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Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery

Chronic Boyfriend Syndrome

Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery

Slate Podcasts

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Relationships

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Danny Lavery welcomes Leo Briggs and HG Gruebmeyer, who wrote and performed the play CVS, which premiered this past year at the Seven Stages Theater in Atlanta. Lavery, Briggs, and Gruebmeyer offer advice to someone who is growing weary of her bestie’s contant boyfriend drama. Another letter writer is wondering if they should discuss politics within their friend group. Plus, a deep dive on the making of the play, CVS. Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: [email protected] If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our work Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.9

to a message here could lead to a world of fun new experiences, over there, and with

0:11.4

Tinder it all starts with a swipe. Strangers can become mates, mates can become lovers

0:16.9

with matching tattoos, or maybe it's not that serious. Whether a match leads to something

0:21.5

new and exciting or something personal, no matter what, all matches lead to self-discovery.

0:27.4

Download Tinder now. Just a reminder that BigMood, LittleMood with Daniel and Leverie

0:32.0

happens twice a week. Slate Plus members get an additional mini-episode or LittleBigMood

0:37.3

every Friday. Sign up now to listen at slate.com-slash-mood.

0:57.4

Hello and welcome back to BigMood, LittleMood. I'm your host, Danny and Leverie, and with

1:06.6

me in the studio this week is Leo Briggs, who's currently pursuing an MFA in dance and

1:12.0

social justice at the University of Texas Austin, and HG Group Myer, who works as a volunteer

1:17.4

coordinator at a Hunger Relief Nonprofit. Together, Leo and HG have collaborated on a

1:22.1

full-length performance titled CBS, which premieres this past June at the Seven Stages Theatre

1:26.9

in Atlanta. Welcome to the show. Thank you so much, Danny. That was a beautiful introduction.

1:32.1

Thank you. So much. I'm thrilled. I'm also very excited to talk a little bit more about

1:37.4

CBS later, because I don't know if you all knew this, but there's actually a little chain

1:41.6

of like a small mom and pop pharmacies with a similar name that I think is kind of just

1:47.3

a fun moment of serendipity. I've never heard of those. We have fun here. I'm also excited.

1:53.7

I don't know. I love thinking about what goes into bios, and I love the like, people should

1:58.0

know this is a full-length performance. The length of the performance is full. It is not half.

2:03.7

Like, what would you call, by the way, a half-length performance? Is this a formal theater

2:07.6

term, and I'm just like exposing my ignorance? No, there's actually no formalized rules

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