Rich Dudes Driving in Circles

Culture Study Podcast

Anne Helen Petersen

Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Arts

4.6 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

For the fifth episode of the Culture Study podcast I’m joined by Nicole Washington to talk about all things F1: what’s behind the recent rise, is it in fact Real Housewives of Monaco, what’s the current drama, and so much more. Because this is a conversation between someone with very little knowledge about F1 (me) and someone with an abundance of knowledge about F1 (Nicole) it’s accessible to all levels of fandom. If you’re utterly mystified by the newfound popularity, this episode’s for you. If you have a text thread dedicated to F1 memes, this episode is also for you.

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Got a question or idea for a future episode? Let us know here. This week, we’re looking for your questions for future episodes about: Celebrity Philanthropies (weird ones, good ones, why do they exist, etc.); Moms for Liberty; Very Contemporary Architecture Trends (like ‘modern farmhouse’); Why Goodreads is the way it is (think expansively here); ONLINE PURCHASE REVIEW CULTURE (as in: what motivates people to leave reviews? With photos? What makes a good review, what makes a worthless one?); Whatever Bradley Cooper's whole deal is.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, so a thing you should know about me is that I started watching Drive to Survive.
0:04.5	I got really into F1, so I have gone, like, down the rabbit hole.
0:09.1	I have exhaustively researched tire compounds and all kinds of other stuff that I never thought that I would be super interested in.
0:19.2	This is the Culture Study podcast, and I'm Anne Helen Peterson.
0:23.0	And I'm Nicole Washington, recovering sports addict and newly minted F1 obsessive.
0:29.3	The reason I asked you on is because you don't hide your F1 fandom.
0:37.4	In fact, it is a major feature of your stories.
0:40.2	And I feel like I have gleaned things about F1 just through exposure to your stories.
0:45.6	So before we get to your story of F1, for me, who I will say and preface that I have watched a couple of the Drive to Survive episodes during the pandemic maybe at some point.
0:58.4	That is about the extent of my knowledge.
1:01.1	I've watched all of the seasons at least three times.
1:05.0	Good. Okay. Right. So we have the Bonifides in place. Can you explain Drive to Survive really quickly because that's my access point.
1:13.2	And I think a lot of other people listening, that's our access point.
1:17.3	Sure.
1:18.0	Drive to Survive is a series on Netflix.
1:21.3	It has five seasons, I believe.
1:23.6	Each season follows a racing season.
1:26.4	The first couple of seasons are sort of designed
1:28.9	around following one team over the course of the season. So like, well, and the first seasons
1:34.8	don't have the two of the bigger teams, Ferrari and Mercedes. They show up a little bit later, I guess,
1:39.7	after they decided it was worth their while. But that's the general premise, is that it's the,
1:45.0	the season follows a racing season. Each episode is usually focused on one team over the
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