We're Not Accepting ACL Donations At This Time: Part 2

Summary

---

Unsupervised with Syd & TP — Episode Summary

Episode: "We're Not Accepting ACL Donations At This Time: Part 2"

Release Date: August 28, 2025
Hosts: Syd Colson & Theresa Plaisance (TP)
Podcast Network: Dear Media

---

Overview

This episode of "Unsupervised with Syd & TP" is a vibrant, hilarious deep-dive into Syd and TP’s friendship origins, the lighter (and heavier) sides of pro sports dynamics, inside stories from their WNBA careers, and the significance of family and authenticity. The duo reminisce about their early days as teammates, share comic tales of uncertainty, discuss forming lasting connections, and—true to their form—veer off on plenty of personal, unscripted tangents. The episode closes with a heartfelt, comedic listener DM segment and a call to embrace kindness and laughter.

---

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. First Impressions & Origins of Friendship

• Awkward Beginnings:
  TP recounts arriving at a new team in Spain without knowing anyone personally, being overwhelmed, and meeting Syd for the first time. Syd was direct, inviting, and immediately wanted to hang out.
  • TP: “You walked directly up to me. Like, you. You were so in my face. I was like, whoa, this girl's a lot.” [01:20]
• Syd’s Take:
  Syd admits to judging TP for being late and not dressed out for practice—thinking she was lazy—and then worrying TP might be funnier than her but hoping they’d have fun.
  • Syd: “So I thought, dang, that's a big white girl. And I was like, dang, she lazy.” [03:54]
• Defining Each Other:
  TP’s three words for Syd: “In your face ... high energy ... shameless.” [03:10]
  Syd spins criticism into a badge of honor: “I'm a straight shooter. Let's get to ... the meat of the convo. That's why I don't like small talk.” [03:26]

---

2. Road to Team Chemistry & Locker Room Bonds

• Practice & Lifting Rituals:
  Syd and TP describe doing extra lifts together post-practice, making early efforts to be seen as committed and responsible—a mix of wanting to impress and just not wanting to be the “trying to avoid the optional” players.
  • Syd: “It's like, mandatory optional.” [05:07]
• Cold Tub & Team Anxiety:
  A funny cold tub story—where an MMA fighter shocks them by plunging fully in while they struggle—morphs into discussing the stress of making a new team, and the classic “did I get cut?” anxiety (including the awkwardness of finding out via third-party rumor rather than coach or agent).
  • TP: “If I was planning on hanging out with you, this call isn’t changing nothing. I’m gonna still get some laughs.” [07:46]
• How You Find Out If You’re Cut:
  They humorously debate the etiquette of waiting to be contacted versus calling the coach/agent yourself, with TP recalling how “no one’s ever heard of someone calling to ask, ‘hey, am I cut?’” [09:25]

---

3. Bonding Beyond the Court

• On the Road:
  The story of flying to Phoenix without knowing Syd’s team status, then basically not shutting up from the plane to the hotel room, leads them to realize their instant friendship was rooted in shared backgrounds, values, and upbringings.
  • Syd: “We only take breaks, like, getting off one mode of transportation and onto the other.” [11:24]
  • TP: “That trip specifically, I knew this was going to be a really special year.” [12:05]
• Authenticity in Team Spaces:
  They joke about their comedic energy exhausting teammates, but credit it with making the locker room the healthiest, most fun one of their careers.
  • TP: “Honestly, that first Aces team was the best year of my whole career.” [13:52]
  • Syd: “It was easy for us to, like, show up as ourselves ... But some teams can make it harder.” [14:42]

---

4. Comparing Teams & Evolving Friendships

• Matching Chemistry Elsewhere:
  No team since has matched their comedic chemistry or closeness, though Syd notes new teams are fun in different ways and that she’s always authentically herself wherever she goes:
  • TP: “Since then, have you been on a team that has matched that funny?” [16:54]
  • Syd: “You’re never going to catch me doing anything where I’m needing to be fake or put on.” [18:43]

---

5. The Role of Family & Upbringing

• Moms as Wisdom:
  Both recount how, coincidentally, their mothers called during crucial first moments of their show and TV launch—seen as both comedy and spiritual support.
  • Syd: “My mom’s calling. Right. In a segment that made it just fit perfectly.” [20:44]
  • TP: “For us to both have our mothers ... women of wisdom ... who haven’t, like, made excuses for their lives.” [22:12]
• Family Values:
  They appreciate being raised around extended family, and see their parents’ empathy and grit as the roots of their own candid, loving approach—not just to sport but to life and relationships.

---

6. Listener Segment — Down The DMs

• Proposal Shoutout:
  The hosts respond to a DM from Liz, collecting congrats messages for her proposal to Jessica—a podcast fan.
  • TP breaks into a cheer: “Jess. Jess. You seem like the best. Better than all the rest...” [28:05]
• Classic Roast & Congratulations:
  The bit spins into riffing on Sydney Sweeney impressions and getting sentimental about finding someone who plans “all this” to make a proposal special.

---

7. Final Reflections and Notable Quotes

• Emotional Takeaway:
  The episode ends with gratitude for listeners (“babysitters”) and a reminder to be kind, real, and above all, keep laughing—even through adversity.
  • TP: “We hope that you are continuing to go out and be kind to people, laugh, have a full day. Like, cry, laugh, do whatever that third thing was that we couldn’t think of.” [29:43]
  • Syd: "Throw kindness around like a daddy." [30:04]

---

Memorable Moments & Quotes

• TP on Syd: “You walked straight up to me and you’re like, ‘Hey, what are you doing later?’ I’m like, ‘nothing.’ You were like, ‘You want to hang out?’ I was like, ‘yeah.’” [01:03]
• Syd on self-awareness: “I’m a straight shooter. Let's get to ... the meat of the convo.” [03:26]
• Syd on being cut: “If I was planning on hanging out with you, this call isn’t changing nothing. I'm gonna still get some laughs and hang out before I do.” [07:46]
• TP on authenticity: “Honestly, that first ASUS team was the best year of my whole career. I’ve never been in a locker room, that felt so healthy, that felt so fun. That felt so collaborative and inclusive.” [13:52]
• Syd on the show’s roots: “It was impactful just for, like, our own relationships... you’re getting like wisdom or love or just a phone call from the person that brought you into this world.” [23:52]
• Listener Letter: “If you have somebody ... reaching out to people that you’re a fan of to get them to send a kind message to you or, like, doing all this planning to propose, like, I feel like that’s a solid person most times.” [28:05]

---

Timestamps for Important Segments

• First Impressions & Friendship Origins: 00:10–04:30
• Cold Tub/“Did I Get Cut?” Story: 05:17–09:45
• Real-Time Team Anxiety & Assessment: 09:45–13:17
• Locker Room Chemistry Stories: 13:17–16:58
• Team Comparisons / Being Yourself: 16:58–18:43
• Family & Upbringing Reflections: 20:07–25:35
• Listener Proposal DM Segment: 26:52–29:22
• Closing Reflections & Messages: 29:43–30:04

---

Tone & Style

Unapologetically honest, cutting, and warm, Syd and TP’s camaraderie shines through, blending irreverent humor with moments of genuine affection and insight. Their “group chat at 2am” style makes everything—from pro sports anxiety to family shoutouts—feel personal and real.

---

In Short

This episode is classic “Unsupervised”: nothing stays strictly on-topic, but every rabbit hole yields a blend of laughs, honesty, and an irrepressible energy that makes Syd & TP’s friendship feel not just authentic, but iconic for everyone listening.

---

"Throw kindness around like a daddy. We love y’all. We’ll see you next time." [30:04]

Transcript

[A]

I've never gotten cut third party, so I'm just.

[B]

So this is a new and creative way that this is happening. But again, like, we need to see the validity.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, right, right.

[B]

With that being said, my anxiety was doing through the roof. Meanwhile, you're like big old waving like, hey.

[A]

And I was like, oh, good, you.

[B]

Probably didn't get cut. Like, it was all big misunderstanding. She walked up and I was like, so, hey, like, what's the word? She was like, so I haven't heard anything. I knew not about you. This was actually the first team that I didn't have like a friend on. I wasn't showing up knowing really anybody. Like, obviously you know, of people, but I didn't have any friends on the team. So me showing a blade playing in Spain. I show up the second to last day or something in training camp, and I remember y' all were going. I started towards the end of practice, I was doing all my physicals and stuff, and y' all wrapped up and you walked straight up to me and you're like, hey, what are you doing later? I'm like, nothing. You were like, you want to hang out? I was like, yeah.

[A]

Oh, it was the playoffs or something, right?

[B]

Or yeah, yeah. So we watched NBA playoffs. The next day was actually one of my favorite stories of all time, though.

[A]

Oh, okay. So, all right. That was. So that was your feeling upon meeting.

[B]

Yeah, Like, I just saw you. I saw you going and I was like, you had like good energy about you. But again, like, I was like really overwhelmed meeting people. You walked directly up to me. Like, you. You were so in my face. I was like, whoa, this girl's a lot.

[A]

The nerve.

[B]

So what was your initial thought? Like, I walked in, what did I do?

[A]

Well, you were talking to somebody over the top. Maybe you were talking to Rich or talking to somebody, like handling stuff. Cuz you weren't dressed out. And I was like this lazy ass coming in late, not even in clothes. Like, oh, she still got to get a clothes, like, come ready. So immediately I'm turned off my work ethic, but I'm like, I knew who you were from other teams before, right? Or like from mutual friends.

[B]

Like, I heard that you were funny.

[A]

I heard that you were funny. So once I'm seeing you, I kind of like looked over. I'm like, I keep doing what I'm doing because I'm physically practicing. I don't worry about you being lazy on the sideline. So I keep practicing with the team.

[B]

But I'm like earning your keep.

[A]

Yeah, but I'm thinking about it. I'm like, all right, I got to see how funny this, like, this girl really is.

[B]

Because I'm like, other people are funny.

[A]

Yeah, but when people. I got to really respect your sense of humor. For me to consider who you're telling me is funny. I've had people do it several times. They're like, man, this person is hilarious. I never see it.

[B]

No.

[A]

I never see it. Immediately, you're no longer a reference.

[B]

Right. For me, I'm just gonna just use three words to describe, like, how you made me feel.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I feel like this is, like, three words, but it's gonna be like, one. Like, in your face, like you were a lot. Maybe a lot is word. Again.

[A]

Multiple words in your face a lot. And what's the other?

[B]

I would say, like, high energy.

[A]

High energy. I'll take it.

[B]

And also shameless. I was, like, straight up to me and just said what you wanted. I was just like. You didn't even, like, really introduce yourself. Like, the formal. Like, hey, I'm Sid. You were just like, hey, what's up? What are you doing later?

[A]

Yeah, I'm a straight shooter. Let's get to what. What's the. What's the meat of the combo? That's why I don't like small talk.

[B]

I hated how you just pivoted. Like, mine sounded more insulting. You said straight shooter. Like, it was a positive thing.

[A]

I'm weary. So my. My thoughts. When I saw you, I was just like.

[B]

Which directly translates to big white in Chinese. We'll get to that eventually.

[A]

That's what they called her. We don't have to get to that later. That's what they called her when she played in China. Yeah. So I thought, dang, that's a big white girl. And I was like, dang, she lazy. Like, she's not dressed out. And then I was like, dang. I hope she's not, like, too much funnier than me, but I hope that we have a good time. Laughing. Yeah, those were my thoughts, genuinely, because I was like, I gotta. I gotta see how funny you are.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I have to know.

[B]

I was, like, really interested. Like, I wasn't gonna, like, front that. I wanted to know when you were. I just wanted to see you in your element. I was just like, all right.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, you were my favorite animal at the time. Because I was just like, I wonder what she's gonna do in the wild. They say you just call me a monkey. No.

[A]

I get you every episode, I think. I didn't get you last week? No, but this one was good. Y' all keep this in.

[B]

This brings us all to day two of knowing you again. I didn't practice. I still had more physicals, so. You had practice. They then brought me. Yeah, to practice. After practice, y' all are wrapping up, and you were like, hey, you want to go lift weights? Because we had to do extra. Like, yeah, we wanted to lift, but also, like, it was a good look if we lifted, like, in the places we were supposed to lift.

[A]

Yeah, you don't want to not be doing stuff that's optional. For real. To a place. Just do it. It's, like, mandatory optional.

[B]

Exactly. So we went to UFC to go lift and use the cool dubs. We do the full lift. Like, all the sets. We didn't skip one. Like, we're still on our best, like, first impression mode. But again, I'm starting to see you cut up. I know this is going to be good. Like, I'm just happening. Like, this is about to be a really long season for everybody because of how outrageous. Like, our comedy's funny, but our comedy is also ridiculously outrageous. So we lived. We're in the cold tub city, and I are up to. I'm like, probably, like, high thigh. You're to your waist in frigid waters. This MMA fighter walks in, and he goes, like, straight down to his neck like this. And we were like, hey, hope this isn't an offensive question.

[A]

But, like, well, first of all, we were looking at each other like, oh, my God.

[B]

Yeah. Also, he was, like, still checking Twitter. Like, he did not miss a beat. He wasn't shivering. We were. We were turning blue, just sitting with our knees underwater. We're like, hey, respectfully, sir, like, what does it take mentally to, like, play your sport? And he was like, you have to be crazy. And we were like, yeah, we got that.

[A]

No, yeah, for sure.

[B]

Nice to meet you. Don't hurt us. He was really nice guy. Anyway, simultaneously, Sid gets a phone call. I'm gonna say from my point of view, Sydney picks up the phone. She's like, oh, really? Oh, all right. She looks over at me, and she was like. I was like, what? I'm not good at, like, reading lips like that.

[A]

What?

[B]

Moves up on the side like. Like, we had other business to attend to later that day, but she had to let me know because at that.

[A]

Point, I'd already been cut multiple times from teams.

[B]

Right.

[A]

There are worse ways to get cut. Sometimes they do it. It's so annoying how they do it. Like, I talked to Lou Young on his podcast about this, but it was like, they'll bring you in to do it before practice or they do it right after practice. If you know you're going to be that morning, call me.

[B]

Don't make me get dressed and show up.

[A]

We can still use you for this.

[B]

Practice, but, like, right, we need a body.

[A]

It's like, just don't give me my per diem. I've been cut in a multitude of ways. So I was just like, oh, what's this new, interesting, innovative way to be cut?

[B]

Because you got a call from a teammate, from a third party hearing that you got. You didn't get cut, your agent, coach, nothing we heard from. Word of mouth from a teammate.

[A]

Right?

[B]

So if I was.

[A]

If I was planning on hanging out with you, this call isn't changing nothing. I'm gonna still get some laughs and hang out before I do.

[B]

You hung up and you're like, hey, you still down to go watch the playoffs? Like, yeah, let's meet up at a pool.

[A]

Right? I was like, but I'm gonna also wait, you know, like, to hear from my agent because.

[B]

Right.

[A]

I've never gotten cut third party. So I'm just.

[B]

So this is a new and creative way that this is happening. But again, like, we need to see the validity.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Right, Right.

[B]

So we show up to the pool later. I was first because Sydney's always late. And that has nothing to do with you being black Tam, I was supposed to use, though. Yeah, no, I have to say that first.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Anyway, you're just late because you're you. But you were.

[A]

I'm working on it, though.

[B]

But also, when you're walking up, my anxiety is through the roof because I'm like, this is going to be. I'm awkward. Right? You don't have that in you. But, like, I do. I feel it. I feel my own awkwardness. I feel secondhand embarrassment for others. Secondhand awkwardness for others. Like, I feel I'm an empath through and through. Like, whatever that emotion is, I'm feeling it. Anything from happiness to disgust, I'm tapping in. With that being said, my anxiety was through the roof. Meanwhile, you're like big old waving. Like, I was like, oh, you didn't get cut. Like, it was all a big misunderstanding. She walked up and I was like, so, hey, like, what's the word? She was like, I still haven't heard anything. And I was like, so does that mean you're like, cut or no? And you're like, I don't know. Like, I don't know if I should call my agent because I feel like they should reach out to me or, like, should I call the coaches or should they reach out to me? And I was like, I've never once heard of someone, like, asking, like, hey, am I cut?

[A]

Right. I'm not.

[B]

I would have been asking every day of every training camp.

[A]

I'm not calling to do it for you. You need to reach out to me.

[B]

That's an uncomfortable position that they need to put themselves in.

[A]

Right. They're like, hey, am I cut?

[B]

Do you want to be like, they would make it really easy on us because we're teeter totter a few names.

[A]

But you called, so. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That's why I was like, I'm not gonna do that.

[B]

We had a volunteer. They, like, relay the message. Becky's like, yeah, no, somebody volunteered. We're good. Anyway, so there was a big discussion on the table as well, because the next day, we were leaving for a preseason game on a plane. So that means that you were gonna have to get on the bus not knowing if you would cut. What?

[A]

Wait, we were going to Phoenix? These are, like, universes colliding where, like, we were going to Phoenix online, and I got hurt in this timeline.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Keep going, though.

[B]

So Cindy was gonna have to find out, like, we were discussing in real time, like, should you wait to get on the bus and be, like, to get people's vibes, too? Because I'm gonna be in the back, like, trying to get a peep. I'm gonna walk on first. But also, I knew I couldn't do the season without you.

[A]

Well, I was like, at least one funny person will survive.

[B]

The Aces needed this one. But we were discussing, like, we were gonna. We were gonna high five everybody on the bus to see who didn't stick their hand out. Like, how we were gonna get a feel if you were cut or not.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

No one mentioned anything, so we were just like, get on the bus.

[A]

If they didn't notice, just go, go, go, go, go.

[B]

And we flew to Phoenix. Still didn't get cut. We got to Phoenix. I think we unpacked our bags, and I think I came immediately into your room. We never shut up. No, we didn't show up on the bus, actually. And we sat next to each other on the plane, talked again once we landed on the bus, went straight to the hotel, continued to talk.

[A]

Yeah, we only take breaks, like, getting off one mode of transportation and onto the other.

[B]

Like, drop my bags off immediately went straight back to your room.

[A]

And we kicked it for, like, three hours just talking in the room. And that was where, like, it was solidified for me just based off of, like, our background, our upbringing. Our upbringings and a lot of things. I was just like, I think this is going to be a friend of mine for a very long time.

[B]

Yeah. I was getting into the conversations that we got into with our values, our upbringing, our family, even just, like, how we got there in the league. Also, just being the players that we were on our own teams in years past leading up to this moment.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Was, like, really big for us. And that trip specifically, I knew that this was going to be a really special year because, like you said earlier about me, like, who you showed to be in your first moments of me meeting you has been true to this day. And your consistency and who you are as a person, you're not performative. Everyone's like, oh, you probably just do it because the cameras are on. No, you're probably worse when the camera. And by worse, I mean better when the cameras aren't on. So stay tuned for our reality series. The quality time that you get to spend with some people.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Just hits different. And I knew very early on that this was going to be something that, especially since we grow. Grew so close so quickly, this is going to be something that was going to be a friendship that I felt could be a lifetime. And it was so weird, though, because I'm not the type of person that just, like, believes in something off rip. I, like lead with doubt. No, I leave trust. I lead trusting. But I do have doubt in the back of my head.

[A]

Yeah, you should.

[B]

And within the first couple minutes, I either. I either know that my gut was true in the trust, or I know that something's off based off of, like, energy or something. There's very few times I don't get a good read, but you're the exact same way, but you just show it differently. And I think, like, for me, you've helped me, like, come into myself before you, my lot. My humor was for locker room really only in my family and like, my friends in high school. Like, I thrived in high school, like, my team in college.

[A]

She peaked in high school.

[B]

She said, yeah, it was all downhill from there, but there were just a lot of things that led to me finding you to be true and real. And the more I saw how real you were and the more I saw how we weathered storms within our team. Honestly, that first ASUS team was the best year of my whole career. I've never been In a locker room, that felt so healthy, that felt so fun. That felt so collaborative and inclusive.

[A]

Yeah. And it was easy for us to, like, show up as ourselves. Like, I gladly did it on other teams, too. Like, it's just the person I'm gonna show up.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

But some teams can make it harder.

[B]

It's more difficult. Like, if you're. If other people are miserable every day or if things aren't flowing.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Then, yeah, we're gonna show up ourselves. But.

[A]

But that team was so. It was, like, early on in training camp. First few days, I'm like, this team is good as. First of all, this team is very good. And then add in, like, they were running stuff that the league hasn't seen yet.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I was like, okay, so we're very good. And also, the vibes are high. The energy is high on the court, off the court. Like, it's just clicking. It's clicking on all cylinders. And I'm like, yeah, this is something about to happen.

[B]

And we were all hanging out, like, pretty much immediately.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I think it also helped when. Whenever you want to hang out and you're not, like, pulling teeth or making, like, a mandatory event, it's just different.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

So having everybody wanting to hang out.

[A]

But people are always like, oh, how long is this gonna be? Like, sometimes it is like that. Like, you feel like that, but. But sometimes shut up. Sometimes shut up and go to the thing. Like, yeah, you probably need to go to a thing. Your attitude is always shitty. Hopefully somebody here uplifts you. Stop being a Debbie Down.

[B]

Right. It's like, sometimes when you don't feel like going to church and then you leave with the word, and you're like, all right, I needed to hear that.

[A]

Clearly, I needed that today.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, it was very much like that. So it was clear something, like, really cool what's gonna happen that year. But, like, from the. The road trips, which TP used to get on the bus, like, mind you, we reached a point in the season where people were so annoyed with the both of us. Like, they were just, like, they were bonding over being fed up with us.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, the eye rolls. But, like, we would end trips, and they would be like, thank God. Like, we don't have to hear y' all no more. And we're like, you want to play pirates, right? You want to go to the apartment? Mind you, we're getting back at, like.

[B]

2, 3am 3am Sometimes there was, like, buses that started at, like. I remember we got on a bus, and we had like a 4 o' clock bus or like a 4:30 bus.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

With the same energy. Road trip. Nobody was a fan of that. But you have to be consistent in who you are.

[A]

You have to.

[B]

So that was actually, like, probably one of the funniest teams I've ever been on. Also the last team that I was on. Which brings me to my next question. Since then, have you been on a team that has matched that? Funny.

[A]

I feel like.

[B]

Or met someone like myself who has been able to match your insanity.

[A]

Been on a team is funny that. See, the thing was, like, I already knew several of the players there from being there in 2019.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Or just people from, like, being in the league with. So I had, like, some relationship with some people, but that team was funniest because I've yet to have a teammate that, like, matches you. Yeah, people are funny in different ways, but it's just a different. It's a different level that you'll go to. The other people won't.

[B]

That you'll also go to.

[A]

Right. But, like, the team now is really funny, too.

[B]

Like, yeah, your team is funny.

[A]

And we really just started doing more stuff to hang out with each other, like, going to the fair, stuff like that. People are, like, obsessed with trying to, like, assess everything that I do here and say, I'm not having fun. I'm like, I'm having a really good time.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Actually, like, it's just a different energy than it was with the Aces. I just met them a couple months ago. A few months ago.

[B]

And you created the culture in the Aces locker room. This is a. You were walking into a locker room where you don't know what the culture was. So you walked in to.

[A]

To do this to a group that's.

[B]

Already been doing, like, what they've been doing for years. And you are probably, like, coming in, like, treading lightly to see what the vibes are, but also, like, obviously going to be yourself.

[A]

Yeah. And I think that's the thing, that when people see us on camera, they struggle to accept that, like, we're being ourselves everywhere we are. So any team that I go on, you're never going to catch me doing anything where I'm needing to be fake or put on. Because if I'm not enjoying myself, I just won't be enjoying and smiling. But when I am, that's usually a good sign.

[B]

If you have inside jokes with people, if you're cutting up on the sideline.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

If you're standing up cheering for your teammates on the bench, you're read People's.

[A]

Energy when stuff is sincere or not. But in my final answer is the aces team. The 2022 team was funniest. We had other just hilarious people on the team, but it was so many slippers. It was getting to feed off of you that made it, like, over the top. I mean, all of this is really just crazy. Like, being here after, you know, meeting back then in Vegas and all the special stuff that's happened. But, like, I can appreciate that the reason that we even got close is because of, like, how we were raised and our. Our values. Like, I think that's what. What has kept us close for so long. And I'm like, when I think about that, like, I naturally think about who raised us.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And, you know, our parents, our. Our families in general, like, huge parts of our lives. But for us to be having these, like, new endeavors in our life, like, we gotta speak on the fact that in that first episode of this show, my mom called at. I'm talking about the perfect time while we were recording for it to eat.

[B]

It was like, three, two, one, you're on. You were about to not answer because it was literally the first seconds of being on.

[A]

And I was about to. I think they said, but I don't know how. My phone wasn't on dnd, because I thought I had put it on dnd.

[B]

Right.

[A]

I'm pretty sure that we had said to do that. So my mom's calling. Right. In a segment that made it just fit perfectly.

[B]

Oh, look who it is. Andre.

[A]

Hey, mom. Hey, mama.

[B]

We were just talking about you.

[A]

Yeah. And you're on the podcast right now. Mama, is there anything you want to say to the babysitters who are watching us? I want to say good luck to you guys. She gave some funny but, like, sound life advice.

[B]

Right.

[A]

For me. And that's always what, like, conversations with.

[B]

My mom are like. I love when your mom calls. I always leave with a laugh and, like, something that I have never heard put in that way before.

[A]

Same for me with your mom. So you tell what happened with.

[B]

So on the first episode of the TV show, we're shooting our intro scene where Gina. We're like, Gina trying to sell the show. And then. And anyone that knows my mom, like, probably won't believe this story, but she cold called me. She's, like, so hard to get in touch with, like, the busiest woman ever that you cannot catch her on the phone. And she called me, and I was like, oh, my gosh, you're looking at two people.

[A]

Right?

[B]

Hold on. One Sec.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Hey, mom, we're actually shooting right now. Can I give you a call back? It's so serious. We're actually pitching the show. Oh, sorry about that.

[A]

No, no, take your calls.

[B]

Back. When one of the first things that I recognized with you is, like, how often you speak to your family, how you speak to your family and how they're involved in everything that you're doing, which was such a tie in moment. So for us to both have our mothers who are women of wisdom, you empowering women. Women who have, like, faith. Faith. And women who also haven't, like, made excuses for their lives. Yeah, they do a lot. And you've. I've never seen my mom make an excuse. It's always like, finding a way. How can you get it done? And I know that your mom is the exact same way.

[A]

They're just fierce women.

[B]

And also, they lead with empathy and character as well, and integrity. And, like, I hope when we get older, we're able to communicate things in the way that, like, your mom has impacted my life.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

In your mama and our moms. In our own lives. Like, yeah, I think it's. I hope that we turn the corner and we go from goofy to just wise. Like, I'm sure it'll happen for us because it happened for them, but I just.

[A]

Oh, that's more pigeon. I wanted to be an owl.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Just who?

[B]

Yeah. Because, you know, that joke is like, is there an owl? Like, who? Who? But our moms and our. Just our families in general. Like, we were raised around our families. I was raised, growing up with all. Pretty much all my cousins. Like, we all lived within, like, 10 minutes of each other.

[A]

That was a big deal for me, like, because, you know, I'm all about faith and signs, and it informs my faith about, like, you got somebody who loves you, the person who brought you into this world. They're with you in this moment and on this, like, new journey for you and for me. It was impactful just for, like, our own relationships with him, but also because, you know, people are witnessing that without knowing the backstory to it. Like, without knowing that, like, yes, I'm doing this, like, new thing. It could be, like, nerve wracking. You don't know how it's gonna go, but you're getting, like, wisdom or love or just a phone call from the person that brought you into this world. Like, just to me was just symbolic of, like, they are with us. Whether I'm physically with you or not, I'm with you always.

[B]

Always. And.

[A]

And it was Like a blessing for like the journey ahead.

[B]

I love to see it. And also it's just the way the moment came about too because we could have easily like planned. Yeah, we could have like asked him to call us for the show. Like my mom actually hung up on me really quick. Your mom actually stuck through the conversation. But like it was so natural and so symbolic. Now like looking back, that happened twice that it. It's like we always search for deeper meaning to things. We don't think that everything's surface level.

[A]

Which I looked that up and they said something can be like not wrong with people who do that. But when you're looking for it in everything and you want to accept that some things just are, then like something's up. But I don't, I actually don't believe that.

[B]

No, we like to teeter totter that line.

[A]

I don't believe that. I think there is meaning in everything.

[B]

I think there's meaning pretty much everything. Like, I don't know, like if a bird shits on you, like, is that good luck? I don't know, I haven't been on in a while, so.

[A]

Well, the meaning was that the bird has a.

[B]

We could both use some bird right now. Well, Sid, we went off tangents and we got pretty deep when that conversation. But we never took a second to thank our sponsors. We'd also like to thank the babysitters and everyone donating their ACLs to Sydney. We're not going with a cadaver. We're going to go.

[A]

Yeah, I'm good on any of yalls acls. I don't know what your body's been through, but I can trust my own. So I'll be taking for myself. But thanks a lot for the offer.

[B]

You have to pour into yourself first, you know, because if you don't build yourself up, nobody else will.

[A]

I know that's right.

[B]

Period.

[A]

Okay, so lastly, our favorite part of the show.

[B]

Yeah, this is a really good part.

[A]

Okay, we have a fun activity.

[B]

We have a lot of really awesome DMs coming to the unsupervised DMs.

[A]

Yeah, we do.

[B]

So for this segment of down the DMs with Sid NTP, we have anonymous Claire named Liz writing in. Writing in for us today, Liz. You're hilarious, by the way. Yeah. So Liz writes, dear Sid and Jordan Hooper, I'm proposing to my girlfriend next week and I'm collecting notes from her friends and family. Is there any chance you would bestow upon us your kindness by writing a quick little congratulations, congrats message. Her name is Jessica. She's rightly a huge fan of you both and your pod. Otherwise, why would I be here? Does not talk like Sydney Sweeney and would make a terrible housewife. Unprofessionally yours, Anonymous Claire. Liz. She said we can roast her, but I think this is way too nice to be roasting.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You, Liz?

[A]

Yeah. This is sweet. Well, we don't know, Jess, but, I mean, if you have somebody, you know, reaching out to people that you're a fan of to get them to send a kind message to you or, like, doing all this planning to propose, like, I feel like that's a solid person most times.

[B]

Jess. Jess. You seem like the best. Better than all the rest. You're Jess. Jess. Give me a J. J. Give me an E. Give me a S. S. Give me a S. I said S. And what's that spell?

[A]

Jess. And then I'm gonna talk to her like Sydney Sweeney since. Okay, her girlfriend says she doesn't talk like her, so congrats on the proposal. Rings are passed down from the parents offspring. And that's how you even got your ring, because someone passed it down to Liz. And then she, like, asked you, did you want to, like, do a life thing with her? And you were like, yeah. Why are you doing your mouth? Because I'm doing my.

[B]

Yeah. I'm like you.

[A]

When you watch people, it makes you do it.

[B]

It's like when I say, thank you, Nashville, and you were doing it with me the whole time. It's like one of those. Because I love it.

[A]

I get it. I get it. Okay. Well, we hope she said yes, Liz. If not, I guess this will never see the light of day.

[B]

Yeah. And if she didn't say yes yet, like, we're sorry.

[A]

Right? Oh, this will see the light of day whether she says yes or not. So best of luck wherever I need to look. All right, y'. All. So thank you so much for sticking with us again, babysitters. It was a really emotionally taxing episode again, which is a complete shock to us.

[B]

We're here for humor, and we've just been bringing the tears, the waterworks.

[A]

But we appreciate y'. All. We hope that you are continuing to go out and be kind to people, laugh, have a full day. Like, cry, laugh, do whatever that third thing was that we couldn't think of.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But throw kindness around like a daddy. We love y'. All. We'll see you next time.