[Leftovers] #180

You know that moment when you hit record and your brain instantly forgets how to be normal? That’s where we start, with a simple “hello” that turns into an audio troubleshooting reality check: one of us hears something off in the headphones, the other hears nothing weird, and we try to decide whether to fix it or push through. It’s the kind of remote podcast recording hiccup every creator runs into, and it sets the tone for a candid, end-of-the-day conversation. 

From there, the real topic shows up fast: exhaustion. We talk about what it feels like to be so tired you can’t find words, how an early morning wake-up and a long workday can drain your focus, and why staying awake for “just a couple more hours” can feel wildly unfair. If you’ve ever dealt with sleep deprivation, burnout, or that strange quiet fog that makes small talk feel impossible, you’ll recognize yourself in this one. 

And because tired brains fixate on the weirdest things, we detour into a tiny moment of suspense when something on the floor looks like it might be a spider. Spoiler: it’s a dust ball, but the debate is real. We also bump into a modern frustration that hits researchers and casual scrollers alike: trying to look up older info and finding the internet glitchy, changed, and harder to search because “everything’s encrypted now.” 

If you like honest, low-stakes conversations that still say something true about tech, attention, and everyday life, press play. Subscribe for more, share this with a friend who’s running on fumes, and leave a review with your take: what’s your go-to fix when your brain goes blank?

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:01

Hello?

SPEAKER_00 0:02

Hello? Can you hear me?

SPEAKER_01 0:04

Mm. I can I can hear, but it's it's off. The sound is off in my headphones. So I yeah, it it sounds weird.

SPEAKER_00 0:15

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 0:15

But I'm assuming it's just on my side.

SPEAKER_00 0:17

Yeah, I I don't hear anything weird at all. Okay. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 0:21

That's good.

SPEAKER_00 0:22

Yeah. Is this me? Hello? Hello.

SPEAKER_01 0:27

So now what?

SPEAKER_00 0:28

I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 0:29

Okay.

Too Tired To Find Words

SPEAKER_00 0:30

You have anything to say? No. Okay. It's it's weird. I don't know. Is it the being tired that makes us you know um unable to speak? Probably. Yeah, it feels like because before w we just started talking like normal, and now we we don't know.

SPEAKER_01 0:53

Don't know what to say. No. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:55

That's probably it.

Early Morning And Long Day

SPEAKER_01 0:57

Yeah. Yeah. I'm really tired. Yeah. It's been a long day for me.

SPEAKER_00 1:02

Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:03

I don't usually wake up at five in the morning.

SPEAKER_00 1:06

No.

SPEAKER_01 1:07

And then work for eight hours.

SPEAKER_00 1:09

No. Must feel weird.

SPEAKER_01 1:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:12

And then have a movie night and don't have to talk about stuff.

SPEAKER_01 1:17

Yeah. And be forced to be awake for another couple hours.

SPEAKER_00 1:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:21

Not fair. No.

SPEAKER_00 1:25

You're gonna tell a history lesson today.

SPEAKER_01 1:27

Yeah. There's something on the floor over there. What is that?

SPEAKER_00 1:32

Uh I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 1:34

Okay. It's just dust. Okay. Okay. It kind of looked like a big spider. It's just a dust ball. Yeah. That's fine.

SPEAKER_00 1:41

Do do you also see that? And it's kind of you don't agree?

SPEAKER_01 1:49

I agree.

Searching Notes In A Glitchy Web

SPEAKER_00 1:50

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_01 1:50

Uh let me double check what he wrote. Museum of art depths. Oh. Art? Uh. How many Italians sorry.

SPEAKER_00 2:01

Um who pick one. Tall guy uh who uh did he get fired? Well, he he always said weird things.

SPEAKER_01 2:10

Oh, okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 2:12

That guy. Do you remember the big one?

SPEAKER_01 2:14

Yeah. You can't even look it up anymore because everything's encrypted now.

SPEAKER_00 2:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:19

Which is kind of dumb.

SPEAKER_00 2:20

So weird.

SPEAKER_01 2:21

Anyway. Um it's very glitchy when you go all the way back, especially right now when they've changed everything. Okay. See if I can find it again. And then, uh let's see. Hold on. I have to pause. So yeah.