The Mic That Changed Everything
When Confidence Sounds Like a Revolution
Alex Cooper didn’t walk into the podcasting world quietly. She crashed into it with the force of a girl who had something to say and wasn’t waiting for permission. At 28, she already had one of the most powerful voices in the audio space. Not just because she was loud, but because she was honest — painfully, humorously, sometimes brutally so. And in that rawness, she gave millions of listeners the permission to be just as unapologetic.
When Call Her Daddy dropped in 2018, it wasn’t just another podcast — it was a confession booth wrapped in chaos, clarity, and courage. She talked about sex like it was breakfast. She told stories that made people blush, laugh, and sometimes rethink everything they thought they knew about womanhood. But beneath the explicit sound bites was something more meaningful: a blueprint for ownership, authenticity, and evolution.
And now, in 2025, Alex Cooper is far more than a podcast host. She’s a producer, a CEO, a storyteller, and a brand all her own. If there was ever any doubt about whether she could build something beyond a viral show, she’s answered it — not with words, but with an empire.
Building the Kingdom from Chaos
Not Just a Podcaster — A Pioneer
It started with a mic and a roommate. Alex and her then co-host launched Call Her Daddy while living together in New York, drawing from their chaotic dating lives and zero-filter friendship. The format was wild, funny, and disarmingly real. The podcast exploded. But so did the behind-the-scenes tension.
When the split with her original co-host became public drama, the internet was quick to pick sides. But Alex didn’t flinch. She didn’t spiral or disappear. She renegotiated. Rebuilt. Then rebranded. She became the sole host of Call Her Daddy, took full creative control, and transformed it into something far more dynamic than anyone expected.
She scored a massive deal with Spotify — one of the biggest in podcasting history at the time — and turned her show into a space for not only wild storytelling but intimate, intelligent interviews with stars, therapists, and experts. The girl who used to teach listeners about “gluck gluck” now also dives deep into trauma, identity, mental health, and healing. Same mic. Evolved message.
Turning the Volume Up
From One Show to a Full-Blown Network
Alex didn’t stop at being the star of her own show. She wanted to build a table — and give others a seat. In 2023, she launched her own media company and introduced a broader platform to elevate voices like hers. With the birth of her company and her network, she stopped being just talent and became a boss.
She began developing and producing other podcasts, particularly those that spotlighted female and underrepresented voices. Her strategy was simple but powerful: create space for conversation without censorship, shame, or expectations. Through this, she reshaped how the podcasting industry — still heavily male-dominated — thought about what women could do with a mic.
And in 2024, the evolution continued. She struck another industry-shaking deal, this time with SiriusXM, to take Call Her Daddy and her entire network even further. It was more than a contract. It was a declaration: Alex Cooper isn’t just participating in the media world — she’s running part of it now.
The Girl Off the Mic
Wife, Woman, Work in Progress
Beyond the brand, there’s Alexandra. A woman who, for all her public confidence, is still navigating what it means to live honestly and sustainably under the glare of constant attention. She’s learned the hard way what fame can do to friendships, how business can ruin bonds, and how exposure doesn’t always equal understanding.
She’s also let us in on the more vulnerable parts of her life — including her complicated past with sports and authority. While attending Boston University, she played Division I soccer and dealt with experiences that would later shape her understanding of power, consent, and silence. When she told her story — about being harassed by a coach, about feeling powerless in an institution built to protect itself — she didn’t do it for shock value. She did it to reclaim something.
Her marriage to film producer Matt Kaplan has also become part of her narrative. Not in a performative, picture-perfect way. But as an example of what happens when someone who spent years turning personal chaos into content finally finds a quiet place to land. They work together. They build together. And according to her, they keep each other grounded in the storm of success.
Reinvention in Real Time
Changing Without Apologizing For It
If the early days of Alex’s career were about pushing boundaries, these days are about expanding them. She’s no longer proving that she can talk about sex or call out hypocrisy. She’s showing that women in media can be complex, contradictory, and continually evolving.
She’s spoken openly about therapy, about boundaries, about shifting how she defines empowerment. For a long time, that meant being raw and wild. Now, it sometimes means being quiet. Or reflective. Or saying no.
Her audience has grown with her. What started as a show for girls in their twenties figuring out how to navigate nightlife and heartbreak has become a community of people — many now entering new chapters — still looking to her for permission to be real, even when it’s messy.
And that’s the power of Alex Cooper. She never pretends to be done growing.
What She Represents
Not a Trend — a Template
There’s something radical about the way Alex has taken control of her narrative. She was never given a road map. No one handed her a clear route to respect or relevance. She had to fight for it, often with nothing but instinct and nerve.
She’s part of a new generation of media disruptors — women who don’t wait for legacy networks or traditional systems to approve of them. They build their own infrastructure. They don’t ask for airtime. They create it.
Alex doesn’t pretend she’s perfect. But she’s honest about her flaws. And in a world that still tries to put women in boxes — hot or smart, loud or likable — she’s refusing to fit in. She’s building something bigger.
The Empire Isn’t Finished
Alex Cooper’s Just Getting Started
She has her eyes on film. More unscripted content. A memoir. A foundation. She’s dreaming bigger now, not just about media, but about meaning. She wants to create space — for survivors, for creators, for anyone who’s ever felt silenced or underestimated.
Because beneath the edits and viral clips and million-dollar deals is someone who knows that real power doesn’t come from being liked. It comes from showing up. Owning your truth. And never waiting for permission.
Alex Cooper isn’t the voice of a generation. She’s a mic-drop moment in a movement. And the volume’s only getting louder.