227 - How does one pull a butt cheek?
About this episode
Adam and Daniel return from a break to discuss personal stories, media analysis, and the impact of language in their lives.
The boys are back! After taking a well-deserved mental health break (and weathering what we're told were hundreds of concerned emails — each one personally answered by Adam, naturally), Daniel and Adam return with fresh energy and a new member of the extended Mix family. Daniel introduces us to Sebastian, his AI personal assistant who helped prep the show, and we quickly learn that saying "Hermes" out loud leads to instant confusion with luxury handbags. The show kicks off with Adam's mysterious butt muscle injury ("I herniated a butt muscle") and some exciting James Corden news, before things take a more serious turn: Adam's mother, over lunch following her doctor's appointment, asked him to remove the word "gay" from his podcast name. Adam handled it with grace and conviction — gay isn't a bad word to people who know it isn't one — and we couldn't be prouder.From there, the show spins into classic Mix territory. Daniel delivers a forensic breakdown of Apple's WWDC keynote videos, convinced the outdoor walking shots were studio-voiced and AI-lip-synced — an audio Uncanny Valley that had the internet buzzing. A fascinating science piece argues that…
People in this episode
Hosts: Adam Burns, Daniel Brewer
Topics covered
- mental health
- AI technology
- personal stories
- media analysis
- literature
- pop culture
Keywords
- butt muscle injury
- mental health break
- AI personal assistant
- James Corden news
- gay identity
- Apple WWDC
- fiction
- The West Wing
- Mama's Family
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Apple, UPN
Books & works: The West Wing, Mama's Family
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