In short
Zoe Lister-Jones discusses “carrying secrets” through gossip, therapy, and dating/sexuality—mixing a shocking anecdote about a couple’s dog-cam with reflections on pleasure vs. happiness, self-worth, and how perfectionism and attachment patterns shape relationships.
Guests
Zoe Lister-Jones (actor/comedian/writer; described as “of Brooklyn,” in therapy and group therapy; discusses past suicidal ideation in college and later sexual “revolution” around late 30s/early 40s). The other guest is her host/interviewer (not named in the transcript), who shares their own therapy/perfectionism history, dating/sexual repression themes, and “don’t accept crumbs” advice.
Key claims
Pleasure and happiness aren’t the same; many relationship struggles come from undiagnosed issues (love/sex addiction, self-unworthiness); therapy is “spiritual excavation”; self-love is acting sweet to yourself rather than seeking external validation; advice online often doesn’t apply to everyone.
Notable examples
A heterosexual couple (Shelly and Mark) allegedly caught on dog-cam with Mark performing oral sex on Shelly’s gay best friend’s husband; Zoe’s “Jerry Springer” fantasy of ambushing guests with former lovers; stories of Europe trip, Boy Genius concert near-miss, and past sexual crossroads/perfectionism leading to suicidal ideation.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOGossip About a Thief
0:49 to 1:37
Discussion about a date who claims to steal from parties.
Shocking Dog Cam Gossip
1:37 to 3:56
A scandal involving a gay best friend and a cheating husband caught on camera.
“Well, I actually was on a date with a guy recently who was like, oh, God, one of my biggest things is I love to steal.”
Discussion on Cheating Kinks
3:56 to 4:32
Exploring the idea of finding cheating scenarios exciting.
“I don't know those details because they're perfect strangers to me.”
Exploring Happiness vs. Pleasure
4:32 to 5:34
Debate on the difference between seeking pleasure and pursuing happiness.
Therapy and Self-Discovery
5:34 to 7:30
Conversations about the role of therapy in personal growth.
“That's the kind of stuff I'm a little interested in right now.”
Shared Adventures in Europe
7:30 to 12:44
Recounting wild experiences and travels together in Europe.
“You've been avoiding me like the plague.”
Confronting Rude Behavior
12:44 to 14:00
Discussing reactions to rudeness during a trip and personal boundaries.
“We almost missed the Boy Genius concert.”
The Nature of Gossip
14:00 to 15:00
Exploration of gossip and its role in friendships.
“What's the worst thing you think you're capable of and the best?”
New York vs. LA Living
15:00 to 16:00
Discussion on the differences and feelings about living in New York and LA.
“So I'm like, I am the carrier of many secrets as well.”
Reflections on Youth and Choices
16:00 to 17:10
Zoe reflects on her past decisions and experiences during her youth.
“It's just, this is the, so when I lived in New York, I had a friend come who was like, lived in LA.”
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Prudishness and Sexual Experiences
17:10 to 18:30
Zoe shares her views on prudishness and its impact on her relationships.
“But I sort of moved through, I think, like important sexual crossroads in too much of a hurry at that stage of my life.”
The Drive for Success
18:30 to 19:50
Discussion on the pressures to succeed and its effects on mental health.
“I needed to like, it was really, which is of course why I ended up suicidal.”
Sexual Repression and Liberation
19:50 to 21:50
A conversation about the journey from sexual repression to liberation.
“But no, it was so that all that is to say, no, I was not.”
Experiences at NYU
21:50 to 23:00
Zoe discusses her experiences at NYU and the challenges faced.
“Very scary to me to like actually acknowledge my sexuality.”
The Confusion of Codependent Friendships
23:00 to 24:10
Discussion on the complexities of codependent friendships, especially among women.
“And that's the best performance of his career.”
Wild Child in College
25:48 to 28:00
Zoe shares her college experiences and the freedom and restrictions she faced.
“And we were sort of, it sort of isolated and insulated us from fucking.”
Navigating Chaos in Relationships
28:00 to 31:02
Explore the complexities of relationships and personal experiences with mental health.
Understanding Love and Sex Addiction
31:02 to 31:38
Discussion on the potential of love and sex addiction and its prevalence.
“He's the senior senator from South Carolina.”
The Challenges of Dating
31:38 to 32:42
Delve into the difficulties of dating and underlying psychological issues.
“Especially like at one point or another in one's life, there has been an addiction to sex or love.”
The Challenges of Dating
34:15 to 35:43
Delve into the difficulties of dating and underlying psychological issues.
“You're practically, you're practically swimming in bugs in your house.”
The Challenges of Dating
36:57 to 38:05
Delve into the difficulties of dating and underlying psychological issues.
“One company is looking to change all of that.”
Exploring Self-Worth in Relationships
38:11 to 42:04
A deep dive into self-perception and the desire for love and acceptance.
“And I don't know if this is my so true, but here's my current theory.”
Perfectionism and Happiness
42:04 to 43:14
Exploring the balance between striving for success and negative self-talk.
Advice to My Younger Self
43:14 to 44:16
Sharing wisdom on self-acceptance and the importance of positive relationships.
“I feel the same way about earnestness that I'm like, we've had a very earnest talk.”
Navigating Advice and Self-Reflection
44:16 to 46:50
Discussing the importance of discerning which advice applies to oneself personally.
“diagram yeah um but like yeah i would say like go easy on yourself i you know like at every age you are, I feel like it's the oldest you feel you will ever be.”
The Burden of Communication
46:50 to 49:10
Examining the pressures of responding to messages and maintaining relationships.
“And they're all like, if you're seeing this, this is for you.”
Memorable Airbnb Experience
49:10 to 55:04
Recalling a humorous and slightly horrifying encounter with spiders at an Airbnb.
“Because I will say, and here's the deal, you don't ask me for much.”
Cultural Shifts in Dating
55:04 to 56:00
Discussing the end of certain dating archetypes and the evolving relationships landscape.
“We were, I mean, I do have a thing with spiders where I sort of like to I don't like to, but I accept them as my cohabitants.”
The State of Cancel Culture
56:00 to 58:12
A discussion on cancel culture, public outrage, and the triviality of internet controversies.
“the problem the they them's are the greatest offenders they are neither boys nor girls but they do fuck You need to champion the abolition of the fuck they.”
The Need for Frivolous Gossip
58:12 to 59:36
Exploring the importance of lighthearted gossip as a coping mechanism for real-world issues.
“about your little people in your phone that you love.”
True or False Game with Zoe
59:36 to 1:02:20
A fun game segment where Zoe answers trivia questions with quick responses.
“You're going to tell me as quickly as you can.”
Transcript
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1:2453 answer Zoe I can't you have to
1:37Zoe hi how's it going babe it's good it's good to see you I'm so happy to be here you've been avoiding me like the plague lol you've been avoiding me like the damn plague oh my god you've been walking the other way you see me walking down the street you cross the street I do And hold your purse tighter. Yeah. That's right. You've been avoiding me. Because you are a known thief. Well, I actually was on a date with a guy recently who was like, oh, God, one of my biggest things is I love to steal. I'm obsessed with him. And I was like, just from like. Lock it up. I was like, just from like corporations, right?
2:09He was like, no, house parties. Not house parties. I was like, are you going to steal stuff from my house? Did you invite him into your home? Not yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I don't have anything to steal. I don't really have anything to steal. That's actually such a fun game to see what he would steal from you. I'm going to put out little traps for him. I'm going to put out, like, you know how rich people do for the maid? To try and catch her in a thief? I'm going to do that for the guy I'm seeing. Get some, like, teddy cams. That'd be, oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Who told me this?
2:40Okay, I'm not. Oh, my God. I just heard. I just heard the juiciest gossip recently. Please, I live for this. Now, I don't know these people. Of course. Okay, so mind you, these people are strangers to me. And that's the best kind of gossip there is. So I couldn't reveal too much about them even if I wanted to. My friend told me about their friend. Okay. Okay. I'm following. Okay. There's three friends involved. Shelly, David, Mark. These are fake names. Yes, of course. Shelly, David, Mark. Okay. Shelly and David are a heterosexual couple. You hate to hear it. Okay. You hate to hear it. Heterosexual, monogamous couple.
3:15They're in their early 30s. Yeah. Heterosexual monogamous couple early 30s. It's a tale as old as time. It is. What were their names? Shelly and Mark. Shelly and Mark. David. David is Shelly's gay best friend. Okay. Also early 30s. I've seen this movie. Single gay guy. Okay. Yeah. Shelly checks the dog cam one day. Guess who's getting head from the gay best friend? Her husband.
3:50Whoa. Yeah. Getting slurped off. Wow. By the gay bestie. She had no suspicions. How long have they been together? Checking the doggy cam. I don't know those details because they're perfect strangers to me. I'm so sorry. Checking the doggy cam. Uh-oh. That's my gay best friend slurping off my husband. And? Taking the skin off my husband's thing with his mouth. an oral circumcision an oral circumcision throwing neck for my hubby wow on the doggy cam whoa whoa they ought to call it the oral cam you know because what was going on on there crazy what crazy crazy crazy and guess what what that was hot to me i want to see the video I Interesting Yeah You're looking You're like You got a cut kink I thought it was hot I thought it was hot Cut kink Like cuck Oh I thought you said cut I was like I was like I don't care I was like I don't care if it's cut or not You got a cut kink I was like have a good time No a cut kink Like you want to see someone get No I don't think that I do But I do I have recently Did I say this on the show already I've recently been experimenting I think cheating is kind of hot Now That having been said I don't do it That's a hot take I don't do it and no one should do it to me and it's only hot if well it's three people you don't know if it's three people you don't know it's kind of hot and if it's gay like if it's straight to gay cheating that's hot to me I understand do you know what I mean?
5:22yeah yeah yeah that's the hottest thing to me is straight to gay cheating yeah because it's also it's like affirming well yeah it's like okay I knew this was fun yeah I knew being gay was fun and now it's like unavoidable like even straight people are doing it you sort of have to support that cheating because welcome to the community that's my brother caught on the doggy cam getting sucked off by the gay best friend well well well well I would and it made me think you know what I would love to do at some point in my career I would love to host a Jerry Springer type of show I would love to be involved in some way anyway not some dumb rip off I'm talking OG original Jerry Springer style I wear a suit we bring these people out maybe afterwards they get into some huge fight in the parking lot that makes the news.
6:07That's the kind of stuff I'm a little interested in right now. Because that's like a gotcha show. That's like a gossip gotcha. Yeah. Because these people don't know. When they were going on Jerry Springer, were they unaware of what they were being brought into? They knew. Did you watch the Jerry Springer documentary? No. Did y 'all watch the Jerry Springer documentary? Oh, my goodness. It was juicy. Oh, it was incredible. But they interviewed some of the producers who convinced people to come on. Yeah. And no, a lot of times they were tricked. A lot of times they didn't know. And I wouldn't do that part.
6:36No. Everyone would be willing participant in my idea. And like, give me like an example of like a top-notch, like sweeps week episode. I would bring on, like for example, right now, instead of just talking to you, I would ambush you. I would ambush you with three of your former lovers who would pull up, they would come, they would walk in the door in probably, what is it, five or 10 minutes? five or ten minutes with stools, each of them, and they would set up a row of stools back here, and I'd be like, let's get into it. Oh, my God. Can you imagine if in five or ten minutes, Chance opened the door and they all walked in?
7:12Wouldn't that be fun? I mean, kind of. Yeah, God, there's so many things I want to say right now that I don't think I can. I know it. And I know where you're going with it. There's so many things I want to say right now that I don't think I'm allowed to say. It would be a wild ride. Let's just say that. Let's just say that. Let's just say that. Let's just put it like that. I'd be a good episode. Let's just put it like that. Yeah. Zoe, what's been going on with you? Will you download me? You've been avoiding me like the plague. What else? What's been going on? I mean, you know, as you know, just like really investing in myself.
7:47Yeah. A lot of therapy. Yeah. Yeah. Now let me ask you something. Because you've been in a lot of therapy. As long as I've known you, right? Yeah. What's going on? What's the end game? Have we? Have we? We haven't figured it out. Well, I'm just still digging. What's going on in there? A lot. Yeah? A lot. Are you still in the group therapy? Still in group therapy. Okay, and I know I'm not allowed to talk about stuff that goes on in there, but. I mean, still in. Last time that we saw each other. Yes. You said something like, when will the lesbians have enough therapy? Something along those lines.
8:22When will we. You start to think at a certain point, we should have figured something out, right? God, no. No. No. Uh-uh. This day and age? No. Fuck. It's a sort of spiritual excavation. What are you finding? I mean, because, you know, we go into, not in my therapy, but I visited a witch near the airport. And she told me all about my past lives. So the excavation is, I mean, we've got centuries, you know, to explore. Do you feel there's a point where we're thinking about ourselves too much? Do you fear that? 100%. Totally. Just checking. Just checking. Just checking. 100 % I would love to not think about Myself as much Yeah Yeah okay interesting But it's like you know I'm trying to get Here's the thing that I admire about you And it's the only thing Because there's a lot to also Be concerned about To condemn and disavow Is that like I feel like You Generally have a real grasp on like happiness whoa whoa that's really sweet don't you think oh i hope so and i mine is slippery at best is it yeah i feel that you're happy i i'm like um i think i'm a pleasure seeker totally whether i'm happy or not is sort of that's what we're that's what we're paying the big bucks for wow zoe you've brought us something very important pleasure and happiness are not the same thing no all the time no pleasure and happiness are not the same thing that's actually a lesson i've been dealing with the last couple of years okay because my 20s i was just like i overcame people are tired of hearing me talk about this on the show i overcame my suicidal ideation my sophomore year of college yes i wanted to kill myself yes i had plans yeah i didn't do it and then i was like fuck it i'm having fun every minute of my life yeah until it's over yeah And then I got to like 28 and I was like, this isn't necessarily the same thing as happiness.
10:29Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Right. Did you have a similar journey? Oh, yeah. I mean, mine was later in life. Well, I mean, I went hard in my 20s, but then in my late 30s, which is in my future, I'm just kind of talking about what I'm seeing. What will happen later. Yeah, later in my life. I went hard. Yeah. And there is something so like liberating. I feel like that's when I came to you. That is when you came to me. I think that's when we became friends. It is. Because I felt, we started hanging out and I was like, damn this bitch, she's really going after everything. I was going after everything.
11:08Yeah. Including you. Yeah. I mean, we barely knew each other and you said, you want to come to Europe? Yes. And I said, a hundred percent. What was it? Two and a half weeks? Yeah. Strangers. Yeah. I said, yeah. I actually remember we were, yeah, we had hung out a little bit. We weren't strangers. I had said, no, but I'm on your side. It was pretty, I had said kind of half-heartedly. No, it wasn't. No, it wasn't. I had said like, oh, I hope she won't take me up on this. No. I said, we were at lunch. Dinner. No. Yeah, you're right. We were at dinner. Yep. I said, I'm going to Europe. Do you want to come?
11:50Yeah. It wasn't half-hearted. It was a totally genuine invitation. I didn't think you would say yes. Absolutely not. I was like, there's no way she'll say yes to this. That's right. And you're like, you're welcome. You're welcome. I was like, okay. And then we went to London. We went to Amsterdam. We started in London. Started in Amsterdam. No, we did not. Yes, we did. No, Zoe, we did not. Yes, we did. No, we did not. Yes, we did. We went to Amsterdam and we were in that lake house. Have we gone to London a second time? No, but London was so... We took a train from London to Amsterdam. We landed in London.
12:18You're right. I know that I'm right. And do you know how I know I'm right? We were in the back of one of those goofy little fucked up British taxi cabs. And you're like, should we go straight to the spa? I was like, I guess. And you got on the phone. You're like, two massages in how long will it be? 41 minutes. Two massages in 41 minutes. And then I got a massage and felt the worst I've ever felt. Wait, why? They always make me feel bad. And then I'm pretty sure I had COVID in Amsterdam. Well, we both had COVID. For sure. Yeah. But we had a time. Oh, my God. We had a time. We had a time. We almost missed the Boy Genius concert.
12:48Oh my God. Because remember, we were at a train station in Brussels. With Holmes. Was Holmes there for that? Oh no, they came to the Boy Genius concert. They came to the Boy Genius concert. It was Holmes and Dan Levy. In Brussels, we almost missed our train. That's right. Because we were just sitting. They don't make any announcements. They don't tell you anything. You were in the gift shop buying a tiny bell. Yes. And you were just ringing it. And then suddenly it was like, oh my God. We were jingle jangling. We were jingle jangling. And we couldn't. They were really rude, too. They were really rude.
13:19They saw a side of me that very few people have seen. I've seen it. I got mad. Yeah. They were mean to us. They were very mean. And I was, yeah, I was mad. They were really, really rude to us. Yeah. I didn't like it. Me neither. I don't like when people are rude to me. I'm unique in that way. You are unique. You have to be nice to me. But you know what? You do step to people who are rude to you in a way that I respect. Yeah, because they're being rude to all of us. It's crazy. Yeah. Because I start very nice. I'm like. Very nice. I want to be nice to everybody. Yeah.
13:47And I will participate in it. If you want to have a bad day, let's both have one. Yeah. I just don't want to. I'd rather have fun. Me too. So then it makes me even more mad that I'm like, you know how lovely of an interaction we could have had? Yeah. We both could have went to sleep smiling and kicking our feet about this tonight. Yeah. But instead, you wanted to be evil. Evil. And I can be evil. Do you feel that you can be evil? Evil? Yeah. You can't be evil. No, I'm not evil. No. What do you feel you're capable of? What's the worst thing you think you're capable of and the best? thing I'm capable of.
14:18I think I can be nasty. How so? Like if I'm really... Well, I can be nasty and gossip. You are a gossip. I'm a gossip and I'm working on that. Are you? Do you consider me a gossip more than other people are gossips? No, not at all. Thank you. But I do know there are friends that if I have gossip, maybe I'll take it to them and they'll be like, oh, that's interesting. And if I bring gossip to you, you're like... I'm slurping that shit. I'm slurping that cock Hungry. Right up. Yeah. You're on the doggy cam. Like Mark did, David. I'm on the doggy cam. Going down on that gossip. Yeah. Yeah. Give it to me.
14:51I live and die for gossip. You love gossip. That's not even really your fault, though. It's not my fault. The thing is, people bring it to me. Right. I think because I slurp it. Yeah. They know I'm an active. If you bring it, they will slurp. And if you slurp it, they will bring. Yeah. So I'm like, I am the carrier of many secrets as well. Yes. That's a beautiful thing to say about yourself. Thank you. That's an awesome... People used to talk like that. I am the carrier of secrets. You know what I mean? I am Zoe, carrier of secrets. Yes. That's beautiful. Thank you. Of Brooklyn. Zoe of Brooklyn.
15:24Zoe of Brooklyn, carrier of secrets. When are you going to move back to New York? I think we've had it with the LA era, haven't we? Do you think so? Well, you have a beautiful home there. I do love your house, but aren't you... I mean, don't you just feel that it's time to come on home? I would say that your time here is one of the more enticing elements. But this is exactly what I've been banging on. I know it. And I don't like it. Oh. But I do think about it. I have so much fun when I'm here. Come on home. But I also. We want you back. I know. Sorry, you also what? It's just, this is the, so when I lived in New York, I had a friend come who was like, lived in LA.
16:16And I thought she was so cool. And she was like, I love to visit New York, but could never live here. And that turned me off to her for eternity. I was like, that person's not cool. That person will never be cool to me. And now I am that person. You're not that person. A little bit. You're not that person. Come on, Zoe. I know. Maybe. Come back to New York. Maybe when I turn 30. Move back to New York. Reshave your head. When you turn 30 is very funny. Reshave your head. Bring back your shaved head era. Don't you think? I never got to know you during that. I was thinking about it, actually. I never got to know you when you had like a faux hawk and you were playing in fucking bands.
16:52I didn't get to know that, Zoe. I know. I think we should bring her out. Tell me about her. I sort of had to play a game of catch up. I don't know if you felt this way. But because I was so prudish in high school, in college, I was like, we got to get this hymn popped. Any takers? Yeah. And there were. There were takers. But I sort of moved through, I think, like important sexual crossroads in too much of a hurry at that stage of my life. because I was feeling like I had to catch up. I don't know if you experienced that or if you're interested in talking about it. I go, anyway. Anyway. No, totally.
17:39I feel really grateful for a lot of things about my young sexual experience. And one of them is that I'm grateful for my prudishness and I'm grateful that I wasn't hooking up with 40-year-old men on Craigslist. I really, really, really hope that... I don't mind an age gap. Like I don't mind someone, I'm not really prudish about age gaps in general. Me neither. But specifically, this is such a different thing that I'm like, when you're a child, I just really, even like guys in their 20s, I was like, if there was a guy on Grindr when I was 16, 17 and he was 24. To me at the time, I was like, I think that would be a really bad idea.
18:14And I'm glad that I had that sense of like responsibility about it. Yes, totally. But then it didn't, no, I did not in college do anything about it. I was, if anything, more prudish in college. Oh, you were? yeah I was just so focused on I just grew up really poor and I was so focused on success yeah and I also for a number you know I think success for me at that age was about a lot of different things but it was about it was about proving my value it was about proving that I'm different than where I'm from it was about validating that I'm different than where I'm from actually it's a good thing that I never feel like I fully fit in where I'm from because it means I'm this other thing which is successful and smart and the person who always wins and it was like I'm gonna get out I'm not gonna be poor I'm not gonna be uh struggling with the bills for the rest of my life like a lot of my family is yeah and also I'm fat and gay and those things are in many spaces like undesirable so basically it was like if I can just like be the most successful person in the world I think I can be untouchable and I can overcome this like these things that I don't like about myself yeah so college was like that went into overdrive like I was in like everything I was in every club I was at every meeting I was at every protest I was like Like all my classes, like I needed to have A's.
19:25I needed to like, it was really, which is of course why I ended up suicidal. It's like, that's not a good way to live. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But yeah, it was total overcompensating. It was total like, it was total just like insecurity on blast. But thankfully it went that way and not like a worse way. Yeah. That's not healthy, but it's not like, you know, doing mess. It served you. Yeah. Yeah. It worked for a while and then it didn't. Yeah. Yeah. But no, it was so that all that is to say, no, I was not. I would say even when I got to Chicago after college, I was still really fixated on success and trying to prove to myself that like choosing to pursue comedy was not a huge mistake.
20:08And that I wasn't like ruining my life doing this stupid, foolish like thing. Yeah. I would say I started doing that thing probably like when I moved, like maybe in my late twenties, like in my, my mid to late twenties. And we met in your late twenties. We sure did. So we both, I linked up in a really beautiful, beautiful moment. We were both really hungry. We were hungry. Yeah. We were hungry. But how was the, how was the college, uh, catching up period? Did you feel like it was healthy, unhealthy, detrimental, positive, detrimental, unhealthy. Yeah. For sure. Yeah. No worries. Just checking.
20:45No worries. Yeah. everything's fine now. Um, Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I went to fucking acting school. So it was also like dire in terms of options. At NYU? At NYU. Wow. Yeah. I guess the grass is always greener. Because I got to tell you, I was sitting in Missouri State going, man, if I was at NYU, I'd be taking them down. Well, you'd be in a different category. I think as like at the time, I identified as a straight woman. Really funny, by the way. Which is hilarious. You with a shaved head doing panty bits at the rock show being like, I am traditional, if anything. Conservative, even. Yeah, no, I identified as straight.
21:31I had always had crushes on girls and, to be honest, they-thems before they knew they were they-thems. But I was, like, afraid of it, even though I was surrounded by so many dykes. Like, my whole childhood was just, it was dyke day. every day. And still it was scary to me. Very scary to me to like actually acknowledge my sexuality. So all to say that at NYU it was like you know male actors. Tough. Present company exploded. Because I don't think you identify as an actor. And I'm going to say that for you. That was hurtful. Can I say something? Can I say something? You go, you go, you go, you go present company excluded because you're not talented.
22:20Because, let's be honest, you're not an actor. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's be honest, you don't have it. Here's the thing. I don't identify as an actor. No. And I feel in the same vein, you don't identify as an actor. No. We're so much more, right? We're so much more, guys. We're so much more. Please, please, please. Yeah, we're not just actors. No, I feel exactly what you do. I actually had the thought when you said male actors that I was like, ooh, yeah, and specifically actors. They don't write. They don't. Correct. There's nothing else going on other than like, there's something very specific about a man who is only an actor.
22:50Very specific. It's a very intense kind of like. Yeah. Yeah. He's sucking off Mark on the doggy cam. Yeah, God. And I want to watch. I want to watch. And that's the best performance of his career. I want to watch. Yeah. So it was, so I didn't, it was a tough time, but also I was, I think I. Sorry. I just remembered a joke that I heard once. Go ahead. Do you know this one? All right. Wouldn't know. There's this joke that goes like, it's, you know, what's the, you know, there's a show 90210. Correct. Right? From back in the day. Of course. You know about this. I do. And it's called that because it's the zip code of Beverly Hills, right?
23:33Yeah. What's the, what's the, there's another popular show from that time called Dawson's Creek. What's the zip code in Dawson's Creek? Do you know? no I don't want to wait
23:51I mean I gotta go come on isn't that fun don't leave me
24:01that's funny that's funny anyway what was going on with you in college anyway your sex was bad for you my sexuality was repressed and I was sort of forcing myself to have sex with male actors. From athletic stuff like a full-court pickup game, swish, to athletic-ish stuff like a half-mile stroll. Get those steps in. Head to Sierra or Sierra.com for the brands you want at the prices that let you do it all. From athletic to athletic-ish, Sierra's got it. Fall has never looked or tasted this good. Sweet Green's fall harvest menu is back with seasonal favorites dressed to impress and made to be devoured.
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25:23Yeah. Um, and we, it was like New York at that, New York at that time. It was unbelievable. I mean, I, you would have you would have died the music scene it was new york 2000 or 2004 so it was like strokes yeah he has like all of it was it was indie sleaze it was height of indie sleaze and so we were just like out every night um at shows and just like going nuts i was never wearing pants you know what i mean yeah and um just shirts nice yeah and um you would have loved new york in this time i wasn't wearing i was wearing only shirts i mean you would have loved that love that um but i will say still in college i was like performing performing wild child and i was a wild child but sexual intimacy intimacy again was like kind of i wasn't really i wasn't as free as i was reporting purporting so you were fucking here and there not even really not not really not really I was in a very codependent relationship with my gay best friend.
26:33And we were sort of, it sort of isolated and insulated us from fucking. And then once he started fucking, I was like, hot damn. Because then he was like, he became really sexually liberated. And I still wasn't. Took until probably like 37 when we met for me to really find it. Yeah? I mean kind of it was around that time in my life that I really I think this happens for many cis women like late 30s to early 40s there is like a sexual, an internal sexual revolution that's occurring that is pretty cool yeah I've felt that, like I felt that in our friendship I've witnessed the the permutations and the changes and I know what's going on over there to some extent.
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27:30Oh yeah. Um, that's really interesting. So yeah, the codependent friendship in your twenties can really, it's a cock block. Well, it's a cock block and it's also a very confusing. Yeah. I'm, I'm just glad you had yours with a gay man. Who was yours with? Well, I just mean that most of the women I know have had that intense psychotic codependent friendship with another woman and they are varying levels of queerness and god help you if two straight women get into a let's just say lesbian codependent friendship yeah it gets really fucking confusing very fast and having to be on the perimeters of that and like i feel like do you know in movies after something big has happened there's always that one non-speaking character who runs in with one of the blankets and wraps it around the person that's me with lesbian codependent friendships i'm just waiting with the blanket like whenever you're ready you know what i mean yeah yeah yeah i have had to i've had to bring the blanket to so many girls yeah yeah yeah that are like that she's just my friend it's like okay if you say you're really upset she couldn't go to dinner you know what i mean so something more might be going on but i'm glad yours with a gay man because it's very clear it was very clear still bad but clear bad but clear and that's sort of the theme of my life bad but clear hey i understand what's going on and i don't like it um yeah yeah but it but you know and then i um i started dating uh i started dating yeah men who were or i started dating a boy in college he was sort of my first boyfriend and and um yeah i'll say it it was like he had he had attempted suicide and um then went to the psych ward and that's when i decided you're the one for me yeah yeah you said hey because he had a crush on me before that yeah before the suicide yeah attempt sorry yes yes before the attempt yeah um and then i it took i mean it really speaks it's a lot of what we're unpacking it's like i i yeah was attracted to the chaos i think you liked you thought you were like this is fun that he's gone to the ward i didn't think it was fun i was very concerned for him yeah okay but i but it's interesting that that was like that's the guy that's what flipped the switch that's that's what flipped the switch yeah yeah um and and that yeah yeah and i think then that's something that i sort of continued to repeat yeah to varying degrees of like yeah being attracted to probably the chaos of my childhood if we're really getting into it and i've been in enough therapy if you want to talk um if we really want to talk about where this is from just down the block from here starting around four it was really chaotic yeah um yeah so i think that anyway um but but then he was like my first boyfriend and treated me pretty poorly and set off sort of a chain reaction of toxic dysfunctional relationships yeah yeah and um how are you doing now how's it how's it going now the way you wanted to get out of that i don't um no no no One thing about me, I will stay in it for as long as you'd like to.
30:43It means nothing to me. That's the scary part. You know what's sick about me is I actually had to stop myself from asking, why do you think he tried to kill himself? What happened? That's where I really wanted to go. And I decided for your sake not to. I'll be in it all day. Yeah. He's thriving now. So he's doing well. Nice. Just wanted to say that for the listeners out there. He's in the Senate. Yeah. He's the senior senator from South Carolina. He's James Tallarico. go um but i no i um what was your question how are things going now do you feel like you've made some progress on this are you sexing love addiction has that ever entered your situation okay cool just checking i mean not i've not been diagnosed totally but it's definitely something that uh i'm intrigued to explore once i get the time because the calendar's pretty bad once i get through the once i get through the treatments i'm in now i'd love to walk in on love and sex Lock in on that kind of stuff.
31:36Well, I mean, I do think that most, many people are afflicted without really, you know, by definition knowing what it means. Totally. I think, yeah. Especially like at one point or another in one's life, there has been an addiction to sex or love. I think most of our problems, most of what people refer to as like dating sucks or dating is so hard. my feeling is that most of the time that is like undiagnosed things going on in the community like you're you're around a lot of people that are going through stuff they don't even know about i think if everyone knew more about their stuff dating wouldn't be so hard but so many people in dating don't know what's wrong with them what they're looking for what's wrong with the person they're with and wrong i i mean like just really what's going on yeah like why are you behaving like that why do you why do you get turned off when someone is interested in you does anyone have an answer to that?
32:34Ask me for a friend. Does anyone have an answer to that? When someone likes you back, why is it such a turnoff to all of us?
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38:13Here's my current theory. And I don't know if this is my so true, but here's my current theory. Is that like, I think in relationships to a greater or lesser extent, many of us are just looking for evidence that we are unworthy of being loved. Say it again. It was too good. I can't repeat it. But no, I think we're sort of all, maybe not all, but many of us are looking for evidence that we are not worthy of being loved. At least that'll speak for myself, not the community in general. He's going to push back and I can sense it. No, I'm really considering it. Do you know what I mean though? Like that it's something that I've come to very recently in my life because I fight really hard for romantic relationships, but I think at my core, I am always kind of looking for the ways in which someone could reject me or the ways in which I might not be lovable because I think that is unfortunately my core belief.
39:25That you're unlovable? Yes, and on a deep level. Oh, I find you so easy to love. Thanks. No, and I appreciate that. I find you so easy to love. You're talking about only romantic love? No, no. I mean, look, I think I am a lovable person. And I love you. And I love to be loved by you. Yeah. But I think that there is something like that's like sort of molten core, like deeper. Deeper than like what I can know. It's like what I can know. You know what I mean? And what's in there? It's like deep. It's like. What's that part? That maybe I, that, that I don't actually believe I'm lovable. The, so the, the really deep molten core.
40:05But down here, do I know it? Huh. You know? And I think that's like, that's why we're in all the therapy is to sort of just chip away at that thing. Yeah. You know? Yeah. I don't know. I don't know her. I'm not in there with her. I know. I wish I could. She's little. I wish I could tell her. Yeah. I wish I could tell her how easy she is to love. Thanks. And how loved she is. But that's hard. That's really hard. I don't know. I guess I don't, yeah, I don't know how you get her out of there. I mean, it's like, I think, and this is some more therapy talk, but I do think it is like acts of self-love.
40:43I think it's not seeking it from the outside world. It's figuring out how to be really sweet to yourself. Yeah. And that's something that I really admire in you. I think you are very sweet to yourself. I try. Yeah. I try to be. I'm getting better at it. Yeah. I think I was very hard on myself for a long time and realized it wasn't really working. Or not even that. It's like my life is great. Yeah. This is the problem with anxiety and negative self-talk and things like that is like if your life is going well, there's at least some evidence that it's working. You know what I mean? You go like, oh my God, I wish I wasn't so anxious, but fuck if I wasn't so anxious, would I have gotten that done on time or would I be where I'm at?
41:21so there's like some level of like reinforcement that like it's kind of working out you know absolutely but i realized like i think i could get just as much done i think i could show up just as well for my friends if i was doing all the same things i'm doing just in a sweeter way to myself you know i mean just being nicer to myself yes but that realization was hard to come by i think for a long time it was like you have to be mean to yourself in order to get things done yes do you know what I mean well I think because I have a similar um experience as you like in my childhood where I was like I must be successful in order to like right the wrongs yeah of like or just like I had seen how my parents are both artists and they were always like broke and struggling and I was like that cannot be me um and so I think I also put a lot of attention on work and being the best and like perfectionism but perfectionism while it can lead you to success and acclaim can also lead to negative self-talk right because there's such a sense of like do better do better yeah you know so how's it going now do you feel good i do i feel good now yeah nice i think um yeah life is pretty good yeah i mean the world's on fire but i feel like I'm um I've found many things that bring me happiness in my life which is really nice yeah yeah what what do you think I feel like there's so many people who listen to the show that are we're having an earnest episode me and you is it too earnest not at all I love an earnest episode I we're having an earnest episode so I'm curious like if somebody's gotten this far into the episode they're down with the earnestness oh god they're like down with the earnestness because I think we have really silly episodes that I get to about this point and I go like, I can kind of say any silly, stupid, goofy shit I want because if they stuck around, they're here for it.
43:14Yeah. I feel the same way about earnestness that I'm like, we've had a very earnest talk. So I think there are, I know that there are a lot of people who listen to and watch the show that are, you know, probably in pretty similar positions to the one that you were in when you were maybe at NYU. Like they're like early twenties. Yeah. Yeah. They're going crazy. Yeah. They're fucking people they shouldn't be fucking. Yeah. They're anxious. They're perfectionist. they're they haven't figured a lot of things out yet what like yeah what do you think is the thing that you would tell that version of yourself now knowing everything you know having been through what 78 kinds of therapy yeah uh what would you what would you tell her what would be helpful um maybe someone will get something what would be helpful i mean i think
44:02you know go toward what makes you feel good that and and sometimes that's a learning curve so it's like sometimes something can make you feel good and then makes you feel really bad and that's okay too that's all right yeah and that's okay most of the time those two things are kind of in a venn diagram yeah um but like yeah i would say like go easy on yourself i you know like at every age you are, I feel like it's the oldest you feel you will ever be. You know, like when I was in my twenties, I was like, well, this is it. Um, nothing else to learn. You know, I got to get it really right. And it's like, I would just be easy on myself, enjoy, um, my collagen and sort of the lift, the general lift that's on the face.
44:50And, um, and like, yeah, I would say like, don't just don't accept crumbs that's what i would tell my my my 20 year old self don't accept crumbs you're worth more than crumbs and go after the people that like really see you and um lift you up and make you feel like happy don't chase the thing that is like um going to make you feel going to increase the negative self-talk we have enough of that yeah so i think surround yourself with people and work and experiences that increase the positive self-talk yeah i think also be honest with yourself some people don't need to hear this some of you do not need more positive self-talk you know we got to really be honest correct this is the problem with all like advice and inspiration is like you got to be honest with yourself there are some things that i hear that i hear someone say really convincingly on the internet that some like beautiful older woman with the right pair of glasses is she's like you have got to and then she'll say something that i'm like that is so beautiful and sounds so correct and then i do a little quick self-inventory and i go that wasn't for you caleb oh and that's you don't need that yeah correct do you need part of i think this is part of the problem that we're in right now culturally is not enough people are going was that for me yeah i need to hear that do i need to respond to this was this meant for me do i need to project my life experiences onto that thing I just consumed, not enough of us are taking a second to go like, that one doesn't apply to me.
46:26So just figure out what you need. Cause there are some people that have way too much positive self-talk and they're not having, it would, it would actually be helpful if every once in a while an anxious, maybe critical voice said, do less, do less of that. So I think, and I mean this with love, just figure out which one you need. Yes. And I will say that the algorithm, because you see all these, like, there's so many people giving advice on my algorithm, obviously. And they're all like, if you're seeing this, this is for you. And that's not correct. Not necessarily. No. I agree with you. Some people need to tone it down.
47:04Yeah. Some people could use maybe a little more humility. Some people. Some people. I'm not here to say who it is. I'm just saying. But those who are like too much or whatever, whoever the crowd is that you're speaking to. Yeah. That ultimately just comes from actually being insecure. Totally. Don't you think? But I'm like the solution, if the goal is wellness, peace with yourself, genuine happiness as often as you can have it, the solution is not going to be the same for everybody. and the person, like the egomaniac who hears that, if you know that you have a big ego, there's nothing wrong with that.
47:42We can work with that. That's okay. But if you have a big ego and you know that about yourself genuinely when you're alone with your thoughts and no one else has to know that you know it, if you hear someone say, work on being kinder to yourself, there's a different way to apply that than sweeter self-talk. You're probably already being pretty sweet to yourself. Do you know what I mean? There's a different way to be kinder to yourself. So give me the inner monologue for that person. Sometimes being kinder to yourself means like, hey, ask other people some questions and stop talking so fucking much.
48:11Copy. I 100 % agree. So when you hear someone say maybe like, take up as much space as you need. No. That's not for you. Less space. That's not for you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You work on taking up less because your natural setting is more. Yes. Do you know what I mean? A hundred percent. I just want people to be realistic. That's all. Yeah. And I'm trying to do it for myself. I hear things sometimes and I go, that's not for you. like I struggle to keep in touch with people it's a thing I'm really working on do you? yes I keep in touch as much as I can I do okay but it's a huge you know it's a big list of people I'd like to be keeping in touch with I could do better with people that are close to me and I want to do better and so when I hear people be like you don't owe anybody anything turn that phone off I'm like ooh that's already my kind of default I need to let that one slip out of my memory a little bit I'm curious about you.
49:02You respond. I respond. You're not good at responding anymore? I'm kind of in my don't respond era. But here's why, though. I'm a little bit of... Not to you. Because I will say, and here's the deal, you don't ask me for much. The phone has become kind of a nightmare for me where every time I open it, there are 70 messages minimum across platforms and 65 of them, somebody wants something. What do they want? anything can you can you uh can you buy this can you share this can you post this can i come on your show can are you going to be in town can you do my show can you yeah yeah yeah uh hey the this uh this person's waiting to hear back about this we need to schedule a meeting with this person and some some of it is necessary and great yeah i don't want a life where nobody wants anything from me yeah but i'm starting to get a little bit like i'm starting to get to the point where i'm like i'm just really not going to respond to that yeah because i there are times when it's inappropriate.
50:02If you asked me for absolutely anything, I would be like, for sure. But there are people who I haven't talked to in months or years. We're not really particularly close. And they're asking for something. And they're asking for something that's like, that's kind of a big ask. And there's nothing wrong with asking, do your thing. I'm not mad at them for asking, but I am like, I think as much as you get to ask, I feel like I should get to just not respond at a certain point. But I also don't fully believe that is the issue. It's hard because it's not how I operate. You know what I mean? Yes. But I'm also like, it's making me miserable responding to all this shit.
50:34So something needs to change. It's finding a balance. Yeah. Yeah. And prioritizing who you want to respond to. Yeah. But I will say that I do, I admire how you respond. Because I respond how you respond. At least to me. I'm a responsive. I don't leave my friends not responded to. Nor do I. For days, days, days, days, weeks. That's a tough one for me. I hate that. It's a tough one for me. So I am an active, I like a quick response time. That's the thing is sometimes I don't get a response from someone about something that isn't even me asking for something and they're 200 times less busy than I am.
51:09And I go, you mean to tell me you can't text me back? I know it. You've got nothing going on. That's right. It makes me feel crazy. I might. Right now we're going to pause it and it's going to play piano music and it's just going to be a scroll like an in memoriam. An in memoriam of all of your less busy friends. Here's everyone that has less going on than me that should have texted me back. yeah i got it it makes you feel crazy crazy like what do you mean crazy you have you have you're not working right now you don't have a partner you don't have a kid you don't have like a parent in hospice not even a pet you don't have don't have a dog or a cat you run around the house no and you're telling me you can't get back to me about lunch come on something's up yep something's going on that's right i'm calling the cops we need that person needs more negative self-talk well i mean i don't want them to go negative but i certainly want them to go critical it's a fine line start asking some questions yeah yeah yeah yeah no i don't care whatever yeah no i know i really don't care i really i'm telling you after a 10 minute tyrant actually i really don't care everything i just said a big thing a big thing i've been doing lately is i'll go i'll go on like a three minute michelle has heard a lot of this i'll go on like a three minute rant about something and i'll be like that's what i would say if i was someone who cared about that I'm like whatever man I don't give a fuck whatever Whatever forget it Everyone's doing their own thing I need to get on a bike in the sunshine ASAP and we'll sort it That's right That's right that's all I need Remember when I had to kill all those spiders for you That just came to my mind Do you remember that I forgot about it until just this moment That was crazy There were probably 40 to 50 spiders That's not exaggeration, right?
52:53We stayed at an Airbnb in Amsterdam on a body of water. Yes. I wanted to swim. Yes, and you did. And you said, can you come up to my room? And I said, what for? And you said, the spiders. And I said, huh? I go up there. There are spiders lining the walls. Living. It was. Crawling. But were you impressed with how calm I was? You weren't. You have a revisionist. I was. You were shaking. No. Zoe. I feel like I went down like this. Hey, Caleb. Can you come upstairs and just check on something for me? Yeah. Do you want to see what I saw? Okay. Okay, you be me. I'll be you. Okay.
53:33Caleb. Can you come upstairs for a second? I want you to check on something for me. Thank you. You know, it's not a huge dip, but people will note the difference. There's a twitch. There's a rattling, radiating fear. Yes, yes, yes. it's basically like if i it's the way i would have expected you to come down if there was a man in the closet i would be like caleb come upstairs real quick um i killed them no i that actually speaks to sort of my general demeanor in my life it's like i believe i'm calm and i'm actually like hey um can i talk to you for a second then i messaged the host you sure did i messaged the and I said, hey, not trying to be crazy or anything, but we've had to kill so many spiders.
54:19Hundreds of spiders. I'm wondering if maybe you send someone. She goes, oh yeah, we sent a guy over for that, but it's a new build and the ecology is still kind of getting figured out. So there's just going to be a lot of spiders. Maybe something we put in the listing. I feel like you pushed back. I did. And you said like, this is absolutely unacceptable. I said, that's crazy. We paid a lot of money to stay here. I don't know that they ended up doing anything for us. I don't think they did anything for us. Yeah, but I at least said my piece. You did, and that's what I love about you. You did, and then afterwards you were like, actually, I don't care.
54:51Yeah, true. I was like, you know what, fuck it. We actually like these spiders. I'm going for a swim. First of all, I have COVID. First of all, our brain fog. There were probably no spiders. First of all, I have COVID. I've killed most of the spiders. I'm going for a COVID swim. If anybody needs me. We were, I mean, I do have a thing with spiders where I sort of like to I don't like to, but I accept them as my cohabitants. Not me. You don't. Not me. And that's why I called you up. They fear me. Because I can't kill a spider. They fear me. I don't care what they're doing. People say, oh, they're eating the flies.
55:26Don't care. No. Zoe, what's so true to you? You didn't think of one. You know, no, I did. Well, it's sort of in line with what we've been talking about. And Rob Rauch kind of, that's the snake wrangler. He sort of brings me here too. I do think it's like the end I hope that for just the community at large it's sort of the end of the era of the fuck boy yeah that's my that's what I that's what's so true to me I believe it is the end knowing your history you better hope it's the end of the era of the fuck they well I was gonna say I've seen the situations you find yourself in fuck boys have long not been the problem the they them's are the greatest offenders they are neither boys nor girls but they do fuck You need to champion the abolition of the fuck they.
56:11The abolition of the fuck they is, I would say it's, I don't know if it's the end of the fuck they. That's the problem. No, the fuck them will continue to be a problem. The fuck them are still fucking them. But the fuck boys, I think they're out to pastor. You think so? I think they might be. I think Timote has sort of like, he's ushering them out. Yeah, but you're a huge fan of his. Huge. Yeah. So it's a hard time for me. I can't weigh in on the discourse about him. We will not. And we will not. We're not getting into it. We will not get into it. but I'm just saying let me just say this I don't give a fuck me neither there's been like five crises lately that I'm like five like big internet moments that I'm like you gotta be kidding me we care about this I know I can't believe it and shout out to ballet and opera but I will say we're not gonna talk about it we're not even gonna go there it's so dumb I don't care but I will say that I think like yeah he was sort of the the flag bearer was he absolutely what did you say I thought he was viewed as such a like sweet artsy boy i didn't know he was you does like a fuck boy oh he's a fuck them he's a fuck them he's they them he's the fuck them timothy shaw may they them reveal my so true i'm so true
57:22um yeah he doesn't win the oscar and he goes you know what fuck it i'm they them what now that's his that's how he gets out of his his soft cancellation yeah i also cancel i mean the bar for canceling. I thought we were past this. I thought we were past canceling people over nothing. He's not canceled. I know he's not, but even the, even anyone caring at all, I just was like, Oh my God. Here's what I need. Here's what I'll say. I mean, it's not about the specific issue. No, I need most of the people on the internet. Yeah. Very quickly to go outside. That's right. And find a real problem. I want you to find a real problem to have.
58:00Yeah. I want you to find a real problem to have. I want you to pick something that's going on. There's plenty to pick from. I want you to pick one of the real problems that exist. And I want you to get as excited about that as you are about this dumb fucking shit that you get mad about, about your little people in your phone that you love. But don't you think that, and this is the gossip in me. Say it. We need frivolous gossip in order to cope with how horrific the actual world is. Gossip. It should be funny and lighthearted and fun. Correct. It shouldn't be like genuine screeds and thought pieces about something like that.
58:37That's not, to me, it's like it needs, the problem is, yes, we do need frivolous gossip right now more than ever. Not more than ever. We need silly frivolous gossip. I'm not going to say what, but there was a really fun one recently that I'll talk to you about off camera that I've kind of caught some heat about. We mentioned it on this show. There's some fun gossip about celebrities that I think we can have a lot of fun with. The couple at the Coldplay concert. Oh, yeah. People were upset. people cared people cared well of course you love cheating I was like I bet they're having the night of their fucking lives I mean imagine cheating at the Coldplay concert I bet they had the fucking time of their lives it's not the point there's a New York Times article about I know it's like this is insanity get real problems now I'm running get real problems now get real problems now yes and Chalamet is your VP I'm Caleb Hare and I approve this message it's insane to me it's absolutely insane but guess what what I have a game for you Speaking of frivolity.
59:32Yeah. We're going to play a game. It's called true false. Guess what, Zoe? I'm going to read you 15 statements. You're going to tell me as quickly as you can. If what I just said was true or false. Okay. If you get 10 or more correct, we're going to give you 50 US dollars. Unbelievable. Yes. You ready? Okay. Okay. As quick as you can. There have been two theatrically released Puss in Boots movies. True. True. The toilet plunger was invented in 1774. True. False. 1874. The CN Tower is the tallest structure in Canada. True. True. Owls have teeth.
1:00:07True. False. Hearing that F was so painful. Edward R. Murrow High School's colors are green and silver. Fuck. I should know that. They don't have colors. False. False. Green and white. Flagstaff is the capital of Arizona. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh God, people think I'm smart.
1:00:36False. False, it's Phoenix. It's Phoenix. Susan Sarandon is an avid supporter of ping pong. True. True. The Zune is older than the Blackberry. The what? The Zune. The Zune? The Zune is older than the Blackberry. I don't know what the Zune is. False. False. The Grammy Awards got their name from the gramophone. True. True. There are 53 players on an active NFL roster. Oh, brother.
1:01:1053? Answer, Zoe. I can't. You have to.
1:01:21I'm frozen in fear. False. That's true. Identical twins don't have the same fingerprint. Oh my god, I'm interested in this True It's true Lollipops were named after a racehorse I love lollipops
1:01:43Answer the question, are you saying true? True The Amazon River is the largest river on earth True False, it's the Nile Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins True. It's true. Okay. NYU was founded by Stanwood Kolsch.
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