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Adam Rippon
Not all meals are created equal. For instance, breakfast has the spicy egg McMuffin for a limited time, and lunch doesn't. McDonald's breakfast comes first. Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Intrusive Thoughts by Adam Rippon. I am, of course, and yet again, Adam Rapun. Before we get started, I want, for those of you who watch the podcast, I'm in a different setting. That's not going to change anything, except I do want to turn a light on. Bear with me. Okay. I think that's. That's nice. I want you to know that even if you can't see this and even if you are not watching this, it's important to me that I feel good about me. And nothing is going to make me feel better right now in this moment than the overhead light of a chandelier that I can see has a cobweb in it, which is actually leading me to the first thing that I want to talk about today. It's not pressing, but it is sort of overwhelming. Now, as you can see, Slash, I have told you, and as you have heard, I am in a different setting. Why is that? Well, I'm still home. Relax. I'm still home. I'm going to take these glasses I have off. They're the ugliest readers I could find, and I put them on specially for this. Here's the deal. I'm home alone, as you can hear my dog smacking his lips behind me. What does that mean? That means that my husband has left the premises. He's not home right now. He's actually in Finland at our cottage in Finland. And he's there for a few weeks, and then I'll go and join him a few weeks later in Finland. Let me see if I can say Finland one more time. Finland. And so that means that I have free reign of the house and I can do whatever the hell I want. And believe you me, I will. I'm going to be doing whatever. And that includes recording at the dining room table and not in my office, right? I love to record in my office. Believe me, I do. There's nothing I love more than seeing, you know, my mirrored closet doors in the background of my video. Believe me, I think nothing really gets anybody going like seeing the back of my head, which is, Listen, I. I teased this in an episode, like, earlier than this. All the episodes are earlier than this. By the way. I am and have been growing out a mullet, and I'd like to. Now, again, not every podcast is not a visual medium for everybody. But for those of you that could see it's growing out. I got a hockey flow, as I like to call it, because I am from, you know, the ice rink world, which basically means, like, you'd put a ball cap on and you'd have, like, your hair, like, flips out at the bottom, like the hockey players. I'm so cool. Cool. I love it. All right, so, yeah, I'm home alone, and I'm in my dining room recording this episode. And God almighty, it's one of the greatest episodes of all time. Now, why was I wearing those ugly readers before? Because they're the ones that I have downstairs. I have reading glasses scattered throughout the house because sometimes I. Let's say it together, can't see a thing without them. It. But I'm completely unfazed and unbothered. These are. I'm putting them on again, the ugliest things that I actually could find. These are like the. When you have to get glasses for the first time. And I remember when I did, these are like the ones where they're like. They put them on you and they go. They look great and they don't. Like, they're just two rectangles that sit, you know, like, right at eye level. Glasses should be a fun shape, but, you know, I can't see. Like, my computer, like, things around me. I don't need to. I don't want to. I'm doing it blind today. So I'm home alone. Back to the point. I am home alone, can do whatever I want. So what do I do when my husband is not here? Well, I go buck wild. And what does that mean? I go on a deep, deep cleaning spree of the house. And I'm not just talking, you know, oh, we're going to clean the table and, like, dust the moldings, whatever. I'm not doing that. I'm obviously not. I'm not ever going to show you the cobwebs that I'm seeing for the first time in this chandelier. But I'm doing things like that, right? Just little things. Like, I'm opening the drawers. I'm taking everything out of the drawers. Believe me, it's, like, all organized beautifully and perfectly, but I'm taking everything out and I'm washing the drawers because somehow there's, like, crumbs and hair that, like, falls in there. And believe me, like, I'm telling you, you're not immune to this either. This happens to everyone. And I urge you that when you have the chance to go, as I said, buck wild, you take Advantage of it, because I'm having a gale time over here. I'm having a gale time. Is it taking me, you know, eight hours to clean the bathroom? Yeah. And am I going into some ADHD level, complete mental breakdown? For sure. Every single minute I'm in that bathroom, I'm getting sidetracked, and I want to quit. But I'm not a quitter. I'm a cleaner, and I'm a doer, and I'm home alone. And those are the three kind of really dangerous things that if you put them together, you'll have a manic episode, which I'm in the middle of, and I'm totally fine. And in this manic episode, I decided that I was going to bleach my teeth. This was something else that I did when I was home alone. Not that, like, you got to be home alone to do that, right? Like, I don't want you to think that, like, I can't bleach my teeth in front of my husband. Like, it's, like, indecent or something. Like, I don't think that. I just, you know, never thought to do it. But, you know, now that I'm here by myself, I'm like, well, the next time I'm seeing him, I'm going to have a complete makeover, which includes having white teeth. So I used to whiten my teeth with, like, I have Invisalign trays, right? And I think this is how you can tell. Like, I have a dentist who's, like, from la. He gave me this, like, tube of, like, brightening bleach gel for your teeth, right? You know, this stuff. You know this stuff. And he said, just put it in your Invisalign trays every night. And I said, okay, is that gonna hurt? And he said, yeah, a lot. And so I used to do that, which truly made my teeth feel, like, brittle to the bone. Like, I felt like if I move my head too fast, like, they would, like, whip out of my mouth. And so I don't do that anymore. One, because it brought me to this, like, level of whiteness that now I just need to maintain. And two, because I'll just use Crest White Strip, you know, like a normal person, completely unsponsored. By the way, they don't need my sponsorship. Those things work absolutely like a dream. Now I put the Crest White strip in. And what did I do? Like, I said, I'm in a manic episode, so I put it in. Forget it. I forget about it for a few hours, and then I take it off. And now, today, in this moment, while I'm recording this podcast at the dining room table, my teeth are very sore. Like, they feel like they went to the gym yesterday. They feel like if I talk too fast, the wind from my speaking voice is making them soar. It's the price you have to pay. It's the toll to cross the bridge. And I'm willing to pay the toll, believe you me. I need to think of a better thing to say than instead of, like, believe you me. I think I've said it twice already. I'm growing, I'm learning. Listen. It's one of those things. I'm going to experiment with growing now. That was the first thing I wanted to get off my chest. I know. I'm trying to. I'm getting through it. I'm getting through it. I'm pushing through. The other thing is that since we've been recording Intrusive Thoughts with Podcast one, we love you guys. We love everybody there. Since we've been recording Intrusive Thoughts, I've been doing a lot of other podcasts to do, like, press for the show. So I'm on a press tour. Oh, it's so exciting. Hockey flow. So that means that I've been driving all around town and I've been doing a bunch of other podcasts, right? That's just another way of saying the first thing that I had said. So I'm doing all these other podcasts and I want you to know that when you're driving in California, if you drive around la, if you're from la, you're gonna understand this. You'll be driving around you and it looks like you're passing some, like, abandoned building, right? Like, it's just. Oh, it's just like a building. Like, you know, it says for lease on the side. Whatever. You don't, like, think twice. You just say, it's like, oh, it's like in a back alley. Whatever. Every back alley and abandoned building is actually. And I can verify this now. A podcast studio. Every single one. I'll get the address. I put it into my phone, and we're going to talk about this another time. I'm going to put a pin in this. Not the podcast studio, in the. I'm an Apple Maps guy, not a Google Maps. So I'm putting it into my maps. Gotta, you know, paste it into the Apple maps. And I put that address in and I go, this can't be right. This can't be right. It looks like an abandoned shack. This can't be a podcast Studio. And you drive there and you know you're wherever you're. Beverly Hills is a different story. It's usually like in a office building or something. But if you're going to, like, a podcast studio, somebody's like, we record in Studio City or like Burbank, whatever, you're going there. You're going to a building that looks abandoned, you open the doors. It's gorgeous inside. Wayfair's biggest sale of the season is here right now. Score up to 80 off everything home plus fast and free shipping. So sitewide shop now through July 28th at wayfair.com wayfair every style, every home. In the time it takes you to actually board a flight from Group 8 now boarding Premier Altitude Elite Club members. You could have bought a Hyundai on Amazon. Visit HyundaiUSA.com or call 562-314-4603 for more details. Limited availability. Pick up through participating Hyundai dealer and select markets. Don't judge a book by its cover and don't judge a podcast by the facade of its exterior building that it's leasing office space from. And so every time I pass a little, like, you know, storefront that, like, has dead plants in front of it and five parking spots, I'm like, you know what? I bet that's a podcast studio. Nine times out of 10, that's gonna be correct because people are doing podcasts left. And me too, Me too. I'm not above it. This means that I've driven, like, in LA a lot and I've gone, you know, into Hollywood, into Beverly Hills a bunch. I'm bragging. I'm not, because I'm going to get to something that's really. I think it's pressing when I've been driving around, because I live in, like, the suburbs, Pasadena, we don't have this, like, riff raff. And what I'm going to say is the riff raff is this. You know, if you order like Uber Eats or Yelp to the house, you're expecting a driver or someone to drive it to you. Maybe they don't identify as a driver. They identify as somebody who delivers. Right? Delivers drivers, whatever. To each their own. Now, that does not happen when you live. And I think this is also the case for, like, a New York. And I definitely know for in la, where you're ordering something and a person's not coming to your house, a refrigerator on wheels and a giant antenna is what's coming to your house. And that giant refrigerator. I say giant. It's like the size of a Mini fridge, but it's like quite big to just be like roaming the streets, right? And this refrigerator is going to have a name. And I thought it was just like a company, but I think they name each one so it'll be like your, your robot is named Coco. And then there's like another one where its name. I wrote it down because I was like, I can't forget this Clark. How is I going to forget that? Coco, Clark, Clement, like Clarence, like all of these. I don't know if it's just C of only seed in the seas. There's probably, I haven't looked up the company, it doesn't matter. But I'm going to tell you my problem with this. And my problem is that I feel like we don't have the technology that we need to really make this work. Because I've seen these things in action and it's not pretty. So the other day I'm driving, you know, beep, beep, and I'm at a red light that is about to turn green and what do I see? I see fucking cocoa, the refrigerator start to go across the street. So I thought that the technology in these things was to like analyze everything going around and see that like, okay, in five, four, three, two, one. The crosswalk is saying you don't have enough time. And you know that because Coco the fucking refrigerator knows, should know at least how fast they're actually going. And they should be able to tell I'm not gonna have enough time to make it from one end to the other, right? Like Coco the refrigerator should know better a person. Listen, I'm not above anybody else. I've seen the crosswalk go three, two, one. And I go, I can do it. It's 500 yards across the street and, and you wave like I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Everybody gets it, you know, because we've all been there, we're all human. So we know. I, you know, I was put. I thought I could run it, I thought I could lap out the crosswalk. But the difference is that Coco the refrigerator does know better. They've been programmed to know better. And now I think they're being programmed to j walk because that thing, and by that thing I mean the crosswalk meant 3, 2, 1. Coco the refrigerator didn't stand a chance to make it across the street, but it's still like made it through. Like, and also when you're in these cities, like the terrain is rough. Like I'm in a four wheeled car sedan driving without a problem, driving potholes Like, I'm like, what's like whip lash? Like, thank God I'm wearing a seatbelt because otherwise I'd be having to drive myself. I'd have to sit on cocoa, the refrigerator to get me out to cedar cyanide. So I don't know how these refrigerators are like, dealing with the roads because truly I think these things, like, they belong in like the Midwest. Like on the clean, slick, freshly paved streets, you know, not in la, New York. And especially now that they're jaywalking, like, that really made me quite upset because we're not there yet. Like, we're not there yet. And it's not like Coco's out of work if she's not doing this. She's just a refrigerator. Like, she could just do her work from home, right? Like, why are we making the robots go back to the office, right? Like make them go back home. It's just, I don't think Clark, the refrigerator on wheels is gonna be worried that, oh God, I'm not gonna, you know, they're not sending me out today. That's okay. Just why don't you just be plugged in at home and like, keep food cool or hot from where you are? Because we don't have the technology. AI has really not done a great job. No offense to any AI that is listening. And it definitely is. And actually since it is, take notes, AI, Take some notes. You're not there yet. Figure it out. If the crosswalk is saying, three, two, one, we gotta get off. You know, even when James Corden was doing those like Cross street productions, they'd look at the crosswalk and they'd get off. That was a whole production in costume, right? Like you're delivering a sandwich. If you can't make it, don't try it. Coco. That's really what I have to say. And I don't like those like self driving Ubers either. I don't really want to see that because I don't trust them either. I don't know, I just, I'm not really into the like self driving stuff. I don't like the, you know, robot delivery stuff. I don't like the, you know, Uber car lists. Drivers. The carless drivers. Yes, that's exact. That's what it is, Adam. Yes. The carless, the driverless cars is what I meant. Yeah, Not a fan. Not a fan at all. But you know what I am a fan of? A huge fan and proponent of our voicemails sent to us. I love to hear your intrusive thoughts and Honestly, I'd love to get right into our very first voicemail of the day. Please leave your message after the tone.
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Erin
Hi, Adam. I need some advice. I've hit not one, but two parked cars while parking this week. I think I need some tips on driving. Can you give me any tips? The first car, there was quite a bit of paint damage, so I left a note. Got the insurance going or whatever. Second car, no damage, informed the owner, or just, like, a tiny little scratch. But I need help. And this isn't my first parking lot incident last year. Like, my door flung open and hit another parked car, and I left not one, but two notes because I was scared they'd blow away, because I left a note and it blew away. So then I went back and left two notes. So I. I consider myself to be a fairly safe driver. I've never actually got in. Like, I've never even got a speeding ticket or anything like that. But I keep on getting into car accidents while parking, so I really could use some advice. Thank you.
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Adam Rippon
Okay, first of all, incredible. Really incredible work with the voicemail, not with the parking. We do have to work on that, because two accidents in one week doesn't sound like an accident anymore. Sounds like a lifestyle, because that's not a good track record. And I'm gonna say I believe that you are a safe driver. Right? Like, if you've never gotten into an accident, like, while the car is moving. I'm curious, and I wish that you dove into it a little bit deeper, how you're hitting the cars. You know, one, I heard that, you know, you flung the door open. This is something I really want. We need to, like, analyze the language a little bit. And that's making my dog on the floor really itchy. So if you hear him scratching, it's because he's. Whoa. Analyzing something and now shaking. All right, I want to analyze the language. I flung the door open. Okay, sit with that for a second. I'm not going to talk about it yet, because we're going to talk about the next thing. And then I left not one, but two notes because I was afraid that one of them would have blown away. All right, let's take that all in. You were more afraid that a loose leaf piece of paper was going to fly away than you were about your car door flying off the hinges. Right. Okay, now, next, I want you to know that on this podcast, we are all family and we are all friends. Blood is thicker than water, and podcasts are thicker than friends. And with that being said, I lost My train of thought. We'll get back to it. No, can't think of it, because I am still thinking about the note. I'm still thinking about the two notes, and. Okay, you know, I'm. I'm on track again. You said that two accidents in the same week. Okay. And then you also told me that it seems like one was bad and one was, like, a nick. I just. I need to know, like, how this is happening. Like, are you flinging the door open? You know, that is not. That is not really good. I think this is. Oh, this is what I was gonna say. Sorry. I could hear my dog, like, scratching just, like, in another corner. He's just truly. This is why I record the podcast in my office. He's in an isolated area right now. He's, like, on a joy, right? He's like Coco the refrigerator walking around the house right now, jaywalking. I can hear the collar click, clacking all over the place. All right, this is what I wanted to say. I think that when you are driving, you are aware, your senses are heightened. You're looking around. You're using the blinker. You better be using the blinker. And you are checking your surroundings, and you're checking the speed limit. You're doing all the right things to be a safe driver. I think that's phenomenal. I think that's really good. Now. I think that once you get into the parking lot, the shoulders come down and you go and you just start whipping that thing all over the place. That's what it feels like. It feels like if you've never had an issue while, like, on the road, that once you get to the parking lot, like, you're relaxed, and you shouldn't be relaxed until you hear that beep, beep of your car locking behind you. That's what we need to do. You should not be relaxed, and you should not let your guard down until you hear that horn going, all right, I'll see you off. We're locked, we're loaded. You can go. You're safe. Because I think what's happening is, like, I don't know. Also, maybe you have, like, a bunch of things in your hands. I don't have the details right. Maybe you have a lot of things in your hands, and you're going, okay, boom. Barge opening. You know, like, you're like coming out of a submarine, you know, after being, like, down under for months on end. Whoa. Not that serious. You're just going to, who knows, Pilates maybe. But the. You know, I think that's giving me a clue to, like, what might be happening or like, you know, the senses are lowered. You're just. You're not. They're not as heightened, right. And you're just getting to that spot paint gone. You know, there's little things where it's like, you don't want your insurance to go up. Right? Insurance can be expensive. Intrusive Thoughts. Famously a very, like, insurance based podcast. But all these accidents, they're going to add up to what will be, you know, basically a speeding ticket. Right? It won't matter that, oh, I've never had one. Okay, well, you're gonna. Your insurance is gonna be through the roof because you can't be trusted in a parking lot, right? You have to stay guard up. Okay? We can't let our guard down when we're in a parking lot. Now, I want you to know that I don't think I'm better than you, all right? I don't think I'm better than you. In fact, I know that I'm worse than you because I have been in an accident in a parking lot. But I'll tell you that I wasn't driving the car. Like, I was sitting in the driver's seat and somebody was parked next to me. They backed up and like, smashed into, like, my driver's side of the door. Now, they did a very clever thing and they got out and they said, are you sure that's not there? And I went. The perfect impression of your Honda Civic in my Jetta. No, I'm pretty sure that wasn't there. But a very genius thing. Maybe. Maybe I would have been scratching. I think they thought maybe I'd like, huh. Maybe that was there. It wasn't there. Right. Maybe you should try these out. But you seem so honest and genuine too. So many. I mean, I'm so curious. Do you. It sounds like at this point you do have like. Like a ballpoint pen and a notebook with paper because, you know, you might have to write a note or two to someone. You know, it's. I am. I am applauding the fact that you're not a hit and runner. You're a hit and writer, which is better, but not great. So. Yeah, I have been in an accident like that. I also have. And I think maybe you might be doing this too, where you, like, drive in and, like, I was pulling into a garage and I needed to, like, go straight and, like, turn left and I took the left. I really thought I was gonna make it. I did. I really thought that I was gonna make it. And I didn't. And what I mean by that is I crashed into the side of the garage. Yeah. And I knew I did because I was stepping on the gas because I wanted to whip the car in there. And when I did, I just heard like, like the grinding of the. The wood chips flying. And so I did do a number on that back passenger door. So I have done exactly what it sounds like you're doing. But, like, that was a garage, right? Like, that was in a. A car. I just think guard up, right? And, you know, I don't know, maybe these are happening. Maybe you're parallel parking. Right. And my tip with the parallel parking is that when you go, you drive up. So, like, if there's a. I'm going to tell you a story, actually. I used to have a boyfriend who was truly terrible, and he lived in Hollywood. And when I would go to his apartment, I would have to park on the street. And basically, I'm going to, like, a busy city and there's only street parking, and I'm gonna have to parallel park. And this relationship truly gave me literally nothing, except I had to. I was put in a fight or flight moment where I needed to learn how to parallel park. Because if you found a spot, it didn't matter how big or small it was. I needed to find a way to get my car in there because I was not going to be driving around the block for hours on end. So I became quite good at parallel parking. And I'm going to tell you my tips. Maybe these are happening when you're parallel parking. If that's the case, okay, you're going to drive up to the car that's, like, in front of the spot that you want to go. You're going to drive up and get the nose of your car to their side mirrors. Then you're gonna turn your wheel all the way until it, like, can't go anymore. And you're gonna, like, hold it there. It's gonna feel like you should, like, let go and, like, start going the other way. Don't do that. You have to wait until it feels like, should I. Was this working? And then once it, like, you get to this certain, like, point, you turn the wheel all the way the other way, and then it will go into the spot. And you'll always parallel park like a champion. Like, you're in a relationship that's terrible. But the parking is also bad, and you have to deal with one of those. And you'll choose the parking for a while. Too long, actually. So Maybe these accidents are happening. I don't know. Parallel parking, That's a better excuse than. But I'm really. The whipping the door open, that's crazy. That's crazy. If you're whipping the door that hard, it's like gonna have some bounce back. You could get hurt. Even if you're in an abandoned parking lot, the bounce back on some of those doors, they'll smash you. They'll kick your ass right back into the car. So that is what I think. I think don't let the guard down. We have to stay alert and awake even when we're in the parking lot. The drive is not over. Listen to me clearly. The drive is not over until we hear the beep beep of the car locking behind us, letting us know we're there safe and sound. Don't let your guard down. Please leave your message after the tone.
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Erin
Hey, Adam. Hey, boo. This is Erin checking in from Peoria, Illinois. You've talked about your time on Worst coast in America, but I think you're being a little modest about your reality TV dominance. You sissied that walk on Dancing with the Stars in one. You literally beast moded Marshawn lynch on Stars on Mars in one. What's maybe the next reality TV show you'd like to be on? Like, let's get into it. Talk to you later. Bye.
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Adam Rippon
Hello to all my listeners and especially this one in Illinois. I love you guys. Now I actually you're bringing up one. I have been pretty good at reality shows kind of by accident, and I think it's sort of like when you get into the situation, you know, I don't ever take myself too seriously when I do the reality shows. And I'll tell you why. Because, like, I think when you've gone to the Olympics, it's like, that's actually serious, right? And then when you're, like, pretending you're going to Mars, that doesn't feel as serious. And so I think having that sort of it'll be okay, no matter what happens attitude is helpful. So if you ever do a reality show, I urge you to just go with the flow. Because guarantee you about half of those people, they're gonna crack. They're gonna crack. They're gonna go, send me home. I can't do this anymore. I can't do this simulation of living on Mars. I can't do Dancing with the Stars. They'll do it, believe me. You just gotta stay cool under the gun. You talking about beast mode, Marshawn Lynch? It is reminding me of, like, A pivotal moment. And this is what I mean. You've got to trul. Like, relaxed and, like, and enjoy. And I've done well, and I've won some of these reality shows, I think, really just because, like, you gotta go with the flow. You're not in control of, like, what the next challenge is or the game or, like, whatever. It's, like, all by chance, right? Because it's just, you know, it's like, just for fun. You're making a TV show. And so we came to this channel. There were, like, six people. I'm gonna talk about a story on Stars on Mars that's, like, Truly, it will explain. Well, I'll tell you, like, the first challenge we did, I'm like, one. I'm like, yeah, it's gonna be fun. And the first challenge that we did on Stars on Mars, as soon as it was I was in the bottom two, they voted, like, they were voting to send me out. And I was like, I am too hot to go home. Which it worked. What can I say? So I texted, you know, my friends and my husband, and I was like, yeah, I'm not lasting long on this thing. I'm definitely going home soon. And then, you know, a month later, I went home when it was over. Okay, here's the story that I want to tell and how you gotta just stay cool and relaxed and just, like, whatever. So there's six of us left. It's me, Paul Pierce, Kat, Cora, Tinashe, Portia Williams, Marshawn lynch, me. Those are the six, and we are going to do a challenge. And the thing is, is that we need to break up into two groups of three. And I'm thinking, okay, how are we going to do this? And as soon as I think, like, how are we going to do this? Portia is like, I want Tinashe and Marshawn on my. On my team. I'm like, well, okay, that is definitely one way to do it. Which is. I mean, it was the smart move to do so. She thought. Because, listen, Tinashe at this point had been, like, in Stars of Mars. She'd been, like, killing it, like, the whole time. Like, she was really good at every single challenge. And Marshawn was, like, big and strong, and he was also quite good at all of, like, the missions that we had to do. Me, on the other hand, Truly was, like, getting almost voted out every episode. Portia did the right thing, and I'll tell you, Paul Pierce, he was love the guy. Truly love the guy. He had just gotten there. Cat. Cora. They had just gotten there, so, like, they were, like, still familiarizing themselves with, like, what was happening. And so as we're going to do the next challenge, at this point, I realized, like, and also, not to mention, Portia was doing, like, quite well. Like, she also was doing really well in all of these, like, challenges in the missions and stuff. So it was like, the three best people at the missions were gonna be on one team. And so I, as soon as they chose that team, went, okay, now this is where it ends for me. Whatever the challenge is, I do know we're not gonna do it. It's written in the stars, and we are in space, in Mars, and so it's not gonna happen. But this is why you have to have a cool demeanor when these things are going on. So we get to the challenge, and the challenge is there's, like, these signs that are, like, kind of heavy, and each of them has the name of a planet. Mars, Jupiter, Earth, Uranus, Venus, so on and so forth. And at the very end, there is another, like, sign, heavy sign that says Sun. Right? And so. And then there's, like, a button in the middle. So there's a button in the middle, and then to the left of it, and the right of it is Sun. And then to the left and right are, like, the planets. So, like, one side is on the one side, and one team is on the other side. And what we needed to do was we needed to move these signs and put the planets in the order of which they, like, come from, like, the sun. Right. Like, we need to put the planets in order, and then once you're prepared, you have to, like, run over and hit a button. Once, like, the light goes green, that means that, like, you've done it correctly or something. So. Right? Yes. That's how it goes. So they set up all of, like, the signs. You'd see a. You had to run over and see if there was a green light, and then you had to run over to another side and press a button, something like that. And I remember thinking, okay, maybe there's a chance. Like, maybe there's a chance, because, you know, once we had gotten there, this is, like, before this challenge, once we had gotten there, you know, we're, like, all chitting and chatting in, like, the kitchen and hanging out and talking about, like, whatever, and Tinashe and I start talking about how the reason we know the order of the plants is because of Blue's Clues. You know, the sun's a hot star. Mercury's hot, too. Okay. If that's ringing a bell. We knew the whole song, and so we would, like, you know, sing it in the kitchen. And so here's the thing. I knew and Tinashe knew that we knew the order of the planets. We knew. Let me tell you, that was two out of six people who knew what was going on. But in that moment, I went, okay, I know the order, and I don't know what was going on the other side, because I think it was like everybody, like. Like, Tinashe knew the order for sure. I knew it. We had sung the song before, but there was, like, big personalities and who thought they knew the order, and they'd go. And, like, they. So there was, like, a little bit of, like, confusion on the other side. On my side, I had them whipped. I had Paul Pierce move Mars over there, Earth over here. And believe me, and I've never seen Cat Cora, the famous chef. I've never seen a chef run that fast in my life. But I was having them haul ass. I absolutely was. And I did think we were going home. I almost was certain. I was almost ready to go on, you know, online and go, I'll just book the ticket. I do know it's over because I didn't think, you know, I'd get Paul Pierce running laps on an, you know, in the Australian outback, But I absolutely did. Yeah, I was having that boy running, and he was. He was running. And against all odds, truly against all odds, I don't know how we did it because I know that, like I said, I know Tinashe knows the order of the planets. I can confirm that. I can confirm it. And she knows that I know the order of the planets. But somehow this is why, like, because sometimes the games are going to be like, you got to be strong. And sometimes they're going to be like, you've got to make Paul Pierce run laps in the Australian outback. And you don't know. And you don't know. So you have to always have a completely open mind, right? Because sometimes you think, like, okay, yeah, Marshawn lynch could truly, with his bare hands, kill me. And then sometimes you've got to think, yeah, but I. Paul Pierce is tall, so I've got to make him run. And Cat core is about five foot one. I think I'm gonna make her carry the heavier signs because she's gonna do whatever it takes. She's gonna do it. Whatever it takes. And so I just had to focus on my team, and I needed to focus on. The sun's a hot star, Mercury's hot, too. And let me tell you, having younger siblings and watching Blues Clues, that absolutely saved the day. Saved the day. So I think that when you're in these reality shows, you've just got to have fun with it because it's just. It's like, honestly, completely random. Even Dancing with the Stars, you don't know how people are gonna vote. Like, you just. You can't go in to win. You got to be down to clown. So that's my advice if you're ever going to do a reality show. I don't know if I'd ever do another. I mean, I. I guess I would. Like, they're kind of fun, and they are a great place to, like, meet other people. Not that you can't do that, like, in the normal world. Right? But they're fun because, like, you're in this really isolated, like, situation with people, and you just, like, become really fast friends. Like, I'm still friends with a lot of people I've done different reality shows with, because you're just, like, in the same situation, and they're a great place to, like, meet people, by the way. Love it. I feel like maybe we should do one more. Let's do one more. I have a lot of voicemails to go through, and I love getting them, and I'm so grateful to hear from you and hear your intrusive thoughts. This is what it's all about, you guys giving advice, getting things off of our chest. It's what it's all about. It is truly what it's all about. Let's do one more. Please leave your message after the tone.
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Erin
Hello, Ms. Rippon. I was just listening to the special Pride edition of Intrusive Thoughts, and I was wondering, when you say, we would love to hear from you, give us a call. Who are you referring to? And also, I'm curious, how many voicemails do you get a day, A week? Just because I'm nosy. I love you. You're so funny. Bye.
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Adam Rippon
Okay, I love you, too. So who do I mean? We would love to hear from you, I think. I mean, the royal we. And by that, I mean me. I would love to hear from you. I guess I could just say that, right? Like, this is the other thing about, like, doing a podcast or, like, hosting a show or whatever. I think that the language of the show, like, grows and evolves, and you, like, figure it out. This is actually a great point. Like, I just think that, like, it sounded good, so I was, like, completely lying, you know, we would love to hear from you. And then it's like, okay, end episode. And then, like, me now, because I've already shouted them out. We love you, Podcast one. That episodes get edited. And they are. There's a beautiful, incredible team. As you can tell, the elevation of the show has totally evolved. It's. I would say, here's the thing. I have a really great producer who has helped me stay on track when I do the episodes, which I didn't even realize was, like, an issue until I would, like, listen to them back and be like, I have no idea what I'm talking about. Like, I'm truly spouting, which is so funny to say that. Like, you know what you're talking about now, but I do. But I. The thing that I was taught, this was a great constructive criticism. Why don't you finish the story? And I was like, are you serious? And then I'd realize I'd never finish any story. And now. Now I finished them all. I'm a doer and I'm a doner, so I get it done. So, yeah, I just mean me, right? Like, we would love to hear from you. I think that, like, people at podcast one would love to hear from you, too. I think the listeners who listen to this podcast would also love to hear from you. Hey, don't sell yourself short. They would love to hear from you, too. But you know what? I think this is a good point. If I. If I'm the one here and I'm the one listening to the voicemails, like, as they come in. Yeah, I would love to hear from you. Another thing, I was like, why don't I just say, like, I would love to hear from you. Call in and tell me your intrusive thoughts. Right? Like, that's fun. Language evolving, right? There's one other thing that I've kind of been impressed with where it's like, as soon as I got the phone number for the podcast, I've never forgotten it. 310-909-7117. I just. I don't know why, but, like, I just. I have not forgotten. And I've remembered it since the moment I've gotten it. And it makes me feel like maybe I should, like, update the voicemail greeting. Hello. Maybe I'll just do that. Hello? And then what? How many voicemails do I get a day? A week? I would say that I get a week. Maybe, like, anywhere between. Honestly, anywhere between, like, 5 and 20. So it truly varies. And I think we can get that number up, right? I think we can get that number way up. And also, I didn't realize you can text the number two. Like, you can text the podcast Again, off the top of my head, that number is 310-909-9717. So if you don't even want to call in, you can text. You can fuddle around with that message. And we have gotten a text, but we've never done the text yet. Maybe we'll do, like, a whole text episode. Text to talk. Text to me talking. You know, that's what it'll be. So, yeah, maybe we'll do one of those kind of upcoming. Right now. We have one. We'll get to it. We. We will get to it. But, yeah, the number of voicemails, it totally varies. Actually, before I had ever recorded any of these episodes, not even the intrusive thoughts. Like, back in the day. Back in the day when the podcast was the podcast by. Remember those times? Maybe you don't. Maybe you just started listening. Well, the podcast used to have a different name, but now it has a great name. Intrusive Thoughts. I love it. I love it. But when I announced that I was, like, gonna start a podcast, I put the. The number out there, and I had so many voicemails. I had, I think, like, a few hundred, which was, like, quite amazing. And a lot of them were, like, just, like, supportive. Like, can't wait to, like, listen. So I haven't gone through many of them, but I'm still, like, combing through them. So I'm the one who's, like, listening to them all and, like, pulling them as they go. So if you're thinking, like, who's answering these or, like, who's writing back to me? Hello, it's me. It's. I'm doing that, and I'm listening to them and I'm vetting them, right? So if you're thinking, oh, he's never going to hear this. Yes, I am. I'm taking notes and I have your phone number. Cut that out. I don't want them to know that I have their phone number. Yeah, but I'm. But I. I am listening and I'm going through them, and there's some really good ones that I. That I still haven't done. I have. I actually have, like, the whole folder here. I'm not going to show you. It's private. But, yeah, I love hearing from them, and they help, like, bring some flavor to the show. How else would I tell you that I was singing a blues Clue song with Tinashe in Australia? You'd never know. Otherwise that would have kept. That would have been a secret for years to come. I don't think she would have ever shared that. She doesn't need to. She's on tour. But I'm at home and I'm recording a podcast. I would even say the Intrusive Thoughts Podcast. Right. Well, that's it for me today. I've had a wonderful time speaking to you, my dear audience and my dear friends. Love you so much. That's it for Intrusive Thoughts by Adam Rippon here today on this podcast. If you'd like to call the podcast and tell me some of your intrusive thoughts, you can. I would love to hear from you. You can call or text 310-909-9717. Like I said, I would love to hear from you. So don't be shy. Leave us a voicemail. Leave us an intrusive thought. You need some advice? You need whatever. Give me something to talk about. Listen, I'm here to run my mouth and I'm here to run your mind. That's right. That is so right. Well, that's it for me. I love you guys. Call or text 310-909-9717. And I'll see you next week here on intrusive thoughts. I' ma put you on, nephew. All right. Welcome to McDonald's. Can I take your order, miss? I've been hitting McDonald's for years. Now it's back. We need snack wraps. What's a snack wrap? It's the return of something great. Snack wrap is back.