Transcript
Heather McDonald (0:01)
Heather McDonald has got the juices Scoop. When you're on the road, when you're on the go, Juicy Scoop is the show to know. She talks Hollywood tales, her real life Mr. Segment, serial data and serial sister. You'll be addicted and addicted fast to the number one tabloid real life podcast. Listen in, listen up. Woo woo. Hannah McDonald, juicy scoop. Hello and welcome to Juicy Scoop. Important news. I want to tell you guys that if you are part of the Apple subscription, that is the paid Apple subscription where you get the extra content on Fridays. If you are part of that, it's very important that you click on the link below in this description and then we will send you the information of what you need to do to remain part of that going forward and not miss out on any of the content that you are entitled to. So please click on that link and that'll be the information. If you're part of Patreon, you're still good. That's all fine. You join patreon@heathermcdonald.net and you guys do not miss out on Irvine, California. This is so fun. This is November 8th and 9th. Two shows, a night of standup with the hilarious Julie Goldman. Then on Sunday, November 10th at 7pm we are doing a you never know what's going to happen live. Juicy Scoop. This is not filmed. This is not going to be streamed. This is just going to be for the people who get their asses in the seats. It always sells out. There are meet and greets available for all the shows. So go to heathermcd.net and get your tickets now November 8th, 9th and 10th at the Irvine Improv. All right, now let's get into it. Hello and welcome to Juicy Scoop. I have a great guest for you today. He's a first time Juicy Scooper. Sloan Hooks. Welcome to the show. You have a huge presence on YouTube.
Sloan Hooks (1:58)
Thank you. I've been manifesting this because I grew up watching you in various platforms. I love that you have this podcast now because it's just like a new light and new energy and I'm such a big fan of the show and I love that you're into Hot Topics because that's exactly what I do. So I'm so happy to be here.
Heather McDonald (2:13)
Well, thank you. I was following you already and then somebody alerted me that you gave me a little shout out or did something that was mentioned on my show. And then after that a couple of people were writing me saying you got to have Sloan on. So I'm so glad you could make it. And we have so much to discuss. First of all, I just want to get a little background on you. You're a young, cute guy. So what is your background? Did you. Where did you grow up?
Sloan Hooks (2:37)
So I grew up in Virginia, pretty much outside of D.C. had a pretty regular upbringing. I came out as gay really early, which was like a surprise from where I came from. But, you know, it taught me a lot about my character. I went off to college, I studied statistics. Ended up working James Madison University. Yeah. In Virginia. So Shenandoah Valley. And then I worked for the government, the Department of Defense. I did some. Yeah, like some military data analysis for them. I was super into stats. It's like the only subject I understood. But I also. I've always loved making YouTube videos. And in the seventh grade, I started doing little music video things and little challenges. But, you know, speed up to the pandemic, I started to cover more, like, Hot Topic kind of stories, very niche, which brought me a community on YouTube. And I just continued talking about them. I started speaking about Free Britney before anyone talked about Free Britney, which really threw me into that mix. And then the Nickelodeon mess. So then I ultimately left my job and I moved out here in la. And I'm loving this career. It's so much more fun.
