Hot White Heist is a podcast written by Adam Goldman and produced by Broadway Video and Club Cumming Productions. The show is an Audible Original and stars Bowen Yang along with a fully queer cast. The podcast is about a team attempting a heist to steal frozen sperm.
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Background
editThe podcast was written by Adam Goldman and produced by Broadway Video and Club Cumming Productions.[1] The show was originally intended to be a film.[2] The show is an Audible Original podcast.[3] The podcast is six episodes long.[4] The entire cast of the show consists of queer people.[5] The podcast stars Bowen Yang.[6] The cast includes Abbi Jacobson, Alan Cumming, Bianca Del Rio, Katya Zamolodchikova, Cheyenne Jackson, Cynthia Nixon, Jane Lynch, John Cameron Mitchell, Jonathan Bailey, Margaret Cho, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Peppermint, Shannon Woodward, Stephanie Beatriz, and Tony Kushner.[7] Bowen plays a character named Jude who is a fortuneteller from Manhattan.[8] The podcast is about a team of people attempting to steal frozen sperm samples.[9] The podcast was renewed for a second season.[10]
Plot
editDeep underground in a Government bunker lies the United States Seed Registry, which stores the frozen sperm of famous men, such as Ronald Reagan, Stephen Hawking and Mark Zuckerberg. A group of queers hatch a plan to break into the vault and steal the sperm, hoping they can sell it to wealthy Russians and then use the money to build an all-queer island paradise named New Lesbos.[11]
References
edit- ^ Scheetz, Cameron (June 17, 2021). "Bowen Yang and Hot White Heist Creator Adam Goldman Discuss: What Makes the Heist Genre So Queer?". The A.V. Club. G/O Media. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ Dry, Jude (June 17, 2021). "Bowen Yang Hijacks a Sperm Bank in Hilarious Queer Podcast 'Hot White Heist'". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ Jones, Marcus (June 1, 2021). "Hear Bowen Yang Lead an All-Queer Cast Into a Sticky Situation in Hot White Heist Trailer". Entertainment Weekly. Dotdash Meredith. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ Evans, Olivia (June 18, 2021). "Bowen Yang is Taking Back Pride Month". The Cut. Vox Media. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ Quah, Nicholas; Davies, Dave (July 6, 2021). "'Ocean's Eleven' Meets '30 Rock' In The Queer-Centric Podcast 'Hot White Heist'". Fresh Air. NPR. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ Kotb, Hoda; Hager, Jenna Bush (June 9, 2021). "Bowen Yang of 'Saturday Night Live' Talks About Podcast 'Hot White Heist'". Today. NBC News. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (December 20, 2021). "Best New Podcasts of 2021". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on October 25, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ Syme, Rachel (July 12, 2021). "Podcasts: Hot White Heist". The New Yorker. Advance Publications. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ Abad-Santos, Alex (June 22, 2021). "One Good Thing: A Podcast That Proves All Heists Are a Little Bit Gay". Vox. Vox Media. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (September 9, 2022). "Audible Sets Four New Comedy Podcasts From Broadway Video, Renews 'Hot White Heist' Starring Bowen Yang for Season 2 (Exclusive)". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on November 24, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ "Queers Profit Off of Straights' Sperm in 'Hot White Heist'". Observer. June 18, 2021.