Déjà vu + This Thing I Can't Describe

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Ride" with Benito Skinner & Mary Beth Barone
Episode: Déjà vu + This Thing I Can't Describe (Jan 7, 2026)
Podcast Network: Dear Media

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Episode Overview

Kicking off 2026 in signature banter, Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone return for another deeply unserious and oddly profound episode of Ride. This week’s ride-along covers the joys and quirks of déjà vu, the intimate whimsy of how people save their loved ones in their phones, the complexities of living “with a face” in 2026, and the enduring hope for romantic whimsy. With plenty of digressions about films, family, and self-reflection, this is an exploration of small wonders and the self-aware bimbo energy that defines the podcast.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Time Travel, Movie Tangents, and the Art of Having a Face

• The duo kicks off by playfully riffing on the concept of time travel (00:45 – 01:12), referencing movies like The Time Traveler’s Wife, 17 Again, and Freaky Friday.
• Benito and Mary Beth muse about the sometimes problematic tropes of age/time-swap films, and Benito recounts crying on a plane while watching Jurassic World, lauding Scarlett Johansson’s new energy:

  “She’ll speak on anything, it seems. And I mean, this is a total compliment.” – Mary Beth (02:05)

• Conversation pivots to beauty and authenticity in maintaining their faces, eschewing some cosmetic interventions while conceding to small indulgences.

  “I really want to commit to having one [face] for my whole life and not putting something man made on there.” – Mary Beth (04:02)
  “I do get Botox, but I’m just saying, like, I would like to keep most of my features. I do like them.” (04:40)

2. Social Rituals, Odors, and Whimsical Complaints

• Mary Beth shares tales from a recent event, recounting the risks and amusement of pungent hors d'oeuvres in tight quarters (06:06) and the polite panic that surrounds potent perfumes.
• Benito and Mary Beth riff on crapshoot vs. crab shoot, introducing a new in-joke for the podcast (07:00).

  “It’s a crapshoot… But crab shoot—I think is kind of cool. Well, that’s my new restaurant.” – Benito

• A wider meditation follows about giving and receiving feedback from the podcast’s Reddit (08:03).

3. Friendship, Family, and Parenthood

• They reflect on the oddness of choosing not to have children and how “the right ones” to be parents are sometimes the ones least interested (09:35–10:12).

  “The people that I’m like, oh god, you’d be such a good mom, they’re like, ugh, absolutely not.” – Benito (09:57)

• Both share warm nostalgia for Big Daddy, admitting childhood crushes and dissecting the character dynamics of Sandler films (10:29–11:09).

4. Phones, Nicknames, and the Tiny Windows of Love

• Mary Beth’s “thing she can’t describe” is the habit of peeking at how Uber drivers and others save their significant others’ names in their phones (21:14–22:32).

  “One of the drivers…had his wife saved as ‘my one and only’ with a heart emoji.” – Mary Beth (21:51)
  “It’s so, like, intimate to see something like that.” (22:17)

• Benito and Mary Beth contrast the whimsy of unusual contact names from their own lives (“Kitty,” “Lorelai,” or “The Wife”), wishing for a world with more nickname affection and less formal contact lists (22:32–24:26).

  “The wife is so classic. I think the wife is so amazing.” – Benito (24:22)

5. Deja Vu: Magic, Memory, and Existential Comedy

• Benito introduces déjà vu as his ride-or-die (34:31–41:08).

  “Deja vu is this feeling of like, oh my god, this exact thing has happened before, and I feel like I’m back at that place. It is the Time Traveler’s Wife…” – Benito (35:37)
  “It’s as close as we get to magic, I swear to god.” – Benito (35:52)

• Both share their theories: the neuroscientific (“your brain files memories out of order”) vs. the metaphysical (“it’s kind of magic and inexplicable”).

  “It really just casts a light on the limits of science…we can’t explain what it is.” – Mary Beth (36:56)

• Discussion of how universal déjà vu is, speculation about whether twins or AI could experience it, and celebration of the French for coining the term—and for their inventiveness in language (38:28–39:39).
• Benito, ever the romantic, encourages listeners to try to experience déjà vu:

  “Try to get it today. It’ll just make you feel little gooseies…You could never predict when it’s going to hit.” (37:38, 38:20)

6. The Return of Romance and New Year Intentions

• Both reflect on intentions for 2026: more presence, more gratitude, material pleasures (“more fruit leather…purses”), and embracing whimsy and romantic possibility (18:28–19:33).

  “Only two more months and you’ll maybe let someone talk to you… I ride for the whimsy. The whimsy of you.” – Benito (45:22)

7. Miscellaneous Gems & Tangents

• Mary Beth confesses to hiding exes from her iPhone’s People tab post-breakup (26:28–26:43).
• Digressions include a nostalgia trip to the era of custom ringtones, family photo backgrounds, “neutralized attraction,” and shared affection for the mundane.
• Both roast each other in love, muse about IQ ads on the subway (46:38), and end with riffing on the limits of science, word origins, and wrapping up the episode in typical fashion—plenty of inside jokes, laughter, and lightly roasty affirmations.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (Timestamps included)

• “She’ll speak on anything, it seems. And I mean, this is a total compliment.” – Mary Beth (02:05)
• “I really want to commit to having one [face] for my whole life and not putting something man made on there.” – Mary Beth (04:02)
• “One of the drivers…had his wife saved as ‘my one and only’ with a heart emoji.” – Mary Beth (21:51)
• “Deja vu is this feeling of like, oh my god, this exact thing has happened before… It is the Time Traveler’s Wife…” – Benito (35:37)
• “It’s as close as we get to magic, I swear to god.” – Benito (35:52)
• “Try to get it today. It’ll just make you feel little gooseies.” – Benito (37:38)
• “Only two more months and you’ll maybe let someone talk to you… I ride for the whimsy. The whimsy of you.” – Benito (45:22)

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Key Segments & Recommended Listening

• Time travel tangents, movies, & authenticity: 00:42 – 05:00
• Event stories: scent & snack disasters: 05:31 – 07:30
• Family & parenthood musings: 09:32 – 10:19
• Contact names & the intimacy of phone nicknames: 21:14 – 24:26
• Deja vu discussion, theories, personal stories: 34:47 – 41:08
• Setting new year intentions, embracing romance & whimsy: 18:28 – 19:33, 45:22 – end

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Episode Tone & Vibe

The episode delivers quintessential “Ride” energy: playful, self-referential, and a little bit absurd, but deeply earnest about small pleasures and the strangeness of everyday life. Mary Beth and Benito’s bimbo brilliance is in full effect—riffing, roasting, name-dropping, and finding wonder in everything from Uber driver console screens to the cosmic weirdness of déjà vu.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a perfect blend of offbeat friendship, candid self-disclosure, and comedic insight. Expect digressions, inside references, and the occasional earnest reflection—but above all, a warm, rambling, and highly entertaining journey through the anxieties, aspirations, and odd joys of a new year.

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Ride at Dawn!

Transcript

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The following podcast is a dear media production. Hey, can you come pick me up? Yeah.

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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.

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And this is Ride Two macro bars down the old pipe. You know. We're ready to let her rip.

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So it's the new year 2026, but.

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We'Re recording this in 2024.

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Actually, they say time travel doesn't exist.

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Explain this then. Explain my wife. Time traveler's wife. Joke. Whoa. Ate it up. Ate it up.

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Eric Bana.

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So for me. Oh, Eric Bana.

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She's a kid in some parts. That's what I can't get on board with.

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There's a lot of those movies. Can I. You 17 again, which is really good. There's always this conceit in all those things. It's Jam. Lee Curtis and what's his.

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Oh, in. In. Chad Michael Murray.

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Freaky Friday. Chad Michael Murray.

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Of course.

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I haven't seen Freakier Friday yet.

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Me neither.

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I was guaranteed plane and I'm not seeing it On Missoni for Delta 1.

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It's on Delta.

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Is it?

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Or maybe it was on Virgin when we just flew Virgin.

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Speaking of, I. And I just hope everyone's doing good, by the way.

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Oh, I'm having a full meal right now. I have fruit leather. I have a Go Macro bar.

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Yeah, girl.

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And I have water. And I'm just gonna be.

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Two barrettes.

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I'm alive. No, I remembered what I wanted to say about having a face, by the way, so I knew it was. It wasn't you, but it. Yeah, just do your thing and I'll do my thing.

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Well, I watched Jurassic World. I cried on a flight and watched Jurassic World. What have you done lately? I really love Jurassic World. I had so much fun. Jonathan Bailey. Were those the glasses? The glasses that launched a thousand articles. And Scarlett Johansson was kind of just in it, like, not giving a fucking. I had a really nice time.

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I love her new vibe. She'll speak on anything, it seems. And I mean, this is a total compliment.

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And we totally took it as such.

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She's like, yeah, I worked with Woody Allen. And then she said some other stuff that I don't remember.

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Yeah, but she's just kind of like that.

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She's not dodging the question.

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Yeah. There was one interview. I think I believe this is true. And I'm. You know, I kind of don't need to fact check because I Kind of am, like, almost 100, confident that it is. Jennifer Lopez had an interview for a magazine, and she kind of, like, shaded Cameron Diaz in it. But this was during the 90s, and people would just kind of, like, let her rip.

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I would love to know what she said, just for the historical accuracy of it, but we'll never know.

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But what's fun is, like, you get to leave the pod with homework. In a way, you get to leave.

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The pod with an idea, and there's nothing more powerful than an idea. And I learned that from the movie V for Vendetta.

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Oh, See, I learned that from Inception.

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Well, what you're seeing isn't real, Chief.

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In fact, it's my mind. Oh, my God. Whoa. I haven't neared right now, you guys. I'm not shaving just because I'm, like, literally so tired.

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But I just have to say it was crazy that Leo DiCaprio didn't tell anyone else on the mission that, like, his ex wife was kind of haunting his dreams.

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Yeah, he's kind of like, so y' all might meet someone. Okay. I would. See, I would have woken up and be like, you did not say your wife was a total yard. Okay, you didn't say about your wife being married, Oscar. Like, are you serious?

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The.

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Have you seen the video of her? It's like a meme where it's like when my crush calls and it's her and she's just talking to someone, and then she picks up the phone and she's, like, with a cigarette, and she, like, puts her hand to her face.

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She's French.

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I love her. Awesome. She's got that. What?

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That. Did you know it's our French episode.

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I know. No one's ready for. Well, they already know my R. Well.

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They don't know mine, and neither do you. Having a face.

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But what did I say? There's got to be a French word for it.

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I'm riding for this thing that I can't describe, but, like, succinctly. That's why I can't put in the title.

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Everyone will know what you mean, though.

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Well, you'll see. You'll see when I describe it. But having a face. I really want to commit to having one for my whole life and not putting something man made on there. I want it to be like how it was designed by capital H. I M. I agree.

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I think people aren't going to be used to it. No, I agree. I think there is going to be, like, a neck lift at some point, and I'll be Happy to tell you about it. Oh, also, people keep talking about bluff. They do this. Bless. Is that. Is the bluff. The eyelid. See, I. I'm. I'm fine to let that droop. I think it's going to be smoldering, but for me, it's going to be.

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I just want to see where it goes without intervention. I do get Botox, but I'm just saying, like, I would like to keep most of my features. I do like them.

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I would like to keep my features. You know, Duddy's only had lip filler.

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Of course.

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That's it, though. Yeah, yeah, she goes. Two full syringes.

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Well, you know my plan. Which is we're gonna write a sleep story. We're gonna do one episode maybe in season three, but it might have to wait, where we write a 40 minute sleep story about a day in the life of Duddy.

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Oh, my God. It's gonna be. I'll turn in. Overcompensating. Eight scripts. Done. And then this is my lap. Yeah. Stream of consciousness. I can't imagine all the things she'd get up to at a mall during Christmas or just at a Christmas party even.

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Oh, my God, a Christmas party. A fertile ground.

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Oh, my God. I mean, her going. I always knew I was a hot toddy to every person she talks to.

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That reminds me of something important.

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What? Yeah, if you can drink that water.

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I went to an event last night. Yep, I said it.

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You went to two events this week, and then you took me out to dinner like a pimp.

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Yeah, well, I'd feel glam. What was he gonna do, not take you to dinner? I would never not take you to dinner.

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Have you ever written your friend a sex scene in your show? Showed up at dinner, and she pays for the dinner. I was.

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I was hanging out with Anthony, so I had to make it right.

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Oh, total doll.

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At this event last night, which was really fun. The past apps were steak tartar tuna and deviled eggs. Delicious.

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Wow.

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Risky business.

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Ooh.

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In a loud event when you have to talk really close to people, I just felt like, what's going on?

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I think it's them playing with us.

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But it was really delicious, so I kept eating it, but, yeah, then I.

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Was like, I'm spewing.

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I'm spewing odors.

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I don't even know if I can say it, because I just. I like. Oh, my God. But the smell of someone at one of those things when they've eaten, like, truffle fries. I'm sorry. I'd rather Be on a cruise ship for two years.

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No people's odors lately, it's not even. It's bad breath and it's stinkiness.

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It's. It's. It's that stink. And you know what?

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Oh my God, the perfume. At least three people last night had the perfume on. I almost. I almost worked up the courage to say, what is that that you're wearing? But I just couldn't do it. I couldn't get the times.

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You really. It's such a. It's a crapshoot. If it's. Wait, where did crab shoot originate?

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It's crap shoot.

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Crapshoot. Yeah.

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But crab shoots.

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No. Fuck you.

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I love teaching you crapshoot.

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Why it's a crapshoot.

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I sent craps where you're like, red. Put 20 on red. I don't know.

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I don't know. I said this so confidently.

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There's no way and we have no way of knowing.

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A crab shoot I think is kind of cool. Well, that's my new restaurant.

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Crab at a photo shoot.

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Oh, yeah.

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That was what came to me.

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Good. There's a French word for that too. I don't even know what I was gonna say.

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It's a total crap shoot.

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Oh. If. When you're complimenting someone's perfume, if it really is like that you like it, or it's just like, I simply have to comment on it because it's. It's consumed me.

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Right.

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It's. It's in me at this point.

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Well, it's in my biome.

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Oh. One person was like. I asked them because I was like, what's that scent? Cuz I just genuinely was like, the. Do you have on? Like I. This. I gotta know. And they were like, I make it myself in my bones. I just thought. I know.

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No, I know.

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So I don't know if that's your. If you should leave it to the professionals.

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Yeah. Leave it to the men in the lab coats. Please.

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Leave it to la Labo, my love.

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We're gonna do less referencing audience feedback next season. Next year. 2026. I guess this year. I think we're too self referential.

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What do you mean by that?

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We need to let it rip. I'm like, I feel the need to respond to things people say on the pod. We don't have to see.

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I.

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We can only if we want to.

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I don't think I see any of it.

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Well, I do. And I'm bringing it up. So maybe this is more a note for myself.

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I think it might be. I don't know if I'm seeing anything. Not really noting me, sis. Wait, what are they saying about my. My sister?

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No, it's just like, oh, I don't like when they do this. Or like, I see a comment that says this and I'm like, I want.

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To like, oh, well, tell me now. Let's like, let's see what.

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But I can't even think of any right now. I just feel like we talk about it a lot. Like, oh, I saw this on the Reddit, which we are reading. We didn't stop.

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We're back. We didn't stop. We stopped for.

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But don't stop posting. It's just like, I don't know if we always need to talk about everything that's said. That I bring the energy. I bring that up.

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Of course.

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And that's. And I'm bringing it up right now.

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Well, and I'm glad you are gonna do it last New Year. Let's see. Start it fresh.

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Fresh, clean slate 2026.

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There was something you were saying and I forgot, but whatever.

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Was it about deviled eggs by any chance?

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My index finger has a. It's long. As long as a nail is gone. Look, I'm seeing white. That's progress for me.

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It's a little tip.

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So just as a reminder, in the new year, this is why I am here in this seat and you aren't.

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And you don't have a podcast.

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Duddy has one nail.

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It's coke nail, of course, but it's not the pinky. It's her pointer.

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Middle.

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Even better middle.

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And then she always sucks the whole.

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Thing, puts it all the way back.

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And she goes, it's not for coke. It's for cats up.

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And she sleeps ketchup next to her bed, of course.

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And honey mustard, she's a honey mustard girl, by the way. Honey Dijon.

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I realize if we don't have kids, then that's less cousins in the world.

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Is that so bad?

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I don't know.

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I mean, who knows in my family.

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Yeah.

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You know what's crazy? I think some of the people who don't want kids should have them. They actually would be good parents because they'd be like, you know, thoughtful and stuff. Those. Sometimes when people are just like, I want kids, they'll say that so boldly. And I think, well, I hope I don't come back in a second life.

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Right.

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I don't want to be your kid.

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Or, I don't want to meet them.

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Yeah, well, that too. I don't. Yeah, of course. That Too. But, yeah, sometimes I feel like the. The people that I'm like, oh, God, you'd be such a good mom. They're like, ugh, absolutely not stressful. And I'm like, well, because you're being so thoughtful.

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I don't know.

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Yeah. Who knows? I haven't written something off, but I haven't written it on and on.

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That's like how I think if you want to be president, you shouldn't be allowed to run. And we should elect presidents by popular demand. And who am I writing in? Jon Stewart.

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Perfect.

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I mean, imagine if we did. He totally didn't want to do it.

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It was realizing. It's so funny you bring him up. I realized I had a huge crush on him as a kid from Big Daddy. He had such a sexiness in that.

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Oh, my God.

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Yeah. He popped in every. And then in the end, he adopts. He adopts the kid, right?

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His own kid. Yeah, it's his kid.

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Oh, it's his.

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Yeah.

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Remember?

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And he's engaged to Leslie Mann, you know, and he's like this one night in Buffalo or whatever.

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I loved the friction between Adam Sandler and Leslie Mann in that. I remember that being, like a really great dynamic.

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Yeah.

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And then. Oh, that cutie. His cutie girlfriend with a voice. Yeah, she had that sweet voice.

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I think he called her tits McGee in that. That might have been the first time I heard of Tits McGee. Because, Leslie, we all know where we were when we first heard Tits McGee.

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Yeah.

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What an amazing apartment. What I would give.

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Mine has that kind of gene. It does.

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Oh, it really does. If someone said, okay, a cab's going to run over your foot, but you're going to be kind of set for like a few years. Would you do it? I probably would. He seemed fine.

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When did you think of that?

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When I watched Big Daddy because he sues the cab, so he works at a toll booth.

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How recently did you see this? Really?

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I had on bhs. I've watched it, so.

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Okay. Because we did, too. But I'm like. For some reason, we were a Happy Gilmore family. Golfers, of course.

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We did a little rotation. Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy.

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Ben Stiller as the. The nursing home doctor is. It's one of those performances that is stuck in my bones. I could recite every line.

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Yeah. He goes, oh, your finger.

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Ch, now your back's going to hurt, cuz you just pulled landscaping duty.

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It's sort of. It's adjacent to heavyweights. Do you see heavyweights? His performance in that. It's about Like a fat camp. And he plays like this psycho trainer that gets brought in. That's where lunch has been cancelled due to lack of hustle.

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Oh, 100%. But of course, dodgeball was also.

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It's very similar, but there's one line read in heavy rates. Pasta primavera. It's really funny.

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I love that you can laugh with yourself. And I. I do want to. You know what? If we're. If we're going to get self referential, well, then let's do it. What? What did someone say? I laughed at my joke of she's trying to get into your knickers.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Well, someone said, the way he cracks up laughing his own joke.

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I only crack up at knowing Edward's about to crack up.

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Yeah, I know that energy thing. You're not in the room with us.

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I can't stress enough. Writing these scripts. I literally am just completely dead in the face. Although sometimes I'll read your guys's pitches and then I'll giggle.

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You have a little chuckle. I was going to say, maybe we should set intentions for the year.

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I look dead.

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You don't. And that's another thing we're not going to do.

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No, don't let me.

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What are we doing tonight?

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I don't know yet.

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Do you have plans?

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I kind of do, but we'll talk.

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Why do you have plans?

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Because I got a text from someone who's visiting.

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Wait, can I ask Squarespace something in the ad? Let's see if you're listening. Squarespace, your own goddamn.

[A]

I can't wait to hear this.

[B]

I want them to make a total site for me. When you enter the page, it says total site and it's just like photos of me and they just like make it. I don't care what it is. Squarespace. If you have.

[A]

Because you have the domain, you have need your skin.

[B]

I have the domain. So I just want you to do whatever you want with it. I've gotten nothing to sell, only myself.

[A]

It's just my projects.

[B]

I think it should be Mary best projects. Some things I like. Maybe a few music videos. I'd love an Olivia Dean music. I know. You know what I want on the launch page? It plays Olivia Dean and it's photos of me.

[A]

Yeah, I just set to Olivia Dean.

[B]

Yeah, but no photos of me before 20. I don't know, 23. 20.

[A]

23.

[B]

Yeah. So, okay, so this is where we want to discuss the product and in.

[A]

A personal and organic way. So as a lot of you guys know, if you go to marybeth barone.com I've designed my website there. So not only do I have a Bands in Town plugin which is totally supported by Squarespace, I also have this plugin that I got so that it would have the latest podcast episodes like as a feed, which is really cool. And then I also have videos embedded from both Vimeo and YouTube. So I guess what I'm saying is that the cutting edge design is always there for me. I bought my domain through Squarespace and I have videos on there. So those are just a few of the products you can familiarize yourself with when you get a Squarespace website.

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We're in the article ad Benny just posted.

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I'll talk about article. I don't need you. Whoa. I don't need you for this ad.

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Oh, guess who's moving into a new place? I see some article shipments in the queue.

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I'd say so. They might let me pick one or two items.

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Yeah.

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[A]

Beautiful new sofa, dining table or bed, head to article.com. do we want to set intentions for the year?

[B]

Yeah, I think so.

[A]

What do you want to do this year?

[B]

Well, I want to make an another season of honest, beautiful, sexy sex Television. No, I want to be really present when we're shooting everything. I think last time I was at times, but then I would also just be like, oh, my God, I'm so worried and stressed, and I think I just really want to enjoy it. So. Being more present this year. Yeah, and. Yeah. And, you know, more gratitude and more fruit leather. And I was gonna say more fruit leather. Give me some. I'll chew the other end.

[A]

I don't care about that. Just now. There's less.

[B]

I do.

[A]

I would like to see Rosalie live.

[B]

Oh, we could do, like.

[A]

Oh, I could have said, like, tangible.

[B]

Yeah, okay.

[A]

You could have said purses, and that's what you want.

[B]

On the record, I would say purses. You know that's like how I'll end my life, right? Like, I'll be saying shit like that on my way out. Purses, I hope. Wait, please. I know a Baroni will be in the hospital when I pass on. You have to remind me.

[A]

She'll be a nurse in figs.

[B]

I know. My last words. Are we even funny anymore? You are.

[A]

I don't know. No, I don't think I've been funny for a few weeks on this.

[B]

Well, I'm sure they'll let us know.

[A]

They will, but we won't bring it up.

[B]

I don't think you thought I was funny.

[A]

Are you? Don't. Don't do that. Don't do that. That's crazy.

[B]

Welcome to the new year, you guys.

[A]

I also would like to be really proud of my performance when I shoot Galaxy Brain.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

My Netflix special.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then I would like to follow the Joy this year. Just have a lot of moments of joy and continue prioritizing, having fun.

[B]

Oh, chase me.

[A]

Yay.

[B]

The Joy's right here.

[A]

The joy's the joy can't. What is it? Oh, you can't lose the Joy because the joy's you.

[B]

The joy ain't going anywhere. They can't take the joy with them when you are the Joy.

[A]

No, I think the magic is straight. Guys giving me attention so they can take it away. It's not me.

[B]

They could easily strip you of that.

[A]

I'm not the magic. Can I just say, I'm not the magic.

[B]

100%.

[A]

It's straight guys giving me attention.

[B]

Such a good point. Yeah, I love that. And thank you for sharing. So today I will be writing for.

[A]

Deja Vu as I lick my fingers, which I do. And some people don't do that. I do.

[B]

I think that's. There. You've been kind of chomping. I think this is going to be really fun for them.

[A]

I'm sorry if you don't like that.

[B]

No, no. I think they're going to enjoy it regardless. Even if they hate it, I think it's cool. It's different.

[A]

If you love it, you're welcome. If you hate it, that's exposure therapy. And again, all I can say is, you're welcome. This week, I will be riding for something I can't describe. And if you want, I can go first and I can just finally describe it to you.

[B]

Let's. Sorry. Chomping at the bits.

[A]

Wait, where are we going?

[B]

Who cares? Ride.

[A]

So, you know I'm observant and perceptive, of course.

[B]

Both.

[A]

I love being a witness to other people. Something that I really enjoy doing when I'm in either an Uber or this actually happened when I was being driven to overcompensating from where we were living to the set. I like looking at the console and I like seeing what the Uber drivers or what the drivers have saved their significant other as in their phone. So I. I get chills thinking about it. It is so stinking cute. It is so stinking cute. One of the drivers, when I'm compensating, he had his. His wife saved as my one and only with the heart emoji.

[B]

That's what I have you saved as.

[A]

I know, and that means the world. And then I was in an Uber the other day and it was just my baby with the heart emoji and a picture of her came up and he did decline the call. And I wanted to be like, you don't have to do that for me. Like, you should follow the joy and answer. Maybe, or I don't know, maybe this is drug dealer. Yeah. And that could be the case too.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But I've seen all kinds of, like, my better half, one true love. Like, it's just so. It's so, like, intimate to see something like that.

[B]

It's so not what I thought we were going to get from, you know. What an incredible way to start the year.

[A]

I just think it's really sweet and it's like, it's an eye. And it's a peek into their. Not only, like, who they are at their rawest, but, like, just, like, what a beautiful thing to, like, have that partner and be like, I'm gonna save them as something special.

[B]

Well, this must be crazy for you, because I. I feel like you're very formal. What I found is that I. I entered phones with whimsy, and I feel like I was not met with the whimsy back. Like, my sister, we call her, like, Kitty sometimes. So she had, like, kitty with kitten emojis. And then my other sister, I used to call Lorelai because her name's Laura Elizabeth Gilmore Gilmore. Clif that. Wait, I need that. That's such. That was insane. That's, like, the funniest thing you've ever done. I think I have to sit with that. Sorry. Laura Elizabeth Gilmore Gilmore. God, no wonder I'm totally obsessed with you. And don't bleep it for once.

[A]

I never. I never thought that would go over so well.

[B]

No, sometimes it's those ones that stick out to me.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So I just created this nickname of Lorelei, and just, like, she kind of hated it, but that's what I called her. But I had those in my phone with, like, a bunch of. I. I was playing with it, and then I put the worst photo I could of the person up, like, and then everyone kind of matched me with update contact, and it. Things got really business.

[A]

Yeah, it got really, really.

[B]

I'm like, why do you guys really sterilize this? I would love to put, like, it should just say wife.

[A]

The wife, Right?

[B]

Call with Darth Vader, you know?

[A]

Yeah, I would love that.

[B]

Really? Oh, my God. I. We should change Mac in our phones to money. So it's like, oh, money calls.

[A]

Money's calling. That's so money.

[B]

Oh, money's calling. Mac is so money.

[A]

Well, I remember when you first saved my number in your phone. You had Mary Beth is one word, and you didn't have any emojis. So I remember specifically seeing. I think we were drunk or maybe at that Halloween party we've gone to a couple times where I remember we were discussing it, and I was like, how come everyone else has a million emojis at the end of their name? And then we went in and we added a bunch. But you're right. I do a more formal type thing, and I. I want someone. I can only dream of one day saving someone in my phone as something a little different.

[B]

I want to do baby love.

[A]

Baby love. The wife is so classic.

[B]

I Think the wife is so amazing.

[A]

It just sucks because I can never. Like, my dream would be to do a photo dump of, like, all the ones that I've seen. I'm not quick enough on the jaw with that when the phone call comes in. So then I'm like, I could just have my camera out the entire time I'm in an Uber, just in case, but I think I can't probably commit to that.

[B]

I'll have it out just all the time, and then just always on the table, it's face up, and I'm like, oh, my God, look who's calling. I'm like, I'm having this thing. I'm not my mom's screensaver right now. Like, grandkids are tricky, and it's awesome. I'm happy they're here, but, like, I'm kind of no one's wallpaper. So if I am your wallpaper, please reach out. You were.

[A]

You're in the rotation with Pinky right now.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

You, Brandon and Thomas at Charlie's wedding.

[B]

Oh, I was.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

I was your wallpaper for.

[A]

I change it every few days to.

[B]

Be a lock screen.

[A]

Like, it's so cool.

[B]

It's just. And I. I can't wait to meet a guy who puts you as his lock screen.

[A]

That's just your boyfriend, whoever you date. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, it's me. No, I'm just like, that will be so. I know his phone if I see that.

[A]

When I knew that my last boyfriend was gonna dump me, I asked him, like, what's your phone background? Because I was just getting weird vibes. I was like, did you change it because it was me and Pinky? And he was like, no. Why would you ask that? And I was like, because you're being fucking weird. He hadn't changed it, but I know he probably had thought about it.

[B]

He's. Of course.

[A]

It's very. It's. It's an. It's an indicator of something.

[B]

Not that I know how to do the button that gets you to the changing the wallpapers, but every now and then, it does it. And the one that it slides to is you with Katy Perry for me or Charlie Crash. And then there's Alana1. I've had interesting ones. And then I have, like, a dog that died so long ago. And Apple is just like, yeah, Tank. They will not stop showing me Tank.

[A]

I'm not laughing. It's just. I like that your dog's name was Tank.

[B]

He was so. He was such a bozo. I miss him. So much. He was so studly and stupid. He was incredible. He was also, like a total glutton for food, which I just thought was funny. You know, we shared like a love of snacks.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But Apple's just kind of like, remember this dog that died of cancer and broke your heart? Like, they refused to let me.

[A]

You can hide the dog. Sometimes you have to hide people, which I've done.

[B]

Of course they do that.

[A]

Yeah, you can hide them. They haven't come up with a way to unhide them. So I was trying to post a photo dump when we had Edward on the podcast and I went to People and I was like, well, how do I unhide? Because obviously you're going through a breakup. You're going to hide the person.

[B]

Yeah, of course I.

[A]

There's no. No. Even on the Mac forums. I couldn't figure it out. And, you know, I checked so.

[B]

Well, I forgot my password on my laptop. And just in case anyone has ever had this happen, it's kind of the one thing that Apple's like, our hands are tied. You have to reset the thing. So I had to go to World Trade. Can I just say love to everyone there? I had the best time at the Apple Store.

[A]

Everyone was, they genuinely want to help you.

[B]

I didn't mind the reset.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Gave me a new wallpaper. I had to redownload final draft and all this. Oh, this business stuff. We'll talk about it offline.

[A]

So tough, babe. So tough.

[B]

It sucked.

[A]

So tough. But, yeah, I guess, I mean, we were in. We were in high school in the time of, like, ringtones and ring back tones and things like that. You can really personalize. There was more flair. There was more flair.

[B]

I love this because also, you know what it is? I think the romantic is coming back in you. And I've waited for it to return. That romantic whimsy.

[A]

Yeah, like up the romance. If you have a. If you have a lover, significant other, even if it's only been. I mean, what would Duddy do? Duddy would save that guy in her phone. The minute they meet, he's.

[B]

He'd look over and it says, boy, number 36.

[A]

I'm number 29. I didn't understand that line, and I still don't to this day.

[B]

There's been 29 other people that they've brought that they're saying that there's like. Or they're.

[A]

Daddy. 20. He's dated 29 other people. 28.

[B]

Yeah, they're getting in her head. I love that they're like, oh, my God. You know how we'll fuck up this woman? Like, talk about dad's body count.

[A]

Like, give her daddy. That's the one line where I'm like, don't write kids. It's so elevated. It's elevated beyond even me at 34. I couldn't figure it out. So all I would say is that next time you're in the car with a driver, and if you maybe don't want to be scrolling on your phone, you just keep an eye on that little console, that little screen, and you just see if something cute. I don't know. It feels so, like, warm and fuzzy to me to be like, wow, that person. I don't know the relationship dynamic, but this is a straight man who has saved his partner and his phone as something totally adorable.

[B]

Can I say something? Yeah. It's like, just. It's really beautiful thinking of, like, the wife. Seeing that I know it probably means the world to her.

[A]

I know.

[B]

That's.

[A]

I know. And you're right. There is. We don't have an English word for it. Maybe there's a French word for. For. I don't even know. I still don't really know how to describe it. You described it as how drivers save or even just people. It's like how people save their significant others. But the way I've witnessed it so much is. Is by being in cars with people.

[B]

I wonder if women would feel comfortable doing that with the guy because it's like, you never know if he's gonna cheat or, like, ruin your life.

[A]

I would love to see what people have their significant others saved as. I think it's really sweet and it's very vulnerable. And if you feel comfortable sharing, feel free to post a screenshot and tag ride the pod.

[B]

Also, baby. Sorry, we're recording at midnight, aka 6:30. But what I'm thinking is also maybe go on your phone and change it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Have a little whimsy special. I think at this point it would be annoying for me because I'm just like. So I call you so much that, like, my brain just couldn't. It would take a while.

[A]

Well, that's why I still have the photo of you as you as Courtney on Halloween. Because I can change it now.

[B]

I love that photo. That's me at my, like, perfect form. That's, like, true. Like, I'm.

[A]

I really saw.

[B]

I'm in a flow state.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, I. It's something so. Oh. Sometimes when I get a wig on or some nails. There he is. Shine on me. Kiss me in the dark. Tell me I look beautiful underneath the stars, head on your chest. That's my favorite part.

[A]

Her me or her me or her me or her.

[B]

Girl. It's 10am on January.

[A]

So her is the only dating app actually built for sapphics by sapphics. Yeah, and it's perfect for winter restart season. I mean, think about the cold weather, the loneliness cuffing, coming out of hibernation, trying again and wiping the slate clean.

[B]

I. You know what you should do? You look at someone in a bar and you say, hold me. I don't leave people.

[A]

And then three months, in you go. You're losing me.

[B]

Well, of course. Maybe two. Okay, so here's the thing.

[A]

Winter dating, it can be like really tough. I mean, Lord knows, like, I'm taking a huge break because I have to.

[B]

But I would say January is like a sapphic reactivation peak though.

[A]

Yeah, you've been saying that. You said that the entire time we were importing.

[B]

Well, it's messy hope season and pinky, it's when everyone decides to try again, including you. I. I think you should put yourself out there. I'm serious. Look at me. I'm serious.

[A]

I'm not doing it. So I guess what we're saying, all in all really is her gets it right.

[B]

Here's my favorite thing. I love when queer people make things for queer people and straight people didn't make it for us. Trying to guess what we want. That's why her is different than other people.

[A]

And it's not just swiping. It's real queer community and it's IRL dating and queer community events, vibes, profile prompts personality forward. There's even red flags and green flags. So I guess what I'm saying is download her and see if it speaks to you. See if it makes you excited to get back into dating. Who knows? Maybe when I'm ready to start dating again, you'll see me on there. Exactly.

[B]

Try her this winter. It's sapphic restart season and her. Thank you for letting Benny Drama read this.

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Well, okay. That's the thing. I want to give them 100 bucks, see what they do with it. But the buzz feels light, social, and smooth. And it's available in 5 and 10 milligram a full fast onset hemp derived THC. Making me feel like my own little senorita.

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[B]

I'm starting to think people are, like, hanging out with us for the senorita of it all.

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[B]

Speaking of French. Let's get you in this sex. This sex. Who did that to me? It's Uffie. But who. Who is that in Beyonce's song Partition? I don't know.

[A]

We'll see if the Baronis can find that out. Yeah, I couldn't. I couldn't possibly know.

[B]

No one could. But I love that part when that plays.

[A]

But I love Partition.

[B]

Let's get you in this sex. The sex Shivity. It's the.

[A]

I would play it if it wouldn't get fucked up on YouTube. We have to sing everything now. We can't play the songs because if we play a song in an episode, they won't let us monetize. It.

[B]

They love the singing. No one's saying a thing about it. They're loving it.

[A]

That's one piece of feedback we haven't got.

[B]

They're loving the singing.

[A]

Yeah, well, they haven't said they don't like it, so you can only assume they're loving it.

[B]

Sometimes they're like, what is that song? And it's like, that's just from the dome, right?

[A]

I need a fidget spinner. Because these clips being here, I'm like, everyone watching is just seeing that I have this problem.

[B]

I think they're gonna feel good by it. Okay, speaking of Beyonce, deja vu. So deja vu, there's kind of a way to describe it. And fortunately, there's this perfect little combo of words. Or maybe it's one word. Is it one word?

[A]

I think it's two. I think it's deja and it's deja vu.

[B]

Yeah. Okay, so deja vu, I assume everyone knows what this is like. Is it weird if I describe it?

[A]

I think you should describe it as you. As you think of it.

[B]

Okay. So to me, deja vu is on some. The fuck? I'm good as fuck.

[A]

It's very interstellar, kind of.

[B]

It's so interstellar. It's so like, I've been here before. So I. I can't remember the first time I experienced it, but I remember specifically this one time. I was in fourth grade and I was looking at the board and school. I remember having deja vu because the days really do.

[A]

They just come on loop.

[B]

The days keep coming and they don't stop coming. But I. I remember being like, holy fuck, that's crazy. And then learning about it later of like, oh, this is like a phenomenon, right?

[A]

This is a sensation.

[B]

This is a feminine. Yeah. So deja vu is this feeling of like, oh, my God, this exact thing has happened before, and I feel like I'm back at that place. It is the Time Traveler's Wife, which is funny that you brought that up, because it does feel like that. All of a sudden, you're like, the fuck?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And it's so disoriented. Gu. The fact that it's like, as close as we get to magic. I swear to God, it is so like, when you really feel it too, I get such a rush from it. I'm like, I like it. And there's not one time it's happened to me that I didn't need to tell every single fucking person in the vicinity.

[A]

You have to say it.

[B]

I just got deja vu. It can be. I can be alone in a room and I say it out loud.

[A]

I got it today. No leaving my apartment. And then we. I shot a sketch yesterday with Kai on camera.

[B]

I get it all the time.

[A]

Well, our cameraman Michael, who is totally fabulous in the middle of us shooting. I mean, we were not in a take because that would have been funny if he had said it. And then it would take. He just goes, well, I just got deja vu. It's so I've heard a theory about what it is, which is that our brain like files memories in order, but sometimes it files them out of order. So it's actually your brain filing the memory you're making right in that moment, like as something that's happened in the past. That's what I've heard, but I don't know if that's based in anything.

[B]

Oh. Because to me it's like you're back on. Like you've. You've tread this path before.

[A]

No, I. I don't. I think it's sort of inexplicable and obviously to me, I love this because it's sort of. It really just casts a light on the limits of science. We can't explain what it is. It's. It's a universal experience. I think. Actually I'd be curious if other cultures get it. Like ones that, you know, are totally unrelated to western culture, which I learned that's what we are. Right.

[B]

I am so glad.

[A]

And I'm even not totally sure as I'm saying that.

[B]

No. Yeah.

[A]

But I think we are the western world.

[B]

Course.

[A]

But I. It's just like s. You know, it's like, how do planes fly? We don't know what is deja vu and what causes it. We don't know.

[B]

I'm sure there's been huge studies, I'm sure released and. And more to release this year. Of course.

[A]

Well, yeah, I'm going to do one.

[B]

Yeah. But I. I can't stress enough. Try to get it today. It'll just make you feel little gooseies. And you know what I love about it? There's no. You could never predict when it's going to hit, but it does all the time on set. Like, that's so funny. You got it on set. Because with cameras and stuff, during overcompensating, I will say I got it all the time.

[A]

I got it a couple times during overcompensating.

[B]

Yeah. Cuz also like all the, the times I was in the dorm room thing, I would just be like, whoa. Sorry guys. The days are blending Oo.

[A]

It's bringing me back.

[B]

Anyone else? Just dizzy right now. But, yeah, the deja vu of it all, I just think it's so delicious.

[A]

And unlike saying God bless you, I think announcing when you have deja vu is fun. It's fun for everyone in the room.

[B]

Well, it's cool because it reminds everybody that, like, that could be me. Like, and it probably will be again, but I could never know when. And that's what deja vu is so cool about. It just hits you.

[A]

And thank God the French sat down and they came up with a fudgeing term for this. Deja vu. Deja vu. Because there's a lot of things, I guess, they don't add to the French language. Like, it's sort of locked in.

[B]

Whoa. Okay. So they don't add any other words.

[A]

That's what I think. My roommate in college told me.

[B]

Okay. Whatever this first summit was, they really just kind of got as many as possible. They're like, fuck it.

[A]

They were writing on a chalkboard.

[B]

They're like. You know that feeling? Yeah. That feeling when. And you kind of go like that. And you're like, this must have happened before. And you feel it in your boobs.

[A]

Yeah, they did it. All that conversation went well.

[B]

The whole thing was in English because then they. Yeah.

[A]

And then they translated it all to French. But, yeah, they. They don't add words. So it's just cool that this. This was covered in that first sort of round, that first brushstroke. This was after fork, including deja vu.

[B]

They said, spoon, Fork. Spoon. Knife, knife, Fork. And then they're like, deja vu.

[A]

That's really.

[B]

Gwen.

[A]

This is. You have sex. We have sex.

[B]

Oh, my God. I'm thinking about the fucking French that left a fucking wine on top of her book to make to.

[A]

Here's my thing. She couldn't call the restaurant.

[B]

I know. You said it before.

[A]

Why didn't you say, you're gonna be late?

[B]

I know.

[A]

I wanted to ride for crashing out today, and I wanted to do an episode where we tear down this whole studio.

[B]

But the second you saw your friend. Second you saw your friend, you weren't crashing out anymore. Because all it takes is conversation.

[A]

That's not true.

[B]

Oh, my God. You know what? I've gotten deja vu in your apartment. I think I'm gonna get it a lot now that I've moved to New York.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

All the nights are blending together oh.

[A]

Yeah we're going out tomorrow.

[B]

We are. And I hope I look fucking cute. Okay. So for any of the. The dermatitis girlies out there, I'm sending love. And I hope by the time this comes out, I will have been on doxycycline for doxycycline. Doxycycline. Doxycycline for a month. And I hope I'm a totally different person. Yes. I'm going the antibiotic route. I've got nowhere else to go. I've got no one else to turn to. So here I go. Shout out to Mary Beth for linking me with her derm, her md, who.

[A]

Is pure of heart.

[B]

My favorite thing is the derm was like, you're on this other medication. If you took this with it, you would have brain bleeding. I'm telling you right now. I swear to God I'm true. Because I know you're friends with Mary Beth, and you're really intense. Please do not take these two drugs together. And I was like, yes, ma'. Am.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I was like, fine, but for clear skin.

[A]

Clear skin, anything.

[B]

Oh, my God. But someone commented because they were like, why are you so red? Did you go like, did you do a chemical peel or go skiing? Someone commented on the. On one of the ride episodes. I was like, no, they DM'd me.

[A]

I didn't see that.

[B]

They DM'd me from.

[A]

Yeah, I would have seen that.

[B]

Well, I saw that, and I just went, you know what? Maybe it's just some dermatitis. I'm getting used to Winters again. Okay. And also, why don't you just fucking kiss me, you fucking idiot?

[A]

That took a turn I wasn't expecting.

[B]

Whoa. Kidding. I was gonna pretend to have deja vu. Maybe you can will it a little bit. Try to will it. Everyone, I think there's a movie called Deja Vu with Denzel Washington. If there's not, I'm pitching it. But, yeah, that's my biggest deal. Oh. A man. A man who's lost his entire family.

[A]

I knew you were gonna say that.

[B]

You knew that.

[A]

I knew it.

[B]

Go on to Covid.

[A]

Didn't see that coming.

[B]

No. A man who's lost his entire family goes back to the place where he lost them and realizes it was him who died.

[A]

Whoa. Interesting.

[B]

Okay, it's got a Shutter island lens.

[A]

Totally.

[B]

Whoa. Oh, my God. Remember when I. There was a group of people over at my house, and I put on Shutter island, and then I went and took a nap. You can do whatever you want in this life. Free will is remarkable.

[A]

That was my infamous shower where I screamed, oh, my God.

[B]

And I Literally, I pictured in that moment like a fire. Fire hydrant blasting you. I was like, oh God. It got her. She got hit. Yeah, the water hitter.

[A]

No, I was just scared by a picture.

[B]

I think 2026 is going to be fabulous, everyone.

[A]

Have you ever been scared a picture?

[B]

Yeah, of course.

[A]

The concept.

[B]

That was what I heard. And I went, oh, we lost her.

[A]

The concept of that, that's so powerful.

[B]

Well, it was. The photo was hung up in a way that it was at like exactly. Yeah, but it was a shaved head, so it wasn't someone that you would. Yeah, frosted. But yeah, we kind of invite. So after you've locked the door, we kind of invite people to go into that bathroom and people are showering in it. That's like us as hosts.

[A]

Well, it's gay guys with buzz cuts.

[B]

That is a thing.

[A]

Gay guys with buzz cuts have all access to your guys bathroom right now.

[B]

Do you think I could pull off a buzz cut?

[A]

100. I think you could pull off anything.

[B]

That's really nice actually. Like, thank you. That's so sweet. People don't see the side of you. You should show it more. Okay, let's get into Ride or die.

[A]

I don't want them to see it. You know what you are, Benny?

[B]

Hmm? A.

[A]

Your word's not mine, babe. You're my ride or die.

[B]

Ride or die. I ride for that thing you can't describe. Because, boy, I'm glad you did it.

[A]

Thank you. I know it's long winded.

[B]

French constituents.

[A]

It's long winded.

[B]

Let's see if they can hit you with a new. The first word in a thousand years. Ever since people at Ravelic.

[A]

No, they invented it where it's Lady Marmalade.

[B]

Oh my God.

[A]

They said we've done it all.

[B]

Did you know I saw Moulin Rouge on Broadway?

[A]

I did.

[B]

They open with it.

[A]

That's why it's been on my mind.

[B]

It was so hard not to just do little twist snaps in my seat.

[A]

Hey, you know what would be interesting is if twins get deja vu for stuff each other's done or something.

[B]

I would be curious know I wrote for twin telepathy.

[A]

Exactly. So I wonder if this is.

[B]

I told that story of my mom. My mom. It's crazy. Like it's these like little. It's like feelings. That's what I love. I love like a little.

[A]

Well, I love science, but science has limits. It hasn't explained twin telepathy.

[B]

How do you explain the magic of what this is? It's not something you can Call it neutralized attraction. Neutralized attraction. It's being attracted, but it's neutral.

[A]

That AI robot or script or code that made that video didn't know how many Instagram comments they were generating.

[B]

It probably did. Can I say something? It probably did.

[A]

Can an AI get deja vu, then? It ain't human, honey. It ain't human.

[B]

Unfortunately, AI kind of got me recently. I saw this, like, if this one movie had been made, dark fantasy, and I was like, oh, that's kind of cool.

[A]

But that's what it kind of should be made for. Or that's what it should be used for, I think.

[B]

But then it's using fossil fuels, right?

[A]

It's using a lot of water. We're gonna run out of water.

[B]

Are you guys using water?

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[A]

Because they have to cool down the, like, servers and stuff.

[B]

No one had told me that.

[A]

Oh, babe, it's so bad. It's so, so bad.

[B]

God, why do we keep doing that?

[A]

I don't know. Oh, my God. Yeah.

[B]

I was so thirsty before I took a shower yesterday. Oh. I was going to write for showering, but sitting down on the ground during. But I just thought people would think I was, like, really not doing well.

[A]

Hey, next week, babe.

[B]

That's such a good point. I ride for the whimsy. The whimsy of you. Because I think there's the whimsy returning. The romantic girl that I once knew. Only two more months and you'll maybe let someone talk to you.

[A]

We'll see. I ride for deja vu. I think it's such a powerful feeling. And it's. I don't know, like.

[B]

Yeah, it's more than just a feeling. Seeing is believing. Believing is seeing. Sydney Swinner. That's Sydney Sweeney in the Santa Claus.

[A]

The Santa Claus.

[B]

I'm tired but excited.

[A]

Just generally for the new year. I just, like. Yeah, I think it's cool we have a word for it. I love the sensation of it. It's never really freaked me out, I guess. I. I don't think I've had it for, like, really deep, negative experiences. It's just, like. It's just, like, so mundane. Well, I'm glad because it lets you. Lets us appreciate the mundane.

[B]

I agree. It lets you realize also it could wake you up of, like, if you're getting it too much, maybe you need to change your whole up. But here's my thing. It's never. It's not scary. I. I think that's just trauma. That's ptsd, which feels very different. And I know the French thought of something for that.

[A]

So you're not writing for ptsd?

[B]

Of course not. I'm writing for just, like, whoa. I've been in this kitchen before, but I haven't the hell. So thanks, everyone. Sounds like in 2026, we're even smarter than we were in 2025.

[A]

I would love to continue to get dumber. See, this is something I would do, and I'm going to do it one last time. But I posted because there's this ad on the subway that says IQ is 50% genetic, and it's an ad for pickyourbaby.com. so I posted that I was going to go in and choose a gay baby with a medium to low IQ so that we'd enjoy each other's company. And people go, is this shade to Benny? And I go, no, I'm the one with the low iq. That's why I would enjoy the personal Anthony.

[B]

Oh. So I'm. I'm catching strays in this. In this last little thing you needed to hit us with.

[A]

It's just like, why would you assume that I'm.

[B]

Suma. Come loudly. I'm serious. Georgetown. Check the fricking files, dude. I'm a good student.

[A]

I would love to, like, go try to get your transcript. And we find out that there was no Benito Skinner at Georgetown. But there was.

[B]

I'm looking right into.

[A]

But there was a Duddy.

[B]

There was a Duddy. Duddy Skinner.

[A]

Duddy Gilmore.

[B]

Daddy Gilmore. Don't Gilmore me. Laura Elizabeth Gilmore. I couldn't. It was so crazy to, like, the layers of that joke. Is it a Gilmore Girls joke? Is it a Happy Gilmore joke? Whoa. Do you know what I mean?

[A]

Whoa. Yeah, totally. But we're gonna hit you with more zingers like that. We only have four more episodes this season, so savor the flavor. Ever heard of that?

[B]

Savor these. Start this from the top. That's crazy. And then we have to go shoot this freaking second season. I don't. Can I say that? Whatever.

[A]

I mean, they know we're going to film it at some point.

[B]

Marvel. No one's like, we're going to film.

[A]

It at some point.

[B]

It's. We have to make it.

[A]

We're not saying when.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, I'm so excited.

[A]

We love you guys. Thanks for sticking with us. We hope you had a fabulous new year and holiday season. We hope you're ready to take on the year. There's only 51 weeks left. 51 and a half weeks left.

[B]

Come on. We've got this hey, sister. Go, sister.

[A]

They came up with a word for threesomes that was on. That was important to the French.

[B]

That's. Oh, fork. It's crazy feeling when you've been somewhere and you've. You felt it before, and it's all through your bones and your threesomes. And then at the end, they went. Je ne sais quoi. Love you. Oh, my. Exit.

[A]

Benny, babe. Eyes on the road.

[B]

Benny. We go.

[A]

Ride, ride, ride.

[B]

Ride, ride, ride, ride.

[A]

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