock
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Tuck and Ozzy speak with Jeopardy champion Amy Schneider (she/her). Topics include:
- How going on national TV helped with vocal dysphoria (and gave Amy hope for trans people’s political future)
- Grappling with the constant threat of milkshake-ducking
- The history and future of Trans Jeopardy
- Why are so many trans women coders?
- Plus: Kafka, Tarot, fame, orgies, and the gay green couch
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Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Sponsors: Queer Candle Co (promo code: GENDER10)
Transcript
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| 0:46.7 | Welcome to Gender Reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to understanding what the hell gender is. |
| 0:54.8 | I'm your host and resident gender detective, Tuck Woodstock. |
| 1:06.0 | Hey everyone, hope you're all hanging in there. This week on the show, I am delighted to share my conversation with Amy Schneider, |
| 1:12.7 | who you may know as Amy from Jeopardy. In this episode, we ask the questions on everyone's mind, |
| 1:18.5 | like, how did Amy's cats birthday party go? And what categories would exist in trans jeopardy? |
| 1:25.3 | We also discuss becoming a beloved trans celebrity at such a froth political moment, |
| 1:30.4 | and what Amy's activism might look like going forward. |
| 1:33.9 | I am finding myself a little uncomfortable with being America's relatable trans friend that's |
| 1:40.7 | non-threatening. But first, just to let you know, we've got the merch store fully restocked for |
| 1:45.4 | all of your pride needs. We've got some fun new designs, we've got some old favorites, |
| 1:50.0 | and there's one design in particular I think you're really going to love. I'll tell you about it in |
| 1:54.7 | another episode. But for now, you can go take a peek for yourself at bit.ly slash gender merch. |
| 2:01.9 | And now it's time for this week in gender. |
| 2:05.5 | This week in gender, Mattel made a Laverne Cox trans Barbie doll, |
| 2:16.4 | Power Rangers made a They Them Death Ranger villain, Kendrick Lamar made a Maclamorian song about |
| 2:22.8 | his trans family members on his new album, and various state legislatures continued to make bad |
| 2:28.7 | decisions to pass bad bills. This has been this week in gender. |
| 2:37.1 | No, I'm just kidding, I've got something else for you today. As you know, there wasn't a new |
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