Be there in 5, 6, 7, 8! (Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders feat. Victoria Kalina)
Be There in Five
Kate Kennedy
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2024
⏱️ 141 minutes
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Summary
This week, Kate is deep-diving into America's Sweethearts, a docu-series about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, which recently debuted on the heels of a canceled reality show Kate had a love/hate relationship with (but watched for 16 seasons): Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team.
Victoria's interview starts at ~1:00:00
In the first hour, Kate reviews the docuseries solo and gives her lukewarm takes about their choice to give up production control, her deep-seated fear of Kelli McGonagill Finglass, the immense talent of the women and impressive legacy of the brand, and DCC being the last frontier of a place that seems to openly discriminates based on body type while asking you to do the most and get paid the least. Additionally, the challenges of professional cheerleading, including mental health struggles, relationship dynamics, body image pressures, compensation issues, and the support systems necessary for resilience
In the second hour, Kate is honored to be joined by one of the stars of the docuseries, former 4-year veteran Victoria Kalina, who captivated audiences with her candor about the challenges of a life spent chasing the DCC dream and what navigating sisterhood, mental health, and body image really looks like behind the scenes. She answers all your questions, from who she keeps in touch with, who was really invited to her Tiktok party, the infamous twin bed, the final meeting with Kelli and Judy, finding purpose in sharing about her mental health, the pressure involved with being a legacy, while sharing what she's up to now that she's chosen to build a legacy for herself. Enjoy!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody welcome back to the Be Therein Five podcast. I'm Kate Kennedy, your |
| 0:14.1 | host. If you're new here, Be There in Five is a pop culture podcast but I mean that |
| 0:19.2 | less in a sense of entertainment news and celebrity gossip and more so in like the zeitgeist trends, fads, elements of collective consciousness of a given time that I love to explore. |
| 0:32.1 | But today we kind of have an amazing bridge of topics in that we are talking about a form of entertainment |
| 0:38.0 | a daki series that was on Netflix that I don't even know where to begin. What I often try to do with deep dives about stuff like this |
| 0:55.0 | that I'm kind of arguing for the deeper meaning of it. |
| 0:58.0 | Not to be needlessly critical, but because I think pop culture really matters |
| 1:01.0 | and I think that this was a really well done docile series worth the analytics. |
| 1:07.6 | And honestly, I've been watching the team since 2006, like for better or for worse, and I just I have a lot of feelings so what I normally do is share my opinion like anywhere from the first you know 30 minutes to an hour as this is a long-form podcast and it's usually solo but with things like |
| 1:25.2 | this that are more layered I want to have a different opinion represented I |
| 1:28.4 | want to try to be fair and I'm so excited and feel beyond lucky that Victoria agreed to talk to me because I think she's the perfect person to actually get closer to the meat of this than just to speak overwhelmingly, positively of the organization, not because it's necessarily how you feel maybe but |
| 1:45.9 | because you're still so steeped in it and I mean she moved to New York she's living her |
| 1:49.9 | life I like I just was so proud of her watching this and I'm really really honored |
| 1:54.7 | that she's willing to give my audience a deeper look at what this was really like |
| 2:00.0 | for her so I'm sure a lot of you most of you are here for just the interview by all |
| 2:04.8 | means get me out of here I know that's annoying when there's a long lead in so yeah |
| 2:09.2 | this will probably this will be like half and half so just go head to the hour mark and then loop back around if you feel like more DCC afterward |
| 2:16.3 | so appreciate you being here but if you're a fan of the show and want to talk about lore and like well windy confusing |
| 2:21.7 | theories about your love of showmanship but your dilemma as a modern feminist who's like still not over their body image issues? |
| 2:28.0 | Keep listening have I got this show for you. |
| 2:31.0 | Okay so America Sweethearts Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders on Netflix. |
| 2:36.8 | Spoilers ahead, assuming you've already watched it. |
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