Introducing Toxic: The Britney Spears Story

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Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Comedians Tess Barker and Babs Gray, who you might know from Lady to Lady or the now legendary Britney’s Gram podcast, are here to bring you a brand new investigative series about Britney Spears' conservatorship and the court system that's allowed it to persist. After launching the #FreeBritney movement, they started to dig… And what they found out, you won’t want to miss! Join Tess and Babs as they talk to exclusive sources, examine new sides of the story, and uncover disturbing truths about our legal system that go way beyond Britney. Listen to Episodes 1 & 2 right now: link.chtbl.com/ToxicThePodcast

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm Abigail Keele, senior producer for Witness Stocks.
0:05.3	I want to tell you about a brand new show I've been working on.
0:09.0	It's called Toxic, the Britney Spears story.
0:12.2	And I think it's probably pretty clear what it's about.
0:15.4	The show is hosted by two amazing comedians and writers named Tess and Babs.
0:20.5	They sort of helped kick off the whole free Britney movement a couple years back, and
0:24.6	they've been investigating Britney's conservatorship ever since.
0:28.5	The show also explores the court system that's allowed this to happen to Britney and countless
0:33.2	other people.
0:34.2	I'm going to play you a short clip from our very first episode.
0:38.4	If you like it, go subscribe right now to Toxic, the Britney Spears story, and hear
0:43.6	the whole episode.
0:44.6	You'll also be first in line to hear the rest of the series.
0:48.4	Okay, here's a clip.
0:50.8	Tess and Babs are talking about how they got sucked into this story.
0:54.0	It all started after they released an anonymous voicemail on their old podcast, Britney's
0:59.0	Graham.
1:01.0	So, we sat down to record episode 75 of Britney's Graham.
1:10.3	This is a big deal, guys.
1:11.3	I hope that wherever you are, you're somewhere that you're able to receive some big information
1:16.0	and feel a lot of things and have your mind blown.
1:18.9	We titled it hashtag free Britney and released it in the middle of the night.
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