Internet podcasts have become an extremely popular source for millions of people worldwide through access to platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
There has also been an explosion of popularity in podcasts thanks to Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube shorts popularizing clips from the shows and thus captivating millions of social media users.
Perhaps no podcast is more popular than Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy, a Podcast in which Ms. Cooper usually hosts celebrities and asks them questions. This week, however, Call Her Daddy delved into politics by hosting Vice President and Presidential candidate Kamala Harris as a guest on the show.
This is extremely significant considering that, during her presidential campaign, Vice President Harris has been reluctant to give long-form interviews, but on her Call Her Daddy appearance, Harris discussed reproductive rights, dismissed criticism for not having biological children, and reminded everyone that “it’s not the 1950s anymore.”
Vice President Kamala Harris responded to JD Vance on Call Her Daddy
In her conversation with Alex Cooper, Vice President Harris responded to attacks from Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance, about “Childless cat ladies” and other Republicans like Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee using the fact that she has no biological children to attack her.
In response to this, Vice President Kamala Harris said on the show: “I don’t think she (Huckabee) understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who, one, are not aspiring to be humble.”
She added, “Two, a whole lot of women out here who have a lot of love in their life, family in their life, and children in their life. And I think it’s really important for women to lift each other up.”
Harris also talked about her stepchildren, Cole and Ella, and her husband Dough Emhoff’s children from his previous marriage. She said that they “have a very modern family” and went as far as to say her husband’s ex-wife is a friend of hers.
Alex Cooper, host of Call Her Daddy, also invited former President Trump on the podcast
Before the interview with Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris began, Alex Cooper said that she had wrestled with the idea of hosting a presidential candidate on the show. Call Her Daddy averages 5 million listeners a week, making it one of the most popular podcasts in the world.
Cooper also said she reached out to the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, saying “that if he also wants to have a meaningful in-depth conversation about women’s rights in this country, then he’s welcome on Call Her Daddy anytime.”
Cooper also said that she could not see a world in which one of the main topics of this election is women and she’s not a part of it, given the popularity of her show with younger female audiences.
