Oh, well, hi. I'm Dave Holmes. Welcome to Troubled Waters. The show that treats popular culture is the most important kind of culture.

Because, you know, when it's really working well, it's the one that bums you out the least. I don't know if it's working all that well lately.

But anyway, back in the before times, Troubled Waters would pit two teams of comedians against one another in a pop culture

battle royale. We'll get back to that format at some point, I swear. But for now, teaming up with

another person who is not in your quarantine pod is possibly lethal. It definitely causes more

discomfort than eating one of McDonald's menu hacks. Am I reading that? Right? McDonald's menu.

The less I know about that,

the better, frankly. So for now, it's one comic against another. To win this battle, each comic

will be called upon to use their smarts, their rhetorical skills, the great comebacks. They have

been amassing in isolation in a cute, tiny little notebook to earn the coveted waters.

Coveted Waters.

This show is not called Coveted Waters.

To earn the coveted Troubled Waters title, Pundit Emeritus.

That title automatically gives a person's opinion on Amanda Seifred's voice in the Elizabeth Holmes movie,

more weight than a civilians.

I can't wait to hear it, frankly.

You're listening to Troubled Waters. Let us meet our Or coveted waters, or international waters. Listen, it's got a lot of titles.

You're listening to Troubled Waters.

Let us meet our contestants.

Our first is a comedian.

Her album, Beach Trash, is out now.

International Waters alum, Valerie Tosie.

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