Hello and welcome to hysteria I'm Aaron Ryan. If you've been paying attention to the news, it's been a hellish

escape of a hell week, but thankfully we have Alyssa Master Monaco to break down

what's happening in Alabama, Georgia, and beyond and what can be done. Thanks

a lot, Susan Collins.

Then we've got a special treat for personal political.

Actor Allison Williams joins Naomi Ek Perigan and Megan Galey in studio

to talk about how sometimes when everything seems like it's the worst, putting on fake eyelashes in a wig

and sashing glamorously out into the world can make things feel a little less terrible.

And as always, the hills will die on. Okay, before we get into it, a little bit of housekeeping.

Okay, before we get into it, a little bit of housekeeping.

If you want to submit a hill you'll die on, record a 30 second voice memo on your phone and

send it to hysteria at crooked.com.

That is also the email address where we receive all of our messages. So if you want to send love notes or hate mail just you can go ahead and send it there I guess but just be aware that I'm not the only one who checks it, Caroline checks it too.

And if it's really bad, we'll forward it around to everybody get crooked

and make fun of you.

So just send emails with caution.

Second, Merge is in the works and I'm biased, but it's really great and this actually reminds me I have to email the merge people back because we have a list of things that are literally ready to go and they just need my okay.

So I'm the one holding it up, get mad at me, it's my fault.

Third, I'm trying a new thing where I give a shout out to a special group of

listeners most of the time I joke around with this, but this week I want to get a

little serious. I want to give a shout out to our listeners who are

living in deep red states.

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