Benny's Mammogram + Thirst Traps

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Ride with Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone

Episode: Benny's Mammogram + Thirst Traps
Air Date: October 8, 2025 | Host: Dear Media

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Episode Overview

In this playful, meandering episode, Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone—your favorite self-described "bimbos" and tastemakers—return to riff on life’s absurdities and what they’re currently “riding for.” Today’s twin topics are both singularly specific and universally relatable: Benny’s coming-of-age experience with a surprise mammogram as a tween, and the simultaneously empowering and vulnerable art of thirst-trap posting. Along the way, expect signature digressions about cultural trends, salads, music, and the intimate (and hilarious) navigation of self-image, sexuality, and friendship.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Comedy, Sex Appeal, and Identity (00:36–03:12)

• The pair open by reflecting on how comedians often struggle with being seen as “the clown” versus “a sexual being.”
  • Quote: “Do you see me as a clown or a sexual being?” – Mary Beth Barone (00:44)
• Benny shares how this tension permeated his youth; wanting to be wanted, but unsure if it’s for charisma or more.

2. Music as “Dangerous Legislation” (03:20–06:23)

• They spiral into a passionate dialogue on music’s emotional power, referring to certain songs as “dangerous pieces of legislation.”
  • Quote: “Never really over is a dangerous piece of legislation.” – Mary Beth (04:39)
• Discussion about how some tracks are so emotionally evocative that they become almost hazardous to one’s wellbeing.

3. Impact of Music on Memory and Emotion (05:21–06:07)

• Mary Beth recounts being so heartsick post-breakup that music became unbearable, underscoring how songs anchor memory.
  • Quote: “I couldn’t [listen to music]. It would make me too sad.” – Mary Beth (05:33)

4. Cultural Tastes and Healing (06:07–08:23)

• The challenge of making top-five song lists; the enduring impact of certain albums and why sharing music can be deeply healing.
• A tangent on potentially writing memoirs and the vulnerability that entails.

5. The Salad Chronicles & The Peppercorn Incident (09:02–12:30)

• Mary Beth delivers an epic retelling of biting into a whole peppercorn at a salad place, an ordeal that led to her lifelong aversion to pepper.
  • Quote: “That third bite, full peppercorn. You feel it, you taste it, you hear it.” – Mary Beth (11:48)
• The story becomes a metaphor for how tiny events can derail an entire day—a recurring theme of life’s randomness.

6. Life Lessons & Practical Knowledge (12:39–14:55)

• The perils of cigarettes and HPV, honey for infants, and the ways in which important health lessons are (or aren’t) taught.
  • Quote: “That should be on every street corner… in our bones.” – Mary Beth on the danger of honey for infants (14:17)

7. Social Media & Thirst Trap 101 (22:28–28:16)

• Mary Beth unpacks the art, psychology, and risk of thirst-trap posts.
  • Provides the official Wikipedia definition and declares: “There’s no greater feeling than when the thirst trap you post attracts the attention you seek.” – Mary Beth (26:39)
  • Highlight: The “high” of being validated versus the crushing silence when your post goes unnoticed.
• Thirst trappers are framed as both brave and foolish, navigating the blurred lines of vulnerability and vanity.

8. Vulnerability, Desire, and What’s “Sexy” (29:18–31:13)

• Benito muses on how what we consider sexy is often not what others notice, listing traits like eyebrows and the space between a bra strap and breast.
  • Quote: “You are a little bit of a clown… but there’s something really beautiful and vulnerable about it.” – Benito (29:51)
• They encourage embracing both sides: painting as a more intimate, artistic thirst-trap.

9. Thirst Traps—Dos, Don’ts, and The Bigger Picture (31:48–33:11)

• Affirming the value of putting yourself out there, but cautioning: “Don’t use it as a cry for help.”
  • “The best thirst traps are the ones you post for you.” – Mary Beth (32:19)
• A celebration of seeing friends’ thirst traps—cheering them on and hoping they reap the desired attention.

10. Benny’s Mammogram: A Coming-of-Age Story (36:25–42:15)

• Benny recounts the surreal, comedic trauma of being sent for a mammogram as a 12-year-old boy with swollen nipples.
  • The experience: panini-pressing his “rack”, the embarrassment, and the subsequent relief, his mom’s loving (if overprotective) motives.
  • Quote: “They panini pressed my little… my rack.” – Benito (38:38)
  • Ultimately re-frames it as a story about maternal care, peace of mind, and family bonding—even through embarrassment.
• Discussion on mammogram pain, differences by anatomy, and a tangent on celebratory post-hospital McNuggets.

11. Preventative Care & Parental Love (42:34–45:33)

• Advocacy for body scans, mammograms, and preventative health in general—even if it means turning a hospital visit into family lore.
  • Quote: “Peace of mind is priceless… Go get the thing. Have a bonding experience with your kid, with your sibling, with your partner.” – Mary Beth (42:38)
• Closing with gratitude—these offbeat, sometimes awkward experiences are the glue of family life and growing up.

12. The Joy of Thirst Traps and Living Boldly (45:41–46:16)

• Both hosts agree: embrace and post thirst traps! Celebrate your body, your friends’ bravery, and reject shame.
  • Advice to straight men: “Post more, take risks, live laugh love. We’d love to see what you’re working with.” – Mary Beth (46:17)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “Do you see me as a clown or a sexual being?” – Mary Beth Barone (00:44)
• “Never really over is a dangerous piece of legislation.” – Mary Beth (04:39)
• “That third bite, full peppercorn. You feel it, you taste it, you hear it." – Mary Beth (11:48)
• “There’s no greater feeling than when the thirst trap you post attracts the attention you seek.” – Mary Beth (26:39)
• “You are a little bit of a clown… but there’s something really beautiful and vulnerable about it.” – Benito (29:51)
• “The best thirst traps are the ones you post for you.” – Mary Beth (32:19)
• “They panini pressed my little… my rack.” – Benito (38:38)
• “Peace of mind is priceless… Go get the thing. Have a bonding experience with your kid, with your sibling, with your partner.” – Mary Beth (42:38)
• “Post more, take risks, live laugh love. We’d love to see what you’re working with.” – Mary Beth (46:17)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Comedy, Clown vs Sexual Being – 00:36–03:12
• Music as "Dangerous Legislation" – 03:20–06:23
• The Peppercorn Incident – 09:02–12:30
• Thirst Trap Wisdom / Definition – 22:28–28:16
• Benny’s Mammogram Story – 36:25–42:15
• Preventative Care & Family Bonding – 42:34–45:33
• Thirst Trap Encouragement / Life Advice – 45:41–46:16

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Final Thoughts

This episode brims with the hosts’ signature warmth and irreverence—a mix of earnestness and clownish energy as they navigate vulnerable personal stories and universal struggles. By the end, listeners are encouraged to take health seriously but not themselves, post thirst traps early and often, and cherish even the weirdest moments with loved ones. As always, nothing is off limits, everything is worth riding for, and your favorite besties “ride at dawn.”

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Transcript

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The following podcast is a Dear Media production. Hey, can you come pick me up?

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Yeah. What's wrong?

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Nothing.

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Are you sure?

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Yeah. No, I just need a ride. Ride, ride. I just want to have fun. Start your engine. Take it.

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I'm Benito Skinner.

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I'm Mary Beth Barone and this is Ride.

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Do you see me as a clown or do you see me as a sexual being? So that was in the Notes app.

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I put that in there.

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You put that in there? How powerful.

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I guess it's just, like, sometimes you have to ask if someone is speaking to you and you're thinking, like, well, do you see me as a clown or do you see me as a sexual being?

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That's so powerful.

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And I might just start asking people.

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I would just ask them. Yeah, I know. And it can be really confusing. As a comedian, I get that it's hard. Am I making you laugh or am I making you laugh?

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Or am I making you hard?

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Yeah. Are you haunted? And yes.

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We're back. I love it here.

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I love it here. We're back in the library. The British Library.

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The Great British Library. I feel bad because I feel like my phone is putting, like, a barrier between me and listeners. Like, when I have it out, like, it feels like I'm texting, but. And they keep saying that, but I'm not. I'm really not. I'm actually just keeping us on track, keeping us honest.

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I'm cold, so you must be.

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I'm freezing.

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We're losing you.

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Yeah. No. My. I thought that wasn't Christmasy.

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This is very Narnia in here. I will say.

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I wanted to call out a moment earlier today, which was when we were at the acne store in London and Running up that Hill was playing. And I just thought, could life get any better than this?

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No. Maybe a little.

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Then I asked the guy who works at acne, do you see me as a clown or do you see me as a sexual being?

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And he went asexual.

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He said asexual. Well, immediately when we got there, he was like, so this used to be an art gallery. It's three floors. Like, can I show you the store?

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Yeah.

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And all I could think was, do.

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You want the house tour? I could take you to the first, second, third floor. He so wanted to show us something.

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He wanted to give us.

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Unbelievable.

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And there was a big pink couch in there.

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Well, you said to me, you go, do you want the house tour Us at the acne store? And I was like, my girl has been.

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And then I said, brought it to the Corner. The house is on Pretty girl Avenue.

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I love that whole song. Can I just say?

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Yeah. It's very unique.

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I would have loved to do a Deliverance Richards video to that. I'm just too tired.

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There's so can.

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I'm just too tired. I can't stress enough.

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When you're in the Deliverance Richards costume, do you see me as a clown or sexual. Sexual being.

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I will say that really permeated my youth.

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The question, the question.

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Because I would just be like, well, you want to be around me all the time, right? But then I'm like, oh, no, you just want my, like, charisma. You don't even.

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Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, intelligence.

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You don't want to get in this bed.

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No. Well. But I. I feel like they probably did.

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Are you gonna stay the night? Doesn't mean we're bound for life Are.

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You gonna stay the night? So that's in my. Definitely. List of top songs ever made. Best songs ever made.

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Agreed. It's a top. Yeah. I've been trying to find, like, the Ultimate 5, and it's nearly impossible. But no matter what, you're gonna find Maren.

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Oh, and Dion by the Japanese House. Baby, why don't you just meet me in the middle?

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Dion with fucking. Oh, my. Is that with Bonnie Vernon?

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Wow.

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Oh, God, that's like, what a fabulous song. Everything Japanese house makes. At some point, I should just ride for.

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I know.

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We should ride for her and her wife, though. It's going to be a carpool and it's. Maybe we just send it to them. Although I think people would love to listen.

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Private episode.

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Yeah, we should start doing those Patreon.

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I'm seeing her live soon and I can't fucking wait. Who are you? Singer with my bestie.

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With me. Love the Lord Ultrasound. Woo. Oh, my God. I don't know if I can take some of those songs live.

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I'm going to sob if you see me crying at the Lord show. No, you didn't.

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No, you didn't. No, you didn't. No. No, you didn't. No, you didn't. There is this mashup that exists of Lord liability in the end for party for you.

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And again, it's just dangerous legislation.

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The most dangerous of legislation. Can I talk about dangerous legislation? There's a few songs lately where I go dangerous. So nobody's son.

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This is what happened. I was listening to Never really over by Katy Perry, and I thought to myself, and I text you almost everything.

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I think worse, and I'm happy and I Love it.

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I said, never really over is a dangerous piece of legislation. So now I think we should. We should deem songs whether or not they are dangerous legislation.

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It seems like we're kind of living in a society.

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Dion is a dangerous piece of legislation.

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Chewing cotton wool. I'm gonna be honest. Some of the overcompensating soundtrack. A dangerous piece of legislation.

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So, yes, liability and party for you. I saw that, and I immediately thought.

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Well, it's really one of those hands. Well, it's. Oh, my God. It's that tick tock that I brought up weeks ago where that girl was like, I'm so lucky to feel music like this. I'm starting to think I feel it too much. I. I'm overwhelmed. I'm like, am I gonna feel so many emotions that I just eventually, like, am numb?

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You implode.

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Yeah.

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You won't go numb for sure. But when I used to come here when I was in love with the British man, I used to come here for like, a month or two. And then when I would go back to America, I couldn't listen to music. I couldn't. It would make me too sad.

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This is me talking to people about you at a brunch. You're not at. I mean, she, like. She won't even listen.

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You couldn't even listen to music.

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The girl couldn't even listen to music. The car. It was silent.

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No, it was silent. I couldn't. I would cry. I would start crying because I missed him so much.

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I will say, when we were shooting first season, I found some of those old playlists and some of those feelings and stuff, and just like, oh, my God. And how much?

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A lot.

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And that was. Oh. I would listen to them before some of the scenes and even putting them in later, I was just like, oh, my God.

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It's emotional.

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I love music. Ugh. Music is.

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I knew you're going to say that.

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No. Oh, my God. Somebody else. 1975. A dangerous, dangerous piece of legislation for you is dangerous. I will say official is probably one of her most dangerous.

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I'm not going to bring it up. Most dangerous. Don't talk about that.

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I remember our first day. No chocolate in the home. But the way that you smell.

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These are the things that can make us official.

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That. Oh, my. I can't even think about it. I literally will, like, I will get there. I will.

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Well, I added to my lore recently. Can I just say, the memoir keeps getting longer and you know exactly what I'm talking about.

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Exactly. Love the book. Speaking of dangerous, Miranda has trusted you with the Book.

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The Book.

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That's me.

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The Book. I had to put it on the table with the flowers.

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I don't know if I'll ever write a book.

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I'm for sure gonna write a book. I'm just figuring out if the first one will be a novel, if it'll be more true to myself, if it'll be a graphic novel, if it'll be a graphic novel, a thinly veiled memoir that is like a novel. So it's the novelization of my life.

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So I just yawned. It's cozy. And we're recording at 5, which is the middle of the night.

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We never do this. This is nighttime. This is right after dark.

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This is so right after dark. Well, we're gonna go outside. It's gonna be gray.

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Gray. So I wanna tell you about when I bit into a full peppercorn at just salad.

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I was so hoping you were.

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It's been in the dock for a while.

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I know. And I just. I saw it and actually, it's one of those ones that's in there and I thought, did I do that?

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No, it was me.

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It's you also.

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What are you writing for?

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You're gonna die. Oh, do you want me to say it right now?

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Yeah, say it.

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I'm writing for when my mom made me get a mammogram.

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Well, it's just Benny's mammogram. Benny's mammogram is what we're calling it. Yeah, the Benny's mammogram episode.

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I just think. Yeah. I have a lot to say.

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I don't have one. Isn't that crazy?

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You don't have to today.

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No, I do, though. I do. I guess himbos. Maybe I've been riding for too much street guy stuff lately.

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I agree. Keep all this. They'll see. They're gonna see.

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No, we're not. We're not keeping this. Yeah, maybe. I'm not sure. Well, you won't let me ride for couples therapy on Showtime, so.

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Ride for couples therapy. It's a lot.

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All right.

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It's a lot to watch, actually.

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No, I'm gonna ride for thirst traps.

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Incredible.

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So.

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What a perfect thing.

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Okay. When I had an email job, this was back in. In the 2010s.

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Yeah.

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And obviously you had. You had chopped. You had sweet green, and you had just salad. And so I'm choosing sweet green every time. Marry, kill. Marrying sweet green. I'll have sex with chopped. And unfortunately, in that time and things maybe have gotten better, I would kill Just salad.

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Dear media, you have to pay her for that. Like, it's like, of course, clip that. But it's just like, how could you? Even again, I'll say it. Like, it's like, she does it all.

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The direct deposit.

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Like, girl, it has to your bank account before they post that.

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So sometimes the line would be so long because everyone's getting lunch at the same time that you're forced to, like, go to a salad place. You wouldn't know.

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Lunch rush. I was so there. It was crazy. I would go, like, I would get bowls.

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So mind you, sorry, I hate to.

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Say this, and, like, I don't want to, like, ruin anyone's, like, livelihood, but, like, dig or whatever. I like dig gonna be a no for me.

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So I like dig.

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Really?

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You don't like fresh ingredients?

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Oh, I almost forgot. I hate women, and I hate fresh ingredients. No, I'm glazed. I'm a glazed teriyaki.

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I like glaze, too, but I love dig. Dig has a lot of really good options for a girl like me. Okay, so maybe you don't care about that.

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I don't know. I just remember. I will say, you know, what would it have been, like, seven years, eight years ago? It wasn't what I wanted, but maybe it's changed.

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Maybe it's changed.

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Originally, it was a dig in.

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So I know they changed.

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Dropped it, and it's disgusting.

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So I went to God.

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I just thought of something.

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I'm just. What is it? So sorry.

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I can't believe somebody just told me this. And I can't believe I haven't said it to you yet. What? Well, it was funny because Alyssa and Amber, we were just talking about. They told me at Charlie's wedding that some guy had said. I don't even know who said it, but he was talking about a girl just taking off her bikini, and he just said, dump them.

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What does that mean?

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Like, just, like, dump them. Like, dump those titties out.

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Disgusting.

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I. I could. I almost wet my pants. I was like, that's the most. Every time I think they reach it porked. Like, I just dump them. Jugs. Dump them.

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I got to tell a straight guy who's disgusting recently. And that was really cool. Oh, we'll probably cut that.

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Why would we cut that?

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Dump them. Dump them.

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Dump them. Because it's like, oh, should I take my top off? It's like, yeah, dump them.

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Dump them. Yeah.

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Come on.

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The poor girl. It's like, I wish we had eyes on her.

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Yeah.

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So I went to my third choice of Salad. This was back when I was working in the puck building, by the way. This was like such a cool time for me. It's okay. I don't take it as a reflection of my work.

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No, active listening can mean just yawning.

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We are all jet lagged as well.

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I didn't even, I, I totally forgot.

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You just flew in from the States.

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Oh my God. I'm losing out inside.

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So I'm at my third choice for salad and I'm doing the line. I'm not as familiar with the premium add ons. I'm not as familiar with the bases. It's really, I'm out of my depth here. Okay. So they ask me, would you like salt and pepper? And that's not something they offer like that they would suggest at sweet cream.

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I've never seen salt and pepper before.

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I think you could ask for it, but it's certainly not offered. Every time they were offering it to me like it was the bread, you'd.

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Certainly hold up the line.

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Certainly.

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They were like, do you want it Mike's way?

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So I say yes. Like an idiot.

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Like a total fool.

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Like a fool.

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Yeah.

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So I get back, I, I did eat there for some reason too. I'm really, really painting a picture for you guys.

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God, this story is electric. I'm not even kidding.

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So I'm eating my salad and I, I take two bites. That third bite, full peppercorn. So you feel it, you taste it, you hear it. The taste in my mouth was so overpowering. I don't think I'd ever eaten a full peppercorn before.

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Sensorial.

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I wouldn't recommend it.

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Yeah, well, they're in that they're, you know, getting ground for a reason.

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Yeah. And so this was a full one. It was untouched and I, I had to stop eating completely.

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Of course.

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I have not eaten pepper since.

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Oh really?

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Like if, if my food's been peppered, it's not been by my own volition, it's been done to me. I actually have an aversion to pepper now. I may have gone home for the day. It was one of those things like having dry skin at school where I was just like, why can't. My day is not going to recover from this.

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I told, oh my God. I told a friend recently. I was just like, they're like, oh, you didn't come to dinner. And I was just like, yeah, I had dermatitis. And she was just like, get it Fair. It's so fair.

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It's just fair.

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I was just like, yeah, I Just like, couldn't be. I'm sorry.

[A]

Yeah. I also once left a wedding because I had a cigarette, which is so not something I would do, but I don't know what type of cigarette it was. It was the one that makes your breath, like, really bad. And I had to go home.

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Aren't all cigarettes that.

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But it was like, you know how they're like, oh, that's menthol. Or that's the other thing. Or the other.

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Your third illegal, right?

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I don't know.

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Maybe not.

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Yeah, maybe not.

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I used to love the Camel Crushes when I was in college.

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I mean, you know, we all smoked a timer, too.

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Yeah. I used to say I loved them. Like, if someone had them, I'd, like, puff twice and then pop the ball. Puff twice and then be like, I think I'm good. Like, I feel like we did it.

[A]

I don't smoke. They did my big bit.

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And no one saw me as sexual. They saw me as a clown.

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As a clown. I don't go near cigarettes anymore because it's bad for, like, cervical cancer or something. I mean, and lung cancer. But apparently it's like, if you've ever had HPV and you smoke cigarettes, it, like, increases your chances.

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HPV was really. I learned a lot, thought about it. There was a time when it was like. It's funny, I felt like I learned about, like, don't do meth and HPV and all these things, like, really young. Or don't smoke cigarettes.

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Yeah.

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Up until, like, fourth grade. And then all of a sudden, these things, you know, kind of present themselves. Yeah, they were. They were everywhere.

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Yeah.

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It was a haunted house of sorts.

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Yeah.

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And no more education.

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No more. And honestly, not even mentioning.

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Scare the shit out of a first grader. But then when you're actually presented with.

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It, it's like, I wasn't getting offered Sigs in first grade. It would have. I would have said no, obviously, but.

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I guess we grew up in different places.

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Yeah.

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No, I wasn't either, but. Yeah. But then, you know, when I was in high school, people were like.

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They don't tell you in fourth grade is that you don't want to bite into a full peppercorn. Also, something I didn't learn until recently is, well, maybe a couple years ago.

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All these books, nothing.

[A]

All these books, nothing in it about that. You can't have honey until you're 2 or older because you don't have an enzyme that, like, processes it and you can die. If a baby accidentally eats honey, they can die. I'm like, that should be on every street corner. Like, we should all know that, like, in our bones.

[B]

Wait, what? I would so be like, give that baby a little. Yeah, it's crying, right? Like, give it a honeycomb.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

Wait, that's insane.

[A]

So that's just some good practical knowledge for our listeners. And I want to shout out the guy who made a TikTok saying that his biggest takeaway from Ride the Pod was to buy T shirts one size down. I'm just glad that we're out here. Just like, it's called impact. And it's like, think locally, act globally, and by that matter, think globally and.

[B]

Act locally and shop locally and. And shop globally and go globally.

[A]

Travel privilege. Exactly. Travel privilege.

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Yeah. I've been thinking about it a lot, too. I just bought a polo and I had a size on, and I thought it. Let's see, with the next size down and the woman working there and what.

[A]

And which one did you buy?

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I bought the smaller one. Kid, you're always with me. Always. Turf Hogwarts.

[A]

Sorry, I didn't even know the reference.

[B]

So it's like a thing. What does everyone do right now with a Harry Potter tattoo who's like, you know, who doesn't want one? You just have to get it removed or you just vibe out. You're like, it's the Deathly Hallows. It is what it is.

[A]

I guess it's like, yeah. It's like we live and learn and all that stuff.

[B]

Yeah. I think tattoos do, like, serve that people have such hot takes on them. I'm like, if you want them. I think they're tattoos. They're great. And I think they. They can be so beautiful.

[A]

Yeah. Sometimes they're not too.

[B]

But no, of course, the ones that bleed, I do feel sad for the person. I'm like, that one just feels like it's. It didn't want to be there.

[A]

No. Your skin was saying, please stop.

[B]

It's very Mariah Carey Migrate, which I was so happy, actually. Wait, this didn't happen. You went on a date, and I got to show the song Migrate to our friend Jake, Samis and Emily after the US Open.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

They hadn't heard this song that's on E MC Squared, which I still think is the best album title.

[A]

Jesse McCartney, Mariah Carey.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

Oh, yeah. EC and he made you one that was similar. We're gonna cut that.

[B]

I don't think we should cut that because there might be. And I'm happy to. Hey. Happy to shout him out, get some hits. And now we're flying on the G5. G5. Isn't that him? Emily? He never come back again tomorrow.

[A]

Until November.

[B]

Until November. We'll be right back. London.

[A]

You showed that song to them when I wasn't there.

[B]

Mariah Carey has this song with T Pain called Migraine.

[A]

I love T pain.

[B]

He's the best. Me too. That's why we have a podcast and you Mariah Carey. This song starts and he goes like. She hits all those insane notes. But the. The song is from the car into the club. We might agree my. From the party to the after party. Migrate. It's like. It's a total hit. It's so good.

[A]

My hot take is that I didn't think glitter was that bad.

[B]

I think that all gay guys have that take.

[A]

Really? I've never ever talked to anyone about it.

[B]

It's at the Showgirls World, where I'm like, this is a fabulous piece of candy.

[A]

Like, it wasn't that bad. I just think because it's like a woman people, like, wanted to pile on.

[B]

I mean, we've talked about this fact.

[A]

I enjoyed it. I don't even want to. No. Fudge. That's.

[B]

It's great.

[A]

Screw the narrative.

[B]

Fuck it.

[A]

It.

[B]

Turn the fucking cameras off. No, I'm serious. Turn the fucking cameras off. People do that with Crossroads too.

[A]

And it's so funny because Crossroads is legitimately good.

[B]

All the movies we like are like 20.

[A]

Take it back.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's not that I didn't think it was that bad. I enjoyed the film.

[B]

Yeah. Lizzie McGuire movie has a like, 43% on Rotten Tomatoes. And I'm just like, that is a fabulous, fabulous, iconic.

[A]

I'm sorry. If you're the critic at the Wall Street Journal, like, yeah, you probably didn't fuck with it. Yeah.

[B]

It's not for you.

[A]

It's not for you. It'. How about you stop being so pretentious? I'm sure Spice World got terrible reviews, which is a very poignant commentary on female celebrity. I'm sure. It takes two. Got totally fucking tanned. Because it's the Parent Trap without the science.

[B]

It debuted at can. It got booed.

[A]

Got booed. No, no. Standing O.

[B]

35 minutes. Standing O.

[A]

It's everything. Okay. So I was in a documentary that I don't know if it's ever going to come out, but it's about soul cycle. Oh, yeah. I was just thinking before I went in there that, like, anything that women and gay guys really love, it just gets mocked by society. So think about it. Pop music, fashion.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Things Like Soul Cycle.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And movies like Glitter Crossroads, honey. Like girly things. It's like society just doesn't take any of it seriously. To the point where it's like, even women will hate on it because I guess we feel like we have to. To, like, you know, receive love or.

[B]

Whatever you do it. It was really toxic, but I see.

[A]

How I actually pivoted in.

[B]

That's gross.

[A]

Yeah. And now turn the cameras off.

[B]

Now you're learned. And turn the cameras off right now because I'm not doing this. Yeah. So today I'll be writing for, as we said, Benny's mammogram. Me getting a mammogram.

[A]

And I will be riding for thirst traps.

[B]

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Stop. I'll pee my pants.

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

You're looking at my couch. You could even be sat in it.

[B]

Well, here's the thing. I'm thinking about who will be the next person in that chair. Do you understand?

[A]

I know.

[B]

Who's the lucky winner?

[A]

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[B]

Who cares? Ride.

[A]

I guess I could go first.

[B]

I'm taking thirst traps in the mirror in my room. Audrey, you are unnotice.

[A]

Audrey, you have our attention.

[B]

Ms. Hobert. I am diving into this album. You know I won't be able to talk about it for two more seasons, but we are watching, we are listening and we are excited. Hey, you've got it.

[A]

You've got it. That's the X factor.

[B]

You've got that X factor. You've got that X factor.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And the London look. And I'm really. I love her lyrics. I love her whole. Her whole vibe I think is just quirky and delicious. And her Song thirst Traps. I played it for you yesterday for the first time, and you were just. You loved it.

[A]

I loved it.

[B]

Like, you just love it.

[A]

I said, hey, can we play that again? Because my listening style for songs is like, 100 times a day. If I click with a song 100.

[B]

Times a day, it was so crazy.

[A]

I'm heading back. I'm restarting it.

[B]

It was crazy. Conan Gray, this song, Vodka Cranberry, I listen once. I was at the airport recently.

[A]

Boy singer shout out to a boy singer.

[B]

One of the few that we listen to. I listened a hundred times. I just. The second it was done, I said, and back. And I've been listening to the song Silver Moon by Lord, that's not out. It's on YouTube. And I just listened to her perform it live. And I'm just ripping through airports listening.

[A]

You really.

[B]

You showed me that every night, the silver moon, it changes. Can you say the same? Do you stay the same?

[A]

So to talk about thirst traps quickly. And I'm not gonna say that much because I don't even. It's like a very.

[B]

Is this directed at me?

[A]

Huh?

[B]

Dude? Like, is this directed at me? Like, is this a subtweet?

[A]

Yeah, I'm subtweeting you.

[B]

I love. So I love the concept of subtweetings.

[A]

Through and in fact, like, that could be a ride.

[B]

I think so. But there's something about.

[A]

I'm gonna ride for weaponizing close friends soon. Before. Before the year's end. Before EOY end of year. Yeah, I'm gonna ride for weaponizing close friends. What I want to talk about is the practice and the art, the skill of thirst traps. So the Internet has brought us, like, so much bad stuff. Right? But I would say that we have to count our blessings because the Internet has brought us good as well. Life is all about balance. So I would say thirst traps, to me, are part of the good. And obviously there's thirst traps. You see where you think that's not really for me. Right? Of course they're not. Not everything's supposed to be for you. It's not much like movies like, you know, Crossroads and Glitter.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I'm just making sure we're still recording.

[B]

We? I. I'm.

[A]

And you're clocking that.

[B]

You clock you. You're. It's. It's clocking you that I'm standing on business. Do you know, I understand completely what he meant?

[A]

Of course. No, of course. So I just want to say on Wikipedia, thirst trap is defined. If I was going to teach a class thirst traps 101. This is how I'm starting it. A thirst trap. Ready?

[B]

Let's see.

[A]

Oh, okay. Are you ready?

[B]

Yes. Yes.

[A]

Ms. McClarson, a thirst trap is a type of social media post intended to entice viewers sexually. It refers to a viewer's thirst. A colloquialism. A colloquialism.

[B]

We're keeping that my favorite word.

[A]

Likening sexual frustration to dehydration, implying desperation, with the afflicted individual being described as thirsty.

[B]

Yeah, you know what I'm realizing? I'm thirsty right now.

[A]

I'm thirsty right now.

[B]

Should I button up or not?

[A]

No, you can't button it now. Continuity.

[B]

I didn't even think about that.

[A]

Continuity for when we reorder the podcast.

[B]

Oh, you're so.

[A]

The way that we want it so.

[B]

Because we always. We put. We do the end at the beginning, in the middle, at the top.

[A]

So there's nothing better.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

Oh, God. But like, Lord giveth and the Lord.

[B]

Take it, my love. He just made a fool of you. Well, you really thought in here. You really thought that there wouldn't be a fern in this podcast studio. You thought you could get away in this podcast studio, that there would have.

[A]

Been the electric guitar, please.

[B]

A guitar, please. Do you get that?

[A]

No. Stop.

[B]

What's not clocking to you, baby girl?

[A]

Turn it down. That's so dangerous to have in here. Benny just got the guitar, so my head just hit a fern. So sit down right now and listen. Thirst Shop 101 tells us.

[B]

What does it tell us?

[A]

There's no greater feeling.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Then when the thirst trap you post attracts the attention you seek.

[B]

I have yet to feel a better thing than that.

[A]

When the thirst you post gets the attention you seek and receives that attention. When the person that you've posted that for and. Or people.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

There's no greater high that you can feel on this earth.

[B]

I completely agree. Because you've put yourself out there, you've felt sexy in the moment, and you're like, I. I need it. I want this attention. I want to feel sexy and young and desired. And when it is. When someone gives you the standing. Oh. For that. That. Yeah, I agree. My favorite thing is to, like, respond to that. Like, I love how people respond to the thirst trap. It's like, oh, my God.

[A]

But, hey, I'm not done. Because there's the other side to the coin.

[B]

Cool.

[A]

There is no worse feeling on planet Earth than when you post a thirst trap for someone and it's silent.

[B]

God giveth and he Taketh away.

[A]

So posting thirst traps, it's vulnerable. It's experimental. It's.

[B]

Well, yeah, it's experimental.

[A]

It's always groundbreaking. I mean, anyone posting a thirst trap, like, I'll take a look, you know.

[B]

Well, I love seeing my friends do it. Like, I love yours. And I'm like, oh, yeah, it's always fun to think, like, I know who that's for. And I'm, I hope, I hope he loved it. And I, I always think, like, I hope he responded to that. And I see that in some. I've been added to a few close friends where I'm like, I don't know if I earned my spot, but.

[A]

But you're having fun with it.

[B]

But yeah, but I'm like, And like, congrats. Like, that's so cool.

[A]

That's a cool thing you're doing.

[B]

And I'm like, whoever you've done this for, I don't think, I don't think it's for me, but clown could be clown.

[A]

Clown. Non sexual.

[B]

Non sexual. But yeah, I was just like, oh, cool. Like, that's so fun. Good for you.

[A]

It's just a risk. And it's like, is. You always have to be asking yourself, like, is it? Is the risk versus the reward? Like, is the potential payoff worth? The potential for it to go completely unnoticed? And maybe there's somebody noticing it that you don't even know yet. But I would say it's just like, it's scary. And, you know, it's. It's much like putting yourself out there. In a way, it's.

[B]

I would say it's like exclusively putting yourself out there. And I was thinking a lot about this because I did Kristen Davis's podcast and we talked about, I'm your wife and I'm sexual and I love it. And she's so major.

[A]

I mean, if that ain't thirst trap.

[B]

In a nutshell, well, doing it right in front of it, right in front of him, showing him the whole shebang and saying, guess what? Like, ride it my pony. What's cooler than that? But I think there's something about it. I keep coming back to this thing. I think within overcompensating of this, of feeling like sex and being sexy for someone is such an interesting concept to me because it's so frequently foolish because the thing that you think is sexy about yourself is so rarely the thing that someone thinks is sexy about you. Like, I. My thing is like, I love, like, eyebrows and like, teeth sometimes are like, hot to me. And like, you know What? I mean, it's like, things like that.

[A]

Well, I mean, the arm vein. I mean, come on.

[B]

Arm vein is explosive.

[A]

And the space between a bra strap and a breast.

[B]

Like a little the, like, dip of a butt. I love that. That's so cool.

[A]

I think backs are really.

[B]

Backs are cool. Sometimes it's like. Yeah. Also just like, seeing someone's hands can be just like. That's so cool.

[A]

It's titillating.

[B]

It's titillating. But no, it's just interesting because, like, I think that's. There's something where you are a little bit of a clown, and you are kind of being. You're making yourself a little bit of a fool in those things. But I think there's something really beautiful and vulnerable about it. But we grew up in media. That's like, you know, you do a little strip tease for them. You do, like, your full makeup. You do. You put on this outfit, and it's like, none of that is when the person is, like, electrified. Unless it's you in the J.W. anderson dress. @.

[A]

At your birthday. At Sunset Tower.

[B]

At Sunset Tower with a blowout and a parasite.

[A]

I had a lot going on that day, and it was my bestie's birthday.

[B]

But you had no idea how sexy you looked.

[A]

I know. And we got zero photos, which is.

[B]

A crime, but there has to be one somewhere. If anyone was there.

[A]

We got any photos.

[B]

Anyone was there, you got to let us know.

[A]

Please let us know. I'm still working on figuring out what the skin. No, you're really, like, showing it off. It's just one of those things in life where. Yeah, it's like, it could be. It could be really beautiful. Or it could break your heart.

[B]

It could break your heart. But isn't that so beautiful that you put yourself out there? That's so special. I think in the end it is.

[A]

Because it's being like, I think more painting nude, less nude photos. Does that make sense? I just think we should be. Men should be painting women more.

[B]

I agree.

[A]

Paint them.

[B]

I would love to. Yeah. I would love to have a painting of you. And I would love to, you know. Hey, can I say it? I'd love to be painted.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Come on. Would that be so awful?

[A]

My Uncle Dick was a painter, and we have his paintings all over my house. Like, everyone in our family has some of Uncle Dick's paintings. He painted my Aunt Jane nude twice. These are just the most fabulous paintings, and I am obsessed with them, and I want them. They're in the bar at my Parents house right now.

[B]

Fabulous.

[A]

And when it's Christmas time, my mom uses magnets to put little Santa hats over the nipples. Like, in love.

[B]

Actually, it's perfect.

[A]

It's festive.

[B]

It's beautiful.

[A]

But that's a thirst trap in a way. So that's what I'd say on thirst traps.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

Post thirst traps early and often. If you don't put yourself on the line a few times, then, like, what are we really even doing here? But obviously there's a limit too, where it's like, okay, this person maybe is, like, going through a hard time.

[B]

Exactly. And I think it's easy to.

[A]

Don't use it as a cry for help.

[B]

Don't.

[A]

Please, please. Just reach out to friends.

[B]

Turn off the cameras. Wait. Turn off the cameras. No, I completely agree. It's like, it should just be. It should feel fun. But, like, when you feel it and you're proud of yourself and you want to, like, feel sexy, I think it's so cool to let her rip. It doesn't even have to be for anyone. I can say that, too.

[A]

I mean, the best thirst traps are the ones you post for you.

[B]

They're just for you. It's like, no, I just needed this out there.

[A]

Like, I just wanted to show you.

[B]

Like, I just needed this.

[A]

I had something to show you. This happened when I did Seth Meyers and I got the T shirt and I just thought to myself, I want to take a thirst chop in this and post it.

[B]

It's so cool when you get a piece like that where you're like, oh, this is, you know, this is in the.

[A]

It's in the closet now.

[B]

Or when you, like, all of a sudden, like, you find that. That kind of just delicious alchemy of a mirror and a sunburn.

[A]

And you can't force it.

[B]

You can't.

[A]

If there's one thing. I would say that, like, if you're not feeling it a hundred percent, just, like, try again tomorrow.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because there's nothing you're gonna gain from posting one that's undercooked.

[B]

Completely agree.

[A]

And that's what I have to say.

[B]

And you'll feel that after. You'll know when it's the right one. But sometimes actually, you'll post one and you'll be surprised by the reception. People will tell you, actually, you killed here. And you're like, I didn't know if I did.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So Mary Beth said I have to do this one alone because it's my quote unquote, whole deal. But I don't really Think I'm defined by ocd? I think OCD is defined by me. Got it.

[A]

I don't know. We could take a poll.

[B]

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[B]

So, speaking of thirst traps, my mom had me get a mammogram when I was 12.

[A]

I just want to put that a little closer.

[B]

Hey, please. So I believe I was 12, because it would have been 6cr. I might have been a little older, maybe 13, I guess. 12. 13. So I'm gonna tell you the story, and I'm gonna say why I ride for this. Because as I tell it, it might not seem like I'm riding for it.

[A]

Right?

[B]

But.

[A]

And I think this has been broached on the pod before, but it might have been on our old podcast.

[B]

But the only thing I've ever done. I mean, this used to be a part of my live show for overcompensating.

[A]

Oh, that's why I'm. That's why I'm thinking of it.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. I used to like, this was. I told this story during my standup, and it's just so funny because it's one of those things where you tell it. And my mom saw the show, and she's like, I'm so sorry. I totally forgot. But, yeah, like, that was like. So she's like, I kind of ate.

[A]

So that just happened.

[B]

She said, listen, if you want to have my name up there, at least put me on the fucking marquee. That's all she said.

[A]

I've heard. I've actually heard her say that.

[B]

So. Patty. No. Okay, so. So I'm 12, 13, and I. I was going through puberty, and my nipples were swelling. And, I mean, it was kind of giving, like, you know, I'll be honest. Like, sacajua dollar.

[A]

It was giving a character in the other woman when they put hormones in his smoothies.

[B]

Yeah, very. That. Yeah. Her, like, the. The bastard.

[A]

Yeah, the bastard.

[B]

It was giving those, like, you know those doctored photos of Nick Jonas where he has, like, massive, like, pepperoni nipples? So totally.

[A]

So that's me saying, no, insert here.

[B]

Yeah, but so I had. Yeah. And I was like, you know, mom, like, what's going on here, girl? And she was like, okay, well, we're going to the hospital.

[A]

You went to the emergency room?

[B]

We went to the er. Yeah. And she was like, you know, like, we have to check for.

[A]

And that's why the hospitals are so backed up right now, because of people like you guys.

[B]

Exactly. Well, I've always said I'm the problem. So we got in the Volvo and we go to the er, and I go and I see this doctor, and he was like, look, ma'. Am. Like, I think the only real way to test that would be for your son to get a mammogram. And my mom's like.

[A]

She said, where do I sign?

[B]

She said, oh, Miss Drama, he's gonna be getting a motherfucking mammogram.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So I go and I get my mammogram.

[A]

From what I've heard about mammograms, it's like they put your nipple in a garage door and then they close it.

[B]

They panini pressed my little. My rack.

[A]

Your areola.

[B]

I couldn't. It hurt so bad. I had, like, you know, even less, like, flesh than I have now. I mean, now I've kind of got a rack. Like, I'd kind of be dropping them. Well, that's what they said. They go dump them, and I put. I put my titty in there. They just panini pressed it to death, like, fully. Like. I mean, I was cooked. And it hurts so bad. I had full bruises on them after. And then after, I'm in the waiting room, and this woman comes out and she's like, Mrs. Skinner, can I talk to you and your son in my office, please? And I was like, you're fucking kidding me. I'm gay and I have breast cancer.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm like, that.

[A]

What God giveth.

[B]

I'm like, God damn it. I'm like, wow. The Bible kind of did tell me that I was sick, so.

[A]

You are.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Not for that reason, but totally.

[B]

So we go into this, you know, into Nurse Jackie's office, and she closes the door, and she was like, okay. So we ran the tests, and it, like, really quite a buildup. And I'm also like. We're in her office. Like, she's about to tell me that, like. Like, I do have breast cancer. I'm like, this is insane. And then she's like, it's nothing. It's like, puberty. Boys go through this all the time.

[A]

Bury the lead, honey. Let's start with that.

[B]

Sweetie, just say that. I go, you could have said that in front of everyone. Yeah, I would have preferred that.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So on the drive home, I remember my mom. She goes, aren't you glad we got him checked? And I was like, do you mean my Sacagawea dollar nipples? These bubbies?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

No, I'm like, in fact, I'm not at all.

[A]

I'm like, why didn't we just ask if you Google?

[B]

Yeah, but we did, and it was so I just. Oh, my God. And now my mom literally gets a.

[A]

Letter for Bonita Benita Skinner.

[B]

Yeah. Here's why I ride for it. And I was just thinking about it recently because I just was like, I miss my mom. And I was laughing because it's. So go get it checked. And I think as much as maybe it was just, like, good to make sure I was okay, like, my mom needed it.

[A]

Peace of mind is priceless.

[B]

Peace of mind is priceless. And I, you know, God forbid something was bad. So, like, preventative checks. Like, I of course, ride for that. But in the end, like. Like, I spend a day with my mom that I think about frequently.

[A]

You'll never forget.

[B]

And I do have a lot of love and compassion for anyone who has to go and get a mammogram, because. Holy. My question was, though, I guess, if you have really large breasts, does it not hurt as much, or does that hurt?

[A]

No, I think it may be hurt. I actually don't know. We'd have to do a little blind and then a double blind study.

[B]

And then can you not get. If you have, like, if you have implants, can you not get.

[A]

I don't know how it works, because.

[B]

I assume because in my head, in my.

[A]

And drama, it would make them pop.

[B]

We'll just. It's splash and come up through your mouth.

[A]

Yeah. So. And maybe that has Happened and we'll look into it. But I would say, how have they not come up? That's what the doctor says when you're about to go get a mammogram or about to put your boobie in there, your little bobbies. Do remember Dan, Nicki or Bobby's. When Nicki Minaj posted a photo and her, I guess, boobs were looking pretty supple and someone commented, but there was two typos in it. It just said, said Dan, Nikki, your bobbies. It meant to say damn, Nikki or boobies.

[B]

So us.

[A]

Anyway, it's so ride. So I'm surprised they haven't come up with, like, a new technology that doesn't involve, like, smushing them like that to. To do the screening.

[B]

Maybe they have. It doesn't.

[A]

Screenings are important. And, you know, get your pap smears, get your. Get your mammograms. I haven't had the pleasure of getting one yet. I think I'm nearing that age where I will have to go in and do that. Colonoscopies are right around the corner.

[B]

I assume they were every year for every you.

[A]

No, no. I think it's like at a certain age right now, they just feel.

[B]

Oh, they. They feel around for. We couldn't have done that.

[A]

Well, I think it's like, more.

[B]

They wanted to use the machine.

[A]

It's more they said, we've never had a guy in here before.

[B]

They were like, we gotta get him back there.

[A]

Yeah, they had a good laugh at your expense.

[B]

They literally all did. They're like, oh, my God. It, like, barely came.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

We had barely any tit to squeeze.

[A]

No, but I think preventative care is really important. I think, again, that's something. I guess we probably do do too much in America. And now they have those body scan things where, like, you can, like, I don't know, pay $15,000 and it'll protect, like, every skin, every cell in your body or whatever. But I think always. It's just. Peace of mind is priceless, I think. Go get the thing. Have a bonding experience with your kid, with your sibling, with your partner.

[B]

Come on, sweetie. Get in the car. We're getting X rays, we're getting a mammogram.

[A]

We're getting an mri. Yes, I've had much imaging done, though. I've had bone Scrans. I've had MRIs.

[B]

I would have loved to think, just from, you know, kind of my virgin moment, my cover of virgin moment. I would have loved to get the scan.

[A]

I wonder they have if they have it still on the. On a little.

[B]

Yeah. My big old nips. And you know what? In the end, like, for anyone listening, they really. They calm down. I think I grew into them totally. I really grew into.

[A]

Say, I never have once thought since knowing you that your nipples looked disproportionate.

[B]

I used to think I had bigger nipples, but I think they're actually like, just kind of pretty normal, proportional. Thanks, sweetie.

[A]

They fit you.

[B]

They're always hard. I will say that about mine.

[A]

Always.

[B]

I mean, right now, like.

[A]

Well, it's freezing in here.

[B]

Yeah. But on set, like, it's hard to find me with, like, a really.

[A]

With it when they're just sort of.

[B]

When they're just chill.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, you had yours pierced and you said they were always hard.

[A]

Well, the pierced one just always looked hard because it was like, you know, at attention.

[B]

I wonder if they would take that out.

[A]

Oh, I don't.

[B]

You have to do a mammogram.

[A]

I don't know. I'm thinking about the feminine urge to get my nipple pierced again. We'll see.

[B]

Dear media. Hey, clip that.

[A]

We'll see what happens. I haven't made a decision one way or another.

[B]

We'll talk.

[A]

We'll talk.

[B]

It's a group decision. Of course.

[A]

Of course. I mean, I have to sit with my family and decide.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But I. I look forward. Well, I guess I'm not really looking forward to the mammogram, but I do like to just know that everything's good.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

And another thing that Trump's administration is doing is they're cutting funding for cancer research. So, yeah, I guess if you voted for him and you're listening to this podcast.

[B]

How we doing?

[A]

Eat and die.

[B]

And you might.

[A]

And you might.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. So good luck with everything. We're out here fighting the good fight.

[B]

The fight to. I. Taika button, I guess, just in case. Taika button.

[A]

Well, yeah, sure.

[B]

God. You know what?

[A]

You are, Mary Beth Bisexual.

[B]

Well, yeah, but you're also my ride or die. Ride or die.

[A]

I ride for Benny's mammogram. I think it's. It's such a. So I'm so glad we have that Coming of age.

[B]

It was really coming of age. I mean, it was. That's why I included it in Overcompens was something about the live show. The live show? Yeah, When I was doing it. It's in the world of all of it, even the way Connie's written, I think, in that it does kind of have.

[A]

Connie definitely would have taken you there.

[B]

Yeah. It just has that. That flare. Thank you so much. I love when you ride for it. I have to rewrite for it.

[A]

Yeah, of course.

[B]

I have to sell you on it again.

[A]

Yeah. The experience of it all. It's those days that really stick with you from your upbringing that you should just, like, recall at the drop of mind.

[B]

My mom took me to get chicken selects after, like, she. She's. She's good at her job.

[A]

She balances scales, of course. The scales of justice.

[B]

Yeah. And she's like, you know, mother of four. She said, dump them.

[A]

Dump them.

[B]

I ride for three. I mean, who. What? I would live in a glass house if I did it. I love posting a thirst trap. I think they're just fun. And it's like, who gives a. We're not here for that long. And I am proud of the work, and I'm proud of. Proud of the rig, so I'm gonna show it off. And I love seeing my friends post them. I'm like. Like, oh. Like seeing a friend post a really good one, I'm like, I hope that all your dreams come true. Everything you wanted that to get you, I hope you get.

[A]

I don't think straight men have totally mastered the art yet. I think that those can be really risky. And I understand why you're.

[B]

But they're a good lesson in not doing too much, because then when they do, we go crazy.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I would say, like, smart.

[A]

It's about moderation. Straight guys, like, I think you could be posting more, take those risks and just like, yeah, live, laugh, love. Because. Because we'd love to see what you're working with.

[B]

One, two, three. Dumb.

[A]

Dumb.

[B]

Oh, my. Exit.

[A]

Benny, babe, eyes on the road. Benny, look out. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.