{"id":384139,"date":"2026-10-02T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-a-lesbian-bar-sparked-a-week-of-woke-1-whiplash-engagement-party\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:00:13","slug":"how-a-lesbian-bar-sparked-a-week-of-woke-1-whiplash-engagement-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-a-lesbian-bar-sparked-a-week-of-woke-1-whiplash-engagement-party\/","title":{"rendered":"How a lesbian bar sparked a week of &#8216;Woke 1&#8217; whiplash | Engagement Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cnUlYTwfHas\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How a lesbian bar sparked a week of 'Woke 1' whiplash | Engagement Party\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cnUlYTwfHas\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>From a viral story on a lesbian bar\u2019s masking policy to Nikole Hannah-Jones&#8217; essay on making school segregation a personal issue to the \u201cCornell Seven,\u201d Audie and Ari connect the dots on the internet\u2019s reckoning with &quot;Woke 1.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>0:00 We need to talk about the Boston Globe lesbian bar masking story, because it&#8217;s about a lot more than masks<br \/>\n5:04 Why did this blow up and inspire so much passion on the left and the right?<br \/>\n7:38 We&#8217;re getting in the time machine and going back to 2020 and the origin of &#8216;Woke 1&#8217;<br \/>\n9:33 What&#8217;s really going on with this sudden reexamination of woke politics on the left?<br \/>\n11:41 Speaking of reexamination, Nikole Hannah-Jones has some regrets<br \/>\n18:20 The backlash to all of this is&#8230;complicated<br \/>\n22:55 Consider, too, the ups and downs of #MeToo<br \/>\n27:20 Scroll &amp; Tell: Why are videos of AI failing at simple tasks so hilarious?<br \/>\n31:56 Touch Grass: Boku basil and a reluctant Hyrox adopter<\/p>\n<p>About the show: Welcome to Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro\u2019s Engagement Party, where the hot takes are the smart takes. 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