HERITAGE COLLECTION: My Girls + The Girlies

Summary

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Ride with Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone

Episode: HERITAGE COLLECTION: My Girls + The Girlies
Date: March 11, 2026
Podcast Network: Dear Media

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Overview

This episode of Ride launches the “Heritage Collection,” a retrospective series where Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone revisit standout, iconic moments from their podcast history. The central theme is a celebration of friendship, community, and the powerful, joyful force of “my girls” and “the girlies”—their chosen support systems and listeners. The hosts weave humor, cultural observations, and candid audience feedback into a larger reflection on what it means to ride for your people.

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Main Segments & Key Discussion Points

1. The Heritage Collection Concept

[00:35–01:21]

• Introduction to the “Heritage Collection” idea—curating “iconic heritage episodes” with new titles.
• Quick reminiscing about favorite moments and acknowledgment of running jokes and memorable live show happenings.

2. Tesla Handles, Electric Cars, and Travel Woes

[02:00–03:22]

• Benito and Mary Beth riff on the unnecessary complexity of Tesla door handles.
• Brief digression into eco-conscious guilt: “No good deed goes unpunished, as they say.” (A, 02:29)
• British infrastructure woes and the quirks of travel, especially in the UK and Europe.

3. Live Show Criticism and The Nature of Their Tour

[06:27–11:06]

• Mary Beth reads aloud a negative DM about their live show—“I thought you guys were gonna do standup…” (B, 07:20)
• The hosts unpack why some audience members expect stand-up rather than a communal, participatory show.
• Celebration of positive moments from the tour: fans coming out, liberal voices in Idaho, and crowd connections.
• Quote:
  “Why is it that every time a queer person gets on stage we need to, like, have some huge political statement or everything we say needs to be about social justice?” (B, 09:15)
• Both hosts affirm their show is intentionally joyful, triply irreverent, and deeply connected to the community.

4. The Power of Community, Friendship, and “Riding for Your Girls”

[33:17–50:00]

Benito Rides for His "Girls"

• Benito: “I have always had my paws up for my girls. I will defend them till the last… my last dying breath.” (B, 33:29)
• Honors the protective, lifelong bonds with his “girls,” both friends and fans (“Baronies”).
• Reflects on loyalty: if a friend breaks up with one of his girls, “the curtain’s closing. I’m always going with my girls.” (B, 35:36)
• Shares childhood stories of his mom defending him, underlining generational girl power.

Mary Beth Rides for the "Girlies"

• “Girlies,” as defined by Mary Beth, is a gender-neutral term for groups with tight bonds, fun, and chemistry—anyone moving as a “wolf pack.” (A, 41:05)
• Notes on “girlies” as community, economic drivers, and agents of joy.
• “Girlies are stimulating the economy… buying tickets, making bracelets, traveling for shows, buying outfits. If we can mobilize the girlies, we can change the world.” (A, 43:22)
• Stresses how pop culture events (Barbie, concerts, Ride Live) fuel both social and literal economies.

Group Loyalty and Exclusion of Exes

• Both hosts double down on “if you break up with my girl/friend, you’re out of my circle.”
• Quote:
  “It was hurtful to not be at the sleepovers. I know I could have contributed a lot.” (B, 34:27)
• “Don’t come up to me… if you break up with my friends, we’re done.” (A, 37:22)

Reflections on Gender, Fashion, and Irreverence

• Joking about masculine/feminine trends and the evolution of queer style in response to straight men’s aesthetics.
• “I don’t want anyone to think I’m straight. So now I’m not painting my nails, I’m wearing hockey jerseys.” (B, 19:50)

5. The Portland Strip Club Adventure

[24:54–29:51]

• The trio’s journey to Mary’s, one of the country’s oldest strip clubs.
• Praise for the inclusivity, artistry, and positive community vibes at Mary’s.
• Humorous Quotes:
  • “Outside, gorgeous neon sign. Mary’s. They had merch that was vintage jackets that they printed with it, repurposed. They pass down through generations. I’m gonna have this Mary’s jacket for the rest of my life.” (B, 27:14)
  • “Support your local strip club!” (A, 29:13)

6. The Economic Power of the Girlies

[43:03–44:40]

• Shoutout to women’s major contributions to the consumer economy—highlighted by their “Barony” community and broader pop-culture phenomena.
• “My gorgeous sister-in-law is a reporter at the Wall Street Journal. She just did an interview about how women are upholding the economy right now…” (A, 43:22)

7. Community, Joy, and Closing

[49:21–50:44]

• A “love letter” to the listeners; recounts the love and connection at Ride shows.
• Shared dreams of a world run by people who value loyal friendships and joy.
• “The girlies—to say I ride is such an understatement. In fact, I ride and die for my girlies.” (B, 49:21)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Live Show Critique:
  “Read that second part again, because it sounds like you already found your answer.” (B, 08:06)

• On Queer Comedy:
  “Show me one male stand up comedian that’s doing a ‘fuck you, J.K. Rowling’ on three.” (A, 09:27)

• Defending Community:
  “That’s my thing. You have no right to judge me as a parent.” (A, 07:49)

• Fashion Fun:
  “Let’s be clear. I’m wearing the shirt because I like how my nipples look in it.” (B, 19:09)

• Tour Support:
  "This tour is a dream on Earth. They're making merch, they're making bracelets… we have a lot of sharing in the show." (A, 10:34)

• Friendship Boundaries:
  “If one of my girls dates you and you break up, we reach the end. That's the end of the road for us.” (B, 35:36)

• On Being a Baroni:
  “I want to make merch that says it has boy crossed out, girl crossed out. And it's just this Barony, little onesies for babies. Gender is kind of irrelevant. I wanna know if they're a Baroni or not.” (A, 49:08)

• The Army of Love:
  “That's just going to be a household full of love. It’s more foot soldiers in our army.” (A, 48:49)

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Highlighted Timestamps

• 00:35: Launching the Heritage Collection
• 02:00: Tesla handles & electric car inconvenience
• 06:27: Addressing critical feedback from live shows
• 09:15: The pressure on queer comedians for “seriousness”
• 19:09: Fashion and gender play
• 24:54: The Portland strip club experience
• 33:17: Segment: What We Ride For — “My Girls”
• 41:05: Segment: What We Ride For — “The Girlies”
• 43:22: Women & girlies as economic powerhouses
• 49:21: “I ride and die for my girlies”
• 50:06: Reflections on community, loyalty, and joy

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Tone and Language

Benito and Mary Beth blend irreverent humor with genuine affection for their listeners (“Baronies”), celebrating feminine energy, queerness, and the power of collective joy. Their banter is quick, playful, and laced with pop-culture references—and they rarely miss an opportunity for a layered joke or a campy aside. Even when addressing negativity or critique, they center positivity and solidarity.

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Closing Thoughts

This episode, squarely in the “Ride heritage” tradition, is equal parts nostalgia, celebration, and defense of community and irreverence. It’s a testament to the power of friendship, the fun of finding your people, and the joy of riding together—whether you’re a “girl,” a “girly,” or an honorary member via the Ride universe.

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Transcript

[A]

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

[B]

What's wrong?

[A]

Nothing.

[B]

Are you sure?

[A]

Yeah, no, I just need a ride.

[B]

Ride. Ride.

[A]

I just want to have fun. Start your engine.

[B]

I'm Benito Skinner.

[A]

I'm Mary Beth Barone.

[B]

And this is Ride.

[A]

Hello, and welcome to the Ride Heritage Collection.

[B]

The Heritage Collection.

[A]

This is something new we're trying where we are going to release iconic heritage episodes of the podcast in no particular order, and we're going to retitle them so you know exactly which iconic moment to expect. Moments that come to mind. The lesbian cop at Ride Live Massive we're talking about. I'm your sister.

[B]

I was there. It was rare.

[A]

It was rare. NDA and of course, how many chickens there are in the world.

[B]

Oh, I just got a boner. Oh, my God. Wait. Mary Beth just cut her finger and is bleeding.

[A]

I guess we have to go enjoy this episode. We hope it's a tasty treat for you. We're gonna have fun going through the archives and picking out these episodes for you.

[B]

Think about what we're doing right now. We do exist in the world. Isn't that trippy to think about? Mm. Let's go on the journey for the ride Heritage Collection. How do these things stay in the air? So we're doing this thing, kid.

[A]

Here we are.

[B]

Deep breath, everyone. Guttural. I want it guttural on the road. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath.

[A]

Take your hands off the wheel. Palms on your. On your thighs.

[B]

All the Bronies are in Teslas. It'll drive itself.

[A]

Perfect. Except we support electric cars. We do not support Elon Musk.

[B]

We've been talking a lot about the handles of a Tesla.

[A]

First, here's my thing. Why reinvent the wheel? The wheel works.

[B]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[A]

I've never had a problem with the car door handle, except when Tesla tried to reinvent the wheel.

[B]

I've never once gotten it right on the first try.

[A]

But I have to put push and pull. Why would you make it two things?

[B]

No, you have to finger a Tesla,

[A]

and then you have to hit the G spot, and then it pops out, and then you pull.

[B]

Have to play with the Tesla split.

[A]

Yeah. Something I've learned this trip is that sometimes the right thing isn't the easy thing. And by that, I mean renting an electric car. It's definitely not the easy thing we love. No, it's hard. It's better for the planet. But I'm paying for it, you know? No Good deed goes unpunished, as they say.

[B]

Where are the charging stations? I asked.

[A]

Well, that's what I would love to know, because for me, I just.

[B]

Wait, Edward's here.

[A]

Edward's here. In the cuck chair.

[B]

Edward's in the cuck chair. He's watching us.

[A]

He's not allowed to say anything, but he's here.

[B]

Hey, quiet on set. Oh, he's used to hearing quiet on set. Total actor.

[A]

Total actor.

[B]

You're, like, booked.

[A]

Action.

[B]

I can't relate. I'm in two projects a year. Podcast having an identity crisis. Everybody. Let's get it. I think this is all we do, this podcast. I swear to God.

[A]

But you know what I love? It makes people happy.

[B]

It makes me so happy. But I. I did have the thought of, like, I was fully having deja vu on the way to Paramount lot, where we. Yeah, we should probably stop saying that because that would be us crossing picket lines if we were not.

[A]

Actually. We're not recording at the Paramount lot.

[B]

We just can't tell you where we are because you'll kill us.

[A]

Goes without saying that we're not at the Paramount lot. Yeah, we've spent a lot of time with Bronies these past few weeks, and it's been fabulous.

[B]

Sorry. It goes without saying. Actually doesn't even work anymore. I know because I got a message yesterday that made me so sad and mad. And the Sea Tac airport in Seattle was really hot there. Wasn't there, like, no ac?

[A]

God, that's so tough.

[B]

Oh, Edward just heard AC and he immediately went, acs make you sick. God, it's like, come on. Literally, in Europe, I mean, traveling is a privilege.

[A]

Traveling's a privilege. My biggest theory about British people is that they don't like to do things that make their lives easier. For example, air conditioning or get this. Roads that fit two cars at one time.

[B]

Oh, no, that was crazy.

[A]

They were built for a horse and buggy. Guess what, babe? We don't have those anymore. We have cars. I. I'll never drive in England because you have to constantly be pulling over, parallel parking in the middle of your journey. Just let the other car go. It's a lot of stopping and starting. And on that note, Uber drivers need to chill the fuck out. I am not in a rush. Babe, wait. I'm not late.

[B]

We're coming in.

[A]

I know, but you know what? I. I leave time to get places, okay? So if. If I don't tell you I'm in a rush, you can just slow down. Slow the hell down. Yeah, I don't want to feel like I'm in Tokyo Drift when I'm going from my parents house to the city.

[B]

Too fast, too serious and it's.

[A]

It's a lot of jerk.

[B]

Oh, the brake pedal.

[A]

Let's lead foot alert.

[B]

Lead foot alert. Let's be really gentle with that brake pedal. Cause every time I jerk, I'm just like. I didn't think I used to have nausea in cars and then I moved to New York and then I now live in la and now it's just like I see a car and I get nauseous.

[A]

Yeah. Also, I had a little bit of road rage this morning.

[B]

I won't lie, we are coming in hot. Because, yeah, I was so late. It did actually make everyone dizzy. But I'm a total professional still. Somehow. Somehow. Somehow. But. But not really today.

[C]

Edward.

[A]

That left was a little loud, sis. Wait, why are we in bad moods? I actually woke up in a good mood.

[B]

I think I'm still fuming from the message yesterday that I'm about to tell everybody about.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Oh. Oh. Whoa. That mic is so.

[A]

The mic just went flaccid.

[B]

Help.

[A]

I fixed it. I fixed it.

[B]

You got that mic so hard so quick, baby.

[A]

Wait, I feel like how you make that mic hard. This might be just a ketchup episode. I feel like we have so much to talk about.

[B]

We have so much to talk about with True Baronies. It does go without saying, but so I got this dm. We've been having these like amazing shows. The summer tour is over London. We can't wait to be on those streets very soon.

[A]

Hi, gate.

[B]

We will not be. We won't be driving. Let's just say that. Oh no, I'll be on the top of a double decker bus. Yeah, I used to love those. I thought they were so fun. Seriously, I love the bus.

[A]

The bus system in London is one of the best.

[B]

It's incredible.

[A]

Best in class.

[B]

The Nightfest.

[C]

Her Hogwarts.

[B]

So this woman messages me and she was like, I was so pissed about your show last night. And I was like, what am I, what am I reading? Because you really don't ever want to see these comments because you get the sweet ones and you're trying to interact with those as much as you can

[A]

before you read the message. I just want to say some of the things that happened at the. At the Seattle show, a girl came out as bisexual to her mom.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

One, two. Someone made a statement about being liberal in Idaho and how powerful that can be. We had a lot of gay stories A lot of women's stories. We touch on topics like a woman

[B]

who left the Mormon church.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Because she was bisexual.

[A]

We touch on how it's difficult to be aging in Hollywood. We talk about how when I was a teenager, I had headshots and it was like sexualizing teenagers. Like, we talk about a lot of actually big topics. We talk about Chris Pratt.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So don't tell me that we don't talk about the tough stuff on. In this live show.

[B]

So taking all of that, I get this message that's like, I thought you guys were gonna do standup. I guess I should have read the show description. And it's like, well, yeah, yeah, I would. Before you buy tickets to something, usually, like, read what the show is. But obviously when it's called Ride on the Road, like, it. It will be probably about the podcast. And it. We're not saying that we're doing an hour of standup. And she's like, I didn't know you do so much crowd interaction. And I'm like, don't talk about how I spend time with my kids.

[A]

Yeah. First of all, that's my thing. You have no right to judge me as a parent.

[B]

You have no right to judge me as a parent right now. I was eating teriyaki beef jerky when I was reading this. I was fuming.

[A]

The person said, this show was so, so superficial.

[B]

So, so superficial. And then she said, I don't know, maybe it was satire. And I'm not getting it. And I'm like, read that second part again, because it sounds like you already found your answer.

[A]

Think about these words together. Comedy show. Yeah, comedy show.

[C]

This is.

[B]

I was thinking about this.

[A]

Supposed to be fun. It's supposed to be funny.

[B]

It's. I liked it. It was really good. I really liked it. That's what every other review has been. So this is just to say if you're thinking that you're going to come to the show and it's just, I guess me doing an hour of stand up, and then I pass the night thumb in my ass, does another hour of stand up. Ultimately, that's not the show. It is the right experience. We want to talk to you guys. We, of course, we ride for things.

[A]

We play games. I was thinking about this yesterday after you sent me the screenshot, because I'm like, it's actually not a tour. It's actually a celebration of the Baronies. It's a celebration of our listeners.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And if you don't want to be a part of, then don't come. Seriously.

[B]

Zero Other people have said this, but. So my brain loves to do this thing. If I get one mean message, I go, I'm going to think about this for the next 24 hours. Let me see if it can totally consume me. And it almost did, but it just disappointed me. This was what I was thinking this morning on the topic of the it being superficial. Why is it that every time a queer person gets on stage we need to, like, have some huge political statement or. Everything we say needs to be about social justice.

[A]

We do so much social justice in the show too, by the way. We do A fuck you, J.K. rowling on three. Show me one male stand up comedian that's doing a fuck you, J.K. rowling on three.

[B]

We did a fuck you, Elon Musk on three.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

I think it's just so much of that is put on queer people that they like every time they need to be on the stage. It needs to be like, it needs to be Nanette.

[A]

We never said it was Nanette. Nanette is fabulous.

[B]

It's incredible.

[A]

It changed the game.

[B]

I'm not saying that a lot of the comedy we do doesn't have shades of Nanette. Shades of Nanette.

[A]

We're not saying ride on the road, colon Nanette. Because it's not that the person said, oh, it just bummed me out because it wasn't clever. And I in parentheses and I know you're clever.

[B]

Oh, it was so clever.

[A]

It's so clever. Maybe too clever. Me love.

[B]

She had two shih tzus and I went, oh, Daisy Mae's meal tonight.

[A]

Snacks for Daisy.

[B]

It was funny. So I sent a nice message back because I'm always like, I'm gonna come to this with, with love. Because I am just like, I'm sorry that you didn't read the show description. It sounds like you also know you didn't, so.

[A]

Because you said you didn't, I obviously wish her the best. You know what I would say to her? Listen to Ride. It might help you.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Start from the Top Episode 1 Season 1 episode start from the Top what I think is also important to note is that we met so many baronies on the road who are the most gorgeous souls inside and out.

[B]

This tour is a dream on Earth.

[A]

They're making merch, they're making bracelets. They're telling us their journeys with the Pod. They're also sharing things in the show. We have a lot of sharing in the show. One person damning does not drown out the thousands who had a great time.

[B]

The Baronis on the road. It's actually an hour of pure joy. It's like, have you ever seen Mamma Mia? That's what I say.

[A]

That's what it is. It's so much an hour of pure joy that it's actually an hour and a half. Think about that.

[B]

Yeah, I know.

[A]

And to that I say, you do the math.

[B]

Yeah. So like, we are on our feet for an hour and a half, my

[A]

back aching, but we're having the best time.

[C]

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[B]

Who cares? RIDE. Have you seen the meme that's like, straight guys have started doing more gay things, so now gay guys are dressing like construction workers and athletes.

[A]

Well, I. I haven't seen that meme, but I was present when Emily said so astutely. Terry dresses like Eminem, Gay guys dress like Eminem. All of a sudden, what about me?

[B]

Who am I dressing like?

[A]

You. Your singular voice.

[B]

I was.

[A]

You don't dress like anyone.

[B]

One time someone asked me, and you know when people are like, what's your style? And you never have the answer. But then one time it came to me and I was like, rich 80s teen.

[A]

Totally. You dress like the best friend in Ferris Bueller.

[B]

Wait, literally?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, Cameron. Oh, yeah, Cameron.

[A]

Cameron.

[B]

That.

[A]

He's.

[B]

He's the pink print. He is a huge style icon for me. So I would say college student in the 80s whose dad is rich, who clearly has an interest in men.

[A]

Totally.

[B]

I think it's funny to wear, like, fraternity shirts.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Or like, sports shirts because of my football background. I mean, I have a history with.

[A]

I mean, you play football from a young age.

[B]

I mean, come on, what are you going to do? It's just. Totally. So I was wearing this shirt that I apparently was the San Diego Chargers. And I was on a plane yesterday flying back from Seattle. It's a fabulous show. I had just read the woman's message and I sat in my seat and this guy taps me on the shoulder. Which I was like, he's about to show me something.

[A]

I have a pit in my stomach.

[B]

This man taps my shoulder, and he goes, chargers. And I was like, what?

[A]

Phone charger. There's outlets between the seats.

[B]

No. Then he said, chargers. Like, chargers. And I was like, do you need a charger? I was like, yeah, I have. I definitely have a charger. But, like, I might have to use it. Cause, like, I want to watch the Heat on my phone. I want to watch the Heat with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy on my phone, so I need my charger. And then he's like, san Diego Chargers. And I was like, what could he possibly be talking about? Like, huh? And then he goes, your shirt. Like football. Like the team. And I was like, oh, it's just, like, vintage. That's all I said to. And he goes, his face. He was so. He was devastated. He thought he was about to get into an electric conversation, and instead I went, it's vintage.

[A]

He goes, san Diego charge. And you go, what? Oh, okay, okay.

[B]

And then I turn back to watching the Heat with Sandra Bullock and Melissa Moore.

[A]

I love how many sittings it's taken you to watch the Heat. Cause you told me about it four days ago.

[B]

I started watching with my parents. We watched a little bit more. I finally got it done. Great movie. It's just a fun buddy comedy. This also happened at an airport where I was wearing a fraternity shirt, and this guy goes, s', G, brother. And I was like, I'm not your brother. No. But I turned. I was like, what? And then he's like, szegat. And I was. I just was. I was so confused.

[A]

It's not an invitation. Something people love to do is they're like, what does your shirt say? I'm like, if you wanna know what my shirt says, read it and move on, buddy. Yeah, it's on my shirt so I don't have to say it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So get away from me. It's not. It's not an invitation.

[C]

Leave me alone.

[A]

I'm not your brother.

[B]

Let's be clear. I'm wearing the shirt because I like how my nipples look in it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It has nothing to do with anything else.

[A]

No.

[B]

Just so you know, I kind of like the color, and I like how my titties are sitting in it. Right. So other than that, I don't want to hear it.

[A]

It's called fashion, honey.

[B]

I'm just having fun. I think that's the thing. I'm always having fun with fashion. But, yeah, I mean, it's like, if straight guys are going to paint their nails, we have to, like, we have to find something even more irreverent.

[A]

Totally. You know, it's all about being irreverent.

[B]

How irreverent is painting your nails?

[A]

Extremely irreverent.

[B]

God.

[A]

I know, I know. But I think it's cool that, like, femininity, like, because I do think of painting nails as, like, a feminine thing. And I think. I do think that if straight guys do it, it doesn't take away from anybody else doing it.

[B]

But I don't want anyone to think I'm straight. So now I'm not painting my nails. Now I'm wearing hockey jerseys.

[A]

My favorite thing is when a guy has painted nails. Oh, my kid did it. My kid painted them. So everyone's gonna think you're a father.

[B]

I'm like, I know you bought that Opi at Target. Sis. We have to talk about the strip club. And it will easily get into our rides today, which are like, so this is. So this is a passionate ride.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I think it's still positive. Someone said it's like, the show is all positive, and it's just. It's. I think sometimes it's good to let people know that you can make something positive while also getting negativity thrown your way. Sometimes.

[A]

I have one thing negative to say, and this is the only time I'll do it. But the guy that plays Shazam, I don't like him. I think he needs to step out of the spotlight. We've made stars out of some people that we need to run it back. Changing your mind? He's done. Stop speaking. Don't say anything to the press. Don't say anything publicly. Take some time. Just stop. I don't care about you. I don't like your face. I don't like what you represent. I think he's transphobic. Trump supporter. He heard about. They're doing a live action Tangled, and he's like, what about me? I'm like, nothing about you?

[B]

No.

[A]

We wish we never did what we did with you. Stop. We learned so much from this process just to get that off our chest. See his face in the press. It makes me shudder. It's good. It makes me put my phone down.

[B]

He's on.

[A]

He's on.

[B]

He's on my throat chop list.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Joe Rogan, Zachary Levi. Quick, just. And they're so taken aback. They didn't think it. Yeah, they didn't think so.

[A]

I have a much longer list than that.

[B]

Oh, baby. So do I. I need to add

[A]

them to my list of enemies, which is in my notes app.

[B]

That's so funny. Yeah, I did see the Tangled thing because I love the thought that, like, Florence Pugh is in something, and you're like, oh, well, I. I think I. My head should be in the ring. It's like, stop.

[A]

Seriously, stop. Seriously. Don't come for Keanu Reeves movie. Seriously.

[B]

Did he?

[A]

Oh, yeah. He's like, why are people seeing John Wick when Shazam 2 is in theaters? Maybe because Keanu Reeves is likable. I don't know.

[B]

I can honestly think of, like, 50 good reasons off the top of my head. Honestly. No, like, truly.

[A]

And my heart goes out to everyone involved in the movie.

[B]

Oh, Shazam, too.

[A]

It's. It takes a vil.

[B]

But you picked the wrong guy, Ms. Zachariah. Fuck.

[A]

So we go to Portland.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Okay.

[A]

Edwards, with us on tour. Edward's with us on tour.

[B]

Just say something about your guy. I know what you're thinking. Oh, so now they got two rooms because Mary Beth and Edward should be in their own room. No, that's not what happened. And that will never be what's happened. Edward opened his eyes, and he didn't see his girlfriend first. Let's just say that he saw me.

[A]

He saw his girlfriend's husband, and he

[B]

did see my new era, which is the pushy era. Yeah. So Pushy has entered the ring. She came in like a bat out of hell, essentially. It's just, oh, my God. My fucking pushy. And I don't know why, but I just remember it's kind of, I think, inspired by. I had this friend in college. I remember he would say he was, like, having sex with his girlfriend, and all the time, she'd be, like, my favorite. And I just thought it was so, like. I just loved her for that.

[A]

Talk about irreverent.

[B]

No, exactly. It was a Jesuit school. I mean, come on, Papa don't preach. And I just remember being like, oh, my God. That's like. I, like, wish I was her. You know what I mean? I was like, I love her energy and spirit. So, yeah, I just kept going my Pushy. Oh, man. Pushy. And I feel like, you know, people are so scared of the word pussy. And you can say it.

[A]

Autocorrect changes it to pussy. P, U, S, E, Y.

[B]

And it also changes accutane to accurate. When would I ever want to say accurate?

[A]

Never, because this is not a fact. Space, not here.

[B]

I love all the scientists in our comments.

[A]

Oh, my God. The cure for the Common cold clip. Someone commented, I hate this brand of science. Illiteracy is used for humor.

[B]

Off.

[A]

You know what? I have a great movie. You'd love Shazam too. Why don't you go watch it and

[B]

shut shut your Shazam 2. Fury of the Gods.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Isn't that what it's called?

[A]

Chocolate of the Gods. Megatrix.

[B]

Chocolate of the Gods.

[C]

Wait, where is the.

[B]

Okay, I know that Mattel wants to, like, make blockbusters. What about, like, Nestle?

[A]

We have a Beanie Babies movie, so why not the Frere Rocher movie?

[B]

Is there Beanie Babies on the way?

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[B]

The 90s are back, baby. Next time you're around your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your lover, feel free to say, oh, my pushy. Oh, my pushy.

[A]

It didn't get old. This weekend, I will say.

[B]

Edward actually texted me this morning. Do you want me to read what he said?

[C]

Yeah, Edward.

[B]

Do I have permission?

[A]

I know this is going to be beautiful prose.

[B]

My family's obsessed with Edward, by the way.

[A]

Okay, good.

[B]

They are so gagged for him.

[A]

Well, I need this. The Skinner's stamp of approval.

[B]

I mean, the British are coming. He said, missing you so much. Actually, I said, no. I can't even talk about it. That's my response. Like, that's my guy and he's using

[A]

iMessage for you, which is so rare. I know, but it's because he misses you. So we tasked him because he's our groupie slash tour manager.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I said, find us a strip club in Portland. Little did we know it's the strip club capital of the country.

[B]

Totally. So Strippers R Us.

[A]

I mean, it was. Strippers are. It was like. It was. Take your pick.

[B]

How many injunctions do you think Toys R Us had to file? Once. Like, everyone took the format.

[A]

This.

[B]

They really were. Talk about the pink print.

[A]

It's the same number as, like, Watergate. You know what I mean? If I hear one more fucking controversy as Blank Gate. Come up with something else or have it if it rhymes with water. Totally get that.

[B]

You know what this episode is? This episode is our come on episode. You know what I mean? Every pod has it. Come on.

[A]

It's our Seinfeld episode.

[B]

It really is.

[A]

This is us Seinfeld bounding.

[B]

This is us being all those dads that are like, I'm just like Larry David. And I'm like, no, you're being a dick. Larry can get away with it.

[A]

You just embarrassed me at the restaurant.

[B]

Larry's charming. You're hell. Strippers are us.

[A]

Sorry. So Edward found this place called Mary's, which is one of the oldest strip clubs in the country.

[B]

Mary, keep a home bird.

[A]

Don't even get me started on this.

[B]

I gotta see that pushy squirting. We were on one, you guys. We were.

[A]

We had. Because there was a gas leak in the hotel. We were behaving as though there was a gas leak in the hotel.

[B]

This. This is right Heritage.

[A]

Oh, we should introduce ride heritage. So Edward has this video he's shown me before where this, like, soccer coach, football, if you're British or anywhere else besides America, this football coach is talking about this, like, era in, like, football soccer, where it was like, all these amazing, iconic players playing at the same time. And so he says it's football heritage. So then Edward was like, when there's an episode of Ride that's just like, irreverent, playful, doesn't take itself too seriously. When it's a totally taika episode, it's ride heritage. So the chickens episodes. Ride heritage. At slash, Lord of the Rings, I would say light denim. Carmax is ride heritage.

[B]

You said Ferrero Shea. Secret.

[A]

Secret. Mom's. Right. Heritage.

[B]

Right. Heritage.

[A]

But I do think this will be ultimately right Heritage.

[B]

I think this is ride heritage. I mean, this is our reputation, right? Heritage.

[A]

Totally.

[B]

And the.

[A]

Come on. This ain't for the best.

[B]

No, this is not for the best.

[A]

No. So Edward did a great job finding us the perfect strip club. And it happened to be walking distance from our hotel. And so we stopped by after the show and oh, my God, I had the best time.

[B]

I can't even begin to.

[A]

My first time at a strip club.

[B]

No, I can't even begin to it. I. Okay, so outside, gorgeous neon sign. Mary's. Mary's. They had merch that was vintage jackets that they bought that they printed with it repurposed. They passed down through generations. I'm gonna have this Mary's jacket for the rest of my life.

[A]

It has a drawing of a woman with exposed breasts. Fabulous. Teaching kids about sex education.

[B]

Of course, only merch can merch.

[A]

Super bowl and the Grammys.

[B]

What's on my shirt, you ask? Nipples.

[A]

A woman's body. Deal with it.

[B]

What was so incredible? We had this incredible stripper. We want to shout out. Queenie.

[A]

Queenie.

[B]

We just absolutely love Jimmy. Love. It was just like everyone there was so kind. The owners were these, like, incredible sisters, I believe.

[A]

If not sisters, then they could be sisters. Yeah, they're just like 40 something women. My good sis running the place. So classy. So like, they Just had a smile on. They took pride in their work because they were just like, yeah, we'll give you ones.

[B]

We were.

[A]

We were all lucky at Mary's that night. All the strippers were just fabulous. I can't, I can't. Some of them focused on the artistry. Some of them did a lot of poll work. They did a lot of acrobatics. Some of them just wanted to dance and use the pole as sort of like a supporting character and not a co lead, you know, And I loved that.

[B]

I loved also. Each one chose music that I think. I didn't know this, but you're really not supposed to dance. Edward taught us that. Which makes me think, how many strip

[A]

clubs have you been as a patron?

[B]

You want to talk about cheating? They all have their own songs and their songs I've never heard before. I looked up a few.

[A]

You Shazammed a few.

[B]

There was that one that was like, impressive. To undress and press to undress. And I was like, this is sick.

[A]

I need. We need that on the pre show playlist.

[B]

This is on Renaissance.

[A]

One thing I really appreciated too, was a lot of different representation as far as boob sizes, which made me feel it was very inclusive. Yeah, it was inclusive.

[B]

Totally. Of course, at every strip club you're going to see one guy who you think. I think the government should look into him a little bit.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But other than that, it was like, totally lovely. Do you know what I mean? I know the government could find something really quickly.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It would take five minutes on Reddit.

[A]

Everyone seemed lovely and it was just good vibes all around. So support your local strip club. I can't wait to go back.

[B]

I want everyone to know. Well, one, that Mary's is incredible and it was lovely. Two, they serve food there. So I had tortilla chips. All the strippers were dancing. It was incredible. And also, I am the first man in history to put on Summer Friday's lip balm butter at a strip club.

[A]

I believe it's called Herstory.

[B]

Eat it up, Neil Armstrong.

[A]

On the way from Portland to Seattle, we passed by the car museum.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

And we thought maybe we should stop there so that I could be the first woman to ever put on Summer Friday's lip balm at the car museum.

[B]

Yeah. Should we get into what we ride for?

[A]

I think we should.

[B]

This week I'm going to be riding for my girls.

[A]

And this week I'm going to be riding for girlies. Not the same.

[B]

You're going to know why.

[A]

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[A]

Benny, if I'm not mistaken, you were with a horse recently that was wearing a bob. Do you want to talk about that?

[B]

I was with a horse wearing a bob and it was for Ven. And I'm a Venmo patron and I have been for a very long time.

[A]

Venmo user, loud and proud.

[B]

Everyone needs Venmo. I say that to everyone.

[A]

The Great Equalizer.

[C]

Oh yeah.

[B]

Oh my God.

[A]

I'm always calling Venmo the Great Equalizer. This magic moment.

[B]

Do the 50s twist. That's what Venmo is always telling me to do. I literally nothing makes me happier. I love scanning the QR code.

[A]

Oh my God.

[B]

Let me go straight to your account.

[A]

Here's the thing people don't realize. Venmo is more than Just a way to transfer money.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

To and from your friend.

[B]

You always say this at parties.

[A]

I'm always bringing this up because I'm talking about Venmo Stash.

[B]

Yeah, it's Venmo Stash.

[A]

And I just want to read some things about Venmo Stash because I don't want to get it wrong.

[B]

Can you please.

[A]

Because the experts know exactly what they're doing.

[B]

Because I was off book for my Venmo ads, but this is kind of

[A]

like this is my moment. Can I have my moment with the Venmo debit card? Instantly access and spend your Venmo balance online or in store with no monthly fee or minimum. Balance.

[B]

That's right.

[A]

That's one. Okay, I'm going to tell you three things about this card.

[B]

That's. That's one. Let me tell you. It's just the beginning.

[A]

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[B]

My girls. My girls is pretty genderless, I will say. But right now I'm talking about like my. My daughters of Eve. It's like you and Emily. Hey, my love. I know like, I have my. My daughters. My daughters. And here's the thing about my girls. I'm not new to this. I'm true to this. When it comes to my girls. I have always had my paws up for my girls. I will defend them till the last. My last dying breath. I hope I'm surrounded by my girls

[A]

when you have your last dying breath. Well, when the nurse wearing figs comes in. Your girls are here to see you.

[B]

Your girls are here to. And it's a group of women. Literally, I cannot wait.

[A]

Tits up to their chins, yeah. Ready to say goodbye, Daddy.

[B]

No. They're all gonna say, love you. Me love. They'll all come in. Here's the thing with my girls. They've always protected me. They protec and they attack. And in elementary school, when people would be like, ben's gay. And they'd be like, no, he's fucking not, like, gunpoint, guns blazing. And it lasted into high school. When they go to dances with me, it. The only thing about my girl is that I'm just, like, still trying to wrap my head. It's just like, it was hurtful to not be at the sleepovers. I know I could have contributed a lot.

[A]

This was the 90s slash early 2000s, and we weren't ready to break down gender norms yet. You know what I mean?

[B]

No, you're right.

[A]

But I think now things are so different. And I think it's why I have

[B]

sleepovers now, why I love adult sleep.

[A]

Making up for lost time.

[B]

I'm making up for lost time. Showing you guys what you missed out on. Yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, so I've just had this thing lately where I just all defend my girls to the death. And also, when you're on a podcast with a woman, I feel like I now have a little bit more insight into the comments that women get every day.

[A]

You're walking a mile of my hokas.

[B]

I'm walking a mile in your air force ones. And the water's not warm. No, I would say, really, it's. It's actually kind of scolding hot.

[A]

It's not comfortable.

[B]

It's really, really uncomfortable. When it comes to my girls, there's, like, a different side of me that comes out.

[A]

It's Mama Bear.

[B]

It's a Sasha Fierce, if you will. I have an alter ego. I don't know what his name is. I read comments on your stand up on YouTube and I'll, like, respond. I think I get so mad because, like, if someone brings up one of my girls, that's when, like, a different side of me, you know, like, total otter. Like, heart of gold. Like, I'm. I don't really like confrontation unless you bring up my girls.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And this gets me to a really interesting point. If one of my girls dates you and you break up, we reach the end. That's the end of the road for us. And it's been a great journey. And I wish you well, but the curtain's closing. I'm always going with my girls.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And the last thing my girls are going to see is me canoodling with an ex. That's just not going to happen. No, no. It's over for us, champ. Sorry, bro. I'm going with my girl. That's my lady. That's me looking at my girls. That's my lady. I don't care, dude, we're done.

[A]

Yeah, it's important for eras to end, you know?

[B]

I think so too.

[C]

It's good.

[B]

And it's not that I'm gonna be. I'm not gonna be rude to you. I'm just never gonna speak to you again. And I think that's fine. I think if I see you at something, I'll say hi, but I would never reach out again. And my girls will never see me going to, like, a lunch or even a coffee with you.

[A]

I don't even want to be in the same room.

[B]

That's disgusting.

[A]

No, I totally agree.

[B]

And I've gotten for it in the past. This is what I'm saying. And this is why I just want everyone to know I ride for my girls.

[A]

Of course.

[B]

And seeing the crowd of Baronis in front of me, those are all my girls, by the way. Those are all my. My kids.

[A]

Remember the fuck you jj at the show.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Someone got dumped that day that they came to the ride show. So selfish.

[B]

Jj, if you're listening, my blood's boiling.

[A]

I know you're sh.

[B]

If I'm so fucking crazy, then leave.

[A]

Then leave.

[B]

And I hope that's what all my girls say.

[A]

I completely get what you mean. And I. I've subscribed to this for a really long time. Obviously. I'm like, fiercely loyal to my friends. Obviously. If you break up, we're done. Don't say hi to me ever. People know this because my friend got broken up with at one of our friend's weddings, which I'm like, that's unacceptable.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I saw this guy in Brooklyn a few months later. He didn't say hi to me. I was. So I looked him in the eye and we didn't say anything.

[B]

Oh, good.

[A]

Cause he fucking knew.

[B]

Yeah, it's. When you reach top tier, ride for your girls.

[A]

Don't come up to me.

[B]

When people know that you ride for your girls, when they won't even look like they look you in the eye and they know don't fuck the same word.

[A]

I don't mess with that fucking. Don't say a word. It's such an interesting dynamic. Dynamic because we see what people say and how they behave on the Internet. So if you tell me that someone has liked a mean tweet about you or left a comment or you've overheard someone saying something, I will never address them publicly. I will never support their work. You might as well not exist, because I don't give a about. Don't come for my people. That's my blood. That's my family. No, seriously, if they're going to be mean about my co host, who, by the way, is. Is heart of gold.

[B]

Thanks.

[A]

And super talented. So, yeah, I'm just like, you go. You can go deal with that. I don't want anything to do with it.

[B]

And if you're coming for my co host, because she won't. You. That's not. That's not.

[A]

Clearly, you haven't tried hard enough.

[B]

Yeah, exactly. So try a little harder.

[A]

A little elbow grease.

[B]

It's called putting on the Ritz. I ride for my girls into the deck. It's like. It started with my mom. I remember this one time, she was. She was a PE teacher, and I was like, drawing in a Barbie coloring book. And I was like five. One of her students said something to me and my mom was like, oh, really? And he was in the principal's office faster than I could color Skipper's hair. In that moment, I was like, wow. Just like my girls. And I will ride. Oh, my God. My mom was at Ride Ride Live in Seattle, and we asked her what she wrote for to end the show.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

She said peace. How could I not write for my girls?

[A]

I know.

[B]

When all they've got on their minds is peace?

[A]

I know. Well, that's all anyone. That's all any of the Baronies want is peace. And that's why we're mobilizing the army of love. And your mom actually made me think of Carrie Bradshaw because she, of course, looks like Sarah Jessica Parker in so many ways. And Sarah Jessica Parker, stop hanging out with Che and cease.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Don't invite them to your dinner. I don't like that.

[B]

This is what I'm saying. It's like, you know what? These are fictional characters, but we have to treat them as real. It's art. Like, my thing is, even if you think that the person doesn't care that you're hanging out with an ex or with maybe a friend that kind of they've had a falling out with, they care. We all care. That's why you gotta ride for your girls when they're your girls. I don't care. Blinders on. Whatever my girls say goes. Sorry. Think about your girl's feelings because they probably don't want to see you with their ex. Even if they are like, no, it's fine. I don't care. They care. Everyone cares.

[A]

People are thoughtless and they're selfish.

[B]

Come on.

[A]

That's what it comes down to.

[B]

Come on, you gotta ride for Your girls and I will ride for my girls into the. The freaking sunset. And I love you all so much. And I know you're listening. Love you. My sisters, like, don't even get me started. My girls. It is like you want to talk

[A]

about when you have sisters, you learn from a young age, and I think that's important.

[B]

It must be crazy for some of these boyfriends to see how quickly I will unfollow. That's got to be crazy.

[A]

My favorite is never following in the first place.

[B]

It's called.

[A]

Hey, it's called killing out the middleman Works. Work smarter, not harder.

[B]

I mean, my. My lovey, she's all about efficiency and structure. Okay.

[A]

If there's no ring on it, honey, you ain't getting the follow.

[B]

I just. This is. I guess this is my love letter to my girls. That's all I want to say. And I'll ride for you till the. Till the death. Literally. One of my girls could kill someone and I'd help them figure it out. I mean, what do you want me to say?

[A]

I would help them reach out to the authorities.

[B]

I'd say, damn, she probably had. She probably had a good reason.

[A]

And let's get this. Let's do it all above board.

[B]

Oh, and my girls are always right. Okay, now you can go.

[A]

This week, I ride for girlies, which is a very simple concept. It's similar to your girls, but. But girlies to me. And it's a gender neutral term. It's like the. It's like the term fuckboy. We don't need to fuck girl. We don't need to call anyone a fuck girl, ever. That does not sound good to me. That hurts my ears. Fuckboy is gender neutral. Girlies is also gender neutral.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Of course, the phenomenon of girlies is when you see a group of people out in the world and they're walking as a wolf pack.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

There's maybe. I think it has to be three or more to be considered girlies. Any gender, any combination. They're having fun together, they're laughing, they live to laugh, and they have a lust for life. I know they'd love ride if they've never heard it.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

But I just love seeing groups of friends who are walking together and there's just this, like, electric magnetism between them. There's a chemistry. And I see it a lot. I don't see it as much in la, honestly, because people take cars, they take Ubers, et cetera. But when you're in New York and London, that's where I've seen it so much. I just see a group of girls and they're just, like, laughing and having fun. And I know they're sending memes to each other. They are. They're in group chats together and they are just living their best lives. And it's at moments, you catch them, at moments when I can tell that the weight of the world is not on their shoulders because they're with their friends. And I know that if one of them got cheated on or broken up with the rest of them, you're dead to them.

[B]

Oh, it's like, I can't even imagine.

[A]

It's a total, like, it's like an ecosystem of friendship. And I just. I really love seeing it. I ride so hard for them. It's the best.

[B]

Me too. It's. You know what? I think that's also why the tour has been so fun, is because obviously you do this, but. But a podcast. We can't actually, like, see people and watch, you know, we can't watch them. Although I would love, you know, if you're ever listening to Ride, Go Live. Like, we'd love to.

[A]

You know, we'd love to see it.

[B]

We'd love to sit there and watch. It's just so fun to see. Like, the community aspect of it, I think is so beautiful. Like seeing four girls wear shirts that say, save a horse, Ride a cousin all together. I mean, it gives me chills.

[A]

It really does. That's some of the merch at Ride, save a horse. Think about the levels to this. And this shirt was available online. They did not make this shirt.

[B]

This makes my eyes roll into the back of my head.

[A]

Save a hors first. Ride a cousin.

[B]

Ride a cousin.

[A]

And that can mean whatever you want it to mean. And I think there's a lot of

[B]

beauty in that Amazon. There are easier ways to tell us. You listen to Ride. Jeff.

[A]

Jeff, you know what you're doing.

[B]

Come on. You think you're so slick, but you're right. And I would lay down and die for any of these. My girls are in the girlies.

[A]

Something so interesting phenomenon happening right now. Girlies are stimulating the economy. And I want to repeat, this is gender neutral. So you can see a gaggle of. Of guys. They could be straight, they could be gay. You can see a mix of girls, boys, non binary people, all of them together. It just has to be a group of them and they're having fun together. And there's no tension because they're just enjoying each other.

[B]

And it's love.

[A]

It's love. They're stimulating the economy. My gorgeous sister in law is a reporter at the Wall Street Journal and she just did an interview about how women are upholding the economy right now. Between Beyonce, Taylor Swift, the Barbie movie, the Ride tour. It's exclusive.

[B]

Come on. It's huge.

[A]

Because not only are they buying tickets, get to see the show, sometimes they're traveling to see the show. We had people from New Mexico, Alaska, Australia, Spain at Ride Live and they're buying outfits to wear to the shows. They're making bracelets to bring to the shows. So the. If we can just mobilize the girlies, which is something that I've always kind of strived, if strived is the past tense of strive to do, which I won't look it up. Striven maybe. Who knows? No one could ever tell me. Yeah, I just think it's such a powerful force and I think the girlies are going to turn out in the next voting cycle. And I'm so excited to see what

[B]

they accomplish when we flip the Senate.

[A]

Oh, my God. So excited.

[B]

I have to say this too. This just popped into my head and I don't exactly know why, but I need to get it out. I just pictured like a. A woman owning a bead store and all of a sudden she has all this money and she's like buying coke.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

She's like, she can finally pay for the group dinner.

[B]

She's a total kingpin.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Like, she's like, what the fuck is going on? And because of Taylor Swift in the Ride tour, she's like, why am I selling all these beads? Like, what the fuck is going on?

[A]

Female entrepreneurship.

[B]

Yeah. And now she's doing blow at the store. She's a total. She's like completely changed. She is Scarface.

[A]

Power corrupts people and money corrupts people.

[B]

Power is corrupting all the bead store owners.

[A]

We're keeping it in check. And you know, it's people dressing up in cowboy hats with fringe and sequins. Go see Beyonce. It's so beautiful. And I just think that, like, if girlies could run the world, I think if you're a man who can sustain really close male friendships, you guys should be the ones running for office. You guys should be the ones who date our friends and make them the happiest women.

[B]

I think they shall be British, of course. I think I've had. I think I'm good with American men.

[A]

The first time I saw a group of girlies that were boys was in England.

[B]

Yeah, Edward.

[A]

Because you don't see it as much here because they're not having fun. They just look like they're all flexing as they walk.

[B]

Edward and the Pussycats, they're all walking

[A]

with their muscles flexed, and they just want to, like, look like they're tallest and with the biggest footprint.

[B]

You remember me at the pool of Seattle. I was doing this bit where this is one of those things where, like, it was so visceral of, like, being on a school trip where, like, everyone's, like, staying in a hotel or some kind of, like, sports thing. And there's always that guy in the pool who's flexing the entire time and is like, what's up, you guys? And he can't breathe, and he won't

[A]

get in the pool. He's only just sitting on the side

[B]

and he's walking around. And even when he's, like, puts a towel on, stuff just cannot stop. So funny to me.

[A]

I don't know why that's what most groups of straight guys, and they're walking in silence. Yeah, a little fun.

[B]

Come on.

[A]

Talk about an article you read.

[B]

As far as the girlies and stimulating the economy, also the, like, bringing back, like, themed things. It's like going to Barbie and wearing costumes or Oppenheimer, which, you know, just like all the girlies dressing. It's like all the, like, making your own shirts for all these tours. And I just think it's all, like. It's all just so joyous, and it is getting back to, like, a childlike sensibility of just, like, love and having fun and being yourself. And girlies allow you to do that. And my girls allowed me do that. See? See these ties?

[A]

It's a circle. It's like it's time is a circle. I also think that, like, millennials are maybe the first generation that have really been allowed to just, like, celebrate childhood. Our fashions from the early 2000s came back so quickly because now we. We have spending power, and we want to buy those clothes again.

[B]

You get to dress like Lizzie McGuire.

[A]

I get to buy a Dooney and Burke bag on Poshmark Dooney and Burke hearts collection. I wanted to say about Oppenheimer, because obviously we can't promote any studio films.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[A]

But I wanted to say that Christopher Nolan, fabulous. One of my favorites of all time. I read an interview with him where he said he's allergic to wigs in movies. And I thought, if that ain't me. That is so mean.

[B]

Seeing yourself reflected in pop culture. In pop culture.

[A]

I thought about Oppenheimer A lot. And so I think that Inception is about how an idea is the most powerful thing in the universe. You all know that. My theory about Interstellar is that it's a movie about how love is the most powerful thing in the universe.

[B]

Love.

[A]

Oppenheimer is a movie about how the atom bomb is the most powerful thing in the universe. So he completed it. Well done.

[B]

That's his trilogy.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

He did the Dark Knight trilogy is the trilogy.

[A]

It's not.

[B]

That's not the trilogy. This is his human trilogy. Genius.

[A]

I love it.

[B]

Ride or Die is going to be very easy today. You know what you are, Mary Beth?

[A]

Bisexual.

[B]

Well, yeah, but you're also my ride or die. Ride or die. My girls, I just. I love you and thank you for protecting all these queer people for so long. Like, literally. My girls, they just. They come out in droves. They support. They've supported us forever. What's funny is there's only one girl who, like, went against us, and it was Nancy Reagan, and she's in hell.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So, you know, I just. I needed to say that. But other than that. My girls, I'm gonna be with you till my last freaking dying breath.

[A]

It made me so happy to see pregnant Baronis at Ride Live. Obviously. And I just want to say. Because it goes without saying, but maybe it doesn't. If you don't want kids, I think that's fabulous. If you want kids, I think that's fabulous. And I hope you have an amazing pregnancy journey. And all that stuff is fabulous.

[B]

I'm a Coyote Dad. It doesn't. You know.

[A]

And I'm a blankie girl.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And we all have our different things.

[B]

We all. We all have kids.

[A]

We all have kids in our own way. But. But seeing pregnant Baronies, I was like, that's just gonna be a household full of love. It's more foot soldiers in our army. And I wanna make merch that says it has boy crossed out, girl crossed out. And it's just this Barony, little onesies for babies. Gender is kind of irrelevant. I wanna know if they're a Baroni or not.

[B]

Yeah. I don't care.

[A]

Have a Barony reveal party.

[B]

Yeah. We'll be there.

[A]

We will.

[B]

We'll be there to baptize them.

[A]

We'll set off the bazooka that explodes full of lovecorn. Oh, my God.

[B]

The girlies. To say I ride is such an understatement. In fact, I ride and die for my girlies.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I think it's joy. I love my girlies. I love being a girly.

[A]

I. I love seeing other people's girlies like Joy.

[B]

I mean, that's what this tour is. Wear.

[A]

Wear it proudly that you're a member of a community.

[B]

It's besties. I think there's been a little bit of a return to love this summer.

[A]

Oh, my God. Last night, I was at Sky Bar for reasons I'll tell you later.

[B]

Yeah. I'm really, really scared of. I'm scared.

[A]

Female bartender. I have this new joke about how I think the military should only be gay guys. And female bartenders, come see me live if you want the full thing, because they're hardcore. Sorry. No one's doing it like they're doing it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, the gays.

[B]

The gays that ride on the road. They're not playing games.

[A]

They're ready to serve.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

This female bartender is wearing Lululemon short shorts, Lululemon sports bra, elbow pads and knee pads. Edward goes, what's she training for?

[B]

I said, you know what?

[A]

She's a soldier in the army of love.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And she had a contour on full beat. I was like, this is fabulous. And I just think it's amazing. And you know what? We keep spreading love.

[B]

Sheroes.

[A]

Sheroes and herstory. And this episode definitely is probably the most negative we've ever gone. But sometimes you have to go through it. Like, you can't go over or under.

[B]

You have to just go through some of the negativity. Today is almost like me getting defensive of, like, the. The community of love bubble.

[A]

Totally.

[B]

And I'm like, don't come near it. It's not. It's not for you.

[A]

It's not for everyone, sadly. Maybe they'll get on board at some point, but. I ride for my girls. I ride for girlies. This is such a fun episode. This might be our longest episode. I can't think of what we were going to cut from this, but if it's the longest, then this is our love letter to you guys.

[B]

Right? Heritage.

[A]

Right. Heritage. Thank you, guys.

[B]

We love you. Sweats me.

[A]

Love.

[B]

I ride for you. Wait, you know what? We're gonna talk about my girls. All right. For my girl right there.

[A]

All right for you.

[B]

I love you, Edward. Better be good. Love you. Oh, my exit.

[A]

Funny, babe. Eyes on the road. There you go. Ride, ride, ride. Please. 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.