Ep. 5: “Full Moon Party” with Carrie Coon and Parker Posey

The White Lotus Official Podcast

Max Podcasts

Tv & Film

4.6 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Hosts Jia Tolentino and Josh Bearman unpack Episode 5 and the infamous full moon party—plus, Josh shares his experience as an extra in the scene. Then, Carrie Coon discusses the concept of being an alpha in a friendship and Laurie’s relationships with Kate and Jaclyn. Later, Parker Posey Victoria Ratliff reflects on Victoria’s reality...and her accent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I started wondering where am I going with this world.
0:08.0	What do I feel this need to fuck all these women?
0:12.0	What is desire?
0:13.0	The form of this cute Asian girl, why does it have such a grip on me?
0:17.0	Because she's the opposite of me?
0:18.0	Is she going to complete me in some way?
0:20.0	I realized that if a million women,
0:22.7	I'd still never be satisfied.
0:24.7	Maybe, maybe what I really want is to be one of these Asian girls.
0:31.1	D.
0:32.1	D-Di-Doh,
0:32.6	you know, Hello and welcome to the White Lotus official podcast companion to season three.
0:50.5	I'm Gia Tolentino.
0:51.8	And I'm Josh Beerman.
0:53.3	And, uh, wow.
0:56.1	What an episode.
1:00.5	We knew that stuff was going to happen in the full moon party, but before we start talking
1:03.8	about the episode, I have a question for you.
1:05.9	I feel like this is a valuable opportunity for us.
1:08.9	I'm an Asian woman in front of a white man. This is, I want to give
1:13.0	you a safe space to say, like, if you have always, if you believe that on the inside, you too
1:18.0	are an Asian woman, you could say it now. Right. Everybody's, there's a new permission structure.
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