Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show Makes Reality TV Great Again

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3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Aisha Harris, co-host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of Wannabe: Reckonings With the Pop Culture That Shaped Me. The two discuss Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, the latest venture from the comedian behind the Emmy-award winning stand-up special Rothanial. In contrast, Reality Show has been greeted with a mixed critical reception but both Aisha and Rachelle agree that it’s a fascinating project by one of our generation’s most experimental comedians. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
0:14.7	And I'm Candice Lim, and you're listening to I see why am I.
0:17.9	In case you missed it.
0:19.2	Slate's podcast about internet culture. And Rachel, I need to make a why am I. In case you missed it. Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:21.7	And Rachel, I need to make a correction.
0:24.8	Oh, okay.
0:26.5	So, on a previous episode, I said that espresso by Sabrina Carpenter was not the song of the summer.
0:32.1	I would like to retract that because I believe that espresso by Sabrina Carpenter is indeed the song of the summer.
0:37.6	Well, before you, like, fully retract, I feel like a new entry may have emerged because I feel like
0:44.0	lately there's been an energy in my house. I've been walking around asking my cat, is somebody
0:49.4	going to match my freak?
0:54.3	I love Tenache.
0:56.2	Nasty is the moment.
0:57.7	Okay, let's just call it now.
0:58.8	Our new song of the summer, until next week, is Nasty by Tenache.
1:04.0	I like it just like that.
1:06.7	Just like that.
1:07.4	I've been a nasty girl.
1:09.2	Nasty.
1:09.4	I've been a nasty girl. Nasty. I've been, nasty girl. Nasty, up in a nasty girl.
1:11.5	Just so, Rachel, you know, we are speaking on a week when a lot of new music is coming out.
1:20.3	You know, Zane Malick's new album is out.
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