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Who Really Owns Hoopla?
OUTCAST WORLD
Monday, 1 June 2026 - 23 minutes
After Mighty Hoopla ends for another year, we follow the money... Her off of Loose Women was there. So was Jane McDonald. And so, four ownership layers up, were the financiers. Graeme is joined by Loud Brown Gays host and Outcast alumnus Nick Charles to talk about the contradiction at the heart of the best weekend of the queer calendar. Mighty Hoopla is owned by Superstruct, owned in turn by the US private equity giant KKR, a firm that backs weapons manufacturers and holds stakes in Israeli corporations tied to the occupation. We waved Free Palestine flags at a festival whose money flows straight up to it. This is not a call to boycott and it is not a pile-on. It's a confession, because we were all there, and an honest look at why our anger lands on the rainbow logo while the people with the actual power stay invisible. Plus: queer club night DILF was deleted from Instagram overnight. Who will be silenced next? #OutcastWorld #MightyHoopla #QueerNightlife #LGBTQ #PalestineSubscribe to this podcast
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