103: Labubus are NOT REAL

Summary

The Broski Report with Brittany Broski – Episode 103: Labubus are NOT REAL

Release Date: July 29, 2025

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Introduction

In Episode 103 of The Broski Report, host Brittany Broski delves deep into a blend of personal rants, societal critiques, and engaging anecdotes. Skipping over the episode's advertisements and promotional segments, Brittany focuses on pressing issues surrounding body image, the pervasive influence of online media, and the rise of fascism in contemporary society. Additionally, she shares entertaining origin stories of popular sandwich chains and concludes with her "Songs of the Week."

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Body Image and the Influence of Online Media

Brittany opens with an impassioned rant about the unrealistic body standards perpetuated by social media platforms. She emphasizes the detrimental impact these standards have on self-worth and mental health.

“Nothing you see online is real. Nothing you see online should make you alter the course of your life in a negative way.”
— Brittany Broski [12:03]

She recounts her personal struggles with body image, including obsessive behaviors like picking at her skin as a coping mechanism for anxiety.

“I pick at my legs like it leaves scars behind. And I think it started from a place of I don't want to have blemishes, I don't want to have like ingrown hairs on my legs.”
— Brittany Broski [18:06]

Brittany urges listeners to take breaks from platforms like Instagram and TikTok to regain control over their self-perception and mental well-being.

“You have got to log out of Instagram. You have got to log out of TikTok.gov for three days.”
— Brittany Broski [19:05]

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Societal Critique: The Rise of Fascism

Transitioning from personal well-being to societal issues, Brittany discusses George Orwell's Why I Write, highlighting the manipulation of language in politics and the subtle rise of fascist ideologies.

“The inflated style is itself a kind of euphemism. A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outlines and covering up all the details.”
— Brittany Broski [38:33]

She draws parallels between Orwell's observations and current political climates, emphasizing the importance of clear language and the dangers of insincerity in political discourse.

“All issues are political issues and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia.”
— Brittany Broski [38:40]

Brittany reflects on the cyclical nature of societal change and the individual's role in combating systemic issues, advocating for active engagement despite feelings of powerlessness.

“It's this cycle of, I cannot bear to look at this, but I have to. I have to.”
— Brittany Broski [39:53]

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Theme Parks and Personal Anecdotes

Injecting humor and personal experiences, Brittany shares her thoughts on theme parks, specifically dissecting the origins of Jimmy John's and Jersey Mike's. She humorously reimagines the "Weenies on Wheels" concept, blending it with fictional scenarios.

“Jimmy John is Jimmy John. Lou Todd... He was a draft dodging guerrilla weenie.”
— Brittany Broski [48:32]

Additionally, she explores the history of Jersey Mike's, detailing its expansion and ultimate sale to Blackstone Inc. for $8 billion, all while maintaining her signature comedic flair.

“What's that TikTok trend? ... How about you go live? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm sending gifts.”
— Brittany Broski [44:43]

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Songs of the Week

Concluding the episode, Brittany introduces her "Songs of the Week," showcasing her musical tastes and offering insights into her favorite artists.

1. "It's Been Ages" by Kneecap

   • Brittany praises Kneecap's Belfast roots and their dynamic sound, while humorously critiquing their merchandise options.

2. "Death Kink" by Fontaine’s D.C.

   • She expresses deep admiration for lead vocalist Grian Chattain’s lyrical prowess and creative process, highlighting how his artistry inspires her.

“Grian is such a... thoughtful of what he writes about and what makes it onto the albums and in what order and whatever.”
— Brittany Broski [66:15]

Brittany shares her emotional connection to these songs, emphasizing the profound impact music has on her life.

“He is like a God to me. His level of lyricism, his view of the world, his art. Words really fail me.”
— Brittany Broski [64:12]

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Conclusion

Throughout Episode 103, Brittany Broski masterfully balances humor with serious discourse, encouraging listeners to critically evaluate the influence of online media and engage thoughtfully with societal issues. Her authentic and relatable storytelling, combined with sharp insights, makes this episode a compelling listen for both long-time fans and newcomers alike.

“Hug your loved ones. Tell them you love them. Shit’s fucked up. Through it all, though, Hope.”
— Brittany Broski [44:14]

Brittany leaves her audience with a poignant reminder of the enduring human spirit and the power of hope amidst chaos.

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Note: Timestamps correspond to the moments in the provided transcript where notable quotes are referenced.

Transcript

[Brittany Broski]

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[Brittany Broski]

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[Brittany Broski]

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[Unknown]

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[Brittany Broski]

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[Unknown]

Terms apply.

Direct from the Broski Nation headquarters in.

Los Angeles, California, this is the Broski.

Report with your host, Brittany Broski.

Guys, welcome back. Moonbeam ice Cream jerking off in your blue jeans. Jerking off at the movies.

Guys, welcome back to Jerking it at the Movies. My name is Brittany Broski.

[Brittany Broski]

I'm your host. Today I'm gonna be jerking off at the movies. Today I'm gonna be holding my dune.

[Unknown]

Popcorn bucket, Sandworm dick worm popcorn bucket.

[Brittany Broski]

Bins and Boon Moonbeam crumble cookie ice cream in my.

[Unknown]

Okay, guys, welcome back seriously, to the podcast.

[Brittany Broski]

I just filmed for close to 11 minutes fully.

[Unknown]

Like, the cameras weren't going. The mic was not plugged in. I was just. I looked down and I was like, why is the little mic thing not going that it's recording my voice? Oh, because it wasn't. And the bit that I was doing.

By the way, the bit that I.

Was doing, German soldier interrogating Vincent Boone.

That was the fucking bit that I.

Was like, are we getting this? Look down. Wasn't recording. So anyway, I won't be recreating it because it wasn't. Wasn't funny.

[Brittany Broski]

Mr. Boone, you said you were jerking.

[Unknown]

Off at the movies. Why?

[Brittany Broski]

Mr. Boone, I will ask the questions here. When you made your crumble cookie, why were you jerking off at the movies? Vincent Boone, Dubai Chocolate.

[Unknown]

Here's the thing.

[Brittany Broski]

Okay, here's the thing. This is a point that I really, I feel called to make.

[Unknown]

Unfortunately for Mr. Boone found out. By the way, Benson James Boone is his full name. BJ Boone.

[Brittany Broski]

If BJ Boone would have happened during the 2019, 2020 shift on TikTok, you bitches would have been eating him up.

[Unknown]

If he would have been around Strawberry cow or.

[Brittany Broski]

Can'T wait to meet you.

[Unknown]

If he would have been around for.

That shit, I would have been addicted to him.

Okay?

[Brittany Broski]

Unfortunately, sometimes you are a victim of time and circumstance right now. I don't know what the climate is calling for, but unfortunately it's not the like Harry Styles nachos. And I'm not saying that he's reheating Harry's nachos. I'm saying that the time for a Benson Boone type was 2020. And I don't really know. It's not his fault, OK? The music isn't horrific. It's literally just like, why has he been grouped into this Dubai chocolate, labubu.

[Unknown]

Bits and boom crumble cookie?

[Brittany Broski]

Like, I don't know, I don't know. And I look at it for what it is and I'm like, here is, you know, he's an attractive white guy. He's doing the flipping and the sequins and the whatever. Like all of the ingredients are there. What's missing is it's not 2020, it's not 2019. TikTok, if he would have been. We need him and that fucker who.

[Unknown]

Used to cosplay Willy Wonka. We need them to get together.

[Brittany Broski]

We needed them in a room together. We needed them doing body crazy, curvy, wavy, big titty body, yada yada. Doing the dance or fuck a Lamborghini, Fuck a cop car with a pistol around like I'm a cow. Yeah, yeah. We needed him dancing to Roddy Ricch. We need Benson Boone to collaborate with Roddy Ricch and Willy Wonka. The, the guy who used to do.

[Unknown]

Sex thirst traps as Willy Wonka.

[Brittany Broski]

I see a content strategy for Benson.

[Unknown]

Boone and no one's listening to me. No one cares what I have to think. I'm a veteran, okay?

[Brittany Broski]

I feel like those old fucking vets.

[Unknown]

That they, they stick in the old folks home and they're like, I used to know. Shut up, grandpa, all right? You caused the fucking recession.

[Brittany Broski]

That's how I feel about when people.

[Unknown]

Talk about Vincent Boone. I'm like, he could have been a star. People are like, shut up, grandma. We're listening to Young Lean.

[Brittany Broski]

And by the way, what's going on there? I had never heard of Young Lean.

[Unknown]

Before the Charlie album. I'll be honest, I'll be honest.

[Brittany Broski]

I'm not doing underground soundcloud music the way I used to. The way I used to.

[Unknown]

And you know what? I used to use SoundCloud for listening to Just Rain covers. It's no secret that I am a Just rain lover.

[Brittany Broski]

I'm a just Rain enthusiast. I used to watch all of his content when I was in late high school, early college. Like, oh, my God, that is how Punjabi families are. What?

[Unknown]

I am the whitest woman ever. And I would watch his shit and.

[Brittany Broski]

Be like, this is so funny. This is so funny. He's so good. Now, do I belong to a Punjabi family? No.

[Unknown]

But I was eating that shit up.

[Brittany Broski]

I loved him.

[Unknown]

I loved Bupu, I loved Fattedo. I loved all of them. Okay.

[Brittany Broski]

I don't know what else I was really listening to. Actually, that's a lie.

[Unknown]

I do know.

[Brittany Broski]

I was listening to.

[Unknown]

They. They had a rap group. Do you all know who I'm talking about?

Just rain, the Canadian YouTuber.

[Brittany Broski]

He used to have.

[Unknown]

Well, not him. It was his friends.

[Brittany Broski]

They used to have a rap group called Zoo Babies. That shit went fucking crazy. That shit went crazy. They had this like.

[Unknown]

I don't even know if it was a freestyle. It was just each member of the group went off on their own verse and it was this song called Supreme Duffel Bag. Pause this and go watch Supreme Duffel Bag.

My Zoo Babies. I memorized every word.

I don't know why.

[Brittany Broski]

Look at me.

[Unknown]

Am I their target demographic? No, I ate that shit up.

[Brittany Broski]

Anyway, I was listening to Just Rain.

[Unknown]

Drake remixes on SoundCloud in 2015. I was listening to a lot of Mudg Jordan.

[Brittany Broski]

I was listening to early post Malone. Like, 40 got me funky. I popped a Molly. I was doing that. I was doing a lot of different.

[Unknown]

Shit on SoundCloud that. I'm not really. I'm not. I'm not at the mercy to say.

[Brittany Broski]

40 got me funky. I popped a Molly.

[Unknown]

Anyway, all that to say, I think.

[Brittany Broski]

Binson Boone could have been. We need to have a cultural reset so that Benson Boone can thrive. Okay, I think he's had enough. Free him from the Dubai Chocolate Labu Boo Shackles. Seriously, I'm starting to feel bad for him.

[Unknown]

Shit.

[Brittany Broski]

Okay, you. You wanna know something? Honestly, in the vein of like, I have the only 24 carat libu.

[Unknown]

Shut up.

First it was a Sunny Angels, and now it's a fucking Laboo.

And now I've been shoving up my butthole. Oh, my God.

[Brittany Broski]

I saw this meme that was like. It was that picture of shriveled up.

[Unknown]

Patrick and SpongeBob dying at the end of the SpongeBob SquarePants movie, like, under that drying lamp.

[Brittany Broski]

And they've got smiles on their faces. And it said Funko Pops and Labubus.

[Unknown]

Next to each other in the landfill as the sun explodes.

Like, come on. It's true. What is all this?

We don't need a 45 toy. We are in our 30s, y'. All.

[Brittany Broski]

We're in our 30s. We don't need a libu bew.

[Unknown]

You need to le boo boo for a job. You need to look for a job.

[Brittany Broski]

Oh, my God, I see this shit, dude. And I'm like, there was a time.

[Unknown]

When I fell victim for that shit.

[Brittany Broski]

You know what my kryptonite was stuffed animals, okay? I would go to the shops. I'd go to, what, Disney, Even if you will. And what I always want is a stuffed animal. Now I'm 28 years old, okay? And when I was doing this stuffed animal shopping, I was probably 24, 25. You don't need it. You don't need it. You don't.

[Unknown]

And honestly, can I fucking rant for a second?

[Brittany Broski]

Can I rant for a second? This episode is sponsored by DoorDash. Summer spending. Creeping up on you between pool parties, patio dinners, and endless iced coffees, it all adds up pretty fast. But Summer of dash pass on DoorDash is here to save the day when with deals so good, it's a little scary. Summer of DashPass is back from June 26 through July 30, and it's packed with deals on everything you're already local.

[Unknown]

Eats, groceries, stuff from your favorite stores, sunscreen, fruit trays, and aloe vera for those who crisp up in the sun and more.

[Brittany Broski]

Keep on saving with $0 delivery fees and reduced service fees on eligible orders. Order on DoorDash and save big during summer of DashPass. Sign up today. DashPass benefits apply only to eligible orders. Terms apply. Check daily for massive summer savings on.

[Unknown]

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[Brittany Broski]

Sign up for DashPass now if you aren't already a member, and enjoy a summer full of savings. DashPass benefits apply only to eligible orders.

[Unknown]

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[Brittany Broski]

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[Unknown]

Yourself because this isn't real rants, okay? So just.

[Brittany Broski]

If you need this today, honestly, here's what I need you to do. I need you to sit down, turn the lights off or put on a sleep mask or sunglasses or whatever.

[Unknown]

Take a second, and I want you to sit with this like it's a meditation, okay? But I'm going to be yelling, so you guys need to stay calm because.

[Brittany Broski]

I'm going to get really fucking worked up.

[Unknown]

And honestly, under. My boobs is sweating right now and my back's a little wet from sweating.

[Brittany Broski]

So I need you guys to stay calm. Sit. Crisscross, applesauce.

[Unknown]

Close your eyes. Turn the volume all the way up. Okay, here's what. Here's what I have to say.

[Brittany Broski]

Nothing you see online is real. Nothing you see online should make you alter the course of your life in a negative way. Nothing you see online should influence you to a degree that is financially concerning. Nothing you see online should alter your self worth. Nothing you see online should ever stick with you in a way that would cause you to doubt who and what you are.

[Unknown]

Nothing you see online is real. Can we just get that through our thick fucking skulls?

[Brittany Broski]

By the way, I'm talking to myself too. I'm included in this rant.

[Unknown]

Sometimes you have to look in the mirror and say, get the fuck up. Get up. Stand up. And that's what you. You need to look in the mirror.

[Brittany Broski]

And bash your head into the mirror in a way that will leave shards.

[Unknown]

Embedded in your forehead.

[Brittany Broski]

Everyone get up right now and go bash your head into a mirror. That's honestly, like, imaginatively and not, not literally, but figuratively. That's what I'm calling you to do. The Internet is not reality. It is an artificial manufactured reality that advertisers want you.

[Unknown]

And I'm fully aware that this podcast is sponsored because I have to eat too.

[Brittany Broski]

This is the world we live in, okay? You take it as what it is. It's a capitalist consumerist. Fuck the little people world. That's just where we live. It's what it is. But here's the thing. Micro decisions that you make every day, you can build a wall around yourself.

[Unknown]

You can shield yourself from it as best as we can, okay?

[Brittany Broski]

You don't need the labubu.

[Unknown]

Le boo boo.

[Brittany Broski]

You don't need the labubu.

[Unknown]

You need to hug.

[Brittany Broski]

You need to hug.

[Unknown]

Someone that you care about.

[Brittany Broski]

There is room for small pleasures in this world. Okay, but here's my rant. Here's my rant at large. Is that to ever think that we've stared at a screen. By the way, I'm logging upwards of.

[Unknown]

16 hours a day on my iPhone.

[Brittany Broski]

Thank you, thank you. 16 hours I am holding this nasty fecal ridden device.

[Unknown]

I shit with my phone in my hand.

[Brittany Broski]

Fecal ridden device. And I am just basing my whole.

[Unknown]

Life off of it.

[Brittany Broski]

What the phone is saying, what the phone's telling me to do, what the.

[Unknown]

Phone'S saying I should look like, what.

[Brittany Broski]

The phone's saying I should eat.

[Unknown]

The phone is saying I need to take a supplement and put it up my asshole.

[Brittany Broski]

I don't know.

[Unknown]

But I guess I'll do it because the phone had told me.

[Brittany Broski]

And when the phone says it, I listen. The phone says jump. I say, yes, sir.

[Unknown]

The phone says jump. I say, my liege.

I shall fall on my sword for my liege.

Me to my fucking iPhone.

[Brittany Broski]

The iPhone says, boy, body is back. The iPhone says, we're body checking again.

[Unknown]

And I say, my liege. Yes, my liege. What are we genuinely talking about?

[Brittany Broski]

Okay, I'd like to segue that into.

[Unknown]

Okay, that's my first point.

[Brittany Broski]

Nothing you see on the iPhone is real. Nothing you see on the phone is real. Are you hearing me when I say that? Everything is beefed up, everything is exaggerated, everything should be taken with a grain of salt. And to watch something or read something and say that is 100% right. I'm going to base my whole life around this now is absurd. I. I'm guilty of it. All of us are guilty of it. All of us are hypocrites. All of us are always learning and growing and changing. Okay, I have reached a wall. And honestly, this book kind of changed my fucking life.

[Unknown]

I brought it with me in here today because I need to read a passage and the passages are about fascism.

Because it's all tied to fascism.

[Brittany Broski]

And.

[Unknown]

The rise of fascism in this fucking country.

[Brittany Broski]

I have so much to say about specifically bodies online. I don't really talk about, you know, my body is a neutral thing and I don't give a fuck about, oh.

[Unknown]

Body positivity, body neutrality, body, this body that.

[Brittany Broski]

I see my body, especially in the wake of all the gallbladder shit, as a living miracle. My body keeps me alive. It heals me. It is truly a living miracle. And don't even get me started on being a woman and the capacity to create and sustain life within you. We are Life givers.

[Unknown]

And that's not magical to you. And you're going to look at your body. You're going to look at the body.

[Brittany Broski]

That can bring life into this world. The closest thing we have to magic. Amen.

[Unknown]

The closest thing we have to magic in this world.

[Brittany Broski]

You're going to look at that and say, my hip dips. You're going to look at that and say, oh, my, I need to wear a waist trainer.

[Unknown]

What?

[Brittany Broski]

It gets to a point where I just feel utter sorrow. Like I really feel sorrowful at how all of this is engineered to make you feel out of your body. All of this from Gillette razors, you know, telling you to shave the hair off your body. That's there naturally for genetic and for anatomical reasons, for evolutionary reasons. Things that tell us to lose weight or gain weight, things that tell us to wax and rip hair, curl your lashes, dye this dye. I mean, it doesn't stop. Okay. I am truly at a point where words fail me to really express the sorrow of how horrifically we pick at ourselves. I've developed such bad anxiety around everything that I have that whatever it's called where you pick at your skin really bad. I have it really bad.

[Unknown]

And this is actually like I'm being so for real.

[Brittany Broski]

I pick at my legs like it leaves scars behind. And I think it started from a place of I don't want to have blemishes, I don't want to have like ingrown hairs on my legs. And so I need to pick at.

[Unknown]

Them until they go away.

[Brittany Broski]

That it just makes it worse.

[Unknown]

Right?

[Brittany Broski]

My skin's already super sensitive. I do that shit. And it doesn't. It's a short term version of like, control. In that moment. My anxiety is laser focused on this one task and I need to do it and I do it until my.

[Unknown]

Skin is raw and like, it's actually not good.

[Brittany Broski]

And that is like a, you know.

[Unknown]

I don't know how to, how to fix that.

[Brittany Broski]

But all of it comes back to this need for a perfect body. What is the perfect body? Even a fully healthy body. Health has nothing to do with it. Of what this idea of perfect is, you know, and like, I truly believe books like this. Dude, let me just, let me dive in.

[Unknown]

I have. My brain's going 100 million different directions.

[Brittany Broski]

Basically what I'm trying to say is this is so cliche and it's so much harder to implement than it is to listen to and agree with. But you have got to log out of Instagram. You have got to log out of TikTok.gov for three days. See how you do. You're going to have withdrawals for a second. If you're as addicted to your fucking phone as I am, the things that you think about yourself and your body, see if you can start to pinpoint. Why do I think that? Why do I think I need to.

[Unknown]

Wear makeup when I leave the house?

[Brittany Broski]

Why do I think I need to? You know, when it comes to body hair, when it comes to how you act, when it comes to this, that. The other. What is making me think that? And is it tied back to advertising and capitalism? Yes, it always is. Is it tied back to male validation and the need for male attention?

[Unknown]

Yes, it is.

[Brittany Broski]

Okay, all of these things. And I'm not the one to speak on this, but I think it's worth mentioning that toxic masculinity even permeates the lesbian community. Like it truly is this thing that will forever be present in our minds and how we see the world, because it's how we were taught to see the world. My body.

[Unknown]

My body is a medical miracle.

[Brittany Broski]

I treat this sack of bones and meat. Rotting sack of meat, carcass, roadkill body. I treat it so horribly.

[Unknown]

I'm being better now. And you know, that makes me emotional, right?

[Brittany Broski]

Like, being kind to yourself and being.

[Unknown]

Nice to your body is an emotional process because it's so foreign.

[Brittany Broski]

Why does this feel so foreign? Because it's radical. It feels foreign. All of these things tie into. Of course, it all ties back to.

[Unknown]

Capitalism and colonialism and et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

[Brittany Broski]

All these things are fiercely tied. I watched this video recently of basically.

[Unknown]

There was some drama within the fitness community on TikTok. Okay, let me kind of get into this for a second.

[Brittany Broski]

I watched this video about. This girl was selling workout classes, basically glute exercises to get a big ass.

[Unknown]

Okay?

[Brittany Broski]

Not unheard of. Tiny waist, big bubble butt. She's selling these classes during COVID Well into, like, right now. Come to find out, the bitch had a BBL the whole time and she's selling these classes saying, you can get results like mine. You will never be able to achieve results like hers because she didn't even achieve that result.

[Unknown]

Okay?

[Brittany Broski]

She said something about regretting it and doing all this. Still continued to sell the classes. By the way, this. This woman commentator on TikTok. I can't remember her name, but she basically was talking about how she is not. This woman was not the first to do this and won't be the last. And this severe lack of transparency within not only the fitness community, but within just the beauty community in general is costing lives. I think the bbl, you know, craze is over. But that's not to say that it's the end of these life threatening procedures and people flying all over the world and paying way too much money to be botched and to be put at a medical risk for the rest of their life. In the pursuit of beauty, in the pursuit of fleeting beauty, standards that never.

[Unknown]

Last for more than five years, that.

[Brittany Broski]

Are set by celebrities that cannot even live up to those standards they have created.

[Unknown]

When you real, when you really look.

[Brittany Broski]

At that, I'm not the first person to say that, but if I'm the first person to say it to you.

[Unknown]

Fuck, girl, get up.

[Brittany Broski]

Nothing you see online is real. Nothing. And when you really take that into account, when you realize how frequently you let what you see online influence your daily life, what you think you need, what you think you need to buy, what you think needs to be in your home, how you think your relationship needs to be, how you think your, your friendships need to be, and you don't owe anyone anything. This, that and the other. All of these are such damaging mentalities and they strip our humanity. Like truly, there's, there's something about losing a sense of community and turning into this auto automaton of just buy, buy, buy, sell, sell. Sell. Tak tag tongue. Welcome back to me today, the viral cottage cheese. I hope that on the horizon is a freedom from this bubble that we all seem to live in right now. It is a consumerist bubble and I'm not really being articulate with this, but I know y' all know what I'm talking about. That it's just every time. What's that crazy statistic of like how many ads are we exposed to daily? Okay, I don't know how accurate this.

[Unknown]

Is again, because nothing online is real.

[Brittany Broski]

The number of advertisements. And again, this is a whole other thing. Okay, these AI overviews. Like, I don't. The AI overview is pulling from the top five sponsored websites that come up.

[Unknown]

When you go to Google.

[Brittany Broski]

I don't know. The number of advertisements individuals are exposed.

[Unknown]

To daily varies widely, but estimates generally.

[Brittany Broski]

Range from 4,000 to 10,000 4,000 ads. This range encompasses the exposure to advertisements on various platforms.

[Unknown]

Television, radio, the Internet, print media, and more.

[Brittany Broski]

When you think about how many advertisements you pass while you're driving, on billboards, on. On sides of buses, on bus stops, on trash cans, on anything, any space is advertisable space. When I'm When I open a news article to read a news article, I can't even read the fucking words on the article because a video pops up.

[Unknown]

Of a Kia.

[Brittany Broski]

The greatest fucking Subaru.

[Unknown]

Get out.

Exit, exit, exit. I click on it, it goes to a different tab. The sound's full volume.

[Brittany Broski]

I will.

[Unknown]

I'm going to kill everyone here.

[Brittany Broski]

I'm going to kill everyone here.

[Unknown]

It's just me.

[Brittany Broski]

Like, it's everywhere. It's everywhere. It's everywhere. How does that not start to. Like, I think I'm. I'm. I'm becoming truly sentient. I've ignored it for so long. I love Pinterest. It's my favorite app. Every three tiles is an ad. And not only is it an ad, it's an Amazon ad.

[Unknown]

Like, it gets to a point where I'm just.

[Brittany Broski]

And what's the solution? You have to pay to remove the ads. This content should be free. And the reason that there's ads on it is because the content is free. And so to keep the machine going, to have this become a business and something that specifically for this podcast that I can deliver to you week after week, is that there's advertising space on it, you know, and there's a balance there. And it's hard to strike that balance and to see both as creator and consumer. And maybe I've fucked it up in the past, I'm trying to be better in the future. It's all these things of, like, how do you fit within this fucking cycle? Cause I'm not gonna reinvent the wheel. I can sit here and complain about it, but at the end of the day, I need money to do this. You know, to build a set, to have the light, have the cameras, pay an editor and all these things, it costs money. And so to have free content, I understand that, but when you pay for something like a streaming service, Netflix, Hulu, Disney plus, you're paying for the service baseline. And by the way, the whole appeal of these streaming platforms was that it's not cable, you don't have to sit through ads, but now you have to pay an extra premium to have these.

[Unknown]

Streaming services ad free. I thought that was the whole point. And now it gets to a point.

[Brittany Broski]

Where there are so many ad breaks, it's unwatchable. It is unwatchable. I think I just became hyper aware.

[Unknown]

Of it late last night.

[Brittany Broski]

And I'm. I'm just. I'm just livid. I'm livid and I'm angry and it's not new. Like, I've always been aware of course ads are annoying, but it's to a level now that's like. It's infuriating and I don't know what the solution is. Okay, anyway, off of the ad tangent back to nothing on the Internet is real.

[Unknown]

I.

[Brittany Broski]

This is me personally, when I post on Instagram, I don't edit my pictures. I don't even smooth my skin. Like, I might change the contrast or something if the image is, you know, too blown out or if it's too whatever. Like, I'll do the basic on actually in the Instagram app where you can change the contrast, change the color of the picture. But, like, I had my era in 2016, 2017, where I was editing my pictures down, down. And I mean down. Sucking in the waste.

[Unknown]

The whole. The background was warped.

[Brittany Broski]

Whitening my teeth, whitening my eyes, sucking in this, like, darkening under my jawline, all that. I would move my hair to make it bigger. It was to a level that I truly had to sit back and be.

[Unknown]

Like, what am I doing?

[Brittany Broski]

Because I was doing that for dating apps, too. Like, I've lived a hundred lives before.

[Unknown]

I did this job. You know what I mean?

[Brittany Broski]

I would do that shit, put it on dating apps and then go on a date. And I would remember getting pissed off when a man's pictures were out of date and, like, he didn't look like his pictures. And then I'm thinking, at what point am I a pawn in this chess game, right? Like, I am a part of this problem, too, because of the insecurity that's been bred inside of me. I have nothing to be insecure about, truly. Like, I have nothing to be insecure about. No one does. And it's those cruel, you know, school age insults and bullies that really stick.

[Unknown]

With you for the rest of your life, which is fine.

[Brittany Broski]

You know, Bullies bring character development. Why do you think I'm funny, Right? Sometimes it's for good. Sometimes it's like, oh, I didn't know having a big forehead was the thing.

[Unknown]

I needed to be insecure about until somebody told me. Until.

[Brittany Broski]

Until I realized, oh, no one's forehead.

[Unknown]

Is as big as mine.

Who gives a fuck? Who cares?

[Brittany Broski]

Can I be so serious? Who cares? We're all gonna die. We're all gonna die one day. My forehead's bigger than yours, okay?

[Unknown]

Okay? So my hairline starts at the top of my fucking head, okay?

[Brittany Broski]

Am I. Am I any less lovable?

[Unknown]

Does that make me any less of a woman?

[Brittany Broski]

Less. Less desirable?

[Unknown]

Am I less deserving of love? Because my. My seven Head extends to the top of my scalp.

No. No.

[Brittany Broski]

So what's the point, right?

[Unknown]

Like, when you really.

[Brittany Broski]

You have to talk yourself out of these spirals like that make it sound absurd, because plot twist.

[Unknown]

It is.

It is.

[Brittany Broski]

Oh, you're insecure about your belly fat. You're insecure about your belly fat.

[Unknown]

Who gives a fuck about how your belly looks? I'm so for real, dude.

[Brittany Broski]

Who cares? I don't give a fuck. Would someone, again, back to this point, someone you really care about and who really cares about you, are they gonna give a fuck if your belly fat's poking out? If you've got a fupa? If you could see your FUPA from the back.

[Unknown]

No. No.

[Brittany Broski]

So who are we performing for?

[Unknown]

Can we have a curtain call? Let's have a curtain call.

[Brittany Broski]

We're going to do our final. Thank you for coming.

[Unknown]

And then we're shutting the fucking curtains. The performance is over. The performance is over. Cut the lights. Who are you performing for?

[Brittany Broski]

Please answer that question. Who are you performing for? Because no one who really loves you would ever make you perform.

[Unknown]

Okay, you can open your eyes now from that meditation. Thank you so much for joining me.

[Brittany Broski]

And one deep breath in.

[Unknown]

And out. Thank you.

[Brittany Broski]

Okay, let's move on.

[Unknown]

Oh, I was gonna read one of my passages from this book.

[Brittany Broski]

Okay, so this is why I Write by George Orwell.

[Unknown]

I've been talking about this book for a month at this point.

[Brittany Broski]

This book is a hundred and one hundred twenty pages. Changed my life. This book was written before World War II was over, I think this was.

[Unknown]

Published in, like, 443, 44.

[Brittany Broski]

World War II ended in 1945. George Orwell, also known as Eric Blair, was English, okay? I've talked about him so many times.

[Unknown]

On this fucking podcast.

[Brittany Broski]

He was English, but born in Burma, I believe. He served in Burma as an mp. And that really deeply affected his worldview. He went back to England, lived in severe poverty, and really started to understand that the class system that exists in England, okay? In the uk, how the crown treats people, how the crown rewards things that have done nothing to earn that reward or praise, how that deeply unsettles him, okay? And how that's not how a functioning, idealistic society should be structured, okay? Fucking duh. Of course. Now, what I found interesting about this book is, and I'm gonna try to.

[Unknown]

Explain this as best as I can, and if I fuck up, hey, shocker. I'm not a historian. I'm not a fucking English major.

[Brittany Broski]

I'm not a. A literature enthusiast. Well, I am actually But I'm by no means qualified to teach you what's in here. I really recommend you read it. And then like, let's discuss parasocially, okay. He details in this book that.

[Unknown]

England.

[Brittany Broski]

Is very particular in its patriotism. At the time, not unlike today, there were two distinct sides. The right saying that, you know, very pro military, pro country, pro the crown, trust in the government, all these things. And on the left, these kind of pseudo intellectuals that are pacifists only because of like an inherent laziness of just whatever's gonna happen is gonna happen. What, what am I gonna have to do with it? You know, like, what do I have.

[Unknown]

To do with it?

[Brittany Broski]

These pseudo intellectuals that look down on people who are patriotic, who look down on people who have brute strength, who think that military service is, you know, less than them, whatever, there's something to be said. He makes a great point in here about how both sides hold the nation back, period. Both sides are so different from each other that they hold the nation back as a whole. And neither side is correct and neither side is inherently incorrect because it's their opinion about the country in which they live in. You know, of course, the caveat in there is your opinion is only wrong if it takes away the freedoms and.

[Unknown]

The rights of others.

[Brittany Broski]

Okay, this book is so t. Because it really said Orwell makes this point of no true revolution will happen unless something like a war continues. And even the war was hard to spur people. It wasn't almost enough of an incentive, a catalyst to spur people to change. And a lot of concessions had to.

[Unknown]

Happen during the war for.

[Brittany Broski]

For English people, I mean, they were. War rations were a real thing. With the blitzkrieg, with the Germans flying overhead, a lot of people had to cut back on maybe the daily luxuries because more money needed to go to military production, to arms production. And all of these were sacrifices that you make for your country. Right? And Orwell makes the point that patriotism, you've never seen, like an international patriot, like it truly is. I love this country and I want it to change because I love it. It's a cycle. Like it's not. I'm not anti my own country because I'm calling for change, because I see a severe issue with it, with the happiness of people in this country, the quality of life, where are the tax money's going. Like all of these things I have a real issue with because I'm patriotic. And he makes that point and how, you know, calling someone anti American or anti English because they're calling out issues that are prevalent and apparent in that society does not make you an enemy of the state. It doesn't make you right. Like all these things when you boil it down, it's like, no, I'm not.

[Unknown]

No, that doesn't make.

[Brittany Broski]

How did you put together those two points and like come up with that conclusion? And how did that conclusion become adopted as like, if you speak out, which is what we're living through right now, if you speak out against Trump, you you will be silenced or you will be there will an attempt will be made to silence you. All the stepping stones of fascism. By the way, I'd like to read this.

[Unknown]

This is from page 114 of why I Write by George Orwell.

[Brittany Broski]

In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India.

[Unknown]

This is before Indian independence.

[Brittany Broski]

The Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face and which do not square with the professed aims of political parties. Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question begging, and sheer cloudy vagueness. Defenseless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside and cattle machine gunned, the hut set on fire with incendiary bullets. This is called pacification. Millions of peasants are robbed of their farms and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carry. This is called transfer of population or rectification of frontiers. People are imprisoned for years without trial, or shot in the back of the neck, or sent to die of scurvy in Arctic lumber camps. This is called elimination of unreliable elements. Such phraseology is needed if one needs to name things without calling up mental pictures of them. Consider, for instance, some comfortable English professor defending Russian totalitarianism. He cannot say outright I believe in killing off your opponents when you can.

[Unknown]

Get good results by doing so.

[Brittany Broski]

Probably, therefore, he will say something like While freely conceding that the Soviet regime exhibits certain features which the humanitarian may be inclined to deplore, we must, I think, agree that a certain curtailment of the right to political opposition is an unavoidable concomitant of transitional periods, and that the rigors which the Russian people have called upon to undergo have been amply justified in the sphere of concrete achievement. The inflated style is itself a kind of euphemism. A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outlines and Covering up all the details. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms. All issues are political issues and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia. Holy fuck. Published in 1943, by the way. Here's where I teeter, okay? I see what's happening in the news. I want to bury my head in the sand. I rip my head out of the sand.

[Unknown]

I bury my head in the sand. I rip it out.

[Brittany Broski]

It's like this cycle of, I cannot bear to look at this, but I have to. I have to. Then it's the cycle, the parallel cycle at the same time of there has to be something I can do.

[Unknown]

I'm just one person who. I'm not going to change anything.

[Brittany Broski]

There has to be something I can do. If no one ever heard from me.

[Unknown]

Ever again, the world would not change. The world would keep turning.

[Brittany Broski]

I have to do something. It's this cycle of, like, I cannot land. I find it so hard to first of all process the atrocities that I witness every day, nonetheless find a voice or, or a velocity to action change. And honestly, reading books like this are very validating and it's very, you know, you're not crazy. And it's, it's this compartmentalization that happens from spending so much time on the fucking Internet. Like, I don't want to be that way. It stripped me of my empathy, it stripped me of my emotional capacity. And while there is benefit and honestly, a necessity in unplugging and taking private moments for yourself, sitting outside, having a nice cup of coffee, like really taking a moment of peace and not having the world on your shoulders, like so many of us take on that burden and we cannot fix it on our own. It's a lot of self flagellation that happens and it's too much. It's just too much sometimes. And so reading books like this, it's restoring my hope because it's almost like diagnosing the issue in your own mind. Obviously we know what the issue is in real life.

[Unknown]

It's the rise of fascism and we're watching a genocide happen on in multiple.

[Brittany Broski]

Different parts of the world. And it feels hopeless and powerless, but it's not. And stuff like this is. It arms you with the language to explain away what you're feeling and maybe what's been taken from you. What I'm reading next is how fascism works. Of course, it's the politics of us versus them. And I think. I believe the author's last name is Stanley. And I'm about to start that.

[Unknown]

I also just started east of Eden and I also just finished Shield of Sparrows. What the fuck? We'll get to that in a second.

[Brittany Broski]

But all these books, you know, I need a balance. Because, like I'm saying, I'm one person. We're all just one person trying to process what's happening. And there are things to be done and it's hard to feel it again. It's just so delicate, right? Like there are things you can be doing and there are things that I do, but it'll always feel like not enough. But at the same time, something's better than nothing. Anyway, thanks for listening.

[Unknown]

That was a 30 minute rant that went from I'm tired of seeing fake bodies on Instagram, by the way.

[Brittany Broski]

The dead Internet theory, that's been floating around for a while. It's not a theory anymore.

[Unknown]

It's happening. How?

[Brittany Broski]

Like 50% of the activity online is.

[Unknown]

Automated and it's bots. And it's, you know, this content of.

[Brittany Broski]

Like AI babies, of like Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson. Like all this shit is. Who's making that? Who's making the AI?

[Unknown]

Asmr.

[Brittany Broski]

I'm liking it.

[Unknown]

I'm sharing it with my friends, right?

[Brittany Broski]

Like, are we part of the problem or is it just that good? Because it knows that side of my.

[Unknown]

Crow brain that I like.

[Brittany Broski]

Shiny.

[Unknown]

That sounds good. I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brittany Broski]

How about more of that? Yeah, algorithm. How about 17 more of those videos? How about you go live?

[Unknown]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm sending gifts. I'm sending sunglasses and TikTok ball caps to the fucking AI fruit cutting lady. Anyway. Oh, it's just fuckered, isn't it?

[Brittany Broski]

It's a crazy world we live in. Shit's fucked up, man.

[Unknown]

Shit's fucked, man.

[Brittany Broski]

Hug your loved ones. Tell them you love them. Shit's fucked up. Through it all, though, Hope.

[Unknown]

Through it all, I choose to have hope.

[Brittany Broski]

Because that's what makes you human. Because hope is a human quality.

[Unknown]

And I refuse to give it up.

[Brittany Broski]

No one can take my hope from me.

[Unknown]

Okay.

[Brittany Broski]

Next up on the docket, who the fuck is Jimmy John? Who is Jersey Mike?

[Unknown]

Who created Subway, who created Firehouse Hubs?

[Brittany Broski]

Firehouse Hubs.

[Unknown]

Firehouse. Huzz. Where the huzz at? Firehouse, huh?

Yeah, me and.

Me and the boys are going to Firehouse, huh? To go find the hus. Jimmy John's origin, actually.

Who.

Who the Hell is Jimmy John?

[Brittany Broski]

Jimmy John is Jimmy John.

[Unknown]

Lou Todd. Lou Todd.

[Brittany Broski]

He founded the company in 1983 after initially planning to start a hot dog business. Jimmy John's was supposed to be weenies. You robbed us of weenies. Jimmy Lou Todd built Jimmy John's into.

[Unknown]

A large, successful chain with over 2,700 locations before selling it to inspire brands. Oh, here we go. Okay, this is from AI Overview.

[Brittany Broski]

Jimmy John's began with a $25,000 loan.

[Unknown]

From Jimmy John's father in 1983. Initially, he was going to open a.

[Brittany Broski]

Hot dog stand, but switch to sandwiches due to cost concerns.

[Unknown]

After scouting potential locations, the first Jimmy John's opened in Charleston, Illinois, near Eastern Illinois University in a small garage space.

Ow.

[Brittany Broski]

Ow.

[Unknown]

Jimmy John's father offered him that money.

[Brittany Broski]

To start the business, but there was a catch. If it failed within the first year.

[Unknown]

He'D have to join the military.

What?

The first day saw no customers, so Lutad went door to door, giving out sandwich samples and delivering to nearby dorms to attract business. Guerilla marketing. He was on dog delivery.

[Brittany Broski]

He was doing weenies on weenies on wheels.

[Unknown]

That's what you should have called it. Jimmy.

[Brittany Broski]

Jimmy, if you're watching, why didn't you.

[Unknown]

Call it Weenies on Wheels?

[Brittany Broski]

Okay, is anyone else doing door to.

[Unknown]

Door hot dog deliveries? Look, now let me tell you something.

[Brittany Broski]

If ice cream trucks were actually hot.

[Unknown]

Dog trucks, that would be an issue in my neighborhood.

[Brittany Broski]

I'd be chasing that bitch down.

[Unknown]

And if there was a sexy man.

[Brittany Broski]

Who worked on the hot dog truck.

[Unknown]

Trust, he wouldn't be coming by my neighborhood anymore.

[Brittany Broski]

I'd be standing out there in my.

[Unknown]

Robe, nothing underneath, smoking a cigarette, my Elton John, glasses on.

Hey, morning. How are ya?

I dropped my cigarettes. Oh, one second. I lean down, robe comes undone. Him. Ah, the usual today, ma'? Am? Yeah, let me get a Jimmy John. Yeah, let me get a Jimmy John, extra Jimmy, hold the John. I'm just kidding, man.

[Brittany Broski]

No extra relish.

[Unknown]

Add some onions.

[Brittany Broski]

What are you doing later? You wanna come inside?

[Unknown]

Hey, man, do they feed you in there? How about you take your lunch break?

[Brittany Broski]

Come inside my house.

[Unknown]

I got some Diet Coke on ice, all right? Just put on a cup of coffee, a pot of coffee.

Come on in.

[Brittany Broski]

What's your name?

[Unknown]

Hey, man, what's your name?

How old are you? Ma', am? Is that all we need to keep driving?

Mara?

Hey, don't say I never invited you in. All right? Now you be good. I'll see you around here tomorrow. He never comes back.

Whatever happened?

Hell, I Honest to God, if Weenies on Wheels was a thing, I would.

[Brittany Broski]

Have a Gold Rewards member card. I would be the equivalent to. What's that? Amex.

[Unknown]

Harry Styles has that. That gold black Amex. Gold Amex where the limits like a million dollars or whatever. I would have that equivalent for Weenies on Wheels. Okay, so Jimmy John is a draft dodger. Okay?

[Brittany Broski]

Jimmy John's is.

[Unknown]

Is a.

[Brittany Broski]

He was a draft dodging weenie gorilla. He was a draft dodging guerrilla weenie.

[Unknown]

Salesman who has no respect for the American military and said fuck you to his dad. Also a Nepo baby, might I add $25,000 loan.

[Brittany Broski]

But Jimmy, if you want to send.

[Unknown]

Me a card for free Sammies for life, let me know.

[Brittany Broski]

Jimmy, I would also urge you to revisit the Weenie idea. Weenies on Wheels. DM me. We'll talk now. Alternatively.

[Unknown]

And we might be heading into forbidden territory here. Jersey Mike's Origin Story Jersey Mike Subs originally named Mike Subs began in Point.

[Brittany Broski]

Pleasant, New Jersey in 1956. It's older. The founder Mike aimed to offer unique and delicious submarine sandwiches to vacationers and locals. In 1975, a 17 year old employee.

[Unknown]

Peter Kenkro, bought the store with a.

[Brittany Broski]

Loan from his football coach banker. What?

[Unknown]

Kenkro later expanded the business, eventually franchising and rebranding it as Jersey Mike's. You let a 17 year old buy your business King. It was originally named Mike's Giant Submarine Shop.

[Brittany Broski]

It was originally named Mike's Big Fat Hard Giant Submarine Weenie Shop.

[Unknown]

What the fuck? Mike's Big Fat Hard Throbbing Giant Submarine Shop.

Okay?

[Brittany Broski]

After its original owner, Michael Ingravallo, who with his wife Marie opened several locations.

[Unknown]

In Jersey and Florida.

[Brittany Broski]

Marie's father, Jimmy Lepore.

[Unknown]

Why does that sound familiar?

[Brittany Broski]

Immigrated from caserta, Italy in 1922 and opened his first submarine shop in the Bronx. After his family moved to New Jersey, they expanded the business, eventually opening and leasing 13 sub shops up and down.

[Unknown]

The New Jersey coast. Oh my God.

[Brittany Broski]

There is Jersey Mike's in Australia.

[Unknown]

These were all closed by late 2020.

Fuck.

[Brittany Broski]

In 2021, the company opened an outlet in Guadalajara, Mexico. In January 2024, the company announced a Canadian expansion with a planned target goal of 300 outlets in the next decade.

[Unknown]

Who has a feening for Jersey Mike's like that? It was announced on November 18, 2024 that Cancro had sold a majority interest in the business to Blackstone Inc. For $8 billion. April 28, 2025 Cancro was succeeded as CEO by Charlie Morrison Holy shit.

[Brittany Broski]

Okay.

[Unknown]

Ordering a sandwich Mike's way.

[Brittany Broski]

All right, here is the great. The great secret revealed.

[Unknown]

This is the Krabby Patty secret formula.

[Brittany Broski]

Ordering a sandwich Mike's Way tops it.

[Unknown]

With sliced onions, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, red wine vinegar, and olive oil and vegetable oil blend oregano and salt. There's also a signature chopped pepper relish, also called cpr. Chopped pepper relish. I get it. But this isn't included in Mike's way, so don't ever fucking get that twisted.

[Brittany Broski]

What's that TikTok trend?

[Unknown]

And tell Mike to have his way with it. And tell Mike to give it some sloppy toppy.

[Brittany Broski]

$8 billion.

[Unknown]

They sold Jersey Mike's for There's no fucking way.

[Brittany Broski]

What is the most successful sandwich shop?

[Unknown]

Probably Subway, right? Yeah.

[Brittany Broski]

The most successful sandwich shop, based on the number of locations in global reach, is Subway, which arguably is the shittiest one. Now, I'm not opposed to a Subway sandwich, okay?

[Unknown]

Especially when I'm in a foreign country, y'.

All.

[Brittany Broski]

I got Subway in Paris one time.

[Unknown]

It was about the nastiest shit I've ever put in my fucking American mouth. And I've had some horrendous meals, all right? Subway.

[Brittany Broski]

Parisian Subway. Everything was wet.

[Unknown]

The meat tasted like the meat. There's a real aversion to salt on the European continent.

[Brittany Broski]

They don't like salt.

[Unknown]

Maybe I'm used to the American, like.

[Brittany Broski]

I mean, so d. So d. I need it to taste like salt.

[Unknown]

I. I need the sensation in my body to be like, oh, too much salt, because then you just chug water afterward. Okay?

[Brittany Broski]

I love salt. I love salty things.

[Unknown]

I love salty food. I am a savory woman.

[Brittany Broski]

Everything in Europe I put in my mouth need salt. They never have salt and pepper on the table because it's perfect the way the chef bring it to you on the table. Why you need a salt and pepper? It's perfect. It's a perfect family recipe.

[Unknown]

Yeah, your family sucks. Bring me the salt and pepper.

I'm going to start traveling with salt and pepper shakers.

[Brittany Broski]

I usually keep garlic salt on me.

[Unknown]

I'll keep either garlic salt or Tabasco on me because that shit is fucking nasty sometimes. The last time I was at the airport, they confiscated my garlic salt. They pulled it out of my bag. Ma', am, what is this? That's not mine.

[Brittany Broski]

That's not mine.

[Unknown]

Puss in Boots from Shrek, too. Okay, thank you.

[Brittany Broski]

By the way, what's this horseshit about there being a Shrek Far Far Away theme park? And it's not in the United States of America.

[Unknown]

Where the fuck is it?

[Brittany Broski]

Far Far Away theme park.

[Unknown]

Oh, my God.

[Brittany Broski]

It's in Universal Studios, Singapore.

[Unknown]

It's fucking Far, Far Away, bro. What the fuck?

I have to go to Singapore.

[Brittany Broski]

Puss in Boots, Giants Journey, y'.

[Unknown]

All. Far, Far Away.

[Brittany Broski]

And the how to train your dragon. And how to train your dragon.

[Unknown]

Are you serious? I want to see more pictures of it. How do I click on it?

[Brittany Broski]

Friar's Good Food.

[Unknown]

Goldilocks.

[Brittany Broski]

Fairy Godmother's Potion shop.

[Unknown]

You can go in.

Oh, my God.

Welcome to Friars, frat boy.

What can I get started for you? That fucking.

Oh, God.

Shrek 2 is the best movie ever made. Okay. Wow.

[Brittany Broski]

Subway. Really is it, huh?

[Unknown]

They over 37,000 restaurants worldwide. Actually, I'm not done looking at Far Far Away, Far, Far Away, Far Far Away theme park pictures.

[Brittany Broski]

Oh, my God. I have to go here so bad. Why don't they beef up y'?

[Unknown]

All?

[Brittany Broski]

Can I say something?

[Unknown]

The Hollywood Universal Studios is not impressive. Once you've been to the real deal in Florida, it just pales in comparison. I mean, it's just not.

[Brittany Broski]

It's not up to par. At least they have the Harry Potter.

[Unknown]

Ride, but even then that bitch breaks down. They don't even have the Hagrid ride, girl.

[Brittany Broski]

The Hagrid roller Coaster. Let me okay the three best roller.

[Unknown]

Coasters that probably exist on planet Earth. And keep in mind, this is from my lived experience, so not much. The Hagrid ride at Universal Studios, Florida is one of the most fun roller.

[Brittany Broski]

Coasters you'll ever go on. Number two is the Velocicoaster. That's number one.

[Unknown]

The Velocicoaster is the best roller coaster I've ever been on in my life.

[Brittany Broski]

That goes so fast.

[Unknown]

It's genuinely terrifying.

Ride front row on the Velocicoaster and.

Tell me there's not a turd in your diaper at the end of it.

[Brittany Broski]

I. Oh, my God.

[Unknown]

I have to go to Universal Studios.

[Brittany Broski]

The third one. And this might be outdated information because.

[Unknown]

I haven't been here in a while, but I remember it leaving a profound effect on me. A profound impression on me. The Griffin at Busch Gardens, Virginia.

[Brittany Broski]

90 degree drop.

[Unknown]

Horrifying.

[Brittany Broski]

Now, the last time I was there.

[Unknown]

I was about 12, maybe younger. It scared the living daylights out of me. It scared the Hebis Jebus out of me. I'd like to go back as an adult. By the way, Busch Gardens. Beautiful.

[Brittany Broski]

The most stunning theme park. Like every garden. Topiaries organized and. And trimmed and cut gardens Everywhere the food is fantastic. They do an Oktoberfest. Some of the best schnitzel you'll ever.

[Unknown]

Have in your life. Really, really love it. I have got to go to Singapore. Wow. The more you know this episode is sponsored by zocdoc.

[Brittany Broski]

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[Brittany Broski]

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[Unknown]

And discounts provided by Cash App, a Block Inc. Brand.

[Brittany Broski]

Visit cash app.com legal podcast for full disclosures. This episode is sponsored by SeatGeek. Guys, it's live music Summer. The perfect excuse to leave the house. Treat yourself.

[Unknown]

Which is why I want to give.

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[Brittany Broski]

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[Unknown]

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[Brittany Broski]

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[Unknown]

And that wasn't that bad for a Belfast accent. They're from Belfast, right? Wasn't that bad.

[Brittany Broski]

Back to basics.

[Unknown]

He goes, what's in the beginning of the recap? Does he say, need to go back to therapy? I love them.

[Brittany Broski]

I love Kneecap, but can I say something mean? Their merch is not giving. I wanted to buy some kneecap merch so bad. Maybe, like, two of the shirts are cute. Some of the stuff on Etsy goes harder. Etsy is always going to have the best merch, unfortunately.

[Unknown]

I don't know why. It's because it's fan made, probably. I wish.

[Brittany Broski]

I wish Kneecap had more merch options.

[Unknown]

Because then I'd buy a bunch of.

[Brittany Broski]

Second song of the week, Death Kink by Fontaine's D.C. i feel like this has been on my list before, but.

[Unknown]

God, it's just always stuck in my head.

[Brittany Broski]

Shit, shit, shit butter. I caved in, okay? It came amazing stars from the gym. I give a promise and I love them. I was dead. I love them so much. I will not be getting to see them this year. And I don't know if they're going to be on tour next year.

[Unknown]

And I'm honestly fucking devastated. I'm going to a festival in Ireland later this year. They're not performing. They'll be in fucking Belfast when I'm where I am. So I have to see them soon. I have to see Grian chatting in real life just to make sure he's real, y'.

[Brittany Broski]

All. That's one.

[Unknown]

And I'm not fucking joking in the.

Slightest when I say this.

[Brittany Broski]

I'm not kidding. Grian Chattan. That is someone that I can never. I can never meet him.

[Unknown]

I'm like blushing thinking about it. I can never meet him.

[Brittany Broski]

I can never meet him. He's. He is like. And I know this isn't healthy. I don't give a fuck. He's like a God to me. His level of lyricism, his view of the world, his art. Words really fail me. Like how. How I feel. Both seen by him, but also I'm perplexed by him. I'm very inspired by him. I think he's very real. I appreciate how private he is, but he's one of those artists where he won't reveal much in terms of an interview. I mean, he'll let you in on the creative or artistic process. I listened to one. He did a podcast episode with some guy who interviews artists about Their writing process, like how they write, because the interviewer is an author and he writes books, but he doesn't write songs. And he almost exclusively interviews songwriters because there are some similarities with the process there, but of course, different style, different.

[Unknown]

Approach.

[Brittany Broski]

And he did an episode with Grian.

[Unknown]

Which I was gagged to listen to, by the way. I feel like I was watching Michelangelo paint.

[Brittany Broski]

He gave so many thoughtful responses and honestly, like, really beautiful insight into his creative process, which is very inspiring for me. But there are also parts of him that. It's unfortunate when a cliche is true. I don't know why it's unfortunate, but it just feels like.

[Unknown]

Of course, of course that was right.

[Brittany Broski]

You know, everyone. You can write a song about love.

[Unknown]

You can write a song about politics, you can write a song about a breakup.

[Brittany Broski]

And while, yes, there are plenty of grounds for those songs to sound very similar, very tired, very overdone. The edge that you as an artist have on that topic, on your approach to, you know, using that as subject matter is that no one's written it the way that you could write it. No one has your perspective, no one has your artistic presence. The. The filter through which that subject matter will go to completely change how it comes out on the outside. So, yes, write a song about a breakup, write a song about love, Write a song about, you know, what. Any of these cliche, top five topics.

[Unknown]

That songs are about.

[Brittany Broski]

But what makes it incredible is that it's through his filter. And I'm just. I am in awe of his art and his lyrics. And, you know, what a strange. If you're not familiar with him, he's.

[Unknown]

The frontman of Fontaine's dc and his process is very.

[Brittany Broski]

I mean, all creative processes are kind of navel gazing, but he's got this philosophy of, like, he'll throw shit out.

[Unknown]

Even if it's good, because that's when.

[Brittany Broski]

It could be better. And he talks about it in a way that's really.

[Unknown]

It sounds pompous, but I know what.

[Brittany Broski]

He means because it's a complex thing. It's like throwing the baby out with.

[Unknown]

The bathwater because you're drawing a new bath.

It's like that sort of thing.

[Brittany Broski]

And there's a brand new baby that's.

[Unknown]

Better than the last baby. It's kind of that thing.

[Brittany Broski]

And I think that's why he strikes this balance so fucking well of the lyrics are just the way he structures them. And it's not just him. I mean, it's him and other members of the band, but it's mainly him. And I'm very intrigued by some of the references that he has. And of course, that just comes from being from Dublin and the complex relationship that he has with Ireland and how that, in whatever way, will always be a part of his art, whether he's talking about it or not. It influences everything. And the decision not to talk about.

[Unknown]

It is also an active creative decision.

[Brittany Broski]

So there are so many things at.

[Unknown]

Play when you're listening to a Fontaine's D.C. record that's like, God, and we.

[Brittany Broski]

Know that he loves James Joyce and all this shit where it's like, there is to me, and I'm just talking.

[Unknown]

Out of my ass at this point.

[Brittany Broski]

To me, there is kind of a barrier to entry on authors like James Joyce, because you gotta really love literature to seek out that type of literature. And of course, Grian is such an.

[Unknown]

Intellectual and it's, you know, very evident.

[Brittany Broski]

And he's very thoughtful of what he writes about and what makes it onto the albums and in what order and whatever. I mean, what artist isn't. But when it comes to Fontaine's dc, I think, and I'm not the only one. So many millions of people agree.

[Unknown]

Something magic happens when they get together.

[Brittany Broski]

And, you know, when they're writing these albums. And it's like, very, very, very, very inspiring to me. So he's someone that I can't. My respect for him is bone deep. I cannot talk to him.

[Unknown]

I don't want to let him. Let him do his thing. I'm not going to bother him. I do not want to bother Grant chatting. I love him so fucking much. And I don't know how I talked to Hozier, to be totally honest.

[Brittany Broski]

Hozier is very.

[Unknown]

He is just the kindest man alive.

[Brittany Broski]

So that definitely helps.

[Unknown]

You know, I.

[Brittany Broski]

Of course, I was my pants and.

[Unknown]

There was a big turd in my underwear after I talked to him.

[Brittany Broski]

But like, he was so kind. And I know that Grian feels a.

[Unknown]

Bit more like, right, what's all this then? You know what I mean?

[Brittany Broski]

Like, is this some. Is this some tomfoolery? Because I'm not interested. He's not really.

[Unknown]

He ha the way that Hozier's kind of hehehaha giggle. I'm not giggling and gaggling with. With Korean chatting.

[Brittany Broski]

All right, those are my two songs of the week. If you want merch, go to broski shop. If you want to watch my show.

[Unknown]

Called Royal Court where I interview celebrities, you can go on their agree and chat. Will not actually be. I cannot talk to him fair. We just had on David Corn Sweat.

Yes, yes.

[Brittany Broski]

Go watch that. I love you guys to death and I'll see you next week.

[Unknown]

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