Nicole's Fruit Journey

Summary

Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata

Episode: Nicole’s Fruit Journey
Date: October 22, 2025
Podcast Network: Headgum

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Episode Overview

In this fun, free-wheeling episode, Nicole and Sasheer catch up about their latest adventures—including Nicole’s unexpected foray into fruit thievery and obsession with planting exotic seeds, their whirlwind trip to Las Vegas filled with concerts, fine dining, and gambling, and plenty of side-splitting anecdotes about everyday life, mishaps, and more. The duo’s signature warmth and playful banter shine throughout, offering listeners a delightful sense of best-friend intimacy and comic relief.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Nicole’s Fruit Exploration & Planting Obsession

• Nicole’s Confession: Nicole opens the episode by admitting she's been "stealing Japanese persimmons" from her neighbor’s tree—an act driven by sheer fruit curiosity and no prior knowledge of what persimmons were. She describes her immediate, unwashed taste test and the subsequent spiral into fruit obsession.
  • Quote: “I reached my little hand up and I ripped it out of the tree...I bit into it and I was like, this is a fruit I’ve never had before.” — Nicole (01:22)
• Starting a Mini Orchard: After Googling the fruit and confirming it was a Japanese persimmon, Nicole decides she's going to plant the seeds herself. She stocks up on various rare seeds online, including Korean grapes, red custard apple, blue Java “ice cream” bananas, purple strawberries, and more—with zero research on climate compatibility.
  • Quote: "I'm not gonna do any research. I'm gonna put them in the pots and I'm gonna water them. And we’re gonna see what happens." — Nicole (03:56)

2. Fruit Trees and Neighborhood Etiquette

• Sasheer reassures Nicole that taking the fruit is likely doing the neighbor a favor—it’s common for yard fruit to go unpicked.

3. Firefighter Home Visit

• Sasheer’s Scare: Sasheer recounts a recent morning when the fire department showed up after she panicked about a loud noise (suspected carbon monoxide leak)—only for it to be revealed as a doorbell speaker malfunction.
  • Quote: "They look so disappointed because...they were, like, ready for action.” — Sasheer (06:22)
• Uniforms & Hotness: Nicole and Sasheer have a classic best friend moment admiring the appeal of firefighters’ uniforms, reminiscing about flirtatious moments in public.
  • Quote: “The uniform sometimes does it.” — Nicole (08:14)

4. Vegas Adventure Recap

• Trip Logistics: A 24-hour escapade filled with Ashley Simpson’s late-night show, Cirque du Soleil (Mystère), gambling wins and losses, and a visit to the Spearmint Rhino strip club.
• Cirque du Soleil Impressions: Both marveled at the athleticism and weirdness, comparing real-life performers to the dramatized characters of Showgirls.
  • Quote: “Do we understand the through line? No. But I do understand athleticism.” — Nicole (10:17)
• Concerts & Fandom: The women celebrate the vibe and trust of Ashley Simpson’s fan base and share stories about funny fans—including a woman in a pink dress who was so drunk she missed a one-on-one moment with Ashley (13:12).
• Casino Luck: Nicole’s only superstition is to gamble in the hotel where she’s staying, and only on “silly branded machines.” They break down winning and losing streaks, lucky places, and a mini community with other gamblers.
  • Quote: “You kept going, ‘Oh, that’s it. All your money’s gone. That was fast.’” — Nicole, teasing Sasheer's commentary (20:11)
• Vegas Food: Rave reviews of high-end dining at Spago and Cut by Wolfgang Puck, with obsessive attention to juicy chicken, off-menu bread, soufflés, and Wolfgang’s celebrity chef status.
  • Quote: “I would write home about it. I would write multiple letters home.” — Nicole, about Spago’s chicken (28:03)

5. Celebrity Chef Pilgrimages

• Nicole proposes a culinary road trip to visit restaurants run by celebrity chefs (Guy Fieri, Robert De Niro at Nobu, Nancy Silverton at Osteria Mozza).
• Humorous musings about strange restaurants, like dining completely “in the dark” and whether menus are revealed ahead of time (35:00).

6. Eye Health and Travel Woes

• Nicole and Sasheer discuss their respective vision struggles (astigmatism, sensitive corneas) and share travel hacks—like always keeping sunglasses on hand for concerts with strobe lights (44:25).
  • Nicole jokes about realizing she must have a large head after Sasheer tries her sunglasses: “You looked like an alien. They were so big on you.” — Nicole (45:16)

7. Calendar Shenanigans

• Nicole confesses to using cryptic calendar reminders that sometimes confuse even herself (“sit in Sasheer’s seat for heat”), likening it to Memento-style mystery notes (47:24).
• She is trying to improve with more context-rich event notes, e.g., “Chairman returns with brother to move chair again.”
  • Quote: “I simply don’t help myself out in any sort of way...I’m really trying to help myself out.” — Nicole (48:42)

8. Skin Care Adventures

• Nicole shares her recent skincare hauls from Sephora, touting the efficacy of Korean brands and her philosophy of oscillating products to avoid “sentinel” skin adaptation (52:28).

9. Pop Culture Chat

• Marvel/X-Men anticipation, amazement at Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s (Toby Keith?) breakup, and affectionate riffing on Keith Urban’s (or Toby Keith’s) place in country music (55:09).
• Love for Yola’s soulful country music.

10. Listener Q&A

Brushing Technique Weirdness (58:01)

• Listener Asks: Is it weird to sometimes move your teeth around the brush instead of moving the brush?
• Nicole: Not weird at all—as long as you get your teeth clean.
• Sasheer: Hadn’t thought of it before, but it’s quirky and fine!

Making Friends as a Person of Color in Rural Ireland (63:02)

• Listener Nell, who is mixed-race and feels isolated, asks for advice.
• Suggestions:
  • Try posting flyers for natural hair meet-ups.
  • Seek out Facebook or online groups matching cultural and personal interests (e.g., “Black Girls Run”).
  • Involve family; perhaps they know more local people of color and can help build community.
  • Main takeaway: Finding community might mean stepping outside your comfort zone, but even one or two new friends can make a big difference.
  • Quote: “If you’re asking, you need to be doing more of it [fellowship].” — Nicole (25:31)

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Notable Quotes & Moments (With Timestamps)

• “I reached my little hand up and I ripped it out of the tree...I bit into it and I was like, this is a fruit I’ve never had before.” — Nicole (01:22)
• “I'm not gonna do any research. I'm gonna put them in the pots and I'm gonna water them. And we’re gonna see what happens.” — Nicole (03:56)
• “The uniform sometimes does it.” — Nicole (08:14)
• “Do we understand the through line? No. But I do understand athleticism.” — Nicole (10:17)
• “You kept going, 'Oh, that’s it. All your money’s gone. That was fast.'” — Nicole, teasing Sasheer’s casino naiveté (20:11)
• “I would write home about it. I would write multiple letters home.” — Nicole, on the chicken at Spago (28:03)
• “If you’re asking, you need to be doing more of it [fellowship].” — Nicole (25:31)
• “You looked like an alien. They were so big on you.” — Nicole, about Sasheer in her sunglasses (45:16)
• “I simply don’t help myself out in any sort of way...I’m really trying to help myself out.” — Nicole, about convoluted calendar entries (48:42)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Nicole’s Fruit Confession: 01:09 – 02:50
• Seed Shopping/Planting Plans: 02:50 – 05:07
• Firefighter Visit Story: 05:28 – 08:06
• Vegas Recap (Ashley Simpson, Cirque, Gambling): 09:24 – 24:29
• Dining at Spago & Celebrity Chef Riffs: 27:12 – 34:00
• Dining in the Dark (Restaurant Discussion): 34:13 – 36:45
• Vision Health & Sunglasses Size Fiasco: 43:43 – 46:45
• Calendar Mysteries: 47:16 – 49:01
• Skincare Haul: 51:21 – 52:53
• Q&A – Teeth Brushing Habits: 58:01 – 60:52
• Q&A – Making Friends in Rural Ireland: 63:02 – 66:52

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Tone & Style

The episode, like the show itself, maintains a loose, affectionate, and hilarious tone. Nicole and Sasheer riff on each other's stories, embrace digressions and vulnerable confessions, and foster a sense of community with listeners—even as they earnestly engage with deeper questions about friendship, identity, and belonging. The humor is off-the-cuff and relatable, while moments of advice and warmth are genuine without being sappy.

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Summary for the Uninitiated

This episode is a quintessential example of why “Best Friends” is so beloved: it offers a window into the infectious friendship between Nicole and Sasheer, making the listener feel part of their circle. They dive into Nicole’s impulsive fruit foraging and subsequent urban gardening ambitions, recount the highs and lows of a Vegas jaunt, indulge in wild culinary and pop culture tangents, and end by giving sincere (and funny) advice to fans about everything from oral hygiene to forming community. Knowing the structure or themes in advance isn’t necessary—the joy is in the journey with two best friends at the top of their game.

Transcript

[Ali]

This is a Headgun podcast.

[Nicole]

I was looking ahead on my calendar, and I realized that the holidays aren't as far away as a thought. That's that time always gets so busy. So I'm gonna get ahead of the game and shop for looks that'll take me from now into the holiday season. Lucky for me, Macy's big fall sale is happening now with 40 to 60 off fall essentials. I'll take us from now to then. And Klein and DKNY have some adorable dresses I've been eyeing, so it's the time to buy. Macy's also has tons of luxurious cashmere in so many colors, which, honestly, I think I might just start wearing now. I might also pick up a new Calvin Klein suit from a friend as a gift. There are so many holiday parties coming up and we'll want to show off. Macy's big fall sale is happening now through October 26th. Shop@macy's.com or in store. Hi, Sasheer.

[Sasheer]

Hi, Nicole.

[Nicole]

I've been stealing.

[Sasheer]

What have you been stealing?

[Nicole]

I've been stealing Japanese persimmons from my neighbor.

[Sasheer]

My goodness. Did you already know? You like persimmons?

[Nicole]

I had no idea what this fruit was.

[Sasheer]

But you just took it to sight.

[Nicole]

I reached my little hand up and I ripped it out of the tree, and this is disgusting. I didn't wash it because I was like, I gotta know what this tastes like immediately. I can't wait till I get home. And I bit into it and I was like, this is a fruit I've never had before.

[Sasheer]

And you like it?

[Nicole]

Yes. So then I went back, took some more, took a picture. Google imaged it, and it's a Japanese persimmon. So then I went back last night.

[Sasheer]

In the dead of night, in the.

[Nicole]

Dead of night on my walk with Clyde and reached over because I have to go over the fence a little bit to get them. And I have no shame. They were getting their car washed, so there was someone there who. Who probably saw me do this during the day. And then at night, I went back, reached over, grabbed four more. Wow. And here's what I'm. I bought a pot on Amazon.com I'm gonna stick one of them in dirt, and I'm gonna have Japanese persimmons.

[Sasheer]

Oh, are you gonna take the seeds from the persimmons that you picked? Nice. Okay.

[Nicole]

I'm really excited about this.

[Sasheer]

I'm excited too. And then you have to pick them from.

[Nicole]

I don't. I can have them. I can have them for myself.

[Sasheer]

Yeah. Honestly, Like, I have an orange bush and a fig tree in my yard, and I don't pick them. So you're probably doing that neighbor a favor. They're probably like, I'll get to it later. Like, I'll hire somebody to get to it. And they just won't.

[Nicole]

And they won't.

[Sasheer]

And then the fruit will go bad.

[Nicole]

And here I am picking them, eating them. Had one this morning.

[Sasheer]

That's nice.

[Nicole]

I'm having a nice time with this.

[Sasheer]

I'm so glad.

[Nicole]

And then I was so inspired, I bought more seeds. I'm gonna tell you what seeds I bought. Okay. I've just been on a fruit journey. Yes. Because I was eating these K grapes. They're gigantic grapes, and they're so good.

[Sasheer]

Are you saying K like the letter K?

[Nicole]

Yeah, they're from Korea. Like K pop K grapes.

[Sasheer]

Got it.

[Nicole]

Okay, hold on. Let's find it. Where is my. Huh.

[Sasheer]

Like, order it online.

[Nicole]

I ordered it from neraseeds.com. i got Ruby seedless grape fruit. See, for planting. Pink gu fruit seeds for planting. I don't know what that is, but I like the picture. And then I got Japanese strawberry fruit seeds for planting. Red custard apple. What is that?

[Sasheer]

I have no idea.

[Nicole]

I don't know. But I'll know in six to nine months. Then I got blue java banana. It's an ice cream banana.

[Sasheer]

Oh, my goodness.

[Nicole]

I don't know.

[Sasheer]

Wait, is that. Is that going to be a tree?

[Nicole]

I don't know.

[Sasheer]

Do you. Do you want to see, like, what these seeds will turn into?

[Nicole]

No, I'm not gonna do any research. I'm gonna put them in the pots and I'm gonna water them.

[Sasheer]

Okay.

[Nicole]

And we're gonna see what happens. Then I got green purple watermelon fruit.

[Sasheer]

Whoa.

[Nicole]

And then I got another strawberry. And then I got purple strawberries. Look at the color of that. Whoa.

[Sasheer]

That actually seems unbelievable.

[Nicole]

Right? They're so purple. Wow.

[Sasheer]

And did you check to see if this climate is good for those things?

[Nicole]

No, No. I didn't do a single sort of research. And it started because I found this website called miamifruit.com and I wanted to get a gross Michelle banana, because apparently that's the variety of banana that we were all eating before, and it tastes like candy. And that's what the banana runts are based on. Have we talked about this?

[Sasheer]

I think so, yes. Mm.

[Nicole]

Well, they don't ship to California.

[Sasheer]

Oh, man.

[Nicole]

But then I found these seeds, man. These seeds shipped to California, and I'mma plant them seeds. I'mma have all the strawberries. Purple watermelon. I'm so excited.

[Sasheer]

I'm excited for you.

[Nicole]

Oh, my God. Imagine me with a banana tree.

[Sasheer]

I can't, but I soon will.

[Nicole]

Who is she? Japanese persimmons. Bananas that you can't buy at Gelson's or Albertsons.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

I'm gonna start a fruit stamp.

[Sasheer]

I can't wait. Yeah.

[Nicole]

So that's what I've been doing. Stealing.

[Sasheer]

That's cool. Nice. The fire department came to my house this morning because.

[Nicole]

Are you okay? I'm okay.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

I.

[Sasheer]

So there. Something in my house started making a crazy noise. It was, like, a loud hum, and it was coming from a box that. I don't know what it is. It was just, like, a box on the ceiling. And I was like, don't know that. And then I texted my uncle because he does, like, construction house stuff. And I was like, do you have any idea what this noise is? And he was like, I think it's a carbon monoxide detector, and maybe there's a leak. And so you should call the fire department.

[Nicole]

Oh, no.

[Sasheer]

So I did. And they came, and, like, five men just walked in my house. And I was like, it's that. And then one guy just jumped on the counter, took it off, and he was like, I think it's a speaker. And then they, like, filled with it. And he's like, maybe it's the doorbell speaker. And he's like. And they're like, oh, it's the doorbell speaker. And then they look so disappointed because.

[Nicole]

They really wanted to do something.

[Sasheer]

They were, like, ready for action. And one guy, like, there was like, they're in, like, a line. It was like, one guy was on the counter. One guy was, like, underneath, and then two more guys. And the guy closest to me was like.

[Nicole]

And then.

[Sasheer]

And where's the noise coming from? And what is that over there? Do you think it's over this door?

[Nicole]

And I was like, I don't know.

[Sasheer]

But they were, like, so ready to help. I loved it.

[Nicole]

Love that they were ready to save you.

[Sasheer]

And I was like, so do I call an electrician? And they're like, I guess so. All right, bye. And they just, like, filed out of the house.

[Nicole]

You didn't take a picture?

[Sasheer]

I should have taken a picture, but I was, like, so concerned, and there's, like, a lot happening.

[Nicole]

That's wild. I once had the alarm go off in my house when I wasn't home. And then the police came, and since there was no breaking and entering, something was wrong with the alarm. They just left a note. If this happens again, we find you this much money. I was like, that's not nice. No, it's not your fault. No, it was not my fault. So police bad. Firefighters. Good.

[Sasheer]

Firefighter is very good.

[Nicole]

Yeah. Oh, boy. What an exciting morning.

[Sasheer]

It was a pretty exciting, exciting morning.

[Nicole]

What time did this happen at like.

[Sasheer]

Maybe 9:00am, 10:00am Whoa. This is the morning.

[Nicole]

Whoa. That's wild. What a. What a way to wake up. That's Folgers in your cup. Is that the theme song to Folgers? What a way to wake up?

[Sasheer]

I don't think it's. What a way to wake up.

[Nicole]

There's firefighters in your house.

[Sasheer]

I don't think that's part of the song either. Folgers makes a great cup. What is it?

[Ali]

The best part of waking up is.

[Nicole]

Folgers firefighters in your house.

[Sasheer]

That's not a bad way to wake up.

[Nicole]

Were any of them hot?

[Sasheer]

They were all attractive. Yeah.

[Nicole]

Oh.

[Sasheer]

I wouldn't say, like, if I saw them, you know, outside of their uniforms, maybe I'd be like, all right. But you know, because they got the.

[Nicole]

The uniform sometimes does it.

[Sasheer]

Yes.

[Nicole]

I was at the Sizzler and there was a fire truck parked outside. And then we went into the Sizzler and the firefighters were in there fucking loading up on the salad bar and the meats. I don't know if they had ice cream, but they were. Looked so good.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

In their little fire department shirts. I was like, oh, my God. And I was strutting past them. I'm a taken woman, but I was strutting. Yeah. Because I was like, you know, best case scenario, one of them hits on me and I go, sorry, sir, I'm taken, but I haven't been taken for a ride on a fire truck.

[Sasheer]

And then we, like, we go woo.

[Nicole]

Woo around the Sizzler. And then I, like, get on the ladder and I, like, dance a little.

[Sasheer]

That is the best case scenario. Be a great scenario if that happened.

[Nicole]

Oh, God, I would. I want it so bad.

[Sasheer]

I mean, maybe it'll happen.

[Nicole]

Maybe. I believe I'm still waiting to ride.

[Sasheer]

A garbage truck, which I also think is possible.

[Nicole]

Last time I saw one, I had Clyde with me and the whole thing. Yeah. I need to get out there alone and get it done. Go for my ride.

[Sasheer]

Get what you want.

[Nicole]

Get what I want out of life. We just went to Vegas and it was so fun.

[Sasheer]

So fun.

[Nicole]

Oh, my.

[Sasheer]

Just for one day.

[Nicole]

For one day.

[Sasheer]

One night only.

[Nicole]

One night only one. We were the real dream girl. We Were. I think we went for less than 24 hours.

[Sasheer]

I do think that's true because we. The goal was to go see Ashley Simpson, which we did. And so fun. And then it start. The show started at 10pm So I was like, well, we gotta do something beforehand. Can't just do one thing in Vegas.

[Nicole]

It's a late show.

[Sasheer]

It's a late show.

[Nicole]

I said, you know your crowd. We're all the same age. Yeah. We got to get to bed.

[Sasheer]

We're tired.

[Nicole]

What are we doing?

[Sasheer]

So it's like, we gotta be out already doing something. And we saw Cirque du Soleil.

[Nicole]

Yes. We love, love Cirque du Soleil. Do you understand the storylines? Not really, no. Do we understand the through line? No. But I do understand athleticism.

[Sasheer]

Oh, man. Yeah. We saw Mystere, and it was like, probably one of the more circusy Cirque shows I've seen. It was great. And they were doing, like, strong people stuff.

[Nicole]

Yes.

[Sasheer]

There are two Ariana Grande days, like, standing on each other. And, like, they didn't. They looked strong, but I was like, they're doing, like, stuff with their calves.

[Nicole]

Yes. This bitch was lifting the other one up with just her feet. I couldn't believe. And then one lady tucked her ponytail, and I said, who? That's all you need to do. She's, like, getting down to business. Getting down. It was wild. And then there was a grown man who was pretending to be a baby, and. And I was like, well, if this doesn't work out, I'm auditioning for Mystery.

[Sasheer]

There you go.

[Nicole]

Mystery.

[Sasheer]

Mysterious. I think it might be Mysterious or Mystery. Maybe mysteri.

[Nicole]

I don't know. But I really. I had such a nice, lovely time watching it, and it really, again, emboldened me to, like, train to be a Cirque du Soleil performer. Also, it really. Okay. Watching the show, it really reminded me of the movie Showgirls, which you have seen but fell asleep during, which is fine. We were all hanging out, having a love time, drinking, whatever. But to me, it was so funny that when the movie came out at that time, people were like, this is outlandish. It's so over the top. This, that, and the other. And I was like, actually, it's not. If I was in a Cirque du Soleil show every night of the week, a show I simply didn't understand. I backed a little crazy, too.

[Sasheer]

Wait, what happens in Showgirls? Are they, like.

[Nicole]

They're in. So Jesse Spano plays a girl who ends up in Vegas in a Wild way she gets, like, robbed. She meets a lovely black lady who becomes her best friend slash savior. And she's a costumer on this like big, nasty, titties out Vegas show. And she's a dancer and she's one of the best dancers because she's got it. And she was a stripper. But then she transitions and auditions for this Vegas show, there's a little light sexism, sexual aggression. Not great. And then she gets in the show and then the girls are like sabotaging each other. And then she usurps spoiler the lead of the show to become the lead. But yeah, everyone acts at like this heightened state and this show is their everything. It's their end all, be all. And I'm like, yeah, if I dedicated my body.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

To this art, it is my end all, be all. So that's my. That's my argument for showgirls.

[Sasheer]

Very realistic.

[Nicole]

Love showgirls. And then after Ashley, we went to club, a strip club, the Spearmint Rhino. Oh, that was fun.

[Sasheer]

It was very fun.

[Nicole]

But Ashley, she was great as.

[Sasheer]

She was so great.

[Nicole]

She was so.

[Sasheer]

She looks great. She sounded great. Her voices were so good. Yeah.

[Nicole]

And I love the way she dances.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

It's just like arms out. She's like feeling herself free.

[Sasheer]

Yeah. And then she was like, elsa's so close. Like everyone. We were so close to her. I couldn't believe how close we were to the stage.

[Nicole]

I know.

[Sasheer]

And like the little Runway that she like walks on and she was going into the crowd and I was like, she's not concerned. Someone could snatch her up.

[Nicole]

I know. Snatch her right up. But then I was like, wow. She's curated a trusting fan base.

[Sasheer]

It's true.

[Nicole]

Where she can come into the crowd and we'll all get real happy and excited. But nobody's touching.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

Nobody's pulling, nobody's grabbing.

[Sasheer]

I was worried about that one girl in the pink dress who kept waving at her to be like, ashley, Ashley's busy.

[Nicole]

She was very funny. She was in the smallest little pink dress I ever did see. She was shit faced.

[Sasheer]

Definitely.

[Nicole]

She was showed up that way drunk. And Ashley was saying something like, I don't know, it was like emotional. And she like said it to her and she just went, hi. I was like, oh, no, girl. You missed a moment of connection with this person you're so excited to see because you're so gone.

[Sasheer]

She was gone.

[Nicole]

Oh, I. The end was my favorite. We sang Pieces of Me several times. Acapella with the music. She had three guitarist Bases maybe one, Bases two. Guitarist. They were fun.

[Sasheer]

They were very fun.

[Nicole]

Oh my God. It was just a lovely time.

[Sasheer]

Evan Ross was there.

[Nicole]

Yes.

[Sasheer]

Her husband, very sweet.

[Nicole]

Diana Ross is not there, sadly, but Mama Simpson was. Mama Simpson was. Her mother was. And I said before the show she had the opportunity to do the funniest thing possible, which was just play Ashley's or Jessica Simpson's music as the pre show music.

[Sasheer]

And then start with Shadow.

[Nicole]

Let us, let us design a concert.

[Sasheer]

Give us a show.

[Nicole]

Give us a show. We laughed really hard because we saw a cutout of the Cheeto mascot. What's his name again?

[Sasheer]

Chester the Cheetah. And you pointed out and said Cheeto. The Cheeto. I was just like, it is for the brand Cheetos. But Cheeto isn't somehow in the name, in his name.

[Nicole]

I thought his name was Chester A. Cheeto. And it makes sense that he's Chester A. Cheetah. Cuz he's a cheetah also. The view from our room was unhinged. It was just the sphere.

[Sasheer]

Just the view of the sphere. It just looks so unworldly. Like it doesn't look like it's of this earth.

[Nicole]

It looks sick. It just looks sick.

[Sasheer]

It's so big.

[Nicole]

So big.

[Sasheer]

I do want to see something in there, but I am just like, what is, what is this?

[Nicole]

Yeah, what is it? What is this big ball?

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

It's so strange that someone was like, what if there was a ball that.

[Sasheer]

People went inside and there's a screens on the outside and the inside.

[Nicole]

Yes.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

Isn't that wild? It's wild. Well, we want to see Backstreet Boys there, but we don't know when they're performing.

[Sasheer]

Oh yeah. Because there kept being ads, like different places where we were in Vegas and then we like oh, the Backstreet Boys. And we look at it to see the date and then it would change.

[Nicole]

You're like, oh, no. I guess we'll never know.

[Sasheer]

I looked it up. No, you do. You looked it up.

[Nicole]

Oh, I did. They're there. January, I think December through February. Great. So I guess they sold out that first run. We're back, back, back again. Back streets back. All right. I'm excited.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

We also watched a Japanese cartoon, am and a Pan Man.

[Sasheer]

That sounds right.

[Nicole]

I really liked it.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, me too.

[Nicole]

Oh my God. It's interesting what you can learn from a children's cartoon.

[Sasheer]

I couldn't believe it. Those children were singing a song about like, who. Who am I? What is my purpose? Am I contributing?

[Nicole]

What do I contribute for this society. It was so funny. I was like, whoa. And then there was a character, Dolly, who was like, I made a wish that when I became a real doll, I would do everything I wanted to do. And then there was a montage of her doing everything she wanted to do. And everyone was so annoyed with her. And I was like, I'm Dolly. I'm. I'm Dolly. I'm constantly just like. And people are like, oh my God, when will this end?

[Sasheer]

No, I don't think it. I don't think it's constantly like, oh my God, when will this end? But yeah, I think there, there was a. I guess the lesson of the cartoon was like, dolly, need to think about other people sometimes.

[Nicole]

And I took that lesson in my heart because I gotta. I gotta start thinking about other people sometimes.

[Sasheer]

That's nice. Yeah.

[Nicole]

Yeah.

[Sasheer]

A real existential crisis watching this cartoon.

[Nicole]

It also was 40 minutes, I think.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

It felt like a two hour epic story.

[Sasheer]

So many things happened in it.

[Nicole]

So many. And then it was kind of tough because I don't know if it was the first episode, but they didn't really explain things. I thought a panda man was a cookie, but he's curry bread.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

Then there's. And he's a superhero. And then there's actual curry that's also a superhero. And then there's just toast that's a superhero. And then there's a man who's baking them all name like Uncle Jack or something.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

And the reason why we watched it is this year you were like, huh? That's the man who's on all the apple juice in Japan. And I was like, well, we gotta figure out why he's on the apple juice. And we haven't figured it out.

[Sasheer]

Well, I think because they're just popular.

[Nicole]

Yeah, but he's curry.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, that part I don't understand.

[Nicole]

Right.

[Sasheer]

But yeah, I did have an apple juice box while I was in Japan. And I was like, who are these fun people? And I saw them everywhere. They're like on billboards, they're on like signs and stuff. And I was like, who are these people?

[Nicole]

Well, according to Wikipedia, they have usurped hello Kitty as the most popular cartoon in Japan.

[Sasheer]

Wild. I believe it. I believe they really were.

[Nicole]

I do.

[Sasheer]

I did see this curry man way more than hello Kitty.

[Nicole]

I can't wait to go to Japan and see it.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, you're gonna, you're gonna like it.

[Nicole]

I can't wait to go. I know him. I know the whole story. I know the gang I know these people. Yeah. Yeah. I think I'm gonna watch more episodes.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, I might too.

[Nicole]

What else did we watch?

[Sasheer]

Was that it? You were taking a nap, and I watched she Ra. The cartoon.

[Nicole]

Oh, yes. Yes.

[Sasheer]

And you thought one of the voices was mine?

[Nicole]

Yes. I woke up out of my slumber, and I was like, you don't think that sounds like you? And you were like, who? I was like, wait, her?

[Sasheer]

I, like, rewound it a bunch. And I was like, I guess it could sound like me. And you're, like, rolled back over and went to sleep.

[Nicole]

I. I think that was you. I heard it out of my dreams.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, I can see it.

[Nicole]

Thank you.

[Sasheer]

And then you gambled. I did not. I stood beside you and watched you lose money. And then I stepped away from you, and you won money.

[Nicole]

You kept going, oh, that's it. All your money's gone. That was fast. And I was like, yep, that's fast. Sit at another machine.

[Sasheer]

You'd be like, is it all.

[Nicole]

Is it all done again? You lost your money again? And I was like, yeah. And then you bought merch at the show. And I've only. I only ever really win money when I'm on my own. And you went up to the room to put your shirt away, and I was like, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go play. I'm gonna see. I want to try to win back my hundred, my 200. And I won back a little bit more than 200.

[Sasheer]

I was like, oh, was it me?

[Nicole]

Also when I explained, because I. I got a hand pay, which means they take. You can opt to have taxes taken out, which I did because I was like, there's no way I'm filing this.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

And then you put your hand out so the camera see, so you can't dispute it later. And then they count out your money in your hand, and then sometimes people watch, and it's fun. That's fun. And I was. I told you what happened. You went, huh, that was fast. I was like, good Lord. So sure. Why don't you have another take on gambling? You just kept saying, wow, that was fast. I guess.

[Sasheer]

I don't know.

[Nicole]

It was really.

[Sasheer]

I don't know what my perception of, like, how long gambling takes, but it all did feel very fast. It's like, well, in that amount of time, you got that much money. That's crazy cool. Oh, you lost that much money in that much time.

[Nicole]

Wow. And then a drunk man kind of swayed past us as I was playing, and he went, you better nail that Machine.

[Sasheer]

And then he laughed at himself and then left.

[Nicole]

And I was like. I don't know if he recognized me or was just having a nice time.

[Sasheer]

I really have no idea.

[Nicole]

And I'll never know what happens in Vegas. Didn't stay in Vegas. Cause I told everybody.

[Sasheer]

Took it back to la. Told everybody.

[Nicole]

And then before we went to bed, you were like, looks like you want to play another slot. And I was like, yeah, the lights. Really? The dopamine gets you. And I put in $20. And then I was like, ooh, free games. And then I. I think it was like 125 or something. And again you went, wait, what? You won how much? And I was like, I won a hundred dollars. And he went, it happened so fast. And I was like, we gotta get her to bed. We gotta get her out of here. My God.

[Sasheer]

I also. I don't know if it was that one or a different one, but you were like, at one machine. And like, I guess you lost money pretty quickly. And then. Then you move to the next one over, and instead of standing next to you, I stood behind you. And then you won $300.

[Nicole]

Yeah. I think maybe it's the next to me thing. That's not great.

[Sasheer]

Maybe.

[Nicole]

Maybe I can't have anyone in my peripherals. Maybe.

[Sasheer]

Excuse me.

[Nicole]

In the zone. In the zone. And it's like, in the zone for what? It's just luck.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, but I just see this thing that said. Said that, like, luck kind of has a science to it. Because, like, if you kind of, I guess, kind of essentially manifesting, like, if.

[Nicole]

You believe this, this is a possibility.

[Sasheer]

Like you actually believe this thing could happen. Chance. The chances are better for it to happen. So it's like luck. But also you believing that it can happen enhances the possibility.

[Nicole]

I believe it because I was like, I have to play Wheel of Fortune.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, I have to.

[Nicole]

And then we found. I think it was like a high roller. Oh, no. It was one where you have to play with other people. And I was like, oh, I don't. I don't know how to lose. I don't know how to do that at all. And then when you went up to the room, I was like, where's Wheel of Fortune? And I don't know why. I was like, wheel of Fortune is going to give me money.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

And then I did. And then I have gambling rules. I can only gamble in the hotel I'm staying at because I can only gamble at home, which doesn't make any sense, but it works. It works. I have Only one in casinos where I'm staying at it. Yeah. Or that was a destination that we went to. I don't. Because we were gambling. Oh. Because we were gambling on the other side of the hotel. Oh, yes. Because we were at the Venetian.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

But staying in the Palazzo Palazio.

[Sasheer]

Or I got it.

[Nicole]

Palazzo. And I lost money in the Venetian, but I won in the Palazzo. Wild, wild stuff.

[Sasheer]

Wild, wild stuff.

[Nicole]

Yeah. My own little rules work.

[Sasheer]

I mean. Yeah.

[Nicole]

Here are my rules. Only gamble on silly branded machines. It's gotta have free games and has to advertise free games. And then have a wish and a pure heart.

[Sasheer]

Clear eyes.

[Nicole]

Clear eyes.

[Sasheer]

Open heart. Open heart.

[Nicole]

Open road. Nice skin. And the lady next to me at Wheel of Fortune, she. She was really nice. She was like, oh, I think you got a free spin. And I was like, I did. And she was like. And on 5 cents, I think you're gonna hit it. And I was like, okay. And then I, like, spun it. She went, oh, I think you're gonna win some money. And then it started, like, digging. And she's like, you did. And then hers dug. And I was like, you won money, too? She was like, yeah, I won. I won. I won a hundred. And I was like, oh, congrats. She's like, I put in three. And I was like, that's. You know, you're only down two.

[Sasheer]

Yeah. Community. Community. Fello. That is nice.

[Nicole]

Someone DM'd me. And they were like, what's going on with fellowship? Why are you saying this so much?

[Sasheer]

Yeah. What is going on with fellowship? There needs to be more.

[Nicole]

That's Sashir. That's truly what I'm saying. Fellowship. If you're asking, you need to be doing more of it.

[Sasheer]

It's true. Go find a community.

[Nicole]

And fellowship with them. Go find a community. Oh, I was gonna say something to you, and I can't remember.

[Sasheer]

Oh, was it about Vegas?

[Nicole]

Oh, I have a bone to pick with the Venetian. I simply didn't understand the light switches.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, that was really hard. It was like. It had one of those all lights, all of the lights, master switches by the door. So then you could no longer use any of those switches in the place. I didn't find out to the morning we were leaving that you could turn on all lights and then turn them all off individually, which is also kind of annoying.

[Nicole]

It's so annoying. Yeah. I said, how dare you make me feel stupid in a room I'm paying for? We both.

[Sasheer]

I didn't know you were doing this because I was asleep. When you were going to the bathroom and you were sleeping when I was going to the bathroom. But we were both taking our phones, putting the flashlight on to the bathroom to get life.

[Nicole]

I was taking rude poos with my phone flashlight. And I was like, like, oh, man. This. It doesn't get any worse than this. This is bad. I was so mad about. I took two rude poos with a flashlight. Oh, my God. Oh. What I was gonna say is we haven't talked about Spago. I am a Wolfgang Puckhead. I am a big fan of Wolfgang Puck. My God. And Wolfgang Puck is in Gelson's. And I was like, wow. To be with the masses, you have to be of excellence.

[Sasheer]

That's what they say.

[Nicole]

Because you have to be so good at what you do for then to have it diffused for people who maybe can't afford Spago.

[Sasheer]

That's true.

[Nicole]

But I went to fancy dinner at Spago. Yeah. Sasheer. I have been searching for succulent, juicy chicken.

[Sasheer]

Oh, my goodness.

[Nicole]

Because, I don't know, sometimes at a restaurant, your chicken be dry.

[Sasheer]

This is true.

[Nicole]

And I recently got a rotisserie from Costco. No shade to Costco. I love Costco. $50 for a hot dog. Thank you. In this economy, that's a treat. But I did not like the rotisserie chicken. I find it to be a little dry, but this chicken at spot goes to sheer. I would write. I would write home about it. Wow. You know that phrase? I did.

[Sasheer]

I do know the phrase.

[Nicole]

I would.

[Sasheer]

That is something to write home about.

[Nicole]

I would write multiple letters home. What would you say, Mama, I wish you were alive so you could have this chicken. Papa, so sad you're gone so quick. I wish you were alive, too, to have this chicken. Sister, you're still with us. Want to come visit us? We can have this chicken. That's what I went.

[Sasheer]

Right. Okay. Nice.

[Nicole]

And the mashed potatoes were so good.

[Sasheer]

You love mashed potatoes. I love mashed potatoes. That's great.

[Nicole]

And then that nice man who spends time with me got quail. It was nice.

[Sasheer]

Quail meat.

[Nicole]

Quail meat.

[Sasheer]

Whoa.

[Nicole]

And it's. It's like little chicken.

[Sasheer]

It is.

[Nicole]

And the way they laid it on the plate was as if it passed away on the plate because they left its little bird legs there, which I thought was a little. A little egregious. Yeah.

[Sasheer]

Because then you have to cut the legs off.

[Nicole]

I thought that was a little wild, Wolfgang.

[Sasheer]

Feels a bit wild. Yes.

[Nicole]

But there was a bunch of stuff off menu that we got. A little pizza with salmon on it. Wolfgang out. You would love it.

[Sasheer]

I would love it.

[Nicole]

You would really like it. It's good. Okay. Also off menu bread. Bread.

[Sasheer]

Off menu bread.

[Nicole]

It was some of the best bread I've ever fucking had.

[Sasheer]

Why was it so good?

[Nicole]

I don't. It had a handle on the end. I don't know how to explain it. So I guess when they bake the bread, they twist the ends so the end piece has, like a little thing. And then you put your tomatoes in. Was good. Then the butter. The butter, Wolfgang. You did. The butter was so good.

[Sasheer]

It sounds good.

[Nicole]

And then I tasted that quail. That was good. And then a friend we were with. What did he get? He got some sort of fish. Maybe the branzino.

[Sasheer]

Okay.

[Nicole]

Tasty as. Wow. And then there was a souffle. So good. And then there was cheesecake. So good. And then there was something else that I said I think is good, but I didn't eat too much of it because I was busy with my souffle. And then we went to Cut by Wolfgang Puck.

[Sasheer]

Yes. In Vegas. And you got your molten lava cake. You're always looking for one.

[Nicole]

Love a molten chocolate lava cake. Because I think we've talked about it on this podcast. It was all the rage. It was all the rage in the late aughts.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

And then suddenly off the menu, for whatever reason. Because it's still delicious.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, very.

[Nicole]

And it was good. They tried to serve it with Earl Grade tea ice cream. I said, no, no. No offense, Wolfgang. I don't know more than you, but it should be vanilla.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

I'm not a chef, but it should be vanilla. Oh, actually, that's not a Wolfgang choice. That was the choice of their pastry chef.

[Sasheer]

Oh, there you go.

[Nicole]

So, Wolfgang, you're still good. No. Misses this bitch. No, I'm kidding. She was great. She was great. She was great. I really hope Wolfgang, like, hears me talk his praises and, like, wants to hang out with me.

[Sasheer]

I hope so.

[Nicole]

I really would like Wolfgang to cook for me, which is crazy.

[Sasheer]

Is that crazy?

[Nicole]

I bet that's a lot of people's fantasy.

[Sasheer]

Definitely. But I don't know, maybe. Maybe Wolfgang will have a cooking show or something where he invites celebrities to eat his food.

[Nicole]

All right. Food Network. I almost just said, food.com, it's on you now. But no, there's still a Food Network, right?

[Sasheer]

I think so.

[Nicole]

Food Network. Get on it, get on it, get on it. Get Wolfgang up in there.

[Sasheer]

Wow.

[Nicole]

Wow.

[Sasheer]

I hope so.

[Nicole]

And now I'm like, should I make A list of celebrity chefs and go to all their restaurants. There's a reason why they're celebrities.

[Sasheer]

Who else are celebrity chefs that have restaurants?

[Nicole]

I don't know. Ali, do you mind Googling?

[Sasheer]

I don't know many celebrity chefs.

[Nicole]

Well, Guy Fieri.

[Sasheer]

That's true.

[Nicole]

He's got like.

[Sasheer]

And you've been there?

[Nicole]

I have been to the Burbank Airport burger spot, but there's a. I didn't realize there was a full restaurant on the other side of the airport.

[Sasheer]

And that's. That's your mistake.

[Nicole]

That is my mistake. But I also think there's one in Times Square. But I'm never going to Times Square.

[Sasheer]

That's true. Maybe before a show.

[Nicole]

Oh, but if I'm gonna eat in Times Square before a show, I'm gonna go to Virgil's. Have you had Virgil's?

[Sasheer]

I don't think so.

[Nicole]

Some of the best ribs you'll ever fucking have right in Times Square. Can you believe.

[Sasheer]

I can't.

[Nicole]

They're so meaty and good.

[Sasheer]

Oh, sounds good. Oh, okay.

[Ali]

In la, right?

[Sasheer]

Yes.

[Nicole]

Yeah.

[Ali]

Okay. A lot of these answers are Top Chef contestants.

[Nicole]

Oh, interesting.

[Ali]

Have you. Either of you watched ever?

[Sasheer]

Nope.

[Ali]

No. Okay, let's see.

[Nicole]

Bobby Flay.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, that's a celebrity chef.

[Nicole]

I know Bobby Flay. He's got a.

[Sasheer]

He.

[Nicole]

Does he have a restaurant? Let's get flayed.

[Ali]

He should. Oh, yeah.

[Nicole]

And that's what he should.

[Ali]

Bobby does not currently have a restaurant in Los Angeles.

[Nicole]

Oh.

[Ali]

I'm deleting Bobby Flay.

[Sasheer]

And it doesn't have to be Los Angeles. We could travel.

[Nicole]

Yeah, we'll travel for food.

[Sasheer]

We could do a road trip.

[Ali]

Well, you know Robert De Niro owns Nobu.

[Sasheer]

I didn't know that.

[Nicole]

Robert De Niro. Yeah, that's Bobby. Dude of Scorsese fame. Yeah, the taxi driver.

[Sasheer]

The taxi driver himself.

[Nicole]

Little do we know, his side hustle after doing Scorsese films was Roland, Sushi, Osteria, Moza. I know. I don't know, Nancy. I've only been there.

[Sasheer]

Oh, Nancy, yes. Yep.

[Nicole]

Nancy. I guess I know more celebrity chefs than I thought.

[Sasheer]

So funny.

[Nicole]

Okay.

[Ali]

And then Brooke Williamson is a celebrity chef. Bobby Flay's current girlfriend is. Has a four in one eatery.

[Nicole]

Four and four and one. There's only three meals. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. What's the four? Dessert. It's a. Yeah.

[Ali]

Unique four concept casual dining spot. Four different dining experiences. I don't know what that means.

[Nicole]

Whoa. Choose your own adventure food. That's fun. Imagine you get your plate and they're like, pick it up. You gotta go to a different table for your next.

[Sasheer]

Have you done the. Or seen the restaurant that where you eat in the dark?

[Nicole]

I've heard of it. It scares me.

[Sasheer]

Why?

[Nicole]

Because you're in the dark. And what if they give me something I don't want to eat?

[Sasheer]

Okay.

[Nicole]

Do I get to look at a menu in the light?

[Sasheer]

Oh, that's interesting. Yeah.

[Nicole]

I don't know.

[Sasheer]

I don't know if you. Do you order ahead of time or.

[Nicole]

I don't know.

[Sasheer]

They just serve you the same stuff.

[Nicole]

Right. Because if a server is like, we have chicken, we have fish, we have steak. And I'm like, okay, well what is. What's in it? Like, what's it marinated? Like, are there going to be pickles, mustard, relish?

[Sasheer]

Yeah, I guess I would. Yeah. Interesting.

[Nicole]

Yeah.

[Sasheer]

Is the darkness really like to surprise you or is it just for your taste buds to take over and nothing else?

[Nicole]

I don't know. I also can see myself missing my mouth in the dark. Spilling all over my. I spill all over myself when I can see.

[Sasheer]

Interesting.

[Nicole]

Yeah.

[Sasheer]

I guess.

[Ali]

I'm looking it up and it's saying that it's a like a prefix menu every night so they don't look at it.

[Nicole]

Interesting. I don't think I'd be into that.

[Sasheer]

I think I would want to try it just to see.

[Nicole]

Is there one in La Ali?

[Ali]

There is.

[Sasheer]

Let's see.

[Ali]

It's down. It looks like it's downtown.

[Nicole]

Okay.

[Ali]

And it's called Fever.

[Nicole]

Fever.

[Ali]

Dining in the dark. Dininginthedark experience.com. and yeah, it's a nine course prefix menu. Right now they're doing a Peruvian culinary journey.

[Nicole]

Oh.

[Ali]

And it's dark. But then you're also blindfolded.

[Nicole]

Wow.

[Sasheer]

This is. You're really not gonna see anything.

[Nicole]

Wow.

[Ali]

It says guests will enter a darkened room and place a blindfold over their eyes before indulging in a nine course Peruvian tasting experience. It's a true foodie experience that promises to enhance your senses by eliminating. Eliminating one of them, your eyesight.

[Sasheer]

I'm into it. You don't have to be.

[Nicole]

I'll do it. I think I'll have a nice time.

[Sasheer]

I think so. It's at least experience.

[Nicole]

Will someone lead me around or their railings?

[Ali]

Your table will be presented to you on arrival with the help of our staff. Their staff. You'll be taken to the seats and seating plans are done five days prior to the event after they collect order forms. So I guess. Okay. So I guess they. You might put in your options ahead of time.

[Nicole]

How much is it?

[Sasheer]

Let's see.

[Nicole]

$10,000.

[Sasheer]

No way.

[Ali]

Lowest is 80.

[Nicole]

That's affordable.

[Ali]

Yeah. Two, two menus that include meat are 64 each with a 16 booking fee.

[Sasheer]

Okay. For an experience.

[Nicole]

Let's do it.

[Sasheer]

Let's do it.

[Nicole]

Okay. Pull out your calendar.

[Ali]

Well, it's.

[Nicole]

I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I wouldn't make you schedule on camera. You know what?

[Sasheer]

They would love that. I feel like we did do that one time.

[Nicole]

Probably like where are you free? When can we do this? Well, yeah, I would do that. I'm all. I'm down to eat in different ways. Why not?

[Sasheer]

Yeah, I love food. Speaking of eyesight, we. I had a hard time in Vegas.

[Nicole]

Yes.

[Sasheer]

Because my. I did have a doctor say that my corneas are weak.

[Nicole]

Honestly, there is a better way to phrase that. Nothing about you is weak.

[Sasheer]

Thank you so much.

[Nicole]

You are a strong, independent woman.

[Sasheer]

Thank you.

[Nicole]

You pulled yourself up by your bootstra. Yeah. You've been independent since you left home.

[Sasheer]

Exactly. Thank you so much.

[Nicole]

You're welcome.

[Sasheer]

Weak, but they are having some trouble. I can see but like my. Like when the light hits my eyes, it's very sensitive. Like a big pizza pie. Yes, that's the more.

[Nicole]

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[Ali]

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[Sasheer]

No, don't get my eyes.

[Nicole]

I have got. I. I've been having issues. So I don't have weak corneas. I have a astigmatism. Oh. So when I. So sometimes at night, the. The lights really spread out in a way that I'm like, is this safe? So I have contacts that have. I don't know. They're foreign. Astigmatism. I don't know. They're like, bulbous. I don't know. I don't know the science. I'm not an obstetrician. No. Optometrist. That's what it is. And the older I've gotten, the more I find myself leaning back and squinting my eyes to see. I'm like, this is not the life I want.

[Sasheer]

I know. Yeah. If I. I mean, there's been a few concerts that I go to recently where there's. Everyone has strobing lights, and I'm like, I feel old because I'm like, don't they know? Don't they know this hurts? And I'll be, like, covering my face or like, closing my eyes completely. But I have seen more people wearing sunglasses at concerts or dance clubs or whatever. And thankfully you had some sunglasses when we went to see Ashlee Simpson, because there was a Strobie part, and I was, like, trying to vibe with my eyes closed.

[Nicole]

And you were like, here.

[Sasheer]

I was like, thank God we had.

[Nicole]

Talked about it for a while, and it just never occurred to me that I always have sunglasses in my travel purse.

[Sasheer]

I'm so Glad.

[Nicole]

And then I finally was like, oh, my God. And then it really. Seeing you in my sunglasses almost disturbed me a little.

[Sasheer]

Oh.

[Nicole]

I was like, I have a big head because my sunglasses. You looked like an alien. They were so big on you. That's why I kept, like, taking pictures of you. I was like, you look like a fucking freak.

[Sasheer]

Wait, can you show me? Yeah, I don't think you showed me what the pictures look like. I mean, it definitely felt big on my face. It took up, like, half of my head.

[Nicole]

I was like, you're not that big on me. And. And it rocked me in a way that I was like, I have the biggest head in America.

[Sasheer]

Well, I think.

[Nicole]

I don't know. They do.

[Sasheer]

They still look big on you, but they also, like.

[Nicole]

They're huge on you. They look insane.

[Sasheer]

Wait, that actually is crazy.

[Nicole]

Yes.

[Sasheer]

It's, like, from, like, almost the top of my forehead to my nose, and.

[Nicole]

They don't look like that on me.

[Sasheer]

That's really funny.

[Nicole]

It's really wild. And then. Please hold. Okay. It just looks.

[Sasheer]

I'm just a dancing bug.

[Nicole]

Yes, you do look like a bug.

[Sasheer]

Interesting.

[Nicole]

Yeah. I have a big head.

[Sasheer]

Sorry about it.

[Nicole]

It's okay. Finding hats that fit is. Is hard.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

I have a big, furry bucket hat that when I wear it, I have to keep, like, pulling it down because it just, like, rises because my head is. It doesn't hug my head because it's, like, it's a little too small. But I love that bucket hat.

[Sasheer]

Maybe a tailor can, like, loosen up in the back or something.

[Nicole]

Loosen up my buttons, baby, as you can prepare.

[Sasheer]

Me. And I ain't say nothing. I'll tell you. Loosen up my buttons there. Huh?

[Nicole]

I think that's the reason why I'm not a hat girl. Oh. Also, my head gets so hot in a hat.

[Sasheer]

Oh, I like a hat. Well, maybe now, because I don't have any hair, so it keeps my head warm. I need the warmth.

[Nicole]

God, warmth reminds me of when I put in my calendar, sit in sashir's seat for heat. Have we talked about that?

[Sasheer]

No, we haven't.

[Nicole]

I. I constantly put things in my calendar, and I don't give myself clues or hints. And then things will happen, and I'm like, ah, I don't know. And then sometimes somebody will text me, like, a couple days before the day of, and I'm like, that's what that is. But nobody texted me about sit in sashir's seat for heat.

[Sasheer]

I can't even remember what it was.

[Nicole]

I simply don't Know, and it was for sometime in September, which is interesting because it's like, okay, summer ended, so I guess I have to get warm in Sashir's seat. But I don't. I don't know.

[Sasheer]

It's like memento. But on your phone, it is like, just little clues.

[Nicole]

What does this mean? What is it? What is it? I gotta figure it out. Then I find out my wife's dead. Right. That was the movie. Was his wife dead? And he was tattooing himself to remember.

[Sasheer]

Oh, he was trying. He was trying to figure out the. Like, I think who the killer was. But then it was, like, not what it was. I can't remember.

[Nicole]

Maybe he was the killer.

[Sasheer]

Maybe that was it.

[Nicole]

I don't remember.

[Sasheer]

All right, who did? Was it Christopher Nolan?

[Nicole]

Was it.

[Sasheer]

I think so.

[Nicole]

Chrissy Knowles?

[Sasheer]

I think it's like, one of his first things.

[Nicole]

Really wild slammed.

[Sasheer]

Slam.

[Nicole]

Right in the kiss.

[Ali]

Slam.

[Nicole]

He said, I make movies.

[Sasheer]

He really does.

[Nicole]

I simply don't help myself out in any sort of way. And then sometimes that nice man in my life will look at my calendar, and he's like, what is this?

[Sasheer]

And I'm like, wouldn't you like to know? Your guess is as good as mine.

[Nicole]

What did I like to know? And he was like, why don't you just put more context clues?

[Sasheer]

Too easy.

[Nicole]

I have started doing that.

[Sasheer]

Nice.

[Nicole]

I had a task rabbit come over yesterday to move a heavy chair for me, and he had to come back today with his brother to move a different heavy chair. And I wrote in my calendar, chairman returns with brother to move chair again.

[Sasheer]

It's like a whole story. Once upon a time, the chairman returned, this time with his brother.

[Nicole]

Well, I'm trying. Testing out, putting more information in my calendar.

[Sasheer]

Are the words so small when you type it out like that? It's really funny.

[Nicole]

Yeah. But, you know, I know exactly what's happening today. Chairman returns with brother to move heavy chair.

[Sasheer]

I like that.

[Nicole]

Thank you. I'm really trying to help myself out.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

Because sometimes it's stressful.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

When something's approaching and I don't know what it is. Shaking my dang head.

[Sasheer]

Shaking my dang head.

[Nicole]

And I don't. I've learned I don't ask for details.

[Sasheer]

That is also true.

[Nicole]

And I don't give details. We had to book a makeup artist for something, and you were like, do you want. Do you want me to text or do you want to text? And I was like, hey, I'd love to see how you handle this. And you put so much information that I was like, in no world would I have let that person know any of this. I think because I. I texted the makeup artist. We know, Jen. And I was like, jen, can you do our makeup? We just. We gotta look like this. And she was like, got it. But I can't do it. I was like, oh, okay. But that's probably how I would have texted that person. We didn't know. All familiar. Hey, man.

[Sasheer]

Well, he texted our. Our friend group something about like, are you guys like. Like, I can't remember what it was. Oh, you said the time. You're like 7:30 still good, right? And I was like, for our hangout on Monday. And I just added the rest of the details.

[Nicole]

It's tough. I guess I just think people are in my head.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

Get out of my head. Out of my head.

[Sasheer]

Right?

[Nicole]

Isn't that Ashley Simpson song?

[Sasheer]

Yeah, out of my. Out of my head.

[Nicole]

I'm gonna get out of my musical mood today. You are? It's cuz I've been taking them singing lessons.

[Sasheer]

It's true. Because you got a song in your heart.

[Nicole]

I have a song in my heart and a clear mind. Can I tell you something? Please. I've been buying so many things on sephora.com. okay. So much skin care.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

I've been having a good time.

[Sasheer]

Nice.

[Nicole]

So there's. It's called Glow Recipe. I think I've talked about them before in this podcast. Everything is like, fruit, fruit, fruit. Inspired.

[Sasheer]

Okay.

[Nicole]

It's good stuff.

[Sasheer]

Nice. Your skin looks great.

[Nicole]

Thank you. But also, I have earned a lot of insider points. Oh. So you can pick free gifts. And I've been using. It's a Korean skincare brand that begins with a S. The bottles are cream and orangey, and it's pretty good.

[Sasheer]

Nice.

[Nicole]

It's pretty good.

[Sasheer]

Are you, like, finding these brands? Like, are you researching them or are you just, like, stumbling upon them?

[Nicole]

You know the answer to that.

[Sasheer]

That's true.

[Nicole]

I am stumbling.

[Sasheer]

Okay.

[Nicole]

I am stumbling on things. So I think I'm gonna oscillate between this Korean brand that I found, Glow Recipe, and Crave, which I think is another Korean skincare brand. Because if I stay with something too long, my skin starts to look dull.

[Sasheer]

Oh, interesting.

[Nicole]

It's as if. It's as if I'm like one of those. What are they called in the X Men? That. That. That man. The scientists created them. The Sentinels. I'm a sentinel, and my skin is adapting to the things I'm putting on it that it's fighting back.

[Sasheer]

Wow.

[Nicole]

Okay.

[Sasheer]

Was That a good analogy. Yeah.

[Ali]

Yeah, yeah.

[Sasheer]

It's so specific.

[Nicole]

Yeah. I bet no one's ever made that comparison. I. Probably Sentinel.

[Sasheer]

Probably not.

[Nicole]

I'm pumped for the X Men movie. When's it coming?

[Sasheer]

Oh, man, I. Yeah, same, right?

[Nicole]

I'm so, like, I think they're writing it.

[Sasheer]

I think so.

[Nicole]

I hope so. I hope so.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

Who do we talk to? Kevin Feige? Mr. Figgy. Oh, when's it coming? Yeah.

[Sasheer]

I don't know, but they are, like. It seems like they're, you know, introducing them or, like, getting them in there. Because Beast was at the end of the Marbles.

[Nicole]

The. What was it called?

[Sasheer]

The Marbles. The Marbles.

[Nicole]

The Marvels.

[Sasheer]

With Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, and Tiana Paris.

[Nicole]

Oh, yes. I watched that on a plane.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

Oh, I didn't get to the. To the scene at the end. Oh, yeah.

[Sasheer]

In the after credits, Beast shows up. Ah.

[Nicole]

Oh, that's nice. And is it Kelsey Grammer, Nicholas Holt?

[Sasheer]

It might have been Nicholas Holt, but I can't remember.

[Nicole]

Okay. You know how many times I've seen Craven, right?

[Sasheer]

I don't know the number, but I know you watch it a lot.

[Nicole]

I was asked yesterday, because I was watching it yesterday, I was asked how many times I watched it this month, and I was like, four times. And I have never looked to see if there's an end credit scene in it. Is there? No.

[Sasheer]

Oh, okay.

[Nicole]

Sony rolled it out and said, we're not doing this anymore.

[Sasheer]

That's the end of that.

[Nicole]

Which I say to Sony, what are you doing? I don't understand why they don't lean into how campy these movies are. I'm having a great time. When we saw it in theaters, we had a great time. Your mom did it. She was like, it was a movie. And I was like, but you didn't love it. You don't want to go back in the theater and see it again.

[Sasheer]

She did not. No, she had enough.

[Nicole]

Oh, boy. But that's. I just. I have hope and glimmer and I see things other people don't.

[Sasheer]

This is true. You do.

[Nicole]

Hey, thanks.

[Sasheer]

You find joy where there's none.

[Nicole]

I really do. I can have a good time, truly, anywhere. Sad news. Nicole Kidman and that man broke up.

[Sasheer]

Keith Urban.

[Nicole]

Is that his name? I thought it was Toby. Toby Keith.

[Sasheer]

That is a country singer. Different one, though.

[Nicole]

Well, at least I got Keith, right? Yes. I'm sad. Yeah.

[Sasheer]

Yeah. It did seem like that was like, you know, that was gonna make it to the end, but no.

[Nicole]

And they're both Australian.

[Sasheer]

I Think that's. Is that right?

[Ali]

No, Keith is American.

[Nicole]

I don't know why I thought he was also Australian, I guess I don't.

[Sasheer]

Know if I've ever heard him talk.

[Nicole]

No. I've just seen his flat ironed hair and said, I love that he's still doing that. I love a person dedicated to a look. Chris angel, dedicated. Love it. Love it.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

And that's the only other person I can think of.

[Ali]

Oh, I'm wrong. He was born in New Zealand.

[Nicole]

He's New Zealand. New Zealand.

[Ali]

I thought he didn't. Oh, my gosh. Okay, I'm corrected.

[Sasheer]

Okay.

[Nicole]

Wow.

[Sasheer]

And then he came over here and became a country singer.

[Nicole]

That's interesting.

[Sasheer]

That's interesting. I feel like the country's very, like, American. Yeah. But that's cool. Good for him.

[Nicole]

Yeah, good for him. He. He was accepted to the country commune.

[Sasheer]

And there's black Americans that do country and they're not even accepted.

[Nicole]

That is wild. They were like anything but black people, truly. And that's. Ain't that a shame?

[Sasheer]

Ain't that a shame?

[Nicole]

That a shame. I wonder what his country songs are. I've never heard a Keith Urban song.

[Sasheer]

I don't know if I have either.

[Nicole]

Huh. I'm not a big country head. Yeah. But I do like soulful country.

[Sasheer]

Yeah. We liked Yola's country. Yeah.

[Nicole]

Walk the fire.

[Sasheer]

It's great.

[Nicole]

Or walk through the fire.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, Walk through the fire.

[Nicole]

So good. Top to bottom. What an incredible. What an incredible vocalist. Incredible, incredible, incredible vocalist. What's a Keith Urban song? What's his hit?

[Ali]

Love Pain and the whole crazy thing was one of his hit albums. And I think. Okay, it's saying that Somebody like you, which came out in 2002, is a one of his country essentials.

[Sasheer]

That was Adele song.

[Ali]

Stupid boy.

[Nicole]

Stupid boy. Who's that? Gwen Stefani.

[Ali]

That's pink.

[Sasheer]

Oh, that's pink.

[Nicole]

Well, sounds like he's doing covers.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Ali]

Wasted time, Days go by. Somewhere in my car Somewhere in my.

[Nicole]

Car where did I put my keys? I know there's somewhere in my car Hey, I could be a country singer. Well, that's fun. I've never heard of any of them. Should we answer queries?

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Ali]

Okay. This one is from Natalie, and it. She says, hi, best friends. You all used to take listener questions about whether something they do is weird or not. And I really need to know about this one. I was brushing my teeth last night and realized that about 75 of the time, I do it regular, I. E. Move the toothbrush around in my chompers. But around 25% of the time, I keep the toothbrush in place and move my mouth around it. And I don't mean that I do it regular three times and then maybe weird one time. I mean that every time I brush my teeth, I do a combo of moving the toothbrush and then moving my whole head. I'm pretty sure this is weird. So I'm mostly asking if anyone else does this. Bueller, thank you so much. And I'm so glad my best friends are back.

[Nicole]

I don't think it's weird because I think any way you brush your teeth, you're getting it done.

[Sasheer]

That's nice.

[Nicole]

That being said, people have said it's weird that I do this with. With the spinning head. Because you're like, you don't have to do that.

[Sasheer]

I do think you're supposed to move it a little bit.

[Nicole]

I think you're supposed to just move it because the brush is doing the work.

[Sasheer]

Oh, what do I do? I. I guess I'll have to go home and really pay attention.

[Nicole]

Get to the bottom of that, I guess. Yeah.

[Sasheer]

Maybe I'm just holding it. I don't know. But I also feel like I'm moving it too, but maybe I'm not. And then. But this person's asking about moving their head with the brush still. And I don't think I've done that before.

[Nicole]

I have, you know, spice it up, have a nice time.

[Sasheer]

A new option.

[Nicole]

You know, make myself giggle a little bit. Yeah. But I will. I think it hurts. I think it would get to. It would be just a little too much on me, but I don't think that's weird. I think it's a fun quirk. Yeah.

[Sasheer]

Yeah. I agree with you.

[Nicole]

Whatever.

[Sasheer]

Whatever gets the goal. As long as the teeth are clean, you're doing it right. Yeah.

[Nicole]

It's like someone asking a question that's like. I do this, like, dance every time I soap up my whole body. I'm like, do the dance.

[Sasheer]

Yeah, do it.

[Nicole]

Get the thing done.

[Sasheer]

One time I was at a friend's place and I was brushing my teeth and I brushed my tongue. Like, I guess I didn't think it was aggressively, but I just, like, brushed it. And they were like, wow, I've never seen that side of people.

[Nicole]

Was this me?

[Sasheer]

No. Oh, I was. But I was like, how do other people brush their tongue? I go, yeah, that's what I do.

[Nicole]

And then I have a tongue scraper.

[Sasheer]

Same. Maybe. I don't know. I have no idea. I don't know. I didn't ask, like, can you show me how you brush your tongue?

[Nicole]

How do you brush your tongue? I would have asked. I would have been like, yeah, I gotta see.

[Sasheer]

I gotta see the difference.

[Nicole]

Yeah. I don't know, like, are you gentle or something?

[Sasheer]

Yeah. Are they just, like, lightly brushing the brush? No. Yeah. You gotta get in there.

[Nicole]

You never really stick your tongue out.

[Sasheer]

Do you want me to like that or like.

[Nicole]

I don't know what I was expecting, but I feel like I'm always like, your tongue's always locked up.

[Sasheer]

I guess I do keep it in there.

[Nicole]

Yeah.

[Sasheer]

It feels weird, actually. It feels actually, like.

[Nicole]

Yeah.

[Sasheer]

Unnatural. Keep it in there.

[Nicole]

You're not. Well, I feel.

[Sasheer]

I feel like maybe you're, like, like, proud to show how small your tongue is. So it's always out.

[Nicole]

It really is always out, but it is just so small that sometimes it just sticks out Sometimes. To be honest, sometimes I'll stick out my tongue just to, like, clear my mouth a little bit because my tongue is so small that. But sometimes it impedes me speaking.

[Sasheer]

Oh, interesting. Yeah, I don't like Elizabeth.

[Nicole]

It's like when you shake it. Etch A Sketch clears me up.

[Sasheer]

That's really funny. They're actually. I don't know. I can't remember if I talked about it on the show or. Or with you, but there's like, an eye and tongue exercise is supposed to, like, help your brain or, like, like, kind of like a brain puzzle. So it's like, kind of like the same thing as, like, rubbing your tummy and patting your head. It's like you're already following me. So this one is like, move your eyes up and your tongue down, and then your eyes to the right and your tongue to the left and then your eyes like that. So it's like. But this is also your tongue out of your mouth.

[Nicole]

So be, like, humiliating for me.

[Sasheer]

I did that more.

[Nicole]

I feel crazy, right?

[Sasheer]

But this is, like. I don't know, it works your tongue muscles and your eye muscles and your brain muscles.

[Nicole]

Oh, and I'm never working out them brain muscles.

[Sasheer]

That's not true.

[Nicole]

Hey, thanks. Should we do one more?

[Ali]

One more, one more? Okay. This is from. This is called Making New Friends from Nell. My name is Nell. I'm 21, and I'm from a tiny, tiny town in rural Ireland. I love the podcast and all you guys so much. The pod feels like I'm listening to my friends catch up and just chat, which is great. I mean, I emailed in to see if you guys have any Tips or ideas for making new friends who are also people of color. I myself am mixed race, Irish and Caribbean and grew up in a large family. But because of being in a tiny town in Ireland where we were the only brown family growing up, and to this day, we still kind of get stared down walking around town. I don't have any friends of color and I just feel like I'm missing out. You know, I talk to my white friends about this and things like my hair or food or just cultural stuff and they don't seem to get it, if that makes sense. I lived in a big city for college for a few years and cities just aren't for me. But I don't know all of if I'll have to make that change just to meet more people like me. Sorry if this was a bit long. I love you guys and every week it's an absolute highlight and I can't wait to hear if you guys have any tips for finding and making more friends like myself. Lots of love now.

[Sasheer]

I like that we have listeners in Ireland.

[Nicole]

Me too. I'm tired to tea. It's Irish life for me. Oh, is that a pirate's life for me? I. It was a song in my heart.

[Sasheer]

Nice.

[Nicole]

But I think you're right.

[Sasheer]

Interesting. I mean, my first question is just because I have not. I don't know this rural town, but I am like, are there even other.

[Nicole]

Yeah.

[Sasheer]

People of color in this area? Which, you know, like, it's unfortunate to have to move to a place to meet people, but also, like, if that's the goal, it is okay to move to a place to find people like you.

[Nicole]

Yes. Here's my first thought. If you're trying to find local people in person, have a. Like, if it's like taking care of your natural hair, maybe you post signs around town being like natural hair care meetup and see who comes. And maybe people of color will come if they're there because they're like, oh, natural hair. I would like to meet another, you know, brown person here in Ireland. And then if. If you don't want to do that, if that's too vulnerable, I think Facebook might be a good option to like join a group that's.

[Sasheer]

That's.

[Nicole]

An interest that our friend has that might be black girl specific. Like, my aunt is in a group called Black Girls Run and it's a bunch of black women who run. So it's like, find an interest and then put like brown girls or black girls and hopefully you'll find black women or black people who have the same interests as.

[Sasheer]

As you. I think that's smart.

[Nicole]

Yeah.

[Sasheer]

Because maybe there are other people in your area or, like, at least near enough that have the same question of, like. Yeah, I also want to find more people of color. And so, yeah, hopefully there's either a group already created, or you can create.

[Nicole]

A group that's like Sisters of Ireland. The Sisters of Ireland are for me. Yeah. I think. I think it's just gonna be putting yourself out there, which kind of sucks.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

But won't it be nice if you do find maybe, like, one or two people that, like, share your experience and maybe you find that they're, like, local to you and you can have like, a little meetup once a month or something.

[Sasheer]

Yeah. And maybe ask your family, because if your family's also there, maybe they know other people in the area that are.

[Nicole]

Yeah.

[Sasheer]

That are Caribbean or black and.

[Nicole]

Yeah. Maybe your mom's hiding blacks from you.

[Sasheer]

Yeah.

[Nicole]

She hasn't told you about some yet.

[Sasheer]

I didn't know you wanted it. Wanted to hang out with more black people.

[Nicole]

So. Well, if you have a question or a query, we have an email address.

[Sasheer]

It's nicole and sashir Gmail.com.

[Nicole]

We also have a phone number.

[Sasheer]

That one I don't have memorized.

[Ali]

Okay. The number is 323-238-6554.

[Nicole]

Perfect. Hell. Hell, yeah. I forgot you were miked. And I was like, how are you gonna remember that?

[Sasheer]

Oh, yes.

[Nicole]

Ellie's mic. And it's fine. I was like. For a hot second, I was like, will she do it? And then when it didn't happen, I was like, oh, it's because Ali's mic.

[Sasheer]

No need. She took care of it.

[Nicole]

Sometimes you just have to sit for a second.

[Sasheer]

Goodbye.

[Nicole]

Goodbye.

[Ali]

That was a Headgum podcast.

[Sasheer]

What's up, everybody?

[Nicole]

I'm Kyle Mooney. And what's up, everybody? I'm back behind. And man. Ooh, I got. We got something to tell you. Oh, yeah, we definitely do. Yes. It's a brand new podcast on Headgum. That's right. And it's called what's Our Podcast? Yep. And that's because we don't have a single idea what our podcast should be about. Yeah, we don't. So we actually have guests come on and they tell us what they think our podcast should be about, and then we try it. Yep. Guests like Mark Maron, Jack Black, Brittany Broski, Kate Berlant, Bobby Moynihan, Meg Stalter and Tim Bolt, Landon Axler, Joanie McGree. And Dender. And Dender new episodes release every Wednesday, so subscribe to what's our podcast on YouTube or any of your favorite podcast platforms. Yeah, I'm going to go do it right now.