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Betis sub podcast. Like how are people surviving?

Hello, I'm Amanda Duperman. I'm Millie Tameras.

And this is the Betis sub podcast where seespan meets the group chat to help you process and laugh at the biggest topics in US news and politics.

Today we have a special guest co-host. It is Zola Ray. She's a comedian and content creator who's contributed to MPR's podcast, Everyone in their Mom, as well as the Onion and Reductress.

And if you are a real one, you will know that her name has been at the bottom of the Betis sub newsletter for the past couple of weeks, filling in for Elise.

Welcome, Zola. I'm so glad to have you on the pod. And the fans can actually hear you.

Hi, yes. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here.

Of course. Remind me how you guys met. I think it's I know it's through one of Millie's like dozens of volunteer do good or things that she does.

Right. Right. So we can like say fuck yeah.

Yeah, please. Yeah. So it was because I'm always like when I put in my resume, I'm like the deaf.

Yeah, you're on a defensive podcast. So we get it.

Well, yeah, that's true. But I don't know. We could say Frick.

Yeah, no, it was the onion diverse as fuck workshop.

Yeah. 2020. So you know, Millie kick started my entire life.

Yeah. Yeah.

I remember you were hosting those little Zoom parties and asking all the icebreaker questions.

Yeah. That 2020.

Yeah. That 2020. We had virtual. I do one of my do good or things is I do.

I do diversity programming for the onion. So yeah, Zola was one of our recipients.

But you know, we don't really do, you know, everyone has the potential to do things on their own.

And we just teach people the jargon and the skills.

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