Hi, everyone, I'm Joanna.

And this is hyphenated, the podcast about living in the hyphen.

And if you can't tell by our intonation, we're a little pissed today.

Yep.

Oh, I feel like that sound encapsulates my emotions perfectly. Just like this guttural sigh mixed with like a gargle. You know? I'm just disgusted. I'm surprised though for me it's like what are these

clowns gonna do next so we should probably give a little context we should probably give a little

context perhaps we should perhaps we're talking about, obviously, the new movie.

I'm kidding.

We're, you know, I don't know how you feel, Jenny, but I'm someone who, yes, I like

keeping up with the news.

I feel like it's my duty.

And I find it to be very important for me to be a good citizen,

not only of this country, but of the world. But I struggle with it at times. I find it to be

really emotionally exhausting and anxiety-inducing to the point where, and I know that sounds

incredibly privileged. Like, oh, I don't have to look at it. I do think I have to look at it, but I also choose, if I, I don't have to look at it.

Um, I do think I have to look at it, but I also choose when to look at it. And I always look at stuff like right when I wake up in the morning before I get to work,

just so I can sort of inform myself and then sort of switch to work mode so I can just like,

you know, not feel the existential dread of how horrible the world is.

But, you know, this particular case that we're talking about today, which is the case of the 50

Venezuelan migrants that were flown to Martha's Vineyard by Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis,

governor of Texas and of Florida, really hit in a way that I can't really put into words it.

I could not shake it off, is what I'm saying.

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