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    "Star Trek",
    "Traitors",
    "radio",
    "Dorinda Medley",
    "LAist",
    "Jackie Cox",
    "Game Show",
    "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit",
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  "textContent": "This week, a massive reality TV crossover on _Go Fact Yourself_!  Jackie Cox turned heads as the first drag queen of Iranian descent to compete on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” She’ll tell us why the show is nothing like an actual drag pageant and why drag is _always_ political. Plus – what it’s like to act in a movie alongside an Oscar-nominated performance! Dorinda Medley was a cast member of “The Real Housewives of New York” for a little over a decade. Then, in 2023, she swapped her house for a _castle_ to join “The Traitors”. Sadly, she was murdered first (#JusticeForDorinda!). Medley got another shot at redemption when she returned next season. She’ll tell us how these experiences led to her memoir, _I Know a Thing or Two About a Thing or Two_ _._ **Areas of Expertise:** Jackie: The Star Trek universe, the movie _Mary Poppins_ and The Gap. Dorinda: The TV show “Law & Order: SVU,” 1980s music, and Friedrich Nietzsche. **What’s the Difference: Pot o’ Gold.** What’s the difference between cannabis and marijuana? What’s the difference between a _carat_ and a _karat?_ **With Guest Experts:** Robert Picardo: Actor whose decades-long career includes several appearances in the Star Trek franchise as The Doctor.  Raúl Esparza: Broadway star and actor who starred in over 100 episodes of “Law & Order: SVU.” Hosts:  J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Credits:  Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. Co-Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell. Additional editing by Valerie Moffat.  Seeing our next live-audience shows by YOU!",
  "title": "Ep. 189: Dorinda Medley & Jackie Cox"
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