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How Alex Cooper turned the Call Her Daddy podcast into a media empire

Culture critics Liz Duff and Rebecca Jennings discuss Call Her Alex, the new docuseries about the podcast host and media empire CEO

Culture critics Liz Duff and Rebecca Jennings discuss the new docuseries, Call Her Alex

Alex Cooper sits at a desk with headphones on, recording.
Alex Cooper has one of the most popular podcasts in the world, Call Her Daddy. (Disney)

One of the biggest podcasts right now is Call Her Daddy, a celebrity interview show hosted by Alex Cooper. But the show began as a sex podcast, best known for the raunchy details that Cooper and her co-host would share about their own sex lives.

A new Disney+ docuseries, Call Her Alex, came out last week to share a behind-the-scenes look at at how Cooper used Call Her Daddy to propel her to bonafide celebrity status and lucrative business deals, as well as an inside look at her personal life. 

On a bonus episode of Commotion, host Elamin Abdelmahmoud speaks with culture critics Liz Duff and Rebecca Jennings about the new docuseries and Cooper's success. 

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You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.


Panel produced by Jean Kim.