HERITAGE COLLECTION: Occupy Wall Street + The OC

Summary

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Ride with Benito Skinner & Mary Beth Barone

HERITAGE COLLECTION: Occupy Wall Street + The OC

Released: April 29, 2026 | Hosts: Benito Skinner & Mary Beth Barone

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Episode Overview

In this special “Heritage Collection” episode, Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone take a hilariously irreverent yet nostalgic trip through two major cultural moments: the hit TV show The O.C. and the legacy of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Blending sharp wit, deep pop-culture references, and their signature playful banter, they explore how these touchstones influenced their lives, the broader culture, and each other. From dissecting The O.C.’s iconic character arcs and aesthetic impact to reflecting on how the Occupy movement changed their political perspectives and personal mythologies, nothing is off limits.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The “Heritage Collection” Concept & Show Energy

• Benito and Mary Beth introduce the idea of re-releasing iconic “heritage” episodes, picking out legendary moments for the listeners (“We hope it’s a tasty treat for you.” [01:15]).
• The hosts riff on “dating” the pod and joke about behind-the-scenes realities (“For the very first time in podcast history, we are dating the pod.” – Benito, 02:30).
• Tone: Irreverent, meta, very self-aware and affectionate toward their audience (“We ride at dawn!”).

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2. The O.C. – A Deep-Dive Cultural Rewatch

Show Breakdown & Key Character Notes

• The O.C. summarized as “the life and times of these four hotties in high school in the O.C.” (Benito, 26:47).
• Extended discussion on:
  • Ryan Atwood’s armband and style: “Ryan Atwood’s ‘armband’ walked so Connell’s chain [from Normal People] could run.” (Mary Beth, 28:30)
  • Luke’s dad’s coming out: “Two dudes in suits hooking up at an auto dealership and your son in the end’s like, you know what, dad? I’m gonna love you, and let’s move to Portland.” (Benito, 30:56)
  • Julie Cooper’s iconic villainy: “Melinda Clark, amazing performance. She really plays it like it’s Hamlet.” (Mary Beth, 29:44)
  • Summer Roberts’ bimbo rights: “Summer is bimbo rights... She is an incredible character. And that's called being a star.” (Benito, 32:23)
  • The sheer number of episodes per season, and the insane storytelling pace.
  • Fashion & early 2000s aesthetic: Lacoste polos, Chanel tote, Keds, juicy zip-ups (35:25).

Personal Connections & Favorite Moments

• Both hosts reminisce about how The O.C. shaped their adolescence, including stories of parody videos, fashion revelations, and cliffhanger inspirations.
  • “I felt my influence of that show in the cliffhangers we do... The OC taught me that that’s how you end an episode.” (Benito, 41:42)
• Tribute to The O.C.’s humor and emotional resonance:
  • “It gets soapy. It’s drama, it’s quirky, it’s funny, it’s candy.” (Benito, 37:56)
• Discussion of queer representation—specifically, Marissa and Olivia Wilde’s character, and how rare that was for the time.

Impact & Legacy

• The O.C. as a formative text for seeing complex, well-dressed female characters: “To have female characters who are complex and written well and just wearing couture and killed and ultimately die. It's just like, up, like giveth and McG. Take it away.” (Mary Beth, 54:07)
• The Bait Shop as a cultural “venue” for both drama and alternative music icons like The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie.

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3. Occupy Wall Street – Personal & Political Reflections

Timeline & Key Themes

• Mary Beth recaps the movement's origins, timeline (“It only happened for 59 days. I literally remember it being seven years.”, 47:34), and purpose (“left-wing populist movement against economic inequality, corporate greed, big finance, and the influence of money in politics.”, 47:56).
• Citizens United mentioned as the legal backdrop and its implications for money in politics.
• Their evolving political identities (“I was still Republican when the Occupy movement happened. So to me, these are just like a bunch of hippies who didn’t want to go to work.” – Mary Beth, 47:13).
• Adaptability and ongoing influence: “Maybe that’s just a testament to the impact of it.” (Mary Beth, 47:56).

Memorable Quotes & Contrasts

• “It’s the first time America was giving French. Do you know what I mean?” (Benito, 49:41)
• Benito’s real-life connection: attending a wedding in Portland during Occupy (“There wasn’t one freaking blade of grass that wasn’t being sat upon.”, 50:46)
• On the art of protest: “Like, hell yeah. My girls were turning it out. So, yeah, I mean, it was definitely art. It was make trouble, Cruella coated.” (Benito, 52:33)

On Slogans & Branding

• “We are the 99% was, quote unquote, arguably the most successful slogan since ‘hell, no, we won’t go.’” (Mary Beth, 51:55)
• Connection to Tumblr as an activism hub and playful imagining of “We are the 99%” as a Met Gala theme (“I'm seeing you at the Met Gala with that bedazzled on your chest.”, Benito, 51:52).

Contemporary Relevance

• Desire for more collective action and “fire” in present day (“We need more fire. We need more energy.”, Mary Beth, 52:48).
• Candid acknowledgment of imperfections in protest movements: “I don’t think there’s ever been a perfect movement. Maybe except for Ride Season 2, I’d say so.” (Mary Beth, 53:23)

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4. Banter, Meta-Humor & Audience Engagement

Running Bits

• “Best believe I’m still bejeweled; turn your mouth into a shitter.” (Multiple times, see 18:40 onward)
• Invented lyrics as relationship/inside jokes; leaning into ‘pod universe’ in-jokes.
• Playful challenges to their producer, Jackson, and frequent references to Dear Media clipping their best sound bites.

Audience Shoutouts

• “Bronies, please send your questions to [e-mail]. Any questions you have about overcompensating… But we’re not gonna say how or when.“ (Mary Beth, 05:39)
• A sense of community: “All the Bronies who are on the way. Bronies on board. All the pregnant Brony moms...” (Mary Beth, 16:40)
• Running commentary on the evolving meaning and context of bimbo energy, chosen families, and fan culture.

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Memorable Quotes & Notable Moments (with Timestamps)

• “Ryan Atwood’s ‘armband’ walked so Connell’s chain [from Normal People] could run.” – Mary Beth, 28:30
• “Summer is bimbo rights... That’s called being a star. You show up and they’re like, damn. We tried to make you one note. Sorry. You’re complex.” – Benito, 32:23
• “It's the first time America was giving French. Do you know what I mean?” – Benito, 49:41
• “To have female characters who are complex and written well and just wearing couture and killed and ultimately die... up, like giveth and McG. Take it away.” – Mary Beth, 54:07
• “It was Viva la revolution. It was Viva la vida. It was Portland. It was Luke's Dad. It was everything.” – Benito, 54:32
• “Which one is which of us? Oh, you are a movable object. [...] When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, what happens? They start a podcast.” – 55:51/56:02

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Noteworthy Segments (Timestamps)

• [03:05] – The O.C. as “Overcompensating” metaphor, sibling metaphors, and 9/11-era pop culture.
• [26:29–42:17] – The O.C. dissection: characters, fashion, plot arcs, childhood influence, and ongoing nostalgia.
• [46:50–53:56] – Economic crisis, Occupy Wall Street background, personal/political shifts, and connections to current activism.

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Tone and Language

• Playful, irreverent, affectionate, meta, and referential: The pod is filled with “inside jokes,” audience winks, and self-referential humor blending Gen-Z/millennial lexicon with “bimbo” and “bronie” fan vernacular.
• Balance of substantial commentary and lightness: They’re as comfortable riffing about the trauma in animated movies (see Hunchback and Tarzan at 08:07–09:23) as they are breaking down political events or pop aesthetics.

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Useful for Listeners Who Haven’t Tuned In

• You’ll get an insightful, genuinely entertaining look at why The O.C. remains a touchstone, how pop culture impacts personal identity, and how movements like Occupy can shape generational worldviews.
• Recurring jokes, personal stories, and fan shoutouts foster a sense of “in-group” community that’s central to Ride’s success.
• The hosts’ blend of banter and sincerity ensures that both old and new listeners feel included and energized.

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Summary Table

| Theme/Segment | Timestamp | Highlights/Quotes | |-------------------------------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | Heritage Collection intro | 00:39–02:16| “We do exist in the world. Isn’t that trippy to think about?”| | The O.C. breakdown | 26:29–42:17| “Summer is bimbo rights... That’s called being a star.” | | Animated movie trauma | 08:07–09:23| “Back then, kids needed to be exposed to trauma and heartbreak”| | Occupy Wall Street reflection | 46:50–53:56| “We are the 99% was... arguably the most successful slogan since hell, no, we won’t go.”| | Banter & inside jokes | Throughout | “Best believe I’m still bejeweled; turn your mouth into a shitter.” |

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For Next Time

• Email questions to: [e-mail] (“Who knows what we’ll do with them?”)
• “Overcompensating” special is coming, and the show returns May 28.

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In Closing:
True to Ride’s DNA, Benito and Mary Beth fuse smart, funny conversation about beloved nostalgia and important cultural moments—inviting listeners to reflect, laugh, and “ride for” the mess and meaning in pop and political history.
“We are the 99%... but you’re at the Met Gala and I’m at the Met Gallery.” (Mary Beth, 51:55)

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Transcript

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The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

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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. I just want to have fun.

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Start your engines. I'm Benito Skinner.

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I'm Mary Beth Barone and this is Ride. Hello and welcome to the Ride Heritage Collection.

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The Heritage Collection.

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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.

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I was there. It was rare.

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

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Ah, I just got a boner. Oh my God. Wait, Mary Beth just cut her finger and is bleeding. I guess we have to go.

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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.

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Think about what we're doing right now. We do exist in the world. Isn't that trippy to think about? Let's go on the journey for the ride. Heritage Collection. How do these things stay in the air? California, California Feeling so amigo Let me go now I haven't done that all season, but I am feeling so selling me Got to be here for the finale of season two is what we do. And we did it, girl. And I just did all of that again because we were recording. I can always do two takes. Just don't ask me to do three. Cad.

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No, I would never do something such as that.

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I'm wearing loafers. I'm ready to talk.

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Okay, well, I guess we should just get into it. Are there any housekeeping items you have for me? I'm gonna check my list.

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Oh, you wanna finale? We're just. We want this one to be 15 minutes. Quick and dirty.

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15 minutes.

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Today was a crazy day because the teaser's out and I'm fine to date the pod.

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Wow. We're dating the pod. For the very first time.

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For the very first time in podcast history, we are dating the pod. We do record this sometimes before it comes out.

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We record this sometimes before it comes out.

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It's not live, which just is. I think that's a bummer. And I'm sorry. I. Hey, I wish we could do it live. Every week teasers out to end on my girl with a headset. And I knew that Baroni HQ would eat that up. I.

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And put me next to the teacher from Lizzie McGuire Movie, of course, in

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her headset, Ungermeyer, darling.

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On that topic of overcompensating, which I sometimes call the O.C.

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the O.C.

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well, but then I know I'm gonna confuse people.

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Well, sometimes when I try to make the graphics of me, you, Adam, Wally. It's OC but we are siblings. But we end up as Benjamin MacKenzie and Misha Bar. But you know what? Let it rock. Let it rock.

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It's a reference. It's a reference.

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It's just a reference. Visually, we are. We are. Wally is so Summer, and Adam is so Seth.

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Do you remember Youth of the Nation from Blue Crush? Youth of a Nation. We are. We are. That feels like post 911 media, even though I'm not sure if it was.

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My football highlight reels were post 911 media, to be clear.

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Oh, my God.

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Oh, my God.

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You know what? You know what I heard the other day? And I go, we didn't talk about that on the podcast. I'm here without you, baby but you're still on my lonely mind I think about you, baby I like going to

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Afghanistan, and I dream about you all the time. So wake me up when?

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September. So I didn't like Green Day for a while because they hated George Bush. Little did I know. Little did I know. Yeah, one day I would not only be stanning the band, I would also be riding for Occupy Wall Street. Now, that's a. It's a spoiler. But today for the finale, I'm writing for Occupy Wall street, and you're riding for.

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It's a carjack, which I. I love coming up with these. I told Terry we have a special episode coming after this one. You guys are gonna love it. I. I said, oh, yeah, it's called the School Bus. And he goes, I think you guys should stop. Stop.

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He's like, I don't think you need to always do that.

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He's like, I think we get it. Also, Terry. Two minutes in.

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Two minutes in. Kid.

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Yes. I'm doing a carjack today, and I'm. I'm writing for something that Mary Beth was obsessed. Bleep it with the oc. I've been rewatching it at a pace that is making people worried.

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One can only describe it as it's clinical. Of course it's a clinical level.

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If we're doing the ANTM photo shoot, it's gluttony. I'm gluttony.

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It's gluttony.

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It's My friend, I think I said this in the last episode, and if not, I'll edit. And, you know, of course we. We can cut whatever we need to. Like feeling like fucking with you today. I don't know why, but he. Yeah, he's been doing one a day, and he's like, how many are you doing? And I'm like, four to five.

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Four to five. It's only five hours. It's not even long.

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There was. I had a break. Five minutes in between zooms, and I almost went to watch it, and I was like, oh, okay, I can relax.

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It's that good.

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It's just that good. And can I say what else is just that good? The other OC Over. Compensating.

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Overcompensating. So, yeah. Bronies, please send your questions to thisisride1gmail.com. Any questions you have about overcompensating questions you have about the cast, we will answer them for you. But we're not gonna say how or when. We're not gonna say how or when.

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We would never. Amazon's at the door.

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Oh, my God. Wait. I'm back in the bunker. I'm in the detention center.

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Well, yes. You posted the trailer to two minutes before you were supposed to.

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They found me. Amazon. The government found me. I was in the group text with Pete Hegseth as well, about Yemen, and I was like, guys, I want to be. I want to divest from this narrative. Please let me leave this group chat. They would.

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I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative. That was Mary Beth. In every episode we would read.

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Pete Hegset sent that text that's like, are you ready to see. Receive information that could potentially hurt you? And I was like, I don't want it. Please, please, please, please don't tell me. But he sent it anyway. And now here I am.

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Catch me on a weird day. And I'm like, maybe, maybe.

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But that day, I didn't want to. I had already been going through a lot, and.

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Have you seen Adolescence? Sorry.

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I don't know what made me think about. I've been actively avoiding it, actually.

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Whoa. I. Well, I feel like I got arrested last night. It's an incredible show, but it's just kind of OC or nothing for me right now. And I say that with love to everyone involved. Like, I've tried to watch other things, and I know that adolescent me and adolescents will have a moment and. But I just. It. It made me so panicky that I had to. I had to exit. And for anyone else who's feeling that way. I would say if there's a complete polar opposite of a show, we made it. And I.

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And there's room for both, which is important.

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And I will watch media.

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I will watch it eventually. I just don't want to watch it right now.

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Let's watch it together at Coachella.

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Oh, perfect. Yeah. Well, I'm not going to see any of the performers.

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Well, of course not.

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I'm bringing my laptop to stream.

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They're like, hey, are you at the. What's it. I literally almost said the Manjaro tent leaving la. I should move.

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It's the Sahara tent.

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My mom, the Sahara tent. And we're like, we kind of have our own Sahara tent. I didn't know you were so opinionated.

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On that note, I did want to say that Sweet Greens are sanctuary cities for Baronies. So if you ever feel unsafe or like, you know how there's, like, sanctuary cities for, like, certain demographics. So Sweet Green is our. Is a sanctuary.

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Quasimodo's mom, what doors do you think she was banging down? That was the sweet green love.

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Oh, my God. Sanctuary. Sanctuary. You bring up this Hunchback of Notre Dame literally every chance you get.

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Well, I was saying to Terry, I think there's something beautiful in the animated films that exist now, but they are so starkly different than the absolute batshit ass insane things that we grew up with. I was in the car last night and I'm like, maybe this is the woke mob's fault.

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No, I think it's that back then, kids needed to be exposed to, like, trauma and heartbreak because their siblings were dying of polio and the measles. And then it became like, oh, childhood is actually something to be celebrated. People should stay kids as long as they can. And so they started making movies that were heartfelt and hopeful. But I was thinking about All Dogs Go to Heaven Too, and how I want to talk about that in season three or four. It's definitely not a season two topic because it's really like that movie is about, like, it's about the mob and it's about where dogs go when they die. And it's like, not like it's like

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scary Oliver Co. Also about the mob.

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And on that note, Bambi, Dumbo. I mean, they're all just like, so.

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Tarzan. Tarzan. Let's say it together. One, two, three. Chosen Family.

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Oh, for sure.

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Tell me that's not about Chosen Family. The death count in Tarzan will send a chill down your spine. And there is a full scene in Hunchback I think I've literally talked about it. I'll talk about it again. Where that nasty little priest. I think he's a priest.

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Don't know the official title.

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His song is about, like, being attracted to Esmeralda. It's very much like your haters are your biggest fans. That was a tough lesson for kids when she didn't end up with Quasi that. I don't know what they were trying to teach us with that. In the book she's. She dies. I found that out. I didn't realize. But in the movie that, you know, they don't end it like that. But in the book, I do believe she's burned at the stake. So Disney was kind of like, have you read this fucking crazy ass book? Someone I know that Crime and Punishment was. Was pitched during that time.

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Oh, oh, wait, wait, wait. Hans Zimmer. I just saw a clip of Hans Zimmer talking about scoring the Lion King because his dad died when he was six years old and he, he decided to work on that movie because his daughter was six years old and he had not worked on a movie that he, his daughter could, like, he could share with his daughter. So he watched the movie and he. I have chills. Literally. He was like, I watched the movie and it is about, like, it is about a child losing his father. And he was like, admittedly with fart jokes, but he was like, when you hear the score, it's like, it is like for my father. Like, I wrote it for my father.

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Oh, I just got chills because I just pictured. Oh, my God. That moment when Simba starts to go up. Pride rock. And he goes D. And it. Simba, remember?

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Stop.

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I used to do that as a kid. I used to do that as a kid all the time. Well, yeah, it's. It's in my arsenal. James Earl Jones, I literally. What an incredible man. I miss him. I think that that's the best vocal performance. He has the two best vocal performances of all time. Darth Vader and Mufasa.

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Yeah. Wow. That's Impact, one of the greats.

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That's Impact Kitchen.

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And we said, we're not talking about James Earl Jones until the finale of season two. We had that conversation. We said, they're not ready.

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It's in the contracts.

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It's in the contract. I want to redefine the word posthumous to mean, like, after you've been canceled. So it's like you, you can, like, put something out posthumously. But it's like, like, Shane Gillis has had a Netflix special it was like his posthumous Netflix special. Do you get that?

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Yeah, I think that's great. To me you're. Now I feel like you're just trying to get clipped by Intermedia. You're begging for it.

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I have a separate notes app for things I think Dear Media will clip.

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You want them to clip all of this? Let's see if I've got anything. Well, I have all my o see notes. This is the first time I've ever taken notes for the pod. Pod opening. Let's see if there's anything that we forgot. This says Fly Cleaners caused my breakup.

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Yeah, but that feels season three or four.

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Can we keep the line though?

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Well, of course. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I was dating someone when I was like 24 and 25. And I said to him, like, I just think if. I think Fly Cleaners will lose our stuff. And let's just say like two weeks later, we weren't dating anymore. We lived together, by the way. So we'll talk about that in season three.

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I do have a thing here about sometimes dogs smell really bad and your hand smells bad after petting them. And if you have one of those dogs, give it a bath. I don't know why I'm media.

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You know what to do.

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Live that sister. Here's my thing. I'm just like, at least give me a warning now my hand smells like zulipie. And I will say it as many podcasts as it takes. If the trash bin is full, you can put the dog in it. If it is empty, you're a bad person. I fear you can't do that.

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I hate the idea of more surveillance, but I do think like sometimes these people need to be like talking about

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surveillance, let me say, oh my God. Adolescence, well, it's just like I just was not ready. Adolescence was put on the TV and I. I did not give my consent in the way I was not mentally ready for that. So not to give.

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Here's a happy story. My dad got a call a few weeks, maybe a couple months ago from someone who was like, I'm your cousin. Our. So a pair of sisters married a pair of brothers. So like on both sides they're cousins. Do you get what I mean?

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Yes.

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So they're double cousins. And then he came to my parents house for dinner and he's just like a lovely guy and he knows like a ton about our family history on my dad's side. So it's just crazy that one like that can happen at any age. You can have a new family member yeah. And also just the idea. What a thrill to have a double cousin. Two sisters marrying two brothers.

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It's very. The kids are all right, but like a new spin on it.

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Exactly. It's very. And. And I think Terry would like it.

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Oh, he would love. He asked to watch that movie every single night. And I'm like, really? That's your heart's desire? One of these nights, though, I'm going to say it to surprise my man.

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I would love to shake Mark Ruffalo's hand and just say, like, thank you for everything. Do you get that?

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I agree. I know he gives good hugs.

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Oh, my God. You know what?

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Aftershave and pipe tobacco. What is that? Cinnamon and pipe tobacco.

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Cinnamon and pipe tobacco.

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I scared the shit out of this woman recently because I hugged her and I went by the fireplace and she

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went, yeah, what woman? Who are you hugging?

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Here I go again. We were doing an edit for the trailer for Overcompensating, and this woman who worked with the main editor, I hugged her and I was like, by the fireplace. It blew her mind, I think, to have a man know anything. She didn't know I was gay yet, I think.

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Oh, and thank you. Okay, so men's spatial awareness is also in this. In this note. How many times have you seen. Okay, picture this.

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Straight men. You know, you're talking straight men.

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Of course, this happened to me and it really. It brought up a lot for me. Okay, picture this. You're walking into the Soho house, into Holloway house, and there are two women and one man in a semicircle having a conversation in front of the door.

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What's that I smell? What's that brand? That's Cow Shed.

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It's Cow Shed.

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Yeah. Keep going.

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You're approaching the door, and as you get closer, you notice the man who is blocking the door the most is not moving over even slightly and in fact, hasn't moved at all. And then you have to watch one of the women he's with put her hand on his back and physically push him out of the way, of my way so I can get in the door. I have seen that happen at social functions. I've seen it happen on mass transit. I've seen it happen at airports. What are men not seeing is their peripheral vision. Okay? Because they're not seeing that, like there is a figure, a human shaped person walking towards them and they need to move.

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This is same with at airports and stuff. And they never know the size of their bag that they're carrying. I'm like, hey, just to Just so you know, your bag isn't a ghost. Hey, sir, I'm not sure if you know this, but your bag isn't a ghost. It hit me.

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So it's. It's a physical, tangible thing, a part of you.

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And I would probably, like, watch where you move it. Yeah, that. And then I have to say, I've been on a few lunches with straight men recently where they were speaking so loudly, and also, their bodies were opened up to the whole restaurant. And I was kind of like, if you want to just do a set, I'm sure you could find a standup show. Like, I'm sure you could. You could get a mic. Like, if you really want one. I bet we could find that for

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you if you want to put on a show. Honey, there's venues all over the city.

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Totally. It's like, but I'm trying to eat a quinoa bowl, and I want it to be private and intimate, but I'm over it.

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Yeah, maybe this is a difficult conversation that, like, girlfriends of straight men need to have. And mothers, I would say, perhaps.

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I would say start with the compliment. I don't want to set these guys off. Let's start with the compliment. But let's. Hey, it's a roller coaster. Build them up before you tear them down.

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Exactly. And I do want to shout out all the Bronies who are on the way. Bronies on board. All the pregnant Brony moms. And then I read on the Reddit today that someone was referring to their unborn child as Jones whenever the baby would do something annoying like kick her or whatever. And I just love the fact that, I mean, it's just so beautiful. And we can't wait to watch these children grow up with. With just love in the home.

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I'm picturing AirPods, AirPod Maxes on the baby bump, and they're listening to our Ferrero Rocher episode.

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They're turning up, and their moms are whispering to them. I'll never keep a secret from you.

[A]

Yeah, we don't. Wait, Jackson, what was your favorite episode? Me begging for compliments because the world is so scary. No, honestly, I loved the Bond episode.

[B]

Oh, fascinating.

[A]

I love that. That feels very skuna.

[B]

And thank you for bringing up our parent company, Amazon, who has just gotten the rights from the Broccoli family for James Bond.

[A]

You're looking at. You're looking at Q and A Bond

[B]

girl and M. They're gonna have me. They're gonna have me in old lady

[A]

prosthetics to pick M. Oh, very X. I love that.

[B]

Yeah. Very cool.

[A]

Should we get into what we ride for in this big finale day? What was your favorite of the season? Actually, before we get into it, because I'm curious.

[B]

Me. This is so random, but I really. For some reason, when I was editing Kelly Rohrabach's Instagram, the sensory experience of hearing us describe pictures.

[A]

You made me laugh. You were so cute.

[B]

No, it was so funny.

[A]

Let us know which ones you guys like. It's always.

[B]

What was your fave, babe?

[A]

My favorite. I think it was Kelly Robox. I was laughing. I was pissing myself at you during that. That was.

[B]

I don't know why.

[A]

There was something else that really made me laugh. Let me. If I just see them, I'll see it.

[B]

I'm starting a doc of jokes we can't talk about until season six. And we'll bleep this. But you know what I thought of the other day?

[A]

What?

[B]

Best believe I'm still bejeweled. Turn your mouth into a shitter.

[A]

Oh, we can do that now. So no. I ruin every song I sing with Terri and I have to. It's the first thing I do like I just did. So debuting relationships was all this talk of relationships. I just have to. I don't know why my brain does that. Whistle while you work. What a.

[B]

All my life. I always love parriages.

[A]

I don't think they're ready for parriages. Have we talked about parriages? I don't think is driving away.

[B]

I would make sense.

[A]

I would do that. Do you get it? Parriages? Do you get the joke, Jackson? No.

[B]

Well, there's no one does so. Jackson, do you get it now?

[A]

I still don't get it. Is this. Am I dumb?

[B]

No, you're not dumb either.

[A]

It's just literally fucking up the lyrics of something just making do.

[B]

Bejeweled.

[A]

Best believe I'm still bejeweled when I walk in the room. I can turn your mouth into my own personal shit. It's so dumb.

[B]

This is what I have best believe.

[A]

I'm still becruel.

[B]

Speaking of sitting at a dinner, I'm at Ellen E. Oysters, and Benny's pointing at his mouth and saying, I can turn your mouth into a shitter.

[A]

I'm just bored.

[B]

Hey, babe, if you want to do a set, we'll find you a stage.

[A]

Go. Fuck it. You go. What's it. The. What's down the block? Virgil. The Virgil's right down the street, babe. Yeah, that's 116 pages and then a Marine and then I changed it to a poutine.

[B]

Some of these girls listening are going to latch onto these and ruin their friends days.

[A]

Ruin their relationships, I would say. Relationships. What's all this talk of these relations recently though? Terry, he's working with a new musician and we were listening to the song and I immediately did one and he was like, just give me a week with it first. And I respected that.

[B]

He was like, let me come up with the vision and then we'll get into that.

[A]

Yeah, then we can get into you. Absolutely. Just demolishing.

[B]

Bastardizing. I would say. Bastardization.

[A]

Bastardization of fabulous pop music.

[B]

Okay. Okay. Should we get into. Oh, you want to say something?

[A]

Well, no, I'm just. Yeah, I. Today, for the last ride of season two, I'll be writing for the OC

[B]

And I will be writing for a little left wing populist movement called Occupy Wall Street. Let's get into it.

[A]

Oh, smells like cowshed and heritage.

[B]

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Who cares? Ride so I have been taking notes while watching the O.C. i have a few things I want to talk about. I'm just going to read these off and if anything sparks, let me know. Jackson, you can stop me at any time. The O.C.

[B]

okay, just let me. Give me one beat after each thing and I'll say if I want to. If I want to amplify or add

[A]

to perfect, we're just firm and we move on. You do the S.O.S. ryan's armband amplify. Okay, so. So Ryan Atwood, for those who who haven't seen the OC it's about this boy from Chino who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and his brother gets him in trouble. At the beginning, he's in trouble with the law and this lawyer comes who takes him into his house and they adopt him. This lawyer and his very rich wife who live in Newport beach in the OC they have a son, Seth, and he becomes fast friends with Ryan Atwood. Next door is this family friend, Marissa Cooper, the hottest girl in town, who's Luke's girlfriend and her best friend is Summer, who Seth is in love with. And I think that's kind of it. It's just like the life and times of these four hotties in high school in, in the O.C. in Orange County. So Ryan has an armband that he wears throughout the entirety of the show. It's leather, I would say if I had to shout out a brand, I think Fossil comes but it is.

[B]

Would you call it an armband or a bracelet?

[A]

So this, this is kind of the big question. It's kind of giving Helen of Troy in a way.

[B]

He also is a choker. I don't want to, I don't want to breeze past that. He is a jewelry guy so I

[A]

wear a choker Best believe he's still be crueled. So here's the thing. He is a jewelry guy. He also always has like quite possibly the biggest watch you've ever seen on his other arm. So he's a man of balance certainly. But this armband, it's leather. It's. It is a part of, I think every episode that I've seen up to now I'm on screen.

[B]

It's Connell's chain. Ryan Atwood's quote unquote armband walked so Connell's chain and normal people could run.

[A]

And his choker.

[B]

His choker?

[A]

Yeah, Ryan's choker. It's really tight. I would say he also wears these tanks like he's always in a white tank and he's pumped with a short

[B]

sleeve button down over it.

[A]

Well, of course. And he also kind of like sometimes has like bangs and a bowl cut and kind of a like chic way. But he meant the world to me as a kid and rewatching the show now I get why. I just, I love this absolute stud. Next or do you want to amplify more?

[B]

No, I love that. I love where we got with that one.

[A]

Luke's dad being gay. Can I say something to you?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Mustang dealership. I think it's Mustangs. It felt like Mustangs. His dad being gay. He calls Adam Brody's character Seth a queer the whole time in a way that's just like it's. This is all Luke says for the first like four episodes.

[B]

Well, he's a water polo player.

[A]

Well, of course, Luke said being gay just. I was just watching it and it took my breath away. I don't think I really registered that as a kid. I definitely watched it too young, very much giving youngest sibling and that I was watching this at like way too young of an age to really like sit with Julie Cooper. But even at like nine, I, I could really See a lot of myself in Julie Cooper.

[B]

So she is just. I mean, Melinda Clark, amazing performance. She really plays it like it's Hamlet, but I don't. Okay. One thing about Luke first. So I made a TikTok about this because I rewatched season one of the O.C. in the pandemic.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

He is such a fascinating character because they. The writers literally said, we are going to make Luke whatever we need him to be in this episode. Character consistency be damned. I have whiplash. He's a bad guy, then he's a good guy, then he's beating someone up, then he's accepting his gay dad, then he's. Then he's fucking Marissa's mother.

[A]

You're leaving out the craziest thing he did of all. He moved to Portland, which we'll get into in a minute. You want to talk about Occupy? Let me tell you. A little town called Portland, Oregon. Yeah. He moves to Portland. Portland is very. It's really present in the show. It's kind of like it's on the

[B]

menu for the west coast kids. Portland is like the place you could go to, like, you know, be who you really are, and I think that's cool.

[A]

Yeah. Would you want to keep going on Luke's dad being gay? I think we nailed it. I feel good about it.

[B]

No, that's. It. It was. It was boundary pushing, and I think it was. It was important for that to happen.

[A]

It immediately broke up the whole family. Well, yeah, but I. I just thought it was cool. Two dudes in suits hooking up at an auto dealership and your son in the ends. Like, you know what, dad? Like, I'm gonna love you, and let's move to Portland. Marissa putting her hair behind her ears. I don't know exactly what I meant by this, but you know what I mean by this.

[B]

We can keep it 100%. Yeah.

[A]

Summer is bimbo writes.

[B]

Oh, my God. Okay.

[A]

Goes to Brown.

[B]

Summer, very similar to Aaron Paul's character in Breaking Bad. Summer was not supposed to be in the show for the whole season, let alone the whole show.

[A]

It wasn't until midway through season one that she's even in the iconic. If we're talking about iconic theme song. But she's not in the opening. In the beginning, Tate Donovan has a card and she doesn't.

[B]

It's kind of to work your way up.

[A]

Same with the guy who plays Luke. He has one.

[B]

Oh, also, my friends and I did an OC parody. I think I talked about this on Obsessed, but I'm not sure we did an OC parody called the FC because we're from Fairfield county and we still have the tapes. It's two, about 10 minute episodes. And I obviously play Marissa Cooper, but we changed the theme song. We've been on the run looking for some bagels driving down I95, Fairfield county, here we come. So I just want to shout out to all my girls who were in that with me. I was able to costume an entire cast of people with just the clothes that I had at my house. Every character.

[A]

Well, that's very overcompensating.

[B]

Including Dr. Roberts, by the way.

[A]

Stop.

[B]

Jake played Dr. Roberts. He played Johnny. He played. He played a bunch of people.

[A]

Airfield county, here we go. Summer is bimbo writes though. I just think she's an incredible character. And that's called being a star. You show up and they're like, damn, we tried to make you one note. Sorry. You're complex. You can tame. We'll see you in season two. I can't stress enough how many episodes they have per season. It's like 25. It's unbelievable. It's very Gossip Girl.

[B]

Very gossip.

[A]

That Josh Schwartz did both of these is insane to me.

[B]

Also, I know Summer would have fucked with Ride the Pod.

[A]

Oh, she would have fucking loved. And Marissa would have been like, what are you listening to?

[B]

What even is that?

[A]

What is this? Misha Barton, if you're listening, sweetheart, I love you so much, dear Generational talent. Dear God. And she has. I watch her storylines and I'm like, this is really hard. Like, these are I her acting. I'm like, this is a really complicated character. They don't give Marissa one good fucking day on earth. And I'm not going to talk about it because, you know, when I get to season three, I'm not even watching the episode. To be clear.

[B]

Out of respect.

[A]

Out of respect for all those involved, for everyone involved. The show ends at graduation. Goodbye. Thank you.

[B]

I don't know if this is on your list, but I don't want to talk about Oliver Trast.

[A]

He's not. And I think I knew that you wouldn't. But can I just say what an unbelievable storyline. I was watching that on a Delta flight, just buried in my phone. And the fact that I looked up at the end and I met a Barone flight attendant. My darling loves. Oh, my God, she was such a doll. And it was just really disorienting to go from living with Oliver Trask for the past three hours on the flight to having to say like, thank you. You know, I'M so glad we landed

[B]

the New Year's Eve where Marissa's wearing a cutout black dress with a poof and a ponytail. And when Ryan comes in right at the stroke of midnight, nothing can compare

[A]

to the dry sand sweat. To when you me nice and sweat. See, I can take anything and do

[B]

that and just make it filthy.

[A]

Wait, what were you gonna say?

[B]

No, that was it.

[A]

You're so Marissa. Her Lacoste polos. I didn't write that.

[B]

The Lacoste polos, the juicy zip ups, the skirts. I mean it's all. It's all there.

[A]

Can I say something to you? Chanel tote.

[B]

Oh, and when she became the face of Keds, how many pairs of kids do you think I had?

[A]

Oh, I can't even imagine. I know. You had the slip on ones too.

[B]

I sure did, babe.

[A]

Backless Julie Cooper streaks. Kirsten Cohen and Julie Cooper. Their hair streaks is very Kelly Clarkson. Breakaway, I think. Is that what I'm thinking of? But the streakage in the hair and there is a five episode stretch. And in season one where Kirsten, she has a different hairstyle and a different cut in every single scene and every take. And I just think it's like fucking sick. And I think she was trying to find it and she does find it. Also Kelly Rowland, fabulous actress and.

[B]

Oh my God, Kelly Roland.

[A]

No, it's just Kelly Rowland is her name, I believe. The actress Kirsten Cohen.

[B]

I was thinking of Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child.

[A]

Who? What's the name of? Oh, Peter Gallagher. He is fabulous. He's so good as Sandy Cohen. He's just like one of those guys. Seth being a loser is so 2003. This man couldn't be cuter. It's so Hillary Duff and the guy from Smallville going to that high school and cheaper.

[B]

Oh my God. And being.

[A]

And they can't find a friend. I'm like, I'll be your friend. You can both.

[B]

Graphic novels. He likes graphic novels.

[A]

I mean he's just adorkable. Seth is very ribbit girl in this show. He's he rivets for about the first 10 episodes, I'd say.

[B]

Oh, and you know what? When Summer dresses up as Wonder Woman, she should have been that. She should have been DC's Wonder Woman.

[A]

She does look like Wonder Woman. I forgot that she did that. There's a lot of choose between us vibes.

[B]

Yeah. They really make you think that that triangles. Yeah. Especially in high school, I'm like.

[A]

So I actually have a separate note that says Kiki Streaks her hair changes in every episode. It's a continuity nightmare. That really is my love letter to editors and I'm sorry you had to deal with this.

[B]

Goes out to all my heads of the hair department. By and by

[A]

Kiki Rust backed. Here's the thing. So Julie Cooper Nickel. This woman bodies that role like you can. Melinda Clark, you are a hero to us all. She has so many fabulous fucking line reads in this. Her and Marissa fight in every single scene.

[B]

She would do anything for her family.

[A]

No, I know. That's my thing. I think she's like, she is a true feminist first off, but I think she is faita. She is so taika.

[B]

She is sleep your way to the top. She is the mother to Willa Holland and Shailene Woodley, who both play the role of Caitlyn. And for Willa Holland to then enter the Gossip Girl cinematic universe as Agnes, it's just like Josh Schwartz. You don't know what that meant to me. Like, a lot of the decisions that were made in these shows, like, they don't know what it meant to me.

[A]

I think they do now.

[B]

I hope they do. I hope they're listening. Wait, didn't MCG work on the OC or. No. Am I thinking of speed?

[A]

So funny you say this. Executive produced by mcg, and I said, you go and jump if Mick G. Made it. I think it's one of my favorite pilots of all time. Whoever you want me to be. As the first line, Ryan says to Marissa, it's very. When you and I met.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And it's just one of those shows. It gets soapy. It's drama, it's quirky, it's funny. It's candy.

[B]

So funny. The scripts are so funny.

[A]

It's so hardcore, though, at times, in a way that you're just like. Like, guns are certainly in the show. If you've seen Gossip Girl, if you're ready to just hunker down for a long spring, do it with the OC and do I love the ending? No. But I think these shows. My heart goes out to writers who are writing a thousand episodes. I mean, 25 a season. It's like, oh, People being like, oh. It kind of has a lull in the middle. I'm like, what else could they do? An alien abduction would be all I could pitch at that table.

[B]

I'd be like, they did everything.

[A]

I literally don't even know. But I will say someone in that room hated Marissa. They hated Misha Burton. They were like, she's gonna have the worst Experience of her life again today, I guess. And then Olivia Wilde and her pencil thin eyebrows popped up on my screen and I went, holy fucking. And I forgot about her and Marissa, which I feel like is handled in a very. Like, it's sexualized, like lesbians. I would say there's involved, but I feel like there's a part of it that I hadn't seen that kind of queerness on screen. And it certainly wasn't. Yeah, it wasn't in Gossip Girl at all. I just remember, like, Serena's brother being gay and suicidal. That was all we got out of that.

[B]

Well, that's the only way.

[A]

Well, of course. And thank you. Seeing myself reflected in media, the.

[B]

The buy visibility, I mean, what was it? What was the music venue called?

[A]

Oh, the Bait Shop.

[B]

The Bait Shop is huge.

[A]

The Bait Shop. Whoever is the booker for the Bait Shop, let's give him a raise.

[B]

A raise immediately. Death Cab for Booty also, I mean, spoon the soundtrack in and of itself.

[A]

The Killers perform at the Bait Shop. And my thing is that, like, there's all this drama going on. Like, I know that they had to build the Bait Shop on a soundstage, but it was so funny. Cause, like, none of them are listening to the concert. They're all, like, backstabbing each other. And, like, there's fraud and arson and, like, all kinds of things going on. And it's like the Killers are performing.

[B]

Look, you can criticize some of the storylines, you can criticize some of the seasons. Whatever you want to do. That's between you and God. But for me, it's just like, it was a golden age of television experience. And to be watching it week to week. I mean, I hated when they would take breaks on the holidays.

[A]

But you remember being at school and you knew a new episode was coming, and you're like, ah, I know the Oliver Trask storyline is gonna find its way. Oh, I will say one thing about him. He revolutionized a blazer at high school. And Seth has good style also.

[B]

This was when DVR was sort of new on the scene and I wasn't allowed to watch TV on weekdays. So DVR was huge for me. Cause I needed to still be up to speed on everything, But I couldn't always watch that day. But it was good to just know that a new episode was coming out. And it was gonna be an hour, and it was just gonna be like my little escape for the week. Week.

[A]

God, it's just. It's making me feel so good. I finished overcompensating. I do this. Every time I finish something, I need something like this. Like, after the Ride tour, we did all of Gossip Girl.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then after this, I'm like, I just. Yeah. And I just, like, I don't have to think about what I'm watching every night. It's just like, boom, we're watching the OC And I have never once skipped the intro song. Every time it pops up, I'm like, after the cold open, I'm like. Like, run that back. I love it. I just want to say Chanel prom dress, but.

[B]

Oh, my God. Yeah, she wears a lot of Chanel.

[A]

She has a ton of Chanel, I would say. Also Chanel Hocateur. It's very Mason Perry Ultimates. That would have been her drink of choice. Also, Misha Barton is always in flats because she's so much taller than the cast, which I love.

[B]

Model behavior.

[A]

Model behavior. Girl, it is so you coated, if you know what I'm talking about.

[B]

Oh, please.

[A]

Misha Barton. She walks so Grace could run in a lot of ways. And I.

[B]

You mean the world to me.

[A]

I felt. I felt my influence of that show in the cliffhangers we do. Because, like, that I love writing cliffhangers, and I think the OC Taught me that that's like. That's how you end an episode. You can't. No, you have to. You got to give them a little spicy. They got to. They got to click next. So, yeah, I O.C. i love you. And can I say something else to you? The OC Mix, Volume one. You're going to Barnes and Noble. You're getting the cd, and you're playing it. You're playing it start to finish. Couple songs are a little too alt for you, but you make it through them, and it's just fabulous.

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[A]

As Marissa said to her mom and dad, my dad's a thief and my mom's a.

[B]

Well, exactly. Yeah. And for a lot of people, that was the case when the big short happened.

[A]

Oh, my God. So to me, right now on the screen, you're Margot Robbie in the bathtub with the champagne, and I'm explaining Occupy Wall Street. Yeah. Describing Occupy. It's just Occupy to me.

[B]

Okay? It's just Occupy. It's the Occupy movement. So I was still Republican when the Occupy movement happened. So to me, these are just like a bunch of hippies who didn't want go to work.

[A]

To me. To me, it's like you do it on purpose.

[B]

I'm not.

[A]

I swear. Get your notes out. Tell me about Occupy.

[B]

Okay, so first of all, it only happened for 59 days. I literally remember it being seven years.

[A]

Wait, you're lying. It was longer than the Iraq war.

[B]

It was 59 days from September 17 to November 15, 2011.

[A]

I. I just don't think that's true.

[B]

Look, I'm seeing it in my research, in my head.

[A]

It was three years exactly.

[B]

And maybe that's just a testament to the impact of it. But basically, it was the left wing populist movement against economic inequality, corporate greed, big finance, and the influence of money in politics. And it began in Zuccotti park in New York City's financial district. So what I didn't realize, because I did know that they were, like, protesting the bailouts that Bush passed, where they, like, helped banks, you know, get back on their feet, even though they wouldn't help, like, Americans who had their life savings stolen from them by, like, Bernie Madoff. So there was a big ruling in 2010 was the Citizens United versus the FEC. And the US Supreme Court ruled that corporations can give as much money as they want to political candidates.

[A]

I'm picturing, like, all the people listening to this pod, drinking, like, refreshers. Hearing you talk about Occupy Wall. We are the revolution.

[B]

We just need to. Well, it's because it's called balance, of course. One day I'm going to bring you Kelly Rohrabach's Instagram, and one day I'm going to bring you Occupy Wall Street. And one day you'll see that those are connected. These protests gave rise to the wider Occupy movement in the United States and other Western countries. So I do believe that their slogan was we are the 99%. And I just think that this was so taika. It was so faita. They brought tents, they camped out there for, like, weeks. And I mean, I guess, like 57 days or whatever. But I just think it's so cool that they were taking it to the streets and that's. I don't know what they actually accomplished, and I refuse to look it up, but I just think it's the only way to cause change is to, like, cause a ruckus. And even though some media outlets might paint you as, like, a. Whatever, hippie and you're lazy, just. Just imagine being at those protests. Like, you can just look back and be like, fuck, yeah, I did that.

[A]

It's the first time America was giving French. Do you know what I mean?

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I literally.

[A]

It's the first time we acted French and we've never done it since, but, boy, did I love it. I have, like, such a. I think. What's a perfect experience with Occupy Wall street, personally? My cousin lived in Portland, I can only guess, on the same street as Luke's dad. Luke's dad and Jackson laughed at that. You little schooner. And we were there For a wedding. And it was during the. I guess the. The week, but it was during Occupy Portland. I can't stress enough that I. Were there any other occupants of Portland? Everywhere was closed. Like, hotels were running.

[B]

The entire workforce was shut down.

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We couldn't go anywhere. My parents were like, obviously, we agree with this, of course, but we are just kind of like, the whole city is not running. There's this park in the middle. There wasn't one freaking blade of grass that wasn't.

[B]

That wasn't being sat upon.

[A]

It was. It was so iconic to me. And I just think about it and I'm like, I had the perfect front row seat of Occupy Wall Street. And I was like. I think I was 16. Were we like. We were in high school, I think when.

[B]

No, we. We were 10.

[A]

Really? During Occupy Wall Street?

[B]

Yeah. 2011. Oh, wait, fuck, no. I'm sorry. I was 20. What am I saying? Hey, I was born about your age.

[A]

They know our ages, as sad as it is. And they know I'm 5:1 on IMDb

[B]

said I was smart. I was like, I remember in front

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of me, I remember having a football game and then seeing Occupy Wall street in Portland. And if that doesn't show you the range, I think Portland was excited about it because it was. They were certainly keeping Portland weird, but. And I was happy to be part of it as well. I love this. I think it feels like community. It feels like really sticking it to the man in a huge way. And, yeah, I wish we had some of that fight right now.

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Can I tell you what it is? To me, it's, I want to make art and I want to make trouble. We are the 99%. Originated like that variation originated from a Tumblr page.

[A]

I'm seeing you at the Met Gala with that bedazzled on your chest.

[B]

We are the 99%. But you're at the Met Gala and I'm at the Met Gallery. And it's odd. It's odd couture. Of course, Basically, we are the 99% was, quote unquote, arguably the most successful slogan since hell, no, we won't go of the Vietnam War era. Now, I will be doing a Taylor's version of Ken Burns Vietnam War documentary, but that's down the line.

[A]

This is very. You coded. Don't even get my girl started on Vietnam War. You say Ken Burns around my girl. She's ready to go.

[B]

I will light it up.

[A]

Yeah, they had amazing branding. I remember the signs also, like, everyone on the left is an artist. So you know, we had murals galore.

[B]

Like, hell, yeah.

[A]

My girls were turning it out. So, yeah, I mean, it was definitely art. It was make trouble, Cruella coated. It was very spray paint your face, and it says the future in stencils on it.

[B]

And you know what? It's kind of giving to me is Gotham City.

[A]

Well, let me tell you, Portland felt

[B]

like it, as it so often does. Yeah, we need more fire. We need more energy. And I, of course, want to say before people come for me, there was a crime issue in the encampment. I'm not going to get into it too much. I don't know if it was perpetuated by the protesters or by people who would come and, like, sort of antagonize the protesters. But I do want to say that I saw that in my research, so I don't want that to go, you know, unsaid, and people get mad at me. It's not a perfect movement. I don't think there's ever been a perfect movement. Maybe except for Ride Season 2, I'd say so. And it is a movement. It's not a podcast.

[A]

If you hadn't brought up this is how we do would have been a perfect season.

[B]

I brought that up.

[A]

Yeah. That was you. You made me. You made me do that.

[B]

I didn't do that.

[A]

This is our land. You were definitely the 1% that one day on set, I was occupied in that moment.

[B]

But when you watch the live photo, I am the 99%.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

And that's important to note. So I just think it's been, wow, such a fabulous season of Ride. I can't wait to come back May 28. And there's a surprise email. Your questions about overcompensating to thisisride. Onemail.

[A]

Who knows what we'll do with them?

[B]

I mean, we have no idea. You know what you are, Benny?

[A]

Hmm?

[B]

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

[A]

Ride or die.

[B]

Of course I ride for the OC I couldn't ride harder for this. And I feel like it was formative for me and just to have female characters who are complex and written well and just wearing couture and killed and ultimately die. It's just like, up, like giveth and McG. Take it away.

[A]

Do not. Don't make me laugh and laugh and

[B]

Dear media, clip that.

[A]

Here's my thing. Occupy. I'm going to ride till I die. For Occupy. It was Viva la revolution. It was. It was Viva la vida. It was Portland. It was Luke's Dad. It was everything. And you know what? If my family had to eat continental breakfast at the hotel and it wasn't that good, like, that's fine, because we were fighting for something bigger. And I think that's the first time I really saw that. So that was really good for a young little football player to see, and it definitely influenced the fight in us. My love, Occupy. We see you and we stand with you.

[B]

And I'm sorry for my feelings towards you in the past.

[A]

Well, of course. Little did I know there was a Republican girl out there who was gonna see me more than I had even seen myself.

[B]

And she was. She was nearly ready to leave it all behind.

[A]

Of course, she just needed. It's the Joker. The push.

[B]

The push. I just needed to take one more philosophy class at Boston College, and then I was out the door.

[A]

So, speaking of the Joker, I. As we end season two, who is the immovable force? What is it again? When an.

[B]

When immovable. Hold on. When.

[A]

And when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, what is it?

[B]

Okay. It's when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force. So what's the question?

[A]

Which one is which of us? Oh, you are a movable object.

[B]

I'm an immovable object. And what happens when they meet? They. They start a podcast.

[A]

They start a podcast, my love. We.

[B]

And they revolutionized television.

[A]

Well, of course, we are so excited for you to see Overcompensating. We are so excited to be back. We're going to be back sooner than we were after season one. Trust. And we're just so freaking excited this season. Thank you for bearing with us and Mary Best detainment and us shooting a television.

[B]

They're letting me out to hit the campaign trail. They're letting me out for press because I told them, as I. As I said last week, we're going to the swing states. And so they're perfectly happy to do that. But they did say I will be coming back. So of course it's not. I'm not free carte blanche. Whatever. It's like, it's temporary. But I'm excited to between now and when we come back for season three. And of course, we have a little surprise. The show will be out. You can see it and watch it and, like, tell us how. How you feel about it and how

[A]

all eight episodes in over 227 territories globally. It's the only number I've ever memorized. Prime video. Watch it, stream it. Watch it with your best friends. And let's just say if you're having a watch party in la, you should maybe like DM me the address. Who knows what we'll do with that. We DP all these houses. We throw beer bottles at grocery stores.

[B]

We send drones. We send a pack of drones to

[A]

them to see what they're up to on everybody.

[B]

We would bring a lesbian cop from Ride Live.

[A]

Oh my God. She should drive us around.

[B]

Wait, if we really do go to people's places we that we'll cut this.

[A]

Oh my God. Believe that we will. And can I just say, dear media, one, two three clip. That best believe I'm stub Krul oh my.

[B]

Exit Benny babe. Eyes on the road. 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.

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