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The A-List
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We bounce from show choir nostalgia to adult life updates, then veer into the kind of pop culture language moments that make you question everything you thought you knew. We also get oddly serious about driving safety, algorithm culture, and why the internet can convince you to eat beans overnight.
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Allison Florea
Alex Hinsky
Show Choir Memories And Chaos
SPEAKER_00People are weird.
SPEAKER_01People are over the world. Join hands. Start a love chain. A love chain. You don't know that song?
SPEAKER_00No.
SPEAKER_01Are you singing a song? It's really good singing along. Yeah, I think so. I feel like that's like a big show choir song.
SPEAKER_00I s did you see the show choir video I sent you on TikTok today?
SPEAKER_01Nope.
SPEAKER_00It's just not changed. And I was like very comforted to know that Show choir is the exact same type of just like newer songs, but like, well, not in this case, this dude is singing Britney Spears. And the Show choir, you just look at their faces. They're like, we are famous.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. I can't wait. I haven't looked at it, but I can't wait to.
SPEAKER_00You want to know what's crazy though? Being in high school, not in a show choir, but going to my friends' competitions, I felt that energy. I was like, Oh my god, yeah. Wow.
SPEAKER_01It was electric.
SPEAKER_00It is it is so funny.
SPEAKER_01Oh my gosh, I lived for show choir competitions. And especially because I was like, you know, in love with my gay best friend.
SPEAKER_00Anytime you guys get to sing and dancing together.
SPEAKER_01So when we were singing and dancing together, like I got to, you know, and like you had a break during the day. Like you got there super early in the morning and you like whatever your time was to perform, yeah. It would be like, we're performing at 11 a.m. But then the awards aren't until like 5 p.m. So you perform, right, right, right, right. And then you have six hours to just like I wish I could have done that eight steps better.
SPEAKER_00Your alphabet notes were on point.
SPEAKER_01I'm never saying that. It was perfect. Yeah, no, I'm no, I'm just kidding. But um, you then you have like five, six hours to just like mess around and do nothing. And you know, you're happy you have your like hair extensions in and your makeup on, and you're like, I look so cute. And I love to get an Otis Spunkmeier cookie.
SPEAKER_00Oh, of course. Did you ever go against Homestead? You probably didn't.
SPEAKER_01I mean, yeah, we lost. They were so good.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. So a couple of my friends were at Homestead, and I loved hearing about the Homestead Show choir.
SPEAKER_01Oh, they were so good, yeah.
SPEAKER_00DeFrew.
SPEAKER_01DeFrew. But like, yeah, then you would just flirt all day, you know?
SPEAKER_00With your extremely hairsprayed hair or whatever the style was. I don't know why, but like when I picture show choir, it's just the girls are all in like a halter dress.
SPEAKER_01Exactly. Insert picture.
SPEAKER_00Insert picture, halter dress. Is it just because they're easy to get on and off?
SPEAKER_01Um, yeah, I guess. Like my freshman year, we had a dress reveal. So we had I've told this story, I think, before where I forgot my bra and then my halter came down, and then my boobies were out. Um how could you forget?
SPEAKER_00Traumatizing.
SPEAKER_01Grazie in the grass is a guess, baby. Can you dig it?
SPEAKER_00Wow. Like the version by Raven Simonier, or like the old one?
SPEAKER_01Simonier.
SPEAKER_00That's the proper pronunciation, yes. I got you, Raven.
SPEAKER_01Um, no, it's probably the old school.
SPEAKER_00I can dig it, he can dig it, she can dig it, we can dig it, they can dig it, he can dig it. Oh, let's dig it.
SPEAKER_01Can you dig it, baby?
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Um, yeah, so we had our dress reveal, and we had to unclip the boy had to unclip it, and we spun out and it took the dress the top dress off, and we had a different color dress on the bottom.
SPEAKER_00And the reveal was what, the exact same dress but like sparkly?
SPEAKER_01Literally. No, it was just like a different color, but yeah, but literally. So that was why ours was a halter. Okay, I guess. But it is like the silhouette, I feel it is, you're right.
SPEAKER_00So you can really see arms doing things.
SPEAKER_01Oh, and there was like a well-known choreographer that everyone knew. I bet if I said the name, you would I forget his name right now, but if you said it, he like he did all the top schools choreography, and it was like, oh, did you know that blah blah blah?
SPEAKER_00It's like giving Sparky Polanski or whatever that from Bring It On. It was amazing.
SPEAKER_01Oh my gosh. Are we rolling? Yes. Okay.
Welcome Back And High School Rewinds
SPEAKER_00Welcome back to the A-less podcast with Allison and Alex. I'm Allison and Alex. Welcome to our world.
SPEAKER_01I'm really sorry that you didn't get to like actually experience the performance.
SPEAKER_00It's true. Like, I do if the one high school experience, you know, I gave up getting punched in the face and bullied, but I lost out on being able to go to Show Choir.
SPEAKER_01Do you feel like if you had gone back to public school for just like high school, would it have been different? Like if you had gone to homestead or some a school like that.
SPEAKER_00Probably my junior year I would have. No, that's a lie. Because I wasn't in high school musical until my senior year. And that's when I like I assume I did not get along with like my friends that I had were all church people. So then to be in high school musical and for Heather Clausen to be like the first friend I made, she was the scariest person. Imagine meeting Heather as someone closeted gay and terrified to be out in the world. Heather, if you're you are listening to this because you are a listener.
SPEAKER_01She's a strong girl.
SPEAKER_00My God, she sat right behind me during callbacks, and I was just sweating her commentary on every single person that went up there. And also, we had terrible mean nicknames for all the kids in the show, and she was helpful in getting those names.
Palm Springs Anniversary And Getting Sick
SPEAKER_01How have you been? How's been your how's been your week?
SPEAKER_00How's been my week? Well, here's here's the quick summary. Okay, so get this.
SPEAKER_01Get this.
SPEAKER_00I have been in a loving relationship now for one year.
SPEAKER_01Oh, happy anniversary.
SPEAKER_00And I don't feel bad saying that to you because you've been in one for two years. So um, thank you. He uh booked us a little two-night stay in Palm Springs, one of my favorite places. Yeah, took me to a nice dinner, got me a diamond ring.
SPEAKER_01What?
SPEAKER_00Not an engagement ring.
SPEAKER_01What?
SPEAKER_00A fashion diamond ring. I was aghast.
SPEAKER_01I've never had a real diamond in my life, so I would probably have cried.
SPEAKER_00It is a row of baguettes. On a white gold ring. A baguette. A baguette diamond? It's a light.
SPEAKER_01Like it's long?
SPEAKER_00Like rectangular.
SPEAKER_01Okay. Never heard that in my life.
SPEAKER_00Baguette?
SPEAKER_01Oh, okay. I can picture it now. No, I know what a baguette is, but I've never heard of the charms of diamond.
SPEAKER_00What?
SPEAKER_01I've never heard of that.
SPEAKER_00Okay, well, it's a it's a rectangle diamond. It's just like a little row of them on a white gold band, and it is.
SPEAKER_01Why aren't you wearing it?
SPEAKER_00Well, I'm scared. He got me a designer wallet, it's gone. You know what I mean?
SPEAKER_01Well, that you were being careless. You had your zipper open.
SPEAKER_00Anyway, it was the most thoughtful gift. We had a really great weekend, and then I got sick on the morning that we left. And it's one of those colds that just ran right through me in three days.
SPEAKER_01It was like your cold medicine in the bathroom.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it was my head, my throat, my chest, and now I'm like a little bit blowing my nose, but otherwise totally fine. It was like so unclean.
SPEAKER_01That's good.
SPEAKER_00Do you think were you like clubbing at all? No, I think what really it was is I had been non-stop for three and a half weeks, not a single day off, up late, up early, like, and then when we got there, we just slept.
SPEAKER_01I feel like the desert, too, like for sure, for sure to your sinus.
SPEAKER_00But I think letting my body like actually relax, and it was like, okay, now we're susceptible to these things we've been holding off.
SPEAKER_01How hot was it in Palm Springs? Because this is the actual worst time to be there in my true.
SPEAKER_00Well, not yet. August is the worst. But we got there summer. Yeah. The day we got there, it was over 100, but then the Saturday and Sunday, the high was only 97. Which for Palm Springs is not bad.
SPEAKER_01I mean, yeah, definitely been there when it's like 120.
SPEAKER_00And I've never stayed in this part of Palm Springs. We were right in like a boutique hotel downtown. So, like, you know Tequila I took you to right across from Tequila. Oh, okay. And so I took him there. I was like, I think you'll like it.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I saw your story. I was jealous.
SPEAKER_00Oh, right.
SPEAKER_01And then um that margarita flight is so good.
SPEAKER_00And look, he loved it.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00And I was wasted, it was embarrassing. But it's like when you're hot and getting drunk, it's insane. Yeah. I was like, I am really trying to be cool right now.
SPEAKER_01Like because they're like, they're not small cups, like they are pretty normal size.
SPEAKER_00And you know that I chug and cruise.
SPEAKER_01So there's that's four drinks in a row.
SPEAKER_00You know that I chug and cruise.
SPEAKER_01Which is yeah, you can't do that.
SPEAKER_00So that being said, I had a really tipsy day, but no, it was really nice. And then we got back and you do any shopping, you go to the crystal shop. Yes, so we thank you. We went to the vintage stores. Oh, okay, and we ended up finding a really cute uh four set, four-glass wine, four wine vintage wine glasses, waterford crystal.
SPEAKER_01Oh, wow.
SPEAKER_00And we had just broken we had we were down to one wine glass. Uh we got those, which are cute little commemorate commemorate? Yeah. Our one year anniversary.
SPEAKER_01Oh, commemorative.
SPEAKER_00Commemorative souvenir.
SPEAKER_01To commemorate, yeah.
SPEAKER_00To commemorate our first
Mispronounced Words And Language Anxiety
SPEAKER_00oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_01Speaking of, I want to talk about Love Island a little bit later, but last night on the episode, this guy legit in all seriousness said epitome instead of epitome. And the internet is aghast.
SPEAKER_00Wow.
SPEAKER_01Because it's Josh and I were talking about it, and we're just like hold on.
SPEAKER_00Aghast?
SPEAKER_01That's a word.
SPEAKER_00It's not aghast.
SPEAKER_01I don't think so. Let me look. I think it's A-G-H-A-S-T. Aghast is an adjective that describes someone who is suddenly filled with overwhelming shock, horror, or amazement. Aghast.
SPEAKER_00I can't make fun of this man you're about to talk about because I deadass aghast.
SPEAKER_01No, it's agasped. Well, that's okay.
SPEAKER_00Thanks.
SPEAKER_01But he like deadass said epitome. And we were talking about it, we were just like, that's not like if you were to not know what this word sounds like and you are reading it, like would you would you say epitome? Like that has to be someone you know has said it to you.
SPEAKER_00I would agree, yeah. Right, right.
SPEAKER_01So someone else is walking around thinking it's epitome, yeah. And no one's corrected them.
SPEAKER_00But it does look like epitome.
SPEAKER_01It does, right? Yeah.
SPEAKER_00But no one's corrected him.
SPEAKER_01And you were in your 20s.
SPEAKER_00Oh my god, that just reminded me that on Housewives last week, one of the Monica who we don't like, and she's on the show anymore, was like screaming at one of the other women, and she was saying, touchette, girl, touchette, and they were like, touch. Touchette. I've never heard anyone say it like that.
SPEAKER_01That makes more sense to me to get it wrong though, because the A sound is more like on the French side.
SPEAKER_00When are you when but when are you when are you seeing that word outside in America, outside of someone being like touchet?
SPEAKER_01I guess if you've just uh seen it, had seen it written, that wasn't good English.
SPEAKER_00But I see, but you're right. That would be the but in what like the only way I know how to use that word is because I've seen other people use that word.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00She used it correctly but pronounced it touched.
SPEAKER_01I don't know. I don't know. Honestly, I've been seeing people talk about like a an epidemic of I don't know, an aptitude. Whoa, so many good words.
SPEAKER_00Whoa, aptitude.
SPEAKER_01Um, and I do think people need to go to school, go back to school. Like maybe we just have like a one-time, you know, a couple months, we just get a refresher on grammar basics and all that. And yeah. So anyway.
SPEAKER_00We can hope.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Anyway, uh, okay. Well, people need to go back to school for two months. Maybe.
SPEAKER_01For two months.
SPEAKER_00Maybe we'll have a global pandemic again.
Refresher School And Senior Driving Tests
SPEAKER_01Oh my gosh, you know what? Back when um the carnival cruise gate, it wasn't a carnival cruise, it was just a cruise. No, wasn't it?
SPEAKER_00With the recent one, you're talking about the something, something virus, hantavirus.
SPEAKER_01Hantivirus. I honestly like I really thought it was coming. And I was like, what what do we do differently this time? You know?
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_01And I don't know what it would be, but like it would have to, we'd need to do things a little differently, yeah, right?
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_01But that would be a good thing. Like, if there was another pandemic, like probably a good time to, you know, up.
SPEAKER_00You're get back to e-learning. Some e-learning.
SPEAKER_01Maybe that maybe that's something the government like should make everyone do is take a little course.
SPEAKER_00Well, while we're on that, I would like to say that I do believe I love the elderly with all my heart, and they have a special place in it, and I love them. But I do think after maybe 65, every two years, you gotta take a driving test again. Yeah. I'm worried for them. There was a man exiting and he looked white as a ghost, going five miles an hour. And I was like, I am gonna protect him by going slow behind him. Yeah, but I am not there is not there aren't as many night, there's way more mean people on the road than Alex.
SPEAKER_01Oh my gosh. I get horribly honked at every day for actually doing nothing. Not every day, but a lot. A lot, and let's because people have no patience.
SPEAKER_00Correct. And let this be another opportunity for me to pitch my idea yet again. There should be an Uber type service that is just for the elderly, but not those vans that come around and pick them up at 9 a.m. and drop them off at 10 p.m. or 4 p.m. I'm talking about a service where elderly who just shouldn't be driving but can still operate a phone have like designated Uber type service because it's it'll be accessible vehicles that they can call when they need them so that they will feel less like their independence is gone and less lonely because they can just go anywhere.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Okay.
SPEAKER_01Well, also, I mean, the more cars that have full self-driving are also helpful.
SPEAKER_00Think about this a car company called Waymo. I've still never been in one.
SPEAKER_01I haven't either because they don't come to the valley anymore, right? Hold on. Or do they now?
SPEAKER_00I have tried twice now by the Grove area to get one when I needed one to try. Both times, my phone, we don't aren't servicing your area.
SPEAKER_01You tried to come home?
SPEAKER_00No, I just tried to go from Grove area to BuzzFeed. So within Hollywood. And they're so I don't know if it's because when I registered my phone, the address is here and it's like not letting me look at all. But that's twice I tried, and I still would like to try it.
SPEAKER_01That seems silly. Why would they do that?
SPEAKER_00Do you think people have sex in them?
SPEAKER_01Probably, but there are a bunch of cameras. They're watching, they can hear and see everything.
SPEAKER_00They can hear?
SPEAKER_01Mm-hmm.
unknownOh.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_01So don't talk shit either.
unknownWow.
SPEAKER_01But yeah, I feel like all the more reason to learn OB. An older person would, you know, be able to use full self-driving for you know a lot of their time, and that would be safe.
SPEAKER_00You're right.
SPEAKER_01But yes, I do agree that there could be a like a little refresher test. Like let's make sure like your eye, like the distance you can see, some reflexes.
SPEAKER_00Speed.
SPEAKER_01Speed.
SPEAKER_00Like minimums.
SPEAKER_01Well, I think yeah, I think it would be like cognitive, hand-eye coordination, like reflexes, and eye.
SPEAKER_00Response. We gotta have a response to that.
SPEAKER_01Well, that's what under reflexes. Oh, gotcha. Okay, got you, gotcha. Yeah, like how are you, like how are you gauging like when you need to stop kind of thing?
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_01But we'll see. Speaking of, I had something that went along with that.
Fourth Of July Lyrics And Ramparts
SPEAKER_00Well, can I just say happy Fourth of July week?
SPEAKER_01Happy Fourth of July week.
SPEAKER_00Should we sing the national anthem?
SPEAKER_01We shouldn't.
SPEAKER_00Let's do it.
SPEAKER_01No.
SPEAKER_00I want to know if you know the words. Oh, say can you see and the home of the brain.
SPEAKER_01That's insane. Okay, some I needed Stanley to have a something that does bother me.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, tell me.
SPEAKER_01Is mispronunciation of the words, which would be um, the first one would be perilous through the perilous fight.
SPEAKER_00Because people say paralyzed.
SPEAKER_01That's crazy.
SPEAKER_00Or perilous.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's perilous. Perilous.
SPEAKER_00Now, by the way, is it ramparts or yes, it is. Or not, it's not watched.
SPEAKER_01The we watched.
SPEAKER_00Is it washed or washed?
SPEAKER_01It's not washed. It's washed.
SPEAKER_00Well, what's a rampart? It's like a you history nerd.
SPEAKER_01I actually don't know. I'm gonna look it up, but I'm gonna make a guess. Yeah, make a guess. I think a rampart is a celebration.
SPEAKER_00Or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming. Why is it gonna be so complicated?
SPEAKER_01I think it's like a celebration. I don't know. Maybe it's like a thing. Like a parapet.
SPEAKER_00For America 250, we should have a new we should have a new anthem made.
SPEAKER_01Um this is funny. Nope. It's not a celebration. Hold on. It's a thing. I guess. I don't know. Uh a rampart is a broad embankment or defensive wall built to protect a castle, city, or fort.
SPEAKER_00So it is ramparts we washed.
SPEAKER_01Now, why would they be washing them?
SPEAKER_00Like washed them out.
SPEAKER_01Hold on.
SPEAKER_00I think we would fail an American test.
SPEAKER_01This is so stupid.
SPEAKER_00We're so gallantly streaming. So it's streams of water being washed through the Let me just tell you. The ramparts.
SPEAKER_01The ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
SPEAKER_00Watched?
SPEAKER_01Watched.
SPEAKER_00The ramparts that we were watching were so gallantly streaming. What does that mean? No, it's okay. Let's move on. Happy Fourth of July.
SPEAKER_01But wait, I have to gave proof is the other one. It's not Gabe Roof. It's not.
SPEAKER_00It's not Gabe.
SPEAKER_01Gabe, it's not. It's Gabe through. Gabe through.
SPEAKER_00I've heard Gabe through through the night.
SPEAKER_01The rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air. Gave proof through the night that the flag was still there. Meaning, as they were watching the cannons, the rockets, the gunpowder, the as it was as it was lighting up in the in the sky, in the night sky. You could see the flag. Yes. Still. So through so through it. Gave that and that gave the proof.
SPEAKER_00Through the ramparts.
SPEAKER_01What is a parapet?
SPEAKER_00Is that the same thing as a rampart? It's a word podcast today.
SPEAKER_01This is it. A parapet is a low protective barrier that extends vertically as an upward extension of an exterior wall at the end of a roof. So I was close to our.
Falling Down Stairs And Weird Mail
SPEAKER_01Where I fell down the stairs.
SPEAKER_00Yes.
SPEAKER_01Maybe we'll post a picture on uh the Instagram.
SPEAKER_00That would be funny. And maybe we do you like laying upside down.
SPEAKER_01You think they'll let me?
SPEAKER_00It's me. I'm that girl.
SPEAKER_01They'll be like, you're gonna be like, get the f out of here.
SPEAKER_00You're the reason the stairs are actually closed now.
SPEAKER_01I did get like a something in the mail that was like, Do you want representation for your recent like Oh, they must have got the your ER records.
SPEAKER_00That's weird.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I guess. Or something like that. And I was like, no, I'm pretty sure I signed something that said I wasn't going to at least they could have given you as more like a free meal the next day.
SPEAKER_00Still still sound like that.
SPEAKER_01I am upset about that still, yeah. Well, anyway.
Taylor Swift Wedding Rumors At MSG
SPEAKER_01Oh, this this upcoming Fourth of July weekend is also maybe possibly Taylor Swift's wedding.
SPEAKER_00Well, we'll see. Maybe it is. I did see something on TikTok today that was like, um, these girls are 100% sure Blake Lively did not get invited because she wasn't invited to Bachelor.
SPEAKER_01If you're inviting that many people, it's kind of that means they're like actually really not friends.
SPEAKER_00Because to not even like throw an invite to her to come to MS.
SPEAKER_01They're inviting like a thousand, right? Huge. Yeah. What do you think? How do you think they're gonna transform Madison Square Garden? Because people at first were like, why would they do that? And I and they were like assuming that they were just getting married, like on the Knicks court, like basketball hoops behind them.
SPEAKER_00No way.
SPEAKER_01Did we talk about this in the last one?
SPEAKER_00Um, it's gonna be the Eras tour stage.
SPEAKER_01No, I think they are fully going to like make it like white, like linen, it's like all the way from the ceiling. So, like, you can't see any seating, you can't see anything.
SPEAKER_00This is Taylor Swift. She has written about her princess wedding since she was 14 years old.
SPEAKER_01Like we are getting I wonder how much of the seats can be like taken away. Not a many because it's like cement probably.
SPEAKER_00Not a many at all.
SPEAKER_01I think the first I think the first section of like chairs that they have can be can go away. Yeah. So I wonder like how like really what they can do. I think they'll just cover up the yeah, the rest of the seats.
SPEAKER_00I would think so. Can't wait to see. I wonder who got the exclusive.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and like how much are they gonna show?
SPEAKER_00Right. It's probably gonna be filmed for Hulu or Disney Plus.
SPEAKER_01Hell yeah.
SPEAKER_00I'd watch.
SPEAKER_01Oh my god, yeah, of course.
SPEAKER_00And it's Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift. Like the money they could put into this thing low.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's just like because they are so like public eye, like I think. It feels like they would want it to be private.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I did kind of think they'd get married maybe at her like Cape Cod house on the mountain, but no.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, but that people there's drones, there's helicopters. Like it is smart of them to do it in a place where there no one can see inside. And now because they had the president go to that game and they know that the security can be airtight, it's no one's getting in. Yeah, there's no drones, there's no helicopters, no one can see inside. Like it is super private, so that is like good for them. Yeah. But are they are there gonna be pictures shown? Is there going to be a documentary?
SPEAKER_00Are they gonna make people put their cell phones away? What is happening? Oh, for sure.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah, of course. You can't trust a thousand people to not post anything.
SPEAKER_00Right.
SPEAKER_01And all these people, it's like alleged that they don't even know what's happening. It's just like be in allegedly New York City at on this day at and then you'll get new information after.
SPEAKER_00So it's like I wonder what celebs are on the list. Do you think Gaga's going?
SPEAKER_01No. Because a thousand people is I feel like it can't be everyone because family alone on each side. Because normal people have a wedding with their family, and it's like already like 250 to 500 people, yeah. Just like that. Family and close friends, family and close friends. So on top of that, he has like his whole football team, and they all have plus ones, and that's a lot of people.
SPEAKER_00And is she inviting her backup dancers and singers? Do you think? Probably, at least for sure the singers and band, because they've been with her from the beginning.
SPEAKER_01So even without like celebrity friends, that's already a lot of people, just with family and close people you work with, and they're plus ones. So then on top of that, like she can't invite every celebrity ever.
SPEAKER_00True.
SPEAKER_01So I don't know about Gaga. Like, are they close? Do they even are they ever seen talking to each other?
SPEAKER_00I like to think they're close.
SPEAKER_01I don't know.
SPEAKER_00I feel like Katie Perry's gonna be there for some reason.
SPEAKER_01Um yeah, I don't I don't know.
SPEAKER_00Like Jojo Siwa? No.
SPEAKER_01Okay, no. Um Selina, obviously.
SPEAKER_00Yes. Sabrina Selina's probably in her bridal party, I would assume.
SPEAKER_01Sabrina I don't know what other like female Charlie XEX.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. I don't know. She opened for her own.
SPEAKER_01Oh, okay, then yeah.
SPEAKER_00Haime, the Haime ladies, of course.
SPEAKER_01Oh, they're probably they're probably in her wedding party too. They're like besties, besties, right?
SPEAKER_00They are pretty close.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. And then, like, I don't know. I feel like she would invite like Blake Shelton.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it's like Carrie Underwood and Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Laney Wilson, didn't she just perform with her?
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. So I don't know. I don't know if like Tom Hanks. Are they friends?
SPEAKER_00Oh toy story for that.
SPEAKER_01Oh, toy story. I don't know. Yeah, it can't be everyone, but it's gonna be a lot. Because also, not just singers, there's oh my god, you're right.
SPEAKER_00There's more people than singers.
SPEAKER_01There's actors, actors, there's magicians. Oh my gosh. Hopefully there's some magician there. Do you think?
SPEAKER_00Probably.
SPEAKER_01At least what do you think the logistics of I've never been in Madison Square Garden, but I've been in a basketball arena. So it's like, do you think it's split in half? Is it like do you think just the ceremony is in there and then they're going somewhere else for like a reception? Are they where they go? If it's all on the floor, they have the ceremony, and then what happens?
SPEAKER_00Like but aren't isn't Madison Square Garden like there's a convention attached?
SPEAKER_01Oh, there is.
SPEAKER_00Well, there's I assume it's like Lakers or where the Lakers play, and there's the LA convention centers right there. You can get to it underground.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, maybe I could see them too like that. If you have to convert your space, it's like you go have your cocktail hour somewhere else, and then while they're converting that space into the reception.
SPEAKER_00Imagine the crew.
SPEAKER_01Oh my god. Damn. Yeah, I also want to know how much was spent.
SPEAKER_0018 million. Oh my god. That's my guess.
SPEAKER_01Crazy. Well, the I guess like in a couple weeks we'll know most of the details and we can see what's going on.
SPEAKER_00We can just talk about the facts and not just speculate.
SPEAKER_01But everyone likes a little speculation. Oh, I know what I was gonna say
The New Driving Problem In LA
SPEAKER_01earlier. In talking about the driving with the elderly. It's not about elderly, but it's about driving.
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_01And it's how there is an epidemic right now of people turning like right. You know, if you know when you come up to a light and there's usually like a right turn lane. Yes. And then the neck lane next to it is a go straight through the light lane. Yes. Near where I live, so many people just pull up to the straight, like go straight lane and just decide they're turning, just because they don't want to wait in the line of people that are backed up in the turn lane. And it actually makes me livid. And I was somewhere else. There was another uh intersection I was at that not by me, that someone did the exact same thing. And I am just like Los Angeles is so big, and I understand it's hard to police like traffic violations like that if it's not egregiously someone going like 200 miles an hour down Ventura Boulevard. Yeah. But we've got to have some type of regulation on driving because people do not follow any rules of the road, like at all. They not a single someone past me and like six cars just drove straight down the turn middle lane.
unknownWhat?
SPEAKER_01You know, it's like a normal road, it's like you know, the two lanes and two lanes on the other side, and then there's a turn lane that if you're gonna turn left somewhere, you pull off into the turn lane, wait for people to go and turn. Someone it they couldn't go on the right side, so they just fully started driving in the middle turn lane just to pass everyone.
SPEAKER_00I hate that.
SPEAKER_01There is not a people do not follow any rules. And at some point, what happens?
SPEAKER_00Right.
SPEAKER_01It's just gonna be no rules, and everyone's just gonna do what they want, and then like it's it's complete chaos. Yeah, I don't know. It's one of those things where you know how I get so mad at people like doing crazy things at the airport because apparently people forget how to beat humans at the airport. That's true. Now it's happening with driving, and I actually like it makes me mad every day.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I'm so sorry.
SPEAKER_01It's annoying, it's so annoying. Yeah. Oh anyway.
SPEAKER_00Valid, and I'm glad you brought us back.
SPEAKER_01Thank you.
TikTok Algorithms Religion And Beans
SPEAKER_01I wanted to um, I had this idea where we tell each other what our algorithm of the week is. Yeah, okay. This just came to me today where I was like, I wonder if Alex has the same things happening on his algorithm as me. And then I was like, I feel like that's kind of a fun little like little drop-in segment. We don't have to do it every week, but we can if we want. And I just want to know what's on your algorithm. And maybe we have the same one, maybe we don't.
SPEAKER_00Now, to be clear, do you mean like overall, like what's what are like the three top things I'm seeing?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, the things you could repeatedly see people talking about.
SPEAKER_00Got it. So it is 100% religious deconstructing your religion TikToks. It is all queer people being like, if you're deconstructing your religion, you know this song I'm about to play. And it's like, well, yep, there I am. Oh my god. 11 years old again.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00So it's incredibly validating, but it is my entire algorithm algo right now.
SPEAKER_01That's it.
SPEAKER_00Pretty much, yeah.
SPEAKER_01Okay, vastly different. Mine is just beans.
SPEAKER_00I'm sorry. Like what kind? Green, pinta?
SPEAKER_01Uh any, it's just like people are big bean has like come out and been like, you everyone needs to be eating beans.
SPEAKER_00Big bean, like big pharma.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Big bean is out.
SPEAKER_01It's just girls being like, I have been eating beans every day, and this is what has happened to me. Or I everyone's sleeping on beans. Like, you this is a bean recipe you need to make because they're high in fiber, they have protein, they have all these things. And it's just like every third video is someone talking about beans, and it's starting to get me.
SPEAKER_00This is the worst news.
SPEAKER_01I feel like I need to go buy beans.
SPEAKER_00This is the worst news I've ever been told.
SPEAKER_01Maybe you need to figure it out.
SPEAKER_00Hate beans.
SPEAKER_01What do you hate? The texture?
SPEAKER_00The texture, the fact that they are just like mush, no taste mush. They're just like okay.
SPEAKER_01Have you ever heard of seasoning?
SPEAKER_00Okay, I hate beans, but I do have to admit, I love baked beans.
SPEAKER_01I feel like sugar. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00It's just brown sugar. Barbecue sauce and brown sugar. I would love that one.
SPEAKER_01Um, you know what I want to make? I'm gonna make a bean salad this weekend.
SPEAKER_00What a terrible idea.
SPEAKER_01Well, I just want to see maybe you'll like it.
SPEAKER_00Allison, as long as you know.
SPEAKER_01It's called a dense bean salad. And it's it is all over. I have saved a recipe. You want me to tell you what's in the recipe?
SPEAKER_00The thing is, I can see it. Oh, it's making me gag.
SPEAKER_01Okay.
SPEAKER_00I'm gonna cry.
SPEAKER_01No, what if it changes your life?
SPEAKER_00Some people a lot, everyone else will probably love it, so you should bake it. Cute phone case.
SPEAKER_01Thank you so much.
SPEAKER_00But okay, you may just be mad that I'm if I try it.
SPEAKER_01No, but I kind of just want you to.
SPEAKER_00Let me guess the beans. First of all, how many are there?
SPEAKER_01There's only three types of beans. And there's a bunch of other things.
SPEAKER_00Here's the beans I think are in there. Okay. Without a doubt, kidney.
SPEAKER_01No.
SPEAKER_00Oh. Chickpea?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00You consider that a bean, right?
SPEAKER_01Yeah. I guess.
SPEAKER_00And then black beans.
SPEAKER_01No, this one doesn't have black beans.
SPEAKER_00Okay, what kind of fucking beans are there? Those are the only two.
SPEAKER_01One can of chickpeas, one can cannellini beans. Those kind of look like kidney beans.
SPEAKER_00But they're white?
SPEAKER_01Yeah. But they could just be white beans. I don't know. It's in there just like a white bean.
unknownI don't know.
SPEAKER_01One cup edamame shelled. Then you do one cucumber, one cup cherry tomatoes, one bell pepper, one red onion, three cup, half or a third cup olives, a half cup feta, and a fourth cup of parsley.
SPEAKER_00That is dense.
SPEAKER_01And then you make like a little olive oil, lemon, red wine vinegar dressing.
SPEAKER_00If you make it, I will try it. And I'll give it an honest review.
SPEAKER_01Okay.
SPEAKER_00It will be hard to confuse.
SPEAKER_01I feel like that's a nice like summer dish to have.
SPEAKER_00A nice, light, dense bean salad.
SPEAKER_01But apparently it's really good for your gut. Yeah, like I don't know. It's my whole thing. And hopefully now it's gonna pop up on yours.
SPEAKER_00Oh my god. Because I talked about it. But like what else is there on bean talk? Just like the benefits of beans.
SPEAKER_01It's either people talking about the benefits, like how long they've been eating beans and the benefits of their body. Some of it is recipes. That's kind of it. It's either one or the other.
SPEAKER_00Beans, great. Pop up on my algo. Let's see.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. And then really just Love Island.
Love Island Girth Check And Bi Casting
SPEAKER_00Okay. Here's what I know about Love Island. Girth check. That's it.
SPEAKER_01So you just have gotten on the gay side.
SPEAKER_00I've only on the gay side, and it's for the fact that these boys just need to do it.
SPEAKER_01Do yeah, as a gay man yourself, yeah. Are they coming on? Are they you think they're actually bisexual or you think they're just like straight dudes that are like dudes. I think they're just straight dudes. Yeah. Yeah. Everyone kind of just wishes they were bisexual because then I guess that makes it more like interesting.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. But yeah, there's a No, I think they're just dudes who know exactly what they're doing.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. So there's if you guys don't watch Love Island, there's um two men on it that are very much playing into the uh I think that someone on the inside, yeah, a producer has like told them like people are really loving your guys' romance, like really, you know, kick it up.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01And so they're like always like you know, like boy flirting. They're like, if well, if it doesn't work out with what's her name, like you always have me type of thing. Totally. And then they're kind of always like next to each other. They're like, one of them is a um like a personal trainer, not a personal trainer, he does like um PT. PT. And he was physical therapy. Yes, I could not think of that.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I couldn't either.
SPEAKER_01He was stretching him out, but like fully like had his leg all up, like it was a very sexual-looking pose, and it was like, okay, you know what you're doing. And then all of a sudden, one day one of them pulls their pants out and says girth check, and has the other one look, and they're talking about you know the size, how it looks, and it's like you guys, just it's just guys being guys, yeah. Is that what straight men do?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I imagine there's a there's a lot of gay things it's girth checks? I've never heard of a girth check, to be honest.
SPEAKER_01Well, if I guess sound off in the comments if you're like if you've ever done a girth check.
SPEAKER_00Is that hot to you as a woman?
SPEAKER_01No, see that's what I mean.
SPEAKER_00I think they know exactly what they were doing. To be like, oh my god, his he said he has nice girth. I'm so curious.
SPEAKER_01No, get out of my face. That's what I'm saying.
SPEAKER_00That's and they know that. Do not speak to me. Girls don't give a fuck. They know what they're doing.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_00Get the gang. Well, it's so interesting.
SPEAKER_01I don't know why Love Island truly doesn't cast more people that are bisexual, because it that actually does make it interesting. Like there have been a couple seasons where there have been uh girls who have like liked each other, they've explored it a little, but they've never fully committed to coupling up together. I think maybe actually one season might have, or maybe in the all-star season or something. But it's like if they make if they cast only bisexual people, like and everyone knows in going, yeah, like everyone is bisexual. So you you know that you're not the only one. Because if you're the only one, then it would be like really hard to, you know, yeah, flirt with someone not knowing, like, are they gonna be like get away from me or are they gonna reciprocate it? So if everyone knows going in, this is the circumstances, then no one would be afraid to talk to a girl or a guy. Right. And then it would be so it just needs to be like a whole season needs to be that would be interesting.
SPEAKER_00It'd be like couple to thruple, but like fully.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00How you'd want to see could we how will this play out?
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_00I like that idea.
SPEAKER_01I I don't think I think the stakes are pretty low, other than you know, half of America would be aghast callback. But I think most people would be like, Oh, this like feels like normal, like everyone, like every season could have just been this because they're all making out with each other anyway. The other night, like every girl was kissing each other because they had this challenge where they were trying to do that, they were trying to like outdo the other, you know, cost them more or whatever, and so they all were kissing everyone, and they were all making out with everyone, and it was like, okay, well, then that's literally just by island. It is so just do it.
SPEAKER_00Buy island, buy island island.
SPEAKER_01That's not as good. No, I like by island.
SPEAKER_00By island.
SPEAKER_01Well, all right.
A List Picks Prime Day Drinks Snacks
SPEAKER_01What are you feeling about your A-list of the week? Oh, it's time for it's time for A-list of the week.
SPEAKER_00Uh-huh. Good job.
unknownThanks.
SPEAKER_00Uh okay, so do you have an A-list of the week?
SPEAKER_01I do. One, this is not an ad, but Prime Day, I have been loving the deals. I'm like buying things. I've been buying things because I'm like planning a bachelorette.
SPEAKER_00Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_01And wow, everything, like so many things on my list I had saved on sale.
SPEAKER_00Even better when it's something you needed to get and then it's on sale.
SPEAKER_01It's like I didn't even know Prime Day was happening. Like, literally all. And then I opened my app and I was like, oh wow. And I looked at my wish list and I was like, get, get like saving a couple of bucks.
SPEAKER_00We love capitalism for this. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01But my real A-list of the week is Shirley Temples.
SPEAKER_00You're back on them?
SPEAKER_01Have been craving for months a Shirley Temple. And I almost ordered one on DoorDash the other day. I was like ordering food from somewhere, and then they had Shirley Timples available.
SPEAKER_00Is it urbane?
SPEAKER_01I don't know. Does that have a Shirley Temple? No, but then it actually ended up being too expensive, like the whole order. And I that happens to me a lot. Like I go in and I'm like, okay, I'm gonna get this and this and whatever. And then I look at the what it's gonna cost, and I'm like, no, I can't do that. Right. So then I didn't get it. And then I decided I was like, oh, you can just go to the grocery store and you can get make a dense bean salad. Sprite, and you can get cherries and you can get grenadine. And that's what I did.
SPEAKER_00You made your own. And you have an ice cream.
SPEAKER_01I had a lovely time every night having a little Sprite Zero and a little grenadine.
SPEAKER_00I love this for you.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I mean it's a Sprite Zero, but so it's like not as bad.
SPEAKER_00Right, of course. I love a Sprite Zero.
SPEAKER_01But I've been loving it, so that's great. Yeah, what's yours?
SPEAKER_00My list of the week is also a food recommendation. It's Sieste, Siesta.
SPEAKER_01Siete?
SPEAKER_00Siete chips.
SPEAKER_01Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_00They make a cinnamon and sugar dessert chip that is unreal. And it's not bad.
SPEAKER_01I know. They're really clean.
SPEAKER_00Have you ever had ingredients?
SPEAKER_01Have you ever had their Mexican wedding cookies?
SPEAKER_00We had to stop buying them.
SPEAKER_01They're so good. Is that what they're called?
SPEAKER_00Yes. Okay. Chad would keep them in this cupboard as like a little tree. I was like, ugh, gross. I hate nuts. I hate nuts and cookies. So goodbye to that and I was like, what the hell is this? It's so good. I'm so good.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, siete, every like all their products are fire.
SPEAKER_00We have their chips in Salsa.
SPEAKER_01Salsa?
SPEAKER_00The tortillas, we like their tortillas. Yeah. Anyway, siete.
SPEAKER_01Not an ad, but love you. Okay, well, I feel as though our time is coming
Goodbyes Singing And Week Ahead
SPEAKER_01to an end. It is. It's so hard to say goodbye.
SPEAKER_00Is this a poem that I don't know?
SPEAKER_01The song. It's so we've been singing a lot. I feel like we're gonna get flagged now. Say goodbye. What? To yesterday. What?
SPEAKER_00Is it by nickelback?
SPEAKER_01You just offended a lot of people. No, it's not by nickelback. It's time to say goodbye to yesterday. Isn't it now you've had me questioning boys to men or something? Yeah, boys to men. Wow. Thank God.
SPEAKER_00You were giving nickelback energy. So I'll just say goodbye.
SPEAKER_01Well, I'm not a good singer. So thanks for reminding me.
SPEAKER_00Sorry.
SPEAKER_01Okay, well, we love you guys so very much.
SPEAKER_00Thanks for coming back.
SPEAKER_01Thanks for coming back. We're here to stay. Thank you for, you know, being here. We love ya.
SPEAKER_00Have a good week.