In this episode of The Antidote, Amy and Grace connect with comedian, writer, and essayist Samantha Irby about her love of Judge Mathis, processing her emotions post-pandemic, and how she balances being ‘quietly hostile’ and loveable.

Amy and Grace share their bummer news of the week – the Fyre Fest founder is starting a new festival, and Megan Thee Stallion’s home was broken into. They also share their antidote— going to the ballet and meal delivery.

This week’s Creative Tap-In:

“You can’t put your finger on who I am. I can’t put my finger on who I am.”

-Beyoncé

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FULL TRANSCRIPT

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

Grace And I'm Grace.

Amy And we want to f---in help.

Grace We're comedy writers in Los Angeles, and we like to take the bad sh-- we hear and work through it together.

Amy We talk about cultural moments we love.

Grace Talk to people we adore.

Amy Crushes we have.

Grace And self-care we stan.

Amy During these trying times, we all need a show that focuses on joy.

Grace This is The Antidote. Hi, everyone. Welcome, welcome, welcome. We're so glad that you're back.

Amy Welcome. From both coasts. Now I'm in New York and Grace is in L.A..

Grace I know we switched it, though, while I'm here for an event. And, yeah, I had to leave Amy back in New York.

Amy Yeah, but she'll be coming back soon because we have our live show coming up. So Saturday, November 12th, 7:30 p.m. at Union Hall in Brooklyn, New York. Don't forget about it.

Grace Yeah, doors open at 7 p.m. and we can finally announce our two wonderful guests.

Amy Oh, my God.

Grace Who are... Drum roll...Please Dulce Sloan and Jordan Carlos. We are so, so excited for these two amazing guests to talk to them live. So you don't want to miss that. You better come.

Amy Yeah come on you can purchase tickets now at NYComedyFestival.com or at the link in our shownotes. And you guys Dulce Sloan and Jordan Carlos like they busy people.

Grace Okay yeah.

Amy Let's respect them. Let's respect them and show up.

Grace Yes, tickets are selling fast, so if you'd like to come see us, we would love to see you.

Amy By the way, Grace, I was just thinking about how there's new music coming out this week, and I saw that like Chloe Bailey and Ashanti and Rihanna. And SZA are all dropping songs. There's a song Shirt is like, Okay, girl, just rip through my heart. I know.

Grace Oh, sh--. I haven't heard it yet.

Amy We sad outside. We sad outside. These men be treatin us bad.

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