The Valeria Revolution with Valeria Lipovetsky: Wednesday, June 4th, 2025

28:36Yes. With marrying young, I mean, it's different kind of, I have a few different point of views here. So I married young, but I also married someone older. So he made, you know, he had his life experience. He did whatever he needed to do when we met and decided to get married, very rooted, strong foundation. And you need that to me. Like I can't imagine marrying young with someone who's at the same age. Yeah. Because you are going through so many versions of yourself that I don't think that I'm especially for a woman. I don't know if a young man can withstand that because he's on his own going through his own kind of, you know, process.

29:20Yeah. So there's a lot of things at play here. So I'm happy that I married young, but that he was older. Yeah, no, that's a good point. Because if you're each changing, then the odds that you wind up being both people that want to stay together and love each other still are smaller than if like one person is like, settled, constant, like knows who they are. And like, you get to figure yourself out. Yeah. And they also you don't have certain conversations that are very vital, you know, right? He your older husband is like sort of moving the relationship forward given his exactly, exactly. So he knew and I always remind him, I'm like, hey, here's another Valeria revolution coming.

29:59I can feel it. The Valeria revolution title. The Valeria revolution is coming. 35 is going to be a shit show for him. And he knows it. And I'm just like, just be grounded, patient. I'll be back. What do you think 35 is going to be like for you? So I've been doing this research out there. Every time I sit with women, I always ask system what age do you remember yourself usually older women like what is such a clear vision and most of them say 35 36 like I don't know what it is but even for me when I think about my mother I remember her at 36 interesting so something happens there okay and I'm about to find out so I'll let you I'll keep you posted and you'll podcast about it and you'll let us know I'll keep you posted but uh but yeah there's uh something's happening and i'm very excited for it um so gary brace yourself well you know what they say that you change completely as a person every seven years and so if that's true then 35 is the fifth cycle of seven like it's divisible by seven so like you're going through another change yeah and maybe it's like the big one how old are you 32 did you have a Saturn return?

31:17At 27. I only know what that is for music, but I don't know what it means. Because like Ariana Grande sings about her Saturn coming in, Casey Musgraves. And I'm like, all the big philosophers. And it's like, oh, can you explain to me what it is? Okay, so I, my Saturn has returned that that's it. That is the theme song for it as well. I can't, I don't have the right maybe explanation, but what I've experienced was that at 27, for me, it started 27, 28. I also had my third at 28. So that was a combination of both hormonally falling apart and healing. And then that, it just felt like you look around and you're like, who am I?

32:01What is this? Where do I belong? Like just really big questions that kind of catch you out of nowhere. Yeah. And it's very much of a mind game. Because for me, I was in this position where I'm married, I just had my third child, like everything looks amazing, feels good, yet it doesn't. So there's this disconnect to yourself. So it's kind of like a journey of really reevaluating everything you thought about yourself and like finding new definitions. You know, what's funny? So I got married when I was 26. So now thinking about like what I was at 27 i do think that i had a big like shift in my mentality but at the time maybe it was because my saturn returned at the time i thought it was because of like my circumstances like that was covid for me and it was just like a year of just like figuring out what i think and like how i feel about things and i felt like i got stronger in like my sense of self yeah and i thought it was just because you know it was a long year but maybe because my saturn returned i'm telling you you're asking big questions but you're also get you get curious and you're open to yes no that's when it That's when it all started for me.

33:05That's my origin story. There you go. So mine finished at like 32. I had a long one. I feel like I'm still in mine. I do. I feel like I'm on the tail end. But yeah, this all started when I was 27. I'm telling you, it's fascinating. And then you're going to have a couple of years where you can kind of like chill a little bit. Okay. And then we go again. And then we go again. But you don't know what the next genesis is yet. No. You're about to find out what I'm about to find out and I will share it with the world. Okay. Thank you so much. I'm so excited. No, but it's the best. Apparently it's the best one.

33:42I don't know. There's some, I heard fifties is really like, well, the Kardashians say forties, your forties are the best. That's what Kim and Kourtney have said. And like now Chloe's 40. Do you watch Kardashians? No. But you know what I love about Americans? And I'm, I mean, I aspire to be an American. We're on green card. So like, I can't wait to become. yeah to be the american valeria but what i really love is the references that you're giving me you know like you're mentioning saturn return like ariana grande is you know you're talking about these revolutions the kardashians it's so funny because like usually i have so many more references but because we've just been talking about personal stuff like there's not that many but like in a given show like references out my butt like movie quotes like i'll just throw them in song but i love that i love that american thing i'm very american i think so yeah but to me i don't say it as like a negative thing i think it's so easy to digest yeah i don't think of it when i say that i say it with i'm proud american yeah i i'm i'm you're a proud aspiring american yes proud aspiring american and canadian israeli russian yes anywhere else a lot of things going on no wonder i have these like where's been your favorite place to live here yeah i love america like love america and i feel like if the immigration office is watching she loves america i love america please give me my citizenship i think that we need to be more vocal about it like obviously no country is perfect but i understand people rag on america a lot but there's also like a lot of really good things that people don't focus on yes i don't think a freedom like this exists anywhere else in the world so or air conditioning like this correct that's the air conditioning is really good specifically in florida yeah well we've had to we've really actually i saw another country has really strong air conditioning oh i think it's um dubai has really good air conditioning have you been no have you yeah yeah it's like uh it's like a vegas but fancier yeah bigger bolder that's what i've seen conditioning yeah and with great air they say like i think the bus stops are air conditioned yeah we don't have the order that they have there i feel like that we need to crack the code there like what they're doing there and bring it here because the order is insane well because i was just watching um do you know caroline stanbury she's from yeah real housewives um and she lives in dubai but she was saying how there's like no crime there she like doesn't ever lock her door no one does you could leave a rolex on a pool lounge and like no one would even come and pick it up yeah oh what's haram so haram means is like it's it's like a crime you know what i mean like to steal yeah like things that you there's things that you do that haram that it's like it's just very it's against like the fate you're doing something bad you know and people are scared of it this is why they have harsh laws like in punishment but also it's a religious country and they have like values you know like very strong values haram is like a big thing yeah but then yeah also they kick you out and like you can never go in again so the probably the law is also yeah it cuts both ways but i think it's really good for like their crime levels no it's it's it's wonderful and then she says when she comes here she's all of a sudden like what what am i wearing like my back you know because especially i think she was in new and it's like yeah well yeah new york is is not that i know yeah we'll get there one day one day let's see how it goes but now we're gonna do the fast five stories i have great valeria centric stories because i have a feeling that you don't care like that much about american celebrities yeah what are yours i want to care okay teach me how to care no the thing is you get to a level of caring about celebrities and it's like this level of invite in enlightenment and then you like don't care because you see them too much you know what I mean like you've seen too much but that's kind of where this show is at right that you just you don't care as much but you know a lot we know a lot we care we care but then it's like you get to a point with certain people where like you just know too much about them and it's not interesting anymore so maybe this is a good place for me because yeah I don't care but I also don't know yeah it's like we both don't care but like for completely different reasons.

38:07But I want to care a little bit because I tell you, I've been having certain conversations and people been, I don't know why this year, everybody's been dropping Gossip Girl references around me. I've never watched it. I don't know what they're talking about. I feel like you would like Gossip Girl because it's very fashion. The writing is good. New York looks amazing. I think you would like it. Would you make a list for me of like an American starter kit. You know what else you need to watch? What? Desperate Housewives. Have you heard of that? The reality show? No, no, that's real. I wouldn't make it.

38:44Oh, okay. Desperate Housewives is, it was a scripted show on ABC. It aired in like 2000. Oh yes, with Eva Longoria. Yeah. Okay. It's amazing. Okay, so Gossip Girl and Desperate Housewives. Yeah. I think you'll like those. Okay, I think I can do it. But do you think that will make me have relevant conversations today? No. No. Not unless you're hanging out with me and Claudia. For relevant conversations today, I'm going to have to think about that. I feel like is there a forum that people go on and they're just... You know what you need to do? What? Not to self-promote. You need to listen to this show every day.

39:18Okay. Because we'll give you the news that you need to know and we'll give you a take on it that you could just regurgitate even if you're not really invested in the conversation. Just like a download, just so you know what's up. Just a download. Like here's what's going on with Taylor Swift. Here's what's going on with Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. have you heard about that one oh yeah okay okay against my will by the way same yeah against my will the kardashians we love and yeah you'll get like the news that you need to know with like also like a fun spin on it okay let's go even if you listen like once a week to the toast because i find that people who do podcasts don't listen to them like myself i don't really listen to a lot of other pot unless there's like something like oh i tea why why don't you listen to podcasts Well, a few reasons.

40:02One, when I have time to myself to listen to what I want to listen to and not be listening to the Spider-Man soundtrack, I want to listen to music. I love music. And that's how I want to spend time in my car. If I have headphones, I don't even own a headphones anymore because when would I be using headphones? Yeah. I love to listen to music. Then also, I feel like the podcasts that I would be interested in that like cover subjects that I like are maybe similar to this show. And I wouldn't want when you listen to a podcast all the time, you like kind of start to talk like. Yeah, exactly. I wouldn't want a lot of influence from the outside.

40:34Yeah. I wouldn't want to like start taking on anyone else's personality or like inadvertently or intentionally. So that's another reason. And yeah, because we do this, like we're very much in like pop culture like we like half my day is devoted to this like I'm kind of good on that yeah and the second half of the day like I'll I'm with my kids but like if I have free time like I like prefer to watch tv or read a book it's just not my medium of choice I feel like I don't listen for the same reasons I don't want to mold myself unconsciously into someone that I like to listen to because I feel like it happens naturally yeah so I stay it does and it's like a nice thing but not if you've got to have your own thing going on yeah so that but then if there's someone has a guest on so like an interview where they're like you know spilling tea or whatever um i'll like yeah for one-offs i'll listen if someone's talking about like something that their personal life and i'm like oh i'm a fan of them i would listen so it just depends okay yeah but that's what i found with most podcasters so i know it's a tall task for you to listen to this show i can do it but if you're ever if you're going to a dinner party with like people who like like this stuff and you want to just like be in the know and with like one episode of the toast will catch you up i won't be surprised if in my citizenship test they'll be like asking questions like that and i'll be like well actually i'm fully versed in it because of the toast well what's funny is we have a patreon channel where we do like bonus content every month we do extra five episodes and we've done the citizenship test as an episode where we like both saw if we could pass so maybe you should listen to that one because we also like talk about the answers and maybe there are some good like ways to remember the answers.

42:16You'd be like, well, Jackie said this or Claudia said that. So it's a good way to study. Okay. For anyone out there. But there weren't any pop culture questions on the citizenship list. Not unless like George Washington is a pop culture icon, which I think he is. I think we should make him one. I think we should. Have you been seeing those AI photos of the founding fathers? Yes. What they would look like today? Yes, it's amazing. Like seriously cuties. the AI biblical videos obsessed like that's this is a technology and just like a format I can get behind I agree it's like wake up with me a day in the life of a coal miner in the 1700s we're building Pittsburgh yeah or like when Moses separated the sea yeah and people like he's like hey friends today we are starting the day with you know letting my people go he's like this he's like Okay, fam.

43:03I know you've all been asking. I love that. I like that too. I've really been embracing AI because I feel like before it destroys us as a humanity, like we should enjoy it. I think it's a state of mind. If you look at all these advancements as something that's threatening your existence, then I think maybe you're not seeing the potential. I just feel like we need to over index now on things that only humans can do. Yeah, like podcasts. We've asked AI to write like an episode of The Toast. Like, can you do one? It's so bad, which is so good for us. Okay, that's good. That's good, right? Yeah. We can't be replaced by robots.

43:43Emotional intelligence is not there yet. Right. Yet. I don't know. I really can't imagine a world where it would be. Like where I really want to get. They haven't lit. Like, that makes no sense to me. Listen, I just want a robot in my house to do all the tasks that it's just a waste of time for me. I want a Neuralink chip in my brain for all the things I like think that I need to write down that I forget before I can write them down. That would be so helpful. They're working on it. Elon is working on it. Neuralink. Watch the space. And you put it in your brain? They like implant the chip into your brain, which is like not my favorite.

44:16But the idea that like there's something in your brain that can like record your thoughts that you want them to record to remind you later or whatever it is. But do you then worry about them using that information? Yeah, for sure. I would never do it. Okay. But like the idea. But like so many times I'm in the shower. I'm like, damn, I need a Neuralink. I can't write this down. Yeah. You know? Okay, Elon, get with it. What kind of car do you drive? It's a Mercedes. It's this truck. What is it called? Oh, the G-Wagon? Yes. Oh, cool. I know. It's very basic Miami. Is it? Is that the classic Miami car?

44:51I would say so. I see so many of them, which is also nice because it's nothing like unique. Yeah. Yeah. It's a cool car though. Yeah. And I have the older model, which I like. I need like, I want a vintage car. What would your next car be? Do you think? Like a little car? No, it will never be a little car because I am a savage on the road. So I need a big car to make sure everyone sees me and that I'm coming. Where did you learn how to drive? In Israel. That should explain everything to you. That's so funny, but you're probably a really good driver. I think so. Yeah, it's good to be aggressive.

45:28Like I have really good reflexes. I'm just like, whoop, you know? Yeah. So I feel like I can really navigate the roads well, but I don't think a small car for me would do this world a favor. Okay, thank you for your service in your big car. You need a cyber truck, even though that's actually also scary. Gives me headaches. Being in a Tesla? Being in anything that Elon Musk created. I don't know what's going on there. I don't know what it is. EMFs, they say. Yes. But I drive a Tesla and I have my, like, I am someone who's prone to migraines my whole life and they don't give me headaches, which is just odd.

46:04Apparently there's like a little switch that you put and then it changes the way something operates. I don't know what it is. And then you don't get headaches. So maybe you did a little switch. Maybe it's been on that setting. Yeah. Yeah. But I've heard that. But also like the EMFs are really only when the car is charging, not when it's on the road. Like you shouldn't sit in the car when it's charging. I think for me at this point, it's a placebo effect. Like I've decided that Tesla's make me nauseous. So that will be it forever for me. Well, I just they're like as close as we got to a robot right now is why is why I mention it.

46:35Self-Park. Do you use all these features? No, no. I've only used I've used Self-Park like twice here because I don't know how to parallel park. I've never done self-driving. I only learned how to drive when I moved down here and I got my license two years ago. so driving is just like it it's a lot for me did you feel like you just like a new hole found freedom superwoman there's nothing I can't do you can't even imagine like I so I grew up in the city like someone it would have been time to get my license I never even took lessons or took a test because it's not like I was getting a car we just like you know used public transit or took taxis or Ubers and then I lived in the city until I moved here and there were so many times where like it would have been really nice to have my license like in college I went to college upstate New York like could never drive myself anywhere but then when we moved down here I'm like I have to learn how to drive like I have to be able to just even just in an emergency situation and now I drive I'm really proud of you thank you so much it was the biggest thing I've like I've ever had one of the biggest things I've ever had to like do and overcome and it's harder as you get older absolutely yeah absolutely so you're like the opposite sort of driver as me I am the opposite sort of driver and to me a lot like I couldn't wait to get my license because I'm just I operate from a feeling of like people are suppressing me and I just need all the tools to free myself.

48:01It's freedom. Yes. So I am very like I'm in awe of you because I can't imagine learning it as like an adult. Yeah. You just know too much. You know too many of the dangers. You're scared. You have too much to lose. Like when you're 16, 17, just like whatever. You only have like to gain and it's like, get me out of here. Exactly. Yeah. No, it's so, so true. So I'm glad that I'm glad I've checked that off my list. What's next for you on your list? Oh, there's something. Gardening. That's next for me. That's crazy. I know. But like, I hate buying herbs from the store. I never have the ones that I need when I need them.

48:38And the ones that I buy, I don't use and they go bad. So I just want to be able to pluck them from my garden. I think you have a romanticized idea of it. I don't think that's how it works. Really? Yeah. explain i just feel like you go on this journey of gardening and you plant the seeds and they grow a little bit and then it dies and then you feel like a failure like it's a much longer process oh well i do intend to have upkeep like help with my garden i won't be starting the garden i will be hiring someone to build me a full-blown garden but i do come to attend to it well that i want to learn how to attend to it you know right that i do want to know but no i'm not going to be like waiting on my seeds got it there'll be someone else's seeds so it's a little bit flexed like i'm not going to be starting a garden from the ground up but like i want to be able to water my garden you see this is what i'm saying like america is so great like i want to do this but i don't really they garden yeah but they do like the long farm yeah it's like a whole thing you know they treat it as like this art but here you can dabble it's true i love you dabbling things you know what do you want to learn how to do um what do i learn oh my god so many things i feel like i should be painting okay i also feel like i should learn how to like take dance classes like pole dancing oh yeah because i feel like it will help with my upper body strength for sure yeah and um what else i really wanted to do what's the one when you go up and like it's open mic no how do you call it stand up yeah but improvise improv improv yes you should do it I'm just really scared I have to still like build the the confidence that to me is the scariest job in the world would be like being a stand-up comedian I that's what I said we had a friend over and he's a stand-up comedian and I just looked at him and I'm like I don't know how you go up there in a place of people that you don't know and you just start telling your jokes and it's quiet and then maybe one cackle somebody's like drinking you can hear them drinking the water like there's so many elements that I would just paralyze me I would run away crying no I completely agree my sister Claudia does stand up and I could like I'm infinitely impressed by her she's done like two tours and she's done it like in a really big way but I could never I just up there alone but did she ever have a flaw like she's standing there telling the joke and the audience gives you nothing but the thing is like she sort of leapfrogged over that painful period because she started stand-up when she had an audience like a following already so like yeah she would sell tickets to a comedy club and all the people there are like people who love her and they know what to expect and they know like her they know what to expect like they're there and it's gonna most likely be good because like they have the same sense of humor and they know what to expect So that's a very privileged experience.

51:38It's a very privileged experience. But one day just going out stage in a different, like in a, just a random bar and just start spitting jokes. No, it's so crazy. Oh my God. Literally having an out of body experience. So yeah, one day I'll do it and I won't tell anybody and I just go to like a random place and just start improv-ing. Okay. I'll let you know. Let me know. Let me know. Maybe that's at 35. That's what happens. At 36. Yes. I'm going to come to my family and be like, guys, I decided to change up my career trajectory and become a comedian. But it's actually in line with what you do. Like if you wanted to be a comedian for real, like you have so many, so many of the platforms that you have, like would be so great for a comedy career.

52:18Like they are the digital space and comedy, like really work nicely together. But that's why I'm so passionate about creators and the creator economy in general, because you can do anything. You know what I mean? I want to be a comedian or be a comedian. I want to do something else i'll do something else i want to start selling candles i'll do that like you there's no limits because you build your personal brand and people love you for you it's so true so that's pretty magical yeah okay well we do have to get into the fast five stories 50 minutes later um so without further ado that do that do it is time for the fast five stories that you need to know today's episode is also brought to you by rose insurance checker so getting your hands on ozenbik or wagovi is enough of a hassle negotiating with your insurance provider shouldn't be something else that you need to worry about.

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57:56So I was like, OK, I can get away with pushing it off one night. So I will catch up tonight. But why were they late? I don't know. It's not like it's live. That happens a lot with like Netflix live content, like the Love is Blind reunion. because I don't know why they want. I watch Love is Blind. You do? That's a good American show. That's a good show. And that's a really good way to get to know like different cities and the type of people who live in different cities. I agree. I enjoyed it. I feel like there was enough intellectual tickle there for me to keep watching. That's actually shocking.

58:29If you liked that and found it intellectually tickling, you will. I said a tickle. Let's keep it a proportion of you. Because every season they like drag out these conversations and the people aren't like the most interesting, but that's what makes a good candidate for the show. If you watch the first, like just the pods and then the end, to me, that's me watching reality. Like the in between is where they drag it and try to make a storyline, but there's no story usually. Oh, to me, the pods are really painful to watch. Like I have a cat. You do? But I sit there and analyze like human behavior.

59:05Yeah. Like her saying I have a cat to see her body language and like what was her messaging behind the statement and then seeing the guy responds. This is the tickle that I was looking for. Oh, okay. Good. Yeah. That's good. I like the honeymoon phase. The like trip to Mexico or whatever where they see each other and it's like, is it good? Is it bad? That's so painful. And then when they're like living in apartments, they drag that out a little bit. But in the beginning, it's kind of interesting. But what do they do on Love Island? So Love Island is really crazy. So they're all in a house. They have like five single girls, five single guys.

59:43But it's an island so you can get like sent home from the island if you're not making a good connection. And they just they bring in like new people every day. So you really you want to find a connection or you want the audience to like you to keep you on. It's as much filmed in real time as a show could be. Like typically this episode that would have been premiered tonight, like they probably shot it three days ago on set. Like they are there now. And so the audience gets to vote alongside the show. And probably by the end of the show, we'll cycle through like 40 or 50 people. But like some couples can really, you know, be.

1:00:20But are there like Love Island graduates that stay together? Like, is that a thing or not? Do you know Molly Mae? Why would I know Molly? I don't know because she, I feel like of the people you would know, you would know Molly Mae. Maybe face. Okay, so she is a UK influencer. Okay. She came from Love Island. She met her now boyfriend. Well, there was drama recently, but like they have a baby together. Tommy Fury, he's the boxer. He fought Jake Paul. You know Jake Paul? Yes. Yes. Okay. Like the lights turned on. Yes. Molly and Tommy came from Love Island. They've been together ever since except for last summer.

1:00:58they broke up temporarily but they have a baby together she has a fashion line called maybe she's very she has a docu-series on amazon prime she's like incredibly doing the most doing the most don't expect that from anyone else from love island everyone else is like you know reality tv like i have a podcast um but she is just like catapulted and i so i thought you might know her but she did come from love island uk which historically is better and more popular than love island us us has had a hard time getting off the ground but last season was really popular and it's like the show of the summer because it's on four nights a week it's like constantly happening that's really fascinating you can't like passively watch it and it's a lot of homework for you to start it you would have to watch it like every night can i watch recap on tiktok do you feel like i'll get the hang of it i think yes okay i think you could watch recaps on tiktok i feel like you should have sent me this like as homework before i came here but i didn't watch it either so how could I do that because there were 40 minutes because they were 40 minutes late but if I'm being honest I I don't know that I would have gotten around to it redheads was really difficult to edit I do another podcast a book club podcast do you like to read I love to read what kind of books do you like um I I like very dense books it's either like self-improvement or biographies I love I do fiction too yeah I actually picked up my first fantasy book um because of like peer pressure.

1:02:23Which one? Fourth wing? ACOTAR. It's like, those are the two big ones. Yes. Okay. So the first. I didn't love ACOTAR. I didn't love it either. But I got to tell you, I talked a lot of shit about it on my social media. I finished the first book, committed to it. And I was like, meh. And then I started the second book and it does get better. That's what people say. It's like, okay, well, you have to wait for the second book. I'm like, I'm not going to read a whole ass bad book so that it gets better for the second book. Like if you don't get, so that's really kind of you. You gotta be, you gotta be committed.

1:02:54Yeah. I read 50 % of the first book, but then I think I went into labor. So then I was just like, I'm not going back to this book. Like I'm a different person. Yeah, you went into your own fantasy world. Yeah. So, but I wasn't even enjoying it because if it was a book that I loved, I would have finished it. I could finish it in a day. Did you read any fantasy books? I read Fourth Wing. And you liked it? I loved the first Fourth Wing and I did not like the second one. And so I won't be reading the third one. Like they've lost me, but that's okay because I don't feel like it's necessarily for me.

1:03:19like it's for Gen Z and I was enjoying my time there. But if I need to leave, like you guys still have fun. Yeah. Well, they're having the most amount of fun. That's why I felt the FOMO and I'm like, I'll pick up this book because I want to have fun too. And you're a reader. And I did not have fun. And I didn't have fun either. But the second book, I'm going through it. It's spicier. Okay. I don't even think I got to any spice in First Ack of Tar. No, there was no spice. I was like, is this it? Because this is a fairy popping up at every scene and I'm just like, enough with the freaking fairies.

1:03:48Like, let's get somewhere. but the second book it gets there so we'll see but fantasy is one that i felt like i need to explore um i'm still not there yet yeah i'm not big on fantasy what do you like to read i like to read historical fiction oh that's so good so good but i got into a place where like some of it's a little silly and i'm like i want the true story like i want just history but that's too dense like i'm gonna go and read like Churchill's biography so but it's like I read a biography of Churchill's mother and I read the historic like I read I forget the author who wrote it but it was like her official biography biography of Churchill's mother yeah was that so good it took me a really long time to read it but I really wanted to get her story because it was a really interesting story and then I also read the historical fiction book about her so it was like a girly swirly version of her story.

1:04:42And like, so that would have been an easier way to get it. But I did want to like hear from the primary source like about her. There was one that I read. It was about the fictional wife of Jesus. What was the name of that book? That was a great book. Let's find out. It was good. You would recommend. I would 100 % recommend. I'm in such a reading slump. I know that's why I picked up the fantasy book. Understood. But now I'm in a deeper slump. Right, right, right. It pushed it. And I'm sure you've read like all the classic popular books like Colleen Hoover. Oh my God. You see, I can't get with that either.

1:05:20Although it's not like it's not my favorite type of literature. But I do have to say it's easier to like get through. Yeah. Was the book called The Book of Longings? Yes. And it was good. So good. Okay, thanks. Got a new book rack. Love it. That one is amazing. But yeah, I love books like this. But there's not a lot of them out there that can really marry like both facts and history. Yeah. And like really good storytelling. Yes. Without it like being silly or they start to like write in a way that's like people didn't talk like that. Like you're really editorializing it and it's like makes it hard to stay in that time and place.

1:05:56What's the worst book you've read recently? Well, recently, the one that we just read for the podcast, it was a good book. I wouldn't say it was a bad book. I just didn't enjoy it. It was too dense. It was like a murder mystery. It was like very Agatha Christie, but it was so complicated. So I didn't love that. It was called The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. That's the Redheads book this month. But you should listen to the podcast episode because it was so funny. Like I seriously almost peed my pants. That's another thing. The murder mystery thing. Yeah. A whole industry, a whole world that I found out about probably six months ago.

1:06:29Do you like them? I never listened to it. I'm scared. I don't know where to begin. Like it's such a completely different space for me. And I also can't really imagine listening in the car about like a murder. You listen in the car to books. Yeah. Yeah. No, that's nice. Yeah. It's hard to like, you have to like be really dialed in. Yeah. I've been trying to like have a tighter bubble around me because there's so many things going on in the world. I'm just like, I need to. Yeah. No, that's also why I like reading history too, which is sort of gives context. Okay. So Love Island. so maybe they'll come out with a great beautiful book book well molly may did write a book and i did read it um was it amazing no because she's really young and like um it was before like really like it just talked about like her rise to fame but it was like there wasn't that much to say but i think people just wanted to hear from her like me so um it wasn't amazing but it was cute and it was like exactly what you would think okay you see where i take conversations when you sit down with me to talk about pop culture where i take conversations it's literally an hour and we're not even through the first story no because i don't i don't know okay next story i love a tangent this show should be we've said like it should be called the tangent we don't actually talk about the stories they're just like springboards for us to talk about what we want to talk about okay so don't feel tied down by the stories okay however our next story i did choose because i wanted to get your take because you in addition to everything i've already said you're also like a guru when it comes to like advice and relationships and finances like you just give a lot of good advice and so um this story i thought would be interesting to get your take on because billionaire youtuber mr beast you know him yes confesses he's borrowing money from his mom to pay for his wedding so he admitted that he's borrowing money from his mom to pay for his upcoming wedding to his fiancee thea despite being worth an estimated one billion dollars the youtuber Burr responded via X after a fan post described him as the only billionaire under 30 to not have inherited his wealth.

1:08:28He said, I personally have very little money because I reinvest everything. I think this year we'll spend around a quarter of a billion on content. Ironically, I'm actually borrowing money from my mom to pay for my upcoming wedding, LOL. But sure, on paper, the businesses I own are worth a lot. So that's the first thing that came to mind. He's leveraged. And I think that's such a beautiful lesson for young people to also learn how to build a business like he's still in building mode either even though it's like a huge empire yeah um and i love it i think it's so it's like a humble thing to say you know and be open about so you think that's like good finance move to like reinvest your money to the point where you can't pay for a wedding i think that well i also think it's like a fun little uh big exactly uh to keep him kind of in the in the news and the circulation but um yes i think that it's so smart of him to continue building and reinvesting into his business uh i don't know how much his mother i hope she'll be okay yeah how much is this wedding gonna cost i don't know i feel like he wouldn't have like a really extravagant wedding but then i could also see it being really extravagant and then it like yielding more content and like more business for him.

1:09:44Like it almost would be like a business moment in which case he could expense it. I don't know, but I just ate at Mr. Beast Burgers. There's a restaurant? I don't know how many restaurants he has, but we were at the American Dream Mall in New Jersey last week and they had a Mr. Beast Burgers and it was like the only place you could get like grab and go. So we had some grilled cheeses and it was like super cute. I'm a fan of Mr. Beast. I'm a fan because I think he's doing a lot of really smart moves. I agree. I think he's an interesting person to watch. Even though I don't watch Beast games. I don't watch any of it.

1:10:19My kids were watching it for a little bit. He's big with that demo. Yes, exactly. And I think it's great and fun. Very interesting type of content. I see the amount of work he puts in there. But I wonder if one day he's just going to turn it off and just disappear. Yeah. I wonder if he could. Where does it go? you know what I mean do your kids ever ask you to like use your clout to get them something or like get them to meet someone they're like they don't think I'm like cool they're not like you should have Mr. Beast on the pod no absolutely not or like get on Mr. Beast PR list we were I'm on Mr.

1:10:56Beast PR list I give it to um my neighbors because they're that age and they they think I'm the coolest no I still I don't know what I need to do in order to get my kids to understand how cool i am who else are the fans like the paul brothers i feel like you could get a paul on your podcast um well i'm friends with nina who is so lovely so lovely i mean i don't know her do you watch their show no so good you have to watch it looks like a good show i think that they are such masters at what they do that everything that they put out there they already know they engineer it no they literally changed reality television with that show like claudia and I are obsessed and now we're obsessed with them even though we typically wouldn't be their target demo we love them it was such a smart move because they just had the baby and they're kind of like outgrowing you know the cohort that they build until now but to your point they're bringing new people in like you like I need to watch this show I would watch that and and she's your friend so that's so fun because then you could text her and be like wait did Greg really say that like I wouldn't that's always a fun angle even though like I we have like a lot of reality tv people or we used to have more guests come on the show and I do separate like personal friendships from what I'm watching on TV because I'm like yeah to me there's personas so I don't I don't mix yeah but she seems great she really is great so I am all for the Paul reality but my kids don't watch it got it okay cool I'm trying to insert like geography quizzes type of thing while I can you know what I mean I'm like look at this this is so cool that is cool you know what I subscribe to I saw on Shark Tank I don't know if they would like this but it was this company called History by Mail and every month they like send you um like a replica of a piece of history like a document or something really interesting an interesting piece of like American history or actually it wasn't just American it's global so you know it's for everyone.

1:12:47Wait that's a really cool idea. It's a really cool idea. So you subscribe to that? I subscribe to that and it comes once a month. My kids are obviously I did it for me because I love history but when the documents come they're like what's this and then like there's like stories and stuff and so it's really cool you see this is what's cool for me now do you watch shark tank that's so american my kids love shark tank actually they watch it with my husband they love it that is classic like to break it down that show i'm so happy that it runs like that is one of the best shows that america produced i agree and it's such a good influence on society to show like anyone can do this so many of the people who are go on the show now like watched the show growing up and were inspired by it 10 out of 10 it also shows you how you don't need to come up with some revolutionary idea like i can't even tell you i saw one episode of this doctor that came up with a hiccup straw i talked about it for a week did it help hiccups apparently he had a testimony of this girl that came up and said hey i hiccup all the time and when i use the straw i stop hiccuping and it's like seven dollars on amazon i'm getting it's like a legit doctor the only thing is that was very um you know the question was do you always walk around with a straw in your purse no it would be like at home if i have the hiccups while i'm out of the house like i'll just deal with it until i get home and i'll get my straw yeah so i you see i didn't think that a hiccup straw would be a hit like i wouldn't even think to invent something like that i wouldn't i don't know if i would invest in it because it seems like very it's very niche niche but i would buy it right and this is why we have the american dream yeah okay our next story speaking of the american dream kim kardashian she has launched um a new skims product that is set to be as viral as the nipple bra they are launching ultimate hips by skims they're designed with soft foam pads embedded at the hip to form an hourglass figure that accentuates a person's curves so they're pretty much like shorts that will give you right to get rid of the hip dips but yeah hip dips but also like bring them out more so like you will look like you have a shape that you don't have right optical illusion an optical illusion i would i i would try i wouldn't want to like that's not my look but like i would want to see how it looks on me like what would i look like i feel like it won't complement 90 of people like in my head i don't see that happening yeah but did you see the you mentioned the nipple top but there's one with with the piercing is that the one you're referring to there's two there's one that's a bra that has a nipple on it so like you have nipple right that i saw it and then there's one and then there's also one with piercings.

1:15:32The fact that you see, you know, her team saw a gap in the market for it is what blows my mind. Yeah, I think the nipple bra itself has been pretty successful. It's been restocked a couple of times. And actually, like, it's found a loyal community of people who have had or have breast cancer, and they've lost their nipples. So like, it's been great for that community. And I think it's like, you see, there's an audience for everything. There is. The pierced nipple i just feel like if you want that look why wouldn't you pierce your nipple i guess it's like a commitment that you don't necessarily a fun thing like every once in a while on a night out like i just think that think about it you go out with that pierced nipple thing and you hook up with somebody like how does that conversation go right right where he's like where what if he was like really where's the piercing right and now he's not interested i just think that's very deceiving false advertising i mean same for like false fit hips like i wouldn't i think there's going to be a wave of lawsuits coming from the people that got deceived by these products from the people themselves who bought them or got to see oh like got deceived by the product yeah but i just feel like we're so we're so in it now like i think there's fake butt shorts like fake now we have fake hips even a padded bra you could have made that case like 20 years ago if someone's wearing padded bra that's so true I'm I I love the padded butt shorts you do yeah that I like because I feel like it's aesthetically not the big ones they're like very just to smooth things out I'm into that so you know what I'm kind of I understand how people buying into these things yeah and I mean I don't need wider hips personally um but I could see like a person who would benefit from this and I guess you know she's there to serve but it's definitely going to be a phase like we're just I think that we as a society just looking for the next viral thing and then there's some videos people use it a little bit and then we move on I do think half of this is marketing and then the other half is like actually catering to a like mass market audience which is brilliant yeah no she's doing a great job like I wouldn't I wouldn't doubt her Our next story, speaking of dating and what you're looking for, Tinder is testing out a new height filter to help people connect more intentionally.

1:17:52So this is going viral because Tinder has been accused of superficiality after testing out a new feature that allows users to screen potential matches based on height. This is part of a broader effort to help people connect more intentionally on Tinder, a rep for the dating platform said. The new vetting function is located in the discovery section of the digital romance service and lets users specify the maximum and minimum heights of their matches. The function will only be available to users who subscribe to Tinder Platinum, a premier subscription tier that starts at$39.99 a month. Along with the new height option, the tier also includes prioritized likes, a specific interest filter, a message before you match function, and more.

1:18:33Gosh. It's a slippery slope. It really is. Because on one hand, I also understand that there's a lot of catfishing out there. And, you know, for some people, it really matters. The height matters. Like, if it's right or wrong, it doesn't matter. That's their preference. But on the other hand, I can't even begin to think how many lost connections, potential amazing connections that get lost within all these, like, not really important details. Yeah. And I just feel like, where does it end? You know, if this is like, I feel like doing, it's been usually like age, location, like there have been filters that like are the set filters.

1:19:12that like we're okay with even though you know technically age it's like you might actually connect with someone a little bit older and you might miss out on that but I do think this is really limiting I think people will it's just like you can like geo engineer like your perfect person what soon we could do hair color I saw people being like okay well let's do weight that's insane could you imagine I also as a mother of boys I do often worry about how it affects guys in society because that's not something they can change for a girl it doesn't matter your height really uh but for a man it's such a big pain point and i love that we had that like short king kind of uh you know thing trending yeah let's keep that going but that to me is so much more that it's just harmful it is i don't think it's productive either i don't think it's gonna like yield better relationships i think it's just gonna encourage people to be superficial when I I'm personally like very much like it's about the person I know everyone says that but like I really believe that like I'm not superficial when it comes to love I mean you don't get into a relationship especially a marriage and hope to stay married for 30 years the height and it's like well he's 5 '9 and he's not 5 '11 like the difference of two inches you're gonna build a life over two inches god I'm so happy I'm married I can't even imagine dating in today's time and age yeah I wouldn't do well at all so you never won the apps or anything like that no there was no apps how did you meet your husband at a Shabbat dinner oh that's so wholesome was it meant for singles or it was just coincidence it was just coincidence just friends of friends um it wasn't like right away click it was something that you know gradually happened but um it was very natural and there's no you know there was no preferences to take yeah on or off because would you have thought that you would want to be with someone older no would you even have his have had his age on absolutely how old was he when you guys met 37 yeah so you wouldn't have that would have been my age range at all right so that's what i'm saying there's so many moments that you miss in life because of all these details yeah how did you meet your husband we met both through work and also we had matched on a dating app and so So when I started at my new job and I met him, he like told me that we had matched, but we never went out or anything.

1:21:34I never even saw that we had matched, but it actually just helped move us forward quickly because it's like, oh, we're interested in each other. It was a green light for sure. And so like everything happened pretty quickly after that. If you could build a dating app today, what would you, how would it look like? I actually really like when I was on Hinge, how it was based was like it was through your Facebook and you would only get matched with people. for the most part, who you had at least one mutual friend with on Facebook. And I feel like that and then everything else you could do, like, you know, radius and age and whatnot.

1:22:09But I feel like that's a really good way to meet people, because even the people that I know who've met through dating apps, they do know at least one person in common or they've met before through like network. And I think that's a really good foundation for meeting someone. I agree. I love that. you're part of a circle that already shows that you guys have some kind of connection, some kind of similarities. You're around, you know, the same people. Yeah. I don't know if Hinge is still like that or what they do now, but when I was on the apps and I was on a lot of apps, I went on a lot of app dates and I was just like really open.

1:22:41It was definitely like the, my preferred app. I just felt like it had the most potential for like a lasting relationship, not just like a hookup or someone just like, yeah, you could have a good date, but like I have another date tomorrow. Like who are you? I love that. Our fifth and final story, a little fashion news. Britney Spears and Balenciaga are collabing. Their debut collection includes hoodies and baseball caps selling for over$1 ,000. So it's like limited edition Britney Spears merch made by Balenciaga. It's like concert tees sort of thing, hats. I have that t-shirt, by the way. From Balenciaga?

1:23:18No, from just her merch, I would say, from 20 years ago. Oh, so yeah. Now they're remaking it for the people who missed it. You know what? I don't, I think everyone should collaborate with her. I want her to make money. Like, please, just whatever, whoever's listening to this, you have a product or an idea. I'm sure she'll jump all over it. Like, go for it. I feel like we need, Brittany just needs justice. She does. And she needs endless money so that she doesn't have to worry. Or dance online. Or dance online. But I feel like she doesn't do that for money. I think that hurts probably her revenue opportunities.

1:23:50I think she does that for the love of dance. and I don't know I don't know why she does it but I just want her to be so rich that she can just turn it all off buy an island turn it all off and just live her best life she does yeah we owe it to her yeah I found this collaboration to be interesting and I don't hate it except I do hate Balenciaga do you still shop Balenciaga no okay we sold all like Gary used to have a Balenciaga face with all the hoodies like we sold everything yeah that's so funny that's not a brand I want to associate with no me neither so even if we wanted to support britney on this like we're not going to support balenciaga but however i do think it's a good move for britney like any yes and this and balenciaga it's like a high fashion and it's a good move for balenciaga because you know they need all the help they can get even though so many celebrities like still work with them and then are surprised why we don't like them um but that's there's always sometimes a disconnect like between fashion world and real world and a lot of these companies are suffering without us knowing they They just have this like big brand.

1:24:52It looks flashy and successful. I think that's where Balenciaga is at. How are they still in business? Like, oh my God. They have a machine behind them. I think, yeah, the other brands that whoever owns Balenciaga, like the other brands that they own just pay for Balenciaga because they don't want to admit like what a big mistake they made. But they're going to bring a creative director that will change it. Like you just need time with these things. Time does its thing. I actually have to say I was pretty shocked how fast the story, like when they did that hideous campaign, how fast people forgot.

1:25:23I feel like the media moved on and like everyone acts like Balenciaga is normal and like celebrities moved on. But the people, we have not moved on. That's what I'm saying. The media did not fool the people. No. But it was crazy to see how fast the cycle went on the media. It's true. So. It's really true. But like when you go to like Saks, like the sale racks are all Balenciaga. Like the store within the stores, like it's the only empty one. And like the people were still mad. I think that today, if you choose to wear Balenciaga, it like showcases your values as a person. Yeah. And it's a bigger statement than people realize.

1:26:00I think so, too. However, I never owned that much Balenciaga to begin with. And so I didn't like sell it or sell the things that I had. I never had anything that said Balenciaga. Like I have the city bags. I don't wear them anymore. But those are, they belong to a different era. Yeah, like he didn't make them. I didn't make those. I agree. And I'm just waiting for them to like come back around because I would wear mine again. But I feel like if you owned Balenciaga already, like you could still wear like that's fine. But like we don't when we see you in it, like we don't know when you judge. Yeah, I judge.

1:26:31So. So those are the fast five stories. You absolutely needed to know them. You absolutely needed to get to know Valeria. Thank you so much for joining us this morning and giving us your time. Where can everyone follow you? Thank you for enlightening me. and I'm so excited to get my news from the toast every week so I can be with it. People can find me at Valeria Lipovetsky on every platform. I'm everywhere. She's such an amazing content creator. Like give her a follow. Even though she doesn't need it, she has millions of followers and like she doesn't need us at all. And so we're glad that you graced us with your presence.

1:27:02Thank you so much. And then my podcast, Not Alone. When does it drop? Every week. What days? Tuesdays. Tuesdays. And you just had Stassi on your podcast. We're big Stassi fans here. Listen, Stassi is the one that made me realize that I have to learn more about reality TV because she is. I fell in love with her. I'm obsessed with her. She is so fun. So upbeat. But just know, like, not everyone is a Stassi. And so, like, you're starting at the top. But I only want the Stassis. Yeah. Most good shows have a Stassi. But, like, if you think you're going to go on reality TV and you're going to meet a million Stassis, there's only one Stassi.

1:27:39So I'm going to talk with my chat GPT to filter my reality show consumption and only find me the Stassies. Okay, you could also start Vanderpump Rules. That's actually a great American show. The show that Stassie got her start on. Yeah. Like the early seasons is like peak reality television. So if you want to know like what it's all about. And they're running a restaurant. They are working in a restaurant. Yes. And in the early days, they really were working there. Like Lisa Vanderpump owns the restaurant and they wanted to give her a show about what goes on in her restaurant. So they and she just happened to have like really interesting people working for her.

1:28:12Now the show's not even on right now. But like now it's like people fake work there just to like film pickup scenes or whatever. But back in the day, like they were really working at the restaurant. That was their full time job. Like they weren't making a lot of money. They were just scraping by and they were just like so excited to be on this reality show. They left it all on the show. You have to watch. I have to watch it. OK, cool. Gossip Girl, Desperate Housewives, Vendor Pub Rule and The Toast. thank you so much seriously you're all you're set for life with those thank you guys for listening we will see you tomorrow love ya bye