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A
You're like, you know how it is when you get whipped up. You know, I, I had a total NIMBY crash out. Yeah. Riley came home from work. I told the girls in the spot I was acting like Candace. Like I was like looking at like I was like deep on the DoD website, like downloading like building plans, like doing. Talking about like the tax abatement the building's gonna get now and how it's unjust and how they're all lying and blah blah. The court case. He was like, you're acting like Candace. And then. Yeah. And then the algorithm like gives me more yimby stuff. It makes me chimp out. And then I'm quote tweeting some like assemblyman being like, and this. You're lying for this and this and this reason.
B
And.
A
I'm like getting. See people actually, people love to sound like ironic. And above it all.
B
Yeah.
A
I'm the only one crashing out around zoning corruption.
B
I know. Well, I know I'm the only one.
A
At the community board meeting.
B
Well, yeah, because something personally affected you. Just like something personally affected me. And you have to like speak out against it and raise awareness and all this stuff and actually you're probably right. And I'm probably right about what?
A
You mean the bombs?
B
Yeah.
A
But how are you going to get involved on a community level?
B
Yeah, like what can you do?
A
Well, you can, you can go to the community board meeting. Yeah, you can, you can do things. But you have to get involved in local politics which is horrible.
B
Like thankless and thankless and demoralizing work.
A
Everyone there is also like downtrod. It's really black pilling. They're all. You realize how much you're up against and how all these people are. There's a woman in my building who, a widow, rent controlled apartment. Okay. Like old lady widow. Her apartment flooded because of the drilling reg that didn't have DoV approval but was allowed to proceed. Like these developers, and I'm not going.
B
To say what kind, what race these.
A
Developers are, but they just roll in and start ruining your life.
B
Yeah.
A
And they don't even have permission to. And then they get permission retroactively because they say, oh well, time is money. We've already gone this far. That's what they try to do.
B
Yeah, well, that's why I say the euthanasia is a great policy proposal for Zo Ron because what do you do with 80 year old widows whose apartments flood into the pod?
A
That's. I just, it's so Soviet. It's, it's yeah, it's like good. It's worse than Soviets Balkan.
B
That is true.
A
And Balkan outside.
Hosts: Anna Khachiyan and Dasha Nekrasova
Summary Prepared For: Listeners seeking in-depth insight and memorable moments from this teaser episode
In this teaser, Anna and Dasha dive into their personal frustrations and ironic engagement with local politics, gentrification, and zoning battles. Blending characteristic irreverence with genuine exasperation, they reflect on housing struggles, urban corruption, and the bleak realities of community organizing, offering a signature Red Scare mix of cynicism, humor, and social commentary.
The episode’s signature tone is caustic, self-conscious, and bleakly funny—Red Scare at its most conversational and sardonic. Anna and Dasha’s frustration with "ironically detached" online culture and weary resignation toward real-life activism shine through, as does their willingness to punctuate grim anecdotes with dark, satirical humor.
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