507. Just Don't Take It To The Bathroom (w/DD Guttenplan and Katie Compa)
Fake the Nation
Headgum & Negin Farsad
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This week on Fake the Nation, comedian and host Negin Farsad is joined by comedian Katie Compa, and journalist/special correspondent to The Nation DD Guttenplan. They discuss a possible antidote to our shot attention spans and the terribly titled, Friction Maxxing! They also talk about war, war coverage and the perils of having an FCC license. Plus! They grade Mamdani's first few months as Mayor of NYC. And, finally, what's the difference between limerence and love and does it matter?
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Host - Negin Farsad
Producer - Rob Heath
Theme Music - Gaby Alter
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello. This is Make the Nation where we talk about news. We talk about politics and where we politely ask Pete Hegseth to shut the fuck up. I am your host, Nikin Farsad, and I'm sorry to keep talking about him. But he's like doing war. And it's just hard to understand that he's the one really doing it. And he can't stop saying heinous stuff. |
| 0:23.2 | So I'm going to take the bold position that he is as annoying as J.D. Vance. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm staking that claim right here, right now. |
| 0:31.6 | Today, we'll talk about how they're handling that war and how they're threatening the news outlets that cover that war. |
| 0:36.3 | We'll also talk about friction maxing. |
| 0:38.9 | What is it and does it help us as people in general? |
| 0:43.1 | Is there something that we could learn from it? |
| 0:44.9 | And finally, are you confusing love with the $50 SAT word limerence? |
| 0:50.5 | It was a think piece. |
| 0:51.9 | So together we shall think. |
| 0:53.8 | And I am so excited by today's panel. |
| 0:56.7 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:58.3 | They're both. |
| 0:59.2 | They've both been on the show before. |
| 1:02.1 | Now, this first young lady is, she's been on the show before. |
| 1:07.3 | She's a comedian. |
| 1:08.4 | I love seeing her work. |
| 1:10.6 | She has, she's coming out with her second album |
| 1:14.2 | on April 30th. It's called Incurable Optimist, so you should be immediately downloading it, |
| 1:19.1 | wherever albums are downloaded. You can even come to New York City on April 30th for like |
| 1:24.8 | a release party at the Whiskey Lounge in the East Village. It is the one and only |
| 1:30.8 | the very funny Katie Kampa. Hey, Katie. Hi, Nagin. Thank you so much for having me. Oh, my God. Thanks so much for |
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