Thirst Aid Kit: Maximum UST

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🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Maddie and David. Will and Alicia. Ichabod and Abbie. Brennan and Booth. Moonlighting, The Good Wife, Sleepy Hollow, and Bones all showed us the magic of UST-- unresolved sexual tension. In most of these examples, we got the kissing (and more) we’d been craving, and these television shows knew how to string us along until we thought we’d die from longing. That’s the hallmark of a job well done-- transferring the desire of a show’s leading couple to its audiences. In this episode dedicated to ultimate UST, we talk about what works and what doesn’t; what happens when the resolution is everything we could want… and when we’re denied. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on Thirst Aid Kit each week. Sign up now to listen and support our show. In this week’s Slate Plus, it’s Nichole’s turn in the court of ‘Explain Yourself’. She breaks down her attraction to Irish crooner Hozier, but Bim is a hard juror to convince. Follow us on Twitter @ThirstAidKit. Our music is by Tanya Morgan. You can find show notes, gifs and so much more on our Tumblr at thirstaidkitpodcast.tumblr.com. Remember, you can send us your own (short) drabbles by emailing [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I put the sh-the-s over Icobod's eyes. Is that comfortable? I ask. It's a little tight, he replies, but I don't mind if this gives us a new game to play. I run my fingers through his hair. Are you ready? I say close to his ear.
0:17.6	Yes. Teach me.
0:20.8	Luckily, I'm a fast learner.
0:24.0	You know what's horrible?
0:28.0	That's exactly how he would say it.
0:31.0	I have watched this show too many times.
0:37.0	Hey Tom Sharpling here, the host of the Best Show, and if you've never heard of the best show before
0:44.4	everything you need to know is right there in the title each week we put on the best live
0:49.2	podcast you're ever gonna hear featuring live callers, celebrity guests, music, plenty of surprises.
0:57.1	Who knows what's going to happen.
0:58.8	Last month alone we were joined by Conan O'Brien, Patricia Arquette, Jeff Tweedy from Wilco, Nathan Fielder, Sunan Archives,
1:06.5	John Oliver, the list goes on and on.
1:09.6	So what are you waiting for?
1:11.0	Join us live every Tuesday night on
1:13.0	Twitch at 6 p.m. Pacific time and find us the next day on the
1:16.9	Forever Dog Podcast network and wherever you find podcasts. broadcasts. Hi, Bim. Hi, Bim.
1:35.0	How are you?
1:37.0	I am surviving.
1:38.0	How are you?
1:40.0	I feel like that great reaction meme from Broad City where somebody asks Ilana how she is and she says
1:50.8	how am I and she puts quotes around am yes that's how I feel whenever I ask people I
1:58.0	can just see them looking at the phone like what how am I we're all in a new reality is how I am and I'm coping. Yeah new reality is it.
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