ICYMI: Encore: Youre Using Woke Wrong
From \u201cwoke bae\u201d to \u201cwoke-a-cola,\u201d the word\xa0woke\xa0has taken the internet and mainstream media by storm. But how many people who use the word actually know what it means? On today\u2019s episode, Rachelle\xa0and\xa0Madison\xa0(but, really, mostly Rachelle) explain the decades-old origins of the word, and how its meaning has evolved as it\u2019s gone from being sung as a call to \u201cstay woke\u201d by the likes of Erykah Badu and Childish Gambino to being wielded as a slur by the likes of Mike Huckabee.\nPodcast production by Daniel Schroeder, Derek John, and Jasmine Ellis.\nThis episode was originally published on June 19, 2021.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices