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Girls Gotta Eat

"Everyone Wants a Village, But No One Wants to Be a Villager"

Girls Gotta Eat

Ashley Hesseltine and Rayna Greenberg

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.529.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

You've probably heard the phrase "Everyone wants a village, but no one wants to be a villager" recently, and we are discussing! We dive into the dynamics of friendship, why people aren't showing up for their friends as much, when boundaries and "protecting your peace" hinder community building, managing conflict with friends, engaging with friends on social media, and tips for being a better villager. We also discuss the sentiment of "you don't have to go to weddings anymore" AND we also put together a matrix to determine the events you do and don't have to attend. Before we get into the topic, Rayna got a jump scare at the nail salon and Ashley had a traumatizing experience in a public restroom. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram @girlsgottaeatpodcast, Ashley @ashhess, and Rayna @rayna.greenberg. Visit girlsgottaeat.com for more. Thank you to our partners this week: Rocket Money: Reach your financial goals faster at https://rocketmoney.com/gge. Liquid IV: Get 20% off your first order at https://liquidiv.com with code GGE. Wildgrain: Get $30 off your first box plus free croissants for life at https://wildgrain.com/gge or use promo code GGE. Helix: Get 20% off at https://helixsleep.com/gge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is one of the most, like, pervasive issues we've seen where people are just like,

0:03.3

I don't have anybody around me.

0:04.3

I want more of that.

0:05.1

How do I get that?

0:06.0

But people's avenues towards that and attitudes towards it have changed so much. This podcast is a dear media production.

0:28.4

Hi guys.

0:29.8

Welcome back to another episode of Girls Gotta Eat.

0:32.0

Welcome back.

0:33.7

Steelers win last night.

0:35.9

That was a huge win.

0:36.8

Well, it was like a week ago at this point.

0:38.4

That was something else. If you're listening today, the first game of the playoffs is tonight. So I kind of get out. Oh, this is great that I'm wearing this. Yeah. This is perfect. This is great. And since we're talking about yellow, yes, my nails are still gold. I can't. Okay. So we're recording this on January 5th, the day everyone returned back to the world. Ashley, I, like, we had, this was the longest amount of rot weeks, two raw weeks. I mean, Rod week started December 22nd and has gone until today. You and I went saw a movie two days ago when we went to the theater. I like realized I don't know how to like form sentences with people anymore.

1:11.5

Like I've been out off the grid for so long. Where was the movie correlation? We walked because I was trying to like form sentence. We walked in. Oh, that's when you noticed it? Well, Brittany and I walked in before you and Shishonk and you had sent me the tickets. And so I was trying to explain to the ticket taker. like I have, if you scan it now,

1:27.8

I have two more people coming in.

1:29.3

And like, I think the words that came out of my mouth were like, there's more to this. It's insane. She scanned my ticket and I said, there's more to this. There's more of this. But they didn't even scan our ticket. I know. Life hack or guys, what is it? Exactly. Money hack. Anyway, 2 p.m. They aren't checking tickets. At the Marina del Rey, dine in, six, whatever. Those tickets are on sale. They were like 15 or 20% off and then no one was checking. And then I like ordered food from the kiosk and I guess you're supposed to get a receipt and take it over to the popcorn person. And she's like, do you get a receipt? and I was like, no, and she goes, I needed receipt. I, like, ordered food from the kiosk, and I guess she's supposed to get a receipt, take it over to the popcorn person.

2:01.3

And she's like, do you get a receipt?

2:03.1

And I was like, no.

2:03.8

And she goes, I need a receipt.

2:04.7

I was like, I don't have a receipt.

2:05.6

And she was like, okay.

2:12.4

And she just gave me the popcorn. Well, you're trying to take the attention away from my nails. And I respect that. But the thing is... They are the color of popcorn.

2:13.8

I've had them for a month as we record, which is a month too long.

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