Don't Say The C Word

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Chris Gethard

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2020

⏱️ 149 minutes

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Summary

Geth did something a little different. 75 phones calls, 2.5 hours. No names. No mention of Coronavirus. Chris talks to new dads, a lady with a fish named Slim Shady, someone with extensive knowledge of Harry Truman, a woman with an affinity for abandoned shopping carts, and many more.

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0:00.0	Hello to everybody.
0:07.1	Like literally everybody.
0:08.6	It's beautiful and anonymous.
0:10.8	One hour, although really a lot longer than that.
0:14.2	Usually I say one hour, one phone call.
0:16.3	It's like a whole bunch of time and like a hundred phone calls.
0:19.6	No names, no holds bar.
0:21.4	I'd rather go one on one.
0:27.1	I think it'll be more fun and I'll get to know you.
0:31.4	And you'll get to know me.
0:35.7	Hi everybody.
0:36.7	It's Chris Geathick.
0:37.7	So I wanted to do something different today that I know I need.
0:42.4	It's a selfish impulse on my end, but I bet there's other people out there as well who
0:46.4	could use this.
0:47.4	We're taking a bunch of calls today.
0:49.2	They're going to be a minute long each.
0:51.6	And guess what?
0:52.9	Not one of them is going to mention the coronavirus, COVID-19, quarantine, self-isolation, social
0:58.3	distancing.
0:59.3	We will not hear those words today.
1:01.0	One minute at a time, I just want to hear about people's lives.
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