Hi, there he is. How are you? I'm good. Thanks for coming on board. I'm so happy to be here.

Hi everybody. It is literally with me. Roblo. Today we are going to have a very, very thoughtful talk

with the, as you are about to find out, unbelievably interesting, smart, accomplished. So, Fia Bush,

we're going to talk everything from pop culture of one tree hill to social justice and how you become

a tournament of the roses parade queen. Or as it is more properly known, the tournament of roses

debate queen because that's the one thing I haven't done in my career yet. It's not too late. So,

we're going to find out with Sophia Bush. Look at this cool studio of yours.

I know. Well, I wish I could say it was like in my basement or something. And when I first started

doing the podcast, it was in my basement. But since COVID, I'm in this very cool studio in Santa Barbara.

And like, there's musician stuff everywhere. It makes me feel like I'm more creative than I actually am.

I love that. I built myself a little studio under the stairs at my house. So, this is my,

it's my little office. And you're doing your own podcast now? I am. I did two now. Oh my god.

I know. When did you start doing which came first, which podcast came first? So, I started work

in progress. My, my sort of, you know, deep dive laugh and cry and learn about all the things show

in 2019. I had been talking to a friend and I said, well, you know, I was texting with Gloria Steinem.

My friend looked at me and was like, that's a ridiculous thing to say. And I was like, it's not

ridiculous. Like, you know, if I had told my journalism student self, going to USC Annemburg,

that that would happen to me someday, I wouldn't have believed it. And, and I thought, you know,

I just thought, what if I could take some of these conversations off of text threads and make

them available to everyone? And so to interview women like her and, you know, senators and

congresspersons and creators and writers and musicians and authors, it's been so much fun.

What, which one stand out for you? There've been so many people who've just been

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