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Chapter 1: What is The Broski Report about?
O, O, O, O'Reilly. Auto Parts. Direct from the Broski Nation headquarters in Los Angeles, California, this is the Broski Report with your host, Brittany Broski.
I found my love in Portofino. I found my love. Now, if you know that song, that was actually really good.
If you know Dahlia, whatever her name is, Dalida, I found my love in Portofino. Guys, what are we sipping on this morning? First of all, welcome back to The Berserk Report. Second of all, check out this Coca-Cola can mug. The bounds of human innovation. We really hit it with this one. We really did it with this one. Mm-mm. Now, what's in there, you may be asking?
Chapter 2: Why is arsenic found in tampons?
a little bit of lead, a little bit of cyanide, right? I'm trying to do this thing where I'm doing small doses. You got to work yourself up. Every morning, I take a capsule of lead, a capsule of Red 40, a capsule of microplastics, and a capsule of cyanide. Because apparently, cyanide is in tampons, right? What are we talking about there? And why is that? Why is that even...
Why is there cyanide in tampons? So I made that up. Arsenic! Now see, sometimes I get arsenic confused with arsonists. And I was like, surely that's not it. It's arsenic, sorry. I'll be taking an arsenic pill every morning. Arsenic and tampons. Arsenic is a naturally occurring element that can be present in soil, water, and plants.
It is believed that arsenic may enter tampons through the cotton or rayon used in their production. Studies have detected arsenic levels in tampons ranging from 0.002 to 0.035 nanograms per gram. These levels are generally considered low, but they're still higher than the maximum allowable level of arsenic in drinking water. Yay.
The long-term health effects of exposure to low levels of arsenic through tampons are not well known. However, arsenic is a known carcinogen, yay, and can cause a variety of health problems, including skin lesions, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Awesome.
If you are concerned about the presence of arsenic in tampons, consider using organic or bamboo tampons, which may have lower levels of arsenic, but never free of it, right? Never truly free. Choose tampons made from materials that are not bleached or treated with chemicals. Wash your hands before and after inserting. Yeah, we get that.
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Chapter 3: What is corporate social responsibility?
Here's my thing, though, is even things that are sold as organic or marketed as organic or sustainable or all this shit, who's to really say? And of course, there are measuring techniques to measure a company's sustainability. It's actually called a CSR, a... Commercial sustainability report, consumer sustainability report, CSR. Corporate social responsibility. Well, I was in the world.
I was on the planet, but I wasn't in the city, okay? Corporate social responsibility is based on the idea that businesses have a duty to society beyond making profits. These practices should include being transparent and ethical and complying with laws and international norms. To that point.
To that point, I've talked about greenwashing on here before where companies, specifically car companies, just to highlight one, will do this thing where they'll put a little green leaf next to an option or planes do it too. Like we're going carbon free by, hey, no, you're not. And also that's not going to fix anything. It's a step in the right direction. It's not going to fix anything.
Maybe I'm just being doom and gloom today. I don't fucking know. But CSR was my introduction to, oh, everyone's lying to you. When we studied this in college, I was like, oh, I've just sort of been lied to. And how naive to trust that these brands who want me to buy their product would be telling me the truth about what they're doing with my money. You know what I mean? That's on me, actually.
That's on me for being naive and trusting a corporation. And to that point, saw this TikTok the other day, not to get political, saw this TikTok the other day that said, why are we treating the US government like a business? Because if there is one thing that we know to be true about businesses is they don't care about the consumer. And also, I'm not a consumer. I'm a citizen. I have rights.
You know what I mean? I'm not just... Anyway, saw that and I was like, it's so fucking true. It's so fucking true. She's spitting. That is so true. Okay, let's move on.
I don't know why the fuck I was talking about... Oh, I had to talk about my little Coke can. Okay, let's get into the serious shit.
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Chapter 4: Did Brittany Broski visit the New York City Ballet?
You may be wondering, Brittany, did you go to the New York City Ballet? Brittany, I just had this feeling that you went to the New York City Ballet. I want to put all of your worries to ease. I did go to the New York City Ballet, and I did actually buy this beautiful blouse, this beautiful sweatshirt. that has all the positions, okay? First position, second position, fifth position.
And you dirty gutter-minded bitches are not, I'm not talking about sexual positions. I'm not talking about Eusexua by FKA Twigs, which by the way, that album is crazy. That album's crazy. Sometimes I'll get super high and listen to it and I get scared. Sometimes I get high to listen to FKA Twigs and get scared. But it's all love. It's all in a good way.
Sometimes it's just a bit too much for me when I'm in that mental state. I tried to get high and listen to Sleep Token the other day. Almost had a fucking panic attack. Damn near had to take myself to the hospital. So don't do that. I like to reserve, you know, Still Woozy and Sports, the band Sports, and California Honey Drops for those sort of scenarios.
They make just great, oh, who's another one? I can't bear for you. I can't bear for you. Who sings that? Disco Surf? Disco... Disco... Surf Curse.
The song is Disco by Surf Curse.
That song... Look, if you have the means... If you're in a state where it's deemed safe and doable, go ahead, pop a little Eddie for me and listen to this song and just close your eyes and dance. When was the last time you bitches had just danced? Just with reckless abandon. Just close your eyes and dance in the kitchen. Have you done that? Have you thought about Dancing to Disco by Surf Curse?
Release date 2019. Just close your eyes and dance around for a second. Might help. Look, it's not going to fix it, but it might help. Now, back to Eusexua. Yeah, that kind of freaks me out sometimes because she is, and I know this to be true, a goddess locked in human form. Do you remember from Pirates of the Caribbean? Calypso.
How she was like a goddess and she was trapped in a human body and her and Davy Jones had been lovers and they had been torn apart. I imagine FKA Twigs, her energy and her being is too divine and it is too sacred. And I think her creativity is just like, she is leaps and bounds ahead of the rest of us. Someone put a curse on her and trapped her in human form.
And I'd like to get to the bottom of that. So we're going to get the Broski Nation research team on that really quick. And we'll get back. We'll give you progress and updates as they come in. Back to the ballet. How the fuck did I get started talking about that? I went to the New York City Ballet. You hear all the mucus in my throat?
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Chapter 5: Why does Brittany compare herself to Iron Man?
You put Red Bull within a 10 mile radius of me, I'm going to sniff it out and I'm going to sink my teeth into it. This, I don't know, man, my tonsils are kind of swelling. I don't know what you're doing. What's going on with strawberry apricot, team? See, this is what I get for straying from blueberry. Blueberry is my go-to. It's my tried and true. I know it well. I know the effects.
It's almost a part of me. You know, I've got however many arteries coming out of my heart. There's a fifth one. Aren't there four? There's a fifth one there. And that's just sort of straight Red Bull up to the heart. And it just... I'm like Iron Man. I'm like Iron Man in Iron Man 2 when he creates that new element. He discovers that new element.
and they're running tests on it, and he goes, tastes like coconut and metal. And if you've seen Iron Man 2, you know that was a great impression. It was a great impression. Y'all don't get me. God, I'm leaking. My tonsils are swelling up. My nose is running. I'm drooling. Fuck! Okay.
Like I was saying, in Iron Man 2, and he discovers that new element, and he's like, he puts it into the arc reactor in his chest, which of course is a part of him, because it's magnetically keeping the shrapnel from going to his heart. Are you guys keeping up?
Because when there was that bomb blast in Iron Man 1, which was, and not to get too deep into Iron Man, because I will, because remember, Tony Stark goes out to the desert, in the Middle East to go see what Stark Industries weapons, to give a weapons display, right? An exhibition of what the new Stark Industries weapons of mass destruction can do.
And he is getting a contract with the US government. Well, of course it goes wrong. And of course there's other things at work, but he watches, in a very dramatic hyper-political scene, he watches the same weapons that he designed to kill and maim foreign humans kill American servicemen. And he has this full circle moment of like, I'm part of the problem. Right?
And so therefore, from then on out, when he gets back to the U.S., everything's fine. Sorry if I'm ruining the plot. It came out in 2008. Fucking watch it, maybe. When he gets back to the U.S., he immediately gets this press conference. He gives a press conference where all these reporters are there and...
He completely uproots and remolds the mission statement of Stark Industries to be that they are going to be focusing on scientific research. They are no longer going to be creating these weapons of mass destruction because he's seen firsthand the ripple effect, right? And now how ridiculous is that?
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Chapter 6: What is the plot of Iron Man?
That you have to be over there and be personally affected by it to realize, I'm aiding the war effort. Negative connotation, right? Anyway, Iron Man, love that movie, great movie. Now, in the bomb blast, part of the whole thing is when he's giving this crazy Stark Industries weapons display, something explodes, and he's in the splash zone, so to speak. He gets riddled with shrapnel.
And someone takes him in as sort of like prisoner of war type of thing, realize he's a scientist, and they want him to recreate a missile. And in the meantime, because he's my goat, because he's Tony Stark, he's my goat, he creates the Iron Man suit. which is this prototype with the help of the scientist that saved his life, and thus we have Iron Man.
So he gets out, he goes back home, he escapes, and he starts making Mach 2, Mach 3, Mach 4, and that's how we end up with the red and gold Iron Man suit. Now, the integral part of Iron Man is that that scientist that was in the cave with Tony puts this... arc reactor in his chest. And it's a magnet. It's an electromagnet that keeps the shrapnel from going to his heart. It like suspends it.
And he realizes that this is something he's going to have to deal with. And so when in Iron Man 2, stay with me, in Iron Man 2, his blood toxicity is increasing. So he recognizes his conditions getting worse. He starts really doing some self-destructive behavior because he knows that he's dying. He knows that he's dying.
And there are tonics and things like this that he's created to quell the symptoms. But ultimately, his blood is being poisoned and he is dying because of all the metal in his body. Towards the end, he discovers slash death. Yeah, he doesn't invent. He rediscovers an element that his dad had actually made a sort of prototype for back in the 40s, 50s, 60s.
And he discovers it because Howard Stark left behind all of these things for him to use as tools to finish. Because, of course, he was limited by the technology of his time. And he knew that Tony... being his son and being a genius, would be able to complete the plans that Howard put in place, you know, 80 years ago.
So he does, discovers this new element, and it completely fixes the shit going on with whatever. And then in Iron Man 3, of course, he gets the arc reactor taken out. Now, any questions for me about the plot of Iron Man? Anyway, while in Iron Man 2, when he's testing that new thing, that's what I was likening it to, is this new Red Bull flavor. I'm not liking it, okay?
Tastes like coconut and metal. It's what I was juicing up this morning. And it comes out of my chest. The arc reactor beam comes out of my chest. That's how I feel on this podcast. You give me one and a half Red Bulls. Oh, and mind you, I did have an espresso this morning as well. I'm realizing that it's not really sustainable what I'm doing. Because I have to come in this room juiced the fuck up.
And usually I am. Usually about 85% of the time on this podcast, the juice is flowing. And by juice, I do not mean liquor. I mean strawberry apricot Red Bull that makes my throat close up. Okay, anyway, let's move on. This episode is sponsored by SeatGeek. It's a new year. It's time to leave the house. And I have the perfect suggestion for how.
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Chapter 7: What is Swan Lake about?
Pottery and plant parents are having a moment, something about someone who can nurture things and create with their hands. It's very primal in me. And don't sleep on the unexpected ones like woodworking. Build me a book nook. How about a birdhouse? Now let me share some insider tips for showing off your hobbies on Tinder. First rule, action shots over gym or car selfies.
Show yourself actually doing the thing you love, not looking like a psycho freak. Your bio is also prime real estate. Instead of just listing hobbies, make them conversation starters. Try looking for someone to try my experimental eggplant brownie recipe. That hits a little different than, I like cooking. And when you match, your hobbies are literally the perfect conversation starter.
Trust me, talking about something you're passionate about is way more interesting than, hey. Tinder is perfect for showing off who you are through your interests. It's not just about looks. It's about finding someone who vibes with your hobby. Explore all the possibilities for yourself, Tinder. It starts with a swipe. Download the app today. Back to the ballet. Back to the ballet. Saw Swan Lake.
Now, for anyone who has not seen Barbie and Swan Lake, go watch this. Pause this. Pause this episode right now. Go watch Barbie and Swan Lake. I don't give a fuck if you're driving. I don't give a fuck if you're at work. I want to see an extra monitor pulled up with Barbie and Swan Lake now. Go watch it and then report back.
So for those of you cultured citizens who have seen Barbie and Swan Lake, and shout out to my sister because that's one of our favorite movies. That movie honestly did a fantastic job of telling the plot of Swan Lake. Because think about it, ballet, there's no dialogue. It's a lot of this, okay? It's a lot of signaling and no and heart and want, okay? It's all miming. There's no words.
There's no dialogue. There's no mouthing. It's hard to tell a story that way. You are genuinely telling a story through the classical music accompaniment and the dance. It's hard. And set design and all that, you know, whatever. Yeah, okay. You fucking bitches. I know. I know.
I feel the need to qualify every single statement I make because people in the comments are going to be like, well, actually, part of what goes in is right now. Shut up! I feel like HRH collection sometimes. There's a little bug in the back of my brain that's like, I can predict I'm six steps ahead, right? I know what people are going to be mad about.
Because I didn't say the stage design is also a vital part of ballet. Okay, Swan Lake, if you've seen Barbie and Swan Lake, very, very accurate telling of the plot line of Swan Lake. So essentially, I'm going to do this from memory, and then we're going to fact check it on Wikipedia, okay? And is Wikipedia reliable? No, it's not reliable, but it's all we have!
It's all I feel, let me be honest, it's all I feel like referencing at this point in time, okay? So, Swan Lake is about a young woman who is cursed by a sorcerer into becoming a swan. And she's only human for a few hours at a time. Other than that, she's a swan on the lake. Simultaneously, there is a prince. He is the queen's son, and it's his name day. It's his birthday.
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Chapter 8: Are swans really as majestic as they seem?
He's like, fuck all this party. I know there's a bunch of bad bitches in the throne room. Don't care. I want to go be with my boys. Gay, right? Him and his friends go out and go into the woods for a hunt. They go on the hunt. with this beautiful golden crossbow. And as he's about to, boom, shoot a swan, which first of all, why are you shooting? Are you eating swan meat? What the fuck?
Why would you shoot a swan? Oh, the most majestic creature probably to ever live. Yeah, let me gun it down. Gotta get that barbecue swan meat. Yeah, just the pulled swan meat for me. Yeah, on a brioche bun. Thank you so much. Can I get a side of waffle fries with the swan meat? Oh, you're out of swan? Fuck. All right, we're going to go somewhere else. Swan meat? Leg o' swan.
What do swan legs look like? Swan leg.
Oh, there's absolutely no meat on that, but that's not a swan. That's a swan. Goofy all legs. Goofy all legs.
Goofy all legs, bruh. That is so, it's just tendons. No meat on the swan bone. I wonder what that, I wonder what that feels like on the hand. Like if you were to grab, if you were to grab a swan by the legs, would it be rubbery? What does a duck foot look, feel like? Is it rubbery or is it like a dolphin skin? You know, where it's kind of like smooth and shiny?
Or, because they've got to have some grip on there, right? Also, I'm seeing some crazy talon action. What the fuck? Swans have talons? Oh my God, swans are dinosaurs. That's a dinosaur.
Ew! What? There's talons.
Do swans have talons? What the fuck? relaxed webbed foot of a mute swan. Hind toe claws can scratch. Swans have claws that can scratch. Why is no one, why is no one talking about the fact that a swan's foot is called the webbed or palpated feet of birds can be categorized into several types.
palmate, only the anterior digits are joined by webbing, found in ducks, geese, and swans, gulls, and terns, and other aquatic birds, ox, flamingos, fulmars, jaguars, loons, petrels, shearwaters, and skimmers. Birds are crazy, but swans are so pretty. They're pretty, but they've got razor-sharp Banshee-like talons and claws. Knee, hip, ankle. Why? God, that is just beautiful though, isn't it?
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