You Go Gloria Gaynor, Accept That Kennedy Center Award!
How Men Think
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🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
We all know and love Gloria Gaynor’s iconic 1978 hit “I Will Survive” - an anthem that earned Gaynor a Grammy and a lifetime of fans. Is it fair to now judge her for accepting one of our nation’s highest honors because you don’t like the politics from the person presenting it? Amy and T.J. weigh in on the latest calls for Gaynor to reject an award from this president.
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| 0:36.0 | Hey there, folks. It is Thursday, August 14th. She is an icon, and she wrote one of the most |
| 0:43.0 | iconic, most important songs that we have ever heard, and she deserves a Kennedy Center |
| 0:51.5 | honor. So why are some people suggesting that she not do it, telling her |
| 0:57.9 | she shouldn't do it, and even given her all kinds of hell for daring to accept an honor she so |
| 1:05.3 | greatly deserves? Welcome to Amy and T.J. We of course, we're always talking about Gloria Gaynor. |
| 1:10.8 | President Trump made the announcement of the Kenny Center Honors recipients. |
| 1:15.4 | She was among them and she stood out to certain people, I guess, for certain reasons. |
| 1:20.3 | That's right. |
| 1:20.8 | Her iconic song, I Will Survive, is an anthem for so many women out there and certainly has been one for me. I have, |
| 1:29.8 | I know every word to the song as I think most women do, but it's also become an anthem for |
| 1:35.5 | the LGBTQ plus community, especially in the 80s during the AIDS epidemic. A lot of that community |
| 1:42.1 | took that song personally and took it as their own as a as a part of |
| 1:48.2 | their identity this song means a lot to a lot of people yeah and she was this this woman is iconic yes |
| 1:54.8 | she was a disco queen of course in the 70s and 80s had several hits but she's won robes and it made me think of our girl |
| 2:03.1 | fight song oh yeah Rachel Platton Rachel Platton has a bunch of great songs bunch of great hits |
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