Your Favorite Thing with Wells & Brandi - Gaiter guys & Harvard guys

Episode Date: October 21, 2020

This week on YFT, Wells is recounting the most dramatic travel experience ever. Well, not really, but we are still in a pandemic and that means double bagging and dealing with your previously unproblematic breath. Speaking of dramatic, Brandi is suh-over this season of The Bachelorette and the cringeworthy moments we all had to witness in the latest episode. It's pretty Clare that our hosts would rather continue to watch spooky content instead, including shows about hauntings, stories about death row, and even chilling social commentary that makes us question why we’re all fighting in the first place. Brandi and Wells are also talking their fave music from the past week from a Cyrus sibling duet that reminds Wells of The Civil Wars (minus the sexual tension) to a new song by someone Brandi will (hopefully) be making sweet music with next summer.  Thanks to our awesome sponsors for making this episode possible! Check out these deals just for you: NUTRAFOL– Get 20% off at Nutrafol.com when you use promo code YFT, plus free shipping on every order! SWEATY BETTY– Now through November 1st get 20% your ENTIRE purchase when you visit sweatybetty.com/yft and enter code YFT at checkout. BOOZY BITES– To order your own box, or to send some of these boozy treats to a friend, head to boozybites.com and enter the code FAVORITE at checkout for 15% off your order. SHIPSTATION– Try ShipStation FREE for 60 days when you go to ShipStation.com, click on the mic at the top of the homepage, and use offer code YFT.  

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Yep. I've done that one. It's not too bad. Love that one. Love it. That's just like picking your nose. And then I've done the putting a serpent down into the fucking base of your lizard brain. Oh, my God. And it just hurts so bad.

These tests, they're going so deep. They're going to find out some deep, dark shit about me. Like shit I did in college. Yeah. maybe that's their plan all along yeah expose all of our secrets you know yeah back in 2006 he took lsd and fucked a one-armed chick hopefully stara already knows that story. Oh, fuck. I didn't fuck a one-armed chick named Loretta in 2006, guys. What?

That was 2006. Sure you didn't. How you doing? I'm good. Question. Yeah. Is the brand of your sweatshirt called feet yeah it is the same one they sent me this shit shout out to feet i don't have a bell with me shout out to feet for hooking it up oh you know what i do have a bell somewhere hold on i got a bell for you i have the same one they also sent me a couple. Shout out. Love you guys. It's so cozy. I think where I stole my other one, they sent me a couple.

Yes. It's a good look. Sarah stole mine. Here's what I don't understand. I don't know if I'm wearing it inside out or not inside out. The really cushy, softy side is on the outside. So it's only people who hug me are getting the benefits of this sweatshirt. You know? That's the thing? Yeah, I think the benefits of this sweatshirt. You know? Exactly.

That's the thing? Yeah, I think that's the thing. All right. Well, I don't hate it. They are very comfortable. So thank you to those guys for sending that shit. Hold on. I got my iPad bell.

Oh, the iPad bell. I got to turn it up. It's not bad, actually. There we go. All right. Oh, it's piercing. Was it? That second one was a little piercing. All right. I, piercing. Was it? The second one was a little piercing.

All right. I was hoping to pod with you yesterday, but you were horse showing. Did you win? I did not win. So I think I told you guys last week. I took a spill last week. So these are the last two horse shows of the season. Then we kind of move into the winter season where some people don't show at all others go to like Florida or California to show so for me I'm not sure what I'm doing

this winter so this was kind of like my last hurrah of horse showing for the year and I was gonna do two weeks in a row I went last week and then I had that spill the first day in the ring which kind of set me back so like the whole first week was just me like getting my confidence back and you know making sure like i feel good star feels good so this week when we came back we kind of backtracked we started in lower jumper classes we were only jumping like three foot and we just slowly made our way back up into the meter 10 division that we had were in last month so it kind of took a while i didn't really show in my big class until yesterday. And I had a rail, so I was fourth.

But Star was very good. You would have never known. We took a spill, you know, yesterday. We were killing it. Now I'm going to figure out if I have enough money to go horse show in the winter. What are you doing over there? I'm trying to sign into my fucking iCloud. I don't know why I have to verify my own Apple devices.

Constant. This is my Apple device. Why am I doing this? I don't know. I wish there was another option besides Apple, but there's just not. I'm going to go ahead and give a ding. I've been traveling, which by the way we've got to talk about.

I'm going to give a ding to the iPad. I love my ipad really because i have one and i barely use it i think it's the greatest thing that apple ever came up with hands tell me why what am i missing i have the one that like has the keyboard also on it it's like a case for it with a keyboard yeah yeah it's like a tiniest laptop i mean for travel in terms of like watching shit it's the best i have the macbook pro for editing and i can't like download netflix on netflix videos for travel it's so annoying but the ipad is perfect for it it's just my tv now like i have the direct tv in it, and so I'm in this fucking hotel right now. I can't watch

the games I want to watch, the shows I want to watch, because for whatever reason, hotels are still in 1997 when it comes to fucking guides. It's always Mario Lopez telling me bullshit about whatever's happening, and then just the channels, not what's

actually playing, so that I can go to my DirecTV, see what's on, then just watch it from my iPad. Like I don't even need this TV. A hotel you're in is stuck in like the early 80s. It's got the wallpaper and the drapery with the fringe. And then it's just, there's a whole lot going on in there. Hotel I'm in, there's like a bunch of like crystal chandeliers in it.

And here's my thing. Like I understand that it looks beautiful and like elegant but it also looks so haunted and i'm pretty sure that this place is haunted and it's freaking me the fuck out and i can't sleep like i need modern aesthetics when it comes to my hotel so i don't think that i'm gonna get murdered by a fucking ghost from the 70s and here's the other thing. I know this hotel is newer than it's pretending to be. And I don't know who you're marketing to,

like old purple-haired ladies that love the nostalgia feel. But I'm over here thinking, well, I'm waiting for the Shining Kid to fucking roll his little trike around the corner. And the two fucking twins are going to scare the bejesus out of me in room 217 yeah it looks creepy as hell it does but it's also beautiful wells what is it like to be on a plane right now okay let me tell you brand i you and i both love traveling like it was a thing we did for work you know you always felt like you were doing something good you know you fact that you're saying this

in past tense is so I traveled for the first time a couple days ago for work okay how was it the whole fucking plane was full by the way I don't know what you guys are talking about middle seat no middle seat people no ma'am

what airline American we were packed to the gills, bro. American packs of men. American packs of men. Fucking sart. Like, you wouldn't know we're in a goddamn COVID outbreak. And here's the thing. Fellas, you know this.

You know when you're getting a blowy and, you know, all of a sudden a finger goes in your butt and you're like, I know this isn't right, but you know what? Here we are. We've gone too far to turn back now, guys. It's not the worst thing that's ever happened in the world. That's what it was like being on that plane. I knew it wasn't right, and I was a little scared, and I was nervous, and I was like, what if people are going to find out about this? But then it was like, but you know what?

Well, it's good for you. You're off and doing something. So it was like but you know what well it's good for you you're off and doing something so it was like that wow you just really you went into a deep deep philosophical place on this flight yeah anyways wow really need to do your research prior because some airlines aren't packing them in delta and southwest middle seats are free, open, so you're not as backed in. Brandy, Brandy, Brandy. I was brand loyal. I had worked my way to executive platinum on American Airlines.

Executive platinum. Yes, exactly. Let me tell you something, sister. I'm not fucking giving up now. I don't care if there are no middle seats or middle seats are available. All right? We've gone too far. The finger's up the there are no middle seats or middle seats are available. All right. We've gone too far. The fingers up the butthole, Brandi.

We got to power through this thing. All right. Well, did you at least practice safe sex here? Did you wear a face shield and a mask? What was the sitch? Okay. So it's so funny because I went like this whole existential crisis about my mask. So I've got an N95 mask, right?

And obviously, like, I need to be super careful when it comes to getting COVID because Sarah's immunos compromised. So I'll go into what I have to do when I leave here when it pertains to her. Because obviously, if I get COVID,

statistically speaking, I'll probably be fine. But I have the N95 mask. And the N95 mask is just fine. One thing that I've realized from the N95 mask is that I have horrible breath. It is so from the N95 mask is that I have horrible breath It's so bad how no one told me that I have dragon breath

99% of the time okay I was fucking eating Altoids like they were fucking Lucky Charms, dude And you know what it was not doing anything the other problem that I have the N95 mask is that the band around For the ears is too short So I was just pulling on my ears so much, and it was like making my ears kind of go out like a mouse's ears, you know? And I didn't like that. I am a gator guy.

You know what a gator is? I do, yeah. Big gator guy over here. And you know what? If I had my way, I'm going to wear a gator for the rest of my life, because it's so easy to be like, I'll save it from you, you fucking dirty monster. Easy, right?

But the gator doesn't probably protect you as much as N95 mask. So I was like, fuck this. I hate this mask. I just want to wear my gator. Then I realized the thing that goes around your ear does is just keep the mask close to your face. So if so, fact so, why don't I use the gator's elasticity to keep the N95 mask up on my face? And then all of a sudden I was living back in the high life again. All the doors are open once.

That's where I was. All right? Once I realized that, but here's the thing. Where I'm at right now, like, you got to be wearing your N95 mask around people. And so everyone's freaking out when they're just seeing my gator. When I came to check in, someone came to, like, help me. They gave me the N95 mask, and they're like, you need to put this on right now before anyone sees. And I'm like, bro, I pulled down my gator a little bit.

I was like, uh-huh. Yeah. I'm double bagging this bitch. Okay. I got two condoms on. Ain't nobody getting pregnant up in here. Wow. You could really – it's very transparent how boring your life has been since March because this is such a big story. The fact that you've added this much detail into flying from LA to wherever the heck you are is insane.

We probably need to start the show. I think there's 15 minutes of a freaking story of Wells getting on a plane which is really not that big of a deal. But you have to say it's pretty impressive that I'm able to burn this much time for our show. It's a talent.

It's a talent. Alright, go for it. Bros and hoes, you're listening to your favorite thing podcast with... Wells and Brandy. All right. Oh, my goodness, Wells. Just so everyone knows, like, doesn't, like, freak out about, like, my whole travel situation.

One, I'm working. So, like, everyone's trying to work, right? So, like, the second someone was like, do you want to go work and be at a travel? I was like, fuck, yes, let me go. But it is a little scary with Sarah and her health concerns. The second someone was like, do you want to go work? And but you had to travel. I was like, fuck, yes, let me go. But it is a little scary with Sarah and her health concerns. So what I'm going to do, just so everyone knows, is that when I go back to California, I am renting a car effectively. And then I'm just going like on my own like little adventure.

And I'm basically gonna go back to my hometown and stay in a hotel, wait a couple days, and then get a COVID test and make sure I pass that. And then once I pass that and I know that I didn't get like COVID like on the way back in the airplane, then I'll go back and I'll see Sarah. So everyone relax. I'm trying to be as safe as possible.

Yeah, no, that's fair. I mean, obviously I've traveled a little bit since all this too. And I think as long as you're safe and you wear your mask and you practice smart things like washing your hands and all that obviously like don't travel if you're already feeling sick that's so stupid um but i think there's safe ways to do it honestly i feel safer on an airplane with the mask and the face shield on than i do at the grocery store because here in tennessee half the

people at the grocery store aren't wearing a mask yeah when i was telling sarah about like what the airports were like i was like looks like business as usual man everyone's walking around she's like that's terrifying and i was like it is i understand like where you're coming from but it isn't because you're not the one going grocery shopping i'm the one that's like going out and going grocery i'm like it's the same thing as the grocery store it's a bunch of people can milling about with masks on la is obviously much better than t about mask wearing, but, um, but that's what it's like. You have to take your mask off to drink water or to eat your little biscotti that they give you on the airplane.

So like no one, which those biscottis are terrible. They taste like cardboard. Yeah, I know. But Hey, listen, there's nothing else.

What are you going to do? Yeah. You're going to purchase a $700 round-trip flight, and we're going to give you a fucking cardboard-tasting piece of cookie. Yeah, excuse me, ma'am. Excuse me, ma'am. Ma'am, I'm executive platinum, all right? I deserve better than this.

And garbage coffee. Okay, I'm done. It's true. And now they give you like a little party favor. And they're like, here you go. Here's the water. Here's the biscotti. Here's some candy wipes. And it was so funny. When I when i got on my second flight i had to do two legs when i got on

my second flight they didn't give me a little party favor so and so then the lady came up and she was like i was uh i was in first class because i used one of my upgrades hey listen exactly applied them so she was like do you want like a drink before we take off and i was like no i just want my little party favor bag. And she's like, oh, sorry, I forgot to give it to you. And then five minutes go by, and then she comes by to drop off my little neighbor's drink. And I was like, hey, party favor bag. Because I wanted the wet wipe to wipe down my seat.

I wanted to ass wipe the entire seat. And she's like, oh, I just gave up my last one. And I'm sitting there. Hey, lady hey lady lady executive platinum over here yeah i'm kidding we gotta stop talking about this flight i know bachelor i'm ready for tation to step in yeah are you over the clarity yeah i'm over it first of all i was it's just so boring this week where do we start i'll say this what i think is the what's tough about this season is so much of the show there are supporting roles that aren't available now like the supporting role you know for the first couple episodes in the bachelor the bachelorette is the mansion. So, like, LaQuinta's trying to be that, but it's hard because no one really knows LaQuinta very well.

So it's not as iconic for the viewer, I think. And then when you start traveling, there's a lot of supporting roles. Just, like, the fun thing of traveling or, like, the bullshit of traveling or, like, getting to a new place and, like, finding your rooms and jumping in. There's a lot of that B-roll that, like, is now gone. That's true. I feel like fills the show out. And then there's also really fun dates. Albeit they're doing a good job of like making dates in La Quinta,

but you're still stuck in the same place. So it seems very stagnant. I think that's the problem. That's fair. I think that's a fair assumption. I just think like when they show these previews, like when they're these previews, like when they're teasing the next episode,

like last week, they made it seem like there was so much going on. And then during the episode, there's just really not. It's almost like they're like overselling the season with their teasers. You know what I mean? Well, I do think it is going to be dramatic because we know what happens. We know she leaves a fucking show.

So we know it's coming i don't know if they've got a whole lot to cut i really don't i think it happened so quickly that they're like grasping for straws and also i think they're trying to really really trying to make her look good and i don't know if there's a whole lot of footage to do that the episode was like boring to me and then i can't remember the guy's name but who's the guy that she straight up sent home in the group date this week i don't know but i loved him loved him hated how she handled that yeah so poor guy that poor guy is sitting here and she's like why do you want to come on the season what's he supposed to say oh i stalked

the shit out of you and i've watched every single episode of television you've ever been on and I'm obsessed with you. So here I am. Yeah. Like that's not the right. There's no right answer there. And I thought like the way he played it was good. It's like give her a compliment. Tell her she's beautiful.

But don't be a creep and say you've watched every second of TV she's been on because that would be such a turnoff to me if like this guy was like, oh, I've watched every season of The Bachelor you've been on and I just thought you're the one for me like that's creepy as hell but that seems like what she wanted him to say and because he didn't give her that she was like bye you gotta go see ya yeah his name is Brandon by the way poor Brandon that was tough yeah yeah it was almost as if he was being punished for not being a fan of the show which I know there's nothing really wrong with that and also like a little bit of you need to leave because you don't know how big of a celebrity i am there's a little bit of

that yeah what did you want the guy to say i didn't fucking know who you were i was hoping it was taisha but you fucking showed it you're like what did you want him to say he was like yeah you're beautiful i came for you like those are the things that you're supposed to say and then he got caught it was a power i hated. I hated it. Yeah, I hated it. I thought like his answer was right. And if I had been in her position, like that's what I would have wanted to hear from somebody was.

I wouldn't have wanted someone to sit there and be like, I fell in love with you on television and here I am. You know what I mean? Like that's so cringy because what he said was right. He was like, I don't know you personally. I can't sit here and tell you like,

oh, I know you so well and I know we're meant to be because that's not real like who you are on tv is not who you are in real life and but I felt like that's what she wanted to hear I felt like she wanted to hear somebody say like I fell in love with you on television and you're the one for me but that's just so cringy to me so I was already like not pumped on the episode and then she did that and I was just like okay next Tisha was that more cringeworthy to you than when she kind of scolded everybody for not like wanting to pull her first in that group date honestly it was both so bad but the second but this one like i don't know this one really like hit hit harder for me the brandon thing really got you yeah it really got me i was just like the poor that poor guy like you could tell he was just sitting there thinking like you're nuts and i'm dodging a bullet here see ya

he should have said things differently but it is what it is i don't know i felt bad for him wait i felt bad for bennett bennett is now becoming my favorite character on this whole thing okay she's like it's no one up on me oh my god and then finally b finally Bennett's like I'll take you let's go and then so he walks her over and she's like I just want to know more about you and Bennett goes well you know New York Harvard guy and I was like ah I

met this guy so many times in Manhattan and I hate you so much but I love you so much the guy's always walking around with a fucking martini dude it is the best but I love you so much. The guy's always walking around with a fucking martini, dude. It is the best. He's the greatest. He's a great character. And then I felt so bad because he was fucking awesome,

and he was like, New York, all the guys. And then she was like, you know what? Hold on. I need to go fucking yell at a bunch of dudes. And then just leaves him, and then goes and is like, fuck you to all the guys. And all the guys are like, oh, puppy dog. And then Dale swoops in, and I don't even know.

But that's effectively like their first date. And I don't think that these guys are fans of the show. And the reason why I'll say that is because I met most of these guys on an episode that's going to happen in the future. They're not fans of the show. They don't know how this is all supposed to work. There's also like there's no kind of like douchebag that you're kind of hating against because the douchebag is always the guy that's like i'm gonna pull it first here we go let's go you know and then everyone's like oh i can't believe it's joseph again that's not happening and so they were all just like sitting around i think waiting for a

cue for a producer to be like hey someone take her and it just didn't happen and then she just went ballistic on everybody which was hilarious by the way insane by the way so it's funny you say that because i i think now that you say it that sounds totally right and then this week my boy blake talk about cringy when he went in for the kiss and she was like nope like if i were him i would have left i would have been so. I'd be like, my face can't be seen here again ever. He should have been like, where's Brandon? I'm going to go with Brandon. I got to get the fuck out of here.

It was so awkward. I felt so bad for him, but also didn't because he shouldn't have gone back. That guy's breaking the rules left and right. No one gives a shit. He's the guy that was like DMing her beforehand. I know. She was like, you shouldn't have done that, but I liked it.

And then- Because he's hot. He he lost the group date the dodgeball fucking let me see your wiener date and then that whole thing was so weird by the way very odd i would have very uh no i'm not gonna do this i've been like i'll play dodgeball but i'm'm not going to get naked because. No. What? No. Very weird. But hold on. The one-on-one that she had with the guy, I don't know if he's a murderer or not. Okay. That's a little dramatic.

First of all, what's with this voiceover date card? Did you hear that? Where like, it's Claire's voice. And it's like, hey, Joseph, whatever his name is, send your younger self a message. Why is she voiceovering this? Like, this used to be, like, I'd read it out to the group. Yeah. This is what it says.

This is what I got to go do, you know? I don't know. It was very, very weird to me. It was not how things are supposed to work here. But one thing that, like, I was like, whoa, bro, was when they had to write down things that people had called them, injured them, or affected them, and his first one was manipulative. I was like, whoa, bro, dude, even if people say that,

do not say that to a woman that you're potentially wanting to date. Let's get that. That's a huge red flag. A lot of people think I'm manipulative. What's the next one? Do people think you're a sociopath? Potential ex-murderer? What are these things that people think I'm manipulative. What's the next one? Do people think you're a sociopath?

Potential ex-murderer? Like what are these things that people think you are? And she was just like, my ex, you know, I went on the show to get away from someone who was a bad guy. And I was like, do you mean someone who was manipulative? But he seemed like a sweet guy. But I was just like, bro, don't say that. Yeah. You're right.

Is that enough Bachelor talk for one day? I think so. Yeah. All right. So Wells, I was just talking to bro, don't say that. You're right. Is that enough bachelor talk for one day? I think so, yeah. All right. So Wells, I was just talking to somebody the other day. I think it was Rai Rai in the bathtub. We were talking about skin and I was like, yeah, I got really lucky. I've had good skin. Thank you, Tish.

It's honestly the one good thing she could give me because she also gave me a lot of not so great things like thinning hair. It's like seriously not a joke. I already have fine hair and I can already see the bald spots coming in on my already large forehead. So, you know, I take my skin very seriously. So I also have started taking my hair very seriously. And I've been taking these Nutrafol hair vitamins. I've been taking them now for like three or four months. And I'm a huge fan of taking a supplement for hair and skin because you really do see a difference when you take vitamins that work from the inside out. I

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And Rye is where you are. I think he's been there for a couple of episodes. He's just like, I don't even want to watch this anymore. He's just like, he said the story isn't, it's just not clicking. Like, I'm bored. I just don't get what's going on. I'm over it.

Yeah. I pushed through last night to get through episode seven and i will say episode seven has been the best episode so far did i feel very confused about what's going on like i get it but also i'm like so what was the point of the first six episodes i don't know it has been very slow and and it hasn't been holding my attention now it's getting like kind of good where you're seeing some ghosts and like some sort of stories forming and i'm gonna finish it because now i'm invested and i've watched seven hours of this thing it is not as good as hill house it's just not it's all over the place right like you got the old nanny who is dead with her like love you know love triangle with the her relationship with the driver and that's a whole and see that's that's like the forefront of episode seven right now yeah and then them too

and what's going on there and then you've got the main characters issues with like her ex and everything and like that ghost that's following her around you see like dolls moving around but like dolls aren't doing shit you know like i need more dolls being creepy. Yeah, same. I just don't understand. And here's my theory. I think that her ghost is going to be the one that saves her from the other ghost. I could see that. Because right now where I'm at, I call her Nell because that's what she was in Hill House. Her backstory with this ghost, the glasses wearing wearing ghost like up to this point has nothing

to do with the show so far like there's there's been no connection so that would make sense i hope that's what happens otherwise i'm like what's the point of her whole backstory yeah i am rye in the situation and sarah is you in the situation where she's like i'm gonna finish it i'm like go for it i'm over it not that's what Rye says too. I'm not doing it anymore. I finally watched Social Dilemma. Oh, finally. Wow, it took you long enough. Yeah, and it's really well done, and it's very scary,

and everyone should watch it. Here's my thing about it. I'm less concerned with the data mining, which I think is what you said, with the data mining of like selling me ads. It's like whatever. And I also don't feel like I get a lot of ads. I do, but I do and I don't.

You know, it's like, maybe I just don't even see them anymore and I just kind of like keep on scrolling through. Maybe they've gotten so good that I'm not even noticing their ads. And then if that's the case, that's awesome. Good for you. I mean, that's what we try to do. We try to make our ads sound like part of the show. That's fair.

I used to think it was like purely the Russians that were like doing a really good job of creating division in our country and just like with our in our friend groups and our family. Like I'm having a hard time dealing with my family in terms of political stuff right now, which is sad because I come from a really tight knit family. I think this is my story is a lot like everyone else's story. and what's scary about the social dilemma thing is the how the algorithm works is it doesn't know what's real and what's not it just knows what keeps you on your phone or your tablet the longest and generally that's what it feeds you yeah and the thing that that thing that keeps you on your phone the longest is the thing that makes you angry. Generally, those things aren't real. And it goes to both sides.

That's the other thing is that there's probably no surprise that I lean liberal. And so I see a lot of liberal stuff, and it makes me angry about the conservatives. And here's the thing that I'm not realizing. I'm not seeing the conservative stuff that's making them angry about the liberal side. And so if it taught me anything, it's I need to be much nicer to the other side about things because they're getting fed the same bullshit. I think that's what's scary about it is it's a computer. It's so weird, dude. It it's fucking terminator 2 but instead of like actual robots coming and shooting in the head they just used stupid articles to make us hate each other yeah here's what i took away from it too is we sort of as a whole have this mentality that

it's what we read on the internet is truth you know what i mean where it's like i don't know the answer to this i'll google it and then. And then your unspoken mentality is whatever Google tells me is the answer. And I think that's the problem is we believe everything we read and we don't question anything that comes from the internet. And I think that's very scary. I've gone back to my early days because I was a broadcast journalism major and I took journalism ethics and my thesis was on whether or not you can be an objective journalist during wartime of which your country is in said war. Back when I was in college, you know, back in 2007 or whatever, it seems like a long time ago, we still had the same problems. There was Fox News who was doing a lot of stuff for Republicans and then then there was CNN doing that, you know, other side, and just very kind of fractured off. Now, it's just much more so, but the thing that we used a lot in journalism school, just for who, what, where, why, when,

and how to write, like, our stories was the AP. The whole point of the AP wire is to be completely objective, just the information. This isn't an ad or anything, but, like, now I'm going to the ap wire instead of like cnn or fox news and just like finding out the the who what where why when and how and then making up my own mind i think that that's made me feel a little bit less angry that's good advice yeah look at that using something from school in real life i know right i finished the green mile oh i saw your tweet about it I think that the thing that I forgot about The Green Mile

by the way I will say like the book is beautiful I've read so many Stephen King books I'm like this book's great this is like considered one of his top 10 generally novels and I will say it's one of my new favorites here's the thing that's great about the book and the movie

it really is so close to the book like they really stay close to the story so like good for them i guess what i loved about it was mr jangles the rat the mouse dies right and then john coffee brings it back to life and then the mouse has unusually long life same with with Paul, the main jailer, the guy Tom Hanks plays in the movie. And then I got to thinking at the end of it, how old is John Coffey? Because he is a guy that's making other people

have abnormally long lives. How old was he? You think that he's just of that time, but if he has this power, he could be 500,000s of years old, you know? So then I tweeted out to Stephen King. I was like, love he didn't respond it's fine whatever um i know you're busy but i was like i'd love an origin story of john coffee like how old is he he could be from like the medieval times you know like he could be from way back in the day that was like this little

weird wrinkle that like i love when i went back and read it so good book okay have you seen this netflix series called To The Lake? I don't think so. I feel like now that we're in an actual pandemic, Netflix and everybody are putting out all of their content that remotely have anything to do with an actual plague or like end of the world outbreak onto their platforms because it's happening in real life kind of. Yeah. So I remember you talked about one not too long ago, but this one popped up on just like on my Netflix homepage. And I actually just Googled it to read you guys the synopsis. And it actually came up that Stephen King tweeted about it. So that's probably what's gotten it some attention recently. Rye's not a fan of it because it is, I guess,

what do you call it, like overdubbed, like it was originally in Russian, and they've overdubbed the language to be English. So it doesn't match the mouths, which drives him crazy. And usually that really bothers me. Like I tried to watch that Icelandic show and I just couldn't do it because of the same thing. But this one, I'm a few episodes in and that doesn't bother me as much.

Basically, this is a Netflix Russian series that was adapted from a book. Here's the rundown. An unknown virus turns Moscow into a city of the dead. There is no electricity. Money has lost all value and those who are still not infected are desperately fighting for food and fuel. The main character, Sergei, lives outside of the city with the woman he loves and her autistic son. It's still safe there, but in spite of that, he rushes to Moscow to save his ex-wife and their son although she hates him these people who never believed they'd be under the same roof again have put the past behind them and set off on a long dangerous journey north to find an isolated hunting lodge on a deserted island it's good it's definitely I think because of the language

switch like there's some some parts of the script like some of the like language is a little weird like some of the things they say you're kind of like what yeah but i think it's just because they're translating but overall i mean it's pretty good the people that are infected with the disease are like it's it's pretty gory like they they straight up look like zombies lots of blood there's lots of killing people have guns they're shooting each other left and right it's pretty nuts and there was like one scene that was kind of hard for me to watch because like there's this group of like thugs that are taking advantage of the fact that everyone's locked into their houses and they show up pretending to be the police or something. And they come in and they're trying to like rape this guy's pregnant wife and rob them and like crazy shit going on. It's pretty scary.

Dude, Russians don't fuck around, man. No, I know. How far in are you? I just finished episode three. I think if you could if you can get past this whole like overdubbing of language i think it's worth giving a shot okay speaking of overdubbing of language i started dark the german like stranger things and i'll give this is the uh tagline a family saga with a supernatural twist set in a German town

where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families. It's got a little bit of a Stranger Things vibe without like the 80s nostalgia, I suppose. But seems like there's some scientists doing some shit

to some kids that they probably shouldn't be doing. And time travel seems to be a part of it. Oh. Love a time travel situation. Love a time travel situation. So I'm in the dark, and it's also on Netflix. It's also overdubbed, but it's not killing me. So I'm going to stick with it.

So your show looks good, too. So I might go back and forth. I don't know. We'll see. But yeah, give it. So your show looks good too. So I might go back and forth. I don't know. We'll see. But yeah, give it a shot. Oh my God, Brandi. The other day we had our quarantine crew over and we had a little dinner party.

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Can we real quick talk about the duets that your sisters did together? Oh, have to talk about that. Okay. First of all, I feel like Noah has like lost like a bunch of weight or like become a woman overnight. I don't know what's happened, but I was like, who's both okay i know so when she came she came to visit not too long ago they were here she was pre-taping something i don't know i guess no i think it's announced she's doing the cmt awards so she was here and she always stays at my house and i was like noah you have wasted away. Where did you go?

Like not that she was ever, you know, big or anything like that, but she just, I don't know. Her little waist is just so tiny and she's tall. She's taller than me and Miley, I think. I don't know. She just really, she's just really coming into her own and like seeing her. So what you're talking about, if you guys don't know,

Miley released MTV does these like mtv unplugged like backyard sessions i think she's done them in the past and miley just released a little series of it i guess she does like several songs and she invited noah to come and they together sang noah's song i got so high that i saw jesus seeing the two of them stand there together like is just crazy i mean noah is my little baby sister and she does not look like a little baby anymore no it's insane but her and miley look so cool together like they just look both look so badass and they sound amazing together which is not a shocker i mean they're both phenomenal singers but i thought it was super cool super cool that

miley asked her to come on and do one of her songs you know yeah noah rolls her rolls her eyes, but like Miley and I both are like, we're your biggest fans. And she's like, you guys have to say that. But I truly think that Miley like is such a huge fan of Noah and her songwriting, especially. So I thought it was super cool that they did that. But yeah, it's absolutely phenomenal. Like I almost started crying watching it and I'm not a crier. It was good. I saw it.

Tell them. Well, tell Noah especially that I really enjoyed it. I will tell them for sure. I hope this is like the first of many. Like I know with all of us, it's like we all support each other so much, but we also like kind of stay in our own lanes in a way, you know? And I think that's good. It makes it so that you can support each other and you're not stepping on each other's toes career wise professionally or whatever. So it's always like, you know, you hesitate a little bit when you think about collabing and you're not stepping on each other's toes career-wise professionally or whatever. So it's always like, you know, you hesitate a little bit when you think about collabing and you really want to like save that stuff to make it really great when you do do it. But I hope this encourages them to collab more because I think it was very cool.

They both are so different, especially in their styles and then their songwriting and everything. But I think it's really cool to see that they can come together and still hold their own, be their individual selves, and they can both still be just really, really phenomenal at what they do, but still come together and do something together. I thought it was cool. Yeah. Let's play some of it real quick. I got so high that I saw Jesus. He said it's all gonna be okay You just need me in your heart Tennessee whiskey and love

I got so high that I saw Jesus Yeah, they talk about the rivers running dry How pretty soon there won't be anyone to love To turn to wine like a drunkard at the wedding Blondie raising Armageddon So, armageddon So That I'm getting high And I got so high

That I saw Jesus He said it's all gonna be okay It's really good. I think what I really love about it is Miley can take the lower register so easily that it almost is like a duet with a man and a woman would do. But then Miley can also go high

and then Noah can also go low, which is harder for male-female duets. And it's one of those things where, like, as if you're looking at sound waves that, like, some are going high and some are going low and they're interconnecting. And then at some point you're not sure who's doing what. And so it's just really melodically well done, I guess, is what I'm trying to say. Yeah, I need to find out. I wonder who to say. And harmony-wise. Yeah, I need to find out, I wonder who arranged that. I wonder if it was Miley's music director

or who decided who was going to sing what and how to make that work. It might have been Miley. I'm going to ask. But they did a really, really great job. Yeah, it was cool. Speaking of Muzak, do you have anything for us?

You go first, so I can listen to this real quick. Okay. I don't know if you guys have gotten into Jamestown Revival, but I love those guys on a personal level, but then also

on a musical level. They're freaking badass, and I saw this new one, Slow Motion Hurricane, out, and I was like, hell yeah. Speaking of, like,

great harmonies and badassery in general, Jamestown Revival. So good. Life is a slow motion game Love is a slow moving game Soon as you think you're the bell of the ball You'll just start staring at the scene Family sits round a table Three generations go by

I like Jamestown Revival. I wouldn't call myself like a massive country music fan, but there are some artists that I really do love. I love Jordan Davis. He's kind of a newer guy on the scene. He's got a song out called Lose You. Also just a little shameless self-promotion i it was just announced i booked a gig in vegas for next summer with dustin lynch and jordan davis will be there as well so i'm super excited because i love jordan davis so much i saw this

oh we'll see if we'll see let's let's uh Let's get into 2021 before we get too excited. Wait, by the way, I've had him on my other podcast. He's a super nice guy. Yeah, he's on the Wells cast. His story is crazy. If you like what we're about to play, you should go listen to this. Not to plug my other show, but like he was working in Louisiana, like playing songs like after work and stuff.

And finally his boss was like, you don't seem happy. He's like, what do you mean? He's like, this is not what you should be doing. You're right. And then he moved to Nashville and became this country star. And I had this funny interaction with him. Did you figure out a way to manipulate the story? It was positive that you were getting fired?

And he was like, I've never thought about it like that. But you're right, I was getting fired. and he just told me to go pursue my dreams i really that's funny yeah i really really like this guy he was so so nice and so yeah i'm glad you're putting yeah i'm a fan lose you here we go This up somehow just won't do I don't want to give you a reason to leave Watch you drive off in the night I never want to feel that freedom That people say they find I don't want to know, I don't want to know

I don't want to know what it's like to lose you Yeah, I know I'm gonna say this I don't want to know what it's like to lose you. Yeah, I know I'm going to say this. So never leave my mouth. When your world's flying off the handle, I'll try to keep you on the ground. It won't always be roses, even though you deserve them. I want to make sure you know that what we got... Love it. Good stuff.

Yeah. Next one. I think I've played this guy before, but it's been a while. Do you know who Jared James is? Yep. He's got a new song out called Miracles. I just really like his whole vibe. How do you spell it? J-A-R-R-Y-D. That's right. Spell your name differently, dude. It's too hard to find.

Alright, no one thinks to spell your name J-A-R-R-Y-D I've been waiting on Miracles What's your situation? What you chasing? Daily medication To stop the shaking

I don't need the vapors to get those feelings Don't wanna fake it, never escape it One at a time, remember One at a time What's the education? What's the basis? What's the education what's the basis what's the basis what's the basis last but not least you know I love

the Biebs he's got a song out I love the Biebs so much called Lonely with Benny Blanco I love a good collab too you know it's the thing to do these days. I know.

I'm a sucker. Sure. me because i've had everything but no one's listening and that's just fucking lonely i'm so lonely Lonely Aw, the Biebs is lonely. The Biebs. Can you believe it? The Biebs is lonely. Is he or is he just a good storyteller? I mean, speaking of,

I saw someone wrote a tweet and it was like, poorly describe what you do for a living. And then people started responding to that thread. And saw jason isbell wrote make my feelings rhyme which i was like so of course he would say that yeah i got one more for you uh langhorne slim put out mighty soul and i like langhorne slim gotta love him let us utilize our hands to help the poor.

Let us utilize our mighty soul. You might be worried about the government. I admit that I was worried too. We will endure this wretched toll. Let us pour love into the mighty soul what mighty soul Langhorne Slim while that was

playing Rye came and gave Brandy a cute little kiss on the forehead. And offered to make me some more coffee. My favorite thing in the world. Very nice. All right. Is that it? Is that everything?

I think so. All right. Well. I think so. I think we did it. We did the dang thing When are you coming home? At the end of the week I fly away from here

And then I go back to California But then I've got to take like five days To quarantine away from Sarah Five wow You've got to take like two days after a flight Because you wouldn't show symptoms Right after you get off a flight right? And then I can take a test like on the third day.

Takes a couple days to get. All right. Well, miss ya. Love ya. Miss ya. Love ya. Let's go out with your siblings. Oh, they're cute.

I got so high that I saw Jesus. Those freaking nurses are going to take that fucking swab that went back to my cerebellum from 2007 and be like, dude, he took some LSD. He got so high, he saw fucking Jesus. You can see it. The angel of the eye on a bonnet holding down. It's really good.

Gotta say. It's like the Civil Wars without the sexual tension. Totally. I loved the Civil Wars. I did too, man. I got so high that I saw Jesus.