Summary
Sometimes when you speak up, the world answers.
— Gavin Grimm is a transgender rights activist suing his school district in federal court. The Vice documentary excerpted in this episode was reported by Diana Tourjee for Broadly. Bank Street School for Children is a private progressive school in upper Manhattan.
— Alaska is an LA-based drag queen and former winner of RuPaul's All Star Drag Race. Zoë Sobel is a radio producer in Unalaska, Alaska.
Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom, Jesse Spillane ("Super Bubbly"), 1000 Names ("Rio"), and Broke for Free ("The Great"). Theme by Alexander Overington.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | When I was a kid, I would send out letters to celebrities with photos and stuff, hoping |
| 0:06.2 | they would be turning it with a little autograph. |
| 0:08.3 | Like who? |
| 0:10.0 | Let's see. |
| 0:11.8 | The cast of Zina. |
| 0:13.4 | The entire cast? |
| 0:14.4 | The cast of Zina. |
| 0:16.7 | The cast of Percules. |
| 0:17.7 | I'm a big fan of castles. |
| 0:20.0 | The cast of Oceans 11. |
| 0:21.4 | Oh my god, there's 11 of them. |
| 0:24.0 | I can go on and on. |
| 0:27.0 | Did anyone return anything to you? |
| 0:29.0 | A lot of them did. |
| 0:30.2 | I sent it to Nsync at some stadium when they were on tour and it was returned with everybody's |
| 0:36.0 | signature and Lance signed it twice because I think he didn't realize he'd already signed |
| 0:41.6 | it. |
| 0:42.6 | Oh Lance. |
| 0:43.6 | Lance, the gay one. |
| 0:46.8 | From WNYC Studios, this is Nancy with your host Tobin Lowe and Kathy Tune. |
| 1:00.0 | So, you know, it's incredible to reach out to someone you admire and know that they |
| 1:05.6 | might actually respond. |
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