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We finally got Brandi Carlile on Handsome!

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "We finally got Brandi Carlile on Handsome!", an episode of Handsome Podcast published February 24, 2026 (57 min, about 10,676 words). It mentions 25 people, works and ideas, including Mae Martin, Fortune Beamster, Totaro, Brandi Carlile, Jesus.

What this episode is about

A candid conversation with Brandi Carlile about her music and career, featuring casual banter and guest-host dynamics. The discussion touches on personal stories, performance insights, and behind-the-scenes chatter.

Key takeaways

  • Marketing insight: casual banter and self-deprecation can sandwich product plugs without feeling salesy.
  • Podcast dynamics matter: playful chemistry and confident improv sell authenticity as much as topics do.
  • Attention economics: tiny, relatable anecdotes (car rides, bracelets) keep listeners engaged between bigger ideas.
  • Risk-reward pulse: rapid, in-the-materiel riffing (mansplaining, carplaining) adds edge but tests audience taste.
  • Meta awareness: references to friends, guests, and streaming culture forge community beyond the episode.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: All State, Fortune Beamster, Mae Martin, Totaro
  2. – 10:00: Mae Martin, Magic, Spirituality, Hypothesis
  3. – 20:00: All State, ASPCA Pet Health Insurance Program, Vagazzle
  4. – 25:00: Vagazzle
  5. – 30:00: Mae Martin
  6. – 40:00: Brandi Carlile, Mae Martin, Jesus, LGBTQ
  7. – 45:00: Morality, community
  8. – 50:00: Fortune Beamster, Jesus, community, Epstein file
  9. – 55:00: LGBTQ, Separation of church and state, Spirituality
  10. – 57:18: All State, Separation of church and state, Come See Me in the Good Light, Headgum

Notable quotes from "We finally got Brandi Carlile on Handsome!"

  • Welcome to the Handsome Pod. I'm Fortune Beamster. I'm May Martin.
    about Fortune Beamster · at
  • Okay. So, I'm I'm prepping to go on tour and part of what I'm thinking about is like is magic real and can I affect reality with my mind? So, this is part of the standup sort of the themes I'm thinking about.
    about Mae Martin · at
  • Heard of it? That's right. Brandy Carile is asking today's question.
    about Brandi Carlile · at
  • The church check on you. Like there's really great things about it where it's like a fabric of society there where it's I can see like there's community.
    about community · at
  • Answer these questions and are reaching for something and then we Yeah. These are meant to be like moral signposts that help us navigate things instead of like literal do, you know.
    about Morality · at
  • Yeah. like we were talking about the about magic and intention and stuff and I definitely think prayer could be powerful and I'm Yeah, I'm loving like Meg Stalter is Christian…
    about Spirituality · at
  • I definitely don't like when it gets intermingled with like government you know I don't I do very much firmly believe in the separation of church and state.
    about Totaro · at
  • Still work for me and about the way I personally feel about Jesus. And I was totally overwhelmed by the amount of LGBTQ people that came to me and said they want to talk about…
    about LGBTQ · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Mae Martin — Person · Host · 4 mentions · first at
    Co-host who introduces the episode, shares stories, and discusses spirituality, intention, and reactions to Jesus from a Canadian atheist upbringing.
  • Fortune Beamster — Person · Host · 2 mentions · first at
    Introduces the show, drives much of the banter, and contributes personal stories and opinions on Jesus, church, and community.
  • Totaro — Person · Host · 1 mention · first at
    Co-host who participates in the main discussion about Jesus, church culture in the American South, and separation of church and state.
  • Brandi Carlile — Person · Question asker (featured guest via clip) · 2 mentions · first at
    Provides the episode's main question about how queer people feel hearing 'Jesus' and later adds her own perspective about faith, trauma, and LGBTQ responses.
  • Holly Hunter — Person · Referenced actor · 2 mentions · first at
    Referenced as starring in Starfleet Academy; used in a plug at the end of the episode.
    This is from Sandro, who is the number two on Starfleet Academy. He's right under Holly Hunter, and he's the young kind of rebellious kid on the show that Holly's trying to…
  • Allison Brie — Person · Referenced friend of the show · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as a listener and friend; used to illustrate that well-known peers follow the podcast.
    She really She'll text me occasionally with some reference to the pod.
  • Sandro — Person · Referenced coworker · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as a cast member on Starfleet Academy who gave bracelets; no full name provided.
    You choose not to read Korean. And then this is from Sandro, who is the number two on Starfleet Academy. He's right under Holly Hunter, and he's the young kind of rebellious kid on the show that Holly's trying to, you.
  • Nikki Glaser — Person · Referenced comedian · 1 mention
    Mentioned as someone who heard and laughed about their recurring clear mascara riff, indicating the show's reach among peers.
    Nikki Glazer heard a thing about us riffing on clear mascara and always laughs about us.
  • Eliza — Person · Referenced acquaintance · 1 mention
    Mentioned only as a childhood friend who made a bracelet; no full name provided, so limited graph value.

Companies & orgs

  • Headgum — Organization · Podcast network/publisher · 2 mentions · first at
    Identifies the podcast as a Headgum production at the beginning and end of the transcript.
  • All State — Company · Advertised brand · 6 mentions · first at
    Appears in repeated ad reads encouraging listeners to check for car insurance quotes; not part of the main conversation.
    Checking All State first could save you hundreds on car insurance. That's smart.

Concepts & topics

  • Jesus — Concept · Core topic · 2 mentions · first at
    Central to Brandi Carlile's listener question; the hosts discuss personal and cultural reactions to the name and how it is used for morality, community, and discrimination.
    How do you feel when you hear the word Jesus?
  • LGBTQ — Concept · Core topic · 2 mentions · first at
    Frames the listener question about Jesus and queer experiences with religion, acceptance, trauma, and safety.
  • Separation of church and state — Concept · Core topic · 2 mentions · first at
    Discussed as a crucial principle the hosts support, especially in the context of U.S. politics, abortion bans, and religious influence on government.
    I definitely don't like when it gets intermingled with like government you know I don't I do very much firmly believe in the separation of church and state.
  • community — Concept · Core topic · 2 mentions · first at
    Discussed as a positive function of church culture (especially in the American South) and contrasted with religion used for control or exclusion.
  • Morality — Concept · Core topic · 2 mentions · first at
    Raised in the context of religion as 'moral signposts' and the idea of treating others well as a universal ethical baseline.
  • Magic — Concept · Secondary topic · 1 mention · first at
    May Martin explores whether intention can affect reality, referencing 'magic' as both stage magic and spirituality-adjacent phenomena.
    Okay. So, I'm I'm prepping to go on tour and part of what I'm thinking about is like is magic real and can I affect reality with my mind? So, this is part of the standup sort of the themes I'm thinking about.
  • Spirituality — Concept · Secondary topic · 2 mentions · first at
    Appears in the discussion of 'magic' versus science and in the broader conversation about prayer, hope, and religion.
  • Epstein file — Concept · Referenced controversy/topic · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as an example of perceived hypocrisy and 'perversion at the top,' prompting frustration about accountability and justice.
    Yeah, we have to save that for our Epstein file episode.
  • Hypothesis — Concept · Supporting concept · 1 mention · first at
    Used to frame the 'rice experiment' as a test of whether intention affects reality, contrasting expectation versus observed results.
    The hypothesis is that your intention can affect reality. And I've read all about this rice experiment where and this is before you do the experiment. You have a hypothesis.
  • Vagazzle — Concept · Comedic reference · 2 mentions · first at
    Used as a comedic tangent about past standup trends and body-related jokes, contrasting with the more serious religion discussion.
    Give it a whirl. That sounds painful. I feel like vagazzle used to be the butt of every joke in standup and that was a thing. People were putting like gems on there and maybe you have to iron them on.

Media & podcasts

  • Starfleet Academy — Media · Referenced upcoming/show plug · 2 mentions · first at
    Discussed in relation to cast gifts and promoted at the end alongside Holly Hunter; ties to the hosts' entertainment work.
    Sign up for a month, watch the movie, and then do whatever you want to do after that. Also, Starfleet Academy with Holly Hunter and Paul Giamati. That's all I got to say.
  • Come See Me in the Good Light — Media · Referenced documentary / recommendation · 2 mentions · first at
    Introduced in Brandi Carlile's credentials and recommended to listeners at the end of the episode.
    You need to pack. I got to San Diego soon. Also, if you haven't seen Come See Me in the Good Light, you should watch it. Apple TV. If you don't have Apple, you can get a free subscription.
  • Star Trek — Media · Referenced franchise · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as the franchise context for a character name ('Reno') and the Starfleet Academy series.
    And my character on Star Trek, my name is on here. Reno.

Sponsors

  • ASPCA Pet Health Insurance Program — Organization · Sponsor · 2 mentions · first at
    Sponsor message promoting pet insurance and a sign-up perk; separate from the episode's main themes.
    My cats and if you listen to the podcast, you know I would do anything for them. A quick message from today's sponsor, the ASPCA Pet Health Insurance Program. Life with a pet…

Full transcript with timestamps

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Cheers. Cheers. Welcome to the Handsome Pod. I'm Fortune Beamster. I'm May Martin.

And I am Totaro. Oh my god, that was the cleanest we've ever introed this podcast.

Yeah. Yeah. I just went for it. I I took a risk. Oh, already cuz we're in the same place. Our energy is electric.

I can feel the energy. You stuck the landing. Whoa. Are you not ready? Was it too soon?

I was ready. I was ready. Yeah. I'm kind of a sweaty hand. Sorry. Cuz I drove here.

That's all right. I did see pull up in their car. Yeah. Why are your hands sweaty? Cuz you drove here.

Still nervous about driving. I I hold tight. Two hands 10 and two. I'm gripping.

Like gripping. Yeah. Yeah. Ripping. Yeah, I think so. I think so. Went in a car wash, though.

How was that? Drove. Did you mean to? Uh, yeah. I think Yeah, I meant to. Okay.

And it was I loved the whole experience. Had the guys kind of tell you, "Okay, move forward." And you drive.

I can't stand that. I mean, I told I hate it. Oh, really? I can imagine. Depends on the guy. I had a nice guy who was We were joshing around a bit. Okay.

But you had a humorless No, I'm not looking for a funny uh You're not looking for a friend. Why not? I'm just trying to park the car right?

And uh if somebody gets behind me and they're like and I haven't asked them to, they're just like, "Get a like, get out of here." You know, when they just like

I guess it feels like mansplaining or something to me. I'm like, "I'm all good buddy."

Carplaining. Yeah. Carplaining. Don't eat it. Look at your bracelets. See, when we're together in the room, there's so much more stimula.

Okay. Fortune just tried to touch his bracelets. You know what I love about you?

What? When your voice makes that cat. Yeah. Yeah. That's that's that's the sweet spot.

Let me tell you about this. My um childhood friend Eliza, she made this for me. She makes bracelets

and um clearly and she's Korean, so she has a little Korean um something on here.

Oh, is it like a Oh, there it is. I don't know what it says. Okay. Can you read Korean?

Um I cannot. Okay. And then I can, but I choose not to at the moment. You choose not to read Korean. And then this is from Sandro, who is um the number two on Starfleet Academy. He's right under Holly Hunter, and he's the young kind of rebellious kid on the show that Holly's trying to, you know, you know. Anyway, so he got these um for all the cast after season one. Thank you.

And my my character on Star Trek, my name is on here. Reno. Oh, that's nice. I like that. Yeah. Maybe we need friendship bracelets.

Are these friendship bracelets? Well, if you call it one for everyone on the crew. Yeah, that's a friendship bracelet.

This is a co-orker bracelet. Oh, wow. We need to get coworker bracelet. Yeah. Yeah, true.

I think Are we We're not friends. We're more than friends. They're back. I knew you were gonna come around. Playing hard to get over there. I always come around. I swear to I swear to God, pig.

Come on. Come on now. Come on. Yeah. Look how happy I am. I know. Did you guys notice I have makeup on?

No, I don't have my glasses on. Notice that you have makeup on. Yeah. Do you look hot?

Except for one zit right here. Um, she looks hot. Thank you, May. I'm not even going to put my glasses on. Just tell me. I just have a lot makeup on.

I'm going to put my glasses. Put them on. Take it all in. I was filming today. It's really subtle though. It's like it's just bringing out your inner beauty.

My curls are tight. Your curls are tight. What are we talking that's tight around here? Do you know what I mean?

I don't I'm not going to Something is tight. I'm not going to go any further. Okay. I'm wearing makeup, too.

Are you? Yeah. Always clear mascara? No, not today. Just the usual boy brow. Nikki Glazer heard a thing about us riffing on clear mascara and always laughs about us.

She did talking about clear mascara. That's crazy. It's crazy that people hear this podcast and

especially friends and family. I know where they're like, "Oh my gosh, I was listening this and that." And I'm like, "You listen to my show?"

I know. I know. I went on a walk around the res with friend of the pod Allison Brie and that was Oh, you did?

I always just I never quite believe that she listens to it. It's almost like I want to test her. But she really does. She really

She'll text me occasionally with some reference to the pod. She knows what's going on.

Yeah, she's the best. She's so funny. It was such a nice walk. If only she were in good shape, though.

If only she was prettier. If only she was attractive and in good shape. They're a good looking couple. Those two. They're a great looking couple and really smart and writers and Yeah,

I'm into it. Mhm. And they Yeah, they're collaborative. Yeah. Yeah. I uh Yes. Well, unrelated.

Okay, that's who we can pivot. Okay. So, you know, I'm I'm prepping to go on tour and part of what I'm thinking about is like is magic real and can I affect reality with my mind? So,

this is part of the standup sort of the themes I'm thinking about. hilarious to me.

Yeah. Like, well, you know what? I don't know if you know this. This is true. Com or magic

Yeah. is kind of moving in on comedy. Do you know this? In like popularity magic.

Well, like magicians. Yeah. Magicians. Magicians. That whole world is becoming gigantic.

Yeah. What does that signify? I wonder about where we're at. We just want to be astounded. But I'm more like like uh spirituality or things that 200 years ago they would have said were magic, but now we know it's science. Anyway, so I keep seeing those experiments with um rice. I think I've talked about it. You put rice in two jars and then you write I love you on one of the jars. You write I hate you on the other jar and every day you go to the one I love you so much and then to the bad one you're like I hate you. You're awful.

Is this what you are doing? every morning. And it's a really weird thing to do on by yourself, but uh

or even with people, I would say. Yeah. And I've seen this online tons of times where the the one that says I hate you rots faster.

Really? Yes. Guys, guess what happened? What? You ate it. You had a a beef bowl. The one I say I love you to.

Said I love you back. It's rotting. So, what is is my love rotten or am I Did I smother it? Rotten.

Yeah. Do you normally say rotten? I don't know why I said it like that. Well, your accent's all over the place.

I don't think I would normally say rotten but I don't think your love's rotten. I think you got some bad rice.

I mean, it's significantly No, but it was the same batch of rice. So, the one you the the

Thank you for digging into the I love you rice is rotten. And this is the I hate you rice is

perfectly pristine and white cooked rice. It's cooked cooked white rice. And I'm not saying like one of I mean the one I say I love you to is black mold and the other one perfectly pristine.

This is weird. At what point do you toss it soon? I think it's time actually. Don't Maybe that could break up with your right.

Maybe the I love you is hearing you say I hate you. You're doing it too close to each other.

That's possible. But then, how come the I hate you one's not? Cuz it's a narcissist and it only hears that you love it.

Yeah. I don't know what the hell's going on cuz I've proved something but not what I was expecting to prove. And I feel Yeah. worried about what my focus is doing to that rice.

Is that what part of it is the hypothesis? I remember that word. The hypothesis is that your intention can affect reality. And I've read all about this rice experiment where

and this is before you do the experiment. You have a hypothesis and then you try to prove the hypothesis right or wrong. And

yeah, like you know how if you're kind to plants, they flourish. Yeah. So it's that kind and that's scientifically proven. Yeah.

If you sing to them, you talk. I flourish in kindness as well. Don't we all? Some do. We Does everyone flourish in kindness?

Yeah. People flourish in kindness. Some people like to be her mascists. Yeah. Yeah. Some aren't really into that.

Yeah. But but like a you know how they say that girls like a bad boy, right? Oh no.

Like they don't flourish in kindness. Have you ever liked a bad boy? Me? Yeah. Me? No. Me?

Yeah. Fortune. Imagine in front of you there's nice boy and bad boy. They're both handsome.

Well, I don't like I don't like boys, so I guess for fun I'd go with the bad boy. Why not spice it up, you know? That sounds fun.

Like that guy in that show you watch who knows how to put it down. That's right. Tell me lies.

Tell me lies. He's a bad boy. I I think I had a little bit of a thing for some bad girls.

Bad girls. Yeah, we all bad girl. Yeah. Yeah, we all like bad girls. Well, I don't want that. I don't want a bad girl.

No, no, no. Me neither. What do we mean by bad? Like just people that um chaos inducing.

Yes. Right. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. I like a bit of it in a safe container. Uhhuh. With rice.

With rice. Yeah. You like you like a sprinkle of it. I like a sprinkle of like unpredictability.

Wait, have you made out anymore with the person you made out in the car with uh with that person? I have not.

Did I know about this? No. Yes, you did. Remember I was let down cuz I thought it was going to be a salacious.

Oh, that's right. That's right. But you guys thought I was let down. Was a one and done. I did do I did have an experience where I kissed someone in my car and I was parked.

You love You love this car now. I love this car. You need to go to a drive-in movie.

All I want to do. Can we be in the back giggling? All I want is in my car. Yeah.

Yeah, that would be great. But so I was parked and my but my foot was on the brake.

But then I we kiss and I guess it I should have had it in neutral. need to have in park

or park. Yeah. So then my foot came off the brake and my neutral. You will you will just roll.

Yeah. Right. Yeah. So it was a jump scare for sure. It was my foot came off the brake and then the car went almost into the car in front of me.

Oh my god. That would be Oh, I wish that was the story. That would have been funny.

If I I know. Did you still get the kiss? Got the kiss. Okay. Can I tell you a fun make out, please?

Yes. Okay, girl. Girl, settle in. And let me tell you what was so fun. Okay, so there was this girl,

you know, we had this thing going for months and but at the very beginning of it, I told her I was like, "You know what? I've always wanted to do is just get a taxi and just drive around town and make out.

Love this." And she was like, "Let's do it. And so this so we hail a cab and we are macking down.

Oh my god. You don't put on a show for the driver because they do watch. I don't care.

I know. I'm just telling you they do. They are watching in the Well, how do you know?

Cuz fortune makes out like taxis. What in the day? Fortune used to be a cab driver.

I get my cab. They do watch. Let me trust me. They watch and they love it. Okay. Um, no, I just thought it it was one of the, you know, when you first are meeting and dating or hooking up with somebody, it's like, let's do Okay, so

get a cab. We're driving around Los Angeles. And that's what I told the guy. I was like, just anywhere. And he was like okay

cool. You You want to just drive where? Drive us around. Yeah, just drive us around.

Okay. So then we pull up and um uh to his mother's house. Um we pull up to some store. She wanted to go in and get something. She's an actress. Okay. Okay.

When she gets out of the car, he goes, "Can I ask you something?" And I said, "Sure." And he said, "Who is?" He said, "That woman looks very familiar. Who is she?" And I said, "I have no idea." after we've been driving around.

That's the end of the story. It is you do. Uhuh. I almost say it, but Well, you can say it, but bleep it out.

Yeah, I knew it. How did you know? I'm smart. I don't know who that is even, but I knew that y'all had

had a thing, dated or whatever you call it. So funny to have the awkward just you and the taxi driver in the car though as well like after she gets out and you've just been

fully. But also you don't Yeah. You don't want them being like I recognize any either of you know what I mean? Like that's where you want to be anonymous.

Well that's why it was fun to just be like yeah I don't know I don't know who she is running like how much was this bill at the end of

I don't remember. Here's another fun thing. This is a this is a really fun thing that I could see you enjoying.

Okay. I asked this girl out who we had already been seeing each other but on a particular date.

Okay. To a hotel room only during the day to order room service and watch a movie.

That's good. That's really good. And so did you have to pay for the night or you found like a Yeah. and you said, "We'll just go there for the day and hang out.

Let's just go get a hotel room, watch a movie, and order food room service." And it was fun. It was so fun. That's fun. That's really fun. So fun.

I've had the the room for the just the I've rented it for the night, but we just used it during the day and used the spa, like the steam room.

Yeah. And that stuff. And then used it for the room for other things. For what was that? other things

such as and then left. Uhuh. Didn't stay the night. Have you ever uh in a hotel room?

Yeah. I realized this a couple of nights ago when I was in Chicago. I see these all the time in the hotel room. Never used one.

Yeah. Have you ever used a shower cap? I sure have not. Well, now I know something I really want to see, which is all of us in shower caps. Like our like bonnets. Like little bonnets.

I forgot about our bonnets. Oh, someone gave us those in Toronto. I don't think I've used one except when you're getting your hair dyed. Sometimes they put like a plastic back.

But like to get into the shower. Who the hell? Like they are in every hotel room. There must be enough people that don't want to get their hair wet that this is still in demand.

Well, I'm going to start asking around because Yeah. Yeah. Do let's ask our listeners. Do any of you

wear wear shower caps? Please let us know in our social media comments. This is the last hotel thing I'll say.

Okay, give it to us. Do you notice that hair dryers are mysteriously hard to find

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You're right. There's no kind of standard. It's always under the sink. No, sometimes it's in a little bag hanging on the door. I I do like it when hotels have switched from ironing boards and irons to the um little hand steamers.

Not me. You prefer the iron. You like an iron. Steamer one. Wait, what are you steamer?

You're a steamer, too. Okay. And you know Ricky Lynholm? Yeah. She has a really funny bit that I'm like, God, I wish I thought I mean, it's so funny just that like how long

have ironing boards been around. Yeah. And they can't fix it to where IT DOESN'T GO LIKE WHEN YOU OPEN IT.

YEAH. I mean truly, how is that the case? I know. Well, the steamers do get dangerous. I um you know, sometimes have dum dum moments

not thinking. And I have not our fortune. Don't talk about my friend like that.

I have been like, "Oh, I missed a spot." And did the steamer and it just burnt your cooter?

My cooter. It burnt my cooter. Why are you always drying your crust? Yeah. Why are you steaming your cooter?

I know. like steamy. There was like a wet spot. Not not what you're Don't get your head out of the gutter. And then I tried to steam it out and just burnt my cooter.

Crispy fried cooter. Crispy fried cougar. So those things do get very hot, but I do prefer them to the iron is it's a whole thing.

Have you ever ironed your cooter? No. Give it a whirl. That sounds painful. I feel like vagazzle used to be the butt of every joke in standup and that was a thing. People were putting like gems on there and maybe you have to iron them on

like Swarovski crystals or whatever. No, but it kind of went away. You know what I'm talking about, right, girl? Girl, I don't remember.

It's like the little crystal like your name or something. Tig, people put that on their crotch. Yeah,

that was a thing at one point. I don't know if it's still a thing now. Wouldn't it fun have Tig Tig's name down there though? It's small but it fit

on Tig or on us. I guess I think I wonder if I understand what's happening right now.

It's like you glue gems to your pubic area. Yeah. Like it's so you have no hair there. You like rip the hair out or have you seen your hair?

I hope you don't rip it out. I've never seen one in person. Have you? No. Never.

Let's not get crazy here. I'm talking about um vagazzle. Yeah, the vagazzle. Yeah, it just used to be

heard of this. Are we showing you a picture of my vajazzled just here? Let me get out my PowerPoint presentation.

You need to iron that thing. How can they have uh um shower caps in every room and then not toothpaste in every room? I hate having to call down.

They never have toothpaste. And they hate that you're not bringing your own toothpaste. That would be expensive for them to

Yeah, that checks that. Yeah, that's true. But sometimes they'll supply those tiny tiny off-brand where it just says mint

um paste. Yeah, mint paste. Yeah, mint paste. Yeah. All the Q-tips you could want.

I love a Q-tip. I know you're not supposed to, but I love them, too. Do you? I want to buy that thing on Amazon that like pushes the water in your ear. Don't

you want water pushed into your ear? I don't think that's bad, is it? I I've been the victim of I I have all these gadgets. Like I have bought every gadget.

We know your Amazon wish list is I'm not going to use Amazon anymore. I'm turning a corner. I'm like this is one thing I can do is

boycott boycott Amazon as much as possible. Okay. I am boycotting bigizer mascara boycotting hot dogs and target and this I'm trying I'm trying but um

well do we have is now the time Thomas should I oh wait what what's happening so we were talking about gadgets you're talking about this ear pregnant

I am with child uh no so um I don't know if you noticed like a different piece of furniture in here that my

Yeah, that Yeah, this round um foot stool. Okay. Yeah, but it's not actually a foot stool guys.

What is it? It's one of my new gadgets. This is a gadget, y'all. We didn't know anything about this.

Thomas is Oh. Oh my god. That is hilarious. It's like an alien. May's ass is on camera. But is it is it a part-time um stool?

Part-time stool, fulltime massager, whatever you want. So, okay, Tig Tig's kicking off her shoes.

Do I have to take my socks off? On to me. I think you should leave your socks on for hygiene purposes.

You think I'm not clean? No, I'm sure you are. Maybe I'm a germaphobe. I want to see what everyone

Ow! Really? Are you serious? Yes. I have it on the strongest. I'll put it on the I'll put it down the way.

Oh, wait. NO, NO, NO. OW. OH MY GOD. My god. Wait. Wait. Are you Are you wanting this torture? You want me to fix it?

Have you tried this? I don't like your feet. You don't like that? Oh my god. This is hell. This is hell.

Oh my god. I have you done this? I'm loving it. Wait, is it on the highest thing?

No, it's on the lowest here. I don't know. I'm asking. squeezed a little. Now it's uh vibrating.

It'll go through a cycle of different things. So it's like this is hell. It's pretty intense, right?

Well, yeah. Rolls, heats up. That's the lowest. Feels like a rodent is nibbling on my

How did you land on this? Uh you were you were scrolling through your big bear.

No, it may look me in the eye. Where did it come from? No, it actually is called Chill Chair. It's a comp private company. So, it was advertised to me and I said, "Yeah."

Okay. Always trying to relax. Advertised to you. And you love this. Oh, on social media.

Yeah. And you love this. I'm Well, I'm kind of on the fence. I can't decide if it's good or bad for me.

Um, but it does heat up. It's It's warm. This is so funny. And I just wanted like to give you guys a glimpse into what my evenings are like. Like my evenings are I got that on. I got sometimes like A VIBRATING FACE.

WOW. OH, you're like a vibration every um invisible mascara. Invisible mascara. And then I have like an ab workout machine that I've got this mascara shake vibrating your entire body.

No, I'm going like this doing crunches. So, I'm watching TV and I'm like, what is your goal? What are we What is this all

to maximize my time? Your time of rest. These little vibrations. Yeah, I'll take whatever help I can get.

Is it starting to become comfortable? It's not very tense. Your whole body is released.

So tense. Oh, I can see you kind of I can I My feet are relaxed right now. If you had titties, this would be real fun.

No, I have dumpster titties and we all know this. But I'd really enjoy this vibration if you had some Tigle Bitties. Fortune. Are you Are you keen to get in there?

Why not? Well, it's settled down now. No, no, no. Put your little hooves back on.

Oh, now Tig doesn't want to share. Well, cuz now it settled down and it just feels good.

Well, now you like it. Okay. I need to get an ab machine. Well, now I'm just here with one shoe on and one shoe off.

I'm not sponsored by this. But my shoe looks like you have it on, doesn't it? Yeah, it sure does.

Yeah. Well, I guess I'll just sit here like this with one shoe on, one shoe off. By me.

Do you jinx? You both said fine by me at the same time. I still do that near daily. So, I was looking into the lyrics of that song like to see if I could memorize them and it's actually

kind of problematic and then and I it's all about like how he wants to date Asian women and like really

well there's all these all these weird things in it and then my I was saying that to my friend I was like can you believe that innocent song actually if you slow it down and she's like well the band's called Bare Naked Ladies like what do you expect and I was like oh yeah

yeah I guess that's a good point they just seem right under our noses They just seem fun because they sing if I had a million dollar

spin. Okay, this is what I'm Oh. Oh, it's back to the abusive side. I got it. Stop. Stop.

Stop. All right. Oh, boy. Allison Janney broke my ribs. May Martin broke my toes to taking my shoes off. I'm getting ready for whatever this ride is.

It's a good one. Is it going to fit my big feet? Yeah, of course. Size fit small.

What size are you? Big. Like what? Tell I got pretty big feet. Big, medium, and large.

Uh, small seven men's. Oh, I'm uh nine and a half men's. Whoa. That's right, mate.

I'm just a ped lady. Oh. Oh. Is it hard? Is it hurting? It's It's tight. Oh, just smashes. I told you. Smashing your feet.

No. I told you. No. No. I want to go through the pain. I want to go through the cycle.

Girl, can I not tell you? We need to have a slumber party. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.

It just smashes them the the front part quite a lot in the beginning. Do you remember when I yelled, "This is hell."

Uhhuh. Does that make sense? Now I'm like, I have size 10 men's feet. But now it's calming down. And there's some comfort here.

Like would you ever have this on set or something in your in my space suit? your space yet.

Oh, I think you It looks pretty spacey. Maybe you have to Why am I jiggling more than you were jiggling?

You got titties. Is that the best word? Tits and titties. I love it. And cter milkers. Because there's there's moments of this that are very relaxing

and then it'll surprise you with the sharp pain and then it be it's like a bad relationship. That's what I was talking about with the bad boys. You say this is this should be called the bad boy.

The bad boy cuz he he's real nice to you and takes you out on a date and then he doesn't come home one night

and you're like when it's good it's good. It sounded like a pooted pooted. You know that like Well,

I've never heard pooted. You've never heard poot? No, I've heard to. Well, I It's a poot because it's that it's that like

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That sound. I think you're the only person alive that has made that sound. That's

that's like at the end of the day that's a poot. I' I've probably said this, but I I dated this woman who would in the morning I always noticed that she was like she lying on me and then she her hands would kind of go behind her and then and then sometimes I'd hear like and then I realized she was taking her butt cheeks apart.

She was in the morning. What are we every morning talking about? She didn't want to make a fart sound or wake me up.

But she wanted you to talk about it on a podcast in a few years. She was sneakily just pulling her own butt.

She's a fart. That's a poop. Yeah, that's a poop. I'd never even thought of that method.

I can't believe she was laying on you and spread her butt cheeks. And fortune knew right away where she spread. How else would you reach your hands back there?

But what I said to her was like, I reach my hands. I told you that's the bad boy.

The bad boys and your little your footies. She's yelling at me right now. I told her I was I would be kind of more into it if she'd just do the fart and get the comedy.

We talked about it. Yeah, we talked about it. Did you say pardon me? But did you just spread your cheek?

Yes. Did you really? She was mortified. I don't know if I had the courage to bring that up. That is a courageous thing you did, mate. Really? I No.

Um I don't know if courage is the word I would use. I said I'd be more into it if you were confident enough to just And so that's what started happening after I said that. Then every morning

Oh, she let it rip. I would feel her body tense and I'd start laughing right away.

That was the start of the day whistle is what she was doing. And she always and she always woke up on top of you.

She would lie always sleep the whole night on my chest like that. Yeah. the whole night. It was actually the best sleeps.

Really? I would that I would get hot. But isn't that weird that I was kind of turned on by the fact that she was confident enough to just fart on me? I don't have a fart fetish.

You have Sounds like you do. Something I don't. I have news. You do. You don't not have one. How about that?

It's I I have a fetish for people who are confident enough to use a a fart as a punchline.

Well, then I go, "Oh, you must you know I like you a lot." I told you about my friend's mother who would make eye contact.

Oh yeah. Iconic. And she would just be like, "Are you going to stay for dinner? Excuse me. No, I don't want that."

But she wasn't doing it as a joke. She just couldn't control it. She was like a a drill sergeant slash uh uh running or what is it? Like a linebacker.

Yeah. You know, I think I want off my feet. You want us to stop? But I liked it.

Thanks. Yeah, I did. I appreciate this experience. I feel like I'm on Shark Tank.

Thomas, help me. Now you want to try it. And then and then we should get to our questions. As much as I would love to talk about tooting,

Thomas, help. Oh my gosh. When is our Was this on the list at any point? Now, no, but we can mark it off.

Um, when is our slumber party? Oh my god. Say the word. Doesn't it feel like we're at one now?

I mean, wait. Are you doing it that with your legs or is it doing that? No, it's doing that for me.

Oh my gosh. Does it not hurt? It's doing the squeezing thing. Now we're all just shoeless.

Oh, but you're a tough guy. I guess this feels like a slumber party. Maybe you guys were at the wrong angle.

Don't blame this on us. All right, we're going to get to our question. You continue doing what you want and um Tig's going to tell us who our question asker is. laughing. I'm

so um I can't do this, but it's good. Okay. Uh this is very exciting because this our questioner today just sang America the Beautiful at the Super Bowl not too long ago. Kid Rock,

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Huh? Heard of it? That's right. Brandy Carile is asking today's question. Yes. Hey, Handsome Pod. It's Brandy Carile.

Hi, Brandy. So, I have a question for you because I've been hearing a lot about this lately and I've been really wondering how this lands on queer people. How do you feel when you hear the word Jesus? What does it make you feel like when you hear that name? Do you feel like um triggered or curious inspired concerned distrustful? How does the word Jesus make you feel in these times that we're living through?

Look at Brandy all dressed up. Do you think this was right after the Super Bowl?

No. Like she ran off stage a tie on. I must go uh film my handsome question. She looks very handsome.

She looks very handsome. Brandy knows how to rock a suit. Brandy knows how to rock it.

Brandy does rock it indeed. She's super talented. Mhm. I feel like I've had a different as like Canadian very atheist family like I've had a different experience than growing up in a smaller town in America. It must have more weight for you. But I feel lucky that I like Jesus. I I I and I was taught about religion like that like that they were all different sides of the same coin with really nice stories and I got really into Jesus as a guy. But so it doesn't have that I I don't feel triggered like because it hasn't been used against me directly or I haven't had to like

debate it with people like I've just sort of avoided all that. Do you guys have more weight?

Well, because do you guys does Canada have the like born again? Well, the the heart like the religious

Yes, that we have. Yeah. But not to the same degree, I think. Yeah. like our Yeah, I think less so. There's definitely a religious

sex of it. Yes. Yeah. You know what I was going to say? Um, it this is so such a minor little moment in her question, but I it's something that I hadn't put my finger on until this moment hearing her say it when she said the times that we're living through

feels very different than the times we're living in. Oh, you're right. Yeah. And I and I just wonder if that was a conscious choice because I hear people say these times we're living through. And it's just I was like, "Wow, that's so like I hear I hear people say that

and yet feels very cuz times that you're living in feels more positive and um Oh,

that's what I thought. I almost felt the opposite like living through is like we're going to get out."

Yeah. That's what I kind of would assume too. Yeah. Whereas living in it, this isn't permanent. We're in it.

Interesting. Yeah. Cuz Yeah. My mind just when you suggest, right, if you go through something

Yeah. you're getting to the other side of it. But I know what you mean that it sounds almost like endure

like times were enduring, but Yeah. Anyway, I know that wasn't the main point of it, but it was still an interesting like, oh,

yeah. Got me thinking. I was raised Catholic, but I was not raised in a house where God and Jesus were really mentioned. Uh we went to to college, didn't do that either. Um went to church until like through elementary school and then it was kind of like the jig is up. Nobody, my brother and I were like

we're not into this. And yeah, there wasn't like a Bible in our house, I don't think. And

I never saw one. I think it depending on how you learn about him, like he Jesus as a figure is so rebellious. He was so critical of religious leaders who were hypocritical. Like he like everything about him is great. Supportive women,

like you know, friends with sex workers and stuff. like he was such a badass. So I'm I'm lucky I was taught about him as a figure in the same way I you'd learn like stories about Sedartha or something.

You were learned about him as a chill guy. Yeah. But then other a lot of big rebel

take it, you know, to that more, you know, Helen Brimstone type of situation with like

punishment of not living uh on the right righteous path, you know. Yeah, that feels like a more recent um shift.

Yeah. That I'm learning about or meeting people or realizing I know people that have now flipped over into that world where I

it doesn't feel like a part of my upbringing. Um it's like the irony of uh Jesus being used as this means of like

discrimination and control and you know when has been used to start wars for of course forever

I know u because yeah it is a form of control. Yeah. I mean I think it depends on people's relationship with the church or Jesus as to how they feel about

their interpretation. Yeah. So, like, you know, if you were to meet someone who came from like say like a Mormon background or or whatever, like and they're say they're gay, like you know, they're not welcomed in that church anymore and they, you know, could potentially and I'm just using that as a a broad example, but you know, not accepted by family members anymore, then your relationship to Jesus might be a negative one because

totally then suddenly you feel like you're not uh accepted anymore. I'm I mean being from the south like in the small town that I grew up in, you know, there's a church everywhere. It's such a part of the culture, such a part of like the social aspect of the South. Like you like go to church functions, people at the church uh check on you. Like there's really great things about it where it's like a a fabric of society there where it's uh uh I can see like

there's community. Yeah. many positive things like that. My mom still is very much involved in the United Methodist Church. Um so in that regard I I am always I'm like I will even say to my mom, "Are you going to church?" Like because it's such a positive thing for her.

Mhm. Um and I'll go with her, you know, a couple times a year. But I as I got older, my I mean as someone who grew up going to church every Sunday, as I got older, I decided that wasn't for me anymore.

Yeah. Um, but I've kept my relationship uh to be um still open to the concept of Jesus and God and and I I have not like shunned that.

I still see value in that and like a belief system and a morality type of way. I think I I treat it in the the like treat others as you want to be treated. The basics of

Yeah. of it. the like, you know, try to be a good person. Um those things it seems so universal that we try to answer these questions and are reaching for something and then we

Yeah. These are meant to be like moral signposts that help us navigate things instead of like literal do, you know.

Yeah. And doctrine and definitely Yeah. not like organized to benefit. I mean, in a given in light of everything, I'm I'm really feeling like well, that's not even but I feel insane these days.

Well, when it's used as a weapon to be like, you're okay and you're not. That's where it becomes an issue where because then it's being used as like, well, we have decided

we're okay, but you're not. Well, who decided that and why? Like, you know, I just am like, where do we go from here? We've always kind of known like the people who are most outspokenly anti-gay and fire and brimstone. You read the headlines then they're arrested six months later for sex crimes, right? Like

I mean that does not everyone but that does happen. Yeah. And then now it's like like I just watched this amazing movie about sex work and stuff and I was thinking after like we've been the the for centuries it's like this is perversion and things and then now we're seeing like the true perversion at the top like the the I mean it's like too much to fathom. So it's like now that we the hypocrisy is like laid out where do we go from here? What's going to happen? Is anything going to happen? Is anyone going to get arrested?

Are you talking about the Epstein files? Yeah, it's all I think about. It's all I talk about. I'm like, we can't even cuz it's just too [ __ ] insane.

Yeah, we have to save that for our Epstein file episode. I remember when when I was um living in Austin. I mean, it was so long ago, like 35 years ago. Like so long ago. you were barely alive, man. It's insane. But um my friend and I lived next door to this very Christian family.

Mhm. And they worked at the church. They had three kids and um we became really close with them. And they were I would say the first I was I was in my early 20s, but they were aside from my family members that are religious and and different people here or there.

Yeah. These were Christians that led with Christianity. Yeah. Like like I Jesus's actual teachings of like

Yeah. And they talked about it and they it wasn't just like something they did quietly.

Okay. Um, but I loved them. Yeah. So much. And they knew that we were gay. And um, and their kids would come over like 2 years old to like 7 years old and just like knock on our door and want to come hang out in our kitchen while we were home

just relaxing and whatever. And I just I never got any weird vibe from them other not even other than I just never got any weird vibe. Um

and I was I was just I just loved them and I loved what they represented and I was good with them talking about Jesus. Uh because

there was just nothing seemingly off. Um, and then uh-oh. No, there's no Okay. I was just thinking I also my first girlfriend's parents maybe I I don't know if I've shared this with you, but I'm very close with them.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. And you went to see the Pope and then Yeah. And I brought a rosary home for them and they're like parents to me in a way.

Yeah. Um, and they're they're Catholic and they very much lead with that. Um, but unbelievable examples of loving, open,

they have different views, but I mean Stephanie and I, they live in small town, Ohio, Farmville,

and we will go in the summertime, and I'll bring my wife and children out and stay with them in their house, in their little little home. M

I love them so so deeply. Right. Yeah. I mean that Yeah. I'm I'm definitely not saying all Christian people are. But I'm just talking about No, I didn't take it that way at all. I'm just saying like those

in your experience in my experience the people that like really are leading with it and talking about it. And it's not like all the time talking about it, but it it's it's it's kind of like me being vegan. It's like

Yeah. Yeah. you're going to know I'm vegan, right? Um, but I just really appreciate their um relationship with God or Jesus and their church and they're actually

out in the world doing good and really hands-on in the community. And I Yeah. I mean, they're not a a monolith. Yeah. Like religious people. It's just Yeah. I think when I hear Jesus, my point is like I'm open.

Yeah. Yeah. Who's behind that? Yeah. I'm not tri I I'm I'm I'm a big Jesus fan.

Yeah. Yeah. I'm not triggered by that at all. I think it also boils down to how you treat each other as far as like

uh I know so many religious people and I I have great respect for, you know, people that I've met where religion is their entire life. If they're accepting of me and they're kind to me, I give them that same respect in return of like good, great. I, you know, it's amazing that you have these beliefs and you're this that's a big part of your life doesn't bother me at all. It's when someone it's when someone's like you're going to hell

and based on what the the it's a weird barrier to intimacy. Even if they're like, "Hey, I love you. You know, I have deep empathy for you. I hope God saves your soul. I you know I believe you're going to hell but that like I then that's hard. How do you where do you It's like

that's where they need to keep that to themselves. Yeah. That it's like if you think I'm going to hell just pipe down and let's have a nice dinner.

Yeah. I mean, like we were talking about the um the about magic and intention and stuff and I I definitely think prayer could be powerful and I'm like, "Yeah, I'm loving like Meg Stalter is is Christian and is being outspoken. I think she organized a prayer group of PE people to like I'm into that kind of thing where Yeah. where it's actually living Jesus's teachings and things." I I mean when I go into, you know, I I poke fun with my mom when I go to church, like on Christmas Eve with her. I'm like, "Oh, I hope I'm, you know, allowed in here or whatever." It's I've always been welcomed in there in this particular church.

And you know, there's something really beautiful about these some of these old churches. When I'm in Europe, I love

walking into these church churches. You can feel this, you know, energy. This it's very hopeful. Well, I think that's what I look towards uh religion, the the positive part of the religion and and believing in uh God or Jesus or whoever is is feeling hopeful. I like I'm I'm talking to someone uh be it the whatever your belief the universe god of like you know asking for help or you know looking over for people like when people are like I'm praying for your mom that means something to me you know

but it is crazy like oh sorry no like I mean the way she's said it like in these times we're living through it's like it America specifically it seems like uh it's just been manipulated for nefarious purposes. So you do have like quite like we're lucky we don't you know encounter the hate every day in our lives and stuff but it is like a increasingly super powerful religious right.

I definitely don't like when it gets uh intermingled with like government you know I don't I do very much firmly believe in the separation of church and state.

Yeah totally. I I don't like when those two co co-mingle. Yeah. I I um uh I was going to say when I go to Mississippi and my family, they're all churchgoers, but their vibe is um

you know, like I Stephanie and I got married in Mississippi and the small town at my cousin's house and um and their whole vibe down there is like, "All right, we're going to get up. we're going to go to church and then after that let's go uh let's go out to the yacht club and let's have and then you know and it it's just like

uh I get up, go run five miles, go to church, do this and that and then you know um ask God for a beautiful day and and that's kind of just the vibe I feel like that I grew up in. That's nice. um that doesn't feel and even my other cousin

he was a part of the Catholic church and he mar he officiated our wedding and he got kicked out of the church knowing he likely would but he said it was worth it

because he said that they got it wrong. Yeah. You know they did. So anyway, well I'd be I'd be curious to hear Bry's answer. I know she has a a background with church. She's talked about it in her book and then

let's hear it. I'm curious because when I wrote my book, I wrote a lot about being raised, you know, within the faith and religious and coming up in church and all of the um problems that I had being out of the closet. uh and you know issues with hell trauma and acceptance and um and then I also wrote about the parts of the faith that really still work for me and about the way I personally feel about Jesus. And I was totally overwhelmed by the amount of LGBTQ people that came to me and said they want to talk about this more. And um that there are still parts of this of the Christian faith and their childhood religion that are with them whether they like it or not um in good ways and in horrible ways. And um I think it's a really interesting conversation to have especially at this point in life where you know we're safe and we aren't subject to the church anymore in the way that maybe we were when we were young.

but um that there are parts of the teachings of Jesus that I think still live in so many queer people in in such a complicated way that um I'm fascinated by the conversation and and uh thank you for your answers.

Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. I think it just comes down to wanting to be accepted, right? I mean, just wanting to feel like you're

welcome and safe and safe. Yeah. I'm wanting to be safe cuz that's the thing. It's like with all those abortion bans and stuff, it's like are we safe? I don't know. So, I don't know. We got to be vigilant about that cuz like you're saying, the separation of church and state is so crucial.

The line is getting more and more blurred. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. I feel like I want to sit and have a glass of wine with

I'm very curious. Yeah. I'm curious how Brandy and her wife, you know, they have their little family unit. Yeah.

And and they've got their kids. Yeah. And um what what part does religion play right

within the dynamic of their family? Yeah. Well, I guess we'll never know. We'll never know.

So, uh we'll never know. You know, Jesus had siblings. I didn't know that. But imagine

Well, that's for another step. In the meantime, uh what a podcast. What a podcast. Gosh darn podcast.

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