Welcome to Pick Me Up, I'm Scared. The podcast. I'm your host, Madeline. I am your co-host, David.

And today we are back with the final. I swear final. And then I never have to hear about the Ukraine again.

You can't call it the Ukraine. Because I'm, it implies you think Russia should own it.

I learned that once from a drunk girl at Chachau Lounge when I was like 20 years old.

Because it means the borderland.

Yes, exactly.

You can't call it the Ukraine.

You're going to see a super cancel.

So you call it borderland.

You call it, yes, exactly.

That definite article really...

It really does a lot for it.

Yes, we are back with our fourth and final episode about Ukraine.

And then I never have to hear about a Ukraine.

I don't know what the uh does for you politically here okay i don't have

i got to tell you though people already people are real weird when you talk about ukraine they're

like so weird about it they like their capacity for for reason and comprehension if ever it were

there to begin with completely goes out the window i mean here's the's the, like, I was thinking about this on the way over.

Also, I, on the, I'm, like, the, not to talk about the weather, but we have, you know, the bit, like, it's L.A.

We're allowed.

Uh, the whole thing here.

It, it is mildly frustrating when I, it's like, it is December. I open my closet. I see a bunch of very nice sweaters. You can't wear them. And I'm like, oh, we'll put on a sweater. It'll be nice. No. No. No, it'll be hot and smelly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it just snowed in New York. They got the snow back.

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