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Marc Maron (0:01)
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Sophie Buttle (3:12)
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Marc Maron (3:12)
It's the best. Why isn't there around the clock station just showing this? Oh, man. Empathy is for suckers. They don't know how good this feels. To thoroughly enjoy people in pain, people in fear, people who are hopeless. Oh, I'm eating their fucking hearts like it's a fucking cake. Yeah, so I don't know what you do with that. You know what I mean? I hope it's. It was all worth it to get those. The price of groceries down. For those of the people that are just kind of half in, just made the decision just to sort of get their feet wet and work on a kind of a reactive, emotionally reactive decision against the status quo of an attempt at decency. Yeah, just. Yeah, I just. It just. I just. It just makes me feel better. I hope. Hope those. Hope that loaf of bread is worth it. All that blood and pain. I guess people can detach themselves from that. But look, on a lighter note, there's another huge fire north of here. So, yeah, I've been kind of monitoring that. I don't think I'm any danger right now. But you just watch that goddamn map. And it's astounding. They're popping up everywhere. The layers of fear and despair available right now are. Man, it is just a massive, massive bludgeoning force in my brain. I know you guys are feeling it, but, you know, maybe have some ice cream or something, huh? Maybe have a little ice cream, you know, maybe take a break from it. Maybe. Maybe just don't check in until nine. You know, Look, I. I only wish, and I'm not speaking as somebody who does this, the idea that we do what we can and we feel like there's nothing we can do is real. The idea that, you know, we don't have anyone watching our backs or representation that seems to be snapping into action in any way. Granted, it's only been a few days and we all expected all of this to happen. I was a bit surprised at the hell Hitlers by the richest man in the world. That was. It's not a great feeling, I don't think for anybody that the partnership of the bombastic greed demon and the richest guy in the world who has his fingers on all the knobs of our minds, him and a few others. That whole allegiance doesn't seem great, huh? Just controlling us all from their. From our phones. It doesn't Seem great, huh? All those things you signed up for, they know it all. All right, today on the show, I'm going to talk to a Sophie Buttle. She's a very funny comic. She. She opened for me. Where did I work with her? Well, I guess we worked together a while ago. She's from Canada originally. She's very funny. She's currently touring and. Yeah, that's going to happen. And that's. And she's fun. I put some walnuts out for the squirrel, so we'll see what happens with that. I did it before, but anyway, just kind of watching the fires in the. In the real world here and in the political world there. Yeah. I do wish, though, on some level, that people were as focused and in and full of intent and fury as firefighters are. I talked about this the last show. Just. It's a miracle, thank God, that they exist. People that love fighting fires, real ones. I wish half of us could find that passion for fighting metaphorical fires that are just burning down our social fabric and our political reality. But no, man, I don't know. What do I do? I just watched 1214, you know, IG posts about this, and everybody seems sad. What do I do? I guess I could. You know what I'll do? I'll post one of my own. That ought to do it. It won't. Anyway, cats are good. Cats are good. And I've learned that chickpeas and lentils are the way to go. These are the things that are happening. I cleaned out my office getting rid of a lot of books, shredded a lot of papers and had some Indian food, read an article on chickpeas and lentils, which I eat constantly. Chickpeas. Because I was wondering what was, you know, making my guts better. Thought it was the magnesium potassium aspartate. But no, I think it's the chickpeas and pickled stuff. Yeah. So, you know, maybe you should think a little bit about that. Chickpeas, pickled stuff, kitty cats. All right, guys, listen up. If you're dealing with hair loss, it doesn't mean you can't find it again when you try hims. You'll be joining hundreds of thousands of subscribers who stopped hair loss and grew back their confidence. When you use hims, you get clinically proven treatments that can regrow hair in as little as three to six months. And you don't even have to visit a doctor to get started. It's 100% online. You just answer a few questions, and a medical provider will determine if treatment is right for you. If prescribed Your treatment is sent to you for free. No insurance is needed, and one low price covers everything from treatments to ongoing care. 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I think anger would be good, but you know, if you don't temper it a little bit, they're just going to call you crazy. Oh, look at them flying off the handle. Look at the meltdown. They're all melting down. No, no, no one's melting down. It's the reasonable reaction to fascism. If you aren't on board, the reasonable reaction is, fuck this shit. God damn it. Now what do we do? How do we fight this shit? These fuckers, they've dehumanized everybody other than them with all types of devices that keep happening, whether it's conspiracy theories or just name calling or now legislation, dehumanizing. Not a great first step towards anything other than, you know, getting rid of the dehuman. But again, ice cream's good. Watch an old movie. You know what I mean? We're not crazy. And you should try to stay that way. A lot of people are going down. A lot of people are losing their minds. Can't say that. I won't. Don't know. A lot of people are, are taking their own life. A lot of people are, you know, unable to get out of a chair. A lot of people can't stop looking at their phone and allowing it to beat the shit out of their brain because of. I don't think it's a need to be afraid, but if you are wired a certain way, there's a certain way of being where you always thought you were a little fucked and now you're way fucked along with a lot of other people. But if you can try to temper that shit, I know you don't want to feel out of the loop. I'm having a hard time not seeing where that fire is. There are so many fires just popping up. I can't even. It's hard to frame it because it is utterly apocalyptic. And, you know, it's hard to not think that, like, this is it, the world is going. I really didn't think I'd be alive for this shit. Glad I don't have kids. A little worried about my cats, but yeah. Yeah, I'm going to go do some comedy tonight. I got the tour coming up. I'll be in Santa Barbara, California at the Libero Theater on Florida, Thursday, January 30th. Then I'm in San Luis Obispo, California at the Fremont center on Friday, January 31st. Golden State Theater in Monterey by the Beach, Saturday, February 1st. Ingler Theater, Iowa City, Thursday, February 13th Des Moines, Iowa, at Hoyt Sherman Place, Friday, February 14th Kansas City, Missouri Midland Theater Saturday, February 15th Asheville, North Carolina, at the Orange Peel on Thursday, February 20th. That's sold out. I'm sorry, I'm only doing one show. Should I do another show? I don't know. Nashville, Tennessee, at the James K. Polk Theater on Friday, February 21st. Not sold out. Come on down. What happened to you people in Nashville? Don't tell me, I know. And Lexington, Kentucky, at the Lexington Opera House on Sunday, February 22nd. Those should be big shows for me down in those states. Then in March and April, I'll be coming to Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina, Illinois, Michigan. Go to wtfpod.com tour for all my dates and links to tickets. New dates will be showing up soon. That's quite a few red states there. But, you know, I know you guys are there. The huddled masses keeping quiet, waiting for something to happen that you can relate to that'll reconnect you with the sort of empathetic or at least connective laughter that you need in moments to somehow feel better in this shitstorm of ideology and weather. Hope you have good friends, hope you find some way to be proactive. But this is going to go on for a while and I can't do these pep talks all the time. As I said, chickpeas are good. Watching a movie is nice. Eating ice cream, spending time with people you love. But don't just do it in just a state of panic unless you have to evacuate. Looks like Mark Normand had a baby. Congratulations. I only die. I don't follow. I have a very weird follow list on Instagram. But I saw that Mark had a baby. Okay, so here we go. Sophie Buttle is here. Her 2025 tour dates are posted on her Instagram page and@sophiebuttlecomedy.com I like her. She's funny. And we had a nice chat during the fire. So this is me talking to Sophie. It's a new year, folks, so why not set those expectations high? Right now, the sky's the limit, so take aim at something bold, like challenging yourself to learn a new language or 25 new languages. Rosetta Stone is the world class language learning program that can get you started. Available on your desktop or as an app. I know what kind of listeners I have. And you're curious, intelligent, and always on the lookout for new things. You're the perfect people to start learning new languages with. Rosetta Stone. Millions of Rosetta Stone users have learned how to speak 25 different languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, German, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, Arabic and Polish. Lifetime membership gives you access to all 25 languages. So start the new year off with a resolution you can reach today. 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