Episode 1

The inaugural episode of Lecture Hall. Uploaded on September 18, 2020

recapped by Kevin on 9/21/21

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* Broti mentions how Malala’s father follows her on twitter and is proud of her recent Simpsons tweet and her need to text everyone she knows about this development
* B&D discuss April 13, the newest bank holiday
	+ Broti made a poorly photoshopped picture of the Council to Reopen America with Dylan inserted
	+ Dylan’s picture was from Sundance
	+ Ava Duvernay, ~~Malala’s mom~~, saw the photo and tweeted it out not realizing Dylan was not a terrorist
	+ The tweet was later deleted with no offer for Dylan to play a racist white person in an upcoming film
	+ B&D want matching 4/13/20 tattoos to commemorate the incident and notice the incredible numerology of the date
* Broti mentions the Labrant fam and their mixed family and how Everly was introduced to 9/11
* B&D mention Koko the Gorilla for the first time
	+ Koko learns about and reacts to various tragedies such as breast cancer and Robin Williams’ death
	+ Koko “was the Harvey Weinstein of the gorilla foundation”
	+ During this segment, B&D talk over each other in earnest for the first time, and Dylan does not repeat her comment, which contained the word “nipples”
* Dylan explains the point of the show is “where we each go off and investigate an interest of ours that we think the other person doesn’t know about, we come together and explain it”

### Dylan’s segment

* Dylan introduces her topic as Broti begins rocking back and forth, praying
* Dylan’s topic, printed out, is Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.  She is deeply confident in her topic
	+ “Jim” as in Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, and “Thorpe” followed by a long pause
	+ An alternate title would be Jimp Thorpe
* Dylan notes that everything about Jim Thorpe sounds made up, or is perhaps the result of Broti’s editing of his wikipedia page
* B&D discuss changing their birthdates online
* Broti pictures the shoes that a trashcan might wear
* Dylan mentions Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, which are not racial slurs for an ethnic group
* Dylan notes that you can “just go to Pornhub and click ‘Gay’”
* Dylan says that the basis for Disney’s Haunted Mansion is located in Jim Thorpe
* Broti notices the really haunted territory that is the East Coast, and Dylan mentions she grew up in a “Revolutionary graveyard”
	+ Dylan’s earliest memories are of baby headstones
	+ Dylan had a Forensic Files phase
	+ Broti notes that the as-yet-unnamed haunted place has a new claim to fame: its proximity to “the girl from Kimmy Schmitt”
* B&D discuss the gender demographics of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
	+ Malala’s dad, who Joe Jackson-ed Malala “in a humanitarian way” should go there, per Broti
* B&D finish Dylan’s segment by discussing Malala’s hypothetical acting career
	+ B&D ponder if any actors have won Nobel prizes
	+ Dylan mentions Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen
	+ Broti mentions Chris Brown’s prize for literature

### Transition

* B&D discuss the Lecture Hall theme song

### Broti’s segment

* Dylan thinks “the PB&J sandwich” is gross
	+ Dylan does not like fruit outside of the “fruit by itself” context
	+ Broti mentions fruit pies and fruit salads, and finally, “hot fruit”
	+ Broti does like jellies and jams
	+ Dylan’s dislike may stem from her lack of understanding of how jam is made (versus the clearly easy-to-understand peanut butter)
* Broti starts on her topic officially by noting that not only is it boring, but there is just “not a ton going on” and notes this would make a great 300th episode topic rather than a 1st episode topic
* Dylan is incredulous that there is more to say about Jim Thorpe, PA than PB&J
* Broti mentions her Google Doc for this topic which starts with the question, “What’s my personal connection?”
* Dylan mentions Uncrustables
* Broti explains she did not know about what a PB&J sandwich was until she was around 10 years old (shoutout to Natalie’s mom in the 5th grade)
	+ B&D agree to agree about Broti’s ignorance of the concept of a PB&J sandwich
* Broti thinks PB&J sandwiches are amazing and so delicious
* Dylan takes a detour, asking about what happened to Natalie Wood
	+ Broti offers her theories about Robert Wagner and mythical creatures
	+ Broti knows what Christopher Walken knows and knows a lot about the party boat where Natalie Wood’s death occurred
	+ Broti mentions Throuples, a point irrelevant to her death
	+ Dylan notes this is how being poly works, with no further explanation
* Dylan continues the detour, asking about Broti’s experience with Lunchables
	+ Broti of course has had Lunchables
	+ Broti has also had Dunkaroos
	+ Dylan craves Animal Cookies, as an adult
	+ Dylan mentions one of the worst qualities she has - she goes for “fucked up” ice cream flavors such as Birthday Cake and Cotton Candy
	+ Broti notes that Birthday Cake can be anything, and compares it to a Trust Fall
	+ Dylan shares a memory of trust falls in fifth grade and her insecurities related to the exercise
	+ Dylan measures her physical fitness via a poorly-received game show titled, “Can a 5th Grader Catch You in a Trust Fall?” hosted by Wayne Brady
	+ Broti compares Wayne to Colin and Ryan, Dylan mentions Greg Proops but in a neutral and ambiguous way
* Broti’s topic continues with a deep dive into 5th grade friend, Natalie
	+ Natalie’s mom went on a date with George Clooney, a burn on Natalie’s dad for sure
	+ Broti is currently married to Natalie’s very nice dad making her Natalie’s stepmother
	+ Broti has no further Natalie updates to give
* Broti reveals that George Washington Carver did not actually invent Peanut Butter, an act of GWC erasure
	+ *Broti’s explanation of why George Washington Carver did not invent Peanut Butter, but instead invented a failed tuberculosis cure, is impossible to summarize and should just be listened to from 41:03 to 41:45, and is probably the best way to introduce a person to this show*
* Dylan pictures a tartine and halts the conversation, then reveals that TBS stands for a “tartine-based store”
* B&D discuss the prevalence of “National X Day” online
* Broti describes her process and how there is a riddle to find her will
* Broti is pitching a new show “Malala Gilmore” that everyone hates, despite the CW buying it
* “Kellogg, the cereal guy, boiled peanuts”
* Dylan correctly guess the very first Peanut Butter brand

### Ending segment

* B&D discuss what they learned about with a brief recap
* Dylan asks Broti some follow up questions that cannot be answered
* B&D discuss Peter Pan’s gender
* Broti apologizes for ending on a high note
* Dylan decides they should go through their Notes to read past jokes
	+ Dylan share some Joshua Tree roadtrip musing on nails, geese, icebergs, Neil Degrasse Tyson, alternate middle names for Broti, David Attenborough’s sex life, and attorneys
	+ Broti does not have any jokes on her phone but asks Dylan to wait while she looks anyway
	+ Broti’s non-joke is an example of things they will need to learn to cut out
	+ Broti mentions a prom theme
	+ Dylan shares some (old) news about Flava Flav
* B&D end the pod after 53 minutes, promising to do a better job in the future

## Topics

### Dylan's topic

* Jim Thorpe, PA
* (Also some discussion of the life and death of Jim Thorpe)