WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.140 Welcome to Everyone Deserves Sunshine, I'm Diana. 00:00:02.379 --> 00:00:04.559 And I'm Anusha, we're the girls in the crease. 00:00:04.780 --> 00:00:08.179 This is episode 20, where we're - We're talking 00:00:08.179 --> 00:00:10.880 about everything we've done this season so far 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:13.220 on our podcast. We're going to call it the recap 00:00:13.220 --> 00:00:16.960 episode. The recap episode. The recap and a farewell 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.780 for now episode. Farewell for now. Yes. Just 00:00:19.780 --> 00:00:21.719 temporarily for a little bit. Do not leave us. 00:00:21.739 --> 00:00:25.640 We'll be back soon. 20 episodes when I talk to 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:29.000 the few friends of mine that haven't listened 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:31.640 to this podcast because they have not. watched 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:33.859 the show. I cannot believe I'm friends with these 00:00:33.859 --> 00:00:35.600 people still. You should not be friends with 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:38.640 them anymore. Concessions need to be made. Personality 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:41.399 defects must be overlooked. And that's a huge 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:43.880 personality defect. And you could say that because 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:46.140 clearly they don't listen to this podcast. We 00:00:46.140 --> 00:00:48.359 could just talk about them the whole time. We 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:51.840 could. They always say, isn't the show like six 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.159 episodes? How are you making 20 episodes from 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:57.880 this? And is there actually that much to talk 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:00.659 about? And the answer to that is. A resounding 00:01:00.659 --> 00:01:03.700 yes. There is always that much to talk about. 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:07.739 Yeah. I mean, in the fandom alone, they're talking 00:01:07.739 --> 00:01:09.680 about it all day, every day. So the fact that 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:12.819 we did 20 episodes, which is 20 weeks on a six 00:01:12.819 --> 00:01:16.739 episode show. I mean, like, I think we're OK, 00:01:16.939 --> 00:01:19.879 you know? Yeah. I mean, that's less than 20 hours 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:23.829 of talking about the show. We know that we spent 00:01:23.829 --> 00:01:26.849 20 hours recording. We've spent a lot longer 00:01:26.849 --> 00:01:30.269 recording. So speaking of that, I'd like to ask 00:01:30.269 --> 00:01:33.629 you a question. What has this experience been 00:01:33.629 --> 00:01:36.129 like for you, this whole podcasting situation? 00:01:37.750 --> 00:01:41.780 All right. This is it. The moment of truth. This 00:01:41.780 --> 00:01:43.299 is the question. This is the question. You know 00:01:43.299 --> 00:01:45.480 what? The best part about this whole podcast 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:48.299 was getting to know you better because we were 00:01:48.299 --> 00:01:50.599 friends, but now we're... We were friends, but 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:53.180 now we're... But now we're immortal enemies. 00:01:53.739 --> 00:01:57.260 We went from friends to enemies. That's our trajectory. 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:01.640 That's our... That's like the romance genre story 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:06.510 from us. Like friends to enemies to lovers. Well, 00:02:06.530 --> 00:02:08.870 we like it that way. You like it that way. My 00:02:08.870 --> 00:02:11.530 favorite part is we were friends and now we're 00:02:11.530 --> 00:02:13.810 friends who really know each other. You know 00:02:13.810 --> 00:02:16.349 what I mean? I mean, I think podcasting teaches 00:02:16.349 --> 00:02:20.150 you a lot about your co -host. So that's my favorite 00:02:20.150 --> 00:02:22.729 part. Like the fact that your co -host thinks 00:02:22.729 --> 00:02:26.669 that an hour episode will only take an hour of 00:02:26.669 --> 00:02:30.409 recording. And then she only schedules an hour 00:02:30.409 --> 00:02:33.509 out of her day. And then we spent the first half 00:02:33.509 --> 00:02:36.039 an hour just like. figuring out the technical 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:38.560 difficulties. Yeah, yeah, that. Yeah, you learn 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:40.599 a lot about each other in that way. You know, 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.120 Diane, I think you thought maybe I was like this 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:47.219 perfect goddess before these last 20 weeks. Yeah, 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:50.199 I did. And now I'm slightly less perfect goddess, 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:53.099 like a demigod maybe. Well, you know, I don't. 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:55.460 I don't know if that's true. To be serious for 00:02:55.460 --> 00:02:57.639 a second. I think we definitely learned a lot 00:02:57.639 --> 00:02:59.020 more about each other, even though we've been 00:02:59.020 --> 00:03:01.639 friends for five years prior to doing this. And 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:04.039 I always say to all my newish friends, right, 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:06.599 because I've had some friends as you also from 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:09.150 like childhood. But I always say this to my newest 00:03:09.150 --> 00:03:10.849 friends, like, let's make it through year seven, 00:03:10.889 --> 00:03:12.990 you know, the year and seven year itch. And we'll 00:03:12.990 --> 00:03:15.009 see if we actually remain friends because seven 00:03:15.009 --> 00:03:16.969 year itch. And one of our friends gets real mad 00:03:16.969 --> 00:03:18.909 when I say that because she's like, oh, my God, 00:03:18.930 --> 00:03:21.250 Diana, we're going to be friends forever. But 00:03:21.250 --> 00:03:24.069 my point is, is that we've been friends for about 00:03:24.069 --> 00:03:26.069 five years prior to doing this. And there are 00:03:26.069 --> 00:03:28.069 definitely things that I have learned about you 00:03:28.069 --> 00:03:32.469 that were very interesting to me, but moved you 00:03:32.469 --> 00:03:37.539 up in. how I feel about you. So I feel like we 00:03:37.539 --> 00:03:40.759 will pass the seven year itch eventually and 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:44.020 just continue going. Now I say that after 20 00:03:44.020 --> 00:03:46.460 episodes, who knows what will happen after another 00:03:46.460 --> 00:03:50.259 20, you know, life, life takes you in very interesting, 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:53.319 unexpected places. So do you remember our first 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:57.439 episode where we had five to six hours of content 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:00.639 and we had to edit that? I mean, that was such 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:04.349 a beast. And for the first set of episodes, we 00:04:04.349 --> 00:04:07.849 were sitting like right next to each other or 00:04:07.849 --> 00:04:10.689 staring at each other, in fact, like across from 00:04:10.689 --> 00:04:14.349 a table, which actually logistically was not 00:04:14.349 --> 00:04:16.730 that great. We didn't know what we were doing. 00:04:16.829 --> 00:04:19.250 We had no idea what we were doing. My husband 00:04:19.250 --> 00:04:22.769 was like the third producer on the floor. I almost 00:04:22.769 --> 00:04:25.759 forgot about. all of that until you just reminded 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:29.139 me. Like the way we started, it was so crazy. 00:04:29.259 --> 00:04:31.579 And we had no idea what we were doing. I also 00:04:31.579 --> 00:04:34.740 remember how nervous I was. I was tripping over 00:04:34.740 --> 00:04:37.879 my own name. To be fair, I did it this episode 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:40.500 too. So maybe that was a good bookend. The logistics 00:04:40.500 --> 00:04:43.899 of podcasting were such a new thing. And now 00:04:43.899 --> 00:04:46.800 we're sitting here doing things just on the fly. 00:04:46.899 --> 00:04:49.639 So it's a very steep learning curve, I think. 00:04:50.329 --> 00:04:54.009 For sure. Yeah, I approached this project with 00:04:54.009 --> 00:04:57.269 your husband first, as you remember. Well, he 00:04:57.269 --> 00:05:00.889 approached it with me. But when he had this idea, 00:05:00.990 --> 00:05:04.050 I was like, well, I know nothing about podcasting. 00:05:04.129 --> 00:05:06.509 So he's like, no, no, no, I'll do everything. 00:05:06.670 --> 00:05:08.910 I'll produce it. I'll edit it. I'll, you know, 00:05:08.910 --> 00:05:11.670 whatever. And the first. episode or so couple 00:05:11.670 --> 00:05:14.449 he was there he was right along with us you know 00:05:14.449 --> 00:05:16.750 and then we're like okay we got this but the 00:05:16.750 --> 00:05:19.629 funny thing is I I approach podcasting in the 00:05:19.629 --> 00:05:22.550 same way I approach most things I go 100 % in 00:05:22.550 --> 00:05:26.149 like if I'm doing it I'm doing it and I always 00:05:26.149 --> 00:05:29.610 have this mindset of well if boys can do it how 00:05:29.610 --> 00:05:33.629 hard can it be so like there are plenty of boys 00:05:33.629 --> 00:05:37.129 doing it and it's you know, you and I are doing 00:05:37.129 --> 00:05:39.410 it too. Why not? We can do it. And we have been 00:05:39.410 --> 00:05:43.189 doing it. So props to us. I mean, obviously a 00:05:43.189 --> 00:05:45.910 learning curve. I remember we would lose edits 00:05:45.910 --> 00:05:49.529 often and we would cry about it. And we would 00:05:49.529 --> 00:05:51.589 fight about it. And we would fight about it. 00:05:51.610 --> 00:05:54.629 It was like hours and hours of work just gone. 00:05:56.149 --> 00:05:58.730 It was a tough start, I got to say, you know, 00:05:58.730 --> 00:06:01.870 but I think we got over the hump rather quickly, 00:06:01.970 --> 00:06:06.680 I would say, for two. Working moms who try too 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:12.300 hard and never stop. Yeah, I think I learned. 00:06:12.339 --> 00:06:14.199 I wouldn't say I learned anything about myself 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:16.720 because I know myself pretty well. But I learned 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:21.860 to have a little more patience with things when 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:25.100 they don't quite go the way I thought they should 00:06:25.100 --> 00:06:28.220 because I'm a perfectionist and I hate it. But 00:06:28.220 --> 00:06:30.839 also I can't help it. So that's that. And I have 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:34.660 to say the best part also about. The podcasting 00:06:34.660 --> 00:06:39.560 is the creativity. It inspired working and existing 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:43.519 in this current state of the world. And being 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:46.899 a mom, you just feel completely spread thin. 00:06:47.339 --> 00:06:51.319 And oddly, the podcasting continued to spread 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:56.040 us thinner. But the creativity that I think came 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:59.250 out of it, it really felt like it was like. it 00:06:59.250 --> 00:07:02.470 lit up my soul a little bit, you know? And for 00:07:02.470 --> 00:07:04.829 me, the creativity is the writing piece and the 00:07:04.829 --> 00:07:08.149 editing and, and like the storytelling piece. 00:07:08.250 --> 00:07:11.490 And for you, it's not just that, it's the creativity 00:07:11.490 --> 00:07:15.480 of the social media. posting. And then of course, 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:19.180 like your newfound creativity of edits of all 00:07:19.180 --> 00:07:22.560 sorts, which was so fun to see for me personally, 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:26.100 because I'm like, who's this girl? I am a creative 00:07:26.100 --> 00:07:29.379 person in some ways, not always. And there's 00:07:29.379 --> 00:07:30.920 certain things I'm good at and certain things 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.430 I'm not in terms of like art. artsy things. Most 00:07:34.430 --> 00:07:36.709 artsy things I'm not good at. I'm not like an 00:07:36.709 --> 00:07:39.050 artist. I've always been very envious of people 00:07:39.050 --> 00:07:43.430 who can create art. I'm analytical and critical, 00:07:43.649 --> 00:07:49.269 but I am not artistic. But I loved how all of 00:07:49.269 --> 00:07:52.550 this has inspired my analytical brain. I love 00:07:52.550 --> 00:07:56.029 that it gave me specifically an outlet for creativity. 00:07:56.490 --> 00:08:01.120 And the fact that My creativity was just so dormant, 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.660 you know, because in my current position at work, 00:08:03.740 --> 00:08:06.420 I don't really get to be creative too much. It's 00:08:06.420 --> 00:08:08.699 almost like a very technical job. I used to be 00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:11.459 a teacher, as you know, so I was very creative 00:08:11.459 --> 00:08:15.689 in that life. And I felt like that was. gone 00:08:15.689 --> 00:08:18.490 for a very, very long period of time. To be fair, 00:08:18.689 --> 00:08:22.089 I have done a lot of this type of somewhat creative 00:08:22.089 --> 00:08:25.069 work when I ran campaigns, the editing and the 00:08:25.069 --> 00:08:27.790 videos and the graphics and all that. But it's 00:08:27.790 --> 00:08:30.449 definitely a different type of situation because 00:08:30.449 --> 00:08:33.929 when you're working on campaigns, it's a volunteer 00:08:33.929 --> 00:08:35.850 position, obviously, I say working, but when 00:08:35.850 --> 00:08:38.730 you're volunteering, it's a very thankless position. 00:08:38.809 --> 00:08:42.120 It's a very high level stress. position. And 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:45.200 while you get to be creative, it's not really 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:48.240 fun to creative in many ways. This, on the other 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:51.379 hand, is very fun. Creative feels very rewarding 00:08:51.379 --> 00:08:55.700 on a personal level. And it's thankful. Like, 00:08:55.740 --> 00:08:59.159 I am so grateful to all of this. And I'm so happy 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:01.179 that we got to do this. And we're going to continue 00:09:01.179 --> 00:09:04.070 doing this because I don't know, like we talk 00:09:04.070 --> 00:09:06.470 about joy and sometimes it feels very silly to 00:09:06.470 --> 00:09:08.950 say like joy when everything is burning around 00:09:08.950 --> 00:09:12.149 you. And you know me before this too, like I'm 00:09:12.149 --> 00:09:15.029 not a very like, oh, joy, happiness. Like I'm 00:09:15.029 --> 00:09:18.570 not one of those people. I'm more like the world 00:09:18.570 --> 00:09:20.509 is burning, you know, we're all going to die 00:09:20.509 --> 00:09:24.309 person. But I have been using the word joy a 00:09:24.309 --> 00:09:27.830 lot and using the word spread the joy a lot. 00:09:27.889 --> 00:09:30.350 And I'm like, who am I? Like, that's not a Diana 00:09:30.350 --> 00:09:34.909 that I grew up with. But I feel it. And if I 00:09:34.909 --> 00:09:37.250 feel it, I may as well talk about it, you know, 00:09:37.269 --> 00:09:40.269 and it and it does bring me a lot of joy. I know 00:09:40.269 --> 00:09:43.490 it does for you to this whole endeavor. And it's 00:09:43.490 --> 00:09:46.129 funny that you mentioned the how we can be doing 00:09:46.129 --> 00:09:48.730 this with only a six episode show, because literally 00:09:48.730 --> 00:09:50.590 last night I was talking to one of our friends 00:09:50.590 --> 00:09:52.529 about it. And I was like, oh, I was complaining 00:09:52.529 --> 00:09:55.669 that I had to wake up early to do this. And and 00:09:55.669 --> 00:09:58.950 she was like, I can't believe I cannot believe 00:09:58.950 --> 00:10:02.610 that you are six months in. And you guys are 00:10:02.610 --> 00:10:07.309 still this obsessed with this show. And I'm like, 00:10:07.350 --> 00:10:10.610 listen, it actually is exactly six months, like 00:10:10.610 --> 00:10:12.529 the last for me, right? Because I started like 00:10:12.529 --> 00:10:15.850 a month later than you. It was December 28th, 00:10:15.850 --> 00:10:18.750 I think, was when I like finished binging the 00:10:18.750 --> 00:10:22.230 show. And it's May. And I actually, you know, 00:10:22.230 --> 00:10:24.590 in my memories, I have pictures of me like just 00:10:24.590 --> 00:10:27.289 sobbing to episode five that I was like taking 00:10:27.289 --> 00:10:30.269 and sending to like you and my other friends. 00:10:30.409 --> 00:10:34.250 Artistic crying. Yeah, artistic crying. And it's 00:10:34.250 --> 00:10:36.909 six months, but I'm not at all in a place where 00:10:36.909 --> 00:10:40.710 I'm like, OK, I can move on. I have no interest 00:10:40.710 --> 00:10:43.549 in moving on. I'm so happy here. Leave me here. 00:10:44.450 --> 00:10:47.190 This is where I belong. I want to ask you a question 00:10:47.190 --> 00:10:53.539 now. Yes. Can you? And you must pick some of 00:10:53.539 --> 00:10:56.639 the most favorite episodes that you had from 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:59.620 our podcast. Okay. And why? You know, that's 00:10:59.620 --> 00:11:01.940 hard, obviously, because it's like picking your 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:05.539 favorite child. And I can. I can. I can pick 00:11:05.539 --> 00:11:09.340 one. Just kidding. My kids don't listen to this 00:11:09.340 --> 00:11:13.820 podcast, so it's okay. Okay. I have a couple. 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.259 And because you break rules all the time, I too 00:11:16.259 --> 00:11:19.200 will break rules. So I think that. First of all, 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:22.759 I think our first couple of episodes, the immigrant 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:25.259 experience and the toxic masculinity and the 00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:28.440 why we're obsessed. They were some of my favorites 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:30.240 just because we were trying to like figure things 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:34.320 out. And they were the ones that like got us 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:36.480 our audience. Like, let's be honest, right? I 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:39.259 think the immigrant experience won because it's 00:11:39.259 --> 00:11:41.820 obviously so near and dear to my heart and as 00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:45.200 is to yours. It was one of my favorites, especially 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:48.259 since my mom had listened to it and she had texted 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:49.960 me and she's like, thank you for this episode. 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:53.000 It was so meaningful to me. She said, I felt 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:56.559 so seen. buy that episode. So I love that one. 00:11:56.779 --> 00:12:01.820 I will say I listened to Rachel Reed. She accepted 00:12:01.820 --> 00:12:04.059 an award. It was like Women in Entertainment 00:12:04.059 --> 00:12:06.120 by I want to say like Hollywood Reporter maybe. 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:09.519 In her speech, she said, many times people have 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:12.059 asked me why women enjoy my books. Why do they 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:14.299 enjoy watching a show about two young men who 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:16.080 fall in love with each other? What are women 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:18.639 getting out of this experience? And why are they 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:21.159 able to relate to the story? And to me, it's 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:23.779 very obvious why women want to watch a show where 00:12:23.850 --> 00:12:26.090 sex scenes are full of consent and caretaking 00:12:26.090 --> 00:12:29.669 and checking in and mutual pleasure. I don't 00:12:29.669 --> 00:12:32.509 think it's. at all surprising that women would 00:12:32.509 --> 00:12:36.230 want to see emotionally vulnerable men watch 00:12:36.230 --> 00:12:39.769 them yearn and struggle and hurt and grow and 00:12:39.769 --> 00:12:42.809 be patient and loving men who love their mothers 00:12:42.809 --> 00:12:45.690 and value their relationships with women. I write 00:12:45.690 --> 00:12:48.009 books about men. I wouldn't say I write them 00:12:48.009 --> 00:12:50.669 for women specifically, but I write them knowing 00:12:50.669 --> 00:12:52.889 that women will appreciate these characters and 00:12:52.889 --> 00:12:57.679 I write them in a way to expose the way patriarchy 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:01.580 and toxic masculinity harm all of us. And I write 00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:04.600 them also because I care deeply about the rights 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:08.940 of queer and trans people. and about the rights 00:13:08.940 --> 00:13:11.639 for everyone to be who they are openly and without 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:14.620 fear. Isn't that beautiful? And I feel like that 00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:17.580 quote is like multiple of our episodes, like 00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:20.759 in one, right? Like we talked about like toxic 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:24.059 masculinity and queer stories and queer rights. 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:26.440 And, you know, we've talked about women and our 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:28.019 feelings, which I know is that that's going to 00:13:28.019 --> 00:13:30.820 be one of yours. And in our first episode, Why 00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:33.059 We're Obsessed, we talked about this, why women 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:35.960 specifically are really enjoying this show. So 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:39.659 to answer your question, in a very long way is 00:13:39.659 --> 00:13:42.639 that I love a lot of our episodes, but I think 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:45.059 the first few were the ones that kind of like 00:13:45.059 --> 00:13:47.639 got me into this, like more so than anything 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:52.480 else. And it allowed me specifically to unlock 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:55.879 my brain that kind of has been like locked since 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:57.879 I've kind of stopped teaching into this like 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:01.039 analytical creative thinking ideas. So, and Rachel 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.539 Reed is right. Toxic masculinity hurts us all. 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.149 So here we go. It absolutely does. That quote 00:14:07.149 --> 00:14:10.529 is stunning. And it also answers the question 00:14:10.529 --> 00:14:13.309 of why we're still doing this 20 episodes in. 00:14:13.429 --> 00:14:17.090 Because there is, I mean, we haven't dismantled 00:14:17.090 --> 00:14:19.769 patriarchy the last time I checked. One episode 00:14:19.769 --> 00:14:22.649 at a time, Anusha. One episode at a time. Right. 00:14:22.789 --> 00:14:25.669 And that's why. I mean, it's so deeply resonating. 00:14:25.750 --> 00:14:28.610 I mean, the reason we decided, you know, to do 00:14:28.610 --> 00:14:33.429 this thematic version of this podcast instead 00:14:33.429 --> 00:14:35.919 of... episode recaps which are really fun too 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:38.639 as you know I love a good recap and there were 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:41.379 times where we you know deep dove into episodes 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:44.220 but it was always with this sort of thematic 00:14:45.070 --> 00:14:49.470 lens in terms of the subject matter. So my favorite 00:14:49.470 --> 00:14:51.950 episode, and I agree, it's very difficult to 00:14:51.950 --> 00:14:53.909 pick. You know, I'm going to say Women and Our 00:14:53.909 --> 00:14:57.049 Feelings. I take pride in that because that episode 00:14:57.049 --> 00:14:59.629 was inspired by me. So the fact that it's your 00:14:59.629 --> 00:15:01.970 favorite, you know, come on. First of all, you 00:15:01.970 --> 00:15:07.549 were inspired by a post about Trenchfoot. Then 00:15:07.549 --> 00:15:10.649 you wrote a whole piece, published it. It was 00:15:10.649 --> 00:15:15.429 beautiful. I loved that piece. And then. We crafted 00:15:15.429 --> 00:15:18.110 a whole episode out of it. It was like the most, 00:15:18.330 --> 00:15:21.570 I think, creatively meaningful episode for me 00:15:21.570 --> 00:15:25.269 in terms of like. putting together the story. 00:15:25.610 --> 00:15:28.970 You know, I do things, maybe the fly, maybe last 00:15:28.970 --> 00:15:32.470 minute. Do you know this about me? I have learned 00:15:32.470 --> 00:15:35.070 this about you over the last 20 weeks. I was 00:15:35.070 --> 00:15:38.710 in the car doing the notes for the episode. And 00:15:38.710 --> 00:15:42.230 then you wrote me this text that made me so happy. 00:15:42.490 --> 00:15:44.529 The text was, I'm laughing and crying at the 00:15:44.529 --> 00:15:46.730 same time. I mean, not that I wished you were 00:15:46.730 --> 00:15:48.909 crying, but it just made me so happy because 00:15:48.909 --> 00:15:51.950 it was just like a circle of creativity. Like 00:15:51.950 --> 00:15:55.059 someone inspired you. Your piece inspired me. 00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:58.679 And then we did this whole episode. And it was, 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:01.399 I have to say, one of the more cathartic episodes. 00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:05.860 I just felt like it was a very, very well done 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:09.940 primal scream. So many of our listeners reached 00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:13.840 out and said, oh, my God, I was crying listening 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:16.480 to this episode. And I felt that way myself, 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:20.279 editing and listening and writing that. It just 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:24.330 felt like. So cathartic. And that's my favorite. 00:16:24.710 --> 00:16:26.909 And once we started having guests on the show, 00:16:26.990 --> 00:16:30.549 that was so fun. First of all, many of the guests 00:16:30.549 --> 00:16:33.929 were our friends. So listening to them in that 00:16:33.929 --> 00:16:39.919 way. I'm like, wow, you're pretty cool. As if 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:43.200 you didn't know that before. I always tell people 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:45.679 as a joke, but also not really as a joke. I only 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:48.200 surround myself with super smart people. Like, 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:51.320 you know, if you don't have a PhD or, you know, 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:54.419 an MD, I don't want to be friends with you. You 00:16:54.419 --> 00:16:59.340 have an educational threshold. I have an education 00:16:59.340 --> 00:17:02.960 kink. Like the more degrees you have on your 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:05.880 wall. The likelier it is, I'm going to want to 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:10.099 be your friend. Yeah, girl. This feels very pointed. 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:16.400 I like this pink. It really is. You must feel 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:19.299 some sort of way when you're in my house. I feel 00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:23.779 so many ways when I'm at your house. But I laugh, 00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:26.180 but in some ways it's true. Obviously, not all 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:28.740 my friends have PhDs and MDs. This is obvious. 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:32.960 But all of our friends do have really analytical 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:37.259 brains and they're smart and they're funny. And, 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:40.579 you know, our girlfriends are just fucking amazing. 00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:45.480 Like, I mean, truly the best people I could ever 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:48.839 think of to be friends with. I truly wish for 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:51.019 everyone to have a group of friends like that. 00:17:51.289 --> 00:17:55.049 The guests that we've had, that's been so exciting 00:17:55.049 --> 00:17:57.309 because we got to meet so many outside of our 00:17:57.309 --> 00:18:01.210 friends. We got to meet so many fun, smart, funny, 00:18:01.410 --> 00:18:05.589 kind people who are just as obsessed as we are 00:18:05.589 --> 00:18:08.970 with the show and who love talking about it as 00:18:08.970 --> 00:18:12.289 much as we do. And thank you all for coming on 00:18:12.289 --> 00:18:15.269 our show and for appearing on our show. And we 00:18:15.269 --> 00:18:17.410 hope to have some of you back if you're willing. 00:18:17.990 --> 00:18:21.430 And we hope to do more of this. in the next season. 00:18:21.829 --> 00:18:24.529 Absolutely. Thank you for sharing your music, 00:18:24.829 --> 00:18:29.289 your art, your knowledge, your creativity, your 00:18:29.289 --> 00:18:33.029 obsession with us, especially, I mean, the friends, 00:18:33.089 --> 00:18:34.829 we could be like, you gotta be on our podcast, 00:18:34.890 --> 00:18:38.569 but the ones that are now friends through our 00:18:38.569 --> 00:18:42.019 podcast, that was a really... wonderful connection. 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:44.799 And I couldn't believe, I mean, I love our podcast, 00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:46.859 but I was like, wow, people want to be on our 00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:49.980 podcast too. It was really nice. I think people 00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:52.720 just love talking about the show and they're 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.940 willing to do it at any platform, in any place. 00:18:57.180 --> 00:19:00.059 And we are more than happy to give you that platform 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:02.460 because we're just two girls, you know, just 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:05.019 two girls doing this podcast. Two girls in the 00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:07.400 crease. And speaking of that, remember how on 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:10.680 the last episode we asked for ideas for the next 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:13.500 season, we're already getting them in our DMs. 00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:16.480 And I just want to say, if you have sent us a 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:19.839 DM, I may have read it and not responded because 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:21.880 it has kind of been a crazy couple of weeks. 00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:25.960 It is, as many of you know, Maycember. In the 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:28.519 end of the school year. And we are just trying 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:30.460 to survive the end of the school year. But I 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:33.200 promise when we have a break, I will read through 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:36.660 all your DMs. Anusha and I will respond. Collate 00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:38.940 your ideas. Yeah, we will. Yeah, we will. We 00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:41.019 will get there. I promise. I promise. I promise. 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:44.039 We're not ignoring you. We're just trying to 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:46.740 survive the end of the school year. Anusha, I'm 00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:49.450 going to throw a curveball. Because who are you? 00:19:49.450 --> 00:19:53.470 Me? Yes. This question is, you don't know that 00:19:53.470 --> 00:19:56.430 it's coming. It's an on the spot question that 00:19:56.430 --> 00:19:59.170 you must answer. And first thing that comes to 00:19:59.170 --> 00:20:02.509 mind, rapid response. Okay. Are you ready? Oh 00:20:02.509 --> 00:20:06.089 my God. Yes. OK, if you had to choose, you know 00:20:06.089 --> 00:20:08.349 what your face is like just now when Ilya and 00:20:08.349 --> 00:20:11.069 Shane are at the cottage and they're trying to, 00:20:11.109 --> 00:20:13.630 like, get it on. And Shane keeps saying, like, 00:20:13.730 --> 00:20:16.170 oh, my God, you haven't been with anyone. I have 00:20:16.170 --> 00:20:18.809 an idea. That was your face. I have an idea face. 00:20:19.029 --> 00:20:20.970 And Ilya's like, oh, my God, like, seriously, 00:20:21.029 --> 00:20:23.390 just touch me. Yeah, like, that's exactly what 00:20:23.390 --> 00:20:24.710 you do. I will do anything if you touch my dick. 00:20:24.730 --> 00:20:26.970 Like, exactly. OK, well, this is me. I'm Shane 00:20:26.970 --> 00:20:30.190 now. And I have an idea. And my idea is to ask 00:20:30.190 --> 00:20:33.559 you. Okay. Hold your horses, girl. I'll get there. 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:38.900 If you had to choose top three quotes from the 00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:43.039 show, any quotes, what would it be? Top three. 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:46.660 Okay. And you had no chance to prepare. I just 00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:48.779 want everybody to know. So if she doesn't choose 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:51.140 the quote that you think she should choose, we 00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:53.319 will not crucify her on the internet. Okay. I'm 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:57.319 coming to the cottage when Ilya says it as he's 00:20:57.319 --> 00:21:02.359 watching Scott and Kip kiss. That one is a really 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:05.500 big one. That one. That's probably the top. Yuna, 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:08.779 when she says, and I know it's supposed to be 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:11.660 a quote, but it might be more of a paraphrase. 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:16.900 But this one really gets to me every time. You 00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:24.880 have done nothing wrong. I am sorry that I did 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:27.940 something to make you feel like you couldn't 00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:32.000 tell me. Right. And I always feel like I pause 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:35.200 after she says, I, because that's how she says 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:41.559 it in the show. Every time I hear that, I tear 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:44.779 up. I don't know. Maybe it feels like that's 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:47.599 what I want to hear from, like, you know, your 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:50.859 own parents, like about something that they. 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:54.200 You have nothing to apologize for. Yeah. And 00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:56.680 it wasn't even the apology. It was the recognition 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:00.589 that the environment. that they created, no matter 00:22:00.589 --> 00:22:04.410 how loving, still wasn't exactly what you needed 00:22:04.410 --> 00:22:09.130 or what Shane needed. So that one is, that one's 00:22:09.130 --> 00:22:12.069 a lot. I love that quote. Oh my God, the third 00:22:12.069 --> 00:22:15.490 quote. Let me think, let me think. Probably every 00:22:15.490 --> 00:22:22.359 time Ilya says, you're so boring. Of course, 00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:24.440 every time. Of course, you have like one quote, 00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:27.420 but that reappears throughout the entire show. 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:33.339 I cheat too, see? I'm a liar who lies. So I really 00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:37.819 love the boring one because it's just so tinged 00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:40.599 with affection from the beginning. He's so charmed. 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:42.519 Oh my God, Hollander, you're so boring. You're 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:47.289 so boring. And boring is just... His way of saying 00:22:47.289 --> 00:22:50.450 safe. You're a safe person for me. Yeah. You 00:22:50.450 --> 00:22:53.210 know, that's the underlying message. Because, 00:22:53.269 --> 00:22:56.289 and it's the same when Shane calls him an asshole. 00:22:56.450 --> 00:22:59.569 He means like he's exciting and like cocky and 00:22:59.569 --> 00:23:02.410 kind of a free spirit in a way that Shane needs. 00:23:02.650 --> 00:23:05.430 Yeah. I love that. Okay. See, you did it. I did 00:23:05.430 --> 00:23:08.390 it. I did it. Yes, it's scary, but you're brave. 00:23:08.750 --> 00:23:12.369 I am brave. We can do hard things. We can do 00:23:12.369 --> 00:23:15.309 hard things. Pre -coffee. I just finished my 00:23:15.309 --> 00:23:17.210 cup of coffee. I really wish I had another one. 00:23:17.369 --> 00:23:19.849 Okay. Mine. Oh, shit. I brought this on myself. 00:23:20.470 --> 00:23:23.730 No, this one's going to be good. Okay. For those 00:23:23.730 --> 00:23:26.029 who don't know, Diana is chronically online. 00:23:28.430 --> 00:23:31.769 Hey, don't give away my secret. A secret that 00:23:31.769 --> 00:23:36.509 everybody knows. Yeah. A poorly kept one. And 00:23:36.509 --> 00:23:39.750 I have to say, I flirt with being chronically 00:23:39.750 --> 00:23:43.690 online. But at this moment. I'm chronically offline. 00:23:43.990 --> 00:23:47.009 Yes. Actually, that is a gift that this podcast 00:23:47.009 --> 00:23:51.390 has given me somehow is like the ability to disconnect 00:23:51.390 --> 00:23:56.470 in it from like. Must be nice. A toxic way. No. 00:23:56.630 --> 00:23:59.089 Must be nice to disconnect from social media 00:23:59.089 --> 00:24:01.589 while Diana does all the work. Yeah, I know. 00:24:01.769 --> 00:24:04.990 But it really just like let it let me channel 00:24:04.990 --> 00:24:07.470 that into something this like different. But 00:24:07.470 --> 00:24:10.910 anyway, my question is, what is the strangest, 00:24:10.950 --> 00:24:15.869 most like unexpected rabbit hole that you have 00:24:15.869 --> 00:24:20.630 veered into in terms of fandom? I I'm not you. 00:24:20.869 --> 00:24:25.720 And that's. No, but you are. This episode we've 00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:29.880 switched. We've had personality translets. Listen, 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:34.519 I honestly, I don't think I've gone down any 00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:39.079 rabbit holes. Or just like a little corner, unexpected 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:42.259 corner of fandom that like gave you so much joy. 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:46.900 Oh, listen, I, this fandom is. freaking amazing 00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:50.920 i mean granted this is my first one but i really 00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:55.079 enjoy okay so every now and then um somebody 00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:57.740 i don't know how this starts or who starts it 00:24:57.740 --> 00:25:02.579 but starts a trend um and this these last couple 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:06.180 days there's been a heated rivalry at the zoo 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:09.319 have you seen this where they take oh my god 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:14.190 anusha I cannot. They take like zoo animals in 00:25:14.190 --> 00:25:17.670 their natural state and then pair the animals 00:25:17.670 --> 00:25:20.910 with quotes from the show. Oh, my God. And it 00:25:20.910 --> 00:25:25.130 is. Yeah, it's my favorite. It is hilarious. 00:25:25.490 --> 00:25:28.950 It is perfect. Everyone is so creative, like 00:25:28.950 --> 00:25:31.569 so funny. This fandom has the funniest people 00:25:31.569 --> 00:25:34.349 in it. So there's heated rivalry at the zoo, 00:25:34.450 --> 00:25:37.210 which is full of zoo animals with, you know, 00:25:37.210 --> 00:25:40.759 conversations. There's also. medieval heated 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:44.039 rivalry that's like paintings and then same thing 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:47.240 idea and today today i just saw before we got 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:50.519 on this is sculpted heated rivalry where it's 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:52.960 just different sculptures from all over the world 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:57.029 and paired with quotes chef's kiss to the fandom 00:25:57.029 --> 00:25:59.490 in this. So I guess if you say rabbit hole, like 00:25:59.490 --> 00:26:02.349 that's the little trends is where it is. Because 00:26:02.349 --> 00:26:04.130 I don't do rabbit holes like you do where like 00:26:04.130 --> 00:26:07.349 the whole snake and animal baby situation, you 00:26:07.349 --> 00:26:09.529 know, you and Shane have that in common with 00:26:09.529 --> 00:26:12.869 your ADHD brains. You know, I don't do that, 00:26:13.089 --> 00:26:16.750 but I do love the fandom like trends that that 00:26:16.750 --> 00:26:19.569 happen. And I really, really enjoy that one. 00:26:19.670 --> 00:26:22.589 There's like people will do like Shane Day and 00:26:22.589 --> 00:26:24.990 they all change their profile pictures to Shane's 00:26:24.990 --> 00:26:28.369 face. They'll do same thing for like Ilya or 00:26:28.369 --> 00:26:31.490 Jacob or whatever. The fandom is amazing. There's 00:26:31.490 --> 00:26:34.450 Cowboy Shane days. I mean, there are, I know, 00:26:34.529 --> 00:26:36.789 there are, I mean, people are getting banned 00:26:36.789 --> 00:26:39.369 for Cowboy Shane from threads. My biggest fear 00:26:39.369 --> 00:26:42.490 is getting banned from threads. So I'm trying 00:26:42.490 --> 00:26:44.970 not to get banned from threads because I'm going 00:26:44.970 --> 00:26:47.670 to be so upset. But anyway, there are so many 00:26:47.670 --> 00:26:51.569 fun things that I could just go on and on. And 00:26:51.569 --> 00:26:53.539 that's why I'm chronically online. you know, 00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:56.200 because it's fun. Like I'm having a lot of fun. 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:59.079 Yeah. So. So, yeah, I'm having a ton of fun and 00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:02.400 I cannot wait. Well, I don't have to wait to 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:04.519 explore the fandom because that is consistent 00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:07.500 and it keeps going. And I am looking forward 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:10.039 to like seeing where it goes. Tonight are the 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:12.539 Canadian Screen Awards and Hudson is nominated 00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:14.980 for Best Actor. And of course, the fandom is 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:18.240 losing its collective mind and me too alongside 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:20.440 with it. So I can't wait to watch that. Obviously, 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:23.960 I hope he wins. And when he. does, I will cry. 00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:26.099 And so will the rest of the fandom. So we will 00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:29.019 be crashing out collectively tonight all together. 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:31.779 And I hope that when our listeners are listening 00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:34.119 tomorrow, we, you know, we all can celebrate 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:36.599 together. It'll be our post episode sunshine. 00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:39.180 Yeah. Oh, my God. I know. And we won't even get 00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:40.920 to do the sunshine because this is our last episode 00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:42.700 for the season. But it's OK. We can post about 00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:45.759 it, you know. Anyway, so speaking of next season, 00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:48.700 here's a question. What are you looking forward 00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:54.140 to our next season of this? podcast and the next 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:56.779 season of Heated Rivalry. Without spoilers. Yeah, 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:59.539 that's a good point because we will focus only 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:02.839 on the show. Yeah, yeah. Also, what is up with 00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:05.339 you asking the biggest questions? What is the 00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:07.440 meaning of life? What does this podcast mean 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:10.619 to you? I mean, I'm a very philosophical person, 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:13.660 Anusha, so that's why, obviously, I'm asking 00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:15.900 all the big questions. So answer it right now, 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:20.269 immediately now. Rapid response. Go. You're stalling. 00:28:20.309 --> 00:28:23.109 I'm trying. OK, I'm going to start with season 00:28:23.109 --> 00:28:27.150 two of the show and what I'm hoping for it. Jacob 00:28:27.150 --> 00:28:30.150 had said he wanted to end season one on this 00:28:30.150 --> 00:28:34.710 high note of hope and sort of like a the end 00:28:34.710 --> 00:28:37.309 question mark, because not everything can be 00:28:37.309 --> 00:28:41.329 resolved in six episodes in real life or in show 00:28:41.329 --> 00:28:45.390 life. But. There are just so many things that 00:28:45.390 --> 00:28:50.190 are kind of hanging. Last episode was about narrative 00:28:50.190 --> 00:28:53.089 and what's moving the narrative forward. And 00:28:53.089 --> 00:28:56.970 one of the things we talked about was how the 00:28:56.970 --> 00:29:01.849 trap was set with their first hookup, the veil 00:29:01.849 --> 00:29:06.029 of secrecy that permeated the rest of the episodes. 00:29:06.049 --> 00:29:11.240 So now I'm just curious. I know. There are some 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:14.720 more people, Yuna and David, who are now in like 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:17.619 the cone of trust. Is it cone of trust or circle 00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:21.779 of trust? What is a cone of trust? It's the cone 00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:24.940 of shame and the circle of trust. I completely 00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:27.680 mixed all of my metaphors. It's okay. It's fine. 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:31.779 Circle of trust, cone of trust, whatever. Whatever. 00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:36.170 All the same. Yeah, but there's still... being 00:29:36.170 --> 00:29:38.930 very secretive. There's all these like very elaborate 00:29:38.930 --> 00:29:42.910 plans, this beautiful foundation for Ilya's mom, 00:29:43.109 --> 00:29:46.490 for Irina. All of it sounds really good, but 00:29:46.490 --> 00:29:50.910 it just is not completely truthful. And I worry 00:29:50.910 --> 00:29:54.410 about that because Ilya and Shane take a little 00:29:54.410 --> 00:29:57.930 kernel of like, let's keep it under wraps. And 00:29:57.930 --> 00:30:01.349 it like blows up into 10 years of. The rap just 00:30:01.349 --> 00:30:04.130 gets bigger and bigger. The strings keep, you 00:30:04.130 --> 00:30:06.950 know, getting more complicated. Right, right. 00:30:07.150 --> 00:30:10.390 That's what worries me. And we all say collectively, 00:30:10.630 --> 00:30:12.730 we're all at the cottage. But I want to know 00:30:12.730 --> 00:30:15.130 what the cottage season two looks like. What 00:30:15.130 --> 00:30:18.059 does it mean? Part two. I'm going to hold off 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.859 on that because I want to know what you want 00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:23.319 for the show in season two. Jacob and Rachel 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:26.019 have discussed what they want in season two. 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:27.380 So I feel like I can talk a little bit about 00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:29.720 that because that is public knowledge. So obviously 00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:32.759 we're going to get Troy and Harris's story from 00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:35.319 Role Models. Rachel and Jacob just talked about 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:37.539 that on one of the interviews. I'm so looking 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:40.420 forward to that story because I love Role Models. 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:42.559 It's my second favorite after The Long Game. 00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:44.680 I'm actually really excited to see who they cast 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:47.059 as Troy and Harris because... I want to know, 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.339 you know, what they're actually going to look 00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:51.339 like. I'm assuming that those stories are going 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:54.420 to be intertwined just like Scott and Kip's was 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:56.880 in season one. So I'm really looking forward 00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:59.539 to that. Ilya shows up in all the books and he 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:03.880 shows up significantly in role models because 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:06.960 role models and the long game are going on about 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:10.200 at the same time. So obviously there's a lot 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:13.400 of crossover. I'm interested to see how that's 00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:15.660 going to be done. I mean, Jacob's a genius, so 00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:18.579 it's going to be really cool, I'm sure. I wonder 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:20.720 if there's going to be like a separate episode 00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:24.400 for them, like it was for Kip and Scott. Or if 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:26.500 like we're just going to see all of the characters 00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:29.160 throughout the entire season and every episode. 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:32.519 I'm also looking forward to see how they're going 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:37.000 to explore. their secrecy and again we i've read 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:39.440 the long game you and i have but it'll be different 00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:41.960 on screen to see how that's gonna look so i'm 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.960 interested to see how jacob is gonna do that 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:46.599 i know it's like a year away but i cannot wait 00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:49.099 i think the summer first of all we probably will 00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:50.900 know who they've cast so that's gonna be really 00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:52.700 cool i'm excited and we're gonna have to maybe 00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:54.940 talk about it we're gonna probably have to talk 00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:58.640 about it We might not be completely done. We 00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:01.000 may not be done. Yeah, you guys, like we say 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:03.819 we're done, but this is what happens. Me, Diana, 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:07.559 I will get an idea at like 1230 a .m. as I'm 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:10.059 trying to go to bed. I will text Anusha this 00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:12.299 idea, completely random, like an idea for an 00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:14.759 episode or whatever. And then she will respond 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:17.160 to me around 3 a .m. Usually saying, yeah, let's 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:20.740 do it. So there might be a time in the summer 00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:23.460 where I text her at midnight. I think we should 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:26.589 leave this on a cliffhanger. We should. Much 00:32:26.589 --> 00:32:29.349 like the show. Yeah, exactly. Like, it's a happy 00:32:29.349 --> 00:32:31.730 ending, but we'll be back. But we'll be back. 00:32:31.730 --> 00:32:33.089 Do you know when we'll be back? Nobody knows. 00:32:33.349 --> 00:32:35.609 Now you have to answer part two. What are you 00:32:35.609 --> 00:32:38.890 looking forward to for our show in the fall? 00:32:39.029 --> 00:32:41.569 Our sophomore year -ish. Yeah, our sophomore 00:32:41.569 --> 00:32:44.849 season. Look at us growing. Yeah. We're growing. 00:32:44.849 --> 00:32:48.150 I'm really proud of our podcast. It really moved 00:32:48.150 --> 00:32:53.069 me in a way that I didn't expect. I hope it moved 00:32:53.069 --> 00:32:55.710 our listeners in a way they didn't expect. The 00:32:55.710 --> 00:32:59.410 power of it all, I think, is in the story. Ilya 00:32:59.410 --> 00:33:03.109 and Shane's story is so intensely personal. I 00:33:03.109 --> 00:33:05.930 mean, it's like so esoteric. It's two hockey 00:33:05.930 --> 00:33:11.009 players who are cream of the crop from Canada 00:33:11.009 --> 00:33:13.289 and Russia. I mean, they're not living a life 00:33:13.289 --> 00:33:16.430 that is... circumstantially relatable to us, 00:33:16.509 --> 00:33:19.930 but the emotional resonance is what's relatable. 00:33:20.230 --> 00:33:23.369 And it crosses different kinds of experiences. 00:33:23.670 --> 00:33:26.569 And that's the power, I think, of the story. 00:33:26.789 --> 00:33:30.069 It tackles huge things, but it does it in a way 00:33:30.069 --> 00:33:32.269 that's a story. One of our guests, Jayanthi, 00:33:32.390 --> 00:33:34.950 said the only way to change culture is to change 00:33:34.950 --> 00:33:38.730 culture. The only way to change culture. is to 00:33:38.730 --> 00:33:41.450 provide these kind of stories. Stories are the 00:33:41.450 --> 00:33:44.529 way we can connect, especially in this digital 00:33:44.529 --> 00:33:48.849 age where disconnection is what is driving a 00:33:48.849 --> 00:33:52.029 lot of our political climate, our polarization. 00:33:52.990 --> 00:33:57.430 The story matters. And that's what the show showed 00:33:57.430 --> 00:34:01.670 us. These rich, suave hockey players. That's 00:34:01.670 --> 00:34:05.549 not a life many of us live. And it was so... 00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:09.320 impactful for so many people so if the season 00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:13.079 two of the show continues that and I have great 00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:18.099 hopes it will I hope that we continue to voice 00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:23.159 different stories on our podcast so that it continues 00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:27.090 to resonate with listeners. And if that story 00:34:27.090 --> 00:34:31.190 isn't exactly your story or your life experience, 00:34:31.590 --> 00:34:34.949 that you can still see the emotional resonance. 00:34:35.070 --> 00:34:37.550 And I hope we continue to convey that. I wanted 00:34:37.550 --> 00:34:41.309 to bring up one listener's email to us. I'm not 00:34:41.309 --> 00:34:43.630 going to share a lot of details. I don't want 00:34:43.630 --> 00:34:47.250 to expose anything. Yeah, privacy. But the gist 00:34:47.250 --> 00:34:49.929 of it is around our Mother's Day episode where 00:34:49.929 --> 00:34:52.469 we sat down and said, you know, let's try to 00:34:52.469 --> 00:34:55.829 think of all the kinds of mothers, mother figures 00:34:55.829 --> 00:34:59.489 there are. And in the email, this woman said 00:34:59.489 --> 00:35:03.510 she and her partner and their lesbian couple, 00:35:03.610 --> 00:35:07.929 the story that she described of having a child 00:35:07.929 --> 00:35:14.250 who has two moms and their experience of not 00:35:14.250 --> 00:35:18.539 quite fitting into these. little boxes of Mother's 00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:23.840 Day. And I read that and it was such a beautifully 00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:28.860 poignant way to explain the emotion. And it was 00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:32.380 because it was a story. If that listener is listening, 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:35.320 hear us when we say we were really moved by it. 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:39.400 And we agree that we don't capture everyone's 00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:42.769 experiences, but... When we don't, what I hope 00:35:42.769 --> 00:35:46.070 is that we learn from those who tell us about 00:35:46.070 --> 00:35:50.289 their experience and lead with empathy. The thing 00:35:50.289 --> 00:35:52.269 is, feeling like you're not belonging doesn't 00:35:52.269 --> 00:35:55.369 affect one type of person. We've all felt that 00:35:55.369 --> 00:35:57.690 way. And essentially, that's what this story 00:35:57.690 --> 00:36:00.050 is. It's a story about loving who you are and 00:36:00.050 --> 00:36:02.210 feeling a sense of belonging. And that's something 00:36:02.210 --> 00:36:08.130 all of us can understand, wanting. And I hope 00:36:08.130 --> 00:36:11.550 that's what we do in our season two. is that 00:36:11.550 --> 00:36:15.590 we continue to promote that and that when we 00:36:15.590 --> 00:36:18.889 fall short of it, we acknowledge it with empathy 00:36:18.889 --> 00:36:21.949 and being humble. Yeah. Oh my God, Anusha, I'm 00:36:21.949 --> 00:36:23.989 like crying. Do you see my eyes? They're teary. 00:36:24.309 --> 00:36:26.710 That was really beautiful. I don't think I have 00:36:26.710 --> 00:36:29.949 anything else to say about that. I know you're 00:36:29.949 --> 00:36:32.909 going to ask me the same, but like, I agree. 00:36:33.150 --> 00:36:35.329 I agree with you that I hope that for our season 00:36:35.329 --> 00:36:40.019 two. We continue to uplift stories. We have guests 00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:43.039 who want to share their stories with our audience. 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:46.659 I hope that we share stories that move others. 00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:49.199 I hope that you and I continue to grow in our 00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:53.199 views and our friendship and maybe some of the 00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:56.480 blind spots we have. I hope that this podcast 00:36:56.480 --> 00:37:01.039 and anything related in this fandom allows people 00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:05.360 who never felt seen. to be seen, just like heated 00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:08.019 rivalry has for many. I hope that we continue 00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:14.260 to learn and grow within the fandom and on our 00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:17.059 podcast and just as people and become better 00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:19.840 and even better allies than we thought we were. 00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:21.940 And that's just my hope, not just for season 00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:25.420 two, but for permanent life, you know. Your personal 00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:28.519 development. Personal development. And I think 00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:31.829 that when you're open to growth, And you don't 00:37:31.829 --> 00:37:35.269 react defensively when someone potentially criticizes 00:37:35.269 --> 00:37:38.909 you. That makes you just better ally to anyone, 00:37:39.070 --> 00:37:43.699 not just LGBTQ plus folks. One more thing that 00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:45.820 I wanted to say is that I hope we have created 00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:49.119 a space that if you're listening to us, you feel 00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:51.239 comfortable enough to reach out and say, hey, 00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:53.460 maybe you didn't get this quite right. In the 00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:55.400 very beginning, when we were first going to do 00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:57.800 this, we were obviously a little worried because 00:37:57.800 --> 00:38:01.559 we are two women talking about a show about queer 00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:06.019 men and we didn't want to offend or upset or 00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:10.539 say something wrong. In today's world, where 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:14.619 you can get canceled for anything, we were worried. 00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:16.920 And I remember saying to you, hey, we're going 00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:19.820 to get it wrong sometimes. And I just hope that 00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:24.500 people will give us enough grace, especially 00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:26.840 after they learn who we are in some ways, which 00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:28.639 I feel like in 20 episodes, you kind of sort 00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:31.619 of get the gist of who we are as people. And 00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:34.090 we're going to say something wrong. And we're 00:38:34.090 --> 00:38:35.769 going to have to take accountability for that. 00:38:35.849 --> 00:38:37.949 As long as you don't become defensive, which 00:38:37.949 --> 00:38:39.869 is what we talked about on our allyship episode, 00:38:40.090 --> 00:38:41.789 right? As long as you don't become defensive 00:38:41.789 --> 00:38:45.070 and shut down, then you can grow. And we just 00:38:45.070 --> 00:38:48.309 continue growing here. So that is my long answer 00:38:48.309 --> 00:38:51.230 and follow up to what you just said. To growth. 00:38:51.409 --> 00:38:56.090 To growth. To growth and joy and to continuing 00:38:56.090 --> 00:38:59.929 to listen to other people. Yeah. And their experiences 00:38:59.929 --> 00:39:02.150 and sharing stories. This is a recap episode 00:39:02.150 --> 00:39:05.809 of our podcast. And a podcast wouldn't be what 00:39:05.809 --> 00:39:09.510 it is without our listeners. So where are we 00:39:09.510 --> 00:39:13.230 at in terms of our streams as of today? All right. 00:39:13.289 --> 00:39:18.050 So I'm looking at our analytics. We have, as 00:39:18.050 --> 00:39:21.690 of now, 85 ,000 plays, which is decent, I think. 00:39:21.789 --> 00:39:23.809 I mean, nobody really knows, but it feels... 00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:27.380 Decent. We have on Apple Podcasts 1 .2 thousand 00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:31.699 followers, 2 .7 thousand engaged listeners and 00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:35.760 4 thousand listeners. Top countries, United States, 00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:39.500 Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. 00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:42.159 Yes. And RSS has something slightly different. 00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:46.539 Canada is our top country. OK. All right. I kind 00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:49.500 of love that for this Canadian show. Right. So 00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:54.000 I'm going to take that as like an extra. It's 00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:56.260 like we're doing it right. We're doing it right. 00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:58.840 If Canadians are listening to us. Yeah. Like 00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:01.119 if Canadians are listening to us, we're doing 00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:05.800 something right. So, I mean, that is incredible. 00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:09.900 I mean, I have no reference, but that feels incredible. 00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:13.219 I mean, because when we started, we said only 00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:15.440 if only like a few people listen, it'll be fun. 00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:19.960 So we have a few. And we have so much engagement. 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:23.239 People write to us. People share really, really 00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:26.300 personal stories with us. I don't take any of 00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:28.420 that for granted. We would be nowhere without 00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:31.820 you guys. So thank you. Truly love you guys. 00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:33.840 And especially when you're engaging with us, 00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:36.300 like on some socials, we love you all. And we 00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:39.320 are looking forward to continuing this with you. 00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:42.320 And I hope you remain part of us always and forever 00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:46.090 and ever and ever and ever. Anusha's like, are 00:40:46.090 --> 00:40:48.469 we doing this forever? It's starting to hinge 00:40:48.469 --> 00:40:52.469 on creepy now. Be with us forever. Be with us 00:40:52.469 --> 00:40:56.269 forever. In the cottage. Listen, some people 00:40:56.269 --> 00:40:58.710 will be just happy here. All right, Anusha, we've 00:40:58.710 --> 00:41:01.949 had our fun. I must ask you one last question. 00:41:02.329 --> 00:41:05.670 You ready? It's our last sunshine. I know. I 00:41:05.670 --> 00:41:08.630 know. Okay, but so make it good. What is your 00:41:08.630 --> 00:41:10.690 sunshine this week? Okay. It better be good. 00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:14.260 It's going to be ridiculous. OK, fine. Which 00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:18.400 is also good for this podcast. My son sometimes 00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:22.000 asks these rapid fire questions. And typically 00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:25.820 the person answering these questions is me because. 00:41:26.590 --> 00:41:29.670 If I don't respond, he'll ask Alexa. And I'm 00:41:29.670 --> 00:41:32.090 just like very worried that he thinks Alexa is 00:41:32.090 --> 00:41:35.789 a person and maybe could replace his mom. So 00:41:35.789 --> 00:41:39.110 I try not to get it there. And my husband has 00:41:39.110 --> 00:41:43.469 this incredible ability to not focus if he's 00:41:43.469 --> 00:41:45.869 focusing on something else. Meanwhile, me, like 00:41:45.869 --> 00:41:48.710 I hear everything. So we've had this longstanding 00:41:48.710 --> 00:41:53.809 discussion about. opossums. And he has asked 00:41:53.809 --> 00:41:56.789 me over and over, why do people call it opossum 00:41:56.789 --> 00:41:59.730 when it has an O in the beginning? And I responded, 00:42:00.349 --> 00:42:03.010 I should have probably looked this up before 00:42:03.010 --> 00:42:05.070 I did. I said, well, the O I think is silent. 00:42:05.150 --> 00:42:10.150 But today, my mind was blown because we went 00:42:10.150 --> 00:42:15.369 to a wildlife sanctuary and there were opossums 00:42:15.369 --> 00:42:19.579 there. And he did. The thing that he would always 00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:21.539 do when we talk about the subject, which he's 00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:24.760 asked, why is it called a possum? And there's 00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:28.800 a no. The volunteer said, possums live in North 00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:32.139 and South America. Possums live in Australia. 00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:36.980 They are related marsupials, but they're different. 00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:40.550 And I almost dropped dead. Because I did not 00:42:40.550 --> 00:42:42.150 know this. I didn't know this either, honestly. 00:42:42.250 --> 00:42:45.110 Yeah, okay. But this has been a subject that 00:42:45.110 --> 00:42:48.369 has been under discussion for months. And you 00:42:48.369 --> 00:42:50.730 never thought to, like, look it up? I should, 00:42:50.809 --> 00:42:53.630 but I was so confident that the O is silent. 00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:56.460 I really, really was. That's because you're a 00:42:56.460 --> 00:43:00.300 really great speller. Yes. And so you just know. 00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:03.920 You just know spelling rules. Yeah. As one does 00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:06.360 the silent O. Literally never heard of a silent 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:10.079 O. Yes. No. No, there's no such thing. And of 00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:13.400 course, my son is staring at me. I have let him 00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:15.719 down. I should have probably let Alexa handle 00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:20.719 this one. But yes. The most amazing thing is 00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:25.179 my husband was not aware of the amount of opossum 00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:28.280 -related conversations my son and I have had. 00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:30.719 Oh, I believe that. A hundred percent. I was 00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:32.840 like, you've never heard him say this to you 00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:34.519 before? He's never asked you this question? He 00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:38.099 asked me all the time. Because he didn't believe 00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:40.539 you. He didn't trust you. He was like, are you 00:43:40.539 --> 00:43:44.710 sure? He didn't. He didn't. And then he took 00:43:44.710 --> 00:43:47.469 it upon himself to ask the expert the minute 00:43:47.469 --> 00:43:50.690 we walked in. He knew you were full of shit. 00:43:50.710 --> 00:43:53.630 He knew it. He freaking knew it. He was like, 00:43:53.650 --> 00:43:55.469 he was like, I'm just going to let her redeem 00:43:55.469 --> 00:43:58.429 herself every single week when I ask her about 00:43:58.429 --> 00:44:01.150 this. Maybe if I keep asking her, she will finally 00:44:01.150 --> 00:44:05.869 get it right. And then he figured he couldn't. 00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:08.119 tell you you were wrong. But if you were to ask 00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:11.460 an expert in front of you, then that would be 00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:13.900 a very solid way for you to learn the information. 00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:18.179 Yeah, it worked. It worked. So your helmet of 00:44:18.179 --> 00:44:22.260 sunshine is getting owned by your child and the 00:44:22.260 --> 00:44:26.699 expert in opossums. Opossums. Opossums. Gotcha. 00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:29.099 Okay. I didn't know that either, but I had no 00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:31.340 interest in finding this out. That's my moment 00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:34.019 of sunshine. Okay, I love that. Well, my moment 00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:36.559 of sunshine also has to do with my son. which 00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:38.860 is funny. He has been playing on a travel league 00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:41.679 for a year. And this past year, he tried out 00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:44.139 for another one, kind of more elite, I guess. 00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:46.719 And he made it. And so he's now moving to a different 00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:48.840 league. He's a keeper. He's a goalie. Now in 00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:50.559 our current league, they just assign goalies 00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:52.760 like a standard number. It's either 00 or 99. 00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:54.880 In this league, apparently a goalie can have 00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:57.300 any number. Let me paint you a picture. Okay. 00:44:57.760 --> 00:45:01.960 So we get this email. We're done dinner. My husband 00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:03.980 and my son are in the kitchen discussing numbers. 00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:06.340 I'm in the living room, probably working on my 00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:09.199 storyboard or a magazine or whatever, some fandom 00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:11.360 stuff I'm doing. I'm not even paying attention 00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:13.400 to him. And then I hear my husband go, hey, D, 00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:16.360 don't you have some jersey numbers that you like? 00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:18.480 And I literally looked at him and I go, huh? 00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:20.960 I don't do sports. What do you mean? Why would 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:27.239 I like jerseys? Why would I like Jersey? I don't 00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:30.019 do sports. Like I don't even know numbers, right? 00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:32.739 Except for the one thing. Except for the one 00:45:32.739 --> 00:45:35.500 thing. And he like looks at me like, really? 00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:37.500 Kind of like when Ilya looks in the car where 00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.880 Shane says like, maybe you should stay in the 00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:40.539 car. Like that look kind of like, are you serious 00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:46.360 right now? And I'm like, oh my God, yes. Obviously 00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:49.460 there are numbers I like, Jersey numbers. And 00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:52.460 he goes immediately, he goes, well, 24 is taken 00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:56.030 because that's. Hollanders, right? So I go, oh 00:45:56.030 --> 00:45:59.349 my God, 81, please. Is that taken? And he goes, 00:45:59.429 --> 00:46:02.789 no, it's not taken. So he writes 81. We had to 00:46:02.789 --> 00:46:05.010 pick top five. So he writes 81. And in parentheses, 00:46:05.170 --> 00:46:07.190 he goes, because he copied me in the email, in 00:46:07.190 --> 00:46:10.730 parentheses, he goes, most preferred. But as 00:46:10.730 --> 00:46:12.710 he's saying this, I'm like, oh my God, yes, 81, 00:46:12.789 --> 00:46:16.309 81. My son looks at me and he goes, oh my God, 00:46:16.329 --> 00:46:21.030 is this your heated rivalry stuff? So he's completely 00:46:21.030 --> 00:46:25.730 uninvolved in this choice. Correct. So I look 00:46:25.730 --> 00:46:28.789 at him and I go, absolutely not, bud. Like, totally 00:46:28.789 --> 00:46:32.130 random. But this actually works out really well 00:46:32.130 --> 00:46:34.349 for all of us. OK, let me explain to you why. 00:46:35.409 --> 00:46:39.199 He wanted the number 18. My son, he wanted the 00:46:39.199 --> 00:46:41.760 number 18 because that is the number of Blake, 00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:44.480 who is the goalie for the Union League, right? 00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:47.699 So his number is 18, but 18 is already taken. 00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:52.920 81 is the reverse of that. Look at that. So he 00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:57.940 was more than willing to be 81. And guess what? 00:46:58.039 --> 00:47:00.960 The next day, we got an email and he got 81. 00:47:01.199 --> 00:47:06.900 So now my son will have... Ilya's jersey number 00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:09.119 for soccer. And I will get to see that every 00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:12.820 time we're at soccer. Yes. Go me. Go my husband. 00:47:13.260 --> 00:47:15.480 Go the league that lets us pick our own numbers. 00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:19.519 I'm happy. I'm in a happy place. And also your 00:47:19.519 --> 00:47:24.380 son. Oh, right. Yeah. Go my son. The child. And 00:47:24.380 --> 00:47:30.079 also my child. Yay. Oh, my God. And so I can't 00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:32.880 believe you didn't think about this. I can't 00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:34.659 believe it either. But also like I probably was 00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:37.139 my brain was like elsewhere. You know, you do 00:47:37.139 --> 00:47:42.920 forget this is a sports show. Correct. It's an 00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:45.000 afterthought, as you said. I hope that doesn't 00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:48.159 offend anyone. But like for me, yes, the hockey 00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:50.340 is an afterthought. A hundred percent. I will 00:47:50.340 --> 00:47:53.840 admit it. I like hockey. I think it's fun to 00:47:53.840 --> 00:47:57.320 watch. But I will admit that that is. Almost 00:47:57.320 --> 00:48:00.719 not really part of the show for me. The culture 00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:02.739 of hockey, right? Like why it's so difficult 00:48:02.739 --> 00:48:04.539 for them and whatever else. But the actual game, 00:48:04.760 --> 00:48:07.900 whatever. It's there in the background. As Jacob 00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:10.420 Tierney called it, it's a workplace romance, 00:48:10.719 --> 00:48:14.179 which I thought was hilarious. Anyway, that's 00:48:14.179 --> 00:48:16.280 my moment of sunshine. That's our last moment 00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:18.199 of sunshine for season one. That is an amazing 00:48:18.199 --> 00:48:21.400 moment of sunshine. Absolutely. Like that is 00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:27.079 truly chef's kiss. Thanks. 81. I mean. It's like 00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:30.099 full circle. Here we are. It's not going to start 00:48:30.099 --> 00:48:33.460 until the fall, I think. And so as soon as that 00:48:33.460 --> 00:48:35.340 jersey goes on, there will be a picture posted 00:48:35.340 --> 00:48:38.619 for everyone to see. So what do we do now? Now 00:48:38.619 --> 00:48:41.199 that we don't say next week on Everyone Deserves 00:48:41.199 --> 00:48:45.099 Sunshine. Holy shit. I know. What do we do? Well, 00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:48.619 let's wrap it up. Okay, Anusha. It has been a 00:48:48.619 --> 00:48:51.199 pleasure doing this with you for the last 20 00:48:51.199 --> 00:48:54.280 weeks. And we will see you guys perhaps sometime 00:48:54.280 --> 00:48:57.659 in the summer. Perhaps in the fall. But for now, 00:48:57.659 --> 00:49:00.239 we're taking a break. EBD, thank you so much 00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:03.260 for listening. And that's a wrap for the Girls 00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:03.800 in the Crease.