Add to Cart with Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak

Episode: New Even Looser Era

Date: November 7, 2025

Overview

In “New Even Looser Era,” Kulap and SuChin reunite after a hiatus, returning to their signature blend of heartfelt, hilarious, and deeply personal conversations—this time, in an even “looser” and more unfiltered form. This episode marks a turning point: the duo officially sets aside all ambition for regular production schedules and commercial success, focusing instead on their genuine friendship, the pleasures of catching up, and, as always, the things they’re “adding to cart.” As a treat, they also serve up a previously unreleased recording on their “middle age crushes,” moving from beauty and shopping recs to honest, effervescent thirsting over pop culture’s finest.

Table of Contents

• The Return of Add to Cart (01:52)
• A “New Even Looser Era” (05:46)
• Rebuilding Community & Expectations (11:24)
• What’s in Their Carts: Beauty & Skincare Obsessions (20:15)
• Middle Age Crushes: Unfiltered Thirst (41:27)
• Notable Quotes & Moments
• Upcoming Episodes and Final Thoughts (36:22, 38:27)

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The Return of Add to Cart

(01:52–05:45)

• Kulap and SuChin reintroduce themselves, poking fun at their lack of podcast “training” after six years and comparing their production process to “rats in a cage clicking on an electrified lever for a treat.”
• Dialog on podcasting muscle memory and technical mishaps: “For you to just fall off the face of the zoom and this recording in the middle of our most chaotic introduction… is right. It’s like we script it.” — SuChin (05:19)
• Listeners (“Carters”) are welcomed back with self-deprecating jokes about their absence and low-key return: “We’re slipping back in. Hoping that you never saw us really leave… is that too much to ask after five years?” — SuChin (03:54)

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A “New Even Looser Era”

(05:46–11:22)

• The “New Even Looser Era” is introduced—code for their complete abandonment of rigid schedules, advertising goals, or commercial aspirations.
• SuChin: “We could be the only podcast…where we are truly doing this because you and I just want to sit down and catch up.” (07:03)
• Both reminisce about failed attempts at entrepreneurship: “Almost the second that we decided to officially have an LLC is when it all came down.” — Kulap (08:51)
• Clarity: New episodes will drop at random. No promises, no regularity—just whenever the vibe strikes.
• “Won’t it be nice for us to arrive to your home via your phone unannounced?” — Kulap (09:45)
• “At first you’re like, it’s not a great time… then when you see the bounty of gifts we’ve brought, you’re like, god damn, I’ve missed you.” — SuChin (09:53)

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Rebuilding Community & Expectations

(11:24–19:59)

• Call to join their email list at Add to Cart World—not for “Patreon” or “Substack,” but for future undefined potential.
• SuChin admits to checking the email list for comfort and affirmation: “It’s so validating. You should do it on a day when you’re like, ‘what is this all for?’” (13:22)
• The pair discuss the beauty of low expectations and the freedom of no professional aspiration: “This is the purest virginal form of Add to Cart.” — SuChin (09:15)
• Transition to content: Today’s episode includes both classic Add to Cart recs plus a bonus deep-dive into “middle age crushes.”

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What’s in Their Carts: Beauty & Skincare Obsessions

(20:15–36:00)

Kulap’s Picks

• Color Analysis & K-Beauty Obsession (20:15)
  • Got her "colors done" in K-Town—discovered she's a “deep autumn,” sparking a wardrobe and makeup overhaul.
• Olive Young / Estura ADO Barrier 365 Cream (21:13)
  • “It's the time, babies...fall into winter and you got that dry skin—365, this is the one.”
  • Moisturizer is unscented (“so faint”), light, and a “game changer.”
• Judy Doll Curling Iron Mascara (23:27)
  • Budget-friendly, Chinese brand—“drugstore prices.”
  • “Replaces the blue-bottle mascara,” does not smudge or flake, and actually curls lashes: “This wand, Sue, this metal wand with grooves, the application...it's outstanding.”
• TikTok Shopping (22:29–27:44)
  • Now prefers TikTok over Instagram for both product discovery and purchasing: “I’ve become the TikTok dealer...I don’t even do it for a markup. That’s my purity.”
  • Warns SuChin about the addictive speed: “It’s like a drug.”

SuChin’s Picks

• Violette Lip Nectar Gloss/Stain (28:38)
  • Violette (finally at Sephora): “Goes on like a gloss, as you eat and talk it leaves a beautiful lip stain...These little things are game changers for me.”
• Good Light Cleansing Grinder (32:46)
  • A cleansing balm with a twist-top “grinder” so you never have to dip your fingers: “At night, we're just trying to get through it. And I love it's a strawberry shortcake smell—the toy, not the dessert!”

Both Preview

• Reliable chaos: “These are going to be bigger episodes going forward… or maybe they’re not going to be.” (35:01)
• Surrendering structure: “Why am I trying to create packaging? It won’t ever make sense… and yet, inherently, it will.” — Kulap (35:07)
• Permission to be “less productive”: “Say statements and make promises that you’ll never ever follow through on.” — SuChin (36:10)

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Middle Age Crushes: Unfiltered Thirst

(41:27–79:18)

Setting the Scene

• The duo prefaces with theatrical, mock-sexy banter about “setting the mood” to talk about their thirsts.
• SuChin: “What makes us hornay… I mean spread it, by it I mean our legs.” (41:41)

SuChin’s Crushes

• Harris Dickinson (star of “Baby Girl,” pronounced “Harry Dick”)
  • SuChin’s playful obsession: “He was born to be a hottie, okay? His name is Harry Dick. I can't make it up.”
  • Super hot with his actual British accent (“a bad boy, skateboarder energy”).
  • Chicken Shop Date and his deadpan humor is the ultimate (51:09).
  • “Give me a guy in a gold necklace... deadpan sense of humor, is gonna be a dick... and I'm there. I'm spreading the velvet curtain.” (51:46)
• Charles Melton (Riverdale, Beef, Love Hangover video)
  • “I have a chapter two.” (61:07)
  • Volunteered as an extra on Beef and spent 12 hours “dating” Melton on set.
  • “I watched this Adonis... be kind and funny and hardworking and self-deprecating. The MVP of the set.” (66:52)
  • “It's not often... that I could tell you are as good, if not better, in person.” (68:09)
• Josh Jackson (Dawson’s Creek)
  • Surprise “frothy list” inclusion after interviewing him: “Dripping with charm.” (69:21)
• Ultimate Product Thirst: Toto Bidet
  • “I'm actually in a throuple with Mike, myself, and our new Toto bidet.”
  • “I am a completely useless butt baby, just like you.” (72:26)
  • Joyfully details the “adventures” of discovering random bidet buttons with her husband (74:55).
  • “We are both horny little teenagers for this thing.” (75:21)

Kulap’s Crushes

• Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton, Wicked)
  • “He can play a dick. He can be... so adoring. His face, his body, his attitude.” (55:14)
  • Admits: many are gay (“the majority of them will be gay”). (53:56)
• Pedro Pascal
  • “He’s so funny, so fashionable... He was wearing, you know, his little skin, slutty glasses, thigh high boots... a dandy lumberjack. He’s so hot.” (56:34)
• Lee Pace
  • Tall, handsome, amazing actor (“probably British”). “Just wonderful… gay.” (58:56)
• Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers)
  • “The young man who will probably end up being the greatest baseball player alive.” (76:07)
  • “Tall, thick, funny, sweet… that booty on that boy just leads to a python thigh.” (77:01)
• Notable Pattern:
  • “If I were to expand it to a top ten... the majority of them would be gay.”

Shared Crushes & Reflections

• Michael B. Jordan
  • “Universal. He’s the stamp—the USA stamp.” (70:08)
  • Both agree he perfectly mixes intelligence, danger, and “buttered up” body.
• Rascal/Boy Energy
  • Kulap: “My type is pretty clear—rascal, like somebody who's gonna… do pranks, middle aged, riding around in electric bikes together.” (76:12)
• On Dating Gay Men and Friendship (59:03)
  • SuChin: “That’s a rite of passage for a New Yorker.”
  • Kulap: “When you got jugs like mine, you're gonna get motorboated by everybody. In that way, I’m such an ally.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “We’re just horny little aunties that just want to talk about all the shit we’re into. That’s it.” — SuChin (07:51)
• “We have no designs on getting advertisers. It's going to be more, I don't know. Unhinged… deranged, freer… This is controlled chaos.” — SuChin (10:33)
• “You're not gonna sit down with us and feel like you've been depleted. No. That's not the type of aunties we are.” — Kulap (10:11)
• On jettisoning productivity: “What I'm asking you to do is be more incompetent. Be less productive. Say statements and make promises that you will never ever follow through on.” — SuChin (36:00)
• On “middle age crushes”: “Today, let’s get back to… crushes. Where this discussion goes, who knows?... No, that was going to be the subtle subtext.” — Kulap (41:53)
• On parenting: “At what point do I let my daughter know that I'm Korean?” — SuChin (16:14)
• “What is it about a man with a dainty gold chain that raises me from the dead?... the gold necklace, it's never done me good or right good.” — SuChin (49:23)
• “He's just so cool and lovable and hot… that's the three-layer sponge cake we all want to eat.” — SuChin on Shohei Ohtani (78:12)

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Upcoming Episodes and Final Thoughts

(36:22, 38:27, 78:19)

• New holiday episodes are coming (“Sue is going to lead.”)
• Earlier Patreon/exclusive episodes will now be released for all (“We’re not going to waste it… it’s still good.”)
• Listeners are encouraged to follow on Instagram (@addtocartpod), add their emails at Add to Cart World, and comment with their own crushes or reactions.

Episode Structure & Tone

• Language & Tone: Warm, riotous, frequently self-deprecating and raunchy, with explicit references and inside jokes—always inclusive, never mean-spirited.
• Structure: Dialogue-heavy, digression-prone, looping repeatedly to the joys of shared obsession.
• Listeners are reminded: Don’t expect regularity, structure, or a commercial product. What you will get is honesty, abundant product recommendations, and auntie-chaos energy.

For Listeners Who Missed It

This episode epitomizes Add to Cart’s best features: deep friendship, TMI beauty recs, genuine cultural critique, and absolute candor about everything from bidet buttons to celebrity thirst traps. If you want straight lines and easy answers, this isn’t your pod… but if you crave the pure chemistry of aunties loose in the wild, this “New Even Looser Era” will have you wishing you could add more than products to your cart.

Next up: Holiday shopping, Italian bungee cords, and much more auntie chaos—exactly when you least expect it.