"The Protagonist" (w/ Heather Gay)

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

After meaningfully connecting in the south of France, Matt + Bow welcome Heather Gay to Las Cultch! Like ya do! After a brief culture catchup discussing Wicked: For Good, BravoCon and Pluribus, the three pals get into RHOSLC dynamics, what reality TV expects and enhances, and how telling her story of extricating herself from the Mormon church is the greatest thing Heather has done. Also, her full circle latest trip to Cannes after being sent there on her Mormon mission years ago, what Angie K was like in high school, Heather’s rocky experience doing Ultimate Girls Trip, and Beauty Lab + Laser. All this, the first time Heather heard the Violent Femmes’ “Blister In The Sun”, Real Housewives as role models, skiing, botox and Jen Shah. Stream Surviving Mormonism and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City on Peacock, and check out Heather’s books Bad Mormon and Good Time Girl!

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:07.4	Hey, hey, hey, or should I say, ho, ho.
0:10.4	It's me, Matt Rogers, and in the words of another Christmas icon, it's time.
0:15.3	I'm back with my new nationwide tour, Matt Rogers, Christmas in December.
0:20.7	Yes, it's time to remember when
0:22.7	Christmas is. I'm hit in the road all of December with Henry Kuperski and the whole band
0:27.2	performing my album, have you heard of Christmas, along with a bunch of other little surprises.
0:31.6	So if you're in L.A., San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Philadelphia, D.C., New York City,
0:39.3	Boston, Toronto, Chicago, or, yes, Philadelphia, D.C., New York City, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, or, yes, Orlando, Florida. I want to see your gorgeous ass. Go to Matt Rogers official.com
0:45.9	or head to my Instagram at Matt Rogers, though, and hit the link in my bio. Until then, stream the
0:51.0	album, get your look together, and get ready to deck the damn halls at a venue near you. Christmas in December, you in my heart. X-O-X-O-X-O-Santa boy. Look, man. Where? Oh, I see. Wow. Bowen, look over there. Wow, is that culture. Yes. Oh, my goodness. Wow. Las cultureistas.
1:12.3	Ding, dumb.
1:13.8	Las Culturistas calling.
1:15.9	You really spaced out your syllables there.
1:18.6	You know, I'm really thinking about the sounds I'm making and being so intentional
1:22.7	about them because I'm actually reporting to you live from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1:28.3	Let's go. I'm in the home state of one Henrik Kapersky, and we are what?
1:32.3	Rehearsing for the Christmas and December tour.
1:35.3	And celebrating Thanksgiving.
1:37.3	You know, there are some celebrations.
1:39.3	There definitely is breaking of bread.
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