Love Is EMBARRASSING

Olivia Rodigo 'GUTS' album review, ranking top end game TV couples, I had a mental breakdown last Friday, and Le Cheval in Oakland is closing its doors after 38 years in The Town.

Episode Transcript

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Just for the record, I needto let you know that I appreciate you

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being here always, love you,love you so much, thank you.
I know, but a little mI A. But we are back in
today and for the culture. OliviaRodrigo drops her highly anticipated sophomore album Guts.
I give my full review, andlet's talk TV. We are ranking
our best endgame TV couples and BitchMercury is finally out of retro grade.

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It's I've been a mess truly,and in today in the Bay, one
of my favorite Vietnamese restaurants in Oaklandis closing its store after thirty eight years
in the town. So by allmeans, let's get to it. This
is for the culture, for theculture, for the culture. This is
where we pick a headline and askif they she or he did it for

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the culture. My girl done didit again. Olivia Rodrigo her sophomore album
Guts out now everywhere, and Ijust want to say, Olivia Rodrigo officially
is America's princess. She is America'sprincess. Mind you. This was like
highly anticipated just because of how muchshe came out swinging with this her debut

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album Sour like to this day.Our podcast episode is brutal. I hear
where we reviewed it. It's likeour most listen to a podcast episode.
And I was, I don't wantto say I was worried, thinking,
you know, she wouldn't deliver onthis sophomore album. But when you have
such a good debut album, youjust don't know what you're gonna get.
But I personally loved this album onthe first listen. Mind you like,

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it's just so fun. And Iknow there's like a bunch of memes about
like older people listening to Olivia Rodrigojust because you know she's a teenager.
It's giving. I said this beforewhen we reviewed the Sour album that she
reminds me so much of like theVeronicas. I know she always gets comparisons
to like Avril Lavigne and just thatlike that diverse like pop punk rock music,

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and to me, I think everyonecan relate to it just because it
does like she perfectly captures the excitementand just like the uncertainty of entering and
being in your twenties, and wegot a lot of that in Sour.
You know, her overall theme oflike just dealing with relationships and just growing
up and being a human and makingup mistakes and not literally like not being

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a perfect person. That theme isstill very much the same, but I
just feel like her pen is onanother level. First of all, to
put some respect on Olivia Rodrigo's patI loved Vampire at the moment it came
out. That was like one ofthe first singles, and we still play
it on Wild And you guys know, I love a Disney baby cursing it
up her out here builting fame.Fucker gives me so much life. She

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I read that she almost actually cutthat lyric out, and I'm so glad
she didn't, because I really hejust makes the song for me. But
I don't know, there's something aboutthis sophomore open that I feel like she's
just a lot more mature in asense, more relatable. One of my
favorites on there, I have likea top three. Love is Embarrassing is
definitely up there for me right now. Shout outs to Hunter Harris, one

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of my favorite pop culture writers.I subscribed to her substack hung Up.
But she has like this ongoing quotewhere she always says, if a man
has not embarrassed you, he hasjust not embarrassed you yet, Okay,
true words cannot have been said.And that's the overall vibe I'm getting,
and it love is embarrassing. Iactually really do like Vampire. Vampire is
still up there for me get himBack. We need to put respect on

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Olivia's pen. That's why I'm saying. I think this album, she just
grew a lot more and like thepen went so crazy. The songwriting is
just different this time around, Likeget Him Back is a song about wanting
revenge on someone, like someone didher dirty and she wants to pay him
back. But in the song,it's the time you read the title and
you think it's about getting your manback, like I want to give my

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man back. Shakespeare could never.Shakespeare could never put some respect on Olivia's
pen. I don't know, Ireally like this one. I know we
still need more time to sit withit in regards of, you know,
dubbing it album of the year oryou know, having those favorite records and
just overall how it performed. ButI do think, you know, the
sophomore slump is very much a realthing. It could ruin an artist's momentum,

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you know, whether you take toodamn long to put that album out
got us waiting too long or fitsounds too much the same from your first
one. You showed zero growth.And I just think she definitely proved that
she's not all hype. Know.The successful Sour was definitely not a fluke,
and she continues to you could tellhow inspired she is by singers like

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Lord and Taylor and Avril Levine.And I'm still gonna keep comparing her for
the ronicas because I just get somuch of that. And it's just another
fun album that is crazy relatable.It's one of those ones you want to
be singing at the top of yourlungs while you're driving or in the shower.
So I give it. I giveit a eight and a half out

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of ten right now. I mightcome back to it. Christy's gonna be
back next week and we're gonna talkmore about it, because I know he
really liked this album too. ButI say, Olive Rodrigo very much doing
it for the culture, ghost streamguts, let's talk TV. I just
want to put it out there again. They need to pay these damn writers.
Every time I log onto HBO onthe home page, they'd be trying

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to feed me straight bullshit. Thistime it was I had to take a
screenshot because I sent it to myfriend and I was like, bro,
they need to pay these writers.Megan the Stallion and versus Tory Lane's five
shots, get the latest, I'llget the inside story on the shocking shooting
of Global Music Start Megan the Stallionlike, and then they have the Kim

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and Kanye divorce and the Johnny Deppone, Like, Bruh, it's giving
PVS special, it's giving YouTube,it's giving cheap, it's given reaching,
it's giving We're the fuck over it. Nobody wants to watch a documentary on
the ship like I hate it.Pay the damn writers. I do want
to talk about this real quick thoughI can't find the Twitter thread, but
I saw it was trending up.People were kind of talking about the best

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End Game couples on TV of alltime, and I just have to share
my love again for this couple becausenot only do I feel like they were
underrated or at least overshadowed by anothercouple on the show, but I low
key feel like they put the showon their back. I'm talking about Monica
and Chandler from Friends. If youmake it part of your personality to tell
people that Friends isn't funny or howmuch you hate it every time someone brings

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up Friends, I'm not talking toyou. Okay, we get it,
you don't think it's funny. There'sdefinitely some problematic moments in the show now
that I've rewatched it over a hundredtimes, but whatever, I'm not talking
about that right now. Them gettingovershadowed by Ross and Rachel. They're kind
of like the highlighted couple throughout thewhole show. Like even the early seasons,
Ross is in love with Rachel,couldn't get her. You know,

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when they finally hook up, itwas a thing. They were on a
break, Like when they finally breakup, that was a huge thing.
And can I just say, maybethey were on a break, but not
even for twenty four hours. Thisman did not even wait twenty four hours
until he decided to go sleep withsomeone else. Robin is trash and I
will die on that hill. Firstof all, he's light weight, annoying,
very whiny. I mean, letme count the ways of how much

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this man is trash. Hooked upwith one of his students, maybe not
under rage. She was probably barelyeighteen, though he definitely was probably twice
her age, and he's a professor, Like, that's someone professional for you
to hook up with one of yourcollege students. But luckily, I guess
her dad was Bruce Willis, sowe got that star cameo. But at
trash. He hooked up with Rachel'ssister. Okay, they didn't sleep together,

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but still even you entertaining the ideaof sleeping or going on a date
or giving any attention to your ex'ssister, even though it was Reese Weatherspoon.
Again, we love a star cameo. Garbage, trash. He hooks
up with Janice. Maybe he didn'tknow that Chandler was looking up with a

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sister Monica. This isn't the beginning. Before it was out garaj you hooked
up with one of your best friend'sexes. Another violation against friend code,
bro code. This man is garbage. And then, like I said,
the whole thing, we were ona break, but it wasn't even twenty
four hours. Haven't even passed beforeyou decided to go hook up with some
other bitch. The man is trash. I feel like I have some other

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ones, but those are off thetop of the Dome reasons why Ross is
trash. I don't think he wasthat great to Rachel, and I just
think Chandler Monica had way better chemistry. Also, Friends is my comfort show.
When I see I've probably watched thewhole season over a hundred times.
I'm not even kidding. I watcheda shit like damn near every night.
It's it's actually sad needs to belooking into. But I don't watch the

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full seasons like season one through seasonI don't even know how many fucking seasons
are ten. Anyways, when Idecide to rewatch, I always start season
four, season five, like justbefore Monica and Chandler hook up, because
the episodes of them one hooking upin London up until Ross finding out that
they've gotten together, and then pickingback up to when they finally decide to

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get married or when Chandler decides topropose to Monica the best episodes in the
entire show. That whole build upcomedy golds, and their chemistry is just
on point. I love Monica andChandler down, I will forever fight that
their relationship was ten times times betterthan Ross and Rachel. But also they
are one of my favorite end gamecouples A close I should say too this

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okay, Jim and Pam are definitelyup there for me, even though when
you rewatch the Office a couple oftimes you do relize. In the beginning,
Pam was definitely on some bullshit.She definitely played a lot of games
with my boy Jam. Maybe hedeserved a little better. But Niagara Part
one and two Top five Office episodesfor me, like hands down, do
I kick an all girl in theface when he's walking down the aisle?

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Comedy goals, even Oscar, likehiding the Vogue moves. That whole scene
was just perfect. Them doing theviral wedding dance to Chris Brown's Forever will
Forever be embedded in My brain RedFree? And Jim just loves Pam down

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Like, do you ever just thinkabout how he bought Pam's wedding ring a
week after they started dating. That'sa lot lot it can all be so
simple. I don't care even thoughPam was playing games if you really dissect
a relationship. But as far asJim's love for her relationship goals, okay,
they're top two for me. Aclose one though that I was having

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trouble with is Jess and Nick.I love New Girl. I haven't watched
that one in a long time.Maybe I'll rewatch a New Girl. But
the only reason I'm not like fullygiving them the award is just how rushed
the end of New Girl was,Like the part where they when they broke
up the final time, I guesswhen he starts dating like Olivia Nun I

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don't even I feel like they brokeup a second time after that. I
don't know, they were not togetherfor a minute. It just didn't make
any sense, And I feel likewhen they got together at the end the
season was rushed. The cast memberstell you that too, that they hated
the way it ended. New Girlfans are constantly trying to petition for them
to redo the final season, orat least the final episode. But I
do love me some. Nick andJess do love me some. Nick and

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Jess another couple, endgame couple thatI need to at least mention. But
I'm having a little trouble ranking likeif they're endgame couple of all time.
Easa and Lawrence Insecure is up therewith friends in regards to like me rewatching
a show an unhealthy amount of timeslike, is this your comfort show or

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is this depression? Or are yourewatching seasons this many times? It's another
one I kind of just watch wheneverI'm going to bed, and that one
I will rewatch all the way through. In the beginning, when I am
I rewatching of Insecure, I wouldalways skip the last season, But lately
it's gotten so worse that I justI watched the last season two. Even

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though I feel like the last seasonwas definitely rushed and a tadbit trash.
Ethan Lawrence definitely had better chemistry.I think when I was watching the show
in real time, just because ofhow fine Nathan was, I did want
them to somehow work out. Butrewatching their chemistry is not the same as
Easa and Lawrence, and the episodethat's just Easa and Lawrence. I forgot
what it's called the one and notthe very last episode I think season five,

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like the one before the last episodethe last season. I mean that
episode is a top three episode forme, just the way it was beautifully
shot and it did start making youlike, whatever your opinion was on Daniel
or Nathan, it really showed theirchemistry and just like them being a different
spot in life, like they clearlyneeded that time apart to find themselves and
get their ship together, and herethey are thriving and clearly still in love,

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and it was at that moment whereit's like they need to be endgame
and then of course a controller findsout she's pregnant, and then they rushed
the last season and it was kindof like, eh, but I do
love Lauren Anissa. I feel likeI feel like I watched Insecure too much
to not mention them. You letme know your favorite endgame couples on TV

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on our Instagram as Underscore FTR pod. You can hit me up at Angelina
on air, or you've probably gotyour phone out right now, leave a
message in the comments, especially ifyou're listening on Apple podcasts. I said,
bitch, if you wanted to goto Taylor's, just tell her brother
you want to go to Taylors,right you said that? Oh? Hell

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yeah, man, I laid itout right, I says, I say,
I says, I said, bitch, bitch. Has anyone else been
feeling like in a fog like thesepast couple of weeks just seemed like I
don't know, like not real,I don't know. I feel like I'm
in a weird space, Like Idon't have a feeling that something bad's going

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to happen, but I feel likesomething's about to happen, not bad,
like I'm not getting bad juju.I just been feeling weird, like I've
been in a weird bubble, andI feel like a lot has been happening
too. So on Friday, meand Chris we're gonna record the podcast,
so ready, this man came withhis ring light. I was like,

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okay, perfect, we need toget back on it because we missed last
week. Guys. I literally hada full down mental breakdown, like I
was kry. I also was likein the middle the peak of my peridots,
okay, midgets tap dancing in myuterus, cramps on one hundred thousand

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emotions high as ever, I've alsobeen dealing with a lot, like I
want to break down everything that wentdown this past weekend because it's a mixture
of like the most the greatest things, like a really happy time and a
really really sad time. But it'snot personal to me. This is very
much other people's business, but peoplethat I'm very close with and kind of
interwined with my schedule. Basically,I had two very important things and two

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of my best seas that I needto be there for it, and I
double blucked on them. And Iwas in a predicament and I was panicking
and I didn't know what to do, and it just trickled from there.
I endable working out. I hadamazing weekend. My best friend, my
best best friend, naughtyf since likekindergarten, she's getting married. I'm her
maid of honor and we said yesto the dress and I we got turned.

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On Sunday, she got a littletipsy, but she ended up going
home. She's like remodeling her houseand everything. But me and one of
the other bridesmaid bridesmaids decided to goout to the dB to the Dirtsy Bird
after already drinking like the majority ofthe day. You guys, I have
a new role. I cano drinkon Sundays. I haven't thrown up in
forever. I had one of thosemoments where like I needed to sprint to

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the bathroom because I had the spinsand I was trying. I don't know
if I said this before, butI will get in every position. I
will be in fetal position. Iwill stand on my head dual hand stand
before I decided to throw up.I hate hate throwing up. And I
was like sleeping the majority of theday, and I think I was like,
Okay, I have to get up. And I stood up and I

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had the spins and I literally likeI had to book it to the bathroom.
And it was one of those thropeswhere it's like just water because there's
nothing in my stomach, because itwas like freaking two pm and I haven't
eaten all day. Anyways, newrole normally drinking on the days that we
have work the very next day.That's the new rule. But anyways,

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I do want to talk about allmy crazy mental breakdowns. I think I'll
wait till next wee though, whenChris comes back, because again I just
don't know how to properly word itand explain everything that happened, because again
I'm like a little for me mybusiness. I'll tell you guys everything,
but like when it's other people involved, even though it's not that big of
a deal and it all worked out, I'm still a little like, oh,
how do I share this to me? You know what I mean?

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But either way, Mercury was definitelya retrograde the day after I had my
mental breakdown. Let me pull itup right now, because I sent it
to my friend my horoscope very much. I'm point, oh, I don't
have it. Hold on, holdon, hold on, hold on,
hold on, leading Mas. Iknow. I said it to my co

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work also because I'm crazy. Itsaid interrupted routines are frustrated your progress.
During Mercury's three weeks retro gay,that's almost a whole month. Today,
Mercury goes to wrecked. What haverecent inconveniences taught you? Some of your
habits were unstainable and inefficient. Schedulingerrors force you to slow down and reevaluate
your priorities. That's literally what happenedto me. You guys, now you

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can determine your next steps. SoI'm hoping that's all over and I'm ready
to get back. And in myGM, I'm always talking about how I
need to work out, I needto get back on it. But I
truly do like I'm feeling like,okay, we we I have a peloton
sitting in my living room right now. It's a code hanger, but it's
sitting there, and I'm like,usually my excuses that I'm too busy.

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But it's like, no, I'mhaving a good I'm having a good three
hour block at home where I couldeither go on a hot girl walk or
get on that damn peloton. AndI'm deciding to take naps because I've been
in this weird fog. You guys, I hate naps. I don't even
like naps lately. I've been gettingup. I'll answer some emails, maybe
I'll make me some coffee, andthen I go and lay my ass right
back in bed, and then I'llsleep until like the cut off of me

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going to work, like I'm leavingfive twenty five thirty, and you should
get to work like two hours early, so I could want to like hanging
out with On, talking to him, prepping for my show, my social
calendar, and I just I've beenthere's been such throwaway days this past week,
so I need to get back onthat girl has been booked in busy
though. For weddings, I feellike I've worked a wedding every Saturday.

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It was really cool. Not thislast Saturday, but this Saturday before I
worked a wedding, and right awaythe night before I was looking at the
timeline and I noticed one of thelast names, and I was like,
oh my god, I think that'smy friend from middle school, like her
brother. And then I was goingdown the bridesmaid names and there she was.
Me and this girl were really closein elementary school, got even closer

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in middle school, but then mether had to fallen out and like or
I guess in elementary we kind ofhad to fallen out, and then middle
school, like it was like all'sforgotten. I was really excited to see
her because she was like a yearabove me. I'll never be get the
first time she saw me. Shewas so excited to see me and my
friends that I was like best friendswith at the moment saw me and like

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ran to come see me because itwas like the first day of school,
and like interrupted her talking to meand kind of bumped into her, and
I remember her like like it wasreally they did that. I think everyone
was just excited to see each other, like that was this is like dumb
middle school shit like that had happened. And then there was another time where
she had like got picked up andshe thought I was mugging her. It
was a whole thing, and likeme and this girl almost fought, but

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it never got to a crazy point, and like we still follow each other
on socials and like still have alot of love for each other. So
it was cool seeing her and likerekindling. I saw like other people from
high school too in elementary school,and you guys, I got turned at
this wedding like was I hosting orwas I a guess because once the last
like major announcement happened, a lotof my friends they were like, let's
go take a shot. Like eventhe bride and groom were like feeding us

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drinks, and I was like onthe dance floor with them. Let's let's
see you guys. Overall, itwas a really good time. But it
felt really really good finally, likeseeing my elementary school like beasties who I
had this like weird falling out withover like nothing, because you know,
it's like stupid childhood shit. Andeven though we were cool now, like

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we never had that moment of liketalking in person and like telling each other
how much we love each other,so we'd like definitely had that moment even
pre drinks, Like we had thatmoment and then carried on having that moment
after we were turt It was justa really good time and like seeing everyone.
I even made some new friends andthese are like my South Hayward girls,
so like it was just it's socool when you like see people from

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your childhood or just like remind youlike where you grew up, you know
what I mean. It's like Iremember one of the main girl like wanted
to take a picture with me andwe like took a break the photo and
she was like, okay, nowwith South Hayward one, it was just
like throwing up South Hayward. Likeit just reminded me of like when I
was a kid, and it wasreally good seeing those people. So I've
been having really good and semi badweekends. This last week, I just
was like in a fog. Idon't know. It's funny because another friend

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that I'm super close with like calledme the other day and stole her words.
She literally said, I'm gonna fog. It feels like nothing's real right
now. So I think it ismarcury in a Gatorade or whatever. Let
me know if you've been filing thatway. Okay. On the Graham at
Underscore FTR pod, I'm at Angelinaon air. We really excited though.
I think this Friday, I gota double check my calendar. I'm out

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to interview Billy motherfucking Eyelash, BillieEilish shout out to the New Hitlist again.
That's every night at eleven pm everywhere. I think in the next couple
of months it truly is going tobe everywhere. But right now it's like
on I think like fifty stations,but a lot of big market stations like
while ninety frames one of them herein San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit or

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some of like the more big anotherother bigger markets as well. So I've
been getting all these like amazing interviews. I got the interview Selina Gomez.
Of course they're like on zoom andthey're like ten to fifteen minutes tops.
But I'm still so blessed that I'min this slang. Like it sucks because
a lot of these people when Ihave the interviews are not necessarily in San
Francisco. So like, I'm soblessed to be able to interview these people
that I love and are these huge, huge stars. But nothing beats it

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in person interview you just get thevibes and you can carry on going,
you know, like one question canlead to a freaking thirty minute conversation and
lead you to a whole another lane. And when I do these Zoom interviews,
a lot of the times the recordlabels like I have to send them
questions in advance that they can approvebecause these are also huge stars, and

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like when you're on Zoom, it'shard to get carried away in the conversation
even in person, if even ifit was strict, like if it was
a huge star, where like Ikind of still needed to get some my
approval for my questions. In person, you could very much lead off another
way into another conversation. It's justa little harder to do that on Zoom.
But still so blessed and excited,and I mean, what the fuck
Billie Eilish, So I'm excited aboutthat if there's any questions that you might

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have for her. For the mostpart, I'm doing like my research and
it's going to be the questions thatI want to ask. But you never
know. Sometimes the fans, youguys, I have a really really good
ones, So shoot them to me. I think I posted on my Instagram
story today at Lena on air andagain, or we could leave a comment
in the podcast comments or at underscoreFTR pod on a gram. This is

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today in the Bay. What's yourhost and Jelina Today in the Bay,
You guys, I am so sad. Okay, I might be pronouncing it

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wrong, don't judge me late.I always say lay chavelle, but it
could be lay chavell. That's theway it's spelled, where I could be
wrong both ways. Either way,it's a bomb. That's Viennamese Restaurant in
Oakland. I have a special placein my heart for this restaurant because my
cousin, Desiree, who I lookup to, you like, she was
like one of my first idols,you know. She was like the cool
older cousin. Me and her havea significant She's not a hulla older than

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me, but I feel like growingup like I was like maybe like a
preteen, like twelve thirteen, andshe was very much like in her twenties
going out to the club. Butme and her would we had like such
a special bond, like she wasreally my friend even when I was younger.
And she's always say stuff like,oh my god, you're so mature
for your age, Like I loveAngelina, her having Angelina around, and
she had another best friend. Itwas funny, like they used to be
like getting ready to go to theclub, and I'd be hanging out with
them like all day until like,of course they had to go out,

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and it's like, oh, well, we can't take Angelina with us.
She's just such a good role model. Like she's one of the funniest people
I've ever met in my life.Every time we're together, it's NonStop laughter.
She now is married and has ason, and they're just like the
cutest family ever. And her husbandRon, I don't know a better man

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like he is perfect for her.They just truly love each other. You
know, they're there are a couplethat you see them and they're just having
fun. They're making jokes. AndI do have a saucepot for Ron too,
because I remember my dad, theone that raised me, that passed
away, Rest in peace. He'ssuch an overprotector. He's a big teddy

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Barry like he could be. Heyou know, was very soft in a
lot of ways, but he lookslike a scary man and he did not
play when it comes to the girlsin the family, like me, my
cousin Desiree. He will give youa hard time if we bring a guy
around. And my dad always hada lot of respect for Ron, because
when they had first met Ron pulledmy dad to the side and like basically
told him how serious he is aboutdeser and how much he loves her,

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and like not asking first permission,but just I don't know, they just
had like some kind of conversation.And I remember my dad telling me that,
like he had like a different kindof respect for Ron, and he
always walked with Ron and Ron thisis a good person. Like my dad's
a good people reader. I'm agood people reader, Like I think that's
where I get it from. Sowe love Ron, we love Desrae,
we love their whole family. ButI've been a bridesmaid many times now,

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Oh it was a bridesmaid, neverthe bride. But that was the first
wedding I was a bridesmaid in,and it was one of the best weddings
of all time, not just becauseI love those people, but even they're
friends in our wedding party, LikeI remember crying and cracking up during all
of the speeches, Like you couldjust tell there are a couple that's so
loved by their friends and family,you know, being when my dad's side
of the family and just dancing.It just was a perfect night and being

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able to be Desire's bridesmaid with suchan honor. And I remember after the
wedding like the kind of after party. It was like again just the adults.
At this time, I was alittle older. I don't know how
old I was exactly. I feellike early twenties. Maybe I was even
younger. I don't even know ifI was twenty one yet I still like
was considered a kid ish, youknow, definitely not to be going out

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with adults. But I'll never forget. They went to that restaurant afterwards,
and I got to go because hello, I'm Desire's favorite, and we just
had such a good time. ButI remember the garlic noodles being like the
best thing I ever had in theworld. And a lot of you guys
know I used to work at LakeChalle in Oakland, which is right there
on Lake Merritt. But I neverknew about Lake Chale until did not even
apply. I remember it was onthe news or something. I don't I

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don't remember. I'm like starting atthis in my life, I was like
starting to go out to Oakland morelike with my friends, like starting getting
to go out period and like seeingwhat the whole Bay area is about.
Like I really was not outside.I was. I want to say I
was sheltered, but like straight outof high school, I had a boyfriend
and me and him were together forlike three four years, and I was

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in college and I had like twojobs, So I really wasn't going out
like that like I would turn upwith my family. But I wasn't like
hitting up bars. I wasn't doingthings outside like I was in a full
lout relationship. I was a fulltime student and I always worked two to
three jobs at a time. SoI feel like once being him broke up,
like I really and like got tohang out and got to go places,
like I really got to be outsidemore. And I don't remember the

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first time someone like mentioned like Slateto me. I'll never forget being like
you mean that Lasha Thol, Likewhat the fuck is like Chalet that restaurant.
I just always loved it. Itwas always that girl to me.
So I'm sad they had an announcedthat they're going to be closing their doors
for good. They've been in Oaklandfor thirty eight years. It's a famous,
very good Vietnamese restaurant, but alittle it's like a high scale.

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I'm not like crazy high scale,but it's a nicer restaurant. The part
that kills me, though, islike they're closing not because of the pandemic,
which you would think for these likesmall businesses or like restaurants I've been
around forever. They're like mom andpopped owned the owners like put on Facebook.
Wait, let me actually bring thepost up so I can read it
to you. How do I pausethis? Okay, After thirty eight years,

(29:25):
Lay Chavelle or La Chavell and DowntownOakland is closing its doors. While
this chapter of La Chaval comes toa close. The Tran family they name
off the whole damn family. Thankyou for your support, and we'll be
looking for another location. Continue toserve you their famous dishes. Last call
at one zero zero seven Clay Streetwill be Saturday, September thirtieth. Mark

(29:47):
your calendar for one final mill reservationsat five one zero seven sixty three eight
four nine five. So I feellike I definitely need a planet trip over
there. But I was seeing theowner, one of the owner's Sun Tran.
He was on the news say howthis is not because of the pandemic,
but because of crime and all thebreak ins that's been happening at their
location in like this recent year,like in the past couple of months.

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And it's like, you, guys, I'm like Oakland's number one supporter,
you know, I think he isthe best city in the world. Like
I will always claim my city,but I have a lot of love for
Oakland just because of the many yearsI worked there. Like I'm forever going
to be a East Bay girl,and I'm always going to be East Bay
biased. But I really feel rightnow, both Oakland and San Francisco are
just down so so fucking bad.Like the crime is crazy. I hate

(30:32):
every time I see the Bay Areatrending on Twitter, it's always about some
funcsha that's happening in the streets.I saw club both in Oakland and San
Francisco like today and yesterday trending thatlike a video of someone getting robbed in
broad daylight, like that's been happeningso often. I didn't know him personally,
but a lot of my close friendsgrew up with someone who recently passed
away in a shooting, and hevery much was like, at least from

(30:55):
I've seen nothing but like amazing messagesabout this person on social media for the
past two weeks of him just beinga really good man. So it's so
unfortunate what is happening in the Bayarea right now and the crime scene that's
going on right now, And Imean, we definitely need to do better.
But yeah, one of the ownerssaid that is the main reason of
closing, Like, I don't wantyou all to get it twisted. It's
not because of the pandemic. It'sbecause we can't continue to operate at this

(31:19):
location. So that's unfortunate. Othershould going out in the Bay Area.
Oh my god, you guys,I told you I was. I've been
big snooze girls. I'm actually likeout here taking naps, which I never
do. Today I had woke up, I took a nap in like four,
which is or like three ish,which is terrible because I usually leave

(31:40):
my house at four and today Ikept snoozing snows and snows, and I
finally woke up like five fifteen.It was like, Okay, we need
to leave by five thirty year we'regonna be late to work, So mind
you. I'm in the crib thewhole day. I don't know what it's
like outside. I don't know ifit's sunny, if it's cold, I
come out coughing up a lung yo. I didn't about the fires until literally

(32:00):
I stepped outside today. Every newsletter I know it's from Oregon, and
then it keeps saying northern California.I'm like, we live in northern California.
Sounds so stupid saying that on air, But the fires in Oregon fucking
up the air over here, Likethe air is so bad. And I
always we always make jokes that,like the studios here at the radio station

(32:22):
are giving jail because we had tolike move to the fifth floor. And
it looks so much more modern.The board looks way nicer. We have
these like cool lights, but thescreens and the walls, it's a little
too modern for me. Like wehave one, two, three, four,
five, six seven. There's eightcomputer screens, biggest ones, and
they all just have a big gestlogo. This as well a ninety for

(32:44):
nine and like all across I heard, like I could go to New York
right now and their studios look exactlythe same, and you can like change
the logo so like technically, ifI need it to track a show,
I could go somewhere and like makeit look live. And if you see
my videos of like being on air, you kind of know what it looks
like a little bit getting two withthis. Oh, but I always say
that it is giving jail because there'sno windows, Like you can't see outside.

(33:06):
What's the one, Like I don'tknow, I have to go to
weather dot com. We'll look atthe on my app on my phone or
remember what it was like thirty minutesor maybe two hours ago when I finally
was outside. But I came intoday and I don't know if it's all
my clothes, but like I've hada headache all day because I could still
smell the smoke, like it's stilllike in my brain. So they did

(33:28):
put out a air advisory sow whatit's called. That's out today, and
they said it's still gonna be lingeringtomorrow, which is probably when you'll finally
listen to this episode. Except fora day WAT shout out toward like committed
listeners, like the moment I uploada episode, I'm always shook about this.
They'll say, like there's been liketwo, three, five, listens
like in the first hour, andI'll be putting these up a little late

(33:51):
sometimes. Sorry, I'm gonna tryto be better than that. But like
you know, I finished my showand sometimes I'll record it after my live
show, which is like around eleveneleven thirty, so it's like very much
midnight. Want to put this out, So I really appreciate you guys.
But yes, Tuesday the eighteenth,which is tonight, in nineteenth which it's
about to be an hour, thisair advisory is still going to be going

(34:12):
on, so be careful there.If you don't need to be outside,
don't because the streets is walling outand there is trash right now, stay
your ass inside. That's it fortoday though today in the day. We'll
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(34:58):
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bye. I bought those vote ticketsthe day I saw that YouTube video,

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I knew we need to back up. Plan the boat was actually planned C
the church, Plan B, andPlan A was marrying her a long long
time ago, pretty much the dayI met her. Ricket if our pricket,

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don't cricket do the wond just wallthe active question, Just want no

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active, just want no active onthe raging down record alway