Comedian Emmy Blotnick (What's Her Secret?) joins Michael and Asher for a debate on matcha v coffee, dueling theories on who really invented the hamburger, and a detour through museum size preferences. They also try to crack the mystery of a stranger's stuffed bell pepper texts before Emmy closes with a full throated endorsement of PBS Passport.

00:00:00 Cold open: the pepper tease
00:00:36 Matcha, coffee, and caffeine confessions
00:06:08 World Cup memories and soccer fandom
00:07:01 Finding fame later in life
00:09:37 Michael's Scooby-Doo tic
00:11:40 Childhood career dreams
00:12:55 Got Milk ads and the milk mustache debate
00:18:41 Modeling gigs gone wrong
00:22:59 Hometowns, pizza, and the hamburger debate
00:27:47 Niche museums we love
00:30:57 Stendhal syndrome and how Houdini died
00:35:35 Family heritage surprises
00:39:20 A West Wing detour and Hungarian food debate
00:46:41 Budapest, bathhouses, and Asher's beret era
00:50:26 Weirdest things we did as kids
00:56:26 Emmy's new special, What's Her Secret?
00:58:04 CSO nostalgia and the special's reception
01:00:38 Community notes and getting corrected online
01:04:46 Celebrities who avoid social media and Instagram anxiety
01:08:21 Bell pepper texts and other side quests
01:15:07 Full throated endorsement: PBS Passport
01:18:42 Outro and the pepper challenge

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Four shrimp for $30, a Fightmaster obsession, zero eye contact...D'Arcy Carden gets weird with us, and it rules.

We cover a scientific breakdown of why spoilers don't ruin anything, a deep dive into her music obsession, an invented facial expression that might be a medical marvel, and a full-throated defense of $4-a-shrimp cocktail. Also - wink theory, The Odyssey discourse, and one hotel-hallway flex.

0:00 - Mickey Mouse Ears Cold Open

0:30 - Meet D'Arcy Carden

1:19 - The Severance Head Space

2:55 - The Favorite Poem Challenge

5:36 - The Surprise Apostrophe Origin Story

9:00 - Press Tour Outfit Confessions

11:30 - Do You Actually Like Doing Press?

15:11 - The Great Spoiler Debate

19:47 - Down the Gru Rabbit Hole

25:36 - Wink vs. Blink Showdown

33:52 - Inventing the Chin Cleft Trick

37:40 - Podcast Rotos & Hardcore History

43:27 - Fightmaster Fandom & Death Cab Deep Cuts

54:20 - The Fuck-It Bucket Tradition

56:16 - Why Are There Still New Songs?

1:04:41 - Hot Takes on The Odyssey

1:10:13 - Full-Throated Endorsement: Shrimp Cocktail

1:15:58 - Happy Birthday, Willa & Outro

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Gary Gulman is a stand up comedian known for acclaimed stand up specials The Great Depresh, Grandiloquent, and Born on 3rd Base. He talks to Asher and Michael about turning down endorsement deals, a cataract surgery that gave him 20/20 vision overnight, and the ethics of corporate gigs and sponsorships. He endorses John Steinbeck's East of Eden.

0:00:00 Cold Open
0:00:19 Intro
0:00:51 Turning Down Gigs and Selling Out
0:06:05 The Cataract Lens "Miracle"
0:07:34 Sponsorship Ethics, Palantir and Weight Watchers
0:12:00 Corporate Gigs and Second City
0:14:45 Grandiloquent, Born on Third Base and the New Tour
0:17:23 Building a Themed Show and the "Cracker Moment"
0:20:42 Comedy During a "Fascist Takeover"
0:27:12 Confidence, Ignorance and Dunning-Kruger
0:29:58 Celtics Fan, Knicks Finals Run
0:33:05 Playing Basketball Together
0:38:40 Reenacting NBA Games Alone
0:41:41 Biking, E-Bikes and the Shattering Helmet
0:44:06 Acting, Life & Beth and Training
0:48:35 Last Comic Standing and the Touring Struggle
0:52:08 The State Abbreviations Joke and the "Documentary"
0:55:17 The Omelet Chef
0:57:44 The Psych Ward and the Great Depression Special
1:00:17 Night Staff, Validation and Ending a Set Early
1:08:43 The Gary Goldman No-Show Story
1:09:58 East of Eden Full-Throated Endorsement
1:18:46 Wrap-Up and Outro

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