The Toast - Weenies for Ceasefire: Friday, March 15th, 2024

Episode Date: March 15, 2024

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Good morning, Millennials. Welcome back to the Toasted. Happy Friday. Oh my God. If you're watching on YouTube, you can see the smile on my face. If you're listening as a podcast, you can hear the joy in my voice. It is Friday and it's not a lie. It's not a dream. Like we're going to wake up and it's actually Monday. You guys, it's fucking Friday. It's not a drill. We're not going to be like later in the show.

Oh no. Oh, we thought it was Friday I feel like we've never mistaken a Friday because that energy is unlike anything it's unmistakable it's unmistakably Friday welcome back to the toast everyone what a week it's been a great week honestly productive you know it wasn't like the shortest week it wasn't like the longest week it was just a week and it was good it was good and you know it wasn't great it was good what more could you ask for you really can't ask for anything more than what we had well that's true classic it was a good week I think was like our first full week not together so our first full remote week in a while and And that was hard, obviously.

But we got through it together. All of us together. We're all in this together. Some would say devastating. That we're not together. But it's okay. It's going to be okay. We have plans to be together a lot in the next few months.

Yeah. So that buoys me. And I might as well like enjoy this quiet time. I might as well. I have no peace and no quiet time. I'm, you know, rearing a child. 13 weeks left me alone. Ben left me alone with the puppy.

And I don't want to kind of slander Romeo's name, but he did bite me yesterday. He's a bad boy. We were actually on the phone on FaceTime. Yeah. And I know he like nips and that's what puppies do and like for the most part it doesn't hurt but no he caught a thumb and I have a mark and I was in a lot of pain he went into the crate is it him or does he have extra sharp teeth he's teething my Romeo what big teeth you have he I don't know i don't have you know other teeth to compare it to it's just like

you know teeth it's giving teeth and i don't know it just show me what i do know is it hurt i'm sorry for the hurt to be to be hurt in my own home my own bed you know it was tough your safe space your sanctuary exactly well I'm sure he had his reasons. I think he thought my finger was the bone. Just like Brew. Brew. How is Brew after the Great Palmetto attack of 2024? Bruno is good.

He's still acting like he didn't see anything. Gaslighting mommy. Yeah. Really gaslighting his mommy. But the exterminator was here today, so actually Brew was out of house. Protecting his peace and his toxins yeah of course um he got the boot mr brew he's over at trout's who am i bruno avoiding the palmetto so that he doesn't have to do anything about it who am i who am i bruno pretending like he doesn't see the palmetto so that mommy can be struggling

out here on her own while daddy's seeing dune too. Dune. Can we talk about Dune? Like I feel like when Dune 1 came out, everybody like collectively was like, OK, and like it was just it was giving so random and unnecessary. We're like, OK, good luck with your franchise. Now Dune 2 and it's a franchise and everybody's like Dune 2. Like when did everybody change? I thought we were like always making fun of Dune. I heard Dune 1 was like the worst movie on the planet. I don't know what I heard, but I do know it's based on a book. So that gives it more gravitas. Yeah, I guess.

And I guess we're just in Dune era right now. I mean, it's keeping duty like the title. I don't know. I actually think if I took the time to watch it, I would like it. For sure. That's the vibe I'm getting from it. That it's quality. Also, do you think two people on this earth, you know, who are of our age,

use the word duty more than we do? What do other people call poop? Like. I think like S-H-I-T. Okay. Okay. But if you don't say. By the way, why can't you say shit?

Because I don't like saying it about. Po i think that's you like to use it more to describe like a pile of stuff yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah so yeah yeah i'm glad that we've parsed that out but do you see people say like poopy like what do people say i think they say what I said they don't say but they should say crap yeah but I reserve crap for other stuff for a pile of stuff for someone something's a piece of crap yeah and by the way things are always pieces of crap especially these days stop it's not made with love the word is more important than ever and we have to protect the sanctity of the word so that it doesn't get like overused and lose its meaning, much like other words, you know, all the time.

All the time. Today's show is great because it's Friday, which means we're just going to be in good spirits. Like that sort of, you know, positivity will radiate throughout the show. And it's Friday, which means we have Queenie and Weenie of the Week. I've had my Weenie of the Week penciled in my notepad on my phone for about seven days. That was the easiest decision I've ever made. And I bet you can all guess who it's going to be.

No spoilers. So many weenies this week. And usually I'm Queenie first. I lead with Queenie, but I had a hard time with Queenie. With Queenie, welcome to my life. I have three possibilities. None of them are like it, you know, they're just all decent. Okay, we'll talk about them. We'll talk you through and we You know, they're just all decent.

OK, we'll talk about them. We'll talk you through and we'll get to the final answer. Yeah. We'll also get to the fast five. How are the stories today? The stories are really good. Love that. They're really, really good. There's a lot to talk about and I look forward to it. And so I don't need to dilly dally too long. I don't think we're ready yet. I don't think we're ready yet. I was in what? Three minutes? It's been, oh my God, six and a half. I was going to say like, let's dive in, but absolutely not. What else do you want to talk about? Well, I made pico de gallo yesterday. I'm sure everyone saw. Huge news for the community. Because I had gone to the farm last weekend and I got peppers and tomatoes. You made pico de gallo. I did make pico de gallo. And I used my new chopper from Amazon.

And it just is a gorgeous thing. And then I needed limes. Olivia grows limes. I went over to her house, picked off a lime. My neighbor. You guys are literally living in a commune. Like our lives could not be more different. I was giving community garden.

Then my neighbor has a garden. So I was like, are you growing cilantro? And she wasn't sure. So I just went over there and I don't think there was cilantro. I think you mean parsley. I think you mean cilantro. Parsley and cilantro are cousins. And I might've grabbed some parsley. I didn't put it in though, but it really got me motivated to start my own garden. I think it's time. I actually had a dream about a week ago. I think when I was in St. Bart's that I started a garden. It was kind of a crazy dream. And then I was on Wayfair last night because I got like a targeted ad for like some kids outdoor toys.

So I was like, oh, OK, let me see what this is about. I didn't need it. But I just started searching chicken coop. Oh, please. I actually don't think the chicken life is for you. No, I I thought that I was like I could never have chickens like I'm scared of a palmetto it's also gross I still feel that way no the thing is it's not that gross I was at someone's residential chicken coop last week and it was

so cute and like residential I didn't even realize like someone who had a chicken coop in their backyard I didn't even realize it was a chicken coop and then like the chickens were like so cute and they had their own tings going on and they didn't make noise they're not roosters they don't crow in the morning and they get farm fresh eggs for breakfast like it's not happening yet I'm just letting you guys know I put the search in Wayfair is not where I would go after all I was on Wayfair last night as well let me just tell you they are milking that Kelly Clarkson partnership for all it's worth. Did you see her? She's literally the banner of the whole website.

Looking good, Kelly. Looking good. We talked about this on Freaking Fred, but we actually didn't make it a story. And it was, it's kind of so major that perhaps we should have. Kelly Clarkson got bangs. Oh, I thought you were going to say Boeing.

No, we talked about that on Freaking Fred too. But I think. And it's also so major. Maybe we should make it a story. Equally big news, Kelly Clarkson is rocking bangs, and let me tell you, she's looking fab. I saw a picture. I just feel like whenever, like bangs

aren't newsworthy to me. I can't explain it. Well, I think, you know, celebrities really abused the privilege of like dropping bangs on people because nine times out of ten it was fake. They're always fake. It was clip in, so it's like cool. It's just like fool me once clip-in. So it's like, cool. It's just like, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

I'm not going to be a fool. Kelly's look real. Kelly can never fool me. Like, she never made me feel foolish. She never would. Yeah, she never would. And even if, like, I was being a fool, like, that's on me. That's not on KC.

It would never be on KC. Speaking of KC, KC Musgraves' new album dropped this morning. I know. So exciting. I've been loving Deeper Well. Like I can't even tell you how that song just is so gorgeous. And we're back. KC, we're back.

We're back. But what's so confusing is she keeps using the one same piece of artwork for the single. And then she came out with two singles, same piece of artwork. And then the album dropped today with the same piece of artwork and if I hadn't done some digging I would have just thought it was more deeper well the song thank you I only know that the album what came out the weird marketing I only know the album came out because Jake Shane was like creaming his pants over it and like talking about it I was like oh I guess the album's out I agree weird launch she took one picture thing is, I have a very complicated relationship with Kacey Musgraves because I literally invented her. Like you hookers, everybody loves her.

Like I really can't get into it. I invented Kacey Musgraves from her first song ever released. Like you bitches don't know pageant material. You never will know pageant material because you're fraudulent as fuck. And then Golden Hour came out. And of course, like this. What about Sam Charler different park? you never will know pageant material because you're fraudulent as fuck and then golden hour came out and of course like this what about sam charler different park yeah of course by the way and now everybody goes back and they know like follow your arrow mary go around like you don't know pageant material like you don't you never will i do dime store cowgirl bitch ass

mother fuck like i know i know you don't then golden hour came out like of course minute one like we invented golden hour I knew it from the second it came out it got popular of course it won grammy and then like she became a media darling pop queen everybody loved her and then like when everybody loves something it just like ruins it when you loved it first and then I will say I did feel like the most recent album that I can't even remember the name. Breadwinner. Star-crossed. Star-crossed. Did she come out with an album between Golden Hour and now? I'm like, she had to have, but I don't remember it.

Exactly. Star-crossed. And like the new fans ate it up. They were like, yes, Kasey. And I was just like, I know Kasey in her core. I'm like, this isn't who she is. I thought she was better than that. And I wasn't boycotting per se.

I was just not vibing no longer served you and listening this morning to Deeper Well and the album like it's Casey's back like the real Casey and I won't be surprised if like her new fans are like what is this but like this is Casey like this is what she does yeah it's really really beautiful I only got through a few songs I look forward to listening to it more. Yeah. A lot of new music, low key. Yeah, no, a lot of people announcing albums. I was just seeing people on Twitter saying, like,

the Grammys next year are going to be, like, lit. Beyonce is releasing this country album. Of course, Taylor's new album. Dua Lipa had an album. Like, all the girlies are releasing albums. Kacey Musgraves. Ari's album just came out. Ariana, exactly it's like we said that this year I felt like this year's Grammys wasn't highly competitive you know it wasn't Lemonade versus 25 right oh

that was crazy crazy I feel like this next year could be that we're getting good music and I've really been sort of on repeat listening to Beyonce's country music I know everybody loves you know this ain't Texas and it's so good but 16 carriages like don't sleep on it I feel like I'm in the process like I feel the sort of metamorphosis happening like of starting to stand Beyonce like for real it's taking over you it's taking over me like I'm really like when it comes to music like I'm so genre specific and I just love country music that's the way to my heart that's really all I fucking listen to yeah plus Taylor Swift but she's got a little country in there well she's country and roots and you're a cowboy like me perched in the dark you know yeah but that's not she's not

even the size of country music because she's a country girl. Her roots. And like when we started standing, she was country. Yeah. So many country influences. Yeah. So it's really kind of a great time for women in music. It's a great time for women in driving because I just get to drive and listen to music.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And like right now I've been listening to the Ari album. We can't be friends. Me and Tesler. But I'm going to have to switch it up now with Casey. That's where I get to listen. That's why I've been listening to so much music because I'm driving so much.

I'm also like in that sort of era. It's like people can release albums and they just can't sometimes like don't sit with you just because you're not in that space. You know what I mean? Yeah. And currently like I'm in the space of the second I walk in my house I put on Sonos and I put on like John Mayer radio so it's very like peaceful low-key not like pop your pussy music and that's

what Casey's album sounds like so far so I feel like I'm really in the I'm open to receiving that sort of musical energy no it wasn't until a few weeks ago that I was ready for Morgan Wallen's album that came out a year and a half ago. The thing is, it's just about where you are in your life. And I'm so, Keith Whitley, like I know I'm so late, but I wasn't ready and now I'm ready and I'm glad that I waited. Jackie, Keith Whitley. I'm glad that I waited to meet Keith Whitley. I will.

Because at a different time in my life, like I might have just passed him by on the street. I think Man Made a Bar, though, is probably my favorite song from the album. Obsessed with Man Made a Bar, been obsessed with it for a while, and I think we've actually talked about how much we love it already. We were talking about how much we love it, and I loved it,

and then you pointed out a lyric. I don't think I actually understood what Eric Church was saying. He kind of like mumbles his words. He's like low-key giving like drunk energy, slurring. And you gave me a whole new appreciation for the song because it's really like, the lyrics are like the sweetest song.

So sweet. It's God made the world in seven whole days. Oh, God. Said it was good. I bet it was great. It was just like cute. God made man. And man got lonely.

He said, please, Lord, if I could only have an angel to hold in my arms. So God made a girl his best work of art. to hold in my arms so god made a girl his best work of art oh but he didn't make no place to go when she breaks your heart so man made a bar like cute cute super cute like okay respecting women right like you think the song man made a bar yeah no it's giving it's it's got layers it's giving respects for women oh my god you just reminded me of something I had like kind of a kind of like a mean hot take I wanted to say please so let me scan your way people on TikTok were um you know discussing the potential ban and of course they were advocating um like that they wanted it to stay because a lot of people

like this is their job um and some of their content like really was, they were advocating against the ban, but it really gave the ban a good reason. They were being so like really, the thing is there are merits on both sides, like as to why it should stay, why it should go, yada, yada. But to sort of deny any of like the actual concerns.

Legitimate reasons for why it should go. Legitimate concerns about the platform. Like it's just, it's silly and it's irresponsible. And like some of the content I saw people make, like, okay, you're jealous. Like towards the congressman. It's like, you're jealous that like we're on TikTok. Like, okay, please.

It was so cringe. And I was like, you know what? Maybe we should be done with this app forever. It's time to go. It was really embarrassing yeah how are you feeling about the TikTok ban like do you feel differently than you felt early in the week like more zealous more anti no no no I'm gonna let the chips fall where they may I heard like a bunch of rich people are putting together a group I feel like this happened four years ago I remember during the Trump presidency he also was like we got to get rid of it so I remember they were Oracle people were putting

yeah and everyone was like Microsoft will buy it and then it never happened Microsoft is again a name that's in the mix for like a company that could afford it because the other companies that could afford it probably because of antitrust laws won't be able to buy it like Meta right or Google so I had seen you, a bunch of wealthy people putting together a group to try and, you know, it's a great, great business. Like if you can buy it, buy it. So I don't know.

I don't know. And at the end of the day, if you, and I had heard, if you really look into the actual bill, people are just like being dramatic on social media. It's really not a TikTok banning bill. It's a TikTok regulation bill, just forcing the app to change certain things about their privacy laws and like their data collection

to make it better and safer for everyone. It's really not a ban. But can they do that and ByteDance still own it? I don't know. So it's a forced sale, not a ban. It's either a ban or a sale. Those are the two options if the bill passes. I just feel like, my God, how lame. Like we have been talking about this for four years. Get it done. Like, you obviously, there's an issue.

Like, take care of it. The government is so slow. Yeah. And it's like, what happened in like these four years? How much information did they get? Not only that. That whole time. Irreparable damage being done.

Like, to people's psyches, mental health, and the overall culture. Some of the worst takes I've seen in my life. Yeah. Oh, actually, when I was, oh, thank you for reminding me. Something else I wanted to talk about when I was going on a, you know, research and development mission last night, seeing what people were saying about the TikTok ban. Now, I did see a bunch of, you know, pro-Palestinian content creators saying actually the Zionists are doing this because they want to buy the platform to control the media. And they were like, bear with me. And they had like all this sort of evidence.

I'm like, you guys are some of the dumbest people I've ever met in my life. Like it was so crazy. It was so anti-Semitic. Like these people think they're being slick because they're saying the craziest shit, but they're not saying Jews. They're saying Zionists. So they think they're getting- People really fall for that.

People really think that there's a difference. And then there's a handful of Jews who are like, not all Jews are Zionists. So it's not anti-Semitic. Like, no, that is how we've packaged up anti-semitism for the modern age if you can't see that I can't help you no like that's the case anti-zionism is anti-semitism anyone who says no it's not like that's where it's that's where the anti-semitism starts right right no and if you just think about them replacing the word Zionist with Jew, you're like, oh, okay. 1938. Like it's giving the same energy. Yeah. Just replace the word and you'll, maybe you'll see, maybe still not. Yeah. Maybe not. Can't help you, but maybe you'll see. Think about it that way. I don't want to go down this road in terms of the conversation. Cause I would like to

save it for my weenie of the week. I think we all know I'm so excited. Like let's get to the stories because I've got this sort of passion, this sort of energy to get to theie of the week. I think we all know. I'm so excited. Like let's get to the stories. Because I've got this sort of passion. This sort of energy. To get to the end of the show. To share my weenie of the week. And I bet you can't guess who it is. No I'm excited too. But let's let the stories have their moment.

Because there's a lot there. I'm not rushing. So just set it aside. I'm not rushing. Set it aside. And you know what? Maybe the stories will inspire. New.

New nominees. Definitely not. Like I'm. Maybe for Queenie. No. Maybe for Queenie. I'm immovable. In my weenie. Maybe for Queenie. No. Maybe for Queenie. I'm immovable in my weenie. I think we know. But without further ado, here are the Fast Five stories that you need to know.

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Treat yourself to Honeylove because you deserve it. Thank you, La. A pleasure. Our first story, some major news in the world of Meghan and and harry megan markle is going back to her pre-royal roots with a new lifestyle brand called american riviera orchard so the next project from one miss megan markle is a new lifestyle brand called american riviera orchard on thursday the instagram account shared a teaser video and a nine image grid of the logo

seems to be sewed onto a napkin, American Riveting Era Orchard Montecito. And the teaser video is giving lifestyle. It's giving Nara Smith. What does that even mean, giving lifestyle? What the hell? Oh yeah. Have you watched the video? Of course I have. I'm obsessed. Let me say, I'm so here for a brand, for Meghan Markle. Like we know her, like, love a project. They love to work. They love to make money. I even thought, you know, we're always thinking, like, who can they partner with? Content, content. No, this is what she needs to be doing. Product. Like, I love. I feel like we had this idea a few months ago. Like, it's giving Joanna Gaines is what it is. She's going to be doing, like,res cooking is it homewares read in the

Daily Mail that she'll be doing a cooking show on Netflix and then selling her jams and goods jams that's just what Daily Mail said but a cooking show on Netflix for American Rare Era Orchard like sounds about right because they still have a Netflix contract they need more content and in the video she's cooking in the kitchen you know picking flowers and just being honestly a homestanding trad wife yeah by the way they have chickens she's so by the way I love this I just want to say I hate the name it's so long I don't like the name also because I feel like they're incredibly global and I usually like American in a title but in in this specific instance, it kind of doesn't work. No, that's so true.

They're globally famous. They're obviously like half British as a family. They have Canada. Oh, yeah. Ties. It's just also too long. American Riviera Orchard. A-R-O.

It's. And I feel like they have a lot of names associated with them. Archwell, Sussex. Yes. Duchess. The Tig. The Tig. First of all, the Tig would have been the perfect name for this.

I completely agree. I'm sure they had this conversation and came to the conclusion of no, but I feel like there are a lot of names that are within their world that even if it was like Archwell Living. Yeah. By the way, 1,000%. I also think there was definitely like a missed opportunity to incorporate the tig one because there's like brand association that was like her cute little blog before it wasn't super popular before but now people know the name because they were like oh my god Meghan Markle used to blog but also if it seems like actually having a website with content recipes you know ins, inspo, photography, will be a part of this,

whatever it is that she's launching, because she's going to have the cooking shows. She's going to need a home for the website, for the recipes. I feel like it's actually a missed opportunity. Yeah, no, the whole thing could have been called the Tig, and then it's like a harking back to her history. But do you think that maybe they didn't do that

because it signals steps backwards? it's like she came all she like did the show and she became a princess and she's a global star and like tried all her hand at all these things podcasting reality show blah blah blah and it's like and we're still going back to the tig so you could like and people who hate Meghan Markle like would see it that way but they're gonna see shit that way regardless I would see it as you're you know you became so big and then you're like going back to like this little thing that you loved like I would have seen it as endearing I really right but I think the going back as you said it's going back this yeah what's wrong with once you reach a level of success like going back to the basics she just has to think about so much because she's so criticized but also she's on

this you know she's this huge platform like everybody in the world not just the country the world is following what she's doing so she has to think about those things but I would have loved it on a personal note I would have really liked it too but I understand the need to like want to be looking forward and this name is bad though launching Launching something new. But the name I don't think captures them. By the way, when I hear American Riviera Orchard, none of it makes me think of Harry and Meghan. Like nothing, Orchard, I don't think about them when it comes to, you know, oranges.

I don't think about them when it comes to the Riviera. And honestly, I think of them more as British. Yeah, maybe like where they live. Maybe they have an orchard and like that's, maybe they bought an orchard and that's what it's called. You're right. Like there are so many words, places, things that I associate them with. Montecito, Canada, like so many different things.

Arch, Archwell, Archie. Sussex, Duchess. A million words that could have been used. Yeah, so that to me is not my favorite, but I'm super open. And I just wonder, it's hard. Like I think a cooking show was a great idea for her. She also like, she has a garden, there'll be home lifestyle, everything, but you need to like serious personality and charisma to pull that off. And I think she, she certainly has charisma. Like she, she has that Markle sparkle. I just

wonder if it will translate because that's really the thing yeah we've never really gotten an opportunity to see her personality shine through either she's been acting like in a tv show or like with her documentary there was so much going on it was like very high stakes it wasn't like at home with the archwells you know like not relaxed exactly exactly and you know what everybody said about her and I really felt like it came through when I watched Suits is like she has this sort of magic to her and it's about time she monetized that for real. Yeah.

I'm excited. I'm excited. I think it's a great idea. I think it should have been one of their earlier. I think it should have been one of their earlier ideas before podcasting. It's so on brand for them. So I'm glad, you know, better late podcasting. It's so on brand for them. So I'm glad, you know, better late than never. It's also on trend.

Like you said, Nara Smith, like homesteading is very in the culture right now. And it's, it feels authentic because I remember when Oprah came to her house, what was that? Five years ago? No, less. She had chickens before everybody else did. Like, I feel like this isn't an inauthentic move where I feel like sometimes when they announce stuff,

I'm like, oh, please. Like, it's very, it doesn't feel like there's a natural connection. This feels very on brand. She's just like a wealthy woman. And what do wealthy women do? They have chickens, they garden, they cook for their families.

They do things that other people don't have time to do, like making their own bread. I think it's a natural natural brand extension which it really has not felt like a lot of what they do has felt natural yeah I mean we don't know that she could like I she's not done but I can see it but I could see it too I mean in this picture in her kitchen she looks like natural no I love it I love it yeah I think there's a lot of promise and opportunity here I will be watching. And I could see like this be something that I would buy her shit, you know?

If it's good. If it's cute. Yeah. I mean, hopefully it's going to be giving like rich Nancy Meyers Coastal Grand aesthetic. I feel like that's very her. I think it will be staggered. Like I think the first thing would be a blog and a show.

And then if that does well and people like her aesthetic, she could come out with like a line of stuff. But I don't think it would be all at once. I don't think that makes sense either. No, but I do feel like there's definitely like a gap in the market when it comes to celebrity cookware I feel like Chrissy Teigen really fell off after her scandal we need like celebrity caraway you know we need we need I don't need celebrity cookware no I think not cookware like um vases bowls I was just watching a homesteading child like she had the most gorgeous mixing bowls I was like looking through the comments to see if she said where they were from

couldn't find it looked at her Amazon store maybe it was American Riviera Orchard they were really really cute but they were looked so heavy I have heavy mixing bowls I don't want to pull them off the shelf no my mixing bowls are from Amazon and then i have glass mixing bowls still even a little heavy i know i have metal like the nesting ones you have like four yeah and they store really well and they're fabulous yeah but they weren't as pretty as this woman's paint oh no she was making uncrustables from scratch of course she was i love uncrustables from scratch no i want to say i think the uncrustables like from smuckers with all the preservatives and, like, cancerous hazardous materials make it better. Like, I'm sorry. I don't think I would like a homemade.

Okay, you made me a peanut butter and jelly. Thanks. You know? Yeah, well, she said her kids had never had peanut butter and jelly before, but she wanted them to have it, so she made it from scratch. That's, like, kind of devastating for the kids. Well, not if they don't know about it. No, I'm sorry. Like, no childhood is complete

without a peanut butter I must have had 6,000 peanut butter and jellies in my time growing up you know what I kind of want a peanut butter and jelly for lunch that's one of like my favorite things I love a peanut butter and jelly you should have one for lunch yeah but like I'm gonna say something crazy is a peanut butter and jelly or like maybe I don't eat a lot of sandwiches so I'm not talking about sandwiches with like tons of deli meats and stuff I'm going to say something crazy. Is it peanut butter and jelly? Or like maybe, I don't eat a lot of sandwiches. So I'm not talking about sandwiches with like tons of deli meats and stuff. I'm talking about like two pieces of bread and like something in between. Like, like it's a snack. It's literally not filling.

Yeah. It's not filling for an adult. But a child is like half your size. I think if I had two peanut butter jellies, like that might be like decent enough to fill me up. Maybe. Yeah. No, I don't think that's crazy to say. Okay.

Also, but what I want to say about American Riviera Orchard is I don't want to wait long. I need content and I need it now. I'm not waiting months. Agreed. Get it out there. Agreed. Our next story, speaking of lifestyle queens.

Okay, Sonya Morgan. Oprah Winfrey is revealing why she left the Weight Watchers board after nearly 10 years. We also like haven't spoken about this. We haven't spoken about this and it's time to talk about it, which is why I chose this story. So Oprah Winfrey revealed that she left the board of Weight Watchers after nearly a decade because of her upcoming special about prescription weight loss medications. She said, quote, I decided that because this special was really important to me and I wanted to be able to talk about whatever I wanted to talk about and Weight Watchers is now in the business of

being a weight health company that also administers drug medications for weight she said I did not want to have the appearance of any conflict of interest she admitted in December that she used prescription medication to shed unwanted pounds after fans speculated about her dramatic weight loss for months it wasn't dramatic that That bothers me so much. Sorry. She didn't specify if she used Ozempic, Wugovic or some other drug. She said, so I resigned from the board and donated all of my shares to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. So nobody can say, oh, she's doing that special. She's making money promoting.

No, you cannot say that. She wants to be taken seriously as a voice, whether it's being critical or praising of these drugs. And if you're, you know, the chairman of a company that has a significant financial stake, Weight Watchers now has like a full telehealth. You can get GLP-1 medications. It's fabulous. And they should.

I thought that was a brilliant move. So I understand. I find it, you know, odd that she would care more about being taken completely seriously as like a voice when it comes to these sorts of medication than she would about a company she's been really involved in and I would say responsible for a lot of the success in recent years like I find that kind of crazy I find this a little crazy it's like when has it ever stopped anyone promoting something that I have a stake in or an interest in and also if you're being genuine which I think anyone would think that she is because she's on them and they've worked for her so even if she did a special

promoting weight loss drugs and she has a vested interest in weight loss drugs like that wouldn't feel incongruous to me it feels like a big to do just based on like some haters opinions and what people might say also I feel like there's a big chunk of this story like not being told because the way I remember it going down was Oprah had lost a significant amount of weight. A lot of people were speculating about whether she used the drugs or not. And it got to a point where it was like Oprah had to say something. And she was on a panel and was asked about it. And she said she wasn't on them and that it was like a cheat to use them. And I remember Taylor Strecker was co-hosting the show with me. You were on maternity leave. And we were so mad because we were both on the drugs and we were like, oh my God, we would have loved to have Oprah as our spokesperson.

Like we were just mad. And then like a month later, she said she had been using the drug. So she lied, which by the way, not sharing your experience is completely fine. Just don't put yourself in a position to have to be, to have to lie about it. Like anytime I was, I was asked about it, I had asked them to cut it out of the podcast because I wasn't ready to share. Like they had asked me on, um, out and about. And I asked Joey to cut it out because I didn't want to lie, but I also wasn't ready to share yet. And that's valid. Right. But lying, it takes it to like an annoying place. And it was just annoying that

they asked her that because like you shouldn't, somebody should offer that information up. They shouldn't be asked that question. Whatever. So I thought her stepping down had to do with the fact that she like lied, said something negative about the drug and then came clean. It was like a very bizarre launch. Got it.

What does that part have to do with this? Does it have anything to do with her stepping down? The lie? No, she said, but this is from her, that it was because she wants want she wants people to like hear what she has to say about the drugs take it seriously without thinking that she's there to make money because she has a stake in Weight Watchers yeah I don't know it's kind of like a faquacked line of thinking maybe she was just like overworking on Weight Watchers like having to be

always like responsible having to like acknowledge when she's coming out with a competing thing but why would you when you literally are the chairman of the biggest one? Could be bigger. I have to say, I saw that Oprah is doing this like primetime special. And I'm very excited about it. I would love to be part of it. Someone, you know, if you need an expert witness testimony. Because I feel like every 60 minutes, I just saw local news.

Like one woman ended up in the hospital after using ozempic and now that's like that's the headline it's like sure one woman had an adverse effect to a drug and what about the literally millions of other people who had a fabulous and that's the only thing that comes up when you google it and it's like scaring people straight you know no every time someone has diarrhea on ozempic like it's a headline no and it's so annoying because with any drug anything you put in your body like i'm sure somebody's taking advil and died like that's just what the nature and we don't say well you shouldn't take advil because one person died like we don't say that it bothers me so much so i'm ready for like a big media push like narrative

being like we should be encouraging people who are curious about it not deterring them being like well one woman had stomach paralysis like stop it really bothers me and every especially when when the media often minimizes a lot of medication averse effects like those every one instance doesn't become a headline in fact they're downplayed and so why for ozempic something that's doing way more good than harm, like an overwhelming amount of good for people, why that would be shown in a negative light. I also have like a very hot take and I don't know if people are ready to hear it, but I think it needs to be said because I recorded a TikTok about it, responding to someone's

like post about Ozempic and I didn't post it because I just wasn't in the mood for like a comment section from like the ED community. Yeah. But like having being triggered by ozempic like that's valid like if you have had some sort of experience with eating disorders or you know really toxic weight loss fine like it's not for you but and this needs to be said and i'm sorry you are the minority like it's not about you like you need to work on your triggers and and sort of protect yourself because your feelings

about like being triggered shouldn't supersede the actual millions of people who suffer from like the disease of obesity. Like it's not about you right now. So like you being mad and saying like ozempic scares you, like that's valid. Work on it yourself. Like don't make these grandiose statements deterring other people from investigating in the drug. Like the ED community, their reasons for not, not and by the way every doctor i've ever spoken to said like if you had any sort

of eating disorder whether it's like binge eating on the one extreme or anorexia bulimia on the other extreme like these drugs are not for you they would never ever prescribe you so this isn't for you this isn't about you so you can have conversations about like what it makes you feel like but to make these grandiose statements, like it's not about you. Like it's for, you're the minority here. It's for the literal millions and millions of people. And I'm talking about America of people who have obesity.

It's a disease. You wouldn't discourage, you wouldn't discourage someone else with a disease from seeking medication to cure or help or ameliorate that disease. You wouldn't discourage someone, you know, with cancer or with any, any disease. It's a disease. Just like we, you have to think about it like that. Thinking about it like treating a disease with medicine. Right. And if you can't see that and not put yourself at the center of it and realize that it's for someone else and not for you and also not be offended by it and then like take up action

against it, maybe the internet's not for you. No was real like I need the ED community first of all I come at this as an ally like I need you to de-center yourself from this conversation it's not about you so just take a step back know that these drugs are not for you that's really a lot of the issue I have with every time Jackie Goldschneider talks about ozempic because the media uses it as like a you know as a headline and Jackie Goldschreiner is the exact. Because she is a big and important voice like in just the community. We all saw her story on Housewives and are interested in what she would have to say. I thought it was powerful. Yeah. She had a crazy experience. I actually thought it was really powerful

and so every time she talks about it it bothers me because it's not for you. Yeah. And you are the last person on earth a doctor should or would ever prescribe it to. Like. Right. it's not for you. Yeah. And you are the last person on earth a doctor should or would ever prescribe it to. Like, it's not for you. And so the fact that it exists and it would be bad for you, like, doesn't mean that it shouldn't exist. You should just stay away from it. I need the eating disorder community to de-center themselves from this conversation. It's not about you. And I feel like we're always talking about them when it comes to the conversation about Ozempic and they're also oh and you know I feel like every person who has that that conversation is like and all the celebrities like stop stop it's so not about that and so Oprah giving a voice and I'm sure it's going to be you know people who have lost

a hundred pounds that's really what people have lost the same amount of weight on Ozempic than they have with like gastric sleeve like yeah and it's's non-invasive, like it's amazing. And I'm sure she's just going to have regular people who have had amazing, huge weight loss with it. And that's the story that needs to be told. So I'm actually so here for Oprah's primetime special. Beyond the weight loss, like the health issues that are caused by obesity that just start to fall away when you get healthier heart medication diabetes blood pressure like all these things come down and it's not just like oh I'm thinner and I'm feeling good it's like oh I just added years to my life. 1000% like I tell I literally just got my blood work done like I you know knock wood knock wood I'm a healthy 29 year old I've never been

able to say that ever but Claude I mean if you want like this is just another rabbit hole but there are a lot of people have a vested interest on people being medicated for all of these things and it's also bigger than just you know if everyone got super healthy that puts a lot of people out of business no it's giving dope sick for sure for For sure. Big pharma. Also, there's a big rabbit hole to go down as to why these insurance companies are not covering this medication for people. It should one that it's a lifesaving medication. It should be accessible. It should be affordable. It should not be hard to get a prescription for it. It should not be hard to get your prescription filled and it should not be hard to get your prescription covered. I'm so like passionate about this and it's a disgrace. Shame on every fucking insurance company. I know

people who have been on the phone for hours, for weeks, for months trying to get their insurance. People who have had Wigovi prescriptions and have not been able to get it covered since they got it prescribed and they've never been able to fill that prescription. Shame on those insurance companies. And beyond insurance, just the shortage of the drug in general, because I think that a lot of people's arguments go and be like, well, you're taking it away from diabetes people who need it and it's like well if everyone just understood all the benefits of it like why not make more why can't it be as accessible as the COVID vaccine like when you want to make a drug there's more of it and it's not like anything about this drug is like proprietary or that they can't get it so like

make more it's's intentional shortages. When it was first FDA approved for weight loss, I understood the shortage. Like because there was an influx of new patients. Right, right, right, right. Okay, that's supply and demand, baby. That was four fucking years ago. Like get it together.

There's no reason for these shortages. And I agree with you that the argument about like, well, you're taking it away from diabetes. First of all, we're not actually. And I think it's really important to note a lot of people see this rhetoric about, you know taking it away from diabetes. First of all, we're not actually. And I think it's really important to note, a lot of people see this rhetoric about diabetes patients and they think of it as like life-saving medication for diabetes patients and like their insulin.

It's actually not. You don't need, diabetes patients don't need Ozempic to live. I just want to say that. So an obese person and a diabetic really need the drug a similar amount. I just want to say that. and a diabetic really need the drug a similar amount. Just, I just want to say that. Second of all, if there is a shortage,

like that's not on an obese person's, an obese person. It's on the pharmaceutical companies. Billion dollar companies who can't make more of a drug that's high in demand. Or they won't make more of a drug that's high in demand. Figure it out. No, they're trying to keep us fat. They really are. Yeah, no, fat is good for business.

That's more food that people are buying. It's more drugs that they need to be on. That's more doctor appointments more food that people are buying. It's more drugs that they need to be on. That's more doctor appointments that they need to go to. It's more surgeries that they need to have. I'm telling you, Claude, like. No, for sure. It goes all the way to the top. And I think also in the culture, Ozempic has presented an interesting conflict to the body

positivity movement because there are people much like myself who, and I don't take back anything I said. And I think it all still reigns true for me. But like you would have said, like, well, Claudia, you were so confident and happy. Why would you take a weight loss medication? And I think what we're seeing, and definitely for me, and I saw a lot of people who had taken the drug who were really body positive having these conversations too. you know, people who had taken the drug who were really body positive having these conversations too. It's like, well, any big person, well, most big people dream of being thin, you know? We made the best of our situations because, you know, we got to live and we want to be,

and I'm a happy person. But it's not that it was a lie, but it was that we made the most of those situations and most big people wouldn't choose to be big. That's what it is. Yeah. But if that's where you are, like you're going to live your life and you're going to, and you, and there should be a body positivity movement.

And you want to be treated well, like a human being with dignity. Like. Right. Right. And you want to be accepted. Right. And all that,

but that doesn't mean that you're against self-improvement in any way. Right. Yeah. No, that definitely is. No, it's all very interesting. A little, it is interesting. I hope these are interesting.

There are a lot of interesting conversations to be had that aren't being had in the mainstream because it's all, you know, like woman dies after. Right, and I really hope. Doing a million things, including Ozempic. I have a lot of, I'm putting a lot of stake in this Oprah special. Like she better do me proud.

Okay. And again, another thing, I don't want to wait too long. Okay, ready for our next story? Yeah, what number? Three. Yes. Kelly Clarkson is suing her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, again,

claiming he was an unlicensed talent agent. So she is suing her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, again, just months after winning $2.6 million ruling against him last fall. The complaint filed in LA on Monday accuses him and his father's management company, Starstruck Entertainment, of violating California labor laws,

specifically the Talent Agencies Act, by acting as an unlicensed talent agency that booked business deals on her behalf, dating back to 2007. The lawsuit says, based on the wrongful acts and conduct of starstruck all agreements between the party should be declared void and unenforceable and all monies previously paid by cross-complaintance to starstruck should be gorged from starstruck

forthwith not the forthwith i'm obsessed like clearly he was acting as her talent agent even though he wasn't an agent and it didn't bother her when they were in love but now like oh really you want to take my ranch let's go back you know statue of limitations yeah love I'm obsessed and Kelly doesn't take on cases that she can't win no and of course Kelly could you know drop these things but no there are bones to be picked my friend and we will do so forthwith and it really feels like Kelly is like extremely petty but in a mature way and I'm so here for it like yes one could argue like Kelly like you know move on with your life no and this is Kelly's business like I understand like uh turning every stone when it comes to your business and like this man who's just like sitting on money that he

actually stole from his wife like she's not letting it like she's gonna seriously take every take him for every penny that he's worth and I support it go ahead and break my heart that's fine eternal sunshine of the spa is mine like so uncanned so good that album's really good so good so just a daily reminder stream kelly clarkson chemistry yeah you support women in business stream chemistry i also saw in my email this morning i'm on the kelly distro of course that a new remix of her song lighthouse is out now. Okay, which is Lighthouse? One thing about that album, I will say, none of the song titles are in the chorus.

It's getting Taylor Swift. Yeah, like it's hard to know what song she's talking about. Yeah. And I know the whole album. Except for Favorite Kind of High. You're my favorite kind of high. Rushing through me like a fire wait hold on i just want to know this song i need to do over how did it end up remember when we had

dreams to fly away but that was then and now our story is just a page like a wave you're always crashing into me crashing into me what song is that i just just play it now. Play a bit of it. Oh, I love this song. And who's the remix with? Her remixes have been so good. Ancari? Moti Ancari. No, seriously, who's it with?

Moti. Spell it. M-O-T-I. Oh. I'll click the link in my email. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Play it. Let's get demonetized.

Listen now. Okay, I'll listen on Spotify. Her remixes have really been like. Might have to go for a run today. For the treadmill girlies. Just wait. Give it a second. Maybe I wouldn't start running yet.

I would just be walking still. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Three, five. Chugging my water. Heavy breathing. Check my phone. Oh. Oh, I like it.

All right, here's the chorus. Three, two, three, two, one. Uh-oh, it's giving Ben suffer. Oh, oh. The beat's about to drop in a big way. All right, don't make a meal of it. Like. Okay. okay it's just like not my kind of remix there was so much potential and the beat never dropped it's like the most annoying thing i mean moti's just not like the d DJ for me. It's giving like Vegas club.

Yeah, yeah. The beat never drops. No. When did we stop making music for the treadmill? Like when I think back to like old school beats, like they all were treadmill songs. Now like beat culture has gotten so far out of control. No, it's their club songs.

Exactly. I said we stopped making it for the treadmills. Yeah. No, they stop for sure if I was a DJ they're for like the festivals Tomorrowland if I was a DJ I'd be DJ Tread and that would be the vibe got it and maybe we could collab and we could do mashups would love you would be DJ Mash and I'd be DJ Tread. And we would mash together. Tread mash.

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to Kate Middleton's Mother's Day photo with her three kids after she admitted to editing the picture. Right underneath the picture, it now says altered photo slash video. The same altered photo was reviewed by independent fact checkers in another post. Okay, like, haha, getting in on the fun but like why don't they ever put these sort of warnings on like actual propaganda when it comes to the middle east like please oh yeah i mean that's for sure but i'm just on a more analogous level even it's like okay so you want to start calling out everyone who alters their photos every facetune no but it's also like so much

meme culture and by the way there is a conversation like to be had about you know these platforms responsibility to verifying whatever um and starting with kate middleton like question mark no but their responsibility to verify what like photo editing yeah i don't know it's giving loser everyone edits their photo like every influencer edits their photos to some degree no yeah of course I do I don't bother anymore no oh I do no every photo you've ever seen of me like I don't look like that oh oh yeah not my body yeah no back in the day I and now I like my time hop I'll see like oh my god I was so crazy with my body now I've I think it's part of

losing weight but also part of getting older like just accepting that this is my body yeah um my face yeah no by the way like i edit like and i'm not gonna stop and i'm not and i'm not hiding it okay like it's not a secret fuck off like i like it but it's like okay so she did some photoshopping and the hand the wrist was missing so you want to put an altered photo on it but like, okay, so she did some Photoshopping and the hand, the wrist was missing. So you want to put an altered photo on it. But like, so where would you draw the line? Instagram, I'm asking Instagram, like on a waist brought in on a filter. Like it's a slippery slope and it's giving thirsty.

It is giving thirsty, like wanting to join the conversation. Haha, Kate Middleton, where is she? Like, fuck off. I do think that they could do like a blanket statement and issue a warning on photos that are generated by AI. No, way they should and I think the perfect example is like and it was it was kind of harmless but it really scared me this was the first time I was like damn do you remember that picture of the pope wearing like a puffer jacket it was reported everywhere and then it

turned out to be AI like that was a warning for me where it's like wow I really cannot trust what I see online when you post something on Instagram it should definitely go through some sort of it takes what two minutes to post a photo it's been taking so long recently too like it should you know scan it for AI I completely agree yeah you shouldn't be able to post AI generated photos on the inter on social media platforms without the social media platform picking up on it and putting some sort of just like little red flag. Generated by AI, yeah. Yeah, there needs to be a distinction. Like I see totally non-nefarious AI content.

It's not harmful. Those King Charles Cavaliers from different countries, like that was so cute. I want to see more of that. Like I like that content. I just want to know. I mean, I knew it wasn't real but there are other things that could be more confusing. 1000% every social media platform

when a photo gets uploaded should have an automatic scanner if this was generated by AI and then it just gets like a little community note. Yeah that's nice. So why they've decided to start with Kate Middleton is like it's giving you know bad faith actor it's giving I want to get in on the action hey look at me I'm still here exactly I don't like it well our fifth and final story is a bit of a throwback but it's an occasion worth celebrating okay I could give you 1,000 guesses and you would never guess what it was okay but it doesn't make it any less important okay Elizabeth Smart is marking the 21st anniversary of her kidnapping rescue. I saw this video while she put like in real time on TikTok.

I watched the whole thing. She said, always be a reminder that miracles happen. So today, Elizabeth Smart is marking the 21st anniversary of her rescue. After being kidnapped yesterday, technically. The activist and commentator and influencer who was abducted from her home in salt lake city at the age of 14 in june 20 2002 shared a tiktok video on tuesday to mark the date of her rescue she said today is march 12th okay so three days ago oh lol and it will always be a reminder that miracles happen and that there are dreams that come true and that good

things are abundant in this world i actually like when I had watched the video I got chills like that was such a an important thing that happened in our childhood. It was such a major news story and I think like we were around the same age like it was just what it was just one of those stories that took the nation by storm, specifically moms and daughters. And, oh, my God. How long was she? Nine months hostage. The fact that she was returned home safely, the story has just never ended that way.

It was such a crazy. And she's right. Her story is emblematic, for lack of a better word of hope yeah and miracles and it was just ah so crazy so crazy do you see her a lot on the app no but she has a significant presence well that's the fault of the algorithm another reason why tiktok should be sold off into parts agreed or banned she's beautiful you know she has children like it's and she's an activist now She's beautiful. You know, she has children.

Like, it's. And she's an activist now. It's for what? Like, parents against something like that? Yeah, you would think so. Not like moms against. For what? Child safety.

Child safety. That makes sense. Yeah. Oh, I wonder if she remembers those nine months. Has she blocked them out? Like, I don't know. I don't know. But I'm happy to be celebrating this momentous occasion. Who did it end up being again?

Like someone who had worked on their- Like a home or something. Home. He was like a grifter, like charity case. I can't. I think, something like that. So crazy. Well, you know,

wishing Elizabeth Smart well today and every day. An armed street pastor. Pastor? Yeah. Armed as in he was a pastor with a gun? I think that's, yeah. No, I can't.

Okay. Those were the Fast Five stories. you needed to know them on such a deep emotional level but the show is not over because it is time for weenie of the week that's right our weekly segment where Jackie and I deliver the absolute honor to one human being of being weenie of the week something they did this week weenie weenie of the week we also do queenie of the week because we don't want to be so negative. Queenie of the week where we give the honor of somebody who did something queenie-like this week. Let's start with queenie because I think it'll take up less time. I was going to say Vanessa Ann Hudgens.

By the way, she came across my desk. But now I feel like saying Elizabeth Smart, queenie of the week. Oh, see, sometimes the stories can inform the recipients. Right. Who's yours? So I wasn't 100% sure. All right. It's going to be a tie. No. Okay. You know what? I'm going to be serious. My Queenie of the Week is Olivia Munn. Queenie. Oh my God. Sorry. Queenie. Let me say that again. My Queenie of the Week is Olivia Munn. I was really sort of struck by her announcement. I feel like, and it also, I think it's very rare. People are always like, well, I wanted to share, like to help other people.

People always say that. And it's like, please, you're not helping anybody. But I will say, I feel like Olivia Munn is this like young, hot thing. And it really reminded people to get checked. Like a lot of people made appointments for mammograms after seeing that. And that's queenie shit. And also that like breast cancer at risk score, like you should like have your doctor calculate. I think if people haven't been doing that, it's something that you should definitely tell your doctor that we didn't know before. I just thought it was so brave. And I feel like she's been suffering a lot and people are really

mean to her on the internet because she like, you know, married married had a baby with someone who used to be married to someone else like they're really awful to her and I just think you know she deserves a Queenie moment and this was Queenie shit Olivia Munn. I agree. Now I will say a runner-up for Queenie was Hoda because I love I'm like the story of Hoda's new man has really just like made me laugh this week and yes Hoda like it's never too late. No I totally agree. agree and another runner up and now it was written down but i was never going to really truly give it but i wanted to mention was you i just feel like you've been giving queenie energy this week and when i couldn't think of anybody else i just said you an honorable mention to me that's just a good policy going forward like when we can't think of anyone it's us

when in doubt you oh my god thank you what great company to be in yeah hoda olivia and jacks and vanessa hudgens and elizabeth smart right now weenie of the week which is always more fun drum roll please in a shock to absolutely nobody my weenie of the week is that curly-headed fuck mark ruffalo my actual nemesis just pray mark ruffalo my actual nemesis just pray mark ruffalo get on your knees every night that you never run into me because if i do it's going to be a battle to the death yeah my weenie of the week are the artists for ceasefire in general last night renee rap the what artists for ceasefire artists is but yeah renee last night

renee rap added herself to the list at the glad awards where she read off of her phone a pre-prepared statement tacky and i'm sure i like renee rap a lot this was a tough loss for my for my community it's tacky to read anything off your phone as far as giving a speech like you put it on a piece of paper come on like i know that it's a modern age but like get a piece of paper it's the right thing to do so the one that was the one part of her speech that was like from her phone and then she went off phone and it's like who wrote that you couldn't even string the words together on your own like what do you even know what you're saying she advocated for a permanent ceasefire and lasting once ever acknowledging the hostages so

good to know where you stand, Renee. And literally in the next breath, she said, never stop advocating for that. And never stop advocating for your queer friends. Do you know what's happening to your queer friends in Gaza, Renee? Like, don't be dumb. Like, to literally in the same sentence contradict yourself so strongly really indicates a lack of education on the matter, which I really feel a lot of these artists are just kind of falling into. But I'm sorry, like you have a responsibility to do better and advocate for what's right.

No. And if you don't have information or knowledge on the subject, like why the fuck are you speaking on it? Like seriously, it's so simple. What if you just shut the fuck up? What if you just like stuck to what you know and if you wanted stick to other things maybe know about them yeah so that was greatly disappointing that was insane that was one of it actually that one to me was funny like I had a chuckle and I'm sure yeah

not to nyahu saw that renee rap called for ceasefire permanent and lasting lay down your arms thank you renee rap I really like you being a little bit more general with your weeding of the who saw that. Renee Rapp called for Ceasefire, permanent and lasting. Lay down your arms. Thank you, Renee Rapp. I really like you being a little bit more general with your weeding of the week. Just sort of all the artists for Ceasefire. Yeah, because I don't want

to discriminate Billie Eilish. She's in there. Renee, Phineas, Rami. And of course yours. I knew you were going to go hard with him.

I, there's something about Mark Ruffalo's pace. Jonathan Glazer. Jonathan Glazer Jonathan Glazer I'm mad because like I don't there Mark Ruffalo's in like a lot of things that I like like of course like 13 going and 30 I can live without that like a film like I actually don't want to live without is just like heaven like that's annoying bye-bye goodbye goodbye goodbye also Jonathan Glazer uh obviously a weenie of the week but I really feel as though he's united a lot of the Jewish community so much so I was reading an article

today an executive producer on zone of interest was on a podcast and he disagrees he was like what Jonathan said like I do not agree with oh wow um you said you know all the right things of what we all agree on that israel has every right to defend itself against its genocidal neighbors and she'll continue doing so i was a woman no i think it's a he did i say she her she israel to me is a woman what about you like america i'm sorry i thought you were saying the producer was she okay sorry pronouns are hard yeah no and by the way countries Yes. Yes. So that's what he was saying. And then in the article, they wanted to cite like other people who were with Jonathan Glazer.

And they say Jewish Voices for Peace, which everyone knows is not a Jewish voice whatsoever, which is an extremist organization. It's like if that's the only people who are backing what you said, like you're so far gone. So I'm sure you guys have seen the Instagram account Jewish voices for peace just know it's literally not started by Jews it's actually a conspiracy theory into finding out like who actually started it not one Jewish person is associated with it but they actually use it as like a parroting like look Jews want you know a ceasefire yeah it's like

all those nutty ceasefire groups that are like protesting and barricading there's like Jewish voices for peace in there so then they're like this is what the Jews want it's not Anti-semitic to be anti-zionist Jewish voices for peace is not Jewish Voices whatsoever yeah No we don't claim or know them it's Nutty ass voices for peace it's giving Naturekarta voices for peace you know Oh yeah that's another one I can't

I can't get into Naturekarta right now Honestly they There's a time and place for Naturekarta I can't look seriously emotionally I can't, like seriously, emotionally, I can't talk about Nathuray Karta right now. Yeah, but just keep making shows about them, yeah? Yeah. Acting like they're the voice of the Jewish community.

You guys, it's been such a gorgeous week hanging out with you guys. We've had highs, we've had lows, we've had belly laughs, we've had, you know, we've cried. Did we? I don't know, I feel like maybe at one point when I was talking about Theo,

maybe that was last week, I got like a little choked up. Oh yeah, oh yeah that was early on in the show okay we cried yeah yeah add it to the list and that's just the sort of whole rounded emotional experience this podcast is going to take you on so thank you for being here thank you so much for listening to the toast the millennial morning show where we deliver the fast five stories you need to know every Monday through Friday on YouTube so if you're watching this on YouTube please don't forget to subscribe and give us a video a thumbs up we're also available as podcast and where podcast can be found on Spotify, Instagram, Stitcher, Public Radio, iHeartRadio, CastBox, all the places you want to be listening to podcasts find us on toast video a thumbs up we're also available as podcast and where podcast can be found on Spotify Stitcher public radio I hear radio cast box all the places where

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