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See app for details. Hi everyone. We hope you're having an amazing Thanksgiving week and taking some time to practice gratitude and reflect on all of the ways everything is so perfect right now. This week we are releasing the audio for our Toronto Live show which Just happened three days ago. Featuring Ben Sosa Wright, Sarah Hagie and Nathan Hair. It was such a perfect night and we're so grateful to the Paradise Theater for having us. But sadly, there was a slight audio issue and we lost the first 15 minutes of the show, which was our introduction before we brought out our guests. And so there might just be a couple of little references and callbacks that might make no sense. A big part of the introduction was that the show was the same night as the final night of the Toronto Eras tour shows. So I had just come off of a plane that was filled to the brim with Swifties. So, you know, I had a tight 10 minutes on that right off the bat. And I'm going to try my very best to remember exactly what I said and do a dramatic reading of it when we next record. But otherwise, I think the show is incredible and it can be enjoyed for what it is without knowing what happened in the beginning. And thank you so much to all our amazing guests and thank you to everyone who came. We had such an incredible weekend in Toronto and thank you everyone for listening and have an amazing Thanksgiving. We have earned it. Is women in STEM like a thing here, or is it just natural? Oh, no, here's what I mean. No, here's what I mean. I. In my mind, naturally, In Canada, it's 50. 50. Like, no one even ever had to do any sort of like, women in STEM outreach because everything is so equal that just like, by default, it's 50. 50.
Nathan Hare
I will say we absolutely do not have that here. We have a thriving Amish community consisting solely of the most gorgeous women you've ever seen. No, of course there's. There are places for women to do stem.
Sam Taggart
No, I know here. I'm saying that right now.
Nathan Hare
University Avenue.
George Severis
Huh?
Unknown
Oh, damn. He knows all the local references.
Nathan Hare
I used up the only one. Oh, no, we only know Bloor Street.
Unknown
Yeah. Who here loves Bloor Street? Yeah, take that, bitch.
Nathan Hare
Name one more.
Unknown
Brunswick.
Nathan Hare
Oh, no, no one. No one here has had a good memory on that street. And I know that cause I live here and I was born in this.
Sam Taggart
Now you're making more specific. So now we're out of it again. We don't know the connotation of Brunswick.
Unknown
Yeah, I say Brunswick all willy nilly.
Nathan Hare
I would say Brunswick is like a place where, like, young men go to, like, hone their dark magic. Oh, like under the COVID of nightfall. And it's not how young are we? Talk like 18.
Unknown
Oh, okay, that's good. Thank God. Well, we always have to ask this, but what are the vibes like backstage?
George Severis
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
What the hell is going on?
Nathan Hare
Really, really toxic. But once you remove me from that equation, I can only assume they're thriving.
Unknown
Yeah, yeah, totally.
Nathan Hare
But no, great. You have to understand Sam and George. There's like. There's like, hummus back there. That.
Unknown
There's hummus, there's hummus, there's broccoli. Broccoli.
Nathan Hare
A lot of tequila.
Sam Taggart
Yeah. And we'll be Venmoing you.
Nathan Hare
We don't have that here.
Sam Taggart
What the hell?
Nathan Hare
You don't have Venmo, we don't have venue. Baby girl, you're going to want to E transfer me.
Sam Taggart
This is crazy.
Unknown
Standing ovation.
Nathan Hare
Rise. Rise.
Unknown
Damn.
Sam Taggart
Ok. Me sending an E transfer on Brunswick. That's my new local game.
Unknown
Yes, yes. The girls who eat transfer on Brunswick.
George Severis
No.
Nathan Hare
Oh, that's really good.
Unknown
That's so scary, you know? Okay. Can I ask a question about Canada?
Nathan Hare
Of course.
Unknown
I was at a coffee shop today, too, but the second one I went to, I said, can I have whole milk in that? And she said, baby girl, what you.
Nathan Hare
Meant was 2%, so that's true.
Sam Taggart
Sorry, there's no whole milk.
Nathan Hare
Well, we would be like 3.5 homo.
Sam Taggart
Milk, but you would never say the word whole milk.
Unknown
What?
Nathan Hare
What'd you just call me?
Unknown
Yeah, literally.
Sam Taggart
I do want to say the most Canadian thing that happened backstage is you walked in and I, within truly 30 seconds of knowing each other, you were like, sarah Pauley's daughter goes to the place I work to do a daycare workout.
Nathan Hare
It came up so much more organically than that. Look at the way George present. She's begging to be talked about. Sarah Pauley.
Sam Taggart
I don't remember how it came up, but I was like. I was like, he's gonna bring up Sarah Pauly.
Nathan Hare
Yes, of course. We all know Sarah Pauley here. We've all done coke with her.
Sam Taggart
Is she a party girl?
Nathan Hare
No.
Sam Taggart
No. Well, this is the thing with Canadian celebrities, and specifically Toronto based ones, is somehow everyone knows them. It's like when you mention Grimes, every single person is like, oh, she was my roommate.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Unknown
Who the hell is Sarah Pauley?
Sam Taggart
Sarah Pauley is a former. First of all, you've made mistake. Sarah Paul is a former. In the beginning, she was a child actress, and then she became a very respected writer, director. She wrote that movie Women Talking. Oh.
Unknown
Got it away from.
Sam Taggart
She also stars at Adrien Brody in the movie Splice where they have an alien daughter. Do you know about this?
Unknown
Oh, sure.
Sam Taggart
Who Then sexually assaults Adrian.
Nathan Hare
Yes.
Sam Taggart
And.
Nathan Hare
And Sarah Pauley. And the movie ends with Sarah Pauley being pregnant with the alien baby.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Nathan Hare
And she's keeping it.
Sam Taggart
And the baby. And the baby is trans. Well, I want to apologize, by the way.
Unknown
I want to apologize for not knowing who Sarah Pauley was. You know, sometimes you think you can be bold in your ignorance.
Sam Taggart
You know, Sheila Headey.
Unknown
Oh, my God. You can't do this right now. You can't do this when everyone hates me already.
Nathan Hare
Do you. Do you know Amanda Bruegel?
Unknown
Oh, my God, you're making things up now.
Nathan Hare
Do I know?
Sam Taggart
Okay, wait.
Unknown
Sarah Salami. What the hell?
Sam Taggart
We love Sarah Salami. No, Sarah Salami is a terf.
Nathan Hare
She's a terf. She's a terf. But her EP is incredible.
Sam Taggart
Oh, that's true. Okay, Ben, what is your straight topic, and what is straight about it?
Nathan Hare
My straight topic is taking a really long time to ask a question at a Q and A.
Sam Taggart
Now, this is sort of classic.
Unknown
This is rich.
Nathan Hare
Or not even asking a question at all. And I realized this was straight. Cause I saw the Tiff premiere of moonlight years ago. Janelle Monae was there.
Sam Taggart
It's actually insane that you're talking about this.
Unknown
No, it is.
Nathan Hare
Well, you're gonna love this. She said something really powerful, which I'll never forget. Is she. Someone in the Q and A was like, oh, what's it like? Kind of being a musician and an actor? And she stopped the person, and she was like, no, no, no, baby, I'm not an actor. I'm not a singer. I am not an artist. I am a storyteller. And I think that's when I realized, like, all people in Hollywood are psychopaths.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Nathan Hare
Who don't mean the thing that they say. But at that Moonlight Q and A, there was the Q and A, like, started. And Barry Jenkins was, like, opening up. He's like, all right, like, yeah, but whatever. And the first. That's verbatim. What he a man. A straight man put his hand up first. And already to do that at moonlight is kind of, like, so bold. Kind of like ordering for the table vibes. You know what I mean?
Unknown
But in a sense, it's also kind of diva mode.
Nathan Hare
But he wouldn't even know that's diva mode. He'd be like, I have a question that's burning inside of me.
Unknown
Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally.
Nathan Hare
And if I don't let it go, then everyone's in danger.
Unknown
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Nathan Hare
And his question was. It wasn't a question. It started off by saying, oh, I noticed you shot the Movie. Movie in 70 millimeter. And then Barry Jenkins stopped him and was like, oh, we didn't shoot the movie in 70 millimeter.
Sam Taggart
Oh, my God. That guy probably killed himself.
Unknown
Yeah, he did.
Nathan Hare
He dead? He's dead.
Sam Taggart
That is a joker origin story if I've ever heard one.
Nathan Hare
He's dead. We burnt down his house, killed the bloodline. It ended with him, but it was just so strange. And then the vibe of the Q and A felt so, like, jokey.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Nathan Hare
Kind of Kiki after that.
George Severis
Yeah.
Unknown
Because we were like.
Sam Taggart
That film is one big Kiki.
Nathan Hare
That film was one big Kiki. If I could summarize, moonlight, it would be that. That boy just trying to kick you. And aren't we all?
Unknown
Literally.
Nathan Hare
I hate to get passionate.
Unknown
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Here's a question for you. Okay.
Unknown
You're doing it.
Sam Taggart
Oh, no, no.
Nathan Hare
Oh, can I say something?
Sam Taggart
My show. I'm Janelle Monae in this situation.
Nathan Hare
But what's. So. But what's. What always happens with the. The man at the Q and A. And I'm not saying George is doing that, but it remains to be seen. But. But the question will never just start with like. Oh, so, like, what was this like. It always starts with, like, paragraph of like. Here's why I'm asking the question in this essay. I will ask.
Sam Taggart
Okay, I'm gonna go. Go ahead and ring the Sarah Pauley alarm because I' Oh. So here's my question for you of the three options, which are ask a question.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Do a statement instead of a question, or remain silent and do not observe.
Nathan Hare
Observe, listen.
Sam Taggart
Rank them from gay to straight.
Nathan Hare
Oh, my God.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Nathan Hare
No.
Unknown
Imagine that's Mary Janelle Monet.
Nathan Hare
That's very Janelle Monae.
Unknown
None of the above.
Nathan Hare
Janelle Mon. Well, okay. I guess. Hmm. I think listening would have to be.
Sam Taggart
Like, is listening or is asking a question gay? Okay.
Nathan Hare
But here's the thing. This is when queerness. Oh. Becomes gendered. Because I'm like, a gay man would not be listening at a Q and A.
Sam Taggart
That's what I'm saying. No, because queer people do want to be loud and heard.
Nathan Hare
Yes. I think the straightest of those three will have to be just kind of stating. Stating off the top.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Nathan Hare
Maybe providing an anecdote and then asking a question. And then asking a question.
Sam Taggart
Okay.
Nathan Hare
I think the queerest thing to do might even be never asking a question and just being like, here's what I liked. Yeah. Or be like, I hated that part.
Sam Taggart
But wait, isn't that What? You. Isn't that your straight topic?
Nathan Hare
I didn't realize this. I was on trial. I thought this was kind of a fun show where gay men. Gay men are supposed to just be ourselves for once. I guess. I guess you caught me. You caught me. I.
Unknown
Up, boys. Come get him. I. I have a question for both of you. Actually.
Nathan Hare
I plead guilty.
Unknown
Have either. I want to know if either of you.
Sam Taggart
This is like, the question asker in Janelle Monae, just like, not being able.
Unknown
Have either of you ever asked a question at a Q and A?
Sam Taggart
No, I would say I certainly.
Unknown
Look who's on trial now.
Sam Taggart
Oh, my God.
Nathan Hare
Oh, my God.
Unknown
Boys. Don't get him.
Sam Taggart
I would say I was a question asker through age, like, 22. And then I stopped Double humpstead. I, like, got it. Yeah.
Nathan Hare
You were so you.
Sam Taggart
In college. I would be like, so you.
Unknown
Juvie. Just for you. Juvie for me?
Sam Taggart
Yeah. Yeah.
Unknown
Your brain wasn't developed yet.
Nathan Hare
What? Do you have any, like, memories of a question?
Sam Taggart
Yes.
Unknown
Yes.
Sam Taggart
Okay. So one time in college, I was going through a really staunch atheist phase.
Nathan Hare
We don't do that here, by the way.
Sam Taggart
I'm. I'm past it. Okay. I'm now really.
Unknown
He loves the Lord.
Sam Taggart
I'm now really born again Christian. No, I no longer care. And nor would I ever, like, judge anyone for any kind of religious practice.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
But at the time, I was going through, like, a staunch atheist phase. And we had a very important person in politics speak about something completely unrelated. It was a lawyer that was up for the Supreme Court, and it was during Obama's presidency, and it was a big deal that this person was speaking. Everyone else was asking very normal questions. And I had just read an article about compulsory prayer at schools. So I raised my hand and was like, so where do you stand on the compulsory prayer at schools debate? And the person was like. Like, that's not important.
Nathan Hare
But that was using the power of asking a question for good.
Sam Taggart
Well, was it for good, though?
Unknown
It. Honestly, I was expecting it to be way more off base the way that you were setting it up.
Sam Taggart
Okay.
Unknown
Because I'm like, that's a normal question. Sure, whatever.
Sam Taggart
But it's such a. Would you guys not agree that that's a very, like, straight guy question? Like, it's like to go out there and be like.
Nathan Hare
Because a straight guy question will always first position, what they know so far about the thing they're asking about.
Sam Taggart
So that's what it is.
Nathan Hare
It's like, big nod from a man in the front row.
Sam Taggart
I'M this topic was so. Was not part of the. It's like me being like, you shot it in 70 millimeter. And she's like, well, I'm a lawyer.
Unknown
The way that I actually wish one time in my life I could have the bravery to ask a question in a Q and A. Yeah. But I'm always like, well, what am I gonna. Like, the movie's done. What do I need to know? Like, that's always. I'm sort of like, well, I can't change anything.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
Have fun.
Nathan Hare
So you think your questions would, like, spawn, like, things they'd want to change of the movie?
Unknown
Pretty much. I want to be able to be like, hey, did you mean to do that? Because I think you should change it.
Sam Taggart
Well, here's the thing. Okay. So I think the stereotype. So, you know, it's like a straight, like, confident, straight guy. Okay. The stereotype is like, he's going to get up and, like, take up all the space in the room. All right.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
But here's the thing, actually. The most confident you can be is knowing you know everything and that there's no possible other information you could get from the person.
Nathan Hare
Yes. You're so removed from the Q and A process itself.
Sam Taggart
Exactly. And I.
Nathan Hare
There's nothing Barry Jenkins could ever teach you.
Sam Taggart
Exactly.
Unknown
Wait.
Sam Taggart
But wait, I feel like, what? Go ahead.
Unknown
Well, I'm like, that's almost. It's not that I'm like, I can't learn from him, but I am sort of like, we're on different journeys.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Unknown
Like, I'm like, barry's journey is not my journey.
Sam Taggart
It bears your. But also, you're like, well, we're peers. Like, he's doing his thing, I'm doing my thing. Of course, nothing.
Nathan Hare
The tables could be reversed so easily.
Sam Taggart
And guess what? You know who's not asking a question at the Q and A for La La Land? Barry Jenkins.
Nathan Hare
Barry Jenkins.
Unknown
Well, the issue also is, like, no one's actually asking a question to learn.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
They're asking a question to show that they are smart, and that's where it gets complicated.
Nathan Hare
Or to kind of affirm something that they've been guessing about it. Oh, I bet that scene was hard, wasn't it? And then Kelly Reichardt is like, sure, yeah.
Unknown
It was super weird to kiss on screen.
Sam Taggart
I was at a Q and A for a book once, and someone asked, like, someone was fully. Like, this was just so well written. Like, how do you think I would go about being an author? And I had this moment where I was like, it was a moment of clarity where I was like. Like, that is every question. That is the subtext of every question. And no matter how, like, intelligent you think you're being, what you're asking is, how can I make Moonlight?
Nathan Hare
Yes.
Unknown
I think I want to end this segment on this. So do we have any Q and A's from the audience? Yeah, yeah, yeah. In the back, I have a Q.
Sam Taggart
And A about you.
Unknown
About what?
Sam Taggart
About Q and A. Oh, yeah, please. This afternoon, I was watching a French.
Sarah Haggie
Film festival movie with my parents, and.
Sam Taggart
They started a Q and A afterwards.
Sarah Haggie
In French, and we were too awkward.
Sam Taggart
To leave, so we sat there for 25 minutes listening to them speak in.
Sarah Haggie
French and not understanding a single word.
Sam Taggart
What would have been the appropriate course?
Unknown
Okay, that's an amazing question. Thank you for that. And thank you for watching our peace.
Nathan Hare
And thank you for your bravery and your honesty.
Sam Taggart
I would say learn French. First of all. You're in Canada.
Unknown
Yeah, yeah. I would say learn French.
Sam Taggart
I would say. I would say, let's take it from the top. Learn French. And then from now on, you won't.
Unknown
Be confused or stand up and say, I don't support any of this.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, yeah.
Unknown
And then you walk out. And it's good, actually. It gets them pressed, too. It's like protests spark at French Q and A.
Sam Taggart
Or just like, yeah, get up and be like, pooh, merde. And then just like, yes.
Nathan Hare
Burn the French flag.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, yeah, burn the French flag.
Nathan Hare
And then you raise a Quebecois flag because you are a separatist. And. But for real, girl, next time you find yourself in that situation, just remind yourself that everything will be okay no matter what. And you have to drink enough water.
Unknown
Self care is so important on a time like that.
Nathan Hare
And. And, hey, whoever you hurt in the past, they forgive you.
Unknown
And on top of that, moisturize.
Nathan Hare
And if you drink a lot of water, you can moisturize just a little less.
Sam Taggart
Wow. And finally, vive la France.
Unknown
Well, well, Give it up for Ben Sosa.
Sam Taggart
Ride, everybody. Wow.
Ryan Seacrest
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Unknown
No, I'm like, literally pumping up.
Sam Taggart
I'm like, I'm in the manic phase. You were this morning. I'm ready to catch a leaf.
Unknown
I would give anything to be manic again.
Sam Taggart
Would you say that when you caught the leaf, it was like, it was like, like that or it was like, like that?
Unknown
No, it was almost okay. It was like this. Like.
Sam Taggart
Wow. Okay.
Unknown
It was so I literally was like, should I frame this leaf?
Sam Taggart
Did you keep it?
Unknown
No. What the hell? But I really wanted to.
Sam Taggart
You should do the thing where you put it in a notebook.
Unknown
Well, I was like, customs won't let me.
Sam Taggart
You get arrested for bringing back a leaf. Damn. Wait. We never talked about Canadian niceness.
Unknown
We never talked about Canadian niceness.
Sam Taggart
We can. Or we can just keep the show going.
Unknown
I would like to talk about it a little bit.
Sam Taggart
Okay. Okay.
Unknown
Go, go. You're all very nice. And in a way that is like, I'm from the Midwest, and people will be like, you know, Midwest nice is like a phrase, but it comes with, like, daggers behind closed doors. And I'm, like, looking for the daggers here, and I'm not seeing it.
Sam Taggart
To look into someone's eyes and be like, oh, kindness.
Unknown
This has happened at three times today where I've accidentally made eye contact with someone and they say hello.
Nathan Hare
And that.
Unknown
Has freaked me out.
Sam Taggart
Well, in America, when someone's nice, it's because they want something out of you. And it's because they're being fake. And it's because they're under the table, like, making, like, grabbing their thigh and bleeding. Like my. I've told you. My grandmother used to do this impression of American people where she would be like, oh, hi, nice to meet you. And she would, like, do that, and me would be like, grandma's fun impression. But that's, like, so true. And I keep waiting for the Canadian version of that. Someone's being so nice to me, and I keep waiting for them to be, like, to break. And they don't. It's just earnest. It's sincere, and it's not earnest in, you know, oh, I'm such a little baby. And I don't know about the world. No, I know about the world. And I have opted to be kind.
Unknown
No, it's very aware. I. This is something I've coined today. Canada is. If the Midwest got woke.
Sam Taggart
Totally.
Unknown
Because I keep being like, okay, I'm sort of in the Midwest. But everyone's, like, aware, but they're not, like, bummed out about it. Yeah, it's so interesting.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, it's. Canada is sort of Obama era the country. But in a good way.
Unknown
No, like, in a way where I'm like. I almost, like, talk to him after the show. Tell me the evils, because I need to know. Yeah, don't do it now. Right now. It's all good vibes.
Sam Taggart
Okay, well, are we ready for our next guest? Please, please give it up for Sarah Haggie.
Nathan Hare
Hi.
Sam Taggart
Oh, wow.
Sarah Haggie
Hey. Oh, wait, is this on?
Unknown
Oh, you have to turn it on. It's. It's a trap.
Sarah Haggie
Hello. Oh, there we go. It's my first time.
Sam Taggart
I thought you. I literally thought you were saying, hello.
Sarah Haggie
Hello, hello, George Stand.
Unknown
But you did. It's actually an amazing rite of passage to say into a mic, is this thing on?
Sarah Haggie
Is this thing on?
Sam Taggart
Wow.
Unknown
You never get to do that.
Sarah Haggie
No, that's how you'll know. Gotta ask. Gotta ask.
Unknown
You gotta ask.
Sam Taggart
So what's up?
Sarah Haggie
Well, I heard you guys talking about everyone being nice, and I just want to say I'm not gonna be nice today.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, but that's like. So she says with a huge smile. Exactly like you think Sarah has, like, meanness, dysmorphia, where she thinks. You think. You think you're a huge bitch, but in fact, you're a. You're like, hi.
Sarah Haggie
No, I got grit. Like, there's something dark going on.
Sam Taggart
Totally, totally.
Sarah Haggie
I'm not like that.
Unknown
What do you think is the meanest thing you've ever done?
Sam Taggart
Yeah, tell us.
Unknown
Oh, sorry. That's the most insane question I've ever done.
Sarah Haggie
I honestly don't think I've ever done anything that mean. Yeah, I mean, I'd be really.
Sam Taggart
You've just said mean. Things.
Sarah Haggie
Yeah. I've said mean things and I've like, like, done mean things, but I haven't been mean.
Sam Taggart
Rare.
Unknown
Totally.
Sarah Haggie
Yeah. Yeah. That was like the essence of the whole interaction, you know?
Sam Taggart
I see, I see, I see, I see. Okay, so what was the meanest thing you've ever done?
Unknown
Okay.
Sam Taggart
Oh, I have one.
Unknown
But I have one immediately. One time I lied to a college improv troupe member that we were all, you guys don't understand. College improv is fucking lie.
Ryan Seacrest
If.
Unknown
And I told him we were all going to bed, but actually the cool ones were going downstairs to hang out with the coolest improv group.
Sarah Haggie
Did he find out?
Unknown
And he woke up in the middle of the night, came downstairs, saw us all, and just lost his damn mind.
Sarah Haggie
That's awesome.
Unknown
And it was like. I mean, the college improv scene was rocked in a way that I don't know if it's recovered since, but I really was like, this person is allowed to hate me, like forever.
Sam Taggart
It's.
Sarah Haggie
What was so wrong about. Oh, you don't think they're here. That's too mean. That's mean. That's mean. They're not here.
Unknown
Yeah, no, they're not here. No, no, they're fine. They live in la.
Sarah Haggie
That's good.
Sam Taggart
One time when I was in grade school, this girl, there was a photo taken of this girl just of her face and she like, was making sure she was like, caught off guard and was just like making a funny face. And at some point she made a comment and I thought she was like laughing at how funny the photo was. So then as a joke, I like printed it and did something with it. Like, I like thinking she would, like, find it funny because she thought the photo was funny. And then it turned out she actually, like, hated the photo and I accidentally, like, severely bullied her. So that would be my thing, you.
Unknown
Know, this is such an. This is such a. A room ruining segment. Yeah.
Sarah Haggie
I'm sorry.
Unknown
What's the meanest thing you've ever done? Then we just honestly say what the meanest thing we've ever done is. It's like one of the crazier things we've ever done.
Sarah Haggie
Yeah, that is. I'm sorry.
Unknown
Well, that's okay.
Sam Taggart
No, it is not your fault.
Unknown
No, we literally asked you that.
Sarah Haggie
That's true.
Unknown
And it was really smart of you to like, not really go in.
Sam Taggart
Totally, totally. Okay, you know what, Sarah? What is your straight topic and what do you think is straight about it?
Sarah Haggie
Okay, my straight topic is speakers and sound quality. Like, caring about Speakers and sound quality and having them.
Sam Taggart
Definitely.
Sarah Haggie
I honestly think this is straight and also gendered. Because if you go to any woman's home and she's straight and she has a speaker or a sound bar, a guy brought it. There she is.
Unknown
Oh, my God.
Sarah Haggie
She did not do that herself. A guy did it. And I've seen this happen with my friends. That's how I know something's going on. Like, it's, like, serious. My friend has a shitty TV and she has amazing speakers. And I was like, your boyfriend did that? And she's like, yeah. You know, like, he just says, like, you can't really hear well on the TV speakers. And you're like, fuck. Like, we can't keep losing you guys.
Sam Taggart
This is a classic example of, like, ranking things as gay or straight. Comes all the way back around to just being, like, sexist.
Unknown
It's always one of the more confusing things.
Sam Taggart
Women don't know about technology.
Sarah Haggie
They don't. No, truly, they don't. We don't. We don't. That's why we have the captions on, and that's why things are so loud. And it's. That is okay. And I know this is true because I started getting so angry about my friends having boyfriends who got them sound bars that I got a sound bar. And I thought I was gonna do it on my own. It took me six to seven weeks.
George Severis
No.
Sarah Haggie
To figure this out, because I was like, okay, there's a whole world of speakers, and they cost nothing, and they cost a lot, and you don't know which one to get or will fit. I had to ask a guy. I ended up asking a guy to help me, and I did get one. And it's true. You do hear things better. And you turn the captions off when you get a sound bar, and it changes everything.
Unknown
I hate when guys. When straight guys are right.
Sarah Haggie
They are. But then it goes too far. They care. They go like, yeah. You know, if you see a movie at TIFF Cinema 1, like, the sound is actually so good. Like, that's where you should be watching that. And you're like, I know that's true. And I know that will enhance my experience. But, like, you don't have to make it like that.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
Well, there is, like, when is enough gonna be enough?
George Severis
Yes.
Sarah Haggie
When is it? Like, so you want to hear everything now? Like, all the time?
Unknown
Like, I am. Like, if you're in a movie theater, you're here hearing most of it.
Sam Taggart
Yes.
Sarah Haggie
And you know what? I went to go see Tar. I went To a shitty theater. And I had to walk out cause it sounded too scary, it was too loud. And I was like, this isn't working. I can't hear tar properly, my friend. And I walked out and then someone goes, yeah, it's Cause you know the sound in that cinema, it's well, shut up.
Sam Taggart
There is something about the impulse to problem solve is very straight, man. Like if I'm turning on my TV and I don't and the image is stretched out, I'm like, that's how it's meant to be.
Unknown
Well, there's something about like learning the technology where you're like, you're making it not magical.
Sam Taggart
When I also like, I know that if I, if I begin the journey of attempting to figure it out, I will enter a years long depression.
Sarah Haggie
That's exactly it. And also, have you ever tried playing something on a phone around a guy, straight guy? They get so mad if you play a song on your phone without a speaker. I can't listen to that. That's the sound quality shootinny. It's all the time.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
Huh.
Sam Taggart
It's interesting because it's also the things to choose to perfect. Like they want sound to be perfect, they want visuals to be perfect. But then it's like there will be like a shit stain on their bed.
Sarah Haggie
Yes.
Unknown
Well, it's like a technical thing rather than like a visual thing.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, okay, here's what it is. Anything that is, that can be optimized should be optimized. But anything that is more vague, they basically don't see.
Sarah Haggie
Yeah, yeah, yes. They want to beat it.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
This is where it gets into, this is where it gets gendered and like homophobic, heteronormative. Again, let's go where I'm like, okay, so it's the boy's job to put all the cords and figure out all the tech. It's the girl's job to go, why are all these cords here? Yeah, we gotta cover up these cords.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
And then it goes.
Sarah Haggie
Actually I saw like this cord managing thing on Amazon. You can get that.
Unknown
And you're like, okay, boys put out chords, girls put away cords.
Sam Taggart
But it's also against again two different types of problem solving. It's like the boy will literally make the room as ugly as possible. Cords everywhere. But then the image quality perfect, audio quality perfect. And then the girl will be like, well, I'm tripping and falling because of all these cords. What if we do something about that?
Sarah Haggie
Yeah, I don't know what it Is. I just. It's like exactly what you said where they don't. The problem's done. So nothing else exists.
Sam Taggart
Yes, exactly.
Unknown
George, I have a question. In your relationship, do you put out the cords or put away the cords?
Sam Taggart
I would say, see, this is tough. I would say, sadly, chords are not dealt with.
Sarah Haggie
Wow. I totally thought you were putting the cords out.
Sam Taggart
You think I'm the one that is perfecting the sound?
Sarah Haggie
I could see that.
Unknown
I could see that.
Sam Taggart
Here's what I am. Okay? So this is what I am. I notice a problem, it bugs me so much, and then I complain about it every day for a year and a half. And. And not only do I complain about it, but I complain about it as though I keep trying to fix it in my mind. I'm like, I've done everything, but I've done nothing.
Sarah Haggie
It's. Thinking about it is a lot of work. And then being like, I know the second I start actively caring, it will take out a lot emotionally. And there's work before the work.
Sam Taggart
Exactly. Well. Cause you're like, well, I've already thought about this for a year. Maybe if I ignore it, I'll sort of naturally stop thinking about it. But if I start fixing it, that's like adding at least another six months.
Unknown
Well, if you start fixing it, it's like, I guess I have to call out of work.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, exactly.
Unknown
That's a full time job.
Sarah Haggie
Yeah. And you have to, like, know what you want and feel like you should go with what you feel like. Sometimes it's like, I will learn what I love through worrying about it.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sarah Haggie
And that's the work before the work.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, no, it's.
Sarah Haggie
That's my new thing.
Unknown
The work before the work before the work.
Sam Taggart
That's your book.
George Severis
No.
Unknown
That's such a beautiful title.
Ryan Seacrest
No, the Work before the Work.
Sarah Haggie
Don't steal it. Okay.
Unknown
If the book was literally completely empty inside, I'd still be like, I should pick this up.
Sam Taggart
Yeah. Because.
Sarah Haggie
Okay, we were talking about this. There was a book that we both were like, conceptually, we fully agreed by reading about it, but we're never gonna read it. But I'm like, I know it'll. I know what's in there. And I agree. And I'm gonna tell people about it.
Sam Taggart
Yes. No, this is the thing with self help and with, like, the power of habit. Like, but it's like, all you need to do is think of a phrase. The end. Like, you can. You can just like, literally all blank pages, think of a phrase, and it can, like, rewire how you think about, like, what is it, like, even just, like, don't sweat the small stuff.
Unknown
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Genius.
Sarah Haggie
Yeah, I won't. Yeah. Wash your face, girl.
Unknown
Yeah, wash your face, girl.
Sam Taggart
Literally, wash your face, girl. No, but the work before the work. Would the point of your book be that a guide for minimizing the work before the work or empowering people to celebrate the work before?
Sarah Haggie
Thank you for asking. Because I feel like through my own experience, working before the work, I feel like what happened to me naturally was I just had to embrace the work before the work. And I think it's about embracing not doing stuff that you're supposed to be doing because you're not ready to do it yet. And you grew in that time. You were putting it off, and you're ready to do the work. And that is the work before the work.
Sam Taggart
Exactly.
Unknown
Totally.
Sam Taggart
100%. It's like the work before the work is intellectual, and the work itself is practical. It's like you're building something.
Sarah Haggie
It's thinking about the speakers, then it's putting away the chords, literally.
Sam Taggart
You know what the work before the work is in terms of the speakers reading film theory. Yeah.
Sarah Haggie
And being like, man, they did crazy sound things that they never got to do. It became illegal after that.
Sam Taggart
It's literally.
Unknown
I also have to say, the work before the work is very CEO coded. It's very like, well, I did all this, and it's like, no, you were like, somebody should do that.
Sam Taggart
Right?
Sarah Haggie
Yeah, but they wouldn't know until I was like, you have to do that.
Unknown
CEOs are literally like, my job is so hard. I'm always like, someone should do that.
Sarah Haggie
Yes.
Unknown
Huh.
Sam Taggart
Wow.
Sarah Haggie
Don't you feel better just letting it? Like, just feeling good about not doing it?
Unknown
Yeah, No, I actually would make an incredible CEO.
Sarah Haggie
Yeah. It's all about thinking. It's all about thinking and feeling, and then it's about doing. Yeah, but thinking and feeling is doing, right?
Sam Taggart
Thinking and feeling is doing. Wow.
Unknown
Wow.
Sam Taggart
Well, Sarah, any final thoughts on speakers and sound quality as straight topic?
Sarah Haggie
Truly, if you're a girl and you're single and you want a sound bar, just do it like every. Actually, it makes you look cooler because people go in and be like, damn, she's kind of, like, slutty or something. And it will make you seem, like, a bit more edgy and cool.
Sam Taggart
Entering a house.
Unknown
House.
Sam Taggart
And seeing a sound bar, being like, oh, she's that kind of girl.
Unknown
Honestly, I'm like, I mean, if there's surround sound, it's like, run, brother.
Sarah Haggie
She is run through. And I mean that in a positive.
Sam Taggart
That has ran through with her sound bar.
Sarah Haggie
Yeah.
Unknown
Damn. Her vinyl player is set up. Get out of there.
Sarah Haggie
She have captions on. Okay, baddie.
Unknown
Yeah. Her husband's coming home at any second. Wow.
Nathan Hare
Well, give it up for Sarah Haggie.
Sam Taggart
Wow.
Unknown
Oh, my God. Well, that was electric.
Sam Taggart
This is electric. I can't believe that at some point in the near future, the show will be over. I'm crying about it.
Unknown
No, it's upset. It's upsetting.
Sam Taggart
This entire show is a leaf falling from the sky and me catching it.
Unknown
Beautiful. I am so the one that puts the cords away.
Sam Taggart
Like, oh, okay.
Unknown
I'm like. You're like, what?
Sam Taggart
That's actually shocking to me.
Unknown
Is it?
Sam Taggart
Yes. I don't. Okay, here's what I'm trying to square this with.
Unknown
Okay, you're scaring me.
Sam Taggart
Are you the one that does the dishes?
Unknown
Oh, God, no.
Sam Taggart
So, okay, so this.
Unknown
Well, my hands get dry, right?
Sam Taggart
Cause I understand. Cause you see how those are obviously different but related. It's like, you're not. I don't think you're the tidier, Are you?
Unknown
But I'm the one that craves more of an aesthetic vibe.
Sam Taggart
Oh, I see. I see. I see.
Unknown
Like, so if it's like. Like, Misha's obviously much better at cleaning.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
But when people are coming over, I'm like, I know what to do.
Sam Taggart
Okay.
Unknown
And I, like, move everything in the right place, and I'm like, oh, oh, this candle. Ooh, ooh, over here.
Sam Taggart
So you're thinking in terms of aesthetics. So here's what it is. Dishes, because they are concrete objects that you can count. That's more of a mathematical vibe. Like, that's like. That is more chords.
Unknown
That is chords.
Sam Taggart
That is. Okay, so dishes are chords. Because it's something that you need. Like, you can be like, seven. If I do seven of them, then they'll be zero. Whereas what you're doing is like. Like creating an ambiance. Yeah.
Unknown
It's like I'm like a maniac who sees things.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Okay. All right. I'm seeing it.
Unknown
Damn. I'm actually surprised.
Sam Taggart
What?
Unknown
No, I'm like. It's really important to have these conversations of who is chords and not chords.
Sam Taggart
Wait, you thought you're surprised? I'm surprised that you're not chords.
Unknown
You're getting it, sweetheart.
Sam Taggart
Okay, let's bring out our final guest.
Unknown
Oh, my gosh. Well, we couldn't be more excited.
Sam Taggart
Please welcome Nathan Hare.
Nathan Hare
Wow. Hi.
Unknown
Hi. Hi. Hello.
Sam Taggart
Hello.
Unknown
You have to turn the mic on. I think it got turned off.
Sam Taggart
Hello.
George Severis
How's it going?
Unknown
Well, it's going amazing. Woo.
Sam Taggart
One.
Unknown
Woo.
George Severis
Okay. Some Nathan heads in the crowd.
Unknown
Yeah. Well, let's say one. There was one. Woo.
Sam Taggart
I want to address the fact that you.
George Severis
We'll work on that. We'll work on that.
Sam Taggart
You came out and asked, how's it going? Which immediately turned the tables on us.
George Severis
Yeah, I wanted to fuck with you guys.
Sam Taggart
Well, you really imagine, you know, you're okay. Canadian reference. George Strombolopoulos.
George Severis
Whoa. Mm.
Sam Taggart
Wait, is he bad now?
Unknown
What'd he do? And who is he?
Sam Taggart
He's a known gaslighter. Well, anyway, I was trying to think. He's a talk show host, so I was trying to think of a Canadian one. Okay. Who's another Canadian talk show host?
Unknown
Well, I had a kind of sensitive question to ask you because you came out with such energy.
George Severis
I took a nap backstage.
Unknown
I was just, well, here's my sensitive question. Do you host some sort of podcast?
George Severis
Oh, God. I know. I do. I do.
Sam Taggart
Oh. So I.
Unknown
That's it.
Sam Taggart
That's it. And you were like, I'm the host.
Unknown
He's like, I'm host now.
George Severis
I'm the host now. This is my show. He's going on my rss.
Sam Taggart
That is classic George Drumbalopoulos behavior.
Unknown
Yeah, that's why he was canceled.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, exactly. I did not know he was canceled.
Unknown
People are mixed on whether or not he's canceled.
Sam Taggart
People don't know. And everyone is simultaneously saying, well, it's bigger than that.
George Severis
Yeah. I think people don't like him.
Unknown
Oh, people don't like him.
Sam Taggart
Is he sort of like Cheugy? Okay. No. Okay.
Unknown
Okay. Everyone was like, how about you jump off a cliff? Wait, this is like, not the best time to ask this, but I've been so curious. I know. We do this thing when we go to cities where we, like, try to be self aware and think that that prevents us from being basic while asking the most basic question. So here's what I want to ask in that vein is like. So does everyone always ask you guys how you feel about Drake? They do.
Sam Taggart
Well, sweetie, he went to everyone's school.
Nathan Hare
Remember?
Sam Taggart
He was.
Unknown
Do people, like, like him or hate him?
George Severis
Now here, here, specifically, they think they dislike him.
Sam Taggart
I think our crowd hates him. But does the average person like him?
George Severis
I don't. I don't. I think he's pretty disliked now. Yeah, I think he kind of took an L with the whole.
Unknown
Sure. I think.
Sam Taggart
Sure. Sure, Sure.
Unknown
I was working on this theory that that's maybe niche, but he is to Toronto what Dan Savage is to Seattle. I think that does that track for people.
George Severis
Yeah.
Unknown
Because I feel like people are always like. Like, with Dan Savage, you're like.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
And I'm already, like, breakout discussions are starting.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, no, I see. I think that your relationship to Drake, like, you know what it is? It's like. It's like your relationship to nationalism. Like, you are. Of course, we all. On some level, the military is our Drake. Yeah.
George Severis
Yeah. I bet you that.
Sam Taggart
You guys, you know, you guys. You know, you guys are like, drake is lame. Drake is lame. But if someone. If we came out and very confidently were like, drake fucking sucks, you would be like, all right, let's slow down for a second.
George Severis
Yeah, he has a few good.
Sam Taggart
No.
Sarah Haggie
Getting trolled on an international level for him being a pedophile.
Sam Taggart
Okay, got it.
George Severis
Wow. We are getting trolled. It's not that serious. We are getting trolled. You don't understand. We're getting trolled.
Unknown
Folks.
George Severis
Folks.
Sam Taggart
We're getting trolled.
George Severis
We're getting trolled on the international level. We're getting trolled on the world stage, mama. We're getting trolled.
Unknown
The world is watching.
George Severis
I love that.
Unknown
I do love the importance, because I get it. I totally get it.
Sam Taggart
To be like, let's nip this in the bud right here. We're getting trolled on an international level.
Unknown
The UN will barely take us.
Sam Taggart
We're getting trolled.
Unknown
Okay, well, I'm sorry. We know what that's like.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, we know what that's like.
Unknown
We know what that's like.
Sam Taggart
That's sort of every. That's sort of our whole vibe. Our whole vibe. Yeah.
Unknown
So pretty much. What's your straight topic?
George Severis
Yeah.
Unknown
So I really threw that on you.
George Severis
No, it's okay. I loved the discussion and can't wait to hash it out with y'all after the show. Yeah. Love to get to idle. Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Your color palette is so calming. Like the brown corduroy green and then socks and. Do you see what I'm saying?
George Severis
It really.
Unknown
No, I see it.
George Severis
Yeah. Well, I went to Common Sword before the shows.
Sam Taggart
I don't know what that is.
Unknown
Vocal references on Brunswick.
George Severis
There you go. Yeah, there you go.
Sam Taggart
Yeah. I'll send you an E Transfer.
George Severis
You guys are getting it. You guys know your stuff.
Sam Taggart
All right, let's get serious.
George Severis
Seriously.
Unknown
We're being on a. On an international level.
George Severis
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
All right, so what is your straight topic and what makes it straight?
George Severis
Okay, my straight Topic is leaning really far back in your chair.
Sam Taggart
Genius. Yeah, Genius.
George Severis
Yeah. And I just think only straight people do that.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
George Severis
And what inspired it is. I was at the Review. Sorry. Sorry. Okay, cool. Yeah, we're doing that in the paradise, so. But I was at the Review. And this. Their chairs lean so far back, and it's a venue.
Sam Taggart
A venue.
George Severis
It's. Yeah, it's just like a rap theater.
Sam Taggart
Okay.
George Severis
And.
Sam Taggart
Okay, what about it?
Unknown
The oldest cinema.
Sam Taggart
Oh, the oldest cinema in Canada. Oh, my God. I bet Sarah Pauley loves that place.
George Severis
And I was seeing a Sarah Pauley film.
Sam Taggart
You were seeing a Sarah Pauli.
George Severis
I was. I was seeing the Sweet Hereafter. Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Great film.
George Severis
Yeah. So, yeah, that's my time. Thank you so much. I. And this guy. The guy in front of me fully. He had his chair leaned so far back and there are these, like, old creaky seats. So far back. His head was on my penis. Straight. Straight up. Hey, I wasn't complaining. But wasn't. Wasn't wearing any pants.
Unknown
Panic's off.
George Severis
What the fuck? Okay, fuck it. I'll go with it.
Unknown
Whatever, bro.
George Severis
Jesus Christ, dude. But yeah, and he literally was like that. It seemed uncomfortable how far he was leaning back. And he was like that for the entire movie. The only time he went up was to whisper something in his girlfriend's ear, so.
Unknown
Babe, I need to pee.
George Severis
Yeah. I'm so fucking hungry right now.
Unknown
Did you bring my snacks?
George Severis
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
This chick Sarah Paulie is hot.
Unknown
Okay. She's my hall pass.
Sam Taggart
Oh, my God. That would be the most Toronto thing ever if someone's hall pass was Sarah Pauly.
Unknown
Okay.
Sam Taggart
Yes.
Unknown
I think leaning back in the chair, there's an. I think part of what's straight about it is that it's so adolescent. It's very high school.
George Severis
Yes.
Unknown
And. And most our paths, you know, that's where we go separate directions and, you know, we learn that we don't do that anymore. But they're like. But this is how I sit.
Sam Taggart
It's sort of adjacent to, like, taking a booger and putting it on the wall.
George Severis
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
That's something you do until a certain age. And then you stop.
George Severis
Yeah.
Unknown
There has been a booger on the bathroom wall at where I work for over two weeks now.
George Severis
What the hell?
Unknown
And I know there's, like 10 of us that use that bathroom. I'm gonna find out who did it.
George Severis
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Nathan Hare
Sorry.
George Severis
I feel like I have memories of, like, in school.
Sam Taggart
Yes.
George Severis
Being in class and some teacher getting mad at some guy who's, like, leaning so Far back. You're gonna fall.
Unknown
I. I have to call you in and say something.
George Severis
Yes.
Unknown
You lean back very naturally.
George Severis
Okay, well, I. So it's. I'm kind of half. I can comment on it. And I also.
Unknown
Wow.
George Severis
I can be both. Yeah. I literally. I straight up forget that I'm bi sometimes. Cause I've been in. I've been in a straight relationship for like five years now. And I'll literally, I'll see a hot guy and I'll be like, fuck, I might be gay. I'm like, no, I already came out. Actually, I've already died. I came out to my parents eight years ago. Yeah, I don't know. I guess I do lean back a bit.
Sam Taggart
It.
George Severis
I'm doing it now to talk about it.
Sam Taggart
You're certainly embodying it. Like, it's. It's coming across very nice.
Unknown
Right.
George Severis
I got to play the part.
Unknown
Do you think you're embracing the straighter side to sort of differentiate yourself from us?
George Severis
Why was that low key? A therapy session for real? You guys are smart, so. You guys are so crazy.
Unknown
Damn, this is scary. You're scaring.
Sam Taggart
I'm being bullied.
Unknown
I'm literally being well. And the thing is that I, you know, in high school and middle school, I feel like generally I was, like, good enough at, you know, fitting in, but the thing I never was able to do was the really, like, confident, widespread, where I was like, okay, but what's going on here? Yeah, like. And people would be like. Like, they'd be like, oh, can you move your legs? And they'd be like, oh. And I literally was always like, maybe. Maybe I don't have something that they have.
George Severis
Yeah, that is so true. Yeah. The really wide. This doesn't even seem comfortable.
Unknown
No, it gets worse.
George Severis
It's cause they haven't. It's cause, like, straight people haven't lived with being uncomfortable. You know what I mean? It's like they have to find the comfort and everything, I think.
Sam Taggart
But there's also something specifically about. Again, it's very school coded, so it's like, it's the first thing you learn that's dangerous. Don't do it.
Unknown
It.
Sam Taggart
I'm not doing it.
Unknown
No. But I have to say, the difference between him doing it and you doing it is wild.
George Severis
See me, I. I could do this all day.
Unknown
This is so limiting. When you did it, I was like, george, be careful. And I'm not even, like, saying that to be funny. I was scared.
Sam Taggart
Anyway, so it's very, like. Like to be still doing something to be still basically rebelling against the teacher as an adult is what it's giving to me. You know what I mean? It's like I'm trying to think of another example of something like that hotbox, like, hot boxing the car.
George Severis
Teacher's like, guys, don't do that. Don't hotbox your car.
Unknown
Why is teacher always telling me not.
George Severis
To hot box knocking on the window, guys?
Unknown
No, I'm trying to think of one too. I'm trying to think of one, too.
George Severis
That's a roller coaster ride.
Unknown
Hold on.
Sam Taggart
No, you're. You're trying.
Unknown
Okay, well, I get.
George Severis
You, but you know what? I immediately. I immediately think grandma in the rocking chair with you guys. It's so like. The way you do it is so small. The way I do it is like, man, I could just walk away.
Sam Taggart
Like, you know when you find, like, you think you somehow think you can, like, lie yourself through something, and then you find something that you're like, oh, this is just how it's gonna be.
George Severis
Yeah. Why are you going fast? Don't.
Unknown
Damn. I can't believe you said we were giving grandma in a rocking chair. That is so messed up.
Sam Taggart
That's the most homophobic thing I've ever heard.
Unknown
Huh. Okay, where do we go from here? So you like school?
George Severis
Yeah, I am in high school. Right. Fuck, yeah.
Unknown
Fuck.
Sam Taggart
How do gay guys sit? Genius.
George Severis
That is so smart, bringing your guy.
Unknown
No, that's really smart. Well, I think it's important that not all straight guys lean. I think it's, like, it's a certain type. And I think the gay bad.
Sam Taggart
Not all straight guys lean.
Unknown
So how does the bad gay guy sit?
Sam Taggart
Bad gay guy?
Unknown
Like, the same straight guy that leans.
Sam Taggart
Oh.
Unknown
Oh. His gay equivalent. Toxic gay guy. How does he sit?
Sam Taggart
Like someone I know.
Unknown
This is hard. I'm, like, stumped. I'm like, let's call it.
Sam Taggart
Well, you know, there's that. People say that gay guys don't know how to sit on chairs, and.
Unknown
Well, yeah, the trope is like, oh.
George Severis
Yeah, I think it's that. I think it's that.
Sam Taggart
Oh, that's what it is. It's what you're doing.
George Severis
It's literally.
Sam Taggart
It's this.
George Severis
It's this.
Sam Taggart
Oh, my God. I feel so much more comfortable now.
George Severis
Think of this.
Unknown
This actually is kind of awesome.
George Severis
This feels great. This feels amazing.
Unknown
Yeah, there's something about, you know, gay sitting. There's a fluidity.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
You know, I feel like you could put me in a cup, and I take whatever the space of the cup.
George Severis
Is yeah, you fill the form.
Unknown
Yeah, but see, this is your bi showing.
George Severis
Yes.
Sam Taggart
This I can't believe. See, you're doing.
George Severis
Can I do it?
Sam Taggart
Wow.
Nathan Hare
I can.
George Severis
Oh, know what it is? It's taking up of space.
Sam Taggart
The rocking chair. Yeah.
Unknown
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Oh, this is your version of me being a grandma on a rocking chair when I try to do straight guy sitting. Yes, you're trying to do gay guy sitting, but you're then like suddenly like fishing.
George Severis
Yeah, Trying. I'm trying so hard. Yeah. Fuck.
Sam Taggart
Cool.
Unknown
I love when our podcast evolves into gay guy sit like this. Straight guys sit like this.
George Severis
Yeah.
Unknown
That's so classic. That's literally the dentist thing from early.
Sam Taggart
Totally. Okay, any final thoughts on the ways straight guys sit versus the ways gay guys sit? Or honestly, any gender or sexuality? How do you think lesbians sit? Go.
George Severis
Yeah, just trying to think of something that wouldn't get me in trouble.
Sam Taggart
No, I think it's more like.
Unknown
Oh, that's true.
George Severis
That is so true.
Unknown
Damn, that's good. That's really good.
Sam Taggart
I know the culture.
George Severis
Yeah, yeah.
Unknown
Would you say there's a definitive way bi people sit?
Sam Taggart
Yes.
Unknown
Yes.
George Severis
What is it?
Nathan Hare
Who?
Unknown
I. We can see every single face.
George Severis
They were so confident in the end.
Unknown
Now stop giving head back there.
Sam Taggart
Kind of think how to buy people.
George Severis
Oh, honestly, it's maybe like cross.
Sam Taggart
Yes. Oh, yeah, yeah. It's so that.
George Severis
So meek.
Unknown
People are liking it even though they're booing.
George Severis
This is what audiences always think of me.
Sam Taggart
No, it's like a living room where everyone is sitting on a seat and then the one by person is on the floor cross legged.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Unknown
And you're like, oh, we have a chair. And they're like, I'm good.
George Severis
Yeah, yeah. And they're like playing with something. Yeah, yeah.
Unknown
They're like, actually, I like the floor.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, they're like knitting.
George Severis
They're knitting.
Sam Taggart
Everyone's like, don't bother her. It's the whole thing. Yeah, she's PI.
George Severis
Yeah. Oh, my God. I didn't know.
Sam Taggart
Oh, God. Sorry.
Unknown
I'm just finding out now.
Sam Taggart
I'm just finding out now.
Unknown
And how am I supposed to react?
Sam Taggart
Hi, everyone. Oh, oh, she's PI.
Unknown
Don't mind her.
Sam Taggart
Don't mind her. She's PI.
Unknown
Okay, well, this has been a groundbreaking segment.
Sam Taggart
Groundbreaking segment. Give it up for Nathan Hare. And please welcome back Ben Sosa. Right. And Sarah Hatch.
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Sam Taggart
Wow.
Unknown
Wow. And you're going to have to turn those mics on.
Nathan Hare
Hey.
Sam Taggart
Wow.
Sarah Haggie
Is this thing on?
Unknown
Damn, that was awesome.
Sam Taggart
So I think it's time to do our first segment.
Unknown
Our first segment is called Straight Shooters. And in this segment we're going to ask you a series of rapid fire questions to gauge your familiarity with and complicity in straight culture. It's basically this thing or this other thing. And the only rule is you can't ask a single single follow up question or we will scream at you in a way that is so un Canadian that you'll remember where the we come from.
Sam Taggart
And of course because there are three of you, you actually have to answer at once together.
Nathan Hare
Whoa. Like, like, like improv.
Sam Taggart
Exactly. Okay, what I just did there is. Yes. And.
George Severis
Sam, that was beautiful.
Sarah Haggie
Let's count down to 3. When they after do. I'm getting.
Nathan Hare
Yeah, okay, like 3, 2, 1 style.
Unknown
Everyone let's count down to 3.
Sam Taggart
Like 3, 2, 1 style.
Unknown
Like 3, 2, 1 Style.
Sarah Haggie
Yes.
George Severis
And I went exactly cuz it could.
Nathan Hare
Be 3, 2, 1 or it could be 1, 2, 3.
Unknown
No, that's true. It goes both ways. It's by. Okay, okay. Malicious intent or maleficent.
Sarah Haggie
Three, three, two, one.
George Severis
Maliciously.
Sam Taggart
Oh, wow. Not off to a great start. No holding space or being erased.
George Severis
Oh. Three, two, one. Holding space.
Sam Taggart
Wow.
Unknown
Okay.
George Severis
Going so slow. Three, two, one. Three, two.
Unknown
Okay. A well oiled machine or a well soiled latrice. Latrine.
Nathan Hare
Walsoil latrine with a wall soy latrine.
George Severis
Guys, you banned me on the countdown.
Sarah Haggie
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You said ruse.
Unknown
Yeah, I got scared.
Nathan Hare
That's showbiz, you idiot.
George Severis
I'm done with it.
Sam Taggart
Okay, this is a Canadian themed one that was submitted by our producer's husband, Harry.
Nathan Hare
Sounds fake.
Sam Taggart
Shout out Niagara Falls or a kick in the balls.
George Severis
Oh, Niagara Falls.
Unknown
Niagara Falls.
Sarah Haggie
Niagara Falls. Yeah.
Unknown
Oh, we are on a national level. Okay. Rah Rah Rasputin. Or I'll have what she's having.
Nathan Hare
I'll have what she's having.
Sam Taggart
Okay. A Streetcar Named Desire. Or it's a cash bar and cocktail attire.
Nathan Hare
Oh, it's a cash bar and cocktail attire.
Unknown
Of course. A long hard look in the mirror. Or a song by the one and only Shakira.
George Severis
You start a song by the way.
Sam Taggart
My kink is karma. Or that twink eats shawarma.
Sarah Haggie
I don't say that word. That kink is karma.
Nathan Hare
That kink is shawarma.
Sam Taggart
That kink is shawarma.
Nathan Hare
That kink is shawarma. Wow.
Sam Taggart
Okay. So, you know, obviously, we rank our guest performance on a scale of 0 to 1000 doves.
Unknown
Well, we've been doing it on a scale of disease or not disease.
Sam Taggart
Disease or not disease. That's right. I mean, is there a Canadian version? It's like 0 to 1,000 leaves falling from the sky that Sam catches. 0 to 1,000 maple doves.
Unknown
I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say, say. 922 doves.
Sam Taggart
I agree.
Unknown
Because you went through hardship during that. But you came together in the end.
Sam Taggart
And you guys, like, I can see your forming community.
Sarah Haggie
I. I honestly thought, like, I. I'm really sorry. I feel like I spoke too loudly.
Nathan Hare
Oh, my God.
Sam Taggart
Do not apologize.
Unknown
Never apologize.
Nathan Hare
I'm sorry.
Sarah Haggie
Too fast.
Nathan Hare
I'm sorry that you feel the need to being apologized.
Sarah Haggie
It's okay. We all got really close, so it's doesn't really matter.
Sam Taggart
Here's what I'm. For me, this is like, you guys were all put together on a reality show for creating a band. And in the beginning, you were still getting to know each other. And by the end, you were like, we're family.
Sarah Haggie
Okay, so which one of us would do what.
Nathan Hare
Yeah. And don't say triangle.
Sam Taggart
Well, okay.
Unknown
Singer, singer. Singer. It's Sanity Kane.
Sam Taggart
Well, I think it's time to do.
Unknown
Our final segment and please introduce it.
Sam Taggart
And our final segment is of course, called Is she There Yet? I mean, I can't believe I didn't make this connection until now. It is especially relevant to this town.
Unknown
It's never been more relevant.
Sam Taggart
It's never been more relevant. So this is a segment that was introduced to. Well, the concept of. It was introduced to us by our dear friend Celeste, Toronto resident. Former Toronto resident. And they once went to the Toronto International Film Festival, Tiff, as you guys might know it. And they went to the premiere of the Grace Jones documentary. And afterwards, there was a talk back with the director. And the director said something along the lines of, you know, we don't have icons anymore. No one's an icon anymore like Grace Jones. And someone in the audience said, what about Janelle Monae? And the director said, she's not there yet. And so from that story, this segment was born. And basically, we're gonna show you a series of people, places, things. Many of them are Canada slash Toronto themed. And we are all gonna debate. Is she there yet? Oh, do you copy?
Nathan Hare
Why did everyone look at me?
George Severis
I don't know, Ben.
Sarah Haggie
I didn't make eye contact. I felt like I was looking that way. Everyone made eye contact.
Nathan Hare
That was from my pov. That was the most shocking thing I've ever seen. You know, idea what that looked like.
George Severis
You know, you don't understand.
Unknown
And you know what?
Nathan Hare
I don't understand.
Unknown
I'm just going to get honest.
Sam Taggart
I'll fuck this up.
Nathan Hare
I got to.
Sam Taggart
All right, big thumbs up from you.
Unknown
Next slide, please. Grimes.
Sam Taggart
So, and I just want to say, it's specifically Grimes as a student at McGill.
Nathan Hare
Yeah. Neuroscience major.
Sam Taggart
Is she there yet?
Nathan Hare
I feel like any prospect of her arriving just doesn't exist anymore. You know what I mean? Because of Elon Musk.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Nathan Hare
So I'd say no.
Unknown
To me. There's something about her with Elon Musk, though, where it's like, but she's gonna be around forever. Like, just not as a musician.
Sarah Haggie
I think she's there.
Unknown
I think she's there.
Nathan Hare
Really.
Sam Taggart
I sort of think she arrived and then everyone was really excited that she arrived, and then she was like, by the way, I'm putting this really ugly lamp here, too.
George Severis
Yeah.
Unknown
I do want to. I do want to say you can be there bad. You can be there bad.
George Severis
Yeah, she's there bad.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, she's there bad.
Unknown
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Okay, next slide.
Nathan Hare
So did I, like, did I lose that round?
Sam Taggart
No, no, no, no.
Unknown
Winning, losing. Tate McCrae. Is she there yet?
Sam Taggart
She's Canadian. Weirdly, she.
Sarah Haggie
Weirdly.
Unknown
Do you guys know her?
Sam Taggart
Do you guys know her?
Sarah Haggie
That's the most Canadian looking girl you've ever.
Sam Taggart
Wait, why do you think she's. Yeah, because it's sort of like. That's not quite it.
Unknown
Well, I also. Yeah, I love that her thing is, like, hockey.
Sam Taggart
Oh, yeah. Her thing is hockey. Her thing is hockey. Okay.
Sarah Haggie
I have a weird soft spot for her. I don't know what it is. I just. I don't. Like, she reminds me of someone like. Like that I would talk to in class, but, like, not outside of class, you know?
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
George Severis
Wow, that's really good. That's really good.
Sam Taggart
She's the girl in high school that, like, went through a difficult period, but then came out of it, and now she's like.
Sarah Haggie
But she wasn't, like, mean to anyone.
Sam Taggart
No.
Unknown
Like, her.
Nathan Hare
Her boyfriend in high school got, like, really hurt.
Sam Taggart
Yes.
Unknown
Well, in one of.
Sam Taggart
And then after she stuck with him through the hospital stay and his arm got better, he broke up.
Nathan Hare
Oh, she's the martyr of the town.
Sarah Haggie
But because she, like, is. You know, looks like that everyone thinks poorly of her.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Sarah Haggie
You know what? She's almost. I think she will get there. I believe in her. I don't know why.
Sam Taggart
She's like.
Nathan Hare
She's like, actually, I'm really good at math.
George Severis
She would, like, ask, like, are you going to Samantha's party? Even though, like, she knows that you're. She would assume that you might be invited. You know what I mean? Even though you're not.
Sam Taggart
Also, everyone. She's, like, late for school, and everyone's like, God, she's a mess. And then she's like, you know, I was late because my mom wasn't home.
Nathan Hare
Well, oh, my.
Sarah Haggie
I hope.
Nathan Hare
Where was her mom? Working the corner.
Sam Taggart
Okay, next slide.
Unknown
Next slide.
Sam Taggart
Shawn Mendez. Is she. There you go.
Nathan Hare
Honey.
Sam Taggart
So now I want to know from the.
Unknown
Yeah, tell us. We're trying to learn your culture.
Nathan Hare
Tell you, like, if we like him.
Sam Taggart
Is he this? Is she there yet?
Unknown
Is she there?
Nathan Hare
Is she there yet?
George Severis
All I know about him is my sister. I was talking to my sister on the phone. She was like, yeah, I went and saw Shawn Mendes. He was amazing.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, I had no idea.
George Severis
That was my only experience with Shawn Mendes. Couldn't tell you a single one of his songs or anything.
Sarah Haggie
I've seen him live.
George Severis
Was he good?
Unknown
Was he amazing?
Sarah Haggie
Listen, I was. Okay, this is gonna sound. Make it sound worse, but someone I knew worked at Universal or whatever, and she's like, you wanna come to this secret Shawn Mendes show? I was like, yeah, okay. Why not? This is 2018. And he was so cute. And I really was kind of screaming by the end of it, but I do think he just doesn't. I don't think he has the mental capacity to go there.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
Oh, that's tough.
Sarah Haggie
He's not, like, on enough, like, mentally on enough. So I think he's not.
Nathan Hare
I think he is there only because for years, the idea of, like, being in the closet was eradicated from the zeitgeist. But now with him, we're, like, actually, like, young men can still be in the closet.
Unknown
That's so beautiful. I've never thought of it like that.
Nathan Hare
I'd like to think we're all really cool about it.
Unknown
That's true.
Nathan Hare
Like, we're all kind of like, whenever you want.
Sarah Haggie
He'll come out when he wants to. Okay.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
I think those two can coexist. He, like, brought back the closet, but he's also like, what? What? It's the closet.
Nathan Hare
Yes. Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
Okay, I'm going.
Sam Taggart
Yes.
Unknown
Okay.
Nathan Hare
I think.
Sam Taggart
Yes.
Unknown
Okay. Next slide.
Nathan Hare
The tribunal votes. Yes.
Unknown
Maple leaves. Is she there yet?
George Severis
I. I think.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
George Severis
They're.
Sam Taggart
They're beautiful.
Sarah Haggie
She's classic for a reason.
Sam Taggart
Classic for a reason.
Unknown
Classic for a reason.
Sam Taggart
A little black dress of leaves.
Nathan Hare
Yeah, I love that.
Unknown
Like, it's so populous. Like, they are everywhere.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, they're everywhere.
Unknown
Because when the leaf is a celebrity, you're like, well, I bet there's only one tree.
Sam Taggart
Well, it's also so amazing for your flag. Like, usually a symbol on a flag is like a symbol of violence, but it's like, it's a leaf.
Unknown
Yeah. Even, like, America being obsessed with the bald eagle. It's like, I've maybe seen one in my whole life.
Sam Taggart
Yeah. And it probably, like, tried to kill you.
Unknown
Yeah. Whereas maple leaves. I literally caught one today.
Sam Taggart
Exactly. Yeah. Okay.
Unknown
100%. Next slide. Workers in queer media.
Nathan Hare
Yes.
Sarah Haggie
We witnessed someone being there, but we all saw it all together. Her become who she is right now.
Sam Taggart
Which isn't there for anyone listening, because this is going to be recorded. This is the woman asking, asking Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo if they have seen that there are people holding your.
Unknown
Face for the lyrics of Defying Gravity.
Nathan Hare
The most crucial detail to that is she's like, this past week.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Nathan Hare
Because that song has existed for 20 years. But, like, this past week was really something.
Sam Taggart
So apparently the missing link is that this was recorded right after the election, which makes it even funnier because Cynthia Erivo is moved to tears by the fact that people are holding space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity to grapple with Trump's reelection.
Sarah Haggie
I didn't know that. I didn't know that.
Unknown
Yeah. The way that she's also like. Well, I don't know how widespread it is, but I've seen a few posts.
Nathan Hare
She does backpedal. She's like. Because I think she's how excited she is, and she Sees the emotional impact and she's like, oh, baby girl. I was actually bullshitting a little bit. Like, some people. I. I said that. I said that.
Unknown
She's like, well, I work in queer media and you know how they are. Yeah.
Sarah Haggie
But I. I could see a couple of people holding space for, you know, the lyrics of. The lyrics of holding, defying gravity.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah.
Unknown
I think it was like. This was like what it feels like to watch problematic reference Michael Jackson moonwalk for the first time. Like, I was like, oh, my God, nothing's ever going to be the same.
Sam Taggart
Yeah, she reclaimed it yet. I need.
Unknown
I mean, it's going to be.
Sam Taggart
I need someone to come out and do like a joke where it's like a meme where she's holding space.
Unknown
You best start believing in the meme where she reclaims it. You're about to see it.
Sam Taggart
All right, so. Yes.
Unknown
Yes, 100%. Okay, next slide. Glickid.
Sam Taggart
So this is. They're trying to make wicked and Gladiator 2 become Barbenheimer.
Nathan Hare
And it's called Glicket.
Unknown
And it's called Glickid, folks.
Sam Taggart
They're calling it Glick.
Unknown
They're calling it Glick.
Sam Taggart
It can be in your community.
Nathan Hare
That sounds like a euphemism for like pre. Com. Like a British turn of phrase for stopping being sopping wet with pre cum. Click it in it. Click it in me trousers, love.
Sam Taggart
I do think lick it as a term for precom is there yet.
Unknown
Yeah. I'm like, stop it. You're making. Making me like it.
Sarah Haggie
I don't think. I don't think conceptually that's.
Sam Taggart
I don't think.
Sarah Haggie
No, no, it's people trying way too hard.
Unknown
It's actually kind of sad. It's like they're just like. Well, they're both gendered. It's like, that's not what it was.
Sam Taggart
I also don't. This is the wrong inst. Like, I think Barbenheimer was a beautiful moment. Fine, we're past it. You can't then every year have one boy movie and one girl movie. Like, that is. That is taking. We are not going back.
Nathan Hare
That's like they're doing that with like, baby Ratu.
Sarah Haggie
What?
Unknown
Oh, yeah, baby girl.
Nathan Hare
And no, I'm not crazy.
Unknown
He's right.
Sam Taggart
I'm not yelling at him.
Nathan Hare
Stop it.
Unknown
He's valid.
Sam Taggart
We need non binary Barbenheimer where both movies are sort of like genderqueer. Like, that's what. And that's so baby Ratu is perfect.
Sarah Haggie
Little baby Ratu.
Nathan Hare
Non binary Barbenheimer. That's such an interesting puzzle.
Sarah Haggie
I feel like it's like. I don't know. I feel like that doesn't exist. I'm sorry, honey.
Nathan Hare
That's just playing Ghost World twice.
Sarah Haggie
Honestly, I do think for movies, it's boy movie, girl movie.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Oh, you think all movies are boy or girl?
Nathan Hare
Yes.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Wow. I accept everyone but movies are boy or girl. Okay, next.
Unknown
Did it. Okay, next slide.
Sam Taggart
Liberalism.
Unknown
Liberalism. Is she there yet?
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
George Severis
Yeah.
Unknown
See, this is Obama's Canada.
Sam Taggart
Everyone's like, why? Did you hear something?
Sarah Haggie
I think it is.
Sam Taggart
You think so?
George Severis
Yeah.
Unknown
A resounding yes.
George Severis
It's done.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Sarah Haggie
I think as people are going back to wanting to be inspired. You know what I mean? Like, I could see Pink coming out with a song that unites us all, you know?
Unknown
Oh, so you're saying because it's like in the depths, it's like, yes, we.
Sarah Haggie
Need to be uplifted.
Unknown
It's coming back.
Sarah Haggie
There's going to be another Hamilton. And you guys won't know that yet.
George Severis
There definitely will be.
Unknown
That's so true.
Sam Taggart
You're saying Pazi is back upworthy. People are gonna start sharing upworthy links.
Unknown
The dodo is coming back.
Sam Taggart
Dodo is coming back.
Sarah Haggie
We're not gonna think too hard about it this time.
Sam Taggart
That's true, actually. People are exhausted about thinking about Hamilton. When it comes out a second time, people are going to be like, yeah, this slaps. Okay.
George Severis
Okay.
Unknown
I guess really deliberate. I did not expect that. But Next slide.
Sam Taggart
Wow. A standing ovation for Quebecois French.
Sarah Haggie
I'm scared to say no now.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Sarah Haggie
She'S there.
Sam Taggart
She's there.
Sarah Haggie
Oh, my God.
Sam Taggart
I would say Quebecois French is the Tate McCrae of languages, because you're sort of like, well, she's weird, but she has her own personality.
Unknown
No, I love it. It's so like, if, you know, you know.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Unknown
Like, people here love to be like, you know.
George Severis
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Okay.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Unknown
Anyone care to dissent and get yelled at by everyone?
Sarah Haggie
No. She's there and I love her and I respect her culture.
Nathan Hare
Yes. Where are my Concordia alum? Where are my stingers? Where are my stingers? Our mascot was a wasp.
Sam Taggart
A wasp?
Nathan Hare
A wasp.
Sam Taggart
A French wasp.
Nathan Hare
No, Anglo wasp, for sure. Concordia was an English university. Sorry.
Unknown
Okay, next. No, it's not. Next slide. Margaret Atwood.
Sam Taggart
Is she there yet?
Unknown
I don't.
Nathan Hare
No. Loves everyone so much. Everyone clapping. Refresh. Refresh your abs.
Sarah Haggie
Okay, listen, I'm going to break it down real easily, please. Okay? She is an icon, sadly, for better, for worse, she's an icon. Yeah, we have a lot to thank her for. And she's done some books. She's written some very good books.
Unknown
Poems.
Sarah Haggie
Poems, essays, books. She brought us the Handmaid's Turn. No, but she is. You know, she's.
Nathan Hare
We hate her because she's old.
Unknown
I think people should be shot at 65.
Sam Taggart
There's something she had. There's something.
Unknown
So George was like, can I. Yeah, George was like. Like, oh, let's put Margaret Atwood on. That's funny. And I was like, is she, like, a turf or something?
Sarah Haggie
She's like. She's like. Like, I. She's like, I'm just asking questions. Like, I don't believe in anything. Like, I see an article, I'm going to tweet it.
Nathan Hare
Yeah. You know, she was like, not, like.
Sarah Haggie
Standing by, but she, like. I don't know. She's being an old lady. Like, what do you. Like, she's an old rich lady. Like, she.
Nathan Hare
She's not. She would, like, definitely, like, invite a turf out to coffee to, like, pick their brain.
Sam Taggart
Totally.
Unknown
So, actually, she also seems a little.
Sam Taggart
Too excited that the Hand Maid's Tale is real. Like, she. Every month it's another interview where she's like, well, I predicted that, and I hate that I did it, but I did.
Unknown
Yeah, she's bragging. I'm. Also. This conversation is actually. Drake is not the. Dan Savage. Margaret Atwood.
Sam Taggart
Margaret Atwood. Dan Savage. No. Everyone is really breaking into discussion groups.
Unknown
Yeah, this. This is gonna be amazing for the community.
Nathan Hare
Okay.
Unknown
Some asterisks.
Sarah Haggie
Listen, I. Stating a fact doesn't mean I'm endorsing it.
Sam Taggart
No, she's there. I think know not everyone who's there is. Is good.
Sarah Haggie
Right? Yes. Not everyone.
Unknown
You can be there bad.
Sam Taggart
She's there. Bad. But also maybe they're good.
Unknown
We'll see how time plays out. Next slide, sides.
Sam Taggart
So Sarah sides are singling her out.
Unknown
Well, maybe Nathan doesn't know.
Sam Taggart
Nathan, do you know what sides are? No.
George Severis
What is it, Nathan?
Sam Taggart
Sam, do you want to explain?
Unknown
So sides are men who have sex with men that don't like anal sex.
Sam Taggart
So it's just bottom and then there's sides.
Unknown
So it's like jerking and sucking.
Sam Taggart
Thank you for that.
Unknown
Very cool. Or frauding.
Sam Taggart
The point is, they're the third option.
Sarah Haggie
Let's find that.
Unknown
So this graphic.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Sam Taggart
Oh, that's an amazing.
Sarah Haggie
Did you draw that for this, George?
George Severis
Why?
Unknown
Why?
George Severis
Why is there a drill?
Unknown
So that's a metaphor for. For anal sex. The drills being our metaphor for anal sex.
Nathan Hare
Also, why is the keyhole so high.
Sarah Haggie
Where are they?
Nathan Hare
Beside the mirror.
Sam Taggart
So the cactus shaped like a penis.
Unknown
Do you see that? So I have to tell you guys where I found this beautiful graphic grinder.
Sam Taggart
Wait, someone posted that as.
Unknown
No, it's like. It was like, Grindr put out an article that's, like, what size?
Nathan Hare
I'm so sorry.
Sarah Haggie
Someone made that article.
Unknown
Someone. Someone got paid $300 to make this art. They had to invoice four times and be like, following up. I drew this.
Sam Taggart
I think they did a really amazing job.
Unknown
No, I think it tells a story.
Nathan Hare
I hate. I hate to be detective. I hate to be detective.
Unknown
Please solve that.
Nathan Hare
But to me, this image isn't. The story isn't being told of, like, oh, he's a side. He's waving away sex. He's saying, baby, we have nails. Benadryl everywhere. We clearly just moved into this loft.
Sam Taggart
Soft.
Nathan Hare
We can't fuck tonight. Okay, I. I don't think it's side related. I just think his partner's like, I'm.
Unknown
Tired, but you go. You go.
George Severis
Well, I was gonna. Something about the way this is laid out. It makes. It feels like it's gonna be a spot. The difference, you know, like, the way that there's objects and there's things. Like, I feel like this could be.
Nathan Hare
Another slide in the next image. His armpit hair is way different.
George Severis
Yeah.
Unknown
Yeah.
George Severis
And we have to go back.
Nathan Hare
You're so right.
Unknown
It's sort of an ice. I think. I think the person who illustrated this said, I am not an illustrator. I am not a director. I am not a singer. I am a storyteller, period.
Sarah Haggie
Wow.
Nathan Hare
We did a herald. That was a herald.
Unknown
We did a herald. And next slide.
Sam Taggart
Wait, so have we not decided if there are sides there or not?
Unknown
Oh, right.
Nathan Hare
I think they're there. Being a side is like the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande press tour of sexual positions.
Sam Taggart
Okay, great.
Nathan Hare
I think, because everyone's talking. We're all talking about it.
Sam Taggart
Yeah.
Nathan Hare
Hey, we're talking about it tonight.
Unknown
So you're saying, love it or hate it, it's still an obsession.
Nathan Hare
I'm saying what?
Unknown
Love it or hate it, it's still an obsession.
Nathan Hare
Yeah.
Sarah Haggie
Love it or hate it. That is a question.
Sam Taggart
And with that, that's our show.
Unknown
Next slide.
Sam Taggart
Give it up for Ben. So. So.
Nathan Hare
Right.
Sam Taggart
Sarah Haggie. Nathan O'Hare. Give it up for Sam Taggart.
Unknown
Give it up for George Sveris.
Sam Taggart
Thank you guys so much.
Unknown
Thank you so much for coming. This was so fun. Podcast ends now.
Sam Taggart
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Podcast Summary: StraightioLab Live: Toronto!
Episode Information:
Sam Taggart opens the episode by wishing listeners a happy Thanksgiving and announcing the release of the live show’s audio from Toronto. He expresses gratitude towards the Paradise Theater and briefly addresses a technical mishap where the first 15 minutes of the show were lost due to an audio issue. Sam reassures listeners that the show remains enjoyable despite the missing introduction.
Notable Quotes:
The conversation shifts to Canadian-specific topics, with discussions about gender equality in STEM fields in Canada. Nathan Hare humorously claims that Canada naturally achieves gender parity without the need for outreach programs.
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Guests share humorous and insightful stories about their experiences during Q&A sessions at events like film premieres. Nathan Hare recounts a bizarre Q&A at the "Moonlight" premiere, highlighting the superficiality and performative aspects of celebrity interactions.
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The discussion also delves into how straight culture influences behaviors in technological interactions and social settings, emphasizing the stereotypical problem-solving mentality associated with straight men.
Notable Moments:
Sarah Haggie introduces her "straight topic"—the obsession with speakers and sound quality in homes. She humorously critiques how often men are the ones upgrading technological gadgets, reinforcing traditional gender roles.
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The discussion highlights how straight culture often places the responsibility of technological enhancements on men, while women engage in more aesthetic-focused tasks. This dynamic is explored through personal anecdotes and humorous exchanges.
Notable Insights:
Straight Shooters: In this rapid-fire segment, guests respond to quick questions assessing their familiarity with straight culture. The challenges include answering simultaneously and avoiding follow-up questions, leading to spontaneous and humorous interactions.
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Is She There Yet?: Inspired by a conversation about iconic figures, this segment debates whether certain individuals or cultural phenomena have achieved iconic status. Guests analyze and humorously critique contemporary icons, blending pop culture references with sharp social commentary.
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The segments foster a lively atmosphere, encouraging guests and hosts to engage in playful yet insightful debates about cultural icons and their impact on society.
As the episode nears its end, the hosts thank the guests for their participation and reflect on the dynamic discussions. They invite listeners to subscribe to their Patreon for additional content and promote upcoming segments and episodes.
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The episode wraps up with a mix of humor and heartfelt appreciation, reinforcing the podcast's commitment to exploring straight culture through an intellectual and comedic lens.
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Conclusion: "StraightioLab Live: Toronto!" offers a vibrant and insightful exploration of straight culture, enriched by the hosts' intellectual approach and the guests' relatable experiences. The episode balances humor with critical discussions, making it a valuable listen for anyone interested in the complexities of societal norms and cultural dynamics.