Hey everybody, Maddie Sifai here with Emily Kwong.

Hey, so today we have a microwave inspired by a pair of shortwave listeners and your

real-life friends, Emily.

I do have real friends, yes, as you do too.

Amy Wersberg and Amanda Drewry.

Yes.

Amy and Amanda, like a lot of us, are trying to grow plants.

We have five plants, all our herbs.

And every morning as Amy waters the plants, she talks to them.

She'll say,

Good job Sage.

Time I'm really seeing some good growth here.

I'm partially looking a little wealthy, but partially I believe you.

I wish somebody believed in me as much as Amy believes in partially, you know what I'm saying,

Kwong?

Yeah.

So why does Amy talk to her plants?

Well, she believes that on a chemical level it helps them grow big and strong.

And yeah, and Amanda does not agree.

I don't think that talking to plants really makes that much of a difference.

So what about the fact that our cilantro is dead because you were mean to it?

Well, how it likes cilantro, so either way I have fun with it.

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