Play It Again: Ts Madison
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week we revisit our episode with performer Ts Madison! She’s excellent in the new film, ZOLA, now out in theaters across the country. Get your tickets here: https://tickets.zola.movie/ A trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community, Ts shares the stories that made her Ts: flipping through a Playgirl magazine at age three (3:30), exploring her nascent sexuality under a Christian roof (13:28) and the consequences of her curiosity (17:02). She also talks turning pain into comedy (30:36), her time as a sex worker (29:01), and the “duty” of “keeping the door open” to encourage representation for the Trans community (42:44). Then, before we go, she looks back on the night she first felt seen and the liberation that followed (45:40).
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:06.0 | This is talk easy. I'm San Francisco, so welcome to the show. Oh, uh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Today on this long holiday weekend we're revisiting one of my favorite episodes of Talk Easy |
| 0:47.1 | with PS Madison. |
| 0:49.1 | If you're not familiar, she's an author, comedian, television host, producer, artist, motivational speaker, and LGBTQ2 plus activist. |
| 1:00.0 | Her most recent work comes in Zola, a film based on the viral Twitter thread by Asia Zola King. |
| 1:07.0 | It tells the story of a part-time stripper convinced by a new friend to travel to Tampa to dance. |
| 1:14.0 | The movie is now out in theaters across the country. |
| 1:18.0 | Here's a clip from the film, directed by Chinix Abrava. |
| 1:22.0 | Hey. directed by Janexa Bravo. Hey, last month I went dancing at this cute spot in Florida where my roommate's girl made like 5 ges a night. |
| 1:32.0 | Because my heart rate |
| 1:35.0 | we just made yesterday and you're ready trying to take whole trips together. |
| 1:38.0 | Be ready by two. |
| 1:40.0 | Hi, this. |
| 1:42.0 | You want to hear a story about how me and this bitch fell out? |
| 1:45.0 | It's kind of long, but it's full of suspense. |
| 1:48.0 | This is what you came here for, Sola? |
| 1:53.6 | Do it look like I came for this? |
| 1:55.0 | I thought it's money you made. |
| 1:58.0 | I'm so proud of you. |
| 2:00.0 | I don't fuck with you no more I do nothing wrong |
| 2:09.9 | If you're interested in seeing the movie you can visit tickets dot Zola. Movie, that's tickets dot |
| 2:17.1 | Zola movie or just take a look in the description of this episode. |
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