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Fake the Nation

295. Looking Hot Is Its Own Reward (w/ Gianmarco Soresi, Carmen Lagala)

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

Current Events, Panel, News, Politics, Comedy

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week Negin is joined by Gianmarco Soresi and Carmen Lagala as they discuss ‘Bigorexia’ — a new teenage social media trend, the Don’t Say Gay Bill, and why Florida is worried about the wrong things. Last, a conversation on the phrase “vibe shift”, what it means, and tips to survive.

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Host - Negin Farsad
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Host - Negin Farsad
Producer - Danielle Jones-Wesley
Engineer - Stephanie Aguilar
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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a Headgun Podcast.

0:07.0

Hello, hello, this is Fake The Nation, where we talk about news, we talk about culture

0:12.9

and where we brace ourselves because an invasive species of spider, the size of a child

0:17.6

hand, is expected to colonize the entire East Coast this spring by parachuting down from

0:23.0

the sky.

0:24.0

I'm your host, Nagin Varsad, and unlike that alarming headline about oversized spider

0:30.4

ticking over the East Coast, I'm going to give you the information that was buried

0:34.3

in the second paragraph of that axiote article, which is that they're not harmful, so who cares?

0:41.0

But today, we're not going to talk about venomous spiders, or murder hornets instead, we're

0:46.3

going to talk about the shittiest bill in America today, can you guess what it is?

0:51.2

And of course, we'll talk about the vibe shift, what is it, and are we doomed to use

0:55.1

this term forever?

0:56.5

And finally, the experts have noticed a troubling phenomenon called bigorexia, we'll talk about

1:01.8

what that is.

1:02.8

Today, oh my gosh, you guys, this panel is so exciting, so I have had the distinct

1:12.7

pleasure of being, of sharing a stage with this next panelist.

1:17.6

I've seen her perform all over the city, I've seen her just bring audiences to their

1:24.3

knees with laughter, you've seen her on the late show with Stephen Colbert, because she's

1:28.3

so fucking fancy, it is the one and only Carmen LaGala.

1:32.1

Hello, thank you so much for having me.

1:35.5

Oh my gosh, so excited that you're here, it's weird not to see you at night time near

1:43.6

a comedy club, that's what's weird about this interaction right now.

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