Grace is back with another episode of Flushing is Burning. It’s been a long, not fun week for the Mets. The offense has been quiet and the bullpen shaky. Grace gets into Díaz’s troubles so far, Pete’s signs of life (and McNeil’s signs of none), and the fact that this is probably just going to be the season vibes: periods of highs followed by the most annoying, depressing losses.

Next, Grace gets into two hot topics. First, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker had a lot to say about hot-button topics, and all of it was stupid. Grace breaks down the ridiculousness of these modern “tradcaths” and how positions like these continue to keep athlete’s in the closet and feeling unsafe in the locker room. Next, she gets into her annoyance at the wealthy’s love for Ozempic (and other drugs like it). Real people need these drugs for actual health issues and they can’t get them because rich people want a shortcut to losing weight.

Finally, Grace has a movie minute of a decades old movie that still feels relevant. She also discusses the legacies of the great filmmakers who are now closer to the ends of their careers than the beginnings.

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