the paris olympics

What this episode is about

The content explores the excitement and community spirit surrounding the upcoming Paris Olympics, mixing light-hearted conversations about snacks and personal anecdotes with moments of anticipation, as individuals navigate challenges while highlighting the connections they form with each other amidst the event's preparations and festivities.

Key takeaways

• Bananas: nature's antidote to offense—too bruised for aesthetics, perfect for the palate.
• Community at its finest: shared struggles, shared triumphs; nothing bonds like a collective emergency.
• Who needs a stylist? Just the audacity of DIY hair and an Olympic-level commitment to 'winging it.'
• Stilettos and street marathons: a cautionary tale for those prioritizing flair over foot health.
• Dijon aoli: a culinary experiment born from desperation—proof that innovation thrives in tacos and turmoil.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Emma Chamberlain (Host) · 21 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: community, Olympics, Paris, hair stylist
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Olympics, Paris, French fry, hair stylist
3. 10:00 – 15:00: French fry
4. 15:00 – 20:00: gymnastics, Olympics, sweet potato fry, competitive cheerleading
5. 20:00 – 25:00: French fry, sweet potato fry

Notable quotes from "the paris olympics"

• Presidential look at all of us Community I went to an art store today and I bought not really anything interesting but I'll show you anyway four watercolor brushes one big one…

  about watercolor brushes · at 2:20

• Little bit of water in her hands we're all working together today I love that I love Community it's beautiful we're out of the park look at this beautiful Street this is I…

  about Olympics · at 3:30

• Fluid is that normal that's a bad blister that's one of my worst all right thank you so much that's perfect thank you ow oh my God it stinks so bad he did ow because he…

  about Paris · at 8:44

• You say it's time to order dinner let's [ __ ] hit that I for hi two veggie burgers yeah and for one of those can I replace the sweet potato fries with regular fries M I'm…

  about Dijon mustard · at 9:33

• Chamber wins over skeptical Olympic audience at the women's gymnastics I can't wait I can't wait my favorite Olympic sport has always been gymnastics I think it's because I…

  about gymnastics · at 16:59

• Delicious I think I need to go to an adult gymnastics class okay these girls are so badass they're literally competing at the Olympics with headphones on like some of these…

  about AirPods · at 18:39

• Afraid of getting a concussion or something healthy fiberful little salad super healthy super fiberful ultimately super boring so also got it's the worldwide debate what is…

  about sweet potato fry · at 19:26

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• hair stylist — Person · Referenced service provider affecting plot · 2 mentions · first at 4:06
  The hair stylist's inability to arrive due to Olympic traffic forces the speaker to do their own hair for a red carpet event.
  Olympics streets are closed people you know can't very easily get from point A to point B right now because the whole city shut down for the opening ceremony so my hair stylist…

Products & tech

• French fry — Product · Debated food item · 3 mentions · first at 9:43
  French fries are ordered and then compared against sweet potato fries in a 'worldwide debate,' including preferred dipping styles.
  On I wanted to get it properly fixed up we're going through it y'all what do you say it's time to order dinner let's [ __ ] hit that I for hi two veggie burgers yeah and for…
• sweet potato fry — Product · Debated food item · 2 mentions · first at 19:55
  Sweet potato fries are contrasted with regular fries on texture, crunch, and versatility, forming a mini taste-analysis segment.
• veggie burger — Product · Meal / food review item · 2 mentions · first at 9:33
  Veggie burgers are ordered for dinner and positively reviewed, serving as a casual lifestyle detail amid Olympic coverage.
  Street in Paris with open wounds on my feet and there's a lot of bacteria going on I wanted to get it properly fixed up we're going through it y'all what do you say it's time…
• Dijon mustard — Product · Condiment / DIY recipe component · 1 mention · first at 9:50
  Used in an improvised 'Dijon aioli' with mayonnaise as part of the fries tasting segment.
• watercolor brushes — Product · Personal purchase / lifestyle detail · 1 mention · first at 2:31
  The speaker describes buying multiple watercolor brushes and a bag, adding a creative-hobby vignette before Olympic events.
• AirPods — Product · Notable detail / athlete behavior · 1 mention · first at 19:00
  AirPods are cited as evidence of how calm and 'cool' some gymnasts appear while competing at the Olympics.

Concepts & topics

• gymnastics — Concept · Core topic / emotional anchor · 4 mentions · first at 16:11
  Gymnastics is described as the speaker's favorite Olympic sport, tied to their childhood participation and strong emotional response to watching it live.
• community — Concept · Theme / reflection · 2 mentions · first at 2:20
  The speaker highlights collective cooperation during a crowd-control situation, framing it as a positive 'community' moment.
  Thank God we move everyone's being really actually organized about it I hope there's infrastructure to carry the weight of all these people I want almost there I feel like this…
• competitive cheerleading — Concept · Personal background reference · 1 mention · first at 17:42
  Mentioned to explain the speaker's familiarity with gymnastics and emotional connection to the sport.
  Chamber wins over skeptical Olympic audience at the women's gymnastics I can't wait I can't wait my favorite Olympic sport has always been gymnastics I think it's because I…

Places & events

• Olympics — Event · Core topic / setting · 4 mentions · first at 3:44
  The episode is structured around attending the Olympics opening ceremony and watching Olympic events, shaping the day's logistics, emotions, and activities.
• Paris — Place · Primary location / context · 2 mentions · first at 4:02
  Paris is the on-the-ground setting where Olympic closures, walking distances, and hygiene concerns (open wounds in the street) occur.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 snack routine check this out little banana check this out banana a little bruised but all good check it out almond m M yes many do I don't think that these are they're unsalted no they're salted I just taste them I salted yeah sure they're salted hell I can't read this it's is it's C I believe that means without salt no I'm definitely testing salt no I'm not for sure M no salt it's salt I love Ducks I might like ducks more than pigeon I'm serious I'm like loving duck right now like that is a cute oh my god look how cute maybe they know that I was a duck dad you know when I was when I was a little kid they're sensing that that there's some duck energy you literally did have a duck no I had two I know they know they feel that you should change your Instagram to duck daddy we have been stuck in the tulies for 20 minutes it sounds like the president is driving through the street and so they locked us in a park so that we can't walk by when is

2:00 driving by which I get it but I don't know when we will get this might be like night at the park like Night at the Museum but night at the park we might be locked here all night I'm sitting on a cinder block see I hear the revving of engine you think that that's then I hear a revving of an engine to me that sounds presidential look at all of us Community I went to an art store today and I bought not not really anything interesting but I'll show you anyway four watercolor brushes one big one one sort of big one one small one and one small Bean one so I bought that and then I also bought this little bag now this is nice because I can put my watercolor pad in here and my Eraser you're kidding m thank God we move we move everyone's being really actually organized about it I hope there's infrastructure to carry the weight of all these people I want almost there I feel like this experience brought the community together like my dad just helped

3:23 somebody carry their bike up the stairs there was a woman who was dehydrated and she was like can I have some water and I have a water bottle so I gave her a little bit of water in her hands we're all working together today I love that I love Community it's beautiful we're out of the park look at this beautiful Street this is I I can't believe this it's the night of the opening ceremony of the Olympics and we have bad news so the city's sort of shut down for the Olympics streets are closed people you know can't very easily get from point A to point B right now because the whole city shut down for the opening ceremony so my hair stylist got a little caught up in the traffic of today and couldn't make it so I'm going to this kind of intense red carpet event and I have to do my own hair I've never done this and I'm very scared I'm going to do a slick back bu I'm I'm familiar with this hairstyle like I've done this many times

4:24 I'm like really nervous really nervous okay let's [ __ ] do this okay I think this is going to be really good I think that's pretty smooth yeah okay so we got that done I mean that's pretty [ __ ] good some of my best work which I would hope it would be considering the circumstance this hairspray is phenomenal okay I don't have a good sharp end of a comb you yes but I think we're really going to get somewhere once I get the part right the part's always the intense no I think that's great and then oh that might have [ __ ] been perfect that was so good hold on this thing you should sell this to hair stylist I just got it first first go okay is it perfect nothing's perfect but it's pretty [ __ ]

5:44 good I did it it's not bad like all things considered holy [ __ ] oh done the hair Olympics I think I won Gold I'm walking to the open ceremony with no shoes because I wore heels and um and I made a mistake because we have to walk a long way totally walking

7:00 this is the most disgusting like every day I up my game when it comes to like how disgusting can I be everyone's looking on me they're like her H's really sheap but she's not wearing shoes in the street like what's happening i' I've had to walk literally 6 miles today and I was wearing heels and I just can't do it anymore they I bandages all over my feet I you can't even see them cuz all of them are clear

7:32 I'm warning you that if you get grossed out you just shouldn't watch what I'm about to show you because I'm about to show you my foot my blisters on my feet so if you can't handle that if you can't take the heat get the [ __ ] out of my kitchen all right now that all the losers are gone let me show you my blisters also yes I am not wearing a shirt I'm naked I'm naked oh [ __ ] I just had to like take my clothes off and like sit on the ground after what sort of happened so I just didn't realize how long the walk would be today I was told it would be 10 minutes it ended up being an hour on the way there and by the end of that hour my feet were bad okay it was already bad the one day I have to walk 5 and a half six miles for an event I wore a freaking heel and I'm already bad at wearing heels and then here I am ew my blister is like leaking fluid is that normal that's a bad blister that's one one of my worst all right

9:07 thank you so much that's perfect thank you ow oh my God it stinks so bad he did ow because he disinfected it cuz I got really scared because I just walked in the street in Paris with open wounds on my feet and there's a lot of bacteria going on I wanted to get it properly fixed up we're going through it y'all what do you say it's time to order dinner let's [ __ ] hit that I for hi two veggie burgers yeah and for one of those can I replace the sweet potato fries with regular fries M I'm going to try dipping in dejon mustard m mixing Dijon mustard and mayonnaise to make a Dijon aoli let's see if I'm [ __ ] onto something here Dijon aoli homemade yum there's nothing like a ketchup fry to me like that's just obviously

10:27 awesome where is that you oh oh you don't L to me so good wait this place rocks way you're going I said everything all right that's awesome you've been wanting one just like that gra look at my Fe zoom into my feet

14:19 up I do love it I know but it's also like thank you I'm okay for now should wait great shot you I don't know what we're celebrating I mean it's definitely Olympics really I don't know what we're celebrating happy to be here though man PE

16:11 you know we were watching the we were watching the men men's gymnastics last night on TV pretty crazy today is going to be today's women's this is my dream my dreams are coming true shouldn't do that here I'm going to try to ask the Olympic Committee if after the gymnastics today I get to go do a round off ladies and gentlemen we have a special guest for you today andam I do one round off back handspring they're like oh no no no no no you do a round off back hands and then every like you like and then headlines and a chamber wins over skeptical Olympic audience at the women's gymnastics I can't wait I can't wait

17:39 my favorite Olympic sport has always been gymnastics I think it's because I grew up doing gymnastics and doing competitive cheerleading and I was never really that good but I have an understanding of the sport and I feel emotionally connected to the sport and I'm not a particularly sporty person so it's like a rare treat to feel connected to a sport and I'm not going to lie like I'm getting choked up watching these gymnasts do their thing like this is what I grew up watching and I was so inspired by this as a kid seeing it in person is

18:25 unreal veggie burger I think that's absolutely delicious I think I need to go to an adult gymnastics class okay these girls are so badass they're literally competing at the Olympics with headphones on like some of these girls have their airpods in some of them have like full headphones like these are the coolest girls I've ever seen so chill how are they so chill they're literally at the Olympics I'm not going to lie I'm kind of jealous of them because I always thought skateboarding was so cool and I always wanted to do it but I was always too scared because falling on concrete is horrific I don't know I was always afraid of getting a concussion or something

19:45 healthy fiberful little salad super healthy super fiberful ultimately super boring so also got it's the worldwide debate what is better sweet potato fry or regular fry let's start out I guess with the classic regular fry the classic French fry here's the thing here's the thing I don't know my phone fell the classic fry it has that simple potato flavor it just goes down [ __ ] easy but it is somewhat simple now let's try sweet potato sweet potato does have that crunch to it m sweet potato texture crunchier so freaking crunchy it's got that crunch to it I will say though the flavor is a bit less versatile like it does have that sweetness it does have that complexity it's just not for every day

21:36 salted butter always salted butter always salted olive bread going in M tender olives in here M I spilled Ketchup have you never spilled ketchup I guess it's not I guess you haven't cuz you're so perfect oh you're so perfect you've never skilled spilled I get it I'm an adult it was an accident

22:55 oh oh my dad had to explain how the scoring for tennis worked but now that I understand I'm locked in I think I have a new obsession with watching tennis like this is so riveting and intense and fun coincidentally I recently just tried to play tennis for fun and it was so hard and I was so [ __ ] bad that I'm feeling particularly humbled today watching this oh

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "the paris olympics"?

Emma Chamberlain (Host).

What is "the paris olympics" about?

The content explores the excitement and community spirit surrounding the upcoming Paris Olympics, mixing light-hearted conversations about snacks and personal anecdotes with moments of anticipation, as individuals navigate challenges while highlighting the connections they form with each other amidst the event's preparations and festivities.

What is mentioned in this emma chamberlain episode?

12 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Olympics, gymnastics, Paris, French fry, community, hair stylist. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "the paris olympics"?

The episode runs 25 min; the transcript is about 1,949 words in 17 timestamped sections.

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