Hey there, folks. I am Dave Holmes. Welcome to Troubled Waters, the show that treats popular culture as the most important kind of culture because, well, it's the only thing keeping us alive right now. Now, in the before times, in the long ago time of like February, Troubled Waters would pit two teams of comedians against each other in a pop culture battle royale, but now teaming up with someone who's not in

your quarantine pod is possibly lethal, definitely unethical. So for now, it is one comic against another.

To win this battle, each comic will be called upon to use their smarts, their rhetorical skills,

maybe the solid comebacks they've been honing in seclusion

to earn the coveted Troubled Waters title Pundit Emeritus. The PE title automatically gives a person's

opinion on Ellen's televised apology from the other day. More weight than a civilian's. You

are listening to troubled waters.

And by the way, Chanel, No. Let's meet our teams.

Our first contestant is a comedian.

You can check out her debut album, Chanel, number one.

And she stars in the Audible miniseries Apocalypse Untreated.

It's Chanel Ali.

Hello, Chanel.

Hello, thank you so much for having me.

Thank you so much for being here.

Where are you, Chanel, O. I am currently in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania.

Yeah, you are. Very safe in my boyfriend's parents' basement, but get this, his parents are quarantined in Jamaica.

We won. You did it. You all did it.

We're very competitive. We won the quarantine game, got a house, didn't have to kill

anybody. Look at us. Look at you. And how's it treating you? How's that poking a life?

Oh, it's been so great. The stores out here are just virtually untouched. We went ATV writing

the other day. The wheat is a plethora. I can't complain. Come on. That is excellent living. Well done,

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