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Joe Getty
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Katie
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Jack Armstrong
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Katie
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Jack Armstrong
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G
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Katie
Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.
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Katie
And now here's Armstrong and Getty.
G
Katie the. Why do you look so surprised? Katie is a joke about her new eyebrow tattoos which she mentioned during the show. So I don't know anything about eyebrow tattoos. You're going to get them today. Is this a common thing? Why do you do it? What does it cost? I need all the ins and outs.
Unknown Speaker
It is. It is relatively common. There's a few different ways you can have it done. You can have them tattooed. There's something called microblading, which is similar to tattooing. And so I'm doing the tattooing today.
G
So you mentioned that one of the reasons you want to do it is so you don't have to tattoo yourself every day before you come to work. Those tat, those eyebrows I'm looking at right now, Real.
Unknown Speaker
They, they're. I mean, I have eyebrows, but I need to fill them in regularly and they, they don't line up properly and it drives me nuts. So, yeah, I, I draw them on every day at 3:00 in the morning.
G
They don't line up properly.
Unknown Speaker
No, they don't. One, like, starts farther back than the other and it just died. I'm so sick of it.
Katie
You're a monster. I can hardly look at you.
Unknown Speaker
Wow. Bridge troll.
Katie
But eyebrows are.
G
Eyebrows are hair. So isn't it going to look like Groucho Marx's mustache?
Unknown Speaker
No. So they, they do the tattooing and microblading in hair strokes. So it's, it's a very fine needle and they go in and they actually make it look like hair. So it'll look somewhat natural. But the healing process is going to be hilarious.
Katie
So are you going to be wearing, like, big Yoko Ono sunglasses tomorrow or what?
Unknown Speaker
I was debating a hat, but I'm not too sure how close I can get to. So I might just have to let you guys stare at them.
G
Look at your open wounds.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
G
Losing open wounds above your eyes.
Unknown Speaker
I'm so excited about this. I know it's. It's probably sounds insane to you guys, but the Process of drawing them on and messing them up and having to go back and redo them. It's just at 35, I don't know how to draw my eyebrows on. So this is going to be a huge time saver.
G
Yeah. Well, where do you, where do you get that? Will they move with your face like so you can look surprised or it's on her skin?
Unknown Speaker
No, they're like floating. So they, they stay. While the rest of my face is animated.
Katie
It's like. Yeah, filter on Google Meets. See, I've never been a party girl, so all of this is to me like, you know, like a tribe in the Amazon that's had no contact with the modern world. Your ways are foreign to me.
Unknown Speaker
Not problems you guys would have.
Katie
No, no.
Unknown Speaker
You guys both have great eyebrows.
G
Well, I'm, I am someone who started mediocre at best, started dying his goatee now and then, so I understand the, the need to do something to your face. What is this gonna cost you?
Unknown Speaker
It's 500.
Jack Armstrong
Whoa.
G
But it's permanent.
Unknown Speaker
It's permanent. Which, I mean, if you think about it, if you get a tattoo, like a really good one, you're getting up in that range especially, you know, and this is the permanent makeup. So I mean, people get their, their eyeliner done, which I can't do. People get their lip liner. My mom did her eyeliner and her lip liner. I have no idea how she let a needle that close to her eyeball.
G
Yeah, I know some people that have done those and I don't dig it. So maybe there's probably like everything else. There's getting a really good version of it done and not as good version depending on price. I don't know. But I've known some people that did the permanent eyeliner thing and you just, you look a little like a raccoon.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
Katie
Depends. You can always add more. You can't go full. I'm Courtney Love at a nightclub to start, I think.
G
Right.
Unknown Speaker
But I am taking a risk because, I mean, I'm praying to all that is holy that it doesn't get done. And I hate it.
G
You know, the, the eyebrow makes more sense to me than the eyes or the lips, actually.
Unknown Speaker
Oh, yeah.
Katie
Unless some sort of shaven headed look becomes super hot in the future. I mean, women shave their eyebrows, shave their heads. Just the.
G
You don't notice what eyebrows do for your look until you don't have them. When I was doing chemotherapy and I lost all my hair and my eyebrows went away. It's, it makes you look weird.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. And people are shaving them off right now as, like, a trend. I. Yeah, I. There's. There's a girl I follow on Instagram who shaves her eyebrows off, only to draw them back on every day because she doesn't like how they're placed.
G
Oh, so she wants them in a different place.
Unknown Speaker
This is real life, guys.
G
Big decision. Do we know why human beings have eyebrows?
Katie
I think it's just part of the whole keeping stuff out of your eyes, you know, multiple layers of protection. I think it may be partly just to catch stuff that would fall in your eyes and partly for sensory reasons, because where you have hair, anything that touches it, even though it hasn't gotten your actual skin yet, you become aware.
G
Of animals kind of have eyebrows. You can feel them, like on a dog or whatever.
Unknown Speaker
The Google is telling me that eyebrows help protect our eyes from bright light.
G
You got to have a pretty heavy brow for that to work.
Katie
Damn caveman.
Unknown Speaker
Quick question, Katie.
Katie
So if you do not like these.
Unknown Speaker
Is there a way to get them.
G
Removed at all, or is it permanent no matter what?
Unknown Speaker
Well, I mean, there's a. There's tattoo removal, but, no, I'm pretty much screwed if I does.
G
Do you have to choose a color?
Katie
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
So the. And the woman who does this is fantastic. I've seen a lot of her work, so I'm. I'm very excited about this. But she's gonna go in, look at the color of my natural hair, and do all of that stuff that I don't know how to do and line them up and.
G
Well, I wouldn't normally ask this, but is that your natural hair color that we see every day?
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
Katie
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
I'm like a dirty, ish blonde.
G
Oh, okay. So a lot of women have to spend a lot of money to get their hair the color. Your hair is naturally. That's handy.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
G
Okay. Then you get your eyebrows to match. I got it.
Katie
And if you hate the look, you can just start wearing a sweatband, a headband, like John McEnroe in the 1970s, which is my third count them, third out of date. Cultural reference, this podcast. Thanks for coming.
G
So. So now we are in the uncomfortable position, since we know you're getting this done, that we have to tomorrow say, oh, it looks great.
Unknown Speaker
No, you don't. I don't want that.
Katie
If.
Unknown Speaker
If it doesn't work, I need to know, so.
Katie
Oh, please, not gonna be me. Besides, I. You know, my. A couple of my kids have a handful of tattoos, and so I know it takes a while before it Looks good. There's the whole healing process. Although with that microfi needle you're talking about, it might be different. So I'm expecting you to look like a boxer who had a rough night.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. They said that there can be bruising and that it takes about 10 days for it to look how it's going to look. So this is going to be a journey we're taking together.
Katie
This husband is going to have to have a card to hand out. No. There's no domestic violence.
G
Right? No kidding.
Katie
Have they told you, is this going.
Unknown Speaker
To hurt more than a regular tattoo? I've been told it's painless. Apparently, she puts this lidocaine cream over them and then lets it sit for a while and does it. My. My mom had it done and said that she didn't feel a thing. So I don't know if that's my sweet mother trying to comfort me or if it actually is painless.
G
Are you a piercings person?
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, I have tattoos and piercings.
G
Oh, okay. So this is not unfamiliar to you, this sort of thing.
Katie
I'm thinking of getting a hairline tattooed, like, in roughly the color of my hair as it is now. Kind of salt and pepper, but like the Eddie Munster, the low, like, almost chimp, like, hairline.
Unknown Speaker
I'm gonna give you a hard no on that. Joe.
Katie
Don't do that. Yeah.
G
Could I get my. My bald head, like, tattooed to make it look like there's hair?
Unknown Speaker
That is a thing that people are doing. Yes, I. I've seen that. There is actually a business that just opened up in my old hometown that specializes in that procedure where guys are going in and having little black or whatever, dots done all over their head to make it look like just a little bit of hair growth, like a. Like a shadow. Yeah, I might do that. That is doable.
G
I could see doing that.
Unknown Speaker
Do that. Dire Dyer goatee.
Katie
Yeah. Just knowing you, you'll, like, read the first paragraph of an article about it, then try to do it yourself. Don't spend the money. I'll lend you the money.
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G
What color hair, Jack? Would you.
Unknown Speaker
Would you be a redhead or would you.
G
Oh, I don't remember what color my hair was.
Unknown Speaker
You can get the pattern. You can just get a stripe down the middle so it looks like a little Mohawk.
G
Well, okay. Well, we look forward to seeing how this turns out tomorrow. Maybe we'll post pictures at the website and that's.
Katie
Sure.
G
Why not let people comment? That's always a good idea.
Unknown Speaker
You can take a poll. Do these look like.
Katie
Armstrong And Getty.
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Katie
Don't you think that's a little odd?
G
Absolutely. There's no doubt in my mind.
Katie
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G
This author, Abigail Shrier, who's written a bunch of different things, got a lot of attention. But anyway, this particular aspect, given my dislike of most therapy and my experiences with therapy, both for me and my family and my kids, and the many thousands of dollars spent and how little good it did, if not more harm, I thought was really, really interesting. So this is from the Joe Rogan podcast with an author who's written a book about this sort of thing.
Katie
I mean, it's the number one symptom of depression is what they call rumination, this pathological obsessing over your pain.
G
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
That's why stuff like exercise, that's one.
Katie
Of the reasons, aside from chemical reasons, one of the reasons that doing anything, you know, that running errands is good for your mental health, getting out of.
Unknown Speaker
Your house and accomplishing anything is good.
Katie
For you, but sitting around talking and thinking about your problems, that's a bad habit. And the best cognitive behavioral therapists and others, you know, the dialectical behavioral therapists, the ones who do really well with depression, the first thing they do is try to break that on that, that bad pattern. But a lot of therapists just indulge it.
G
Yes, A lot is in practically all of them. What you do every week is go in and restate your miserable situation, whatever it is, and talk about it some more, and then give them a bunch of money and come back next week and ruminate on it some more, sometimes for years at a time.
Katie
Yeah. I was clicking around about this book and other things and happened to come across a piece in the National Review which talks about this book, Bad Therapy, why Kids Aren't Growing Up With Jonathan Haidt's brilliant new book, the Anxious Generation, how the Great Rewiring Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. And it's all of a piece. It's all, all just the constant focus on your own mental health. It sounds revolutionary to say in the modern world, but not just, Just get stuff done. You'll be happier.
G
Yes.
Unknown Speaker
Well, no knock on. On therapy, but I'm thinking about.
G
I'm happy to knock on therady all day long.
Katie
Well, I.
Unknown Speaker
And I am too. I went through it and it's just not, it's not for me, there's good.
G
Therapy, helps lots of people. I know people have been helped, but most of it's crap and a waste of money.
Unknown Speaker
But I'm thinking about what she said there, and the people that I know that are actively going to therapy weekly are my friends that talk the most about their problems all the time. And I wonder if there's like a can, if it carries over. Like, once you open that threshold, you just. Now it's your. You just talk about them.
G
What's interesting is, like, the knock on American culture back in the day was nobody talked about their problems and kept them inside. And that was supposedly awful, unhealthy. Maybe it was. Maybe we just got it wrong with the pendulum swinging too far the other direction. Or maybe that was the way people are kind of designed to deal with them. You just try to put them out of your mind and move on. I don't know. But the focusing on it and talking about it all the time doesn't seem to be working for people. It's a great industry.
Katie
Yes. And sells a hell of a lot of pills. If I. I wish I had 1/1000 of a share of all the money that has been made on questionable psychiatric pills. That's one of the. One of the failures of capitalism, I think, is the nexus between private equity industry and medicine. It's really perverted the doctor patient relationship in a lot of unhealthy ways.
G
But the talking therapy, you go in and so you had a bad mom who treated you poorly, and you go in and you talk about that every week for decades in some cases. Yeah, I know lots of people that have done that. And I just. Why is it ever gonna change?
Katie
Yeah, I just. I don't have. All I have is my own experience and that of some people I've known very well who've dealt with similar things. But number one, I'll tell you, from my experience, depression is entirely inward facing. If you can outward face and interact and accomplish things and look at other people and their needs and their challenges and their pain, that is the best cure for depression in the world. Getting out of your own head. And the second thing that just occurred to me, and this is an oversimplification, but, you know, like I'm always saying, the two things human beings do is underthink and overthink. And I think this may be one of those overthinking things in that you remember, we've talked about what you do, that's your priorities, how you spend your time, Those are your priorities. I don't want, you know, any blah, blah, blah. No, what's really important to me is blah, blah, blah. No, the way you spend your time and attention is what's important to you. And if you spend all of your time and attention on your problems, that is the, that's the occupation of your life. And I've got to believe that all of us have an identity. I'm the whatever guy. I'm the athlete, I'm the good looking woman. I'm the go go achie fever here at the car lot or whatever.
G
I'm the surly bald guy with rbf.
Katie
Right, Exactly. But if your identity becomes I'm the depressed anxious person, everybody knows that about me. They're sympathetic toward me, I'm taking a pill, blah blah. If that becomes your image, you can't let your image go. You can't abandon yourself image.
G
Yeah, that's a tough one. And I've known that I got to make sure that doesn't happen with, with my son that just to get so locked into that identity of his various problems. I've known people whose identity was I was sexually abused and that was it fit into everything of the worldview. I don't know. There's the bromide axiom rule, whatever it is. Focus on your problems and the problems grow. Focus on the solution and the solution grows. I found that to be pretty damn true. Wow.
Katie
Yeah, that's a good. So a quick excerpt from the book. As Schreier notes, it's helpful to remember that the. The your feelings are at the center of everything all the time thing is new. It was not always thus. She recalls two pieces of advice that parents of Gen Xers and of earlier generations would prefer to their children Knock it off and shake it off. The first didn't over explain it credited kids with a common sense or nudged them to develop rules had exceptions and workarounds. But knock it off. Single the parents disinclination to become intact, entangled in them and shake it off didn't solve the worst injuries. But it did a hell of a job playing triage nurse to kids minor heartaches and injuries. Proving to kids that the hurt or fear or possibility of failure need not overwhelm them. I like that. Hey, knock it off. You'll be fine. As a method of triage, if the kid made it clear, infinitely clear, like convincingly clear. No, I'm not. Okay, well that's when you offer the treatment. But if in the huge majority of times the kid and then they're playing 30 seconds later right, that's, that's brilliant. Triage. What a great way to put that, you know, part of it, I think, and you know me, I believe that balance in all things. We need men and women, compassion and order. And it's got to be in the right mix. I just think we've become so feminized as a society. The doting moment who falls to her knees as the kid has skinned his knee. Oh, my honey baby. My own. Oh, oh, it's okay. Oh, that's become like 80% of American life. And the dad, it says, ah, it'll be fine. Or splash a little water on it. Go play. You'll be great. That is now so completely out of fashion, we're making our kids nuts.
G
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Jack Armstrong
You wake up, put on your Ray Ban meta glasses. Classic style, innovative tech. You're living all in. You realize you need coffee desperately.
Katie
So you say, hey Meta, how do.
Joe Getty
I make a latte?
Katie
To make a latte, brew two shots of espresso.
Jack Armstrong
After Meta AI gets you caffeinated, you start walking to work and you need a soundtrack.
Katie
Hey Meta. Play hip hop music.
Jack Armstrong
With the built in camera, you snap a pic of a dope mural on the side of a building that you think is worth sharing.
Katie
Hey Meta.
Joe Getty
Text my last photo to Eva.
Katie
Sending message.
Jack Armstrong
After work, you head to meet some friends.
Unknown Speaker
Hey, nice glasses.
Jack Armstrong
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Katie
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G
In the Wall Street Journal. The title was the Chess master trying to propel Ghoul's AI Push. They hired a new guy.
Katie
Chest.
G
The game of Chest. They hired this genius at Google to try to make sure that they win the whole AI race. But what's the guy who runs Google? Pichai. How do you say his name?
Katie
Sundar Pichai.
G
I hadn't heard this quote. He thinks that the development of AI will be more profound than the invention of fire or electricity. If he's right about that, we better hold on to our seats because holy crappings. And this fits in with what I saw at the sphere. So the sphere is all about super high tech stuff. Henry, my son even asked me, what's the theme here? Because there's lots of math equations on the wall and lots of planets. And I just, I don't know if it was just science or exploration or. I don't know what the theme was of the building because originally it was a U2 show for the first week. So why are all these math equations on the. To see Bono, but technical accomplishment. In the lobby they had this AI chick. So it was a robot is like your latest, coolest robot that I'd seen videos of before. And like I said earlier, too hot. I don't know why you got to make the robot so hot. I mean, why she, you know, make her look like a normal person. But she's standing there and she's talking to the crowd. She's on a little stage and she's talking to the crowd. And she would ask people questions. Somebody asked me a question and somebody'd say something. She'd say, what's your name? And he would say, billy. Okay, Billy, what would you like to ask me? Like your red shirt, Billy? You know, that sort of thing. Just conversing with this AI computer. And it was disturbing. And it was one of those that has the ability for the face to move. So not just mouth opening and closing and like eyes, but like the cheeks.
Unknown Speaker
And the like expressions.
G
Yeah, expressions. There, that's the word. It had full facial expressions and it was disturbing.
Katie
And it was Hottie Bot 2000 and.
G
It was having conversations with these people. And no matter what you brought up, it would engage in it or ask you about how your day was or tell you something. And. And I thought, this is clearly going to be in a classroom someday. Why would you have individual teachers teaching Hamlet every year when you got this robot who knows more about Hamlet than any individual human being has ever known, can do the same routine every year, every semester and answer questions and it's hot.
Katie
That's all I need.
G
But I mean, in terms of taking over jobs, it was, it was disturb. Henry and I especially couldn't stop watching it. We even went back to watch more after the Sphere show. It's like, this is crazy that this is even happening.
Katie
Well, yeah, I could see virtually every university class being you got, whether sexy or not, a robot teaching the class, you know, giving the material, answering questions from its vast unending trove of knowledge on the topic. And then if you still have a question as a student or you need something clarified, you just get on A chat, a computer chat, like you're trying to figure out why you're. Whatever doesn't work. And that'll be the university experience.
G
Yeah. I don't know what it wouldn't be able to answer, especially in the near future. Keeping in mind that whatever we saw on Friday, they've probably got better technology already today, as we record this on Tuesday, and five years from now, it'll be that much better than that. So why won't that be the person doing the sales present presentation over there in the boardroom in front of your salespeople and it can answer the questions of. Yeah, but what do I do if, you know, if a client says this. Well, this is what you do. Because it knows more than anybody.
Katie
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
Have you guys heard about the. The uncanny valley with this AI and the robotics and whatnot? It's a part of our brain that gets really uncomfortable when you start getting into that area where it's kind of a human, but you know, it's not a human.
G
Henry was having that problem. What's that called?
Unknown Speaker
It's called the uncanny valley.
G
Wow.
Katie
Henry is the basis of so many horror creatures in horror movies, you make it most human. It's disturbing to us.
G
Yeah. Henry was having that and he said, I'm. This is going to give me nightmares tonight.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. It's a whole genre of horror that's like blowing up right now. Especially because these robots are popping up all over the place and kind of give people the ick.
G
The facial expressions on this robot were. The most disturbing part is that it would answer, you know, a kid's question or an adult's question or whatever. And just the facial expressions, like looking interested and then. Well, that's interesting. And puzzled and just. And not like cartoonishly interested or puzzled, but like an actual human being. It was weird.
Katie
So at the risk of sounding like a guy culling some sort of sex line of the past, what was the hot bot wearing?
G
Like a sex bot, Like a unitard. Oh, sort of thing. So it had bare legs even though they were gray, like the color of carbon fiber.
Unknown Speaker
I mean, was it not she brunette.
G
Not like carrion gray, but like gray carbon fiber.
Katie
There are many hues of humans around the world and we're all deserving of love, Jack. But gray is generally reserved for the dead.
G
She was shaved headed, but like really well built, attractive woman and very pretty. And. And obviously if you want to go that direction and it is Las Vegas, they will have those with blonde hair or brown hair or whatever hair color you prefer doing Whatever you want to do over there. I'm sure at some point they may already and they might already. Yeah. Yeah. That's a different level of where that's on me.
Unknown Speaker
It's an extra you can tack onto your room.
G
But having seen that and having Sanjay Patai or whatever his name is, say, this is going to be as big as fire or electricity. Even if he's half right with what I just saw, we have not. We human beings aren't ready for what's about to happen.
Katie
True. I believe that to be true. Yeah. There could be a sharp turn unlike any other sharp turn.
G
Yeah.
Katie
Right ahead of us.
G
Yeah. And I'm old enough that I'm going to catch it, you know, at the tail end of my life and have to adjust. My kids are going to grow up in a world that I can't even imagine now. They can't imagine. I have no. I no idea what's the best way to prepare them for it. Neither does anybody else.
Katie
Meanwhile, he says, brainstorming his screenplay. The third world is going to send wave after wave of millions of armed people to come and take it.
G
Right.
Katie
Because they're still without as we, the developed world will be basking in the wealthy glow of the AI affluence that's coming our way.
G
I had one more question I want to ask Katie, and this is just about the way some people dress in Las Vegas. Women who are dressed crazy like, I'm a stripper outfit in Las Vegas. That is what is going on there.
Unknown Speaker
Mostly that unfortunately, that's just like the Vegas club attire.
G
So that's just the vibe if you're going to go to a club.
Katie
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
If you have a really short dress that you're not too sure. Sure where you could ever wear it, you take it to Vegas.
G
Okay. It's true. It doesn't stand out as weird there. Whereas it would at the company Christmas party or certainly Easter Sunday services.
Unknown Speaker
Right.
G
But yeah.
Katie
Don't put on your hoe wear for Easter Sunday.
G
I'm kidding. But even if you went to a bar or something. Yeah. Dressed like that, you'd stand out as what?
Katie
Yeah.
G
But there's so many women dressed like that there. Like, how do you even walk in those shoes? You're. If you, you know, don't bend down to pick up your keys or. I'm gonna, you know, my kids are gonna be exposed to something. It's just. Okay.
Katie
I just wonder what.
G
I just.
Katie
I think people enjoy escaping their workaday lives and they get to be somebody different. Cool.
G
Cool. And what happens there stays there. As it famously said. It's tough to walk through those casinos with a couple with a 12 year old and a 14 year old though. Oh, that's just the two boys.
Katie
It's like educational.
G
God, if I hadn't walked through there, I was just thinking about this. If, if my dad had taken me through there when I was a 14 year old boy, holy crap, I'd have never stopped thinking about it. I never saw stuff like that in real Life. At age 14, I'd have run off.
Katie
And hidden behind a slot machine and attempt to stay there permanently.
Unknown Speaker
He'd still be there.
Katie
Exactly. Go ooching around like Gollum in the shadows.
G
I'm surprised that some. I'm surprised at some point I didn't say where's Sam? And Henry says he's back there and he's just locked up. Locked up with his eyes wide.
Katie
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Katie
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Katie
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Unknown Speaker
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Katie
Podcasts, I've never run into the concept of a personality hire before. The Wall Street Journal was writing about this. Have you ever heard this term, Katie, just out of curiosity? No, as you are younger and hipper. So as the Journal describes it, if you get further on charm than skill and you carry a workload light enough to float atop your bubbly demeanor, then you might be a personality hire. And this has actually become a thing. Charismatic, friendly, likable employees who might not be that great at their job or even work that hard, but employers are so desperate for any sort of joy and camaraderie in the workplace, they're hiring these people. They call them personality hires.
G
Wow. So that's how I got hired.
Katie
Exactly. Mr.
G
Personality to Michael. So I'm thinking of somebody right now. I won't say their name. They're out there in the newsroom. I could see hiring them because of their personality, because they just make the whole room better. Everybody's happier when they're around, I can tell. Just because of their personality.
Katie
Well, here are a couple of factors in this case.
G
They're also confident. But I would, I would like, I would have hired this person if they were not quite as competent as person X. Just because their personality is the kind of place that's going to make the place more lively and happy.
Katie
Sure. Yeah. Well, here they quote, they start off the article quoting this one gal who's definitely not a personality hire. She's very matter of fact person just gets crap done. But she said, oh, some people actually proudly advertise themselves as personal personality hires on LinkedIn, by the way.
G
Interesting.
Katie
So they quote this gal who's not that and finds it very annoying and.
G
Describe, well, you're like me. We kind of, we kind of bitterly are resentful against people who are like that because we're not.
Unknown Speaker
And they're advertising it though. That's what I'm like. Why wouldn't want to advertise, hey, I'm not very good at my job, but I'm funny.
Katie
Well, you leave that first part unsaid.
G
Right.
Katie
But she cites she worked with a personnel personality hire in a previous job. Though fun to be around, the person eventually generated resentment, didn't really pull her load and after winning a promotion prompted several co workers to quit. There's just too much.
G
Well, I, I would, I would think if they're not good at their job, that's not enough to overcome it. But I'd never thought about this before. I could see hiring somebody, you know, if you're going to weigh them on a bunch of different things, man. Lump in the hole brings the room up as opposed to down.
Katie
So bosses want the warm and fuzzies as the mood at work is generally sour. One third of U.S. employees say they're engaged in their jobs. Only a third near an all time low. Half of workers say they feel a lot of stress. Half are interested in new jobs or actively applying. With so many lonely, unhappy charges, bosses are desperate for good workplace energy. They say camaraderie is hard to build on hybr schedules. So they prize upbeat employees whose energy is hopefully infectious. Then they quote a bunch of people and recruiters from various industries and saying, yeah, we really, we really need more people.
G
Oh, it's clearly true. I haven't had a job I don't like in a long, long time. But when I worked jobs that I didn't like, oh, there were certain people that made it bearable. And when they weren't there, it was awful.
Katie
Right. Or if they quit, everybody was like, I can't do this.
G
Right.
Unknown Speaker
I wonder if they're hiring these people to make it more appealing to come back into the office to like after Covid.
Katie
That's got to be a factor. Sure. Yeah. So. But anyway, this. There's this comedian gal who has done a couple of bits about being a personality hire that I think are brilliant and illustrating what it is all about. Her name is Vienna Isla and it's clip 15. Michael, what's the project about today? I have no idea. Do you guys think we need to get an extension? Yeah.
Joe Getty
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Unknown Speaker
He's so scary.
Joe Getty
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Katie
I'll call Greg. What? Really? Of course. Are you sure? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's call Greg.
Joe Getty
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Unknown Speaker
Greggy.
Katie
Hey, you. Where are you? How are your kids? I didn't know that star is doing the school production. Annie.
G
I love Annie. She's playing Annie.
Katie
Oh, Greg, that's so amazing. Hold on one sec. Greg, when I asked you. Presentation.
G
Yeah.
Katie
Greg, you know, I could stand here.
Joe Getty
And talk Danny with you all day, but.
Katie
Greg, I have to ask you something.
Paris Hilton
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Katie
Greg, take a week. Oh, yeah. Let's touch ways next week. I want to come to Annie. Back to the important stuff.
Joe Getty
Where are you?
Katie
I'll come meet you right now.
Joe Getty
Let's freaking eat a brioche and talk.
Katie
Annie, my guy.
Joe Getty
I'll be right back.
Katie
Okay, thank you.
Field App Representative
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Katie
Great. I'm coming to you. And then there's another bit where they have the. The permit revoked for an event at the last minute. And they're like, oh, my God. The only way we could deal with this is to like have the mayor on our side. She says, the mayor? The mayor's in my ass and ABS class. I'll call her right now. She comes. Hello, girl. What's going on? Oh, my God. You don't need that class. Your ass is amazing. Anyway. And she gets the permit reinstated.
G
The ass.
Katie
She's just a schmoozer and a networker and that sort of super upbeat person does but. And it's harder to tell without the visuals in that first video. But she doesn't know anything about the project. Then she gets on the call with Greggy and says, what am I asking for again? To her co workers. An extension. Oh, right, right, right. She goes into that. So it's a parody, obviously, but that's what we're talking about.
G
I. I've never. I don't think enough attention is paid to, like, chemistry in a group of people for work. I don't. I don't think most bosses ever even think about it. They should. And now in the modern world of boy, like they said, the hybrid working in Zoom, I'm not sure any of that translates to zoom.
Katie
Yeah, yeah. You know, I meant to talk about this on the show. Maybe I will. But I was talking to my son who's just about to turn 30, and he was talking about.
G
And.
Katie
And he's. He's been a performer of various sorts for a very long time. He's a musician and gifted actor who decided not to act. That's fine. But. But he said, coming out of COVID the very thought of performing just seemed enormous and terrifying and overwhelming. Just so. And it's worth mentioning he lived. He lives in Oregon, which is so cultish in its. Or was in its adherence to every COVID policy. And as a show of hating Trump, they wouldn't let their children play with other children for a year and a half. And it's just devastating to so many people of so many ages, even people in their 20s. It's horrible. Anyway, speaking of people who have difficulty communicating and. And communing and looking people in the eye and the rest of it, man, Covid Deco Declan, my son said to me, he said, I know a lot of people who are really damaged by it, and they're not healing very quickly.
Unknown Speaker
Was it. Was it just the act of having to go out and perform again, or was. Were there people that weren't going to the shows?
Field App Representative
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Unknown Speaker
What made it so much more difficult post Covid?
Katie
Well, because everything was so locked down. You just. You had, like, your roommate and you would interact with a. Maybe somebody at work, if you were allowed to work a little bit. It was like living in solitary confinement in a prison. Obviously not that bad.
G
But I know a couple of people who talk about that dark period where they. They didn't have any communication and they would, you know, struggle to have any opportunity just to, like, wave to another car far away. Like, all right, I didn't live that way, so I didn't live that way at all.
Katie
I guarantee they lived in a blue state. There's a prominent musician who I think is a wonderful songwriter, but he tweeted. At one point that he felt bad for his kids because his kids hadn't had a playdate or hugged another child or whatever for a year. I wanted to fly Portlandia, where he resides and punch him in the stomach and, and just to wake him up and say, what are you doing? And all the data about children and being fine was out there, all of it. But you had to virtue signal how much you despise Trump by torturing yourself and your loved ones and, and Declan lived in the midst of that. And anyway, sorry to get started on that stuff, but it's a.
Unknown Speaker
Well, no, it's a reality a lot of people are dealing with still.
Katie
And that's why his company needs a personality hire. Hey, Jazz things up a little bit.
Unknown Speaker
Full circle.
Katie
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Brew two shots of espresso.
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Katie
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Joe Getty
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Host/Author: iHeartPodcasts
Release Date: December 30, 2024
Duration: Approximately 47 minutes
In "The A&G Replay Monday Hour 4," hosts Armstrong and Getty delve into a range of contemporary topics, blending humor with insightful commentary. This episode covers personal grooming trends, critiques modern therapy practices, explores the advancements and societal impacts of artificial intelligence, examines workplace dynamics through the lens of "personality hires," and reflects on the lingering cultural shifts post-COVID-19. The conversation is punctuated with engaging anecdotes, expert opinions, and relatable banter, making it both informative and entertaining for listeners.
Timestamp: [03:21] - [10:17]
The episode kicks off with a lively discussion about the increasing popularity of eyebrow tattoos. Getty shares his personal decision to undergo the procedure to save time and achieve more consistent eyebrow appearance.
Key Points:
Types of Eyebrow Enhancement: The hosts discuss different methods such as tattooing and microblading. Microblading, which uses fine needles to create hair-like strokes, is highlighted for its natural look.
Getty: "They do the tattooing and microblading in hair strokes. So it's, it's a very fine needle and they go in and they actually make it look like hair." ([04:28])
Cost and Permanence: The financial and long-term considerations of getting eyebrow tattoos are examined, with Getty noting the $500 price tag and the permanence of the procedure.
Getty: "It's permanent. Which, I mean, if you think about it, if you get a tattoo, like a really good one, you're getting up in that range especially." ([06:00])
Healing Process and Risks: The conversation touches on the healing process, potential bruising, and the importance of choosing a skilled technician to avoid unnatural results.
Getty: "They put this lidocaine cream over them and then lets it sit for a while and does it. My mom had it done and said that she didn't feel a thing." ([10:17])
Timestamp: [12:26] - [18:16]
Armstrong and Getty shift gears to discuss the effectiveness of contemporary therapy practices. They critique the prevalent focus on rumination and talk about alternative approaches to mental well-being.
Key Points:
Rumination as a Core Issue: The hosts identify rumination, or the obsessive focus on one's pain, as a primary symptom of depression.
Katie: "I think the number one symptom of depression is what they call rumination, this pathological obsessing over your pain." ([12:53])
Limitations of Traditional Therapy: They argue that many therapy modalities simply encourage clients to rehash their problems without fostering actionable solutions.
Getty: "A lot of therapists just indulge it... you talk about your problems all the time doesn't seem to be working for people." ([13:04])
Alternative Solutions: Emphasizing the importance of outward-facing activities, the hosts suggest that engaging with others and accomplishing tasks can be more effective in combating depression than solely focusing on one's internal struggles.
Katie: "If you can outward face and interact and accomplish things and look at other people and their needs and their challenges and their pain, that is the best cure for depression in the world." ([16:11])
Timestamp: [24:17] - [30:20]
The discussion transitions to the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, particularly focusing on humanoid robots and their societal implications.
Key Points:
AI's Profound Impact: Referencing Sundar Pichai's assertion, the hosts contemplate whether AI's development will surpass the significance of discoveries like fire or electricity.
Getty: "If he's right about that, we better hold on to our seats because holy crappings." ([24:19])
Uncanny Valley Phenomenon: They explore the concept of the uncanny valley, where robots that closely mimic human appearance and expressions can evoke discomfort and even fear in humans.
Getty: "Henry was having that problem. What's that called? It's called the uncanny valley." ([28:07])
Practical Applications and Concerns: The potential use of AI in educational settings is discussed, alongside concerns about robots replacing human roles in teaching and other professions.
Getty: "I could see virtually every university class being a robot teaching the class... that is disturbing." ([26:36])
Timestamp: [36:30] - [38:43]
Armstrong and Getty examine a trend in hiring practices where employers prioritize candidates with charismatic personalities over traditional qualifications and skills.
Key Points:
Definition and Emergence: The term "personality hire" refers to employees who are hired primarily for their ability to enhance workplace morale rather than their technical expertise.
Getty: "If you're going to weigh them on a bunch of different things, man. Lump in the hole brings the room up as opposed to down." ([39:19])
Pros and Cons: While such hires can improve workplace energy and camaraderie, there are drawbacks, including potential resentment from coworkers and inadequate job performance.
Katie: "They said, 'we really, we really need more people with good workplace energy.'" ([37:50])
Impact on Workplace Dynamics: The conversation highlights how personality hires can affect team dynamics, sometimes leading to inefficiency or dissatisfaction among employees.
Timestamp: [42:53] - [45:33]
The hosts reflect on the long-term psychological and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly its impact on communication and mental health.
Key Points:
Isolation and Communication Challenges: They discuss how prolonged lockdowns and social distancing measures have left lasting scars on individuals' ability to communicate and interact socially.
Getty: "People are struggling to have any opportunity just to wave to another car far away." ([44:04])
Impact on Younger Generations: The conversation touches on how children and young adults have been significantly affected, with some experiencing lasting emotional and social difficulties.
Katie: "I know people are dealing with still... Declan lived in the midst of that." ([44:20])
Future Considerations: The hosts ponder how these shifts will shape future societal norms and the mental resilience of upcoming generations.
Timestamp: [45:33] - [47:41]
In their closing remarks, Armstrong and Getty reiterate the transformative power of AI and the necessity for society to adapt responsibly. They also emphasize the importance of balancing technological advancements with human-centric values to ensure a harmonious future.
Key Points:
Preparing for the Future: Acknowledging the rapid pace of technological change, the hosts stress the need for proactive measures to prepare future generations for unforeseen challenges.
Getty: "We have not. We human beings aren't ready for what's about to happen." ([29:51])
Balancing Innovation with Humanity: They underscore the importance of maintaining human connections and emotional intelligence amidst increasing reliance on AI and automation.
Katie: "We need men and women, compassion and order. And it's got to be in the right mix." ([18:16])
Getty on Eyebrow Tattoos:
"It's permanent. Which, I mean, if you think about it, if you get a tattoo, like a really good one, you're getting up in that range especially." ([06:00])
Katie on Depression:
"If you can outward face and interact and accomplish things and look at other people and their needs and their challenges and their pain, that is the best cure for depression in the world." ([16:11])
Getty on AI's Impact:
"If he's right about that, we better hold on to our seats because holy crappings." ([24:19])
Katie on Workplace Dynamics:
"They say camaraderie is hard to build on hybrid schedules. So they prize upbeat employees whose energy is hopefully infectious." ([39:01])
Armstrong and Getty effectively navigate a multitude of pressing issues, from personal grooming trends to global technological advancements. Their candid dialogue encourages listeners to reflect on the balance between embracing innovation and maintaining essential human values. By weaving personal experiences with broader societal observations, the hosts provide a nuanced perspective that is both thought-provoking and relatable.