386. Ugly Time (w/ Samantha Bee & Gloria Riviera)
Fake the Nation
Headgum & Negin Farsad
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On today's show, we're discussing the way of life known as "ugly time," a surprising debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom, and the lexapro sweatshirts and what we can infer about the current state of the mental health struggle. Joining us today are Samantha Bee and Gloria Riviera, hosts of the new podcast, "The Defenders" which is an original series from Lemonada Media.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgum podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Fake the Nation episode 386. |
| 0:08.0 | Hello, hello, this is Fake the Nation where we talk about news, we talk talk about culture and where we dive into the |
| 0:13.6 | holiday season recognizing that if you're a member of the rockettes you're in |
| 0:17.9 | peak shape your limber your legs are shooting up into the air and you look fantastic |
| 0:22.3 | and if you are the rest of America |
| 0:24.4 | this marks your slow decline into a sugar-induced shame spiral. I am your host |
| 0:29.8 | Nagee Parsad and as such I am in the shame category even though I don't technically celebrate |
| 0:34.4 | Christmas in fact I had her to guess that Muslims eat a disproportionate |
| 0:38.9 | share of holiday cookies there I said it the secret is out and this is how we take over. But on today's show, |
| 0:46.3 | we will talk about another type of personal ignominy called Ugly Time. We'll also talk about Instagrammable offices, a surprising debate between |
| 0:56.1 | Rhonda Santos and Gavin Newsom, what? And the Lexic Pro sweatshirt, do you have one? And what does it mean about the state of the mental health struggle? |
| 1:06.2 | Today's panel is, oh my God, is today's panel, okay? |
| 1:13.0 | Today's panel is the Raquettes but in podcast form, okay? |
| 1:18.0 | They're, the words that spew out of their mouths are limber, they fly into the air, they're at peak performance, |
| 1:26.6 | that's what this panel is. Joining us for the very first time, and my God I hope it is not the last is co-host of the defenders podcast she's so delightful |
| 1:36.3 | I know you know we've never met but I can already tell what a huge fan I already am of |
| 1:42.0 | Gloria Gloria What a huge fan I already am of Gloria Riviera. |
| 1:43.4 | Hey, Gloria! |
| 1:44.8 | Hey! |
| 1:45.9 | So excited to have you on the pod. |
| 1:47.8 | And joining us again, you've heard this one on the podcast before. |
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