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We come back from a short break with real-life updates, anxious brain moments, and a clearer plan for how we want the show to run going forward. We catch up on the pop culture pile-up from the past few weeks, from award show chaos to reality TV betrayals, and we leave with a Pride weekend send-off.

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Allison Florea

Alex Hinsky

Transcript

Welcome Back And Life Updates

SPEAKER_00 0:02

I feel like we should say that they sorry, you're right.

SPEAKER_01 0:04

I just like forgot how things happened. Welcome.

SPEAKER_00 0:07

Nope.

SPEAKER_01 0:21

Welcome back to the A List Podcast with Alison and Alex. She's Alison. I'm Alex. Well, how the hell have you been?

SPEAKER_00 0:29

Oh my gosh. Wow, it's been a minute.

SPEAKER_01 0:33

Okay, so wow, how have you been the last? So our last episode came out the end of April. So really we've been out for, yeah, it'll be like two months. Well, we're gonna put this one out right away, though, right? Like basically just edit it and get it out next week.

SPEAKER_00 0:47

Yeah, it's not fully two months. Sure.

SPEAKER_01 0:50

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 0:51

Um May was good. Uh we Josh and I had our anniversary. We're I'm going through my calendar on my phone. Oh, I was playing dodgeball.

SPEAKER_01 1:03

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:04

We did not win the championship this year. I'm so sorry.

SPEAKER_01 1:09

I'm so sorry.

SPEAKER_00 1:10

But I don't know, not a lot like really was going on. So what about with you?

Moving Stress And A Shed Plan

SPEAKER_00 1:16

It just worked.

SPEAKER_01 1:16

Yeah, I just I mean the Gay and Trying podcast launched, and then we had so much, so much. Well, it already launched, but we were we our format changed from like he and I to you know just guess, which adds a whole nother layer. Um, and then I moved.

SPEAKER_00 1:31

That was a big thing. That was the big, big part, which is a big reason that we did the hiatus because it was a lot. We needed to figure out where we were gonna be recording.

SPEAKER_01 1:42

And to you guys, I mean, obviously, this is not the setup, but you will probably not even notice a difference. It'll look exactly like it did the same couch with the same pictures in the background.

SPEAKER_00 1:53

Um, there'll be a little, maybe a little different, but but like figuring out like you bringing two people together, like and figuring out what rooms were what, like yes, and we didn't know where things were going.

SPEAKER_01 2:06

So and the the reason we're starting the 22nd is this next weekend, boyfriend and I are like we've taken the weekend, we've not made any plans, and we are just we're finishing. We have like just you know a few things left. It's pretty finished, but like the room in which we'll be doing the podcast is still there's still quite a few boxes in there. But this weekend we're hosting a little get together after the gay pride parade in Hollywood, where my lesbian friends will be helping me construct a shed. Allison will be enjoying tacos and tequila, and then the shed will house-I mean, I can hold something, would love to see it.

SPEAKER_00 2:45

Although in the past, when I've needed things to be built, I haven't been much help. It's actually been easier for me to not participate.

SPEAKER_01 2:55

I'm only my expectation is only that my friend that Katie will be helping me. Everyone else, I just like to have her. I love to, what's it called? Body doubling. Like when when you have to do something, so it's like um, like if you have laundry to fold, it's just been sitting there. And it's like for some reason, like if someone's there, like an OCD thing, I think that we have. It's like a common thing. But if someone was there or you were like talking to your friend on the phone, it's called body doubling. So it lets you be distracted by something while you finish a menial task.

SPEAKER_00 3:20

Got it.

SPEAKER_01 3:20

So body doubling for

Anxiety Swallowing And Food Triggers

SPEAKER_01 3:22

the shed.

SPEAKER_00 3:22

Speaking of OCD, um, I think I've developed a new OCD thing. Okay, tell me. So fun. Um at night.

SPEAKER_01 3:31

Yeah. So no.

SPEAKER_00 3:33

I something starts happening with my throat and swallowing where I like feel like it's hard to swallow, even though all day I've been through this. It's been fine.

SPEAKER_01 3:47

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 3:48

And then I lay down, especially if I'm at Josh's, like, because I don't have all my things a lot of the times. And so I then I start freaking out that like I'm not gonna be able to fall asleep. Okay. So it's like an anxiety slap to anything, but like I cannot focus on anything else, but the fact that like it's hard for me to swallow.

SPEAKER_02 4:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:07

And what I've discovered that helps me do that is if I have cough drops on hand and I can put a cough drop in my mouth, and that makes me feel like it's so interesting.

SPEAKER_01 4:17

OCD is wild.

SPEAKER_00 4:19

Yeah, it's really fun.

SPEAKER_01 4:20

But do you know I I experienced the same thing? Like, I haven't been to so I have had Burger King. I've had chicken fries. Okay, but I have not had a burger, like a meal from Burger King since I was maybe 14 or 15 years old. Because for some reason, I had like an OCD panic attack at a Burger King once where I could not physically swallow.

SPEAKER_00 4:41

And I was like too big of a bite or just like just something anxiety.

SPEAKER_01 4:46

Okay, I was like, I'm gonna die. This is the first sign of uh some terrible disease where you can't swallow. And then I was fine later in the day, attributed it to Burger King, and have never been back. You're not except for do you want to know the last time I had Burger King? You were with me.

SPEAKER_00 5:01

Was it breakfast?

SPEAKER_01 5:02

No.

SPEAKER_00 5:03

When did we have Burger King? Chicken fries?

SPEAKER_01 5:06

Yes, why, when?

SPEAKER_00 5:08

I don't remember.

SPEAKER_01 5:08

On the way to BTS.

SPEAKER_00 5:10

Oh my gosh, fun.

SPEAKER_01 5:11

We got chicken fries and we stopped at like a right aid to pee. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:14

That was it's so hard getting done.

SPEAKER_01 5:17

Oh god, the sof i is that where we're going again?

SPEAKER_00 5:19

Yeah. It's in September 1st, I think.

SPEAKER_01 5:22

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_00 5:23

But yeah. Yeah. I don't know. That's just a new thing that's developed.

SPEAKER_01 5:28

I'm sorry about that. Every night or situationally? No, just randomly. Okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:32

Um, back to Burger King, you're not missing much. I actually pretty much hate Burger King other than the fact that I like they have good breakfast.

SPEAKER_01 5:39

And Coke Zero.

SPEAKER_00 5:41

And Coke Zero.

SPEAKER_01 5:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:42

But they have good breakfast things. I don't care about anything else.

SPEAKER_01 5:46

I used to love their little four-pack cinnamon rolls. Do you remember those tiny little guys when we were growing up?

SPEAKER_00 5:50

Just watched a TikTok last night talking about why they discontinued the cinnamonis, cinnamon, cinnamon rolls.

SPEAKER_01 5:56

Whatever it was, why did they discontinue?

SPEAKER_00 5:58

Because they it was a whole history of fast food. But McDonald's had like perfected the McMuffin because of like parents on the go or whatever. And um Burger King had tried to do something similar, but it like no one cared because it was like, yeah, we can just go to McDonald's. Right. And then it was the boom of cinnamon, I guess, because like Cinnabon had come out and it was like growing bigger. It wasn't just in airports, I guess. It was like they were actually having places, yeah. So they put out the cinnamonies or whatever they called them.

SPEAKER_01 6:41

Cinnamonies, that's exactly what they were called. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 6:43

And but then it was like, we can't really eat these on the go because you need a fork or whatever. Or it's like messy. Yeah, it's messy. The whole thing with the McMuffin, it was easy to eat on the go.

SPEAKER_01 6:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 6:54

And then it was like, well, these are good, but not practical for that. So then they discontinued them and like by 2000 something, they had like phased them out.

SPEAKER_01 7:03

I feel like we were still pretty young. Like when it happened.

SPEAKER_00 7:05

I feel like I got them in high school, and that was 2008. I was a senior in high school for sure.

SPEAKER_01 7:10

So it must have been like 2010 zone.

SPEAKER_00 7:13

Yeah. Anyway, I still taste them.

SPEAKER_01 7:15

Like, I can still feel what it felt like to like pull them apart.

SPEAKER_00 7:19

Yeah, they were so like the perfect little size.

SPEAKER_01 7:21

They're perfect. Anyway, bring them back.

SPEAKER_00 7:24

I don't want to go to Burger King, but like I would for that.

SPEAKER_01 7:28

Um, what else is new? Well, today Ali and I are going to Ali's my plus one to uh an event on the Paramount Studios lot for uh so Dylan and I, Dylan from Gang Trian, we are doing we're gonna be in the parade on Sunday, the Jackass float. We're gonna be live on Instagram, which is the first time ever going live.

SPEAKER_00 7:48

Gosh, don't say anything bad.

SPEAKER_01 7:50

Dylan is worried about that.

SPEAKER_00 7:52

He should be.

SPEAKER_01 7:52

And he should be. Um, but I had a there's like a pre-party happening on the Paramount lot, and I had a plus one.

SPEAKER_00 7:58

How does Jackass go with gay and trying?

SPEAKER_01 8:04

My theory is so first of all, there's a connection here. Dylan came to BuzzFeed from Paramount, so he has contacts at Paramount. And additionally, Jackass is releasing their like final movie this summer. It's like Jackass Once and For All, or something. It's in the invite. I don't remember what it's called. Jackass, the beginning, and also the end.

SPEAKER_00 8:28

Jackass, best and last.

SPEAKER_01 8:30

Jackass, best and last. It's the final. It's good.

SPEAKER_00 8:34

They need to be done.

SPEAKER_01 8:35

Yes, but also here's what I'll say: like people are like, eh, Jackass. They've never, we looked into it, they've never done anything homophobic. They're just like kind of it's just like stupid white dudes.

SPEAKER_00 8:44

Yeah. They just like read just for straight. Correct.

SPEAKER_01 8:49

And so that's why I think they're doing the parade.

SPEAKER_00 8:51

They're like, we hey guys, we're out.

SPEAKER_01 8:53

They're not anti-gay at all.

SPEAKER_00 8:54

They are just like um abro abrasive, like just I don't know if that's the word. Intense.

SPEAKER_01 9:00

Intense and just like and like we, I worked with Johnny, you know, the end of last year. Yeah. Straight, yes.

SPEAKER_00 9:05

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:06

And um, he was really great to everyone. I'm just like, are we gonna see all these people today? I hope so.

SPEAKER_00 9:12

Jackass is actually so interesting.

SPEAKER_01 9:14

It is, yes. So Jackass was not a sexual awakening to me, but when I was like closeted, young teen, realized that like I liked boys like that, I would watch Jackass because they were always naked. I would just be like, oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 9:27

Nice. That was a good engineering.

SPEAKER_01 9:28

The short dude, he was a little, he's the little guy that like is always running through parks naked. He would always take his clothes off. Anyway, I hope he's there.

SPEAKER_00 9:37

I'm not sure. It's not the one who died, is it?

SPEAKER_01 9:40

Well, no. Okay, and maybe Bam will be there today. Bam, he had his own show.

SPEAKER_00 9:46

He's not the one who died.

SPEAKER_01 9:47

No. Okay. Ryan. I think the name that died passed his name, Ryan. Anyway, so we're gonna be doing that later today. So I was like, oh, well, this is perfect. Let's record in-house and then Uber on to Hollywood.

SPEAKER_00 9:57

I do I did remember something. I have a few notes that are so random. But

The Erwhon Germ Warfare Shot

SPEAKER_00 10:01

have you ever had the germ warfare shot wellness shot from Erwan?

SPEAKER_01 10:06

No, but Dylan has, and he did a reaction video, and now I never want to try it. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 10:10

So, but it worked.

SPEAKER_01 10:12

Wait, really?

SPEAKER_00 10:13

So in explain. At the end of May, I think I was or mid-May. Oh, yeah, you got sick.

SPEAKER_01 10:18

I remember, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:19

And I had heard people be like, This, it's like a little wellness shot, and it has crazy stuff in it. Colloidal silver is what I remember. I don't know. And I looked that up and I don't think it's good for you.

SPEAKER_01 10:32

Well, I don't know. Anyway, Mother God.

SPEAKER_00 10:35

I had heard people are like, this cures the sickness.

SPEAKER_01 10:40

Everything.

SPEAKER_00 10:41

And so I was like, I want to try it. I didn't, I wasn't like, I'm not gonna record myself, whatever. Like, I didn't have the same reaction that he did. It is terrible, it is disgusting, but it is not like I got over it pretty quickly. Yeah, it is ten dollars. I took it one day. I had you know the normal symptoms like sore throat.

SPEAKER_01 11:02

I was like nasally coughing a little, like yeah, the beginnings of a cold.

SPEAKER_00 11:06

It wasn't full-blown cold, yeah. It was the beginnings, and I took this shot, yeah, and by the end of the day, I was like, this is getting better. And I was like, I don't know if this is placebo. So the next day I went back, I got another one, and I did it. And I promise you, I had no symptoms other than I feel like it took away the physical symptoms, but I still kind of I feel like had a cold without symptoms. It was weird for a few more days.

SPEAKER_01 11:34

Okay, but like you could function, you felt like yeah, my throat was magically better. That's wild.

SPEAKER_00 11:42

So, but it is disgusting, and it is probably the worst like thing I've tasted. Yeah, but it did it go, it went away fast. So I cosign and I had this, I put that down on my list actually like a month ago to tell you about it.

SPEAKER_01 11:58

Here's the thing though. So, yes, I support, I'm glad. Now we need to control test this by like next time you get sick, do it again.

SPEAKER_00 12:06

Yeah. I want you to.

SPEAKER_01 12:07

I hope you never get sick again. Well, yeah, if I get sick, I'm gonna take this, I'm gonna do it.

SPEAKER_00 12:11

I'm gonna go do it because you said wait, I wanna look up, I'm gonna tell everyone what is in it.

SPEAKER_01 12:15

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 12:16

Erwan germ warfare. And it like sucks because if you don't live near an Erwan, you can't get it. So I I'm sorry about that for everyone.

SPEAKER_01 12:26

They do not ship.

SPEAKER_00 12:27

1025 for two ounces. Ingredients. Filtered water, organic lemons, colloidal silver, reishi powder, organic black elderberry extract. Okay, cyolic garlic extract, okay, grapefruit seed extract, wild oregano oil, and you taste that oregano.

SPEAKER_01 12:48

Oh, do you? Oh, and oregano is yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:50

Organic estrogalis extract. What is that? Organic echinacea extract made in a ficillated that processes tree nuts. Invigorating shot delivers a burst of freshness and its blend of immune-boosting ingredients. The zesty flavor and vibrant color make it a refreshing, definitely not refreshing, choice for those looking to support their well-being.

SPEAKER_01 13:10

And what's it called? Sorry.

SPEAKER_00 13:11

Germ warfare.

SPEAKER_01 13:12

Germ warfare.

SPEAKER_00 13:14

It looks like you get it in an apothecary.

SPEAKER_01 13:16

Yep, for sure.

SPEAKER_00 13:17

Anyway, wow, okay.

SPEAKER_01 13:19

So it's good to know because if I feel something coming on, I'm gonna go try it.

SPEAKER_00 13:23

It's it is, I think that it is worth a try, even though it is disgusting, you'll be fine. Okay. Just chuck some water after.

SPEAKER_01 13:30

Yes, I will.

Dodgeball Drama And NBA Finals Talk

SPEAKER_01 13:32

Um okay, so let's touch on it briefly. You did not win in pot in Dodgeball.

SPEAKER_00 13:39

No. I think that um Do you think you're done? No. I just think that they got tired of us winning, so they created a super team.

SPEAKER_01 13:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 13:49

With the best of the best person who runs out loud, and just a mixture of people that are really good. And they just were like, we're creating a super team so that we can beat them. And they did. But we also had people that have been on our team the past couple years that didn't couldn't play this season, so it wasn't like we were coming in.

SPEAKER_01 14:11

Was Michael on this season?

SPEAKER_00 14:13

So yeah, we had a good season still, but and we won a one game in the um playoffs, but then we lost the other one. And also because this is a sports podcast, yeah, right now is the NBA finals, and it is very serious with me in my house.

SPEAKER_02 14:30

Why?

SPEAKER_00 14:30

Because Josh is a Knicks fan, and the Knicks have not won a not been in the finals since the 70s or something. Not won since then.

SPEAKER_01 14:42

Weren't we just doing this podcast? And you were there was some Pacers game that was a big deal.

SPEAKER_00 14:46

So last year the Pacers were in the finals, and this that's happening now was a year ago already.

SPEAKER_01 14:51

It is like it never ends.

SPEAKER_00 14:53

And it was very sad for me because we made it all the way to game seven. Yeah, I remember. We were tied, and then Tyrese Halliburton tore his Achilles in like the first 10 minutes of the game, and it was doomed. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_01 15:05

Can you imagine how bad that probably hurt?

SPEAKER_00 15:07

Yeah, he was on the floor screaming and crying because he knew what happened, and he was like, No, because it was so early in the game that it was like it was a crushing. So now, which the Pacers have never won ever, once. Oh the Knicks have won once before, I believe. But like 70s or something. So it's very exciting for Josh because he's a huge Knicks fan. They're playing the San Antonio Spurs, who have a really cute and sweet 7-4 guy on their team named Victor Wimbenyama.

SPEAKER_01 15:40

7-4?

SPEAKER_00 15:41

He is 7-4, and he's a sweetie cutie patootie. Okay, he is so like um sensitive, and he's like, I'm not gonna hide my crying. Like, why would I like spend my like waste my energy not crying when I could cry? He walks into every game with his book and he reads fantasy books. So he walks into every game with his fantasy book, and he's like, I don't listen to music, I don't, whatever. I am reading before the game.

SPEAKER_01 16:06

Is he like a good player too?

SPEAKER_00 16:08

Yeah, he's like young, he's only been in the league a few years, I guess. And so I think like as he gets older, like he's projected to like be the best, basically. Especially because like people like LeBron, like they're retiring.

SPEAKER_01 16:20

For sure. So is so it's a little East Coast, West Coast happening.

SPEAKER_00 16:23

Well, it's always East Coast, West Coast.

SPEAKER_01 16:25

What?

SPEAKER_00 16:25

Okay, so there's an Eastern Conference winner. So the Eastern Conference teams.

SPEAKER_01 16:32

Hold on, hold on. So that means last year at this time, yeah, Pacers won the East Coast.

SPEAKER_00 16:38

We beat the big deal.

SPEAKER_01 16:40

Okay, yeah, okay, okay.

SPEAKER_00 16:41

Um, and Victor, he like went last summer and stayed at a monastery and like lived with the monks and like practiced like being sensitive. I don't know. So like the girlies love Victor.

SPEAKER_02 16:56

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 16:56

So I'm torn because they're not neither of them are my team. Right. I do want Josh to be happy, even though he wouldn't literally never say that about the Pacers because he hates the Pacers so much.

SPEAKER_01 17:06

Even though I am Josh is from Indiana, everyone.

SPEAKER_00 17:09

But also Victor is like sweet and cute, and we love.

SPEAKER_01 17:12

So when is this game?

SPEAKER_00 17:14

So there is a game.

SPEAKER_01 17:16

What happened last night?

SPEAKER_00 17:17

Last night, oh my gosh, it was very serious. It was tied right at the end in like the last like minute, two minutes or something, and the Knicks went up by one point. I forget how. I think they were up three, and then the Spurs hit a shot and they were up two. So then they were just up one. Yeah. And um Victor actually made a bad pass and the the Knicks like got it, and so it was a turnover, and then they didn't score. So who won? The Knicks. And they're playing two. So they're up two games. There's a it's a seven-game series if it needs to go there. So you have to win.

SPEAKER_01 18:00

Two teams play seven times potentially.

SPEAKER_00 18:03

If you need to, you have to win four games in a row. No, you just have to win four games at the series.

SPEAKER_01 18:08

If you win four in a row, you're done. It's done. Correct, yeah. How many so what's the what's the score?

SPEAKER_00 18:14

It is the Knicks are up to zero. There have been two games.

SPEAKER_01 18:17

There's at least two more games.

SPEAKER_00 18:19

Yes, but they're going to New York right now. The first two games were played in Texas. Now they're going to New York. It's harder to win on the road. So the Spurs really have to frick. And I don't think like anyone's come back from 3-0.

SPEAKER_01 18:31

Who are the Spurs?

SPEAKER_00 18:33

San Antonio. Oh, that's their name.

SPEAKER_01 18:34

Got it.

SPEAKER_00 18:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 18:36

Are they coming to LA or San Antonio? Oh, that is where they were.

SPEAKER_00 18:39

They just played two games in San Antonio. Then they go two games in New York, and then they go back and forth after that. If it goes to that.

SPEAKER_01 18:45

San Antonio is not in California, you guys.

SPEAKER_00 18:47

It is in Texas. It is in Texas. So anyway, it's it's fun. Okay. I'm enjoying watching.

SPEAKER_01 18:53

This is called the March Madness. No, it's the it's the end of it.

SPEAKER_00 18:58

March Madness is college, NBA Finals.

SPEAKER_01 19:01

Got it. God's why that's why it feels like basketball is never ending. Because there's college and then not college. It is never ending, yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 19:10

And then once you go, once we get done with this, it's a few months, and then it's the World Series for Soccer. Baseball. Baseball. Actually, the world the World Cup is coming to America like soon, like now.

SPEAKER_01 19:23

I think next week, because I'm going to an event. Sports.

SPEAKER_00 19:27

So it there's always a sport happening.

SPEAKER_01 19:29

Always a sport happening. Never without sport.

SPEAKER_00 19:31

Never. We need

How We Are Revamping The Podcast

SPEAKER_00 19:33

to tell the people what they can expect for the upcoming um season. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 19:40

So we are going to we're going to do a little recap of pop culture over the last six weeks that we've not been around and in a sec. But before we get there, so in our interim, we've decided that we're really proud of the what we've done. Like two years of podcasting is unheard of for most podcasts, especially those that aren't like under an umbrella of like an agency or a company. Um, and our goal is to was to like step back, kind of reassess, revamp the A-list. And I think our goal really is over the next like year to try to get ourselves into something like that so that we can have some, you know, distributions and opportunities and stuff like that. Production support would be amazing. And like everything I'm currently learning in my role over at BuzzFeed, as well as everything we've learned together while doing this, and obviously Allison's learned in her world, is setting us up to be able to get there. We just needed to get some space between it. Also, I was living the place I was living last was very much like my temporary, I don't know what's going on in my life. Um so what to expect? What to expect on the A-list moving forward? Well, first of all, we are gonna not much. Not that much. We are going to we're basically just gonna tighten it up. We're gonna we we we've we can look at analytics and see like what resonates with people. We know kind of what works and what doesn't. Nothing major is gonna change.

SPEAKER_00 21:03

Literally, I don't think you would even notice if we really didn't say anything. We're just being transparent. Correct. Like we're still talking about um pop culture and like headlines and things like that, but we're kind of just trying to be more intentional about talking about it. Yeah, exactly. I don't know. Yeah, we're gonna try. We're gonna certainly gonna try, but we're not gonna be losing any personality or anything like that. Like, we're not like turning into the news. So, like, don't freak out. And honestly, again, we probably didn't even need to tell you this, but we're just we feel very lucky to have like a really solid group of loyal listeners.

SPEAKER_01 21:45

So we just want to those of you that are have been there with us the whole time from the beginning.

SPEAKER_00 21:49

It's gonna be like adding some transitions into some rebranding, rebranding, um, some transitions like into segments, segments. Um I I think we're gonna be ending the birthdays, and if that's was your favorite thing, like I'm so sorry about that. And you know what? If we get an overwhelming response, then we can bring them back. But I feel like we've done it for two years, so we really just like assessment.

SPEAKER_01 22:16

We talked about a lot of birthdays. Exactly. The backbone of our podcast is pop culture. So it was like, how do we like foster and grow that aspect of it? And for us, that also comes with, you know, we have we we needed we need to figure we needed to figure out a pretty solid structure because in order to be a relevant pop culture podcast, you have to report on what's current. And there is some finagling to do with that, especially around just life in general. We're we are 99% of the time, we're really good about recording the week that things are happening. But like you guys know, when we do the holidays and stuff, we like to bank a few episodes so that we can take some time off. Um but again, it's not gonna change in a way that you're like, well, this is not the same podcast I signed up for.

SPEAKER_00 23:07

Yeah, we're just um giving ourselves a little bit more of a direction instead of just waking up and coming in and recording and kind of just going with the flow. Like we're just like giving ourselves some some more parameters in terms of like what we're bringing to talk about.

SPEAKER_01 23:28

And it will make and it'll be very clear, I think, in the first episode when we come back. You'll get it. It's it's more just some more structure with the same content.

SPEAKER_00 23:36

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 23:36

And that's really what we're doing.

SPEAKER_00 23:37

Same personalities, same, not gonna say that we won't go off on a random tangent every once in a while.

SPEAKER_01 23:43

It's part of who we are.

SPEAKER_00 23:45

Still gonna have some fun games potentially everyone every once in a while. We're just kind of ending the birthdays, giving ourselves some transitions into it, and I don't know. Yeah, maybe cutting off some more dead space.

SPEAKER_01 24:02

Yeah, it's also just healthier. It was hell, like we needed to take a break because we've been doing it every week. Yeah, and it was good to get some perspective, and I was able to. I mean, I tell I've told Allison a few times, so like I'm in some really big meetings with like directly with Spotify, directly with Apple Podcasts, directly with iHeartMedia, to be able to hear like what the strategists are talking about and kind of what's happening in podcasts. So I would say like it was it's encouraging to know that like what we're doing is what people want.

SPEAKER_02 24:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:31

And that reassurance was like, okay, it's just then let's let's actually like build this into something that we because like the dream for me would be to take this on the road, to be able to like meet you guys in person and like go city to city, talk pop culture, where it mattered like locally and be able to like grow this thing.

SPEAKER_00 24:48

Yeah, I think with there's like two types of podcasts. There's podcasts who are people who are already very famous, and it they could literally do whatever they want, they could say whatever they want, they can change it up mid time, like they don't have to really worry about fostering and like present and getting found by new people because they're if their name is shown, like people are gonna come watch, right? And then there's people who are building it from the ground up who are not super famous that like have to build a community as they go, and so that's what we're doing, and we're well, and we've always known that.

SPEAKER_01 25:30

We've always said from the beginning, like podcasting from a place of like without like like Allison is more known for sure, but like without being like a named celebrity, it's a long game.

SPEAKER_00 25:41

Yeah, in the grand scheme, like known that fitness art fitness marshall fans are a blip compared to fans of what's that?

SPEAKER_01 25:52

What's the giggly squad?

SPEAKER_00 25:53

Um, Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Bernard, but even then, like Amy Polar.

SPEAKER_01 25:59

She started her podcast and then instantly had listeners. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_00 26:03

So it's like she didn't, I mean, she has a great structure and she like has a vision throughout the whole thing, and it's the same every time, which I do think is good for her. Yeah. But I mean, she posted her first one and it was like Yeah, and she won the first Grammy for podcasting. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 26:21

But like that's not discouraging to us. It's just like we know that we're on a different road, but we believe in what we're doing, and the fact that we have such a consistent listener return tells us like there is something here. So yeah, it's exciting.

SPEAKER_00 26:36

I'm excited.

SPEAKER_01 26:37

So

Pop Culture Catch-Up Rapid Fire

SPEAKER_01 26:38

that being said, since this is just kind of because there is gonna be a couple weeks until our full show comes back, but we did want to do a quick recap of some of the top. Um, I made a list of the top 10 pop culture moments that have happened since we've taken a break. So we can kind of talk through them a little bit if you're down.

SPEAKER_00 26:54

Yep, hit me.

SPEAKER_01 26:55

Uh the 2026 American Music Awards Chaos.

SPEAKER_00 26:59

Remind me.

SPEAKER_01 26:59

Let's recap. The AMA's dominated entertainment news at the end of May between BTS's big win, which that was exciting. It was, yeah. Don't worry, that's on the list. BTS is here. Sabrina Carpenter's surprise victories, Queen Latifah hosting, and major performance moments. The show generated a ton of online discussion. However, this was kind of the shocking part of the night. Taylor Swift was a no-show.

SPEAKER_00 27:19

People really usually goes if she's she didn't go.

SPEAKER_01 27:22

Remember, I went to the AMA's last year.

SPEAKER_00 27:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 27:24

She didn't show then. She wasn't nominated for anything. She had eight noms this week this year and did not show. We really thought she was gonna show and she didn't.

SPEAKER_00 27:32

But she didn't win anything. She knew she wasn't gonna win. That's why she didn't come.

SPEAKER_01 27:36

Um right? Correct.

SPEAKER_00 27:38

Okay. I'm sorry, but BTS they like they it's a big deal. Came back, they dropped an album, and it it people are so excited that they're back. So like I feel like it was, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 27:53

BTS coming back is huge, and it's like you guys know if you have a longtime listener, listen listeners, that my bias is Jimin.

SPEAKER_00 28:01

And do you see the videos? How is he looking crazy?

SPEAKER_01 28:06

Yeah, Malvin knew what he was doing.

SPEAKER_00 28:09

Do you see the like fan videos of the tour?

SPEAKER_01 28:11

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 28:12

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 28:12

Uh, my friend Lisa from Canada, she has just discovered BTS and is now like creating BTS fan content on TikTok and it's going off.

SPEAKER_02 28:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 28:20

So I commented on it when I was like, she's like, oh my god, I'm going to see them. She got like floor seats in Canada. Like, she's the first time she'll ever see them. I was like, oh my god, I'm going to. And she goes, because Allison is Army, right? And I was like, yes. Literally because of Allison. Um, so we're going to be able to do that.

SPEAKER_00 28:34

And I will say, I don't know if I said this on a podcast before when I got the tickets. They have successfully allowed people to buy tickets at normal prices. Like our seats are pretty good. Okay, good. For and I spent like, I don't know, $230 total. Amazing.

SPEAKER_01 28:52

Amazing.

SPEAKER_00 28:53

It was a we're not even super high. We are on the first elevated section.

SPEAKER_01 28:58

Is it SoFi again?

SPEAKER_00 28:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 29:00

Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_00 29:01

So artists can do it, you know? Art Terry Styles, it's possible. You just want money. Now, granted, they make a lot of money outside of tour, big time. Which I know some artists don't do. So I understand the disparity, if you will. Like they have so many, they've diversified themselves in so many ways that they're all you're right.

SPEAKER_01 29:24

They're making coins.

SPEAKER_00 29:27

But still, it is possible.

SPEAKER_01 29:28

Yeah. Um Taylor Swift doing a song for Toy Story 5.

SPEAKER_00 29:35

Yeah, but she does a lot of songs for movies. I don't know. I don't kind of don't care. Is that bad?

SPEAKER_01 29:40

No, it's not bad. It's just news. It was like a they teased it. Yeah, they did.

SPEAKER_00 29:43

They were like doing TS Toy Story Story Taylor Swift. It is country, right? So that's what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_01 29:50

I listened to the preview. It's cute. It's cute. It's cute.

SPEAKER_00 29:52

Is it giving debut album? Or is it like not that country?

SPEAKER_01 29:58

Not that country, no. No. It's cute though.

SPEAKER_00 30:01

Speaking of Taylor, um it's kind of giving life of a showgirl TVH. This annoyed me with the NBA finals because um Travis is from Ohio. Cleveland was in the Eastern Conference Finals. So the next one. Don't I know?

SPEAKER_01 30:15

I was kept on an airplane while that thing went on.

SPEAKER_00 30:18

Right, right. So her and Travis were courtside at the game, and because there's not a lot of other celebs that are like rooting for Ohio, they were kind of the focal point, and the announcers like would not say her name. They were like Travis Kelsey and his girlfriend. No. They would first of all they didn't even say fiance.

SPEAKER_01 30:34

Really?

SPEAKER_00 30:35

Yeah. It's like you know who she is.

SPEAKER_01 30:36

Oh my god. That's actually annoying. I hate that.

SPEAKER_00 30:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:40

Um I still love Taylor Swift. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 30:43

I do too. I just, it's not like I feel like she does a lot of music for movies. Yeah. So I feel like they made such a big deal out of it when it's like she does that a lot.

SPEAKER_01 30:55

You're right. I don't know. You're right. No, you're right. You're right. You're right. You're right.

SPEAKER_00 30:58

I'm being a pessimist, if you will. I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 31:00

Not a pessimist, just a hater.

SPEAKER_00 31:02

Hater. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 31:04

Um, also, the summer movie season has kicked into gear. The first major trailers uh for Spider-Man, Supergirl, The Odyssey, Toy Story 5, and Coyote versus Acme.

SPEAKER_00 31:18

What?

SPEAKER_01 31:18

Coyote versus Acme is huge. I actually can't talk about it on the podcast, but I'll tell you about it afterwards.

SPEAKER_00 31:23

Wait, there's a new movie about aliens, right? And the government. Steven Spielberg called the Something Day.

SPEAKER_01 31:32

It's like Disclosure Day.

SPEAKER_00 31:34

Yeah. So I saw I didn't I didn't know nothing about it. I saw a trailer once. I didn't understand what was going on. There was like a lot of animal eyes. Yeah, yeah. I was like, what is this movie? Yeah. And then I learned it was about aliens and I feel like to me, it's kind of giving that one movie with um Cabin in the Woods.

SPEAKER_01 31:58

No, knock on the Cabin. Nope.

SPEAKER_00 32:00

No. The frick. Is that Julia Roberts?

SPEAKER_01 32:04

The day the earth. No, it's um it's the one on Netflix where all the Teslas run into each other. Yes, it is.

SPEAKER_00 32:13

Hold on, I gotta look. Not me looking at Mama's Family. Did you watch that?

SPEAKER_01 32:17

No.

SPEAKER_00 32:17

When you were little? Such a good show.

SPEAKER_01 32:19

The end of the world and the day that it all happened. What? That would never be a good idea.

SPEAKER_00 32:25

I have to look up Julia Roberts because that's the only person I know.

SPEAKER_01 32:28

And then it's like the rich people in the bunker. Yeah, totally.

SPEAKER_00 32:32

But I want to know if it's like gonna be like that. Leave the world behind.

SPEAKER_01 32:36

Leave the world behind. Well, that is like a virus that shuts down the power grid and fucks everyone over. This is aliens. We'll see. I'm very excited for the Odyssey.

SPEAKER_00 32:48

Did you read that book when you were in school?

SPEAKER_01 32:50

No, I don't really I Hello, did I just fuck everything up? No, okay. Um I'm not worried I'm not concerned so much about the Odyssey as I am about the Ewan McGregor uh Anne Hathaway film where they're they like randomly jump back in time and they're and they they live in like the 70s, it takes place in the 70s, and it's just like their entire neighborhood is overrun with dinosaurs, they end up in prehistoric time. What? You've got to watch it. A24.

SPEAKER_00 33:16

Okay. So I don't know if I love every A24 movie I see.

SPEAKER_01 33:21

You should.

SPEAKER_00 33:22

Anne Hathaway is in that one book movie that I'm excited about. And Dakota Johnson, my girls.

SPEAKER_01 33:29

The one where she's an artist, a music artist?

SPEAKER_00 33:32

No, Verity.

SPEAKER_01 33:34

What? Did you say Verity?

SPEAKER_00 33:36

Verity. It's her name. It's basically like oh, she's an author. And I don't know if you that's what you saw. Anne Hathaway is an author who's like bedridden, like a vegetable, basically.

SPEAKER_01 33:48

And like I know this name because you've told me about this book.

SPEAKER_00 33:51

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 33:52

Right?

SPEAKER_00 33:53

Yeah, and Dakota is a young girl that meets her husband and they kind of start falling in love because like his wife is a vegetable.

SPEAKER_01 34:01

But it turns out she's not really a vegetable.

SPEAKER_00 34:02

Well, I don't want to give it away.

SPEAKER_01 34:03

Well, you've said on the podcast already, but is that what it is?

SPEAKER_00 34:06

Yeah, it's a it's a thriller and like things, things change.

SPEAKER_01 34:09

Verity. I do remember you telling you about that. I'm so excited about it. It's a great book. Have you seen The Devil Rose Prada 2 yet?

SPEAKER_00 34:14

I haven't. Crazy. You know what? I still haven't seen Wicked 2.

SPEAKER_01 34:18

And I'm telling you right now, I know.

SPEAKER_00 34:20

I feel like I'm scared too because I know I'm gonna, I feel like bummed as hell. I was like, well, in the internet world, um Tell me. We had

Summer House Cheating Scandal Fallout

SPEAKER_00 34:29

did Scamandeville happen before we It did happen before we stopped. But we didn't talk about it.

SPEAKER_01 34:36

We didn't talk about it.

SPEAKER_00 34:37

So um if you guys don't remember, quick recap The show Summer House had another had a cheating scandal, much like on Vanderpump with um Tom and Raquel. And this is Amanda and West. And on the show, there was a girl named Sierra who on and off dated West, and they were never like super um solid as a relationship, but they were on and off. She was in like you could, it was very clear she was in super a lot of love with him. Yeah, he's kind of a player kind of guy. Amanda, who was married to Kyle Cook on the show, he um Amanda was best friends with Sierra and was like the main girl she would go to and cry about West, and she would give her um advice and she'd be like, screw him, you don't need him, like that kind of thing, whatever. Amanda and Kyle file for divorce, and then pretty soon after, Amanda um and West get together, and Sierra is kind of getting some inklings. I think some some people are talking. She gets a video that someone took through a window, which is crazy, of them like making out or whatever.

SPEAKER_02 35:56

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 35:56

And Sierra texts her and she's like, Hey, gonna ask you a question, like, are you with Wes? And Amanda's like, No, no, no. She's like, Well, I have a video. She did not send it out or anything, which is actually like cool of her not to do. She was like trying to meet up with her, she met up with the girl who took the video, who's like, Don't send it. Like, I don't want it to be in the cloud. Met up with her, saw the video. She was like, That's them, and they're kissing. That's crazy. And Amanda like did not respond to her for hours and hours and hours, and then she did, and she was like, Look, um, we're just like seeing what's happening. Or I don't know, like, didn't have a big explanation. And then they sent out a joint Instagram story that was like, right, this is a new relationship, and we're just seeing how it's going, and blah, blah, blah. Then um, the reunion just aired for Summer House, and they were screaming, it was crazy. Wait, really? Yeah, this past week. So that has been a huge like thing for the at least the past month for sure.

SPEAKER_01 37:00

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 37:01

Love Island

Love Island Kissing Is Out Of Control

SPEAKER_00 37:02

just started this past week.

SPEAKER_01 37:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:04

Um, I am bored, but I think maybe beginning the beginning of every season is kind of a little boring, a little slow. Okay. You find your favorites and yes, but there's been this thing over the past like couple seasons of Love Island that they just like make them make out a lot.

SPEAKER_01 37:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:26

A lot more than they used to be. Like at the beginning, they would get them paired up by it, would be like the girls are all standing in a line, and the guy would like be standing there and he'd be like, if you are interested in dating this guy, step forward. And then the girls who were interested would step forward and then the guy would pick one, and then they would go stand next to each other, and they weren't making out for like 30 seconds with like the most tongue I've ever seen in my life. They were just like, Okay, we're paired together, and then they would get to know each other for a couple days, and then they might have a uh challenge where they have to kiss, but like I'm not kidding, night one, before they even get paired together, they bring each other out and they're just like make out with each other. And it's like they're the way that they're French kissing is like the tongue is like you see it, it oh my god, yeah, it is shooting out of their mouth. Oh, and it's really gross anyway. It's a lot to watch, and I'm stressed out by it, but uh now we're like a weekend, so the personalities are coming out more, and it's like people you like with Love Island, it's every day, it's every day except for Sunday, I think. Okay, there's like an after show, it's on Peacock. It's on Peacock.

SPEAKER_01 38:47

Wow, yeah, crazy, crazy.

SPEAKER_00 38:51

I feel like there's more internet things, but like I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 38:56

There's always internet things though.

SPEAKER_00 38:57

I know I'm just like more tapped in.

SPEAKER_01 38:58

You are, you are, you are on the internet. How

Work Updates Plugs And Pride Sign-Off

SPEAKER_01 39:01

are things going with Fitness Marshall? Tell the girl, tell the kids.

SPEAKER_00 39:05

We I mean we're kind of just doing our normal schedule.

SPEAKER_01 39:09

So you just did a thing with Jordy, which is so funny because we did it. We just interviewed Jordi.

SPEAKER_00 39:13

Yeah, we did his new song, Dumb. That was really cute. We've had a couple big celebrities cancel on us.

SPEAKER_01 39:19

I'm not gonna say their names, but the same one that canceled on you canceled on us yes uh this morning.

SPEAKER_00 39:25

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 39:27

Zigga zigga.

SPEAKER_00 39:28

Yeah. So anyway, that. Um, but we did a cool um event the other day where we got to I saw, were you guys at like a farmer's market? No, it was a YouTube event, but it was like a bunch of press was there, so it was cool. We got to tell our story, and we actually talked to Mel Melrose Trading Post, and they were like, if you guys want to come have a booth, like Oh my god, yeah. So we were like, we should do that. So we might actually start getting into some more booth activities.

SPEAKER_01 40:00

Okay, cute, cute.

SPEAKER_00 40:01

Uh, but yeah, we're kind of just business as usual, but it's good.

SPEAKER_01 40:06

Love that.

SPEAKER_00 40:06

Yeah. Well, to plug all of our things, go check out gay and trying on gain trying YouTube.

SPEAKER_01 40:13

Gay and trying on YouTube, gay and trying on Instagram, gay and trying on TikTok.

SPEAKER_00 40:17

Yes. Obviously, the fitness marshal on YouTube, activebooty.com, AD Floria. We have a sale for Father's Day coming up where our dad hats are gonna be on sale because like how cute is that.

SPEAKER_01 40:30

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 40:31

Um, so keep an eye out for that.

SPEAKER_01 40:34

I'm what would Alexander do? She's AD Floria. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 40:39

And we can't wait to see you guys in a few weeks.

SPEAKER_01 40:43

Victoria, we got your fan mail. Thank you so much. That meant a lot. Thank you so much. It was a very much like a oh yay. It reminded us like that.

SPEAKER_00 40:50

What it's all about.

SPEAKER_01 40:51

What it's all about. Love you, V. Okay. Thank you so much, guys. We're gonna go ahead to the Paramount lot and look at the Friends Fountain because you know it's not at the Warner Brothers lot, it's at the Paramount lot. Um, and it they moved it, they filmed the intro for the Friends Intro is at the Paramount lot.

SPEAKER_00 41:08

Oh, but they do have a couch at the Warner Brothers lot.

SPEAKER_01 41:12

We're not talking about a couch, we're talking about a fountain.

SPEAKER_00 41:14

Oh, fountain. You know the intro when they're swimming in the fountain, I her couch.

SPEAKER_01 41:19

The fountain in the intro is actually at Paramount, not Warner Brothers.

SPEAKER_00 41:22

Yeah, okay, go ahead.

SPEAKER_01 41:22

So Allison's gonna get to see it. She's never been to the Paramount lot.

SPEAKER_00 41:25

That's exciting.

SPEAKER_01 41:26

I've been there a few times because I was in a little show called Glee.

SPEAKER_00 41:29

That is it wasn't a little show, it was a big show.

SPEAKER_01 41:31

Pretty big show. Okay, guys, have a great uh week. Love you so much, and happy pride.