Your Favorite Thing with Wells & Brandi - Heard it here first, kids!

Episode Date: August 9, 2023

Bros and hoes and aliens, we’ve got plenty of content, gossip, and of course, scientific updates for you on this week’s episode! Wells is coming to us from Fiji where the islanders are in love and where he’s putting together a speech that he will make on the most important day of Grocery Store Joe and Serena’s lives, but no pressure. Brand-eye got too little sleep, but this will all be fixed once we have high-speed trains and elevators that go to outer space. Don’t worry, Wells will explain. Your hosts are disagreeing about a new Netflix movie, debating the appropriate price for a dildo, and talking about whether aliens would be into EDM. Whether you’re interested in the latest scientific research, or you want to hear about Lizzo’s backup dancers, this one is for you. They wrap up with some voicemails from the YFTers, including one from a male alien listener. Next week, these two will be IRL in LA, so stay tuned for more information that will increase and decrease your IQ at the same dang time. Don’t forget to rate, review, and follow Your Favorite Podcast! Plus, keep up with us between episodes on our Instagram page, @yftpodcast and be sure to leave us a voicemail with your fave things at 858-630-1856! Thanks to our awesome sponsors for making this episode possible! Check out these deals just for you, YFTers: BetterHelp — Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/favoritething and get on your way to being your best self ShipStation — Go to ShipStation.com and use code yourfavoritething today and sign up for your FREE 60-day trial Factor — Head to factormeals.com/yft50 and use code yft50 to get 50% off Article — Go to article.com/yft for $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more Nutrafol — For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners $10 off your first month’s subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code YFT  

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Do it. What's that? I'm so sleepy. Why are you sleepy? I only got four hours of sleep last night. That's not enough of the hours that you need for good REM sleep.

I know. Why'd you only get four hours of sleep? Because I was partying in New York City. Oh, the Big Apple. The Big Apple does not sleep. Why doesn't it sleep? I don't know.

People party there until all hours of the night. What time did you go to bed? I think four. And then you flew home? I think I had to get up at 7.45. Oh, so why did you even go to sleep? I mean, what else was I going to do for four hours? Keep partying. Keep it going. else was I going to do for four hours? Keep partying.

Keep it going. No, I was actually super sober. Oh, well, that's not partying then. I mean, I was partying. I'm trying not to drink. Well, I'm trying, yeah, I'm trying not to drink every time I play. Got it. You know, because that's every weekend, and that's a lot of drinking from law. So you just do, like, hard drugs then?

Oh, no. Celsius. Celsius. All right. Yeah. Which makes it hard to sleep after. That's like cocaine. A little Celsius.

So you know Celsius is the cans, right? But do you know that Celsius comes in powder packets? No. Oh, clutch. So good for traveling. And you put a packet, like, in a water bottle, typically, and drink it. But I like to put half a packet into a glass of sparkling water with a little lime, and it looks like I'm drinking alcohol, but I'm not.

Look at that. Oh. And it kind of tastes like, because Celsiuses are carbonated. So I'm telling you guys all my secrets you know well that's good looks like i'm turnt to turnt i'm not no well on caffeine but that's it sleepy well i'm sorry well thanks for coming on and doing this well you're in feijay i'm in feijay sarah's filming love island usa nice i went over to casa amor yesterday and saw it oh how is it and it's great it's so funny like the the aesthetic differences of love comparison to paradise yeah what are tell us like what's the difference, what's the biggest difference, would you say? Well, Paradise is like trying to be Mexican, right? Because it's in Mexico.

Well, it's not trying, it is. Yeah, I know, but it's like Hollywooded up, right? So it's like a lot of chevron patterns and authentic Mexican blankets, you know, all the different colors and everything so it's just trying to be very very authentic to where we're at and then love island is like bright colors so much neon signage everywhere it's smart though you so the way that love island works is like you know the fans vote on who stays and who goes, right? We love it. Interactive. Yeah.

So you have to download this app, and then you get to vote on who you want to be on the show and who you want to leave, which is great and super interactive. And it's smart, though. You can also buy all the signage. Oh. So everyone has, like, the same water bottle. You can buy same water bottle. You can buy the water bottle with your name on it. You can buy, like, shirts and stuff, and then you can buy, like, the neon signs.

That's genius. I know. It's funny because it's been raining every single day. Oh. So that's been interesting. Hmm. By the way, I started writing my script for Joe and Serena's wedding. Oh, wait. Can you say when that is or are they not doing that?

I don't know if I should say when it is, but it's coming up. Okay. And I am getting all the jokes in order. It's all happening. Are you going to practice in front of, like, Sarah? Yeah, of course I'm going to practice. Yeah, right? Like, you should.

I'm a very good speech giver, so oh you are i am it's one of it's one of my strengths one of my strengths fascinating i've given a lot of toasts and a lot of speeches at my friend's weddings and i've killed um so now this is this is just this is just that but I have a binder in front of me, so I can read out of it. Yeah. Whereas before... I feel like now, with this, you could really fuck up someone's important day. Yeah. I mean, don't try to put more pressure on me than I need.

One bad speech, it's like, eh. Everyone remembers the crazy one bad speech, but the, you know, bad, bad. What are, what are you? You're not a, you're not a preacher. What are you? What is the little card? I believe technically I'm a reverend. Oh, shit.

Reverend Wells Adams from the universallifechurch.com org. Right. Yeah. So, which by the way, they, Universal Life Church posted about me talking about it. What? And it's like on Instagram. Can they do that? I guess, huh?

Yeah, because we posted it and they're like, because I made the joke of like, I'm pretty sure this is a real thing. I'm not sure. Yeah. And it wrote like, we promise this is real. Like, go to my Instagram and then go to the tagged photos. This is too good. So yeah, I've been, I've been, you know, I've been writing this script and, you know, I'm

just on the first draft right now. And it basically, it's a lot of, a lot of the, the jokes, but then I have to get into the, you know, the, the, um, the sentimentality of it all, which is coming soon. And then also Sarah and I were talking about it. I think I'm going to go and rewatch that season of Bachelor in Paradise. Bring back some of the memories. I think that's great. That's kind of what's going on in my world.

I'm just in Fiji. It's just crazy. I'm a day ahead of you. I know. What time is it there? It is Monday at 9 in the morning. That is fucking crazy. It's Sunday at 4 p.m. here.

Good news. Monday is fine. Nothing's Sunday at 4 p.m. here. Good news. Monday is fine. Nothing bad happens tomorrow for you. It exists. It's there. It exists. Yeah. That's exciting.

Did you see any UFOs on your flight over there or anything? I didn't because I was sleeping the entire time, if I'm being honest. I feel like an overnight flight over the ocean like that could be a great place to see some UFOs. I agree. But also, just like TikTok is a great place to see some ufos i agree but also just like tiktok is a great place to see i feel like every video with my own eyes i do too i'm a little like offended that like the aliens haven't like as much as i talk about them on this show yeah and with like anyone who will listen i'm offended that the aliens haven't been like okay we'll reveal

ourselves to him because he's he's like one of the boys you know he's like on our side yeah he's a homie yeah like he's advocating for us but no i am too i keep saying they're so nice i think i know maybe they're not though i'm gonna believe that they are i know mostly because i'm terrified for them not to be but like you know you're terrified if they were mean? Yeah. If they were mean, we'd be fucked. Let's be real. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're fucked if they're mean. But if they're cool, maybe they like want to come to my shows, maybe they're like rave aliens, like that'd be super sick.

Rave aliens? Yeah. Rave aliens. How sick would it be if there was a rave with aliens there? Like, so fun. I know. I wonder if they'd like your music, though. Aliens have to like electronic music, right?

Like, it just makes sense. Yeah. They might be better at DJing than you, though. Oh, they probably for sure are. They probably had chat GPT and shit for years and years and years before us. Are you using chat GPT to do your DJing? No, but you know, some people are.

Fuck yeah. Yeah. You know, like I'm sure some people are up there and just like, I bet there's some program that'll just curate your set for you. You download it on your computer and you're set. Yeah. It's a good idea. You should use it.

Nah. No. Too prideful. Yeah. All right. Should we shut the show? Uh, yeah. Let me hear you.

I need to. Bros and hoes. You're listening bros and hoes and aliens but only the nice ones yeah you're listening what if they are listening to our show that'd be so sick what if they're up in their fucking ufos been like yes it's wednesday morning we got a new episode of yft glork gl, spork, blork, dork. I would love that. I would too. What's your fan demographic, aliens? Well, I mean, like we skew heavily towards women ages 25 to 35 and Klingons from the Orion spelt area.

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Yeah, did you go to Lollapalooza, Lola? I did not, but I didn't need to because basically the entire festival is on TikTok and it has just flooded my feed these past few days. And I'm actually so glad it has just flooded my feed these past few days. And I'm actually so glad it has because I've spent probably two whole hours of my travel day just watching Lollapalooza on TikTok, and there were some fire sets. I mean, I love Lollapalooza, always such a vibe, but a lot of DJs this year at Lollapalooza. So I'm like, hello,

your girl needs to be playing there next year. Fred again played his set was so sick. I watched almost the whole thing. I guess you can also live stream Lollapalooza on like, not who it's either Hulu or somewhere you can actually live stream it, um, which is super cool. So I watched Fred again set, um, Odessa's set was so sick. Also Dom Dalla, he's pretty cool too. And his set was good. He brought out Nelly Furtado like blast from the past, but I just think it's so cool when DJs do that. It's like, you know, yeah, you can just stand up there and play music, but they, when you make it interactive, it's so fun. And like Odessa had this whole like film playing behind their set as their visual. That was so cool.

Anyway. Um, if you like live music maybe go watch some Lollapalooza also Billie Eilish headlined and I've never been like a huge Billie Eilish girly I think just because she's so young I think like Gen Z really relates to her right and so like that's her core audience for sure uh but I watched her set and I was just so impressed like she's just so good and so fun to watch. So that's what I've been doing. Oh, that's nice. Speaking of musicians, what are your thoughts on Lizzo being like, she's getting kind of canceled. Oh, is she?

I'm out of the loop. Fill me in. A bunch of allegations from her former dancers have come to light. About what? About her just being the worst person in the world. Why is she not making people sign NDAs, first of all? I don't know. That's what Taylor Swift does.

That's what they all do. Yeah. Taylor Swift's getting a lot of good pub, though. She gave a bunch of money to, like, everyone that, like, works for her. Mm-hmm. So, you know. Yeah. Smart.

So Lizzo issued a statement yesterday denying the allegations made in a lawsuit filed by three of her former dancers. They say that she was abusive and demanding and she weight shamed them and even forced them to participate in live sex shows in Amsterdam. What? But Lizzo says, quote, I'm not here to be looked at as a victim, but I also know that i am not the villain that people and the media have portrayed me to be in the last few days there is nothing i take more seriously than respect we deserve as women in the world she added that the past few days have been quote gut-wrenchingly difficult and overwhelmingly disappointing she says quote i'm hurt but i will not let the good work i've done in the world be overshadowed by this. She says the claims are, quote, sensationalized stories and are coming from former employees

who have already publicly admitted that they were told that their behavior on tour was inappropriate, unprofessional. Damn. Is this rude of me to say that, like, I kind of can see that Lizzo would be a jerk? No. What else is happening? Oh, can we talk about ariana grande with the fucking the kid that looks exactly like her brother i don't know anything about this dude can

you get with it why do i know more about what's happening with fucking former disney stars than someone who is related to one i think it says something about your algorithm and like what you talk about on your daily life and like what you're into this is not i'm not on trial here okay i'm just saying you know my algorithm is a lot of um you know live dj performances and equestrian uh clinics and um uh you know stuff like that and yours is ariana grande so i don't know what to tell you. Ariana Grande broke up a marriage. You didn't hear about this?

Mm-mm. Okay. Sources say that Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater were sloppy about hiding their affair on the set of Wicked. What's even worse is that they went on frequent double dates with their respective spouses. So this guy, Ethan Slater, was married. He used to be in spongebob he's he's a kind of a weird looking dude he was married and then he started doing filming wicked with ariana grande and ariana grande and him started hooking up ruined his his marriage i think he's gotta look a little kid and then what's amazing is is that they did a side-by-side of this guy that she broke up the marriage with and her brother, and they look exactly the same, and it's fucking weird. I don't like that.

It's super creepy, and I don't like. Well, it's not likey. I don't like that at all. Listen, I'm no fucking Freud, but that seems like you need to have some therapy about it. Just saying. Damn. I know. I'm really getting educated on some pop culture scandals.

You're welcome. Yeah. Kesha's mother's dog chewed up her $250 WeVibe vibrator, so she reached out to the company and they hooked her up with a box of sex toys. So a lot of things that didn't need to be told publicly were revealed there. And I think I didn't need to know any of them, Kesha. Like, one, I don't need to know that you have a $250 vibrator. That seems excessive.

I feel like $20 is a good price for a dildo. Yeah, I think $20 on average, like if you're really going to splurge, maybe $50 max. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But $200, what does it do? Does it also pay for dinner? Doubt it. Does it tell you you're beautiful afterwards? Does it go and get you a towel to clean up with?

Yikes. I don't know. And then I also, Kesha, I didn't need to know that the dog now has puss breath. Okay, that was unnecessary. I am not the villain here. Stop putting me on trial. I am purely relating the story to you. No.

And now. Your word choice could have been different. Okay. What would you use? My mother would be disgusted. She hates the P word. Puss? Okay.

Now the dog has. If you say that around Tish Cyrus, she will freak. Puss? We have to bleep it out. Puss, puss? Wells! Wait, wait, wait. Does she not like the word puss?

Or not like the word p***? Both. Yeah. It's basically the same word. I don't love the word p***. No, it's not good. It's not good. It's not good.

For whatever reason, I think puss is worse than that's all bad it is all bad anyways kesha too much information didn't need to know it and also kesha you're rich and famous you can you can afford a box of dildos you know you don't need to be like but i don't know i guess that is a good bit. Like if she went on Instagram was like, so my dog ate my $250 gold plated dildy. I get it. You'll do anything for a good bit. I will. I will. Never the truth get in the way of good bit. That's right. Do you have some fave things, bro? Did you finish Hijack? Yes. Thoughts on the finale? I liked it. Yeah? I did.

But I'm like, okay, so now what happens in season two? Is there a season two? It just said season finale, not series finale. True. In the thing. But what could it possibly, I don't know. I don't think they should do a season two. Well, the bad guys went and got in a helicopter.

We know that. Yeah, yeah, but come on. We don't need to do this. We don't need to do this again. Yeah, but he has to go catch bad guys went and got in a helicopter we know that yeah yeah but come on like there's that's another error we don't need to do this again yeah but he has to go catch these guys he doesn't have to what's the frustrating about the show is that like the whole thing is that he's like this is what i do i fix problems you're like okay what is it you really do though you know like i'm confused and if you like if you in my mind, he is Jack Bauer. He's like CIA guy and like he needs to go catch these guys. Like they can't get away with this.

Yeah, I guess. I felt like the finale was a bit anticlimactic, especially if they were trying to like lead into season two. I feel like they should have given us a little bit more of a cliffhanger. Like an, oh, I can't wait for season two and i'm just kind of like and i liked the twist of like the random chick that shoots the pilot and gets in the seat like i liked that because i was like what the what the fuck who's this chick who's this lady you know and that was fine but then the rest of it i just felt like it was really anticlimactic the fucking sun like are you that stupid? Like, why would you not just stay hidden?

Like, why would you literally come out where you're fully visible? I just, the stupidity of the kid was, like, beyond me. It was just, like, not believable in any way. I did, like, help you cut the... No, that was my other complaint. Anyways, I liked it. Give it a ding. Yeah, yeah.

I mean, good show. Good show. Don't think we need a season two but it's a good show no i those guys need to be caught and brought to justice okay okay but you can't have a whole season just on that like there has to be some other thing well i don't know i'm not another plane hijack we can't do that again that's fine it can just be on foot. They're trying to get those guys. We gotta get the mob bosses who escaped from jail. Do we? Yes.

I need finality. I need justice to be served. I'll sleep just fine not knowing. Yeah. Alright, fine. That's good. I also watched the cutest movie. What movie?

You're gonna hate it. Okay. It's called Happiness for Beginners. Oh my god. This is so funny. This is so funny. This is so funny because I wrote it down, and my whole thing was, this is the worst movie I've ever seen in my entire life. I loved it. I loved it. Oh, that's so funny.

I knew you'd hate it. It's so bad. Like, comically bad, though. But I think that's the point. No? What I'm surprised is like the writing was bad and I'm surprised that – because the cast is really good. Yeah. What's the lead girl's name in real life?

I'm surprised that those actors agreed to do this because it is so bad. It's Ellie Kemper who was in – Ellie Kemper. Yeah. She was in The Office and then – oh, she was also in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. She was in 21 Jump Street, the Lego Batman movie, Bridesmaids. She's been in so much. She's a big name.

And then you have your guy, Luke Grimes from Yellowstone. Yeah. It's a net – Who's like – everybody else is like a comedic actor except him which is interesting it's an interesting dynamic because everybody else it's like to me it was like they were like it leaned into how bad the writing was like it was so bad that it was that it was kind of good everybody except luke and i feel like his character like was actually trying to be good and it was i don't know it wasn't.

But I still loved the movie. I thought it was so cute. No, it's do not go watch this movie. I loved it. Helen signs up for a wilderness survival course a year after getting divorced. She discovers through this experience that sometimes you have to get really lost in order to find yourself. Oh, my God. It's like, honestly, it's such a lifetime Hallmark movie.

What a great message it has, though. You know, get outdoors, find yourself, find the love of your life. We all want that, you know? Oh, my God. The jokes were all so terrible. I loved the kid that played the hike leader. No, he was so bad.

And then they did the thing at the end where it was the credit roll of him doing Listen Up People. And they thought that that was so funny, and it was so not funny at all. I liked it. And for some reason, Blythe Danner is in it, who's like –

Oh, yeah. Yeah. She's awesome. Gwyneth Paltrow's mother. And it's like, Blythe, why did you accept to do this terrible – also, Luke Grimes, why did you accept to do this terrible film? Also, Ellie Kemp. Everybody, why did you accept to do this – Well, it was adapted from a book, a very well-known book, apparently, a book that did very well.

And so it's like, you know how that is when they make a book into a movie and people love it. Also, hold on. The twist of him going blind? What? Okay, it was a lot. Where did that come from? I don't know, but it was kind of funny. But then when you really think about it, you're like, fuck, that's like dark.

Literally. But it's like a bleak thing to put in a comedy. Dude. Shit. Oh my god. I couldn't believe it. Anyways, that's so funny that you liked it because I have this whole bit about like do not go watch this movie. It is so bad.

Oh my god. Put it on while you're doing something else. It's a cute watch. We watched a show called Memories of a Murderer. The Nilsson Tapes. Have you heard of that? Oh, yeah. That's better. Turn that on. That's better for your brain. You love murder documentaries.

Documentaries. I do. I do, but I also like to balance it with, you know, the happiness for beginners shit. Yeah, that's fine. You know? This documentary is crazy. It's from the makers of Don't Fuck With Cats. Did you ever watch Don't Fuck With Cats?

I did not, but I know you loved it. Oh, so good. Serial killer Dennis Nilsen narrates his life and horrific crimes via a series of chilling audio tapes recorded from his jail cell. A Netflix documentary, Memories of a Murderer, The Nilsson Tapes. This guy is fucking horrifying and scary. And he also thinks he's a poet. Because he is narrating all this stuff and it's like horrible things but then

i think he's a poet and he starts like talking in like prose and it's bonkers anyways you gotta watch it okay memories of a murderer the nelson tapes check it out must watch must Oh, give me a ding. I finally watched Old. Oh, I haven't seen that. Is it good? So good. I've heard it's good. I didn't know it was M. Night Shyamalan. Yeah. And I love M. Night Shyamalan. Same. I love all

of his films. A vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach, where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day. Old M. Night Shyamalan. I think it's on Netflix now. Dude, it's so good.

Like, it's not as good as like... A movie? Yeah, it's a movie. Yeah. So it's not as good as like The Sixth Sense, you know? Well, yeah, a classic. Or like The Village. Loved.

I loved Signs. I loved Signs. Loved. So it's not as good as that but like – or like it has like a really big twist. It's got a pretty good twist but it's pretty – it's really interesting. I was like why did I wait so long to watch this movie? So anyways, give it a ding. Old, very, very good.

Give me another little ding there. Give me a little ding there. Give me a little ding. Give me a little ding. Give me a little ding. Have you seen Oppenheimer yet? No, have you? No, but my best friend saw it and she was raving about it today.

I had to go immediately. I know. I'm going to try to go tomorrow. And also, everyone's saying that Barbie's so good. I know. I agree. Barbie is one, though, that I feel like I could wait until it comes out on, like, Apple or something. But Oppenheimer, I—

No, but everyone's saying, like, this is the film. Oppenheimer, though, I really want to see in a theater, I think. I do, too. Yeah. And we probably should go see it in a theater because nothing's going to be coming out of the theaters very much. Nope. For a while. Are you familiar with LK99?

LK99? Okay, so this is popping up on my TikTok a lot recently. And it's super interesting. So, we have superconductors, right? But superconductors really only can be created and replicated in like extreme colds, right? You've probably seen, but you know, they can make things hover, but it's like liquid nitrogen

dipped. And so it's like really, really cold and everything. And the great thing about a superconductor is that there's basically no loss of energy in the transfer of electricity. The problem that we have with our electrical grid is that all the electricity that's flowing through these copper wires on the telephone poles and stuff, you're losing a lot of electricity due to heat loss and effectively friction, right? You're losing a massive amount of electricity and it becomes effectively wasteful. But if you could have a superconductor being able to transfer energy,

there would be basically zero loss and you'd save a bunch of energy in that sense. And so basically energy and electricity and all that stuff would be extremely cheap if we could do that, if we could have superconductors in regular room temperature. But you can't do it. You have to have it be super, super cold. Well, these three scientists or two scientists, it's kind of up in the air right now, from South Korea have claimed that they have created a material called LK99 that is a superconductor in normal room temperature. And if this is true, then it changes everything. And what's even crazier about it is that the combination of the materials to create the superconductor apparently is like very common stuff.

It's like lead, copper, and like oxygen or something like that. It's like a very, very simple stuff that we have. But it's just like put together in a certain way that makes it a superconductor. And so there are these videos flying around of these guys creating basically this piece of metal that's levitating and they're saying that this is proof

that they've created a room temperature superconductor which is super fucking interesting and also if it's true, which it's not, it's not true yet, but they have submitted the paper with three authors on it. And three authors is the maximum amount of people you can have to win a Nobel prize. And so effectively what they're saying is that like,

this is our official paper. These are the three scientists that created it. We think it's going to turn out to be true. So we want to make sure we have the right names on it because we're going to win a Nobel Prize if we are the first people ever to create a superconductor that is able to be replicated in regular room temperature. If it's true, now it might not be, but if it's true, this will change everything. Okay, first of all, you could just have electricity would be just basically free for everybody. Well, you know the government would find a way to capitalize on it. Totally.

Effectively, like your phone would never die of battery. Like it would never run out of battery. Cars would really never run out of batteries levitating trains lev trains would be everywhere they would be they would take over we that's we would travel everywhere through levitating you could have flying cars you could have the hoverboard would be a real thing you could have flying cities you could have space elevators you wouldn't need to take off using rockets you could just have a space elevator take you up to space you can also start effectively distorting space time if all this is true if it's

true which it might not be but fingers crossed if it's true there's like might not it's like probably not we'll see so they put the paper out and they basically said like this is what you need to do to make it. Go make it. And so labs now all over the world are like, okay, if we can replicate this, that's huge. If it's true, it will completely change the way that our lives are. And in the next 10 years, we will have jumped forward hundreds of years in terms of technology, which is super exciting. But I was thinking about it. Quite an interesting timing of this happening.

With aliens? All of a sudden, all these aliens are showing up everywhere. I wonder where they got the fucking schematics to make this semiconductor. Genius. They just fell upon it? Or maybe they were finally like, okay, okay, here's a first piece of information that you need to do this. Anyways, that's my theory. I'm sticking to it.

Anyways, LK99, if it's real. You heard it here first, kids. You heard it here first, kids. On YFD. That's right. The number one podcast for alien life forms. This started as, like, us talking about, like, reality TV, and now we're getting into physics chemical sciences and semiconductors and aliens fucking bill nye over here i feel like i did a pretty good job of

explaining it uh yeah i was like i was like sort of clued in this is what wikipedia says lk99 from lee kim 1999 research is a clay black polycrystalline compound that potentially is room temperature superconductor. It's said to have a hexagonal structure and is slightly modified from lead apodite by adding small amounts of copper. A team from Korea University led by Sukbae Lee and Hai Hohoon Kim began studying the material in 1999. According to their claims, LK99 acts as a superconductor at temperatures below 400 Kelvin, 127 degrees Celsius, 260 degrees Fahrenheit, and at ambient pressure. As of August 6, 2023, the scientific community has not validated the superconductivity of LK99 at any temperature through peer-review process or independent replication by other research groups.

One preprint by a team from Southeast University, China has reported an observation of zero resistance at 110 Kelvin. However, the absence of a well-defined phase transition, absence of the Meissner effect, a defining characteristic of superconductors, and the unique conditions under which these results were obtained raise doubts about the validity of the claim. Anyways, it's a possibility, and it's exciting.

Yeah. I don't know. I also don't know what I'm talking about. I have a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. I have no business talking about any of this. You just have way too much time on your hands. Yeah, I'm just hanging out in Fiji on rainy days. Oh, must be nice.

But also, if it's true... Okay, so of all the things that I said it can do, what would be your favorite thing? Ding, ding. Thank you. Elevators to space, duh. Right? Yeah. That's exciting. You know me, I'm dying to go to space. I know. I also love the idea of

high-speed trains. Yeah, I do too. Yeah, I agree. How great would it be if you could, like, go get on a train and be in New York in half an hour? It'd be the fucking best. It would have saved my ass a lot of ordeal this weekend, you know? I think that's what's going to

end up happening in the future if this stuff becomes a reality, which I think it will. It'll turn into, you can work, you can live wherever you want to live as long as you're close

to a transit station for a high-speed train. Because if your commute really was 30 minutes to New York, and you lived in California, you could just be like, well, I'm just going to go live in California. Or wherever.

Montana. Yeah. I don't know that we should have flying cars, but the rest of it I'm cool with. No one's listening to us anymore at this point. I have a book. It's called Flowers for Algernon. Okay. Have you heard of it?

I don't think so. Dude, it is so freaking good winner of both the hugo and nebula awards the powerful classic story of a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius and introduces him to heartache charlie gordon is about to embark on an unprecedented journey born with an unusually low iq he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence a procedure that has already been highly highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon flowers for Algernon. So it's about a guy who is mentally disabled and he has this procedure and like the doctors and his, his therapists and psychologists are like,

you need to like, um, be writing like little progress reports for yourself and like what you're going through and all this stuff. And so it's, it's really, I'm only halfway through it, but through it, but it's been really interesting because it starts as someone who's writing, you know, at probably like a third grade level. It's like, you know, very rudimentary, a lot of misspellings and, you know, like he's getting words wrong and everything. And then he has this procedure and, you know, slowly everything's getting better and better and better. And it's fascinating because it's, well, so far it showcases how intelligence also breeds unhappiness. And that's an interesting

concept to kind of wrap your brain around. This guy was so happy and everyone loved him in his mind and as he's becoming more intelligent he's realizing that he's not as happy as as he was and how terrible people really are as he starts to get smarter his first response to things is anger instead of where it used to be happiness and so yeah obviously there's like a lot of parallels within our world and all this kind of stuff and also kind of like i think that's been the problem that we've had over the last like especially like 10 years especially with politics is like the overabundance of information has made people very very skeptical and angry and divisive and stuff so anyways um flowers to

algernon really really like one of the better books I've read in a very long time. Give it a ding, please. Wow. When did this book come out? Do you know? 1966. Damn. Totally thought it could have been today.

That's crazy. I'm being like, it's today. Go check it out. Fascinating. All right. You got anything else? Not really. I feel like we can't talk Bachelor because, like, there's another episode tomorrow and this podcast comes out after, so probably not worth talking about.

She sent my favorite guy home. Who'd she send home? Aaron. I'm devastated. He was my frontrunner. Well, who knows? Maybe he'll show up in Paradise. Ugh.

Ugh. I thought he was perfect for charity. I know. Who do you think she's going to pick? I'm not a big, huge fan of who's left, to be honest with you. Yeah. I don't know why. There's just something about Xavier that I just have never...

It's not that I don't like him, but I also don't like him very much either. I'm just very indifferent about him. There's just something that holds me back from liking him a whole lot. Don't know why. Maybe it's the knitting. I'm not sure. Joey, kind of same lot. Don't know why. Maybe it's the knitting. I'm not sure. Joey, kind of same. Like, I don't know.

You know what's interesting with Joey in that hometown and, like, Uncle Joe coming in and being like, I don't know if I believe this. That's a weird thing for someone to say, especially being filmed, you know? And yes, maybe he's, like, looking out for his nephew of whom he cares for deeply but there's also like the part of me that's like okay do we know that he's not going to get picked and we're trying to find him a way out and we want him to be the bachelor so here is a way out for him and he doesn't seem like the bad guy which which put on the uncle, so you still feel bad for him,

but then also Charity has a reason to be like, I don't know if he's ready because Joe doesn't think he is, you know? Does that make sense? Yeah, maybe. Yeah, it's definitely a possibility. It's such a weird thing, and who knows, I don't know Uncle Joe from Adam, but be like, your nephew is doing this fucking crazy thing that's being filmed. You know that, like, make you look bad and all this kind of stuff. And your first thought is to be like, I don't buy it, you know?

I know, it's weird. It's a weird flex. Yeah. And it's also like, I get that he taught you tennis and everything, but like, why is he getting so much screen time here? Yeah. Like, he's introduced before, like, they go to the house? Mm-hmm. The math ain't mathin'.

That's what I'm saying. The math ain't mathin'. Who's left? There's one more. Who am I blanking on? Dutton. Oh, Dutton. I on? Dutton. Oh, Dutton. I freaking love Dutton.

I mean, of the three, like, he's – come on, girl. Like, he's the winner of those three. Let's be real. Well, his family from, like, is it Nigeria? I can't remember. Like, they fly in from Africa, I guess. No, I know. It's so sweet.

Like, he just seems – I've liked him since day one. He seems lovely. The family seems lovely. They look great together. They's so sweet. Like, he just seems, I've liked him since day one. He seems lovely. The family seems lovely. They look great together. They clearly have chemistry. I just think, of the three you've got left, like, I think he is just the clear winner. Yeah. We'll see.

We'll see. We'll see what happens. Let's pay some calls. We'd love to. So, I have a bone to pick with Will. Okay. You were talking about the bank and the girl that you called on customer services from North Carolina, and you said it like we were the most stupid people and redneck people ever.

And I'm sure you're listening to this thinking, yeah, you are listening to your actions, ladies. But please, please, please, don't hear the truth. Anyway, love the show. Been listening since, like, 2019 when I was in college. Still the same person as them, and you guys are too. So, yeah, let's go. All right, that was a good fuck you very much. And I will say this.

Listening back to that, you were probably right. I probably did sound a little disparaging towards Southerners, and that is not how I feel. I lived in the South for 17 years. I towards Southerners. And that is not how I feel. I lived in the South for 17 years. I love Southerners. I do not think they're stupid. I think what I was trying to convey in that thing was, is I was talking to someone who I think was in India.

And that annoyed me because I'm like, ah, and then finally I got to talk to someone who had a Southern voice. And I was like, okay, we're back in the States. All right, something might get done. That's what I was trying to convey. I wasn't trying to say that you were stupid. I think that southerners are the best. Here's the thing.

I was talking to my buddy Shively who just went to – where was he? He was in the south for something. And he was like, you know, everyone is so fucking nice everywhere you go he was like i was in the small town walking around and people like across the street like hey how you doing have a great day and he was like i don't they're the fucking nicest people in the world they are true checkered past yeah you know um anyway sorry you're right i'm wrong oh my god Well, yeah. You know. Anyway, sorry. You're right.

I'm wrong. Oh, my God. Hey, welcome, Brandy. Yo. My name is Peyton. I'm from Canada. I am just wondering, oh. Hello? Yeah, okay.

I forgot what I was going to say. Wow. I'm strong. Yeah, yeah i know it should be calling into the other podcast anyways um okay but my favorite thing right now um i just re-watched 60 vendor it's a really old like it's older definitely not politically correct, but it is so muddy and so good. And also the OC. And also, well, keep it up with the golf content. I work at a golf course. Love it.

Keep it up. So us, some of those girls like to hear it. Anyways, thanks so much and love you both. Bye. Okay, I love how stoned she was. Same, I was also stoned. I didn't pick up the first thing that she was excited about. Six feet under?

Oh, okay, yeah. And then the OC. I don't know what that is. Which, by the way, did you see the OC, like, turn 20 years old? Yeah, I don't like what that means about me. I was in college when the OC was on. I was in college. Yeah.

It's not great for us. It's not. It's really not good for us. No. Wells and Brandy, I wanted to give you one of my favorite things, and I just don't understand how it's not a thing yet. Okay. But I need a collab with Josh Peck and Ben Stauffer.

They have the Good Guys podcast. And their This Week Past episode had a bunch of hot takes on the PGA golf things going on. And I think that you guys are all going to love them so great. And I just don't understand how that's not a collab. But, second of all, also island is back and i would love for you guys to watch this trashy tv on peacock i think but yep okay thank you for the podcast love it bye oh god you're telling me i gotta watch watch Bachelor in Paradise, Love Island USA, Temptation Island? Too many.

I just finished Too Hot to Handle. So good. Was it good? Yeah, I loved it. I love that show. We've got one more. This one's called Attaboy. The Bar?

Hi, this is Randy. What's going on? This is Zach from Nashville, ATL Expat. Hey. No, I just want to start off. It's a classic love story with my wife. She loved Bachelor, Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise. Oh. Wow. I appear myself. Wells, I think you're a hilarious man. Thank you. Super man-crush. Wow.

I love your Jim Nance impression on your Mastery episode. Brandy, love you as well. Continue to not take Wells as shit. Oh, whoa. I will not. I want to call in. You guys have a guy as a follower. Not sure how many of us there are out there.

That's not a lot. It was you. I'm literally just listening to your podcast on the road with my wife. But overall, yeah, I just love the show. And a grant from Brandy Wells. Hop on the manifest train, man. It is awesome. Oh, yeah.

All right. Well, that's good. Super short and sweet. I hope that I get to hear myself on your episode, and my wife will be super surprised by this. All right. Thanks. Are Zach and his wife aliens? Maybe. Are they our his wife aliens? Maybe.

Are they alien listeners? Maybe so. Damn. That'd be cool. You know what's crazy is that there's a world in which aliens do listen to our show. Totally. That makes me excited. But also, let's be fair, there's probably more aliens listening than men are listening to this show.

Oh, for sure. That's your one and only male fan, I got to tell you. He likes me. I want to be friends with Zach. Yeah, get it. I know. I mean, I used to live in Nashville too, Zach. I was going to say, if you'd ever come back and visit us here.

I know. All right, let's get out of this show. What do I got coming up? I will be in Dallas this weekend. I'm playing on Saturday night at a spot called Happiest Hour. I've never played in Dallas, so I'm very excited about it. I think we have some YFTers in Dallas, to be honest. You guys better come out.

And then I am off to LA. And I'll see you on, like, Monday. And I'll be in LA for a whole week. Nice. Yeah. I'm going to go out on this song from Hannah Conley called Reno that I like a lot. Cute. Yeah.

Yep. I'm going to be, when this comes out, I'll be flying home from Fiji. And yeah, that's kind of it. comes out, I'll be flying home from Fiji. And yeah, that's kind of it. This whole setup is just so unprofessional. I apologize, guys.

It might sound the best one we've ever done. Not sure. Alright, YFTers, we love ya. We're excited about Elevators to Space. So pumped. LK-99. Yeah, shout out to all the aliens that are listening.

And Zach. And Zach, who might also be an alien. He might be an alien. He might be a male alien. Yeah. And what else? Maybe aliens are gender neutral. Yeah, but then how do they procreate?

Great question. I don't know. I don't know either. All right, YFTers. Sorry this was kind of a lo-fi episode. It is what it is. But we'll be back in Better Than Ever next week. We're actually going to be doing one together.

In person. Yeah. Next week. All right, YFTers. Be good. We'll see you later on the Monday. Love y'all.

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