Comedian/podcaster Claire Parker joins to share the downsides of reading dense books vs celebrity memoirs, the problem with looksmaxxing, wrestling with the idea of having kids, and why playing a hit song as the encore has gotta stop.

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Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi

Technical production by Ty Colgate

Edited by Christian Pittman

Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann

Original music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Douglas Goodhart⁠

Executive Producer - Anya Kanevskaya

VP of Development & Production at Headgum - Kaiti Moos

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