Make My Day Episode 46: Under the Cheese with Emily Heller

Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

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News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Politics

4.9 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Emily Heller (Baby Geniuses, Barry) competes to cheer Josh up. Emily, a prolific gardener, answers several garden-related questions in a game of Top Crops, setting a new all-time Make My Day high score. She donates her $100 prize to the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues. Plus, pep talks for weeds and water! Listen to Baby Geniuses, Emily's podcast with Lisa Hanawalt: https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/baby-geniuses/ Donate to the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues: https://urbandebate.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Josh Gondelman.
0:06.0	No, I'm sorry, I'm Josh Gondelman, and this is Make My Day, a comedy game show.
0:10.0	The world is a stressful place, so I try to make it a little nicer for about half an hour every week.
0:15.0	I play a game with one guest, and I score their answers to my questions based on how much they cheer me up.
0:21.6	They are guaranteed to win because they're the only contestant and after they win, they receive
0:26.6	a $100 donation to the charity or aid cause of their choice. Then we each give a pep talk to the
0:32.4	person or entity or group of their choice and my choice because this isn't all about me. It's just mostly
0:39.1	about me. My guest today is a comedian and a television writer, as well as the co-host of the
0:45.0	wonderful podcast, Baby Geniuses. Welcome to the show, Emily Heller. Hello, Josh. I'm so happy to
0:50.9	be here. It's just lovely to see you. It's so nice to see you. It's been so long.
0:55.8	I know. I was just looking at pictures of my, I think it was my 27th birthday party that we were both at.
1:05.6	Yeah. In New York. And now I'm only 29. Yeah. So it was like right before the pandemic.
1:12.4	No, I'm 35.
1:14.3	So it was a while ago.
1:15.7	A while ago.
1:16.5	Yeah.
1:17.0	But it's great to see you.
1:18.2	Always great to see you.
1:19.1	I think about it so much because you, it's been so long since you've lived in New York.
1:23.7	I know. I lived in New York for two years, and it still feels like when I am there, people are like, don't know I've left.
1:31.4	Right, right, right, right. Because that's how little people are invested in other people's personal narratives.
1:37.0	But that is like a very New York City thing, I find. It's not like a mean place. People have this idea that it's like mean and people are trying to like hit you with cabs all the time.
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