Why All The First Ladies Want to Be Jackie O.
The Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism
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4.2 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of The Waves, former Buzzfeed reporter and current Scamfluencers host, Scaachi Koul is taking over hosting The Waves for the next few weeks. This week she’s digging deep into the life of First Lady hopeful, Casey DeSantis. Scaachi is joined by Washington Post reporter, Ruby Cramer. Ruby wrote a masterpiece on Casey DeSantis, “Tracing the power of Casey DeSantis.” They get into why Casey DeSantis scares Scaachi, how to properly make fun of Ron’s wife, and why the Ron and Casey two-some is so exclusive.
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Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Scaachi Koul, Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.
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| 0:51.4 | com slash bandwidth. That's oracle.com slash bandwidth. That's oracle.com slash bandwidth. Welcome to the waves, Slate's podcast about the terror of gender, feminism and today the allure of first lady nostalgia. |
| 1:15.0 | Every week we talk about what fresh hell is being unleashed on the girls and the gays, |
| 1:20.0 | the they's and thems, and anyone else similarly committed to a society free of cis male dominance. |
| 1:26.0 | Suffice to say, this is no mojojo-Dauja-Cassa house. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm Saatchi Cole and I'll be your guide for the next few weeks in this locomotion through our current |
| 1:34.6 | dystopian commotion. You might recognize my voice if you're a scamfluencers' listener or if you heard me crying |
| 1:40.8 | under the Statue of Liberty replica in the Midtown Manhattan Margaritaville. |
| 1:44.8 | I don't know why, but there's one particular photo of Casey Desantis that always makes me laugh. |
| 1:51.6 | You've probably heard a fair deal about 43 year old Casey in the last few months |
| 1:56.6 | as the wife of Florida Governor Ron Desantis. |
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