Sooo Many White Guys

Sooo Many White Guys is a podcast hosted by Phoebe Robinson.^[1] It is produced by WNYC Studios.^[2] As a response to the predominance of white males in comedy, the podcast features guests who are mostly non-white, non-males.^[3] The podcast hosts women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ community.^[4][5] The podcast's guests include Lizzo, podcast executive producer Ilana Glazer, Janet Mock, Hari Kondabolu, Nia Long, Gina Rodriguez, Hasan Minhaj, Roxane Gay, and Constance Wu.^[6]

The podcast debuted on June 27, 2016.^[7] It is a spin-off of WNYC's 2 Dope Queens comedy podcast featuring Robinson and Comedy Central's Jessica Williams.

Format

Sooo Many White Guys is taped at WNYC studios in New York City.^[8] Each podcast typically runs between 30 and 45 minutes.^[9] Each episode features interviews with an individual from either the music, comedy, and LGBTQ, or acting industries.^[10] Issues discussed on the podcast include race, and feminism.^[11]

Host Pheobe Robinson says of the podcast, "And I figured it might be cool to change it to a talk show and just get to talk to women, people of color, people from the LGBTQ+ community that I think are really fascinating and awesome and that just aren't highlighted as much. And then that way I could focus on them and just kind of turn the whole interview process on its head and, you know, have one token white guy — obviously, a person I still respect, but just flipping the ratio."^[12]

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