Podcast Summary: Unsupervised with Syd & TP
Episode: Ladies Locker Room Talk
Air Date: October 16, 2025
Hosts: Syd Colson ("Sid") & Theresa Plaisance ("TP")
Network: Dear Media
Main Theme
This episode brings listeners into the intentionally chaotic and hilarious world of Syd and TP—a “2 a.m. group chat you accidentally walked into.” “Ladies Locker Room Talk” features irreverent discussions on influencer culture, 2000s music videos, loyalty rules for TV-watching, locker room hygiene, sports betting shenanigans, and the weirdness of AI actors. The signature “Locker Room Talk” segment explores what really goes down in women's locker rooms, led by Syd and TP’s infectious openness and comedic candor.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. Interruption as Love Language
- Sid & TP address listener feedback about interrupting each other too much. They double-down:
- “Interruption is love language.” — TP (00:18)
- Sid admits to ADHD traits and jokes she doesn’t need a diagnosis—she knows herself better than any doctor.
- Both agree they interrupt because they're genuinely excited, not rude.
2. Influencer/Review Drama: The Bakery Story
- Sid plays a viral clip of a bakery owner who calls out an influencer for requesting free food for a good review—then leaving a false, nasty review anyway.
- Bakery owner details the hard work and real Italian ingredients that go into their products.
- Sid and TP react:
- “That’s just a weird person…extremely lame.” — Sid (05:14)
- TP and Sid express skepticism toward online reviews, joking about seven-paragraph appetizers and “raisin in mac and cheese” crowd (06:37).
- TP notes quiet heroism: “I have to really log on, remember my password, just so people know I don’t do this often” (08:29).
- On tipping:
- TP sticks to minimum tip even with rude service: “If you’re a shitty person you also need to pay your bills.” (09:19)
- Sid adds context: “In customer service, you have to get it together in a hurry. We don’t get to just show up to games and just not play.” (10:48)
- Both reinforce: Don’t be a weird influencer. Don’t blackmail local businesses.
3. MTV’s End of an Era & 2000s Music Video Nostalgia
- MTV to shut down music channels: Both reminisce about formative hours spent watching music videos before school.
- TP remembers practicing Ciara’s “Ride” choreography with kneepads: “I need this like I need air.” (13:32)
- Sid shares her “not at all a gay awakening” memories of formative music crushes: Destiny's Child, Monica, Aaliyah.
- Both reminisce about music video school performances (TP’s legendary “One, Two Step” and “Grillz” performances at Ursuline Academy—15:04 – 16:26).
- They go on a nostalgia spree:
- Missy Elliott, Gwen Stefani, Usher, Outkast, Chingy, Bone Thugs (“Bom bom bom bom, bom bom bom, boom…tell me what ya got…” — TP 22:08), Wyclef and Lauryn Hill videos, classic music video dance/fight sequences.
- Sid laments: “These kind of conversations make me mad. Music’s just not the same.” (20:25)
4. Viral Sports Moments: Preseason Betting Gone Wild
- Paolo Banchero clip: A fan heckles an NBA player for not hitting their parlay, and Paolo calls out his apparent gambling addiction in real time (38:29).
- Sid: “To be diagnosed by a professional athlete is absolutely insane.”
- TP: “Preseason betting is where we cross the line.”
- Both express dismay at the normalization of sports gambling, with TP noting: “The only people that are trying are people that are probably not in the betting app…this guy [Banchero] is coasting.”
- Sid: “You posted it, proud that like you…just really…”
- TP: “Go to therapy. Therapy is so healthy.”
- Both joke that therapists should now be DMing viral gambling addicts instead of ESPN requesting clips.
5. TV-Watching Loyalty: Is It Cheating to Move Ahead?
- How to handle when your partner/friend watches ahead on a series:
- TP: “Two reminders, and then I’m moving on. I just don’t have any more time for that.” (31:51)
- Sid admits she binge-watches but gets distracted. TP playfully complains about Sid rewinding “10 minutes instead of 15 seconds” and falling asleep everywhere.
- Both agree on a two-strike rule for moving ahead, unless you originally introduced the show, then demand more loyalty.
- Sid fake-complains but ultimately is not bothered, unless it’s her show to begin with: “You didn’t even know this existed—you need to wait.”
6. Locker Room Talk: “Skid Mark Scenario”
- Locker Room Talk segment debuts: Sid proposes a hypothetical—what do you do if you catch a teammate, close friend, or star player with a “massive skid mark” in their underwear before a game?
- TP walks through scenarios:
- Close friend: quietly stage an intervention in the bathroom, bring game shorts, solve discreetly.
- Annoying star player: “Oh god, what’s that smell?”—expose them for a team laugh.
- Quiet teammate, first-time offender: stay silent, preserve their dignity. Repeat offender: politely urge them to see a doctor.
- If it’s TP’s mishap, she’d joke about it to beat anyone else to the punch; if it’s Sid, she’d try to be discreet—unless it’s a close friend, then it’s merciless.
- Sid proposes leaving a mysterious but supportive Post-it note for less familiar teammates ("Hey, I saw what happened earlier, wasn't sure if you needed someone to chat with...").
- TP cautions: “This doesn’t fairly represent all ladies in ladies locker rooms, just us.”
- Both agree: if you see the same problem twice, you have to intervene.
- TP walks through scenarios:
7. Question from Listener: Thoughts on AI Actors
- DM from Eleanor: asking about AI actors replacing real actors for “young versions” of characters.
- Both hosts are harshly anti-AI actors:
- Sid: “We don’t like the overuse of AI…We will be iRobot soon.”
- TP: “We’re gonna just go with the computer.”
- Sid: “Computers don’t have souls. You’re supposed to feel something [from art].”
- TP: “Creativity comes from the human mind.”
- Overall, both feel it's dehumanizing to replace artists in an already difficult industry.
- Both hosts are harshly anti-AI actors:
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
Interruption = Love
- “Interruption is love language.” — TP (00:18)
On Influencer Blackmail
- “That’s just a weird person… extremely lame.” — Sid (05:14)
On Reviewing for the People
- "I have to really log on, remember my password, just so people know I don’t do this often.” — TP (08:29)
On Tipping Even When Treated Poorly
- “If you’re a shitty person you also need to pay your bills.” — TP (09:19)
- “In customer service, you have to get that together in a hurry. We don’t get to just show up to games and just not play.”— Sid (10:48)
Music Video Mania
- “I need this like I need air.” — TP after reminiscing about practicing Ciara’s “Ride” (13:32)
- “These kind of conversations make me mad. Music’s just not the same.” — Sid (20:25)
On Betting Addiction
- “To be diagnosed by a professional athlete is absolutely insane.” — Sid (38:56)
- “Preseason betting is where we cross the line.” — TP (39:33)
- “Therapists are like, reaching out to them…Hey, about your addiction.” — Sid (42:22)
TV Loyalty
- “Two reminders, and then I’m moving on. I just don’t have any more time for that.” — TP (31:51)
- “You didn’t even know this existed—you need to wait…” — Sid (36:14)
- “The amount of times that I’ve heard conversation after I already watched the episode…Because you most likely fell asleep..." — TP teasing Sid (34:17)
Locker Room Candor
- “I would make this extra uncomfortable… hey Sid, can you meet me in the big stall in the bathroom?” — TP on finding a close friend’s disaster (47:36)
- “I’d leave a Post-it: ‘Hey, I saw what happened earlier. Wasn’t sure if you needed someone to chat with…’” — Sid (55:04)
On AI in the Arts
- “We don’t like the overuse of AI… We will be iRobot soon.” — Sid (59:16)
- “Computers don’t have souls. You’re supposed to feel something [from art].” — Sid (62:04)
- “Creativity comes from the human mind.” — TP (62:48)
Timestamps for Major Segments
- 00:00 – 01:11: On interruption—love language & ADHD
- 02:51 – 06:37: Bakery/influencer story & sid / TP’s take on reviews
- 09:13 – 10:48: Tipping, customer service, grace for bad days
- 11:23 – 22:31: MTV, music video nostalgia, school performances
- 38:27 – 42:42: Paolo Banchero sports betting story, professional athlete diagnoses
- 30:17 – 37:16: TV-watching loyalty rules, rewatching, falling asleep
- 43:32 – 58:06: “Locker Room Talk” segment—Skid mark scenario with multiple perspectives
- 58:34 – 63:47: Listener question about AI actors; anti-AI in the arts
The Vibe & Tone
Sid and TP provide a vibrant, unfiltered window into their friendship and sports culture, full of banter, random games, and “unhinged” but ultimately supportive life advice. The tone is playful, irreverent, and unapologetically chatty—like a real chat thread with friends who go deep (about music videos) and shallow (about TV betrayal) in the same breath. This episode especially captures their talent for turning the most random what-ifs (locker room, parlay mishaps) into laugh-out-loud social commentary.
Summary
“Ladies Locker Room Talk” stands out as a riotous blend of throwback reminiscence, modern dilemmas, and honest, off-the-cuff humor. Syd and TP riff on everything from influencer entitlement to the decline of music video culture and the wildest locker room hypotheticals, all while fielding listener questions with the sincerity (and sarcasm) that defines their friendship. For an audience seeking community, mischief, and the comfort of overhearing a great group chat, this episode nails the assignment.
For more wild hypotheticals, unfiltered opinions, and accidental wisdom, tune in weekly—because on Unsupervised, you truly never know what you’ll get.