The Toast - S5 Ep97: Choices: Tuesday, July 26th, 2022

Episode Date: July 26, 2022

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Good morning, Millennials! yesterday's audio I hope we're sounding crystal clear today or just at least better than yesterday but I think that we are because we had a day and before we get into it I know I literally know what you're gonna say what am I gonna say like a statement on Guitar Center no actually I was gonna say a statement on you because this is the hardest working woman in podcasting she has not stopped make perfecting this studio we went to guitar center together but then i had to pump so she set everything up and you guys if you're looking to start a podcast and you have any av needs i would reach out to claudia because she is an expert on the situation thank you so much for saying that i really appreciate it because yesterday was the hardest

day of my life but guitar center was a gorgeous experience guitar center was like a brief reprieve it's just so funny how like. In the chaos of our day. If you are thinking I need to go to an electronics store, everyone's like, I need to go to Best Buy. And I'm here to tell you, you don't need to go to Best Buy. Like I'm becoming an anti-Best Buy activist because it's not the Best Buy. It should be called Worst Buy. Like they have nothing and it's just the worst store.

And I totally forgot. Like people think Guitar Center like just sells guitars. No, they are literally like the most friendly, well-stocked, well-air-conditioned store on the planet. We got ourselves a deal. They threw in a couple chords. It was such a pleasant experience. And don't forget about the fact that a lot of people go to Guitar Center to like practice

guitar, piano. There was a pianist who was just practicing on the keyboard, adding such an amazing soundtrack to our day. No, it was literally like the opera. Like it was a gorgeous, gorgeous show. It was really gorgeous. And it really should be called podcast center because they have all of your podcasting needs. Oh, now that you went to guitar center, did you feel weird when you were asking for podcast equipment? I felt less weird because we were together and it's like we're kind of like just this unstoppable duo when we're together and it's like clear that these girls have a podcast they have something to say they're interesting and they won't shut up we radiate like podcast energy so

it's not that crazy but I guess like me coming in by myself flustered to best buy this guy's like she'll never make it in this industry and also we knew exactly what we wanted and we had brands brands terms you know yeah we sounded like experts we sounded like moguls we sounded like employees like we could literally like work at guitar center so just in the podcasting corner this is like a major major shout out to guitar center for really being this is not sponsored I wish maybe that'll come from this but I just really want you to let you guys know like in a time of need we needed you and let's talk about yesterday's um audio let's talk about it so we used microphones because you moved you finally like got to go through all of your things and we um here's what happened because it needs a little backstory okay

we have podcasting microphones we actually have two different ones each of us ones that we we use when we do remote episodes and the ones that we used when we did that outdoor episode that the ones that we use for Spotify live. Yeah. They're miniature, but we have two really good podcast microphones. Each the problem with this setup that we were doing is that there's no table to rest them on and they're not handheld. They have to be on a table, but we didn't want to be like, have a big, ugly table. We needed handheld microphones. And Claudia was like, we used to have those. We used to use them back in 2018 when we did travel audio only episodes. I was like, okay, well I have like tons of boxes. Let me go find them. Like we have the podcast microphones that we already need. So I tested the audio. It sounded really good. I didn't think anything of it. And then when it

went up and people were complaining, I was like, right. The reason why we stopped using them is because one time we used our voice notes app on our phone and we were like, this is so much better. And we never used those microphones again because they weren't even better than a voice note. I have no memory of that. And had I, I would have not recommended using them. But we sat here yesterday thinking we were queens of podcasting with our microphones.

I think I actually said at the beginning of the episode, like podcasters, you're in for a premium audio experience, which I think actually because I was like, wow, so many people are complaining that like if I saw those comments and went to podcast, I I would think what I would be listening to would be like. And then I went to listen to it. I'm like, all right, it's not the clearest, but it's not inaudible. It's literally fine. But it's because I like set everyone up like you guys ain't ready for this

premium audio experience so maybe people thought like there was an error like we didn't know about and at first I was like oh my god when people complain about like the quality of our show like it actually really like it doesn't bother me but it makes me upset because like we literally spent an hour and like you can't recreate it you can't fix it like the audio that you end with is the audio that you get but then I was like wow I guess I didn't realize like we haven't had audio issues in a while because we use the same studio every day. So people haven't complained in a while. And I was like, wow, they like us.

They really like us. And like they rely on it so much that any sort of change is making everyone angry. And so I actually ended up being like really flattered. That there was just so much. Outcries. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I understand. It's engagement is what it is.

No, and it's like. It's like when people put a typo in their TikTok caption or like their Instagram captions that people will correct them. And that fosters engagement. Yeah, and I guess I just never. I mean, I do know this because we're a daily show. Like people rely on the show and we fucked with it and we found out we fucked it with it and we

found out but it was not for lack of trying and I just I'll never feel bad if I if I tried my best you know no I mean you you should have seen us in the morning before yesterday's episode I feel much calmer today these are the microphones we're very comfortable with these microphones it's the best from the guitar center that we know and that we love, Rode. And I feel. And I heard that they're also suing Hailey Bieber. I was thinking that. So I feel good about where we landed. I feel good about the status of your studio. Obviously, so much is going to happen in the next few weeks.

And it's still just a temporary look, you two. Temporary couch. Temporary look. But until then, like I feel. This couch is still a private citizen. I feel good about, you know, the next couple of days with you. Me too. Now we can just enjoy the art of podcasting. And now my hands are hands-free because we have these

hand-free microphones. And I'm like, what should I do? Should I pick my nose? Should I do sign language? I could literally do whatever I want because I have two big ass hands. Yep. I can drink my coffee. Jazz fingers. I know. Not jazz fingers, jazz hands. Um, so I'm just feeling really good. You know, I like my outfit like I did my hair Good today. Thank you so much. I'm feeling good. Like i'm excited. It's tuesday. It is tuesday and it's a rainy day here Did you hear the rain was driving thunder lightning last night? Yes, I did and you know what I wasn't upset because a lot of people have asked me claudia Like how are you dealing with the heat and it's important to know it actually is like a couple degrees cooler here than it is

In new york, so it's not like I would, you know, wish to be in New York, but my God, I have not stopped sweating from the time I landed. And it's just like, even the littlest thing, like getting here, I got in Olivia's car. I drove 30 seconds to your house. I literally need to take a shower. Yeah. But it's freezing in here today. I know. I'm careful what you wish for. And I think that's why I'm like feeling so positive, you know? Yeah. Oh, you want to know why else I'm feeling positive? I'm about to blow your mind. Yeah.

Do you know what today is? I know what it is. It's National Entee Day, which is huge. Huge for the Entee community. And we are big advocates for the Entee community. Here you have both two Entees sitting here with different styles of Enteeing. A hundred percent. But both gorgeous nonetheless.

I'm more of like a smothering auntie. I'm the smenty. You are the smenty. And I am just meet you where you are. Auntie will always be there for you. Also, can I just say coming down here and visiting you and the kids and Olivia and the kids has really, and I already knew this, but really stressed the importance of aunties. Yes.

I feel like I'm here. I'm literally helping everyone. I feel like my presence isn't a burden. I feel like when I leave, you guys are to be like, you're going to feel it. Like the weight of everything I'm carrying. I,

I don't disagree. And I'm not even being sarcastic. You're not exaggerating. Yeah, no. Cause the auntie, it's an important role. It's someone who of course you can rely on,

can help out, can shoulder some of the physical burden but also the auntie is there for the mother as well i've been raising the spirits of the mother i literally am forcing olivia and zach to go to dinner tonight i'm like go like go put k to bed and then go to dinner like me and ben will sit she's gonna sleep obviously they can't leave the house when the kid is sleeping but like we're here yeah and she's like no no we want to be with you i'm like who cares go i will not be accepting no for an answer okay that's so sweet of you because that's what aunties are for that's literally what they're for i'm so glad that we're celebrating for good times

so happy national aunt day to all the aunties out there know you are loved you are appreciated and you are respected dog ends too because back when I was Theo's ant, like that was. Exclusively. Yeah, exclusively when he was my only nibbling. Now you're in an open relationship. He was my only nibbling charge. It was such a special role. It really was.

And I feel like dog moms are finally getting their comeuppance, you know. It's our time. But I feel like the dog aunties don't get theirs. I completely agree and I'm here to advocate for them me too because when I was raising Theo aunties were an integral part of my support system like emotionally physically coming over helping I really don't think I could have gotten through those early puppy years without my aunties his aunties and Bryce wants to say

to his auntie that he loves you so much thank you for always looking after him and thank you for always just having the best Bryce forward attitude you know when you're so nice today I am did you get good sleep nah did rolled yes king shit on his king shit he's king shit on his king shit you guys if you are struggling with um your baby sleeping through the night like you have to just sleep train them and let them cry it out for periods of a time it will it gets better better like two weeks ago the sleep report that i received today would have been a dream like a fantasy so proud of you thank you we've come so far we have so enrolled us enrolled tuck enrolled so happy national auntieday there was one more thing

i wanted to say oh and there was one more thing i wanted to say which is that yesterday we had so much on our plates this is not my plate um that we forgot to mention that merch dropped on friday and that it was sickening the warehouse down like actually the warehouse is getting tested for covid because the warehouse how did you know um sickening merch so many of you have already got yours but if you didn't know because we didn't do a show and you're not on instagram we dropped the morning toast weekday collection on friday friday and it's just like cute summer fair it's very country club inspired it is and by the way i just want to say so when we launched our merch like what we were selling on our instagram people were commenting like finally shorts like no more crewnecks a t-shirt thank god

when i tell you literally we've never this is probably we broke our record for how many crewnecks we sold like everyone can complain but at the end of the day we venture out to other apparel categories nobody wants anything but the crewnecks so in case you're wondering why the next time we do a drop there will be crewnecks in there, it's because we follow the data. And the data says the toasters want crewnecks. No, we've been following the data for a while, which is why we always do crewnecks. But people also bought shorts and t-shirts.

So I'm glad that we included them. And they are really cute. And it is summer. So we should have a short and a t-shirt in there. But the crewnecks always outperform everything. And that's why we are crewneck queens. No matter the time, no matter the season, you can find a crewneck at shop morningtoast.com and this is our actually our second time that we've ever had one but our first time in a while we have baby onesies the morning

toast milk club and they're so darn cute no i just wash it and i'm about to i was going to today but um the ac is blasting wow she didn't put them in the onesie mamas get her I'm supporting you today I just wanted to throw the mamas get her in her face just so you can know how like really scary it is like whenever you say mamas get her and like you know most of the people who listen to this show like know that we joke like everything that comes out of our mouth is not serious like do not take it seriously but there's always like a couple people who are like I'm a mom and you're disgusting like so I just want you know, like the fear in your heart that you feel when you hear someone say mamas get hurt to you.

Yeah. But much like everything else, but especially with being a mama, like if I feel certain about like what I'm doing, I don't really care if I get flack. See, that is, I feel like a part of growing up that comes along with motherhood, like not giving a fuck and just doing like what you think is best. but if it's something that it's like I wasn't sure about and then I'm like oh shit uh then I then I wobble a little bit but when I'm certain about my choice can't take me down also um I can't believe we literally forgot to mention that we created like the most iconic TikTok of all time yesterday are we going viral yet um we're doing really well on

my TikTok we're doing amazing on morning toast and I just feel good about it because i know you didn't want to do it you thought i was like being annoying with my talk yeah and i get that but you didn't know that like we were literally going to break the internet and had you known maybe you wouldn't have given me such an attitude i didn't give you an attitude i really didn't she was making me stand outside the car in the hot blazing sun while she fumbled with her phone to like organize her t item. It's like you, I gave you a good 10 seconds to record me coming in and it's hot. It's not enough time. And you know what? You see now, like I had a destination in mind.

Yeah. And you see now that I didn't need to stand outside the car because the destination we arrived at without me sweating in the blazing heat. So you're welcome. And you're the star of the talk. And it was all my idea. So you're welcome. TikTok you're the star of the talk. And it was all my idea. So you're welcome. Tick-Tackle loves me.

They do. That's really why I just like milk you for likes. That's fine by me. At this point, we basically have a joint account with how much I just like put you at the front of it. We should just have a morning toast account. I know. But like, I'm too focused on building, you know, my celebrity.

Yeah. If I'm being completely honest. Change your handle. 100%. To like girl with no toast. This is the second time we've podcasted in here that I forgot to put my drink on my table. Can I have a sip of yours? Yes, but don't use an open mouth like you did. Oh my God, you guys, Jackie fucking. And don't go on my lipstick so that we each have a side.

You weren't coming after me yesterday. Like now that I think about it on the way to Guitar Center. Not only did she yell at me for my talk. I didn't yell. I just said, can I get in the car? I was like so verklempt. I was running around all day picking Jackie up I had to work with Kayla like all this stuff I picked Jackie up to go to Guitar Center and I was like telling her how I'm like literally so thirsty that's not what happened she said bring me a snack and so I brought her two snacks in the car she ate a chip and she was like oh now I'm thirsty so I was like oh you know what I have a water you can have a sip and she put her open mouth on the water as opposed to sipping it with she put her top and bottom lip oh you know what I'm

talking about as opposed to putting her top job yeah as opposed to putting her top lip in you know you know to be like I wasn't quaint about it like I wasn't drinking as if I was on a date oh we are both wearing lipstick I was drinking as if I just got off the soccer field and I'm six years old needing a water you know yeah so Jackie then attacked me in the car for being an open mouth drinker and at that point I just kind of hit a wall like after the day I had I'm like this fucking bitch like I don't even know if you knew but like as I was driving I was like cursing you in my head I'm like she's so fucking mean to me like she's literally I gave you a water and then by the way when she put her open mouth on it I gave

her the rest of the bottle because I was like I don't want to drink it now because you still had like chip in your mouth it's it's you know what I had one final point before we dive in it just sounds like you know what it sounds like sounds like we were both trying our best no it sounds like literally yesterday was just like a busy day where everyone was miserable and we were just like clashing I think that's fine like no yeah sure then, you know, we got to guitar center and all was well because the peaceful energy brought us together. Nature healed us. So the final thing I wanted to talk about before we dive in is that, um, I'm going back on tour and the first three shows to, uh, the second leg of not like other girls tour are on sale at girl with no job.com

slash tour. They're coming up in August. It's West Hampton, New York, New Haven, Connecticut, and Red Bank, New Jersey. Tickets available at girlwithnojob.com slash tour. It is the same material from Not Like Other Girls earlier in the year. So if you haven't made it, like you're making a mistake and you'll regret it for the rest of your life. And if you have seen it, like still come. It's going to be fun. There's going to be spritz.

There's going to be toasters. There's going to be scenes. There's going to be steamy vibes. I really can't think of a reason that you shouldn't come see me do stand-up because I'm and I'm not even just saying this like I'm literally so funny and talented like you're gonna die like you're just gonna sit there like cackling and being like wow she only has four years of stand-up experience she's literally better than Dave Chappelle and for that I just want you to have that experience I'm being selfless you know I just want it for you yeah I actually agree with all of those

statements especially like in the female comedy realm I mean there are so many female comics I list you know I just want it for you yeah I actually agree with all of those statements especially like in the female comedy realm there are so many female comics I feel like who would you say is the biggest female comic like right now it was Amy Schumer but it's not anymore it's not because she like took a step back yeah and now she's performing at the Hulu theater at Madison Square Garden whereas a few years ago I saw her at Madison Square Garden proper and now and that's where I've performed she's at the hulu theater well it's a great place and i'm happy for her but um i agree i don't think i would consider her right now the the number one like female comedian i was trying to think like who there's like a few who are super popular i feel like i can't even i feel like the

popular slash like mainstream ones are like nikki glazer yeah Eliza Schlesinger right but but like the average person wouldn't know because they're like they're big in stand-up but not big in like mainstream pop culture there actually isn't someone because it is Amy Schumer and she's performing at the Hulu theater so it sounds like they need a new female comedian who's big and I have all of those things I'm big and I'm a female comedian so I think maybe that'll be like my next you know um the role is yours for the taking you know what I've just decided right here right now I'm the biggest female comedian no no that's not what I meant by the role is here so you're taking it's like go and get it no I know you're saying I'm kidding obviously but I'm really trying to rack my brain on the biggest me too I feel like we're missing like an obvious when we say comedian, that means someone who does stand up and they can act and do

other things. But yeah. Biggest. Like. Female. Like not Kathy Griffin. Maybe at one point. Tiffany Haddish.

Oh yeah. I would say Tiffany Haddish. Is the biggest female comedian. But for now it's like I'd really recognize. And there's a ton of female comedians. Like I'm looking at a ton. But I'm talking about like currently like kevin hart status yeah performing at stadiums there is not one no but there's only a few comedians who do the stadium

thing it's literally like we don't have one female no you're right it's bill burr it's kevin hart it's chappelle and it's there are so many male comedians yeah oh sebastian maniscalco there are so many and the other one that you like. Who? But even I see Joe Rogan performs at like stadiums. Not stadiums. Arenas. Arenas, yes, that's the word.

Yeah, no, justice for the female comedians. It's literally disgusting. It's yours for the taking, Claude. That's all I have to say. Okay, well, that's obviously on my list of things to do after I've complete this podcast studio, which I'm getting to the end. We have Mike Flags coming tomorrow. um, just exciting things coming. So thanks

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Or it's clickbait. Right. But she details her alleged flirtations with Leo DiCaprio and Chase Crawford in the book. She also talks about her brief relationship with Chris Pine and that they broke up because of the hills and that he wouldn't film with her. And she's also talking about the end of her friendship

with, quote, controlling Lauren Conrad so there's a lot of stories in this book it seems and I'm just want to get your thoughts like are you interested in reading it well let me say something and I don't know if this is a popular opinion or unpopular opinion but is anyone else getting like hills fatigue I just feel like there's like the show ended a while ago. And then like when, when the cast started like talking about it, it was like interesting to hear them reflect. And now it's just like, everyone has a podcast, the Laguna beach podcast. We were just talking about it, the podcast, the book, everyone doing like Instagram lives. Like, I just feel like I don't, don't care anymore I agree with you I do and I I totally

there's something about her writing a book though like if she was doing a podcast just like talking about her life and then you know some stories from back in the day I would have zero interest but like I'm interested in this book I am I don't know if I will get to it because I'm so busy and I'm now in three book clubs um so that's three books a month but if this were like you know 2020 Jackie I would read this in a heartbeat because I feel like she was so and I guess the word is like relevant at such an interesting time and like nothing was bigger than the hills and those girls were everywhere and like they had you know the biggest probably most glamorous experiences like the fact that she talks about being at a party and like Leo's buying her drinks.

You know, she was definitely an it girl. Yeah. And I love to hear from an it girl. No, same, same, same. I just feel like now the kind of the way that I feel about the Hills people is kind of like has been energy and they're giving us like so much. It's like we know everything about the Hills now, you know? Yes.

No, there's no mystery anymore but i do feel like no like adrena lauren kristin and heidi but heidi's shared in every single medium that she possibly can so i feel like we we know where they were at where they land and and how they were feeling back then heidi and spencer but i it would be like if lauren wrote a book about like what it was like in 2008 being the only difference on Hollywood the only difference is that if Lauren wrote a book we would be quaking because Lauren since the show ended has not uttered a word about how she feels about the whole situation but everyone has written books but not about the hills going to the clubs in West Hollywood back in the day yeah so. So for everyone except Lauren, I have that fatigue,

but don't get me wrong. If Lauren wrote a memoir, like all about that time, I would be first in line to purchase it. Especially because everybody is obsessed with talking about Lauren. Like, right. And I would like to hear from Lauren and especially cause she is so silent. People just say whatever they want about her, like all her former castmates, her former friends. I'm sure a lot of it's true. I'm sure a lot of it is exaggerated or like their point of view their truth and I would just love for her to be like hey guys here's what happened yeah because there's here's how I feel about it because there's mystery there but with all the other castmates there's not mystery and like now I'm just getting fatigued there's not mystery there's fatigue yeah she needs to take a page out of

mysteries book a hundred percent so I do want to get around to reading this book but I feel like by the time I have time it will no longer be relevant relevant so that's my thoughts but if you guys read it like let us know what you think yeah and I don't know why I just think my my stance on the hills have changed like I was so obsessed when we watched it and over the last couple years I'm just like I don't care like now it's getting like sad no and like with the reboot like everything got canceled right they told you they don't care but so i think a lot of people aren't interested in like the hills is new beginnings but there is interest for like reliving the past reliving the past and getting the behind

the scenes stories and like what was that really like Because very few people experience that sort of level of fame like they did. Agreed. And I'm sure it's a great book. And I didn't know me and Audrina had so much in common. Like we both, you know, hung out with Leonardo DiCaprio. That's so interesting to me.

I love that. Yeah. It's called choices to the hills and back again. And I'm just wondering why the word choices, is that like one of her quotes from the show? Oh, that's actually a good call. I feel like, yeah. Like did someone say like an iconic scene?

Because like, I want to forgive you. If like Lauren wrote a book, it'd be called Forgive and Forget. Right. Or did someone say something to Audrina that was like about making a choice or something? I'm sure that's what it is because it's otherwise a kind of random. Yeah. Did Lauren make Audrina choose between her and Justin Bobby? Maybe. And she chose him. Was it an Audrina's choice?

Audrina's choice is the new D'Andra's choice. 100%. Which was the new Sophie's choice. Yeah. And that's called growth. Yeah. That's the new book news. Speaking of, Redhead's episode comes out the first Thursday of August. We're actually recording next week. So I'm going to start the book today. What book is it?

If I have a moment. It's called A Flicker in the Dark by Stacey Willingham, I think. It's a Danish choice, which is always pretty good. But this is unlike other Danish choices because it's a thriller. She's never chosen one of those before. It sounds spooky. And I keep seeing it like on all the Goodreads lists. So I think it's the perfect book for us to be reading.

I'm really excited. And I've been loving a thriller. Like I just wanna be, I just wanna feel something, you know? Speaking of, I need to address some rumors about me. What are the rumors? So I'm getting a lot of messages actually. I didn't realize how influential I was. Like people, um, like I can't find your Goodreads help.

And I need to, how many messages do you get? Actually like a bunch. Every time I recommend a book, I get like a bunch, but look what happened to your Goodreads? Why can't I find you on Goodreads? Um, I have made the personal choice to step back from my public Goodreads life. Um, it just got to a place where where like I was so conscious that everyone could see what book I was going to choose next that like it actually made me like kind of self-conscious and I just feel like reading is very personal yeah and like if I wanted to read like a self-help book or like a book on depression like I don't know like I didn't like that like everyone could see it you know I mean you know I do understand that it's very personal and I completely respect your decision

so I just um I did it and then I wanted to talk it through with everyone and just let you know, like, I made a new highlight on my Instagram, sharing books that I like. I'm just no longer going to be, like, I'm a really private person, you know? So it's just like, I need to be private. That's like so shy of you.

But I love that for you. I'm surprised so many people do public Goodreads. No, I feel like reading- I've said this so many times in the past. It never like became, it never bothered me enough for me to ever like go private on Goodreads no I said this so many times in the past it never like became it never bothered me enough for me to ever like go private on goodreads or even you know hide a book that I was reading but I've said so many times it is so personal that you know the books you're reading are out there but it's just like what I said before about being a mama like any book that

I'm gonna read I stand by I stand by yeah I good about, and I would show it to the world. Yeah, no, I just, I guess it becomes so, you know, connected to reading. I'm,

I'm very protective of it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's how it goes. 100%. Okay, so what are you reading now?

The sequel to, to Love, Jason Thorne, and it's called To Hate, Adam Conner, and it's so cute. I'm obsessed. Everyone was like, I wasn't going to read the sequel after the first one, but hate Adam Connor. And it's so cute. I'm obsessed. Everyone was like, I wasn't going to read the sequel after the first one, but everyone was like,

the sequel is actually better. And I don't agree with that, but it's super cute. Great. Loving it. I'm almost done. That's so amazing. Yeah. I'm in like, I'm in my rom-com era. I'm missing the hotel Nantucket. You guys, if you're on the fence about reading the new Ellen Hildebrand, I would say go for it. It was really good. You good you finished it yeah I finished it yesterday and like I've still been thinking about it and like she really never misses and even her books that are like meh which I've read a few um it's crazy how she keeps churning out premium content like about the same sort of thing yeah no she's extremely talented um my only complaint about her the queen is she's extremely verbose and if she could do like you know a series of short stories like 200 to 300 pages. She actually has. If you recommend a book to me and it's

under 300 pages like I don't care what it's about like I'm reading it. Are you going to read Tom Segura? It's definitely on my list. I just like I haven't been into celebrity memoirs recently. Yeah. The last one I read was Open Book and I think that just ruined all celebrity memoirs for me because Jessica Simpson was so vulnerable and honest. Can I have a sip of your coffee again? I'm so thirsty. I asked you when you came over if you wanted a coffee. And I'm feeling just like my coffee is just over there. Like I can't. Oh just go get it. I'm just not feeling like I have enough energy you know. Because you need a sip of coffee to go and get it. Stunning. You make such a good coffee. Thank you. That's so sweet of you

to say. Okay. I'm energized now. I can move on. Okay. Are you ready for our next story? Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner are joining calls, urging Instagram to stop copying TikTok. Oh, okay. Okay. Sorry. I thought the headline meant they're like getting on the phone with Instagram. No, they're joining everyone reposting the same thing, which says make Instagram, Instagram again. Stop trying to be TikTok. I just want to see cute photos of my friends. Sincerely, everyone. So people are posting this graphic,

which yeah, straight facts. And Kim and Kylie agree. And I actually think that Instagram might hear them. And the graphic came on the heels of everyone getting this update, which I have not gotten. What is it? Marco and Ben and my friend Abe call me they were like my Instagram is black I'm like what are you talking about check mine's totally fine because I'm always the last person

on the planet on girl on the job I still don't have comments like separated by top comments it goes um chronological there's something wrong with my account I swear to to God. But they were like, oh, our Instagram's black and the feed is so different. It looks like TikTok now because it's like reels and like it swipes differently. So a lot of people got that update and that's why this graphic is going. But you didn't get it is what you're saying?

I don't know. I mean, I'm always accidentally- Is your Instagram black? Like the background, you know, it's white when you scroll? I always had it on dark mode. Oh, okay. So I wouldn't know the difference. Maybe I do have it because I'm always accidentally like in a reel of a nobody nobody yeah did i talk about this on the show how i'd get like no you didn't um in my algorithm of photos i get like

actual nobodies like in my feed true randoms and then we all have like 47 likes that must be like the magic number and then it comes to see me where's the true randoms so in my feed all day every day it's so bizarre I send them to Claudia so she can understand what I'm experiencing I don't know if anyone gets it the content has nothing to do with me it's not even people like aspiring influencers or like aspiring to go viral it's like people's personal photos coming through my feed no that's bleak for sure so are the people who follow you no we couldn't have less in common no instagram is so weird and every time they release an update that guy moseri you know him moseri adam moseri yeah he's like the official spokesperson for whenever anything happens so his instagram he'll And every time they release an update, that guy, Mosseri, you know him? Mosseri? Adam Mosseri?

Yeah. He's like the official spokesperson for whenever anything happens. So his Instagram, he'll go live. He'll do a series of stories. He'll put up a reel explaining the new thing. And he's so manipulative the way he's gaslighting us into thinking this is all better. And he does it because Instagram, everything they do now, they say, we at Instagram, we back creators.

We want to support creators. We want to help them them build their businesses we want to help them create revenue streams so they're gaslighting us into thinking like it's all going to get better and then we see what they actually they're talking about and it's trash and of course anytime a an interface changes people freak out like remember when every other month Facebook would like rejigger their home home screen yeah yeah yeah and people would literally be sending around hacks to get the old one back. But then eventually you got used to it. Yes. So I think like with Instagram,

they just think they can keep doing shit and we'll get used to it. Like I'm still not used to it. Yeah, that's true. But now that I think about it, my Instagram story views are like almost double right now. And I don't know if that's because of the new algorithm or because like I'm moving and I'm interesting right now and people are interested. are interested probably both but my my views have been up as

well and like a year ago they hit an all-time low interesting yeah they're up a lot okay if it's because of the algorithm I thought it was just like me being like so interesting um that's definitely what it is like you're so gorgeous how could you not get millions and millions no no but I've always been like gorgeous actually in fact I used to be more gorgeous um so me I don't I think it was because I was interesting and like people want to like follow my move and my journey um I feel like that has to be a part of it either way I'm not complaining you'll take it yeah I'm not complaining and I already had my Instagram on dark mode so as long as you can get these randos off my feed yeah but now I'm like kind of feeling endeared towards them like what happened to jess did she go to her family reunion did she you know reconcile with her brother no never know

literally like not even it's not even people like jess going to her like she sounds toasty it's like a little girl's like instagram and it's like her like selfies that and she she has to be like eight you have to comment you have to boost it like her instagram she was too young to even be on instagram i agree yeah i feel that i went to her page she had like 12 photos and they were all just like well you should go to her page find her mom's page and reprimand her for letting her daughter but like instagram is you're supposed to be for 13 and up so like not only is this girl clearly younger than 13 but she's being promoted through the feed.

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Variety has reported. Both stand-in hosts have reportedly signed long-term contracts with Jeopardy, which will see them co-host the show, as well as the upcoming Celebrity Jeopardy series. I mean, this is what, a year after Alex Trebek died? It was November 2020, so we're coming up on two years, so a little less than two years. I mean, that's a crazy long time, and I definitely understand, like, needing to test people. Yeah.

But it's kind of messy, you know? The thing about Jeopardy is, like, it's consistency. Not even messy, but it's like, this was a whole long whole long thing like who's going to be the next alex trebek and it just feels so weak sauce let down tell yeah and it's like this how and it's like not even an announcement it's like they've been doing it and now they're gonna keep doing it it's like instead of being like the reveal is here who will it be behind the curtain and the winner is Aaron Rodgers like it's it's no there's something like let down about it because it's been so long and then also it's like two people and it's also

two people who we already know like we're doing it for the last year like it's just gonna be like we never came to a decision and this whole whole thing of like who will be in the next alex trebek is there is no next alex trebek is the moral of the story and i think that that is a shitty position for jeopardy to be in because they need the one they and it could have been either of these two as long as they made a choice i like and you know what that's what arjuna patras is talking about choices and jeopardy did not make a choice. And like this bothers me. I agree. And I think the reason why Jeopardy has become like a cornerstone of American culture is

because it's so consistent. Like no matter what's going on in the world, you can turn on Jeopardy at 7 or whenever, 7.30. And you can watch your favorite guy do his job. And now it's like. Or a girl. Well, no, now it's like I'm going to be, you know, is it going to be Mayim? Is it going to be Ken?

What if I don't watch Jeopardy really? What if I don't like one of them and now I'm watching Jeopardy half the time yeah and I just think there was something like so cool about the genesis of Ken Jennings being a former winner obviously a really well-known one holds the record and then you know one day becoming the host and yes that isn't what happened but it just feels like a little like it's like it's not I'm just not loving it it just takes the like the punch out of it you know yeah it's it's not my favorite decision that the network has made and I think it's a mistake even if they said and the winner is Mayim I would say yay Mayim is the next Alex Trebek how cool actually I would have thought that's a mistake well I just wanted just wanted a choice. Yeah, no, I know. And I feel like everyone just like sort of never makes a choice these days.

Yeah. And I just feel like basically they went out of their. It feels like no one wants to make a choice these days. 100%. Get your fucking ass up and make a choice. It really feels like they just went out of their way to do everything not to give it exclusively to Ken Jennings because it really should have been him. Yeah, I agree.

He was such so the obvious choice from the second people started wondering who would take over um and they like threw him a bone he did a couple and then people liked him and he was good at it too like i watched in the beginning he was a little awkward because he's not a television person yeah um but practice makes perfect and he's very good now and he's like started to make jokes when i was searching for stories people were like he like made like kind of like an inappropriate joke. That's what I was going to say.

He was in the news recently because he made a crazy joke on the show NSFW. Well, the headline was like, you're not going to believe fans are flipping out. And I read it. I'm like, that's like not that crazy. And it also wasn't that funny. Okay. So here's the joke. The joke came during the double jeopardy round

in the active Bible verses category. The clue read, since no one had done this for 40 years, God told Joshua to get a knife and do this to male Israelites. And the witness said, what is circumcised? And he, this is funny. He said, that is correct. A painful $2,000 dollars for you like that's literally like so not like a big deal it's a word no that's like true clickbait at its finest that's also okay

so that's what alex used to do like just insert his personality very short very small because you don't want just like a sounding board you want someone you're in america's homes you know you want someone with a personality someone who who could laugh. That is really funny. No, and people are quaking, like relax. Also, it's so crazy how people are like, oh my God, NSFW. And it's like, do you see what's on television these days? He said the word painful about circumcision.

Like there's literal, like. No, it's so dumb. No, like every award, like it's so crazy what people watch, what we're exposed to every single day. Right. That's really not that unsafe for work. He called a circumcision painful and we're all like clutching our pearls. No, like if you cut off a piece of your toe, like, wouldn't that be painful?

We're clutching our pearls when it's like, have you seen what's happening? Like, it's so dumb. It's so dumb it's so dumb anyways um congrats to what i was gonna say what i was gonna say is like you said that ken is the obvious choice probably and he's doing a good job which makes me feel like and i haven't watched it so i can't say but which makes me feel like mine like crushed it as well i'm sure by the way because she's a full-blown actress so she's used to like TV. I'm sure she's very good at like reading off the teleprompter and stuff and she's a really she's an academic. She's an intellectual. She's a like neurobiologist or something before she got famous so she really was a great candidate. Yeah. And she would have been great if it was her but I would

have preferred Ken just because of the it's like keeping it in the family. Yeah. And I guess their way of keeping it in the family is to i guess their way of keeping it in the family is to hire beyond my aim who's like in science you know she's a woman in stem she is and so there you have it after a year and a half of who will it be when will it be it will be so so it's just like want want want want the word that came to mind was weak sauce yes and the word that came to mind for me was whatever sauce but that's just the difference between you and i well when sage comes out with her line she'll have a whatever sauce and she'll have a weak sauce and you can choose which one you want to use because you have choices and you should make one can i

tell you don't use both sauces they don't go well together can i tell you how um i can't feel my foot because it's so cold in here? And I'm not complaining at all. But like my foot, I literally, it's freezing. And I did text Zach at 8 o'clock because we were going to podcast at 930. I said, can you go fill up the room with air conditioning now so that by the time we get there, it's nice and cold? And he did. And I'm so grateful.

I'm so cold. And I hate to complain about being cold because that's like being too rich. You know, you can't be too cold in my opinion. You sound like Tom Brady. I'm chilly. You're like Tom Brady. Chili. You're the Tom Brady of temperature. And you're brutal to lay on my feet. I'm literally going to have to go to the hospital.

That's why I keep, go right here, it's warm. Oh, Bryson. Sexy man. Bryson, you're the heating pad now. I'm freezing. No, my toe is numb. But that's just like saying I'm too happy, you know? Like you can't be too. I'm too full. You know, like you can't be too.

I'm too full. Too loved. Yeah. Unless you're Bryson. Yeah. How warm is he? That's why I've been petting him like crazy. I didn't realize.

Go under his belly. Oh my God. Put your hand right there. You guys, I like, I hate to complain about, you know, the air because I'm, I'm a girl who appreciates good air and. This is some good air. This is spectacular. So i'll just wear socks tomorrow it's spectacular is that what i said no it's because it's air that's spectacular

name of today's episode for sure we have choices it's the name of today's episode okay because you have them don't forget that and here's the thing about choices typically when you really for most things small also, there's no wrong choice. You know, like I'm choosing between like hardware or something like small for my house. And it's like, don't get bogged down. Just make the choice. It's really going to be fine. Like sure, in general, she should have gone to Paris, Lauren Conrad, instead of staying

home with Jason. And there she made the wrong choice. But typically, just make the choice. The only wrong choice is not making one. But typically there's just make the choice. The only wrong choice is not making one. Well, that's true. And just letting things happen to you. Be decisive.

Make a choice. It'll be fine. It's really not a big deal. She unburdened herself, y'all. She und the burden. I did. Our next story, Klondike has made a choice and this is the wrong one. The wrong one. Klondike has chosen to discontinue the Choco Taco after almost 40 years.

Fans of Klondike's Choco Taco, including Claudia Asher, are saying goodbye to the beloved ice cream truck Mainstay. The dessert giant discontinued the iconic chocolatey treat that's been sold for almost four decades, People has confirmed. They are doing the hard-hitting confirmations. According to a rep for Klondike which is a dream job literally the choco taco was entirely discontinued in july due to an unprecedented spike in demand for different klondike products over the past two years like what no i don't

believe that i really believe they're lying literally even though like let's talk about the choco taco before we talk about them getting canceled or discontin, let's talk about the Choco Taco. Before we talk about them getting canceled or discontinued, let's talk about the Choco Taco conceptually. Because the Choco Taco, or at least every time I've had one, which is many, they're always like a little bad. Like they're like kind of stale, the taco part. What you're saying is so factual, like conceptually i just saw your article like that picture look show everyone on youtube the picture you just had of the choco taco

no it was like white go back to that article you were just sorry grandma that that oh turn around i don't know if you guys can see on youtube this picture of the choco taco looks like a heaven on a plate never in my life have i actually seen a choco taco that looked even remotely similar to that they're usually like really flat well that's like with a lot of food photography but i agree the waffle shell is already soggy from the ice cream how could it not be stale so it's better conceptually than it is in um execution what if you went to like an ice cream shop and got a made to order choco taco now that is something obviously um but i just think instead of you know throwing the baby out with the bath water they should have just made the

bath water not stale you know what i mean like work on the recipe but i don't think it was discontinued because it was stale i just think like people are opting out of chocolate tacos but i don't think that they are because if that's the case and i really here this is what it actually looks like yeah that's a realistic it's literally like when you order something online versus when you get it, when it arrives in the mail. You guys can't even see, but if you've had one, you know, if you've had one, you know, and if you haven't had one, go get one because they're getting discontinued. What is with things getting discontinued? Like it's so final, you know, cause I got my makeup done for a wedding in Montreal with our friend Lauren and she put on this gorgeous lip liner and I was like, what is it?

And she was like, literally it's this random Rimmel one that's been discontinued. I bought like 10 of them on eBay five years ago. And now I like use them very sparingly. Um, and I've never, you know, loved a liner that much. And it's just like, why, why make something if you're going to discontinue it? You know what I mean? Yeah. It's just hurtful. And it's playing with our emotions. Yeah. People, they chose that product. Now they have to choose something else it's the thread you know this show is like a comedy special there's always a thread yeah that ties the beginning to the end 100 and no and then that's usually the title 100 i don't know if you guys notice that but that's what we do we do it um unintentionally yeah and no one naturally and

organically but it's what we're doing every one of these episodes is a comedy special but i had an update for that story that i wanted to share with you hold on which one choco choco taco because olivia actually told me about this update serena williams's husband reddit 4chan yeah um what's his name alexis right alexia alexis ohanian let me just find it hold on i literally screenshotted it where the fuck is it oh yeah um he tweeted dear at unilever i'd like to buy the rights to your choco taco and keep it for melting away from future generation um generations childhoods so if there's like hope in the resurrection of the choco taco and our leader is a man who started reddit and i have my problems

with him because reddit is a toxic platform but this could be the thing to make Alexis Uhanian get back into my heart. Or maybe he'll send a Choco Taco to all of the Redditors and they'll be so busy enjoying life. That they can't troll. Love that. Are you ready for our fifth and final story? The final story.

We have instruments. I'm not getting up. And they're in the cellophane and they're for harry he would want us to use them it's a battle story bruno put your ass on my feet by the way jackie anything can be an instrument if you try hard enough yeah i use my microphone right your mouth can be an instrument your hands can be an instrument even your hair could be an instrument your nails can be an instrument kind of okay If they weren't broken and frail. Okay, Mr. Schneebly, calm down. I'm literally Dolly Parton.

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will be hosted in the UK on behalf of Ukraine. So next year's Eurovision was supposed to be in the Ukraineraine because a ukrainian folk group won this year and that's how it works like whoever wins hosts the next year right and they can't uh host it in war toward ukraine right now so the uk will be picking up the mantle because sam rider came in second place and uk came in second place so so much to unpack here first of all i didn't even realize eurovision 2022 happened me neither last year Eurovision was like such a big part of my I loved the experience like being a part of something and then I would like hear the Eurovision songs and I was like oh I watch yeah I watch Eurovision yeah and I didn't even know that happened I googled it happened in

May no same and I like follow Sam Ryder the UK guy I really really like him and I knew he was the representative for the UK and I was so excited for him and I was like ready to watch literally had not one idea that it had already happened was it not streamed on Peacock again like it was last year because you're you know our resident Eurovision expert you didn't even know no I had no fucking idea so excited for 2023 like someone get the rights please because we love eurovision here and i love sam rider and this is just one of those like rare occurrences where like not um what's the word i'm looking for like not political but like um world events yeah like colliding with and like changing i feel like it happens sometimes with the olympics like yes impacting like social events

pop culture um so that's interesting and i I didn't know that Ukraine had won, but if I had watched and saw them win, I would have imagined they wouldn't have been able to host. Yeah, but the one in the UK, I think will have a lot of Ukrainian elements and it will be as if it's in the Ukraine. You know, it's not gonna be like Union Jack. It's not gonna be the Queen's Jubilee.

No, no, no. They're going to honor Ukraine. Right, right. As they should. So I think that's great. I love Eurovision. Me too eurovision like when i love sam rider and did you know that he came in second place with a called a song called spaceman which is pronounced but chairman do you know that he that's the song he's saying at the queen's jubilee that we watched when he was wearing that union jacket i listened to it this morning because i was like this was all new news it's so

crazy like we're so plugged in yet when i read this story I was like Eurovision happened Ukraine won I didn't even hear Ukraine won yeah like where was Eurovision anyway so then I was like okay I want to hear this song Space Man and it did it didn't sound like you know when you listen to a song for the first time and it's like mumbo jumbo no it's just like words right so it did sound like a song to me and that is because it was at the Queen's Jubilee also um really really quick what did I want to say oh i know obviously it's eurovision so it has nothing to do with us but like please let us get involved i would love for us to be a part of it like to root for america um and i totally get why we can't whatever but it's like i'm kind of jealous that we don't have that and i think nbc recently tried to do their own version of that with the great american song contest oh

and that they had because i was just thinking we should have a, you know, America vision that's every state sends a representative. And then I was thinking, didn't someone just try to do that? And they tried their best because they had Queen Kelly Clarkson be the host, which means like, that's as good as it's going to get. It wasn't ever going to get a better host. But it was on NBC and it didn't feel like the thing with Eurovision, it's like, it's a part of the government. Like, it's not like, you know, CBS Europe, like it's, it's a part of the government. It's not like CBS Europe. It's just integrated into culture so much. Whereas this NBC one, they cast people.

It just didn't feel as authentic. The crazy thing about Eurovision is I think you have to be selected by your prime minister. It's so a part of European culture and it's a part of the parliament and shit. It's cool. Yeah. And it's upsetting. It didn't feel official the great american it just felt like another the voice yeah i agree or like catching

kelsey we're sending one girl from every state and i didn't even know who won yeah but i like this idea okay try again and if you do it right like come to us and it's done and we'll get involved i think like whenever the government does something they like mess it up because they're like so low budget and gross. But like it needs to be like the Department of Arts. You know what I mean? Like something like that. Yeah, I agree.

I don't know if there's an art department in the government, but. But I do feel like and with the one time I did watch Eurovision, like it does feel kind of political. Like the people that each country votes for, like they actually weren't like the most talented. Oh, I think so. I do think the fact that it's official and political makes it legit but it also makes it so that it's not really merit-based it's just like countries that are allies voting for each other we were watching and then the

voting happened like there was clearly three or four acts that were the best and then everyone would come out with their votes and basically how it works is like you give you know second place whoever you thought was like the third best gets five votes whoever you thought was the second best gets 10 votes whoever you thought was the first best will get 20 votes and it was like all these fucking random countries like not obviously like the best ones no like so that was frustrating I agree I find the scoring on Eurovision maybe this is just us not being European and not really understanding it because I've only watched for like the last three years but people in Europe literally are like raised on it maybe they understand it more I do not

understand the um scoring at all no the scoring i like that you know everyone gets points no but like i don't understand like who's considered good because i'm like that person's donk right i just feel like you guys are friends like you're in neighboring countries no but maybe it's really just like our american taste in music and culture maybe maybe maybe maybe they like different things in malta i loved malta 2021 by the way same and she was robbed a hundred percent she was robbed yeah there's actually a lot of people um who like are now in mainstream especially in america like in popular culture who are from eurovision main skin yeah i want you one but when they won i was like what did we watch the same thing literally same i'm like who is this but are they that band are they that talented they are I want you. They won. But when they won, I was like, what? Did we watch the same thing? Literally same.

I'm like, who is this? But are they that band? Are they that talented? They are. Like, they're so popular. Also, the girl who won when it was in Tel Aviv the next year, Netta, her songs are so viral on TikTok. Like, she's the biggest pop star in Israel.

Like, there actually are a lot of people and a lot of songs that you know and you don't realize they originated in Eurovision. Yeah. There's a ton from TikTok and um social media. Yeah and I yeah I can't think of them right now but I do know. But like I'm jealous like I feel left out like I'm definitely having FOMO and I'd like to be a part of it. Yeah that's true but at least you um you can root for Israel. Yeah that's true. So those were the past five. You definitely did not need to know them but you did need to hang out with your girls for an hour and now it's lunchtime. I think you needed to know them like Audrina

Patridge has written her memoirs do with that what you will eurovision has moved to the uk and by the way it happened this year you needed to know and you need to know that you have choices and you should make them and don't let them pass you by 100 and you also know about that it's national anti-day you need to know that but life is really just an amalgamation of your choices you know what i'm loving adrena patridge's title i'm loving it girl i i feel you i need to read this book now um and i need to put a sock on my foot that's cold no i literally need to go to a sauna because and i don't want to complain like i hate that's like saying you know something is too good you know this meal is too good yeah this room is too cold well you could have a meal that's like too rich and it's good

but it's too much but i didn't say rich i. Well, you could have a meal that's like too rich and it's good, but it's too much. But I didn't say rich. I said good. It's too much. Goodness. That's like saying Bryce is too cute. You know, it's not possible. Can't have too much of a good thing.

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