All right, this episode of How Long Gone is brought to you by Stateside with Kai and Carter, a new podcast from The Guardian. And they are using this podcast to slow down the news and wrestle with the questions that we all have about what's happening in the world. And they do it three times a week, Jason. Does that sound familiar to you? We don't really talk about, you know, a lot of international global news items and climates and cultures and sports and things like that we do talk about fashion and

wellness but for everything else kai and carter are a great place all right so who couldn't

use more news listen wherever you get your podcast or watch on youtube How long gone, a beautiful morning, once again in Los Angeles, there's new york floods i'm seeing people

jumping over you know moving rivers to get home um and i'm i've never been happier jason how

are you i thought there was like a 93 degree heat wave and now there's a there's a flood that's

sweeping all the hood rats into the into the sewer systems is that's what's going on they're all they're all living on the little island in the hudson yeah that's yeah that's what it's what what is epstein's island called i just need to get this clear because this came up last night and i don't know the name of it i thought it was little island i thought that was i thought that was what it was called but i know little island is also the, that ugly thing they built in New York with Barry Diller's money. So I need to know what. It has little in it, but it is Little St. James. Little St. James. Okay, okay. I just wanted to, and you didn't know that. Obviously, you had to look that up. i just want to be clear to the listeners uh no no further

questions your honor unlike chelsea handler you have not broken bread with with with with with obscene and you have not visited the island so i just want to be clear i'm not putting that on your jacket i was i am not an i longed boy i do not know that man i don't know that man i don't know that man I don't know that fucking man.

What you're talking about?

I don't know that man.

Okay, so you thought it was called Lil Island, which I do not know that man, I swear. I don't know that man. I don't know that fucking man. What you're talking about?

I don't know that man.

Okay, so you thought it was called Lil Island, which is a new kind of bluey spin-off on Nickelodeon or something like that, I'm assuming. Yeah, it does. It just the little island feels too cute. You know what I mean? Like it feels too cute to be something sinister, but that could have been Jeff's kink.

So I was putting that.

Because children are not into cute stuff at all.

So, yeah, I get that. Yeah, you and I, let's see here, we're, we got a little late start. I'm sorry about that. I'm just, I'm moving a little slow this morning. I made the mistake of drinking wine at the chateau instead of just sticking with my good old tito's vodka so i kind of

have a my head's not screwed on straight this morning i understand well i i need to tell the story

that i told you about what happened to me last night even though it's um embarrassing to me but i

think it's it could be freeing to let it go. You know what I mean?

To let this bird fly. I was, first of all, I was seated next to Michael Stipe, who obviously is, you know, one of my goats.

Basically like Hassan Piker to you. Yeah, yeah. It was a, it was a Paul Smith, Gabriella Hurst, collaboration, celebration, celebration dinner. So I'm, I'm sitting next to, I'm sitting next to Stipe. At this point, I do know, you know what I mean? So it wasn't crazy, but like, you know, we're having a great combo. Did he remember you? Oh, yeah, totally. Yeah, yeah, for sure. I mean, he's, I think he, I think he's ramping up because he's here writing and there's an album coming out and there's you know he did the roosters so he's i think he's he i think he um i think he's ramping up because he's he's here writing and there's an

album coming out and there's you know he did the roosters so he's i think he's ramping up she's ramping

should be on this show at some point but so anyway we're having we're having a nice combo

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