Episode 9

The ninth episode of Lecture Hall, uploaded November 25, 2020. This episode features the second guest - Devon Bostick's friend and Broti's enemy, Ayo Edebiri. While the Broti and Ayo feud is very funny, it's a chaotic start to the episode, leading me to believe we may have missed a good amount of bits before Dylan hit record. Ayo lectures on her topic for only about 12 minutes, and as she later admits, she didn't leave enough space for lots of riffing and commenting. Still, I love this episode.

Recapped by Kevin on 10/29/21

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## Episode Summary

### Introduction

* Dylan opens with accusations of hate campaigns
	+ Ayo mentions an interview in the ~~Wall Street Journal~~, ~~Wall Street Times~~, Guinness Book of World records, but actually it was just Dylan texting Ayo
	+ Broti recommends Big Mouth on Netflix, despite Ayo
	+ Dylan admits “Friends hanging out” is the usual vibe
	+ Broti claims sentences don’t have to end in a nice way
	+ Dylan is so excited for this feud she cannot contain herself
	+ Ayo asks folks to write in about Broti’s behavior
	+ Dylan is upset about Broti’s behavior today, the day the 25 Best actors list is published
* Ayo was weakened by the news of a Bruce Springsteen/Timothee Chalomet SNL episode
	+ Dylan knows no SNL sketches
	+ Ayo suggest Stefon
* Ayo has never laughed, because it’s not professional
	+ Broti says she has a montage of Ayo laughing, or as Dylan says, she’s back on her “gotcha behavior”
* Ayo says Broti has “Fake News Vibes”
	+ Dylan calls Broti the Kayleigh ~~McAnnie~~, ~~Mannie~~, “that lady” of this podcast
	+ Dylan is Hope Hicks
	+ Ayo is the Conway daughter, but emancipated already
* Two women of color and one half-jewish woman - “This is what diversity looks like, you’re  either onboard or you’re online”
* Dylan compares this episode so far to her usual family Thanksgiving
	+ She later says it’s the MTV show Boiling Points - Ayo is just at the $2 level
	+ Broti admits this is what happens when you’re in a really famous Hollywood feud
* Broti’s SICKO MODE corner
	+ Ayo thought about how Broti would behave on her train ride earlier
	+ Ayo then realizes Broti’s in SICKO MODE right now
	+ She is in SICKO MODE and proud, not afraid to show it
	+ This episode is called Broti Unleashed, per Dylan
	+ Ayo calls it Broti’s Gone Wild or Broti Off the Chain
	+ She proudly says its “spring break in my goddamn brain”
	+ Dylan says Broti’s on Rumspringa but can’t come back
* There is significant TLC/TLC confusion
* Broti quickly resets - she reminds the listeners (and guests) this podcast values education above all else
* Broti asks Ayo for her topic but Ayo is drinking water, so they decide on the guest sandwich again
* Dylan cools things down by deciding to go first

### Dylan's Topic

* She popped off about it on twitter first, the turkey pardoning ceremony
* The pardoned turkey is usually a “Broad Breasted White” - this is triggering for Dylan, then Broti calls her that just a minute later, reinstating SICKO MODE
* “Special place in hell for women who tear down other women” - a quote from Taylor Swift or Margaret Thatcher, so, good luck
* Tad(?) Lincoln saved a turkey on Christmas once
	+ Everyone mourns Lincoln sons Tad and William Wallace
* At the mention of Harry S. Truman, Ayo says the S is for “Shithouse” (Dylan and Ayo throw up peace signs, fun for an audio podcast)
* Ayo calls out #meatlessmondays as being stolen from Harry S Truman (then pitching Harry Styles Truman, when Broti reminds her they cannot edit)
* Ayo calls Broti the Omarosa of the pod
	+ Broti has a lengthy aside about Omarosa and Ross Mathews that she specifically called “quick” before she started
	+ Broti imagines trying to comfort Omarosa, and after a long pause Dylan resumes her topic
* Broti invents the game “Who is a poultry and who is an egg?”, to be played later
* Broti calls something the OG Frye Fest - maybe referring to Meatless Thursdays
* Dylan shares a “truly crazy” paragraph about JFK
	+ Ayo decides there is something poetic about it
	+ Dylan makes a rough joke and Ayo groans, but Broti adds to it because she is still in SICKO MODE
* Ayo gets pissed about a Ronald Reagan quote she read
	+ Broti and Dylan have 2 really good follow up questions about it
	+ Everyone invites comments below or to email ayosawesomereaganstory@gmail.com
* There’s a lot of confusion over Charlie the Turkey, a petting Zoo, and Iran-Contra
	+ Dylan has an idea for a petting zoo you can take a dog to so it could meet a giraffe, leading to the important question, “what do animals think of other animals?”
	+ Broti gets emotional thinking about humans, monkeys, and birds and our differences
* The “talking” dog comes back up, this time specifically about Bunny who saw herself in a mirror and got really upset
* Dylan it upset about cats and catnip
	+ Broti thinks humans should do catnip too
	+ Dylan uses the phrase “like lovers doing drugs together” and it does not go over well
	+ Broti reminds everyone this is an anti-drug and anti-sex podcast that operates under maritime law
* Ayo declares the Titanic the horniest boat in the world history
* Ayo’s beautiful sentiment corner
	+ Ayo says we make up traditions all the time, that’s why she is president of Qanon
	+ Dylan says she could believe Qanon
	+ Broti is sad she missed the Qanon elections
* B&D declare the turkey pardon is just like The Onion or Reductress
* Ayo reacts to the fattening of turkeys with a genuine “oh shoot!” but she then took all her clothes off and wept
* Bird Acclimation pitches:
	+ Ayo - 80 birds acclimating to light and attention, try twitter or instagram
	+ Broti - maybe take the birds to a red carpet premiere of a movie
	+ Ayo asks Broti pointedly “how did you end it and make it sound like the middle?” re:her pitch
	+ Broti is hurt and Dylan compares her to a talking dog
* Dylan reacts to Frying Pan Farms, an objectively very funny name for a farm
* Broti wants to see artwork of turkeys getting room service
* Dylan’s favorite birds:
	+ Charlie, the first real pardon
	+ Liberty and Freedom, the 9/11 birds, Broti calls them the twin towers to Dylan’s delight
	+ Katie, glass ceiling shatterer - Ayo says “Javits Center Vibes” in response
	+ Broti makes a joke about “gourd”/”god” re:Pumpkin & Pecan
	+ Cobbler & Gobbler
	+ Popcorn & Caramel
	+ Drumstick - Ayo calls it “Drumpfstick” and she excitedly exclaims “we got him folks!”
	+ Animals don’t have souls corner
		- Dylan and Ayo both received terrible animal soul news at age 5
		- Broti reveals her long game, influencing Ayo and Dylan’s lives via their early sunday school/hebrew school teachers
		- Dylan imagines being a teacher if she hadn’t gotten such rough news so young
		- Ayo agrees and suggests Yoga Teacher
		- Dylan talks about being in “A Teacher” with Devon, like they are Hepburn and Tracy, or two pardoned turkeys. Broti suggests Tina & Amy for two more pardoned turkeys, Ayo says like Trump & Obama - her two twin boys
	+ Corn the Turkey leads to Corn Pop Corner
		- Dylan asks about Corn Pop’s whereabouts
		- Dylan suggest the CIA killed him and Ayo knows because she is in the CIA “for guns”
* Animated movies about birds corner
	+ When Dylan mentions “Free Birds”, Broti thinks this is some classic Owen Wilson type casting, maybe because he looks like a bird
	+ “Chicken Run” was a movie Broti both laughed at and fell asleep in
* Dylan gets them back on track with “why turkeys at all?”
	+ Easy to keep
	+ Big enough to feed a whole family
	+ Cheaper than ducks or geese
	+ Ayo and Broti both pass up an amazing opportunity to make an easy joke here with this very silly list
* Ayo improvises a rap about Alexander Hamilton and Broti encourages her to write it down because it is so snappy
	+ Dylan imagines someone doing this during a general when someone is a talking
	+ Broti is passionate about the arts, reveals she is now in “Friendship Mode”
	+ Ayo celebrates the Rehabilitation of One Broti S Gupta (S stands for Shithouse again, Ayo and Dylan celebrate with more audible peace signs)
	+ Ayo confuses Hamilton with Andrew Jackson and Broti agrees not being president makes you a bad president
* Dylan is done and everyone claps, but Broti says she is actually clapping for healthcare workers
* Ayo reveals she was told not to cry so as not to ruin the whole vibe before the podcast
* Broti returns to SICKO MODE after a few minutes of Friendship Mode

### Ayo's Topic

* Ayo’s topic is something she learned about early in life, but she first talks through her short list of alternate topics
	+ Crispus Attucks
	+ NY Times Spelling Bee
* Her topic is the great molasses flood in Boston
	+ Broti read a picture book about it
	+ Dylan read a headline about it, doesn’t know the deets
* Ayo gives an enthusiastic lecture, but as she remarks later, she did not leave much space for riffing or responding so it goes by quickly
* Ayo and Dylan call Broti out for her self-serving attempt to reach across the aisle
* Ayo resumes her lecture with a great description of a child caught in the molasses wave, and Dylan reacts with “prayers out”
* Ayo admits that her topic is conceptually so funny but also very tragic, so much so that it was treated as seriously as 9/11 or Kent State when she was very young
* Ayo ponders being chased by honey and then burps but B&D don’t catch it, so listeners are encouraged to rewind and find it
* Ayo talks about the NY Times Spelling Bee anyway and calls out Will Shortz (“Mr. Pervert Villain”)
	+ Broti tells him to “shortz up”
	+ Dylan says he lets a lot of stupid shit slide
	+ Broti pitches a movie about a missing math teacher called Polly Gone (“nobody take that”)
* Ayo admits she is feeling emotionally raw and doesn’t want any notes about her lecture
	+ Broti has a note anyway, about Ayo’s emotional state
	+ Dylan compares the pod to Maron and his method of breaking guests down
* There is what only can be described as an “awkward” transition to Broti’s topic, Snake (the video game)

### Broti's Topic

* She promises to cover Snakes (the animal) another time in a special episode
	+ Admits she looked up (in incognito mode) how snakes have sex
	+ When pressed about it, she protests too much regarding her feelings about snake sexuality
* As a reminder, Broti thinks a snake is all tail
* Ayo can only be described as enthusiastically actively listening during Broti’s topic, which is great guest behavior, in my opinion
* Gremlins Corner
	+ Broti shuts down Dylan’s first follow-up with a terse response but Ayo tries to save it
	+ Broti drops a “NOT!” and Ayo says she is back in SICKO MODE, and Broti says she misses Friendship Mode
	+ Dylan asks everyone to “comment below” about sicko mode vs friendship mode for Broti
	+ Ayo mentions future pod guest Marianne Williamson
	+ B&D admit they would have voted for Ayo in 2020
	+ Broti has seen Gremlins and it scared her
	+ Dylan thought the Gremlins were cute
* Broti asks everyone to keep the end of Nixon’s presidency in mind, but never tells us why
* Broti calls Bigfoot Bonkers (or its starring mouse, maybe?) the “exact visual of SICKO MODE”
* Everyone is familiar with Atari and her work
* Broti shouts out Sears, a place to buy a vacuum cleaner and a shirt for her to wear to school
* Poultry vs Egg finally comes back
	+ Ayo is an egg, Dylan too
	+ Broti is a poultry sun and egg moon
	+ Dylan thinks Broti is a egg during the day but a poultry at night, sorta like the Gremlins
* Dylan has both been to a calculator and seen a calculator
* Ayo & Broti have lots of advice for the titular Snake but they don’t want to have a hard conversation with it
* Broti mentions Qbasic but doesn’t want to talk about it, so they miss a great chance to call back to Ayo serving as the current president of Qanon
* Friendship Mode corner
	+ At the mention of enemy snakes, Dylan makes a “funny because it’s true” joke about her twenties
	+ Ayo & Broti agree there is truth in comedy
	+ Everyone offers Dylan support, and Broti says she can feel free to talk about it whenever feelings come up
	+ Dylan decides she’d rather take her her pain and use it for her comedy “and stuff”
* Neopets/Old Web games corner
	+ Dylan would go to neopets forums for cybersex, everyone agrees “it’s a living”
	+ Ayo liked the cereal-related games, like the Post games
	+ Dylan is excited about Miniclip.com
	+ Broti liked Addictinggames.com, where Dylan played a monkey spanking game that went over her head at 6 years old
	+ Ayo liked Boneless girl, someone she hopes to be like one day
	+ Broti loved the game Hannah & the Ice Caves
		- There is some great confusion over the name Hannah versus the name Squirrel, and Dylan laments the communication breakdowns of this episode
		- Ayo pitches Nicolas Cage’s new daughter: Squirrel Cage, a name that rolls off the tongue
* Everyone makes me feel old by saying they used to play Snake on phones owned by their parents, Jesus Christ Kevin you’re listening to a podcast hosted by two women in their twenties, not everything is about YOU
* Broti talks about a sort of hot button issue: Facebook, but can’t explain why to Ayo
* Broti has a weak ending but everyone applauds anyway

### Ending Segment

* Ayo asks how they end, Dylan says they kinda just go
* Dylan suggests a Zoom game
	+ Broti reveals she is always playing a game on every episode but Dylan is unaware
	+ Dylan suggest Ayo drink a lot of water after this
	+ Ayo says she is taking a steam, drinking water, then getting Reiki
* Dylan teases a future Devon-Ayo-Marianne Williamson episode
* Broti says she learned two things:
	+ She’s going to get more into the molasses flood
	+ Never says the second thing
* B&D compliment then insult the listeners and wish them a happy thanksgiving, just like the famous Thanksgiving episodes of Friends