What Now Is Back!

15 Sep 2025 · 1 min · 4 chapters

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In short

This episode is a mix of ad reads and comedy. It highlights Whole Foods Market’s quality standards: since 1980 they ban 575+ ingredients across food, body care, supplements, and cleaning, including sucralose, Red 40, hydrogenated fats, high fructose corn syrup, and bleached/bromated flour; they also avoid synthetic nitrates and nitrates in deli meats, hot dogs, and sausages, and emphasize no growth hormones/antibiotics in meat plus responsibly farmed or sustainably wild-caught seafood.

Key claims

these bans reduce “getting in the way” of flavor.

Notable examples

banned ingredients list; no nitrates in sliced deli meats.

Guests

none mentioned; the transcript references Zach Braff, Donald Faison, and Sarah Chalk (Scrubs), but they aren’t presented as podcast guests.

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Chapters

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Political Commentary and Humor

1:45 to 2:55

Trevor discusses political issues with humor, touching on healthcare and societal expectations.

“Pretty much every brand offers rewards these days, but most of them, let's be honest, they aren't that rewarding.”

Political Commentary and Humor

3:01 to 4:12

Trevor discusses political issues with humor, touching on healthcare and societal expectations.

“If you had millions of people saying, you know what, you're running for office, you damn well better give me healthcare as a human right, and I want that in the first month of your presidency.”

Political Commentary and Humor

4:39 to 4:51

Trevor discusses political issues with humor, touching on healthcare and societal expectations.

“Spend your balance instantly with the Venmo debit card.”

Political Commentary and Humor

4:54 to 5:13

Trevor discusses political issues with humor, touching on healthcare and societal expectations.

“Opill is a daily birth control pill that's FDA approved, full prescription strength, and estrogen free.”
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Transcript

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0:00Whole Foods Market is known for great food, but what really stands out is how much they do before anything gets to your cart. Since opening in 1980, they have helped lead the way with their strong commitment to quality standards that give shoppers more peace of mind and ultimately result in food that's more delicious. At Whole Foods Market, more than 575 ingredients have been banned from all food, plus body care, supplements, and cleaning products. That means no artificial sweeteners like sucralose, no artificial colors like red number 40, no hydrogenated fats, no high fructose corn syrup, and no bleached or bromated flowers.

0:41These standards are enforced across all departments, from thousands of organic product options to meat with no added growth hormones or antibiotics and seafood that is responsibly farmed or sustainably wild-caught. There's also no synthetic nitrates or nitrates in their sliced deli meats, hot dogs, or sausages The result is food with less getting in the way of the flavors you actually want Real food tastes better Shop Whole Foods Market in-store or online Feeling short on smiles? Does your frown need to be turned upside down? We got the perfect dose of comedy, 30 minutes of scrubs Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalk, and the rest of the gang at Sacred Heart are back for a brand new season.

1:25We play medical doctors who are besties. Just like in real life. And we'll definitely be up in each other's cases. Describe the premier Wednesday on ABC. And stream the next day on Hulu. Side effects may include laughing, cheering, and lots of high fives. Hello, Superman. This episode is brought to you by Verizon. Pretty much every brand offers rewards these days, but most of them, let's be honest, they aren't that rewarding. Well, starting now, Verizon's doing rewards different. Rewards you'll love all year round for every customer. They're introducing Verizon Dollars, which gives you cash back every month just for being a customer.

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2:45Now those are some rewarding rewards. Only from Verizon. Enroll today at verizon.com. Wow, we jumped straight into it. Welcome to the podcast. Oh, wait, we're rolling?

3:01If you had millions of people saying, you know what, you're running for office, you damn well better give me healthcare as a human right, and I want that in the first month of your presidency. You know what millions of people say? You'll have it. You can throw food at a bear. You gotta throw pussy at a man. I care about creating technologies that reduce human suffering. What do you think that says about the Democratic Party, though? Nothing good. It says that they're cowards. God, please don't say it has, like, a racist history. I'm at a FedEx office at 7 o 'clock in the morning, the morning of my Daily Show audition, printing Confederate flags onto stickers.

3:42It's fitting. You're trying to see? Yes. The distance was too big. I need to print another. As always. Not all men. But a lot. Especially not men. Ooh, acting like we know more than we do us. Come on, Hilter. Ooh. Can I tell you what's funniest? Tell me. Is that your legs in the air? Is that you make me picture my legs in the air. That's what I hate about what you did to me there. That's what good friends are for. That's what you did to me there. Sure. I think you split my brain in 15 pieces. It's a brand new season of What Now? New episodes coming out September 18th.

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From the publisher

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