Your Favorite Thing with Wells & Brandi - We’ve reached the end of Netflix, plus Chris "Cupcake" Strandburg joins!

Episode Date: June 17, 2020

This week on YFT, Wells is officially named the worst cook in America, Brandi is back from glamping and still binging outdated TV, and Dr. Chris Strandburg (aka Cupcake) joins to talk about The Bachelorette and more! Even though Wells is upset he didn’t receive a trophy for his big win, he still has plenty of knowledge and expertise to share with us from his time on the show including how to make high class sh!t. Both of the hosts have officially watched all of Netflix but still have plenty of favorite things coming your way, from books and movies to sweatpants without underwear and butthole cleaning bidets (yes, you read that right). See you next week with some more favorites! Thanks to our awesome sponsors for making this episode possible! Check out these deals just for you, YFTers. HELLOFRESH– Go to HelloFresh.com/yft60 to get $60 off your first three weeks, including free shipping on your first box! TRUE BOTANICALS– Get 15% off your first purchase when you go to TrueBotanicals.com/YFT BILLIE– Get your starter kit for just $9 plus free shipping always! Just head to MyBillie.com/YFT THERAGUN– Go to theragun.com/yft to get your Gen 4 Theragun today!

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Hello. How you doing? I'm okay. I feel like I'm a little better. I went glamping this weekend. Yeah, I saw that. And I took Astra and it was nice just because it forces you to not be on the phone all day. And whereas I normally, you know, watch television before bed, you can't really do that out in the woods. So you just kind of have to like slow down and take a breath and just be, you know,

for a couple of days. Yeah, for sure. Do you want to comment or address people being mad at us about our last episode? Personally, I don't love leaning into people being mean in comments instead. Like I, I obviously read most of the comments on the YFT post. And I think I responded to one girl that instead of being mean about it, offered a really great suggestion, which was that she would love to hear some book, movie, et cetera, recommendations from black artists, black actors, that kind of thing. And I thought that was a really great recommendation.

So I would like to do that this week if you're up for it. So here's the deal. I mean, us talking about it last episode, I was trying to convey that we're empathetic, we're aligned with the movement. But from where I sit, it's a time for white people of privilege, aka me and Brandy, to listen and learn and allow the voices of people who have gone through this, who have firsthand knowledge of the inequities to speak up. And for myself and Brandy, I think it's our time to shut up, listen, and learn. And my problem with doing an episode purely of black authors and black directors and black musicians, that just comes across to me as pandering. We make money on this show, and then all of a sudden we're using this horrible thing

and this movement for financial gain. It just comes across as skeezy and it doesn't seem right. Listen, I think the bottom line with everything going on right now is it comes down to perspective. You can change your perspective to look at all of this anyway, and it's going to look different. And that's not something I would have thought of. But hearing you say it and looking at it from that perspective, like I completely agree. Yeah. But then I also this morning I was reading that comment and I was like, you know, there are a couple of things that I can recommend this week. One's a movie that's not only has black actors in it, but is actually has to do with what's going on right now in the world.

I think it looks different for everybody. I mean, I don't want to sit here and, you know, and focus on all the negativity that we received, because I don't think that's healthy for you and I and I don't think that's healthy for our listeners. I mean, all I can say is like, we're doing the best we can, right? Like, if our listeners are following us on social media, you guys know that we align with the Black Lives Matter movement and that we're standing up for equality because we're both reposting, you know, the things that we're finding educational. So it's just tough and it's tough not to like feel discouraged reading all that. But instead of doing that, I'm just trying to, I don't know, I'm doing my best. The problem is, is that I don't have the answer. I don't know how to make everybody happy.

But at the end of the day, this show is supposed to be about positivity. You know, it all started with Brandy and I coming together, going to get Mexican food. And she was telling me about how her sister was just getting like roasted on social media for some stupid thing. And I was like, man, there's just so much negativity out there. Let's just do a show where we just talk about our favorite things, our positive things. And what's sad is that we live in this world that's so divisive that a show about positive stuff can be controversial. And this makes me sad and it breaks my heart about where we are in the world. Then I watch the news and I learn and I see all these inspiring people out there changing the world. And then I'm like, man, but there is good like this change is going to come out of this. And and I guess that's my favorite thing about it is that we get to be a part of black voices, right, that are supposed to educate us.

So us talking isn't really doing much good. And that's where, like, you know, my mom and I just launched this new podcast. And even though it doesn't even really have a format yet, we decided the best thing to do was to bring in guests the past couple of weeks that do have the authority to speak on this, right? Last week we had on, she's a Native American woman. She was sex trafficked. She has experience with the police, you know, doing the opposite of their job, which is a really cool story.

And we just kind of let her talk about the parallels of police brutality in her experience. And then this week we have on a woman named Shirley who runs a nonprofit where she actually goes down to Skid Row every week and gives beauty treatments to the homeless, which is really cool. So again, like she's experienced it too. And so that for me, like if you guys go listen to both those episodes, like I barely say anything because I don't have anything to say about it. Mike, my role is to let

her speak and let her educate and me listen. And so I don't know, I agree with you. I think that that's kind of where, where I stand too, is I just feel like my words, like, yes, I can sit up and tell you guys I'm for equality, right? I'm for the Black Lives Matter movement. I do not agree with the way the police are treating people. That's, I don't know. I'm doing my best. Let's start the show.

Yeah, let's start the show. Is it me or you? I think it's me. Okay, go. Bros and hoes, you are listening to your favorite thing podcast with... Wells and Brandy! I got my bell today. Also, I wish you could see Little Dog right now.

Let me see if I can do a little... Oh my God, that's amazing. Is she not the cutest thing? Did you watch Caitlyn's season greatest of all time thing last night? So I didn't watch it on television last night, but I have seen her season. In my opinion, it's one of the best seasons there is. Here's what's funny. I never watched that season. What? I didn't start watching The Bachelor until Ben's season because that's when I knew I was going to be on. So I was like, one of these chicks, I'm not the date. All right,

so let's watch this. Let's watch this show. I really should have watched the show before that because there was so much stuff that I could have learned from. And they didn't really showcase him a lot last night on the episode, but Cupcake, Chris Brandberg, he's going to be on the show a little bit later. I want to pick his brain about what he remembers of the Caitlyn season. But I'll tell you what, at the end of it, did you see that Caitlyn got asked to be on Dancing with the Stars? Oh, my gosh. Yes, I did. And I just can't even imagine how excited she is. This has been her dream probably before she even knew it was her dream.

You know what I mean? Well, anyone who's been close to Caitlyn knows that this has been her dream for a very long time. And she's been like very upset that she hasn't gotten to do Dancing with the Stars for a while. So here's the moral of the story there, folks and kids out there. If you put out that shit into the universe, eventually it's probably going to happen. Yeah, it's pretty cool. I'm excited for her. But here's the thing. She's a good dancer.

It's like Hannah. It's like, you guys are good at this. No, I know. She's going to crush. Yeah, it's funnier when people are shitty on that show. I feel like've talked about this before my dad was on the show forever ago like i think like 10 years ago or something crazy and he was so so so bad but made it to like the top five even though he was terrible yeah we've talked about i was on one episode of it and it's the hardest i would never after we're after doing it i was like i could totally be on this show. And then I did one dance and I was like, that was the worst experience of my life.

And I, no, thank you, ma'am. I remember my dad losing so much weight from it. Like he was like skin and bones at the end of it. Cause it's so much cardio, you know, all that rehearsal. So next week is Ben Higgins season. And then the week after that, they're doing JoJo's season. Here's my thing. Hey, Chris Harrison, what the fuck am I getting?

All right? What's going on? Yeah, for real. What's your favorite bartender getting, bro? All right. Because what do I get to do? He's going to be like, and Wells, you get to come back to paradise. Yeah, you get to come switch your ass off and make me margaritas there, bitch boy.

Yep, exactly. But you know what? 10 out of 10 would take that over Dancing with the Stars. Really? I mean, yeah. I'm too. Dancing with the Stars. Oh, man.

Money's probably better, but like, oh, I get to go hang out in Mexico for a month. So much fun. Speaking of reality TV shows, did you watch the finale of Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition? So, yes, I got to admit, I haven't watched the whole season. But when I saw that you made it to the finale, first of all, so proud. So proud, Lil' Welzy. But I just had to watch the finale. Yeah.

How do you feel? You won something. I won 25K for Nashville Humane, which is awesome because that was the charity that I worked with back in Nashville a lot, getting dogs adopted.

So I was pumped about that. My only complaint is I didn't get like a trophy. What? I didn't get like a golden spatula or like a... Oh, you for sure should have. I know, like a diamond

encrusted ladle or something i don't think they're gonna give you diamonds i think that's a little i mean little much whatever and the reason why i wanted that is because in our house we have there's awards yeah all our sag awards and people's choice all the stuff for nickelodeon awards actually her nickelodeon awards she like keeps like in the guest room and i'm like this orange blimp needs to be down with all the other ones she's like absolutely not i'm like i'm sorry if i won a nickelodeon award i'd be so pumped but i wanted one to hope wells i know i wanted one to put up there to be like but yeah you have a SAG award, but have you seen my jeweled encrusted ladle that I won?

Oh my God. That's fair. I think you should file a complaint and they should give you something. I know. Or you know what? I might just take it upon myself and just make one because no one knows that there isn't a trophy for me, you know? Yeah, that's true. But did you see what I cooked? Because what I cooked was fucking high-class shit. It looked fancy as hell. It was. What Johnny cooked was great, but what I cooked was like French restaurant, super fancy. Difficulty was crazy.

I had to make that tortellini from scratch. Oh, my gosh. So all I'm saying is, and and also like if people are being like they didn't complain about anything about yours but they complained about wells overcooking the calamari understand how tv works you dip shit of course they're going to make it seem like i don't win so when i do win it's you know like that's how it works on TV. That's how it works. Get it together, guys. I won. So what skills did you take away from this show?

Chopping and dicing. I got really good at cutting. Wow. Especially onions. You learn how to cut onions really well. When you're cooking vegetables, they do this thing where you boil it in like salt water. And it's really hard to like understand how much salt you're supposed to use. The water is supposed to taste like seawater,

like that salty. And most people just don't cook that way, but it does make it much better. And you're supposed to boil your vegetables in that. And then you're supposed to shock them in ice water. Stop the cooking process immediately. Yeah. And that's a really good tool that I learned. You do that and then you make a sauce and then you reintroduce the vegetables that you shock in ice water into that sauce and then you cook it up. That's really great. The other thing that I learned that I noticed was kind of gross is when you're making a sauce, an anchovy is the best. No, no, no.

I know. And I know what you're thinking is to make it fishy and anchovy. No, when you're making a sauce and you throw one anchovy filet in there, no, no. I know. And I know what you're thinking is to make it fishy and anchovy sauce. No. When you're making a sauce and you throw one anchovy filet in there, it disintegrates. So you don't even see the anchovy anymore. And then it gives you this like salty. It just like makes it super robust. And I know it sounds gross, but it's so.

I'm telling you, bros and hoes. One anchovy filet in whatever sauce you're making. You throw in some olive oil, anchovy filet. Maybe throw in some bacon you throw in some olive oil anchovy filet maybe throw in some bacon pieces or some pancetta i don't know whatever fucking does it for you maybe some capers some dijon mustard maybe throw in some wine in there you mix all that together bro you throw that on some asparagus or something you're getting laid can i? That's where this is going? All cooking is is an opportunity to convince someone

to fuck you. That's all it is. That's all it is? That's a very interesting theory. What do they say? The quickest way to a man's heart is through what? His stomach.

It's true. I guess so. Yeah. Well, congratulations. I really did not think that you would make it to the end, much less win this thing. So props to you. Ye of little faith. Brandy.

No Brandi? Brandi. It's no secret that I once was one of the worst cooks in America, Celebrity Edition. Yeah, I would say that's a widely known fact now that you're on a show called Worst Cooks of America, Celebrity Edition. Yeah, that's true. But I will tell you this. My culinary skills are getting better and better every single day because of my boys over at HelloFresh. Yeah, you're like the HelloFresh king.

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And other things, you know. Ooh, gross. Armpits, wells, where's your head at? Um, bikini line. Of course it is. You got some fave things, yo? Everyone told me when I started Lost that I was going to get disinterested after like a season or two. They were like, you're going to lose interest.

It's going to get boring. It's not. Season one is good and then it gets bad. Au contraire. I'm on season four and I just feel like it gets better and better and better. Okay. How many seasons are there? Like seven?

I think there's seven. I got through four and then I was like, I can't do it anymore don't care oh my gosh ben is just the ultimate villain he sucks so bad uh and i just like it's it's crazy to me how back and forth they can go like so juliette the like blonde chick that's gonna like go to pound town with jack i like i go back and forth on whether i trust her or not and i like live for it they did such a good job I've got whiplash going back and forth between whether I decide I like her or not I just can't decide, it's crazy

also, they did this crazy thing it might have been the end of season 3 I feel like the timeline is a bit all over the place it's very reminiscent of Westworld the way they're always flopping around on you so I feel like they were showing flash forwards of scenes of like kate uh getting like going back to her sentencing right she's like supposed to get thrown in jail for murder

and they go back and then jack comes in and saves the day and testifies for and they end up letting her go free and it was like a flash forward and they did that with jack kate hurley uh and maybe one other one and they did that for like a couple of episodes and now i'm like five more episodes down the road and it's like that's never been spoken of again it was never explained and i'm just like well wait what so we flashed to the future some of them made it back oh saeed some of them made it back to the future but i don't know how and now we've completely forgotten about it. Are we going to go back to the future at some point? Like with Marty McFly?

God, I hope so. They're like, you don't recognize me? I'm one of the Oceanic Six. And I'm like, well, what does that mean? You guys talked about that five episodes ago, and no one ever told me what it means. And I want to know what the Oceanic Six is. I think you're right at the spot where people are like, I don't know. I need answers, Wells.

I need to know what the Oceanic Six means. So that only six people make it off the island? I need to know. Well, keep watching. Okay. Are you done? Are you done with that? Are we done?

Yeah. Talking lost? Okay. Yeah. Just a small rant's all I need every week. All right, cool. I mean, I'm excited. I like living through this with you because I just can't wait for the day where you're like, I can't do it anymore.

I just can't do it. I know. It might come soon. I don't know. But right now, I'm still hooked. Last episode we talked, I think it was last episode, maybe two episodes ago, where Sarah and I sat down and we just watched all of the Hunger Games because so much time on our hands. we just watched all of the Hunger Games because so much time on our hands. And then someone reached out and was like, you know that the author of the Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, has a new book out.

And I was like, wait, what? So guess who has been reading the ballad of songbirds and snakes? Oh, this guy. What a title. of songbirds and snakes. Oh. This guy. What a title. It's the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games.

In the capital, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the games. The once mighty house of snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out-charm, out-wit, and out-maneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined. Every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it'll be a fight to the death.

Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel his doomed tribute and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes the ballad of songbird and snakes a hunger games novel wow okay so that was epic you really took me somewhere you know i know i did so yeah so this book is about president snow as a kid and we've come to find out that's a prequel yes we've come to find out that- Oh, so it's a prequel. Yes, and we come to find out that his bitch ass was a mentor. Very interesting.

And I gotta be honest with you, like I'm only maybe like a third of the way through. It's making you sympathetic to President Snow. So we'll see. But I guess- Very interesting. It's good though, bro. It's good.

I'll probably read that. Yeah, get in on that. You But I got it. Very interesting. It's good, though, bro. It's good. I'll probably read that. Yeah. Get in on that. You're going to like it. The book that I have, though, on deck to start next, I got to actually give Tish the Dish credit for this recommendation. I'm going to go ahead and let you guys know about it, even though I haven't started it yet. It's called Follow Me. Do you know about this?

No. The author, it's Kathleenathleen barber is the author and i guess she wrote a book called truth be told that's now an apple tv series so i'm sure this one's gonna be like right in the footsteps oh um oh what coming up later in the episode i'm gonna tell you how much i fucking like the show truth be told oh fantastic parallel i love it all right well so this this book follow me it sounds like uh like a combination of you right pen badgley yeah um of you and like maybe gone girl so i'll just like redo this synopsis here i love the tagline everyone wants new followers until they follow you home okay audrey miller has an enviable new job at the Smithsonian, an apartment door with a broken

lock and hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers to bear witness to it all. Having just moved to Washington, D.C., Audrey busies herself impressing her new boss, interacting with her online fan base, and starving off a creepy upstairs neighbor with the help of the only two people she knows in town, an ex-boyfriend she cannot stay away from, and a sorority sister with a high-powered job and a mysterious past. But Audrey's faulty door may be the least of her security concerns. Unbeknownst to her, her move has brought her within striking distance of someone who's obsessively followed her on social media for years,

from her first WordPress blog to her most recent Instagram story, no longer content to simply follow her carefully curated life from a distance. He consults the dark web for advice on how to make Audrey his and his alone in his quest to win her heart. Nothing is off limits and nothing is private. Kind of creepy because it's just so like, it's like you, it's like this could really happen in real life,

you know? Yeah. Crazy. My mom loved it. She's like, it's like you, it's like this could really happen in real life, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Crazy. My mom loved it. She's like trying to get the rights to it, but I bet they're gone. Well, tell me about Truth Be Told. Okay. It's Octavia Spencer.

Oh, I've been wanting to watch this. Yeah. So it's Octavia Spencer, Lizzie Kaplan, Mekhi Pfeiffer, and your boy, Aaron Paul. It was Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paul that made me want to watch this when I saw the preview. The cast is absolutely bonkers, by the way. Truth be told,

this is an American drama web television series based on the novel Are You Sleeping? by Kathleen Barber, produced for Apple TV, which, by the way, I gotta say, Apple TV's got a lot of good shit on it. Yeah. We've reached the end of Netflix.

By the way, we've reached the end of Netflix so much so that what it's suggesting is only foreign films that are overdubbed. No joke. No joke. That is the only thing that's being suggested to us now on Netflix because we've reached the fucking end. Okay.

You've been saying this for weeks. I know. So Apple TV, love you. True crime podcaster Poppy Parnell is called to investigate the case of a convicted killer, Warren Cave. Aaron Paul. A man she painted as a murderer of the father of identical twins. Soon, Parnell must decide where the line between guilt and innocence lie when Cave claims that he was framed for the crime. Truth be told. Okay, so it's set like you're listening to a podcast, right? Making a murder. It's like that, okay?

Octavia Spencer plays this journalist who now has this big true crime podcast. Ten years ago, she was just like a normal writer for the, I think the san francisco chronicle she kind of vilified this 15 16 year old boy because they were pinning the this murder of uh his next door neighbor on this on this boy and she vilified him and like really like went hard on him and so she has been thinking that she was writing the truth and then all of a sudden some new evidence comes up and you can definitely see when the twin girls of their daughters of the father who was murdered, the video comes out and it looks like

she's been kind of coached as to what to say on the stand. And all of a sudden she's like, wait, maybe he didn't do it. And then she starts the podcast and then it just all starts to unwind and unravel. And it is very good. Dang. Sounds great. I've been meaning to watch that.

Reese Witherspoon produced it. So there you go. You know, it's great. Yeah. All right. I've got a movie for you. Give it to me. It'll have you seen for those that want to educate themselves on systemic racism?

It's called Just Mercy with Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx. First of all, can I just have a moment for Michael B. Jordan? He is sexy as hell. Yeah. Friday Night Lights, take me back. Okay. So Just Mercy, they're actually streaming it for free this month to educate people on the systemic racism that's currently taking over the world right now. And so it was a 2019 film, came out in January, but it chronicles the criminal justice reform in Alabama.

It's a true story about a civil rights lawyer named Bryan Stevenson. It's a true story about a civil rights lawyer named Bryan Stevenson. And Michael B. Jordan, he plays this lawyer and Jamie Foxx is also in it. He plays Walter McMillan. And Walter McMillan was wrongfully convicted of murdering an 18-year-old white woman. Michael B. Jordan's character, he graduates from Harvard and kind of makes it his mission to go in and represent people that weren't afforded the right representation or that were wrongfully convicted. So it's an amazing true story with obviously great acting with those two guys in it. They're two of my favorites. And what's super cool is that Stevenson is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, which is a nonprofit organization that focuses on criminal justice, prison reform and racial justice.

So if you are looking for something that's both an incredible film and also to educate yourself on what's going on in the current climate of our of our government, then I would highly recommend this. And honestly, like I just Michael B. Jordan, just he will forever be one of my favorites. Honestly, like I just Michael B. Jordan, just he will forever be one of my favorites. Sticking with Michael B. Jordan and like movies that are really good to watch during this time, during Black Lives Matter movement. Have you seen Fruitvale Station? No. Is Michael B. Jordan in it? Oh, yeah.

He's the lead. And it's tough watch, but it's really, really good. And it'll make you think like every white person out there needs to watch this film. I'm not going to do the stupid voice because it's a serious, but the film depicts the story of Oscar Grant III, a 22 year old from Hayward, California, and his experiences on the last day of his life before he was fatally shot by the BART police in the early morning hours of New Year's Day in in 2009 the movie begins with the actual footage of oscar grant and his friends being detained by the bart police at the fruitvale bart station in oakland on january 1st 2009 at 2 15 a.m right before the shooting it's really

tough to watch because they show the footage and then they re you know they re kind of recreated at the end it's on video so you can tell he's not being combative. Like, he's not a threat. And then you see immediately when he gets kind of handcuffed, that knee on the neck. And you're just like, shit, man, this is like a thing that cops do. You know, it's like this knee on the neck thing is a thing. That needs to be the first thing that goes of the millions of things that need to be kind of fixed about our police system. That's like one we like, whoa, that kills people.

It's a tough watch, but it's really, really well done. And yeah, Michael B. Jordan. Jordan. That's why like when you I don't know if you saw like on social media when he was out there peacefully protesting, it meant a lot because he's obviously in a bunch of these movies that mean a lot and showcase kind of the systemic problem that we have in our country. So yeah, you need to watch Fruitvale Station. Really, really good. Amazing. While we're highlighting some black artists, I talked about this book so long ago. Like I think I've read it like two years ago and I've gave it to Rye because I wanted him to read it. So I wish I had it in my hands, but it's called All About Love. The author is Bell Hooks. Do you remember talking about this

book? I don't know. Probably, probably not. It's really been a long time. But Bell Hooks is, she's a feminist author. She's written a million different books. And I'm on the Amazon page for this book right now and just kind of reading through some of her other works of nonfiction. And there's actually a lot that I want to try and read that I think are probably really relevant to Black Lives Matter and just everything that's going on right now. But this book specifically, it is kind of about exactly what the title is all about love. And I don't really talk about things that are like really like sappy and stuff like that. But this one's really good for anybody that really likes like for lack of a better term, like a self-help book where it's really about, I don't know, like working on yourself and kind of looking inward and stuff. This one's really great. I like the way that Amazon summarizes this book. It says, all about love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here's the truth about love and inspiration to help us instill caring,

compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces. And it kind of like, caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces. And it kind of like Bell Hooks uses a lot of her own personal experience to kind of break down what we kind of – how we kind of define love from a very young age just purely based on the way we were raised and what we went through as children and how we kind of use all of that experience to define love a certain way that usually is not at all the definition of what love really means. Um, and she takes that into like remote romantic, uh, romantic relationships and friendships and even into like the workplace and stuff like that. Um, and it's really, really good. I just, you know, um,

in the first few chapters, she kind of breaks down that like we use love so lightly. Like I'll be like, oh, I love coffee. Right. Or like, man, I love watching Wells win worse cooks or whatever. And that we, we like use the word so often that it kind of loses meaning and kind of taking that, um, taking more ownership of like the word love and really using, you know, using it as a verb as well. And I don't know if she's just amazing. It's a book that I want to reread if I can. I'll probably just buy another one because Reinhardt's not going to give it back, but it's a great read. So if you're looking to read something by a Black author that's a little bit outside of, you know, just purely the systemic racism stuff that's going on, I highly recommend this book. And I still think it speaks to a lot of the problems in our country.

I think you can kind of take that whole, like, you know, how to love other people and use that beyond just your personal relationships. Love it. Bran, this is daily appreciation post for Farragun. Oh, one of my absolute favorite things. I've been playing so much golf recently because it's like one of the only things we can do during this quarantine. And that means my back is out so old, but it's true. The Theragun is literally saving my life. You know, I'm a side sleeper, so I sleep on my shoulders and every morning I wake up and my shoulders just feel so tight and sore. This Theragun is changing my life. I use it

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Brandy, we're going to talk about how to do improv, okay? Because we really need to work on this together. Okay. So the whole premise of improv is you don't shut someone down. It's always yes and. So even if you haven't, you gotta help me out. But I haven't. I know. Educate me. I know, but you gotta help me get through the bit, okay?

Never hurts it. Okay. People don't do this. Yes, they do. I think it's funnier when we do this. There's a lot of people in Los Angeles that have taken upon themselves to paint their own cars with like actual paint that was for houses and shit. And then like, you've never seen,

yes, you have totally seen this Brandy when people like paint like peace signs on their cars and shit. You've, you've seen people like paint horses and peace signs and like words that peace and love on their car. I think they make, I think I used to use it in my cheerleading days. I think they make these little like sticks with a sponge on the end of like car paint.

Yeah. But a lot of people will just like go and paint their cars because they, that's psycho. And here's my thing to everyone out there. Don't do that. Cause guess what? It looks like shit every single time. And it's permanent.

Yeah. Your car looks like shit. Please don't. And it's permanent. Yeah, your car looks like shit. Please don't. And also, don't try to tint your own windows because guess what? You're just going to get bubbles. All right? Those are my two pieces of advice for you out there. Don't paint.

No tint. You can tint your own windows? You can, but you will fail every single time. That's why whenever you see someone with a bunch of bubbles in the back of their car, it's because some asshole is like, you know what, I could do this myself. But you can't, all right? No one ever has done it correctly.

In the history of cars, no one has tinted their windows correctly. Period, full stop, end of story. Let's call Chris Strandberg and talk to him about the season of The Bachelorette that just re-aired last night and see what he's up to, okay? Sounds great. Let's do it.

Can you buy Window 10 on Amazon? Don't. Seriously, don't do it. It'll just be terrible. How are we doing? Can you hear me? Yeah. There he is.

Hey, guys. How's it going? It's going great. How are you? Good. Cupcake, I haven't met you yet. I know. What the heck?

Do people still call you Cupcake? Is that still a thing? Occasionally, yes. That's how Caitlin refers to you. It's ingrained in my head. You know what? When you come out on the scene in a giant cupcake, you pretty much earn that name for do you do you wish that you hadn't done that or are you cool with it there's times that i wish i had taken a more like serious approach to it but honestly like the show is silly ridiculous

and that's kind of what i thought going into it so i'm like let's just own this right in the beginning well listen last night they aired the greatest of all time bachelor season with your bachelorette, Caitlin Bristow. I want to talk about that in a little bit, but first I want to kind of catch up with you. How have you been doing? How's your quarantine going? Are you able to still work? What's going on? Man, I'm doing well. We had just started a new practice in November. Things were going really well. And then quarantine hit and I was like, oh, so now I basically got to stay home except for a couple of days a week. I'd go in for patient emergencies. So, you know, I had a lot of extra

time on my hands, which is fine. Did a little paintwork at the office and I tried to like make some oral health videos. Yeah. Got better at editing and stuff to say like, well, everybody else is sitting at home. They can't go to the dentist. Yeah, I put out some tips. I guess I hope that everybody takes this time to have a commitment to their self-care, their health. And my two cents is your oral health is super important.

It's not that hard to kind of prevent really bad things from building up over time, as long as you commit to like a little routine every day, and as long as you have the right tools that you're using at home. I am overdue to get my teeth cleaned. I keep getting text reminders. I'm one of those people that like,

I have cavities like at least once a year. Help me out, Chris. It's tough because they can start when you're a kid and they slowly accumulate. The thing to remember is, you know, we know sugar is bad. It's actually, that's okay. You can eat sugar. This is what I tell people. You can eat sugar. You just have to eat it the right way. Just minimize the frequency. So if you want to have that bag of candy, just eat it all at once. No joke. Like eating it quickly really means that your teeth

will do their job and then they'll have a chance to recover. But if you're popping one candy every 10-15 minutes over the course of a couple hours, that whole time your teeth are getting softer. Dang. What? Yes, that's the trick.

I did not know that. Brandy, I'll put you on the spot. How many times a year are you flossing? The twice that I go into the dentist to get my teeth cleaned because they do it for me. Okay, so why is that? Because at night, I'm so tired that I just can't. And in the mornings, I'm rushing down to feed all my 8,000 animals that live on this property, and I just can't. Are you brushing your teeth? Yeah, I brush my teeth.

Okay, so I have a hack for you. Okay. What if while you're brushing your teeth, you could also be flossing with no extra effort? And no extra time? No extra time. Time is my big thing. Give me two minutes. Can you give me two minutes?

Two minutes, yeah, because that's how long I brush my teeth for. I have the timer, toothbrush, and then make sure, yeah. Okay, Because that's how long I brush my teeth for. I have like the timer toothbrush and then make sure. Yeah. Okay. So there's legit a real flossing toothbrush that exists and you can brush and floss at the same time. What? Yeah.

Basically, while you're using this electric toothbrush, it also sprays a stream of water to wash in between your teeth. And that actually serves to break up plaque and bacteria, which is the same thing string floss does. But this works really, really good. And it's very easy. So you're telling me if I use this toothbrush, I don't have to do the whole floss thing ever again? That's what I'm telling you.

What? Yeah. I guess you haven't gotten it yet. They sent me this Waterpik toothbrush. It's a mechanical toothbrush. It's called the Sonic Fusion. Sonic Fusion. So I took it out of the box yesterday and did it.

Okay, first of all, it's just like a normal electronic toothbrush, but then it's spraying that in between your teeth. It's amazing. I absolutely freaking love it, dude. Yes. So it's doing it at the same time? Yes. At the same damn time.

While you're cleaning, it's like a wash and wax of your teeth. It's really good. The science backs this up. I've looked at the studies, and've compared like using string and electric toothbrush versus one that irrigates like a water floss or like the sonic fusion. And it's better. It's like twice as good. And the American Dental Association stands by water irrigation instead of string floss. So Brandy, this is your hack. You've got this. I know it. Well, you have just seriously upped my quarantine self-care game. This is true.

I'm going to get this immediately. No more cavities for you. Oh, I hope so. And still eat candy. They're expensive. They are so expensive. Seriously, like prevention is huge. So if you go to waterpik.com, it's like 169 bucks, which is like half the price of one filling.

So yeah, for real. That's my TED talk. I really do love this new toothbrush everyone out there needs to go check it out i find it very ironic the dentist who's telling us not to eat so many sweets was nicknamed cupcake on the bachelorette that's kind of mean what do you remember of that season because it was a while ago now yeah it was five years ago it was such a strange thing because you don't have your phone, you don't have your friends. And so you create this new world with these people. But it was so impactful. I'm sure you feel the same way, even though you've done multiple iterations of it that I remember a lot

of it. I mean, I remember some of the emotions. I remember the stupid stuff that we did. And I don't think I'll ever forget it. It definitely changed me, changed the course of my life a little bit. So yeah, it was it was great. How much did you hate Nick? Well, you know, watching back last night, they kind of reiterated how mad everybody was that he came. And I'm like, OK, yeah, I'm not happy that he's here. But if Caitlin wants him here, you guys are going to be like, no, he can't come. She needs to like me. And it's like, that's not how this works.

So I never really understood that. I mean, Nick is not like the most warm and cuddly guy. Like he doesn't care if you hate him. So that kind of put people off when he came. But I was like, whatever. I mean, I don't like that these other guys are here either, but I'm not going to complain that Nick's here. When you found out that she took him to the boneyard were you were you shocked i was actually there even though last night's episode i was there for a total of seven seconds last night but i was actually there when

this happened for an additional week i did not find any of this out until it aired and i think a lot of us didn't know that any of that happened. So it was kept quiet even among the group. And I was like, wait, what? But you did know that Nick was invited back to a hotel room, right? Like the way that he phrased it was like they hung out and talked. I think maybe I'd heard that he'd gone back

to the hotel room, but I did not know anything like that happened. Yeah. And none of us did. Maybe Sean did eventually, but none of the other guys did. I didn't watch that season until, well, last night. I really should have watched because I didn't know that, like, going back to the hotel room before Fantasy Suites was, like, on the table, you know? Not that I would have ever done anything because I fucking took forever to kiss the girl.

But still, like, I didn't even know that was an option. Yeah Nick had kind of done it before so he kind of knew all the rules I guess yeah that was his unfair advantage totally are they airing your bachelorette season yeah yeah yeah in two weeks yeah they need to set you up the bartender in paradise are you gonna get some airtime are we gonna see baby wells did you watch my season yeah it's going to be a lot of really embarrassing moments for me like that they really want yeah i'm telling you that they really want all of your moments on that show pretty embarrassing yes they're gonna have sarah questioning everything by the end or what yeah exactly she's gonna be like i don't know if I want to get engaged anymore. Personally, how are you doing? You didn't win the heart of Caitlin Bristow.

Are you still a single man? Can we find you back in paradise? What's happening with you? I am doing well. I actually had the opportunity to go on paradise and I just never felt like I was a good fit for that. And fortunately, I have a girlfriend. Yeah. Yeah. So her name is Becca. We've been dating for more than a year and a half. She's a real sweetheart.

Fun to be around. She's helped me through this whole like building the office and then even, you know, during quarantine and stuff. So it's good to have somebody in your corner that's so beautiful and awesome. That's awesome. Well, if you're living in Los Angeles and you're on the West side, you need to go visit our boy Cupcake. I've been to his new office. It is absolutely amazing. And I will say this, I loved about going to visit you. Normally when

you go to the dentist, it's like the dentist's assistant kind of like does all the work. And then the dentist comes in, shoves his fingers in your mouth, asks you like 17 questions that you can't answer because you got hands in your mouth. And then he's like, that looks good. And then he's out. And it's like, dude, you were just here for like seven seconds. But Chris does the majority of the work. I feel like that's what you want in your dentist. Thank you. I mean, you can request that. I will do the cleaning. I'll do the filling, any work that you need. I do have hygienists too. So it's kind of like whatever the patient most prefers. And where do they find out more about your practice? You can go to

visiondentalmv.com or you can check out my dental Instagram called at toothstagram. Oh, that's nice. Instagram called at Toothstagram. Oh, that's nice. That is nice. And tell us again where everyone goes to get this badass new toothbrush. Yeah, I'm like trying to find it on Amazon right now. Where do we go? Sonic Fusion is the name.

Just go to waterpik.com. Fusion. And then they have other options, buying options, whatever works best for you. Brandy, when quarantine's all said and done, love to meet you. Come by the practice, get a cleaning. I will. Whatever you need. As long as you get me the laughing gas.

That's my favorite part about the dentist. Okay, okay. Even when I get him clean, I'm like, hit me with the gas. We'll hit you with the gas. So fun. Put a little war on drugs and my AirPods. Yes. Exactly.

Happy place. Yeah. All right, Chris. Cupcake. Good catching up with you, man. Misha, hopefully this quarantine will be over soon. We can hang again. Definitely.

And by the way, guys, I'm really enjoying the podcast. You guys do bring the light. Keep it up. Lots of laughs. I love both your energy. I love your chemistry together. So thanks, Chris. Thanks so much again.

This was super fun. I appreciate the opportunity. Yeah, buddy. Thanks for coming on. All right for coming on all right well yeah seriously when this is over let's hang out let's do it all right later dude all right see ya nice to meet you you too he is adorable he is i'm actually bummed he has a girlfriend i was thinking he'd be really cute to set up with my friend kirsten you know he lived in nashville for a while he had a practice in nashville i was gonna ask him about that but i didn't I thought that was boring for the listeners. How long has he been in LA? Kind of had like a similar run where like we were in Nashville for a while after Bachelorette. And then like we hung out a bunch. His practice was actually like out

like in, I think in like Bellevue. And then he was like, I'm going to go back to LA. So he went and then I went. And so he's been my dentist for a while. I've been like just following Cupcake around. But I will say that that toothbrush is sick. Sounds sick. Dude, and I just don't like flossing. Like I don't like flossing. It's not fun.

But that toothbrush just does it for you. And you're just like, oh, okay. That sounds fun. I think it's going to change my life. Yeah. Oh, goodness. Do you got any other fave things? No, I think I got everything in before we had Chris on.

I will say this. So here's the problem with quarantine is that I just wear sweats all the time. Oh, yeah. And for boys, sweats make it way too easy to touch your dick. Make it way too easy to touch your dick. I've realized that clothing makers, manufacturers made pants purposely hard so it's not easy to touch your dick all the time. Because when men have the ability to touch their dick, they will touch their dick. And so they needed someone to come in there and be like like over the no inside all the like i'll be and here's the thing like normal pants have made men not animals because i'll be sitting there on the couch just like got a handful of dick and i'm just like i

like look over at sarah and she's looking at me and i'm like what what do you love about me i'm disgusting i used to get so mad at brazen because when he was like a teenager i guess all he wore were sweatpants because his hand was in his pants non-stop and i'm like what are you doing you're in we're in public get your hand out of your pants i never understood it but here you are wells at 36 six years. Six. Six years old. I was going to say seven. Still with your hand on your pants. So maybe I owe Brazen an apology. I don't know why I find it socially acceptable, even in the comfort of my own home, to be holding on to my cock and balls.

That's so weird. What is wrong with me? I don't know. I've never seen Reinhardt do this, just for the record. I guarantee you, if he's got some sweats on. He just recently. He is going to kill me. Yeah. When when you wear sweats do you wear underwear or no underwear it depends but I like wearing underwear a lot okay so does he but I I don't really wear underwear when I wear sweatpants and he was like fascinated by that so he tried it once and he was like this is amazing

yeah so it's like his favorite thing in the world to put on sweatpants, but no underwear. But I don't think he's ever done it before now. It is crazy. Here's my thing. I feel like if I were to do that, I would need to wash my sweats more. The underwear is the barrier that makes it so I don't have to wash my sweats every time I wear them.

So you got to be like me and have like 20 pair of go-to sweats. Yeah. Oh, last thing. Speaking about dirty assholes. That's effectively what we're talking about, right? We're talking about... Yeah.

I mean, that's what we're talking about. Okay, I ordered... Brandy, Brandy, Brandy, Brandy, Brandy, Brandy, Brandy, Brandy, Brandy, Brandy, Brandy, Brandy. I ordered one of those bidet things you attach to your toilet. Oh, yeah. I ordered that thing you love it it's

a whole new world a new fantastic asshole no more shit particles up in my ass because then now i just turn a little knob and it sprays a stream of water right in my ass How long did it take you to write that jingle? I just did it off the cuff. I don't know if you want to tell Miley and Billy Ray about my musical skills. Your songwriting skills? Yeah. I love a bidet. Oh, man.

Do you have this thing, though? No, I don't. But Miley has the— Wait, I thought you guys were going to get the Toto toilet. Yeah, but until— We're on a spending freeze right now because we're not making any money. Oh, I see. Got it.

Okay, yeah. This is such a cheaper version you just go on amazon you look up bidet it's like this little thing you connect to the water line it's so easy to install not an ad should be but by the way could be clean cleans you out it's kind of nice you know it's just oh yeah super nice also so gross but game changer when you're on your period to have a little bit day. There's a vagina setting and then an asshole. Oh, yeah. It's great. Yeah.

Great. So gross, but so great. All right. Do you have anything else? No, that was a great thing to end on. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Really sets the wife tears up for a great day ahead.

Yeah. Right. You know. Oh, boy. Yeah. Brandy. You know. Oh boy. Yeah. Brandy. I miss ya. Miss you well.

Love ya. Love you. Love you. Take you wonder by wonder My butthole is cleaner than it has ever been in its life A whole new world It's a clean little balloon knot down there It's completely clean now Cause a stream of water was shoved right up it and washed all the dingleberries out.

Wow. Wow. Now Jasmine's turn. A whole new vagina. Whole new vagina after my period. I hope everyone has turned this episode off. They haven't. It was the best part of the episode.

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