403 - The Second Act
Middling with Eden and Brock
Eden Sher & Brock Ciarlelli
4.7 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Today, Eden sort of learns what Lacrosse is. And then we breakdown episode 403, "The Second Act." Buckle up because we've got about 100 deleted scenes. We also talk about what it means for Frankie to change careers, Axl's wonderful moment, and just how particular the bead joke had to be. Then we answer a voicemail about the podcast business!
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| 0:00.0 | Even share. |
| 0:01.0 | Brockshire Lally. |
| 0:02.0 | What tip would you give to an incoming freshman? |
| 0:08.0 | Like if I were in high school or now? |
| 0:12.0 | Dealers choice. |
| 0:14.0 | Now? |
| 0:15.0 | I'd say none of this matters. |
| 0:17.0 | Okay, no, no. |
| 0:18.0 | If I was there. |
| 0:20.0 | You're a soft. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm a soft. |
| 0:21.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.6 | None of this matters. |
| 0:28.5 | I'm still saying none of this matters. |
| 0:34.7 | I think I would say that it, I mean, like, I know that when I was a freshman, I don't think I would have listened to anything. |
| 0:36.7 | All of my, like, if I was struggling, if someone was like, trust me, everyone struggled, you will, it will, you'll feel better after. I don't think I, I'd be like, no, you don't know. Yeah, la. And so, like, that's what I'd say. I'd say, like, when I first started high school, I went to a huge school. Yeah, you did. Yeah, you did. So like, I was so nervous. I was really nervous. I was nervous about writing the bus. I was nervous about making friends. None of my friends were going there. And I made a friend. I made a friend immediately. And then when I switched schools, she switched also. That's just your effect. I know it is my impact. And I like, I was fine. I, I, I've the most generic advice of just like, you'll be fine. Sure. I don't know. Like. Well, emotions are so high in high school, especially starting a new school, new everything. Yes. What would you say? Well, because it happened to me, you got a buddy up with the front |
| 1:32.0 | office lady who does the locker assignments because I always had, remember when I told you |
| 1:38.8 | that we used to have in community theater a dad who would record all of our theater productions, |
| 1:43.8 | he would just zoom in |
| 1:44.6 | on his children. So his wife worked in the front office. So I kind of knew her already outside |
| 1:50.1 | of school. And she always gave me the best locker assignment right in like the hub of the school |
| 1:56.0 | with like a code that was 25, 15, 35. Easy, easy, easy, easy. |
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