ICYMI: The Waves: How Drake Betrayed Megan Thee Stallion

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🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode brought to us by Slate’s The Waves, Tory Lanez has been sentenced for shooting Megan Thee Stallion, and we have THOUGHTS. Scamfluencers co-host and former BuzzFeed reporter Scaachi Koul is joined by Refinery29 deputy director Kathleen Newman-Bremang to unpack why so many people turned against Megan despite Tory Lanez being a wasteman. They explain what exactly is a “Toronto Mans” and why this dangerous subsection of man is crossing American borders in the forms of Drake, the Weeknd, and more. If you liked this episode, check out: The World Record Book of Racist Stories Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Scaachi Koul, Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Candice Lim.
0:14.7	And I'm Rachel Hampton and you're listening to ICY Mine.
0:18.2	In case you missed it.
0:20.0	Slates podcast about internet culture.
0:22.2	And today we have a special treat.
0:24.8	Today we're bringing you an amazing episode
0:27.3	from Slates The Waves podcast.
0:29.9	In this episode, scam planters co-hosts
0:32.7	and former BuzzFeed reporter Sachy Cole.
0:35.4	And Refinery29 deputy director, Kathleen Newman-Bremming,
0:39.6	unpacked why so many people turned against Megamastallion
0:43.8	despite the fact that Tori Lanes is a waste man.
0:48.1	And that a fine would it means to be a Toronto man.
0:52.0	And without further ado, here's the show.
0:55.8	Explicit language warning.
0:59.5	We're cursing a lot in this episode,
1:01.4	so don't listen to it with your kids.
1:03.4	Or do, I'm not their mother.
1:05.4	Welcome to the waves.
1:11.8	Slates podcast about the terror of gender, feminism,
1:15.2	and today, one of Canada's worst exports.
1:18.9	It's not how we handle, not this time.
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