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Chapter 1: What are the implications of the TikTok ban?
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Direct from the Broski Nation headquarters in Los Angeles, California, this is the Broski Report with your host, Brittany Broski.
Welcome back to the Broski Report. I am your host, Brittany Broski. I am your host, Count Orlok. You will address me by the honor of my family name.
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Welcome back. Today we are talking about the TikTok ban. Three nights. On the third night, Donald Trump will bring back TikTok. The ban will be buried in an aid bill. Extension of 60 days and 60 nights. It's good.
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Chapter 2: How are climate change and wildfires affecting LA?
Oh, y'all, if there was any doubt or question that we were living in a fucking hellscape, let me go ahead and just confirm it for you. LA's on fire. Texas is frozen. New York's under 45 inches of snow. Trump's going to be president again. And they banned TikTok. They brought it back. Okay? And I cut my own bangs. Whatever. They're it's just getting it's not even like I don't have jokes.
You know what I mean? I used to make such intense fun of the millennials who used to do that. Everything is fine. That dog. This is fine. Everything's OK. That and now I'm like approaching my 30s and I'm like doggo. Yes, pupper. Yes. Okay, Wednesday be like. Yes, mustache moment. Where did this mustache tattoo come from? Like, I'm, you know what I mean?
I'm like, I get, I get why they act like that. I get why y'all do that. Because it's a lot. Oh my God, I saw this video the other day talking about how we're like the last competent generation who like cares about history and like, I don't know, the rise of fascism in the United States of America.
For a country that will fall on its sword at the fucking mention of freedom, of the concept of freedom, right? We fight wars for freedom. The best of us have died in the name of freedom. My own dad was in the military fighting for our freedom. Like in a world where we've been bred to, it's almost this fetishized concept we jerk off to, freedom, freedom, freedom. And while I am very, very,
very lucky and grateful to have been born in the United States and live in the United States, okay? Do not take this as me being anti-American. I like my country. That's why I have such intense problems with it. That's why there is so much to change about it. A country founded on equality. What a fucking joke. What a laughable joke.
That's why it's like, you know, this, and there's people in my family who do it to me. Like, well, if you don't like it, then leave. I don't want to. You know what I mean? Like that was never, that was never on the table. I want to fix it.
And I want to fix it for not only me and my immediate circle, but every fucking person in the United States who feels like the government does not give a fuck if they live or die. Which, if you're not a straight white man, they don't give a fuck if you live or die. It's just like getting to a point where it's always felt dystopian. Always. And y'all have heard me rant, now I'm mad.
Y'all have heard me rant for literally months on this podcast at this point of like reading Orwellian literature, reading Ray Bradbury, reading all of these, the greats that were so cognizant and observant in their time of the way that things were trending. These people lived through World War II. They saw the rise of fascism and what it looks like and how scary the future looks.
Book burning, book banning. Things are outlawed, stripped of your rights. Women are not, it's just like, we've seen this before. And this is not to fear monger, but it's to say the cycle can only repeat itself if you let it. I have never felt represented by my representatives ever since I've been a voting age, damn near 10 years, 10 years at this point, since I turned 18.
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Chapter 3: What are personal convictions for the new year?
And it's going to keep happening. It's going to keep getting worse until it's your city that's on fire or underwater. And it's horrifying to watch. But let me tell you something that is a very bright light through all of this. This city, I moved to Los Angeles five years ago, and it took me a minute to acclimate to the lifestyle here, to the type of people here. But I did, and I have, and I am.
I have wonderful, some of my best friends are out here. This is my home. I feel so at home here. I love California. And there's something to be said about being a transplant to a state that you didn't grow up in, you know, you really had no ties to, to feel such a part of the community that when something like this happens... to watch everyone band together. You know, LA gets a lot of shit.
And LA is culpable for a lot of shit. But at the core of it, you have to believe that people are good and they care about each other. And these fires have proven that 100%. It's going to make me cry, actually. The way people came together donating clothes, pet supplies, baby food, diapers, to these people who have lost everything they've ever had.
Those firefighters are the bravest among us, the bravest, most selfless, honorable people among us. I mean, just modern superheroes. It is insane. Some of these videos, some of this footage, these drops from helicopters with the water and the red fire retardant, it's just all of these... These things are just, it's unimaginable in the best way.
It's unimaginable that that many people would band together and help each other. You don't see that. When the government will not help you, your neighbor will. And it was like, you know, I'm so used to being in this state of the way that this state treats homeless people. the way that they treat people under the poverty line. It's just, it was such a breath of fresh air.
And I, me and all my friends, you know, donated to a lot of the relief funds, the mutual aid, the young women's shelters. I mean, all these different people. The thing about natural disaster is it does not discriminate. And they were saying that, you know, there could be arsonists involved in this, which let me just say, hell is hot. Hell is hot to exacerbate a problem like this or to start.
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Chapter 4: Why are superstitions significant in our lives?
It is unthinkable, that type of fucking evil. Anyway, I evacuated because my area was in the middle of three of the huge fires because they just started popping up. Just every day, every few hours it felt like. The winds were getting up to 30, 40 miles an hour in my neighborhood. You never think that's going to happen to you. You never think it's going to happen to your house.
You're never going to have to pack a go bag and potable water, potable water. and non-perishable foods. You never think that's going to be you until it is. We got up to an evacuation warning where I am. And I took that as, fuck, I am out of here. I'm not going to be one of those rednecks that stays and is like, this storm will pass. It's a fire.
Fires on the top of mountains with winds at 50 to 70 miles an hour blowing burning embers. It catches one palm tree and it'll burn down your neighborhood. It's just unthinkable. I evacuated and it's amazing how little... I mean, I sound like a broken clock at this point because I've been talking about it so much, but it is... It's amazing how little matters when something like that happens.
You know what I grabbed when I was packing up quickly? I packed up in 30 minutes, and I was out of here. Underwear, my hard drives, some photos, and my laptop. Like, nothing matters. My Kindle. You know what I mean? Like, it was all my tech and my memories, and that was honestly it. This camera equipment, I don't give a fuck. The Royal Court Studio, I don't care.
Like, it's just like, I want to make sure everyone I love is out of here. And I want to, nothing matters as much as your life and like the memories you've made. And it's something like that. It's unfortunate that a situation like that will remind you, you know? And it's very humbling and it's very human. And it is so panicky. It was so scary.
And I can't imagine, I have a few friends who lost their homes. It is so scary. And multiple things can be true at once of like, you can lose everything and be just grateful that you and everyone you love got out. You can rebuild, you know, it'll take time and it'll be hard and it'll be devastating, but you will be okay again. Especially with the outpouring of support from a community like this.
I mean, you will be fine. You will be cared for and taken care of. Oh, but my God. It was just unimaginable. And it's still going on. And I'm back. And then it's another thing of like the air quality here. Who's to say? There's fucking asbestos and microplastics in the air. What are you going to do? Life goes on. It's just been heavy, heavy hit after heavy hit after heavy hit.
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Chapter 5: What is the difference between Swedish and Balinese massages?
And it's so just wanted to take a second and say if any of y'all have donated to any of those aid funds, I would keep it local. I would not go for one of those big, nasty nonprofits, which are really for profits. You know, I would have faith in your fellow man before that. So it's just been a lot. Okay, let's move on to something a bit more positive, okay?
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We're at the top of the year. And I know I talk some shit on New Year's resolutions, okay? Which I am against because the winter is a time for rest, okay? Not change, not radical change in the middle of when you're supposed to be dormant. But there is something to be discussed around luck and setting off the year with good intentions, with good omens, with good luck.
And I've always, I think I've talked about this before. I was raised very religious, but at the same time, superstition runs pretty deep in my family. I was taught about a lot of different superstitions, you know, about knocking on wood and don't put a cowboy hat on a bed. Don't put any hat on a bed. It's bad luck. Don't walk under ladders. You know, don't do this. Don't do that.
It's things that I keep with me. And maybe it's undiagnosed OCD. Sure. Who's to say? Not me. But part of that is, you know, it's this delicate balance. If I try to put out very positive energy into the world, and you will get positive energy back. And it's that simple. If you are a negative succubus of a person, and you're like, why do bad things always happen to me?
Girl, look in the fucking mirror. Figure it out, okay? It's about what you put out. And it's not always the easiest to put out good energy. but it pays. It more than doubles. Okay. If you invest a good amount of energy, if you invest one eight ounce cup of good energy, I would say that return is going to be about a triple. Okay. You're going to get about 24 ounces back of good energy back to you.
Okay. And I would say that is sort of in the form of opportunity, money, friendships, beautiful days, okay? Things like that. I truly do think that it is a cyclical loop. And my edible just came up behind me and started massaging my shoulders, okay? So just know that. Know that that's happening right now. The edible just walked in the room. Hey, girl, how you doing?
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Chapter 6: How does Bad Bunny challenge societal norms?
Swedish massage is more methodical, while Balinese massage is more holistic and uses a wider range of techniques. Swedish uses long gliding strokes. What the fuck? Kneading, tapping, friction, and vibration. Focuses on improving circulation and muscle relaxation. Let me tell you something. I went to this place, had great reviews.
I'd gotten my legs waxed there once before, but it was kind of expensive. So now I go somewhere else. This spa, I walk in and first of all, it's hot as fuck in there. I'm mad. I'm pissed off. But I was like, whatever. Hopefully they got a fan in the room. I go in the room. There is a fan. It's not on. I'm too embarrassed to ask her to turn it on. She goes, get naked. I said, okay. I got naked.
Get in the bed. And then she goes, tell me about the pressure, okay, if it's too deep, whatever. And I'm like, no, because I've got this knot in my neck. Okay. I've got this knot on both sides of my neck that feels like a fucking golf ball. It's awful. And I've had it for probably eight years. And sometimes it pinches. It pinches my nerves. And I grab it. Okay.
I was like, I'm finally going to go get this shit rubbed out. I need to rub down. I need to balayage, balanage, rub down. So I went in there. And I didn't tell her anything. She was like, you got any medical problems? I was like, no. And I should have told her I was sciatica because she was grinding her elbow into my sciatic nerve. And I said, it hurt. But I was like, you know what? It's good.
Let it happen because all of my muscles need it, especially because I've been doing Bar Method, which is essentially, it incorporates a lot of ballet, which is so hard on the muscles. Ballet is hard as fuck. Obviously, I talked about that two weeks ago. I love ballet. Still very into it. I can tell you and walk you through Nutcracker, okay? I'm still going to see Swan Lake in February in New York.
Very excited about that. But yeah, bar method is like really, the next day you're sore on muscles you didn't know you had. Like the muscle right under your butt cheek to the back of your thigh, that muscle, whatever the fuck that is, it hurts. It's sore. Your inner thigh, your like gooch muscles, sore. Anyway, this massage, she was grinding that hoe. She was grinding into my little golf balls.
And so it's sore today, but it's not pinching. Hopefully it fixed it. But yeah, I didn't know. I don't know the difference between Swedish and Bolognese. Bolognese. Okay. Even after a lot of this time, this AI stuff doesn't, it even says it generative AI is experimental. You can't really trust it. You still should be clicking on links. Okay.
Oh, and this is what I was going to say about back to the resolutions. Cause we'll get into, can I talk?
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Chapter 7: What should we learn from Bad Bunny's music?
I've never made a cup of Keurig coffee and been like, mmm, delicious. It's just like, well, I guess I got to drink this. Glad that the Keurig itself is like $100 and that the K-Cups themselves are like $700. Do you know how much money I've spent on Keurig K-Cups? in my life, how much plastic waste I've made. Stupid, stupid. It is, it's time to revel in the analog.
So that's what I'm, that is something that I am going to really enfocarme. I'm going to enfocarme, focus myself on it, okay? And my third one, action absorbs anxiety. Let me say that to you one more time, church. Action absorbs anxiety.
Anytime I'm anxious, anytime I'm panicky, anytime that it feels too much, which that feeling happens a lot, almost every day, doing something, doing a physical task, takes your mind off of it, you have something to do. Okay. If you have something to do, you can't think about that. And for a lot of people, me included, TikTok is that. It's something to do.
It's not productive and it's not necessarily good for the brain. So with that being said, I think that action absorbing anxiety, there are things that I want to try that when I'm feeling anxious, I should probably sit down and attempt that because that takes a lot of brain power to sit down and figure out how to make something out of clay or how to crochet or how to do any of these things.
Cross-stitching. I don't fucking care. Anything to take me out of that space. Action absorbs anxiety. That's going to be in my head. Okay? It's a quick fix. It is a quick fix remedy. And it works every time. Now, let me tell you something about Bad Bunny's album. To completely pivot, okay? Because I said, Bad Bunny's album.
He, a long time ago for me, reached a level of artistry that true artists can only hope to achieve. Bad Bunny has continuously put Puerto Rico on his fucking back. Bad Bunny has changed societal expectations. He's normalized things. We always talk about normalize this, normalize that. Bad Bunny being himself is normal. Because he believes to his core that it is normal. Therefore, it is.
Like, he's not trying to convince you of anything. He's not trying to convince you that men can... It's none of that. He's going to do him. And it's fucking cool. You know what I mean? There is release in just being yourself. I have so much to talk about. I have so much to say. I have so many opinions.
I saw something else the other day that really struck a chord with me of people don't have personal style because they don't have an identity. You don't have an identity based not on trends. You don't have hobbies. You don't have things that make you you. Everything about you is an imitation of someone else. You know, do you freak your own shit?
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Chapter 8: How can we better cherish our relationships?
Action absorbs anxiety. Revel in the analog. Be yourself unabashedly. And if you don't know who you are, sit with that. Figure it out. Sit in the discomfort of not knowing yourself. and come back when you have an idea. You know what I mean? We perform ourselves every day. We perform the ritual of ourselves and we have lost ourselves somewhere in that process. It's sickening to think about.
And that's why These companies profit off of young people not having any personal convictions or an identity or something to base their worldview on. They're young, impressionable, and seeking dopamine hits. It's just nasty. Anyway, figure out who you are. That's my mission for you guys in the 2025 year. In the year of our Lord, 2025, It's a hard task and it's harder to start from zero.
You know, there's a lot of cases where you can go back to who you were as a child and what you loved and what you did and what brought you joy and what you watched. And in my case and in a lot of my friends' cases, very minimal has changed. Very, very little has changed. You know, I am 14-year-old me. I am 8-year-old me. And that is very comforting.
And sure, there's parts of that that, you know, you don't want to keep around. And that's called self-improvement. It's called working on yourself. And that's okay. Anyway, back to Bad Bunny. Bad Bunny. Anyway, I think that Bad Bunny, like I was saying, is a true artista. He is the definition of artista. And to live, he's a shining example to me of someone who lives out loud. He's himself.
He sings about what he wants to sing about. He's going to do what he wants to do. He had this great interview where he was saying, someone asked him, do you ever think about how, you know, your music does so well in these primarily English speaking countries? Do you ever worry that your fans can't understand? Or are you going to do an album in English? And he goes, my music isn't for them.
If they like it, great. But I don't make music for English speakers. And I said, period. Yeah, absolutely. You know, you don't mold yourself to fit into a square hole. Square hole.
Square hole.
You don't mold yourself to fit someone else's mold or idea of what you should be doing or what you are doing or, you know, make it more marketable. He doesn't care. And guess what? His music still does well, as it should, because it's fucking good. And emotion transcends language. You don't have to speak Spanish to feel the heart of what Bad Bunny's saying and the significance of his music.
And if you gave a shit to do any research into it, there is so much... I mean, just... There's so much to say. The album focuses on... Well, debí tomar más fotos is I should have taken more pictures. And there was a trend on TikTok, which I'm sure y'all have seen, of people posting about their relatives or their grandparents or their parents or their friends who have passed.
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