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Pop Stars Run Politics Now

Pop Stars Run Politics Now

They’re everywhere, they’re so Julia.

Hear Me Out · Celeste Headlee

July 30, 202438m 53s

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Show Notes

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: who runs the world?


Kamala Harris is having a brat summer, which means that you’re likely seeing lots of questions about what brat summer is and why anyone cares. But the meme being co-opted by the Harris campaign is just a small piece of the bigger puzzle.


Writer and podcast host H. Alan Scott joins Hear Me Out to argue that pop stars have a huge amount of political influence — that, coupled with “cool factor,” could swing the election.  


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Podcast production by Maura Currie.


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