Alright everybody, welcome to the musical-swinning podcast. I am your host and literal personification

of being miserable. And I am just that cheerful, happy counterpoint that knows in the back

of her head that she's going to die one day. I'm Angelina Mann, hi. And, uh, we are...

Today we are joined by a very special guest. She is a New York Times best-selling author,

but more importantly, the co-founder of this podcast. Please welcome back our friend, Lindsay

Ellis. Yes. Just out of jail after 19 years. I'm stealing a loaf of bread. And I'm very,

very happy to be with you on this momentous... Yeah. On this momentous occasion, one loaf

of bread, but I don't know. Have you ever go to the Olive Garden? I'm very happy to take

a never-ending bread bowl off their hands. That's true. Lots of bread sticks. Just never

have been a problem. Don't steal it. Don't steal it. They'll get ya. We are doing the

mega musical, Les Miserables. And the musical. At long last. Yes. With the mother load.

People have been asking why we hadn't done this one yet. And, you know, dear listeners,

just so you know, this was being held in the back pocket because these two lovely ladies

knew that inevitably it would come to town and that I would have to suffer IRL. None of

this pro-shot or like... No, Tom Hooper nonsense. Because there is no pro-shot. Right. Because

Tom Hooper is not a professional A, and B, like the only actual, you know, recordings

are concert recordings, which, you know, they'll give you the gist, but they're really, they're

not people acting. They're people in costume walking up to a mic and singing it. And it's

kind of awkward to watch. Although, honestly, it's not that dissimilar from the experience

of it. Because people, like, it is literally three hours of people at the front of the stage

singing to the audience. Yes. To the back of the theater, just putting

very emotions. I was just thinking about, like, how there's this line at, like, one of

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