Josh Gondelman
Appearances
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WWDTM: Josh Gad
Everybody listening to this is currently holding a tote bag on the way to a farmer's market. It's true.
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WWDTM: Josh Gad
One of the most popular genres in modern literature is Romanticy. These books combine the traditions of romance and fantasy to create an entirely new type of nerd. Many Romanticy stories take inspiration from whales, and no, they aren't love stories about orcas sinking billionaires' yachts. That's a separate genre called Romarxism.
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Romantasy often draws on creatures from Welsh folklore and uses Welsh names for characters. But scholars and Welsh people are unhappy with this Welsh appropriation. Quote, it can be pretty patronizing, says Dimitra Fimi, who is a professor of fantasy and children's literature and probably not an elf. It creates an image of the country which isn't realistic. That's not what Wales is.
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And that's true. Most Welsh people have never even met a warlock, never mind kissed one.
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It took so much empathy for you to give that detailed answer instead of just saying, as I would have, Nagin, let it go. LAUGHTER
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Peter, I love that you brought this up. It's wild to me that international waters, anything goes. International air, so many rules. Oh, it's true.
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Honestly, if you're close enough to ask that question, probably both. Yeah, probably.
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Did you say that you were 30, obviously the oldest age you could think of at the time?
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Because you were like, they would never say no to an adult woman.
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Wow. This is a beautiful irony. The same company gave us Ozempic and Danish's? Exactly, true, yeah.
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WWDTM: Josh Gad
There you go. I was worried. I was worried you were going to put them together. I know. They're all just lying there.
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And Josh Gondelman. Brooklyn residents will be forced to shell out 11 bucks just to elbow their friend, point across the street, and whisper, I think that's Ethan Hawke.
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WWDTM: Josh Gad
It's been incredible since congestion pricing was in effect. My wife and I were in downtown Manhattan the other day, and there were no cars. It was amazing. It made me feel like if the rapture happened... And, like, I would still be there because Jew. And I feel like my second response would be like, oh, no, what happened to all these people?
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But my first response would be to, like, tap my wife and be like, honey, we can finally go to Carbone.
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You're dreaming of a New York City that can afford towels.
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I actually would be perfect for that because I have a face that bartenders love to ignore. Yeah. Like my whole, I feel like I spend hours every year being like, sir, excuse me, ma'am, excuse me. I just want to, excuse me. So I feel like I could be on one of those shows and people would be like, no idea what was happening, but he told me everything he was doing. I'm ordering a drink.
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I'm trying to get a vodka soda for my wife. Just ordering a drink.
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There's so much you could do at a baby shower, and it's all kind of deranged. Deranged? Like all the games where it's like you've got to put baby food in the diaper, and people are like, ooh, that's gross. Anyway.
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Hearing that you can get your friends to clean your apartment for you does make me feel more ready to have children. You think so? Finally? You're ready to do it? No, I guess I'm just ready to tell my friends we're going to have children. I don't think we need the children.
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How many chores can you get if you're just like, we're trying.
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My favorite pile in math is like, we can't tell you exactly when we'll be leaving, but we are 10th in line for takeoff.