Investigating The Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theory at TACO BELL with Shane and Spencer!!

Summary

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Episode Overview

Podcast: The Sip with Ryland Adams and Lizze Gordon
Episode Title: Investigating The Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theory at TACO BELL with Shane and Spencer!!
Date: August 20, 2025
Guests: Shane Dawson, Spencer

This vibrant and characteristically chaotic episode blends personal updates, hilarious bickering, pop culture gossip, intimate convos about motherhood and therapy, a full review of the Backstreet Boys at the Vegas Sphere, and finishes with the crew’s on-location taste test investigating the infamous “Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theory” at Taco Bell. The episode is packed with the hosts’ unfiltered takes and signature comedic tone as Ryland, Lizze, Shane, and Spencer cover everything from family drama to celebrity speculation—with a side of fast food mayhem.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Banter & Friendship Dynamics

• Ryland and Lizze launch into the show with tongue-in-cheek confessions, mock arguments about health paranoia, and baby clothes.
• Lizzie recounts balancing trauma therapy and a wild 24-hour Vegas trip, while Ryland teases her about potentially infecting him before his big family week.
• A running gag about “wishing ill” upon each other underscores their close, bickering friendship.
• Memorable moment: Lizzie reflects, half sarcastic, about her powers of manifestation:

  “I've got insane powers of manifestation. And here's what sucks. I like you the most. You're literally my best friend. And I'm over here wishing you ill.” – Lizzie (02:19)

2. The Baby Clothes Fight (04:43–06:05)

• Extended, comic argument about buying baby clothes—miscommunications about shopping carts, clothing appropriateness, and LA weather.
• Emphasizes their “villain narrative” jokes and spirals into discussion about postpartum hormones.
• Quote:

  “No, they're big, they're triple rolled. He’s in oversized pants.” – Lizzie (05:37)

3. Lizzie’s Dad & the Taylor Swift Connection (06:35–10:49)

• Lizzie’s dad, Chris, is patched in to share the “craziest thing” that happened to him—eventually landing on a story about Jane, who once sold Taylor Swift a house.
• Comedic, drawn-out family storytelling showcases the hosts’ playful impatience.
• Quote:

  “We’re finished. I’m moving on to finish the story.” – Chris (08:49)

4. Vegas Trip, Motherhood & The Sphere (15:01–26:23)

• Lizzie details her Vegas getaway—including the food (Caesar’s Buffet deemed better than Wynn), concert experience, and emotional reactions at the Backstreet Boys at the Sphere.
• Describes audience nostalgia and how the Sphere’s visuals are both amazing and vertigo-inducing.
• Reflection on the generational divide among fans, and how the Sphere’s setup affects concert enjoyment.
• Quote:

  “Everyone is so full of joy and life that they look 16 again. And it's so sweet.” – Lizzie (16:44)

5. Health, Therapy & Motherhood Decisions (29:58–37:54)

• Lizzie shares insights from somatic trauma therapy following her first birth—exploring options for a VBAC or repeat C-section.
• The value of presence, multiple birth plans, and redefining her intentions for herself and her family.
• Ryland encourages her to continue therapy given her positive breakthrough.
• Quote:

  “All I can see in my mind as a goal is holding his little body. And if all that matters to me is holding his little body, I do not care how he gets about the details.” – Lizzie (32:38)

6. Content Creators & Family Documentation (37:59–38:43)

• Philosophical riff on capturing everyday life for their vlogs—honoring fleeting, “meaningless” moments that become precious memories.

7. Taylor Swift & New Heights Podcast Analysis (42:52–51:39)

• Heated, humorous debate about Taylor Swift’s album announcement on New Heights Podcast.
• Ryland confesses disappointment in Swift’s roll-out but admits anticipation for the forthcoming album.
• Crackpot “Easter egg” analysis (Taylor’s bread metaphor = Super Bowl hint).
• Discussion shifts towards Swift’s friendship fallouts (with “Blake”), and the hazards of private texts going public.
• Quotes:

  “Taylor Swift is calculated...She knows everything she says is an Easter egg for something later down the line.” – Ryland (45:04)
  “If Blake were to release Taylor’s private text, it would be a little damning to her image if they are, like, a little nasty. Which, of course, everyone’s nasty at some point about someone.” – Ryland (49:37)

8. Kylie Jenner & Timothée Chalamet Breakup Rumors (51:51–54:19)

• Tongue-in-cheek speculation about their relationship status, Kylie’s IG activity, and comedic skepticism about their dynamic.
• Goofing on Goop Kitchen and Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness branding.

9. Sex and the City Revival – ‘And Just Like That’ (54:18–56:01)

• Brief venting session on the show’s controversial “wokeness,” unrelatable characters, and Sarah Jessica Parker’s nonchalance about public backlash.

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Investigating the “Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theory” at Taco Bell

[58:05–End, ~86:00]

Cast: Ryland, Lizzie, Shane, Spencer
Location: In the car at Taco Bell (followed by tasting session at their office)

Theories & New Product Hype (58:05–63:24)

• Shane introduces the theory: Each time Mountain Dew launches a new flavor, global disaster ensues.
• The latest flavor, “Baja Midnight,” sparks online paranoia, timed with reports of Colorado rabbits growing tentacle-like growths.
• Jokes about apocalyptic omens, referencing The Last of Us and tongue-in-cheek speculation.
• Tasting plan: Regular and freeze versions of Baja Midnight + new Taco Bell menu items.

Quote:

“Every time Mountain Dew announces a flavor, something bad happens in the world...Like hurricanes. It’s pretty crazy.” – Shane (62:05)

Chaotic Drive-Thru & Taste Test (63:24–77:08)

• The crew is predictably disorganized ordering at the drive-thru, devolving into confusion about menu options and order mix-ups.
• First impressions of Baja Midnight: visually striking, flavor identified as grape (though marketed as ‘passion fruit’!)—overall, mixed reviews, some find it refreshing, others medicinal.
• Honesty about drive-thru struggles (Chris quips that they may never be able to go back).
• Quote:

  “If you didn’t know it was purple, it almost just tastes like the regular...Oh, it’s grape.” – Ryland (67:19)

Burrito & Cinnabon Delights Review, Food Opinions (74:02–85:15)

• Taste test: Steak Cheesy Melt Burrito and Chipotle Ranch Steak Burrito – verdicts are mixed; some wish for more sauce, some are unenthused.
• New dulce de leche Cinnabon Bites are sampled, compared to “grandma’s butterscotch pudding.”
• Running bits: “Say your most traumatic childhood story, then eat.” Each shares a minor trauma before their bite, keeping tone light and comedic:
  • Lizzie: Forgotten at soccer practice for hours (79:22)
  • Shane: Childhood incident “farting butter” after movie theater popcorn (82:31)
  • Spencer: First kiss gone wrong (80:37)
  • Ryland: Childhood scabies/being the family “trauma creator” (83:49)
• A few product mishaps (expected with new Taco Bell items), but overall, fun and mayhem ensues.

Notable Comedic and "Relatable" Quotes

• “Cutting Taco Bell like a sushi roll is wedding coated.” – Shane (75:41)
• “Why would it be purple if it’s passion fruit? Liars. Bullshit and lies.” – Ryland (69:42)
• “We all loved it so much...but unfortunately, we can never go back to that Taco Bell again, which is unfortunate because it’s my favorite one.” – Shane (70:47)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (With Timestamps)

• [16:44] Lizzie: “Everyone is so full of joy and life that they look 16 again. And it's so sweet.”
• [32:38] Lizzie: “All I can see in my mind as a goal is holding his little body. And if all that matters to me is holding his little body, I do not care how he gets about the details.”
• [45:04] Ryland: “Taylor Swift is calculated...She knows everything she says is an Easter egg for something later down the line.”
• [62:05] Shane: “Every time Mountain Dew announces a flavor, something bad happens in the world...Like hurricanes. It’s pretty crazy.”
• [75:41] Shane: “Cutting Taco Bell like a sushi roll is wedding coated.”

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Vegas Story & Sphere Concert Recap: 15:01–26:23
• Somatic Therapy & Motherhood Decisions: 29:58–37:54
• Taylor Swift Album Announcement Reaction: 42:52–51:39
• Kylie & Timothée, Goop Kitchen: 51:51–54:19
• Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theory Explained: 58:05–63:24
• Taco Bell Drive-Thru & Baja Midnight Taste Test: 63:24–77:08
• Food & Trauma Stories Taste Test: 77:09–80:57

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Tone & Style

The tone is irreverent, chaotic, and deeply personal, with the hosts blurring lines between genuine reflection and total silliness. Language is candid and unfiltered, peppered with pop culture references, inside jokes, and loving mockery of themselves and each other.

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Summary for New Listeners

If you missed this episode, expect an unapologetically real podcast that weaves comedy with genuine life updates. You’ll hear a candid look into life as millennial parents, revelations about health and therapy, celebrity culture deep-dives (Taylor Swift, Backstreet Boys, Kylie Jenner), and a no-holds-barred group food review that turns fast food into a performance piece.

Standout sections include Lizzie’s heartfelt yet hilarious birth planning epiphany, the team’s enthusiastic (and dramatic) reactions to Taylor Swift’s career chess moves, and the riotous “Mountain Dew conspiracy” taste test at Taco Bell—a segment both tongue-in-cheek and delightfully absurd.

Whether you’re here for the trauma bonding, the friendship squabbles, or the pop culture tea, this episode delivers laughs and relatability in equal measure.

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Transcript

[Lizzie]

No one has asked me recently if I utilize my body for work.

[Shane]

Cutting Taco Bell like a sushi roll is wedding coated.

[Lizzie]

I went to Vegas. I went to trauma therapy.

[Ryland Adams]

Different strokes for different folks.

[Shane]

We say our most traumatic childhood story and then we eat.

[Ryland Adams]

Where's Kevin when I need him?

[Shane]

Can I be honest?

[Lizzie]

I'm over here wishing you ill. Yeah.

[Shane]

What a day.

[Lizzie]

Come get your boy. He's out of pocket. Oh, bleep that.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, yeah, in the first three seconds.

[Lizzie]

Lizzy, is it my fault or your fault? Baby, it is what it is.

[Ryland Adams]

I fear. I just. I never looked at my hair this morning. Okay, but nobody wants to hear about my hair. I'm sorry you guys are late, but you've missed the entire show. It is an hour after we were supposed to start recording. We just couldn't stop yapping.

[Lizzie]

We were just yapping, yappa dabba doing what's my armpit look like?

[Ryland Adams]

And now I feel like we have nothing left to say.

[Lizzie]

And that's the sip.

[Ryland Adams]

Hello, girls. Good morning and welcome back to the SIP official podcast. I'm here to guide you today. I'm Ryland Adams.

[Lizzie]

Where are you guiding us?

[Ryland Adams]

To a fun place on the Internet.

[Lizzie]

Where is that?

[Ryland Adams]

You know, somewhere everyone wants to be.

[Lizzie]

Yeah. Describe it in great detail.

[Ryland Adams]

Well, somewhere that you're hopefully telling us a fantastic story.

[Lizzie]

What does it. What does it look like?

[Ryland Adams]

Woman who goes to Vegas crazy and avoids the plague.

[Lizzie]

Oh, my God.

[Ryland Adams]

You'Re sick. No, it's a reasonable question to ask, right?

[Lizzie]

Okay.

[Ryland Adams]

Our families have been sick for 345 years, and then as soon as we're healed, she goes enrages in Vegas. Is it the craziest thing for me to say, here's how are you feeling? Before you come sit right next to me on a podcast? Like, just. Just checking, like, are you feeling good? And she took it as a personal attack and started going Wonka on me.

[Lizzie]

No, I'm just saying, the amount of times you inquire about the plague while my family is dealing with something else.

[Ryland Adams]

What are you guys dealing with? Are you fucking hemorrhoids bleeding out the butt?

[Lizzie]

Always. But I don't even count those anymore.

[Ryland Adams]

So then what's going on?

[Lizzie]

I had to take Icky to the vet this morning. I literally am texting him on the way to the vet. I know he's got special needs. I'm on the way to the vet. And he goes, well, did you get the plague?

[Ryland Adams]

Well, because she keeps saying, you get.

[Lizzie]

The plague, and I'm gonna be real with You. I've got insane powers of manifestation. And here's what sucks. I like you the most. You're literally my best friend.

[Ryland Adams]

Thank you.

[Lizzie]

And I'm over here wishing you ill. That is so. Because you won't STFU about the effing plague.

[Ryland Adams]

You're so selfish.

[Lizzie]

And it literally makes me wish a case of COVID upon you.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, my God.

[Lizzie]

I know. It's crazy. And I don't feel good about it.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know.

[Lizzie]

I don't feel good about it. I hurt inside.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know that I could work alongside you anymore. If I'm being frank because.

[Lizzie]

Because you. You've put me in a position to wish Covid upon you literally just said.

[Ryland Adams]

Are you feeling good? After traveling to Vegas, I have a big week coming up. And I'm coming off of three and a half weeks of hell. Like, it's been hell. Yeah. And so I'm finally seeing the light again. I'm hearing the birds chirp again. My family feels healthy again. We probably found a new nanny. It's like, wow, who? So is it crazy for me to just say, like, hey, are you feeling.

[Lizzie]

Wouldn't be. Would it be fucking. If it were an isolated incident of a singular time being appropriate.

[Ryland Adams]

I follow.

[Lizzie]

Question on your behalf.

[Ryland Adams]

I follow.

[Lizzie]

But seeing as every question opens with do you have the plague? It makes me wish. Yellow.

[Ryland Adams]

I sent a lot of friendly emojis. Fall in the following.

[Lizzie]

They were not friendly. They were fighting emojis.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay. And then, well, it seems like all you want to do is fight because she picked fights over baby clothes with me all week.

[Lizzie]

I did not pick fights with you over baby clothes. You again.

[Ryland Adams]

You're stupid.

[Lizzie]

You have a villain narrative.

[Ryland Adams]

Frankly, you're stupid.

[Lizzie]

Okay, this mother, she's. No, no, she's part of.

[Ryland Adams]

No, she's postpartum and repartum and she's on. Well, she's hormonal. Where's Kevin when I need him? Is his name Kevin? Who's Kevin?

[Lizzie]

Kevin Klein. The only reason I remember that name is it's so stupid.

[Ryland Adams]

Suddenly I'm whipping out a second angle and Kevin's gonna be sitting.

[Lizzie]

Kevin. We come to set next week and Milo's just wearing a backwards hat and he's full of misogyny and rage. Honestly, I might with that Bleep that too. I can't handle it anymore. YouTube. Why do. Why can't I. The FCC just let me be me this weekend. I try to do kindness towards my friend here.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't see. I don't I. It's hard to know your intentions. Really?

[Lizzie]

Because I offer to help get your kids close.

[Ryland Adams]

No, she said she was shopping at the Gap. And I said, great, I will execute on your cart. And then.

[Lizzie]

No, you literally did not say that. You literally said, I don't want any of that.

[Ryland Adams]

This was out of here. I knew. Okay, no, days later she goes, I'm executing on the cart. And I said, well, can you send me the cart before you buy the cart for yourself? Because days later she said, no, I'm just gonna buy all these clothes now for Billy. And I said, well then anything that's cute, can you just double your limits? $150 for me. And she said, I sent him screengrat. And I said, well, I need shorts and shirts. And she said, this is all pants and long sleeve tees, cuz we're edging in the fall. We're not edging into fall. It's Los angeles and it's 87 degrees every day still.

[Lizzie]

And then my postpartum re partum brain was like, you must get your son pants. Your child needs pants and long sleeves. Nothing. Now it's hot as balls.

[Ryland Adams]

That's exactly what I got. A different size by the time.

[Lizzie]

No, they're big, they're triple rolled. He's in oversized pants.

[Ryland Adams]

And then she sent them to me and I was like, execute on that.

[Lizzie]

And then he got a picture of my son in the pants and was like, those are really cute. And then he picked a fight with me, saying that I was an a hole for leaving him in the. In the fudge and dark.

[Ryland Adams]

About what?

[Lizzie]

You picked a fight with me because you were like, why didn't you get me those? And it's like you literally sent me a text that I screen grabbed and highlighted where you said, leave, go on without me.

[Ryland Adams]

I fear we've fought about baby clothes for too long. You're calling your dad?

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

What does he want?

[Lizzie]

The authorities. Calling the authorities.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, just take us back to when. I guess it would be four days ago.

[Lizzie]

What happened four days ago?

[Ryland Adams]

You wake up and it's time to go to Vegas.

[Lizzie]

Oh, I went to Vegas. I'm dying.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know. The accents are.

[Lizzie]

I don't know if it was a real accent. I went to Vegas.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know. He's calling you back now. Put him on speaker. Oh, dad or Chris?

[Lizzie]

Dad. Per California law, I have to tell you that you're on speakerphone and being recorded right now.

[Chris]

You're being recorded?

[Lizzie]

No, you are. I guess we all Are you.

[Ryland Adams]

Are.

[Chris]

You are too. We're all being recorded. And who's that voice in the back? Who's that laughter in the background?

[Lizzie]

That.

[Ryland Adams]

That's the other Chris.

[Lizzie]

That's other Chris. That's Crispy stations.

[Ryland Adams]

Hello, dad or Chris. What's on the agenda today?

[Chris]

Hi, Chris. Well, we are. Cooper and I are walking down to the mailbox.

[Lizzie]

Nice.

[Chris]

Because the. The electrician came and went and he didn't get his signed contract or a check. So we texted and I said, well, I'll walk down and put it in the mailbox and you can come by and pick it up at your convenience.

[Ryland Adams]

Seems like you got the service for free to me.

[Lizzie]

Yeah, sounds like that's his bad.

[Chris]

Well, he's not done with the job yet.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, we've got a banquet.

[Chris]

Not for the full amount of the contract, so. So he's got. He's motivated to come back and get more money and finish the job.

[Ryland Adams]

And what's the craziest thing that happened to you this week?

[Chris]

This week? Here's what happened. So. So we have these really good friends.

[Ryland Adams]

What's that? Like, I'm right here.

[Chris]

Jim and James. James Sheffer and 15 years ago, Jane Pfeffer sold us a house in Essex, Connecticut, when we moved out here from California. Now Jane is a famous. Not that famous, but.

[Lizzie]

No, Jane. Hold on, dad. We don't have time for the long version. It's not crazy. If you go back 25 years into the original purchase of a house. The cool part about Jane, you're gonna get hung up on. Jane sold Taylor Swift.

[Ryland Adams]

They are the same person.

[Lizzie]

The short version is, Jane sold Taylor Swift.

[Ryland Adams]

One at a time. Who's doing this?

[Chris]

We do it in unison. It's an act.

[Lizzie]

One, two, three. James told Taylor.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, thank you, dad. Or Chris.

[Lizzie]

Anyway, no, I can't go on with this, dad. It's gotta.

[Chris]

Is done. We're finished. I'm finished. And I'm moving on to finish the story.

[Lizzie]

There is no story though.

[Ryland Adams]

Taylor Swift. There seems like a story to me.

[Chris]

This thing that happened to me this week. I was asked to tell the weirdest thing that happened to me this week.

[Lizzie]

But you started 15 years ago.

[Ryland Adams]

Dude, sounds like somebody else we know, to be honest.

[Chris]

Fast.

[Lizzie]

Fast forward. Fast forward 25 years.

[Chris]

Fast forward. Watch out for the. For the whiplash.

[Lizzie]

Okay, that was spooky.

[Chris]

They move. They move away to South Carolina. Carolina? Who goes to South Carolina?

[Lizzie]

Girl, we said Fast forward 25 years, not just 10.

[Chris]

We don't hear. We only hear from them once a Year when they. When they text us about two or three weeks before they come, they say, real short text, hi, we're coming for four days. See you on this particular date.

[Lizzie]

Okay.

[Chris]

And so they did it to us this time. And it. I mean, we like to see them, but four days is a lot. And, you know, to. Anyway, they leave this morning and I'm driving to a meeting and on the radio, on the call in radio station.

[Lizzie]

Jane, and she's talking about you guys the way you're talking about her right now.

[Chris]

You have. If you've had a guest or you've been a house guest this summer, call in and tell us what to do. And you know, what, what you should and how to be the best guest ever. So I called in and I said, this is Chris from Old Lime.

[Lizzie]

So this is the second time you're telling the story to a radio.

[Chris]

You are on a press door to the radio. I only had 15 seconds. Anyway.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh. So you can give me a captive there.

[Chris]

My voice and my complaint were beamed across the tri state area. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut.

[Ryland Adams]

What's the problem? The short notice or the long stay?

[Lizzie]

Both.

[Chris]

Both.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, Jane. Well, you.

[Lizzie]

Yeah, you, Jane. Two days max. All right, I'll call you after work.

[Ryland Adams]

We'll talk to you later. Dad or Chris?

[Chris]

Talk to you later. Bye.

[Ryland Adams]

Bye. I love him. You are him.

[Lizzie]

I am.

[Ryland Adams]

Have you guys ever looked at one of Lizzie's thumbnails with her and her dad? Because he's just her without all the hair.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

You guys are copy paste. Yeah, Verbatim.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

And the other day, it wasn't my proudest moment. Lizzie FaceTimes me. And I answer, I was like, what do you want, you effing whore? And her dad's like, hey. And I was like, oh, no. And Lizzie said he was just questioning if we're real friends or not.

[Lizzie]

I think that says we are.

[Ryland Adams]

No, I think so, too. It was just like, I didn't want him to see me like that.

[Lizzie]

I mean, he's met me.

[Ryland Adams]

No, her dad thinks we're a fabricated friendship for the Internet.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

Still to this day.

[Lizzie]

No, I think he was just asking if we're truly as close as we seem.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh.

[Lizzie]

And I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

The answer is yes, Chris.

[Lizzie]

He gets nudes offline. You know what I mean? You do nudes offline? Like, I send you private messages.

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah. All weekend I was just getting pictures of her tits on toilets.

[Lizzie]

I was wearing a onesie, like one of those little wrestling suits. All weekend in Vegas. And I thought, it would be so funny if just every time I went to the bathroom, I sent you and Joe pictures of me looking butt ass naked in public.

[Ryland Adams]

I love that it's me and Joe. What was Joe's response to them?

[Lizzie]

He's like, what, are you naked? I was like, yeah, I have to get fully naked to pee because I'm wearing a onesie.

[Ryland Adams]

Did they do well without you?

[Lizzie]

They did incredibly well without me. Jo loved being alone with Billy. And it's like, I get it because every time I do something wild with Billy.

[Ryland Adams]

Do you need to spy on your nanny?

[Lizzie]

Don't do this to me.

[Ryland Adams]

Well, her nan notifications are going off and I was like, you have sound notification? Like, why do you. What? Well, if your baby's napping, then you're watching the monitor.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

So then the sound notification, you're either with your baby or your nanny's with your baby. So it feels like a weird move. And then I walk up to Lizzie's car this morning. She's like, I just told my nanny, it's so sweet how she's playing. I'm watching. I was like, oh, no, Lizzie, you need to stop being yourself sometimes. You can't tell people that you're watching.

[Lizzie]

I said I love you to her. It was so sweet.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay. And so she's getting the sound notifications. Do you need to spy or.

[Lizzie]

Well, I'm checking my phone. I'm looking at my phone only because Icky is at a drop off vet appointment and I'm waiting for them to call me and tell me what the deal is.

[Ryland Adams]

Freaking Frenchies, bro.

[Lizzie]

I think, honestly. So here's the deal with him. His paw, the same one that had the foxtail, swelled up and turned bright pink and started, like, being moist without being licked. And it's like, so that's an infection. And I don't know if it's just a yeast infection or if it's an infection because when he wasn't supposed to get wet, he got vomited and pissed on.

[Ryland Adams]

You got him that wet. He was in the line of fire.

[Lizzie]

That big on him. Like, Pete, like, my pelvic floor is so trashed that every time I vomited that week, not that week, not like it was a seven days of me pissing on him. It was one day of pissing on him.

[Ryland Adams]

You just can't stop pissing on your dog.

[Lizzie]

Just can't stop. And so when I got there today, they're like, so did it get wet? And I was like, to be completely honest with you, my child pissed on it.

[Ryland Adams]

What?

[Lizzie]

Yeah. I threw Billy under the bus. I was like.

[Ryland Adams]

My exquisite aim.

[Lizzie]

I was like. My baby peed and puked on him. And if you have any questions about that, don't ask me, because I'm gonna be honest with you. It was me.

[Ryland Adams]

So you pissed on his paw and didn't clean it up?

[Lizzie]

No, I peed all over him.

[Ryland Adams]

It's like a yeast infection at this point.

[Lizzie]

Well, it might be. So we're gonna find out. Oh, because I couldn't give him a bath after because he can't get wet. So it's like, what do you do? You just dry the pee pee. Okay, my life is complicated, and all you do is say you had the plague.

[Ryland Adams]

No, I literally don't. I want to be friends with you, but I just. I have a big week this week. It's Spencer's birthday. It's Morgan's birthday. My family's coming into town. I can't be down with the plague.

[Lizzie]

When it's like, come on, get down with the sickness.

[Ryland Adams]

We gotta, like, you know, say goodbye to summer in a big way. I haven't even really swam this summer.

[Lizzie]

I know. So sad. Billy and I will come over and swim while you guys are out of the house.

[Ryland Adams]

I realized I also never turned the air off.

[Lizzie]

Oh, my God.

[Ryland Adams]

Chris, do you mind just pushing the air up to past. What?

[Lizzie]

Ah. So, yes, I went to Las Vegas for 24 hours with another mother friend of mine. And honestly, that feels really crazy, spying.

[Ryland Adams]

On your monitors in the same way.

[Lizzie]

We were really chill.

[Ryland Adams]

You guys were cool. Yeah, because you're not even cool when you're filming.

[Lizzie]

No, we were cool. Really, very cool.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay.

[Lizzie]

We chatted the whole time. We ate it. I went to Caesar's Buffet. I have to go back there. Not pregnant. So that I can just really grub.

[Ryland Adams]

Down the house on the seafood.

[Lizzie]

Oh, my God. On the seafood. Have you been to the Caesars buffet?

[Ryland Adams]

Which one did we go to?

[Lizzie]

We went to the Wynn.

[Ryland Adams]

And so was the Caesars Buffet even more delectable?

[Lizzie]

Truly, yes. Isn't that crazy? Because the wind was.

[Ryland Adams]

Because the wind's supposed to be, like, the fancy hotel.

[Lizzie]

The Wynn went off and Caesar's.

[Ryland Adams]

Is that where you were staying?

[Lizzie]

No, we stayed at the Venetian.

[Ryland Adams]

So how did you guys land on the Caesars buffet? Were you Googling?

[Lizzie]

She had. I Googled, but none of my Googles were good. And she had just been to the Caesars buffet. So we went over there, we walked over there.

[Ryland Adams]

Is mom always in Vegas?

[Lizzie]

I don't think she's always. I think it was just like a recent. Like within five years recent.

[Ryland Adams]

And so you guys went to go to the Backstreet Boys, the sphere, A journey I was not willing to go on with you.

[Lizzie]

No. You were not willing.

[Ryland Adams]

Was it everything and more.

[Lizzie]

It's all I ever wanted. Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

Was it good?

[Lizzie]

It's all I ever needed.

[Ryland Adams]

Like, okay, we've been to a lot of concerts together. Yeah.

[Lizzie]

If we're ranking this, I'd put it with Katy Perry.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay. But where does Katie. So it's Taylor. Katy Perry, Backstreet boys. Sabrina.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah.

[Lizzie]

But so I. I vlogged it. But there is definitely, like, it made me. Probably because I'm pregnant. It made me want to cry. Because you look around in the audience and it's all women that are like my age and a little older.

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah.

[Lizzie]

But everyone is so full of joy and life that they look 16 again. And it's so sweet. You know what I mean? Like, all these ladies are out and you can see their lock screens or their kids.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh.

[Lizzie]

And it's like, you know that they're having and they know every word and they're bopping it.

[Ryland Adams]

See, I didn't belong there.

[Lizzie]

No, you didn't belong there. We barely belonged there. We didn't know every song. We were like, is this a new one? And these girls are like scream singing it. And because Joe was even like, you're a little young for the Backstreet boys. And I was like, not really. Like, those are my guys. Like, those are my guys. I was like seven. And he was like, well, seven's a little young for that. And I was like, is it? And Claire's even younger than I am.

[Ryland Adams]

She is?

[Lizzie]

Yeah. So she was four.

[Ryland Adams]

Wow. Yeah.

[Lizzie]

Which is a little young, Claire. But we were laughing the whole time. We're like, God, we're just the youngest ones here. Does it feel like freshman year again? And everyone hates us because we're just like freshman here to steal their men.

[Ryland Adams]

We all have under one year olds and all their kids are three and four. Those old ass dinosaurs.

[Lizzie]

Literally. We kept saying things like that to each other in a really toxic way. But no, it was awesome. And the Backstreet boys were freaking awesome.

[Ryland Adams]

And well, no.

[Lizzie]

Well, it wasn't even in a eye roll like the bathroom boys, because I went to the Backstreet boys like a little bit over 10 years ago, and it was not the same vibe.

[Ryland Adams]

Well, okay. And that's what I want to ask. How much credit do we give to the. The venue itself versus what the performance was.

[Lizzie]

I think the performance was there. The venue itself is complicated because it's just a stage with nothing on it because the Sphere does so much right. But the. They were gigging, bro. Like, they were dancing their hearts out. They had four outfit changes. They were singing live. I think they're late 40s.

[Ryland Adams]

It would be hard for me to do an hour and a half show. In my 30s.

[Lizzie]

I couldn't stand the whole time. I had to sit down. Claire kept being like, are you okay? And I was like, well, no.

[Ryland Adams]

I will flex my. I've been doing a lot of Pilates.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

I finished the Pilates class. And my fear is awkwardly running into people that I follow on Instagram but don't know in real life. That did happen to me yesterday as well. And I did go out of my way to say hi, but the Pilates instructor was like, I just love when a man's in the class and I can challenge them. And she goes, gosh, you're just so good at this. Do you utilize your body for work? And I was like, what? Like, am I a dancer or do I. Am I a physical performer?

[Lizzie]

Because, like, a hoe.

[Ryland Adams]

My talent and my form and my physique.

[Lizzie]

Was she asking if you're a sex worker?

[Ryland Adams]

No.

[Lizzie]

Are you sure?

[Ryland Adams]

I think she was like, are you a dancer? Like, do you utilize your body for work?

[Lizzie]

Sounds a lot like she's trying to.

[Ryland Adams]

Hire a male bodies. No, she's great. I loved her. Okay, so we're back at the Sphere.

[Lizzie]

Yeah. No one has asked me recently if I utilize my body for work. If that was your next question, the answer is no.

[Ryland Adams]

Such a good compliment. Thank you so much. So much. She thought my body had to be my instrument.

[Lizzie]

That's crazy.

[Ryland Adams]

My form was just because I've gained.

[Lizzie]

63 pounds and it just won't stop, which is wild. And my breasts, which used to be really perky and lovely, I think they're.

[Ryland Adams]

Great right now, if I'm being honest.

[Lizzie]

Sometimes I have to put my shirt underneath them a little bit because it's. They get sweaty where they. Whatever contact with my rib cage.

[Ryland Adams]

Built a human and a half period. Like, it doesn't matter.

[Lizzie]

A human and a half. I have built a human and a half, and that is Lizzie Gordon, something.

[Ryland Adams]

I could never do. I can't even handle a common cold.

[Lizzie]

No, you can't.

[Ryland Adams]

And you can.

[Lizzie]

That's why I wish ill upon you. I'm sorry. I'll stop wishing it.

[Ryland Adams]

Just take it back before my family comes.

[Lizzie]

I take it, man.

[Ryland Adams]

You can wish it next week. You can wish it next week. And so does this sphere. Is it like vertigo inducing or is it calm?

[Lizzie]

Not calm. It made me so sick. I was like, it's a little bit like being on, like a three hour Universal Studios video ride, one of the.

[Ryland Adams]

Transformer ones where you do feel motion sick even as a person that doesn't get motion sickness.

[Lizzie]

Yeah. There was one set where it's like the Backstreet Boys are like, dropping through a space station forever.

[Ryland Adams]

Those are the ones I saw on Instagram. And I was like, wow, I'm dizzy. Just through, like a parasocial version of this.

[Lizzie]

And I. Everybody had told me they're like, the 200 level is where the best seats are. The 200 level is where the best seats are. And I was like, I don't trust that because that seems really far away. Like, I want to see the guys. And then because we were on the hundred level, I couldn't choose between the guys in the sphere, but I couldn't enjoy both at the same time.

[Ryland Adams]

So you needed to be on the 200?

[Lizzie]

Yeah. And I kept finding myself like this, like, chin up. And so I had my heating pad out. The whole next day at the airport, I had the heating patter on my neck.

[Ryland Adams]

As somebody who's sober, I just kept being like, wow, you were so wasted last night. Because the photo she was sending me looked as though she had the biggest rage fest of her life.

[Lizzie]

I got home and I told you. I was like, I feel like I smoked a pack of cigarettes and did like a pouch full of Molly, saying.

[Ryland Adams]

You were just so unwell. You're so hungover.

[Lizzie]

You need to go to the hospital.

[Ryland Adams]

Do you need some professional help?

[Lizzie]

Yes. And from a person who uses their body professionally, what did she say to you?

[Ryland Adams]

Do you use your body for work? Like, are you a dancer?

[Lizzie]

What streets do you work? Is it a corner or, like just a whole block?

[Ryland Adams]

I said, girl, I know my four pack is popping. I'm not here with the six yet, though, so hold up.

[Lizzie]

So you have a four pack right now?

[Ryland Adams]

It's crazy.

[Lizzie]

Can we see it?

[Ryland Adams]

I mean, show us. Do you think you can see it sitting down?

[Lizzie]

You should stand up. Oh, my God.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't think you can see it.

[Lizzie]

I saw it, but it's popping. You either have lumps or bumps, you know, here.

[Ryland Adams]

It's just been something I've wanted. My husband keeps posting, like, my slutty throwback photos.

[Lizzie]

Yeah, what is that about?

[Ryland Adams]

It's really embarrassing.

[Lizzie]

Where is he getting those? Did you send those to him privately?

[Ryland Adams]

No, they're on my Instagram. If you scroll back deep and I.

[Lizzie]

Need to delete them, that is really.

[Ryland Adams]

You were my friend back when I was doing that.

[Lizzie]

Yeah, but you know, I don't know.

[Ryland Adams]

How to use you. You should have been like, this is embarrassing, honey.

[Lizzie]

I don't think I saw them because when I see. When Shane's posting them, I just assume these are private messages.

[Ryland Adams]

No, they. They were from probably when I was 21.

[Lizzie]

Did I like them?

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know.

[Lizzie]

Well, what if we were all 21? Our. Our frontal lobes weren't exactly. We weren't making.

[Ryland Adams]

And Shane was like, these are so weird. And when I go to them, your mom and your sister have liked them, and he's just like, what is it?

[Lizzie]

Always doing that. And you would do this sort of, like, model, like, dead behind the eyes, like, look.

[Ryland Adams]

But it's like, I don't know what I thought.

[Lizzie]

But you were trying to utilize your body. I don't know if you know what I mean.

[Ryland Adams]

I was. And I don't know if it was just to get like, was I trying to attract people into my DMs because it wasn't furthering my career path for negative male attention? I think it was probably. So, yeah. I mean, I was young and dumb, jacking people off in nightclubs. So. Yeah.

[Lizzie]

Is that derogatory?

[Ryland Adams]

I think you get in that world of. Because there was a moment where I was like, in the grinder world, you know, and they're. We all know, hot men with six packs with all of the. So I think I got a little too wrapped up in having come out and being very free with my sexuality. I think it was a.

[Lizzie]

Well. And you looked fantastic. A learning curve, but you also looked great.

[Ryland Adams]

Right. So when I. When my. My full six pack pops, is that gonna be me again?

[Lizzie]

I mean, let's hope.

[Ryland Adams]

No, I could not. It's too cringy.

[Lizzie]

Oh, really?

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, my gosh. Recreating my thought photo and then.

[Lizzie]

And then you are utilizing your body for work.

[Ryland Adams]

Exactly. Tell her yes. All thanks to you. Because here's the thing. I don't know. I loved my yoga. I was strangely addicted to my yoga, but my yoga wasn't giving me the results that my yoga wasn't giving me any sort of results.

[Lizzie]

There's no four pack with you.

[Ryland Adams]

I'm seeing and people I see on Instagram, people are like, pilates isn't a four pack full, like, all encompassing workout? Like, you can't Just do Pilates and I agree to an extent. But it will tone what you already have because it. It targets every single. Is this the large Lee? I. I think agree, yes. Like I said, I don't know if this is. I don't know, but they're kicking your ass. I'm shaking. Every category of my body shakes when these beat me to death.

[Lizzie]

Dang. How do you feel after?

[Ryland Adams]

Can you come with me, please?

[Lizzie]

Yes.

[Ryland Adams]

They help the pregnant women. Like, they have options for the.

[Lizzie]

Financially.

[Ryland Adams]

No, not financially. But you will feel at home because as you're looking around the class, like, trying to like.

[Lizzie]

Can I just say something awful?

[Ryland Adams]

All of their light up screens light up with their babies too.

[Lizzie]

I don't want to be around any skinny moms right now.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, they're not for me.

[Lizzie]

They're not my audience at the moment.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay.

[Lizzie]

And like, God bless all of you skinny moms. Like, that's so great for you. But I am not one and it is damaging to my psyche to be near you, period.

[Ryland Adams]

Period. Okay, so what else happened in Vegas?

[Lizzie]

I think. No, I don't want to go that dark.

[Ryland Adams]

What? No, tell me.

[Lizzie]

It's just. It's not for me. The Vegas vibe is not for me. We were invited to a wedding there in October and I decided I'm not going and I'm not taking my kid there. It's like taking a baby to Vegas is like being like, let's go hang out at an Airport for 45 days. Like, why would you do that with a one year old?

[Ryland Adams]

I agree. After two nights in Vegas, even I feel dirty.

[Lizzie]

I just like, you know, it's nice and fun if you're going for a thing. Like, when I go with Joe, I have fun. When I went with you, I had fun and we didn't even do anything. And like, I honestly, like, I'm there for the food. I really am.

[Ryland Adams]

I like to eat.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

I like to go to a event.

[Lizzie]

Yeah. I love a show.

[Ryland Adams]

And then I like to hit one of the pools.

[Lizzie]

Yeah, I like the pool, but I.

[Ryland Adams]

Don'T even really get in the pool. I just kind of lay there and listen to Taylor Swift out loud and annoy my neighbor.

[Lizzie]

I read.

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah.

[Lizzie]

But it's like, put me in the.

[Ryland Adams]

Shade and I like a nice hotel room.

[Lizzie]

Yeah. And I like being. I like being there with a buddy. Like, it was so fun being there with Claire and like, like I said, like, you and Joe and Claire, Like, I've had the best time. Like, literally the best time. But I don't Want to go to a wedding? To a freaking wedding? Like, no, thank you.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't fully understand weddings to begin with, so that's just me.

[Lizzie]

I vibe that 100% too. But also, like, I don't get a wedding for a couple that has a one year old and they don't want their baby there.

[Ryland Adams]

No, I know.

[Lizzie]

And I can't do it. She's also a skinny mom.

[Ryland Adams]

All right.

[Lizzie]

Congratulations. She texted me last pregnancy. Did you gain any weight? Yeah, I did.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, I forgot about my Seat Geek ad when we were talking about Backstreet Boys. But if you two want to have a great time, like Lizzie just had at the Sphere in Las Vegas, you can use our promo code, the SIP10 for 10 off your ticket. I did look no further than SeatGeek. There's over 70,000 events listed on their site and their app, and they have concert tickets, sporting event tickets, music festival tickets.

[Lizzie]

And the Backstreet Boys just extended their stay at the Sphere. So you can, like, get them now.

[Ryland Adams]

Honestly, it's something I might have to check out when I go for Ashlee Simpson. If I'm there, I'm not making. I'm not traveling specifically.

[Lizzie]

He was the first person I called. I said, rylan, I'm going to use SeatGeek to buy tickets to go see the Backstreet Boys.

[Ryland Adams]

Anyway, seatgeek has your back. They write every ticket. On a scale of 1 to 10. Look for green dots. Green means good, red means bad, and every ticket is backed by their buyer guarantee. Their app is fantastic. You can see all of the shows and sporting events listed that are coming up right near you, so make sure you check it out. Use code, the SIP10 for 10% off your next set of tickets. SeatGeek, we love you so much. You're incredible, fantastic, wonderful, and thank you for sponsoring our show.

[Lizzie]

See Geek. I wish you would guarantee my friendship with him.

[Ryland Adams]

What do you mean?

[Shane]

I don't know.

[Lizzie]

The fact that you're gonna go see Backstreet Boys now with somebody else.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know. Well, I don't know. Could I get Shane there? Shane? I don't know. Like, I'm already gonna be there for Ashlee Simpson, so it's just like, I want to see the Sphere.

[Lizzie]

I regularly think to myself, what could I get Shane to?

[Ryland Adams]

Not much.

[Lizzie]

No. I was showering last night. I was like, could I get Shane to High teeth? Almost texted him, and I was like, no, he's never going to high tea. It's nothing for him there.

[Ryland Adams]

And he did go once with me.

[Lizzie]

What?

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah.

[Lizzie]

To the penance.

[Ryland Adams]

Don't worry. Shane's been with me to high tea, to the penins. If it's something I really want.

[Lizzie]

Yeah. To the Peninsula.

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah, he's been to the peninsula with me.

[Lizzie]

How long ago?

[Ryland Adams]

I mean, this was like four years ago.

[Lizzie]

Oh, I just got famished.

[Ryland Adams]

Hungry?

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, well, on our horizons are Taco Bell and the Krispy Kreme Harry Potter collab. So we've got a lot going on today.

[Lizzie]

I do love Taco Bell.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, my gosh. Has recreated my pumpkin chocolate chip cookie. They do this every year, have they?

[Lizzie]

Yeah, just like you.

[Ryland Adams]

But special to the menu this week is the Dubai Chocolate.

[Lizzie]

I have a food aversion to the Dubai chocolate.

[Shane]

Well, I don't.

[Ryland Adams]

Have you ever had it properly? I liked. We did try the Dubai milkshake at Shake Shack, and that actually was pretty good. But their Oreo one was better because.

[Lizzie]

I think Dubai Chocolate's just yucky. And I don't understand why everyone's such a weirdo about it.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know.

[Lizzie]

Have you tried the Dubai Chocolate? Have you.

[Ryland Adams]

Did you go to see Neighbors after your conundrum?

[Lizzie]

Neighbors?

[Ryland Adams]

The movie?

[Lizzie]

No. Oh, I thought Neighbors.

[Ryland Adams]

Isn't that what it's called?

[Lizzie]

Weapons?

[Ryland Adams]

Weapons.

[Lizzie]

No.

[Ryland Adams]

I thought you and your husband were going.

[Lizzie]

We will be going.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, yeah? Well, then fine.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

Did you go, Chris? No. I've been so busy. I really want to see you. Okay, you guys are dead to me. Whatever.

[Lizzie]

But I will be going.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay?

[Lizzie]

I've been busy. I went to Vegas. I went to trauma therapy.

[Ryland Adams]

So tell us about that.

[Lizzie]

So I did this thing called somatic trauma therapy for my birth, slash, entire life.

[Ryland Adams]

So I don't. You've been confusing me because you were like, I'm getting this fancy doula. But then the doula is also a therapist.

[Lizzie]

Or she does somatic therapy and she.

[Ryland Adams]

Does too stupid to know. What Somatic.

[Lizzie]

Oh, I didn't know what it was either.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, so can act. Like all of us here, we know.

[Lizzie]

Somatic therapy is more, like, in your body because your body stores trauma. And, like, certain physical things can spark memories from traumatic events that just, like, you haven't processed yet. And so it's not talk therapy. Like, you give background information to the person who's, like, guiding you through the process. But mostly you, like, do movements. And she had, like, a pad set out, like a gymnastics pad set out. And she's like, all right, now we're gonna get on all fours and I'm gonna guide you through Some movement, and you have a journal off to the side. And she just sort of, like, prompts your mind to think clearly. So, like, for me, it is so hot in here. For me, it is about whether or not I want to try for a VBAC or have a scheduled cesarean.

[Ryland Adams]

Right.

[Lizzie]

And I like vbac.

[Ryland Adams]

For those of you that don't know. I mean, most people are moms here.

[Lizzie]

But vaginal after cesarean?

[Ryland Adams]

Yes.

[Lizzie]

And I couldn't. Like, I can't figure out why that is something that I'm considering. I can't comprehend that you're being called to do. Yeah. I can't comprehend the risk of it. Like, in. In a way that, like, what is the utility versus the risk of it? And I, like. I just don't know. Like, I'm unresolved, and I'm scared, and.

[Ryland Adams]

I'm unresolved, and I want to become very popularized. I. I mean, I. I'm not a woman, and I haven't looked that much into it, but I see a lot of people discussing it or doing it on the Internet.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

The vaginal birth after a cesarean. And I think from what I've heard, which is, like, everyone creates an idyllic birth plan, but that's a plan. But why not have multiple plans?

[Lizzie]

Yeah. I mean, well, that was the point of the conversation with her, because my own. Really, the only plan I have is to have hold him.

[Ryland Adams]

Right.

[Lizzie]

And that's kind of like, what we narrowed it down, like, through the process of this thing. She's like, what's the headline of your search? Like, what's the headline of this session for you? Like, this is the thing that I want you to keep coming back to mentally in your mind that we're thinking about, and we're gonna go deeper and deeper with it. And I was just like, why do I want to be back? And then it's like she's, like, asking all these questions, like, what's a happy memory? Like, what are these things? And, like, honestly, all I can see in my mind as a goal is holding his little body. And if all that matters to me is holding his little body, I do.

[Ryland Adams]

Not care how he gets about the details.

[Lizzie]

I do not care.

[Ryland Adams]

So then have you come to a firm conclusion that you're going to stick with the traditional C section after C section?

[Lizzie]

I think I'm leaning more towards it. She also reframed it for me in a way, and she. You know, she's done 700 births. She's done a million VBACs. She's like this. The story is yet to be written. And really, all this process is about finding peace within the pendulum swing. So it's like, I can be going back and forth, like, the facts of the matter are always going back and forth. I can schedule a C section and still go into labor.

[Ryland Adams]

Right.

[Lizzie]

And all of these things, like. And she's just, like, just finding peace with. And not constantly vacillating between in an anxious way.

[Ryland Adams]

Because at the end of the day, whatever's meant to be for you will happen. You. You can only plan so much. Like, what does Khloe Kardashian always say about make a plan? God laugh, Watch God laugh. Yeah, it's true.

[Lizzie]

Yeah. And not only that, but it's like, I honestly, I care less now. I really do care less.

[Ryland Adams]

So it was well worth your time, I think.

[Lizzie]

So I'm supposed to go back this week. I don't know if I can, like, justify the cost of it, though.

[Ryland Adams]

I mean, if you've already had this big of a breakthrough with one session, I think you should see it through at least a second.

[Lizzie]

I know, but I'm thinking maybe I'll wait, depending on what Icky's bill is today.

[Ryland Adams]

But so. And so you haven't committed to her as a doula and a therapist. You booked a trauma therapy session or a somatic. Somatic therapy session, yeah. And did you touch on Billy's birth since it was traumatic, or was that a separate issue?

[Lizzie]

It was mostly all about Billy's birthday and then working through that, because no matter what, like, even if I do go in for a vbac, I want to be cool, calm, and collected, because if you panic, they put you down.

[Ryland Adams]

Like, they'll get tense.

[Lizzie]

And the tenseness is, like, matters for a vbac. I don't think tenseness matters for a C section because you're numb and you can't really move. But I don't want to go into it. Trip in, because if I have a panic attack while they're cutting me open, they'll put me under, and if they put me under, it compromises the baby. It just makes everything a little bit more complicated.

[Ryland Adams]

And weren't you under with.

[Lizzie]

No, they should have put me under. No, I was up your.

[Ryland Adams]

Yes. Okay. No, I clearly remember there was. There's another person that I know that she had the. Oh, no, that was. You told me this story. Yes. And are we allowed to. I think we already have, but, yeah, she didn't really get the choice, and she was immediately put down and then missed the birth of her child.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

Which I mean, she does not love. Yeah. So.

[Lizzie]

So, yeah. So no matter what, I am feeling better around that.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay.

[Lizzie]

So I do think. I do think it's good and for the best. And I'm also listening to my positive affirmation tapes.

[Ryland Adams]

This might sound be stupid, but I just genuinely don't know. If you decide on a C section, do you need a doula?

[Lizzie]

Because you don't need a doula. And I think, like, the more I think about it, like, if I am doing the scheduled C section, I don't know that I'll do a doula. I might do a postpartum doula.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh.

[Lizzie]

Because a postpartum doula comes after the fact and she like, you know, they. It all. It looks different for every circumstance. But like, the woman I talk to will stock my fridge and make it so that no matter what, Joe just walks in, grabs my snack, and brings it to me. Okay, so that sounds pretty g. And.

[Ryland Adams]

Is your nursery complete? Is there?

[Lizzie]

Don't even bring the nursery up to me. I can't look at you.

[Ryland Adams]

What do you mean?

[Lizzie]

I tried so hard to keep that from you.

[Ryland Adams]

I still don't fully know. She did lose her cool after, like holding a secret for the longest she's ever held a secret from me. She knew I was in the text message with her because we're going back and forth like maniacs. And she sent a picture and deleted it. Like, sent it and unsent it within four seconds. So I got a visual, but I really only processed the paint color, which.

[Lizzie]

Is really their own.

[Ryland Adams]

That's the whole nursery?

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, no. But so is the video. When's it going live?

[Lizzie]

I'm gonna self harm.

[Ryland Adams]

When's the video going up?

[Lizzie]

Maybe the 26th.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know what the date is.

[Lizzie]

I have to show. Well, first of all, I want to show. I want to show.

[Ryland Adams]

I would like to react to it.

[Lizzie]

But I'm waiting for something to come.

[Ryland Adams]

So next week's vlog is what you're aiming for and what goes up tomorrow?

[Lizzie]

Great question. Keep asking questions. Keep being in question.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, Vegas. Vegas. No, no.

[Lizzie]

It's a day in the life.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, cool.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay.

[Chris]

Cool, cool, cool.

[Lizzie]

But it is a. It's an impactful day in the life, I will say, because it's like I've been doing of soul searching lately. I was like, what are we even doing?

[Ryland Adams]

You have?

[Lizzie]

Yeah. Like, what am I even doing here?

[Ryland Adams]

I mean, you're. You're raising a child and cooking Another.

[Lizzie]

Yeah, but I mean, like, professionally, like, what am I doing here? Do you know what I'm saying? And so, like, I was like, but no, you know what I mean? We talk about this. And so what do you want to be doing? This. Which is. Well, like this. But I mean, on my vlog channel, I'm like, what am I doing here?

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, Right, right, right, right. Like, what is your intention in posting and why and how can you have fun doing it?

[Lizzie]

Yes.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, got it.

[Lizzie]

And so. And then I just sort of had this, like, big epiphany that was inspired by the play Our Town. And it's like, these are little time capsules of meaningless, trivial things, but they're also the most beautiful things because there are days in our lives with our families.

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah.

[Lizzie]

And I. You don't. Most people don't get to go back and see.

[Ryland Adams]

Yes. And you'll get even for our kids in their future. Like, I have scrapbooks that are incredible and my mom did do home videos, but nothing that encapsulates this. And I know my kids aren't the center of my content, but they can still, when they're adults, go back and see what. What our life was and what, you know, it's. It's truly incredible.

[Lizzie]

It kind of makes me want to put him, my kid, in the vlogs for myself. But I know that that's like.

[Ryland Adams]

I mean, you can do it in a way that's not super exploitative.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

I mean, but I want to see his little face.

[Lizzie]

He's so freaking cute. Yeah, he's a little buck tooth baby. I love him. My fucking biting the out of me.

[Ryland Adams]

Really?

[Lizzie]

Yeah, it's awful. I scream at him and I call him the C word. Things I can't say on YouTube. Anyways, are you guys thirsty?

[Ryland Adams]

You didn't bring fluids?

[Lizzie]

Do you need some iced tea? Oh, that was a segue.

[Ryland Adams]

That's it, is it not it?

[Lizzie]

We've been talking for 40 minutes. I'm about to vomit, so I'm trying to move on to ice tea.

[Ryland Adams]

Well, I think I hopefully finally found a nanny. Thank you all for your well wishes for my sanity. Last week. I was honestly not. Well, I was in the thick of it last week, period. And it honestly, because it's the biggest job to fill in my entire life because it impacts the most important people in my life. And so it really does. Like, you know, you, like, you were spying on your nanny singing, I was spying. I was with your kids today. And it's like when you find a match for your children and you can feel comfortable when you have to leave the house to work. There's just no better feeling than knowing.

[Lizzie]

Like, this person loves my kid and they're gonna be chill with us.

[Ryland Adams]

And so to find that match was of the utmost priority to me. I probably read 50 to 100 resumes, which is exhausting. I interviewed 15 people, which takes a half an hour at least each time. And then three different, different in person meetings that last all over an hour. Oh, my God. Then trial day. So it's like I've spent. I don't. I can't even count the amount of hours. Last week there was nothing besides this podcast that I did except for try to find my children the best care I can. And so hopefully we've landed on something that works for all of us and it will be a good move forward and I can be sane again on this podcast.

[Lizzie]

You think this will do it? What do you think you'll be saying? No.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, Saying's the wrong choice of word. I think. Functioning. Will you be able to utilize your.

[Lizzie]

Body for work now?

[Ryland Adams]

Yes, I'll be able to utilize my body in a way that a Pilates structure is like, he's a sex worker, period. Period.

[Lizzie]

I love that for us.

[Ryland Adams]

All right, now we are gonna get into some iced tea, but before that, we have a wonderful sponsor for the show.

[Shane]

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[Ryland Adams]

Let me tell you about it.

[Lizzie]

Hang on, let me yawn before we talk about them.

[Ryland Adams]

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[Lizzie]

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[Lizzie]

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[Lizzie]

Daddy was not impressed. Oh, my God. Don't make me pull out the text thread where you were like, I don't give a fudge. This is just an announcement. There's nothing more with it. This is all she's done.

[Ryland Adams]

She's being too negative. The countdown hits her website. I'm edging, I'm screaming. I am having the best day of my life. She was nowhere to be found. By the way, I kept saying, elizabeth.

[Lizzie]

I was texting you back. I was texting back to every time.

[Ryland Adams]

You are dead to me. I had to go.

[Lizzie]

It was crazy. He's like the plague and I hate you. You're dead. And I was like, I'm right here.

[Ryland Adams]

And so I had to celebrate elsewhere. But I was very excited. I was a little let down when it was just an announcement to pre order the record. I was hoping for, like, performative.

[Lizzie]

This is for the Internet. He was more than a little let.

[Ryland Adams]

Down when I figured out what we're getting, the content of what we're getting. I am so lit for. I can't even. I can't even say this.

[Lizzie]

After he trash talked her on the New Heights podcast, I didn't listen.

[Ryland Adams]

I'm trying to keep things positive because I want to celebrate with everyone. The New Heights Podcast. There were slivers of information that I very much so did enjoy.

[Lizzie]

I watched that entire podcast beaming. I stayed up past 11pm to finish it after my kid went to sleep. A little boy. I had the best time. I love. I thought Jason Kelsey did a great job being inquisitive.

[Ryland Adams]

I thought the intro is too much. He lost me at the intro. If my brother in law in announced you on this podcast in that way, I like it.

[Lizzie]

If I had the accolades that Taylor did, I would fully expect Jerry to.

[Ryland Adams]

Give her a warm welcome. Like, you're getting the biggest promo for your podcast that it's ever seen. Like, Taylor Swift is doing the most. Doing the biggest favor ever. It was her idea announcing the album on this podcast. Of course she loves her boyfriend. She wants to give him that. And she can control the narrative 100. Like, I'm sure she went through that podcast like a million times. A million cuts to make sure.

[Lizzie]

I kind of really only felt like four or five cuts.

[Ryland Adams]

It was very cut up.

[Lizzie]

I think you're tripping.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't think I'm tripping. I mean Taylor Swift is calculated. And she like she said you hate her. Oh my God. In the interview she said herself, I've trained them well. Because she knows everything she says is an Easter egg for something later down the line. And that's being calculated. That's not me being negative. Like her talking about with it. Her talking about bread is just this play for the super bowl next year.

[Lizzie]

Which why you haven't heard?

[Ryland Adams]

Oh my gosh. You haven't heard.

[Lizzie]

Why do you say that?

[Ryland Adams]

Stupid. Why do she acts like she's a Taylor Swift fan?

[Lizzie]

Because I listened to Taylor Swift only and I don't listen to the chatter on the Internet. But from people who hate her like.

[Ryland Adams]

You, it was highly talked about that she was the one they wanted for the super bowl halftime performance last year and she turned it down, allegedly due to being too busy for the ERAS tour and everything else she was doing. Taking over the world, being fair, the biggest pop star making a billion dollars all times. Yeah, of course.

[Lizzie]

And another on two more albums.

[Ryland Adams]

So like, just because I was a little bored watching the New Heights podcast doesn't take away from my love of Taylor Swift or my excitement.

[Lizzie]

No, go back to the bread thing, girl.

[Ryland Adams]

I'll send you the real. It's a real that like she's talking about like everything she says about being consumed by making bread is a reference to her doing the super bowl this upcoming year.

[Lizzie]

I don't know. She was talking about, like, puns that she makes for the bread.

[Ryland Adams]

Like, you're really gonna make me find this right now?

[Lizzie]

Him was bread.

[Ryland Adams]

If I. Okay, here it is. If it has a copywritten song on it, I'm gonna be pissed. I'm scooting over Chris so we can put this here.

[Lizzie]

Sourdough's taken over my life in a huge way.

[Ryland Adams]

I mean, Sourdough is the mascot for.

[Lizzie]

I'm really talking about Brett.

[Ryland Adams]

60% of the time.

[Lizzie]

Dang. Okay. Screaming for like 47 seconds for me. That was so nice. What is it Levi Stadium?

[Ryland Adams]

Is it the stadium that the super bowl is going to be? So that's what I mean by calculated. And it's not a negative thing.

[Lizzie]

Okay. It's like, okay, she's a free mastermind. Also. I buy it.

[Ryland Adams]

She's a mastermind.

[Lizzie]

I buy that. Real.

[Ryland Adams]

I think sometimes it comes. Whatever. I'm not gonna hang on.

[Lizzie]

Oh, that's so crazy. I loaf her and.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, yes.

[Lizzie]

Loafing her.

[Ryland Adams]

I'm not getting so far. I'm not getting the. The re. Record of Reputation that I've dreamed of. Hopefully one day I'll get the. The never before releases released. Whatever. You know what I'm saying? But it does seem as though that when she starts promoting this album on new heights, I could not be more lit. It seems like hit after hit after hit after hit. Cat Cal or not. Calculated condensed to be only bangers. All to tell one story that are pop anthems a la Reputation. A la Some of her biggest, catchiest hits. It seems like this is an album that is right up my album, and I am so excited.

[Lizzie]

What do you think about the track that's probably about Blake.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know until it comes out. I have no idea. I don't. I'm. I honestly.

[Lizzie]

Because I saw that title and my jaw dropped. I was like.

[Ryland Adams]

But I think she's. She really would just take that big of a public shot at somebody she was really friends with.

[Lizzie]

Yeah. Thank you, Amy.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay.

[Lizzie]

Period.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay.

[Lizzie]

It's crazy.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know. I was.

[Lizzie]

Sorry. I'm dying a little bit.

[Ryland Adams]

I'd have to watch my back around her.

[Lizzie]

I mean, I just wouldn't be an actual calculated cunt. Like.

[Ryland Adams]

No. I mean. Yes. And we never know what goes on behind. I'm going to appreciate the art.

[Lizzie]

We know. A little bit because. Because Scott, her dad, dropped the. The tea on Blake.

[Ryland Adams]

He did?

[Lizzie]

Yeah. Scott dropped to the press that Blake was trying to blackmail Taylor into or. No, no, no. Asked Taylor to create. Commit a crime by deleting the text messages that they had exchanged.

[Ryland Adams]

And then I asked you to do that all the time. Anytime you say something I don't like.

[Lizzie]

I would have taken that to the grave. I have your back.

[Ryland Adams]

You're a good friend. You're not going to turn around when we break up, Blake. Then we're not going to break up. No.

[Lizzie]

We were said she was going to make Taylor look bad publicly with the text messages that Blake had if Taylor didn't have her back publicly.

[Ryland Adams]

But that is wild.

[Lizzie]

And that's what I'm saying. That would never happen.

[Ryland Adams]

And that's the thing is because Taylor Swift has such a good public image, if Blake were to release Taylor's private text, it would be a little damning to her image if they are, like, a little nasty. Which, of course, everyone's nasty at some point about someone.

[Lizzie]

I mean, no matter what the context of the texts are, like, those are private. We're having a private conversation. Well, we're never having a private conversation anymore because you're scared. Thanks.

[Ryland Adams]

Thanks, Blake. Lifely.

[Lizzie]

You've really ruined my relationship with who's too busy to hang out in person and also too scared to talk via text.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't think you can have a private conversation anywhere. Our cars are now listening to us. Our phones. And that's what's so annoying.

[Lizzie]

You're right.

[Ryland Adams]

Text. It's like nowhere is safe to have a private conversation.

[Lizzie]

Well, this is why I need to move next door and make dinner and bring it over.

[Ryland Adams]

Exactly.

[Lizzie]

And it kills me that I don't already. Every dinner I make, I'm like, I should bring half this over to Rylan's house and just sit at his house and eat it with him right now.

[Ryland Adams]

So fun. We could go on mom walks together.

[Lizzie]

Hot mom walks. We could do dinner, but in pool. Joe and I were actually talking about that yesterday on the way back from swim.

[Ryland Adams]

Come on. Get your ass over. I'm trying, but I'm very excited. This album's gonna be incredible. She did kind of confuse me on Masters and what that means because she said she always has had the publishing. And I thought that's what the big fight was about, because with publishing, she always had control over where her music could be utilized. So I don't know what the Masters intel other than, like, having it, but I don't. I don't know. I'm very excited about this album. I cannot wait. I hope we get a few singles before it actually comes out. Living, loving, laughing for all of this for us. October Third, especially because she had a word for what her last albums were. Like, what the genre was.

[Lizzie]

Poetic.

[Ryland Adams]

No, it's like a subcategory of music that's a little more specific. Even though she's Taylor Swift and anything she does is mainstream. But I would agree in the sense of, like, the tortured depoets. Whatever. They're good music. They're not necessarily tailored to me.

[Lizzie]

They're not the bangers you wanted for the summer.

[Ryland Adams]

And it sounds like this next album.

[Lizzie]

We'Re getting the cozy sweater fall songs that you needed for the autumn.

[Ryland Adams]

Exactly. Which is like. It hit Lizzie right where she was. Right in the right time, which I think a lot of her lyrics, I.

[Lizzie]

Was like, does she know me?

[Ryland Adams]

Exactly. Okay. Kylie shuts down breakup rumors with Timothy.

[Lizzie]

Timothy.

[Ryland Adams]

What's going on with him? What's going on? I'm gonna hang up on you.

[Lizzie]

Sorry. Joe was texting me, and I was just making sure the vet didn't text him. Okay. What's going on with Timothy? They haven't been spotted together for weeks.

[Ryland Adams]

And it was her birthday.

[Lizzie]

Yes.

[Ryland Adams]

He didn't even make an appearance at her birthday. I mean, who knows? Gwyneth Paltrow is out here every damn day posting Timothy.

[Lizzie]

What?

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know. Are they in a movie or something together? Like, whatever movie Timothy's in, she's posting about every day.

[Lizzie]

Day. Interesting. Yeah, I don't know.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't either. I did try Goop Kitchen for the first time last night.

[Lizzie]

How was it?

[Ryland Adams]

It was really good.

[Lizzie]

What is Goop Kitchen?

[Ryland Adams]

It's Gwyneth Paltrow's healthy, horrible name. Well, her. Her whole brand is.

[Lizzie]

I know, and it's horrible. But Goop Kitchen sounds like for.

[Ryland Adams]

Wait till you try it.

[Lizzie]

What is it? Goop.

[Ryland Adams]

Whatever. Hate on Gwyneth.

[Lizzie]

Is it just goop?

[Ryland Adams]

She'll be sitting in Mama.

[Lizzie]

I was. I was watching her show, and she was like, listen, I just live off this little joke, goop packets. And I'm very skinny and I'm very happy. And I was like, I don't know if I'd be happy if I was living off gel packets.

[Ryland Adams]

Well, she found her happy.

[Lizzie]

Did you get gel packets or real food?

[Ryland Adams]

Real food. Honestly, I think we should try it for the sip.

[Lizzie]

I'm choking on my.

[Ryland Adams]

It's like, we'll try it for this.

[Lizzie]

Did you get it in person or do you order it online?

[Ryland Adams]

I think you order it online, but maybe you can also go.

[Lizzie]

So it's a meal prep.

[Ryland Adams]

It's not prepped. It's like, prepared and whatever. Okay, we'll do this on the sip one day. Like, we'll try group kitchen on the sip.

[Lizzie]

Anyways, Kylie's busting down those rumors by liking Timoth's posts on ig.

[Ryland Adams]

Show me them together or I don't believe it.

[Lizzie]

I want to see them.

[Ryland Adams]

Whatever anybody can.

[Lizzie]

Like, I want to see them utilizing their bodies for work together. Is that so much to ask?

[Ryland Adams]

I can't say what I'm thinking.

[Lizzie]

You have to. Now.

[Ryland Adams]

I think you already know what I think of Timothy.

[Lizzie]

You love him.

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah, he's great.

[Lizzie]

You. The way you talk about him, it's like he hurt your feelings.

[Ryland Adams]

I just can't picture him, like, taking control in the bedroom with Kylie. Like, Kylie is such a force to be reckoned with.

[Lizzie]

With.

[Ryland Adams]

I just feel like. I feel like he can't keep up.

[Lizzie]

The way that you talk about it is so nice.

[Ryland Adams]

Have you seen some of the outfits this man's wearing?

[Lizzie]

You literally like them so much, you made a whole vlog about copying him.

[Ryland Adams]

Those are not the ones I'm talking about. Those are, like his. His gay red carpet outfits from four years ago. Now he's wearing, like, big, bulky, baggy clothes. I love him with his whatever. Okay, great. I'm. I'm not here to yuck anyone's yum. Okay. Okay.

[Lizzie]

Except for Kylie, because he doesn't know how your man's taking you in the bedroom.

[Ryland Adams]

I really appreciate Kylie's Instagram. I'm not gonna lie.

[Lizzie]

I love Kylie.

[Ryland Adams]

She's fun. Yeah, it's really fun.

[Lizzie]

I think she's fun.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, so they're not broken up. Whatever. Sex in the City. Now that I know Jared and Sandy like it and they're not watching the city, I. But I'm taking us back 25 years.

[Lizzie]

Oh, my God. You and my dad. I'm hungry. 25 years.

[Ryland Adams]

Let me take us back 25 years to when Sex in the City starts. Started. Now Jared and Sandy are re watching from the beginning because he had never seen it. They're telling me it's good. So now every night, I'm campaigning to Shane. Let's watch Sex in the City. He won't do it.

[Lizzie]

I won't do it either.

[Ryland Adams]

Now there's just like that. And what about it?

[Lizzie]

And just like that was famously hated. Like, famously hated. Still made it Four Seasons.

[Ryland Adams]

Still watching it.

[Lizzie]

I'm sure we'll hate watching.

[Ryland Adams]

I have to be so bad. So can you wrap this up?

[Lizzie]

Well, Sarah Jessica Parker doesn't care that we all hate it.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, Well, I wouldn't either.

[Lizzie]

She's like, I don't care.

[Ryland Adams]

I mean, what do you want her to say? Like, sorry, I came back to reprise a role that you guys loved and it's not good enough for you? What do you want me to say?

[Lizzie]

I was also, the show is truly psycho.

[Ryland Adams]

What do you want her to do about it? I watched shot on film anymore and it probably was back in the day and anything that once was on film and now no longer is. It's trash.

[Lizzie]

That's not the problem here. It's the story lines. It's like they went super woke in a crazy way. Like. Like in a way that doesn't track with the character's needs because it's like the characters that we are established are a certain way. So it's like, quite frankly, what's the redhead's name?

[Ryland Adams]

You're so pregnant.

[Lizzie]

I'm dying.

[Ryland Adams]

We just have to go, right?

[Lizzie]

I mean, I'm. It's because I took my prenatal pills for the first time this morning and.

[Ryland Adams]

It'S like, why would you do that before you filmed?

[Lizzie]

Because I'm worried about my child.

[Ryland Adams]

You can't do that right after the podcast.

[Lizzie]

No, because I have to eat.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, we've gotta go.

[Lizzie]

Where are we going? Taco Bell.

[Ryland Adams]

I think we're actually doing a Taco Bell.

[Lizzie]

Okay, wait. What do think? You stop.

[Shane]

Stop what?

[Lizzie]

There's more to say.

[Ryland Adams]

We've always worked incredibly hard to tell stories that were interesting or real. I guess I really don't care.

[Lizzie]

Jerry Bar, Sarah and Ryland Adams.

[Ryland Adams]

The SAP Official podcast. I've always worked hard to tell stories that are important and impactful and meaningful.

[Lizzie]

And I've always said we don't tell stories here. We just use words.

[Ryland Adams]

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[Lizzie]

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[Lizzie]

A theory.

[Shane]

Hey, guys.

[Lizzie]

Yes.

[Shane]

Welcome back. Okay, can I be honest? I just feel like I have to talk about something.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay.

[Shane]

Just because I can't stop looking at this Eric. Because this is like. Okay, so this shirt, I love this shirt. But the.

[Ryland Adams]

The.

[Shane]

So, like, I usually button my shirts to the top, right?

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah.

[Shane]

This one doesn't have one of those.

[Ryland Adams]

That's what I hate about the Abercrombie ones. They're always too chesty.

[Shane]

Too chesty.

[Ryland Adams]

Too chesty.

[Shane]

So, like. And okay, so I have this little, you know, fake shirt. So this shirt's not real. It's like a. What's it called? A doodle. A docky, A doody. A bobby.

[Lizzie]

A fake.

[Ryland Adams]

Well, they used to call themselves. Why are they called what they were back in the day?

[Shane]

A dickie.

[Ryland Adams]

What were they called back in the day? Wife beater. Oh, no, but that's not a wife beater. Oh, but it doesn't have sleeves.

[Shane]

No, this isn't a wife lover.

[Ryland Adams]

A wife lover is so funny.

[Shane]

It's not a wife lover. Well, they called it that because. I actually don't know, but I'm assuming.

[Ryland Adams]

It'S because it's just like a top. Right?

[Shane]

Every character in a movie that wears one is usually not great.

[Ryland Adams]

Well, also in life.

[Shane]

Oh, in life, Really? I guess.

[Lizzie]

No.

[Shane]

Okay. So, yes, this is my dicky. And I was. I was gonna go crazy today and not wear my dicky because I was. I was just like, let me try out my dicky with. With my shirt without my dicky.

[Ryland Adams]

Right.

[Lizzie]

What is the dicky?

[Shane]

So it's this Lizzie.

[Ryland Adams]

Lizzy doesn't. Lizzy wants you to bear the chest hair. She doesn't like buttoning to the top, which calls me, like a. What do you call me when I do that?

[Lizzie]

That prude maybe.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't know. I. We're, like, conservative on the chest hair. Oh, okay.

[Shane]

Right. Well. Okay, so here.

[Ryland Adams]

Can I. No, no, no.

[Shane]

Can I tell you what I did? This is really embarrassing.

[Ryland Adams]

What?

[Shane]

Well, and I. It was an accident because I was just going to, like, cut a little bit of the hair so that, like, if I did do the one button, it wouldn't be, like, disgusting to. Where it was, like, tangled.

[Ryland Adams]

You shaved your chest hair?

[Shane]

So now. Now.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, my God.

[Lizzie]

Oh, it doesn't look the triangle. You ashamed?

[Ryland Adams]

No.

[Shane]

Well, I tried to do a fade.

[Ryland Adams]

It doesn't look bad, but I can imagine when you're shirtless, it's like. And then he has a fade.

[Shane]

I did a fade. I did a fade.

[Ryland Adams]

He has a landing.

[Shane]

So then I got insecure, and I put the dicky back on.

[Ryland Adams]

Yes.

[Shane]

And also, Spencer's birthday's coming up, and I was like, I can't see. I can't have Spencer see me like this on his birthday week the rest of the year.

[Ryland Adams]

Who gives a. Well, we appreciate you trying to bear all for us, even if it went a little wrong.

[Shane]

Just want to let you know that that's why I'm a little insecure.

[Lizzie]

You're not wearing your W, but beater.

[Ryland Adams]

No, he is.

[Shane]

I'm wearing my. I'm wearing.

[Lizzie]

We're calling it a dicky.

[Shane]

No, it's a dicky because it's only this I cut. It's like, crop.

[Lizzie]

He.

[Ryland Adams]

He cut, like, a white T shirt, like, in a crazy way. There's no sleeves. He cut the sleeves and he made it, like a crop top. That way it didn't come, though.

[Shane]

But that's.

[Ryland Adams]

We'll do that for, like, turtlenecks.

[Lizzie]

No.

[Shane]

And we had somebody at the house today, and Jet, like, reached out and unbuttoned one of my buttons, and my, like, stomach popped out, and it was one of the most humiliating moments of my life.

[Ryland Adams]

A nightmare scenario once again, on Spencer's birthday week.

[Shane]

We're not letting this happen.

[Ryland Adams]

What are we trying here? When I go through the drive through.

[Shane]

Can I say this? Spencer's birthday week is my new. Not on Pride, not on Spencer's birthday week. And then when Morgan gets here to. It's going to be not on Morgan's birthday week.

[Ryland Adams]

Right.

[Shane]

Period.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay. So I would like to be prepared when I go through.

[Lizzie]

Listen to what he says.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, I know, but like, where can I find what I'm ordering?

[Shane]

Oh, right. Okay. So. Hey, guys, Mountain Dew has a brand new flavor exclusively at Taco Bell. And this flavor is called Midnight Madness. Is that what it is?

[Lizzie]

Midnight Madness, when they release the zombie apocalypse upon the earth.

[Shane]

Okay, honestly, this is scary though, because. Okay, so they announced this flavor, right? The Midnight Madness. I think it's called something else.

[Ryland Adams]

New Midnight Dew Baja Midnight.

[Shane]

Okay, let me just sleep.

[Ryland Adams]

I'm so dyslexic. I'm dyslexic. You're just so excited to say midnight. New Mountain Dew Baja Midnight.

[Shane]

Okay, let me just say this. So they announced this flavor and everybody was like, oh my God, something bad's gonna happen. Because every time Mountain Dew announces a flavor, something bad happens in the world. And this goes back years. I'm not gonna get fully into it cuz I don't want to trigger or get demonetized. But like, they have announced certain flavors that have connected to like, tragedies in the world.

[Ryland Adams]

It's very scary.

[Shane]

Like hurricanes. Like, it's. It's pretty crazy.

[Ryland Adams]

So why are they doing it at all?

[Shane]

Because Mountain Dew wants that money, baby.

[Ryland Adams]

What are you talking about?

[Shane]

So, no, this is just a theory. I don't think Mountain Dew is doing this on purp.

[Lizzie]

I will say is coincidence.

[Shane]

They announced his flavor and everybody online was, we've got something bad's happening. Something bad's happening. It comes out today. Something bad's going to happen. And then Spencer was like, have you seen all this with the bunnies, the rabbits?

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah. That is disgusting.

[Shane]

And it's starting in Colorado. The bunnies are growing tentacles in Colorado. What do you mean? And Spencer, pull up a picture. It's crazy. Like, I don't know if we'll have service here, but the bunnies are all growing these tentacles, these crazy, like, tarantula legs all over them. It looks very much like the last of us when. When animals started growing things. But it's starting with the bunnies. And then, and then the government, everybody's getting involved, being like, guys, it's fine. The bunnies are just growing this thing. It's like, it's not a big deal.

[Ryland Adams]

And they're like, don't worry. They're not going to spread anything onto you if they bite you. And they're like, well, do you know anything about it? And everyone's like, no, we don't.

[Shane]

I'm just saying maybe at midnight, baby, the bunny is that. That's going to translate. We're going to have tentacles. I don't know what's happening, but it feels like an apocalypse is coming. People aren't taking it seriously.

[Ryland Adams]

The good portion of this is the screenshot you sent me of this collaboration at Taco bell was at 11. 11. Whoa. Okay, so is there a food item with this or.

[Shane]

No, I think Taco Bell does have a few new food things, but yes, the main thing that we need to try is this Taco Bell midnight. We need to try it before midnight, baby.

[Lizzie]

Can you give us tentacles?

[Ryland Adams]

Do we want it as the freeze or just the original?

[Shane]

We should get both versions, maybe.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, wow. Wait. The bunny pictures are terrifying, right? It really is crazy. And they have no explanation as to why this is happening.

[Shane]

They said it's like it's some sort of growth that they're saying isn't. It's not bad. And it's not hurting the bunnies. And I'm like, really?

[Ryland Adams]

It's hurting me.

[Shane]

It's hurting me. Well, what if it keeps going? What if it just keeps getting bigger? And then what if it jumps to another animal?

[Ryland Adams]

And what if they bite your dog and then it jumps to the.

[Shane]

Don't get started.

[Ryland Adams]

And it bites the human? And so the human, they don't know, but they're like, it's not transferable.

[Lizzie]

Well, how can you say that if.

[Ryland Adams]

You don't know exactly? Well, that's what all the comments are saying. They're just saying to calm us down. It. It happened in Fort Collins in Colorado.

[Shane]

I had to turn the air.

[Ryland Adams]

That's fine. They'll have to deal with the air.

[Lizzie]

No, we need that.

[Ryland Adams]

Do you have more controls back there?

[Lizzie]

You do the Lord's work, Shane. I'm dying.

[Ryland Adams]

Thank you. Did. Did this all start at midnight?

[Shane]

Maybe, or is it gonna end at midnight?

[Lizzie]

Oh, no.

[Shane]

See what I did?

[Ryland Adams]

So how many of these do we want?

[Shane]

I personally. I'll just try yours.

[Ryland Adams]

I want.

[Shane]

I. I personally, for my mental health health, I need a Mountain Dew Baja Blast zero. Just like. Just like a reg large.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, my gosh. Look at how crazy they're going with the promotion. Wait, no, thanks. Good. How are you? Could I get three small Mountain Dew midnights? Can I get three of the regular and three of the slushies, all small.

[Lizzie]

Okay.

[Shane]

A large Mountain Dew Baja Blast 0.

[Ryland Adams]

A Large Mountain Dew Baja Blast 0.

[Shane]

Chipotle Ranch Steak burrito.

[Ryland Adams]

A Chipotle ranch steak burrito.

[Shane]

Cheesy melt steak burrito.

[Ryland Adams]

A cheesy melt steak burrito with chicken.

[Shane]

Oh, the.

[Ryland Adams]

The.

[Shane]

The cinnabite that you.

[Ryland Adams]

We haven't moved on from the last ones.

[Shane]

I don't know. I'm stressing out.

[Ryland Adams]

Sorry. I can't. Which kind of burrito?

[Shane]

The Chipotle ranch steak burrito.

[Ryland Adams]

What? I literally can't hear. I can't hear you. I'm sorry. Cinnamon delights. What do you guys want?

[Shane]

Let's go say thank you.

[Lizzie]

I'll take a number nine.

[Ryland Adams]

I've never had an issue where I literally can't hear. We got the midnight. Wow. It looks cool. What's the flavor?

[Lizzie]

It's a lavender haze with UBE.

[Shane]

Zero.

[Ryland Adams]

Could I get the Baja Blast zero too? The large. That was the worst fast food drive through experience I've ever had. And we've come to this Taco Bell maybe 15 times and had a blasty blast. Yes. That was awesome. All right. And here we are with our midnight Baja Blasted Blastes. I literally. I don't know what the flavor profile is. I don't think that they.

[Shane]

I don't think they tell you.

[Ryland Adams]

Really. It's just a mystery.

[Lizzie]

I told you, it's lavender.

[Ryland Adams]

Ube. I hope not. We've been having too much ube. We've been having too much UBE lately and it's not my favorite profile.

[Shane]

Too many ube.

[Ryland Adams]

Here's another one for you guys. Okay. Are we gonna try the regular first? Just so we really can get the taste profile? Yeah. Yeah. All right.

[Shane]

Well, I think. Yeah, I think so. Oh, it's pretty.

[Lizzie]

Lavender ube. Oh, lavender ube.

[Ryland Adams]

If you didn't know it was purple, it almost just tastes like the regular.

[Lizzie]

Close your eyes.

[Ryland Adams]

It. Oh, it's grape.

[Lizzie]

Oh, hell yeah, it's grape.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't like grape things.

[Lizzie]

I don't care.

[Ryland Adams]

Yuck.

[Shane]

I like it.

[Ryland Adams]

I like it.

[Shane]

Oh, I love it.

[Ryland Adams]

Mmm. Wait, you like grape? End of the world it doesn't.

[Shane]

Bring it on.

[Ryland Adams]

Come on, Triana bunnies.

[Lizzie]

How did you find the grape?

[Ryland Adams]

I like it a lot, but close your eyes. You don't taste the grape unless you close your eyes.

[Lizzie]

Is the grape an aftertaste?

[Shane]

Why would you have to close your eyes? It's purple. Wouldn't the purple help?

[Lizzie]

Do you taste the grape?

[Shane]

Yeah. Let me see if this is zero. Because I feel like it's not.

[Ryland Adams]

The freeze is better.

[Shane]

Did they spit in this?

[Ryland Adams]

The freeze is always better.

[Shane]

Do you think they spit in this?

[Ryland Adams]

No. I watched Hermit Quilt. You did?

[Shane]

I promise.

[Ryland Adams]

Freezes better. We had a rough time at the drive thru. Just better. Way better. Especially on a summer day. It's like. It's just way more refreshing.

[Shane]

Is this diet? You just have to make a decision for yourself. Why is it so much better?

[Ryland Adams]

I can't tell. Wow, these are so carbonated. In a good way.

[Shane]

But is it okay? But is it diet?

[Ryland Adams]

I honestly can't tell. After all of this. You might have to ask Spencer. That's a problem.

[Lizzie]

I mean, it's better, but what is it?

[Ryland Adams]

What?

[Lizzie]

Freeze. I don't taste the grape. Like I'm not sure the grape is in the middle.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't think you're. Well, no. I'm dying back here.

[Lizzie]

It's a hundred bazillion degrees.

[Shane]

I hate. I don't like the freeze.

[Ryland Adams]

Really? The freeze is way better. Hey, different strokes for different folks.

[Lizzie]

Thank you.

[Shane]

I don't love the freeze. It kind of tastes like medicine. Yes, it tastes those little lollipop the bears that help your throat.

[Lizzie]

Well, that's not grape.

[Ryland Adams]

It's medicine. It's grape cough syrup. I always hate grape flavored anything.

[Shane]

I forgot my. Not my diet coke, my diet soda.

[Ryland Adams]

Detectors detect.

[Shane]

I have detectors now where you put the stick in and it tells you if it's diet irregular. Damn it. I forgot them.

[Ryland Adams]

Well, I feel like everyone's in a bad mood in the car, so let's just finish now.

[Shane]

Spencer's birthday week.

[Ryland Adams]

Let's get the food at the. You're not allowed to be in a bad mood now. This week that part everyone's hot and miserable.

[Shane]

It's very hot.

[Ryland Adams]

So we're just gonna take the food back to the office.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Ryland Adams]

Do you wanna know what it says the flavor is? Yes, I would love to. It says that it's the classic tropical lime taste of Baja Blast, but with passion fruit. Liars, bullshit and lies.

[Lizzie]

Also, why would it be purple if it's passionate passion fruit?

[Shane]

For Spencer's birthday week, I asked them. It's one of my favorite. I do love purple. Oh, you do like purple. You have purple shoes. You should have worn them for the Baja Blast day.

[Ryland Adams]

Can you hold this or we'll say goodbye? Oh, okay, you guys, we'll see you at the office. We're gonna try some food that maybe not might not be new.

[Shane]

Well, I also. I also don't know if he knew what we were asking for. I also realized they have these new Cinna Dolce de Leche Cinnabites. But unfortunately, as you were trying to order them, I remember they were online only, and I feel like that was confusing to him.

[Lizzie]

So we probably just didn't get them.

[Shane]

So we probably got Cinna Twist.

[Lizzie]

But they really spent so much time discussing this.

[Shane]

Yes. I also don't know if the. If the steak burrito is new. It said new, but I feel like I've heard about it before.

[Ryland Adams]

I may or may have not have eaten it already.

[Lizzie]

I think we've had the chicken, and.

[Ryland Adams]

I think it is new.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Lizzie]

But we loved it. We like. Like the Chicken Ranch. Something was life changing. Like, we all loved it so much.

[Shane]

Unfortunately, we can never go back to that Taco Bell again. Which is unfortunate because it's my favorite one because Rylan kept saying what I couldn't.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't think that's rude. I couldn't hear him. Okay.

[Shane]

I think there might be. I have a hearing test scheduled for a couple weeks from now. Maybe you can join.

[Ryland Adams]

You could hear him?

[Shane]

I could.

[Ryland Adams]

Could. Well, then you should have started ordering.

[Shane]

I'm in the passenger seat.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, my God, girl. Okay, we'll see you at the office.

[Shane]

See you there. Okay. Are you guys ready for the big moment? I have my diet tester. Thank you, by the way, to the chuggers in the chat who gave me this idea.

[Ryland Adams]

It was the chuggers.

[Shane]

I think it was somebody who's in both chats. Okay, so how you do it is.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, this is ridiculous. Can I solve this problem for you, actually? What do you mean? I have a solution.

[Shane]

So here's the what I do because I'm so afraid of rings in the office seven days, I put a paper towel, and then I postmated rubber bands, and I put the rubber band so that now it's like this. But it also kind of looks like a ghost. For spooky season, my cozy.

[Ryland Adams]

Something I never expected to do.

[Shane]

This seems so fake. But this is not fake.

[Ryland Adams]

He literally. Well, no, I saw. I brought this to show everyone today. And then when he was.

[Shane]

Now it's a ghost.

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah. Oh, my gosh. And then when I saw his crazy scheme. We actually have seen. Cover your face. No, Elizabeth, you too.

[Shane]

These are so cute.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, so you just have to cover your face or it won't focus on it. Look how gorgeous.

[Lizzie]

Oh, the merch.

[Ryland Adams]

Yes. I didn't even know this is something that we were gonna execute on. It was the company's idea. Oh, my gosh.

[Lizzie]

That is so cute.

[Ryland Adams]

Cute.

[Lizzie]

Is it bright spot.

[Shane]

That is.

[Ryland Adams]

It will be. Oh, it will be.

[Shane]

That is precious.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, that's so sick.

[Shane]

Wait, this replaces this. Oh, I love it.

[Ryland Adams]

So you can put your, like, ice cream tub in it or your big drink or so, like, it's not cold.

[Lizzie]

Your ice cream tub that you eat out of.

[Ryland Adams]

Yes.

[Lizzie]

Do they know me?

[Ryland Adams]

You're merch.

[Lizzie]

Well, they spelled my name wrong the first time.

[Shane]

If this turns brown. Brown because it's blue. If it turns brown, that means that this is not diet.

[Lizzie]

Can you test my Mexican pizza next?

[Shane]

It's staying blue.

[Ryland Adams]

This is only facial, focus, rubber band. It's like.

[Lizzie]

Why is it like that?

[Shane]

Is it staying blue? It's staying blue.

[Ryland Adams]

That's blue.

[Shane]

Ladies, we're dying.

[Lizzie]

Yes.

[Shane]

What a day. Oh, this is exciting.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, so what food items did we even end up getting?

[Lizzie]

Of course I get them.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, yeah. Yeah. How's your Mexican pizza?

[Lizzie]

Almost done.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, shoot. This is the sip. Sip. I didn't even mean to show you guys the koozies.

[Chris]

Good.

[Lizzie]

I don't know.

[Ryland Adams]

This is the after sip.

[Shane]

Oh, wait.

[Ryland Adams]

Because you're.

[Shane]

No, you should shut.

[Ryland Adams]

So whatever. I know you guys get mad when I talk about the Patreon, but on the Patreon, we've been documenting, creating the merchandise that we're going to soon be selling. I mean. Yes. So now you know.

[Lizzie]

Cat's out of the bag.

[Shane]

But the merch won't just be for Patreon.

[Ryland Adams]

No, There will be one Patreon exclusive item, and then the rest is for everyone to consume. And it is sip specific. So it's for the podcast.

[Shane]

Yes.

[Lizzie]

I think they did do it.

[Ryland Adams]

They did.

[Lizzie]

They did a Civic.

[Shane]

Well, you only have two. So these are the dolce de leche cinnabis.

[Ryland Adams]

Wait, they executed correctly on this.

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I can say I bite and see if it's. See if it works. The melty steak burrito and the chipotle steak burrito.

[Ryland Adams]

Wait, these just look regular to me. Yeah, probably.

[Shane]

I was thinking lady in the Tramp.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, my gosh. Why do they smell like popcorn?

[Shane]

Nope. I lied, Spencer.

[Lizzie]

So there's nothing in there.

[Shane]

They smell like meat.

[Ryland Adams]

They smell like popcorn.

[Shane]

No, they smell like meat.

[Lizzie]

No, that's me.

[Shane]

Oh.

[Lizzie]

Oh, wait.

[Ryland Adams]

They smell like popcorn.

[Lizzie]

It smells like breakfast sausage.

[Ryland Adams]

Yes.

[Lizzie]

It's making me feel shaky in the sides, on the insides. Do you know what I'm saying? Within the sides of my body on the interior.

[Shane]

Okay, I'm going to squish this one. Open and see if it's in a. Oh, it's in your leg.

[Lizzie]

She's a cream puff.

[Ryland Adams]

You can have one too, Chris.

[Shane]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Lizzie]

What's in it?

[Shane]

You can have dulce de leche.

[Ryland Adams]

You guys can all have one.

[Lizzie]

And Shane and I, Chris loves dulce de leche. I. You, you go.

[Shane]

Oh, I like the regular butter.

[Lizzie]

I'm.

[Ryland Adams]

Wait.

[Lizzie]

Because if you.

[Shane]

I like the regular butter, I'm not.

[Lizzie]

Going to enjoy it.

[Shane]

It's good. It's good.

[Ryland Adams]

It's everything I like. I will like it.

[Shane]

I like the regular better.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh no, I like the. Oh no, I like the regular. No thank you.

[Shane]

I'm just stuck in my ways.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh no, no. Ah. Oh. Okay. I love it actually. But I thought it was going to be like dripping, pouring do and instead it's like. I don't know, it's. It's a little.

[Lizzie]

Doesn't dulce de leche mean it has to be dripping?

[Ryland Adams]

I thought so cuz it's like that ser. Like not serious but the condensed thing.

[Shane]

It tastes like grandma's butterscotch pudding. If you know, you know.

[Ryland Adams]

I like it though personally a lot. What should I cut this up like a sushi roll?

[Shane]

Cutting Taco Bell Like a sushi roll is wedding coated?

[Ryland Adams]

No.

[Lizzie]

Oh my God.

[Ryland Adams]

Honestly, that is a good. You know how at Costco you can buy the wraps like that? The stacked wraps. Stacked Taco Bell burritos.

[Shane]

I love making Spencer laugh on his birthday week.

[Ryland Adams]

Because that is exactly.

[Shane]

Would be like.

[Ryland Adams]

Our wedding's gonna be a little different this year.

[Lizzie]

We're serving Taco Bell sushi.

[Shane]

Wait, why is it a good idea? I know she loves sushi.

[Ryland Adams]

So you can find her. My friend's got married at the Taco Bell cantina in Vegas and it was so cool because they were saying things like you're the cheese to her gordita crunch and like it was so funny and cute. I actually loved it. You went. Yeah. Nice presentation. Here's my rules of regulation for a taste test like this.

[Shane]

I just had to get it up in there.

[Ryland Adams]

The sushi.

[Shane]

We should get a little dipping sauce thing and pour the sauce.

[Ryland Adams]

You know what I mean? Yeah.

[Shane]

Like as if it's soy sauce.

[Ryland Adams]

It's like a train. It's a taste test train. Take your bite and then you filter. You give your review and then the next person.

[Lizzie]

Spencer, literally, they did not give a diablo.

[Shane]

Oh, they didn't give you diablo sauce on your birthday week? Too bad you're not single.

[Ryland Adams]

Well, good, good news. I am.

[Shane]

Too bad you're not single. That's weird, right? That's a weird thing to put on a hot sauce package.

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah, that sounds like a creepy.

[Shane]

So what if I did?

[Lizzie]

Sure, why not?

[Shane]

Ooh. It's a secret. This is all about having an affair.

[Ryland Adams]

By the way, this is a response to too bad you're not single.

[Lizzie]

All right, everyone getting a line.

[Shane]

That's pretty.

[Ryland Adams]

It looks delicious. Oh, it's focusing on Spencer cuz he's beautiful. It's. Wow. Okay.

[Lizzie]

That burrito bite reminds you of Spencer. Is that what you said?

[Ryland Adams]

And it's focusing on Spencer cuz he's beautiful. Is he designing a camera that only focuses on beauty? Wow. It's great. It's really good.

[Lizzie]

What is it?

[Ryland Adams]

Nobody knows. It's a little spicy. It feels like there's chipotle. Maybe chipotle in here, but delicious.

[Lizzie]

So maybe it's the ranch chicken. What's the vibe, Spence?

[Ryland Adams]

Not chicken. Let me see. Steak.

[Shane]

It's steak.

[Ryland Adams]

It's chipotle. It would be the steak. Cheesy melt burrito.

[Lizzie]

All right. My name is Liz and I brought the past life trauma.

[Shane]

Oh, we should have done that.

[Ryland Adams]

We can. For the next one we say our.

[Shane]

Most traumatic childhood story and then we eat. Okay.

[Lizzie]

My dad's a lot more.

[Ryland Adams]

Right, right, right. You eat the end. Okay.

[Shane]

This is like a weird thing about me. I like the end piece.

[Lizzie]

Oh, no.

[Ryland Adams]

He literally every time we get burritos, he just cuts off the end and eats that.

[Shane]

Also, do I want to try fire? I usually do. Hot. Am I being crazy?

[Ryland Adams]

It's really good. It is good. They did it again.

[Lizzie]

Oops.

[Shane]

Oh, I feel like you guys are putting it on.

[Lizzie]

Yeah, I'm not that moved by you.

[Ryland Adams]

Just were back there raving about it.

[Shane]

I think it's fine. I don't think it's great. It's honestly could be better. It could be saucier. Usually they have some kind of really fun sauce in there. I'm not tasting it. I'm sorry.

[Lizzie]

It's a little tart.

[Shane]

I was at the end of the train and now I won't leave.

[Ryland Adams]

I don't have a complaint if I'm being honest.

[Shane]

It's fine.

[Lizzie]

Like I'll finish.

[Shane]

Was cut very nicely.

[Ryland Adams]

I guess the tartness is. Throws you off a little tartness. There's a tang. There's a tang. Whatever sauce is on it is tangy. So what's the other one?

[Lizzie]

No one knows.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh. Oh.

[Shane]

The other one is steak. Chipotle, ranch burrito.

[Ryland Adams]

Are you trying to find what we just.

[Shane]

There's also a steak Cheesy Melt burrito.

[Ryland Adams]

I think it looks also Cheesy Melt might be better.

[Shane]

They also just call it a burr.

[Lizzie]

It looks like they might have just.

[Ryland Adams]

Given us two of the same. Really?

[Lizzie]

Yeah.

[Shane]

No, that one looks different. There's cheese.

[Ryland Adams]

Your mouth.

[Shane]

I see.

[Ryland Adams]

Oh, yeah. The more cheese, the better for me. So you start.

[Shane]

It's like a home goods sign. Traumatic story.

[Lizzie]

Okay. Hi. My name is Lizzie, and when I was a young warthog, my dad forgot me at soccer practice. Like, literally forgot I existed at soccer practice and never came.

[Ryland Adams]

Who took you home?

[Lizzie]

The soccer coach. Waited for, like, three hours, and it was the 90s, so no one had cell phones yet. And then eventually, after the sunset, my dad did show up.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay, guard.

[Shane]

Can I keep this, by the way? Because I use. Can I keep this?

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah. Oh, the whole thing. Wow. It's, like, barbecuey. Oh. Is it better or worse than the last one?

[Lizzie]

Emotionally, the same trauma.

[Ryland Adams]

This. Oh, we were talking about Hufflepuff. When I found out I was a Hufflepuff, I was devastated. I wanted to be a Gryffindor. I thought they were the cool Bryce ones. But then, as time went on, much like being gay when I found out, not happy. Devastated. Actually. Trauma there. And now I've accepted both.

[Lizzie]

It wasn't when you thought mouse most.

[Shane]

Helpful pups are gay.

[Ryland Adams]

Wow. That is the most traumatic thing. You're right.

[Chris]

Thanks for bringing it back up, lizard.

[Lizzie]

You just kept calling it your 13th reason, which seems pretty extreme.

[Ryland Adams]

No, I felt that way. How do you like the burrito? I kind of in focus. No, it's delicious.

[Shane]

It's pretty.

[Ryland Adams]

I like it more. I like it more than the last one.

[Shane]

It's delicious.

[Ryland Adams]

Okay. Spencer. Birthday boy.

[Shane]

Hi, my name's Spencer.

[Ryland Adams]

And when I had my first kiss, she pulled back and said, that was it. Oh, my God.

[Lizzie]

A lot of women feel that way.

[Ryland Adams]

Was it her first kiss, too? No, no. Cause she had stuff to compare it to, and it was bad compared to that.

[Lizzie]

Aw.

[Ryland Adams]

Cheers. Have you recovered? Clearly not.

[Shane]

Wow.

[Lizzie]

It's better. But you don't like it either, right? If you prefer.

[Ryland Adams]

If you prefer spicy, the other one's better. This one's not spicy, but it's delicious. This one has more of that cheese in it, which is so good.

[Shane]

It tastes like.

[Ryland Adams]

It has, like, a. Like a cilantro, like, sauce. Okay.

[Shane]

Got my end piece. Thank you guys for saving this for me. Okay, do I do fire again? I guess I do. Or is that just adjusting the flavor?

[Lizzie]

I don't know.

[Shane]

Too bad you're not single. Okay, my trauma. Have I already told the story about when I ate too much butter from the movie theater?

[Lizzie]

Is that possible?

[Shane]

Did I tell you that one?

[Ryland Adams]

Is this. Before people were eating sticks of butter.

[Shane]

I was ahead the curve. So when I was, like, 12 or.

[Ryland Adams]

No.

[Shane]

Whenever Castaway came out, we went to see Castaway, and we got buttered popcorn, and we got extra butter, and then we, like, spread out the popcorn in, like, cardboard boxes, and then we buttered our own popcorn, and I. Because it was free butter, I just went crazy, crazy, crazy. Because we usually never had that. But for some reason that night, my mom was feeling crazy, so she got popcorn, and I ate way too much of it. And then for literally three hours, I was. This is a lot, so cover your ears if you're eating. I was farting butter, and butter was spraying out of my eyes.

[Lizzie]

It's not butter. It's partially dehydrationated soybean oil.

[Shane]

I was farting the partially dehydrated soybean oil oil, and it was so bad that I had. My mom told me to take my pants off, get in the bathtub, get it on all fours, and just get it out, baby. Get it out, baby. So now I'm farting, and I was crying because I thought I was dying. I thought it was leaking, and it was like, butter, butter, butter, butter. And then Jared walks in, and he just starts scream. Laughing. He cannot stop laughing.

[Lizzie]

He needed privacy.

[Shane]

Well, no, because I was. When something like that happens, my shame goes away, and I want all everybody holding my hands when I'm throwing up. Rylan's holding my hand. I'm so scared. So at this point, I'm farting away from everyone. I'm literally, like, on all fours, pantsless, but. And I'm, like, 12, but I'm, like, farting, like, away, so people are only seeing my face, and they're seeing the butter squirt on the walls of the shower. So. And then my mom starts crying. She's praying. And then Jared. And then at a certain point, I was like, we need to go. So we went to the ER because we were like, oh, he's having a reaction. He must be allergic. And the doctor was just like, how much did you eat? We were like, a lot. And he's like, yeah, your body can't actually process that, because, like, she said, it's not real, so just give it the night. And I was fine.

[Lizzie]

Well, what's crazy is we used to do shots of it when I Worked at the movie theater, like, as a competition, and no one ever farted butter.

[Shane]

Well, you didn't do enough, right? No one asked for hands while they.

[Lizzie]

Farted butter in a bath.

[Shane]

I'll hold. I'll hold hands with you if.

[Ryland Adams]

Good answer.

[Lizzie]

Good answer. Rylan, did you show your trauma?

[Ryland Adams]

No. And I'm really trying to rack my brain as to what my trauma could be.

[Shane]

I'm very underwhelmed.

[Ryland Adams]

I feel like I was creating the trauma.

[Lizzie]

Was that scabies?

[Ryland Adams]

I was the one. I mean, yes, but that wasn't really my childhood. But I think my. Yeah, my most traumatic week was living with scabies. And other than that, I was probably creating the trauma for possibly my brother, because when he would push my buttons, I'd pull the knife. Oh, yeah, you were the trauma.

[Lizzie]

Yeah, I bet there is trauma, but it's just blacked out for him.

[Ryland Adams]

It's juicy. Yeah, I think. Yeah, I think that's what my brain does.

[Lizzie]

We hypnotize you and go deep.

[Ryland Adams]

I would do ayahuasca to, like.

[Shane]

No.

[Ryland Adams]

Think about my childhood. Just once. Just once.

[Lizzie]

Do you know that part of it is, like, vomiting a bunch of. A bunch?

[Ryland Adams]

Yeah. It's a real cleanse. It's yucky. It's like. They call it the movie theater butter.

[Shane]

They call it the castaway experience.

[Lizzie]

When I first started working at the movie theater, they told me that at the end of the night, we had, like, hot dog eating competitions to see who could finish all the leftover hot dogs. And so my first night, they're like, well, it was technically my second night because the first night, I went home in an ambulance. Different story, different time. And I picked up the hot dogs and just started cramping them in my mouth.

[Ryland Adams]

And they all started laughing at me.

[Lizzie]

And they're like, we got you, you stupid. And I was like, oh, is that.

[Ryland Adams]

Why they call you Glizzy? Lizzy.

[Shane]

Might start.

[Lizzie]

I love that.

[Ryland Adams]

Wow. I think that burrito was pretty bad, actually. I thought it was trash.

[Shane]

I think Taco Bell steak sucks. I like their ground beef or whatever.

[Lizzie]

Their ground beef, they're staples, like an OG's Taco Supreme.

[Shane]

Oh, where'd that come from?

[Ryland Adams]

She got a number. She. She went the only one to squeeze that one up.

[Lizzie]

You want me to? I will.

[Ryland Adams]

I'm ordering real food for everyone to eat. Real food. Well, I just mean we didn't get a chance. The drive thru is so hectic and chaotic.

[Shane]

What did you get?

[Ryland Adams]

Well, I'm. I'm in the process of ordering the sand.

[Shane]

You didn't press order yet?

[Ryland Adams]

No, I have. No, no. Because I haven't. Okay you guys, I hope you enjoyed the sip. This food portion was very chaotic for very many reasons but I hope you enjoyed. Make sure you wish Spencer out. Happy birthday.

[Chris]

Happy birthday.

[Shane]

Happy birthday. Happy happy birthday. It's expensive. It's expensive to be Spencer.

[Ryland Adams]

You want to give him a birthday gift? Slide into our DMs.

[Shane]

What?

[Ryland Adams]

I just mean like what if there's somebody that wants to have sex with him today? Oh why did you?

[Lizzie]

Why do you want to drink exchange today?

[Ryland Adams]

Only offer, only sins. It's his birthday. Alright you guys thank you so much for watching the sip. We love you very much. We'll see you next week. Goodbye. And that's the sip.

[Lizzie]

Bye guys.

[Shane]

Do you not say bye guys?

[Ryland Adams]

No.

[Shane]

Bye guys.