In this episode of The Antidote, Amy and Grace connect with actor Topher Grace about reliving the 90s, finding balance and the upside of burnout.

Amy and Grace share their bummer news of the week – the haunted house from horror movie “The Conjuring” sold for $1.5 million, and there’s a new startup that helps layoff workers more “humanely.” They also share their antidotes: a new piece of art from JC3 Art, and a Bose portable speaker.

This week’s Creative Tap-In:

“The beauty of art is that it allows you to slow down, and for a moment, things that once seemed unfamiliar become precious to you.” -Kehinde Wiley

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FULL TRANSCRIPT

Amy The world is a dumpster fire. I'm Amy.

Grace And I'm Grace. We're both comedy writers in Los Angeles.

Amy And we want to help.

Grace As a reflex to the f---ing madness on the news for keeping it positive, uplifting, but opinionated.

Amy We talk about cultural moments we love.

Grace Talk to people we adore.

Amy Crushes we have, and self-care. We stand during these trying times. We all need a show that focuses on joy.

Grace This is The Antidote. Hi Everyone. Welcome to another week of The Antidote. We are so happy that you're back with us this week.

Amy Yes, we're so happy. And thank you guys for continuing to share your antidotes. One of the antidotes we recently received was from listener Sara Lowe. She said, I have to say that my antidote is the themes controlling little people's lives, cheating their needs to make them never hungry or sleepy or have to go to the bathroom, getting them a promotion every two days with spare time to master the violin skills. So cathartic. Oh. I love that, Sarah.

Grace Oh my God. That takes me back. I have not played The Sims in very, very long, but I'm glad that The Sims are still around, still, you know, has fans and. Yeah. We're so glad, Sarah, that that is something that brings you joy. Sometimes you got to take a little brain break and move around other little people that aren't yourself.

Amy So true. So true. Grace?

Grace Yes.

Amy I know it's been out for a while, but I've been obsessively watching the Halle Bailey Little Mermaid trailer.

Grace Oh. My God, I am so excited. It's like.

Amy Truly.

Grace Like I The Little Mermaid is one of my favorite Disney movies. One of my favorite Disney movies of all time. The music is fire. It's really good. And I remember there was a time in my life that our dad used to take us to the movies, like when a New Disney thing came out. And I remember it was just like you would go to the Star Theater in Southfield, Michigan, and we would go and we would sit and we were watching. So great.