ICYMI - Cody Ko Has Become the Misogyny He Mocks
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🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Candice Lim and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe break down the allegations surrounding YouTuber and podcaster Cody Ko. In May, fellow YouTuber Tana Mongeau alleged that Ko had sex with her when she was 17 and he was 25. While covered by outlets such as Rolling Stone, the controversy did not pick up steam until commentary YouTuber D’Angelo Wallace posted a 15-minute video investigating Mongeau’s claims and mapping out Ko’s history of burying controversies.
Since then, Ko has lost more than 300,000 subscribers and his podcast network claims he “will not be involved in the day-to-day operations” of their business. However, fans have lingering questions, such as: did Ko’s associates try to squash the controversy on Reddit? Why were Mongeau’s allegations not taken seriously the first time? And what happens when a commentary YouTuber espouses the rampant misogyny they so heavily criticize online?
This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim.
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| 0:00.0 | If just thinking about your bills makes you feel confused and disorientated, |
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| 0:18.0 | UK residents, T's and C supply. apply. Hey, I'm Candice Lim. |
| 0:35.0 | And I'm Nadir Gough, and you're listening to IcyY-M-I. |
| 0:39.7 | In case you missed it. |
| 0:41.3 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:44.0 | And I'm here with Nadeer from the culture desk |
| 0:46.0 | because on today's episode we are talking about all the allegations |
| 0:49.0 | surrounding YouTubeer, Cody Coe, |
| 0:51.0 | who you might know as a podcaster and reaction |
| 0:53.8 | Youtuber. Nadira has written a really great piece explaining the |
| 0:57.3 | controversy surrounding him right now, but Nadira, how are we feeling |
| 1:01.1 | walking into this? |
| 1:18.0 | Oh boy. So I want to start with a quick warning that this episode will include discussion of sexual misconduct and assault. For now, we are going to start with the headline that started it all, which is that on May 30th, |
| 1:23.2 | Youtuber Tana Mojo was doing a live show in Sacramento |
| 1:26.4 | when she says she allegedly had sex with Cody Coe when he was 25 years old |
| 1:30.8 | and she was 17. |
| 1:32.0 | Here's a clip of that moment. |
| 1:33.8 | Who is the smallest stick you ever had sex with? |
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