ICYMI: Encore: You’re Using “Woke” Wrong

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🗓️ 1 January 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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From “woke bae” to “woke-a-cola,” the word woke has taken the internet and mainstream media by storm. But how many people who use the word actually know what it means? On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison (but, really, mostly Rachelle) explain the decades-old origins of the word, and how its meaning has evolved as it’s gone from being sung as a call to “stay woke” by the likes of Erykah Badu and Childish Gambino to being wielded as a slur by the likes of Mike Huckabee. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder, Derek John, and Jasmine Ellis. This episode was originally published on June 19, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Music
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0:32.0	Let's play walk wars!
0:34.0	First question.
0:36.0	Are you doing the work?
0:38.0	I'm going to go with like probably not.
0:43.0	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton and I'm Madison Malone Kircher.
0:46.0	You're listening to ICYMI.
0:48.0	In case you missed it.
0:49.0	Slates podcast about internet culture.
0:52.0	Pop the shame, pay happy New Year's bitches!
0:56.0	We hope you're all recuperating from a fun New Year's Eve.
0:59.0	I know we are.
1:00.0	There is glitter on the floor after the party
1:02.0	as my uh, my close personal friend Taylor Swift would say.
1:05.0	And I'm hungover.
1:07.0	I'm assuming y'all are too.
1:09.0	So while you clear up the crate paper,
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