Why Everyone’s Talking About Elmo

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3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Elmo has been filling up the TikTok and Twitter feeds these past few weeks with his unique pronunciations and feud with a pet rock. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison try to chart the arc of this recent virality, and explain why Elmo is a member of the Black community. They also watched Hype House on Netflix so you don’t have to. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Go, woo, who are you?
0:02.3	Whoa, there.
0:03.4	Victoria's had a Friday night to remember.
0:06.0	But now she's outside in the pouring rain and...
0:08.7	Oh, what?
0:09.7	You are joking.
0:10.9	I've got no data.
0:12.0	How are we going to get home?
0:13.2	But then she remembers she's with EE.
0:15.8	Yes, Uber still works.
0:17.5	So then she...
0:19.3	Uber's on me, guys.
0:20.6	Should we get a kebab?
0:21.6	Use essential apps like Uber and WhatsApp
0:23.7	even when you run out of data.
0:25.7	Search EE Mobile.
0:27.2	Stay connected at 0.5 megabits per second.
0:29.6	Terms apply.
0:32.1	Oh, she's so cute.
0:34.0	Such a cute hamster.
0:35.5	Yeah, I know.
0:36.7	Say hi to Rocco, Elmo.
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