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Keeping Records

I'm Done With Art That Challenges Me (with Alison Leiby)

Keeping Records

Headgum

Comedy, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Comedy Interviews, Documentary

5726 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Fresh off of their weekend of debauchery in New York City (read: being kept up by neighbors and flooded in their hotel), Caleb and Shelby have a date with comedian, writer, and producer Alison Leiby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The President Show) to plan out her Golden Record. Alison wants to show the aliens our best media, and for them to be orally fixated and in comfortable footwear the whole time. Alison's Artifacts Diet Coke and popcorn (food and beverage)  Party Down, S02E05, "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday" (audio-visual) Yacht rock (music genre) When dogs and cats cross their front paws (animal behavior) Birkenstocks (human apparel) Sharing the perception of an awkward moment with a stranger in a large store (multi-sensory experience)  Listen to Alison and cohost Halle Kiefer on their podcast Ruined Follow Alison on Instagram and Twitter -- Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

This is a headgum original.

0:03.0

In 1977, NASA sent two solid gold records into space, so that aliens might find them and understand life on Earth.

0:20.0

I sent greetings on behalf of the people of our planet and friendly wishes to all who we encounter this voyager.

0:27.7

Now, we're making new records with our friends.

0:31.7

Hello, good-jord, al-Nan-Hanaychuh.

0:35.8

We step out of our solar system into the universe seeking only peace and friendship.

0:43.0

We know full well that our planet and all its inhabitants are but a small part of this immense universe that surrounds us.

0:52.7

Hello from the children of planet Earth.

0:57.7

Whoa, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well,

1:03.7

Shelby.

1:06.0

How are you?

1:07.0

Oh, good.

1:07.6

How are you?

1:08.4

Oh, you know, girlfriend.

1:28.6

I'm just, I'm good. How are you? Oh, you know, girlfriend. I'm just, I'm good. I'm chilling. I'm back in L.A. momentarily in our house, where we live together still. I sleep better here than I do in New York. Sure. Well, that's because we let homes pick the Airbnb for New York. And people are wondering, guys, guys, guys, didn't you make money on the trip?

1:32.9

Don't you have jobs?

1:34.0

Couldn't you pay for a nice hotel?

1:35.7

Sure.

1:35.9

Sure.

1:36.1

We're all cheap.

1:37.1

We're cheap skates.

1:38.4

And we decided to let Holmes pick the cheapest Airbnb in Flatbush.

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