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Speaker 1 (00:07):
What, what.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Really.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Really oh man Wow, I
feel like that most of that
applause was just for you, omar.
I heard a lot of Omar claps,like specific claps.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Oh, interesting.
I think that your side of theaudience was a mic.
I think that was the problem.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yeah, that's right.
Just like a wedding, we divideour audience, like you know,
omar's side, sunip's side.
That's definitely what we do,hi everybody.
Hey, welcome to ABCD,american-born Chattie Desi's.
I'm your host, but let meintroduce my co-host, who will
soon be working again as awriter.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Omar Najam.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Oh, best news I've
heard, best news I've heard all
week.
Thank you so much.
That's great.
I love to hear that.
And, folks, let me introduce toyou this week's host.
His son's sign is the peacesymbol, his moon sign is a
yin-yang and his rising is ano-fear poster voter.
It's Sandi Farik.
(01:15):
I don't know if that's funny.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Did you say a no-fear
what?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
A no-fear poster.
Remember there's no-fearfolders in the 90s.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Okay, so I had
no-fear t-shirts.
This is maybe dating myself, sowe had no-fear t-shirts.
Maybe by the time I got to youit was a poster folder.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
I think I wasn't
allowed to wear them because
they had to go fear.
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Yeah, that's true.
They had no-fear, so littlefear that the school was
absolutely not you need todisplay a proper amount of fear.
I am the host of this week.
I'm here to tell you that weare the American-born Chattie
Desi's.
It's a podcast within a livestream.
We're live right now and thatlive stream is within our lives
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as two American-born Desi's.
It's a pod duckin.
Ladies and gentlemen, this isfor anyone out there who, like
us, are navigating our culturalidentities and just want to chat
it out.
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Yeah, folks, and Papa
Squawk, because we've got some
great stuff.
We have a new segment, or areturn of an old segment, in a
way, where we're going to betalking about the news, then
we're going to hop into ourchuck or check-in to talk about
this week's topic.
Are you ready for it, sandi?
Speaker 3 (02:26):
I was ready, for it
Turns out the day I was born.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Oh my gosh that makes
sense because it's astrology.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Oh yeah, we Desi's
love astrology.
We should do it.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
We really do.
That's not a joke.
I'm laughing because you laughor you cry.
It's pretty intense in ourculture.
And then we're going to play agame Astrological Perfect Match
or Mortal Enemy CelebrityEdition.
What does that mean?
You're going to have to stickaround to find out, and then,
finally, we will celebrate ourDesi of the Week.
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all that fun stuff, we got to
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Did you see the hot
news about Desi?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Quest?
Did you see the hot news?
I don't think I did.
Our premiere date finallydropped.
We actually have a date, can?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
you share it with us.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
I can, and it's a
very auspicious date.
Oh, it is November 14th, whichis Diwali, so we thought what
better of a Diwali gift?
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Yes, right, yes.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Than the premiering,
the pilot episode of Desi Quest.
I mean, come on.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
What an absolute
dream.
Come on, absolute dream.
I'm so excited I'm going tojust get an entire Tower of
Jalebi to celebrate this, therewe go yeah.
I'm so excited, oh.
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I'm going to.
I was just going to say I'mgoing to snort the rungoli.
I'm just going to take it downlike a pixie stick, you know.
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I went to.
This is this is we're going toget stuck on this because you're
going to intro but I went to anArmenian bakery and they had
what looked like Jalebi and Iwas like really Call this and
then they.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I forget what it was
called I forget, and then they
glanced around.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
And I was like, oh,
we have that because it's a lady
, and they're like you don'thave this because it's this, and
I was like, yeah, yeah but wedo OK.
I just wanted to connect OK bythat.
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Oh, yeah, and never
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Because a warm up is a promiseof something coming.
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Speaker 1 (06:27):
Oh yeah, sure.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Or an official
sponsor.
I think, considering this isour astrology episode.
Yes, I am putting the sound tothe ether.
I think they are going tobecome our sponsors because I
love Asha pops so much.
They have been there.
This is not.
They have not sanctioned thesponsorship, but I think they're
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Speaker 1 (06:58):
before.
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Is popcorn that's actually likehas, are you a big benefits and
like nutritional benefits, likereal nutritional benefits you
know what?
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(07:21):
I'm eating the vegan cheese oneright now.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Oh my God, we're also
Indians.
We know how to get protein outof out of non meat items.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Let me tell you we
excel at it.
Okay, that's it.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
I that this is.
We're going to get this a lotin this episode.
But what perfect, serendipitoustiming.
What fate of this.
The stars are aligned, becauseI just rented a movie from video
store here in Los Angelesthat's called Chutney popcorn.
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It's meant to be
meant to be so talking about
stars aligning.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Do you mind if we hop
into the news to talk?
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about it.
Can I just say this last thing?
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There it is.
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Speaker 3 (08:05):
Okay, now let's get
into our first segment, the news
.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Beautiful timing on
that.
Wow, folks.
The first news story the daythat we got is the there's.
We got some, we got an updateon the WGA strike.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
I'm just going to
read it, to realizing.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Well, let's see,
let's talk about.
Let's talk about this realquick.
After several long consecutivedays of negotiations, the
Writers Guild of America and thelabor group representing
studios and streamers havereached a tentative deal on new
contract, in a major developmentthat could precipitate the end
of a historic 146 day writerstrike, just five days before
the strike would have become thelongest in the guild's history.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Oh, hold out, Hold
out for five more days.
We can do it.
Let's get the record.
Come on, let's get the recordat least we got.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
I got to say I I'm in
some of the best shape I've
ever been in my entire life.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
I've been through a
lot of walking time to work out.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Finally, a lot of
time to get up.
Yeah, the Pilates class thatthat you get to, class you're
taking now Huh.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Pilates you get to,
pilates you get to.
Is is trying the philosophiesare a little competitive.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
The am PTP issue
their best and final offer on
Saturday.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Of course they're
making us work on Saturdays and
the WGA met on Sunday to discussthe parties.
In terms on a provisional threeyear agreement which will need
to be ratified by the WGAmembers to take effect.
Details of the deal aren'tpublic are available to the
public yet.
There is no deal in the worksyet for striking actors.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
I'll let you know how
I vote.
I'll let you know, we'll see.
We'll see.
I might want the five extradays.
I guess this is really goodnews.
You know that we're getting toa place of compromise, yes, you
know.
And getting back to work, Ithink I just know so many people
that are really strugglingright now.
Yeah, it's not just the writers, it's it's it's it's crew, yeah
(10:08):
, it's people in the serviceindustry.
It's, it's, it's really rippledthroughout Los Angeles.
So I am excited just for myfriends to be in some, you know,
better financial standing andsome hope.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Yes, yeah, I mean.
I'm not part of WGA, I'm IOTCand and.
I pretty sure I've lost myhealth insurance.
So if we get back to work.
That would be great.
I'd love to accrue a couple ofhours.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Yeah, for sure, this
is what I mean.
Yeah, it really does.
It turns out we're connected.
Yeah, yeah so you know, yeah,there's a domino effect here and
hopefully we'll start pickingthese dominoes back up.
Yeah, well, that brings us toour next story in our new
section of news, in the diasporasection I don't know.
(10:56):
Working title India has passedlegislation to reserve one third
of seats for women in the lowerhouse of parliament and state
legislatures.
I mean, let's go, that's likekind of more progressive than
the US.
This is this is wild.
So a bill requiring India'sparliament to set aside a third
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of its seats for womencandidates past the bodies upper
house.
This week, women'srepresentation in both houses
around 14%, and women only madeabout 8% of the candidate field
in 2014.
Yes so, proponents of the bill,so they could bring about
better policies for women inareas like education and health
care and employment, whileopening pathways for India's
women to pursue higher educationand career opportunities.
By the way, I am readingverbatim and I will give credit
(11:41):
to Vox writer Ellen Alonis orloans on this.
So you know this is this iswild, man.
The legislation will not affectjust representation of
parliament, but in stateassemblies as well.
Despite support, though, itcould be years before it's
actually passed and even longeractually social effects or
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really take place.
This is good.
There's a quote here from from Idon't know who this is actually
, because I didn't read thearticle.
Okay, what do you want me tosay?
It's notes or notes, butthey're saying that women make
different policies.
Women tend to emphasize policyissues that are relevant for
women.
This extends both from the kindof public goods that women may
care more about, given theresponsibilities to think about
(12:28):
more about safety, and making iteasier for women to report on
crime or investments in women'shealth.
I mean, what I love about thisis it's like it turns out, women
care about women.
I don't know if you know, Ilove that.
This is like kind of a surpriseto the men, so much so that
they're like hey, wait a second.
Like wait a second.
Men have such difficultyempathizing with not themselves
(12:51):
that they're like wait.
Even women care about women.
That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
But this is good.
This is good.
This is absolutely fantastic.
I feel like oftentimes, whenwe're talking about stories from
India, it's either like here'sa wacky story or here's
something that, like we as adiaspora like, are you know,
talking about?
This is something I'm likelet's take a page from from the
middle of its book.
This is great.
I love this.
Like this.
This really brightened up myweek.
I'm very, very excited aboutthis and I, as someone who is,
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you know, distant but stillemotionally attached, I throw
myself behind this bull hardly.
Let's go.
I am so excited.
Maybe on the flip side a littlebit on the flip side, story
number three, which you mighthave seen in the news, a Sikh
man, hard deep Singh, was killedin Canada.
Sikhism is the world's fifthlargest religion.
He was a Canadian citizen andJustin Trudeau, prime Minister,
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accused India of assassinatinghim.
This is wild.
So other war, other Westernpowers, including the United
States, appear to back Canada'sversion of the story, canada's
theory.
The Indian media and public arealleging that this was a terror
, that he was a terrorist withlinks to the Punjab's separate
groups and therefore the Indiansecurity services were justified
(14:07):
in killing him there is aminute.
Yes, according to, in terms ofthe, just like a possible
justification of thisassassination.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Yeah, it is a very
tricky story denying involvement
and saying but kind of sayingthat if we were involved it
would have been fine.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
This is the OJ
Simpson book approach to
International what seems to besort of like spy laden espionage
, international assassinationstuff.
So, without getting so deepinto the like democracy now of
it all which I don't know if I'mnecessarily, it's not my
(14:55):
jurisdiction to hop into thejournalism what I will say is
this is pretty, a pretty wildsituation for Canadian Indian
citizens.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
It is because it
turns out right that they at
that they are now.
So.
India escalated this.
They expelled Canadiandiplomats.
Yes, halted visa visa services,so Canadian citizens can't go
to India.
Yes like that's crazy.
That's, yeah, wild.
And Canadians on the other sidehave also expelled an Indian
diplomat, mm-hmm, so it'sgetting it's, it's.
(15:24):
I just, I mean, I'm, I don'tknow.
This is this was not in mybingo card of crazy world events
.
Yeah, you know, obviously myheart goes out to the family and
and folks that that, that wereyou know affected with, with,
with hard deeps, untimely Murder, mm-hmm.
(15:45):
But an assassination, I mean.
But this is, it's talk aboutdominoes.
I mean, this is.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
This is because the
separate is group, like a lot of
this ties back to also the, thegroup that was Blamed for in
their agandis assassination.
So like this is a prettylong-going historical tension
that Canada is now involved in,and so It'll be interesting to
keep our eye on this developingstory if this happened in
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America, and this is.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
You know, I'm not in
Canada, so talk for me it's.
But you know, this is likeCanadians like can't go to their
cousin's wedding, probably now.
You know yeah if this happenedto me is like oh, I wouldn't be
able to go to my cousin'swedding.
That's set for next year, orwhatever.
Yes like this is.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
I have onset, can't
go just casually go get fabric.
I will also say it's reallyweird.
We're gonna apologies I will sayand this is not obviously the
most pertinent and importanttake away from the story, but
just in terms of our personalexperience, I will say, whenever
I imagine spy stories happening, I think I always imagine
(16:49):
myself somewhat involved, whereI'm like I would be a James Bond
, like I need to learn how todrive a car fast and do, like
you know, kung-fu and be able toclimb a building and be an
action hero.
This was very humbling to seespy stuff happening and as I'm
just checking it in bed on likethe NPR news app and I was like,
oh, I'm not involved,Unfortunately, you're not
involved in this.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Yeah, but we are
getting fact-checked in real
time, which is good.
I love about doing this live.
India.
Stop processing new renewalsand renewals of visas in Canada.
Not that can eat the can't.
Can't go to India if they havePrevious visas right, I heard.
I mean, you know this is comingfrom sluka bill.
Okay, so I you know, I Know,but the point is is like,
(17:33):
clearly the the West and IndiaMixing a little bit like oil and
water here, yeah, and I don'tthink that's good for our, for
our, for our people, for foodand what.
But our people's is that thefolks that was born in the spas,
bars, yeah, yeah, especiallywith G20 going on.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
But you know what
that might take us to our next
story.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
Yes, so the G20 right
went down.
For those unfamiliar, the G20summit happened in India.
They hosted it.
This time is this is when, youknow, 20 of the world's Leaders
come together, talk aboutclimate crises and hopefully
come up with some plans and someideas and how to, how to do
better, so that we don't alljust erupt into a Ball of fire,
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melt into the earth's core orwherever we're headed.
So this year and New Delhi,india now, a lot of stuff went
down at this, but the weird kindof human interest story, or
maybe monkey interest story thatwe want to talk about is India
had to work early, hard to keepmonkeys from interfering with
the event.
Okay, this was the conversioncomm, other the conversation
(18:39):
comm Reported on this and itturns out the area has these
Reese's macaques Is that how Isay it?
Macaques was, I know it,macaques, which are these like
bold and very curious,aggressive monkeys?
Yeah, and so they had to sortof like Launch a really
unconventional Way of keepingthem out because, also, you know
(19:03):
, india is, like you know,really big on not harming
animals, and so, listen, butthese macaques, they're gnarly,
they, they steal lunches, theydamage property, they bite I
believe it was.
These are the same monkeys thatwere trained to steal the
sunglasses off my mom's headwhen she was like, walking
around, this like temp, thislike temple, this one.
(19:26):
Yes, and then like a trainedlike a guy was like oh, I'll
sell you this food To yeah,that's totally them.
I'll sell you this food, that,that, and I'll get your
sunglasses back.
And it was this whole like ohmy god lift.
They were running, but anyway,they thrive in these urban
environments and so, okay,here's what they decided to do.
(19:46):
You want to hear this?
Sure, this is wild.
So the monkeys, they don't.
They don't want to come.
So the thing that they'reafraid of are these languars,
yeah, which are like a biggermonkey, yeah, I Scare your
monkey.
And so they placed largecutouts of the languars around.
Yes, I would scare it would.
(20:07):
And and they also this is thecraziest right to me they have
deployed I love that, that's theverb between 30 to 40 men who
can mimic the sounds of languarsI hope I'm saying it right to
trick the Reese's monkey intothinking that they're nearby.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
You know what's so
wild about this?
Yeah, is that Universal Studioshas a haunted house.
That's exactly this.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
The.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Carbohelonga.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
And then just men
making the noise?
I haven't been in so long Rightaround the corner.
Wow, you got to get the fastpass for that when the line is
out the park.
And then they also they also, Iguess, got live Lengors and
rented them, and I guess theywere rented and put on duty.
Oh, this was in 2010.
(20:52):
Oh, they can't do that againbecause there were concerns over
them being held in captivity,so they're not doing that.
Yes, that's why they're doingthe cardboard cut out thing and
just hiring these like who's theguy from police academy?
Again they hire him.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
They get him Is that
he has a whole story behind it
where it's the helicopterscoming down with the lunges or
the and then, and the lightitself is made of like whoopee
cushions yeah.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Oh, man, amazing,
amazing.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Oh, absolutely
incredible.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
Well, let me tell you
, folks, that's, that's it must
have worked right, because wedidn't hear much about.
You know, like the monkeys, youknow, tearing the face off of
Rishi Tuna, or something JosephBiden wasn't like.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
yeah, my biggest
takeaway was there are a lot of
monkeys just stealing our packedlunches, stealing our
sunglasses.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
Outbreak started
again, or yeah, whatever.
Let me tell you Outbreak minuteyeah, yeah, yeah yeah, outbreak
to.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Anyway, let me tell
you folks, there's no bad ideas.
You know, shoot for what is thesaying?
Shoot for the moon, becauseeven if you miss your land
amongst the stars, but, here'sthe thing, India we shoot for
the moon and we land.
That's right, because last newsstory we actually have a lunar
lander that touched down on thelunar surface on August 23rd
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2023.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
We're a little late.
We're a month late, but that'sokay.
Speaker 1 (22:18):
I'm a little late
than ever, making India the
fourth nation to successfullyland on the moon and the first
to land in the South Pole region.
That's right.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
The first.
Take that back, just say Indiawas a first to land, there's a
first to land, and then whisperin the South Pole region.
Yeah, that's definitely how mydad or my uncle's uncle Right
there.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Did you?
Speaker 1 (22:43):
know we were the
first to play tennis.
We were the first Indian wasthe first Indian to play tennis.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
What are you saying?
That's a tautology.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
But I'll tell you
this we are leading the
exploration of frozen water onthe moon because we are
exploring the surface to see ifthe moon is a habitable
environment for life.
What, yeah, yeah, yeah.
We're exploring the top soiland we're going down 10
centimeters or four inches belowthe surface to see kind of
(23:14):
what's going on there.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
And yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
A little quick result
, that's you know, for all the
science nerds out there, it'sshowing that the moon soil is a
very good insulator and could beused to build space colonies
and keep heat and cold andradiation out.
What?
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Can it grow weed?
Speaker 1 (23:30):
Yeah, I mean it's
already doing that.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
What?
Okay, amazing yeah.
Can it grow a pang?
That's why we're there.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
There is something
that's a little terrifying to me
.
There is a possible there's apossible detection of a
moonquake.
Okay, so how bad?
Speaker 3 (23:51):
was it?
Does it just like?
Like what happens when amoonquake happens?
Do you just get like launchedoff the moon Because I feel like
you know you can bounce so highanyway?
There's no Speaking of bounce.
We also had a successful hop.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
The hop tested we hop
tested the restart, which
restarted the engine after alunar landing to make sure it is
still operating fine, and itwas successful.
They hop tested it.
Yeah, we hop tested it.
I actually have been.
When I read that I got reallyexcited because I've actually
been learning about home brewingfor beer and I was just like
let's go.
And I was like, oh no, this isdifferent type of hop.
Yeah, different type of hop.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
What is that I mean?
Does that mean they just likedrop, like they use the energy
of the drop of a hop to startthe engine?
Is this kind of like, becausesometimes, when I had my 1993
Toyota Camry, which was a stickshift and we'd have to pop it
into neutral, we'll go down thehill, sure, and that's how we
could get the engine to start.
Yeah, we have to sort of like.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Is it like that In a
little way, because this was a
test, you know.
Luckily we didn't have to, thiswasn't like an emergency
situation, but this was a testand, to put it in there's no
colloquial way for me to put itI actually have a background in
astronomy.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
So the bottom,
unfortunately, I'm going to have
to refer to only scientificterms, so keep up with me here.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
But this is what we
call a fawns in the industry.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
Okay, yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Just a little pop,
get the engine going, we're back
in business.
We're heading back to earth,thanks a lot.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
Henry Winkler is
truly the he's going to be the
dacy of the week.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
This is cool.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
This is so cool.
This is great Like.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
I feel like we heard
so much about the moon growing
up as kids and you're like whatI thought I'd be on the moon by
like 30.
Yeah, I mean, like I thoughtlike as much as we talked about
it being this big, and it's likefor them to feel like we just
had this whole long period of noone going on the moon, yeah, or
doing anything interesting, andthey still haven't landed
people there.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
But and don't, please
, don't, send my uncle there,
because I'm just telling you youmean, india hasn't landed, we
have like landed, like in theworld, has landed people there?
No, but we have.
But India has.
Okay, great, I just wanted tomake sure that this is what the
car is.
I wasn't going to discover thatyou're like no, that's fake.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
That's the conspiracy
theory that I believe is that
the landing was faked.
I really yeah, we'll talk aboutit later.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Except for India's,
except for India's.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
All the rest of them
want to fake.
That's right down there.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
There's real landing.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
There's real landing.
I'm just saying that if we'relooking for frozen water and you
send up with the monkey, he'llplant it there, okay.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
Just don't, don't
send up with the monkey, all
right.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
So I'm just saying,
when we send it.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
When we send Indians
to the moon and we find frozen
water, you know that we're justgoing to be storing it in like
cheap water bottles that willjust live in the fridge.
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Oh my gosh, amazing.
All right, speaking of amazing,I think it's time to move on to
our next amazing segment, theChakra Check-in.
Oh, baby, we are talking aboutastrology today.
Why astrology?
Because we're they sees.
And also why now?
Because it was the a tunnelequinox, which I don't think I
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ever tracked until the show.
But yes, that began on Saturdaythe 23rd.
Yeah, here's some facts aboutthe, the equinox or equinox Hit
me with that.
Depending on how you say it,equinox comes from the Latin
meaning equal night, referringto a 12 hour day and 12 hour
night.
That occurs only on these twodays of the year, right.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
We know this the the
terminal and the vernal.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
I remember that.
I remember that from likeseventh grade.
On the equinox, we honor thebalance of light and dark and
feel gratitude for the changesthat come with the passing of
time.
Yes, right, yes, it's so.
It's a meaningful time to honorthe harvest of your efforts and
intentions for your life pathand that you set in the earlier.
So maybe this is a time for youto check in on your New Year's
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resolutions, kind of a vibe.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
I like that Right.
I like that a lot.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
And you lit a candle
and you have a JJ Abrams lens
flare on your.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
I got my two video.
Yeah, my two.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Neo big and
traditions burning a candle and
celebrating to filmmaker JJAbrams yes, yeah, so this is the
time of year where you'resupposed to go within, inside
yourself, empty out some space.
This is where you do a little,you know, a terminal cleaning,
yes, and compost your ideas.
Okay, don't, don't just throwthem in the trash.
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Compost, recycle your ideas.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
Use the energy that
they hold to make fertile soil
for new creativity and maturedvisions.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Beautiful poetry.
I love that so much.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
So what are you
composting?
Let's let's get into what'sgoing on with your.
What are you looking in inwords for?
Speaker 1 (28:44):
You know what?
I had quite a few goals at thebeginning of the year where I
was like this is my.
I will say this without gettinginto too much, but my life and
my day to day was very differentat the beginning of our
calendar year than it is now.
Yeah, and it was also.
(29:07):
Yeah, it was.
You know, we thought that wewere going to work on shows and
stuff also there was a lot ofthings happening, yeah, and a
lot changed, and so for me I waslike I guess I'm losing a lot
of progress.
but then I went.
Well, this is a greatopportunity to see what is
sticking around.
So a lot of the stuff that'sgone.
I'm just letting those leavesand those sticks and, you know,
(29:30):
some of that dry grass, like youknow, deteriorate turn it to
nice minerals.
Yeah, and I'm packing that downto then feed the ongoing plants
that I have, which are like myfriends, who have stuck around
with me and have been very closeto me.
My family, my relationships andmy family are stronger than
(29:51):
ever right now.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
They did not go
strike, so that's good.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
Exactly.
Yeah, I'm in therapy, so I'musing a lot of like this stuff,
like a lot of my podcast podcast.
I said friends and family youknow you're a friend, you're a
close friend to me and Delvinyour family could say so because
my mom has adopted you.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
That's the whole.
Thing.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
We put over this.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
And should I, is this
the time to share a really
first, can I share a reallypersonal thing that was an ABCD
related thing.
Speaker 3 (30:24):
No.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
Anyway, so moving on.
Of course, it's a time before.
I'm gonna have an asher pop,just a little dose of protein.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
moving on, I think it
was literally minutes before
the second episode with my mom,like half an hour before I had a
breakup of a relationship andit was right before the ABCD
taping and so I was like it waslike 20 minutes and I was like
I'm gonna go in the backyard I'mgonna cry, but I'm a
professional and I love ABCD,I'm gonna.
My mom is a special guest today, so I'm just gonna pull it
(31:03):
together, and so it was likelogging on.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
Hey mom, let's do an
episode man Just finishing
blowing your nose, kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Exactly Dried my eyes
today.
But here's the thing liketalking about this, what are we
like, what are we composting,what are we letting go?
Yeah, there were a lot of likelife plans I had, but what's
stuck around, what's keptgrowing?
Naturally, this show, thiscommunity, these conversations,
you know, even when our writingstuff Sandeep, you and me, like
when we were in the industry,our acting stuff has gotten
(31:33):
challenged.
Then we saw each other at thepicket lines for the South Asian
day and celebrated thatcommunity.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
So, yeah, I think it
has been the rally part of it
has been really fruitful andsoul kind of infusing in a way
that I didn't see coming.
So I'm with you, man.
That's really great.
I think what is dead will neverdie kind of a thing Like the
(32:04):
ideas that you were going towork on or had.
Those are still there.
Those can still sprout, maybeon more fertile soil.
I love that.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
I hope that yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:16):
You're nailing the
metaphor so well today.
So how about you?
Speaker 1 (32:20):
What's your backyard?
Speaker 3 (32:25):
Man, that's yeah,
there's a lot.
I mean, I think for me it'sbeen really trying to focus
there's a lot of.
I tried a lot of new thingsthis year.
You know, stand up was reallynew and I really dove into that
headfirst Also.
(32:46):
But with the money sort ofdisappearing, I had to sort of
refocus, like F and Funnyscompany efforts, into more
corporate type stuff and endedup also engaging with family to
hire their companies to producefor them, Because you know,
sometimes the first place yougot to go is to family to keep a
(33:07):
business afloat.
So you know, that's been.
It was challenging to the ego,to be perfectly honest, to have
to like, you know, to have.
It was challenging to be like,okay, I'm going to need help
here, but then to like sort ofaccept that I've come to this
thanks to my therapist, thisother realization that's really
(33:28):
helping, helpful, which is likethat we are interdependent.
You know like we're ultimatelybecoming to this world as these
like totally naked little babiesthat need to be nourished in
every way humanly possible tosurvive, and so it's like that
doesn't like thatinterdependence doesn't really
(33:49):
stop.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
Oh, I love that it's
not like it's a fallacy.
Speaker 3 (33:53):
It's sort of like a
trick of the of like our, our
logic left brain to be like oh,now we should be entirely
independent, you know and it'slike no, you are always
interdependent and and even ifyou are, you think you're
entirely independent, like, say,you're independent from your
families, you need need for yourfamily's help.
Well then a strike happens andthat turns out oh wait, I was
(34:15):
interdependent with a wholeecosystem of writers, creators,
performers and, you know,business folks and producers
that is entirely out of mycontrol to now, sort of in a way
that fooled me into thinking Iwas independent, right?
Speaker 1 (34:34):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
And it goes oh wait,
no, that can totally be taken
away from me too.
And so I think the thing that II've realized I'm trying to
work on is accepting really,really fundamentally, at a like
cellular level, accepting that Iam an interdependent being and
being OK with that and lettingmy ego cool off a little bit
because I can get really spun upand spun in the in like a
(34:57):
really negative kind of shamespiral for myself if I don't.
And then the other piece is isfiguring out how to be resilient
and like.
I think that's the thing that Ilearned from the pandemic, you
know, because, like, coming outof the pandemic pandemic was was
obviously another version oflife, being really scary and,
(35:18):
you know, the wheels kind ofjust completely coming off.
But we became pretty resilientas a company from that, like
people stuck around, you know,my business partner stuck around
, you know we had we.
We figured out how to shrinkand and pivot and create new.
We started Twitch streaming, wefigured out how to we put on
Patreon for the first time.
We just started figuring outhow to, how to not become so
(35:41):
dependent on one source of ofincome, like sort of you know,
have multiple heart speeding, Iguess, and so we just had to
sort of figure out how to dothat again, you know.
So I think those are the thingsthat I'm like trying to really
remember is like, hey, rememberhow you were just resilient,
like just got to keep, keep that, keep that going and and that
(36:02):
we will come out.
You know the other side of this, just a more resilient beast,
you know.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
I love that.
That is such a wonderful way togo into autumn.
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Yeah, because.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
I mean, autumn is
also like a known for, like, not
equinox Wait it's not as youhave to show you want to balance
of darkness and light.
It's all you can't handle.
Speaker 3 (36:26):
So eat me, but like
harvesting.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
I think that like is,
on one level, a little use word
fallacy.
I think that's a good one tolean on, because you know like
well, we're constantlyharvesting because we have to
eat as human beings, but like,so that's like a little.
I think it's less of harvestingfood and more of like, looking
back on what you've grown so farthis year, like it is that
(36:50):
harvest of just like, wow, whatgrew, what didn't, what was the
challenge and also whatnaturally popped up that was a
surprise where you're just like,oh, I didn't realize that these
seeds were planted a while ago.
Speaker 3 (37:00):
Talking about nailing
the metaphor Omar.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Come on.
No, I can't.
You did the entire 80% of that.
I can't come in with the last20%.
Speaker 3 (37:07):
Now, that's, people
only remember the last 20%.
So you're great, this is great.
Speaker 1 (37:12):
Well, should we talk
about?
Talking about interdependencyand connections and stuff?
Speaker 3 (37:16):
Should we?
Speaker 1 (37:16):
talk about a little
astrology.
Speaker 3 (37:18):
Yeah, I guess we kind
of yeah, we got to do that he
said we were going to.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
So here we go we're.
Should we talk about ourcompatibility real quick?
Speaker 3 (37:31):
Oh yeah, Absolutely
Okay.
Do you know about ourcompatibility?
Speaker 1 (37:35):
We, because there was
some compatibility that was
tested.
Because you're a cancer, Leocusp.
Is that right?
That's right.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
So I'm I've always
what I've been told is that I'm
a Leo.
I'm on a cusp day.
Yeah, I'm technically a Leo.
Yeah.
I guess, since I'm cusp-y,there's like some, supposedly I
have attributes from all 12.
These are the X sides.
This is what I was told by ourastrologer.
So I'm like, oh, so you canjust say anything, basically,
and it's like it's true.
(38:03):
Anyway, that's what I was told.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
Yeah, I, so we, we.
I believe we got a signcompatibility chart done, so we
can blast it.
We did, we'll find out about it.
So Kailin did this, I believe.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (38:18):
Kailin, am I wrong in
saying that?
Speaker 3 (38:20):
This is amazing.
Can we get an off?
Speaker 1 (38:22):
camera nod from
Kailin or a shake of the head If
that's not true.
Speaker 2 (38:25):
I'm seeing a nod.
I'm seeing a nod.
Speaker 1 (38:27):
Yeah, so, kailin did
this.
Okay, okay, let's get into it,so let's get into it.
What do you want to try to?
Speaker 3 (38:32):
say Are we a good
match?
Speaker 1 (38:34):
Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (38:37):
Well, before you jump
in, I'll just say this yeah, if
you haven't seen Indianmatchmaker, do know that.
Like, culturally at least myfamily, I don't know if yours is
the same but they take thisstuff really seriously.
Like, like, it's not apseudoscience to my dad, like he
really believes that this isthere's a scientific merit to
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astrology, and there is.
I mean, look, hey, jury's outfor me on this one, because,
like you know, I haven't goneinto their ancient Vedic
libraries but there's some likeold, some old dusty books there
that have a lot of informationin there, and there's these,
like I mean, I'll just say thisastrology is an industry out
there, okay, and they take thisstuff really seriously.
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They make life decisions basedupon it.
My parents were determined to beor incompatible, but then they
had to do some rituals and stuffto get there.
They had to pour some milk onsome coconuts.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
Yeah, and we pour
milk on a lot of stuff they had
to chant a few things.
Speaker 3 (39:40):
They had to sit in
the rooms and chant out some
statues, and they figured it out.
So the gods made it okay, butthere was some work.
Though it was involved, therewas some work.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
Really quick.
Before we hop into this, let'sdo it really quick.
You can only say yes or no.
It's one or the other no inbetween Astrology fully
legitimate or completelyillegitimate.
You have to choose one or theother.
Speaker 3 (40:08):
Well, I'm going to
choose fully legitimate then,
because I just want that to betrue, because that's more fun.
I just feel like it's more funto have magic in the world.
So I'm just going to choosethat one.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
I'm going.
If we have to choose betweenone or the other, I'm going,
fully legitimate, there's nomiddle ground.
So can we for this?
Because you want to be a lion.
Speaker 3 (40:28):
That's cool.
I'm a lion right now.
If you take away astrology, I'mno longer a lion.
I don't like that.
Speaker 1 (40:34):
And I'm twins, all
right, so our producer, kaylin,
put this together, so we don'tknow this.
This is our compatibility chart.
Speaker 3 (40:40):
This is the first
time we've been looking at this.
Speaker 1 (40:43):
So we're going to
have Delvin technical director.
Delvin, read us off ourcompatibility.
Speaker 3 (40:50):
We a match.
Speaker 2 (40:51):
Yes, yes, okay.
So through the power of Kaylin,I have consulted the stars,
through Kaylin as a medium interms of the world of astrology.
So I'm sensing first and deep.
I'm getting a really stronganswer.
Little cuss from you.
Speaker 3 (41:09):
We said that earlier.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
Well, that's great.
So we've confirmed that in fact, that's amazing.
That's proof of right therebecause I just got that through
the stars, through Kaylin.
Speaker 1 (41:19):
That's honestly
incredible.
Speaker 2 (41:21):
And then Omar, I'm
getting him.
It's a Gemini, but I feel likeit's like, not like they're like
.
Gemini was great.
Can we milk that IP a littlebit more?
And they put a sequel out likea second Gemini or Gemini two.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
How could you know
that?
Speaker 2 (41:36):
Doesn't sound like I
know a lot about astrology.
Speaker 3 (41:38):
What I'm calling is
that is a Gemini two.
There's ones and twos.
Speaker 2 (41:41):
I feel like it's a
Gemini two situation.
I don't feel like this is a.
Speaker 3 (41:44):
I never heard of that
.
Speaker 2 (41:45):
It's not a base
Gemini.
Speaker 3 (41:47):
My kiddo is a Gemini.
Oh the Cancer.
Speaker 2 (41:49):
Leo cusp is claiming
that Omar's sign is fake.
Speaker 3 (41:55):
Are you man-plating?
Speaker 2 (41:56):
Omar's.
Speaker 3 (41:58):
That's what I'm, leo
explaining, right.
Speaker 2 (42:00):
Leo's planning Answer
Leo cusp planning Okay.
So, based on that, the bestrelationship type Okay you can
have is love.
Speaker 3 (42:11):
Yeah, it makes sense.
It makes sense.
Speaker 2 (42:15):
The worst possible
relationship that you have is
work.
So, whatever you do, try not toput yourself into a situation
where you're both likeco-working on the same thing.
There's so much room for lovebetween the two of you, but
you're just not going to becompatible in like a productive
environment where you need tolike get things done.
Speaker 3 (42:36):
Oh my.
Speaker 1 (42:37):
God, avoid this.
Speaker 2 (42:38):
That's so funny, so I
mean you've got your empathetic
, your energetic, yourinnovative, great for a loving
relationship.
However, you're alsooversensitive, way too nervous
and particularly unstable, whichis this relationship that the
two of you have.
Oh, the relationship isempathetic, which is why you're
not going to be able to have agood work relationship because
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you're not going to have thatstability that you need to
actually get things done.
Speaker 1 (43:03):
That's your side.
Gemini is never known for this.
Speaker 3 (43:06):
This makes sense to
me, actually.
No, actually I'm going to.
Here's what I'm going to sellit or spin it.
Is that being podcast hostbuddies is not the same as like
being in a business together?
Okay, it is a different type ofrelationship and I think it's a
more playful and kind of likeloving relationship.
(43:27):
I don't love Anand, my businesspartner.
I can't love that guy.
I can't love him, but fuck, dowe work well together.
Yeah, yeah, I see that, I seethat I'm just kidding, anna, and
of course I love you, but wewould never be compatible.
We would not be compatible likehosts.
(43:48):
I don't think we would be verycompatible hosts.
Speaker 1 (43:49):
This makes a lot of
sense because, like in every
weekly meeting, you go.
I sort of remind you I don'tlove you and I've always thought
that.
Speaker 3 (43:57):
I do start the
meetings with that.
Speaker 2 (43:59):
That's just important
to have a good, healthy working
relationship, what you twonever do, which is why you can't
really work that well together.
Speaker 3 (44:05):
We always go around
the room and we just talk about
how we would never be a goodlove match, right.
We just quickly just kind ofreview.
Speaker 1 (44:12):
Yeah, hr has pulled
us aside every week.
Speaker 2 (44:16):
Right, you have the
room for really passionate and
exciting romance, oh yeah,However, however in marriage,
you're likely to lose the spark,because what is marriage?
Marriage is work.
Speaker 3 (44:31):
That's that just hit
me like a ton of Indian person.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
All the routine, the
predictable routines, the
responsibility handling thatcomes with marriage is not
likely something that you'regoing to be good at doing
together.
Wow, okay, so like you've got,you got the energy.
You got the understanding.
Like no end to that thing.
Speaker 1 (44:50):
Okay, we don't have a
regularly scheduled show
together.
Speaker 3 (44:54):
No, I think that's
the thing is that we have a
regularly scheduled Trist.
Speaker 1 (44:59):
We just get together.
Speaker 3 (45:01):
We fuck around on
Sundays, yeah, and then we go
about our lives and we don'ttell our partners, okay.
Speaker 2 (45:09):
I'm getting one more
thing, okay, yeah.
So I'm feeling from the starsthat you have entered into some
sort of relationship that youwould actually categorize in the
business world.
So I do have some advice foryou.
Speaker 3 (45:21):
Uh-oh, okay, all
right.
Speaker 2 (45:23):
So to work side by
side in an organization you're
going to have to overcome yoursensitivity to each other's
feelings Okay.
Speaker 1 (45:29):
I know that you
understand each other too much.
Speaker 2 (45:31):
Hey, you're going to
have to work past that, you're
going to have to get over thehump.
Okay, it's okay Sometimes, youknow, just put a little toe out
there and see how it goes andlet them feel how they feel.
Okay.
Speaker 3 (45:41):
Okay, I've never had
the strength to say this before,
but, omar, I think we bothcan't be bearded.
One of us has to go and I thinkmine's better.
What?
Whoa?
Hey, don't be so sensitive.
Good point, don't be sosensitive about it.
Speaker 2 (46:02):
You're going to work
on that.
You're going to have to work onthat if it's going to work.
Speaker 3 (46:06):
I just think we
should have a beard off and um
you're a working actor, don'tyou?
Speaker 1 (46:14):
don't you want to be
on those fresh CW shows as a 17
year old?
Lose the beard, it's best foryou.
A 43 year old, you have nothing.
You have nothing but everythingto gain from this.
Speaker 2 (46:29):
You could be.
Speaker 1 (46:30):
Archie on the reboot
of Riverdale.
Look at you.
Speaker 2 (46:33):
All right, the moment
is passing, the signs are
misaligning.
I've losing that connection.
Speaker 1 (46:38):
I will say.
I will say this does give adifferent context for the one of
the first.
The first time I met your wife,her saying oh, you're Omar.
Speaker 3 (46:51):
Um, interesting.
Was there a certain sort of uh?
Uh, yeah, there was a kind of aside-eyed mist to it or
something.
Speaker 1 (47:01):
It was said with a
very different tone, it was said
with a very like apologetic,like oh, I'm so sorry I was
rushing.
I you know I didn't properly,but now hearing this, I'm
remembering it differently.
I am writing that memory in myhead.
Speaker 3 (47:12):
Yeah, she's very
jealous of our time together.
Speaker 1 (47:14):
Uh well, let's take
the heat off of us right now.
Maybe, and throw the heat ontosome, some folks who are here to
defend themselves.
Let's play a little game, let'sOkay?
So, um well, you know, I'll letyou explain this, Sandy, since
we worked so well together iscalled perfect match or mortal
enemy, the astrologicalcelebrity edition.
Speaker 3 (47:37):
I changed the title a
little bit just to make it my
own.
Okay, kailin just nodded, it'sokay.
Um, I think it's better Justgonna say it Okay, I, I, I.
Okay, this is big, you guys.
We are going to what we'regoing to do.
We're trying to guess whichcelebrity is our own
astrological perfect match ormortal enemy, based on the
choices provided by our gamemaster Delvin.
Speaker 2 (47:59):
Yes, and then the
co-host said the part that has
the co-host.
Speaker 1 (48:05):
Yes, that's right.
After each round.
I forgot I was just like Ideserve to be the host this week
.
After each round, delvin willissue one point to whoever
correctly guesses their ownastrological match or enemy.
The winner will be decided bywhoever earns the highest number
of points.
Speaker 3 (48:21):
Okay, I think I think
I got it.
Is there anything else that youneed to know or are you
satisfied with this basis ofwhere we're just?
Speaker 1 (48:27):
guessing like a
celebrity and it's like mortal
enemy, or Okay.
Speaker 2 (48:35):
Here's their first
round.
Yeah, sounds like you have noquestion, so we're just going to
get into it.
Speaker 3 (48:39):
Let's just try it,
let's see what happens.
All right, great.
Speaker 2 (48:41):
So first round, we've
got action stars here and you
are trying to decide who yourperfect match is.
Speaker 1 (48:48):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (48:49):
So we have, in not
the same order as the image,
kanna Reeves, arnoldSchwarzenegger and Angelina
Jolie.
So each of you is going to pickfor you.
Speaker 3 (48:59):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 2 (49:00):
Who is your perfect
match.
So, sandeep, you're pickingSandeep's perfect match of these
three and.
Omar.
You're picking Omar's perfectmatch of these three.
Speaker 3 (49:07):
And this is
astrologically yes, so we have a
scientific yeah, not like whatyou feel like scientifically
based on the stars, have a lotof feel.
So who are the people getting?
So it's very, it's very smallon my screen.
Speaker 2 (49:19):
So Kanna Reeves,
Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Angelina Jolie.
Speaker 1 (49:24):
Okay, I have my
answer written down.
Speaker 3 (49:30):
Okay, I wonder if we
have the same answer.
Here we go All right three, two, one.
Speaker 2 (49:34):
No, no, no, no, we're
doing it because we, only
because you're, you havedifferent matches, right yeah?
We're doing this one at a time.
So Omar first.
Who did you choose?
Speaker 3 (49:41):
Okay, oh, do I wait,
hold on.
Do I have to pick who?
I think Omar is the best matchfor Omar.
Speaker 2 (49:45):
No, you're picking
who your best match?
Speaker 3 (49:47):
is, but we're looking
at Omar's first, if that's okay
with you.
Oh well, we wrote it down, butokay, great.
Speaker 1 (49:54):
I wrote down Keanu.
Speaker 2 (49:59):
I have good news for
you, Omar yeah, and a.
Reeves of Virgo one a pragmaticand deeply imaginative
combination and career, love andmarriage.
Speaker 1 (50:08):
Yes, I agree,
although you can both work
together and exciting andimaginative career endeavors.
Speaker 2 (50:13):
Your love affair
would be sensuous with back rubs
, warm baths and cuddling.
Speaker 1 (50:18):
I got to say it's so
nice to be able to work with
someone who I can also love andlove someone who I can also work
with for once.
Speaker 2 (50:24):
Yeah, I've really
happy for you.
That's going to be great.
Okay, so that's going to be apoint for you.
All right, and now, cindy, whodid you pick?
Speaker 3 (50:32):
Arnold.
Can't read our mind the camerais not picking up either of our
papers.
Yeah, it's not really a littleoverextosed there?
Speaker 2 (50:45):
But, as it happens,
yes, your what your perfect
match is indeed ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
Speaker 3 (50:50):
I guess he seems like
a good outside spoon, and I
love being the inside spoon.
Speaker 2 (50:55):
Yes, the two of you
are elected together.
They're going to lead the greatsuccess.
Even the top is important forthis pair.
You use relationship to reachsocial, political and financial
goals.
Spouses, the two of you may bevery ambitious for each other.
You may even team up in acareer activity.
Speaker 1 (51:10):
Yes, what.
Speaker 2 (51:10):
Also getting a
relationship where you can work
together.
Speaker 3 (51:15):
Listen, I have a
crazy story about how me and
Arnold already teamed up.
We'll talk about it after theshow, if you want.
But yeah, I'll just say, let'sjust say he'll say I will be
bought some instead of I will beback and I think it's really
good.
Speaker 1 (51:27):
That's the merch.
Speaker 2 (51:28):
However, in this
matchup, your children shouldn't
expect the great deal ofattention from either of you.
So that's just a fair warning.
Speaker 3 (51:33):
She's going to shoot
me with the main dammit.
They're warning there, yeah,and then run for governor.
Speaker 2 (51:38):
OK, so you both got a
point.
You're both.
You're both neck and neck.
Ok, round two.
So which of the followingfamous babies is your mortal
enemy?
Well, again, each picking foryou astrologically, who is your
mortal enemy?
Speaker 3 (51:57):
Dude all babies.
Speaker 2 (51:58):
Your options are Riot
Rose is Rihanna and Asap
Rockies newborn.
Speaker 3 (52:04):
Yeah, ok.
Speaker 2 (52:06):
We have Kai.
Aeaz is rhymes in Elon Musk'schild.
It's possible I didn'tpronounce that correctly because
I don't speak.
Speaker 3 (52:15):
No, isn't there like,
isn't it like?
Isn't it like schwa orsomething?
It's like one syllable.
Speaker 2 (52:19):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (52:20):
I'm just.
Speaker 2 (52:20):
I'm reading it as
it's written.
I don't have pronunciationnotes here, so it's possible.
Speaker 3 (52:24):
It's like Bill.
Speaker 2 (52:25):
Yeah, if we could get
them on the show maybe they
could correct us, but that'syeah.
Speaker 3 (52:29):
Grimes will be next
week I don't know, elon and then
you're rescheduling.
Speaker 2 (52:32):
And your third option
here is Boss Baby.
You may know from Boss Baby aswell.
Speaker 3 (52:36):
Does Boss Baby have a
birthday that you actually did?
Speaker 2 (52:39):
Absolutely Very well
defined.
Speaker 1 (52:42):
Imagine if Boss Baby
didn't have a canonical birthday
the one the one things thatbabies are known for is just
being born.
Speaker 2 (52:50):
Yeah, it's so.
This is our enemy, this is yourmortal enemy, astrologically
speaking.
Ok, all right, this round we'redoing some deep first.
Speaker 3 (53:00):
All right, I picked,
I picked schwa we can't see
anything.
Speaker 2 (53:06):
All right, let's just
we'll lose the sheets.
Speaker 1 (53:08):
You just like just be
honest about being like I'm
still doing it, but we have to.
We have to acknowledge that we.
Speaker 2 (53:13):
We're not going to
work on camera at all.
Speaker 3 (53:16):
What if, I like,
darken the lines?
Does that help?
Ok, sure, I picked schwa.
Speaker 1 (53:22):
No, like maybe I'm
colorblind between with white
and every other color.
Speaker 3 (53:30):
That's the only now
it works.
Ok, now next to the face.
Ok, got it.
Speaker 2 (53:36):
It really is, and I'm
afraid your mortal enemy is
right at Rose, who you too, wow,you're clashing energies.
Any relationship?
Speaker 1 (53:44):
is not so simple.
Speaker 2 (53:45):
You're going to need
to periodically withdraw
yourself, which is going to makeright feel rejected, and
withdraw, in turn, show signs ofhurt, even paranoia, and you're
going to feel understood,misunderstood, where right is
just going to enter a depression.
Speaker 3 (53:59):
Dude, now I know how
Voldemort feels.
Yes, like, like, suddenly, likethere's like a baby that's out
to get me already, like I haveto do something about this.
Speaker 1 (54:06):
That's a pretty good
point.
Actually, I've never thoughtabout it from his perspective.
Right, right, you're like hey,this baby is going to kill you.
Speaker 3 (54:12):
You're like, oh shit.
Speaker 2 (54:14):
Yeah, if you've found
it about Hitler when Hitler was
a baby, that'd be your moralright, like this is the same.
This is basically the samesituation, right?
Speaker 3 (54:20):
Voldemort, harry
Potter was his own personal
Hitler.
Speaker 1 (54:26):
All right, I mean
that one.
Now we're going to.
Speaker 3 (54:29):
Yeah, I'm sorry.
There's going to be a wholewicked type thing on Voldemort
called Voldy.
Speaker 1 (54:34):
Voldy's good, You're
going to be Voldy Mort.
Speaker 2 (54:38):
That's very good, all
right, and Omar, who is your
immortal.
Speaker 1 (54:42):
My Marxist ass is
going to war with that boss baby
, oh wow.
I have good news You're good atpicking out your perfect match,
and you're good at picking outyour mortal enemy.
Speaker 2 (54:53):
Boss baby Also a Leo
to you would be together.
You love gossiping.
You love making jokes at theexpense of others, but your
frank remarks will eventuallywound and anger boss baby, who
is likely to respond withviolent outbursts and then stony
silences, while you, omar, aregoing to feel misunderstood.
Boss baby doesn't really careabout you, so not going to work
(55:17):
out Well does boss be be careabout anybody?
Speaker 3 (55:20):
I mean these
billionaire babies.
Speaker 1 (55:22):
They're so detached
from us Normal babies yeah.
The day to day babies.
They don't know what a.
Speaker 3 (55:28):
All right, you'll
never write on a boss.
Baby spin off is basically whatthat means.
Oh my God, I feel so good aboutthis.
Speaker 1 (55:35):
All right.
Speaker 3 (55:36):
Right now is it?
Speaker 1 (55:37):
is this tiebreaker,
but not tiebreak.
Is this the end?
Is this?
It?
Is this our last round?
Speaker 2 (55:42):
We had many prepared,
but given how long the episode
ran with the news, I thinkprobably we want to wrap it up
for this one.
Speaker 1 (55:47):
OK, OK, great we can
save you.
Speaker 2 (55:49):
There's a later.
You're the furthest behind.
Are you comfortable with that?
You have the opportunity tomake it up here, but that is
putting a lot of pressure on youright now.
Speaker 3 (55:58):
And I want to respect
cancer or cusp.
If I have to, yeah, let's justdo it that way.
Like I have to win this round,if I don't, then then the game's
over.
Speaker 1 (56:06):
OK, it's like, and
I'll just be doing it All right.
Speaker 2 (56:09):
And then if you, if
you catch up, if I tie I'll be
good round.
Speaker 3 (56:11):
We'll do the exact OK
.
Speaker 2 (56:12):
OK, OK.
So which of the following gamerboys is your perfect match?
Speaker 3 (56:19):
Hmm, your options are
linked Shit, you may know from
the.
Speaker 2 (56:22):
Zelda games.
We have Mario, who you may knowfrom the Mario games, and we
have clank from the ratchet andclank games.
Speaker 1 (56:31):
Wow, oh.
Speaker 3 (56:33):
God, this is Sophie's
choice times three.
Speaker 1 (56:37):
Yeah, that's very.
Sophie's choice.
Speaker 3 (56:40):
Like this is brutal.
Speaker 1 (56:45):
Oh man, this is also
harkens back to our previous
video game episode.
Speaker 2 (56:52):
It does, but now we
got the wild part.
That's true, link Mario orClank.
Speaker 3 (56:59):
OK, who goes first Me
this round?
Speaker 2 (57:01):
This round is going
to be Omar first, that's right
OK.
Omar, who did you pick?
Speaker 1 (57:07):
I love Link with
everything, which is why I put
down Mario, because sometimesyou like people too much.
Speaker 3 (57:15):
OK, before you give
an answer, because I think this
is more dramatic I also put downMario.
So is it a me or is it a he, Idon't know.
Speaker 2 (57:27):
All right, so to
start with the pasta sauce here
we go.
Omar, your perfect matches.
I knew it.
Come on, I guess I knew it.
Speaker 1 (57:38):
That's why I didn't
say telling you, mario, is such
an outside spoon.
Speaker 3 (57:42):
This is got it.
Speaker 2 (57:42):
This is going to work
In some ways clank is actually
you, Omar, turned inside out,and vice versa.
Speaker 1 (57:50):
What you tend to
mirror each other's Isn't the
vice versa, that being turnedback Things that are?
Speaker 2 (57:54):
hidden for you are
external for clank.
The things that are hidden forclank are external for you.
Speaker 1 (57:59):
That makes the metal
the things that you like to
think when you're in a perfectmatch a lover of between would
likely lead to marriage, in factfor the most part shared
activities strong sympathy,understanding, emotional support
and powerful physicalattraction.
Speaker 2 (58:14):
I don't know how
accurate this is, Would make up
the energetic and easy goingrelationship.
Yeah, I'm just, I'm just, I'mjust thinking back to Omar facts
, but yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (58:23):
Listen, there's
always an exception to the rule,
and clank happens to be theexception.
I just want to.
Speaker 3 (58:28):
I want to see the
movie where Omar and and clank
have to fall in love and theperson that's trying to tear
them apart is possible.
Speaker 2 (58:40):
All right and all
right.
Omar did not pull ahead.
So, Cindy, this is youropportunity to catch up.
Speaker 1 (58:45):
Let's see, Come on.
This is your stay behind.
Your perfect match is if youget Mario.
Speaker 3 (58:50):
Thank oh yeah, I've
never been so sad to find out
that my perfect match is myfavorite video game of all time.
Speaker 2 (58:59):
So Link and Aquarius,
aquarius Pisces us.
Your perfect yeah.
Speaker 3 (59:04):
No, it makes sense.
I like the strong, silent type.
Speaker 2 (59:07):
Yep, you both have a
great deal to teach to each
other.
Link is going to help you findout more about yourself.
Yeah, you can help Link realizesome of it.
Speaker 3 (59:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (59:16):
I mean, what does he
want?
Speaker 3 (59:18):
You got a whole hard
container for him, you know yeah
, should we make it spicy?
Speaker 1 (59:23):
Should we do one last
round?
Takes it.
Speaker 3 (59:25):
Well, why don't we
just do two points for this next
round?
Speaker 1 (59:28):
Two points for this
next round.
Speaker 2 (59:28):
Two points for the
next round Sounds good to me.
All right, all right.
So just as a review, though,then, if you're still losing,
just make sure you're on thesame page.
Speaker 3 (59:38):
I was aware, but yeah
, didn't need the review and
just make it your all in thesame page.
Speaker 2 (59:43):
OK, so this is this.
Is it this?
Speaker 1 (59:45):
is this is final
match.
Speaker 2 (59:47):
Final match.
Speaker 3 (59:47):
Two points, just like
last time, was it?
Speaker 2 (59:49):
This is the last one
was with, with yeah, but nobody
got it right.
So you both, you know it's fine, OK.
Speaker 3 (59:53):
So this is the final
final round.
Speaker 2 (59:55):
It's worth two points
.
Speaker 3 (59:56):
Mortal enemy right OK
.
Speaker 2 (59:58):
Which of the?
Speaker 3 (59:59):
following, we got to
do two more.
What am I doing?
Speaker 2 (01:00:01):
Oh yeah, absolutely
so which of the following hot is
your mortal enemy?
Your options are Idris ElbaEile.
Jenner or Timothy Shalom.
Is it Shalom May or Shalom Met?
Speaker 3 (01:00:12):
It's Shalom May, the
accent.
Speaker 2 (01:00:15):
It seems like French,
but then also, sometimes people
don't use the, the orgypronunciation.
Speaker 3 (01:00:19):
That's an inside joke
for anybody Watch the guilds
does D&D.
Speaker 1 (01:00:22):
That's very good.
Speaker 3 (01:00:24):
All right, so Idris
Jenner or Shalom May.
Ok, all right.
Speaker 1 (01:00:37):
OK, mortal enemy,
right yeah, mortal enemy
According to the stars, and thisis two points.
So, I go first so we find out.
If I lose on deep, what?
Then you have the chance totake it.
I hold host again.
Speaker 3 (01:00:59):
All right, here we go
.
Speaker 2 (01:01:00):
All right, hang on,
we'll do Omar first.
Speaker 1 (01:01:04):
OK, or should we do?
Or, for jeopardy's sake, do wewant to do Sunday first?
Speaker 2 (01:01:08):
Now we're doing Omar
first.
Has been announced, has beenadjusted live.
Speaker 1 (01:01:10):
You're right.
Ok, live, here we go.
Are you ready for my answer?
Yep, mortal enemy according tothe stars Timothy Shalom.
Speaker 3 (01:01:21):
A OK once again, I
think I could do the same thing.
Speaker 2 (01:01:23):
Oh no, that's a
liquid for you, Cindy, because
indeed, Omar, you're more thananything, Timothy.
Shalom, a Capricorn one.
Oh you, your relationship wouldbe skin deep, both of you only
interested in one of thosephysical beauty.
Omar, you and Timothy, yourbiggest challenge would be
communication.
You may feel that Timothy onlypretends to understand what he
(01:01:44):
says and Timothy may growexasperated and even right off
the relationship.
Oh, if, omar, you continue tomiss a point, I feel you, timmy.
Speaker 1 (01:01:54):
I feel you Whoa whoa
whoa, you're on this, you're on
this Willy Wonka, bastard side.
I don't think so.
I don't need this.
Speaker 2 (01:02:01):
All right, so it does
settle up for Omar, but shall
we see if you're at least goingto finish, you know, with a
close match.
Cindy, who did you choose?
Speaker 3 (01:02:07):
Yeah, let's see, we
will not.
We will not.
Who knows?
Speaker 2 (01:02:13):
We don't know.
Speaker 3 (01:02:14):
I chose Shalom.
Speaker 2 (01:02:16):
Oh, I'm sorry, Kylie
Jenner.
Leo too was your, was your bornhere.
Speaker 3 (01:02:21):
I didn't want to be
sexist, so I didn't choose
Jenner.
Speaker 2 (01:02:23):
Yeah, sorry.
Well it's.
It's not about your sexist,about your energies.
They're going to clash whenyou're forced to act on a daily
basis.
Speaker 3 (01:02:29):
She was the only.
She was the only femalerepresentation on that board,
and so I didn't want her to bemy mortal enemy.
Ok, but it turns out she is, soI'm going to have to murder her
and the baby situation, right.
Speaker 1 (01:02:42):
That can only be one,
kylie.
Speaker 2 (01:02:44):
Jenner.
All right, omar Omar, you arethe host next week.
Congratulations, thank you.
Speaker 3 (01:02:51):
I'll tell you what.
You're not the host of thisweek's show.
Ok, so, let's move on to ourfinal segment of the podcast.
They see the week, all rightthis week, or they see the week
we are.
We are throwing back to KalpanaChawla.
Kalpana became the first Indianborn women to go into space in
(01:03:12):
1997.
Tragically, six years later, onFebruary 1st 2003, she died
when the Space Shuttle Columbiabroke up on reentry into Earth's
atmosphere.
And, yeah, so you know, wewanted to shout her out because
for any you know, for my niecesout there, you know you can be
an astronaut, you can do it,chawla.
A little bit more about her.
(01:03:32):
She was born in Karnal India in1962.
Until she started school shehadn't been formally named.
Her parents called her Montu.
She had been named until she'sdone school.
Like that's how.
That's a hardcore, remember.
It's like you don't get a nameuntil we figure out what track
you're on.
Ok, they probably werefollowing astrology, I bet you.
The name Kalpana means idea orimagination.
(01:03:53):
Chawla's interest in firstflying developed and flying
first developed as a child,often visiting her local flying
club with her father.
Yes, yeah, you want to takethis next.
Speaker 1 (01:04:05):
At university,
despite professors trying to
dissuade her from her desiredcareer path through the limited
opportunities for girls in India.
Chawla earned her degree inaerospace engineering, so they
told her no and she said I'mgoing for this Get out of my way
.
Chawla immigrated to the UnitedStates in the 1980s and became
a naturalized citizen tocontinue her studies, ultimately
earning her doctorate inaerospace engineering.
(01:04:28):
She began working at NASA thesame year.
Her work focused onunderstanding how air flows
around an aircraft during flightand incorporating computer
Peters into the work.
Speaker 3 (01:04:39):
She felt passionately
about providing science
education opportunities foryoung girls in India and during
her time as an astronaut, nasainvited her secondary, a
childless secondary school, totake part in their summer space
program.
Each year, the school sent twogirls to the foundation for the
International Space EducationUnited Space School in Houston.
You know the one that they usedto give away on double dare Yep
(01:04:59):
, which I was desperate to win,and Chela would then invite them
into her home for an Indiandinner.
Between her two missions, chelaallowed 30 days, 14 hours and
54 minutes in space.
She lived to be 40 years old.
Speaker 1 (01:05:16):
Incredible, such an
incredible day of the week, yeah
.
Speaker 3 (01:05:20):
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It's really really good we haveour premiere date, oh.
Speaker 3 (01:06:07):
I'll just say, if you
enjoyed Omar's and Clank's
burgeoning relationship, let mejust say that there are some
parallels that kind of play outpretty well there.
Speaker 1 (01:06:19):
That's been.
Has that been revealed?
Have we?
Have you revealed thatcharacter detail yet?
Speaker 3 (01:06:23):
Apparently, I don't
know we have, so I'm not going
to say more than that.
Speaker 1 (01:06:27):
Okay, Because I have
a.
I have a thing right here thatI got in Australia in honor of
that, but I'll wait.
Speaker 3 (01:06:32):
Let's wait.
Let's wait for the reveal.
Speaker 1 (01:06:34):
Yeah.
So if you want to get moreinformation about that, like,
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You'll get up to the minutenews about the show and you
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Speaker 3 (01:06:50):
Oh yeah, and speaking
of Daisy Quest, Omar ABCD is
coming to a close this season.
Speaker 1 (01:06:57):
What.
Speaker 3 (01:06:58):
Yes, I'm sorry you're
finding out right now.
This is very awkward for me totell you, but this is our
penultimate episode.
Next episode will be our lastof the season, oh my God.
Okay, in two weeks that'll beour next and last episode.
No, you're not.
Speaker 1 (01:07:11):
I'm not.
Speaker 3 (01:07:11):
No, you're not
Because you're not going to miss
me at all because daisyquest iscoming out, obviously, but also
we are the hosts of thedaisyquest after show, so the
very thing that I was talkingabout.
You can join the Patreon andget exclusive access to the
after show.
Well, that's basically me andOmar interviewing different cast
and crew from daisyquest andlike doing a deep dive on that
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episode.
It's going to be awesome, soyou can get more of us.
And then, once that's all doneand that shows world out, we are
going to come back with ABCDseason three stronger than ever.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:07:45):
Join us to celebrate
in the last episode, next
episode and then join us to kickoff the show, which is so
exciting.
Speaker 3 (01:07:54):
Yeah, we also got to
shout out our Patreons.
We've got to do it in.
How are we shouting them outtoday, Delvin?
Speaker 2 (01:07:59):
We had so many great
suggestions, so we're actually
taking two suggestions at one.
What, what you are going to bedoing is announcing the patrons
in the style of a Shakespeareanvampire.
Speaker 1 (01:08:15):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (01:08:15):
All right.
Speaker 1 (01:08:17):
I am Vic Pentameter.
Speaker 3 (01:08:19):
I want to suck the
blood of Joshua Ryan, Torbiam
Kahlo, Benjamin Low.
Speaker 1 (01:08:31):
I forgot we do three
to row.
Yes, yeah, it is better to beHunter P Brown, miranda Hollager
and Michael Long than not Iwish to drain the life force of
Raylin Fox, selina B and AdamNickerson.
I heard by the moonlight thenervous wrecks, Sarah H and
(01:08:55):
Odekah Couplet speaking.
Speaker 3 (01:08:58):
Thou art a villain,
varun Moldy.
Minorized button.
Yep, varun Moldy, varun.
Speaker 1 (01:09:06):
Philip Dizon, Doth
thou bite your thumb, Kathleen
Schlegel, Ducati and ReverendCattino, Because if you do, I
wouldn't mind sucking on theblood.
Yes, yes.
Speaker 3 (01:09:17):
I will suck the blood
at a Bradley pace.
I suck your blood so hard.
No, I suck.
Speaker 1 (01:09:24):
The Shakespeare is
really coming out in this one.
It is a lot.
Speaker 3 (01:09:29):
I'll do it by
midnight with a midnight stream.
Speaker 1 (01:09:36):
Sit, if you dare, and
enjoy this two-hour traffic of
Hong Solo, 8-bit D and Andrew FLtelling you the story of whoah.
Speaker 3 (01:09:47):
A Thelon quote Chris
Sims, dan Wally Nebish Heretic.
Speaker 1 (01:09:56):
Christina Romero.
Christina Romero, where artthou, christina Romero?
Perhaps Zach, by any other name, what's this?
Speaker 2 (01:10:04):
Wow you're laying out
now.
Speaker 1 (01:10:07):
Were I to be any fish
, I would be Danny's corner fish
, or should I say fish?
Speaker 3 (01:10:14):
I've completely run
out of quotes.
Oh man, what's the thing aboutthe fat and the blood?
A pound of flesh I'll take apound of flesh from fish.
There we go, legend 247,.
And then our gods, Laura Clark,scribbles, flapchaks, vaden and
Death, queen Vex.
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And, of course, I'll leave thelast one for you to feast upon
Omar.
Speaker 1 (01:10:41):
That's going to be as
the sun strikes now here in hot
Verona, but not during the day,because I'm a vampire.
It's Devon Neville, you're nota daywalker.
Amazing, we did it.
We did it, folks.
The show is produced by GailMone.
The show's technical directorand sound designer is Devon
Neville.
The show's executive producersare Sandeep Parikh and Anshah.
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This is edited by Sean Mer,music by Harsh Alcindor Taz,
fierce Sing and Malik Savari.
This has been an effing funnyproduction.
Speaker 3 (01:11:12):
On behalf of our
co-host, Omar Najam.
I've been your host.
Sandeep Parikh, may yourchakras be aligned and smothered
in chutney.