Econ 101: Tuesday, March 18th, 2025

I sound amazing.

Welcome back to the toast and happy Tuesday.

Also known as Tuesday.

Speaking of the girl I choose today and every day.

It's Jacqueline Follet.

Hello, turday.

How you doing?

I'm doing good.

Happy Tuesday. I feel like yesterday was a long one, you know.
Yesterday was in a laffy. That's for sure.
The day itself was in a laffy. So I was hoping today we'd be further through the week, but we're not.
But we will toil away until we are. Jackie, don't spend your life waiting, you know.
It's true. No, we're like wishing away.
I don't want to spend my life waiting. Like, yeah, this is life.
No, not spend my life waiting. To wake up one day and find.
Have you been seeing Carrie Underwood on American Idol? The reviews are in and they are rave. No, I haven't been seeing her on American Idol.
Oh, as you know, I'm diving more into the hobbies and interests of Generation X. And American Idol definitely is included in that.
And I've just been seeing it on TikTok. But there are so many viral auditions and people love.
There's like a sound going viral where this girl, she's about to sing. And she's like, what do you do? And she's like, oh, I'm just a stay-at-home mom.
And Carrie was like, you are not just a stay at home mom.

It's very powerful.

Very empowering.

Yes.

Yes. So lots going on with the Gen X community.

Also, the Gen X community.

And what's her vibe as a judge?

Like, is she harsh?

Is she sweet?

I feel like she'd be a Paula.

So it's not the American.

It's not your daddy's American Idol, you know, like back in the day, there was like a ruthless

one.

Yeah. And they would bring people on who they knew were terrible singers.

To embarrass them.

To embarrass them.

Now, in the age of bullying and wokeism, the fun is over.

We could never have William Hung like we did.

So they bring in people, everyone who can sing, but they say no to people who are not ready,

who need to work on their breath work or whatever.

There's nobody who's embarrassingly bad or anything. So it like their breath work or whatever there's nobody who's like embarrassingly bad or anything so it's not as

fun so there's nobody who's like evil got it okay they're all like middle of the road it's a softer american idol and me and my fellow generation xers you're not about that yeah we miss the days of Like brutality, cruelty, bullying, shame.

Yeah, that's just me and my gang.

We live to rock

we rock to live a brief update from my generation um they wanted me to speak on behalf of us like

letting you know specifically the hilaria baldwin yes i know i'm the hilaria baldwin of everything

because i also pretend i'm latin just like hilaria i also pretend i'm a different you are

I don't know. the Hilaria Baldwin of ages.
No, I'm the Hilaria Baldwin of everything because I also pretend I'm Latin, just like Hilaria. I also pretend I'm a different...
Well, that's what I'm pretending. You are.
Correct. I'm trans-Latin.
I'm trans-generational X. You're trans-generational.
It's really crazy. Yeah, like I am.
What else do they want to tell me? I see a community and I want to be a part of it, you know? Yeah. I think it actually speaks to my yearning for like to be a part of something like the inclusivity so what generation x wanted me to tell you yesterday is you were wrong they do not stan Tom Cruise like that's not their boy like they know he's a freak we know he's weird we do not saw oh that's overwhelmingly what I saw like they wanted you to know like maybe at one point in time he was on his way to being what you think he is but he's not for for my generation I don't know but maybe yours I don't think you're in touch with your community and I think no you back you could not be more wrong actually you could not be more back to work guys tell her tell her he be the one doing the olympics if he wasn't the symbol of American stardom oh Oh, oh, I have such a simple answer for this.

Tom Cruise is at the helm of like an extremely powerful cult within Hollywood.

I just want to say like, I haven't watched all the Scientology documentaries.

So like, forgive me if I'm off.

But like, they're a bunch of freaks.

Like nobody is like, I don't know.

I just feel like they're on the outside. Withinllywood there are a lot of really powerful people who are a part of it so it definitely still carries its weight the public like we have had our eye we're going clear as leah remini would say like we have had our eyes opened but within like the confines of like structural hollywood like there's powerful studio execs there's powerful actors and they should they do in the documentaries and stuff no and then the powerful actors like are Tom Cruise like he's bringing the power he's got the power yeah I would definitely say their star power as like you know as the generations move on is weaning like I don't know who the modern Tom Cruise is I don't know that there's like a listen no not Ol.
No, not Olsen. Don't...
Do not disgrace the good name. Peggy Olsen.
Elizabeth Moss. Yes, she's I'd say now like the second most famous Scientologist and she's barely famous.
So, yes, but she gets a lot of work. So...
Makes you think. Yeah, no, it does prove your theory.
Peggy Olsen. They intentionally confused us with that.
Leave Elizabeth Olsen out of this. She's like a good, I think, Christian God-fearing woman.

She's a good woman.

She is a good, she could be a Jew and believe in God.

So that's, I think, my POV on the Scientology of it all

and why Tom Cruise still gets to be Top Gun, Mission Impossible.

So you think the Scientologists are running the Olympics?

No, but I wouldn't be surprised if the LA Olympic Committee had a couple of powerful Scientologists on it. Okay.
Not to sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist, but. Okay.
There's crazier. I've heard crazier things.
I've heard crazier rumors. And I want to wish you a happy one year anniversary.
Of? Keeping Up With Sports was announced one year ago today. Wow.
So how are you going to celebrate? you going to lose woods on instagram for reminding me of that milestone moment celebrate i seriously like i i want to call up caitlin and lamar and be like what the fuck at this point the podcast can't be coming it doesn't take you a year to get your podcast off the ground and the crazy thing is if you go to the podcast instagram page um there is a there's one video it's at keeping up with sports there's one post on it it is a trailer of an episode they clearly filmed so there was a pilot i just i wish i had any direct line to anyone who i could call up and get clarity about this you know we could if we really wanted to know, we could ask. Who? BD? Oh, yeah.
He would know. He would know.
You know what he's asking? Yeah, ask him. He's on LA time, so.
I feel like he wouldn't know. But he's definitely up.
He works hard. He's not one of those LAs that sleep to noon.
Do you know anything about the Lamar Odom, Caitlyn Jenner podcast about sports that never came out? Question mark. Where is it? What's the status? What's the status? Okay, I'll let you guys know.
Okay, yeah. Because I'm really getting frustrated.
Like the curiosity is killing me. I've waited a whole fucking year.
I'm out of patience. Happy anniversary to you.
Imagine if like Keeping Up With Sports like became a, whatever, a sports podcast. Imagine if it became a podcast, okay? Period, yeah.
And like then that's like the sports podcast my husband listens to. I think he would like it.
Yeah. You, you would love it.
You, you would love it. Now, I'm really also excited.

Big major announcement today.

I know I said I wasn't going to do this, but I really couldn't help it.

And I've recently decided on a baby name.

And I want to share it with everyone so that we can, you know, hear two four and stop saying it, you know.

Okay.

The baby's name.

His utero name or his, this will be his name at birth this will be his name okay bowie b-o-w-i-e the name actually came to me in the most unexpected of ways jackie's son harry just started calling the baby in my belly bowie and you know what it's really grown on me it's really catching on we just asked him straight up like what should claudia name the baby in her belly the baby boy and he said bowie and like it was a one-off question like a couple of weeks ago ever since then well can i see bowie where's bowie's crib bowie bowie so much so charlie jackie's other son who like barely talks he only says the word basketball he's over here saying bowie everyone's talking about he's the name on everybody's lips it sounds like the name on everybody's lips is going to be Bowie Gellarash Reesoffer. I love that.
Begoss. And I know I said it wasn't going to be one of those girls who announces the name before, but here I am.
Well, that's like, it's definitely his in utero name. And it does take a while to find one.
You start it and whatever, or you call it whatever it is that day. Jackie was calling it Dio for a while, like Claudio Dio, which I thought was hilarious.
It just, it didn't catch on. No, no, no.
And that's, yeah, it worked like for me, but I never felt like this is the ubiquitous name. Like, of course, when I was pregnant with Harry, his in utero name was Elsie, Little Camper.
Little Camper. And then when I was pregnant with Charlie, his utero name was Larry.
Little Harry. That one was easy.
It was actually really hard to not then name him Larry.

I grew to love the name so much.

He could have been Lawrence.

Right.

And now I'm like seeing him.

I know him pretty well now.

He's such a Larry.

He is such a Larry.

He has like the vibe, the aesthetic, and like the overall physique of an older Jewish gentleman

named Larry.

Yeah.

He would have been a great Larry, but Zach has an uncle named Larry, so it wasn't even an option. Oh, okay.
So that settled that. Yeah.
All right, okay, all right. Otherwise, he would have so been Larry.
This is the first and only Bowie in our family. It's true.
And it's not like Harry. It's like, it's a cool name.
It also has like something classic about it. He doesn't know a Bowie.
That's what I was going to say. Does he play with any boys named Bowie? We've never met a child named Bowie, so it's totally original about it he doesn't know that's what i was gonna say does he play with any boys named bowie we've never met a child named bowie so it's totally original it's almost like god sent it to harry to give to me it's a beautiful name it's gonna be hard to not name him that i know to be clear that is not his name we're just messing around but but who knows anything if we start talking about bowie like just know that's who we're talking about.
That's Claudia's child in utero. Correct.
In utero. Utero.
How is your uterus? Such a loaded question. It's a lot going on.
I would think so. Lots of action.
Lots of, I woke up at 6 a.m. I'm so hungry and thirsty.
I would say that's the leading symptom right now ravenous can't stop drinking water like I don't even crave Diet Coke I'm so thirsty for I feel like I'm in the desert genuine hydration like I know the soda won't help me I'm drinking like three Stanleys a day and for me that's insane that's insane for anyone oh is it that's a lot three Stanleys yeah oh my god I finished my I finished my first Stanley ready for the day. That's like girls who are hitting their water goals.

Oh, girls who are hitting their water goals?

Right here.

I cannot stop drinking water.

I'm so hungry.

I'm so thirsty and everything gives me heartburn.

I had a Crunchwrap Supreme last night.

And?

As good as you remember?

I took a preemptive tum.

I knew it was going to be bad.

But some things in life are just worth it.

And like I woke up with heartburn.

I'm having heartburn regardless.

I might as well be happy.

Yeah.

With my Crunchwrap.

It was so fucking good.

Ben like took, sometimes when I ask him to make me dinner, he like scraps it together.

Thank you. things in life are just worth it.
And like I woke up with heartburn. I'm having heartburn regardless.
I might as well be happy with my cuntrap. It was so fucking good.
Ben like took, sometimes

when I ask him to make me dinner, he like scraps it together.

He doesn't make it with love. No, and he's just like

he's feeding his pregnant wife, just like sort of

checking a box. Yeah.

But because he recently went on the way on that golf trip and I like

really struggled without him, he's been feeling really bad.

So he took his

time making that cuntrap supreme.

And let me tell you

A little bit of love

Is the most important ingredient

I agree

How many did you have?

One doesn't seem like enough

No

It was

And because I had so much water

I was like so skinny and full

They're kind of small

No not when Ben makes them

I used a 10 inch tortilla

Oh mine was at least 12 And I know because I measured it Because Because the recipe said 10-inch and I got in there. With a ruler? With a tape measurer.
I also saw Kristen Cavallari made a homemade corn trap supreme on TikTok, which is what inspired me because I had just seen it. And then Ben asked me what I wanted for dinner.
And that's what I said. I saw it on Reels a few weeks ago.
And I was definitely keeping it in the back of my mind. And she was like wearing like a bra.
Correct. And she used Siesta.
She used Sieste. That's, thank you.
That's what I meant. As did I.
Siesta. I use Old El Paso.
Old habits die. Old El Paso habits die hard.
They won't die. Like I refuse.
There's nothing wrong with Old El Paso. I'm actually really happy to say that making the Siate swap was no like totally tasty other times i believe it i've used other taco seasoning just because like sometimes it comes in a jar and it's just easier i've done i've gone that route and it's like oh no oh no a lot of times my husband insists on just like making his own taco seasoning he's like that old el paso is just salt cumin like he thinks he knows what's in it.
Let me tell you, it's disgusting. They put their foot in it.
Yeah, it's like even the worst, like low-level grocery generic brand is better than whatever my husband's putting together. Like you don't know what's in there and you certainly don't know the proper measurements.
You don't know the proportions. Yeah, he's obsessed.
He thinks like it's so beneath him to do like. Well, it kind of is, but like I'll give Old El Paso.
We are who we we are i give old alpazzo a pass but when i see like some people like making recipes and they do like they pour out a bunch of like seasoning from a packet like it definitely brings down the group average for sure i i think like as a consumer off camera or pour it in a little bowl and then yes if you're making content yeah but if you're making content and i see that like then i know it's a recipe like i might actually make one day to me it's like a signal it's definitely what do they what do they say these days it's a recession indicator like when people start using exclusively like packed spices but i'm sorry if i see that in recipe i know it's somewhat attainable yeah no it definitely is attainable but it's just like when we're and do it all day in your house because i do it. I'm not saying I don't.
But when we're making content, it's not aesthetic. Like put that shit in a bowl.
Yeah. I put that shit like off camera in a little glass bowl.
OK, that gets left on the cutting room floor. Megan would never know.
And that's actually the interesting thing about Ina. In the last couple of weeks, I told you I'm watching a lot of Ina.
She low key uses like a lot of crap like store bought, but she just puts it in a nice bowl before. Like never see the packaging yeah that's the key yeah semi-homemade did you see um Megan's green waffles I did I saw them first I saw them in a way because I realized I don't follow her so I'm like missing what I know and then even when I realized that I didn't follow her but I'm gonna do it right now before I forget so I am missing like things as they happen and then I like see it you know on Instagram daily mail yeah yeah yeah and people always through a negative lens people were really always through negative events people were really clouding on her like a picture of like Kate you know at the helm of whatever she was doing for St.
Patrick's Day and her green wares like just aristocracy and royal a picture of picture of that and then a picture of the waffle. Not a fair comparison.
I will say the waffle like did look scary, but it was just like an Instagram story. People are so hard on her.
Like she was just making breakfast with her kids on a Sunday, like being festive. She posted on a Monday, but it was St.
Patrick's. So she was showing what they did on Sunday.
Oh, okay. That makes it better.
Because then I watched her story and I saw the green breakfast. And this is not relatable to me.
Why? I feel like you're always getting festive with your kids' food. Not for breakfast.
Okay. Not for breakfast.
If you had, like, unlimited time and, like, space, you might be doing that. I might be.
I'll tell you what I am going to do. I am going to do that rainbow fruit plate one day.
It was was parching and the amount of crudite that she says that her kids eat which I believe her because why would she lie about that like because she arranges it in the way that she does my kids don't eat crudite maybe all right well let's get on it if I arranged it in a rainbow maybe if you put on a flower sprinkle yeah I actually would try that because that's really fun and cute we have so much to do today so it's dear toasters tuesday and let me tell you the submissions were making me giggle it's dtt and not to you know be that girl no updates from you know the one um we also have stories that i actually picked today because i was up at the tell me what what didn't i do this morning i was up at the crack of dawn. I got up, like, was early.

I ordered breakfast.

I was like, yeah, let me choose stories.

Let me take some things off my sister's plate.

Like, I was so productive.

I made a TikTok.

Like, I was so busy.

No, that was really helpful.

Plus, I went to Mommy and Me this morning, which is why I look like I went to Mommy and Me this morning.

You were sending, like, cute class pictures.

So I knew you were busy.

Yeah, so it really worked out.

I'm just sat.

I got the stories up.

And there were, like, good stories, too.

Yeah, plenty.

We had an ex- Thank you. cute class picture so I knew you were busy.
Yeah so it really worked out. I'm just sat I got the stories up.

And there were like good stories too.

Yeah plenty. We had an excess.
And you watched

White Lotus. And I watched White Lotus.

So I don't know where that fits into the show.

It might not fit in. And I really don't have

that much to say so.

Yeah I mean I talked about it yesterday. Do you want to just

be like really brief and talk about it right now?

Yeah you said like

it was a really good episode. It wasn't.
It was like literally over the course of three hours and they were just like dancing i liked it i didn't like dislike it but nothing happened like my boy is still struggling i want better for him who's your boy my boy thomas ravenel oh yeah love him that was like a really dark scene i need things to turn around for him in a major way i know and i really need him to tell his wife like i actually think it'll make him feel better he's taking on this burden entirely on his own she can't handle it i know she's so fucking funny she like actually wouldn't be able to handle it i understand why he's not telling her she can't even handle piper staying the year here in taiwan in taiwan um i actually was liking Saxon because like he doesn't do drugs which I like appreciated him taking a strong stance until he was peer pressured there was a like a big power dynamic shift with the brothers like it was for the first time the weenie brother yeah what's his name Lachlan Lachlan is like becoming like a big man on campus weenie and he's like he was the one who kissed the other brother I know like I actually think that maybe Saxon didn't take the pill because he I thought he spit it out because he threw it in his mouth like let's go and he could have easily taken it out because he wasn't acting out of turn and he didn't even go to like make out with his brother but Lachlan didn't and the White Lotus um one of the writers was interviewed like about the incest scene and saying that's like an important theme and I just feel like I could really really live without incest like to me that actually is where I draw a personal line yeah it's like even though like Jamie and Circe is like the but that's like medieval times like you know and like I shipped them. They were so cute.
Yeah. It's just different when it's like a different time.
Because like you don't have to deal with it. Like as in present.
Yeah. And like.
Yeah. Like make sense of it knowing what I know now.
And I think it was maybe like more commonplace. And I'm sorry.
Like if they're suching as soulmates those two were perfect for one another and also like John and Danny

yeah but that was like

aunt uncle like it was much more distant

auntie nephew lovin

correct correct our favorite

kind of lovin

um

so yeah they smooched

oh Leslie Bibb's husband had his big moment

that's what everybody's talking about with his speech

that was really fucking crazy

that was really crazy

and the other actor Rick who was just like listening in disbelief the whole time was actually making me laugh that was like a fun little um moment with her husband in real life Leslie Bibb um but I was really shocked everything that was coming out of his mouth was even crazier than the sentence before. Yeah.

Yeah.

It was really crazy.

Everyone's like, give him the Emmy.

Like, I don't think that's how Emmy's work.

No, it's not.

And if we're giving an Emmy to one person from this show, it's Parker Posey.

Oh, for me, it's Thomas Ravenel.

Or Jason Isaacs.

He's really being like, the thing is, he's doing an amazing job at acting the role that

he was given.

Whereas I feel like Parker Posey is creating this entirely new. I don't know what was on the page, but what she, what she delivered couldn't be written.
Yeah. And then like the women were just being like, so losers.
Yeah. Yeah.
I'm sorry. That third friend, I don't know anyone's fucking name, Thomas Ravenel, the third friend from Gilded Age when she takes her top off she is seriously

one of the biggest losers and that's how I know

she's a good actor because I don't think her as a person

Carrie the woman is a

loser but her fucking character

is like actually makes me sad

no and the fact that

movie star then hooks up with the guy

so movie star is also making me sad

and so it's clearly like Leslie

she's a bitch

pushing this guy on her friend and like

trying to get her to go for him when meanwhile

I'll show you. so movie star is also making me sad and so it's clearly like she's a bitch yeah and like pushing this guy on her friend and like trying to get her to go for him when meanwhile she's been working

him yeah and leslie bibb is the only normal one who like has obviously like a life she's not

running away from at home because she's like can you guys leave yeah no like it's all we can have

fun we're on vacation but like at some point like there's a fight starting at the club these freaks

are in our villa can we go to bed yeah i liked that she said no to the shot and stood on her ground, unlike Saxon. Yeah, correct.
But yeah, we have a lot to do today and really nothing happened. And like, honestly, this show is, I don't know what kind of press they have, but like, it's really crazy the way people talk about this show when like nothing happens.
Yeah. That's like the of the show but people have definitely like made it into a bigger thing phenomenon than it is like it's a show and it's good and it's bad like it's just a show you know the thing about it is like it's neither good nor bad because it's nothing right it's nothing it's nothingness are you ready for the fast five stories i am ready for the Fast Five Stories that are brought to you by Quince.
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I smell. I have deja vu.
I know. I'm just remarking on.
I feel like doing the ads is actually a very physical sport for me and and these days like with my breath work i need my mouth guard with like my inability to breathe and like now now i'm sweating i just needed to remark like after a four minute and 30 second ad break your girl is moist okay i will read the deets of this next story slowly so that you can recover yeah tracy morgan was taken in a wheelchair after vomiting outside the knicks first heat game not outside court side at the knicks first heat game at madison square garden very different tracy morgan was taken away in a wheelchair after vomiting court side at the game last night a photo shared on x showed him hunched over and throwing up in his floor seat at madison square garden in new york city he was attended to by a concerned friend. There's literally a picture of him throwing up like.
Yeah, there's also a video. I can't watch it.
And they didn't like blur out the vomit. So I'm just going to cover it.
In a separate video, he's shown wiping his face with a white towel while being escorted out of the arena by medics. Eyewitnesses claim that he was bleeding from his nose and could barely stand up.
The actor's medical incident reportedly delayed the game in the third quarter for about 10 minutes. Reps for him haven't responded to comment, but a spokesperson for MSG told The Post, we hope Tracy feels better soon and we look forward to seeing him back courtside.
Tracy is a lifelong Knicks fan, so all of the Knicks are really rallying around and sending him well wishes. He's kind of the face of the Knicks.
Like if you go to a Knicks game, they're always playing videos of him like to get people hyped up to like make more sound. He's like a lifelong fan and probably one of the most famous fans.
And I can't lie, when I first saw this, I was like, lol, this is so Tracy Morgan. And I definitely thought because he had gone on maybe like a year or two ago on Hoda talking about how he loves Ozempic and how it's amazing because he still eats Doritos, but he's losing weight.
And so I saw this and I'm like, oh, he got too excited at the Knick game. He ate a little too much and he threw up.
That's so Ozempic. But then hearing the details about him being like escorted out in a wheelchair with a bloody nose not being able to stand.
It's obviously like I think like a much more severe case. And it's actually really sad.
Yeah. I feel like it might have to do with something larger than just like nausea.
Cause usually you could like maybe make it to the bathroom. No, even like pregnant women in their first trimester, make trimester, make it to the bathroom.
Yeah. To be, to really be unable in that moment to even get up and go to the bathroom like that, I think it's like a sign of something much more serious.
Yeah. he has a history of serious health issues over the years he has diabetes which is what put him on Ozempic um he went under he got a kidney transplant in 2010 of course he sustained life-threatening injuries from his accident so I don't know I feel a little worried for Tracy I do too and I feel bad like is worse than being sick? So embarrassing.
And instead you're being filmed courtside and the game is delayed 10 minutes. Like if anybody had thrown up courtside, cause there's non-famous people who sit courtside.
Like it might've been a story like fan throws up, but it's such a big spectacle. And there's literally a picture and a video of it because it's Tracy Morgan.
And like that element is obviously smaller than what's's going on with his health but it's a real like you're you feel humiliated and it makes me really sad if tracy morgan has no fans like rip to me i love this man as a new yorker as a 30 rocker and it's just a lover of all things comedy and i don't i feel like i don't like tracy's one of those people who i stand really hard, but like I never talk about him. Do you know what I mean? Yeah.
You're very private. Yeah.
Yes, exactly. I love him so much.
I'm like really sad. Yeah.
And honestly, it's like not a good week for sitting courtside. Maybe you guys should take Jennifer Hudson hitting the face with the ball at the Knicks game.
That was literally two weeks ago, but okay. I think that was last week.
It's not a good month. No way.

No way.

When did we talk about her in common?

Like literally two weeks ago.

Maybe two weeks ago, but maybe last week.

What's today's date?

Today is the 18th. So I'm saying it's like last Monday to Friday.

Okay, so four days ago she reacted to it.

But when did she get hit basketball let's see i'm looking through our episodes when did we talk about it that's a good call i need to know like if march 4th okay so two weeks three weeks ago three weeks ago oh my gosh time is flying oh no no no sorry two weeks ago exactly my bad time's flying um yeah the knicks are kind of a mess the knicks are kind of a mess but they did win last night was ben happy they beat the heat we went to bed at nine o'clock god literally we missed it we went to bed at nine o'clock oh and a fun fact about ben is that he's a huge Knicks fan, but we recently switched from traditional cable. We cut our cords like true millennials, very not Gen X of me.
You should get them back. And we have YouTube TV and they do not, you can't get access to MSG network, which is like the New York local network that plays all the Knicks games.
Now, if the Knicks game is like a, you know, against the Lakers, it's broadcast nationally on ESPN. But for like the everyday games um we can't watch it so then i'm like okay let's get msg plus like the stream yeah 60 bucks it was or maybe 30 bucks a month it was nuts it was like more than my youtube tv i'm like i'm sorry i do well in this life but i can't like justify that monthly expense and didn't want to pay for it we like like we pay as a household.
No, but what if he was like, I will send you $30 every month. Like it's I'm covering it.
What if he said that? Like from his personal pot? From his personal pot. I don't think I would let him do something so financially irresponsible.
Like it's only how many months out of the year? Pirate it. Do it on like, you know.
go to a bar go to your friend's house like seriously but no but then he's not home oh don't go to a bar that's why i feel like he goes to the actual game it's the only way for him to see yeah it's so true so he's how much is he spending on tickets versus the 30 a a month? But he would still be spending it on tickets.

And I want to say, like, when we discovered this issue, I'm not, like, such a bitch.

When we discovered that YouTube TV didn't have MSG, they actually had, like, a contract negotiation.

Yeah.

You know when that happens?

And so at one point you could watch it.

Then, like, last year they couldn't reach a deal.

So I'm like, okay, we'll get MSG+.

He never used it. And I canceled it after two months.
So I'm not a total bitch, by the way. Okay, I understand.
And maybe this is like the Gen Xer in me. But like the older I get, I've gotten like really cheap.
No, it's so crazy. Someone like will borrow Claudia's login for something.
And she's like, oh, wait, I canceled it. Let me sign up.
Like the minute you stop watching a show, it it doesn't even occur I don't can't I like I probably pay for too many things but like I pay

like I want to have it I just want oh my god and I'm so mad because I just discovered every time

you want to watch a show you have to re-sign up for whatever platform yes yes and I just discovered

because like after Theo died I got rid of like all my Theo stuff including my Furbo dog camera

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Like, I'm sorry. That's insane.
Oh, my God. I was really annoyed.
I actually called Express and I fought the charge. And, you know, I got my money back.
You fought the power. Yeah.
No, I've really become really cheap. Even though Jackie's bar for cheap and my bar for cheap are completely different.
We're two different extremes, for sure. So I'm, like, obviously about to – like, I'm about to have a child.
And that's, I think, what has encouraged me to, like, tighten the purse strings a little bit. Because it's – there's a lot – and I have a lot of bills, like, doctor's bills.
And so, yes yes I'm open to receiving free gifts as an influencer sorry like I get stuff for free and one of the things that I am accepting for free will be my crib so I'm obviously not buying anything yet we're a little superstitious but I'm looking at the the offerings from the gifted companies and I'm sending it to Jackie and she's like sending me back like shit from Pottery Barn and I'm like well I can't get that for free like and I want these they're expensive she won't buy her son a crib Jackie's like you're so cheap you won't buy your son a crib you're fucking crazy like I have all like you're just wrong that doesn't make me cheap okay no no I think it does make you cheap but like that's not necessarily wrong like okay so you won't buy your son a crib okay so't get the one that you want. Okay.
I can't get the exact one that I want, but I could find a really similar one from the websites that have offered to gift it. Yeah, okay.
Like, I'm fine with that. But then, like, they keep, every time we find one that we like, it turns out, like, oh, no.
It's, like, sold out in that color on that website. They're not giving away that color, and it's, like, they're only giving, oh, because only giving okay because they have like the ugliest one no i ended up with a really nice one because you won't just like buy the one that you like yeah no i won't and if you guys feel like my my cheap energy radiating in the next couple of weeks just know like yes i'm entering my cheap era and i actually blame rocket money when we did that ad for rocket money a couple of weeks ago it actually really did inspire me i did the monthly subscription thing that's how i found out about furbo hey for it i've been paying for what rocket money yes but it's a worthy expense but they really helped me i canceled so many i was paying for two kindle unlimiteds like i didn't even know when you have multiple credit cards i blame brian kelly like i've i have a lot going on so they really and that has kind of like kicked my ass into gear I've become really cheap understood well I think it's I think it is good and and please I don't like the word cheap because like I'm I feel like I'm I prefer fiscally responsible like I don't think I could say I'm cheap you know I have a Birkin yeah this I don't think it's I think most people like I'm we're very different but I'm also fiscally responsible like I'm not irresponsible I'm not you're not fiscally irresponsible but I wouldn't say like but so I would say you lead with fiscal responsibility I definitely do I take into account all things including my happiness correct but like fiscal responsibility is an umbrella term that we both could stand under that umbrella however like we're not the same yeah my umbrella is like bigger no so like there just needs to be a different one i understand if you don't want it to be cheap and i won't label you as that i'm not cheap but let's go to thesaurus.com slash cheap no go to thesaurus.com for fiscally responsible i was i think that saying the purse strings are very tight is is fair.
Yeah the purse strings are tight. So she's a tight purse stringer.
But in certain eras of my life you know back in my dink era. Coach economical.
You are economical. I am but I'm not always like I think that I really try to let my economics be reflective of my phase of life.

Like when I was going to St. Bart's and I spared no expense.

Like that was my dink.

Dual income.

No kids.

Now my circumstances are changing and I need my economics to reflect that.

Yeah.

I understand.

And accepting a free crib doesn't make you cheat.

No.

Not on its face.

No.

But you guys haven't seen what we've been through. How many iterations of this when she just won't buy the crib that she likes.
Yeah. Or the next one or the next one or the next one.
Yeah, but I ended up last night like I decided on a really pargy one. Which one? The one that you liked.
Okay, cool. Hopefully they'll give it to you.
Please give it to her, you guys. Like, please.
Let me actually, let me just take a minute and be like, everyone please, if she reaches out for free stuff, like please give it to her you guys like please let me actually you know what let me just take a minute be like everyone please if she reaches out for free stuff like please give it to her for my sake okay or else I'll be getting canva edits of nursery rooms for months yeah and for the most part like in my influencer career like a huge part of being an influencer is just like getting free stuff which you also also sometimes hate. It is my least favorite part of this job.

It's so wasteful.

I accept no gifting.

Like when PR comes to my house that I didn't approve, I actually return to sender.

I do not like it.

It's just not ever anything that I need.

It's such a waste.

And it's just like a part of this job that I do not like.

That part of my life is over.

And I'm now open to it accepting all maternity and baby like gifts okay and just wait till you get the actual gifts you know you can register for stuff and your friends and family will buy it for you of course I have the baby list app don't worry about me I know but like if if you're getting everything gifted like what's left for us I wasn't I wasn't gonna make a registry because i'm like why would i ask my friends to buy me stuff and then my friend margo was like but people are gonna buy you stuff because they love you and you've bought people stuff so it might as well be things that you want or need so make a registry why don't you make a registry of all the things that you couldn't get no i think i'm gonna make a registry of things like i would never like that are like opulent you know like a ralph lorenz buy that like for a baby I understand yeah I'll have to think about what to get you so much fresh I told you last night what to get me so you're good yeah you did remember we were looking at my edit and Harry said where's the blanket oh yeah oh yeah she wants an. Okay.
Yeah, I feel like I'm not a real influencer. Aren't you glad I'm not cheap? So true.
You're not a real influencer if like your nursery doesn't have an Hermes blanket. Actually, the baby blanket is...
But I'm sorry. Do you know how much those are? I'm not buying it.
But it's actually cheap compared to the living room one. Yes, because this is the baby one.
Because, yeah, it's much smaller. It's not cheap, but yeah.
No, I thought it was $1,200. Wait, maybe it is.
Hold on. Regardless, I'm not buying it.
So that's definitely something I'm open to receiving. I understand.
And that's a great gift. No, the baby one is $1,200.
It's the other one that's like $3,000. Okay, cool.
I'll start saving. Nuts.
Nuts. Are you ready for our next story? Mm-hmm.
A little White Lotus news. Because White Lotus star schwarzenegger strips down to his undies with his fiancee abby champion for a skims photo shoot so skims per usual on the pulse they have tapped patrick schwarzenegger and his model fiancee to model for their wedding shop return so the two of them are engaged and they are modeling the latest wedding Skivvies for Skims.
Skivvies is a great name for a lingerie company or like an undergarment company. Yeah.
I love this. This is the second time Skims has tapped like a viral person from White Lotus.
Obviously the two Italian hookers last season, which everybody loved. My God, did they fall off the face of the earth? Like what happened to them?? That's classic White Lotus.
Classic White Lotus. Although, I think Patrick Schwarzenegger and his fiance have a little bit more staying power for a lot of reasons.
She's also, like, a huge model. She's one of the big faces, the new faces of Tommy Hilfiger.
So, this is, like, a great get for Skims, but also for Patty and his girl. Yeah.
Yeah. She's very beautiful.
They're very beautiful.

This seems like a no brainer.

No brainer.

It's like a.

Yeah.

It's really smart.

And the pictures are Pardy.

He's really in just really stellar shape.

Yeah.

So is she.

I hope.

I wish them lots of love.

He was totally naked in the shoot.

Which.

Yeah.

Holding flowers to cover his junk.

Yeah. The junk.
That's also a great name for a men's underwear company what about dong it's a little harsh I think I think you're not seeing the vision skivvies we should seriously trademark it yeah we should even though I don't wear skivvies let me tell you that are you saying you don't wear underwear or you don't wear underwear that would be described as skivvies that second one and when you think of skivvies are you thinking of like dirty undies with holes in them I'm thinking like a little something lace thong oh oh that's so funny I feel like skivvies are like skin marked underwear with holes in them skivvy undies. Well, then it certainly shouldn't be a brand.

I think it's just like little big undies.

Underwear, especially a set consisting of an undershirt and underpants or just the underpants.

Cute.

Yeah, skivvies to me like have holes in them.

Okay. Well.

That's what I like picture in my mind. Okay, so maybe like we'll not start a brand called skibbies maybe we'll not maybe we'll not are you ready for our next story the claudia ashray of the latin world hilarious baldwin is defending her natural accent changes after mean backlash from the whole world so she's making a lot of news with their reality show in like actually a way that I think trends

positively for the both of them.

Well, I haven't seen the show.

I think the sheer fact that they have a reality show and then that show is also on TLC.

Like, I think it's so crazy.

I'm still stuck there.

I'm stuck at the announcement.

It's so shocking when you really think about the breadth of Alec Baldwin's work. Now, obviously, in recent years, he's had a bit of a fall from grace with Hilaria and then the Russ shooting.
But he is like one of the biggest actors of our time. And it's just like really crazy to me that he's on TLC.
I know. But I think it's very humanizing.
Like they have seven kids. That's crazy.
That's not Hollywood. It's insane.
And like they have this huge apartment. I saw a clip like they have this huge two story apartment in New York City.
And he's like, there's not enough room. Like I have no space.
And I think people I think it comes off like it is crazy to live in Manhattan with seven kids. It's crazy.
And in a way that's like kind of endearing. I think it's in a way I don't know that it's so like positive, but it doesn't seem negative.
And I think like even the way she's talking about the whole scandal of the cucumber and everything. And I actually, for as much as she can defend herself, like I can see it.
What is she said? She insists her infamous acts and changes are completely organic. She defended herself in Sunday's episode of the ball wins as she explained that her multicultural background has helped her become quote, a chameleon.
She said, growing up in a way where you have multiple cultural influences on you means that you're never going to be able to fit in you can try you know this is literally me when i pretend to be latin or pretend to be gen x she said you know people who code switch were very good at chameleoning and you don't even think you're not even thinking about it it's just normal it's just natural so code switching is when the practice of adapting mannerisms or dialect to fit into different social groups. It's really crazy to use the term code switching when you're not a Latin person.
Like that's insane. Well, she's literally like Anglo-Saxon from Boston.
She has English and Spanish influences in her life. And she said the influences.
OK, so she knows somebody Spanish. She said she had to learn about code switching because the world was mean to her so i had to learn it it's code switching she said she compared it to when you're speaking to an elderly individual you're you start talking really loud you're going to emphasize you're going to speak slower and you're not even really thinking about it you just start to do it so it's just it's something innate it's not really something that she's like actively choosing to do but she said you never get used to being people being mean but you take a deep breath and I think you learn to distance yourself from it and so you know I just tried turning the volume down in my head a bit and I'm not going to take it personally so she had claimed back in you know 2020 she was busted for claiming that she was born in Spain when she was actually raised in Boston um now you know I'm not one to go woke.
This is what she said. I just want to say, this is her words.
She said, my parents raised, this was what she said to the controversy, sorry, back then. And I feel like we definitely dissected it, but I just want to remind you.
My parents raised my brother and me with two cultures, American and Spanish. And I feel a true sense of belonging to both.
The way I've spoken about myself and my deep connection to two cultures could have been explained better I should have been more clear and I'm sorry and I'm sorry I'm proud of the way I was raised and we're raising our children to share the same love and respect for both now it's entirely possible to have been raised with a culture and around a culture that's not yours like maybe you live in a cultural neighborhood or I think her father was like a professor of Spanish something. So I can understand that doesn't translate into an accent, okay? Accents are regional.
They are, I'm surprised she doesn't talk like Dave Portnoy. Like that would make more sense.
She's from Boston. But sometimes, I mean, if her parents are in Spanish, this is tough.
But like sometimes when people have parents who have an accent or speak a different language. They speak a little differently.
Yes. Especially if the language that their parents speak is actually their first language.
That's what they learn at home. And then they learn English.
Her parents are not of Latin descent, but maybe they spoke Spanish in the home a lot. Maybe they wanted her to have it.
Maybe it's the parents fault. We spoke Spanish in the home a lot.
Not first, not as our first language. I'm sorry.
This is not to be all woke. And look, we spoke Spanish in the home a lot and you're Latin.
Right. Not to be all woke, but I'm sorry.
Like, I'm offended. And I'm not defending her at all because I.
Actually, you are, but continue. No, I'm just, I'm just arguing a little bit, like, to the point that maybe we could, like, she could be more than this one day.
You know what I mean? Like, I feel like for so long it's, like, Hilaria, like, I'm shocked they even got like hilaria like i'm shocked they even got a tlc i'm shocked they even got a show because like that's how canceled she was let me ask you a question you think that maybe she we could move on from this and that she could be more than this scandal do you think jessie smolle could ever be more than his fake hate crime like for real do you think you could ever malaise thing it's like there's victims there was courts there's taxpayer dollars what this girl does on her Instagram and in her free time. It's a victimless crime.
Who cares? What's crazier is what's easier to move on from? The fact that she faked her accent or her husband shot someone. I know.
The thing is, is that like I've definitely. You find yourself moving on.
No, not moving on. I find myself like really having, even though Alec Baldwin is like seriously one of the craziest people on the planet.
Like I find myself having a lot of sympathy for him in the Rust shooting. Like seriously not his fault.
Like no part of it is his fault. Also traumatic for him.
Of course. And at the end of the day, like Alec Baldwin has killed someone.
Yeah. That's something y'all have to live with.
Yes.

And like a young woman, a mother, through no fault of his own.

I really believe that.

Like I actually, it's the craziest thing.

And I actually don't think about it that much because he has so much other stuff going on.

Like 30 Rock is one of my favorite shows.

He's like a beloved.

Hilaria Baldwin like doesn't have a lot going on besides the scandal.

For you, there's not enough like pros to outweigh the cons. Like, you know,'s Alec Karen Huger where she did something bad, but you have so much love for her.
Right. And Alec Baldwin is a complicated person for sure.
And he's a thoughtless little pig. He's had a lot of scandals.
But I don't know. I just can't quit him.
It's kind of the Jack Donaghy effect. I understand.
I just feel like we can move forward from this.

She is having a bit of a redemption arc.

Like this show, I think is.

That's what I'm saying.

It's a little bit positive.

People who are watching it are opening themselves up to her.

I just want to let you know, like, I'm still at the restaurant.

I will be there for eternity.

It will never not be the weirdest thing ever to me.

She can explain it in however many accents and languages she wants. Her name is Hillary.
She's from Boston. And she's white.
But what's also funny is that like, so she was busted. Why is she different than Rachel Dolezal? She was busted.
It's not. Well, I just feel like Hilaria continues to walk in her truth, you know? So does Rachel, by the way.
She's still doing this. Like, she's talking like Spanish, Spanglish on the show.
And her kids have like Spanish names. It didn't change her behaviorachel by the way doing this like she's talking like spanish

spanglish on the show and her kids have like spanish names it didn't change her behavior i think her family does live in spain now and and it's like it's not like she was busted for faking something it's like she was busted and but that's who she is and she's still doing it it kind of makes it better i do think what does rachel jolezal identify as now does she admit that it was like all a Yeah, like I feel like she was like faking it as a means to an end. Not because like that was what was in her soul, you know? I mean, Rachel Dolezal was so crazy because not only was she not black, but she was also the president of the NAACP.
Right, like I feel like she was doing it to like advance her job. And like, Hilaria's doing this for Hilaria's self.
Well, no, she's doing it like to like to be like an interesting media personality but yes but she's even doing it in the home when no one's

looking are her kids gonna have fake accents like because their mom does I think because yeah they

speak a lot of Spanish but I don't know I have to I would have to watch the show to see what their

dialect is by the way she has kids who are 11 so like we'll know yeah sooner or later no we'll know

if we just turned on the show oh right but I can't like I just can't get myself to do it no no I was

I'm going to do it. No, no, no.
I would only turn on TLC for the culpos. I would only turn on TLC for my sister wives, my strange addiction.
And my 500 pound sister. The thousand pound sisters.
I didn't know I was pregnant. And the man with the 19 pound screw around.
of course Hoarders. Extreme Couponing which you'll be on soon.
I'll be on Extreme Cheapskates. Extreme Cheapskates is actually one of the most nauseating shows.
You can't watch it with a full stomach. Maybe if your ever cheapness is starting to bother you you should watch that show.
It might be curative. It's like a cautionary tale about what I could become.
It's a slippery slope. Next thing I know, I'm picking up roadkill for dinner.
Yeah, I'm out 10 out of 10. 10 out of 10.
That's my future. Are you ready for our next story? What number? Number four.
Yeah. Some biz news.
Oh, yeah.

We have two biz news stories today, which if you guys are mad about it, blame Claudia.

I'm not mad about it.

Is that four and five?

That's four and five.

Okay, so maybe I'm not ready.

So we can do like a biz news segment.

I don't want to break up the biz news.

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More importantly, the Knicks are now 1-0 when I throw up on the court. So maybe I'll have to break it out again in the playoffs.
Okay, funny. I'm so glad.
Because I feel like if there was like a major health issue that he hadn't shared yet, like now would be the time. So the fact that he has it, like there's nothing.
And you know, actually, if you've had really bad food poisoning like you can't walk yeah and if you throw up really hard you can like start bleeding like your eyes get bloodshot so i'm thrilled to hear this yeah same you made oh honey you made a little joke get well soon trace face get well soon trace face that's really funny next story biz news forever 21 21 is filing for brain corrupts again. Brain corrupts.
I hate when I go bankrupt. It's very sad.
And maybe they weren't. Honestly, wait, I kind of love that.
Like brain corrupt could be like a new, you know, and like you can't, like your mind goes blank, like a kind of a brain fart. You're brain corrupt.
Yeah. But they are bankrupt and probably brain corrupt too.
They're planning to call. For like the second time.
And now this time they're going to close all their US stores. I feel like people always threaten us with this.
Yeah, but then every now and again, like it actually happens. Bed Bath & Beyond is still closing.
Right. It's been a year.
Bed Bath & Beyond, but they actually closed. Meanwhile, that's like a story we really need.
And them going out of business has actually impacted me personally my life in a negative way toys r us like gone they're back in macy's right so and even forever 21 they went bankrupt like two years ago yeah sometimes like going bankrupt is just like a flex and then other times it is the demise sometimes it's a strategic financial move you know maybe i'll do it yeah save some money to file chapter 11 like i think you get cleared of all your debt or something yeah and then you could maybe sign up for a couple more subscriptions but because i'm so economical get msg plus because i'm so economical i don't have debts that's true she's in the green i'm in the green nothing lasts forever not even 21. The clothing retailer that was once a centerpiece in malls across America has filed for bankruptcy again and plans to close its remaining locations for good.
In a statement, the company said it can't compete with foreign fast fashion retailers. That's always a good move to blame it on fast fashion.
Blame Sheehan. Everybody hates fast fashion except we're buying it.
Excuse me, Forever 21 is fast fashion. Except we're buying it every day, but we hate it.
It's so terrible. And like Forever 21 is American Shein to me.
How they weren't able to be successful is shocking. They invented fast fashion.
No, when I think of fast fashion, I think Forever 21. The reason why they're not successful is because they haven't evolved at all.
Like so many brands recently, like the times have changed, you know, people aren't wearing like their little graphic tees anymore. I feel like Abercrombie has really evolved.
Yes. PacSun has really evolved.
Forever 21 has stayed the same. And they've stayed like obsessed, focused on retail.
Yeah. Which nobody shops anymore.
Their website sucks. Yeah.
Like Abercrombie is so, that's a perfect example because they're from the same generation and they've totally rebranded. Is your sweatshirt Abercrombie? Boys Lie.
But that's how you know Abercrombie is getting mistaken for Boys Lie. I shop Abercrombie all the time.
I actually just best place in order because I need new clothes. That's a great example.
I don't know what Forever 21 has been doing. just like kept the same formula and hoped that people would come and even like H&M has evolved Zara is you know the fastest of the fashion they're constantly they do a great job Gap like there's no like people could do it sure fast fashion blame the foreign retailers but like you didn't even try you didn't even try I didn't even know they were still around they took their success from like 10 years ago and thought it would just like they could coast on it they didn't evolve no they didn't evolve or die that's what they say and here we are dead so like not to victim blame but you played yourself no of course not but but you're wrong for this sometimes the place closes and it's like oh we're wrong you know like we don't deserve nice and they were they were crushing it they were killing it there was nothing more they could have done or it's like we're so online that we can't appreciate the the barns and noble even like joanne fabrics closing was like sad you know we're not sewing enough and we're disgusting for that barns and noble barns and noble and we're disgusting and we, I'm sorry, this isn't on us.
You guys are disgusting. Forever 21.
Yeah. So you should have been like our next brand.
Oh, yeah. Poppy.
PepsiCo is buying the prebiotic soda brand Poppy for nearly $2 billion. And we were just talking about them.
They're a big scandal. I guess the vending machines didn't put them out of business oh my god they were probably like signing the paperwork and like well i was you know i was thinking like a big stupid scandal like that like does that impact mergers and acquisitions obviously not i think at the end of the day rising tides no at the end of the day it's dollars and cents like oh okay people are mad about vending machines but but like you guys make $2 billion.
Okay, we'll take it. Right.
So PepsiCo buying this soda replacement, it's like actually really crazy. They must have been impacting the business.
Yeah. Well, enough.
Soda sales have been going down, except brands like Poppy and Olipop. Right.
Prebiotic soda brands have become very popular.

Coca-Cola even recently launched its own prebiotic soda brand called Simply Pop.

So instead of launching their own, they decided to acquire Olipop,

which I think is the better move.

I agree.

First of all,

Support Small Businesses.

They came from Shark Tank.

They came from Shark Tank.

It used to be called Mother.

It was like made of vinegar.

They got a deal with that guy who's like the beverage guy.

He did the BAI drink by.

Rowan.

Yeah.

Rohan, I think his name is.

He's like super successful guy.

But that was also years ago.

So it's also interesting to see how long it took for them to get acquired.

Because this is.

And of course, you know who was the guest shark on that episode and had to make 11 TikToks about it.

Bethany Frankel.

Oh, is she kicking herself? It was called mother back then yeah um and it was a pregnant woman and her husband who launches business and it's remained female founded now they took on investors like from shark take also olivia munn was a big celebrity investor um alex earl was given equity a little while ago so i'm really curious to know how much percentage big house Let's see if she like moves into a big house. Correct.
Because even if she got 1% of the company, which I think people are like, she definitely got at least 1%. No, I think she probably got like a third of a percent because when it's that big of a company, like those are the numbers you're working with.
But still, even half a percent is $7 million. Yeah.
It's insane. Yeah.
This is great news for the industry. This is exciting for the founders.
It's big for women in business women in business for health it is great for this is really a brand that's gotten big from influencer marketing podcast marketing um so i think it's really good and it's trending towards healthier soda okay well now of course because like poppy is just one of those brands because they're so chronically online. There's backlash, right? Like you sold to big evil Pepsi.
And it's like, can we just be happy for this woman owned business? So that's been happening with like a lot of like the good food brands that started because they're the clean alternative to the big Frito-Lay. I think even like Siete sold to Frito-Lay, something like that.
And people in like the natural food space are like very upset because they're like they're going to change the formulas.

Well, if they do change the formulas, like then it just defeats the purpose.

But I don't think they're going to change the formulas. And instead, it makes it like more ubiquitous so that like you could get a poppy at a gas station on the side of the road and not have to get an unhealthy soda.

And I've actually been drinking poppy orange soda.

Like when I was trying to drink less soda, I kind of gave up on that.

But it's fucking delicious.

Yeah.

I think that's drink less soda. I kind of gave up on that, but it's fucking delicious.
Yeah, I've got to find my flavor. Yes, so not every flavor is going to like rock your world.
And at first I was like, this is what people are obsessed with. And then Ben brought home this orange soda because he was doing like something with like a Fanta drink or whatever.
And he brought home the poppy orange soda and it was unbelievably delicious. And I just need to add to our list of duplicates, Ollipop and Poppy.
Ollipop, yes. Because they launched the same year, they do the same thing and they have a similar name.
So I think that Poppy, like really invented an entirely new space. They were the first to do this and then became the biggest.
And I think a lot of these other brands are inspired by them. But I feel like the fact that they launched the same year just means like two people with the same idea.
Because it takes a while to get something like this off the ground. There's no way one wasn't inspired by the other.
You think? Because they're both soda replacements made of prebiotics. Why does that equal pop in the name? Soda.
Because pop equals soda. Soda.
Yeah, but like there's a lot of soda brands. And they were mother right and olipop oh it was valued at 1.85 billion dollars during its latest funding round which was announced in february oh maybe they're next coca-cola he said that the founder said that soda giants pepsico and coca-cola had already come knocking about a potential sale but coca-cola bought it started simply pop it No, they started their own, which is a flop.
Yeah. They should have bought Olipop.
And it could be like the new Coke and Pepsi, Olipop versus Poppy. Yes.
I like that. But like, could I still have a Diet Coke? Of course you can.
And a Diet Dr. Pepper.
Of course you can. Okay, cool.
But yeah, I'm going to get into this. I'm going to get into it.
We need to start making Diet Dr. Pepper a little bit more ubiquitous.
When you go to a restaurant and you get a Diet Coke, can you get a Dr. Pepper? No.
Or when you go to a restaurant now, you could probably get a poppy. Like soon with PepsiCo distribution.
If they have a fountain machine. Yeah, they'll get it on tap.
Well, that's the other thing. PepsiCo is so big.
A lot of people don't realize. PepsiCo owns most of the fast food chains in this country.
own taco bell so like if you because you can get a diet dr pepper at taco bell because it's a pepsi co-owned and you'll probably be able to get a poppy at taco bell i bet they'll do like a baja blast poppy yeah which which is why this is good yes even though you know they probably won't change the formula but now you'll have your healthier option everywhere you go like that is good and they can't do that without these huge companies and they can't do it quickly. And by the way, PepsiCo also owns Frito-Lay.
Who were you just saying got bought by Frito-Lay? I think it was Siete got bought by Frito-Lay. Yeah.
So they own like every chip. They own Gatorade.
They own Mountain Dew, Diet Dr. Pepper, Tostitos, Ruffles, literally everything.
Yeah, yummy. This is making me hungry.
I'm just starving always. I'm really hungry.
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Let's do it. Hey, girlies.
I'm kind of freaking out. I'm sure you've heard of the Fourth Wing series in case you haven't.

It's a book series in the fantasy genre, but it also has a lot of like good smut and porn in it.

My parents know I've been reading this series and loving it.

Did you read Fourth Wing?

I read the first one and then stopped in the middle of the second.

I got like so confused. No, no, that's fine.

It's over.

Yeah, it's over.

And I don't even think Margo liked the third one.

Okay.

So look.

My parents know I've been reading this series and loving it. They don't know what it's about.
But recently, one of my mom's friends told my mom to start reading it. I tried to do everything I could to convince my mom she wouldn't like it and not to start it.
But much to my dismay, she's already two chapters in and loving it. Loving it so much, in fact, that she got my dad to start reading it.
Please, what do I do? I'm mortified and I'm so anxious just waiting for them to get to the part where there's actual porn.

My family is close,

but we do not talk about that stuff.

I don't think I can get them to stop reading,

so my question is more about

how do I deal with the situation?

Right now, I'm not bringing up the fact

that there are the most descriptive sex scenes

you've ever seen in this book,

but once they get there, how do I tell them?

There's a 50-50 chance

that they either bring it up as a joke

or completely ignore it,

but genuinely, I'm panicking,

so anything you can tell me would be great.

Love you guys so much.

I've truly asked everyone in my life what to do, but I need the advice of my swirl but also by the way I'm 26 years old and a girl if that helps okay I just want to say I feel like fourth wing wasn't that smutty I actually remember when we did the redheads episode like there were complaints that like the smut there wasn't enough smut and it happened much later in the book okay but the bar for the redheads and smut is very different than this girl's dad okay i just want to say i the smut i think we like literally said it didn't happen until like the second half of the book i don't think your dad's gonna read that much like i think it's kind of a tough read like really fucking bored by it well this is definitely like a weird thing i remember getting a book recommendation i remember talking about a book that i was reading smut scenes from fourth wing like I don't remember I remember there was one where he like made a cloud of smoke and she couldn't see anything like like that's like his power it is and she's like blinded or something I really don't know um I didn't I didn't love fourth wing I don't love fantasy um but I can understand that this is really awkward for you um and embarrassing like this thing that you're obsessed with like now everyone's gonna know like part of the reason why you're obsessed but just to say like I don't think this is a full smut book especially not the first one because like it takes a while to establish a relationship between Violet and Zayden they're not having sex for a while so like I think that your parents can see why you like this book and it's not like you're reading 50 shades of gray where it's like oh you're just reading yes that's true like there is a story there is world building there are a couple sex scenes but like I don't think it's so embarrassing and if your mom reads a good amount all books have sex now all books yes so I'm not worried about your mom like I also think your dad will stop reading it before it gets to a sort of inflection point and if your mom yeah does read and you have to think about like tv shows did your mom watch game of thrones like it's the same thing it's a little different i don't know why but it's really not but i remember like we watched game of thrones and like i when you said you were gonna like i like it's not just nakedness and sex like as long as the book like it depends there are certain books that are literally made for porn. If this was about 50 Shades and they had no idea what they were reading, like, yes, run for cover, join the Witness Protection Program.
Or even some of the smut literary books that go viral. They have in one summer.
They have no substance. That's embarrassing.
You're just reading for sex. At least this book is like 600 pages and maybe like 30 of the pages are porn.
It's like sexy Harry Potter. Yeah, it's definitely awkward and i could see this having the potential like to be weird but now that i've broken it down i think you're okay i think you're okay it's so not as bad as it could be and you're allowed to like like this book and you could like it for other reasons other than smut there's a lot going on like i think you're protected and let's just hope your dad hates it yeah i have very little faith your dad makes it to the end.
Yeah. I don't know him, but just a vibe.
Yeah. It's long.
Hey, Jackson Claude. My husband recently got a new secretary.
She always calls and texts him and cries to him every day about her marriage issues, that she might be getting a divorce. She barely shows up to work, but my husband has not fired her.
Last weekend, we were away. She called to ask work questions.
She was on speaker. And at the end of the call, she asks, are you alone? He said no quickly and hung up.
When I asked him about it, he's like, oh, it was probably nothing. But I don't think it was nothing.
Am I crazy or is something nefarious going on here? I don't want to snoop, but maybe I should. It was not nothing.
Yeah. Asking someone if they're alone is crazy.
Like being in the car on the phone when like it connects um ben will pick up the phone and he'll he's the first thing he always says hey i'm in the car with claude why did you say that i know but it's like he's like it's like his dad so no one has to ask if you're alone and like his dad even if they're not going to talk shit about you which of course is what you think they're going to do like he could be talking about a personal problem of course a medical issue if you ever called me and like we were talking we talk about like a lot of deep personal stuff and I didn't tell you Ben was in the room. It's wrong.
Yeah, the gracious thing is to like announce but to phrase it like that and also this is a work relationship. It shouldn't matter.
It shouldn't matter. If your real ass co-worker calls you about work and has to ask if you're alone, you're talking about things that are not work related.
Now it's entirely possible the next thing she thing she was going to say— Unless they work for, like, the Secret Service, and it's all, like, confidential. Oh, yeah.
Is your man an FBI agent? Yeah. It's entirely possible that what she was going to say after Are You Alone is, like, more marital stuff, and she didn't want to unload in front of somebody.
But him then, like, lying and saying, no, there's something weird going on well he didn't lie but no he like

quickly hung up and and she said well she said it was probably nothing really unprofessional and

she should not be employed by your husband correct and so first you should just keep tabs on it like

just in case they're having an affair like keep tabs um but then like you should push him towards

finding like a like a secretary that's not a basket case sorry and don't come from like a

place of threatened being like listen you're a very busy man a successful man you can't have

the Like you should push him towards finding like a like a secretary. That's not a basket case.
Sorry. And don't come from like a place of threatened being like, listen, you're a very busy man, a successful man.
You can't have this lunatic nutcase. It's a bad look for the office.
She sounds like person people mean the character from Inside Out, the blue woman who's Phyllis from the office gloom. She just gives that vibe.
And that's not how you want your company represented. Keep problems at home that's your boss it's not even your co-worker like correct I'm sorry people have to act professional I agree like this is a fireable offense place of work correct and beyond like beyond that there might be something nefarious going on yeah but even if there's not yeah no your husband she's a.
She's a problem. She's a problem.
She's one to watch. Our third and final dear toasters.
Hello, Jackson Turd. First, I can't thank you ladies enough for being the most gargy-pargy girlies and bringing me so much joy on my weekdays.
So here's my dilemma. I'm getting married in a few months and my fiance and his family love sports.
Do they keep up with sports? Yes, but not with Lamar. Orlyn.
My future mother-in-law told me that she's having the mascot of my fiance's favorite MLB team come to my bridal shower.

And the mascot of our college is coming to our wedding.

I really don't care about his favorite baseball team.

And I don't want a guy in a costume at our wedding.

I like sports.

They went to the same college.

Yeah, I like sports.

But I want both days to be about us and not sports for a couple of days. Should I mention it to my fiance or do I just tell her that it's not what I want? Am I being selfish? Also, she's not paying for the wedding, so it's really like not her place.
I want to say there's two separate issues here. I agree, the bridal shower and the wedding.
Your man's favorite MLB team coming to your bridal shower. That's ridiculous.
That's insane. Bridal showers are pargy.
They're classy affairs, tea sandwiches. Like you have to dip that in the bud.
But actually like a wedding can get rowdy. And if you both went to the same college.
And everyone there. Oh my God.
If the raider came out. That's hysterical.
Yeah. Like at the end.
Not at the ceremony. But like at the after party.
I think that's entirely appropriate. The bridal shower is really nuts.
Yeah. So this is good because you're not being.
If you like just accept our advice. You're not being completely unreasonable.
If you put the kibosh on one and not the other and just be like, that's cute. We could do that.
But the bridal, the mascot at my bridal shower is not happening. He, security will escort him out.
Like do not hire that person. Yeah.
So I feel like in you coming to us, like we can tell you, like you are being a little dramatic about the wedding thing, but you're 100% on the money. Like the bridal shower is really weird.
First of all, because bridal showers are are all girl so it's literally not about the husband at all it's about the bride no it's so weird the wedding is about the couple and the couple went to the same college and the couple like sports so like it's the mascot is emblematic of them why the MLB team like who gives a fuck yeah they're not the same no and it's your wedding and you're specifically your bridal shower so So the mother of the groom has a little bit of say in what goes on at the wedding. But she has literally no say.
Unless she's a toaster, a Gen X toaster. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
She has no say in what goes on at the bridal shower. That's really your day.
No, and if she had a bad idea for what goes on at the wedding, we would tell you to resist. But this is actually a good idea and people will enjoy it.
So you're just like – It's cute. You're just hating sports and that's blinding you from seeing a good idea.
Yeah. And maybe you're also just like hating the mother of the groom, which is understandable.
Weddings can be stressful. Yeah.
But I'm sorry. You need security detail for that mascot at your bridal shower.
1,000%. Keep an eye out.
He will not be through the door. There will be a brawl.
Keep an eye out for Mr. Met, you know? There will be a brawl in the street that would be really crazy save your money right why doesn't she gift you um the money instead right because i feel like it's expensive to have an mlb mascot like for hire unless you're getting like a generic yeah like a generic mr mr net it probably is that because it's like doesn't matter who's under the costume.

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