Hot White Heist Explained

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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.

Background

The 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 JaƩ 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

Deep 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scheetz . Cameron . June 17, 2021 . Bowen Yang and Hot White Heist Creator Adam Goldman Discuss: What Makes the Heist Genre So Queer? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111153854/https://www.avclub.com/bowen-yang-and-hot-white-heist-creator-adam-goldman-dis-1847067759 . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . . . en-US.
  2. Web site: Dry . Jude . June 17, 2021 . Bowen Yang Hijacks a Sperm Bank in Hilarious Queer Podcast 'Hot White Heist' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111153901/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/hot-white-heist-bowen-yang-queer-podcast-audible-1234645197/ . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . . . en-US.
  3. Jones . Marcus . June 1, 2021 . Hear Bowen Yang Lead an All-Queer Cast Into a Sticky Situation in Hot White Heist Trailer . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111153855/https://ew.com/podcasts/hot-white-heist-trailer-bowen-yang-all-queer-cast/ . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . . . en-US.
  4. Web site: Evans . Olivia . June 18, 2021 . Bowen Yang is Taking Back Pride Month . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111153855/https://www.thecut.com/2021/06/bowen-yang-stars-in-hot-white-heist-a-new-audible-podcast.html . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . . . en-US.
  5. Web site: Quah . Nicholas . Nicholas Quah . Davies . Dave . Dave Davies (reporter) . July 6, 2021 . 'Ocean's Eleven' Meets '30 Rock' In The Queer-Centric Podcast 'Hot White Heist' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111153855/https://www.npr.org/2021/07/06/1013397154/oceans-eleven-meets-30-rock-in-the-queer-centric-podcast-hot-white-heist . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . . . en-US.
  6. Web site: Kotb . Hoda . Hoda Kotb . Hager . Jenna Bush . Jenna Bush Hager . June 9, 2021 . Bowen Yang of 'Saturday Night Live' Talks About Podcast 'Hot White Heist' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111153854/https://www.today.com/video/bowen-yang-of-saturday-night-live-talks-about-podcast-hot-white-heist-114546757804 . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . . . en-US.
  7. Web site: Spangler . Todd . December 20, 2021 . Best New Podcasts of 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025014010/https://variety.com/lists/best-new-podcasts-2021/ . October 25, 2022 . April 1, 2023 . . . en-US.
  8. Syme . Rachel . July 12, 2021 . Podcasts: Hot White Heist . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111154316/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/podcasts/hot-white-heist-07-12-21 . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . . . en-US.
  9. Web site: Abad-Santos . Alex . June 22, 2021 . One Good Thing: A Podcast That Proves All Heists Are a Little Bit Gay . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111153855/https://www.vox.com/22543426/one-good-thing-hot-white-heist-podcast-bowen-yang . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . . . en-US.
  10. Web site: 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) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221124044508/https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/audible-broadway-video-comedy-podcast-slate-hot-white-heist-season-2-1235365054/ . November 24, 2022 . January 11, 2023 . . . en-US.
  11. Web site: Queers Profit Off of Straights' Sperm in 'Hot White Heist'. Observer. 18 June 2021.