Giggling about bullies, blind spots, and red carpets

Summary

Giggly Squad Podcast Summary: "Giggling about Bullies, Blind Spots, and Red Carpets"

Release Date: July 22, 2025
Host/Authors: Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo

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1. Overcoming Fears and Passing the Driving Test

In this episode, Hannah Berner shares her personal journey of conquering a significant fear: driving. At 33 years old, Hannah recounts the challenges and emotions she faced while preparing for and ultimately passing her driver's test.

• Facing the Fear:
  Hannah opens up about her long struggle with driving, highlighting that she initially passed her test at 24, only to have her confidence shattered after a minor accident. She admits, "I passed my driver's test at 33. I. I am an inspiration in that..." (03:05).

• The Day of the Test:
  Hannah describes the intense pressure during her driving test, especially when faced with a red light scenario that left her feeling paralyzed. She humorously reflects, "I keep people on their fucking toes. Just when you think you get a hold of me, I've changed and I've evolved." (03:38).

• Instructor Interaction:
  The interaction with her driving instructor added to the stress. After a series of successful maneuvers, the instructor ambiguously informed her, "We don't tell you if you passed or failed. You'll see it online tonight at 6pm..." (15:17).

• Emotional Rollercoaster:
  Despite the anxiety, Hannah emphasizes the importance of perseverance. "If you failed, at least it would be good content for Giggly Squad," she quips, turning a stressful experience into a humorous anecdote (14:04).

2. Navigating Car Shopping and Vehicle Preferences

Post-driving test, Hannah and Paige delve into the topic of car shopping, debating the merits of electric vehicles versus more traditional, larger cars like Hummers.

• Electric vs. Hummer:
  Hannah expresses her preference for electric cars, pondering, "Why am I with the Kia?" (22:24). Paige humorously counters, suggesting a 2016 Hummer as an ideal choice, despite acknowledging its impracticality in urban settings.

• Practical Challenges:
  The duo discusses the difficulties of driving and parking larger vehicles in cities like New York. "Try parallel parking with that," Hannah jokes about the Hummer's size (23:27).

3. Supporting Family Amidst a Busy Summer

Balancing personal aspirations with family responsibilities, Hannah shares her experiences supporting her mother’s play in Shelter Island. This segment underscores the importance of familial support and the hectic nature of managing multiple roles.

• Suburban Motherhood:
  Hannah describes her summer as the busiest yet, filled with galas and supporting her mother's artistic endeavors. "I'm a suburban mother, and I... have the busiest summer I've ever had in my life," she admits (20:08).

4. The Dynamics of Sibling Relationships and Bullying

Hannah and Paige explore the complexities of sibling relationships, particularly focusing on how bullying within the family can shape personal growth.

• Personal Anecdotes:
  Paige reflects on her brother's influence, stating, "My brother has literally, like, in my almost 33 years of knowing him, he has been able to, like, change the course of my life with one word" (47:35).

• Growth Through Conflict:
  The hosts emphasize that experiencing bullying, especially from those who know you well, fosters resilience and personal development. "If you haven't been bullied... they're not fully developed," Hannah asserts (46:25).

5. Pets: Cats vs. Dogs

Shifting gears, Hannah and Paige discuss their experiences with pets, highlighting the distinct personalities of cats and dogs.

• Fostering Cats:
  Hannah shares her fondness for cats, describing one as "the most outgoing cat I've ever met" and another as quietly introspective. She contrasts this with dogs, remarking on their incessant barking and the challenges it poses, "The fact that they bark is, like, should be illegal. It's noise pollution." (60:07).

• Pet Personalities:
  Paige compares dogs to children, highlighting their need for leadership and constant attention, whereas cats are depicted as more independent and mysterious. "She is the table. A marble tablescape," Hannah humorously illustrates a cat's aloofness (62:20).

6. Health Trends and Personal Habits

The hosts reminisce about past health fads like juicing and share their current health routines, offering humorous critiques of wellness trends.

• Juicing Fads:
  Reflecting on the popularity of celery juice, they mock the excessive sugar content and the questionable health benefits, stating, "At least do a fruit... balance," (37:39).

• Modern Health Choices:
  Hannah talks about her reliance on plant-based meal shakes from Kachava, integrating them seamlessly into her hectic schedule. "Fuel your daily adventures with Kachava," she encourages (29:31).

7. Music and Pop Culture Insights

Paige and Hannah delve into the realm of music, specifically discussing Justin Bieber's latest album and its reception.

• Justin Bieber's Album:
  Paige praises the album, noting, "I'm obsessed with him. I think he's also, like, a genius," while Hannah appreciates the album's suitability for activities like Pilates, remarking on its motivational qualities (41:05).

• Generational Differences:
  They touch upon how different generations perceive Bieber's evolving music style, with millennials more receptive to his latest works compared to older listeners (42:39).

8. Manifestation and Positivity Techniques

The conversation shifts to the power of positive thinking and manifestation, with both hosts sharing their personal practices.

• Phone Backgrounds as Manifestation Tools:
  Hannah discusses setting affirmations as phone backgrounds to reinforce positive thoughts, "Set positivity. Don't pick a bad color. Don't pick a bad image," she advises (44:33).

• Writing Down Goals:
  Paige shares her experience with writing down manifestations, highlighting the subconscious benefits of verbalizing and visualizing goals (45:02).

9. Reflections on Growing Up and Nostalgia

Nostalgic moments emerge as the hosts reminisce about past activities and cultural shifts.

• Missing Toy Stores and Movie Rentals:
  They lament the disappearance of traditional toy stores like Toys R Us and the communal experience of renting movies with friends, recognizing these as significant yet lost joys (50:02; 51:25).

• High School Memories:
  The theme of high school summer resurfaces, symbolizing a desire to recapture youthful experiences despite the present realities (66:18).

10. Conclusion: Embracing Change and Staying Humble

As the episode wraps up, Hannah and Paige emphasize the importance of humility and adapting to life's unpredictable moments.

• Embracing Imperfection:
  Hannah concludes with a heartfelt message, "Whether I failed or passed, we giggle," highlighting their commitment to finding humor in every situation (68:45).

• Community Connection:
  They encourage listeners to share their summer stories for a chance to win exclusive merch, fostering a sense of community and shared experiences (66:35).

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Notable Quotes:

• "I keep people on their fucking toes. Just when you think you get a hold of me, I've changed and I've evolved." — Hannah Berner 03:38

• "If you failed, at least it would be good content for Giggly Squad." — Hannah Berner 14:04

• "The fact that they bark is, like, should be illegal. It's noise pollution." — Hannah Berner 60:07

• "I'm obsessed with him. I think he's also, like, a genius." — Paige DeSorbo 41:05

• "Whether I failed or passed, we giggle." — Hannah Berner 68:45

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Timestamps Reference:

• 03:05
• 03:38
• 14:04
• 20:08
• 22:24
• 23:27
• 29:31
• 37:39
• 41:05
• 42:39
• 44:33
• 45:02
• 46:25
• 47:35
• 60:07
• 62:20
• 66:18
• 68:45

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This episode of Giggly Squad offers a heartfelt and humorous exploration of personal growth, overcoming fears, and navigating the complexities of adult life. Hannah and Paige's candid conversations provide relatable insights, blending real-life stories with their signature comedic flair. Whether you're grappling with your own fears or simply in need of a good laugh, this episode delivers on all fronts.

Transcript

[Hannah]

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[Paige]

Feel like you've seen a lot of G wagons going to the Hamptons.

[Hannah]

Oh, my God. It's so many of the same cars. As a fellow driver, I'm like, hi. Hi, fellow drivers.

[Paige]

Oh, I didn't even put that together. I'm like, what in the hell?

[Hannah]

This is the thing. I passed on Friday and we've moved on.

[Paige]

Congratulations. What does it feel like to be a citizen?

[Hannah]

Love when you interview me. Oh, like a partially functioning adult.

[Paige]

Yeah. Like a contributing member of society.

[Hannah]

Hopefully I don't contribute too much because then people won't be safe. But, you know, I thought about this because a lot of people are listening, thinking, hannah, how did you do this? How did you overcome your fears?

[Paige]

Where did you take it again?

[Hannah]

Want to Long Island.

[Paige]

Okay.

[Hannah]

I want to let people know mental health moment. I passed my driver's test at 33. I. I am an inspiration in that, you know, when you just, like, define yourself as something. Like, I'm Anna, I'm many things, but driver, I am not. And I was like, she's quirky, she's silly, but she can't drive. And that's.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

And like, that's who I am. And I said, who am I to question that?

[Paige]

I really wish that every time you met someone a 15 second, like, she's silly.

[Hannah]

She's cool. She likes to go to school.

[Paige]

Yeah. Like, it's new girl, like, and it's Jessica, dad. Like, I wish, like, you knew what you were getting into. Kind of. Like, what did they pick tonally? Like, what's the aesthetic?

[Hannah]

It's like a trailer before you go on a date. Like, what the relationship is going to be. No, that was me. That was my character. And then I stopped and I said, you know what? I can change myself today. I can be someone new today. And look, is it off brand? Was it off brand for me to get married? Yeah. Everyone's still confused about it. But you know what? I keep people on their fucking toes. Just when you think you get a hold of me, I've changed and I've evolved. But I'd say this summer is my mental health. Summer of improving as a person.

[Paige]

You're kidding. I didn't know that.

[Hannah]

I didn't say it out loud because it wasn't really happening.

[Paige]

Sorry. Let me just back it up here. Was this an intention.

[Hannah]

Nope.

[Paige]

Let me put it in reverse. Let me three point, turn it for a minute.

[Hannah]

I know exactly what you're referencing. Parallel it for me. Parallel it, but make sure you check your blind spot. Wait, why is that gonna stick. Check your blind spot. Not me checking my blind spot 800 times. The driver says, like, did you see there's a blind spot. You gotta check. Check it again.

[Paige]

You know, that's the one piece of advice my dad gave me before I went to take my road test. He was like, I think you're gonna fail. Everyone in our family thinks you're going to fail, but keep checking your blinds.

[Hannah]

We have the same family. We have the same family. And for people who don't know, I did pass it once when I was 24, but I rammed the curb at the end, and my dad was like, I don't feel safe with you on the road. So I never had actual confidence. And I basically was like, look, I'm getting lessons, and I'm actually going to have confidence in my driving and become a good driver. Yeah, Des and I must have parallel parked, like, a hundred times.

[Paige]

You know, it is a sport. Like, it is actually a Sport. Like, there's NASCAR, there's F1. Like, so, like, it is out of your character to not drive and to also not be, like, amazing at it.

[Hannah]

I feel like, also, because I'm from New York City, not to play the New York City card, but, like, a lot of my friends don't have licenses.

[Paige]

Right. You don't need them.

[Hannah]

So at 33, like, I can only be so good at driving with the lack of experience that I've been in a car. Like, at one point, Des was like, how do you not have spatial awareness? And I'm like, because I literally never, every time I'm in a car.

[Paige]

Do you want to know what it's almost slightly similar to, which you hate.

[Hannah]

Don't say Frisbee.

[Paige]

Skiing.

[Hannah]

No, you're so right.

[Paige]

Yeah. Because you do have to have, like, you have to check your blind spot. You have to have such, like, spatial awareness.

[Hannah]

And, like, one mistake, you could die.

[Paige]

One tree, you're out. Wow, that got dark.

[Hannah]

But, like, that's why I love. I love jazz. I love stand up. You could. You kind of mess your way into it. Make mistakes, but keep going this. There's no room for error. And especially learning older. Like, I feel like when you're 16, you're like, all the kids are doing it. Let's go to Sonic. And.

[Paige]

Well, you're also similar to skiing. You're not as nervous to fall. Do you know what I mean? Like, you're not. You get right back up. You're like, oh, didn't even know. I almost just got off, like, a one way. Like, Oopsie. But when you're an adult, you're like, all. Everyone will die.

[Hannah]

And when you Crash when you're 16, your parents do the paperwork for you. Like, I have to deal with the paperwork now. Like, I didn't realize. Like, I have to deal with insurance.

[Paige]

One time, I was like. I think I was, like, 17. I might have even been. I might have even been 18. And I was pulling out of a parking spot, and someone was, like, driving by, and, I mean, I rammed right into them. I rammed into, like, the back of their car, though. Not, like, I didn't get, like, their whole family. Yeah, I didn't, like, t bone just the dog. I literally hit, like, the bumper, but I got out of the car, and that was the first time I had ever done that or ever been in, like, a accident, like, that fender bender. And I cried so much because I was in such shock of, like, that I did that to this lady that she literally was like, it's less hassle to deal with you, and I'm just gonna go.

[Hannah]

She's like, I'm gonna pay you to leave me alone.

[Paige]

I was like, wait a minute. Let me call my dad. Like, I'll know exactly what to do. I think she also heard my dad being like, yeah, God damn it.

[Hannah]

You go. Can you hold my hand? And we pray to St. Anthony together. She's like, leave me alone. Don't get religion into this.

[Paige]

He was like, are you kidding me? Okay, so I like, I need you to come here.

[Hannah]

No, I also. I had a really bad, embarrassing driving test experience. When. How old was I? A couple years ago, where I was practicing with dez, and Des was like, you're not ready. And I wasn't ready. And I was trying to just, like, wing it like I did the previous one. And I just immediately started and took a too tight of a turn. And the guy was like, you're going too fast. And that was too tight of a turn around. I was like, what?

[Paige]

You're done.

[Hannah]

You're done? You're done when I tell you. And it's so embarrassing. There's a line of, like, 40 cars. Everyone's watching you. Clearly, I fudged up so bad. He was like, I've seen what I needed to see. I've seen what I needed to see. So, like, you're embarrassed anyway. But of course, you know, with me, it's never. There's always a little bit of drama.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

So we get there. I'm feeling good. I take my beta blocker. It's kicking in I'm feeling zen as fuck. Like, the calmest you could be.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

And the way the test starts is there's a red light in front of a really busy road. And I'm in my head. I'm like, trigger blind spot. Like, make sure you cross over the arms. T don't T bone anyone. Like, I have a zillion things in my head. We're at the red light and all these cars are passing by. And then the cars. There's no cars, but it's still red light. And I'm like, in my head, like, I think you're supposed to turn right on red in Long Island. But I did not factor this into the test. Like, I was like, like hard wiring, not sure what to do. But I'm like, it's okay. It'll turn red eventually. Like, I mean, it'll turn green soon. It felt like 10 minutes I'm sitting in silence with this guy.

[Paige]

Anyone behind you?

[Hannah]

I think there was, but no one was honking. But, like, it was the beginning of the test and I just basically was like, I couldn't get myself to go on a red light. Like, I just felt. I just freaked out and just froze.

[Paige]

Well, because that is too. Not to defend you.

[Hannah]

No.

[Paige]

But like, in New York, it is different all over. Like, in New York City, you can't go right on red in. In Albany, you can go right on red in long. Like, I don't know if you can in long.

[Hannah]

In my head, you can. You're supposed to, but I don't. Cuz when in doubt, I will be fearful.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

When in high pressure situations, I will be scared. And I was immediately like, I'm not going. I'm not moving.

[Paige]

Yeah. I will freeze.

[Hannah]

I will freeze when a challenge comes my way. I will paralyzed. I'm paralyzed. I will fold like a cheap beach chair under the pressure. So DEZ is watching this. Like, oh, my God. Like, he's like, she's already.

[Paige]

Wait, how is he watching?

[Hannah]

So he leaves the car and he's standing there and watches me. Leaves to start the test.

[Paige]

Okay, got it. It's so.

[Hannah]

The whole thing's so embarrassing. Then also, you know me, I'm like, do I make a joke? Like, so the guy looks at me, I give him my ID and he looks at me and he goes, is this you? Which was a weird thing to say, but I was wearing my hair in a ponytail. So I go, yep, let's just move the ponytail now. And he, like, kind of giggled because the gigglers told me to put my Hair up and wear long earrings so they can see that you're checking all your mirrors.

[Paige]

No, the gigglers are witches.

[Hannah]

I pulled all the stops I had and they were sardine.

[Paige]

You've never worn a long earring in your.

[Hannah]

Never. I ordered sardine earrings. You would have hated them. But it made me, like, funny but also grounded, you know, like, I love animals, she loves classical music. Like I was trying to be someone I wasn't in this road test. What was the outfit that you picked? Oh, my God. So my driver, shout out Greg, who I have to get a present for. I'm so stressed. He told me not to dress too nice.

[Paige]

Okay.

[Hannah]

As a woman. So like they said the men to dress nice, like button up. But if you're a woman, if you dress too, like, sexy, they judge you. It's like literally female stand ups.

[Paige]

Oh, my God.

[Hannah]

That's what he said. So I just wore like a T shirt. And honestly, I wore basically what I'm wearing right now. I looked like a teenager.

[Paige]

A T shirt and shorts.

[Hannah]

T shirt and shorts. Hair up, sardine earrings.

[Paige]

Okay.

[Hannah]

You know, they said out loud, I don't trust that girl. I don't trust her at all. She's up to something. She's trying too hard. Nothing makes sense. You're not driving my child to school.

[Paige]

No. You're making me die.

[Hannah]

So wait four hours for this red to turn green. No, but it felt like we're literally in silence and I'm like, you know, I've, I've. When was the last time I sat in silence?

[Paige]

No, I'm literally. I have tears.

[Hannah]

Okay. So I get on the road and I am in the zone. Like, I'm like, you've trained your. You've trained all week for this. And like, also, I didn't have to tell the gigglers. Like, I could have done this, like, undercover. But yeah. And yes, it added, it added so much more stress to my life. But it is. Well, the reward is so much greater.

[Paige]

Yeah. And it also, I'm sure relieved a.

[Hannah]

Lot of stress relieve stress. Also I felt like if I failed, at least it would be good content for giggly squad.

[Paige]

Thank God.

[Hannah]

Thank God. So honestly, like, I was feeling myself, I was turning. He goes parallel park. I did it pretty far away from the curb. Like, didn't try to get fancy. And then I drove up, nailed the three point turn, like beautifully.

[Paige]

Yeah, those are always my favorite.

[Hannah]

No, I actually was like starting to have fun with it. I was like boopy boop boop.

[Paige]

You were like making it your Own.

[Hannah]

Then you know when you start showing off and you're like, I'm gonna do one more blind spot check just for fun. I'm gonna twerk. Back it up. You need anything? You good? Okay. Welcome to the Hannah Mobile. So then we're turning back, and I'm feeling like. I'm feeling the happiest I've ever felt in my life. Like, better than my Netflix special. Like, I. I don't know. I'm like, dreams do come true.

[Paige]

You're euphoria.

[Hannah]

I'm euphoric. But. But I'm also high as on beta blockers. Also. Is that legal? Anyway, so then he goes, okay, pull in. And DEZ is standing there, and immediately I'm like, do not hit the curb. Like, do not hit the curb. So I, like, pull in, and I'm like, beautiful. Far, far from the curb. I'm pretty far from the curb.

[Paige]

Okay.

[Hannah]

Which is not good.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

But I'm like, I nailed my parallel park. I nailed all. All my turns. But then the guy is like, we don't tell you if you passed or failed. You'll see it online tonight at 6pm because apparently new Yorkers have been assaulting the testing people when they failed. Like, the guy's like, you failed. They'd be like, what the fuck you talking about? And, like, fight them.

[Paige]

It's not funny.

[Hannah]

It's not funny.

[Paige]

It's truly disgusting is what it is. But also, also, I need Andy and a camera.

[Hannah]

Because.

[Paige]

What the do you mean that? The goddamn DMV can't tell you if you passed or failed because they're afraid for their lives.

[Hannah]

Also, like, I'm wearing sardine earrings. Like, I'm not hurting anybody. I'm like a cat. I'm more scared of you than you are. You know, like, but I also, I. I do understand. Like, I don't want the people feeling like if they tell someone they failed, that they might get hurt. That's crazy.

[Paige]

That's insane.

[Hannah]

But then I have to have diarrhe next six hours, right?

[Paige]

It's like, okay, well, why don't you send me the email?

[Hannah]

And, like, also, like, can you give me a blank? Like, give me like a.

[Paige]

Like, yeah, like, okay.

[Hannah]

But then I. Yeah, like, give me something. Give me a smile.

[Paige]

Literally. Be a girls girl for once in your life. No.

[Hannah]

Like, do you support women? Do you. You already know it's hard for us to drive. You already know we're struggling out here. And you. You already know. Also, I'm PMS. I'm PMSing. So bad, actually. My period was four days late, so I' pregnant at that point.

[Paige]

Okay.

[Hannah]

And like, yeah, I have literally something.

[Paige]

Sorry, where's the baby on board sticker.

[Hannah]

Mind you, the second I passed my test, I got my period. Because, you know when your body's like, so stressed out, it, like, can't even ovulate. So anyway, he leaves the car and I walk out of the car and I look at DEZ and I'm like, she's that girl. I was like, she did it. He goes, that's crazy, because the beginning and the end, the only parts I saw you completely fucked up.

[Paige]

No. And that man keeps you humble.

[Hannah]

That man grounds me.

[Paige]

No. Keeps your feet firmly planted and it's. It's beautiful.

[Hannah]

But then we obviously go to a diner after, as one does after you take a protest in wants how you find the nearest diner. And we sit there and I'm like, I passed. And he's like, you didn't take a right on red. And you, like, were 200ft from the curb at the end. He goes, that can't be good. So then we're googling like we're deep in red.

[Paige]

Yeah. Like, it's a series of points. Right?

[Hannah]

But. And it's literally, not to say like, I'm an Olympian, but, like, it's giving Simone Biles gymnastics. Yeah, you made one mistake. But how many points do they feel like deducting that day? Because, yeah, if you do one bad turn, they could also deduct for careless driving. Or, like, they could look, yeah, the.

[Paige]

World is really their oyster.

[Hannah]

They can get on power trips. And this man gave me nothing.

[Paige]

Now that you passed, they should probably. Probably be replaced by AI. Oh, like driving tests.

[Hannah]

Okay, Paige, that's.

[Paige]

Sorry, did I go too hard? And actually, well, let's have your job taken away and you're done. But also, I mean, to my friend. And so now I'm sending a robot.

[Hannah]

But also, I was trying to wait until like, you basically get self driving cars. And they basically have like, self driving cars now. But anyway, that's a whole nother scary issue. So we're sitting at the diner, literally, like people saying like, yeah, if you don't turn a right on the red, that's considered like, slowing down traffic, which is 10 points. And I'm. I've convinced myself I failed at that point because I've. Dez, who's, you know, foot is on my neck.

[Paige]

Like my.

[Hannah]

My biggest op. My biggest op at that point, doesn't believe in me, thinks I'm lying about it going well. He goes, so with the parking spot, how good did you park? I was. I did it. I did it. And then I'm questioning myself. I'm like, did I do it?

[Paige]

No. And this is how they get you. This is how they get.

[Hannah]

And this is part of the driving test. You have to fight your own demons.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

Oh, my God. So then I'm going to my mom's play on Shelter island for the historical society. She wrote, directed, acted, sang in it.

[Paige]

You are literally a woman about town this summer. Like, you have galas, you have historical societies. Like, you're wearing Vivienne Westwood on a. On a Saturday evening. Like, I'm like, who is this person?

[Hannah]

I'm a suburban mother.

[Paige]

No, you truly are.

[Hannah]

I'm a suburban mother, and I. Yeah, I'm not working, but somehow I have the busiest summer I've ever had in my life. But I had to support my mother. And, you know, that's the only thing.

[Paige]

That I will drop everything for.

[Hannah]

Drop everything for. As she would for me. As she would for me right before her play. Like, you have to keep checking.

[Paige]

Yeah, it's like getting into college, literally.

[Hannah]

Or like an STD test.

[Paige]

Yep.

[Hannah]

You're crazy, because you were like, tell me what time you find out. And I was like, 16:00pm, 6:00pm on the dot. You text me and you go, what the is going on?

[Paige]

I said, hello. Hello, hello, hello.

[Hannah]

And then, like, honestly, it was like rainbows, butterflies. I blacked out. I'm so happy. So now we're car shopping.

[Paige]

Have you driven since?

[Hannah]

Next day, we go car shopping. Shortly realized to test drive. The guy goes in the car with you, and I'm like, bro.

[Paige]

Respectfully, this is. It's ptsd. I just did this.

[Hannah]

No. Because he's like, make it right up here. And I'm like, what, are you judging me? Also, like, how many points?

[Paige]

Huh?

[Hannah]

How many points was that? I feel like, why do you have to. I was like, can you not watch? Can you look over there when I turn? Like, don't look at me when I'm driving.

[Paige]

Were you by yourself?

[Hannah]

I was with DEZ in the front. And then, like, the guy would be in the back, and he'd be like, yeah, take a right up here. And I'm like, sir, yeah, please. I've been around the block before. I've driven before. I drove yesterday. So we des and I have solar panels.

[Paige]

So imagine if you said, like, oh, this is where I learned to drive. Like, in this parking lot. And he'd be like, oh, my God. Are you from here? Like, you go to high school? You're like, literally yesterday, Des literally was.

[Hannah]

Like, she just passed a driving test. And the guy's like, oh, nice. And this is like, yesterday. And he's like, are you worried? And I'm like, no, but you should be just like, kept joking. But also, driving a new car you've.

[Paige]

Never drove is like, yeah, yeah, no, you have to do.

[Hannah]

I was nervous. Like, I couldn't figure out some things. I was nervous. But we want to get an electric car for me. Why am I with the Kia?

[Paige]

Are you.

[Hannah]

There's like a Kia E6 that, like, looks cool because I don't think I.

[Paige]

Should get a nice car. Does is not a nice car guy.

[Hannah]

No, he is, but he's. Look, I can get whatever car I want. But he's like, maybe we get a starter car before you get a big.

[Paige]

I mean, I didn't really think that, like, yeah, it is kind of like giving a 16 year old, like, look.

[Hannah]

Should I get a Lambo and let the gigglers just, like, hang off the side of it? Yeah. And run around New York City with my top down. Wait.

[Paige]

Literally, if there's any car that I could vote for you to get, it's like a 2016 Hummer.

[Hannah]

I go, I want an electric Kia. And you go, no, get a. Get a Hummer.

[Paige]

Wait, I used to want one of those so bad, and my dad was.

[Hannah]

Like, those things don't even fit in New York City.

[Paige]

You can't like. No, you're not getting a freaking Hummer.

[Hannah]

Try parallel parking with that.

[Paige]

That was a car I wanted, but.

[Hannah]

That was also like, a very specific time in our culture where there was.

[Paige]

Like, it was literally six months.

[Hannah]

I wanted it. There was like, the bedazzled phones, which I had to do, and the Hummer, the Motorolas. So, yeah, I'm thinking of, like, an electric car. And I'm. And I'm gonna keep testing them, but it's fun. I feel like an adult. Like, I feel like.

[Paige]

No, I mean, you are 30. It's crazy how fast they grow up.

[Hannah]

I'm like, grown, and I feel like. I don't know, like, I'm, like, telling people directions now.

[Paige]

I feel like I have been like, we live in each other's brains. Because, like, recently now I'm like, I haven't driven in so long. Do I remember how to drive? And, like, I started getting nervous.

[Hannah]

No. Don't let my insecurities creep up on you. But I do have to say I've been getting messages from gigglers being like, hey, I'm 38, I never drove, but if you could do it, it's given me confidence that I could do it. And I said, you know what? Period. So anyone stay off the roads right now because the gigglers are experimenting?

[Paige]

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[Hannah]

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[Paige]

Years.

[Hannah]

I'm obsessed. It's so easy to just grab at any time of the day. Morning, night, eat that snack wrap.

[Paige]

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[Hannah]

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[Paige]

Let's start the pod. Literally let's start the pod.

[Hannah]

Shout out to one of my favorite outfits you've done which.

[Paige]

What? Oh, for las culturistas Sophia Loren.

[Hannah]

Adding the hat. It's not done a lot like people aren't doing a matching hat and it takes a particular head shape that most people don't have. First thing I thought of.

[Paige]

Thank you.

[Hannah]

You had to get it custom probably fitted. No, no, it fit your head perfectly as, as it would. And you were like embodying the character. Tell us, tell us about this look.

[Paige]

Let me tell you the story behind it. So last culturistas was doing their first ever, like, televised award show. I'm not kidding. And you know me, I don't like being out of the house. I certainly don't like going to social events. I went by myself. I had to get on a plane to go.

[Hannah]

Basically, Fiji.

[Paige]

I was, like, nervous to go. I was, like, nervous about my look. It was. I felt like I was really like, risky, gang, whatever. So on the invitation, it said 1940s themed. Like, it was 1940. The red carpet was supposed to be like, 1940s glamour. So I was like, oh, if there's a theme, I'm doing the theme. And then when I walked in, I was like, oh, okay. So no one else wanted to do the theme. Got it. So, like, that is what first happened to me.

[Hannah]

So you never mind being the most well dressed in the room.

[Paige]

Oh, being, like, overdressed.

[Hannah]

Yeah, you never mind it.

[Paige]

I would take being overdressed than underdressed any day of the week.

[Hannah]

True.

[Paige]

Like, I rather walk in someplace and people be like, oh, my God, why is she wearing that here? And it'd be like a ball gown. Rather than, like, my see, like, me.

[Hannah]

Walking somewhere in a ball gown and everyone's in normal clothes. I'll have. That's my panic attack.

[Paige]

It was so funny. Like, they are 100% going to get asked to host the Golden Globes.

[Hannah]

They.

[Paige]

I don't want to give too much away because it's airing. I think it airs August 5th on Bravo, and then it's on Peacock. I haven't laughed like that consecutively and, like, been happy to be out in so long. And I literally. I'm like, oh, my God. And I'm by myself. Like, I'm having the best time with myself. Oh. So when I sat down, there was a seat. There was two empty seats, like, on either side of me. And Gabby, Wendy and her wife, Robbie. Robbie. Robbie Hoffman were sitting next to me. They were so nice to me. I, like, leaned over and was like, just want to say, like, I'm a huge fan of both of you. And Gabby immediately was like, did you come by yourself? Like, you can sit next to us. But I was like, I think there's someone that's supposed to be sitting here. But they were so nice. And I just. No. And it was just the best time ever. So once it airs, I will give, like, more spoilers about it. But it was just so much fun.

[Hannah]

You would get along with Robbie and Gabby because they are the Reality TV comedy couple.

[Paige]

No, I felt like it was like, us.

[Hannah]

No, I love them so much. Oh, Paige almost spilled her entire Duncan refresher on Daphne, except that I'm an actual.

[Paige]

Did you see that athlete?

[Hannah]

Yeah. Let's do a replay on the YouTube. Slow mo replay. Well, your fingers are so long, you, like, grabbed it with the tip of your finger.

[Paige]

That was crazy.

[Hannah]

That was crazy.

[Paige]

None even got on my floor.

[Hannah]

I mean, we. Look, it's a sports podcast. Literally. No, but yeah, the look. Nailed it. It's funny. You were nervous about it, and I was just immediately like, maybe it's because I. I do have crazy looks on carpets. I was like, that's chill. That's a chill.

[Paige]

Nice.

[Hannah]

Good look.

[Paige]

I felt like it was like I had this picture that I was trying to, like, kind of recreate, and I just, like, felt like I just got back from Italy. Like, I was super tan, and it was just. And also, here's the other thing on why I did it. It was girls and gays. It was a night for the girls and the gays.

[Hannah]

Also, there's. You don't need an explanation for anything, but I feel like you're in a creative place, and I'm really inspired. I'm inspired. Can I have a quick warning? Psa? We've all been drinking from our Stanleys. I don't know if we all are washing our Stanley's property properly. And by we, I mean me and you too. Are you putting your hand up as well? Okay, I thought that, you know, after I finished my Stanley, I put the water in it, and it's washed somehow. I see the straw of my Stanley, and it's hum.

[Paige]

It's humbling.

[Hannah]

What? Yeah, live animals are living in a full ecosystem in the straw of my Stanley. Like, and it's because I put my electrolytes in every day. So if you put sugar in it, which that's all I'm doing. I'm drinking sugar with a little water.

[Paige]

And God forbid you're a girl who wants to throw a lipstick on once in a while.

[Hannah]

It's like, God forbid you have a peach. You know, road lip.

[Paige]

God forbid you have a literal peptide. A peptide going into your lip pores.

[Hannah]

When I tell you I've been just drinking straight mold from my Stanley, which, by the way, tastes kind of good for who knows how long. So now I'm worried. Like, do I have everything that TikTok says I have?

[Paige]

Okay, well, as a longtime Stanley drinker, I would classify myself as I went through this, like, epiphany a couple months ago. And so I ended up ordering, like, a bunch of new extra straws.

[Hannah]

Yeah, you just throw it away.

[Paige]

I throw them away. Or like, I. Then I can, like, rotate washing them because it's like, okay, well, I can't take 15 minutes out of my day every day to deal with the Stanley situation. Like, what do I look like? You know, I don't have kids. I don't have to go as hard. Like, well, you.

[Hannah]

They have, like, Stanley straw cleaners that you can buy, which, again, that's above my pay grade. Like, that's so organized to be like, oh, time to clean the straw. Let me use my accessory. Like, we're not doing that.

[Paige]

We're not doing everything in the dishwasher. I'm doing it the normal way. Like, with the. In the faucet. Whatever.

[Hannah]

Yeah, you're. Pull out and pray. Pull out and pray.

[Paige]

I feel like I have so many Stanley's now that I just, like, started rotating them.

[Hannah]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Paige]

And I. I was like, because I can't.

[Hannah]

And your apartment's so big. You can fit so many Stanleys, as in, like, five of them.

[Paige]

I literally think I might have five Stanley's.

[Hannah]

Do you know what this made me think about? H. What happened to juicing?

[Paige]

Like, juice cleansing?

[Hannah]

Yeah. And, like, do you remember when juices were, like, the thing, like, every block in New York City was a juice store, and then the girls woke up.

[Paige]

It was Gwyneth Paltrow. Remember when Gwen would do that, like, crazy juice cleanse, and she would say she would do it, like, once a year?

[Hannah]

Yeah. But then, like, people were doing it, like, every day. You should have a green juice and all this stuff. And now, like, one day woke up, no juices anywhere.

[Paige]

Remember when everyone was doing celery juice?

[Hannah]

Yeah, that's.

[Paige]

That was disgusting. Celery juice is disgusting.

[Hannah]

At least do a fruit.

[Paige]

The thing with juicing is, I think. I think it, like, was.

[Hannah]

It was.

[Paige]

I realized it was such. There was so much sugar. When you, like, did that to the fruits and vegetables.

[Hannah]

It was actually, like, a lot of calories. It's like, just eat an apple.

[Paige]

Yeah. And so I think it just kind of fell off.

[Hannah]

You don't need nine apples, which, you.

[Paige]

Know, it's so crazy. And this is way above our pay grade. This is above our pay grades pay grade.

[Hannah]

Ye.

[Paige]

Why do the composition of fruit, like, the sugar in fruit change when you blend it into, like, a smoothie or, like, juice it into a juice? It's like, who told you to be that Self aware as a fruit.

[Hannah]

I feel like it loses nutrients when you.

[Paige]

Yeah, how?

[Hannah]

I guess because the. Oh, my God. My brain just malfunctioned.

[Paige]

Like, it gets.

[Hannah]

You hear that? Like, I. Oh, my God. Ow. Something hurts? No, I hurt something in my head. I pulled something in my fucking forehead.

[Paige]

You glitched.

[Hannah]

I just, like, wow. Power down. Power.

[Paige]

You know, so that, like. Because I would drink a smoothie every single day, but I just feel like they're not actually good for you.

[Hannah]

No, it's dessert.

[Paige]

And I'm already. So I eat way too much sugar. Like, I love sugar.

[Hannah]

I love a banana strawberry smoothie. But my, like, trick is to throw peanut butter in it because then it tastes like a cookie. And turns out you shouldn't be having, like, tons of peanut butter every day in your smoothie.

[Paige]

Like, hey, Also Also turns out that you. That acai bowl is, like, not that good for you. Okay, then stop marketing them with the other healthy bullshit.

[Hannah]

Yeah. Why is a girl wearing a sports bra holding the acai bowl if it's ice cream? Literally, why is it in the equinox?

[Paige]

Why? It's a hot fudge sundae.

[Hannah]

The peanut butter, I'd get in those. I loved that.

[Paige]

No, I love.

[Hannah]

And then they put cacao nubs on it. Cacao nibs. That's chocolate, babe. You're just.

[Paige]

No, that's chocolate.

[Hannah]

Chocolate and acai.

[Paige]

Just because that chocolate is, like, European does not mean that you can't set.

[Hannah]

Balance just because it's crushed up differently. It's the same. It's the same. So anyway, we're just warning you guys, don't be tricked. Like, don't get tricked.

[Paige]

I don't know how we got here, but I do want to speak on something.

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Paige]

The Justin Bieber album. Have you listened?

[Hannah]

So I did listen, but it was, like, in a car, and the car was kind of loud and it was kind of low, so I didn't have, like, the right experience, you know, when, like, it wasn't ideal.

[Paige]

Totally. No, I totally get it. I feel like one. I think it's amazing. I love it. Like, I think every song is so good. And I think that the people, some people that are hating on it are millennials that like.

[Hannah]

Like.

[Paige]

And I'm a. I love being a millennial. I think that wanted, like, his dance music that he did when he was, like, 13. And I don't want that Justin Bieber, like, I love this new era, new vibe.

[Hannah]

I'm obsessed with him. I think he's also, like, a genius. I do think this album is, like, really good Pilates music for, like, the beginning of the session when you're, like, you're getting into it and you need to get hyped, but you don't want to be, like, too pumped up. It's, like, perfect. Like daisies.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

And then. And then. And then you're getting the pelvis involved.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

And then you're lifting the glutes. Sorry. I've been. I've been doing a lot of Pilates lately.

[Paige]

Oh, my God. Wait, that. You're really. You've been really describing things today that are just, like, spot on. I feel like.

[Hannah]

Wait, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me because I actually, like, I'm bad at this. I'm bad at words in general, but I'm working on it. Wait, but Justin Bieber also. This is the thing. I feel like real music people really like it, but then there's, like, top 40 people who are like, where's the chorus? Because there's like, totally. And he's a chorus master. Like, he could make anything sound like a bop. So he almost, like, he's choosing to be like, let me take you on this lyrical journey.

[Paige]

And I don't think I'm creative in a musical sense whatsoever. I'm simply just an observer of what I think sounds good to my ears. Or not. Like, so I wouldn't know about a chorus or about you just, like, the vibes. I like the vibes.

[Hannah]

Were you high?

[Paige]

No.

[Hannah]

Okay.

[Paige]

No. I've listened to it a lot. Like, I've actively gone on my Spotify and played it.

[Hannah]

We don't talk about, like, how good his tone of voice is.

[Paige]

No.

[Hannah]

And I'm not even being nostalgic. It just is a good voice.

[Paige]

Well, and also, like, as his voice has changed, obviously, like, as he's gotten older, he's still, like, it still sounds good.

[Hannah]

Yeah. Yeah. Speaking of boyfriends slash husbands, DEZ and I had an interesting moment the other day because he sent me something, and I pulled it up on my phone, and he was like, why is my name DEZ Bishop in your phone? And I was like, that's your name? And he was like, you have my government name in your phone. And I was like, when I met you, I put your name in. And that's what happened.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

And then he showed me his phone, and it's Burn with, like a heart. Because I think I put that in as that's how I did it.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

And he kept it, which is cute. But this is the Question. Is it psychopathic that I have my husband's government name? I think, look, that's your name.

[Paige]

No, I have so many friends who are, like, married and for, like, a couple years, and I still have, like, Katie's boyfriend, Cam, and I'm like. Like, I'm not changing that to his government name or, like, who. Or like, her husband, you know? Like, I feel like it's how you had it in before. It's very nostalgic. Yeah.

[Hannah]

Yeah. That's fate. I agree. Also, I've been dabbling with manifestation, as you know, for years now.

[Paige]

Yes.

[Hannah]

And I wrote I will pass my driving test, like, 400 times. I saw that because Coco Groff wrote, I will win the French Open. And she did. And it's, like, pretty similar. So I realized if little ways of manifesting is to set your phone background to something that's like, channeling. What, like a mood? I think your phone background, because you look at your phone 8,000 times a day.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

Is a really good opportunity for manifesting.

[Paige]

I agree with that.

[Hannah]

Like, don't pick a bad color. Don't pick a bad image. Pick positivity.

[Paige]

I feel like also, just like, writing. You don't even have to write it 400 times, but if you have it in your phone somewhere and you've written it down and you. I don't even feel like you have to go and look at it. Like, I feel like it just, like, that energy being with you.

[Hannah]

Yes. Us. Love wins.

[Paige]

Love is literally all you need. Because I remember this is how I really got hooked on it. I one time, like, wrote down, like, things I wanted to manifest. This was when I lived in, like, my first apartment. And I lived in that apartment for, like, five years. So when I finally moved, I found that piece of paper because it was like, like, put in some random book. And when I looked at the piece of paper, I had done all of the things, but, like, I'd forgotten about that. I. I mean, I don't even know where it went.

[Hannah]

I really have chance.

[Paige]

And that's when I really, like, started getting hooked on it. And so then I would always, like, write down what, like, my manifestations.

[Hannah]

Hooked on phonics.

[Paige]

No. Do you know, my brother used to call me that when I was in middle school because I knew that because I couldn't read. Oh, God, no.

[Hannah]

The bullying was so important.

[Paige]

Funny.

[Hannah]

No, it was so important.

[Paige]

Not only was it important for my growth, but.

[Hannah]

People who haven't been bullied are not, like, fully grown developed. They're not developed. If you haven't been bullied. Like, what have you dealt with in your life? And, like, bullied by, like, people who know you?

[Paige]

No, like, they know it's really important to be bullied specifically by your siblings.

[Hannah]

I think by someone that knows you in and out and can really find the.

[Paige]

The root cause.

[Hannah]

Yeah, the root cause, the weaknesses right there. I don't want a random person. Tell me something that's not bullying. No.

[Paige]

My brother has literally, like, in my literal. In my almost 33 years of knowing him, he has been able to, like, change the course of my life with one word. Like, I've had boyfriends before, and, like, we'll be somewhere, and my brother will, like, lock eyes with me across the room. He'll say one word, and I will have to immediately break up with him the next day. So, like, the bullying, it does not end. And I'm actually more thankful for it now.

[Hannah]

No, because he's a real one.

[Paige]

Yeah, because he's like, if no one's gonna tell you, Mom's not even gonna tell you. Guess what? Hey, guess what? Everyone in the family is too scared to tell you. Like, that's how most of my phone calls start out. I feel like with my brother, hey, guess what everyone's been talking about.

[Hannah]

He goes, look, we've all had a meeting, and this is what we've come up.

[Paige]

The High Council has come together, and they've decided that you're done.

[Hannah]

You're done. I do think that what's interesting is we have the same family dynamic of a boy, a girl, and parents. And I feel like it's great because there's. I love that you can turn on anyone at any time. Like, we can all turn on dad.

[Paige]

Totally.

[Hannah]

We can do us versus the parents. It could be the girls versus the boys. Like, there's so many good teams that can be built.

[Paige]

You learn camaraderie, and you learn that life has ever changed.

[Hannah]

Alliances change in a second. Alliances change in a second. And then when the siblings turn on each other, that's. That's when shit gets dark. Because, yeah, you're not strong without each other. The parents, they normally have each other's back. So when you lose each other, then it's haywire.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

Then it's scary.

[Paige]

I do think, obviously, not that I'm a parent, but, like, my mom genuinely wouldn't let me and my brother fight for longer than, like, a couple hours or, like, a day. Like, we never, like, ended the day fighting, you know? And I think that, like, is important for siblings.

[Hannah]

Yeah. I mean, I feel like I never fought with my brother that much. He would just like, yeah, we'd be like annoyed.

[Paige]

Gary would just like beat me up. But like we didn't like what were we fighting about? But that was, I think that's like important.

[Hannah]

I remember what we'd fight about. Nintendo. Nintendo was the source of all our drama as kids.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

Because I would play Pokemon and there was. This is the thing. Look, I come from humble beginnings. God forbid. We had two Nintendo's, we had one Nintendo that we had to fight for every second of the day. And look, I was stronger.

[Paige]

You know what's funny is like thinking about having kids now. What is how do as the parent, how do you know what the cool toy is for that age group?

[Hannah]

Oh, because yeah, you can't like ask what are the kids doing? Because they're like three and can't talk.

[Paige]

Yeah. Like how do you know what to get?

[Hannah]

I guess you have to start and.

[Paige]

Do you want to know what's crazy is like their toy stores aren't a thing anymore. Do you remember that as like a child going like the first time you ever toy stores could really remember going into like a big toy store that you were just like, what the is.

[Hannah]

This is Toys R Us gone, gone. You have to find mom and pop shops now. It's AI now.

[Paige]

No. That is so sad to me. Like I had to order a friend, like a friend's kids toy. And I was like, I guess I'll just get it on Amazon. Like I don't know.

[Hannah]

And you like look at what charts the highest. But yeah, and honestly kid stuff does well. But that's what mommy vloggers are for. To be like, hey. Also there are kids who are like really, really famous on YouTube. Like a 5 year old bo is like hugely famous. All he does is like they put a toy in front of him and he's like, he'll be like gladiator, yes or no. And the toy companies would be like, no, Jeremy didn't like it. We're fucked. We're fucked.

[Paige]

No, I don't want to ever get into that world.

[Hannah]

One thing I do miss though is going with your friends to rent a movie.

[Paige]

Yeah, that is like a very, I think about. That's probably one of the number one, like niche nostalgic outings that I think about the most.

[Hannah]

Because you're like, tonight's gonna be crazy.

[Paige]

And regarding this, we're getting the Spice Girls movie for the 18th time and.

[Hannah]

It'S gonna be so good. And. And one of us is gonna fall asleep and the other one is gonna.

[Paige]

And no one talks about how the candy Spice Girls movie actually never made sense.

[Hannah]

No. But do you heard the. They're like getting back together.

[Paige]

Really?

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[Hannah]

Have you seen this Nelly and Ashanti show?

[Paige]

No.

[Hannah]

There's a reality show. Nelly and Ashanti are, like, together.

[Paige]

I knew that, but.

[Hannah]

And it's like a TV show about their relationship. Like a Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey type thing.

[Paige]

On what channel? Why is that. Why. Why is that not coming up in my algorithm?

[Hannah]

How did that not come across her desk? See, I'm the biggest Nelly Ashanti fan ever.

[Paige]

What now? Where is it airing? Like, what?

[Hannah]

I actually don't know. We need Chris. But Chris left us for dead today. Just kidding. We're virtual, so he's not here. So I want you to watch that show and report back that.

[Paige]

Let's just for a moment. Them being together is also not to be nostalgic, but, like, hello. That's like prom king getting married, like, years later. It feels like, for whatever reason they feel like to me, like, they were high school sweethearts.

[Hannah]

They were. It's. It's like love wins. Also, can Ashanti drop some bangers?

[Paige]

Yeah, Like, I'd love if they came out with, like, an album right now. Oh, imagine if they did a tour and it was just them. That would be amazing.

[Hannah]

I feel like everyone's, like, touring, but, like, Kesha's back. Have you seen Kesha stuff?

[Paige]

I haven't seen that.

[Hannah]

Our algorithms are so different.

[Paige]

So different.

[Hannah]

I'm.

[Paige]

This is great. Wait. I'm going to Hannah's house in, like, a couple weeks for the weekend for, like, 10 minutes. Let's just take each other's phone and go on TikTok and see, like, what each other's mental illness is.

[Hannah]

Yours is just hummers and actually, I haven't been on TikTok in four days. Not on purpose.

[Paige]

Oh, my God.

[Hannah]

But I've also been. I've been driving.

[Paige]

Okay, you know what?

[Hannah]

I've been driving around. Quick name drop. Yeah, I had a good follow this week that, like, you know when someone follows you and you're like, yeah, Bobby Flay.

[Paige]

Stop.

[Hannah]

I know, I know.

[Paige]

That is a really good one because what does he have in common with you?

[Hannah]

Okay, okay, first of all, he's from Queens.

[Paige]

Oh, is he?

[Hannah]

So he's literally my alley and he's a zaddy, but, like, I'm taken.

[Paige]

Wait, you actually. You want to know something? His daughter, I've met a couple times.

[Hannah]

Really? She.

[Paige]

She is. Well, he. I think he used to have a house in Saratoga. So he was always, like, in Saratoga during the summers. And she's, like, friends with one of my girlfriends, so I'd met her a couple times. She is the nicest person I've. Like, every time I've seen her, she's always, like, been so nice and, like, remembered my name and, like, whatever.

[Hannah]

Well, after this pod, we'll find out if she's a giggler.

[Paige]

She does the news in la. She's on, like, their local news.

[Hannah]

Oh, my God. I have to look into the this Bobby Flay lore. But fun fact about Bobby Flay, he loves cats, and he has his own cat food company.

[Paige]

He. I didn't know that.

[Hannah]

And when I'm on the road and they don't have Netflix on the tv, I watch Beat Bobby Flay as my comfort show.

[Paige]

My favorite was when he was on Entourage.

[Hannah]

Oh, my God. Was he good?

[Paige]

Well, he was sleeping with Ari Gold's wife, and it was like.

[Hannah]

It's.

[Paige]

It was just a really good.

[Hannah]

Wait, that's really funny montage. I think he likes comedians, but he also might have seen that I like that I'm fostering cats. Who knows? But I'm. I'm also learning.

[Paige]

Maybe he's just a giggler and he loves our comedy.

[Hannah]

No, that's. That. That's possible. Maybe he loves women in the arts. But I love the Food Network. Like, I'm a real Food Network nerd. And also, I watch HGTV sometimes. Like. Like, bring back cable.

[Paige]

Yeah, you love cable. Actually, in la, I didn't watch any streaming networks because I was like, when I get home, I want to save all my shows for when I get home, so I can just, like, binge, like, four hours of my shows.

[Hannah]

Wait, that's literally, like, when you have a meal and you only, like one thing on the plate, and you're like, I'm gonna wait till the end to eat the good part of the plate.

[Paige]

Daphne is being obsessed with me today. Like, she.

[Hannah]

She's love served.

[Paige]

She's, like, just keeps jumping on me. And, like. Like, right now, she's just sitting on the ground, and I'm petting her neck, and she's purring.

[Hannah]

If you haven't gotten a cat, what are you doing? Let me explain one thing about cats, because I'm now fostering three new cats.

[Paige]

Are they gonna be there when I'm there?

[Hannah]

Yeah.

[Paige]

Okay.

[Hannah]

Phew. Two of them are shy. One of them is the most outgoing cat I've ever met. Let me tell you this. Dogs can never. This Cat slowly comes up on my chest, is staring me in the eyes like a human. Like, you know when your cat looks through your soul?

[Paige]

Yes.

[Hannah]

Like, and you're looking at her, and I'm like, do I know you in a past life?

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

What are you trying to say? What do you want to say? And I'm like, I will figure it out.

[Paige]

What do you want, Hannah? Why do I always think, like, my ancestors are trying to tell me something through Daphne?

[Hannah]

No. Because cats are spiritual.

[Paige]

Yes.

[Hannah]

But I think they're actually just, like, looking at my eyelashes and things think it's a spider or something when I'm blinking.

[Paige]

But no, we need the pet psychic. Like, we needed the pet psychic yesterday. The only guest we're ever having on the pod again is a pet psychic. And we need our.

[Hannah]

Okay, we'll get her. Any recommendations? Please send. Oh, one thing about dogs. Now, look, I love all animals. I love dogs. Barking is insane.

[Paige]

Yeah.

[Hannah]

Imagine this is what barking is if I'm a human. This is me. You're having a conversation with someone. I just start going, hey, hey, hey, hey.

[Paige]

Well, it's so male coded.

[Hannah]

Also, why are you yelling?

[Paige]

It's like, just because you're louder doesn't mean you're right. Just because you're taking up more space doesn't mean your idea is the best idea.

[Hannah]

Oh, you're scaring me. You're so scared. So scary. The fact that they bark is, like, should be illegal. It's noise pollution. And then some people who have barky dogs start to have that thing where they stop hearing it, where you're like, your box. Your dog's yelling. And they're like, okay, stop. I don't hear it. And then you're. They're having a normal conversation. I'm like, I'm sorry, I can't think when your dog is yelling.

[Paige]

Here's the thing. All dogs, to me, I feel like, are kids. Like, I'm like, oh, you have, like, kids. Kids where cats are young women.

[Hannah]

And when they do meow, like, they don't even want to. It's like, because they have to. They're like.

[Paige]

Like, I was trying to tell one of my friends, like, the difference between having a dog and a cat. And I was just like, you own your dog. Like, your dog is in a cult and you are the dog's leader, and it literally will do anything.

[Hannah]

And you're, like, responding, responsible for it. Like, every second the dog's like, what are we doing? And you're like, I don't. I don't know I didn't.

[Paige]

And I'm like, I do not own Daphne. She simply lives in my home. She pays her rent on time.

[Hannah]

What am I?

[Paige]

She has things to do, so who am I to mess up her day or her schedule when, like, hello. She, like, what does she bring to the table? She is the table.

[Hannah]

She is the table. A marble tablescape. One of my favorite jokes is the guy from Crashing. What's his name?

[Paige]

What's Crashing?

[Hannah]

It's like a TV show. Crashing show. Pete Holmes. He has the funniest joke where he was like, cats are like C list celebrities in your house. Where you're like, yes. You're like, is that. Is.

[Paige]

Do we have a cat?

[Hannah]

Is that Heidi Montag.

[Paige]

That just comes out every so often?

[Hannah]

Yes. And you're like, I think I just saw Heidi Mantik on the beach, but I'm not sure.

[Paige]

That is so good and honestly, so true.

[Hannah]

It's like, she's here. She's coming. She might be here. You might get a photo. You might not. And it depends on her mood.

[Paige]

I just wanted to let you know that we're so connected that we've drank the same amount. Look. That is a creepy.

[Hannah]

That's witchcraft.

[Paige]

That's witchcraft and wizardry. Like.

[Hannah]

Oh, my God, that's so weird. That's so crazy. And we don't end the podcast till we're finished at the very end. No. We're drinking our Duncan Refreshers. I have to say, I made a mistake last pod. I said I was drinking mango peach. I wasn't. I lied to you guys, and I. I own full responsibility for that. I'm so sorry. It's Mango Pineapple refresher with green tea. That's what I'm drinking.

[Paige]

My refresher. See, I go, like, rogue.

[Hannah]

What did you get?

[Paige]

No, like, you. You. Because you can, like, add different things and, like, really make it your own. So, like, I don't think I've ever drank the same one. The same concoction that I've come up with. This one right now is strawberry dragon fruit, tropical guava, green tea, and then, like, raspberry something else.

[Hannah]

It's like when you go to the soda station, you just put them all in.

[Paige]

Wait, you know what else happened to me today? Which, like, this never happens to me. I ordered my Dunkin Refresher, and that's all I ordered. They accidentally gave me two donuts. Wait. And some. Like, someone's getting fired.

[Hannah]

Life is worth a living.

[Paige]

Yeah. And I was like, you know what? I do actually Deserve a sweet treat.

[Hannah]

You do. Also, you guys keep submitting your summer [e-mail] to win our Duncan Giggly collab merch. Okay, so keep doing it. Last story not to end, but I think it's important to be humble. Do you agree?

[Paige]

I agree.

[Hannah]

So I saw one of my family friends, this woman who said, you know, she loves giggly squad, she loves listening to it. And she was with her 14 year old daughter and I made a little joke, like, do you let her listen to it? And she was like, not really. And I was like, I don't know, maybe it's good for her to, you know, start hearing about some things. And the girl looks at me and she goes, oh, yeah. The mom goes, I mean, maybe she's listening, but I don't know it. And the girl looks up, she goes, no, I'm not. She goes, no. She goes, she could be listening without me knowing.

[Paige]

No, I actually think someone was asking me that the other day too. Like, how young is the youngest, like fan that's ever come up to you? And I was like, anywhere. I think like under 17. We've lost them. Like, we're, we're too old.

[Hannah]

I'm randomly on some weird tick tock algorithms though, where some like 14 year old girls will be like, are you on tick tock?

[Paige]

Really?

[Hannah]

And I'll be like, I'm obsessed with you. I'm obsessed. And then I just hang out with teenage girls all the time and we talk about our acne and learning to drive, our road tests.

[Paige]

Wait, we're having a high school summer?

[Hannah]

High school summer?

[Paige]

Hannah, me and you have had. That's the theme of the summer. And that's what it was. And we just needed this to realize.

[Hannah]

We just call our moms.

[Paige]

It's high school summer. Always. You've literally been studying for your road test. You finally got it. I'm coming for the weekend. We're jacked up.

[Hannah]

Sleepover.

[Paige]

We're sleepovers. We're getting tan. We're calling our moms.

[Hannah]

We can eat whatever we want.

[Paige]

We're literally just getting in the car, like to go to Duncan just because you have a license. You know, it's like we, we literally can't stop peeing. We've had seven. But we're like, we're just like going. Running an errand all weekend.

[Hannah]

I would be like, do you need to grab milk? Do. Are you. Did you run out of hair ties? Do you want me to go? You want to get a hair tie with me really quick?

[Paige]

No, I'm obsessed with high school summer.

[Hannah]

I'm not driving to Montauk ever. That's. Well, no, that's like going to Europe and diabolical. I'm not, but. Oh, my God.

[Paige]

I mean. Oh, I'm never getting in the car with you.

[Hannah]

Oh, yeah.

[Paige]

That's crazy.

[Hannah]

Well, I. I'd be too nervous. No, I don't want your life.

[Paige]

I'd have to look away.

[Hannah]

No, I don't want your life in my hands. I also don't want that. That's, like, too intimate.

[Paige]

I'd have to sit in the backseat.

[Hannah]

No, we sit in the backseat and let, like, does drive.

[Paige]

Yeah. Perfect.

[Hannah]

Wait, that's so weird. One of us is not sitting in the front with Des. That's weird. We're going full Uber. We're in the back.

[Paige]

I was wondering, should we bring Grace? Or is that, like, hr? She doesn't want to.

[Hannah]

We can, but she might be with her family, which is, like, kind of rude.

[Paige]

See, my Grace. My Grace is. We're her family.

[Hannah]

See, if we want to be a real cult, we have to start getting her away from her family. That's, like, rule number one of cult. So we're, like, failing. We have to, like, make up a story of why she can't go to her. Maybe her family.

[Paige]

She's to work. She literally has to work.

[Hannah]

We. I just see us sitting in the back of the car and Des being like, are you guys hungry? And we're like, yeah, yeah. Where can we. I'm hungry now, though.

[Paige]

Like, where's the silence button?

[Hannah]

Are we there yet? He presses the eject button. Anyway, you guys, thank you for giggling with us. Thank you for all your kind, supportive messages on my driver's test. Whether I failed or passed, we giggle. Okay? And that's what we learned today. And also thank you to Duncan. Shout out to you for making this episode possible.

[Paige]

Bye.

[Hannah]

Bye.

[Paige]

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