The Toast - Roachella: Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Episode Date: November 30, 2022

Spotify Launches Wrapped 2022: Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift Are Most-Streamed Artists of the Year (Variety) (22:22) Meet PEOPLE's People of the Year: Four Celebs Who Were Here to Help in 2022 (PE...OPLE) (45:20) Wednesday becomes a smash hit for Netflix as it dethrones Stranger Things (Daily Mail) (56:14) Brendan Fraser hits the red carpet with his two handsome sons (Daily Mail) (1:04:54) The Real Housewives of Miami's Season 5 Taglines Revealed (E! Online) (1:05:59) Dear Toasters Advice Segment (1:14:12) The Toast with Jackie  (@JackieOshry) and Claudia Oshry  (@girlwithnojob)  NLOG Tickets Merch The Toast Patreon Girl With No Job by Claudia OshrySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Good morning, Millennials! Welcome back to the toast. Happy Wednesday. It is hump day. Do not forget to hump someone you love because that's what we do here at the Morning Toast. And speaking of girlies, I wouldn't mind dry humping. Okay, I took it a little too far. Sorry. Hey, Jax, how you doing? I'm doing good. I'm feeling conflicted. First, you make fun of my lingering S in Millennials. Me and Jackie were talking about this yesterday. Like when we say good morning millennials, Jackie always holds out the S.
Starting point is 00:00:30 And when we're editing the episode, it actually makes it really difficult to like line up our vocals. So if you could just like cut the S. I'll think about it. I just want to hold on to that moment. I love the moment. Of course.
Starting point is 00:00:42 I love wishing all of the millennials and Gen Z and boomers uh good morning I think it's such an important way that we start our day and maybe that's not something that we agree on but now you want to dry hump me which is not what I want sisters not what I want for us either. Sisters. Not sisters. That's not sisterly tings. No, but like sisterly things like you make fun of your sister and then like you love her. Oh, for sure.
Starting point is 00:01:11 And then you tell her to get on the leap of faith. Oh my God. I'm so hating that we brought that up. I'm loving it. I got outreach from both the sisters saying that they're so glad that I told the story. Wait, speaking of stories stories I remembered something last night that needs to be added to my list of stories that I am constantly saying okay so making a list checking it twice yesterday we added Trevor Noah's big ass right oh yeah not officially though Trevor oh no's your regrets. Trevor Noah's big ass.
Starting point is 00:01:47 Okay. Okay, and here's another one. You're going to really feel it. This is like a quintessential me story. We cannot talk about Serena Williams. Because of the paper that you wrote. Unless I'm going to talk about the paper that I wrote that I actually got an A on.
Starting point is 00:02:04 Yeah, no, if I'm going to choose a story about Serena Williams, we need to carve out like five minutes for Claudia to tell her story. You don't understand what a big deal it was. Like it was the final essay for this class. Like I couldn't graduate without it. It wasn't like a dissertation, but it was like a 20 page paper. And I forget what the call, the class was called. It was like race and ethics or something
Starting point is 00:02:26 and I just Williams whatever it was like it was a daring choice because it was contemporary you know and I think most of my peers were were diving deep into history and I decided to tell a contemporary story it was a risk you're nothing if not a risk taker and an academic yeah. Yeah. So the list of stories is getting really long. We are actually recording a hysterical Patreon episode today, our fifth episode of the month, where Claudia is going to tell each story again in depth. I personally, well, one, it's for everyone who hasn't been around since the beginning of each story and maybe forgot bits and pieces.
Starting point is 00:03:00 So each story, she's going to have the floor to tell her tale. I personally am hoping that it's gonna be closure and that you know once you get to say them in long form that like we never have to hear some of them again I mean I'm just looking forward to the opportunity to um to be given that opportunity to just kind of speak without judgment you know about my favorite stories yeah no I will I wonder how that feels I wouldn't know either to speak without judgment about my favorite things I think you would know no I don't think that I would well I think that's kind of the life we chose as podcasters like to speak with judgment you know so true so I'm just gonna put the call
Starting point is 00:03:43 out I have a huge list of stories that are Claudia's faves, but if anything comes to mind for you, and we also can check the Instagram post of Claudia's favorite stories, or even something that you just like want clarity on that we always reference, probably number one is Dennis's funeral, then drop it in the comments. We'll include it in the episode. I'm really so excited. I'm excited too. Um, because you know, these are my favorite stories for a reason. All of them have like a very significant moral of the story. Oh, Hilary Duff at the Bahamas. Yeah. I mean, that one's famous. I feel like everyone knows the time she attacked me, but, um, it can't hurt to say it again. And by the way, that Bahamian trip was when you did the leap of faith.
Starting point is 00:04:27 Yes. Oh my God. So I saw Hilary Duff in Atlantis and that was the time I went back with my friends from high school for spring break and we saw Hilary Duff and I did that stupid water slide. So it's really, it's full circle. So what you're saying is you took two leaps of faith on that trip. And both of them were not worth it. Both of them were a flop it both of them were a flop both of them were a big floppy oh damn I'm sorry yeah it is what it is Jax sometimes you take a leap of faith and you only hear about the good leaps that people take but there's a lot where you don't land on anything well that's like the whole concept even though like I don't subscribe to the narrative of like needing to go to college to be successful.
Starting point is 00:05:05 But like that's the world we live in where like people are always saying like Bill Gates dropped out of college. Like while that might be true, so did a lot of other people who didn't become Bill Gates, you know? Right. So I guess the message of today's episode is stay in school, even though school is for suckers. Oh my God. I would say stay in school up through high school. I think college is very optional. I hope so.
Starting point is 00:05:31 Also, I just saw this TikTok that was so funny because I have a whole bit in my show about like things that teachers used to say that's like so fucking annoying. It makes no sense. And somebody was like sharing a video about like the most annoying things teachers used to say. And it was, hope you all enjoyed your break break I was grading your papers during the break and it's
Starting point is 00:05:48 like well one it's literally your job two uh you gave us a paper to write you create the curriculum like you literally scheduled this knowing that you would have to spend your break grading papers and it's like great we literally don't care we didn't ask And it's like, how long did grading papers take? Like if it was a break, like maybe you should just work more efficiently and it wouldn't take up your whole break. No. And the comments were like, oh, great. You graded it.
Starting point is 00:06:13 Well, can you update like our grade book so I can show my mom I'm not failing anymore? Like, come on, get it together. No, like, and can we have our papers back? Because like, we love to sit on them. I don't think there was a moment like more horrible in our schooling than like the process of handing back papers and tests like when you would like he would walk around the room or she and like dole out everyone's materials and then like he would fold your corner down if you did really poorly you know yeah I don't remember that moment it's not here like no I just yeah I
Starting point is 00:06:42 don't remember the process of them going around and giving the test back. Also, do you remember, like, having, when you were much younger, having to get your graded tests signed by a parent? Of course. But, like, how. That was abuse. But how does the teacher know what your parent's signature looks like? Oh, for sure. And kids really do know what their parent's signature looks like. Yeah, for sure. I think, and kids really do
Starting point is 00:07:05 know what their parents signature looks like. So they can't even, they can't copy it well, but it doesn't matter. They could literally put a scribble and be like, yeah, that's my parents signature. Like, do they have signature checks at the school? No, I feel like they did. Like that's what it felt like as a kid. I feel like they did too, but that's really extreme. No wonder you spent your whole break, like going over signatures. Yeah. No wonder why it took you so long to grade the test. You were like doing forgery like checks. I feel like the signature,
Starting point is 00:07:31 getting your parent to sign your test isn't necessarily about making sure the parent sees your bad grade. It's also about like letting the kid know that you fucked up big. Like so big that your parent has to sign the test and like maybe that would be enough. Everyone had to sign it. Maybe that would be enough for the kid to like work harder and if the grades
Starting point is 00:07:49 keep going down like then they call the parent because like they could just call the parent and be like your kid's stinking up the joint but I feel like a part of it is like that kid taking accountability realizing that they are in a really bad spot yes it's definitely the accountability but didn't everyone have to get their test signed? Not if you did poorly. Do you really have to get 100 signed? I wouldn't know. Trills. That was just like a fucked up part. Trills, bro.
Starting point is 00:08:13 Yeah, bro. That was just like a really fucked up part of schooling. What can I say? You're extremely cool and hip. I would agree. Yeah, no, honestly. No, that wasn't sarcasm coming from me or you. Me neither.
Starting point is 00:08:24 Like you're extremely cool and hip. Yeah, because, honestly. No, that wasn't sarcasm coming from me, were you? Me neither. Like you're extremely cool and hip, period. Yeah, because my really cool sister keeps me up to speed on everything that's cool. That's so nice. That's so nice of you to say. And she's really sweet. Her name is Margo. I'm kidding. I'm kidding.
Starting point is 00:08:42 She doesn't tell me anything. She doesn't talk to you. Okay, I spoke to her last night. Yeah, it tell me anything. She doesn't talk to you. Okay. I spoke to her last night. Yeah. It was a big day. Big day. What?
Starting point is 00:08:50 Big day. It was a big day. It was a really, really cool moment. We had a nice combo. I'm so happy for you. And you got a whole weekend with her. What was she like? It was fabulous.
Starting point is 00:09:00 It was fabulous. You know, we're only a few years years apart but like there really are some serious generational differences between snatchler and i one of them being the amount that we're on our phone because i'm on my phone so much like margo cannot unplug like we're all watching tv or just like she's always on her phone wow she can't unplug refusing to connect with me like it's so annoying that's really annoying that's definitely a pet peeve of mine and I like I hate when people are like get off your phone like fuck off like because I'm always on my phone so for me to notice it and like be annoyed by it it was really bad
Starting point is 00:09:34 like mid-conversation we were playing like this really fun card game have you ever played cheers governor no oh my god it's so dumb it's like okay so you everyone in the group has to go around and count one two three four five six up until 21 but you have to remember when you're counting oh my god it's so dumb it's like okay so you everyone in the group has to go around and count one two three four five six up until 21 but you have to remember when you're counting that numbers 14 and 7 are swapped so it goes 1 2 3 4 5 6 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 and then when you get to 21 the person who 21 lands on has to make up a rule so it's like instead of saying one what we did is like instead of saying 11 name any real housewife of all time so it would be like 1 2 3 4 5 6 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 you fucked up oh shit taylor armstrong 7 and then you keep going until you get all the numbers 12 13 7 exactly exactly
Starting point is 00:10:23 so um i forgot where i was going with this story oh counselor on her phone so we were playing and it's like really intense and like you really need to focus because if you don't remember everyone has to start over like it's so annoying and counts is just like glued to her phone I'm like who the fuck are you talking to I'm literally right here right who is she talking to maybe I'm just maybe I'm just not that interesting, but I doubt that's it. No, I don't, I don't think that's it. Me? Uninteresting? No. But who is she talking to all day? I think she's just like, you know, an influencer. So there's like lots of content she needs to consume, engagement. I think she's preoccupied, but I also think it's a generational thing. Like they're not even always doing something, you know?
Starting point is 00:11:05 Yeah, they're not always doing something. Most of us aren't doing something on our phones. What's going to be your rule when it comes to cell phones? Because the concept of like raising kids like now is so freaky to me. Like the cell phones, social media, like what is your policy? Like we got flip phones, what?
Starting point is 00:11:22 In like the fourth or fifth grade. Yeah, I feel like- That was really because of 9-11.'m gonna want to do something similar to like what we had we got flip phones in I think I got mine in the fifth grade and so I'll want to get him a phone whenever I do get him a phone like it's not gonna be an iPhone it's gonna be a phone that like makes calls and sends texts like for a while hey if anybody needs to make a call I've got a phone literally they have like phones for kids like that and then there'll be like iPad time where he can go on YouTube and stuff and like do stuff that he wants to do I'm gonna try and monitor it as much to what we
Starting point is 00:11:56 experience as possible even though there is more technology now than what we had are you gonna monitor it like like what he's doing Or is that like an invasion of privacy on the iPad? I'm not going to monitor it, but I'm sure I'll definitely like go in and see like what the searches have been just to like, see what he's into. If I ever want to buy him a gift, like I want to know what TikToker he likes,
Starting point is 00:12:14 you know? Do you think that children are entitled to privacy? This is like a big debate on Tik TOK. Like a lot of parents. Um, it depends. Like in certain aspects. Yes.
Starting point is 00:12:24 In other aspects. No. Like if a kid is writing in a diary I wouldn't read it unless I was like really concerned about what's going on with them and I couldn't figure it out so I think it's case by case it's it's as you like to say it's nuanced no I never say that I say it's layered it's layered so yeah no it's it just depends on what's going on with the kid why what do people on TikTok say no people are just going back and forth on like parenting techniques like actually Mayim Bialik is going viral on TikTok I don't know if you know this right now so much queen and it was actually like a really interesting conversation I'm sorry Mayim Bialik lifetimeetime movie. Have to add it. Yes.
Starting point is 00:13:06 To the list. That's one of my favorite stories. I was literally just about to bring it up, but I want to finish my point. My. Like, I just don't understand why she was in a Christmas movie, you know? Okay.
Starting point is 00:13:18 You'll let us know later. Yeah, I will. So she has a podcast and a clip from her podcast is going viral because she was talking about this parenting technique when like a kid falls and you say like, you're okay, you're okay. Don't worry. You're okay.
Starting point is 00:13:30 You're in a sense like invalidating this child's feelings because like the child is to, if you asked, you know, Harry, he's not okay, but you're like invalidating his feelings being like, you're fine.
Starting point is 00:13:40 Yeah. And like, while I did kind of understand that, I also thought about how like when I would like bitch and moan like I was told I'm fine like I was fucking fine and I appreciated the realness you know no sometimes you need someone to tell you like it's nothing I feel like that's what we had growing up like anytime something happened to be like it's nothing and it's part of like the freak out is like is something happened and like I'm scared right but if someone's there to tell you like it's fine's fine, you are fine, you are OK. It's like it's calming.
Starting point is 00:14:05 So sure. Yeah. If your kid's arm is broken and dangling and you're saying it's fine, it's not fine. But if they trip and fall and like they are OK, I think it's good to let them know that they're OK, because like it's a shock. Of course. So then another like a school of thinking came out that I actually thought was a good remedy was like when you say to the kid, like, are you are you are you hurt or are you just upset? Like identify the feeling. Then I think we're just getting like a little too much into the feelings of a toddler.
Starting point is 00:14:36 So into the weeds, like, by the way, to a toddler, like hurt and upset are the same thing. They don't know the different nuances between the two words. And also what parent is this? Like what parent is not busy enough to be like are you hurt or are you upset what parent when their kids say let's say you like fall and scrape your knee in that moment like you're as a parent too you're like who and who's taking the minute to be like heart or sad no by the way the the line you just said about like them not knowing the difference is literally so true so true like your kids will be fine go trust your gut if it's nothing let them know it's nothing
Starting point is 00:15:10 and if it's something like let them know but I I don't think it's like so you're not validating their feelings but I think also I think that's a major problem I think that too many people's feelings have been validated over the years and then when they're confronted with something that they don't like they're like wait why aren't you validating my feelings and maybe yeah maybe it's because your feelings aren't valid oh pew pew pew kobe kobe one of my favorite things to do is kobe like kobe i can't watch anyone namely ben play basketball without being like kobe kobe no same you want to know something really sweet i was dming you every time you were showing ben shooting hoops and i was saying kobe and do you know that the iphone autocorrects kobe to love why is that cute it's just like sweet because it's kobe no it's not
Starting point is 00:16:00 no no because like where the letters are they probably think like k-O-B-E and L-O-V-E are like right next to each other. No, no. I don't think that Apple did it like as an homage to Kobe. It's like a fun. It's a coincidence. That's really sweet. If anything, it's disrespectful like them not recognizing Kobe.
Starting point is 00:16:19 But when they do recognize him, they recognize him as love. But they're not. I just thought it's not like it's correcting Kobe to duck. Like, I guess. Like, it's just a nice word. Okay, never mind. No, no. Okay, I'm sorry.
Starting point is 00:16:35 I misunderstood. I thought you were like, how cute that they did that. No, no, no. Not that they did that. But, like, that's what it auto-corrects to. It's just like a cute coincidence. Yeah. I just thought of something funny. Butrects to like it's just like a cute coincidence yeah I just thought of something cool but it's like um it's an offline story uh we need to start a new podcast
Starting point is 00:16:52 called the offline stories because there's so much I want to say like yesterday I found out the craziest most hottest and it's so annoying because I'm not going to say it but I found out the most insane thing about an influencer like you'll never hear a story so crazy in your life do you agree because I told you it yeah it's really crazy and I need an offline podcast where I could say it and not in the way where we're all sworn to secrecy yeah you are sworn to secrecy I mean like maybe in a few months it'll end up on the patreon and I think that that's fair same I hate to talk about something. No names. Well, it'll be fairly obvious. I can't talk about it, like for real.
Starting point is 00:17:30 Okay. But like part of me, oh my God. But you brought it up and you keep bringing it up. Yeah, no. Because often when you find a really good piece of gossip, you don't want to not share it. Not because of the person who the gossip is about, but because of the person who told you.
Starting point is 00:17:42 You have to protect the messenger. That's really where it gets really complicated with gossip. And I actually was thinking yesterday when it comes to gossip, people who are like above gossip and like all that, what do you talk about? Well, you know what they say? That it's like, what's the word? Big people discuss ideas.
Starting point is 00:18:08 Small people discuss. People? Yeah, something like that. Let me find the exact quote. That's, like, a really obnoxious thing. Because, like, I think that, like, gossip is really an exchange of information. And it makes the world go round. And, like, I genuinely don't understand when people like who vow not to gossip
Starting point is 00:18:27 or like speak ill of other people. Like what do you do all day? You talk about ideas. Okay, I have an idea. To gossip? Yeah, let's gossip. Okay, here are some quotes. Great minds discuss ideas.
Starting point is 00:18:42 Yeah, this is it. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. Yeah, this is it. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. Yikes. I actually like just think that proverb is bullshit. I just want to say, I feel like we discuss a good mix of ideas, events, and people. And so we're just like,
Starting point is 00:18:59 we, what does that say about our minds? No, and if you could boil anything down, like, okay, essentially people talking about like politics are really gossiping because like it's about people. Like they're gossiping about senators and stuff. Yeah, well, it depends what kind of politics. But are you talking about political theory? Are you talking about ideas
Starting point is 00:19:17 for how to make the world a better place? Not like who should be in, this person's not doing that, but like big ideas. I just think at the end of the day gossip has gotten a bad rap and it's really an exchange of information yeah I don't think an exchanging information is gossip I think putting your spin on it oh I don't do that I don't do that yeah no if you're really getting all the facts right. But the problem is that the story that you heard, how do you know that that's all the
Starting point is 00:19:49 facts and in the way that it happened? So it inevitably already has spin. And then you inevitably put your spin on it because like that's how people repeat stuff and memories as stated are not perfect. And the game keeps going. Yeah. Well, one thing about me is I am gonna gossip and that's just a little little fact about me okay can't wait to hear more hot goss that's what we do here you know what we do we do the fast five stories and I think oh wow except
Starting point is 00:20:19 for yesterday except for yesterday oh my god you guys deep apologies except not really because you did not need to know the fifth story and And so I think my subconscious was like, forget it. Because also, I'll explain when we talk about the first story, why you didn't need to know it. So without further ado, where are Strice Brethren? Nowhere to be found. I miss them dearly, but I'm going to like, they don't want to be here. So what are you going to do about it?
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Starting point is 00:22:19 You're welcome. Okay, our first story today is the day Spotify wrapped. Not only did everyone get their year in review from spotify but spotify also is sharing its most streamed artists artists of the year and songs of the year so podcasts and podcasts yes our top five artists of the year from spotify number one i'm not gonna make you guess number one Bad Bunny number two Taylor Swift queen number three The Weeknd sorry number three Drake number four The Weeknd number five BTS then Bad Bunny and BTS makes a lot of sense because they're like really
Starting point is 00:23:00 global artists um I guess at this point Taylor Swift is too and when did she release Red TV was that this year too no so it's kind of crazy because her album came out a month ago yeah that's really impressive it is impressive also the most streamed songs of 2022 number one song of the year Harry Styles as it was Number two is Heat Waves by Glass Animals. And number three, this is crazy, for the second year running, it's Stay with Justin Bieber and the Kid LAROI. And that was Apple's number one song of the year.
Starting point is 00:23:35 And it's not even from this year. Damn, that's really impressive. Yeah, that's big numbers. So yesterday's fifth story was going to be Apple's year- who cares data which I knew I didn't realize Spotify rap was coming today but I knew it was coming soon so we were going to have a conversation about the year in music and I only need to have that conversation once really Spotify and Spotify is the go-to for music so that's that on that it's that time of
Starting point is 00:24:03 year where it's like horrendous to be an Apple music user and Apple podcast user because I mean we've been tagged this morning already in like 500 people you know of their top podcasts and stuff like that so um something that I found really interesting is that you know when we first started podcasting so everyone gets Spotify wrapped but podcasters get their own Spotify wrapped data on their listeners, where they're from, categories, genres, things like that. I mean, I imagine each artist who's ever uploaded to Spotify gets their wrap. Yes. But people don't, I don't think realize podcasters get it too. Yeah, we get it too. So, um, when we first started podcasting,
Starting point is 00:24:38 we had actually met with Spotify and they were just like helping us. They were really trying to build up their podcasting platform. We had 4% of our listeners listening on Spotify. As of this morning, half of our listeners listen on Spotify. Like half of our listeners have migrated probably from Apple to Spotify. And I just think that's crazy. It's crazy. It means that the work and the money that they're putting into building out Spotify podcast is working because we're not doing anything different. It's not, it's really not a reflection on us or our listeners changing. It's just them becoming a bigger name in podcasting. Actually though, it's a little bit us because when we promote on social media, I now will link out, like when you do like a link sticker, I will link out to Spotify because the way our podcast immediately goes to Spotify and like takes
Starting point is 00:25:25 like 30 minutes to get on Apple is so annoying. So because Spotify is just like doing more, they make it easier for us to promote it. That's so true. Yeah. I feel like people don't realize that sometimes our podcast is not on Apple. We only upload it once and it goes to all of the different places at the exact same time. And Spotify is there instantaneously and Apple is delayed all the time. And for for everyone I always see people who have podcasts being like it's not on Apple yet don't know what to tell you so Spotify is really just making it super easy to listen it's so annoying the way Apple like doesn't I feel like Spotify like came from the back and Apple like never even tried to compete they just like sit
Starting point is 00:26:02 there yeah they're resting on their laurels yeah but I guess it's because as Apple like they make money off of every app in the app store because like if you spend money on an app like they take like 30 that's true but if you are listening to podcasts through their podcasting app that's like invaluable data of course and I think that they would probably want that data more but I feel like they they're not taking other competitors seriously and it shows like I was just on the podcast app I was looking for the charts we're like charting in a major way these days like now on apple yeah like in the comedy section like we used to be like well it's funny we were like 12 and then we were eight like
Starting point is 00:26:42 over time like steady and now we're like holding firm at five. Yeah, we're five and six usually. Us, Heather, McDonald, The Office Girlies, Morbid, which I still don't understand is what a comedy podcast. And the yellow, those three guys, Smartless with the yellow. You know, I always like to predict who Spotify is going to snatch up next. And they just snatched up Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain. Right, we never even spoke about that. But I would have thought they would have snatched up Smartless.
Starting point is 00:27:09 It's Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and the guy from Will and Grace. I'm sorry don't come for me. Sean Evans I think his name is. I don't watch Will and Grace. But they're literally always number one. Yeah it reminds me so much of like Armchair expert like I it's the same vibe it's the same vibe it's probably a similar audience I feel like Spotify needs to like take some of the news ones that are um tops and kind of like something outside of comedy I feel like they are really even Emma Chamberlain is technically in the comedy category right is she I don't think so oh okay well what's interesting is they also released their top podcast of the year Joe Rogan is number one obviously Call Her Daddy
Starting point is 00:27:50 was number two and Emma Chamberlain is number three even though her show wasn't exclusive to Spotify and isn't even yet so like she and I'm sure that's how they made the decision to to go acquire her right because Joe Rogan and Call Her Daddy being the top podcast on Spotify, like, duh, it's the only place you can listen to them. Right, right. So that makes a lot of logical sense.
Starting point is 00:28:10 But no, her podcast being third when she's available everywhere, that must mean her numbers are insane. Like, probably just huge. Yeah, huge. And number four of top podcasts was K63, which is starring Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac.
Starting point is 00:28:28 And number five is Crime Junkie. Wow, those Crime Junkie girlies really kill it. Yeah. Also, they have this really sad category of top podcasts called Most Anticipated Podcasts of the Year, which means that it was based on their first week streams for a newly released series and then obviously it fell off after that and number one is um archetypes yep number two of course there was so much hype like the duchess is gonna sit down and podcast with the people i know but i just feel like they should have ignored this category because it's just sad wait number two is batman unburied never heard of it number three is Kim Kardashian's The System number four is K63 but I guess a lot of people listened to the first episode and then they liked it and they listened to more because it's in the other category and number five
Starting point is 00:29:16 oh number five is Back to the Beach with Kristen and Steven but I feel like that's surprising because I would I didn't listen to the first episode I listened to the last one I feel like they probably grew during you could tell by the way just based on like public consumption like when they announced back to the beach it was huge and there was like 10 major stories that came out of it it was like every time they dropped an episode there was like a huge PR like so many things everywhere especially the last episode same with like but also that's really impressive because I think that's the only one on the list that's not Spotify exclusive. Yeah, no, that's huge for Dear Media. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:48 But then like when you think about like the PR arc of Kim's podcast, it's like it was this big announcement and then it was like a little controversy with the victims families. But then like nothing. That's how you know it like started big because there was this big announcement, lots of press and then nothing was ever picked up. Kind of assuming that the numbers fell. I feel like the same as with archetypes like of course everyone was quaking when the first episode came out but then I don't think it was what a lot of people expected it was very um like not scripted produced thank you um and I remember like the first two episodes it was like let's like there was so much uh press about
Starting point is 00:30:23 it and now I just saw one thing about the final episode. It's like Andy Cohen's on it. And there's not even like a lot of fanfare for it. Yeah. I also, I think that's a pattern with celebrity podcasts in general, not just specific to Spotify, where it's like. Agreed. If you're a celebrity and launch a podcast,
Starting point is 00:30:39 your first episode is going to be pretty big because people want to hear what you have to say and they're fans of you to begin with. But to commit someone to a podcast listener like you are taking a minimum an hour out of the week like to sit and listen to something for an hour like you need to be so entertained you're not doing it as a favor to the celebrity that you like and follow because also like you're listening privately aside from spotify wrapped you don't share what you listen to it's not like a virtue signal to be like hey I listen to this I'm a big fan yeah no that's so true like
Starting point is 00:31:04 it's easy to get people to listen to a. I'm a big fan. Yeah no that's so true. Like it's easy to get people to listen to a famous person's podcast the first few weeks but like podcasts are really just judged by merit. Like what are they good? No it's just because you're a famous person and have a lot of fans that doesn't mean you're good. It's an intimate thing and it's a private thing. You're right about celebrity podcasts and that's why like you know Conan and Smartless are so successful because not only are they actually famous, but their podcasts are actually good. Yes.
Starting point is 00:31:30 Even though I've never listened to it, but. No, but the charts, the charts don't lie. I don't think. I don't think. No, I don't think they lie. Are editorialized. But sometimes I think that they are. Well, I feel like the Spotify ones might be a little editorialized
Starting point is 00:31:45 because like they spent a hundred million on Joe Rogan. I mean, I do think Joe Rogan is actually number one, but like if I was Spotify and like Joe Rogan's episode like flopped, I would still put him in like the top three just to like, one, give it more press. People are checking the charts. And two, like you don't want to admit like your investment maybe was bad. Yeah, I don't think they've had a bad investment.
Starting point is 00:32:03 I think Joe Rogan's a bad example because he's literally one two three four and five armchair expert any all the other investments other than Joe Rogan yes I think it behooves them to lift them up give them a little right um also because that's how people discover podcasts they go to the top charts they say I want to listen to the number one show number two show something that like looks. And so it would behoove them to have the top shows looking good that are their shows. You know what? Now that I think about it, like when Joe Rogan went to Spotify, there was like so much hoopla and fanfare and and he's had like controversies and stuff. I feel like he's always very current, like him being number one makes sense.
Starting point is 00:32:41 Same with Alex Cooper, like her episodes, depending on guests, like are huge historical cultural moments now that I think about it like armchair expert like it's kind of like where is armchair expert I don't ever hear anything about armchair expert me neither but I also don't listen for armchair I don't like it's not I feel like it would come up in our stories he's he interviews famous people no no I mean yes he interviews famous people but even when he was on Apple we never really talked that much about what he was doing because he has like conversations with like no one's really it's not like a tea spilling like thing it's conversations with people same with Joe Rogan like he interviews all these people but it's not really like they make buzzworthy headlines because he's just like getting to
Starting point is 00:33:22 know people and talking to people they're not there to like drop something yeah okay this is interesting I feel like what people go on call her daddy to do to drop something yeah yeah that's true that's true um I'm in the top podcast did they change their artwork armchair experts I don't see it I'm telling you I'm a little oh it's it's number 12. Oh, that's good. Anyways, that's the podcasting news. And I feel like now that Spotify is really bumped up, aside from their Spotify originals, like it is really a good place to see. But you can't really compare like,
Starting point is 00:33:59 I wish Apple would drop Spotify. I mean, podcast information, but then the shows that aren't on Spotify, like in order to be the best, you have to beat the best. But I feel like the best and the best aren't even competing anymore. Right, no. And that's what's so interesting to me about podcasting in general is like it is this kind of mystery.
Starting point is 00:34:15 Because, you know, you're following YouTubers. You could see how many subscribers they have. Podcast numbers are all behind some sort of like dashboard. And everyone, you know, on social media is like out here making like their podcast look like the baddest and the best. And just because I'm like nosy, I'm always curious, like who actually gets a lot of downloads and like who doesn't? And you can tell.
Starting point is 00:34:35 But like I would love like a little bit more transparency in that department. Yeah. Darn. That's just because I'm nosy. It's a mystery. Yeah. But you know what? Maybe it's better because I feel like people put their heart and souls into podcasts and if it was really measured by like listeners and that was so public like I feel like it would be a little disheartening as opposed to like it's a slow grind and it's not like YouTube where it's so instantaneous and if this video
Starting point is 00:34:59 didn't work like let's do it in this video like you really have to build up and I feel like if it was more uh competitive it might deter people and people might like be having conversations just so they get those numbers that those people are getting and I feel like this makes it a little more real and no that's actually really um I agree now you changed my mind you're right it is so personal and people put like so much of their heart and soul into it yeah and I wouldn't want someone to think like say they did one episode that was like really personal intimate and like actually good but they just like didn't get a lot of listeners for whatever reason like I wouldn't want that podcaster and people knew that like I wouldn't want that podcaster to then be like well I'm never gonna do that again because it didn't work like that's not how it is with podcasts And also sometimes the episodes that like get the most listens,
Starting point is 00:35:45 like I don't know what it is. We talk about, we were just talking about this. Well, you know, with our Spotify download, you know what our most listened to episode of the year was? You, I just found out this morning and I never would have guessed. Right, can I say it? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:36:01 Bridge to Terabithia, which was a hilarious episode, which also featured our interview with Jessica Knoll. And I just, I never would have guessed that. I never would have guessed that either. You know what? I think that it was like, this is how I think of it. I think it was the end of a week episode before a long weekend.
Starting point is 00:36:17 Cause I remember I came to New York right after that. So maybe there was like a few days without episodes. So everyone listened to the most recent one, but like we had longer breaks and I just, I don't know. I mean, I think Jessica Knoll is also like really niche and a whole different community of listeners who wanted to tune in for her interview.
Starting point is 00:36:36 Oh yeah. Like we got new listeners. It's outside. Actually, what I thought was also really interesting that Spotify did was they'll tell you which episodes like featuring guests. Share the things that that you sent me okay hold on they they said they give you like a little wrap for your whole podcast it's like 10 slides of data and it was fascinating stuff this was interesting we created 10,000 minutes of new content and that is more
Starting point is 00:37:00 than 99% of other creators in the comedy category. I'm sure. That's because we do a daily show. Yeah. Bridget to Terabithia was our most listened to episode. Our top five countries are US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and Ireland. Shout out to the Irish toasters. Our podcast was in the top 1% of most shared episodes. Like people either texting, sending a direct link, sending on Instagram, WhatsApp,
Starting point is 00:37:27 which I thought was really interesting. Yeah, WhatsApp was small. We got to work on that one. Okay, so this episode attracted a lot of new listeners. So 3% of people, 3% of our audience started listening with this episode. So interesting. Fofia Yanklin with sofia franklin
Starting point is 00:37:46 yeah now we did get a lot of press from that episode because she was talking about the call her daddy drama so like maybe that was it i thought that was that was a really good piece of data yeah um and the rest of these were like you know kind of boring we're in the top one percent of most followed podcasts look at us that makes sense there's so many podcasts but what's so interesting and I think it's just what makes Spotify so smart for doing this obviously is like people love it so like they're everyone I cannot keep up with how many people are tagging me in their stories but Spotify is also now becoming like a major data company and that's how you make all the money in tech like having people's data and they every year they're just like accruing
Starting point is 00:38:20 the shit out of everyone's data it's so smart but they also present it in a way that we love like if you tell me you're selling my data I'm like goodbye I'm deleting your app but if you tell me I'm gonna learn something about myself or my data and it will be in these like shareable snackable cards I could post to my Instagram click subscribe that's so true um and I also while we're talking about wrapped I want to hear your Spotify wrapped oh it was very predictable um what were your top five songs and who were your top five artists my top five artists were okay top artists Taylor Swift, Luke Combs, John Mayer, Morgan Wallen, Kelsey Ballerini. So it's like very country. Yeah. What was your top genre?
Starting point is 00:39:10 Pop, which is weird. Nah, everything's pop. Yeah. What were your top songs? Okay, so number one was 100% by Claudia. Is that because of your shows? No. Oh, you just really were listening to yourself on repeat. I honestly don't even remember listening to it that much which is like kind of crazy do you think that maybe like you
Starting point is 00:39:30 put it on repeat one song like when it launched to like no it doesn't sound like you I know I'm not like desperate like that I mean I am but like but not like that no not if it means you have to listen to your song over and over again right Right. Number two, Doing This, Luke Combs. Three, Heart First, Kelsey Ballerini. Four, Tomorrow Me by Luke Combs. And five, She's in Love with the Boy by Trisha Gearwood, a 90s classic. Gorgeous. And then artists, I told you already.
Starting point is 00:39:58 Yeah. What about you? Top artists, number one, Luke Combs. I think I'm Luke Combs''s biggest fan ever more than any of the other sisters because he was my number one artist and he's four out of my five top songs wow my number two artist was frederick chopin that's um an ode to harry we listened to a lot of classical music but i had no idea that i was listening to chopin so much more than exclusively so much more than ludwig or amadeus mozart like yeah i right that seems like amadeus mozart mozart okay
Starting point is 00:40:28 yeah or ludwig van beethoven honestly that was a shock for me three taylor swift four morgan wallen five mimi webb cute then my top songs were one tomorrow me two middle of somewhere my favorite song three the kind of love we make four want that back by brett eldridge gorgeous song check it out Two, Middle of Somewhere, my favorite song. Three, The Kind of Love We Make. Four, Want That Back by Brett Eldridge. Gorgeous song. Check it out. Five, Doing This, Luke. Such a Luke girly. I'm such, I'm a bigger Luke Holmes fan than Snatchler.
Starting point is 00:40:55 Alert the presses. Wow, don't let Snatchler hear that. Well, she's going to see the data and she's going to know for herself. My favorite thing about Spotify rap, we talk about this every year, is when people are like, that seems right. It's like, no, no, no, it's literally facts. It's correct. No, it's your data, so it should feel right.
Starting point is 00:41:10 No, so it is right. So it is right. Wait, Jackie, Jackie, I literally. You posted that to your story, but as like an ironic, no? No, I was like, no, this feels right. Oh, my God, you were making fun of me. I thought you did that ironically because we always say that and I thought I remember that that we said that honestly
Starting point is 00:41:30 this is how delusional I am I thought it was like an ode to the redheads because we always say that when we finish the rating for the book like that's what it was no that's everyone gives their rating and then I do the average and every single time we have snitch. That feels right. No, that's really why I did it. So that's what I thought. I wanted to honor the redheads. I was not making fun of you to your face. No, no, no. You didn't know that you were making fun of me
Starting point is 00:41:54 because I actually used that caption completely unironically and it just genuinely felt right because it was right. What do you know? What do you know? Okay, are you ready for our next story? If it's the next story, that's brought to you by Legacy Box. The best gift for you or your family.
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Starting point is 00:45:07 the gums, the tongue, the molars. Bruch.com slash toast. Thank you, McLardia. You're welcome. Our next story, another little year-end review moment. People Magazine has put forth their people of the year the four celebs who were here to help in 2022 so the wait let me guess what is the concept people honors four people for the inspiring work they did this year would it be helpful if i shared last year's people of the year? Yeah, because are these like philanthropists?
Starting point is 00:45:46 Yeah, philanthropists, activists, like good doing celebrities. Okay. Here's last year. Dolly Parton, Simone Biles, Sandra Oh, and America's Teachers. Okay. And the year before was George Clooney Dr. Fauci Selena Gomez and Regina King so it's like um so who did a lot this year who what who did a lot this year I feel like Harry Styles did a lot but not from like a philanthropy or like activisms you You know, he just like was working a lot. Yeah, no, it's not about who worked the hardest.
Starting point is 00:46:26 Okay. Right. Matthew McConaughey, Keenta Brown. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Mila Kunis and Jennifer Hudson. Yeah. Okay, those are pretty good.
Starting point is 00:46:41 Mm-hmm. It does feel like, you know, all of them were out there doing the most yeah do you trying by the way trying their best yeah did you hear anything about the new jay hud show no this was actually in this article was like the first i heard about it since we talked about that she was getting a show yeah i haven't heard much about it is it not on cable I think it's on peacock really because I just saw because I follow Jamila Jamil on Instagram she went on and she was like going on peacock tv and it was like jay hud oh interesting so I just want to google that because I was so confused like also let's just get that jay had won an egot this year so for that reason alone
Starting point is 00:47:29 she should be people of the year but she also um has a very mission-oriented talk show she's also she's on cable i apologize but um i believe she's also probably being promoted hard on tick on a peacock. I almost said TikTok. TikTok. You know, I feel like People Magazine is like constantly putting together lists. It's like the one thing keeping their business afloat. They're making a list and checking it twice to take the badoors down. They're literally taking the badoors down.
Starting point is 00:48:00 This is the time of year where we get lists galore. I personally really like them. I love to see my year in list form. We do some lists. At a glance. December Patreon episodes. Top this, top that. So I just, I like to ingest, see what other people think are tops of the year.
Starting point is 00:48:21 I just, I don't know why. I do. I don't know why Kelly Clarkson doesn't make these lists. To me me they're like rooted in error because of that I do also like like that the end of the year means we get a lot of lists and we get to look at our year at a glance but some of the lists feel stupid and this is one of them do you agree I agree like they said a whole bunch of nothing about what they're even saying about these people like what they're saying about these people is that here's the quote,
Starting point is 00:48:47 the boldest thing that we can do, question mark, help. I've been thinking a lot about what inspires someone to take action, to donate their time and money and passion to a cause, to do anything more than fire off a tweet or an Instagram post. It's been on my mind because the world seems to need our help more than ever and also because the people we celebrate in this issue didn't hesitate to meet the moment. They didn't ask why me or wait for permission or get caught up in self-doubt. They just moved. Okay like that's a pretty decent description because you know um Matthew McConaughey and Uvalde and Ukraine for Mila Kunis. Like, I get it.
Starting point is 00:49:26 I just feel like this list is dumb. I can't explain why. Yeah. Like, you know what I mean? Yeah, especially when you, like, look back at past winners. It's not like. No, also because when you think of lists from People magazine, like, you think of most beautiful and it's like, stick to the dumb shit. They're clearly wanting to be, like, a list where you can find the outsides and the insides.
Starting point is 00:49:47 Yeah, they want to be beautiful on the outside and the inside. I appreciate that. But like for me, People Magazine like is an airport tabloid. Like it will always, I will never read a People Magazine if I'm not on an airplane. Yeah, I agree. Stick to the superficial lists. And, and the freak show Circus, Greatest Showman stories about, you know, cousins who married cousins. I want a list about the craziest stories of the year.
Starting point is 00:50:10 Yes. That's what people magazine, like 10 of the biggest freak shows of 2022. I want just people's biggest freak show. You decide what's number one, put them on the cover. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:50:21 I like that. Like the wildest stories of 2022, because they'll find it, you know, family locked up in chains. for 35 years like they'll always find terrible stories like that yeah I there was one recently um I don't know if I read it in people but about the 30-year embryos what's that this couple um adopted embryos because a lot of embryos that aren't used just like stay frozen. But people can adopt an embryo and then carry it and give birth to an embryo. So this couple intentionally adopted the oldest embryo available.
Starting point is 00:50:58 I didn't know you could do that. Yeah. They adopted the oldest embryo available because like they wanted to give this. Oh, it's an adoption it's I don't know if that's the correct word but that's essentially what it is like you adopt the embryo and then you carry it yourself interesting so they intentionally uh adopted the oldest embryo so that you know that embryo could come off the shelf and the embryo is technically 30 years old so these are like 30 year old babies well that's a very hot take if you know life starts at conception but I know what you're
Starting point is 00:51:31 saying like um wait why would the couple go for what do you want like the freshest one like you want the best no but that's the thing like most people go for the freshest one so this couple like wanted to give like the oldest embryo that would probably never come off the shelf like a chance at life that was their mission this story is very weird this this story is very weird because like that's the that's what i'm saying if it's frozen they're all the same age no and they're embryos they're not 30 year olds no they're not 30 year olds but technically like they've been what so the kid comes out with like a receding hairline and a briefcase they are babies but like they were technically created 30 years ago so it's just like 30 year old babies was the
Starting point is 00:52:12 headline to make it sound fucking crazy oh because people magazine was clickbaiting us got it okay right but like if you if you make your own embryos and like they were technically frozen two years ago like you don't say i have a two year old. Of course not. That's psychotic. The idea that they were frozen 30 years ago, like makes it, you know, a crazy headline, which it is crazy. I just want to say like the concept when people go into adoption, like they say like the newborns, like they always get adopted. And then that's how kids end up like 12, 13 in the system. So to adopt a 12 or 13 year old is such an admirable thing to do. I don't think the same applies to embryos.
Starting point is 00:52:45 Like those people should have just taken the freshest one. Okay. But that's the same concept to them of like, everyone's going for the freshest ones. We're not worried about them. They will get. I get it. But I'm telling these people it's not the same.
Starting point is 00:53:00 Like they're looking at it through the lens of like adoption. It's not the same. But otherwise those embryos would have never come off the shelf. No, I understand that. I'm just now learning that embryos can be adopted. Like this is huge for me. I guess like it totally makes sense. Like I just literally never thought of that.
Starting point is 00:53:16 Yeah, because a lot of people create embryos that, I mean, we see, we've seen this a few times. That they don't end up using. That they don't end up using. And we saw it like with celebrities. What happens to the embryos? Okay. Jackie, literally I was just going to say,
Starting point is 00:53:28 I can't think of embryos without thinking of that terrible story about what happened to Sofia Vergara and her evil ex-husband. Right. So if they don't like make the decision to discard the embryos, they stay frozen and they sit there and people could then adopt them. No, it's nice. I never thought about it, but it makes sense. Yeah, I sent you the article.
Starting point is 00:53:47 You should have read it. There was a lot of interesting stuff in there. Yeah, I did. Hmm. Got to catch up on my reading. Like, it's not something where you just read the headline. Like, keep reading. It's wild.
Starting point is 00:53:58 Oh, yeah. You went through a weird bout where you were sending, like, really fucking weird articles to me about like like baby stuff like this mom found her baby's diaper full of blood what happens next what happens next is unexpected like you were going through a weird crazy story it was a crazy story it was a story about a baby who had yeah this mom found her puberty her baby girl's diaper was full of blood maybe she was one years old she wasn't like a newborn but she was still in diapers and so she took her to the hospital like she was freaking out and turned out that the girl had her first period
Starting point is 00:54:34 she had like early onset menstruation which is a thing that like happens it's extremely rare very rare it was like early onset puberty yes and I guess when it happens like you end up in the New York Post and so I did read that article and that's why I didn't read the next article you sent which was about the 30 year old babies because I'm like this girl is trying to freak me out like you didn't find like that didn't make you want to read like more crazy articles not really because like I just feel like I could have lived without knowing that like there is a condition where like you can be getting your period and pubic hair and breasts at two years old. Like I could have lived without knowing that.
Starting point is 00:55:10 But now I had to share it on the podcast and now everyone knows. And now we've said it. Okay. Also I think it's worth saying the 30 year old baby embryos I believe they're twins. Or they're genetic siblings and like two embryos were implanted. Right. But there was two of them, not just one. Okay.
Starting point is 00:55:27 Two. Yeah. So check it out for yourself. Interesting reading coming from Jackie. You should work for People Magazine. Yeah, I could like vet what's interesting enough. Yeah, what's wacky enough. Wacky enough for Jackie.
Starting point is 00:55:42 That'll be like the name of your column, Wacky Jackie. Oh my God, you guys should give me a column, People Magazine, after how we just slandered you to filth. Well, that was like when I remember growing up, there was a column in the New York Post called Weird But True. And it was like the weirdest crimes that went on in the city that week. And it really was like always crazy. Yeah, they still have that column.
Starting point is 00:56:02 It's a good one. Are you ready for our next story we've got to move on we've gotta um oh my god we've got it because we still have your toasters i know i know okay our next story is netflix has a new streaming giant show that has overtaken stranger things billions of minutes have been streamed. It is the new smash hit. Wednesday. Wednesday becomes a smash hit for Netflix as it dethrones Stranger Things and breaks the streaming giant's viewership record. You know what?
Starting point is 00:56:33 Good. Those Stranger Things kids needed to be humbled. Yeah, for sure. Tim Burton's Wednesday has become a smash hit for Netflix in its debut week on the streaming giant. The show, which stars Jenna Ortega as the main character, Christina Ricci, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, racked up a record-making 341.2 million viewing hours,
Starting point is 00:56:51 whatever the fuck that means, and beat Stranger Things, according to Netflix. It is also the number one show in 83 countries, tying with Stranger Things. I mean, it's kind of a brilliant concept. One, because it's Tim Burton, and people like really love and admire and follow his work two it's like the cult fam fan favorite of the Adams family but
Starting point is 00:57:10 totally reimagined but with the original Wednesday Adams playing someone else and with Catherine Zeta-Jones I think she played the mom yeah Tisha she's playing someone else too so it's like it has elements and it's like nods to the original show but with a whole new concept I think it's like a really really well done I don't want to say reboot but like reimagination yeah it's a very smart idea I'm not personally into Adam's Family or like spooky shows like trying to watch Stranger Things but I get why this is so big it's actually surprising to me that it's so big because I feel like for all the reasons that you described like it would be really good and really well received like and critically acclaimed but when I think of like Tim Burton and I think of the Addams Family definitely huge devoted audiences
Starting point is 00:57:54 but also kind of niche so to know that like that audience is the biggest audience on Netflix that to me is surprising I'm here for and I'm happy for all of the Burton toasters and Adams stands I just am surprised to know that it's really that big of numbers well also if you think about it like it's really bridging like a generational gap because people who loved the Adams family are much older now and Jenna Ortega is like this everything in the store it's stunning like Instagram girly um So it's really got something for everyone. And you love when there's something for everyone. I do.
Starting point is 00:58:29 But you know what the Addams Family makes me think of? This is how I know if we have the same brain. You've already, we've had this conversation. I know what you're going to say. Da-da-da-dum. Pum, pum. Da-da-da-dum. Pum, pum.
Starting point is 00:58:41 Da-da-da-dum. Da-da-da-dum. Da-da-da-dum. Take it. Pum, pum. There's Olivia and Marco, Claudia and Jackie. there's olivia and marco claudia and jackie they're all a little wacky the ashrae family that was like a little jingle they made up in camp about us it was pretty cool i'll add it to the list of stories since i literally knew what you were gonna say no i really don't say that one as much as i should and like am i becoming that girl who like peaked at camp like all I do is talk about
Starting point is 00:59:08 camp like it's like embarrassing no I don't think that means that you peaked at camp no do you think you've peaked yet in I think they're like different like in certain realms yes but in other realms no like I think I've got it I think I've maybe have peaked in looks to sadly oh no you haven't no you haven't but I think you don't know why you haven't I feel like I've not necessarily like even peaked in like fulfillment and happiness but let me tell you why I don't think you've peaked in looks because your breast reduction is ahead of you it's and it's over for everyone when that happens that's so true yeah everyone like you better hide out hide your kids hide your wife yeah no but so I just feel like there's more waiting for me that like I didn't like that I haven't experienced yet and I will peak in those
Starting point is 00:59:58 areas like other in or even I'm peaking in those areas now um but in other realms like in certain areas my best days might be behind me that's okay that's interesting yeah what about you do you think you're peaking you're kind of like I think gyral on tiktok you're like so slender you have two hit songs I don't check it I don't wanna um honestly like I don't want to say it you know like jinx like I just feel like I'm like kind of like in like my like my era right now like I really don't want to jinx it I understand I don't want to jinx it but it's like if you don't recognize that you're if you don't realize that you're in your era I've recognized it personally okay but like so for everyone out there like if you don't realize in your best era that this is your best era like you stand the chance of like missing it
Starting point is 01:00:39 no I'm fully acknowledged that I think like my physical peak is like, is like two months ahead of me. Like I'm really, I've gotten so good on like my journey and my makeup and my hair. Like I feel like it's, and I had like major weight loss a few years ago, but I was like so bad at my makeup and like so dumb and young. Like I wasn't able to like really maximize the weight loss. And now I just feel like I'm much more mature I'm much more refined and I just feel like my physical peak like it's happening especially now that I'm really thinking about my breast reduction like once that happens like you're you can't get rid of me bitch like I will be in bikini photos like taking pictures all over this country but then do you also feel like so you're having this physical peak which you've looked great at other times before so it's not necessarily anything new but you're also like a viral tiktoker everyone's talking about you like you're the voice of your generation your podcast is now number five maybe in the last weight loss like it was number 15. No and I think we would be remiss to not acknowledge like how this has really been a great year for our business like we're very very lucky and very blessed um of course you know
Starting point is 01:01:43 tiktok is everything but you know, the podcast and just like businesses is going good. We should acknowledge that because, you know, there's been many times part of this business is peaks and valleys, peaks and valleys. And there have been many valleys over the last few years. So we have to acknowledge the peaks. And this has really been a great year and we couldn't have done it without the toasters. So true. So I think I wake up every day and I think the toaster is like for, believing in us and for enjoying the show and enjoying our certain special brand of humor our certain special brand and just like forgetting us for understanding us yeah not forgetting us for space getting space us yeah please don't forget us that's literally my worst nightmare
Starting point is 01:02:25 um what were we talking about peaking so if you're out there and you've peaked well you know what pressure's off if you're current story if you're currently peaking enjoy it and if it's ahead of you anticipate it yeah it's all good what was the story how did we start talking about this? Wednesday Adams peeked at camp. Got it. Okay, thank you for the retraction. Retracing?
Starting point is 01:02:53 Our next story is about one of Claudia's favorite people, and it's about probably his favorite people. That's really confusing. Brendan Fraser hits the red carpet with his two handsome sons holden 18 and leland 16 so just note the ages before you say anything crazy at the whale screening in new york city so what would i say no i don't know like like 116 like they're like um they're made in the image of Brendan. But like, they're minors. Oh, are they really hot?
Starting point is 01:03:27 They're nice looking boys, yeah. Okay, so what did you, I'm so confused about what you thought I was gonna say. Like something mean? No, no, no, no, like just. Something inappropriate. Yeah. Got it, okay, but they're minors.
Starting point is 01:03:37 Thank you for the heads up. I understand. I must look up a picture of these children. Yeah, Leland and Holden. The 53-year-old actor hit the red carpet with his handsome sons and a new york city screening of the whale the teens look just like their famous dad when he was a young hollywood pinup in films like encino man and george of the jungle they really
Starting point is 01:03:54 they look different from one another but they both look like brendan and it's really sweet family moment i don't know why i can't find this picture what Daily Mail and hold it Daily Mail here here here yeah Daily Mail oh oh wow they're extremely like handsome are they models they have like that model look I mean they're I think they're still in school who knows what they're gonna do but I feel like they could go into the industry if they so choose they're probably mad I'm like I can't help but honestly get like, like teary eyed. They must be so proud of their dad.
Starting point is 01:04:29 Oh my God, I'm literally going to cry. Because they weren't alive for his heyday. And they probably just really experienced some of the hard few years that he went through. And now to like be in New York City, screening his movie, that's like going to be nominated for an Oscar,
Starting point is 01:04:43 going to be nominated for everything. And their dad is the man of the hour. like I'm sure it's a big moment um and he was there with his girlfriend his longtime partner yeah I think she's a makeup artist her name is but she is not the parent the mom excuse me Jen. Oh, I don't know if she's. Yeah, that's. No. Afton Smith is the parent. Got it. That's interesting. I want to know who that is.
Starting point is 01:05:13 Afton Smith. Yeah. Wow. That is so cute. I love. I need to see this movie. I know. And did you keep scrolling for the pictures of Brendan and Sadie Sink?
Starting point is 01:05:24 No. They're so cute. I literally, like, I'm obsessed with that friendship. Obsessed. We need to see this movie, McClard. I know. Like, we need to plan a date night. Is it out yet?
Starting point is 01:05:38 Who knows? It's probably coming out around the holidays. Add it to your list with crawdads. I do think it's a very um like sad and depressing movie so just trigger warning true and i hope no dogs die i will be so upset thank you for bringing it back to that are you ready for our fifth and final story little light-hearted news sure real houses of miami taglines are here oh they're pretty good okay first up we have alexia she says quote in miami the sun brings the heat but i bring the fire
Starting point is 01:06:15 cute strong larsa my favorite she said hate all you want because if i were you i'd hate me too My favorite. She said, hate all you want, because if I were you, I'd hate me too. Oh, that's fucking nasty. Like, if I were you, I'd hate me too. Yeah, jealous wench. That's all that's missing at the bottom. If I were you, I'd hate me too, wench.
Starting point is 01:06:37 You jealous wench. Next, Gertie. The only thing that moves faster than my mouth is my ambition it's not great because like while i admire your ambition it's really admirable like it's not really pertinent to this show no and the first half is strong because her mouth moves fast but then it's like giving like it's like we're on peacock this is a different era like everyone has leveled up and it's just like giving old housewives like the only thing about me is me yeah no so true like real housewives of miami definitely stands out it's like a much better like highly produced younger fresher version of housewives and this is giving very much like you know in this town yeah you know yeah then this town. Yeah. You know? Yeah. Then we have Julia.
Starting point is 01:07:25 She said, when the chicks fly the coop, it's time for this mama bird to spread her wings. It's okay. It's good because she's the farm girl, and her girls are leaving. I'm assuming her daughters. And now she's spreading her wings. I think that it's not what I would want for mine,
Starting point is 01:07:42 but it's pretty good. It's fine. It's apt next the most interesting cast member of the season Lisa Hochstein you can try to take my castle but you will never steal my crown so is she losing her castle yeah because like she's divorcing Lenny no I know um and so I feel like she's like talking to Lenny. You know you can try and take my castle. Yeah. But he's not trying to steal her crown. Like I feel like it should be like you
Starting point is 01:08:09 could try and take my castle but I'll always have my crown. Yeah. Yeah. No I agree. Like conceptually it's good. Execution wise it needed like a few tweaks. It's fine. I do think this will be incredibly interesting to watch. Their divorce is like so bad. Yeah yeah I feel it's like really sad did she sign a prenup I remember they spoke about it last season I don't know I feel like she probably did I feel like she didn't or actually I know it was discussed I can't remember anyways um if they want to tinker it to what I suggested before the show airs we'll pretend like we didn't see this. Free idea. And then your favorite housewife, Dr. Nicole Martin.
Starting point is 01:08:50 What happened to Marisol? She's still friend of. She might be. And Adriana's not. Well, Adriana and Marisol were both friend of. I would have thought after the season, Adriana would be asked to leave permanently. And Marisol would have been a full-time housewife, even though I think she doesn't want to be. Yeah.. Nicole said I'm a pro at the rules of engagement and I
Starting point is 01:09:09 have the ring to prove it I like wouldn't really flex about that because there was so much weirdness around her engagement how she spent the whole season being like we're so happy not engaged we're so happy and then she got engaged yeah I wouldn't flex about it just because like it's not like you were like trying for a ring this whole time and now you got it like it the way that you've you pretended like you didn't want it you didn't even notice that you're engaged you're not engaged totally well Real Housewives of Miami actually is very good and even though I've been kind of on like a housewives break I will definitely be watching because Peacock is easy 100% I'm totally gonna watch and
Starting point is 01:09:45 it's really a very good franchise and I like a lot of the ladies like a lot yeah no I have to be watching for my girl Larsa and Lisa Lisa for me I'm like Alexia and Marisol till I die I know you really are I like maybe it's like a nostalgia from the old show um because I was really like obsessed with Alexia back then and Mama Elsa. I don't know why. It's not even because I think they're necessarily like always, you know, on the right side or they're the most fabulous. I love their friendship. I love that they're like, oh, geez, who are still bringing it and like they're still fabulous. I just really like them. Good. I like that for you. So those were the past five. But do not fret because today's episode is
Starting point is 01:10:22 far from over because we've got Dear Toasters. It's Wednesday. Our advice segment, Dear Toasters, is every Wednesday and you can be featured. You know, if you have a problem that's something you're going through, email us, deartoasters at gmail.com. We'll of course keep your name out of it. It's totally anonymous. You can change people's names just so, you know, protect the privacy of those involved. But we've got three great submissions today and they're brought to you by Diff Eyewear. So Diff Eyewear sunnies are pulling double duty. When I wake up and I'm not feeling flawless, my oversized trendy sunglasses from Diff Eyewear can handle the little in-between moments in life.
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Starting point is 01:14:05 fertility test at modernfertility.com slash toast30, modernfertility.com slash toast30. All right. Are you ready for Dear Toaster Jacks? We've got three great submissions. Can't wait. Hey, girlies. Love you both. Here's some backstory. I've been with my boyfriend who's 24 for two years, and we recently moved in together. I love him so much. He's amazing. No complaints. However, he has this bear. He's had bear, which is literally his name and his gender as a boy. He's had bear since he was a baby and has slept with it ever since. Bear, no, I'm sorry. Whenever we were long distance, it didn't bother me because when I spent the night, he put bear away and he never brought it to a sleepover. But now that we live together, he asks
Starting point is 01:14:44 to sleep with it and it makes me so uncomfortable to add to the weirdness he loves to hug it put his nose to its nose and the whole relationship is just so weird to me I don't know what to do because no matter how much I complain he still sleeps with the bear I understand the attachment but at what point do you let something go what should I do the bear has to go. It's giving Blenciaga. Jackie. No, the thing is, is like there are grown ass adults out here with like blankie and bear. There's not. And yes, there is. Maybe there's a handful, but that's not like a, that's not a thing.
Starting point is 01:15:17 It's not like a thing that we're, unless it's fucking Ted and he's slinging bombs with you and driving you to your work. This is unacceptable. He, you got got he needs to go to therapy you can go with him if you're really interested in making this relationship work but this is not like a fully formed adult sorry Jackie I want you to know that that's a really hot take like there are a lot of people I'm sure a lot of our listeners like they have blankies that are literally being held on by a thread I just want you to know one it's different if it's a girl like everything else and two there's a difference between having like a sentimental item from your childhood like
Starting point is 01:15:50 if you still have your blanket from your childhood and like you keep it like that is cool sweet to sleep with it every single night put your nose to its nose call it bear and it's like the third person in your thruple that is a shade too far. I agree. And you like, you have this like transference of like dependence on this thing. And that is a psychological thing that you need to like go to therapy for
Starting point is 01:16:13 to become like a dependent, independent adult. Not like, that's what a two-year-old does with a bear. They like transfer their like love and like neediness almost onto like an inanimate object, which is actually a really good thing. It helps them like detach from being so needy with their parents they transfer and then they become independent your boyfriend hasn't done that yet and like he needs to get there it sounds like he needs to unburden himself of the spare yeah it's not and like especially if
Starting point is 01:16:41 you're not someone who's like down with it and like thinking that it's fine like you wrote into us like it bothers you it's hindering his adult relationships and at a certain point it's going to be me or bear. I think that he should get like therapy to help him make this transference and then but and he'll transfer all of this bareness onto you which also is kind of unhealthy because he still has never been independent. No, that's a good point. Like therapy, I feel like is probably the best advice that we could give this girl. That's a really good call. We're also just not people who can relate to this whatsoever.
Starting point is 01:17:14 Like we don't have blankies. Like at camp, like all these girls had like their blankies and we were like 16, 17. And they were like literally pieces of string. Like they had been deteriorated over the years. Okay. First of all, if you're a camper at camp, the maximum you could be is 15 but if you're like a you could also be an eight-year-old if you're an eight-year-old with your blankie from home at camp like that makes sense you are homesick this is a piece of your house I'm talking about like 16 year olds well I don't okay well I
Starting point is 01:17:37 don't know who you're talking about and I feel like you're exaggerating and if you're not like no I'm not exaggerating I don't even want to say, but like literally, I just saw a reel yesterday of our girl Rach Parcells. She brought her blankie on vacation there in Hawaii. So I'm telling you, it's like a really common thing that like it's not as crazy as you think it is. It's her blankie from her childhood or it's her favorite blanket from home that like she's going away from home
Starting point is 01:17:58 and she wants a piece of home. Jackie, it's a blankie. Like I'm telling you, you're not understanding. Like this is a very common thing. Please send me Rach's TikTok right now. If anybody's going to convince me otherwise, it's Rach. Send me the TikTok right now and I'll tell you why it's different. Jackie, she put it on Reels and you're supposed to be a Reels person.
Starting point is 01:18:15 Well, she obviously didn't share the Reels to her story. Look, literally she posted something about her husband. It was very funny. Actually, maybe it was on TikTok. Sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was. Trying to gaslight i'm gonna find i don't know rach's content no i'm telling you i here waking my husband up with my
Starting point is 01:18:31 baby blanket marcia to see his reaction so she has a name for it it's right okay so she knows it's weird it's a crusty old blanket and he throws it across the room and says get it off of me because they acknowledge that it's weird no i by the way there is way, I agree that it's. There is self-awareness. It's, there's a little bit of dysfunction and like something psychological, but I just wanted you to know, like, this is not like, this is for people our age. Like, it's actually weird. Like a lot of people have this. They're not okay.
Starting point is 01:18:56 I'm sorry. And the thing is about Rachel, I'm not worried about her and her dependence on her blankie because she's like a fully, like she has a thriving life and a full life and she is like she's okay it seems um but this is like a 24 year old man who's like venturing into adulthood and like this is a critical time for him and he needs to transfer his dependence from bear and I'm sorry and also like there's something like a little less weird about it when it's a girl versus a boy Jackie 100% like when it's and by the, when it's Rach versus a layperson. No, of course.
Starting point is 01:19:31 And we also need to discuss how one of the benefits of living in the patriarchy is we can do things. We can get away with stuff. We can get away with stuff. So whenever you want to disestablish the patriarchy, I support the movement. But keep in mind there are a few benefits. And your blankie is one of them. Yeah, and we're getting away with it but not for long not if I have anything to say about it all right
Starting point is 01:19:51 are you ready for our next one how you doing ladies I have a predicament my husband and I have been together for almost four years at the very beginning like three or four months in I was super insecure and I got on his phone one night while he was sleeping I muted literally every single female on his following list that I was even a little threatened by. I knew he'd probably realize if I unfollowed them so that's why I just muted them. Now we've been together for so long and I've been to therapy and I feel secure in our relationship. I mean we're literally married now but the other day I remembered that I did this and now I just don't know what to do. Should I tell him? Should I secretly take his phone again and undo it?
Starting point is 01:20:27 Should I just leave it alone and take this to the grave? I feel bad because some of the girls were his close friends and I'm even close friends with some of them now and I don't know what to do. Help. Honestly, like I feel like if you come out with it, like you will look a little crazy. No, don't come out with it. The only thing that you could maybe do
Starting point is 01:20:41 if you feel the need to do something is slowly one by one unmute a few people. You can't undo it all at once. He'll get this flood of bikini models. He'll think he was hacked. No. And he'll just be like, hey, what's all this puss? Like, no, I think you also don't need to unmute anyone like a famous model.
Starting point is 01:20:58 Leave them muted. But like close friends like who aren't posting like titillating stuff like. But I think you need to do it. You need to roll it out slowly. But that gives more opportunity for you to be caught yeah that's also true but it has to be done very stealthily like a spy like a spy one by one one at a time and go from like the closest one by one hurrah hurrah hurrah yeah no I like low key, like agree like that, what you did, what you had to do at the time,
Starting point is 01:21:27 like for yourself and for your man. But now you can acknowledge it. It was crazy. And that's called growth. And I'm really proud of you. Who's to say that like you reach this place, not like perhaps you reach this place of confidence and certainty and security
Starting point is 01:21:43 because of what you did. No, for security. Because of what you did. No for sure. You did what you had to do. You allowed you to get to this place. To thrive in an environment. Uninterrupted by bikini models. You did what you had to do. For you and your man and your relationship.
Starting point is 01:21:57 And I'm proud of you. And now you're grown enough. To make some changes. Again. Slowly. Slowly. Slowly. Do not tell him. Overall messages, do not tell him.
Starting point is 01:22:11 Like, you will look so crazy. Oh, no. That's not on the table. And I don't know. What you do in your own time is nobody's business but your own. Don't sweat it. I think we could learn a lot from you. I agree.
Starting point is 01:22:23 Hey, girlies and Streisand brothers. My bestie at work has this, Jackie, you're going to like, like actually vomit, okay? Oh God. My bestie at work has this little baking side hustle and she's very good. Every Christmas,
Starting point is 01:22:35 her and her mom spend a weekend before Thanksgiving baking hundreds of Christmas cookies of all kinds to give out as gifts to their friends and families over the holidays. This year was my first year getting a full-size box for my family. Other people at the office who got boxes included her entire team of like 10 plus people, a few of our bosses, a couple of peers.
Starting point is 01:22:51 The day she gave to me, I was headed to my parents for the night for a birthday dinner. My family knows her baking so well and they were just so excited about the cookies. The next morning, I sprang up out of bed so excited to dine on the cookies when to my surprise, as I entered the kitchen, the box was gone. I come to find out that two cockroaches had crawled out of the box earlier that morning when my parents were having cookies with their coffee and they of course had to throw out the entire box,
Starting point is 01:23:15 basically fumigate the kitchen. I'm positive that it did not come from my parents because my mom hired an exterminator later that day and they confirmed that there were no bugs in the house. I'm horrified because she gave this box to a ton of other people at work including executives in our group i'm definitely the closest person to her who got a box but i'm so torn do i just take it to the grave with me or do i find a way to tell the friend that her box was a cockroach motel sincerely a toaster who can never look at christmas cookies the same way that's horrible
Starting point is 01:23:42 just tell her like i don't know because like it still could have been you like that no but it sounds like she exhausted every option like I'm operating under the premise that it was not you and like you should just tell her because like she made you she made you go through this and so also she knows like don't ever give me one of your roach laced cookies again I do when I are done I won't tell everyone else because I don't ever give me one of your roach laced cookies again. I do want to say. You and I are done. I won't tell everyone else because I don't want to start a panic. But you have unleashed roach mania. Roach mania in the office.
Starting point is 01:24:17 Now I'm not going to tell everyone. It's Rochella. Rochella. Actually maybe tell honestly like to me this is so unforgivable. Like get your disgusting fucking cookies that I never asked for away from me. It's so like extra to like make backs of cookies for everyone. Even though like nobody asked, nobody wants your homemade cookies. No, but no, the girl said, Jackie, I don't know you.
Starting point is 01:24:42 Like if you're not, if to me, it's like, if you're not Olivia or you're not like my close friend and you're like bringing me some homemade goods like I'm good but also you couldn't be also then it's a roach infested like you need to be stopped dead in your tracks so this is what you do this is the plan you tell the biggest yenta at the office yeah the biggest gossip that there were. But bitch, you better be 100% certain they came from her box. Like I almost want you to send your, like to do, because you can't start this rumor about someone and it's like not true. You need to find a way to confirm that it was in another box. Like you need to have proof because we're not going to be slandering
Starting point is 01:25:22 homemade chefs. And you tell the biggest gossip in your office that you got your box and there was two roaches in it and then you let the chips fall where they may okay I just want to say you had a few things wrong one the girl said like this these girls cookies are really good it's like a treat to get one she's not imposing her box of cookies on people like she's very talented Two, I actually couldn't agree with you less. Like I think the best baked goods in the world come from people who are like full-time workers
Starting point is 01:25:50 who happen to be really good at baking. Casey Pye. Yeah, but like I don't think that's the best. Casey Pye. Casey Pye is the best pie I've ever had. She has a business. Because she's so good. And then she's like really good at making pies
Starting point is 01:26:06 so like a little side hustle she'll like sell a couple pies during the holidays some of the best baked goods are from people who have side hustles yes correct yes yes that's not what she said she didn't sell these cookies well this year was like a gift but I do think she said side hustle it literally says side hustle so it's like a side business and then for her gifts for her you know co-workers she you know in lieu of a bottle of wine make cookies forever okay okay okay I'm with you I'm following continue so I just want to say it wasn't an imposition but the cockroaches does change things it is now an imposition I don't know what to tell you like to bring a cockroach into someone's home is an unforgivable thing
Starting point is 01:26:45 unforgivable because it's a problem for life they lay eggs if your cockroach problem is to the point that you can't take a box out of your kitchen without righting in then I'm sorry they are crawling all over the place and you have to know about it and you're knowingly making baked goods in your cockroach hotel for your friends and family because you're right for them to have gotten in the box it must oh my god I can't talk about this my back is starting to tingle I'm the wrong person here's the thing I'm the wrong person to ask about this because I take such offense like if this were the if this happened to me I would lose my mind and so I'm out of my mind I can't answer you what to do for me this is reason enough to like go
Starting point is 01:27:25 no contact with this person forever like it's really would you tell anyone would you tell her what would you do I think I feel like telling her you made the best point like if they get into the box like they're not okay like they're she must know about the roach problem like if it's that rampant so you're telling her something she already knows and chose to ignore Like if it's that rampant. So you're telling her something she already knows and chose to ignore. Yeah. And chose to use as a kitchen.
Starting point is 01:27:50 That's diabolical stuff. Unless, I don't know, she took it on the train. I don't know. You know, what was the journey of the box? No, for real. I'm getting a tingle down my spine. I cannot talk about riches. I'm staring at the floor right now because now I'm anticipating an attack so I'm man enough to say that like my advice here is maybe not the best advice because like I would take this so deeply personally to me this is this is a trigger for me a roach
Starting point is 01:28:15 a roach hotel in my like that is a trigger for me so maybe someone in the comments can tell us what's best here because I can't see clearly out of this one. We're too triggered. We're too triggered. Well, that was Dear Toasters. Thank you to everyone who wrote in. Again, that email is deartoasters at gmail.com. Try and keep your submission brief. Simply need to know information for the best chance of getting on the show.
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