UNLOCKED: The New Abnormal Has Turned One And Is Celebrating 20 Million Listens

The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast

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🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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It’s been a weird year--some might even say an abnormal year--but we’ve had a consistent bright spot: the loyal listeners of The New Abnormal podcast. Thanks to you, we’re celebrating our one-year anniversary with a major milestone: twenty million listens. Producer and host duo Jesse and Molly sat down for a speed-round of twenty questions to celebrate in style. Check out Molly’s hilarious and insightful responses in an exclusive mini-episode.

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0:00.0	Hello new abnormal listeners, it's producer Jesse Caden here and I am so excited to say that we have just crossed our one year since releasing the first episode of the new abnormal and to celebrate that along with 20 million downloads of our podcast.
0:15.0	I have a special treat for you. Molly and I are going to play 20 questions even though it's more than 20.
0:22.0	Molly, are you ready to answer so many questions? I was born ready and also I have it in the G doc in front of me on the line.
0:32.0	Molly, I can't put that in the file. You certainly can. They are my answers. I'm going to have to beep that. I'm going to have to beep that.
0:40.0	But Jesse made me write the matter earlier. Okay.
0:43.0	I am very excited to celebrate our 20 millionth episode with a little bit more about me because that's really what everyone wants.
0:51.0	It feels like 20 million because until the inauguration, that's what it really did feel like.
0:56.0	That's certainly true. And I like that the title of this, I'm going to give you guys the secret inside or title, is 20 questions with Molly full list not curated.
1:05.0	So you're going to get the full list not curated here listeners. That's right. That's right.
1:10.0	The full list. Here we go. Are you going to ask me the questions? Are I going to ask myself the questions and then answer myself like a lunatic?
1:18.0	I'm going to ask you the questions so that you don't sound like you're having a psychotic break. Okay, go.
1:23.0	Okay. Twitter or Instagram?
1:25.0	So I like Twitter, but I also like Instagram, but I'm better at Twitter. Instagram is really hard.
1:31.0	You know, I'm going to put a little bit of argument. A lot more Leonidas on Instagram. So I think that there's an advantage there.
1:38.0	There's only so many dog photos that a person can post on Twitter before people get irritated. So yes, but I think Twitter.
1:46.0	I think I'm going to go with Twitter. Okay, describe yourself in a hashtag frosting can be a food group.
1:51.0	I really really like frosting. It's so good. It's like I don't understand these people like one of my kids eats the cake without the frosting.
1:59.0	What?
2:00.0	I'm like, what the fuck? And they leave the frosting and I'm like, yes.
2:04.0	Well, I mean, that's that's that's that makes that makes it the compatible for you as a child. Like, you know, I have one friend.
2:11.0	I Buffalo wings with and she doesn't like the blue cheese and I'm only there for the blue cheese.
2:16.0	Wait, you dip the buff. I've never had it. What are you different? I mean, I've never had Buffalo wings.
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