Poppers, a party substance long popular with gay men, were thrust into the national spotlight last week when one producer, Double Scorpio, claimed that they halted operations due to a search and seizure by the FDA. There's been no official statement from the FDA saying this raid took place, but the suggestion of a raid — against producers of a substance disproportionately popular with the queer community — certainly raised some eyebrows. Brittany is joined by Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR's health policy correspondent, and Alex Abad-Santos, Senior Correspondent at Vox. Together they talk about the FDA's concerns about poppers — even before our current administration — and the conspiracy theory that's giving some gay men flashbacks to the 1980s.Support public media. Join NPR Plus today.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luce and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. This week, we are connecting the dots between gas stations, RFK Jr., and Charlie XCX. I know, I know. How are all of these things connected?
Well, we are going to find out with NPR's health policy correspondent, Selena Simmons-Duffin, and Vox Senior Culture correspondent, Alex Abad-Santos. Selena, Alex, welcome to It's Been a Minute. Hi.
Thanks for having me.
It's good to have you, Selena, for the first time. It's good to have you back, Alex. Yes.
Can't wait to talk about what we're going to talk about.
Yes. Well, first of all, I got to ask y'all just a little icebreaker. So do... Either of you identify as a 365 party girl?
Ooh, mm-mm, no.
Oh, Selena says no?
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