Las Culturistas
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GenrePop culture
LanguageEnglish
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Original releaseMarch 9, 2016 –
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WebsiteOfficial website

Las Culturistas is a pop-culture and comedy podcast co-hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, produced by Will Ferrell's Big Money Players podcast network and iHeartRadio. Started in March 2016, it was previously part of the Forever Dog podcast network.[1]

Format

Each week, hosts Rogers and Yang discuss popular culture, current events, and their personal lives.

Many episodes feature guests, whom the hosts invite to discuss their formative cultural experiences with the question, "What was the culture that made you say 'Culture is for me'?"

Throughout the episodes, the hosts will declare certain statements to be "Rules of Culture" by reciting them together in unison and assigning them numbers, such as, "Rule of Culture #1: If you don't love Gaga, you don't love yourself."[2]

Toward the end of every episode, there is a segment called I Don't Think So, Honey,[3] during which the hosts and any guests are each given sixty seconds to rant about an element of culture they find frustrating. Every episode then ends with the hosts briefly singing a song, usually one that has been discussed at some point during the episode.

The hosts refer to their listeners as Readers and have expanded to refer to them also as Kayteighs, Publicists, and Finalists.[4]

Las Culturistas host occasional I Don't Think So, Honey Live shows featuring up to fifty local comedians performing their own versions of the segment.[5]

In June 2022 and June 2023, Yang and Rogers hosted an annual live parody award show at Lincoln Center in New York City called the Las Culturistas Culture Awards, which featured live musical performances by Yang, Rogers, and others; guest appearances by fellow actors, comedians, podcasters, and musicians; and video acceptance speeches from minor and major celebrities including Taylor Swift, Andy Cohen, Ariana Grande, Alan Cumming, Vanderpump Rules' Ariana Madix, Tony Award-winning star of Kimberly Akimbo Bonnie Milligan, Cate Blanchett, and more.[6][7]

Reception

The podcast has received critical acclaim "boots."[8] Vulture has praised it for being original and avoiding guests that might rehash stories told elsewhere.[9] Time rated it one of the 50 best podcasts in its 2018 list.[10] It received a Best Podcast nomination for the 11th Shorty Awards in 2019. In 2023, it won the Podcast of the Year award at the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. The podcast has been cited in academic work for the hosts' insight into the entertainment industry.[11]

Hiatus

On their December 18, 2019 show, "Nasal & Ridiculous," Las Culturistas announced they would be taking a hiatus and that the show would not continue on with the Forever Dog network.[12] In March 2020, Las Culturistas returned with new episodes on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players podcast network with iHeart Radio.

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Result Ref.
2019
 Shorty Awards Best Podcast Nominated
[13]
2021
 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards Best Pop Culture Podcast Nominated
[14]
2022
 Best Comedy Podcast Nominated
[15]
2023
 Nominated
[16]
Podcast of the Year Won
[17]

References

  1. ^ "FOREVER DOG Comedy Podcast Network". Forever Dog. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. ^ "Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang: "Mila & Natalie Announce the Las Culturistas Culture Awards Categories" on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. ^ "Bowen Yang And Matt Rogers: I Don't Think So, Honey!". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  4. ^ Frank, Jason P. (2023-06-18). "The True Winners and Losers of the Las Culturistas Culture Awards". Vulture. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  5. ^ "Las Culturistas Live: I Don't Think So, Honey!". Time Out New York. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  6. ^ Alter, Rebecca (2022-06-23). "The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the Las Culturistas Culture Awards". Vulture. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  7. ^ Holtermann, Callie (2023-06-19). "And the Winner for the Cate Blanchett Award for Good Acting Is…". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  8. ^ Rogers, Matt. ""No." (w/ Ego Nwodim)". Las Culturistas. iHeartRadio. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  9. ^ James, Becca (2019-10-03). "The 10 Essential Comedy Podcasts That Shaped the Genre". Vulture. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  10. ^ Dockterman, Eliana (March 30, 2018). "The 50 Best Podcasts to Listen to Right Now". Time.
  11. ^ Katz, Joshua H.; et. at (2022). "Implicit impressions of creative people: Creativity evaluation in a stigmatized domain". Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 169: 104116. doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2021.104116. hdl:10016/37217.
  12. ^ "Las Culturistas | Forever Dog Podcast Network". Forever Dog. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  13. ^ "Michelle Obama, Noah Centineo, Marie Kondo, John Mulaney Win 2019 Shorty Awards". Hollywood Reporter. May 5, 2019.
  14. ^ Fields, Taylor (January 21, 2021). "2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Full List of Winners". iHeart.
  15. ^ Fields, Taylor (February 22, 2022). "2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: See The Full List of Winners". iHeart.
  16. ^ Fields, Taylor (December 15, 2022). "2023 iHeartPodcast Awards: See The Full List Of Nominees". iHeart.
  17. ^ "'Las Culturistas' Takes Podcast Of The Year Honor At Fifth Annual iHeartPodcast Awards". Inside Radio. March 15, 2023.

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