Anania Loves Anime

23:16Oh Venice I want to figure out what's going on with those Aqueducts Is that what it's called? Canals Are they canals? I want to know why the buildings are in water And why are they frankly? Amsterdam same deal I feel like I just need to Dip my toe in that water really solidified. I think it's because how they used to transport stuff. Sure. They're so old. But like, what's the foundation of the buildings? What's under the buildings? Right. Yeah. That scares me to think about. Yeah. All those buildings, all those houses that were built on stilts on the beach in North Carolina now are like getting taken out to sea.

23:57That's kind of interesting. That's what it feels like to me. Like that feels like the next step. Yeah, is that they just go out there. Venetians, weigh in. Venetians, let us know what your buildings are on. Are they called Venetians? People from Venice? Yeah, right? And I've got it here. Firstly, the city's lagoons provided a natural defensive barrier against invaders. Lagoon. Like the Middle Ages. Yeah, but what are the buildings on, Chance? What are they on? They're on, it's on a lagoon, and they're through canals, and they're on stilts. They're on stilts. Are you kidding me? Wow. That's crazy.

24:30I don't understand architecture one bit. it just feels like that's a lot of faith in a couple of sticks. Especially old-timey. Like, back then? Like, can you imagine when they built, like, the Golden Gate Bridge? Oh, my God. How trusting you had to be? I'm terrified of bridges. For sure. Do you have any phobias? Yeah, but they're all politically incorrect. Trance! Yeah, there's that, and then... Heights can get to me. Okay. Heights can get to me. Not always. but I can get scared of a height. Is it that you're scared you're going to fall? What is it about the height? I like to have control. Sure.

25:10In general. I'm with you on that. And I don't have control when I'm up high. Right. Because the height has the control. Well, you obviously had control in that moment because you're still here. Yeah, I mean, that's a nice way to look at it. It just doesn't feel that way. I feel powerless when I'm high. You know? Yeah. When I'm up there. Yeah. Well, but anyway, what are your phobias? Do you have any? Snakes. wow um tripophobia like the little clusters of small holes I have some friends with that yeah oh oh yeah I don't like thinking about that and um I just said it I forgot snakes tripophobia bridges bridges of course yeah I'm scared of bridges my mom has a uh I don't maybe she got over it she had a few bridges at one point I haven't checked in recently I don't want to speak ill of her if she's cool with bridges now right she's allowed to grow can you go over bridges like what is your yeah absolutely I have to I mean I grew up off the the Arsenal Bridge in Davenport so I had to but it's just like sometimes maybe it's because I'm catastrophizing maybe 80 % of the time it's just like there's no way you can save yourself if a bridge were to collapse and you're on it yeah you know it's over like those kind of things where you can't find a way out kind of stresses me out a lot it's big over if you're in the middle of a bridge and it goes down that's the end for you like you can't jump to the other side.

26:34There's nothing. Yeah. Yeah. And also things are clanging around. It's like too, it's too scary. Oh my God. But it would never, yeah. No, it's just not our story. It's not gonna happen. Not our truth. Yeah. Not our story. Yeah. Okay. Now I know what you have phobias of. Right. And if you look under your chair, you'll find six snakes! There are trans snakes in the studio. Yes, there are transsexual snakes. Well, that'd be con. That's just Brooklyn. I was gonna, ah! Yes, yes, yes. Bushwick, You've been called out. I'm going to ask you this question. Okay. And I want you to be so honest with me. If you, for the rest of your life, could only hear two albums.

27:10And I mean, I don't mean. I love this. I'm talking like when you're in the grocery store, when you're in an Uber, when you're watching a movie. The only music you hear for the rest of your life has to come from two albums. Cannot be a Greatest Hits album. What two albums are you picking? What do you mean by Greatest Hits? It can't be a Greatest Hits album. It can't be. You can't do a compilation. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. It has to be two albums that are like technical albums. Mine usually, just to get you started, I'll usually say Miss Education of Lauryn Hill. Oh, taste. And Fly by the Chicks.

27:42Oh, work. Two incredible albums. Oh my God. Okay. I think I'm going to have to go. I think I'm going to have to go. And I'm thinking like the rest of my life. I'm gonna say Brand New Eyes, Paramore Wow and I'm torn between B-Day and Cowboy Carter wait, rest of my life B-Day, Cowboy I'm gonna say Cowboy Carter Really? I was gonna go B-Day I love, B-Day's my favorite album but I think like where I'm at as a 25 year old like Cowboy Carter really made a lot of sense to me Like I felt connected to that story. So I'm thinking about for the rest of my life, I think it's only going to age, I think Cowboy Carter is going to age much better than B-Day did.

28:32Yeah. In 50 years. You know what I mean? Tell me about Paramore. What's your connection to Paramore? Well, first of all, every black person you know likes Paramore. I know that. Whether they know it or not. Yeah. My sister was the one who got me into it really, because she used to listen to it a lot growing up. And my sisters and I were 10 years apart. I have a half-sister who's, I think, five years older than me, and I have a younger brother who's three years younger than me. But my middle sister, she's ten years older, she left the house when I was, like, what, nine for college or something like that.

29:05But she left all of her CDs and stuff. So I was listening to, like, Wicked, Paramore. I was reading the Twilight books, like, all of these things at the fresh age of nine. So I remember listening to the Paramore stuff, and I was like, this is loud. For sure. whatever the fuck this is whatever and i put it down for literally 10 years and as soon as i got to college i was like i know this band and i know they're good and i know ain't it fun and uh still into you but what else do they got yeah blew my mind absolutely blew my mind so yes so black people love paramore black people love paramore this is a constant in my life yeah all my black friends love paramore yeah and i love paramore do you what what what is that is it because hayley Williams like came up in the church as an incredible vocalist or like what is the connection well I've I've been theorizing what this might mean I think it's kind of why black people love anime too it's like there's a certain level of I'm so gassy it's the Red Bull it's the Red Bull there's a certain level of like catharsis in the music I guess it feels good to have that kind of a mixture of the BPM, the vocals, the message, all that comes together and it makes a really powerful message.

30:24At least for me. Because I'm not every black person you know. Okay. Believe it or not. I hadn't thought about that. Yeah, that makes sense. And I say it's the same as anime because when I watch, especially a shounen action anime, it's kind of the same thing. It's like the message, the tone, the animation, the characters all come together for something that's cathartic in a way. I think that might be why I don't know You kind of just really made me want to watch anime Because I'm not an anime person Are you not? I've never really watched anime Have you ever watched an anime? Can you think of one that you might have What's a really popular anime?

30:59My favorite one's Naruto And it's probably the most popular Never seen it Okay That's crazy You've seen Dragon Ball Z a little, right? Oh, sure That's anime? Yeah And Pokemon, maybe? Oh, yeah I've seen these when I was a kid Yeah But those aren't I feel like when I think of anime I feel like that's not what I think of as anime Why do I think that? I'm just wrong I guess it was given to western kids As a children's show Yeah, I thought maybe there was more I thought there was maybe deeper anime That people were into as adults When people say they're into anime Are they watching Dragon Ball Z? Is that what they mean?

31:31They can, yeah Okay, cool Some of my favorite anime are Number 6 Naruto Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood I would say

31:45Given, Erased, Death Parade. All of these are like, they have really adult themes in most of these anime. Is Sailor Moon an anime? It is. I know about Sailor Moon because so many queer people dress as that. She's pretty iconic too. I think there's a gay girl in the show. There's a gay girl. I'll take...

32:06We're going to dub that over in the edit. You just saying it perfectly with this look. It's not AI. It's just good editing. It's a dub. Anime. Okay, maybe I need to tap into anime. I think you should. Yeah. I think you should. I mean, if you ever have a Google Doc of anime recommendations. Legitimately, please send my way. Will do. What are your favorite musicals of all time? Good question. Oh! Oh, Caleb! I knew you'd be excited about that. I feel like Jill Scott in Why Did I Get Married and she goes Oh! God, that movie is horrible for her. Yeah, it's been, I would hate to be mean to hell like that.

32:46My favorite musicals, Next to Normal, The Color Purple, Safe. Yeah. I like this musical called Title of Show. There's a pretty racially questionable moment in it, but I think we can get past that. Okay. Seems like it's probably not up to me to decide, so I'll take your word for it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just a matter of perspective. Yeah, okay. Sure. Yeah.

33:16I really like falsettos. And then like, you know, like the easy ones like Wicked, Rent, Chicago. Is falsettos the name of a show? Yeah. Okay. I didn't know if you meant like the concept of falsettos or if there's a show called falsettos. No, it's a show called falsettos. I didn't know that. I'm so sorry. I love to learn. I'm impressed. I would see falsettos. Do you want to go see falsettos? Is it on right now? No, it's not. I was like, yes, I'll go with you. Do you have favorite musicals? Do what? Are you a musical person? Do you have favorite musicals? No. Okay. Which ones do I like? Okay. Chance, you know what ones I like.

33:51Legally Blonde. I love Legally Blonde. I guess I liked that. I don't like when people, when the emotion gets really big and all they can do is sing.

34:03That kind of bothers me. So should I fucking fuck myself? I like seeing my friends. I want you to know that's my job. I like seeing my friends in anything. I want to come see your show. I went to All Chances. I don't really like when people make jokes on a microphone. Yeah. Who's that? Is that anything? That was tough to hear. That was really tough to hear. That was really tough to hear. What do you think? Okay. It's all right. It's okay. Caleb came to see me in Runaways. Okay. I did. I saw All Chances shows in college, and they were, you know. Did you like it? I love supporting my friends. Oh, God.

34:36It means the world to me to support my friends. musicals are just hard because also the theater is hard in general for me i love the theater i have so much respect for the theater they need to do something about the chairs oh absolutely sorry i'm with you a hundred percent on that i'm tall i'm fat and i can't be living like this it feels like this it's akin to like being in a plane like it's the worst feeling ever yeah and it's a night out yeah when you go to on a plane you're like i have to do this to get somewhere yeah going to the theater and being uncomfortable for two and a half hours is like i'm due this was the activity.

35:05If I don't get an aisle seat, I literally cannot sit in the chair. It would be like if your friend was like, I'm a flight attendant. Would you come sit middle row economy for a couple hours and watch me do my thing? It's like, well, yeah, if you really want me to, but I'm going to have a bad time. I don't know if I would. It's hard. I don't know if I would. It's hard, dude. I've been in an era of saying no, and I love it. I love saying no. You're in your no era? I love it. Your no-ra? I love it. Whoa. Well, my thing is like, if I genuinely know I can do good by you or for you, I will do it yeah but if it's like i have to extend myself in a way that i don't want to in this moment i'm gonna say no yeah i'm gonna say no no's powerful love it i've been on no for years good for you i've been living in no for a long time it's crazy because it feels like like mid 20s right now it's like how have i not been doing this my entire life you're so young i don't feel that but yeah you're so young i don't feel that at all i feel that i've been here many many years But, you know, being queer, it's like, once you turn 26, you're kind of dead.

36:03I'm 30. Damn. Yeah. You're saying that to a 30-year-old. And isn't your birthday in January? Yeah, so it'll be 31. So you think I've been dead for four years? What kind of flowers would he might want? Tulips. Tulips. That's all right. Outdoor dashes. You know what? I have good news for you. What? It only gets better. Okay, I'm excited. When you get to my age, you're going to see things all kinds of different ways. And the crazy thing about healing, the crazy thing about getting, not getting rid of, but coping with trauma is like, now I feel like I will be 30 one day, you know, which is good. I love that feeling.

36:38This was a big part of my problem as well. I never saw myself. I was, when I, all my whole life up to like 17, I was like, I don't see myself being 18. Yep. I think I'm going to die. And then when I turned 18, genuinely every year after that, I've been like, oh, this is a miracle. Color me gag when I found out that was just a trauma response. Yeah. I was like, whoa. not me being alive still serious like that like come on i was just having a little fun yeah no um yeah i should be therapized but yes i'm so glad that you're here thank you i'm so glad that you're here too just so you know yeah are you in therapy i kind not anymore yeah i got to a point where i didn't this sounds bad but i didn't need it anymore it doesn't sound bad you fix certain problems right i might go in soon for like maintenance just to get like better coping skills with like certain work things but no i was in therapy like five months no what is it october yeah five months ago i stopped going yeah and how's it been pretty good i'm actually really proud of myself when it comes to that i've like been able to

37:46i guess like self-naviate or maybe self-therapize like problems that have been coming up and i'm really proud of myself for that what is that you did you think that's the biggest thing you've gotten out of therapy so far? Yeah. When I first started doing therapy, I think maybe two or three years ago, every session I would be crying. And I was like, okay. Maybe it was good that I was here. Fuck. Yeah. I was like, okay. My bad. I didn't even know that it was like that. And this year it's been about like, a lot of the problems I'm having now is just like work related and like self care. And she wasn't telling me, this sounds bad too, but she wasn't saying anything that I didn't know.

38:23Yeah. It was just a matter of, I guess I needed someone else to tell me to do the things that I know how to do, I guess. Yeah. It was like, leave out time for yourself. Cook your own meals. Stop going to Wendy's. Right. Right. Maybe figure out a way to go to sleep without jerking off. Yeah. So. Why? I know. I haven't got past that one yet. That one seems harmless. I'll let you know when I do. I'll text you. Yeah. You text me at like 6 a.m. one morning? I did it. Good news, King. I just slept without jerking off. I fucking did it. I fucking did it. That one seems harmless. It is harmless. I think it is.

38:57Yeah. But who knows? Yeah. I've been thinking about getting back to therapy, but mostly because I really relate to the thing about like, well, a therapist has never told me something I don't know, frankly, like that's just reality. Every time I've been in therapy, they've said things that I'm like, duh, like, I'm sorry, just duh. I know that. I feel like a lot of it is just like, you need someone to say, you need to do it. You need to take an action item. I think I want someone to be there keeping track. Like I would like to, I'd like to be with someone who's like, Remember three months ago when you were working on that thing and now it's better?

39:27Because I will have that realization myself sometimes way too late that I'm like, you've gotten way better at this thing. I would like to maybe, I'm thinking about going back to therapy now because I'm like, that would be nice to just have someone who's like, hey, how's that thing going? Okay. How's that thing you were working on? Are you the same way creatively when it comes to your comedy and work and stuff like that? How do you mean? Do you need partners and stuff to keep you motivated? No. I'm very self-motivated. And I would actually like to incorporate more collaboration into my creative life.

39:57I see what you're saying. Yeah. I do pretty much everything on my own creatively. Okay, cool. Like in terms of like ideating. Now making things, like there's a whole team to make everything. I obviously can't engineer the show. Nicole does that. I need Chance's help, Michelle's help. I have a lot of help in my life. But when it comes to like writing jokes, finishing the script, getting the thing done, like the creative stuff that needs to come from my brain. And I would like to work in more ways to extract that stuff with other people. I think that'd be fun. Do you have any advice for me to start stand-up?

40:27Are you thinking about starting stand-up? I want to. Oh, my God. I think it's the next natural thing I need to do. That makes me so happy. I love that. Well, my advice is just start doing it. Okay. And open mics were never any good for me, personally. I didn't have fun at them. They were deeply misogynistic, which made me ill, and homophobic, which made me mad. and even when they weren't, I just didn't feel like it was useful information. Six comics barely paying attention to you, laughing at your material, tells you nothing about a joke. A lot of comics I deeply love and respect disagree with that.

40:57My personal opinion is that it's just not good feedback. Okay. So here's the advice I would give you or anyone who's thinking about starting stand-up is there's always room for more of us. Please do it. I don't subscribe to the idea that we need fewer stand-ups. We need more people who give a shit about it and actually want to be good at it. Yeah. So if that's you, come on out. And then what I would say is like, get booked on some some show friend shows and things like low stakes shows to build some material and then after you have a good little base of material if you want to test new stuff ask to jump on someone's show or do a booked show like in new york it's like union hall little field bell house these are those places and the way i test new material without doing open mics is well now i could put up a new material show if i wanted to like i'm lucky to have an audience like that but when i didn't i would do like a 70 30 or a 60 40 where i would do like i would open with a a really strong joke that i've done before that i know works and then i would try some new stuff and then i would middle with a strong existing joke try some new stuff and then close with a existing joke okay so it's like i'm not robbing the audience of a good set yeah i know that i'll open open middle and close on something that's tested and works but i'm also not robbing myself of the chance to get a genuine audience reaction that's really smart working on okay wow that's piece of advice I can give you.

42:10Well, thank you. I appreciate it. I would love to see you do stand-up. I would love to see it, too. And the thing is, I kind of, all of my jokes are already posted online. You know what I mean? Like, I'm already a comedian. I just need to take literally what I post on TikTok and make a story out of it. So I'm excited. Absolutely. This is something I'm thinking about doing maybe next year. I'm pretty booked until the end of it. Of this year. I love it. I think also something to consider is like, there are a lot of people who put like John Marco is somebody who's such a great stand-up such a great writer he was just on the show too I love him and he tests a lot of stuff online and then takes it to the stage so that's one way to do it and then another way a way that I like to do it is if I have something that's really juicy and really good that I think is going to be amazing like if I think it's like stand-up that I'm going to love I won't say it anywhere else and I'll save it for the stage and that sometimes is really fun too to be like oh if I have this story that I love that I think is so juicy and like so it stays fresh and then I just don't know there's been many a comedian in New York that I've seen online and I'm like I know every single one of your punchlines already yeah I gotcha I think saving some stuff for the stage is so such a gift having some allure exactly some mystique some mystique I'm excited for your stand up era thank you do you have like stand up inspirations yes I'm so glad you asked obviously Bob I love Bob the Drag Queen she's like one of my biggest inspirations Bob is so fucking funny and smart It's insane.

43:38It's smart. Yeah. Like, so smart. Yeah. Do you know who Ali Sadiq is? I don't. He's really funny. Yeah. He's, I remember watching one of his specials, and I think I was just listening to it, and the way he can navigate through a story, and his timing is perfect. I love Ali Sadiq. It used to be, used to be Kevin Hart, too, but I'm going to - What changed? I don't know. It became too flouncy, I guess. I'm not going to go in that direction, is what I'm essentially saying. I will say on that front, and this is personally no knock on Kevin, I really respect his craft genuinely. But there is, I do think he, it seems that he suffered a little bit from what a lot of stand-up suffer from, which is that stand-up is the people's art form.

44:26Stand-up is a relatability art form. Yes. Getting up in front of a room of people and talking about life in a way that makes sense to you and to them. I think after his, whatever his third Netflix thing was. Because guess what happened? Yeah. He got rich. Yeah. And so you get rich. And then if you're lucky, you don't lose touch. But very few people have been lucky. And I think he suffers a little bit now from being like, all of his stories are like, me and LeBron James, we're on the PGA. And it's like, I'm bored. I do like him with Dwayne The Rock Johnson. I think they're hilarious together. Well, they're just so.

44:54They're so. It's like right there. It's written there. Oh, and Monique as well. Monique is huge. You know she's one of mine. I love Monique. Monique, Queens of Comedy set. Monique Queens of Comedy set she is everything to me you skinny bitches are evil and you need to be destroyed you need to be destroyed her, the Monique Queens of Comedy set her coming out and say I've talked about this a million times on this show at this point the two of the most iconic sets of all time to me are Monique Queens of Comedy and Bernie Mac I love Bernie Mac I never got into him deeply I love this show though unbelievable, especially that set the I'm not scared of y 'all kick it that set but Monique when she starts that set by coming out and going every fat bitch in this room should be standing up and applauding me right now

45:44that's mother and I was like that's mother and I did I got up and applauded that's mother I had just like the first time I saw that in high school I had never seen a fat person take up a room like that and I was like oh she's not apologizing she's so in charge I feel like if people scroll down my channels they will see the inspirations of Monique and Ali and a little bit of and Bob of just seeing how I navigate and every word is funny, I'm picking each word specifically for the joke that's what I really appreciate about their kind of comedy too smart she's so smart and fearless and yeah I love her Queens of Comedy says the biggest thing for me but then obviously The Parkers Meet the Parkers I don't know if I've seen it really oh my god is there what joke was the most I don't know if I've seen it it's not really it's a sitcom so it's just like her oh I didn't I don't know anything about this and also was it Meet the Parkers or just The Parkers that's what I thought The Parkers is Monique sitcom from like late 90s early 2000s who else is in it who else was in it yeah so it was called just The Parkers and it was on 1999 to 2004 on UPN.

47:05It was a spinoff to Moesha. Oh! It stars Monique, Countess Vaughn, Mari Morrow, I have heard of this. Dorian Wilson, Jenna Von Oye, Ken L, and Yvette Wilson. You have to watch it for a million reasons, but not the least of which is Monique plays a horny legend. Yes. Monique plays a horny legend. Oh, I live. She's so horny in that show. Is she not just a horny legend? Well, she is, but I'm saying in the show, she's going after this professor the whole time. I love that. It's unbelievable. And I think maybe because I do gaydar, a lot of people think I'm just a lexicon of references. Yeah. If it is before 2010, I promise you I don't know it.

47:48Yeah. I promise you. Well, do you know, I randomly will know a bunch of stuff about the, I don't know if you guys ever got into this, but the I love the 90s, I love the OOs. I love the, do you know, do you know that show? See, there's something missing in our culture now. Was it VH1 or MTV? It was VH1. VH1 had this series called like, I love the series. Oh, okay. And it was a panel show for comedians and writers and musicians to come on and do like talking head interviews about like, I love the 2000s would be like everything important that happened culturally in the 2000s. Gotcha. And it was like how I learned pop culture history.

48:22Okay. And I don't know if it's streaming somewhere, but honestly, like worth a watch. That actually sounds like something I need. And it's funny. My sisters are constantly trying to catch me up on, like, pop culture references from the 90s and the 2000s. But I just, there's so much where I can't, like, there's no way I can be, like, at the front of now and trying to learn at the same time. I don't know. I'm not really at the front of now. I'm behind on so many things now. I don't know what the hell's going on. Movies I'm pretty up on, but TV shows, I haven't seen, like, any TV show. Yeah. So I'm always behind on that.

48:56the parker's iconic though they go to college together they have a little apartment it's mother-daughter it's cute love an adult sitcom yeah really fun what is your favorite like what's your favorite tv show of all time my instinct is to say naruto but um just because it's what i grew up on yeah i think if i had to pick like a western live action live action um i don't know yeah that's a good one i will say what i liked recently in the past year or so i loved the last of us i thought they did that really really well yeah i loved um i recently watched what's it called scavenger's reign i liked it i couldn't finish it though because it was too uh heebie-jeebie yeah um scary or like it was just like not scary there's like creatures and morphine and body horror and gore and that kind of stuff and i'm not a huge fan of that stuff but it was a great story what else have I liked oh interview with the vampire okay got it interview with the vampire is probably one of my favorite TV shows ever hell yeah I love that have you seen it?

50:06no gay vampires start in Louisiana I need to lock in hello that's all you need that is all I need I really need you to see that TV show actually I will what is so true to you? so true to me Is this the thing you guys told me to come? Okay. I've been thinking about this. Thank you. You're one of the only. I knew this is the thing. I go on podcasts and I'm like, oh, they're going to ask me something for their show. And I'm always under research. So I was thinking about it. And not to be on some alpha, beta, omega dynamics shit, but to also be on some alpha, beta, omega shit. Yeah. I think men should get pregnant.

50:55Thank you. This has come up recently. I really do. Yeah. And I can't speak to the logistics. Yeah. I can't speak to the anatomy or the physiology of such. Yeah. I just think we would be in a completely different position globally if men got pregnant. I agree. And it's not even like they need to be inseminated. Maybe it's every time they inseminate, they get pregnant. Like if there's some kind of... The egg travels into them. Let's wake that up. Boom. Where is science? Boom. Because what are we doing with science if the egg can't go up the dick? I'm thinking like... Okay, first of all, crazy. Wild.

51:37That's insane. Whoa. I'm thinking like anything from financially to racially to sexually, romantically, things would change. Yeah. And I don't know if it's better what's so true to me. What's so true to me? I don't know if it's better if both sexes can get pregnant. So it's all skate? Yeah. Or if it's like in 20 years, or no, in two years, everybody on the other side of the spectrum can get pregnant. I don't know what's better. Yeah. but that's what's true to me. I think men should get pregnant. I like that. I really like that and I would support it and love it and I wish I could get a man pregnant.

52:27I've said this on the show. I think it would be really cool.

52:36What? It's a lot, Caleb. You think that's crazy of me? I don't think it's crazy. I just, maybe what's happening is I'm reconciling my head canon of you from a bottom to a top. Whoa. You thought I was a bottom this whole time. No, I didn't think you were just a bottom. Yeah. I thought you might have had a preference. I never thought you were just a bottom. I always thought you were so much more than that. Right. We teach bottoms. And James Factora, they're a writer at them, came on my show and was like, we teach bottoms to be small, to shrink themselves. I was like, that is the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life.

53:11I'm not a top or a bottom or a verse. I'm a dedicated team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment. and you'd be great at Starbucks. You'd be great at Starbucks. I'd just love to see the team win, you know? Are you a cuck? I want to see everyone, I want to see everyone getting what they need. I want everyone to come. I live for that. I want everyone to have a good time. Everybody should come. Everybody should come. You included? Me. Oh, definitely. If I don't come, it didn't happen. It sounded just so altruistic. I wasn't expecting that from you. Oh, no, I'm coming. Yeah. No, I need to come.

53:48I'm going to get mine, sweetie. But everyone gets to come. Yeah. I'm not the only one. You're a social comer. You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I want you to stop acting like you can't. And I'm coming.

54:05Do not come. Do not come. Do not come. Do not come. I love that. Good for you. Thank you. Yeah, I'm proud of you. Thank you. What's your usual so true take? Oh, I haven't done one in a while. What's so true to me right now?

54:21I mean, I say some version of this all the time, but we really, we have to throw the smartphones in the oceans. Sure. It has to end. I think about often about like - It's not working. How, I miss letters. I miss letters. I miss writing letters. Really cool. One of my friends and I used to be pen pals. Like we would send each other letters instead of like texting all the time. Yeah. But then they moved here. Fuck. Fuck. Like what the fuck? I have a friend in New York who sends me letters. That's awesome. Yeah. I guess I could. It's just like now there's not really an excuse. Yeah. I just, yeah, I need us to figure something else out.

54:58I'm not having fun. Yeah. I don't want people to continue hitting me up. What's so true to me is don't hit me up. Like unless you have something really fun to bring to me, stop asking me for stuff. Everybody wants something. That's true. I wonder, maybe we'll talk about this off the camera too, but it feels like I'm in this exact same experience where it feels like a lot of people need a lot of things from me all of a sudden and I hate it. And I think they have, it's the constant access to me that is allowing them to do such, which I hate. Yeah, there's something, yeah, I'm trying really hard to give off a don't contact me vibe that's not, there's something about my jolly fat midwestern presence that's negating the vibe I'm giving.

55:40Sure. And so I'm actually, I think I'm giving off hit me up. Right, because it's, I mean like Do you ever feel like you can't be fat and mean? For sure. Okay. Constantly. Yeah. Yeah. But I'm doing it anyway. I was literally getting ready to say, so you're being both. So you're being both. And we're right back to bisexual. And we're right back to bi. All roads lead to bi, and I've always said that. All roads lead to bi. What's your sexuality these days? I'm a non-binary, bisexual trans woman. That's what I thought. Yeah, that's a lot. Insert applause. Insert applause. You know a lot of people just had an aneurysm.

56:12Yeah, yeah, yeah. They were like... All my Republican fans. Their brain took a screenshot. The number's not zero. Chance, I would like to do a segment, please. Let's go. Thank you, babe. Ah, I'm so excited for this. Ananiya, I have a segment for you. True or false. I'm going to read you 15 statements. You're going to tell me as quickly as you can. If you think that what I just said is true or false, if you get 10 or more correct, you know. Okay. We're going to give you 50 US dollars. Okay. the segment has kind of randomly become like everyone's favorite part of the show it is kind of iconic it's the iconic it's also such a good we'll talk marketing later but it's just such a good it's such a good way to post like to promote your show we'll talk marketing later okay you ready yeah but if I do get less than 10 I'm calling you transphobic of course alright and you would be right cheese existed before written language true true smoking one cigarette can reduce your life expectancy by about 20 days false false it's 20 minutes snakes sleep but their eyes open False.

57:11True. A group of wild cats is called a destruction. True. True. Iowa State University's mascot is the Hawkeyes. False. False. It's the Cyclones. And yeah, that was a chance you tried to do a trick, but a real Iowa person knows. There's no word in the English language that rhymes with month. False. True. Emerson College's school paper is the Berkeley Beacon. Oh, true. True. Cynthia Erivo was born in Scotland. True. False. England. Razor scooters came out in 1989. True. False. 2000. William Henry Harrison was only president for a month. True. True. Only 2 % of Earth's population naturally has green eyes.

57:52False. True. Davenport, Iowa is the largest of the Quad Cities. True. True. Facebook is older than LinkedIn. I actually don't know. True. False. Okay. Heinz ketchup. Okay. Okay. Immediately. Okay. Heinz ketchup was originally a glue company False The Pope can't be an organ donor False True What the fuck How'd they do Nine You transphobic piece of shit I know I did get all the Iowa ones right Thank you for that Oh maybe it'll go Slow that down make me look cool Nine was a beautiful run The Pope thing what is that? It's true. Is it because his organs are so much better than mine? They're holy from God.

58:43It's because the church owns his body. Yeah. Yeah. Wake up. Wake up, people. Literally wake up. Hello? That doesn't sound crazy. Say that one more time. The Catholic church owns the Pope's body. Hello? Is that not fucking crazy? These people are psychotic. If you take any piece of religion and just like sit with it for a moment, they're all fucking bananas. I knew I wasn't going to be at least religious in that sense very long as soon as I started asking questions. Yeah. Because the reaction from adults, when you start asking questions, no, I was like, something's up. The whole thing's crumbling.

59:19Something's up. They're like, don't poke holes. I've decided on this. Yeah, it's nuts. Why? Because it is. Yeah. Why? Because it is. Uh-uh. No, ma 'am. Ananiya. Yes. Such a treat to have you. I am so honored to be here. Thank you. We love you so deeply. Tell the people where they can find you, what they should be watching. You can find me at Ananiah00, A-N-A-N-I-A-00, and watch my show Gaydar. And come see you. And come see Saturday Church. By the time this comes out, we might be closed. When do you close? October 24th. Nope, there's some time. Oh, work! Come see Saturday Church at the New York Theatre Workshop.

59:54Come see Saturday Church. I'm abroad. And watch Gaydar and follow Ananiah. Thank you so much for doing it, babe. Thank you! Yay! Bye, queers! That was a Hate Gum podcast.