Make My Day Episode 77: Shut Up, I'm Slacking Off with Rax King

Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

Radio Point

News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Politics

4.9 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Rax King (Tacky available now for preorder) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Taking in the Trash, Rax does a stellar job answering questions about the best parts of things people hate. She then donates her winnings to Casa Ruby in Washington DC. Plus, pep talks for ranch dressing and the Bloomin' Onion. Donate to Casa Ruby: https://casaruby.org/donate/ Preorder Rax's book Tacky: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669783/tacky-by-rax-king/ Subscribe to Rax's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/raxkingisdead Listen to Low Culture Boil: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/low-culture-boil/id1543941809 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Josh Gondelman.
0:05.0	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 to be, so every week I try to make it a little friendlier by playing a game with one guest who is guaranteed to win because they're the only contestant.
0:18.0	Over the course of the game, I made up to play with
0:20.8	just them, I assign them points based on how much their answers delight me and cheer me out.
0:25.7	Then, at the end, the winner and only contestant receives a $100 donation to the charity or
0:30.8	cause of their choice. Then we both give pep talks to a person or group that we think might
0:35.2	eat it, because this isn't all about me.
0:37.7	It's just mostly about me.
0:39.8	Today's guest is one of the hosts of the podcast, Low Culture Boyle.
0:43.7	She is also a James Beard Award nominee and the author of the fantastic upcoming essay collection
0:49.4	Taki, which you can pre-order now in advance of its November 2nd release.
0:53.7	And I recommend you do that,
0:55.5	and it's a gift to yourself that you'll receive in November. Welcome to the show, Rax King.
1:01.3	Hi, thank you so much for having me. Of course, thank you for being here on my podcast.
1:06.3	Well, thank you for having me. We could go back and forth like all evening if you want.
1:10.6	We sure could. I don't want that, but it would be pleasant.
1:14.5	It's just bad for the show.
1:16.6	Yeah, it's not going to make for good listening for anybody.
1:18.8	No, I don't think, I don't know that there's any podcast that's just kind of reciprocal, courteous greetings over and over again.
1:27.6	Yeah, nobody would listen to it.
1:30.1	This is a great introduction.
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