The Cooler
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The People vs. Janet Jackson
32 minutes Posted Feb 5, 2016 at 1:34 am.
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We revisit Nipplegate and a 1998 profile of bratty prince Leonardo DiCaprio, followed by a game of Who Said It? Stacey Dash or Ann Coulter.

https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thecooler/2016/02/janet.mp3

Since the Super Bowl is right around the corner, we reexamine the furor around Janet Jackson’s exposed breast and discuss how that moment in pop culture history projects a lot of uncomfortable truths about America:

Nipplegate Revisited: Why America Owes Janet Jackson a Huge Apology

We also dig through old copies of New York Magazine to unearth a very telling 1998 profile of a very bratty Leonardo DiCaprio:

Leo, Prince of the City

Written by Nancy Jo Sales, the recipient of this insane voicemail:

We play a game of Who Said It? (Stacey Dash or Ann Coulter Edition):

dionne clueless gifann coulter gif

And we cap things off with a former One Directioner Zayn Malik’s first zingle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_3d6GntKbk

Until next week!

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