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Jackie
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Olivia
It's Jackson Claude, and we're your host.
Jackie
It's your biggest, favorite show. The Fast 5 things you need to know. We'll start your day off Swirly.
Olivia
It's the Toast.
Jackie
I sound amazing.
Ben
Good morning, Millennials, and welcome back to the Toast. It's Friday. That feels like a Tuesday. That feels like a Wednesday, and we are here in studio. My name is Claudia.
Olivia
By the way. We didn't practice our Good morning, Millennials, but I thought we did a pretty good job.
Ben
Good morning, Millennials.
Olivia
Like, I held the good, like, one second longer than you.
Ben
You just held the good.
Olivia
A Good morning, Millennials.
Ben
That was beautiful, Liv.
Olivia
Thank you. By the way, I heard your wicked run the other day.
Ben
You liked that? My.
Olivia
I don't know if I liked it.
Ben
What's it called?
Olivia
A run.
Ben
A run.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
Yeah. Which is, like.
Olivia
It wasn't really about the noises that came out of your mouth, more about, like, the eyes bulging out of your head.
Ben
The fact that that's a term like a run. Like, no, the runs are, like, when you have, like, way too much cheese and you have to stop on the side of the road.
Olivia
That's what it means for you.
Ben
That's a moonstruck moment. That's a. A moonstruck moment.
Olivia
Well, we are so happy to be here today in lieu of our girlies, Jackson, Claude.
Ben
And for people who are listening and they're like, what the hell is going on here? Neither Jackie nor Claudia are here.
Olivia
Is this the first time they've ever not done the toast?
Jackie
Yeah.
Ben
Yeah. I was thinking that it's the first time that both of them have not done the toast, which makes sense because.
Olivia
It'S their show, but also, that's actually amazing for them, like.
Ben
No, it is. It is. Absolutely.
Olivia
Must be, like, episode, like, 500, you.
Ben
Know, this is a very, very special day. No, totally rare, rare occasion. I'm just gonna hawk everything I have.
Olivia
Oh, my God. I can't wait to see what you're gonna bring, Spritz.
Ben
Good. Guys, we're just gonna load up.
Olivia
It's already all here.
Ben
We're gonna load it up. No, but this is gonna be a wonderful, special episode. Live from Florida. It's so gorgeous out.
Olivia
So gorgeous.
Ben
So beautiful. Last time we celebrated Jackie's birthday, it.
Olivia
Was so beautiful, right? Yeah. It was such a nice night.
Ben
Like, really the best night.
Olivia
I would love to. And by the way, I think people actually thought that either you or I cooked the meal.
Ben
Well, no, for whatever reason, I wasn't asked to cook the meal.
Olivia
No, because you wanted to be, like, an enjoyable participant.
Ben
No, no, I would have cooked the meal. Happily, I would have cooked. I'm not gonna lie, Olivia. I would have cooked the meal better.
Olivia
Oh, okay, don't.
Ben
I really feel I would have cooked the meal better. But tell people about the meal. No.
Olivia
We had such a beautiful night. We, like, had a chef come to the house. We had a beautiful family dinner. It was so delicious, so divine. So just, like, it was such a Hamish night, you know? It was a beautiful night, and it was just, like, so, like, sweet and delicious, and it was so wonderful to together. And, like, honestly, I just do feel, like, a little bit, like, on a cloud today because I'm like, what a lovely night we had last night.
Ben
You know, last night was beautiful and, like, the kids were just, like, running around.
Olivia
The kids were having the best time.
Ben
And they have, like, all of their horses, and they're just like, horse. Like fake horses, not real horses. They're like, yeah, but they're, like, running around the house. And it was just, like, super sweet and so sweet.
Olivia
It was beautiful.
Ben
And the meal was beautiful.
Olivia
Beautiful.
Ben
But, Olivia, what didn't you like? I thought the chicken was dry.
Olivia
Oh, my God.
Ben
How dry was that chicken?
Olivia
I thought the chicken was good.
Ben
Olivia, as somebody who makes a really moist chicken and a moist turkey, well, it's because you can identify a dry chicken from a moist chicken.
Olivia
It's because it just wasn't, like, with the sauce and the veggies that normally, like, we all usually cook it all together. It was sort of, like, standalone.
Ben
I think it's important not to lie. I think it's very important. I think it's very important to talk about when food is delicious. Okay.
Olivia
I thought it was a delicious meal. I did. I actually really liked the chicken. But, like, if you eat the chicken with the mashed potatoes and put a little dressing from the sal, take a bite all together, then you don't have, like, just a piece of dry chicken.
Ben
Totally. But it was dry chicken. You agree? Good. Okay. What about the fish?
Olivia
I actually didn't have the fish.
Ben
Okay. It was a little bit fishy.
Olivia
I Heard that you said that, and. But by the way, that was up for debate, so.
Ben
No, it wasn't up for debate. It was up, but now let's discuss the things that were amazing. Okay.
Olivia
The mashed potatoes were so unbelievably good. I'm literally still dreaming about them. I want somebody to bring them over to my house tonight so I don't have to make a side.
Ben
These were like, Hillstone left.
Olivia
And now, by the way, are you gonna come. Are you gonna come on the toaster on Good guys, Monday morning and critique my meal tonight?
Ben
No. I would never tell you your meal's gonna be delicious no matter what.
Olivia
You would never tell me. Why wouldn't you?
Ben
Because you worked so hard.
Olivia
No, but I like the feedback. I like to know, like, what people liked and didn't like. Does it have too much salt? Does it have too much pepper?
Ben
Normally. I normally love all of your food. I really.
Olivia
I love your food, too.
Ben
I really do.
Olivia
Yeah. But I do. I would like for you to give me feedback where you could say, this isn't my favorite.
Ben
Okay, fine.
Olivia
Yeah. I can very much accept that. I feel like that's what makes us better cooked.
Ben
I'll give you one single critique right now.
Olivia
Let's hear it.
Ben
I think that sometimes when you make schnitzel, your chicken's too thin.
Olivia
I think I would agree with that. It's because I'm baking in the oven and I'm not frying it so it doesn't get the juice from the oil. I do hear that.
Ben
So perhaps make it a little bit thicker.
Olivia
Yeah. Sometimes I buy it pre cut that way already, you know?
Ben
Yeah. No. Oh, you buy the thinnies?
Olivia
Buy the thinnies, yeah.
Ben
It's their problem. They're making it too thin.
Olivia
By the way, that's an incredibly fair piece of feedback. I understand. It's not the way that you cook.
Ben
It, it's the way that you're buying it.
Olivia
Yeah, I hear that. I hear that.
Ben
I buy a thicker piece. Okay. The carrots. Divine.
Olivia
Divine all of this. The pita.
Ben
This man.
Olivia
Olivia, the pita was so great.
Ben
This man took vegetables and made them fattening. And let me tell you, there's nothing I love more than a fattening vegetable.
Olivia
I mean, totally, Mr. Mayo.
Ben
Just so good. Drenched in honey, sugar.
Olivia
I thought the meal was so unbelievable. I loved it.
Ben
And Jackie has. I've never noticed this. She has the world's. I think this is in the Guinness Book of World Records. The world's largest lazy Susan.
Olivia
Yeah, she does.
Ben
It it is 6ft.
Olivia
It's a really big tall by 6ft.
Ben
It is. The table's enormous. But did you know that they made lazy Susans that big?
Olivia
I mean, I would imagine that they do in order to, like, fit different sized tables.
Ben
I've never seen a lazy Susan that big.
Olivia
I mean, how many lazy Susans do you see?
Ben
I see smaller lazy Susans. I see a ton.
Olivia
Who is a lazy Susan that you don't?
Ben
I have a small lazy Susan.
Olivia
Oh, you do?
Ben
It's small? Yes. It's like.
Olivia
It's really cute.
Ben
It's like this big. I don't really.
Olivia
It's like a plate that's.
Ben
It's basically a plate that spins. You're so right. It's maybe not a lazy Susan. It's just a plate.
Olivia
No, Susan is, like, part of her table. Do you know what I mean? I feel like it's costing her table huge.
Ben
It's huge. Her table's huge, too. It fits, like, 6, 16.
Olivia
100%.
Ben
The round table. The fit 16.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
Gorgeous.
Olivia
Gorgeous. No. Such a great night.
Ben
It was. It was a beautiful meal.
Olivia
Totally. No, I'm so happy you guys are here. It's been so great. I love it.
Ben
Can I do one more critique of the. The food? Last critique. Final critique. Final critique. Warm pita. What are you supposed to dip it in, Olivia?
Olivia
Okay. But by the way, what was the pita for? Oh, like, I was putting, like, the chicken with the, like, cucumber and tomato. Like, I was making a pudding.
Ben
You were making a pita, and then what were you putting on top of it?
Olivia
I don't need sauce.
Ben
No hummus, no Tina, no nothing.
Olivia
I don't need sauce and dips like you. But I do. I did hear that critique about you tonight, and I just want you to know I'm going from here to the store, and I will have 17,000 dips on my table.
Ben
No, I just need a single dip. I need something to moisten the dry chicken.
Olivia
But you're always bringing a million condiments from the fridge. Get your ass off.
Ben
I feel bad doing that. That's actually. Look, I feel bad doing that when somebody has catered a meal for me. I feel bad asking for ketchup. It's not that nice.
Olivia
But. No, I think that that's silly because I think people like to eat food a certain way. Like you. And you love. With, like, your mayo and making your crazy, like, honey mustards and your disgusting disgustingness. If you want feedback, that's right. Feedback to you.
Ben
I do.
Olivia
And by the way. And you have no problem coming to my house and taking every fucking condiment out of the fridge.
Ben
I do.
Olivia
And concocting.
Ben
I do.
Olivia
You should have just done that.
Ben
I do the worst.
Olivia
By the way, hummus was not requested on the menu, so that's not the chef's fault.
Ben
You're so right. You're absolutely right. In case anybody's looking for a great quick sauce, Olivia's talking about my world famous burger sauce. Okay. We're looking at mayonnaise, yellow mustard, ketchup, a drop of sriracha, and just a small hit of sesame oil.
Olivia
Olivia, this is sesame oil. I thought that that was. You were.
Ben
Brings out that Asian flavor, that sort.
Olivia
Of, like, Big Mac sauce vibe with, like, pretty similar gherkins. Like, you love a gherkin.
Ben
Sure. Yeah, I love a gherkin. Love a gherkin.
Olivia
With a little, like, pickle juice, you know?
Ben
Yeah. But I stopped chopping up pickles and putting them in sauces. I feel it's unnecessary. The juice, lovely. But I just feel like I don't need that. The chopped pickles in it thick enough? Yeah. No, I'll put the pickles on. Did you see Joey Kamastas? Speaking of pickles, did you see he just tried a sandwich in France?
Olivia
I just want you to know that I just saw that before I walked in here and I was like, oh, my God. Like, I. Watching him take that bite. First of all, you know that I die for Joey. Like, I literally will throw myself in front of a bus for him. I'm obsessed with.
Ben
I actually, he is just. He's living in the wrong age. Joey 30 years ago would have been discovered.
Olivia
We know him now.
Ben
I know, but he needs to be discovered.
Olivia
We need him now. We need him.
Ben
He needs to be discovered. I know.
Olivia
No, also, the thing I love about Joey is just that, like, everything he does is, like, so over the top. Like, unbelievable. Did you see the video that he did? It was like, BTS in his kitchen, like, talking about what he was making, and he was just filming the same thing over and over with, like, six people standing in his kitchen.
Ben
Yes. No, he's. He's so hysterical.
Olivia
He's so hysterical.
Ben
But he. Watch his most recent video. If you guys didn't see it, he's in. In Paris. He's in Paris. And he went to get a ham and cheese baguette.
Olivia
Yep.
Ben
With beautiful cornichons, some mustard, and my God, this looks like the best fucking sandwich I've ever seen in my life. Ever.
Olivia
Ever, by the way. And I Was actually thinking, because one of our stories, like, has a Paris tie in. And while he was taking that bite, I was literally thinking to myself, like, we are definitely going to be talking about Paris today. On the toast.
Ben
Yes.
Olivia
So it's so funn. You brought that up. Because I thought that, like, I would be bringing that up.
Ben
It just means that we're both so insane on our phones. A little bit too much and we don't miss a beat. And actually, my. What's your screen time?
Olivia
Oh, I don't know. I don't look like I think we should look.
Ben
I want to know what your screen time is. My screen time? Okay, let's see. How do I find screen time? One thing about me, I don't know. If you just search screen time, my screen time is.
Olivia
I'll let you go first.
Ben
Oof. That can't be true.
Olivia
What is it?
Ben
I don't know. That can't be true.
Olivia
That can't be true. I don't know.
Ben
Last week it says that my screen time was nine hours a day.
Olivia
Okay. Mine was seven hours and 47 minutes.
Ben
That sounds good, but I thought mine used to be.
Olivia
And I just want everybody to know that, like, at night, like, I watch so much TV and scroll on my phone for hours. Like, I stay up late. So the fact that, like, my screen time, I thought I was expecting it to be like 10 hours.
Ben
I have to put this thing away.
Olivia
Yeah, you should do a kidlock on it. Like, you know how people like you get one hour a day on Instagram, you know?
Ben
Yeah. Nine out.
Olivia
But like, where are you spending your time? Go back to that.
Ben
Because I'm not on Instagram that often.
Olivia
So you say.
Ben
Good question. Where am I?
Olivia
See all app and website activity is that show categories? Yeah. Instagram is my most used.
Ben
Embarrassing. Social, productivity and finance.
Olivia
No, you're in a different place than I am. You got to go to see all app and website activity. Where Grandpa. Right underneath the bar chart. Wow. You're nine hours. Nine and a half hours.
Ben
It's just last week.
Olivia
Just last week.
Ben
I don't know what that was.
Olivia
What were you doing last week?
Ben
I don't know.
Olivia
Yeah. And then when you do most.
Ben
Most uses Instagram.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
Instagram messages zoom. Oh, I take zooms from my phone. That's not fair.
Olivia
That I honestly. That's not fair.
Ben
I have three hours of zooms a day. Okay, that's not fair.
Olivia
But while you're on the zoom, you're also scrolling on your phone because you're.
Ben
On your phone now. I'm active on zoom. Otherwise, why am I taking a zoom?
Olivia
Why are you taking a zoom from your phone?
Ben
Because my computer sometimes isn't on. Focused, Fully charged also.
Olivia
Totally. I mean, you're always dead.
Ben
Also, the. The WI fi in the clubhouse was. Was down, Liv.
Olivia
Was it down? Who should I take it up with?
Ben
I don't know. If somebody's gonna take it up with somebody, it's gonna be you.
Olivia
It's gonna be me.
Ben
You're gonna write a letter. You and my mom love a letter.
Olivia
You know what? I. I don't love a letter, actually. I love to just, like, storm the Bastille. Like, I show up and I'm like, hello. Did you know?
Ben
Got it. You know, my mom loves a letter. I complained to her about, well, you.
Olivia
Know, chatgpt could write you a gorgeous letter these days. So, honestly, that's like, a great idea.
Ben
That's a lawyer. A full blown lawyer. You can literally write, like, write this in legalese and they will do it. But I told. I actually haven't told this story. I will tell it.
Olivia
Let's hear it.
Ben
Tell it on the toes. On our way to Florida, I took my seat, and all of a sudden, we're about to take off, and I feel like I was shot in the neck. Literally shot in the neck. I'm like, what the fuck was that? A huge bottle of Newman's own salad dressing dropped out from the overhead bin and hit me right in the neck. Like, hit me straight. It could only happen straight in the neck. And I look the woman to my left. She's like, oh, my God, I'm so sorry.
Olivia
Are you?
Ben
I couldn't bring Claudia. Couldn't bring her San Pellegrino. She couldn't bring her Pellegrino. But she has a 16 ounce bottle of salad dressing.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
How could she sneak it through tsa? Also, how cheap are you? How cheap are you? Why Publix. Go to Publix and get your dressing. Stop weaponizing your dressing on a plane. She tried to kill me, this woman. But. So the reason I brought that up is my mom. I told my mom this story. She's like, ben, you absolutely need to write a letter to the airline. They're gonna give you a free flight. I'm like, mom, I'm not writing a letter. It's over. It's not happening. Why would I want this to happen?
Olivia
The thing is, I love. I love Ava's, like, desire for justice for you. And that is why she's just like an A plus human being. However, why would the airline give you a flight for something that, like, a random passenger did?
Ben
Because my mom said that they could get in a lot of trouble for allowing the 16 ounces of liquid through, and they can only have three.
Olivia
Right.
Ben
I think that said it's hearsay, Liv.
Olivia
Right.
Ben
But you didn't have a big red mark on me. I did have a bruise.
Olivia
I did.
Ben
I did have a bruise. Yeah. It's gone. Thank God. I thought I was gonna have to go to, like, Dr. Dubrow or something, like, get some plastic surgery, but no, it's gone. It went away really quickly, but really, I was worried that I wouldn't have a functioning right turn, but I prevailed.
Olivia
You just don't have a functioning left turn.
Ben
I prevailed.
Olivia
Ben and I, you know, we are, like, so devastated that Claudia's not here today, but it was supposed to be Claudia and me doing the toast, so. But Claudia and I have the same side. So I was like, last night, as I was thinking, I'm like, wow. Like, I really don't want to be sitting there. Like, my body doesn't turn that way, you know? And then when we sat down today, you said, you know, you have actually the same ailments.
Ben
I think we're both like Zoolander. It's just actually, now that I'm. Yeah. No, I have the same exact thing as you. Oh, no.
Olivia
Uncomfortable like that.
Ben
I don't like looking right. No, this is perfect.
Olivia
Oh, you're happy. You're good.
Ben
I only can look left. Wow.
Olivia
And I really can only look right.
Ben
I can't look right. Even though I'm looking right, I can't look right. I can't look right. No, you can.
Olivia
It's just, like, it's not comfortable.
Ben
It's very uncomfortable.
Olivia
It's uncomfortable for me to sit like this. I don't know. There's just something about it. I just feel like. Like I don't like it.
Ben
It's very uncomfortable.
Olivia
So, anyways, this is great for me.
Ben
This is great. This is great. Should we get into the fast five stories that people need to know before they take a bite out of their morning crunch toast?
Olivia
You just wanted to do that so badly.
Ben
What are our stories? Do we have anything good?
Olivia
We have. Are so good. Really so good. I literally can't wait to tell you all about them.
Jackie
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Olivia
Okay, first story. This one I feel like you'll have a lot of perspectives on. Kraft releases Apple Pie Flavored Mac and Cheese meant for Thanksgiving. Oh my God. I was like, is he burping? Like, what the fudge is he doing? It's a Walmart exclusive and it has cinnamon, brown sugar and molasses to the bright orange cheesy sauce. Wow, that is some fucking sub headline. Kraft has a new savory sweet side for your Thanksgiving spread. Probably will not be at our Thanksgiving spread, but we'll talk about that.
Ben
That's one of the most revolting things I've ever heard in my whole life.
Olivia
Well, the macaroni and cheese brand revealed its limited time apple pie flavor on November 3rd. It's a Walmart exclusive and it adds cinnamon, brown sugar, molasses, et cetera. They took. It's very interesting. The article literally repurposed the first paragraph as the sub headline. Is that like journalistic integrity? Like, get creative here. Kraft's brand new flavors were motivated by merging the two popular Turkey day dishes, Macaroni and cheese and apple pie. Even though they should be eaten separately and not together, just like other Kraft Mac and Cheese iterations. Fans just have to Cook the noodles in boiling water, drain, add butter and milk before pouring in the cheese mixture and mixing. And the box pasta is sold exclusively at Walmart for $1.50.
Ben
Yeah, because it's marketing. It's disgusting. Okay. This is disgusting. They literally did this.
Olivia
It does sound disgusting. But do you think if you tried it, you would be like, wow, it's not that bad?
Ben
No, I think I would say that it's disgusting. And what really bothers me, and I love Kraft. I mean, we did our. We did our claws and pickle collab with Kraft. They're all in on the collab.
Olivia
They're so good at collabs.
Ben
So good at collabs. But I think somebody in marketing has realized that if it's a big crazy idea, we're gonna talk about it. Like, we're literally talking about it now.
Olivia
Well, they've done a lot of collab.
Ben
Cause it sounds disgusting. You know what I mean? Like, if they made something with it.
Olivia
I'm talking about it. Because it sounds disgusting.
Ben
Yes.
Olivia
Oh, okay. Well, because here's another thing I want to add to the marketing point, which is, and we are marketers, so like, we could have a marketing discussion.
Ben
We can, we can.
Olivia
But Kraft tapped apple pie expert Jason Biggs for the surprising flavor as the apple pie alum starred in a 15 second spot about the Kraft's new flavor.
Ben
What do you mean, apple pie? Jason Biggs, he's an actor. I've never heard that he has any.
Olivia
He was in American Pie.
Ben
Right, Great.
Olivia
But he.
Ben
That doesn't make him an apple pie connoisseur.
Olivia
Well, the journalistic integrity of this article, I won't share where it's from is obviously part of the problem in perpetuating this lie about Jason Biggs.
Ben
I don't even. I don't even understand. This makes it even worse. This makes the whole thing even worse. That said, I'm trying to think of.
Olivia
Like, what's definitely very gimmicky, but they have done a. Kraft has done a lot of collabs recently that like, they did DJ Mustard and the Mustard. Like, they. Some of them, I think hit. I think, others, maybe not so much.
Ben
It's the cheapest form of viral marketing. That's what it is.
Olivia
But maybe, maybe it's really been working for them.
Ben
No, no, it has. That's what I'm saying. But like, we're. Our culture rewards these gimmicky products because we're so excited to take a picture of them and try them. And then all of a sudden Kraft sees Oh, they're gonna talk about it on the toast for free? Yeah, they're gonna talk about it on the toast for free. Because it's viral and gimmicky.
Olivia
Well, I would like to say something. I think that they should send it to us. I think we should try it.
Ben
Sure.
Olivia
I think we should give it a fair shot.
Ben
Great. And then we're. Give them more free media. Like, this is what they want.
Olivia
Yeah, totally. No, I'm happy for them. It's a good idea for that regard.
Ben
It's a great idea. What do you think would have been a good Thanksgiving inspired Mac and cheese blend?
Olivia
Like, if you were something more savory?
Ben
Like, if you were tasked with making a great sounding Mac and cheese collab with Kraft, what would you have done.
Olivia
Similar to what you made the other day? Like a butternut squash or, like, something. Maybe add a vegetable and, like, partner with local farmers. Like, I don't know, like, do something that's, like, give back to the community and, like, good for kids and. Do you know what I mean? Like, apple pie is, like, for the end of the meal, and Mac and cheese is for the middle of the meal. And I just don't think those two things should be brought together. I do think that a lot of people do, like, like, sort of a savory, sweet vibe during the meal. I'm like. I'm like, if I'm eating savory, like, I want savory all together, and then, like, sweets at the end, you know.
Ben
I can do savory and sweet. Like, I really like schnitzel with Mike's hot honey. Like, that vibe.
Olivia
Or like, the mashed potato. Not mashed potatoes. Sweet potatoes with the marshmallows on top. That's, like, so Jewish, you know?
Ben
Delicious. Fantastic. Or maybe a sweet kuggle.
Olivia
Right.
Ben
I can't think of the. The consistency of a Kraft Mac and Cheese where it's that, like, thick, you know, it's coming in a powder. That can't possibly be good.
Olivia
Well, that's why I was saying, like, if you added a vegetable or, like, a fruit powder and that powder didn't feel so radioactive.
Ben
Oof. I'm out. I mean, Claudia, I'm out on fruit and vegetable powder. I'm out. I can't do that. Better not. No, I can't.
Olivia
What? You could do the flaming orange powder.
Ben
No, I can't do any of it. It's just. I'm actually. I'm turned off. I'm done. I think I'm done with them.
Olivia
I think I'M gonna go to Walmart and get it for you.
Ben
Okay. It might taste good. Maybe. It tastes like nothing.
Olivia
It probably tastes like just like sweet kugel. Honestly, with the brown sugar and molasses, it probably doesn't taste like cheesy Mac and cheese.
Ben
Did they say it tastes like turkey?
Olivia
No. Why would they say Mac and cheese meets apple pie? How on earth would that taste like turkey?
Ben
Mac and cheese meets apple pie? It probably tastes like sweet cocoa. It's probably delicious. What an arc. What an arc.
Olivia
What an arc. A hundred percent. By the way, I am. Is Thanksgiving like your favorite day of the year?
Ben
That's interesting, Liv. Thanksgiving is solid.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
I think you make a really great turkey.
Olivia
I'm making the turkey this year. Do you know that I've already pre purchased my turkey? It's coming from a farm in New Jersey.
Ben
That is excellent work by you.
Olivia
Yeah, yeah. It's pasture raised, kosher. I like, went all out.
Ben
What I will say is that the problem with most Thanksgiving meals is that the host doesn't know how to make a great turkey.
Olivia
Interesting.
Ben
And you do. So for far too long, I have said I hate roast turkey. I do prefer smoked turkey. My dream Thanksgiving meal is literally two pounds of smoked turkey. Okay. Thinly sliced, by the way, I have a smoker.
Olivia
Should we get a turkey breast and smoke a breast?
Ben
That sounds very interesting. Smoked breast, but we should do it. I think you should just get a slicer. If we can have like thinly spicy.
Olivia
It's really about the cut. I actually think. I agree. The other thing that I've always wanted to do, which, like, I have zero plans to do this year, but to deep fry a turkey, like in the yard, you know?
Ben
Yeah. Harjoon does that.
Olivia
Does he?
Ben
My friend? Yeah. They put literally like a big ass turkey in a fryer and they do the whole thing.
Olivia
It's just.
Ben
I don't know, Liv.
Olivia
What? What don't you know?
Ben
I don't know. It's just. I guess you could hold in moisture that way. That's good.
Olivia
Yeah. And like crispy skin. Even though I'm not like super skin person.
Ben
But you really have perfected the turkey. I wouldn't touch your recipe.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
My moist turkey.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
I know that some people take issue with the word moist, but I don't know how else you would describe a moist turkey.
Olivia
No, that's worse.
Ben
Wet is worse, right? Is wet worse?
Olivia
No, moist and juicy.
Ben
Juicy. Juicy is probably the right word.
Olivia
Yeah. Juicy is also kind of a weird word.
Ben
They all can be weird if you have a sick, perverted mind.
Olivia
Really? The way your mouth says it. Jushi.
Ben
Yeah. You threw in the Jew there. You really went hard Jew in the juicy.
Olivia
It's not my fault. Those are the letters.
Ben
Interesting.
Olivia
We should just start spelling ju. J, U, I.
Ben
Okay. That's your jui.
Olivia
We're so French.
Ben
Like Joey. Like Joey. We got another story.
Olivia
Yeah, we got another story. Ready?
Ben
What are we doing?
Olivia
The second story is dun dun, dun dun. This one is so for you.
Ben
Tell me.
Olivia
When I saw it, I was like, we have to talk about this. Just because I. I'm not even gonna speak. I just want to hear what you have to say. Charles Barkley admits he burned all of his underwear about 30 years ago and is always going commando. I realized that underwear was not a necessity, the NBA legend admitted on Monday Night Football on Nov. 3. Wow. November 3rd was a big thing.
Ben
Monday Night Football. He does Monday Night Football now.
Olivia
Okay, well, we'll get into the details because it says that Charles Barkley hung up his jersey in 2000. But read another article of clothing years sooner. You guys like seriously, this publication needs just like chatgpt, right? No.
Ben
Who is it?
Olivia
People magazine.
Ben
Oh, all right, whatever.
Olivia
The basketball analyst and commentator. 62. Did you know he was 62?
Ben
No. He looks great for 62.
Olivia
He does sidestep football talk amid the Arizona Cardinals late 17 point lead over the Dallas Cowboys. So sad during Monday Night Football to answer a hard hitting question posed by Peyton Manning during the broadcast. Is it true you burned all of your underwear almost 20 years ago and haven't worn any since? Who told Peyton Manning to ask him that? We have so much to discuss. The two time super bowl winner asked the NBA hall of Famer on Manning cast opposite his brother eli Manning on November 3rd. Without hesitation, Barkley answered the football brothers directly. Even corrected them on their timeline, sharing context behind his decision and whether there was truth behind the lore. Yeah, I realized that underwear was not a necessity, replied the 11 time NBA All Star. It was a big fire too, Peyton. I'm always going commando. I burned all my underwear about 30 years ago and like I said, it was a big fire.
Ben
Oh my.
Olivia
Barkley added. So I'm always going to commando. I'm always going commando for the rest of my life. The longtime New York Giants star then surprised the retired NBA star with a very fitting present. Wow, it's like the biggest pair of undies. Oh my God. Chuck, I actually got you a gift to commemorate you being on our first ever Manning cast. Eli told Barkley. Wait, we have to put the picture of these ginormous undies with the Manning brothers faces on them.
Ben
Oh, my God.
Olivia
Oh, my God. We're gonna get the picture up here because. Holy fucking shit. He said, I was planning to mail it to you, but I'm sorry I didn't know the story about you wearing underwear before having made these. Oh, please. Totally did. Anyways. What the fuck?
Ben
Yeah. Okay, so there's so many things here. First of all, and this is no shade. I love Charles Barkley. He's hysterical. Okay? He only recently started doing those RO ads because he started to lose like a ton of weight from glps.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
He's been a large man and I can see that as like a morbidly obese man. Like 99% of my life.
Olivia
Right.
Ben
Even, like now at like one of my skinniest, I'm still like, technically, my BMI is way too high.
Olivia
Yeah, but BMI is like, not real.
Ben
Whatever. I don't believe in it. He. You can't be a fat man and not wear underwear. Like, he.
Olivia
I don't think you can be a human being and not wear underwear, period.
Ben
But it's different. Like, if you're like a skinny person, you're eating really clean, like, there's like a solid chance that you're not shitting your pants during the day. Like, when you're a fat person, at least once a year, you are going to let some shit out.
Olivia
Okay? Forget about the rub.
Ben
You're gonna shark. No, you're gonna shark into your jeans.
Olivia
Literally. Like, your legs and your pants. And like, those are your private parts. You should keep them sacred. Like, it's just wrong.
Ben
It's super uncomfortable. Anybody that wears. First of all, there are different articles of clothing that could work commando and not commando. I certainly hope he was never wearing jeans. Okay? He can't wear.
Olivia
He's never wearing underwear, period. Of course he's not wearing underwear with jeans.
Ben
But I hope that he doesn't wear jeans, I'm saying, at all.
Olivia
I'm sure at some point over the last 20 plus years, he has worn a pair of jeans. Now I haven't, but maybe he has.
Ben
He wearing jeans with no underwear.
Olivia
Imagine wearing no underwear. I'm saying imagine wearing no underwear.
Ben
As a man, you go to the urinal and you zip down your zipper for the jeans. Okay? I don't pee. Talk about the urinal and then you pee. And then you pee. My dad loves to tell a story about how when he was eight years old, he went to the urinal and his Uncle Bumi helped him pull back up his zipper and clipped his nuts right in the zipper. And ever since he's told me, beware of the zipper. Charles Barkley. When he was at that urinal, Olivia, I promise you, he clipped his nuts.
Olivia
I do not think that your dad gave up permission for you to tell that story on toast.
Ben
He did. He did.
Olivia
He did. Oh, my God.
Ben
Uncle Bummy lives on. Lives on forever.
Olivia
How do you spell Bummy?
Ben
B U, M, M, Y. Bumy. Maybe I, E. I actually don't know his real name. Uncle Bummy.
Olivia
We need to find out his real name. That is some name.
Ben
Yes. Another fun fact, which I've told all these stories on. Good Guys. Another fun fact about Bruce. My grandfather was breastfed till he was 8. You know that, Liv. You know that, Liv. Breastfed till he was 8.
Olivia
How long did he live?
Ben
He lived to 93. 93.
Olivia
Maybe there's a correlation.
Ben
100%. I mean, for sure.
Olivia
Yeah, that's pretty wild. Was there a reason? Was he like the oldest and then all these other kids came and like they just like kept needing to all be breastfed or.
Ben
No, I think that, like, that's an excellent question. I haven't dug deep. I always just heard story and I was like, that's disgusting. Honestly, like that was what I heard.
Olivia
It was just like also a different time. Like, I think those things, things were way more normalized. Now when you hear it today, it's like, that's weird. But like, is it?
Ben
I don't know if it's weird. Yeah, I think it's a little bit weird having an 8 year old with teeth walk up to a breast and take it, you know, like, that's like a little strange, right?
Olivia
But what about in the comfort of your own home where you're like, not thinking about and this is just the way that the child's being fed?
Ben
I guess so. It's much cheaper. My God, the amount of money you save on groceries, if not really, why, if they're only being breastfed.
Olivia
They're not only being breastfed.
Ben
Yeah, that's true. You're right. You're right.
Olivia
It's supplemental eating.
Ben
Supplemental.
Olivia
It's like, okay, what you're saving like on a carton of milk every other week.
Ben
No, it's supplemental. You're right, you're right, you're right. Back to Charles Barkley. Yeah. So Charles, not Ben's family history. So Charles Barkley commando. Yeah, it's.
Olivia
Do you think he says some of these things just for like, like somebody put him up to this with the whole undies, like, gift whatnot.
Ben
It's so funny. Like, he doesn't mind being the butt of the joke.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
And like, yes. I absolutely think that he told somebody this story. He was in on the story. But he is amazing. He's lost so much weight with Ro. I don't know if you've seen that.
Olivia
No, I haven't seen it.
Ben
But he's like the face of Ro. He's the face of Ro.
Olivia
No, Serena Williams is. But maybe he's the male face.
Ben
She's a face.
Olivia
He's a face. Yeah, yeah. Understood.
Ben
He is killing it. He's lost a ton of weight. GLPs are killing it for him.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
I mean, I love a glp.
Olivia
Yeah. Don't we all?
Ben
Absolutely. Fantastic. But he looks great and. Yeah. You know, I don't know when he started doing football. He's an NBA player.
Olivia
I think maybe he was just a guest on the Manning brothers show.
Ben
Yeah.
Olivia
Which is why, like, he's a sports related person. Oh, my God, I'm so sorry. That is so inappropriate of me.
Ben
That's okay.
Olivia
Just say what?
Ben
Just say what? Just like what?
Olivia
Oh, just finish my thought. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I just think he was a guest on their show, not that he was a commentator on Monday Night Football.
Ben
Yes.
Olivia
Do you know anything about the Manning cast? Like the Amazon, whatever. Is it Amazon?
Ben
Monday Night Football? I have no idea. All that I know is that they produced my new favorite show, Chad Powers. Have you seen Chad Powers?
Olivia
No. Should I?
Ben
Oh, my God, you love it.
Olivia
Really? Would I? What is it about?
Ben
It is Mrs. Doubtfire meets football. That's what it is.
Olivia
It's a comedy.
Ben
Yes. It's a disgraced football player who was.
Olivia
Did you watch Stick?
Ben
No.
Olivia
Okay. That's a disgraced golf player, Owen Wilson on Apple tv. So if you like that, you would like that.
Ben
I actually heard that I would love Stick because it has like a Ted Lasso feel and I love Ted Lasso.
Olivia
Yeah. It's not quite as good as Ted Lasso. I'll be.
Ben
But Chad Powers, Olivia, he's a disgraced football player and he wants to come back to football. So he literally. His dad is like a makeup artist in Hollywood and he fully euphugenized his face and he goes and tries out for a college football team, makes it and is like the best. I haven't made it to the end to see if he gets caught. I'm sure he does.
Olivia
Are you giving shit away?
Ben
No, no, no. Well, yeah. Spoiler alert. Sorry. But no, that's, like, the highest level. Fuck spoiler alerts. Okay?
Olivia
It's like you're telling everybody, like, what's it about?
Ben
I know, but, like, you wouldn't have watched it anyways.
Olivia
Why? You told me to. I wouldn't take care of it.
Ben
But I'm saying it's not my job to tell you about a show and then you more about it. Like, I'm talking to you about it. It's too, like, you know, I didn't go into the nitty gritty.
Olivia
Sure.
Ben
So I'm just supposed to say, watch Chad Powers and not tell you why?
Olivia
No, you said. You said euphodyniah meets disgraced or defunct football player.
Ben
Yes.
Olivia
Maybe you just left. I didn't tell you anything about stick.
Ben
He's disgraced.
Olivia
I just said, like, yeah, disgraced golfer.
Ben
You didn't tell me enough about sticks for me to love it. And you then told me that it wasn't enough. Like, Ted Lasso, and I love Ted Lasso. Well, I need a little bit more. Tell me more about stick. Sell me.
Olivia
Do you actually want me to tell you?
Ben
Yeah, tell me. Not, like, too much.
Olivia
No, if. Like, if you. If you don't want to hear this.
Ben
You should not move too much.
Olivia
No. Anyway, so stick, Owen Wilson. I forget the name of his character. He was, like, at the prime of his life in golf and basically, like, has a menti b and, like, totally flops. And, like, we meet him at this point in his life where he's, like, getting a divorce, selling his house. He has absolutely nothing. And he finds this kid who is a complete golf prodigy and, like, literally, like, sells his whole life to take him on the road and be his coach so that he can get back into golf and be like that.
Ben
Oh, that's nice.
Olivia
But it's very comedic done. It's not like, see, by the way.
Ben
You told me enough to get me in. Not too much to spoil it.
Olivia
No, I didn't say.
Ben
That was a wonderful entree into the show.
Olivia
Thank you.
Ben
And it's similar to The Happy Gilmore 2. I guess he doesn't end up playing, but, like, Happy Gilmore 2, by the way.
Olivia
Yeah, I watched it, but I can't remember what.
Ben
Olivia. It was such a bad movie.
Olivia
It was so bad.
Ben
The first 45 minutes were so good.
Olivia
Well, it was just about who was in it. Like, that was the whole point of the show, you know, or movie, I.
Ben
Should say, were so good. And then of the. The rest, it was no good. But, yeah, I don't know how we got here Charles Barkley.
Olivia
Yeah, Charles Barkley. We got into sports.
Ben
We did. Oh, yeah, yeah.
Olivia
Would you consider Good Guys a sports podcast?
Ben
No, not at all.
Olivia
Not at all, not at all. Does Josh like sports?
Ben
No. No. I mean, he's actually a big LA Kings fan. He kind of likes hockey and his father in law played for the jets for 10 years, so he's like sports adjacent. Ken O'. Brien.
Olivia
Yeah. Didn't know that.
Ben
But that's QB.
Olivia
Love to know that.
Ben
But yeah, no, we don't talk about sports at all. And I don't wish that we did.
Olivia
No, no. Whatever you're doing is really working.
Ben
No, but I'm happy not talking about sports. When you talk about sports, you have to be more topical. You can't talk about sports from two weeks ago. Oh, Jalen Brunson had a great game. They're like, when, Ben, when?
Olivia
Right.
Ben
So we're just like funny and light and fun and if we release it two weeks later.
Olivia
Right. Well, you're doing a lot of interviews with people and like, you have to coordinate schedules and whatnot, so. Yes. Yeah. It has to be every screen.
Ben
Correct. We just had a great episode with John Stamos.
Olivia
I mean, I saw it everywhere.
Ben
Yeah, yeah. I mean, he. He spilled the tea.
Olivia
He spilled the tea. You had some great guests on Good Guys.
Ben
Yeah, we have.
Olivia
I love watching your clips. I do feel like sometimes you talk about me on Good Guys. Like, you're always telling stories.
Ben
I definitely. I definitely have.
Olivia
Yeah. Yeah. I just like, hear things through the grapevine, you know? That's always how I find out about stuff. Like, people will be in my DMs will. Like, and I'm like, oh, what happened?
Ben
That's literally what happens to me all the time on the church. Like, did you hear what they said about you? I'm like, no. And I don't want to know. Stop it.
Olivia
Oh, you don't want to know? Nope. Oh, I don't. I go run. I'm like, what today?
Ben
Nope, nope. I don't want to know. I don't want to know. I don't want to know anything ever. Tell me nothing. That's so interesting and just like, let me exist in a world where I could live a bubble. I live in a bubble.
Olivia
But you're so happy in your bubble, so it works for you.
Ben
I'm so happy in my bubble. I'm so ill informed sometimes, like, especially about pop culture, but I own it and it's great.
Olivia
You know what? I am incredibly informed and incredibly uninformed. At the same time.
Ben
Time, sure.
Olivia
You know, I think you're.
Ben
I think you're pretty informed.
Olivia
No, I know a lot of things, but, like, I don't, like, watch and sit around and, like, watch a lot of Bravo. I used to, back in the day, so I'm, like, aware of, like, the players and whatnot. But, like, I. I don't watch, like, reality tv, really. I'm watching, like, Dark Crime, you know?
Ben
Yeah, no, you're. You're scary.
Olivia
I'm scary, but you guys gave me a scary recommendation.
Ben
Wayward. If you. I think Claudia's already spoken about it, but if. If she hasn't spoken about it, I went looking for.
Olivia
Are you sure it's on Netflix?
Ben
Yes. Way worse.
Olivia
Okay, I have to go back.
Ben
It is spooky. It is about a troubled teen facility where they get kidnapped in the middle of the night.
Olivia
I saw that. Do you know what? Can I just tell you something that's too dark for me?
Ben
It's really fucking dark.
Olivia
I don't like that. I actually skipped over that. I know exactly what you're talking about now. Thank you for gleaning some insights from it so I could decide whether or not it's for me. It's not.
Ben
So it's. It's for you. It's only spooky like that for, like, two episodes and then it becomes this, like, Eerie Town mystery. I'm telling you.
Olivia
Okay, I will take your recommendation. I just like, when I talk about, like, dark. I'm more so talking about, like, murder mystery, whodunit vibes, and, like, forensics and clues. Because, like, I like to investigate. Yeah, that's you. But I do not, like, like, really, like, morally fucked up things, you know?
Ben
When. How did you become such a great detective?
Olivia
I think I just pay really close attention to a lot of things. Like, I'm very detail oriented.
Ben
No, but, you know, but you're also. You're also able to find things that other. Like, we will literally go to Olivia and we're like, find the Social Security number for this security guard. She will find it.
Olivia
I can't.
Ben
Yes, you can.
Olivia
No, no.
Ben
You could. You don't think you could.
Olivia
No. Not a Social Security.
Ben
A credit card number?
Olivia
No, probably not. Like, personal information.
Ben
Are you a hacker?
Olivia
No, I am, like, no. Very basic. I mean, didn't you just hear my phone ring? I can barely use a device.
Ben
Yeah, but that could have been, like, somebody calling you, like, to, like, confirm, like, your newest scheme. Like, you're not, like, texting the elderly, like, trying to get Their Social Security numbers. Like, I think that you could do that.
Olivia
That I would never. Are you fudging kidding me? No, it's just, like, if you need to, like, know something about someone, like.
Ben
Imagine, like, that new crypto scam is you, like, give me your bitcoin number. Do you know how many times my.
Olivia
Dad tell you I don't even understand, like, web3 blockchain crypto. Like, I will not partake in it, even though people talk about it being the future, because I genuinely don't understand it. Like, I cannot participate in things that I do not understand.
Ben
No. Miss me on it. That said, if my dad calls me one more time asking if something is real, like, dad, you don't. You don't have.
Olivia
Everything is fake.
Ben
You don't have a Coinbase account.
Olivia
Everything is fake.
Ben
So how in the world could somebody be trying to send you bitcoin?
Olivia
Yeah. No, you don't.
Ben
You're not in it.
Olivia
Is he getting phished all the time?
Ben
All the time. Oh, my God.
Olivia
Really? Unfortunately.
Ben
Fished all the time. He'll literally get a call from the bank.
Olivia
He calls you and doesn't get a call from the bank. You never answer any numbers you don't know?
Ben
No, he'll get a call from the bank. We need you to approve this wire. He's like, what wire? They're like, this wire. He's like, oh, sure, dad. They don't call from the bank.
Olivia
Has he ever gotten into, like, a bad situation?
Ben
I think one time he gave somebody, like, $1,800.
Olivia
That's really not good.
Ben
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, but he's learned. He's learned his lesson, and he no longer falls for it. But I'm telling you, like, the amount.
Olivia
I'm feeling sad for him, I want to go track down that $1,800.
Ben
No, no, no. This is. By the way, you think just him.
Olivia
Anybody over the age.
Ben
Anybody over the age of 50 is.
Olivia
Susceptible to this 100%.
Ben
They're too trusting. And I think it was Sam Altman who said it recently. The fact that banks are still using voice to confirm wires when we live in an age of AI where I could literally take your voice, as scary as it is, and confirm a wire. So dumb.
Olivia
So dumb.
Ben
So dumb. We're living in a world which is very scary to think about, where we're so advanced and we're so behind all at once. And that's gonna meet.
Olivia
We are so advanced, and it's gonna.
Ben
Be really, really scary.
Olivia
I agree. I totally agree. Can we really scare. I Mean, in a lot of ways. Like, things feel, like, very backwards. Like, why aren't. Like, why does it still take, like, six hours on a flight to go, like, from one side of the country to the other?
Ben
Why do I have to go to the DMV ever?
Olivia
Well, yeah, I try not to do that.
Ben
Why can't I text someone to get a new passport? Like, why can't I take a picture at home and send. Like, it's just.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
There's so many archaic things going on.
Olivia
So many, so many.
Ben
Yet we're so advanced. Liz. Live.
Olivia
I know. We could be more advanced. I think we could. I think that's why people are afraid of AI. But at the same time, like, AI has been around for a while. It wasn't just invented, like, last year. Do you know what I mean? AI's been around for, like, 15 years. I think more of, like, the consumer application is obviously way more of, like, you know, regular human beings using chachi beat to say, like, here's what's in my fridge. What should I make for dinner tonight? You know, having sort of that assistance. But AI as a technology is not new.
Ben
No, it's just starting to pick up steam.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
Yeah. And it's really scary. Do we have another story, by the way?
Olivia
We do. We have. We have three more stories, actually. I'm just enjoying speaking to you.
Ben
No, me too. I'm. I'm just.
Olivia
This is our Paris story. Okay. The Louvre surveillance system password was reportedly Louvre.
Ben
You're lying. You're lying. On October 18, security password was Louvre.
Olivia
I know. And by the way, who would do that other than you? You know, your password's probably Ben.
Ben
No, no, mine are like. Actually, no, I'm not going to say. I'm not going to say it in front of everyone. I was going to say.
Olivia
Actually, it's not. I don't know how I figure out people's Social Security numbers and credit card numbers. It's because they share their passwords on the.
Ben
Totally. No, that was really. That was literally. I literally almost gave away all.
Olivia
No, I would have made them cut it out because I was really serious.
Ben
So stupid. What am I. What's wrong with me? I literally, like. No, it's not that. It's.
Olivia
You're too trusted.
Ben
No, I'm not trusting. I'm just like, I don't know.
Olivia
A Louvre employee is revealing one important security detail on October 18th, which is my sweet Levi's birthday, broke into the famous Paris museum and in seven minutes stole more than 100 million in jewels. Since the investigation began, which, let's be honest, the investigation is nowhere. It has been uncovered that the suspects forced entry using power tools to break through the second floor window at the Gallery de Apollon. The Apollo Gallery, which had opened its doors to the public. President and Director of the Louvre, Lawrence De Cars. That's probably saying it wrong. Told the French Senate that the only camera installed outside the Apollo Gallery did not capture footage of the window where the thieves broke in and exited.
Ben
Sure, sure. Inside job.
Olivia
Set up this specific gallery.
Ben
Full inside job. They obviously changed the password to Louv. It wasn't Louv. Okay. It wasn't. They definitely did a strong password like they recommend on apple. Right. The ZW974 that you don't know. Somebody else knows. Somebody went in, changed it to Louvre, disabled the cameras. This was an inside job.
Olivia
Or, or, or, or, or the password was Louvre. And it was just like so silly and stupid because they never thought that anybody would ever think about that, let alone attempt to rob. And the people that were responsible for this Apollo Gallery knew exactly where the camera was set up. So they circumvented the camera when they did their robbery.
Ben
Inside job.
Olivia
Anyways, at the time of the heist, the password for the museum security was Louvre. A museum. A museum employee with knowledge of the system told ABC News on Wednesday, November 5th, 5th, the French outlet Liberation first reported on the password, citing confidential documents. This is seriously insane. And the museum director said he was appalled. Yeah, no, please.
Ben
He wasn't very appalled. How much money do you think he made? I mean, inside job.
Olivia
Totally inside job. The fact that it is for a specific gallery.
Ben
What'd they steal?
Olivia
They stole, like, all these Napoleonic, like, crowns and jewels.
Ben
Got it. So things that they could completely dismember and sell.
Olivia
Well, which they obviously have. The jewels stolen in the heist include a sapphire tiara, a sapphire necklace, a single sapphire earring, a matching emerald necklace and emerald earrings. A tiara, a large brooch. Brooch. Brooch.
Ben
Brooch.
Olivia
A second brooch, by the way. It's like brooch, of course, but when you're looking at it. B R O O C H. Oh, brooch. Thank you.
Ben
Got it.
Olivia
Okay.
Ben
Thank you.
Olivia
Known as the reliquary.
Jackie
Brooch.
Olivia
I almost said brooch. Again.
Jackie
Again.
Olivia
The TR was reportedly later found damaged outside the museum because they fucking dropped something on their way out.
Ben
Yeah. Okay. So these are smart criminals. Dumb criminals steal art because you can't resell art without it being known that it was stolen.
Olivia
Have you ever seen that documentary?
Ben
No.
Olivia
Okay. I'M fuzzy on the details, but you would love it. Now that we're talking about this, do.
Ben
You know the name of it?
Olivia
I'm gonna look it up. Basically, this very sort of like, quirky couple in Arizona, they, like, died in their house. And when they went into their house, they had so many, like, crazy antiques. Like, it was. I can't even describe, like, what the house looked like, but inside the house rolled up was one of these, like, very famous paintings, like a Rembrandt or something that was stolen from a museum 20 years ago that had been missing all this time. So the thought process was that this couple, like, were the thieves and they literally, to your point, were just keeping this, like, 20, $30 million painting, maybe even like $100 million painting. Right? Like, rolled up in their house with all these other crazy ass artifacts that they've had. Like, your point is exactly right. People steal. If they steal art, there is nothing.
Ben
That you can do, nothing you can do with it. Unless you want to hang it in your house.
Olivia
Right. Or sell it on, like, the black market or something.
Ben
Somebody's probably gonna find it. No, you can't even sell it on the black market.
Olivia
The black market, like, how do you get access? Through AI?
Ben
No, definitely not through AI. I think the polar opposite. I think, like, the black market is, like burner phones and, like, you can't trace it. All cash or, like, wired through Switzerland or, like, that's the black market.
Olivia
That's it.
Ben
I don't think that a black market sale. Unless somebody wanted to buy that painting, hang it in their home. But if it's reported stolen, but then.
Olivia
You'Re in your home. Yeah. People are gonna come to your house and be like, hey, thief, what up?
Ben
Yeah, you can't steal art. You can steal tiaras. You can take out the stones, you can melt them down. You. Can you melt down a stone? Probably not, no.
Olivia
But you could reset it.
Ben
Reset it and sell the stone. Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. I was thinking gold. That's why it's smart to steal gold, right? You melt down the gold.
Olivia
Gold is quite expensive these days. Yeah.
Ben
Pumping gold. I don't know who's pumping gold. Yeah, somebody's pumping gold.
Olivia
Yeah.
Jackie
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Olivia
We do Pumping gold. Just things you say. Oh, I love this story. Okay. Nara and Lucky Blue Smith pose with three of their kids as their family makes their campaign debut for skims holiday. Did you see the picture?
Ben
I don't know who that is.
Olivia
Yes you do. She like is that beautiful model food influencer who's like I was feeling like chewing on gum today so I made it from scratch at home.
Ben
Oh, maybe I've seen her.
Olivia
You've totally seen her. The name sounds like my kids wanted a homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwich. So like she literally took the peanuts from her garden in and like them up like you. So homemade. No, I strive to be like that. Like I'm nowhere near that. But they're like so they're, they're models. But also she is a food influencer. Her stuff is so like calming and therapeutic but at the same time like so unrealistic because she literally does make gum from scratch.
Ben
Gum.
Olivia
Or like it's like my kids wanted a grilled cheese and but like she's literally making the cheese, you know, like everything is from scratch.
Ben
Good for her.
Olivia
Yeah. I think they live in Utah. Nara and Lucky Blue Smith's kids are making their Lucky Blue. Lucky Blue. He's a model.
Ben
His name is Lucky Blue.
Olivia
His name is Lucky Blue.
Ben
His real name.
Olivia
Well, I mean, do I know what.
Ben
His birth name is? Nara and Lucky Blue Smith. Yeah, we've lost the plot.
Olivia
Their kids actually have really cute names, too. Oh, let me get there. You'll love this.
Ben
Oh, my God.
Olivia
On Thursday, November 6th, Jackie O's birthday, the influencer and her model husband, alongside three of their four kids, were announced as the stars for Skim's new holiday campaign. And in the festive photo, the famous couple could be seen cuddling up in the kitchen wearing skims pajamas. In the kitchen, of course. Other snaps show three of Nara and Lucky's kids, their older daughters, Rumble Honey and Whimsy Lou.
Ben
Whimsy Lou.
Olivia
As well as their son, Whimsy Lou. Free Books, as well as her son, Slim Easy.
Ben
No, these are not their names, Liv. These are their fucking making it up. Slim Easy.
Olivia
Slim Easy. Wearing matching Christmas theme clothes.
Ben
How old are these kids? What happens when they go to school? His name is Slim Easy. I don't know why you're reacting as if it's not crazy. Slim Easy is a name of a boy.
Olivia
I just think that people can name their kids whatever they want. Yeah.
Ben
If they homeschool them and they never have to interact with the real world.
Olivia
Well, everybody has to interact with the real world at some point, even if you want to.
Ben
Not if your name is Slim Easy. You're telling me he can apply for a job with the name Slim Easy?
Olivia
I just feel like people that are named like Slim Eazy, those are the.
Ben
People, are destined for crime.
Olivia
Why? Why crime?
Ben
Because that's like the name of a gang member. Slim Easy. That's not. No. There's no famous person named Sleep the.
Olivia
Baby that wasn't in the campaign. Her name is Fonny Golden. Listen, it's no Ruby Soffer, okay?
Ben
I don't even know what to do with these names. I don't even know what to do with these names. I'm appalled.
Olivia
I'm surprised you weren't, like, so caught off guard by Rumble Honey.
Ben
No, I was, but Slim Easy was real. Rumble Honey's one one name. I think they're Rumble comma Honey.
Olivia
No, not comma.
Ben
No, I'm saying, like, is it Rumble? Is it Rumble Smith and Honeysmith or Rumble Honeysmith?
Olivia
It's Rumble Honeysmith.
Ben
Oh, my God.
Olivia
It's Rumble, Honeysmith, Slimsy Lou Smith.
Ben
People have known this, Lynn.
Olivia
Easy Smith.
Ben
People have known this.
Olivia
Yes.
Ben
Got it.
Olivia
How?
Ben
I'm probably just late. I'm probably just late.
Olivia
You probably just didn't know their kids names. It's not outrage. It's creativity. Olivia.
Ben
No, like this is. This is not right.
Olivia
It's just people are allowed to name their kids whatever they want. They're very creative. Okay, Lucky Blue. What did you expect Lucky Blue's kids names to be?
Ben
I can't believe his name is Lucky Blue.
Olivia
Can you? His name, by the way.
Ben
Sorry, his name is not Lucky Blue. I bet you they all have real names. Okay, what's the. What do you call? I know that we call it Anglo sizing. When you take a Jewish name and you make it a non Jewish name. Like Jon Stewart was originally like John Manischewitz or something.
Olivia
Right.
Ben
And now he's Jon Stewart.
Olivia
Right.
Ben
What do you call when you just change your name in Hollywood but you weren't Jewish? Is there a word for that?
Olivia
I think it's just called changing your name in Hollywood.
Ben
Got it.
Olivia
Okay. But I do want to say, what's.
Ben
Lucky Blue's real name?
Olivia
I just looked it up and it looks like it's Lucky Blue on Wikipedia. There's no other real name, of course.
Ben
Because they're burying it. They're smart. Lucky Blue has a real name. It's probably like Dennis or something.
Olivia
What is Lucky Blue's Dennis.
Ben
Right?
Olivia
Dennis Smith, real name.
Ben
Dennis Smith is a good name.
Olivia
Lucky Blue's real name is Lucky Blue Smith. And he is an American model, actor, and musician who is part of the band Atomics with his sisters, Starley, Piper, America and Daisy. Clementine.
Ben
Okay, so the parents started this.
Olivia
They like unique names.
Ben
No, I'm saying Daisy. Lucky Blue's parents started this. Clementine. You know another fun fact?
Olivia
Clementine is a very cute name. We love Daisy. Shannon's baby is named Daisy. That's a lovely name.
Ben
I'm actually not sure shocked that these are their names now that I'm thinking about it. You know that my parents almost named me Blue and my sister Magenta.
Jackie
Right.
Olivia
And then they didn't. They just used those letters.
Ben
Yeah. Isn't that crazy? I feel like, imagine if my name was Blue.
Olivia
Like, I actually think that's very cute.
Ben
I would have no career.
Olivia
And I feel like actually maybe you'd have a bigger career, Ben.
Ben
No, I wouldn't.
Olivia
And maybe, maybe your sister would be like Maggie instead of Magenta.
Ben
Terrible name. Maggie Yuck. I don't like that at all.
Olivia
What names do you like?
Ben
Normal names. Names for people that had meaning. I think we just do this in Judaism. I don't know if everybody does this. I love naming for someone special.
Olivia
Right. Or if you're.
Ben
And nobody's name was Lucky Blue.
Olivia
Or if the name means something.
Jackie
Yeah.
Olivia
You know, I love the meaning of names.
Ben
Meaning of names.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
Does he have blue eyes?
Olivia
Totally.
Ben
If he does, then he changed his name.
Olivia
But, you know, all babies.
Ben
Because they couldn't have known. That's what I'm saying.
Olivia
No, his eyes are incredibly blue, actually.
Ben
Oh, so then he changed his name.
Olivia
That's him.
Ben
Yep. They buried it. They buried his real name over there.
Olivia
I mean, I Googled, how do you bury somebody's real name?
Ben
I mean, you go to. I forget that guy's name. Felix. He's the one that's SEO. You can bury a name.
Olivia
Nobody will get that joke except me.
Ben
You can bury a name. No, he's just like an SEO consultant. You can bury anything you want. Okay. You can bury anything you want, including Lucky Blue's real name.
Olivia
You cannot fuck up your birth certificate. It is.
Ben
It says you can change your name. Legally.
Olivia
You can legally change your name.
Ben
That's what he did. And then buried it. If his eyes were green, Olivia, and his name was Lucky Blue, I would believe that.
Olivia
Why? He could just wear contact.
Ben
This is interesting.
Olivia
No, no. Or he could just go by Lucky and drop the blue.
Ben
Even worse. Lucky. It's the name of a dog.
Olivia
Be a lady tonight.
Ben
That's the name of a dog. Dog. Lucky.
Olivia
I mean, a lot of people use human names for their dogs. Theo.
Ben
Yeah. By the way, an amazing name for a distinguished dead gentleman. Like, distinguished dead gentleman. He was great.
Olivia
Distinguished, right? So great.
Ben
He was a great boy.
Olivia
He really was.
Ben
Rest in peace. Romeo, though, has really come around.
Olivia
I mean, Romeo is so sweet and cute.
Ben
No, but he really, like, he is killing it.
Olivia
I know, but you know all like. Like when dogs are puppies, like, they're really so, like, rambunctious, you know, 100%.
Ben
And he just. Just, like in his formative years.
Olivia
I mean, that's no excuse for Ratnolia.
Ben
No, no.
Olivia
I love Magnolia. I just feel like there's been a lot of slander about Magnolia on this podcast, so I just felt the need to continue it, you know?
Ben
Yeah. I will be on the opposite side. I will defend Magnolia. I will defend her.
Olivia
Magnolia just has to stop barking. But she's so lovely, you know?
Ben
She's a lovely dog. And She's Margo's and they have an intimate relationship. And I think Margo don't watch today's episode. No, you should. Absolutely should. Because I defended your honor. That's all.
Olivia
Yeah, no, like, so sweet.
Ben
Your honor has been defended, Margot.
Olivia
All right, last story. You ready? By the way, I'm having so much fun with you.
Ben
Same. It's great. We're great. Easy.
Olivia
Totally. Maybe I could be a guest on Good Guys.
Jackie
Sure. What?
Olivia
We talk about anything you want.
Ben
Anything you want.
Olivia
No, no, I'm kidding.
Ben
We can talk about your garden and how you garden.
Olivia
Oh, my God, Totally. You're gonna come see my garden tonight.
Ben
I'm super excited. I need to see it. And I need you to teach me how to garden.
Olivia
Oh, my God. 100%. Hire a farmer. That's what it is. I know, but you could probably have something like, really cute, like in New York, or like on a terrace or balcony.
Ben
My mom is actually an expert gardener.
Olivia
Oh, I'm nothing less.
Ben
From by an expert gardener, I think she goes Home Depot buys the powder, puts it in soil and waters it. That said, when I go over, maybe.
Olivia
I have to keep it alive.
Ben
She keeps it alive.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
And when I go over, she's like, man, would you like some fresh cherry tomato?
Olivia
You would love it. Also because even tonight you'll see that I have my. What? My herb box, Right? So, like, if you just needed some parsley. We know you love parsley. Some dill, like, so fresh, like, you don't have to run to the store if you forgot something, you know.
Ben
Absolutely lovely.
Olivia
We literally ate a papaya from my papaya tree that I planted in February two nights ago.
Ben
How was it?
Olivia
So sweet and delicious.
Ben
That's so fun.
Olivia
Yeah. So fun. Levi literally ate the entire papaya and it was the size of your head.
Ben
No. Living off the land is really.
Olivia
It's really so wonderful.
Ben
It's really special.
Olivia
It really is. I totally agree. Okay, last story, which is I'm seriously obsessed with this. Mom. Mom man goes viral. After ordering 11 pounds of French butter for wife's push present.
Ben
I saw this. Wow.
Olivia
After welcoming their son James Michael Vitale knew he wanted to gift his wife Madison a push present she'd never forget. The 35 year old Hoboken, New Jersey dad spent some time debating what to get her thinking about the things she loves. And then it hit him. French butter. I've always been obsessed with butter, specifically French butter, and knew I'd enjoy it. Madison tells people exclusively after our honeymoon in France last year, where we Ate a ton of bread and butter and jamon hambon burreh sandwiches like Joey Kamasta. Jamon ham like Joey Kamasta. He knew I'd appreciate it. I've also gotten into making sourdough over the past year. Yeah, you go, girl. So we always have fresh bread at home. He went all out ordering 11 pounds, which is 5 kilos of butter from Straight from Normandy. And it cost only $273.56, plus about $50 for other sandwich ingredients. Amazing gift. The only thing I have to say about this is that I also like hope you got, like, another gift on the side. Do you know what I mean?
Ben
What are you gonna do with 11 pounds of butter? Well, first and foremost, Madison, from sister snacking.
Olivia
Oh, yes.
Ben
Sister snacking friends. And I'm pretty sure that they're fans of the toast. They're gonna be excited that we're doing this.
Olivia
Love, love, love, love, love.
Ben
And all that I have to say is, what do you do with 11 pounds of butter? Do you freeze it?
Olivia
You invite Ben over, You know, you invite Joe, come ask him over.
Ben
Ben goes through a little butter. Actually, Ben makes his own butter.
Olivia
Butter, like butter lasts a good amount of time in the fridge.
Ben
Do you own butter, Liv? I don't. Have you ever?
Olivia
No, but I would like to.
Ben
This is the easiest.
Olivia
It is really easy. I should.
Ben
Most unbelievable experience. You buy heavy whipping cream and you fucking turn it on.
Olivia
I know. In your know, we're really more of a cream cheese family than we are a butter family, which is the only reason why I haven't. But I think it's amazing.
Ben
Do you make your own butter? You put in your herbs. You make an herb butterfly.
Olivia
Garlic. Garlic.
Ben
Oh, this is fantastic. Fantastic, fantastic. And you put it on your fresh sourdough bread. I went to LA and I forgot about my sourdough starter. It's sitting in the fridge. Do you think it's still good?
Olivia
100%. It will be good in the fridge for years.
Ben
So it's still. So it's still a lot.
Olivia
100%, maybe, like, when you take it out, you just maybe have to feed it twice before you use it. It needs, like, it needs to come back to life a little bit, but leaving it in the fridge is totally normal and fine. Yeah.
Ben
Look, I went really.
Olivia
I loved your sourdough journey, by the way.
Ben
I went really hard into it. I. I loved it. It's a journey that I'm realizing one can only do when they're settled.
Olivia
Interesting. Yes. I agree with that.
Ben
If you Are moving, which, like, we went from the Hamptons to LA to Florida to like.
Olivia
Right, you're on the move.
Ben
We're on the move.
Olivia
Yeah, I agree with that.
Ben
And you need to be in one place really settled to get into a routine of making bread.
Olivia
100%.
Ben
You're gonna want to make bread every day.
Olivia
Right?
Ben
And making bread every day requires.
Olivia
It's also. It's about the timing. Like, you sort of have to be like. Like not like necessarily sedentary in a place, but like, it sort of has to like, work with your schedule.
Ben
Pretty sedentary. I mean, it takes the whole day.
Olivia
Yeah, it does. You get. And the more you do it, the sort of like, sort of corner cutting, you learn where you learn how to like, maneuver. Do you really have to go back every hour and stretch and fold four times? I don't always, you know, like happens and guess what? It turns out totally fine.
Ben
But you do need to let it rise. You do, like, like that.
Olivia
You know what I've been doing, actually, I did this last night right before I go to sleep at like 11pm I mix my dough and instead of like waiting and doing stretch and folds, I actually mix it in the mixer for like five minutes. So it builds up the gluten.
Ben
Interesting.
Olivia
And then I leave it on the counter till I'm up the next morning, seven, eight o'. Clock. And I put it right in the fridge.
Ben
Got it.
Olivia
And then I bake it.
Ben
You let it rise eight hours overnight.
Olivia
Overnight.
Ben
That's nice.
Olivia
So, like, it's really not that time consuming, you know?
Ben
No, that's a really smart way to do it.
Olivia
And I mix the.
Ben
Bake it at night, rise during the while you sleep.
Olivia
Sleep, Yep.
Ben
Wake up, put in the fridge, and until it's ready to bake. You could just bake it straight.
Olivia
You could. But I find it's. It's a much better like when you bake from cold sometimes. Especially when it's been sitting out like that.
Ben
Yeah.
Olivia
Because one, it's easier to score and two, it's sort of like I noticed with sourdough, like, what it needs to do is like, it sort of needs to go through different journeys. You know, you can't just be like. And. And I've cooked the same days or baked the same day sourdough, and it's turned out great. But I have like, different method. Like, if I'm doing the overnight, I wouldn't do the same day. I would put in the fridge for a little and then bake. I would bake it Even like three hours and later, you know, like, not. It doesn't have to be like a three day ordeal, but, like, you learn the biggest thing is also, like, what works for you in the temperature of your own home with your things. So, like, for example, Claudia had gotten me this amazing KitchenAid stand mixer, and that's what I use to mix my bread. My bowl is metal and it makes my dough so cold. And I live in Florida where it's hot outside. So, like, my situation is very different than somebody like you, where maybe you don't have a metal bowl and you live in New York and the temperature is like 20 degrees.
Jackie
Cool.
Olivia
Do you know what I mean? Like, everything, or maybe you keep your house a little. Everything is so fluid. So that's why everybody's you. You can obviously take inspiration from a lot of different sourdough folks, but at the same time, your sourdough journey is seriously going to be unique to you and the environment in which you live.
Ben
It will. It will. Absolutely.
Olivia
Yes.
Ben
Well said. What's your favorite thing to cook these days?
Olivia
Ooh, what a great question. Honestly, like, I just, I just love dinner time. Like, I just love making dinner for the family. Like, it's seriously my favorite. I love that, like, we, we grew up this way and it's like such an important part of our family, my family, like, just dinner together every night and as many people at the table as possible. So I just love. And my kids see the heart and soul that I pour into the meal. I just love dinner.
Ben
Yeah, I do, too.
Olivia
Dinner is everything to me, and I.
Ben
Love cooking for people. I think we share that.
Olivia
I do, too.
Ben
It's like, people come in and they're like, can I help? I'm like, get the fuck out of the kitchen.
Olivia
No, totally.
Ben
I don't want your help.
Olivia
100%. I appreciate, appreciate the offer, 100%. Especially because. Especially when you know what you're cooking and you have a certain thing in mind, it's like, then just get out of it. Let me do my thing.
Ben
It's also just like, at least for me, I really do take such attention to detail when it comes to everything. Like, even my salads, every single ingredient is chopped the exact same size. I like when my lettuce is stringy as opposed to thick. There's just specifics in the way that I cook, and I want to eat what I Cook.
Olivia
Yeah, 100%.
Ben
That's why everybody's always like, oh, isn't it a lot cooking? Because during the summer, I'm literally the Private chef for the house.
Olivia
Yeah. 100%.
Ben
Cook dinner for. Ate every night. I love it. I love it because then I get to eat the meal that I want.
Olivia
Right. 100%.
Ben
When somebody else cooks, I have to eat their meal.
Olivia
Right. No, I totally get that.
Ben
So I absolutely love that.
Olivia
I do agree with that wholeheartedly.
Ben
What do you think is the best thing that I've made?
Olivia
I mean, you make a lot of delicious things. I just feel like even the other day you made a salad, and it was just lettuce, tomato red onion, parmesan. And I was like, ooh, Ben, did you put a little lemon juice with salt? You do have an attention to detail. Your food is always very fresh. You make delicious grilled chicken. You make delicious brisket. The only things that I personally don't like that you make are, like, when I see how much mayo you're putting in stuff.
Ben
Totally.
Olivia
Then I'm just like, this is not for me.
Ben
You're not a heavy mayo, heavy.
Olivia
You're an amazing rice. Like, you make delicious food, you know?
Ben
Thank you.
Olivia
It's just always like. And I believe that that is what the fundamentals of a good meal are.
Ben
Yeah.
Olivia
Protein, starch, veg, salad, you know, and it's like you just make one of each of those every night. And it's like, people, I think, are always so worried about. About, like, composing a dish. Like, yeah. And it's like, cook a piece of chicken, make a sweet potato, steam a broccoli, make a bad salad, and you got yourself, like, people are always like, how do you do these dinners? And, like, I do so many shortcuts, but I, like, really believe in just sort of, like, elevating the basics.
Ben
Yeah.
Olivia
Where it's like. Yeah. Like, I have no problem. Like, just like, the lettuce is cut already. Do you know what I mean? Throw it in the bowl, make it look nice.
Ben
Totally. But do not give me a piece of chicken and a string bean. You need variety at a table.
Olivia
Yes.
Ben
And you do that always.
Olivia
I'm a big.
Ben
You need a bunch of things to pull from. And most importantly, the biggest hack is fucking salt and pepper.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
Use salt and pepper.
Olivia
Garlic powder, onion powder.
Ben
Like, use it on salad, Liv. Like, people don't do that. Salt and pepper on salad with lemon juice. That's what took that salad from a mundane salad to a great salad.
Olivia
It was so delicious.
Ben
Salt and pepper.
Olivia
Like, use it 100%. No, I love that. I do agree. I also think the other thing, too, is, like, people are always like, wow, you cook like, so much food. And it's like. I'm sorry. Like, people are always coming in and out of my house. I have a family to feed. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Like, I love. I don't mind having leftovers in my fridge for a day or two. It's amazing having extra grilled chicken in the fridge. It's amazing having sweet potatoes or rice. Like, it's so great. Like, it's almost like inadvertent meal prep. It's like, I. Of course, I make way more food than the people that are sitting at the table. 100%. It's like one. One job. Like, you. You know, what's the phrase? But it's like, build once, run everywhere, like, that sort of thing.
Ben
You also have a husband that eats for three, which is great. They're like, there's four people here. No, there's actually seven, which is great.
Jackie
So true.
Ben
Yeah. So, like. No, that's also. Sorry. Another pet peeve. And then, sadly, we're gonna have to wrap it up.
Olivia
No, I know. It's so sad.
Ben
I know. It's so fun. But another pet peeve is if I'm coming over to your house and there's eight people, and you made eight pieces of chicken.
Olivia
No. Not okay.
Ben
That's not okay.
Olivia
Of all.
Ben
Never run out of anything.
Olivia
I agree.
Ben
Nothing.
Olivia
I agree.
Ben
You can't run out of anything.
Olivia
Agree.
Ben
You have leftovers. No problem. Put them in.
Olivia
And by the way, if you're, like, in our house, it's like, it's eight people and then four kids. Like, that's at least 12 pieces of chicken, even if the kids are not eating a full bread. But, like, you have to account for, like, every mouth, especially with protein.
Ben
Like, if you're gonna run out of a side. Okay. You can't run out of the main.
Olivia
I agree.
Ben
You cannot. Totally agree. I should be able to eat as much.
Olivia
I'm always actually, like, very much overdoing it. But, like, I. 100. By the way, before we wrap up, we have to do Queenie and Weenie.
Ben
Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Who. Who is your. Okay, Queenie? And we need the week.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
People that we love? People that we hate or things that we love? Things that we hate.
Olivia
Okay, My Queenie, this is, like, such a lame answer, but I'm sorry. It's obviously gonna be Jackie and Claudia. I feel like we have to give them their props. Like, they. They gave us this platform to just, like, spew for the last hour. We've obviously had the best time, but they're just. They're so beautiful, stunning, and smart, and I love them so much. So they will always be my queens. They're my queens. I. Every week, you know?
Ben
Yes, they are. They are.
Olivia
Would you have the same answer?
Ben
I would have the same answer. I think we're gonna share a queenie. I was gonna make it my wife and I think I should also make it Jackie. Totally, totally love that they kill it. And, like, they're.
Olivia
And we love them so much, but.
Ben
Like, they have, like, such a huge platform and work so hard, but are also such dedicated moms. Totally. Like, people don't get to see that side of them 100%, but they really are unbelievable moms. As are you.
Olivia
Yeah. But they also built an amazing community. Like, whenever I, like, meet toasters in the wild, it's always just, like, the best of humankind, 100%, you know, everything they to is just like, no, they're fabulous.
Ben
They're so unbelievably sweet. I'll do my weenie.
Olivia
Okay?
Ben
My weenie is the fucking Tesla. Okay, look, I've already spoken at length about how the Tesla runs out of charge. You guys have heard that. Whatever. I think there's a new setting where I now need to swipe up to go into drive and down to go into reverse.
Olivia
Yeah.
Ben
And let me tell you, we were fine with buttons. Okay? We were fine with buttons. We were fine with keys. We were fine with keys. I don't want to have to find my magic key card that then goes in a magic place on the side of the Tesla to open it. God forbid I left my wallet somewhere. I can't even turn on my fucking car. All of a sudden, I go to turn on the car. Liv, you can't turn on the car without putting your foot on the brake. You put your foot on the brake, you put a key in a specific place. This is unbelievable.
Olivia
I am not a Tesla driver or owner. I'm team Hyundai, so I'm. Button keys. So here. All of that.
Ben
Out, out.
Olivia
I love that.
Ben
And did you see? They just. I mean, this is not really. I mean, it is a story. I'm not commenting if it's a weenie or queenie. Elon Musk got approved for a trillion dollar payout.
Olivia
I saw.
Ben
Oh, my God. What do you do with a trillion dollars?
Olivia
I mean, I don't know.
Ben
You buy a country or, like, more.
Olivia
Rocket ships and stuff, I guess. How much, like, do those things cost? Like a rocket ship?
Ben
I'm not.
Olivia
I mean, I'm not like, actually builds.
Ben
A maybe like 50 million.
Olivia
Community.
Ben
Does that sound like Mars? 100 million. 100 million.
Olivia
100 million for a rocket ship. I mean, it sounds about right.
Ben
I read some statistic that if you made $10,000 a day since the day that Jesus Christ was born, you still wouldn't have as much money as Elon Musk's current net worth.
Olivia
Wow.
Ben
10 grand a day since Jesus.
Olivia
I wanted to. When was Jesus born?
Ben
A long time ago, Liv. Don't ask me for specifics. I don't know the answer. Something.
Olivia
We're Jewish.
Ben
We got. Yeah, yeah.
Olivia
Who's my weenie? I don't really know. I mean, I guess it's those motherfuckers that rob the Louvre and. Or the museum employee that made the password Louvre.
Ben
Like, totally not.
Olivia
Like, just like the. The. Some dumb aspects of society, generally speaking, would be weenie for me. Maybe 100%, you know, like, get it together. It's kind of like what we were saying before. Like, we're so advanced and we're so behind. Get it together. Figure it the fuck out. Like, that mentality is weenieism to me.
Ben
Figure it the fuck out, folks. Follow Olivia on social.
Olivia
Totally follow Ben on social. He's a celebrity chef.
Ben
Follow me on social. Go to spritsociety.com, check out our stuff. Listen to the Good Guys podcast. It's absolutely fantastic.
Olivia
It is. It's fantastic.
Ben
It's fantastic.
Olivia
I'm so proud of you, Ben. You're just so wonderful.
Ben
Thank you, darling. You are too. And, folks, this episode has been unbelievable. Give them five stars. Give us five stars. I'm doing the outro. Like, it's Good Guys. Otherwise. What are you, nuts? Listen to us. We're wherever you get your podcast. Watch us on YouTube, share our clips there on Instagram and TikTok. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, folks. Every day. These women are unbelievable. Every single day. You can listen to the toast. Have a great day. Love ya.
Olivia
Bye.
Ben
Bye.
Olivia
I actually think that that was better than their outro. That was fabulous.
Ben
Wow. Tell Claude.
Olivia
I will.
Ben
Cause we're still live hot m.
Host: Dear Media
Guests/Hosts for Today: Olivia & Ben (in lieu of Jackie & Claudia Oshry)
Date: November 7, 2025
On this special installment of The Toast, regular hosts Jackie and Claudia Oshry step out for the first time ever, handing the reins to Olivia and Ben (aka “Trout” and BSC). Broadcasting live from sunny Florida, Olivia and Ben bring their unique chemistry, banter, and food-obsessed energy for a lively episode that feels like a cozy, hilarious family brunch. Expect sharp critiques of meals, deep-dives into viral news, hot takes on everything from holiday food innovation to wild parenting choices, and the famously humble “Queenie & Weenie” segment to cap things off.
[19:46–24:52]
[26:54–36:14]
[42:34–47:41]
[51:14–58:21]
[60:05–64:45]
[69:20–72:12]
| Timestamp | Topic/Highlight | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:30–02:00 | Intro & historic hosting switch | | 02:14–04:50 | Memorable dinner, food critique | | 04:50–07:14 | Food talk, dips, and giant Lazy Susans | | 09:17–11:13 | Screen time confessions | | 11:34–13:25 | Flying mishaps, family ‘Karen’ energy | | 19:46–24:52 | Kraft Apple Pie Mac & Cheese | | 26:54–36:14 | Charles Barkley goes commando, family stories | | 42:34–47:41 | Louvre heist, easy passwords, art heist banter | | 51:14–58:21 | Nara & Lucky Blue Smith SKIMS campaign, baby name debate | | 60:05–64:45 | Viral French butter push present, sourdough deep-diving | | 65:48–67:49 | Culinary philosophies, dinner routines | | 69:20–72:12 | Queenie & Weenie of the week |
Available weekdays. Jackie & Claudia return next episode—unless, as today proved, Olivia & Ben are needed to keep things deliciously real.
“Have a great day. Love ya.” — Ben, [73:07]