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The Waves: How Drake Betrayed Megan Thee Stallion

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Slate Podcasts

Entertainment News, News, Tech News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode brought to us by Slate’s The Waves, Tory Lanez has been sentenced for shooting Megan Thee Stallion, and we have THOUGHTS. Scamfluencers co-host and former BuzzFeed reporter Scaachi Koul is joined by Refinery29 deputy director Kathleen Newman-Bremang to unpack why so many people turned against Megan despite Tory Lanez being a wasteman. They explain what exactly is a “Toronto Mans” and why this dangerous subsection of man is crossing American borders in the forms of Drake, the Weeknd, and more. If you liked this episode, check out: The World Record Book of Racist Stories Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Scaachi Koul, Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In case you missed it.

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Slate's podcast about internet culture.

0:52.0

And today, we have a special treat.

0:54.9

Today, we're bringing you an amazing episode from Slate's The Waves podcast.

0:59.9

In this episode, scam influencers co-host and former BuzzFeed reporter Sachi Cole and Refinery

1:06.2

29, Deputy Director Kathleen Newman Breming, unpack why so many people turned against

1:12.8

Megan the Stallion despite the fact that Torrey Lane's is a waste man and they define what

1:19.0

it means to be a Toronto man's and without further ado here's the show.

1:29.1

Explicit language warning.

1:33.0

We're cursing a lot in this episode, so don't listen to it with your kids.

1:34.8

Or do. I'm not their mother.

1:48.3

Welcome to the Waves, Slate's podcast about the terror of gender, feminism, and today, one of Canada's worst exports.

1:54.0

It's not Howie Mandel. Not this time. Though we do feel very sorry about that one.

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Every week, we talk about what fresh hell is being unleashed on the girls and the gays, the they's and thems, and anyone else similarly committed to a society free of cis male dominance. Indeed, this is a community

2:07.2

full of she sheds. No man caves. I'm your host, Sachi Cole. You probably know who Megan

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the stallion is, otherwise known as the hottest woman in America.

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