Alex Cooper started Call Her Daddy as a chat show with her former co-host Sofia Franklyn, adapting YouTube editing styles to an audio-first format. The salacious, sex-positive show was catapulted into the headlines following the split with Franklyn, and Cooper took Call Her Daddy in a new direction, shifting from relationship conversations to intimate interviews. With guests like Simone Biles and Jane Fonda, celebrities dress down in comfortable clothes and settle into a plush armchair to speak candidly about the most personal aspects of their lives. Cooper is an incredibly compelling interviewer, disarming her guests with her effusive charisma and embracing taboos and touchy subjects in her questioning. Her chameleon-like ability to sense the next big cultural shift put her at the forefront of podcasting for a huge new audience, and by redefining high-profile interviews as intimate affairs, she redefined how an entire generation perceives celebrity.

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