You know, Oh my God, hi. It's me, Dave Holmes. Welcome to troubled waters. Sorry to startle you.

This is the show that treats popular culture

is the most important kind of culture

because it's the culture that makes us feel

like we're more correct than anyone else.

And we're all right.

Well, some of us are wrong.

To this end, Troubled Waters pits a pair of entertainers

against one another in a pop culture battle

to the ego death. To win this battle, each guest will be called upon to use their smarts, their rhetorical

skills, the great comebacks they've been saving one of those moleskin notebooks that

communicates with your computer somehow. To earn the coveted troubled waters titled Pundit,

Emeritus, which will automatically give their

opinion on who really wins in a steel cage billionaire slap fight? More weight than a civilians. I do

want to see them slap it out. That's how America ends, but it'll be fun. Anyway, you're listening

to Troubled Waters. I'm Let us meet our guests.

Our first contestant is a comedian.

Her new album, Myself, is out now.

It's Emma Arnold.

Hello, Emma.

Hi, Dave.

Thanks for having me.

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