Oh my gosh, hi. It's me Dave Holmes. Welcome to Troubled Waters. The show that treats popular culture as the most important kind of culture. Well, because it's the one we get, you know, the most up in our angry feelings about. Now, to this end, Troubled Waters pits a pair of entertainers against one another in a pop culture of battle royale,

a pop culture to the ego death, whatever, whatever suits you to win this battle.

Each guest will be called upon to use their smarts, their rhetorical skills, the great

comebacks that came to them just a moment too late to earn the coveted troubled waters title

Pundit Emeritus,

which will automatically give their opinion on who should star in the eventual sci-fi original

movie, Hurrahquake, more weight than a civilians. I mean, is I inzering too tied into the

Shark Nato brand? Because it feels kind of perfect for him. We'll get into it. You're listening

to Troubled Waters. dark nato brand because it feels kind of perfect for him we'll get into it you're listening to troubled

waters Let's meet our guests.

Our first contestant hosts the show Comfort Creatures here on Maximum Fun.

It is the great Alexis Preston. Welcome back.

Thank you so much for having me back. How are you? How was your, how was your, how was your,

how was your, uh, how was your, uh, how was your, uh, it was your, to be honest, I think I over-prepared.

We charged the walkie-talkies for nothing, is how I thought.

But they're charged now, so that is... Great.

Something nice.

Great.

Great.

You got through it unscathed.

No damage.

No damage.

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