Sparkling Water + We Don't Know How Planes Fly (Taylor's Version)

Summary

Podcast Summary: Ride with Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone Episode: Sparkling Water + We Don't Know How Planes Fly (Taylor's Version)
Release Date: March 5, 2025
Host/Authors: Benito Skinner & Mary Beth Barone
Produced by: Dear Media

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Introduction to Heritage Month

[01:05 – 01:32]

Benito and Mary Beth kick off the episode by celebrating Heritage Month, setting the tone for a deep dive into personal reflections and cultural discussions. They emphasize the significance of heritage in their lives and hint at exploring various "heritage-coded" topics throughout the episode.

Mary Beth Barone: "I want to get to a lot of them because there are so many and they're all so ride coded."
Benito Skinner: "Heritage. Are you ready for it?"

Reflecting on Past Relationships

[02:37 – 06:22]

The hosts delve into personal anecdotes about past relationships, specifically focusing on the emotional impact and the concept of "Heritage" in their personal growth. Benito shares a humorous yet heartfelt story about being allergic to peanuts, tying it back to relationship dynamics.

Mary Beth Barone: "When Edward and I broke up, it was very end of an era. But I feel like I took away so much good and positive and I learned so much about myself."
Benito Skinner: "I just remember showing up to set…and in that moment I was like, wait. Fuck."

They discuss the importance of maintaining friendships post-breakup and how these experiences have shaped their understanding of heritage and personal development.

Introduction to Their TV Show: Overcompensating

[07:12 – 12:28]

Benito and Mary Beth talk about their TV show, "Overcompensating," highlighting its themes and the challenges they faced during production. They express pride in their work and the supportive role Mary Beth plays in making the show enjoyable.

Benito Skinner: "I'm really proud of the Baronies because they make it fun. They make it worthwhile."
Mary Beth Barone: "The second half of this season feels especially fun to me…this is home, Joy."

They reflect on the stress of balancing filming and recording but emphasize the fulfillment they derive from their creative endeavors.

The Mystery of How Planes Fly

[24:55 – 29:37]

A significant portion of the episode centers around an intriguing Scientific American article titled "No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air." Mary Beth introduces the topic, expressing both fascination and anxiety over the lack of a unified scientific explanation for aerodynamic lift.

Mary Beth Barone: "Why should it be so hard for scientists to explain what keeps birds and airliners up in the air?"
Benito Skinner: "I'm so scared. I am so saddened, horrified. This just scares me beyond belief."

They discuss the two competing theories in aerodynamics, the complexity of the subject, and their personal fears related to flying, especially in light of recent developments in the airline industry.

Mary Beth Barone: "We just don't know how or why. There are theories, but no consensus."
Benito Skinner: "I've watched the JonBenet Ramsey thing for six hours and I was just stone faced the whole time."

The Rise of Sparkling Water

[31:26 – 43:07]

Transitioning to a lighter yet passionate topic, Benito and Mary Beth explore the booming industry of sparkling water. They share their personal preferences for brands like Topo Chico, Liquid Death, and Maison Perrier Ultimate, discussing the cultural impact and the entrepreneurial spirit behind these brands.

Benito Skinner: "Sparkling water is such a healthy alternative… It's sensorial, and that's huge for me."
Mary Beth Barone: "I ride for sparkling water. To me, it's a luxury. I feel luxurious when I'm drinking it."

They emphasize the importance of innovation in the beverage industry and express their enthusiasm for new entrants like Maison Perrier Ultimate, while also critiquing brands that blur the lines between water and soda.

Mary Beth Barone: "If you're drinking water, let water be water. Please, no frills."
Benito Skinner: "Make America water again."

Personal Stories and Humor

[39:14 – 43:26]

Throughout the episode, Benito and Mary Beth interweave personal stories and humor, making the discussion relatable and engaging. They talk about their experiences with brands, playful debates about product preferences, and light-hearted banter about their relationship dynamics.

Mary Beth Barone: "Now we know how Jesus felt. I'll just say that much."
Benito Skinner: "You're so funny. That's so brilliant."

Their chemistry shines as they navigate through various tangents, keeping the conversation lively and entertaining.

Conclusion: Embracing Heritage and the Future

[44:23 – 46:22]

As the episode wraps up, Benito and Mary Beth reflect on the importance of community and heritage in their lives. They express gratitude for their podcast's continuity and look forward to future episodes with excitement and optimism.

Mary Beth Barone: "Cheers to the future."
Benito Skinner: "Happy Ride Heritage Month. Cheers to the future."

They conclude with a heartfelt tribute to Edward, a beloved member of their podcast family, reinforcing the themes of heritage and enduring connections.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Benito Skinner [02:37]: "Are you sure? Yeah, no, I just need a ride, ride, ride. I just want to have fun."
• Mary Beth Barone [05:07]: "I feel like I couldn't be where I am now without that whole time."
• Mary Beth Barone [24:20]: "I had just moved to New York, and I had my whole life ahead of me."
• Mary Beth Barone [28:28]: "I can't lie. No, I'm really scared."
• Benito Skinner [31:01]: "It should have been 100."

Key Takeaways

• Heritage and Personal Growth: The episode emphasizes the significance of heritage in shaping personal identities and fostering growth through life's experiences, including relationships and creative endeavors.

• Scientific Curiosity and Anxiety: The hosts express both fascination and concern over unresolved scientific questions, such as the mechanics of flight, highlighting how science can both inspire and unsettle.

• Cultural Impact of Sparkling Water: Benito and Mary Beth explore the cultural and entrepreneurial aspects of the sparkling water industry, celebrating innovation while critiquing certain market trends.

• Community and Connection: The importance of community, friendships, and enduring connections is a recurring theme, underscoring the podcast's focus on shared experiences and mutual support.

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This episode of "Ride with Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone" offers a blend of personal anecdotes, cultural commentary, and heartfelt reflections, all woven together with humor and authenticity. Listeners are treated to an engaging conversation that not only entertains but also provokes thought on topics ranging from personal heritage to the mysteries of flight.

Transcript

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[Benito Skinner]

Podcast is a Dear Media production.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Hey, can you come pick me up?

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. What's wrong?

[Mary Beth Barone]

Nothing.

[Benito Skinner]

Are you sure?

[Mary Beth Barone]

Yeah, no, I just need a ride, ride, ride. I just want to have fun.

[Benito Skinner]

Start your engine.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Take care.

[Benito Skinner]

I'm Benito Skinner.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I'm Mary Beth Barone and this is ride.

[Benito Skinner]

One sec. I just need 10 more seconds with these peanuts.

[Mary Beth Barone]

No, we're keeping that.

[Benito Skinner]

Well, I'm just such a dick. Before we start recording and welcome to.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Ride Heritage Month, everyone.

[Benito Skinner]

And just like that, it's right. Heritage. Are you ready for it? Starting with a Taylor's version.

[Mary Beth Barone]

We are going to do a Taylor's version. By the way, we've gotten so many hitchhikes, we have to sort of sift through and decide which ones we're going to cover. And I'm. I want to get to a lot of them because there are so many and they're all so ride coded. Like it. It really just shows that the Baronis totally understand what the show is and what it's about. Just how accurate these hitchhikes have been.

[Benito Skinner]

They got it from the top. The girls that get it, get it. And this pot is just like a perfect example of that.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Ooh, it is.

[Benito Skinner]

Peanuts are so good for anyone who's allergic. I'm so sorry.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Yeah, that would be a really hard way to go through life. Like, that sucks.

[Benito Skinner]

Well, there was someone who I kiss in overcompensating and they were allergic to peanuts and it was like a whole thing. And I just remember showing up to set and my assistant Abby, I miss you every day. By the way, my babysitter, Abby, she ran up to me and she's like, have you eaten peanuts today? She was so stressed and I was like, no, am I allergic? Like in that moment I was like, wait. Fuck.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Well, your favorite onset snack was of course, apples and Peanut butter apples.

[Benito Skinner]

And everyone who knows me knows that. And she comes up and she's like, Betty. And I guess she had told everyone she was so good at her job, but I couldn't because they would have, I assume, gone into the biggest medical term I know. Anaphylactic shock.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Anaphylactic shock.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. Say it with me, Jackson. Heritage. One, two, three.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And I'll ask Abby if I can tell the story of our wrap party one day. I need to get her consent first.

[Benito Skinner]

Of course. I mean, you are. You are a fudgeing girl's girl. Dude, you should write for being a girl's girl, because you are.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I.

[Benito Skinner]

You're a gays girl too, though, so try picking.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And you know what? You know what I'm trying to do? I'm trying to complete the triangle and be a guy's girl. Because as I've said, I think the divisiveness is not working and we need to bring men into the conversation. I talk about that in my new hour.

[Benito Skinner]

Wasn't that the sound of right? Heritage.

[Mary Beth Barone]

That was.

[Benito Skinner]

Open up a Bruski. What's it called? A nooner. What do you guys call them in Australia? Schooner.

[Mary Beth Barone]

They call it breakfast.

[Benito Skinner]

Someone DM'd me and said, can you have Jackson say perioral dermatitis? Because it'll be amazing. Perioral dermatatus. Oh. And they were right.

[Mary Beth Barone]

They were right.

[Benito Skinner]

I feel like I'm on a flight. I'm having a little. So it's very sensorial today. Stop.

[Mary Beth Barone]

First of all, stop trying to spoil my ride.

[Benito Skinner]

I know, sorry.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Stop bringing up airplanes.

[Benito Skinner]

Okay. Oh, no. It off.

[Mary Beth Barone]

So some things to start with today, I wanted to just say whoever first said end of an era. I wonder if after they said that, they were like, holy. Write that down.

[Benito Skinner]

It's got to be F. Scott's. F. F. Scott Fitzgerald. You are so we. Okay. You're, like, really hard on me. This, right?

[Mary Beth Barone]

Heritage.

[Benito Skinner]

Literally, you make someone your muse and then they all over you. Heritage is so heritage. Because what's crazy is that we're doing something that your ex lover, like, it's his term, which I love, but that's so cool. That really shows, like, a healing for me, like from the Scorpio side of myself to like, to do this. And also, I really do still love the man.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Like, so think about everything. I mean, so sometimes you leave a relationship and you focus on the negatives, but sometimes you leave a relationship and you think, wow, I am able to take so much away from that, that whole, like, era end of an era. When Edward and I broke up, it was very end of an era. But I feel like I took away so much good and positive and I learned so much about myself and ultimately we learned the meaning of heritage. And so I feel like we can always celebrate the wins of a relationship.

[Benito Skinner]

And that's what we're doing this whole month. Also, you know what's funny? I don't know if we've talked about when you both told me that you were breaking up. Have we talked about. They were driving me back from. From a lake in Canada and I'm literally seated front seat with you driving Edwards in the back. And I was eating beef jerky. I remember I can smell it. I can smell the sadness. I can't even. I haven't touched beef jerky since he ruined it for me. It was like, honestly, very emotional. For me.

[Mary Beth Barone]

It was emotional. It was emotional and it was.

[Benito Skinner]

I, you know, I don't know how it was for you, but for me it was emotional.

[Mary Beth Barone]

There were tears. There were tears. But I think it's just like I look back on the whole time as such, like a joy. I feel like I couldn't be where I am now without that whole time. So I think, of course it was sad though. I mean, I. I think we were both as surprised as anyone, but now we have a great friendship. We actually spoke today and we're trying to be very evolved about it, but it just feels easy because I think he is a good person.

[Benito Skinner]

Well, he's heritage.

[Mary Beth Barone]

When he saw me through my late 20s, early 30s, that's such like a pivotal time in a young woman's life.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. Any young gay men's.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Gay man's.

[Benito Skinner]

And the young gay man who's right.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Who'S riding shotgun in the back seat of his car.

[Benito Skinner]

They just broke up and told me and I was like, let me out of this car.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And it is Taylor's version.

[Benito Skinner]

That's Taylor's version, I think. Wait, she hasn't done that one yet, has she? We're still waiting on debut and Reputation and I'm a huge reputation. I'm. If I was one Taylor album, it's Reputation. I think that album, you know, I know a lot of people think it's about revenge, but it's actually about someone about falling in love when you're at your lowest.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Listen to Delicate is all I have to say. And if you don't get it, then you'll never get it In a getaway car. And we didn't get far the first Taylor Swift. So song I ever heard was our song.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, my God. I heard Tim McGraw. I think that was my first one. And when you hear Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me. Edward, text me when you eat beef jerky. I hope you think of me.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I hope you think of me.

[Benito Skinner]

He's always taunting me. I will say that when you.

[Mary Beth Barone]

When you go to Muskoka, I hope you think of me. Wait.

[Benito Skinner]

Thank God.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Yeah. It's been a big year. Oh, my God. He made a TV show. And it's coming out. I would say the ultimate celebration of Ride Heritage Month. And we can't give any information about when the show's coming out or anything like that. No plot details, but the show will come out.

[Benito Skinner]

It's coming out very, very soon. I think by now you would have seen first look and then you would have seen Daddy in Vanity Fair. I hope. I certainly hope so.

[Mary Beth Barone]

We'll see Rush out to the newsstand.

[Benito Skinner]

Millie Bobby Brown on the COVID Now that's Heritage.

[Mary Beth Barone]

The great American newsstand.

[Benito Skinner]

Yes, you have to.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I also wanted to touch. And this feels very heritage to me. So I finally figured out my problem with all these shows and movies about Watergate and podcasts, even. We need to stop talking about Watergate, because I know Nixon is in hell thinking I'm the reference. And it's like, I don't think we should do that anymore.

[Benito Skinner]

I think Nixon's kind of like, really? It's not even that big of a deal. You know what I mean?

[Mary Beth Barone]

He's like, what, worse happens every day now? You guys need to move on. It's, like, sad and pathetic at this point.

[Benito Skinner]

Literally. I think Nixon's like, God, get over. Like, leave me alone.

[Mary Beth Barone]

It's crazy what people used to get in trouble for, like, not that long ago that once again, politicians will say on TV and they will tweet. It's crazy. The standard that politicians are held to, which isn't there is none. There's no standard.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. So none. I would say, hey, Nixon, I'm looking at him down there. I'm not saying what you did didn't suck, but I don't think you're the worst.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Let me just say that it's also so funny to me that when a Democratic scandal happens, it's like, Nancy Pelosi is doing insider trading. And then when a Republican scandal happens, it's like, so he actually raped 19 women. He killed three dogs, and he is actually currently has a gun pointed at you.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Oh, how are they?

[Benito Skinner]

Everyone's coming to me like, they're Just.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Not held to the same standard.

[Benito Skinner]

No, but we are just getting so numb to everything. It's actually crazy. Like, oh my God. If you watch a video game recently, it's just like it's, it's slaughterhouse or like even horror movies. Lately I am, I find them to be relaxing in a way that I, I, it troubles me.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I completely agree.

[Benito Skinner]

I watched a whole, you know, I watched the JonBenet Ramsey thing for six hours and I was just stone faced the whole time. Like I was, I was eating Greek yogurt while watching that. Like that's where we're at as a society. I'm scared.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I know. Like, I can't lie. No, I'm really scared. And I think just like I'm finding ways of coping that feel healthy and okay and, and Can I just say what can you.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh my God.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I had a near death experience today.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, you went to Face Jim again?

[Mary Beth Barone]

I, I close. I went to Pilates.

[Benito Skinner]

Do you know I think about that all the time. Marybeth went to Face Jim and said I just blew through a red light.

[Mary Beth Barone]

No, it was actually really, really scary. And I think because I have a galaxy brain, whatever the like neurons or whatever, like electrodes, they put microcurrent. It made me black out at the wheel and I almost killed Edward and myself.

[Benito Skinner]

No, sorry. I, I think about it all the time in a getaway car, booking it from Face Gym and like really like just ripping through a red light.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I was so shaken up I had to call my mom immediately.

[Benito Skinner]

The last place you had gone was Face Jamie.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Near death experience today. I was at Pilates. I was at a session with my guy and he put my legs in the straps that were connected to springs. These really long like three foot springs. And you're supposed to push your legs straight and then bend them and straighten them and bend them. The spring snapped.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh my God.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And it hit my foot and it hurts so much. It's weird because I've been thinking about have those springs ever snapped? And like, if it had hit my face, it would have done some serious damage on that software skin. Luckily it hit my foot, but it hurts. He was like, I have. That's literally never happened before in all the years I've been teaching. He was like, this is a brand new string. He was like, you're, I think you're too strong and you broke it.

[Benito Skinner]

They had never seen strength like that. He had never seen Kegel strength like that in his entire life.

[Mary Beth Barone]

So it was actually scary. My foot hurts.

[Benito Skinner]

Damn this cookie. Strong as hell. And you said, I know. That's right.

[Mary Beth Barone]

It made me feel alive.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. Oh, agreed. It woke you up. That's what I was thinking. So I used to say it never skydive, but now I'm like, I don't know. Maybe it would be like, you know, if someone forced me to go up there, I would do it, I guess. Well, they just turned off the lights. It's time for bed for you.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And one of my lights just went off. They said. They said, speed it up, bitch.

[Benito Skinner]

They said nighttime. Hey, it's.

[Mary Beth Barone]

They said. They said two episodes today. You're pushing it.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. Hey.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Sorry, sorry. I'm almost done. Okay, so ride Heritage. Should we reflect on this season a little bit? I feel like it's been a total whirlwind.

[Benito Skinner]

You know what Terry said to me recently? He goes, I can't believe you managed to do that and make a show. You guys did that. And I'm. I'm really proud of us. But you know what? I'm not even proud of us. I'm proud of the Baronies because they make it fun. They make it worthwhile. And I love. I. I've loved the piece of this and the space of this to come and see my girl. Not on the screen, on a different screen. And that they. You know, I have to thank all the people who locked you up for giving you that. That space to do this still.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Totally. And I think the second half of this season, specifically, I feel like when we were making the show, it did get stressful at times because we were. We were filming in the week and then recording on the weekends. I hope that didn't show. You know, I hope that didn't come through in that episode. I don't think it did.

[Benito Skinner]

I really don't think it did.

[Mary Beth Barone]

But I. I will say the second half of this season feels especially fun to me for some reason. I think it's because we have, like, so much to look forward to. And even though things are really scary right now, like, this is, like, such a. This is home, Joy.

[Benito Skinner]

This is communal and it's heritage, and we're celebrating our Bronies and our babies. May they never experience the loss of a child.

[Mary Beth Barone]

The loss of a child.

[Benito Skinner]

I just fuck with y' all. So heavy. Like, I just think that this is. This is our happy place, and we need some of that. And I think that's what the show is, and I think that's what overcompensating is. It's just like. It's about your girls and being cozy In a bed with your besties and maybe even getting Sephora delivered day of. 10 bucks. 10 bucks if you're in a city that does that. I found that out today, so it's kind of just cool. Like we can. We can still find happiness. And I think it's about not giving any of them the air time, any of those freaks the airtime, and just focusing on how to take care of each other. And that's what we're gonna do. And that's heritage to me. That's heritage. That's what it means to me, at least.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I agree. And we're working on our core values, and I can't wait to post them and share them with you all. And when I'm in solitary in my padded cell and I'm ready to give up, I just think about the community I'd be leaving behind. And I think, well, I can't leave yet. I have. There's more work to do. We have more art to create. And trouble.

[Benito Skinner]

This is how we do. I'm your sister. This is how we do.

[Mary Beth Barone]

This is how we do.

[Benito Skinner]

This is how we do it like that.

[Mary Beth Barone]

This is how we do.

[Benito Skinner]

I'm your sister. Sis. Can someone make me that, please?

[Mary Beth Barone]

Dance move. Do you see what I'm doing? Oh, yeah. I'm Sophia, and this is my latest video. Tyler and I went to the Singapore airport to see the jewel and see the waterfall.

[Benito Skinner]

Did I send you that?

[Mary Beth Barone]

No, I watched.

[Benito Skinner]

Did we talk about this?

[Mary Beth Barone]

Oh, my own. No.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, my God. Ms. Nygaard took us to the airport in Shanghai. Where is.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Gets in Hong Kong? Singapore. Singapore.

[Benito Skinner]

Singapore. It blew me away. She spent a whole day there, and I can't imagine what we'd get up to in there. You want to talk about arcades? You want to talk about them all. So I'm eating peanuts, and so I'm gonna let you go first, which is very U coded. So we're doing Taylor's version, but we didn't ride for these things at the same time. But these are just two things that we kind of want to re record.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Yes. And so I will be riding for the fact that we don't know how planes fly.

[Benito Skinner]

And I already am scared.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And what are you writing for?

[Benito Skinner]

I'm writing for sparkling water again.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Okay.

[Benito Skinner]

So excited.

[Mary Beth Barone]

There's gonna be one less lonely girl.

[Benito Skinner]

There's gonna be a G. One less lonely girl. I'm obsessed. Bleep it.

[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Benito Skinner]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Benito Skinner]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Benito Skinner]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Benito Skinner]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Benito Skinner]

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[Benito Skinner]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Benito Skinner]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Benito Skinner]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

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[Benito Skinner]

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[Mary Beth Barone]

I did order two chairs from Article. My apartment's too small for both so I got one taken to my parents house and I have one in my home and two lamps. I love article. So here's the core message of this ad. Article makes it effortless to create a stylish, long lasting home at an unbeatable price.

[Benito Skinner]

They're creating worlds.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Tell me everything. Tell me everything you know about it.

[Benito Skinner]

So they offer a curated range of mid century, modern, coastal and scandi inspired pieces that not only shine on their own, but also pair seamlessly with nearly any other article products. This thoughtful design approach makes it incredibly easy to mix and match, helping you create a space that feels cohesive and stylish. I was off book.

[Mary Beth Barone]

As you know, I have a lot of pieces that I've taken from my parents house and either reupholstered or restored. And I love how seamlessly vintage pieces can blend with my article pieces and it's quality without compromise. So they they just don't make them like that anymore. Except Article does. Article takes great care in curating its collection, focusing solely on high quality, meaningful pieces that will stand the test of time. There's no filler. Every item is chosen for its craftsmanship, design and lasting value.

[Benito Skinner]

There's also like support when you need it. Have you Heard of this?

[Mary Beth Barone]

What? Tell me everything.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. No, it's crazy. So you can have a question or need help with your design choice. Yeah. Article's customer care team is available seven days a week.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Yeah, they don't even take off Christmas.

[Benito Skinner]

Offering knowledgeable support and even free interior design services to help get your home just right.

[Mary Beth Barone]

You know what I loved about my article pieces? There was no assembly required. And I don't know if that's true for all Article pieces or just the ones that I picked, but when you.

[Benito Skinner]

Came to your new man, that's what it said on the box.

[Mary Beth Barone]

No assembly required. Article is offering our listeners 50 off your first purchase of a hundred dollars or more.

[Benito Skinner]

To claim, visit article.comride and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout.

[Mary Beth Barone]

That's article.com ride for 50 off your first purchase of a hundred dollars or more. Wait, where are we going?

[Benito Skinner]

Who cares? Ride.

[Mary Beth Barone]

So my ride went kind of under the radar because it was in an episode of Obsessed Bleep it. Where it was like Obsessions of the Year. I think it was like our last episode of that year, whatever year that may have been. But I rode for the fact that we don't know how planes fly. I think it was 2012, 2015. I had just moved to New York, and I had my whole life ahead of me. Welcome to New York. Remember when she was tourism ambassador?

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, when she said, bodegas are your friend? It's my favorite Taylor Swift video of all time. We'll post it. It's literally incredible. She says, bodegas are your friend. She was like the mayor of New York.

[Mary Beth Barone]

She basically won the guitar. It's not hard. She was the tourism ambassador after releasing the song welcome to New York. And then she was carried around in a trunk the entire time that she was tourism ambassador. So how much business did she drum up? I'm not sure.

[Benito Skinner]

She was carried in a trunk. Wait, tell me this more.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Whoa. So you kidnapped her? No. She lived in an apartment in New York and she was getting harassed so much that they had to take her. Whenever she would leave her apartment or go in it, they'd put her in a trunk and they'd carry her.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, that's very you. When you like being taken to school, it's you going to school.

[Mary Beth Barone]

The trunk is padded and it has a comforter in it. I'd be so sad. I wouldn't care. That's like my padded cell here.

[Benito Skinner]

It's. No, that's what I'm saying. That's when you have to do Press for overcompensating. That's what we're going to have to do to get you out of there.

[Mary Beth Barone]

You carry me out in trunk. I can't believe you missed this. There's photos of her, like, the trunk.

[Benito Skinner]

With her at her show when she did the. Like, she's. She's in the, like, cleaning the. What's that called?

[Mary Beth Barone]

Oh, I can't wait to hear this.

[Benito Skinner]

During the eras tour, she was in, like a cleaning, like.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Like, almost like where they keep the brooms.

[Benito Skinner]

Like a cart. Yeah, she's in, like, a cleaning cart. And they put her in. And then fans. It took them like three minutes. And they're like, that's tea.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Yeah.

[Benito Skinner]

You know, that's Miss Tea. Oh, my God. My favorite video right now on the Internet is Alabama Barker going through her Christmas presents and says everything is tea. And it's like such a misuse of the word, Terry. And I can't stop laughing. I literally think to myself all the time, like, my Christmas presents are tea. It's like, what the fuck does that mean? I love her. By the way, remember when we played.

[Mary Beth Barone]

That game, like, two summers ago where you had to show a picture of someone that you kissed to the group and then everyone had to guess who.

[Benito Skinner]

I know what you're going to say.

[Mary Beth Barone]

So, okay, there's this game that we played one summer where everyone sent me a picture of someone that they've made out with. I randomize them, I show each picture to the group, and then everyone has to write down who they think kissed that person.

[Benito Skinner]

This is a perfect game for Heritage, by the way.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Perfect game for Heritage. And maybe I'll do like a video explaining it or something, if you're not following. But anyway, I was like the. I was the moderator, so I would show all the photos. And basically so many people had made out with the same people, and, like, everyone was kind of like, queer coded and. Or just like fully queer or gay. And you had hooked up with girls previously. So it really threw off the numbers.

[Benito Skinner]

I threw off the numbers. And it just. It got to the point where it was just like. It got so difficult. That's why I said this game was.

[Mary Beth Barone]

You went, maybe what we're doing is wrong.

[Benito Skinner]

Like, in that moment, I thought to myself, maybe Ann Coulter spilled. Maybe Ann Coulter is tea. Maybe Candace Owens is tea.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Thank you for bringing up Candace Owens, because she's from my hometown.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, my God.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Wow. Candace Owen, we don't ride for you. And actually, I was thinking for Heritage Month, we could do maybe a die Episode. I wouldn't do Candace Owens, but I do think that she is repugnant, if I could say that.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And I think that she shouldn't be on tv.

[Benito Skinner]

Isn't she obsessed with the Blake Lively Justin Baldoni thing? Now, that's like, filling her days.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Whatever.

[Benito Skinner]

I guess she could be doing worse. I'm like, if that's filling your days, like, fine. If this will consume you, great. Take it away.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Stay busy.

[Benito Skinner]

Anyway, yeah, so maybe what we're doing is wrong.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Maybe what we're doing is wrong.

[Benito Skinner]

And that's my Hermes Birkin I got for Christmas is tea. I don't personally know if that's tea, but, okay, maybe it is. I don't know. Fuck it. I'm not the keeper of tea. So.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Welcome to New York. Taylor's version. There was an article written that I didn't see right away. I. It came across my desk a few months after.

[Benito Skinner]

I didn't see it right away.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I didn't see it right away. Once I saw it, I couldn't stop thinking about it. It's on the scientificamerican.com before you try to come for me and say I'm not quoting reputable sources, Jason. Scientific American. And I don't know how much longer this website will be up in our current administration, so if you are interested in this article, you should go read it while you can.

[Benito Skinner]

No, chances are, like, it's not looking good. Someone recently told me that their boyfriend worked in. It was something with, like, water. And then I. The. The word environment popped up and I was like, oh, well, he's about to lose his job.

[Mary Beth Barone]

His days are numbered. His days are numbered.

[Benito Skinner]

That sounds like a really useful, important thing. I wouldn't expect that to be around soon.

[Mary Beth Barone]

No. So there's an article on the Scientific American, and it's. It's titled no One Can Explain why Planes Stay in the Air. And the subtitle says, do Recent Explanations Solve the Mysteries of Aerodynamic Lift? So essentially, what millions of people do every day, which is take flight in the air, in the steel birds, we actually don't know exactly how planes stay in the air. And so there are two competing theories from what I understand. But we don't know which it is. And maybe we'll never know, is this.

[Benito Skinner]

This is insane to me. I thought it had to do with aerodynamicism and wind and the shape of the wing. You know what I mean? It was like, similar to how a bird flies. Like, we use the exact same physics. I mean, the Wright brothers, like, t.

[Mary Beth Barone]

The right brothers.

[Benito Skinner]

I'm just like the Wright brothers, T. I'm just like, God damn it. I guess the Wright brothers do just seem like a couple of brothers and not Albert Einstein or Galileo, but they all probably lived at the same fucking time.

[Mary Beth Barone]

No, they were getting brunches together. That's crazy. So basically, this guy named John D. Anderson, Jr. Curator of aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum and author of several textbooks. Anderson said there is actually no agreement on what generates the aerodynamic force known as lift. There's no simple one liner answer to this. He told Times.

[Benito Skinner]

Jesus.

[Mary Beth Barone]

People give different answers, some with religious fervor, but the question we're left with is why should it be so hard for scientists to explain what keeps birds and airliners up in the air? It's like, I think if Galileo were alive right now, he could probably figure it out. And it's not to say that our most brilliant minds, like, I'm sure they're working hard or maybe they don't care because planes fly. And that's just. We don't maybe need to explain it. But I feel like if Galileo was here, he could, he could solve this.

[Benito Skinner]

He could crack this. This would be his, like Da Vinci Code.

[Mary Beth Barone]

This would be his fission or whatever. This would be his Oppenheimer.

[Benito Skinner]

Well, yeah, his, his Da Vinci Code. I have to ride for Dan Brown's trilogy. I don't know what it's called, but like, I have to ride for that at some point.

[Mary Beth Barone]

You teach me so much because I've never read that.

[Benito Skinner]

So this makes me sick. And I obviously, I don't know exactly what's happening within the airline industry. I am so terrified. I am so saddened, horrified. This just scares me beyond belief. And to me, I think you're writing for this because I think you want the answer, right?

[Mary Beth Barone]

I do. And I think it's really big of scientists to just admit the things that we don't know and can't explain.

[Benito Skinner]

I wish they hadn't said they didn't know this one though. Can I just say, look, it's the.

[Mary Beth Barone]

It'S the facts of life to bring it back to sitcom theme. Jesus. It's a good. You take the bad, you take them both, and there you have the facts of life. We just don't know God.

[Benito Skinner]

So I'm up there and they like think we could plummet at any moment.

[Mary Beth Barone]

No, they know that the physics of it works. They just don't know how or why. I mean, there are theories. It's just like, I don't think that there is there's not, like, one theory that the entire scientific community can agree upon, from what I understand.

[Benito Skinner]

Jesus.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And there's a lot of big words in this article, and I'm not saying I even understand the explanation of how we don't know, but I just think it's interesting that, like, we're still figuring things out and it's. It's very. Dare to dream.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. I would love us to clean it up, though, in a huge.

[Mary Beth Barone]

The. The what's happening in the airline industry right now is terrifying. And as someone that's flying more than ever for tour, I'm just like, I'm scared. I won't lie. And then people telling me you're much more likely to get in a car accident, I'm like, great, because I'm really anxious in the car too. So thank you for saying that.

[Benito Skinner]

So good. Okay, well, then, yeah, my favorites, when people are like, you're more likely to die on the way to the airport than in the plane. And it's like, thank you.

[Mary Beth Barone]

That's so comforting.

[Benito Skinner]

Do you want me dead? How badly do you want Benny Drama?

[Mary Beth Barone]

How many ways have you thought of me dying?

[Benito Skinner]

Of me dying, dude. Yeah, that's. To me. Oh, God. It just. It all makes so sick the second I feel turbulence on a plane and like, oh, I swear to God, kids are always laughing during it. And I'm like, do you think this is a game? My show hasn't come out yet.

[Mary Beth Barone]

It's not a game.

[Benito Skinner]

It's not a fucking game. Oh, I'm definitely more of an anxious fire. You can tell from all of this. I mean, even talking about it makes my lower back sweat a little bit because it's just. It's scaring me right now.

[Mary Beth Barone]

There are so many mysteries of the world, and it's just kind of crazy that we can't really explain it. We can't explain how the universe came to be. I guess, sort of. So it's like, I can't believe we.

[Benito Skinner]

Can put someone to sleep, give them a new heart, and they wake up. How crazy is that?

[Mary Beth Barone]

That is so crazy to think about.

[Benito Skinner]

Batshit crazy. It's. That to me, is unbelievable. And I would wear concealer as a doctor. I thought about it more.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Oh, totally. I fully. I fully back you on that theory.

[Benito Skinner]

Now what? I wear bronzer. I don't want them to think that I have a beachy glow. You think?

[Mary Beth Barone]

I think you would because you want them to feel safe.

[Benito Skinner]

A little bit. A little bit gloss in the gal.

[Mary Beth Barone]

You'Re in the gallery Bab.

[Benito Skinner]

Don't make me laugh. You already got me all nervous for how these planes fly.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Look, I'm not trying to make you nervous. It's just cool to think about. It's cool to know more about it. But what. What is interesting to me is that for so long, humans were on Earth and we were trying to figure out ways to make life better. Like open heart surgery, like flying planes. Like, all this innovation, the Internet. And now it feels like we've surpassed that into just making people's lives harder. Alan Cumming said something so profound on the View. He goes, why are there politicians taking rights away from people? What kind of country is that? We should be giving people more rights.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Doesn't make sense. So we've lost the entrepreneurial spirit, the actual entrepreneurial spirit of humanity. Like, for so long we were making all these, like, crazy innovations and steps forward, and now we're like, we're moving backwards. I don't like it.

[Benito Skinner]

When the first Frozen came out and we had Pitch Perfect and Frozen and Miley Cyrus's bangers. I just felt like we were moving in the right direction in so many ways.

[Mary Beth Barone]

America.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, Obama's America. I miss you, Kang. I can't believe people looked on speaking of Nixon. And I hope you're listening down there, you little. I think that here's my thing. I can't believe someone looked at the ballot, saw JFK, and then circled Nixon. It should have been 100.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I'm talking people that didn't have TV, they only had radio. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. Didn't you learn that in school? Their first.

[Benito Skinner]

Because they heard the Boston accent.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Everyone who heard the debate on the radio thought that Nixon won the debate. And everyone who watched it on TV thought jfk.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, my God. That is such an AP US History fact. And you are so correct. Oh, my God. Damn. Wait, that's tea. So sparkling water. There's so much more to say.

[Mary Beth Barone]

The industry has completely blown up since our episode.

[Benito Skinner]

Well, it's like at me, sis. So it's hard to not circle back on something like this and be able to take my work back and own that work when something like Maison Perrier ultimate has come out and hit shelves. Obviously I'm a topo Chico girl. Topo Chico till the death of me Till the day I die.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And it might kill you.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, and it might, because recently I think it tried to. It went down the wrong pipe in a way I couldn't even believe. It was like my collarbone was burping. It hurt so bad. It was full. Like, it was like I drank hot acid and I laughed with it because I'm like. It's classic Topo. Sparkling water has really hit the world in a way that I'm. I'm just so excited about. For anyone who's trying to have a little less soda. And I know there are all these, like, prebiotic sodas, but jury's still out on if those are, like, that much better. I don't want to have four of those a day. Let's just be real. So sparkling water is such a great way to get that fix, get that bubble. It's sensorial, and, you know, that's huge for me. It is my comfort drink. I have it when I'm in the tub. Since we talked about it last, Terry's sister Claire got me a water bottle that turns any water in it to sparkling. How I can do it on the move. I. I'm literally a magician of sorts of like, I can literally very. Jesus.

[Mary Beth Barone]

It's very easy turn water into wine.

[Benito Skinner]

It's so. Now you see me three coated. You get. It's so. Now you see that. You are so funny. That's like. That's so brilliant. Sometimes it hits me. You're genius. Now you see me. It's so. Oh, my God. Me, You, Terry, and your new man are kind of the new cast of now you see me.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Now you3 me. Well, that's what they're saying.

[Benito Skinner]

Now you3 me.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Now you3 me.

[Benito Skinner]

But literally, people will be like, oh, no, I'm good. I don't really like still water. And then I press a button on a bottle and I give them sparkling. It's like. It's just. Now we know how Jesus felt. I'll just say that much.

[Mary Beth Barone]

You brought sparkling water back into my life because when I was a kid, I thought sparkling water was too spicy. That's what I used to say. It tasted spicy to me. That was the only word I knew to describe it. But then, you know, there's been a total boom in sparkling water. There's your Lacroix. You have your spin drifts. You have your liquid death. Now, I wanted to bring up liquid death on the pod, but I wanted to wait for this episode because that is a water brand that has taken the world by storm. I believe it's a billion dollar brand.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And it looks like an energy drink, but it's water. And so they have sparkling water. Speaking of bodegas are your friend. Because bodegas are carrying the liquid death economy on Their backs. And there is an Arnold Palmer. And all the names are like, kind of like heavy metal vibes. I just think, you know, they took something simple like water, and they just, like, built an identity. They built an identity? Yeah.

[Benito Skinner]

They made it wrong.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And dear media, if you don't clip that, I swear to God, you. I'll show up at your house.

[Benito Skinner]

That's very liquid death of you. They're kind of like gunslingers. Here's the thing. They're only in bodegas, as you said so beautifully, that have wood in them. They're built with wood.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Yes.

[Benito Skinner]

Those bodegas, that's very. That's the energy, you know, where you kind of pull the curtain and then all the liquid deaths are there. I love liquid death. I think they're fantastic. I'm a topo girlfriend forever. Now. There was one that I've. There's two that I'm not. They're not my favorite. Pellegrino and Perrier. They're probably the most popular, but I would say there's not enough sparkle for me. I. I like. I like it spicy. I like it nasty. All of a sudden, I look on the shelves recently, and Maison Perrier comes out with a couture version. Maison Perrier Ultimate. Wow. It's not as spicy as a Topo, but, wow, she's a banger. I bought a whole case. I won't even lie. I bought a case the other day.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I was like, this is flavored, or it's just water.

[Benito Skinner]

I think they might have flavor ones, but I've only had pure as of now, and they just blew me away. I won't. They've come onto the scene, and she's the new it girl. Well, actually, I probably Liquid Death is the new it girl. But I'm just saying, like, Maison Perrier, she is coming. She's like, artisanal sweetie, and she's so delicious. And I'm just excited that there's a new member, because sometimes they don't have topo, but Perrier is kind of everywhere, so I'm finding in gas stations, Maison Perrier Couture Ultimate.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Well, here's what I don't like. When a drink will present itself as a flavored sparkling water, and it is actually a soda. So Pellegrino has a really sneaky thing.

[Benito Skinner]

Their flavor.

[Mary Beth Barone]

It's pure sugar, 25 grams of sugar. If not pure sugar, that's 200%.

[Benito Skinner]

They're delicious.

[Mary Beth Barone]

If I'm drinking water, let water be water, is what I say. Please, no frills. Let's just be water.

[Benito Skinner]

Make America water again.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Make them let kids be kids and let water be water. You fucking queer. Woke, bitches. You're ruining this country.

[Benito Skinner]

I know Republicans don't like sparkling water.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Of course not.

[Benito Skinner]

Too learned.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Too way too learned. Too sophisticated. Much like I think a mom's flip flops is a window to the eye of the soul or whatever. I think that the sparkling water brand you carry can tell a lot about you. So you like Topo Chico Benito.

[Benito Skinner]

Don't even. Don't you dare. We know which one Eladia likes.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Girl. I'm a liquid death girl in your.

[Benito Skinner]

Black parade T shirt.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Of course.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah.

[Mary Beth Barone]

People that want to present sophistication, they're doing a Pellegrino or a Perrier. And I'm like, you're not fooling anyone.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah.

[Mary Beth Barone]

No.

[Benito Skinner]

They're like, I travel. But I'm like, do you even know how you travel? Do you even know why that plane stays up in the air? No.

[Mary Beth Barone]

And I'm filming you.

[Benito Skinner]

And by the way, I don't want Perrier. Do you have Maison Ultimate? Wait. They need to reach out to me for an ad campaign I would gladly support.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Can you do it in the style.

[Benito Skinner]

Of Diamonds are Dead? And it's me sizzling in a bath. That's all Maison Perrier. And then they. They turn to me and I go, the Ultimate. That's it. I'm filming you.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I'm filming you.

[Benito Skinner]

You know what? The gods gave us Ferrero Rocher, but their water was Maison Perrier Ultimate. I don't know if I talked about it in the last one, but I do have a Soda Stream. So I cook now.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Oh, I wanted to say on SodaStreams, I feel like I'm in the mines. I don't need to hear it. Please, Soda Stream. Before I get there, not you specifically, but if I'm at someone's house and they Soda Stream, I'm like, are we vacuuming? What's happening?

[Benito Skinner]

You did not just say the mines.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I'm in the mines, baby girl.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, my God. You know what that immediately brings me to Immediately. I just thought to myself, October sky, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Laura Dern. We're in the mines. You're so correct. I. It is me kind of getting my hands dirty in a way. And I will say, like, I. I go through the gas so much because I like it spicy, so it almost feels more wasteful. So if anyone has a trick for that, I just. I have to, like, do it to death where it's but when I take out the gas canister from that, I'm like, this does feel like machinery. A gay guy like me shouldn't be able to.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Should not have much. So much like the Pilates reformer. Feels to me at times like I'm not supposed to be working with something like that. I feel like soda streams are. You should need a license. So I don't need to see. Not in front of my salad.

[Benito Skinner]

It is. I used to have ours out on the table. It is now in a cupboard. Terry doesn't like seeing things on the table.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Well, I think it's cute you put an apron on to do it. It's.

[Benito Skinner]

It's.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Yes, Chef.

[Benito Skinner]

I love it. I have to. It's like my one thing. I like asking people, would you like any sparkling water? And then I go cook. Daddy's cooking. Oh, and they're. They're making liters of Topo Chico now. So that's just been huge for me.

[Mary Beth Barone]

That's great.

[Benito Skinner]

I mean, I'm so excited. Putting a glass straw in a big liter and just chugging it and just burping for 25 minutes straight.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Your burps.

[Benito Skinner]

Have we ever talked about that?

[Mary Beth Barone]

I'm not sure if we've gotten into that yet on ride.

[Benito Skinner]

They're shocking. She has the craziest burp you've ever experienced.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Yeah, it's.

[Benito Skinner]

That's what it sounds like.

[Mary Beth Barone]

There's a demon that lives in my chest. I've been through a lot in my life, and people don't really know that.

[Benito Skinner]

Liquid death, sweetie.

[Mary Beth Barone]

It's liquid death.

[Benito Skinner]

You. Wait. You are so the spokeswoman for Liquid Death, and I am so Mason or Topo. I mean, Topo, by the way. Anyone from Topo listening, like, you're still number one. I just want you to know that. But I'm just saying, it probably feels good to finally have some competition.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Us talking to sparkling water brands. The range, sweetie, we're like, no one innovates anymore. No one.

[Benito Skinner]

Literally.

[Mary Beth Barone]

What happened to the spirit of entrepreneurship? The industrial revolution?

[Benito Skinner]

No, exactly. I'm like, more businesses. Come on. I know you can do it. Please. I just. I really think that sparkling water, it's such a healthy alternative, and it's a great way because I'll just be honest. I just. Sometimes I don't love the taste of water. And one person told me that it's the exact same as drinking water. And then another person told me that it's just. It's not. It's not as good for you as just having water. Guess who I'm going to choose to.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Believe continue the former and we can get into ride or die.

[Benito Skinner]

You know what? You are, Marybeth?

[Mary Beth Barone]

Bisexual.

[Benito Skinner]

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

[Mary Beth Barone]

Obviously, I ride for sparkling water. To me, it's a luxury. I feel luxurious when I'm drinking it, like.

[Benito Skinner]

And you deserve that luxury because it's.

[Mary Beth Barone]

A little something extra. It's a little sparkle. You know, I love diamonds, be it lab grown or from the mines. And I also think something we haven't even touched upon yet is the water brand that appears in Overcompensating, which we want to take to market.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, my God. Okay, so wait.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I don't think you should spoil it, but I'm like, I want you to, but I don't think you should.

[Benito Skinner]

Well, okay, here's the thing. I think now they're gonna see it because I don't know if you see it that well in the show. It's something. It's very. It's. There's a lot of Easter eggs in the show because I really hope that you want to watch it multiple times. In my wildest dreams, it becomes like your comfort show that you put on a season whenever you just need to feel good and spend time with your besties. So what's funny about making a college show is that all the characters are underage, so you can't actually use any brand name alcohol brands in the show. So I had to come up with the names of alcohol brands which are.

[Mary Beth Barone]

It's some of your best work. I would be howling on set because I didn't know what they were, and then I'd see a poster and I don't think you should spoil it. I want people to find it.

[Benito Skinner]

Okay. Because can I give one away? Because it was so funny. I loved it so much. It's just such a gay guy naming something. One is called Moose Knuckle Brewing Company. And I remember you go to me and you go, who's the gay guy who thought of this?

[Mary Beth Barone]

I said, I shouted the f slur at you.

[Benito Skinner]

You did? Do you have any. Did you take any of the posters? Someone did.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I do have a can of the water. The actual water.

[Benito Skinner]

Okay, good. I don't think I have one, which makes me so sad.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I have one. I'm getting it bronz cleansed.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, good. Okay. Put it in resin.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Still in it?

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah, put it in resin.

[Mary Beth Barone]

So I ride for sparkling water, and I think whatever little daily treat you can have for yourself, be it a Ferrero Rocher Be it popcorn with nutritional yeast, whatever it is, indulge.

[Benito Skinner]

I love a flavor in them. I love the. The Aha. You know that brand, they have them at the. Those Coke machines that will make something. I wouldn't ever call it Coke or Diet Coke or Coke.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I know what you mean.

[Benito Skinner]

It's kind of the most disgusting version of that thing that they make, but they have a flavor of. And that's really fun. At the movies, sometimes just get a huge one and you chug it and then you just piss at the end.

[Mary Beth Barone]

So much.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Justice. Last thing I'll say on sparkling water is justice for coconut Lacroix. And I don't want you to say anything. I need you to respond. I like it.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. It can lean soap, but is that so bad?

[Mary Beth Barone]

I don't think so. It's like if it. If it makes me think about sunscreen, being on the beach in my happiest days.

[Benito Skinner]

See, I love lacroix. It feels very 80s to me. And it's fun. I know that someone told me there's, like something bad, bad for me in it, and I'm just like, maybe you're bad for me.

[Mary Beth Barone]

I think it's like beaver or something. It's a hormone they harvest from beaver anus. I don't think it's in Lacroix, though. I think it's in some of the other ones.

[Benito Skinner]

It's in Fireball.

[Mary Beth Barone]

We don't know how water becomes sparkling.

[Benito Skinner]

So I'm gonna do the first thing I've ever done on the podcast today. I'm gonna ride and die for years.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Wow. I love that you're reinventing the form.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. Because I think you can do both in this instance. I die for the fact that we don't know it. It. I ride for the fact that we're being honest that we don't know it.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Totally.

[Benito Skinner]

And I ride for. I ride for the innovation of it. But then I kind of die for the fact that we went right into it and built a whole world around flying industry. And we don't exactly have the answers. Yeah, it's. Let's just say it's complicated.

[Mary Beth Barone]

It's complicated. And I would like to challenge you, since you've died for one thing. You've died for one thing that I've done. And now you ride and die for this. I need you to put something in front of me that I could go either way upon, because all I'm getting are hits, nothing but the hits. And sometimes you have to be vulnerable and you have to just put something out there that you say this might make my co host feel scared, uncomfortable, and make his lower back sweat, but it's all in the name of discourse.

[Benito Skinner]

No. What? You've always done that for me. You challenge me, but I challenge you, too. In other words, remember when two gay guys made you cry up in the air?

[Mary Beth Barone]

And how did we get up there? No one knows. But how did you. Crying? Everyone knows that you made me cry.

[Benito Skinner]

The flight attendant knew. Well, you didn't want to do a merch shoot, and we had to talk you.

[Mary Beth Barone]

That's not what happened, Ellen.

[Benito Skinner]

That is what happened.

[Mary Beth Barone]

That's not the truth. Ellen.

[Benito Skinner]

Ellen. They tried to cancel me.

[Mary Beth Barone]

On that note, Happy Ride Heritage Month. Thank you to Edward, who will always be a part of the podcast family, and we will always think of him when it's Ride Heritage Month. And when a Heritage episode comes out.

[Benito Skinner]

I'd love to crack open a liquid death with him right now. That. Sweetheart, we love you.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Next time we go to London.

[Benito Skinner]

Totally. I can't say enough how fun it is to be another Ride Heritage Month is upon us. And how lucky are we to continue doing a pod? I mean, to have a pod, not get canceled. Like, that's. We have to be excited, and we have to be excited about that.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Cheers to the future.

[Benito Skinner]

Cheers to the future. This month's gonna be crazy. I'm so excited. Also, just like the next few months, it's just joy. It's very, like, Maggie Rogers feral Joy tour in a lot of ways. Like, I'm excited to get into it. And, yeah, I hope they let you out during, but if they don't, you know, you'll still.

[Mary Beth Barone]

They're trying to negotiate. They're brokering a deal. I'm not sure what's happening. I gotta talk. It's my agents brokering the deal, so, of course, it's all mixed up in contracts, but I'm gonna get out soon. I hope.

[Benito Skinner]

If we ever went to prison, would we still have our agents?

[Mary Beth Barone]

I think we would. And. And congrats to Biden for signing with caa. I think we should end on that note.

[Benito Skinner]

Well, of course. Intermediary. 1, 2, 3, clip that. Happy Ride Heritage. I'm coming.

[Mary Beth Barone]

You.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, my. Exit.

[Mary Beth Barone]

Benny, babe, eyes on the road. Benny, look out.

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