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Homo Sapiens

Jessie Ware: The Power of a Diva

Homo Sapiens

Christopher Sweeney

Relationships, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Arts

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

You asked us to talk about Divas. So who better to join me for a deep div-a than Mother of Pearl herself: Jessie Ware. What makes a Diva? Why do the gays love a Diva? What’s Kevin Costner got to do with one of the biggest Diva moments of all time. Where does Iggy Izalea’s slow cooker fit in to all of this? Click play to find out. 


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0:00.0

Hello everybody, welcome to Homer Sapiens.

0:16.0

I've got someone very, very special sitting digitally opposite me,

0:22.7

none other than Jesse Ware.

0:24.2

Jesse, we're delighted to have you, a bit of housekeeping.

0:27.3

Jesse, welcome aboard Homersopians All-Stars.

0:29.9

We're very thrilled to have you joining the firm.

0:33.1

As you know...

0:33.6

When you say we, do you mean the royal we?

0:35.9

You are.

0:36.5

I mean me and the listeners.

0:57.0

Oh, okay, fine. I thought like we were regal now, Chrissy. Oh, wow. Yeah, Chris is very, Chris is very happy to have you. No. So we asked everyone to write in episode ideas and people wrote in saying, can you talk about divas? I thought who better to talk to about divas than Jesse Ware? Chris, you have an excellent theory on this. And why the queer

1:03.4

community love a diva. Do you remember? There's something broken about a diva, but who gets up

1:08.9

and fights again. Was it that?

1:11.6

It was that, but it was also this kind of, the kind of theatricality as well of the

1:19.6

diva and the kind of the drama and the kind of effort to attention and all of this,

1:29.1

that that was also what you were talking about.

1:31.0

So this is the beginning of a discussion, I would say,

1:33.6

because I'd like everyone to write in.

1:36.4

So hello at homo sapienspodcast.com at homo sapiens and Instagram.

1:40.5

You can subscribe on YouTube.

1:42.9

I don't know how you'd get in touch with us there.

1:46.0

Maybe you'd comment under a video. Tell us for your...

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