486. Famous Green Room Hangs (w/Olivia Levine and Andrew Heaton)

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

Current Events, Panel, News, Politics, Comedy

4.5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Fake the Nation, comedian and host Negin Farsad is joined by podcaster and writer Andrew Heaton and comedian Olivia Levine to talk about Jennifer Lawrence and whether celebrities should weigh in on politics. Plus, there’s outrage in Paris about the opening of a Shein store – Negin joins that rage, Francophile that she is. In politics corner, they talk about the disruption of SNAP benefits, the ongoing shutdown, and the passing of Dick Cheney. And finally, the panel learns from an economist that all women want are boundaries…?

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Negin Farsad: @NeginFarsad everywhere. Watch her TEDDemocracy series here. Check out her latest column in The Progressive magazine here

Andrew Heaton: handles are @mightyheaton on Twitter and Instagram. Hurry and subscribe to his podcast The Political Orphanage! Plus! Andrew has curated a sampling of episodes Fake the Nation fans might like here.

Oliva Levin: active on IG at @olivialevine19. You can also see her solo show Unstuck, to find dates follow her @unstuckplay on Instagram.

You can see Negin's upcoming performance schedule at: NeginFarsad.com

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0:00.0	Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co.
0:05.5	com.uk-Uk.wondery. That's audible.com. UK slash wondering.
0:11.7	Hello, hello. This is Fake the Nation, where we talk about news. We talk about culture and where we wonder,
0:15.9	why didn't Doritos release their holiday-themed gingerbread Doritos in the United States? I'm your host, Nagin Farsad, and the gingerbread Doritos release their holiday-themed gingerbread Doritos in the United States.
0:21.6	I'm your host, Nagin Farsad, and the gingerbread Doritos were only released in the UK.
0:26.9	And listen up, Chip Company.
0:28.5	We Americans made you.
0:31.2	How dare you deprive us of what is probably a weird and gross but interesting chip flavor.
0:36.6	I will not be insulted this way.
0:39.0	Do we have a listener in the UK who could maybe hook me up? I don't know. Today, we'll use our
0:43.9	Dorito rage on the continuing shutdown. And we'll also look at Jennifer Lawrence and whether
0:48.2	celebrities should weigh in on politics. Plus, the outrage in pairs about the opening of a
0:52.7	Cheyenne store. So gosh, my dear.
0:55.7	And finally, we figured out what women want.
0:58.2	Apparently, it's boundaries.
1:00.2	Okay, very excited to have all these conversations with the assembled panel that is, as far as I can tell, incredible.
1:08.9	So that's just the bar they have to live up to, and I think they can do it. For the first time ever, we are joined by a comedian and writer. She's host of the monthly show here in New York City at Stonewall. It's called Strap. She is the excellent Olivia Levine. Hey, Olivia. Hey, everybody. How we doing? Happy to be here. Oh, my God. So happy you're on. We are also joined by a fake the nation favorite. You've heard him one million times. He's the host of the political orphanage. He's a writer. He's got books. He has even other podcasts. Too many to name. He is the Incredible Andrew Heaton. Hey, Andrew.
1:45.6	Hello. I am so happy to be back. Guys, he's back. He's wearing a suit. And I'm told,
1:53.4	a series of clean underwear, one on top of the other. I was so excited to be able to come back
1:58.5	to this that I bathed, I shaved, I put on deodorant,
2:02.2	and I am wearing not one, but three pairs of clean underwear.
2:06.0	I did laundry yesterday, very excited.
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