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Thirst Aid Kit

Thirsting In Place

Thirst Aid Kit

Slate Podcasts

News, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Entertainment News

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

We’ve all been sheltering in place for some time now, which has given us ample time to think about who our ideal quarantine buddies would be. Who would our Thirst Buckets like to be holed up with in a cabin made for two? The Thirst Object field was diverse: constant TB-favourite Tessa Thompson came up, as did Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding, Westworld’s Rodrigo Santoro, and even Jidenna’s sweet musical stylings (among other things)... No drabbles this week but Nichole and Bim also revealed their own choices for optimal quarantine activities. A fun time is had by all! In this week’s Slate Plus, we draw your attention to men’s forearms aka the modern equivalent of a delicate Victorian ankle — is there a body part more laden with meaning? A revealed forearm, tanned, hairy, lightly-veined and solid… it does things to a person, you know? Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on Thirst Aid Kit each week. Sign up now to listen and support our show. 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 thirstaidkit@slate.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I walk into the hotel sauna, the steam parts for a moment, and I see that Rodrigo, Tessa,

0:06.4

Jadenna, and Henry are already seated. Wee, before wee,

0:15.6

Jadenna throws over, and then we all, and our later we emerge,

0:24.5

and this was my favourite. It's the one I wrote with my heart. I can tell.

0:46.9

At VWFS Rentacar, your business gets exactly the vano car you ask for, so you might want to stop

0:52.8

calling us Rentacar and start calling us Rentacransportacombie or Rentacraftaluton single cab

0:59.3

or even Rentacadipanelvan. Actually, just call us VWFS Rentac exactly the vano car you wanted

1:06.1

or VWFS Rentacar for short. Say yes to Van and Car rental as it should be. Say yes to VWFS Rentacar.

1:14.6

Online today, Jaden sees a play.

1:20.6

Hi, Ben. Hello, Nicole. How are you today? Let's see. I'm trying to be present and mindful,

1:32.2

etc, and figure out how I'm feeling, and it turns out my vocabulary is not that big,

1:38.3

because I'm like, I don't know, I don't know how I am, but I'm here. Yeah, you know,

1:44.7

third spuck is we gotta tell you, it's become a little difficult, it's become a bit more challenging

1:49.6

to do an episode every week. Yes, in a very big way. It turns out that the physical presence of

1:59.3

Nicole and I in a room creates its own little magic, and that's just between the two of us.

2:07.5

Also, our producer is at another location, share. So it's kind of like three people

2:14.4

over a cauldron, but we're all whipping up our own spells in our own little huts. And so together,

2:21.7

it's like, yeah, sure, it's good, obviously, because we're experts, professionals. But it's a little

2:28.0

bit more difficult to gauge everything, right? Like I didn't realize Nicole, how much I required

2:34.2

looking at your face, see you kind of execute some kind of thirsty dance move.

2:44.6

Because I can hear it, you know, from, you know, my headphones now, but back then, I could look

2:49.8

into the whites of your eyes and be like, wow, she is really actively thirsty. Yes, and it's

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