510. Hegseth's Wet Hair (w/Jeremy Pinsly and Mary Houlihan)
Fake the Nation
Headgum & Negin Farsad
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
This week, comedian and host Negin Farsad is joined by comedian and host of the podcast The Mary Houlihan Show, Mary Houlihan! She’s also joined by comedian and founder of the brand new club, The Greenpoint Comedy Club in Brooklyn! Together, they ask, would you pay money to go on a reading retreat where a bunch of strangers read one book out loud? And, would you pay money for the “Relax Row” – and if you don’t know what that is, press play! They also get into the politics of war, the politics of space and the politics of the Florida special elections. Finally, new research indicates that the most popular degrees don’t actually pay the bills. What gives?
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| 0:00.0 | When you listen to Nobody Lists |
| 0:01.7 | to Paula Poundstone, the comedy podcast, you learn stuff. |
| 0:05.1 | I've been learning to throw a boomerang, |
| 0:07.4 | because this is the kind of thing that really gets the listeners engaged, you know. |
| 0:11.0 | Interviews with people who will make you smarter. |
| 0:13.7 | Does the amount that you learn protect you from cognitive decline? |
| 0:18.7 | Paula don't know. |
| 0:20.9 | Can't people just listen to the show? |
| 0:23.0 | Can't they just enjoy a delightful treehouse full of information? |
| 0:26.5 | I think I'm bleeding. |
| 0:27.9 | Join us and be a nobody. |
| 0:30.8 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:31.9 | This is Fake the Nation, a podcast that takes American culture and politics |
| 0:35.3 | and puts in the mouth holes of comedians and |
| 0:41.1 | Outspits something that's just more digestible other than the, you know, the people on your |
| 0:46.3 | feed who are yelling at you, which is a lot of my feed. |
| 0:51.2 | Why do I have so many? |
| 0:52.1 | By the way, you guys, I'm your host, Nagine Farsad, and I just watched the Manosphere documentary, and I learned that I should be degrading women in these podcasts. Did you guys know? I literally have been podcasting all wrong this entire time. It took you way too long to realize that. I know. For real. So, Jeremy, you have a lot of work to do. |
| 1:29.8 | You have to degrade two women. I just have to degrade Mary. Mary, I hope you do the same to me. Of course. Yes, of course. My pleasure. We can really count on each other for that. So today, we're going to talk about the idea of a reading retreat and the relax row. And if you don't know what those two things are, that's why you listen to this podcast. |
| 1:28.2 | We'll also talk about politics, which includes a little... of a reading retreat and the relax row. And if you don't know what those two things are, |
| 1:31.7 | that's why you listen to this podcast. We'll also talk about politics, which includes a little outer space and a little shitty war. And finally, did you know that some of the most popular |
| 1:37.5 | degrees in master's programs don't actually pay the bills. |
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