Hey everyone, it's Tyler. I have to put a quick note on the beginning of this because about halfway through this episode, you can hear my voice start to give out. And it sort of sounds like I'm inexplicably trying to put on a sexy voice or something. So I just had to let you know that's not what's happening.

I've never talked this much in my life. I set a schedule for this podcast and now I have to stick with it. So this is just kind of something that's, it happened.

I will try to take better care of myself. Thank you. I hope you enjoy the episode.

I am all alone. I love him so much. He will never know of my love for you.

Please bring him home. It's my daily praying. Watch over him because I really care for Sunday.

I hear you return. The fame of love. Open for my love. My love. I know when he appears.

Why would anyone want to be famous?

Or let's begin with a simpler question. Why does society want celebrities?

That's easy. If you've ever enjoyed a work of fiction like a book or a movie, then you know the answer.

A celebrity is a living character in a story we're telling ourselves and each other, a touchstone for a personality type.

The fact that it's a real person out there acting on their own free will only makes the story better.

Sometimes we imagine a celebrity as the best version of ourselves achieving the goals in the world that we would achieve if we had that body or those opportunities, answering questions and reacting to circumstances the way we like to think we would.

We compliment others by telling them they resemble a movie star or sound like a famous singer.

Everyone can see how successful that person is and you, you've got a piece of that in yourself that I can see.

And we've all met a person who's gone out of their way to let us know they frequently received this type of compliment.

People tell me I look like Ryan Goggling. My friends say I sing like a del.

Sometimes we imagine a celebrity as the best version of our best friend or the best version of a lover.

Someone we really understand. Someone who would really get us. Give us a sense of fulfillment in one way or another.

We listen to the host of our favorite podcast joke with each other and we laugh as if we're sitting at the table with them like we're a part of that conversation.

Couples half jokingly give each other a hall pass for a celebrity they'd be allowed to sleep with if the opportunity somehow presented itself.

Sometimes we imagine a celebrity as an enemy or a hero a face to fight against or alongside on the social and political battlefield.

Kanye West refers to himself as a genius and there's your uncle ranting about it on Facebook.

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