Hello, this is Josh Gondelman.

No, I'm sorry.

I'm Josh Gondelman, and this is Make My Day, a comedy game show.

The world is a stressful place to exist, so every week we on the show try to make it a little more friendly, a little nicer.

I play a game with one guest who is guaranteed to win because they are the only

contestant. As we play the game, I have invented specifically for them, I assign them points based

on how much their answers to my questions, cheer me up. At the end, the winner receives a $100

donation or contribution to the charity or aid cause of their choice, and we each give a pep talk

to someone or a group that we think might need it

this week because this isn't all about me. It's just mostly about me. My guest today is one of

my favorite writers. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker doing wonderful reporting, criticism,

just every kind of writing I feel like I love to read when she publishes

it. It's Gia Tomitino. Welcome to the show, Gia. Thanks for having me. Thank you for being here.

I hope I can cheer you up. I believe in you. That is why you're here. I would not have brought you

on if I was like, what a storm cloud this person is.

Do you ever bring people on and you're just like afterwards, you're like, wow, I'm fucking depressed.

I never have, but I'm trying to think about how that would go.

Like, because there are, I think there are people that I know that I'm like, I don't know if they would take on this task.

Like, you know what I mean?

Like, do you know people that are like, I love to talk to them, but like, I don't call

them when I need to be restored in my faith in humanity.

Yeah, like you leave drinks kind of feeling steamroller.

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