Hi, this is search engine. I'm PJ Vote. Each week we try to answer a question we have about the world.

No question too big, no question too small. This week we are rebroadcasting, one of our favorite episodes.

Actually, our very first episode. We published it in July of 2023. I was re-listening to it this week

when we were deciding what to air. And it's funny, listening, I can just hear us trying

to invent our show, making a lot of discoveries, having a lot of fun along the way. Also, it is

very, very much an appropriate question for summer travels. Okay, so after these ads, our question,

which is, wait, should I not be drinking airplane coffee? Sixth floor.

In March, I went to visit a friend at his apartment in New York, a former roommate who actually over the years has had a lot of success on TV.

Hi, hello.

His name's Anthony, as in Anthony Porowski.

You may have seen him on the Netflix show Queer Eye.

He's also the author of two best-selling cookbooks and, honestly, just a great host.

Cold brew, nitro, or espresso, like latte situation.

Anthony and I have actually been friends for a long time, way before he had a TV show, way before I had a podcast.

We go back, this feels crazy to say, almost 20 years. How do we know each other?

We know each other. Well, originally we took acting classes together in Montreal when you studied

at McGill and I studied at Concordia. And then when I moved to New York and I needed an apartment

because I moved here for school, I needed an apartment, because I moved

here for school, you had a place in Clinton Hill with a roommate and you had a spare bedroom

and a condo and I moved in with you, sight unseen. We had some good years. We did have some good

years. Okay, so we're not here to talk about good years. We were flying together, and you said something

that haunted me more than I expected it to. Do you remember this? Yes, I remember exactly.

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