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Thirst Aid Kit

Slate Podcasts

News, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Entertainment News

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this hectic world, sometimes you need something uncomplicated to make it through. ~Very~ uncomplicated. Special guest Bolu Babalola is our guide, helping us discover the wonders of Basic Baes, aka thirst objects that don't need much, yet somehow give us everything, bless them. Drake, Kofi Siriboe, Brad Pitt, Jamie Dornan...we’re looking at you, boos. DON’T @ US. We also talk about a group called the "You Thought!s" – people who make you realize that sometimes apparently basic waters run deep. As always, we have a juicy [REDACTED], and of course, Fanfic Wars. Read: Ryan Gosling Is A Star After His Time Come see us live! Thirst Aid Kit Live: The Quenchening is February 12th, 2018 at the Jerome L. Greene Space in NYC. Find tickets and information here! Do you need help figuring out your next crush? Drop us a line! Leave us a message at (765) 8-THIRST (765-884-4778) with your name and what kind of crush advice you're looking for, and maybe we'll answer your question in an upcoming Thirst Sommelier. Follow us on Twitter @ThirstAidKit. Bim is @bimadew and Nichole is @tnwhiskeywoman. Find show notes, fanfic, and more on our Tumblr.  Our music is by Tanya Morgan. For your safety, we recommend that you avoid operating heavy machinery while listening to Thirst Aid Kit.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Brad Pitt stands close holding a fat for me.

0:04.4

He knows that's the only reason I'm here.

0:06.9

I knew he'd have that fire.

0:09.1

That's all he's good for.

0:14.8

Hello, good evening and welcome to the Basic Broadcasting Corporation.

0:18.0

I'm Bim Adewone and I'm Nicole Perkins.

0:20.7

And you'll listen to First Aid Kit.

0:27.6

Today we're gonna be talking about

0:30.1

the basics.

0:31.1

Yeah.

0:32.2

And the basics.

0:34.4

They look good.

0:35.3

We recognize that there are attractive people.

0:37.6

Objectively speaking, right?

0:39.3

But something doesn't curl all the way over.

0:42.0

It's just kind of like, yeah, you're cute.

0:44.1

People like Army Hammer, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt,

0:48.0

Jennifer Lawrence, Matt McGory, George Clooney,

0:51.6

and dare I say even Denzel Washington.

0:54.4

Yeah, I mean, people are attractive.

0:59.9

But these people are kind of not quite a thing.

1:04.2

Right. And that's okay.

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