Add it Again: Live in Hollywood! (with Jessica Gao and Jason Mantzoukas)

Summary

Add to Cart with Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak - Episode: "Add it Again: Live in Hollywood!"

Hosts: Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak
Guests: Jessica Gao & Jason Mantzoukas
Release Date: January 14, 2025
Location: Nui House Hollywood

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Introduction

In this lively episode of Add to Cart, hosts Kulap Vilaysack and SuChin Pak bring the show live from Nui House Hollywood. The episode features special guests Jessica Gao, a Disney Plus creator and shopping enthusiast, and Jason Mantzoukas, a comedian and podcast host known for his meticulous packing habits. The hosts dive deep into conversations about consumerism, personal investments, and the quirky items they add to or remove from their carts.

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AAPI Heritage Month Celebrations

[04:14] SuChin Pak:
"It's our favorite month of the year because it's Asian American Pacific Heritage Month. We're celebrating API Joy, and we have an AAPI Hollywood powerhouse joining us on stage."

The hosts kick off the episode by celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and honoring AAPI contributions to culture and society. They prepare the audience for the exciting guest appearances, setting an enthusiastic and inclusive tone for the live show.

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Add to Cart & Remove from Cart Discussions

Removing MTV News

[09:00] SuChin Pak:
"One of my remove from cart was MTV News. It's no longer with us, and it feels like my legacy is in a coffin underground."

The hosts reflect on the discontinuation of MTV News, sharing nostalgic memories and personal sentiments. SuChin Pak expresses a sense of loss and aging, while Kulap Vilaysack lightens the mood by recalling the fun times and private memories associated with MTV.

Removing Inflated Concerns

[10:33] SuChin Pak:
"I'll take that off my list of remove from carts."

As the discussion progresses, the hosts touch upon broader societal issues like layoffs and inflation, contemplating how these factors influence their consumer choices and emotional well-being.

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Guest Spotlight: Jessica Gao

[20:43] Kulap Vilaysack:
"Our next guest is a treasure. She is the creator of Disney Plus, a Hulk attorney at law, and a superhero of shopping herself. Please welcome Jessica Gao."

Jessica Gao joins the conversation, bringing her expertise on consumerism and her personal shopping habits. The discussion primarily revolves around Costco, where Jessica shares her favorite finds and the strategic additions and removals from her shopping cart.

Favorite Costco Picks

[26:17] Kulap Vlasak:
"So, we've got alcohol..."

[26:23] Jessica Gao:
"My favorite is Kirkland Signature toilet paper. It's truly the best. Comes in a 30-pack for about $20."

Jessica praises Costco's Kirkland Signature products, highlighting their quality and value. She also delves into the benefits of Costco's meat processing practices and the impressive selection of whiskeys, sharing insider knowledge that captivates the audience.

Gold Jewelry from Costco

[30:25] Jessica Gao:
"Almost all of my gold jewelry is from Costco. My mom prefers Costco because they allow returns, unlike many Chinese jewelers."

Jessica explains her preference for Costco's gold jewelry, emphasizing the ease of returns and the trustworthiness of Costco's offerings. This segment showcases how consumer choices are influenced by practicality and reliability.

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Guest Spotlight: Jason Mantzoukas

[46:34] Kulap Vilaysack:
"Please welcome Jason Mantzoukas, known for his particular packing style and love for organization with packing cubes."

Jason Mantzoukas brings a humorous and analytical perspective to the show, focusing on his obsession with packing cubes and travel organization. The hosts engage with Jason about his meticulous approach to packing, leading to a comedic exchange about the chaos of unorganized travel.

The Packing Cubes Debate

[48:13] David Duchovny (guest):
"I'm exclusively using packing cubes and pouches for all my travel needs. Based on these photos, I live in organized chaos."

Jason defends his use of packing cubes, sharing tips and the rationale behind his method. SuChin Pak and Kulap playfully challenge his habits, leading to a fun and spirited debate about the merits and drawbacks of strict organization versus a more relaxed approach.

Traveling with Minimalism

[40:31] Jessica Gao:
"I've been purse-free for two years. I rely on pockets and minimal items, which has streamlined my daily carry."

Jessica shares her journey towards minimalism, discussing how reducing her belongings has impacted her lifestyle positively. This conversation highlights the balance between consumerism and practicality, encouraging listeners to evaluate their own purchasing habits.

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Key Takeaways

• Consumer Choices Reflect Personal Values: Both hosts and guests emphasize how what we choose to add or remove from our carts speaks volumes about our identities and priorities.

• Quality and Value Matter: Jessica Gao's preference for Costco's Kirkland Signature products underscores the importance of seeking quality and value in everyday purchases.

• Organization vs. Flexibility: Jason Mantzoukas showcases the extremes of travel organization, while SuChin Pak advocates for a more flexible approach, sparking a conversation on finding the right balance.

• Minimalism Benefits: Reducing clutter not only simplifies life but also enhances personal freedom and efficiency, as evidenced by Jessica's minimalist habits.

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Notable Quotes

• SuChin Pak [09:00]:
  "One of my remove from cart was MTV News. It's no longer with us, and it feels like my legacy is in a coffin underground."

• Jessica Gao [26:23]:
  "My favorite is Kirkland Signature toilet paper. It's truly the best. Comes in a 30-pack for about $20."

• Jason Mantzoukas [48:13]:
  "I'm exclusively using packing cubes and pouches for all my travel needs. Based on these photos, I live in organized chaos."

• Jessica Gao [30:25]:
  "Almost all of my gold jewelry is from Costco. My mom prefers Costco because they allow returns, unlike many Chinese jewelers."

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Conclusion

This episode of Add to Cart masterfully blends humor, personal stories, and insightful discussions about consumerism and personal belongings. Kulap Vilaysack and SuChin Pak, along with their guests Jessica Gao and Jason Mantzoukas, provide listeners with a humorous yet meaningful exploration of what we choose to value and invest in. Whether you're a shopping enthusiast or someone looking to streamline your possessions, this episode offers relatable content and plenty of laughs.

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Note: This summary excludes advertising segments, introductions, and outros to focus solely on the episode's core discussions and guest interactions.

Transcript

[Reshma Sajani]

Hi, I'm Reshma Sajani, founder of Girls who Code. Look, I'd consider myself a pretty successful adult woman. I've written books, founded two successful nonprofits, and I'm raising two incredible kids. But here's the thing. I still wake up wondering, is this it? And if the best years are yet to come, when's that going to start? Join me on My so Called Midlife, my new podcast with Lemonada Media, where we're building a playbook for navigating midlife one episode at a time. Each week, I'll chat with extraordinary guests who've transformed their midlife crisis into opportunities for growth and newfound purpose. At some point, we all ask ourselves, is there more to life? I'm here to discover how to thrive in my second act, right alongside you. My so Called Midlife is out now, wherever you get your podcasts.

[David Duchovny]

Hey, everyone, it's David Duchovny. Do you ever feel like a failure? Trust me, I get it. Hell, I've spent my whole life almost feeling like a failure. It's appropriate, though, because on Fail Better, my new podcast with Lemonada Media, exploring the world of failure, how it holds us back, propels us forward, and ultimately shapes our lives is the whole point. Each week, I'll chat with artists, athletes, actors, and experts about how our perceived failures have actually been our biggest catalysts for growth, revelation, and even healing. Through these conversations, I hope we can learn how to embrace the opportunity of failure and fail Better together. Fail Better is out on May 7th. Wherever you get your podcasts.

[Reshma Sajani]

Lemonada.

[Suchin Pak]

Also.

[David Duchovny]

With that fire boy.

[Culap Vlasak]

Welcome, welcome, welcome to add to Cart, the podcast about what we buy and buy into what it says about who we are. We are live at Nui House Hollywood.

[David Duchovny]

With all of our friends.

[Suchin Pak]

Molly, Molly, you got. I'm emotional.

[Culap Vlasak]

You're emotional. I am Auntie Cuckoo Elysak, and you are.

[Suchin Pak]

I am emotional. And I am Auntie Sue. And this feels worse than my wedding. I was telling someone because I was imagining. I was like, oh, I'm gonna look out. It's gonna be sea of people that I know and love. All true things. But at my wedding, I didn't have to perform, you know what I mean, with a microphone. So. So this is a trip now. When we do our podcast, we're not. I'm never even in the same room. She refuses. Even looking at you is throwing me off. But welcome, everyone. I love seeing everyone here. Past guests, reoccurring guest friends. So, first of all, we're in this beautiful space. What are we doing? Here. Just kidding.

[Culap Vlasak]

Because you did say, I feel comfortable. This is my space.

[Suchin Pak]

She did turn to me and say, wow, how does it feel like as a garbage person to be in this space? And I'm like, it is a bit surreal.

[Culap Vlasak]

Why do you have to share our personal.

[Suchin Pak]

Did we lotion our feet in the Aesop? Is that how you pronounce it? Lotion in the bathroom, guys. Okay. If you haven't been to the bathroom, I suggest you bring a few pumps home. I wanted. True story. I wanted to tell you can't make it up. Two seconds before here. We went to the bathroom and we lotioned our feet. Okay, good. So we started with our hands. We started with our hands. And I said, this is gonna. This is gonna go down smooth. And so we went right down to the toes. It's also AAPI Heritage Month. We are celebrating API Joy Apam. And it's our favorite month of the.

[Culap Vlasak]

Year because it's my birthday.

[Suchin Pak]

Mother's Mother's Day was a flop for me. But, hey, we're not gonna get into that.

[Culap Vlasak]

Mine was great.

[Suchin Pak]

I got a balloon from Ralph's. But anyway. And then, of course, because it's Asian American Pacific Heritage Month, we have an AAPI Hollywood powerhouse joining us on the stage in a bit. And then we thought, why not give them what they want? And so you called your dear friend, and we have episode two or zero, I don't know of Zook's Cube on this show as well. And for those of you who have been following us, know how freaking deranged it's about to be.

[Culap Vlasak]

We'll explain. For those who don't. I know there's actually.

[Suchin Pak]

We don't have time. Honey, we gotta. We don't have time to explain. Zook's Cubes. It's a guy who comes up and talks about packing cubes for like, three hours. What else is there?

[Culap Vlasak]

Well, that is the explanation. How many people you've never heard of add to cart before? How many?

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, wow. Really? You guys are plus ones or you just wandered in? Oh, plus ones.

[Culap Vlasak]

I love it. Thank you. Thank you for your plus ones for free.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, wow. Okay.

[Culap Vlasak]

Okay.

[Suchin Pak]

So fantastic. So we will try to be on our best behavior. Go on.

[Culap Vlasak]

Okay, so before we bring up our guest and our first. First guest, who I call a woman king. Yeah, we.

[Suchin Pak]

Let's. Let's.

[Culap Vlasak]

Let's you and I get into some atheist.

[Suchin Pak]

I had to look at you. Okay.

[Culap Vlasak]

That's right. You are.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah.

[Culap Vlasak]

It's like you're avoiding me.

[Suchin Pak]

It's so weird. To be looking at you like this in person, it feels intense. All of this feels very intense. Okay, go ahead.

[Culap Vlasak]

I'm with you.

[Suchin Pak]

I'm here. Just not in body. Can't go on.

[Culap Vlasak]

We're gonna do some of our classic add to cart, Sue.

[Suchin Pak]

Classic add to cart.

[Culap Vlasak]

Things that we've added to cart.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, you go first.

[Culap Vlasak]

Maybe some things we removed from cart.

[Suchin Pak]

Okay. Okay, we can do that and right away.

[Culap Vlasak]

Let's.

[Suchin Pak]

Let's.

[Culap Vlasak]

Yes. I'll start. This playsuit. This playsuit.

[Suchin Pak]

To call it a playsuit, it doesn't do it justice. When you told me I'm wearing a playsuit, I thought it was gonna be like a. Like a jumpsuit, you know? Yeah. But this is.

[Culap Vlasak]

Well, I'm only calling it a playsuit because that's what it said in the description. And then I had to look it up because I didn't understand.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah.

[Culap Vlasak]

So I guess it's like, for kids it's play clothes, but for ladies of a certain age, it's play suit.

[Suchin Pak]

You look like. You look like a woman king yourself.

[Culap Vlasak]

Thank you. Thank you. I was fishing.

[Suchin Pak]

Gorgeous.

[Culap Vlasak]

This is from Lala Rest in Lala. On Instagram, if you're nasty. And I found this place because of an Instagram ad.

[Suchin Pak]

I'm not that bitch.

[Culap Vlasak]

I have a great algorithm that sends me things.

[Suchin Pak]

They're like this one. Add to this. This one clears the check. Yeah. Every single time. Yeah.

[Culap Vlasak]

And it's comfortable. It's.

[David Duchovny]

It's.

[Culap Vlasak]

You know, it's made for someone younger than us.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, it's the. Yeah, I disagree. Well, it looks.

[Culap Vlasak]

It looks like.

[Suchin Pak]

Yes.

[Culap Vlasak]

Agrees of what the Golden Girls would wear, but that's what the young people are doing.

[Suchin Pak]

That's right. Nostalgia is back, number one. Number two, this. You and I. And this whole thing feels like a tour of the Golden Girls, you know, so it's very appropriate. It does feel a bit like we. I get sometimes when I look over at you, like, a glimpse of, like. Is this, like, our future, like, on the road? We're, like 75. We're, like, begging people for free stuff to give to our friends. Just hogging things.

[Culap Vlasak]

One can only hope to age is a privilege. And I'd love to age with you. Suchin Park.

[Suchin Pak]

I see it. I see it on. I know.

[Culap Vlasak]

It's just the legend. RIP MTV News. RIP Removed from card. MTV News.

[Suchin Pak]

Suchin Pasa rise from the dead.

[Culap Vlasak]

The Connie Chung of our generation.

[Suchin Pak]

She's still alive, though. She's still alive, though. I wasn't saying she was. No, I'm Just saying. But MTV is. Is.

[Culap Vlasak]

Oh, right.

[Suchin Pak]

No more. Just. That is actually what's going to be one of my remove from carts was MTV News, if you guys haven't heard is no longer. If you all have a drink, we can pour one out symbolically. Wow. What a ride. And a lot of my friends from MTV are here. Some of. Of you. I can't see you guys. You're in the back because I told you to come early and then you didn't, and now you're sitting on a couch and there you are.

[Culap Vlasak]

They did come early. They went and ate upstairs.

[Suchin Pak]

Now, now open. I. I know I said 6:30, but hey, people were eager and they were here and I texted you. I said, leave the table. Did I not? I said leave the table. They're lining up. But yes, removed from Cart. Mtv. Wow. And it just. It feels like I'm not that old, you know? But now that my legacy is in a coffin underground, like officially, it does it. I feel way older than I should feel, I think. And I feel pretty old all the time. But yeah, and I was thinking about mtv and I was thinking about all the memories you guys back there know, the weird skanky beach houses we'd have to hole ourselves up in every summer. I was thinking about. But my biggest memory often comes from, like, sitting in the makeup room. That's where all the action happens.

[Culap Vlasak]

Oh, yeah. That's where the tea gets spilt.

[Suchin Pak]

That's where the tea gets spilled. That's where the drugs get taken. That's where the booze gets consumed. That's where the tears are shed. So for me, I have those, like, private memories of mtv. But yeah, it's kind of bittersweet. But it's also nice because it's nice to know that there isn't a raging party happening somewhere and you're not invited anymore. You know what I mean? Like, it's over and you maybe were the party at some point and now it's no longer. So that feels.

[Culap Vlasak]

Let's lift the show up, Sue. Let's lift it up. That's it. This is.

[Suchin Pak]

You don't want to go down this road of layoffs. Inflation. Okay, sorry. I'll take that off my list of remove from cards.

[Culap Vlasak]

We're here for all things and all pieces. But I was just thinking maybe we switch.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Culap Vlasak]

Mix it up.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, mix it up.

[Culap Vlasak]

I mean, you have a. Do you have another remove from Cart?

[Suchin Pak]

I don't have another remove from Cart, but then I want to say there's Only one VIP guest here tonight.

[Culap Vlasak]

Oh, yes.

[Suchin Pak]

This man presumably took an Uber from Santa Barbara to be here. My father in law, Jules.

[Culap Vlasak]

Jules Bender, longtime listener.

[Suchin Pak]

Let me tell you. Let me tell you. No immigrant parent would ever do that for me. I didn't even tell my parents this was happening.

[Culap Vlasak]

My mom still doesn't know what I do.

[Suchin Pak]

No. And, like, why they don't care. And yet my adopted father, my father in law, I mean, it's like I can't even look over there because I think that'll make me. That'll bring it down because I will then start crying. Just the fact that he never misses.

[Culap Vlasak]

You won't look at me.

[Suchin Pak]

You won't look at Jules. I just can't. I'm just looking here. But no, he. So anyway, so I was thinking about Asian American Pacific Month and, like, what are the things? And we just went to an amazing event, and we got all dressed up and gussied with our gals over there at that table. And I sat at the table with someone who was an ex lover of my husband. And I was like, wait, do I tell.

[Culap Vlasak]

There's thousands of Asians there. Many Asians that I didn't see. And yet she could see.

[Suchin Pak]

And my niece is here. I was thinking, like, oh, yeah, but this happened. Used to happen all the time when we're living in la. You know, that, like.

[Culap Vlasak]

No, I didn't. Michael.

[Suchin Pak]

That we know. The man in the bubble. The. The man. That's his brother, by the way, loving every minute of this. You know, this. He got around, this man. Oh. Before I met him. And maybe even like a little overlap. I mean, you know, we were young. We would be like. We would watch, you know, these stories. We would watch a TV show, like a hit TV show, big TV show. I'm not gonna name names. And there'd be an uncomfortable scene. I'd be like, ooh, that's. That's. This is really. Wow, this is really graphic. And he's like, yeah, I used to go out with her. Or we'd be at a fancy restaurant. There's a valet, and there's an actress there. And I'm like, oh, I love her. She's so good. Whatever happened, you know, she was in that movie. It's like, yeah, I used to, you.

[Culap Vlasak]

Know, damn, Mike Bender.

[Suchin Pak]

The time this man got around. Am I wrong? No, I. And, you know, do not sleep on the quiet ones. Do not sleep on the quiet funny ones.

[Culap Vlasak]

Or do.

[Suchin Pak]

A lot of people did.

[Culap Vlasak]

Take a number.

[Suchin Pak]

Take a number. And I was thinking Is this an add or a move?

[Culap Vlasak]

You tell me. I'm scared.

[Suchin Pak]

And I have to say, after 12 plus some odd years of blissful marriage, it's definitely an add to cart. I'm like, you want to be with someone who has just spread themselves all over town, you know what I mean? And so they come home to a flat soda every night. It's the same flavor. And they're like, it's okay because I've had every beverage, every single sparkling cannabis, wine, seltzer, all of it. Adaptogens have that, had that before. That was a thing and doesn't mind, you know, a little flat soda because it's going to be the same every night. It's going to be the same consistency. Temperature's not going to, you know, alarm anyone.

[Culap Vlasak]

Do you know, like, room temp?

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, yeah, for sure. Room temp. No startling moves. Just like a nice room temp. But anyway, so that's an add to cart. So for all of you guys who are still looking for love and you, you find someone and you're like, this person has been around, you know, is a ho. No, Right? We can't say that anyway. Has been around a ho.

[Culap Vlasak]

Can we just say ho?

[Suchin Pak]

Yes, is an ho. And you're like, I can't. You know, like, I don't know. This is the person to settle down with. That is the person to settle down with.

[Culap Vlasak]

That's my controversial advice.

[Suchin Pak]

That's what I'm saying. That's all. That's all I got though.

[Culap Vlasak]

We're gonna bring up our guest in just a second. I won one additional add to cart.

[Suchin Pak]

What?

[Culap Vlasak]

Soojin, it's a gift for you. How many of you guys listened to our last episode with? Oh, we have a few. You guys can clap. You know, I'm just like, this isn't with Vivian too, AKA you're rich bff.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, my God. That was scary, you guys. That was a come to Jesus conversation. I'm still a little traumatized from that.

[Culap Vlasak]

As Deanna Chang said, we all needed to get roughed up. Literacy.

[Suchin Pak]

Yes.

[Jessica Gao]

She.

[Suchin Pak]

She coined the phrase. What was it?

[Culap Vlasak]

Yeah, what's in it for me?

[Suchin Pak]

What's in it for me?

[Culap Vlasak]

What's in it for me?

[Suchin Pak]

That's the mentality she goes into her finances with.

[Culap Vlasak]

And she was taken aback that you didn't get the gold gala gift bag. Olivia, can you please bring a gold gala gift bag for such And Pac, Wait. Susan, Pac, I love you. I too like free things. But because you physically got sick and had a migraine over it I give you mine. Oh my God.

[Suchin Pak]

Guys. Oh my God. I am a garbage person. I don't even care what's in it. Who. It did make me nauseous though.

[Culap Vlasak]

I know it did. I know it did. You're welcome, Sue.

[Suchin Pak]

We should do live shows more often.

[Jason Manzuka]

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[Reshma Sajani]

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[Suchin Pak]

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[Culap Vlasak]

Our next guest is a treasure and I do mean it in the Bruno Mars fashion. She is the creator of Disney plus, she Hulk attorney at law and is a superhero of shopping herself. Please add to cart. Jessica, go two drinks.

[Suchin Pak]

Two drinks.

[Culap Vlasak]

Two drink Out.

[Jessica Gao]

Add to cart. Two drinks when they're free.

[Culap Vlasak]

Two drinks for Gal.

[Suchin Pak]

This is good.

[Jessica Gao]

I know, I know. Hold on, hold on.

[Suchin Pak]

This is the energy.

[Jessica Gao]

Thank you, thank you.

[Culap Vlasak]

This is a big get everybody shopping warrior. That's Gal.

[Suchin Pak]

Got it.

[Culap Vlasak]

That's Gao.

[Suchin Pak]

She's of that.

[Jessica Gao]

I feel that. Yeah, I feel that. Accurate.

[Culap Vlasak]

Accurate. Okay, so we like to ask our guests like what type of shopper are you? How do you add to cart? What's your style?

[Jessica Gao]

This is gonna shock you to your core.

[Suchin Pak]

Me?

[Jessica Gao]

Yes. It's gonna shock you to your core. I'm a very conservative attitude, Carter.

[Suchin Pak]

Liar. I you are you're sitting here in a Kirkland head to toe sweatsuit.

[Culap Vlasak]

There's no way.

[Jessica Gao]

Not sponsored, but open. Open to a sponsorship.

[Suchin Pak]

There's no way you went there.

[Jessica Gao]

No, I'm. Well, I don't. I'm not one of those people who likes to add a bunch of things to cart and then decide later. Like, I only add to cart when I'm ready to buy.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, okay.

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah. And I'm often ready to buy, but I don't, you know, I don't have, like a bunch of carts full of stuff.

[Culap Vlasak]

No, because you're very decisive. Yes, you are. You are. You don't really sit on any fences. You sort of bowl them over. You are bold.

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah. I bellow and then the force of my voice knocks down the fence. Yes.

[Culap Vlasak]

Much like the wolf in the Three Little Pigs. That's how you shop.

[Jessica Gao]

So that's my style.

[Culap Vlasak]

That's your style.

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah.

[Culap Vlasak]

Let's get right into Costco, because I have gone to Costco for years before I met Jessica Guy.

[Suchin Pak]

Wait, wait, hold on. I did briefly describe for those listening and not here physically being able to see. Can you please describe to the folks listening, what is Jessica wearing?

[Culap Vlasak]

Absolutely. She is wearing a playsuit. It is a matching black sweat suit number. It's long sleeve, of course, and it's Kirkland Signature. We have it emblazoned across the chest and down the leg if you're nasty. Now, guys.

[Suchin Pak]

Okay, go on.

[Culap Vlasak]

I thought you were gonna come in the slides.

[Jessica Gao]

Okay, so I also have Kirkland's signature slides, which are 14.99 and very comfortable. But I thought this is a formal event. I should wear closed toed shoes.

[Culap Vlasak]

Oh, wow. Thank you.

[Jessica Gao]

And until Kirkland Signature does a collab with Adidas and does like a Kirkland Signature Stan Smith edition, which is my dream, honestly, Costco should hire me to do like a capsule collection for them.

[Culap Vlasak]

They really should.

[Jessica Gao]

Because it is far too hot to be wearing a full sweatsuit set right now. But I had to do it.

[Suchin Pak]

No. I showed up in this and I said, wow, I actually like the fit of those. Those are tapered. She said, feel it. Feel it. Run your hands on it. Feel soft. It is. She did say that they're off camera.

[Jessica Gao]

Softest sweatsuits I've ever felt.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah. Again, not sponsored.

[Jessica Gao]

Not again. Open to sponsorship. Actively seeking sponsorship.

[Culap Vlasak]

Costco, if you're listening, when Gao takes on. I mean, you take on products, you take on.

[Jessica Gao]

They become part of you.

[Culap Vlasak]

They do. And she is an amazing seller. I mean, she's Asian.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah.

[Culap Vlasak]

But Gal's got a style I don't want to, you know. Like, she's very special, and you guys will see. But because I knew about Costco. Everybody knows about Costco but you. You took me into the. To the back door.

[Jessica Gao]

I live Costco.

[Culap Vlasak]

Yes.

[Jessica Gao]

As you all should.

[Culap Vlasak]

She was. And you guys might. Did you guys know about the Kirkland signature alcohol and that it's like, do you guys. Did you guys already know that?

[Jessica Gao]

Yes.

[Culap Vlasak]

It took it. I met her a decade ago and she opened my eyes that way.

[Suchin Pak]

What is this?

[Culap Vlasak]

Well, the vodka got.

[Jessica Gao]

The long standing rumor is that the vodka is Grey Goose. So basically, like, some people say it's Belvedere, but I mean, look, no one has ever confirmed or denied, but what we do know is that they get their water supply from the same part of France as the brand vodka. They use the same distilleries there, and, you know, they often have these deals.

[Suchin Pak]

Where is there a newsletter? How do you know all this?

[Jessica Gao]

I was, you know, I was just telling Kulab the other day. I was like, I know so many Costco facts, which I'm very proud of. And so the other day, when I knew I was gonna do this, I was like, I better brush up on my Costco facts. So I googled Costco facts, and the. The first thing that came up was an article titled 120 Costco Facts. And I was like, that sounds like enough. So I click on it, read the entire thing, didn't learn anything new, knew every fact. I feel like, okay, you know in Die Hard, when Hans Gruber says like, and Alexander wept for there were no more worlds to conquer, that's how I feel about Costco facts. There are no more Costco facts for me to learn. And so I wept.

[Culap Vlasak]

I mean, educate us. Like, what's. What are. What are the Kirkland Signature products that are, like, always in your cart?

[Jessica Gao]

Oh, first of all, my favorite is Kirkland Signature toilet paper. It's truly the best. It really is. It comes in a 30 pack. It's like $20 for a 30 pack.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah.

[Culap Vlasak]

That's good.

[Jessica Gao]

I have a thing where I have to have double digit numbers of toilet paper rolls in my house, even if it feels secure.

[Culap Vlasak]

Even pre pandemic.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah. Oh, wow.

[Jessica Gao]

So when the pandemic came, I was sitting pretty, didn't break a sweat. But it's. It's great because it's the right thickness. It doesn't clog up your pipes. Because I used to be a Charmin user and my toy would get backed up constantly Never happened with Kirkland.

[Culap Vlasak]

Wow.

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah.

[Suchin Pak]

Okay. Doesn't pill. It's like a nice.

[Jessica Gao]

Doesn't pill.

[Suchin Pak]

It's a nice. Laid down a nice, too. Don't look at me like that. You know what I'm talking about.

[Culap Vlasak]

How are you gonna know what.

[Suchin Pak]

How. Pilling Toilet paper Pilling. No, really, that's. I mean, that's in the commercial.

[Jessica Gao]

That's in the Charmin commercial where the bear gets, like, lint all over his butt.

[Culap Vlasak]

Yeah, I guess so.

[Jessica Gao]

That's the pilling.

[Culap Vlasak]

Well, I have a bidet, so I don't know what you guys.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, God. I have a. Jessica, do you have a bidet?

[Jessica Gao]

I sure do.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, boy. Two bidet. Okay.

[Culap Vlasak]

Warm seats.

[Suchin Pak]

Warm seats.

[Jessica Gao]

But I still. I don't have the patience to wait for the bidet to dry me. So I still use toilet paper, but. But significantly less. It's just to dry. It's just a pat dry.

[Suchin Pak]

You don't actually know if it pills or not because you've only patted.

[Culap Vlasak]

No, she knows. Trust me, she knows.

[Jessica Gao]

The bidet is new. The Costco has been forever.

[Culap Vlasak]

That's some she Hulk bidet.

[Jessica Gao]

Okay, wait. Before we get too deep into Costco.

[Suchin Pak]

Yes.

[Jessica Gao]

I want to back up a little bit and talk about the Gold Gala.

[Suchin Pak]

The Gold Gala is getting so much.

[Jessica Gao]

I went to that gifting suite before the ceremony was over.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, my God. And so you're just mingling all night with the giant black tote full of free gift stuff?

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah. Okay. Just wanted to. To make sure. Oh, my God. That is the move. This is like another level. I'm. I'm just. But an amateur. A little. A little cricket.

[Jessica Gao]

And this is yourself a child of immigrants.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, I know.

[Culap Vlasak]

But this is how to go.

[Suchin Pak]

You're adopted. Look at my family now.

[Culap Vlasak]

Vendors right there.

[Jessica Gao]

No one who Ubers from Santa Barbara needs to get a free gift.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, he's like. He's like, don't embarrass us up there.

[Culap Vlasak]

Let's get back to Costco. Okay, let's circle back. Okay. So you said toilet paper. We've talked a little bit about the alcohol.

[Jessica Gao]

Oh, let's talk a lot a bit about the alcohol. Oh, my favorite place to get alcohol. I'm a big scotch drinker, and they have such a great selection of whiskeys. Like, they have Japanese whiskeys. They have your classic scotches. They have my very favorite scotch of all time, Oban, for very cheap. And also the Atwater Costco is known as the good alcohol. Costco.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, my God.

[Jessica Gao]

So they don't all get the same alcohol. You guys, I have spent. I have spent many a 30 minutes talking to Doug, the wine guy at Costco. Costco. And that's what he told me. He said that one gets. Is known as the good alcohol one. So they get a lot of, like, specialty, small batch things like that, limited quantity, like whiskeys there that don't go to the other Costcos.

[Culap Vlasak]

Okay, so. So we've got alcohol.

[Suchin Pak]

Gold.

[Culap Vlasak]

Do you want to talk about gold?

[Jessica Gao]

Oh, yes. All. Almost all of my gold jewelry is from Costco.

[Culap Vlasak]

Most of it gifted by your mom.

[Jessica Gao]

Most of it gifted my. All of it gifted by my mom because my mom, if left her own devices, is going to buy me something terrible. So I was like, what's safe? And I was like, what is the safest thing I can ask an old Chinese woman to buy me, obviously, gold jewelry. And so that's anytime she wants. It's my birthday or something. I say, just give me a gold necklace, a chain, and it's always from Costco. And she says it's because Costco lets you return gold jewelry, whereas all the Chinese jewelers won't because they're like, you're obviously. You've obviously swapped this out for a fake. We're not taking this back. But Costco doesn't know that. That's our scheme, you know, so she. So she's like, you know, in case you. If I pick something out, I'm afraid you won't like it. So I need to be able to return it.

[Suchin Pak]

If you don't swap it and return it. Yeah.

[Jessica Gao]

Never returned a Costco necklace.

[Suchin Pak]

They're that good.

[Jessica Gao]

They're that. They're.

[Suchin Pak]

Now I heard and. Am I getting my facts wrong? Dana, did you go on a trip to Hawaii? Was that you?

[Culap Vlasak]

Those three in the front, they went to Hawaii.

[Suchin Pak]

I was at. I was somewhere, and she comes up to me and she's like, oh, I'm, you know, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, what are you up to? You're always going to fabulous traps. And she was like, oh, yeah, I'm going to Hawaii.

[Culap Vlasak]

I was like, oh, my God.

[Suchin Pak]

For what? She's like, costco. So she got on a plane, and the Costco, apparently in Hawaii is totally different than Costco on the mainland.

[Jessica Gao]

They're all, my dream is to do an around the world in 80 days. But of all the Costcos, if that.

[Suchin Pak]

Isn'T a show to pitch, then, well, they have.

[Jessica Gao]

I mean, the Costco food court, as we all know, is great, but is it in different. Do we Know that. Excuse me.

[Suchin Pak]

And by food court, you mean like the food that you buy or the, the food that they're handing out?

[Culap Vlasak]

Have you ever noticed what's going on right now?

[Suchin Pak]

I actually, I have been to a Costco maybe, you know, maybe twice.

[Jessica Gao]

What? Oh, my God. You know what? To say that, to say that to us during Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month is a hate crime.

[Suchin Pak]

Violence. I've committed a hate crime. You're right.

[Culap Vlasak]

I thought I knew you.

[Suchin Pak]

I don't. I guess I just don't get it. I'm getting it now. Okay, I'm listening. I'm downloading it all. But I go in there, I'm so overwhelmed. Who needs 80,000 of anything? I don't.

[Culap Vlasak]

Wait, so you're willing to buy a dozen youth size sweatpants that fit you like jodhpurs and not get these? And she just bought one. She didn't buy this in bulk.

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah, I wanted to do that. I would have. Let's be clear, I would have buy it in bulk.

[Culap Vlasak]

And we're crazy.

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah, we're gonna have to deal with special field trip.

[Suchin Pak]

Add to cart.

[Culap Vlasak]

Field trip where we go to Costco and then water.

[Suchin Pak]

I need someone to take me through the aisles and just, you know, just show me the jewels. You know what I mean? Really get into it. Because I go there.

[Jessica Gao]

Jewels, I can show you there.

[Suchin Pak]

I didn't know they sold gold chains. I mean real gold chains.

[Jessica Gao]

They sell Rolexes with diamonds on them.

[Suchin Pak]

No, they don't.

[Jessica Gao]

They do.

[Suchin Pak]

They do.

[Culap Vlasak]

Look at a lot of people know.

[Suchin Pak]

A lot of people in the audience.

[Culap Vlasak]

Are nodding in recognition.

[Jessica Gao]

75.

[Suchin Pak]

But if you're going to spend $75,000, you're going to.

[Jessica Gao]

You want a good deal.

[Suchin Pak]

You want to go to Costco and spend $75,000? I don't know. All right, okay. But I'm open. You know, I'm open. I'm open to being, to being wrong and to be convinced that this is. This is Homeland. You know, I need to leave it.

[Jessica Gao]

When I see it at the Atwater Costco. When we leave, you're going to have a Costco membership card in your hand.

[Culap Vlasak]

Speaking of Costco memberships, there's not sponsored.

[Suchin Pak]

Not sponsored.

[Culap Vlasak]

Two types of memberships. The gold star is 60 a year and the executive is 120 a year. Gold star standard executive has more benefits and a 2% annual reward. What do you got?

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah, obviously, I'm the executive.

[Culap Vlasak]

I thought I'd ask.

[Jessica Gao]

Because if you spend just a mere $33,000 a year at Costco you're already making back the difference in membership costs between the right standard membership. It's so Easy to spend $3,000 at Costco. Like try, I dare you to try not to spend $3,000 at Costco. And then if you spend $6,000, you've earned back your membership.

[Suchin Pak]

Wow. Yeah, it's practically for free for $6,000.

[Jessica Gao]

There's a pharmacy, there's an optometrist. Up until recently, there was a photo center. You can buy a coffin there. You don't even have to buy it in bulk. There's a tire center. When you buy a tire from Costco, they guarantee it for a year. If anything happens to it in a year, they just replace it, no questions asked. You just slash your tire and they'll replace it.

[Culap Vlasak]

Are you sold?

[Suchin Pak]

I am almost sold. $6,000 later. Yes.

[Culap Vlasak]

Take that, Vivian, too, your rich BFF.

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah. You know what? They sell La Mer at Costco.

[Culap Vlasak]

They do, they do.

[Suchin Pak]

I mean, I'm not looking at the right Costcos. Maybe the Costco in Santa Barbara doesn't have all this fancy stuff.

[Jessica Gao]

Oh, you think the Santa Barbara Costco doesn't have the fancy stuff? I remember what we were talking about now. International Costco. So at food courts in different countries, they have country specific cuisine at their food courts. Like Korea, Costco has bulgogi bakes instead of chicken bakes. Yeah, Like Costco Japan, they have Matcha soft serve.

[Culap Vlasak]

Wow. Add to cartridge. You guys.

[Jessica Gao]

That's the food tour I want to do. I want to hit up all the Costco food courts.

[Suchin Pak]

Like Jessica's like, she's like dropping the mic after every one of these Costco facts. You know that, right?

[Jessica Gao]

And you know what? Costco Travel is going to book that trip for me.

[Culap Vlasak]

Gal. Are there any other, like, some hot. Some hot tips? Hot Costco tips.

[Jessica Gao]

Everybody knows the rotisserie chicken is the thing to get at Costco.

[Culap Vlasak]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jessica Gao]

$4.99. You get a gigantic rotisserie chick. It's delicious. It'll feed your whole family for multiple days. They put it at the very back because then you have to walk all the way past everything.

[Culap Vlasak]

Genius. 3.99 rotisserie chicken in the back.

[Suchin Pak]

4.99 rotisserie chicken ropes.

[Culap Vlasak]

It's like 10 bucks plus.

[Suchin Pak]

And it's a tiny chicken. Yeah, you're right.

[Culap Vlasak]

This one's got big old booties and boobies. I meant boobies.

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah. Costco, number one worldwide seller of red meat or a beef of red wine and nuts. And there. Do you remember in the 90s when there was that listeria outbreak and, like, it almost like ended. Jack in the Box.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah.

[Jessica Gao]

Like in all these fast food places were like, oh, my God, we're gonna go out of business. Because everyone's meat might be contaminated. Costco got so freaked out that they opened their own meat processing plant and they process their own meat so that they can control the quality.

[Suchin Pak]

Wow.

[Jessica Gao]

And that's why you can get a USDA prime ribeye steak in a four pack for like $60.

[Suchin Pak]

How many refrigerators do you own?

[Jessica Gao]

Only one. Because despite popular belief, I'm not actually Korean, so I only have one, so.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, is it just the Korean Asians that have multiple refrigerators?

[Jessica Gao]

My parents have a garage fridge.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, thank you.

[Culap Vlasak]

My parents are. Garage fridge.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah.

[Jessica Gao]

My aunt has one of those chest freezers.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, same. Yeah, yeah, same.

[Culap Vlasak]

I'm having a memory because that's where my dad would put all of, like, he would go. All the extra food. Of course, the. The carp that he, he, he got. And then also one time my dog died. He put him there.

[Suchin Pak]

Why?

[Culap Vlasak]

To keep him frozen. And then he was. He. He said he buried him. I don't think he did after. Anyways, mtv. Oh, my God, you brought. Oh, my Lord. I had the image and I had to give it all to you so that I could be free. Okay, but if you have a dead.

[Jessica Gao]

Dog, you need to put in a freezer, you can buy one at Costco.

[Culap Vlasak]

Well, hey, bringing it back. Bringing it back. Oh, my gosh. Gao, I want to ask you, I'm so curious why you're adding to Carte Lao Ganma Spicy Chili Crisp.

[Jessica Gao]

It's the best chili sauce ever. I put it on everything. There's so many imitators. It's just not the same.

[Culap Vlasak]

Are you guys familiar? Do you know this? This is the og that's what I thought you were going to say. Because there are so many different chili crisps. All great people, some of them sponsors of the podcast. But I knew you were going to.

[Suchin Pak]

Be like, above all.

[Jessica Gao]

Yeah, nothing tastes like this. And so this company, this brand in Chinese means old godmother. And so you'll know it by the exception extremely cranky looking lady on the label. She's very tired from making so much spicy chili crisp all the time. But you have to. They make like eight different kinds of hot sauces and they all like. They're all named kind of similar. You have to get the spicy chili crisp. That's the one. It's different than all the other ones. It's so good. I love this so much. This was the wedding favor at my wedding. Everybody left with a jar of these and everybody was happy. No complaints.

[Culap Vlasak]

Oh, I was so happy. I was so happy. Speaking of her wedding, she sent a link of all of the wedding pictures and in her getting ready photos before she put on her dress. While she was getting her hair and makeup done, she was wearing this outfit.

[Jessica Gao]

It's so comfortable.

[Culap Vlasak]

Just so everybody knows she's not pretending.

[Suchin Pak]

No, we all know that nobody here felt very good.

[Jessica Gao]

This isn't the only Costco clothing I have. I have eight pieces from the Kirkland signature collection.

[Culap Vlasak]

Name them.

[Jessica Gao]

I have this, but also in gray. I have this with as a hoodie. I have a gray sweatshirt that says Costco wholesale printed all over print. And I have a black sweatshirt that just says Costco wholesale right here. Multiple times now, people have asked me if I work for Costco and I and I blurted out I wish.

[Culap Vlasak]

I.

[Jessica Gao]

Went to an open house to look at a house. And the realtor asked me if I worked for Costco.

[Culap Vlasak]

She you have multiple times launched into how well the employees of Costco have.

[Jessica Gao]

Taken care of a 93% retention employee retention rate after one year of employment. That's incredible.

[Suchin Pak]

Fact 61. Fact 61.

[Jessica Gao]

Even their part time employees get benefits.

[Culap Vlasak]

She knows everything about Costco. Give me one more fact.

[Jessica Gao]

Average salary, $18 an hour in the warehouse.

[Culap Vlasak]

Wow. Give it up for $18 an hour, everybody. I really don't want to let you go because you're such a delight, but I also am curious what you're removing from cart.

[Jessica Gao]

Oh, purses. That's what I'm removing. I'm purse free. I've been purse free for two years and I'll never look back. But I love it.

[Culap Vlasak]

But how do you. Where's your phone?

[Jessica Gao]

It's called pockets.

[Culap Vlasak]

Okay, but then where's your lipstick?

[Jessica Gao]

It's called bare lip. Everything just fits into my pockets. I have my wallet, my phone and my keys and that's it. That's all I have on me.

[Culap Vlasak]

But you don't feel like weighed down with like.

[Jessica Gao]

No, I thought I would, but I have never been like, oh, I need this thing.

[Suchin Pak]

And when did what, what prompted you to go rogue like this?

[Jessica Gao]

I, you know, look, it probably helps that it's. We're in pandemic times where like, it's not like I'm going, I'm not going to the galas all the time. And when I did go to the gala, I did have a clutch. But I want to say I could have gone without. I just want to be well heard on that. And if I ever need to carry more things, I just get more pockets. I put on a jacket with a pocket. You know, I just add more pockets. Add to cart pockets, cargo pants. Never. Never. I'll have a coat, a jacket, something with pockets. That's all. That's all I need.

[Suchin Pak]

That's it.

[Culap Vlasak]

I mean, is anybody with her? What? Is anybody willing? Is this a movement? Guys don't count. Guys.

[Jessica Gao]

And also, what's great is, you know, if you are in a heteronormative relationship with a man, it absolutely stops him from being like, hey, can you put this in your purse for me? He doesn't know what to do with himself. He has to hold his own sunglasses, his own keys. Like, he. It's completely, like, shaking him to his core. And I love it.

[Suchin Pak]

I mean, what. There's. There's no argument for it anymore. I'm not. I'm not sure why any of us carry it.

[Jessica Gao]

It's convenient, and it destroys someone else's sense of self.

[Culap Vlasak]

But what if you're like, such in Pak, who has her breakfast, fried rice in a u. Ziploc bag, where would she put it?

[Suchin Pak]

In her pocket.

[Jessica Gao]

You learn. You line a pocket with the Ziploc bag, but she.

[Culap Vlasak]

In her pocket already is a Ziploc bag with pills. Does she shove it to the side or.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, yeah. That's why the Ziplocs are flexible. They're not cube material. Oh, don't you start.

[Culap Vlasak]

It's not time for Zix cubes yet.

[Jessica Gao]

I am a big fan of packing cubes. I will say.

[Culap Vlasak]

Oh, really?

[Jessica Gao]

Oh, yeah.

[Culap Vlasak]

Okay, well, get ready for your pills.

[Jessica Gao]

I would suggest using nature's purse, which is your body. Just eat it.

[Culap Vlasak]

Eat the pill. Oh, I thought you meant your vagina.

[Jessica Gao]

Oh, no.

[Culap Vlasak]

I did. Everybody give it a hand for Jessica.

[Suchin Pak]

Go.

[Culap Vlasak]

Go. You're the best. Thank you, Jessica.

[Suchin Pak]

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[Culap Vlasak]

Okay, let's bring up our second and final guest.

[Suchin Pak]

Well, it's a new podcast almost right. Yes.

[Culap Vlasak]

You know him as an actor, a comedian, a writer, a person not on social media, a white shirt wearer, and the host of the podcast within our podcast. Please welcome Jason Manzuka. Hi there.

[David Duchovny]

Here we go.

[Culap Vlasak]

Jason, welcome.

[Suchin Pak]

Wow, Luggage. Oh, boy, this is gonna be fun.

[David Duchovny]

Oh, yeah.

[Suchin Pak]

This is gonna be riveting.

[David Duchovny]

I brought the stuff now. I thought there was gonna be a table that I could display it on. There isn't, but I'm gonna be cool with that.

[Culap Vlasak]

We could. Okay. Yeah.

[Suchin Pak]

We could perch it on our knee.

[David Duchovny]

Yeah, I'm good.

[Culap Vlasak]

Okay. So how many people are familiar with Zoox cubes? For those who aren't familiar, Jason is a man who likes things a certain way. Is that fair? Jason?

[David Duchovny]

I'm particular.

[Suchin Pak]

You're particular about all things. Most things. Some things in your life, I would say so.

[David Duchovny]

Most things, if not all things.

[Culap Vlasak]

Jason, I love you. One.

[David Duchovny]

Oh, my God. I love you too.

[Culap Vlasak]

So I sit in between the two of you, and you are the range of people who use packing cubes. I think that's fair to say.

[David Duchovny]

Oh, yeah. I am exclusively packing cubes, pouches, all the rest. And based on the photos that Suchin has sent to our shared group chat.

[Culap Vlasak]

Correct.

[David Duchovny]

You live in abject chaos. You live in a world that. Like the picture. I. There have been pictures sent based on your packing for a trip that gave.

[Culap Vlasak]

Me a panic attack because we were given. Because Jason came in. He taught us about tom bin, and we were gifted some Tom Bin.

[Suchin Pak]

Yes. They were very nice.

[Culap Vlasak]

They're very nice. And yet you use them. But then there would be just a sandalwood.

[David Duchovny]

Oh, no. A thousand sandals.

[Suchin Pak]

Correct. A thousand. You never know.

[David Duchovny]

Appeared to just be loose.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah.

[David Duchovny]

The idea of putting in your suitcase for travel. Loose shoes.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah.

[David Duchovny]

Is disgusting. I want to go on record. That is disgusting.

[Suchin Pak]

I mean, there are a lot of disgusting things in this world, and I think a lot. Loose sandal in my suitcase. Not. Not so high on it.

[David Duchovny]

Really.

[Suchin Pak]

Not so high on the list. No. I mean, I. I'm not doing anything that disgusting with the sandal.

[David Duchovny]

I mean, all of the bottoms of your shoes are just covered with the filth of the filth of the world. And then you're like. And I'll throw it in with all my clean clothes.

[Suchin Pak]

I thought you were going to give me about when I tried your tray.

[Culap Vlasak]

Oh, the tray? The tom bin tray.

[David Duchovny]

Oh, yeah, I brought one, too. Great.

[Suchin Pak]

I was like, first of all, look at how much space that. Do you know a Ziploc? I wish I brought a Ziploc. I didn't know you guys were gonna bring this tray. It's a. Why, it's. Look at this. This is so much safe. I thought you were going to give me shit because I filled it.

[David Duchovny]

I brought mine, too.

[Culap Vlasak]

Now all three of us are holding travel trays.

[David Duchovny]

Yes, I brought mine.

[Suchin Pak]

Not sponsored in any way, shape or form. But I thought you were gonna give me shit because then I filled it. I was like, fine, I'll use your tray. And I filled it with my toiletries. Such a stain toiletries. And I, you know, had a little glass jar that I'd saved from a Japanese hot sauce that I love, you know, with your toiletries. And I cleaned it out. I cleaned it out and I poured my mouthwash in it. And then.

[David Duchovny]

Like, I don't.

[Suchin Pak]

Jewels.

[David Duchovny]

I don't think you should be allowed.

[Suchin Pak]

What are you talking about?

[David Duchovny]

I shouldn't be allowed to travel?

[Suchin Pak]

I cleaned it out and because I knew that you guys were going to be in the group chat. So it's a picture of your suitcase.

[David Duchovny]

That what we sound like to you?

[Suchin Pak]

When I see the three dots, it's like in my head.

[David Duchovny]

Savage.

[Suchin Pak]

And. And I. So then I went to my husband's. What do you call that? And you print it out and it's a picture. And then there's like a label. Label maker.

[David Duchovny]

A brother P Touch.

[Culap Vlasak]

A brother P Touch.

[David Duchovny]

I almost brought my brother P Touch tonight as one of my items.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah. Ladies, wow. Settle down there, right?

[David Duchovny]

Get involved, ladies. I will say on the picket line last week, someone did say Zooks Cubes really, really made my day first.

[Suchin Pak]

Hang on, man. But I did use that. And I. And I put mouthwash in it because I knew that you would want me to take a picture. And that's what I thought you were gonna give me shit about the sandals. Eh, whatever.

[Culap Vlasak]

We didn't understand that.

[Suchin Pak]

I'm not licking the sandal. I'm not eating with it. I'm not brushing my teeth with it.

[David Duchovny]

The desire to travel with heavy glassware.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah.

[David Duchovny]

How can I pack this mouthwash?

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah.

[David Duchovny]

I should find. Wash a heavy piece of glass that will maybe break. Maybe like, that's There are.

[Culap Vlasak]

Juice of life.

[Suchin Pak]

Juice of life. You know what I mean? Who knows? I like living on the edge of my seat. Everywhere else I'm contained in a coffin. But when I travel. A coffin? A coffin. You just dead dormant.

[David Duchovny]

You travel like a vampire.

[Suchin Pak]

But when I travel, I mean, the world is my playground, you know, the world is open to me.

[David Duchovny]

Please allow us to post the pictures you sent to the group chat.

[Suchin Pak]

Sure, sure.

[David Duchovny]

So that people can get a gander at like if I. If you were like if we. If you're like, hey, let's go on vacation, blah, blah, blah. And you put your suitcase down, you unzipped it and I would be like. If I saw that, I'd be like, I can't be friends with you anymore. I can't.

[Culap Vlasak]

I can't.

[Suchin Pak]

Because I'll be behind you in the checkout line of the security as you're taking out your cubes, your pouches and your everything for a reason. You bought 400 little tiny plastic bags on Amazon. For what?

[David Duchovny]

I use them all the time.

[Suchin Pak]

These tiny little plastic bags.

[David Duchovny]

Okay, I'll show you. Okay, I'll show you what you're talking about.

[Suchin Pak]

Okay, Just take a big bag and twirl it shut.

[David Duchovny]

My big bag.

[Culap Vlasak]

Two insane people talking to one another.

[David Duchovny]

This is. By the end of this, we are married.

[Culap Vlasak]

They're just talking about plastic bags right now.

[David Duchovny]

For me, all the little. So my bag is just full of other bags.

[Suchin Pak]

Boring magician.

[David Duchovny]

You know what I brought you suchin.

[Suchin Pak]

I don't want.

[David Duchovny]

This is a bag. Four shoes.

[Culap Vlasak]

Take it to.

[David Duchovny]

This is a bag.

[Suchin Pak]

That is four holes in it.

[Culap Vlasak]

There's holes in it?

[David Duchovny]

No, there's a plastic line in it. So you can see which shoes are in it.

[Culap Vlasak]

Cuz as you were complaining that you couldn't see.

[David Duchovny]

Look at that.

[Suchin Pak]

Wow. Can you believe people really care about this stuff?

[David Duchovny]

Oh yeah.

[Suchin Pak]

Like, they made it see through, which was my problem. I got all these beautiful. Tom. What's in it? Once it's cinched up, I'm like, I don't know.

[Culap Vlasak]

Is it a burrito?

[Suchin Pak]

Is it my mouth?

[Culap Vlasak]

Would you put a burrito in it?

[Suchin Pak]

I'm just saying you don't know what's in here.

[David Duchovny]

You do know if you know what you put in there.

[Culap Vlasak]

But what are you like.

[David Duchovny]

Do you go. Do you memento yourself at the end of like, how does it go?

[Culap Vlasak]

It laser?

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, I laser it away. I don't know, I just. I can't. I think like opening a suitcase and your suitcase was. I did say it was it Was a work of art. It was beautiful. It showed me an intimate side to you that is frightening. And maybe I may already be married to. But anyway, that's neither here nor there. And I thought this man must have the memory. The memory of a mad scientist. So many closed zipped bags filled with things. And everything, by the way, is also filled with. With a charger. Like wires.

[David Duchovny]

Oh, well, yeah, I duplicate.

[Jessica Gao]

There are certain things duplicate.

[Suchin Pak]

You guys, are you hearing this?

[David Duchovny]

You always want accessible. One of them is a phone charger and a little. Either an external battery or a. Like a little brick to plug in somewhere. And you don't want to be like, there's only one of them in my entire travel setup.

[Suchin Pak]

So the way of your extra batteries, your 48 extra batteries, your 42 extra chargers.

[Culap Vlasak]

He doesn't do that.

[Suchin Pak]

And my little spicy jar of mouthwash. I'm just saying the weight, I think. I don't know. I don't know. That feels very heavy.

[David Duchovny]

Am I wrong or did you not have some sort of spill situation with a toilet?

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, there's always a spill situation with a toilet. And by the way, these trays are waterproof. On the bottom was great that I do agree that on the bottom I was like, I just took them out and I just sloshed out the liquid and I put it right back in the there. Let's explain.

[Culap Vlasak]

Jason, explain to the folks what this travel tray is. Because I think it's an unusual piece of travel cube.

[David Duchovny]

So I. Okay, so just show of hands, who here uses packing cubes or pouches or stuff? Okay, so quite a lot of people. You're acting as if I'm a weirdo.

[Suchin Pak]

I feel like. I feel like they're also here because they. They like you as a person. And it's exactly cubes fans. But anyway, it feels like a biased, biased fan.

[David Duchovny]

You're what a savage take on your own show. You're like, half of these people are.

[Culap Vlasak]

Just here for Zeu's Cubes.

[David Duchovny]

And the other half is here for Costco.

[Suchin Pak]

Yes, kind of.

[David Duchovny]

Here's what a huge reveal for me. Massive fan. I have never been to Costco.

[Culap Vlasak]

God, what the fuck is happening?

[David Duchovny]

Full stop.

[Suchin Pak]

I told you he was a psycho.

[Culap Vlasak]

I told you that.

[Suchin Pak]

I told you that twice. I've been there twice. Two more times than this psychotic person sitting next to me.

[David Duchovny]

How dare you.

[Suchin Pak]

Two more times.

[David Duchovny]

And at least I'm willing to accept that it is a character flaw in me. It is my problem that I need to remedy. And please take me to Costco. So for a travel tray, what I do, you get to your place and you're like, oh, I got my. This. I got my pocket knife. I got all my stuff. Bing, bang, boom.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah. Empty the pockets. I want to see. What is that? What's that? What's that? What's that?

[Culap Vlasak]

Money clip.

[David Duchovny]

Money clip.

[Suchin Pak]

Okay.

[David Duchovny]

That's a Swiss army knife.

[Suchin Pak]

Wait, you already have two knives?

[Culap Vlasak]

Two knives.

[David Duchovny]

There's two knives. Don't worry about it, guys.

[Culap Vlasak]

You got two knives, two pockets. Two knives, two pockets, two knives.

[Suchin Pak]

Losing credibility.

[David Duchovny]

So when you get to your hotel, boom, Everything. Your pockets all go into a tray, and you can be like, okay, it's all there for me to load back up. And then if I want to. And I'm like, you know what? Fuck it. I'm not gonna do my whole pocket situation. You just cinch it up like that, throw it in your bag, Kaboom. I'm now traveling with it. I know everything that's in there. I know where everything is. I'm not rooting around. Oh, no. Where's my pocket knife? Oh, no. Where's my money clip? It's all there. The best. What? You. You hate it.

[Suchin Pak]

You just. You just, like. Like tying it to your belt loop, and there's just like.

[David Duchovny]

I'm not tying it to my belt loop.

[Suchin Pak]

But what if you needed to get to one of your 88 knives, you know, while you're traveling around and. And then you have to get in there to undo it. Look at you rummaging through that bag. Look at Breaking a sweat, rummaging through that bag.

[David Duchovny]

It is a 100 degrees in here.

[Culap Vlasak]

Yeah, I'm very hot, which I am flummoxed by.

[David Duchovny]

You gotta keep it hot for comedy. Why clip it to my belt loop when I can carry a little carabiner around? Now, this is a great one. It's called a hero clip. God damn it. So let's.

[Suchin Pak]

Hold on. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

[David Duchovny]

What?

[Suchin Pak]

Let me see that. What is that?

[David Duchovny]

I'm gonna show you.

[Suchin Pak]

Okay, fine.

[David Duchovny]

Stop screaming.

[Suchin Pak]

Right?

[David Duchovny]

May I have your bag right now?

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, God, don't do it.

[Culap Vlasak]

Thank you so much.

[David Duchovny]

Thank you. I appreciate it. So let's say you've got your bag and you're someplace, and you're like, I don't like. This is a lovely place, beautiful bag. I don't want to put my bag on the floor. This place is gross.

[Culap Vlasak]

Here comes the hero clip.

[David Duchovny]

You clip it. Boom. No. Come on. This is a home run.

[Culap Vlasak]

That's good. Gal likes it. Gal likes It Gal's on board.

[David Duchovny]

I won Gal back.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, yeah. You're gonna put that in your pocket. You're gonna put that. That hanger thing that. The hook hanger in your pocket.

[David Duchovny]

I mean, come on. You wouldn't carry this around just so you don't have to put. You love putting your shit on the ground.

[Suchin Pak]

I don't love it, but I don't hate it enough to carry that thing around.

[David Duchovny]

You're a ground monster.

[Suchin Pak]

I am a ground.

[David Duchovny]

Thank you so much. And what to carry. This is a zero. It's a nothing.

[Suchin Pak]

You have so many things in your pockets. No wonder you need a tray you can't fit.

[David Duchovny]

This is attached to any bag I have. This is like. I just had it in there just so I could grab it. But it can sit again. It can be on your backpack. It can be anywhere.

[Suchin Pak]

Okay.

[David Duchovny]

And you got. You know what? I'm never gonna win you over, and I'm okay with it, but I'm gonna keep trying.

[Suchin Pak]

The thing is, is that I am with you.

[David Duchovny]

And then in practice.

[Suchin Pak]

No, no, not even in practice. In the beginning. I'm with you in the beginning. And then. And then you pull out a hook. You know what I mean? Like, I understand. Yeah, I understand. When I looked at my tray and I said, yeah, there's some sort of fluid on the bottom of it. Clean, you know, probably mouthwash, whatever. Yeah, it's actually good. Like, I like this thing, you know, it doesn't cinch up all the way.

[Culap Vlasak]

So I want to be very clear.

[Suchin Pak]

But then you put.

[David Duchovny]

That is not for toiletries. There are things that are sealable and you got them.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, my God.

[Culap Vlasak]

With zippers, this is a catch all.

[David Duchovny]

Tray, some of which have. It's called a waterproof zippers.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, my Lord. That's just too much stuff for me to keep track of. But okay, my bad. I'm sorry. I thought this was a thing for toiletries. That's what I thought.

[David Duchovny]

I'm having the best time.

[Suchin Pak]

It. It felt like it should be like I could open it and I could.

[David Duchovny]

Of course, it can be anything you want.

[Suchin Pak]

You can do whatever. It's the most perfect.

[David Duchovny]

But I agree with you in the sense that it doesn't cinch airtight. So anything liquid inside you are in danger of it getting out.

[Suchin Pak]

I'm glad we can agree on that.

[David Duchovny]

We are going to make out.

[Suchin Pak]

Things are heating up. It's very awesome.

[Culap Vlasak]

Now, Jason, normally we know what our guest is bringing, but this is all. This is all.

[Suchin Pak]

We never know with you.

[David Duchovny]

No, I Just threw a bunch of stuff in the bag, and I figured we'd run through it.

[Culap Vlasak]

Yeah, I love it. I love it.

[David Duchovny]

And by the way, if people have. I don't know if you guys do this, I'm. I'm open for questions. If you've got. If you've got. If you've got cube cues. I've got.

[Suchin Pak]

We have a mic off stand. Yes, do.

[David Duchovny]

Okay, great.

[Suchin Pak]

No, here.

[David Duchovny]

So if people do. Feel free, but I'm gonna run through some stuff.

[Culap Vlasak]

Okay, let's see. Let's see what's in this.

[David Duchovny]

Okay, so this is. So I did a lot of. Like, when we did it last time, we talked a lot about packing cubes for clothes, shoes, etc. But I also like pouches for the rest of stuff. Okay.

[Suchin Pak]

For the what?

[David Duchovny]

For, like, the rest of the stuff.

[Suchin Pak]

Okay, got it.

[David Duchovny]

So this is a company called Evergoods make these. And it's like a. Let me zip it. Just so stuff doesn't fall out. It looks like this, right? And it's got, like, little compartments for lots of different stuff.

[Culap Vlasak]

He's so happy, you guys. You see how he's beaming? He's the most alive. I've known this man for so long.

[David Duchovny]

I care about this more than I care about everyone I know.

[Culap Vlasak]

And I feel that.

[David Duchovny]

So, for example. And I'll just. This is, like. For me. Like, I throw this in the thing that I bring on the plane, and it's got stuff that I need on the plane in it. Now, here's another thing I'll talk about. This thing is called an airfly. Anybody use this? Okay, so this is. You know what? No, I'm listening.

[Suchin Pak]

This is my listening face.

[David Duchovny]

Oh, boy.

[Suchin Pak]

This is my listening face.

[David Duchovny]

So you take this thing. You're on an airplane. Go ahead.

[Suchin Pak]

So is this your. What would you call this pouch? Is your airplane travel pouch? Is your tech pouch? What is this pouch in your mind? How do you org when you see this pouch? You're like, oh, that's my.

[David Duchovny]

Okay, well, this. This is a. This is a pouch that I carry when I'm traveling all the time.

[Suchin Pak]

Okay, so it's your travel pouch.

[David Duchovny]

So it's like. It's. It's. It's on me. It's in the seat when I'm on the airplane.

[Suchin Pak]

Got it.

[David Duchovny]

It comes with me to wherever. It's not, like, packed away in the suitcase. It's in.

[Suchin Pak]

You take it out.

[David Duchovny]

It's in my backpack or whatever. And then I put it in a.

[Suchin Pak]

Got it.

[David Duchovny]

And then I have everything that I want at my seat. I put in a tote bag and I put the tote bag in my backpack. So when I get there, pull the tote bag out.

[Suchin Pak]

Backpack goes above bags and bags and bags and bags. There it is. Yeah.

[David Duchovny]

Okay, so this thing, you plug it into the headphone jack on the plane and it pairs with your Bluetooth headphones. So you don't. Yeah. Oh, now people are on board, by the way.

[Suchin Pak]

Most of these people are on board.

[Culap Vlasak]

You took a show.

[David Duchovny]

Everybody here who wasn't on is like, okay, I get it. I don't have to get pink ear from the headphones that the airplane gives us.

[Culap Vlasak]

It's a different choice.

[David Duchovny]

It's a great thing. And you can pair multiple headphones to it. You can do whatever you want with it. But it's super simple, super easy. And it's called airfly. Right? Anybody's used it, speak up, right? I've got one of these little guys which has multiple every single end. You could need to charge all your stuff in one cable.

[Culap Vlasak]

That's so sexy.

[Suchin Pak]

My brother in law has never concentrated more.

[Culap Vlasak]

He's straining his neck.

[Suchin Pak]

He's straining his neck to look around the corner here, cursing himself for getting a bad seat.

[David Duchovny]

I've got chopsticks. I've got.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, boy.

[David Duchovny]

I've got chopsticks.

[Suchin Pak]

Wow. Did not see that coming.

[David Duchovny]

I know you didn't. And boom. Suddenly you're traveling, you get some meal and they give you flimsy cutlery that breaks or they don't. By the way, guess what they don't give you anymore? Plastic spoons and nonsense. Here we go. Collapsible chopsticks. Great. And oh, look, a bunch of Ziploc bags.

[Culap Vlasak]

Why are you upset? You love Ziploc bags.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, but I don't, I don't understand the size of those. I don't understand what is, what is this?

[David Duchovny]

You don't understand. Wait, you don't understand that Ziploc bags come in different sizes?

[Suchin Pak]

No, I don't understand why you just can't take the Ziploc bag that's in your drawer of whatever size it is and use that for what? What are you going to use that for?

[David Duchovny]

So you're telling me. And again, I just want to. Boy, do I wish I could be like click, click, and just run through a slideshow of the pictures you yourself, indicting yourself, have sent, which is like three, like a chapstick, a something else, and some other random thing in a gallon freezer bag. So much extraneous Ziploc I just roll it down.

[Suchin Pak]

I roll it down, I roll it down and then I put a rubber band around it.

[David Duchovny]

And I'm meanwhile, like, I'll just put them in this. The perfect size for those things.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, just like a chapstick. Okay. I don't want to. We gotta move on because we have to get on with our lives. I just. Just. And I swear this is the last interruption about this, but, like, oh, I.

[David Duchovny]

Can'T imagine it will be. I think we all know that's not true.

[Suchin Pak]

That. That travel case is so confusing to me already. There's. There's no rhyme or reason to that case. Now you've got empty Ziploc bags in there.

[Culap Vlasak]

But there is only rhyme and reason to it.

[Suchin Pak]

Not to me. I don't. That is an org chart that just. I cannot wrap my head around.

[David Duchovny]

I don't even. You're blowing my mind.

[Suchin Pak]

You're welcome.

[David Duchovny]

Is this a prank?

[Suchin Pak]

You're welcome.

[David Duchovny]

The whole point of this is organization. You are arguing for chaos as a. Yeah. Your packing style is nihilism. Let me ask you this. How often.

[Suchin Pak]

Thank you.

[David Duchovny]

How often, when you get to your destination, have you forgotten something?

[Suchin Pak]

All the time.

[David Duchovny]

That's what I never do.

[Suchin Pak]

Yeah, I. I choose to forget things because I know there's going to be a target or a cvs.

[David Duchovny]

And that's exactly what you want to do on vacation, is be finding a target, a cvs, any of those things.

[Suchin Pak]

That's.

[David Duchovny]

That's.

[Suchin Pak]

That's what I want on the itinerary. First thing, out of the cab, I say, can you make a stop before we go to the hotel? I look up, is there a target, a cvs, or whatever in your country.

[David Duchovny]

That is lived in a world where once you got to your destination, you could enjoy it and not be thinking, oh, fuck, I forgot a toothbrush. Oh, fuck, there's dog shit on the shoes that were packed next to all of my loose underwear. Yeah, I agree. Everybody who's saying, ew, it's gross. And that's how suchin lives.

[Suchin Pak]

Not everyone can handle it. I get it. Not everyone can live free like this. Not everyone can take all the things and drink all the things and thrive, but I will be here at the end. At the end of the world, I will be here. And you, my friend, will be in the house as the zombies are coming. Me, Like, I'm gonna be right there. I just gotta put my face.

[David Duchovny]

Hold on.

[Suchin Pak]

Wait. Hold on.

[David Duchovny]

I didn't get a charger.

[Suchin Pak]

And I'm done. I'm gone. I'm gone with on my sandals, by the way. A mouthwash in my glass case.

[David Duchovny]

You walked out of the house.

[Suchin Pak]

Zombies are done.

[David Duchovny]

I'm out of here. You walked out of the house with a bunch of Whatever.

[Suchin Pak]

You're trying to get it in the tray.

[David Duchovny]

I have grabbed my zombie go bag, which is already packed.

[Suchin Pak]

Nobody has time for those zippers.

[David Duchovny]

And I'm out the door.

[Suchin Pak]

I'm ready.

[David Duchovny]

I'm in the mountains.

[Suchin Pak]

Hold on. You just. You're zipping already. And when you open the bag, guess what's in there? Another bag?

[David Duchovny]

Yes.

[Suchin Pak]

And you say, what is dead? You're dead. I'm alive. Thriving. And. And my seed spreads and the world continues. What? Hold on.

[David Duchovny]

I'd actually love you to break that down.

[Culap Vlasak]

Yeah, unpack that.

[David Duchovny]

How does that work?

[Suchin Pak]

These are. These are just, you know, just a general, you know, kind of like not my actual seed, but I thrive, I live, and my seedlings are planted.

[Culap Vlasak]

So you're repopulating the earth.

[Suchin Pak]

That's right. Well, he's dead because he's on his 48th zipper trying to get to his 18th knife. That's, like, hidden in something.

[David Duchovny]

The knives are usually in my pockets.

[Suchin Pak]

No, they're in the tray. They're in the tray. You don't know if there is a tray hanger thing.

[David Duchovny]

Well, then at least I know where the tray is. Wow. This is chemistry. This is what they call in the biz.

[Suchin Pak]

I haven't been this relaxed in a while. I was nervous, and now I. I feel chill.

[Culap Vlasak]

For me, my voice is rested and relaxed. I feel also sprightly, Jason.

[David Duchovny]

Oh, yeah. Well, it's perfect. You are mediating. You are basically.

[Culap Vlasak]

I'm barely mediating.

[David Duchovny]

This is couples counseling for such a minute.

[Suchin Pak]

It's true.

[David Duchovny]

I'm rooting for them.

[Suchin Pak]

Wait a minute.

[Culap Vlasak]

Jason, give us one more thing. One more cue.

[David Duchovny]

Only one.

[Culap Vlasak]

Oh, God, please.

[Suchin Pak]

Is it merino wool? What did you.

[David Duchovny]

Oh, I didn't bring any merino wool stuff. I should have. I know. That's true. I like this pouch. I'm going to do a few more things. I'll do some quick hits.

[Culap Vlasak]

Great. Let's go. Let's go.

[David Duchovny]

And when you unfold it, it sits up like this.

[Culap Vlasak]

Ooh, look at everyone's.

[Suchin Pak]

Why are you guys in the. Why are you standing up? Nothing is happening up here.

[Culap Vlasak]

Suchin's dear friends in the back are.

[Suchin Pak]

Not one cleaning their head. Yeah.

[David Duchovny]

Tech stuff in it. And the thing I want to mention. I like. I like this.

[Suchin Pak]

What doesn't have tech stuff in it?

[David Duchovny]

I like this. Pouch. But I like having a white noise machine when I travel.

[Culap Vlasak]

Suchin, you can relate because you can connect to the Sujin.

[David Duchovny]

Because hotels are impossible. All I do is hear other people's doors slamming and whatever. White noise machine. Boom.

[Culap Vlasak]

Suchin, meet him where he's at. What do you bring to every trip.

[Suchin Pak]

Now? It. Yeah. Yeah.

[Culap Vlasak]

That's.

[Suchin Pak]

That's that. Yeah. Okay. You all right?

[Culap Vlasak]

You have one of those.

[David Duchovny]

Am I winning you over?

[Culap Vlasak]

She. She needs it.

[Suchin Pak]

Sweet, sweet music. Yeah. Okay, listen. I've always liked you. I. I don't. I've never met you. I knew from the second you appeared on the Zoom. I said, this is someone that I like. And of course you travel with the. You're not a monster. I take it back. I take it back. You're a monster.

[David Duchovny]

I'm a monster, but I'm a monster for good. I'm a benevolent monster.

[Suchin Pak]

Okay? A benevolent monster.

[David Duchovny]

And also in this. Isn't it great? Travel with an Apple tv.

[Suchin Pak]

Oh, my God, you guys.

[David Duchovny]

Every hotel, you can plug it in. Guess what? You're watching your fucking shows. Travel with an Apple tv? Why the hell not? Come on.

[Suchin Pak]

All those people that clapped when you brought that out have now left the room. I cannot believe you are traveling with.

[David Duchovny]

That with an Apple TV and a white noise machine.

[Suchin Pak]

The white noise machine. I get the Apple tv.

[David Duchovny]

Oh, it is a game changer. Yeah, it is a game changer because you just plug it into any. It takes 40 seconds to plug it in, and then you're not subject to the nonsense. And guess what I'm not gonna do? Log in using my name and pass. You know how many times I've been in a hotel and opened up the TV and someone is still logged in? And I'm like, guess what, buddy? You're about to have watched a lot of bosh. I'm just fucking with people's algorithms just so I can watch bosh wherever I am. Guess what? I bring my own Apple tv.

[Suchin Pak]

But why leave your house then?

[David Duchovny]

I have to. I don't want to.

[Suchin Pak]

That's a traveling.

[David Duchovny]

I didn't leave my house for years.

[Suchin Pak]

Traveling is.

[Reshma Sajani]

Is. Is.

[Culap Vlasak]

Is.

[David Duchovny]

Go ahead.

[Culap Vlasak]

You know, Going to target.

[Suchin Pak]

Going to target.

[David Duchovny]

Finding pharmacies.

[Suchin Pak]

Did you bring. You brought the right shoe, but did you bring the left one? I don't know. Like I would hope. Travel. Traveling is. It's about letting loose, getting rid of your playlist and your. You know, and whatever other wires you have in there. You know what I mean? It's about just. Just breathing in the air. The Funk, I do all of that.

[David Duchovny]

And I don't have to figure out how I'm gonna get to a pharmacy because I didn't get, I didn't bring any of the stuff I or I didn't arrive with only one shoe. And I have to figure out, oh, fuck, I gotta go buy shoes now. Anybody? Monopoly deal. After I talked about it last time. Anybody get into Monopoly Deal.

[Culap Vlasak]

Really fun and really fast.

[Suchin Pak]

Ruined.

[David Duchovny]

Yeah.

[Suchin Pak]

Ruins.

[David Duchovny]

Great. I love it. Here's another game. Left, right and center. Anybody? Great game. Especially great game if you've got a bunch of kids like around a table. It's very fun. Everybody gets very into it. It is a very low stakes betting game. It comes with little chips. Everybody gets three chips and everybody rolls three dice. And you either keep a chip, you'd send a chip to your left, your right, or into the main pot. Last person with a chip wins the pot. Now, if you don't do the chips, but you put down three single dollar bills in front of everybody, that pot starts to get pretty interesting. And if you've got a bunch of kids around the table and you put down three $20 bills in front of yourself, those kids will go nuts. It's a blast. It's super quick, it's super fun, it's super rowdy. And the rounds go quick. And it's a very fun game. And it's just like this. It costs nothing. It's left, right and center. Everybody.

[Culap Vlasak]

Nice.

[David Duchovny]

And I'm gonna suggest one more thing.

[Suchin Pak]

One more thing. Adding to cart as we're sitting here.

[David Duchovny]

This book is called the Case of the Missing Men. It's a fantastic graphic novel that I can't recommend enough. It looks like this. It's gorgeous. It's basically what if Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys existed in Twin Peaks? What if it was kid detectives in a truly supernaturally bizarre small town in Nova Scotia? It's fantastic. Get involved. Fuck you guys.

[Culap Vlasak]

Well, I guess that's the end of Zook's qs. But also, thank you so much for coming to our first live at Dakar. This was so fun. I hope you enjoyed yourself. Thank you to Nui House Hollywood. Thank you to Suchin Pakistan. I'm Cuckoo Vlasak. Have a great night, everybody.

[Suchin Pak]

Well, that's it. There's more. Add to Cart with Lemonada. Premium subscribers get exclusive access to bonus content. Like where we give you an unfiltered look at the actual last thing we bought. Subscribe now in Apple Podcasts.

[Culap Vlasak]

Add to Cart is a production of Lemonada Media. Our producers are Claire Jones and Keegan Zema. Our Associate producer is Tiffany Bui. Our Assistant engineer is Bobby Woody.

[Suchin Pak]

The music is by Wasabi and produced by LA Made it and oh so Familiar with additional music by APM Music. Executive producers are Culap Vlasak Sujinpak, Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Whittles. Wax.

[Culap Vlasak]

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[Suchin Pak]

Why hello there, this is your pal Sarah Silverman. You know, the standup comic that's not afraid of a diarrhea joke. Oh my God, I'm so brave. I hope you're enjoying this podcast that you're listening to I am just dropping in here to let you know about another podcast I think you'd like, and it's called the Sarah Silverman Podcast. Each week, listeners from all over the world call in and they ask me for advice or they talk about something going on in their life, anything, their silliest, grossest, deepest, darkest situations. And then I respond, whether I'm qualified to or not.

[Reshma Sajani]

Go ahead.

[Suchin Pak]

Search for the Sarah Silverman Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Bye.