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Take the quiz at ilmakiaj.com slash quiz. That's I-L-M-A-K-I-A-G-E dot com slash quiz. Welcome to Guys We Fuck, the anti-slut-shaming podcast. I'm Christina Hutchinson. I'm Corinne Fiske. Slutty. You're horny. Hey, you a slut? Yeah. Let's talk about... Now help me welcome your host to the stage. You've seen her as the co-host of Guys We Fucked, Christina Hutchinson. Woo!

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Ireland? Hell yeah, you flew all the way here to support Corinne's run for mayor? That's amazing. We're in Ireland, I know a thing or two about Ireland. Dublin, yeah, my boyfriend was born in Malahide. Yeah, yeah, but he's not posh, I don't know what that means, but he told me to say that. I'm so excited that you guys are here. So I have the honor of being campaign manager, which I have never done before, but hey, fuck it.

And this is probably the most important thing I've ever done in my life because I don't know if you guys are watching the news and what's going on in American politics and in the White House. It's very fucking bleak and upsetting. And I feel very lucky because a lot of times when I'm just reading news headline after news headline, I feel very helpless, like there's nothing I can do about it. But being campaign manager for this is something I can actually do about it. So it's a great way to channel your rage.

This is better than a rage room, I gotta say. So I am so excited to bring up somebody who I have, it's been my longest relationship of my life, over 15 years, and I have had the honor of witnessing this woman

show up and walk the walk other than like she doesn't I have never met anybody whose actions align with their values and the words that they speak more than who I'm about to bring up on stage she is one of the hardest working women I've ever met in my life she is a she is a pursuer of the truth unlike anybody I've ever known and she is going to be the next mayor of New York City ladies and gentlemen Corinne Fisher madam mayor that is madam mayor

Thank you so much for being here, everybody. I'm sure you probably first know me as a comedian and podcaster, so just forget how many times I said fuck. I'm so impressed with how mayoral your speech is and how you're talking to people. I've been witnessing current interviews. We're basically on Zoom 24 hours a day with each other. You are stepping up to the plate and acting like a politician in a way that I'm like, God damn, you can do anything. Thank you.

Thank you. It's amazing. Hopefully only the good parts. You know, like it's, you want to be mayoral, but not like Eric Adams. Yeah. Yeah. Like, you know, don't commit fraud. Don't sexually assault. Yeah. You just want to be, yeah, we don't want to, we don't want to be Cuomo mayoral. Um, no Cuomo. Yeah. That's kind of what we're working with right now. But yeah, thank you so much for being here. Uh, obviously not the,

way most people spend their Valentine's Day. Yeah. You know, committing to political change. I think this is exciting. Yeah, nerds, what's up? Let's do this. But I do think it's a fun way to spend your Valentine's Day. I mean, I would do it. I'm a dwarf, but I would love to go. Like, if Hillary or something was speaking, I know people might have mixed feelings, but for me, the mic went out. That was God saying, don't mention her again. It'll take your whole campaign down. Not the emails! Her. What about the emails? Yeah.

But yeah, so thank you so much. I think it is a fun way to spend a holiday that might make you feel alone. And hopefully this doesn't make you feel alone. I've spent a lot of time over the past, you know, month and a half that I've been up

going around New York and meeting people. And what I've learned is that everyone has thought about what they would do differently. Everyone has thought about how if I was in charge, this is the way things would be, right? There's not one person who after I told them I was running for mayor hasn't given me their five-minute platform.

So for people who say, I'm not political, I'm not involved in politics, you are whether you like it or not. You have to be. Living and being a human in the world is political, especially in America right now. And I have a speech that I will wow everyone with.

At the end. Get your tissues. Of this show. But I really thank you for being here because this is a grassroots campaign. This is our first fundraiser. There's a lot of things that we had to get through, including a ticketing site that the city of New York requires us to use that's confusing. But they want you to fundraise and you can only use this. So I think there's many steps along the way that we're going to be confused about. But the fact that you are here night one of something that's open to the public worldwide.

really means a lot and every single one of you I don't know what perk it's going to be but when I'm mayor you're going to get I'm going to go back to this list and I'm going to say they get something we're going to figure it out

I just send a goodie bag to like 50 people's doors. Free MTA card. You let me know and we're going to have a meeting at Gracie Mansion and I'm going to thank you because I will certainly never forget the people who came out and were excited about it first. Also, local politics is where you can really make some change and like you were saying, Corinne, it would be great if we didn't have to be so political but when our bodies, the choices we make with our bodies are on the line and the fact that some of our family members

can get deported before we get home from school. Like that's, it's such, it's scary, but, uh, there's something that we're going to do about it, which is very exciting. Yeah, absolutely. And so, I mean, you, you, you've probably heard our show before the guys, we fuck podcast, uh,

a lot of people go, you're running for mayor, but you're also still co-hosting the Guys We Fuck podcast. Well, the Guys We Fuck podcast, not only are we still doing it, it's what's allowing us to spend 90% of our time on this campaign. One day a week goes to the Guys We Fuck podcast.

And it's also speaks to why I think that this is a possibility to win mayor of New York City. We've already I mean, you know, it's not everyone's in New York City, but worldwide we've already amassed a following of a million plus people. And if we have that effect on the people of the world, why not try that on New York City?

People want change. I can't wait for you to be on the debate stage with Mayor Adams and all the other candidates and Cuomo announces he's running and to have them bring up, oh, you co-host guys, we fucked? I can't wait for that question. Let's fucking go. Let's go, baby.

You're literally gifting the other candidates a plethora of material. Yeah, you're handing them on a silver platter things that they can... I'm giving them attack ads. I'll say, you know what, maybe I should... Honestly, any attack ad they need, someone has said something on Reddit that is more hurtful. Oh, yeah, so much more. So, I'm actually kind of excited to see where they're going to go. You know, Bonfire already did a one-hour conversation this week about if I was fuckable enough to beat

mayor, which I didn't, right? Yeah, because that's what matters. So I said, thank you for the free press, you know? And I do want to also shout out Sam Roberts for giving me my first professional interview as a politician on SiriusXM. I did that earlier this week and it was actually a really great conversation. So I just want to get- Not about how fuckable you are? Yeah, no. He didn't mention it once. Maybe he doesn't want to. Now I'm sad. Oh no, no. I don't know. I'll

of all the candidates. Also, not that it matters. It doesn't matter at all. But like, you are the hottest one. So we're running. So we're like offended, but also thank you for noticing. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. So what we're going to do is we're going to have two comedian guests one at a time and we're going to talk to them for a little bit and then we're going to talk to you guys after. So are you ready to get started? All right. So let's bring up our good friend. She is a stand-up comedian. We're so excited to have her and to talk to her. Jay McBride, everybody. Give it up for Jay McBride. Woo!

Thank you, Jay, for being here. Thank you so much. And I don't think any Cuomo should talk about what is and isn't proper sexual behavior. Yeah, with 11 sexual assault allegations against you. Just going to throw that out there. That's true. We're happy to have you. Thank you. It's good to be here. So, yeah, we were talking a little bit, but I want to bring this conversation to this platform about...

The threat that the trans community is posing on the children of America, the women of America, and the Trumps of America. It's very scary. It's terrible. Yeah. It's insane. Today, like this week, they just wiped off any reverence to trans people from the Stonewall Memorial. Yeah.

Oh, in New York? Not the one that's run by the New York City nonprofit, but it's the same memorial, but the National Parks has a webpage for Stonewall. And trans just got taken down. Trans and they changed it to LGB. Yeah, I was like, I knew the White House government website wiped the T. We went over that earlier this week. And it's also extremely...

It seems like even if you want to wage a war on trans people, I think, you know, I have a lot of criticisms for the Democratic Party. And one of them is that we do spend too much time worrying about words instead of actions. I think words are important, but I think action is more important. And now the Republicans are answering by doing the same exact thing that they have gotten mad at us at so many times before. Yeah, Democrats, there's a weakness to the Democratic Party that's been on display for a while that I'm like, come on, guys.

We got more backbone than that. We could do it. We need to party harder, honestly, guys. If you just want to get blackout drunk, that is one criticism. You know, Christine and I did go to a Trump rally as part of the Daily Show election special. And we got to say, it was a good time

had. They're fun and they were all tailgating. They all had a beer for us. And they're pretty welcoming. They were pretty welcoming. And I gotta say, I'm like, would a Democratic rally be as welcoming to a Republican coming in and being very loud about the fact that they're Republican? I don't know. I guess also the Republicans are like, we can be nice. We're winning. You know? Yeah. And that's the mentality. They have a winner's mentality, right? Which is great. I know everyone makes fun of them when they're like, America. Because they're like, well, America's not great. And I'm like, but they're kind of manifesting it. I know.

By the chance. They're witchy and they don't even know it. Yeah, their version of what America, you know, being great is, not our version. Well, they've turned politics into like a sports sort of thing. Yes. It's like they're rooting for a sports team now. And no matter what, you got to follow your sports team. Right. No matter how many race allegations. All Republicans are Eagles fans. Look, they'll be there next year. You know, just. I think you have a bit there. I think that's. That's really good.

So how do you feel, Jay, about all of this with the erasure and the fake being scared, but it's such an act to me. Well, this is the first time leaving my bed in about a month. I know you're here. Yeah, it's terrifying. I have so many trans friends that are just like,

about what's going to happen. Every once in a while, I would tell a joke, and then years later, it would turn out to be something that they literally run it. I told this joke for a long time about how I transitioned 10 years ago or whatever. I mean, it's been 18 now, Jesus Christ. And people would clap, and I'd say, no, don't clap. I only did it to compete in the Olympics.

and that was super funny and absurd now it's like I knew it I fucking knew it your act is like the Simpsons oh no right right and then I did this joke about like you know after the election it's like I like camping I don't know if I'm gonna like internment camping you know and now it's like that could like I don't know if you've heard what's happening with passports for trans people yeah you can only have the sex that you were born as on your passport is that made into law

It's an executive order, and it's run by the federal government, so they have to follow it. So it's just the media, yeah. But there are other things happening. Like some trans people are trying to get a passport to leave, and they won't give them any passport. Regardless, they just won't issue one. That's antithetical. Or they're getting their... Like one trans man in Massachusetts was getting his...

God is things. To go through it, people don't understand the process for getting a password for a trans person. First, you have to change your name. You have to change your gender markers on your state information. You have to go through. Then you have to get a license. You need to change it on your birth certificate. To get your birth certificate, you need to change it on your Social Security card. To get your Social Security card, you need to change it on your license. It's sort of like this. It's this weird snake eating its tail thing. It takes forever. Anyway, he sent his things in. He went to the post office. They went to send his things back.

Two of them were ripped. One of them had burn marks on it. Oh! Yeah, yeah. Jesus Christ. And they still marked his passport as F.

So it's like you wanted, like, someone posted a video. Like, is there a goal to make us not have a passport, stay here, and then ship us off to, like, what is it, Venezuela, where they agreed to take non-criminals? Oh, really? Yeah, American non-criminals. Well, it's just the system chipping away at all these groups of people until we explode. Like, what's the endgame here? I mean, granted, I have been secretly transitioning children for years. I knew it! Like...

Like, I've been putting estrogen in every soda machine. Love that. Love that for you. Right, right, right. Right. I don't know why they think that, like, schools, that's our plan. My mom's a public school teacher, and she doesn't seem to have enough time to add an element to the curriculum that involves...

you know, making kids want to transition. Right. She has to catch up to grading tests. transitioning for funsies. Yeah, this isn't exactly something that sells. Right. You're not going to go through all of this with your identity and try to, you know, make your identity what you feel comfortable with to fucking go in a bathroom to assault somebody or to, like, sway kids. Like, what are we doing? I didn't choose, like, I,

And the fact that they think I chose this, and now my big secret plan to get into a women's restroom. And it's just like, this soap is so worth it. Also, we've all met men that were like, you would just walk into the women's restroom if you wanted to, boo. You know what I mean? We all know a creepy man that would just do that. Yeah. Like, who hasn't been... Every gay bar in the country is probably the safest place for women. Yes. And they're all co... Yes. They're all...

Anyone can use it. You could shit in the sink and no one would give a shit. That's true. Honestly. Or you could piss in the supply closet. Yeah, Corinne and I used to go to gay bars all the time when we were like 20, 21, 22. Yeah. And I was like, oh my God, this is the only place I can go and like dance with my tits out and feel okay. Yeah. Because I don't got to work. I don't got to eye people and be like, no one follow me home. Ain't nobody want to. That's perfect. Yeah. If you shit at Gracie Mansion in the sink, that'd be great. Other than Ed Koch, you'd be the first mayor to do it. Yeah.

I think he got it. I think he got it. Damn it. First woman to do it. First woman to do it. There we go. I'll be the first woman to do anything in there. In the Great... Yes. Yeah, I know. Wait. That is sad. Your first period in the Gracie mansion? Oh, my God. Well, we better vote soon because time is ticking. Oh, yeah. That's right. Push the primary up to May because...

The blood flow is getting less and less. Wounds, they be drying up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that what everyone wanted? I can't wait. Every time something comes out of my mouth, I go, well, that could be something that takes down the entire campaign. Do you want a mayor who gets her period at Gracie Mansion? I mean, yeah. For me, that's a sway. That's a sway. Thank you.

It's hilarious that people that were voting, not hilarious, it's upsetting as hell. People were not going to vote for Kamala because like, do you really want to see a woman in the White House? Meanwhile, like Trump is doing fucking maps or an IHOP or whatever on his desk. And when people are asking him, it's like fucking Christ. He's asking people around him to explain

what was just said to the camera and I'm like, you don't fucking know what you're saying? He's the dumbest motherfucker on the planet. He's so dumb. He is so stupid. But he's, when Corinne and I were at the Trump rally, I'm like, y'all are in an abusive relationship and you have no idea. Like, it's,

It's not love when he hits you, dude. But you think that is love and you're like proud of it. And it's like, I mean, I'm just sitting back waiting for Trump voters to realize maybe we fucked up. And it's like getting people's family deported for some people to be swayed. I'm like, what does this guy have to do? I don't know. I don't know.

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I think that would be fine. Oh, my gosh. So, I mean, what do you think? Have you thought about what this strategy is here for the Republicans, why they're so obsessed with such a small group of people? Well, I think, I mean, they've had a long history of being trying to scapegoat people and feed off anger. Right. That's been their key for decades. Right. I mean, a lot of people don't know that the birth of the anti-abortion movement started out of...

I don't know if you guys ever talked about that on your show, but in the 70s, it was Liberty University. Do you remember who...

You can fudge facts here. This is the Guys We Fuck podcast. Billy... I'll go up later. Marcus... Good. No, but like the whole moral majority, people were no longer going to get tax cuts for having whites only in their school. They had to allow black people or they wouldn't have tax cuts. So one of the things, they didn't want that. In Liberty Unit, they wanted to keep it white. So what they tried to found is they tried to co-opt this very small group of anti-abortion groups

people and make and they sort of make that grew they make that grow and like that whole thing came about the whole moral majority came about from that so i mean like they've been like then they were going after gays in the 80s 90s 2000s yeah why not the republican party used to be pro-choice yeah and but then it's like the christian right wings that joined the republican party and they're like we're not doing that anymore there's a catholic saint one of her miracles was terminating a pregnancy

St. Bridget. St. Bridget. Who's the Irish person? All right. Yeah. St. Breed. Breed. Oh, yeah. Nice. The scene of abortion. Of Kildare. Yeah. Her other one was making beer. So what does that say about the Irish? Turning water into beer. That was literally like- Water into Guinness. Like you need certain miracles. Like water into beer and ending a term, terminating a pregnancy. I was like, is the beer how she did the pregnancy termination? Yeah.

Is that an Irish abortion? Right, yeah. Just a beer and a shot? An Irish abortion is like walking to the stream with a burlap sack. That's what I mean. Sorry, not my earl. But no, but like Republicans feed off this hatred. So like they won't see this 10-year-old kid who like...

never had a drop of testosterone, just wants to play soccer with her friends. Right. They don't show that. Instead, they'll show Leah Thomas, you know, because they're like, oh, she doesn't pass. We can bully her, you know. Right, yeah, yeah. And, you know. Well, it's a very much look over there kind of strategy, it seems. And Leah Thomas could not compete today because of rules. I mean, before Trump. Oh, okay. And the NCAA changed their policy. If you transitioned...

after puberty, you aren't allowed to compete. So like, it's not even a problem. Oh, like they literally like fix that problem. But now they're like, no, it's still happening everywhere. Like we're stealing whatever the fuck. Why is it so easy to make a group of people afraid of something that they didn't even fucking think about before you brought it up? Like, I don't understand that. White men really care about women's sports too. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. That's the Bill Burbit. If you give us so much shit about women's basketball, why don't you go watch the game? Right. I mean, nowadays they are well attended, so ha ha. Yeah, there we go. Well, I mean, I think it just goes back to my, you know, I call it the X-Men theory on guys we fucked a lot, but people fear what they don't understand. I go, yeah, I learned this when I was like seven years old watching the X-Men. This is the whole plot of the show if anyone was following. I thought X-Men was what you're calling trans women now. No.

You got jokes. Thank you. Thank you. You got jokes.

When I'm not depressed, I'm pretty funny. When I'm not fucking suicidal over the... Oh, Jesus Christ. Yeah. Being afraid of something you don't understand is a concept that I don't understand. That's why I'm afraid of it. Right. There's so much I don't understand, but it's so exciting. Like how... I don't know. Yeah, it's very bizarre to me. And like, I don't think they give a shit. I think the people in charge of these things, like other than the people in like 2020, Project 2025, they're all...

Heritage Foundation, ultra-religious people, of course they care. But most people don't give a shit. But they said, well, we can really feed off this, make people angry. Same with immigrants. Immigrants pay more in taxes than they get from the government. Right, right. It's like a net gain for our society to have immigrants here. But no. No.

Well, and there's such a freak out over wanting to control people. I mean, that's really what's happening too. That makes me absolutely fucking crazy. Just wanting to control what you're scared of, what you like, what you want to be. But these ultra-religious people in the Heritage Foundation, they're not... They say they're religious, but that's not...

Nothing about religion is what they're doing. Right. Religion is all about accepting people and taking people in and being kind to your neighbor. I mean, I didn't grow up religious, but I'm pretty sure it's not any of this shit that's happening. Right. I don't remember the segment of the New Testament where Jesus cheated on his first wife with his second wife and then his second wife with his third wife and his third wife with the porn star.

star. It was in the back maybe. And his ex-wife wrote a book about how he raped her and then he made her take it out. It didn't make the cut. Yeah. Well, I mean, you know, part of it is they have convinced their followers that there is an attack on Christianity, but they certainly, they mean their brand, their rebranded Christianity. I mean, we saw the new faith leader of the White House, my girl Paula. Oh, Paula.

Not to be confused with my best friend Paula. It's not her. Very different people. It's a very different Paula. Yeah. I don't know if you saw Paula speaking in tongues. I did. Corinne showed me the clip. I'm like, what the fuck is happening? So just if you guys, I talked about it on Without a Country, but you know you're in trouble when InfoWars is making fun of your Republican choice of faith leader. Right. That's...

That's how I got this information because I do regularly read, you know, from Vox to Fox, I call it, every week. And I even go further right and I do Breitbart and Infowars just to stay abreast of what's going on. And it was Infowars where the guy was like, look at this crazy bitch. That's bad. Wow. You really can't get crazier than Infowars. And Infowars was like, this is pretty crazy. It is pretty bad.

Speaking in tongues, St. Bridget was also a lesbian. Yay! Well, she lived with a nun, or she slept with a nun, despite there being other rooms in the convent. And not for lack of a bed. She was trying to get hers. Yeah.

She was amazing. Have you read the whole Bible? She's the patron saint of my family, I'll have you know. Oh my God. The McBrides. That would give me my religion. Yeah, McBride. Bride actually comes from like breed. Bridget is pronounced. Yeah, yeah. Very cool.

This fucking chick there. She knows what the fuck she's talking about. Oh, that's a good Irish accent, yeah. Ah, how ya? That's all I know in Irish. How ya? He doesn't even know in Irish. Yeah. How ya? That's it. The Irish women don't fuck around. Fuck this ting. This ting is fucking stupid. Yeah. I love Irish women. I feel like my spirit animal is an Irish woman. Just any Irish woman. Because they don't put up with anything that they don't want to. And I very much respect that.

Not Irish American. No, no, no. It's a very different category. If you don't mind, I thought that we usually start the show, we're kind of flipping the order of the show because Jay has another engagement and was nice enough to join us early on in the show. But we usually start the show with audience participation. So if you don't mind, can we ask if the audience has any questions? For sure. I mean, not weird ones. No, weird ones. I mean, okay, yeah, then weird ones. I like weird ones.

Whatever it is. I mean, do you have questions about politics? Things you perhaps want to hear Jay riff on? Christina's thoughts? My thoughts? I mean, we'll do more audience participation later in the show, but I just thought, you know, it's 30 minutes of you guys not talking. Yes. In the back there. Yeah. I was wondering, when did you decide to run for mayor? December 6th. When did you decide? Yes. Yes.

It's the exact date. I was on my staircase in my apartment, and I knew I was running for something immediately after Trump won the election. I don't know if I told you the backstory, but this all started as... I talk too freely on my Instagram stories, and I think if there's any benefit I'm going to earn from running for mayor, it's that I'm no longer allowed to do that, okay? Okay?

People hold you to it because I saw that video and I'm like, please do that. Please. So, I mean, I made a threat and I don't even think I was wearing a shirt. I mean, you didn't know that, but I knew that.

So I think I made a threat from my bed to the people. I don't know, people who already agree with me, they're following with me. Like, they're not, probably not voting for Trump. I don't know who I was threatening, but I said from my bed, if Trump wins the election, I am running for a political office, okay? At that time, I was obviously really hopeful that Kamala was winning, okay? Yo, I thought she was going to win so hard. I had snorted that Kamala. I was like, Kamala's winning, okay? Woo!

So I was going to, Cuomo's going to clip that and take it down. Okay. And yeah. And so I did that, you know, went to bed, continued watching Family Feud, which I'm really obsessed with right now. I don't know what I was doing. Right. Forgot about it. Steve Harvey. Old school ones. Oh, he's a British guy.

I don't know. Steve Harvey is the one I'm addicted to. I don't remember the British guy, but yes, there have been many hosts over the years. And so I forgot about it. And then when Trump won the election, I mean, faster than we thought. I thought I'd have at least a week to chew on it. How quickly they were like, never mind, the election isn't a scam. All right, we won. Right. Okay. Got it.

Yeah, I remember the thread I made and I said, well, I guess I better start thinking about what office I want to run for. And so I started thinking about what office I wanted to run for. And I, you know, I specifically didn't want to try and compete with someone who was doing a good job, who was governing us well. This is not some kind of like an ego quest. There's no point in that. And then, I mean, Eric Adams really gave me a gift. Yes, he did. He just really said it. And he flew that gift all the way to Turkey and back. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, he... I said, who... I looked around New York City. I said, who's doing a real bad job? And Eric Adams said, me. It was Eric Adams and everyone at CVS. Those are the people that are...

Yeah, you gotta unlock those deodorants. Retail sucks. I don't blame them. Unlock the deodorant. I mean, I think that's the kind of platform that people really like when you run on. I'm like, how about we fix public schools and everyone's like, but I don't like waiting for deodorant. I'm like, I can also work on that. When you're waiting for a guy at like 10 p.m. to like unlock the thing so you get a zit sticker, it is a little embarrassing. Trans people in school, you think that's bad? Get away from this. Thank you.

this. It smells like shit. I couldn't wait. Well, they did introduce this program. I watched a guy do it where you download the app and anyone who's a member of whatever CVS's loyalty program is, you're supposed to be able to unlock it with the app. And they did a news segment where the guy just went around with the app to various CVS's and none of them...

None of the glass doors opened. To CVS's credit, I will say the employees are never annoyed when I press the button. And I press a lot of those buttons. They're nice. And I'm like, that's amazing that you're not annoyed with me because you have every right to be, even though it's your company that's doing this. I also like that it's a carpeted pharmacy. Yeah. Very 90s. Very, very 90s.

Just as a, you know, born in 1985, I'm used to a carpet. Okay. I just, in my home, middle-class America, a little story about who, yeah, you could tell I'm not rich because I had just like a, like rich people have like area rugs and marble. I,

I had wall-to-wall carpet, so you know that's the kind of bracket that I'm coming from. It's the financial situation that I'm coming from. If there's an accident, that accident is going to be there for 10 to 15 more years. Wait, you didn't have a floor with linoleum peeling up? No, but that's where I could... You're trying to outdo me now. There's a hanger instead of a door lock.

I had a lot of doorknobs falling off. Like they were the old one that they just fell off a lot. So that was, you know, sometimes you just be locked in your own room. Yeah. My parents took my doorknob off because I was making out with a boy once. Bad girl. I know. I'm such a sloth. But thank you for that question. Yes. Let me announce publicly on January 31st. Any other questions? Yes. Two-parter. Do it. What do you plan to like come up with?

Sure. Great question. Yeah, I mean, very simply, I think if there's any city that should have a mayor that fucks, it's New York City. There you go.

You don't want a mayor that doesn't fuck. No. It's too stressful as it is. What are we, in Dayton, Ohio? No. This is New York, baby. This is a city where in our tourist shops we have shirts that we proudly display that say New York mayor.

Fucking city. Or fuck you, you fucking fuck. Yeah, that's my favorite t-shirt. That's my favorite t-shirt. So, I mean, it's really... It would be off-brand for anyone who doesn't fuck to win mayor. I agree. I agree.

I agree. And also, too, like, you know, and we've, Corinne and I have a lot of political professionals as part of our campaign staff that know what they're doing. We like to say that a lot. You're like, no, guys, but we have real people, too. No, like, they're like a field manager and shit. No, but they are. Like, they know words that I'm like, yeah, I know what that means. Yeah.

Yeah, we're just like, surely that's jargon we shouldn't know. And so we've tackled this question a lot with our staff members, you know, because we anticipate fielding it, which I cannot wait for you to be asked that. But it's also like, if you look at the podcast and what it's done over the last 11 years, it's just encouraging people to want more for themselves. Yeah. That's it. And...

A piece of feedback that we get to this day that we still get that makes me, I could cry. It's like I could die happy with this. Is that so many people have told us that they had the courage to leave an abusive relationship because they listened to the show. And that, yo, that is teaching someone how to fish unlike anything I've ever heard of.

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Right. And pretty much anything that you see in the news is about human relationships and how they're not working. So, so many of the things that I've learned from people writing into our show are things that when you expand them are really like, you know, you're like looking at Donald Trump and you're like, surely he didn't get enough attention as a child.

Right? It's painted on his fucking forehead, basically. Yes. Yeah, because I mean, what politicians are good at is really the same thing that comedians are good at. It's eliciting a feeling from somebody. It's making people engaged. It's presenting an idea that might be unorthodox, but getting you on our side. It's the same skill set. Comedians are the ultimate truth tellers in arts. And I think that there is so much room for a comedian in politics. I'm not. I'm fucking crazy. I lie about everything. You lie about everything? I'm not even trans. Ha!

Damn it, Jay. Well, actually, Jay, do you mind if I bring up what you said to me before about possibly... Well, Jay mentioned that she was thinking of possibly running for mayor. And that's our time, guys. See ya.

Honestly, I would be happy. There needs to be more women in the race. But yeah, you said that you were interested in running for office. And I can't tell you the amount of times that I've been... Upstate New York, no. But I've been talking to someone... Where they don't fuck. Yeah. You'll be like, I'm in blankets, upstate. So can you talk about maybe why you haven't or if you had a vision to make upstate New York better? Well, yeah. I mean...

You watch the news and you think how shitty this is and how divided we are. I'm from upstate New York. Elise Stefanik was the rep up there. Currently, the guy running for Democrat is absolutely amazing. The things that really get me, things like corporate agriculture. I can't stand how corporations are taking over agriculture and cows are shitting this slurry of

turning me trans. It's the cows. That's what it was. It was the cows. No, but it was just like there are a lot of little things. I would love to go around and I might just go around and talk to people anyway and be like, by the way, I'm normal. But

I'm lonely. Talk to me. Politics does directly affect our food sources. I remember when I learned how the dairy, like the dairy, not department, but just the dairy industry was helped, made the food pyramid for the FDA recommendations for what your nutrition. It all goes back to capitalism. That's like a sad thing that I've learned. Anytime there's a problem where you're like, why are people doing this way? This doesn't seem to make sense for the benefit of the people. You follow the path and then you go, oh, someone's making a lot of money. Yeah, and there's so

many laws that are in favor of corporations that make our food so fucking unhealthy and then we live in a place where we don't have fucking healthcare? Are you kidding me? With whole milk, raw milk that people are talking about. RFK and his raw milk. If you grew up...

If you grew up on a farm, you probably know what that cow ate. You know if that cow's healthy. But if you're going through corporate farming, it's got to be like 90 cows. Yeah. Just like swooshed into a barn that don't even have time to run in the field. Yeah. It's like, I don't know. But anyway, before I go, I know I got to ask. Yeah, the alarm ring. Christina's phone didn't go. That was the Jane needs to go. That's my Beyonce. Sorry. I wrote and illustrated a comment. Oh, I saw.

about this on Instagram. I got you each a copy. Oh my God, thank you so much. Thank you. Congratulations. Can people still buy this? Yeah, it's on my Instagram page. It's like a take on, it's like in comics there's this whole chosen one trope. You know, someone's chosen to be a savior like Kal-El, Superman. You're going to be the hope for the world. Oh, I was like, are all comics Jewish? Like that's...

Some would believe that. This fucking guy. No, but then what if there's this, like they need to choose a baby boy, but then that boy turned to transition. Yeah. What do we do? So that's what it's sort of about.

Oh my God. That's incredible. This is fucking great. Well, thank you so much for your time. Thank you. I will go through you. Thank you. Thanks so much for being here. What's your Instagram handle? Where can people find you online? Cause Jay's a very funny standup comedian. So funny. Instagram. J-A-Y-E dot McBride. Perfect. Thank you so much. Happy Valentine's day. We love you, Jay. Thank you. Oh, I'm so excited to have this.

All right. There's more show that we're doing a two-parter today. All right. Let me see. I think, yes, our second guest is here. Do we need anything we need to cover before we bring her? No, no. Let's bring her on up. Okay. I mean, this is another one of our favorite guests. You've heard her on the show before, but she's in, I don't know how we're bringing you up, but she's an iconic adult entertainer. Is that okay? Please give it up for Joanne Jo. Hey, girl. Hey.

Joanna! Hey! Loving your outfit. Welcome to the show. We're all wearing similar shirts. I like how everyone's just bringing bags on stage and we're like, what's going to happen? And for those of you who don't know, Joanna smells amazing. Oh, thank you. I love when people smell good.

How are you doing? It's cheap perfume, by the way. It's cheap. Oh, is it? Yeah. It's from CVS. It's the Britney Spears one. This is a CVS-themed show. Hey, give Britney some more money. Circus. Corinne Fisher for Mayor is sponsored by CVS. I don't know. CVS was my very first job. Have they funded anything bad? I hope not. Are they on a list? No, and I think they refused to roll back their DEI hiring policy. Okay, because I know right now it's cost...

Costco that everyone's loving and then everyone else at BJ's are very angry at. Okay. Yes, yes, yes. All right. Joanna, what's going on in your life? Hi. Hello. Okay, but wait. First of all, I figured I did bring, you know, a nice little gift for someone, whoever, I guess.

I guess it wouldn't be of much use to you. I know what it is. Yes. Okay. I guess, like, I figured we could give it to maybe whoever donated the most amount of money or... I don't know. I think it was... The highest donation was pretty equal, but... Okay. Well, anyway... Should we have some people compete? For, like, the Guys We Fucked podcast, I figured it would only be appropriate to bring...

Who doesn't know what a flashlight is? Please have someone not know. And in particular, I brought the butt. Yay! I am getting a little PTSD from the time that...

I feel like, I mean, if someone could just kind of... This was all my idea. Current for mayor. The only candidate in New York giving out an anal flashlight, for sure, as part of her... Well, it's, you know, it's for everyone. That's yours? That is my butt. That's yours? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that's... Yeah, I mean, that's... I value female friendship, and that's my friend's butt. Yeah, yeah. I mean...

I give it to you. I'm not sure. I'm sure you can find something to do with it. Well, yeah, yeah. I brought another one. I brought a vagina, too. I'm being brought back to autographs. And we got both ends. We got both of them. Because Corinne Fisher is a mare for everyone. We have both holes. Yeah. Thank you so much, Joanna. You can spend Valentine's Day with my holes. Amazing. Amazing.

This is bringing me back to the time, I don't know if you guys remember Hurricane Sandy, that fun event. But I somehow convinced Corinne to hang out with me and my boyfriend at the time, who dated Stoya, a porn star. Oh, okay. And he had told me that he got rid of all of her flashlights, and then in the midst of my apartment flooding with water, I reached into the closet. I thought it was a flashlight, and I opened it, and I was like, oh, we're going to fight tonight. Poor Corinne, poor Corinne.

There was like two feet of poop water in Christina's basement. And then I was also there. Yeah, she was. And then that was happening. And then, yeah, also, I mean, your ex was farting a lot too because we had gotten a bag of free Starbucks. Right, because they were throwing all the food away. Oh, he farted so bad. Did the fleshlight survive though? I mean, that's a good test to see like...

It did. It did. To be fair, it did. It did survive. That's great. But it didn't give me the light that I needed. It gave me a different kind of light that I use later. But yeah. You didn't use it right. Well, you guys can give it away to whoever you want. I don't know. We'll think of some kind of a competition or trivia. Yeah.

What if we made it really mayoral? Does anyone without checking their phone know, and you don't have to give me the whole thing, but my four major platforms that I'm running on to win one of these. I actually, I didn't know until like yesterday. Well, you don't have to know. I thought it was a joke. You donated your butt. Yeah. And your puss. No one, no one. I love that. But I would actually like to know it. This is good though because people,

are just blindly supporting me and this is America. Love it. I was like, because a few people messaged me after I posted about this and they were like, oh my god, she's running. What is on her platform? I was like, I have no idea. I just like her a lot and I agree with everything she says on stage. So wait, one person might know. Okay, this is exciting. It's on CorinneFisher.com. I'm not hiding it. It's not secret. Go ahead. There's one about critical thinking and

Yes. Uh-huh. And we like affordable, so taxing tourists, but not men. Okay. Oh, that's a good one. Right? Arts, more at arts. She got it. Wow. Now, which poll do you want? Do you have a question? Yeah! Good choice. Come on down. You're the winner of Joanna's pussy. I shouldn't really have to explain this, but people have messed it up. There's like a...

Like a... I don't know. A plastic... Like a straw kind of thing in the middle of it. And it's hard. When I was fingering it, I'm like, I don't think a penis can hold it. You have to take that out. That's just like holding it nice. It's holding the shape. It's holding it open for you. And that's a special one. There's like a texture on the inside. Ooh. So, you know. Yeah. Someone's having a good Valentine's Day. So...

See, guys, politics doesn't have to be dull. I think we're proving this. How do you get voters engaged? You invite Joanna Angel and she gives a mold of her butt to people who know policy. And if anybody has a problem with it, I will take the blame. I'll just say it's not her idea. We're all adults. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. All right. What's another question that we could skip?

What day is the primary for the mayoral election? When's the mayoral primary happening? All right. We have... Yeah. Hey! Wow. You get the front butt. Look at that. That's what you get for voting. Nice. And it's signed. Amazing. Oh, I think that one's signed. Yes. See? You give a little incentive to people and all of a sudden voter turnout improves. Thank you, Joy.

Yes, look at that. I feel like, you know, ain't no fleshlights at a Trump rally. That's all I'm saying. You know, you can be fun without being racist, sexist, or homophobic. Isn't that crazy? I never actually voted in a...

A primary? Yeah. I've only voted for like, you know, the main show. Or a local election where it's like just local. Is that what you call it? I mean, a local election. So wait, you've just never voted for mayor? Yeah, I guess I never voted. I think a lot of people. I only vote for, yeah, I vote in Denver. I think that's really common. And then you just kind of put it out there. Exactly. That's super common. Who here, and don't be ashamed, who here has voted for mayor of New York City before?

Okay. I thought everybody was going to raise their hand. Who has voted specifically in a primary format? Wow. You guys are... Okay. I have voted in primaries for the presidential election. Yeah. Right. But not the mayor one. I didn't even know there was a primary for the... I think a lot of people don't know this information. But based on the numbers, they either don't know or worse, I guess they don't care. Yeah. Because spreading information...

Disinformation, I think, is something that we can definitely solve. I think that's a big part of the role of government. You need to not just create programs, but make sure that people know about those programs. Christina and I have been coming across so many great programs that New York City runs that we've never heard of before.

And only state workers really seem to know about them. Or like college kids who are forced to volunteer for some reason. But they're like, if I had known about this 20 years ago, I would have been volunteering for 20 years. Yeah, and I don't know if anybody here does listen to Guys Be Fucked, but for the longest time, when people write in to us about like, I just got dumped by the love of my life, or like I feel like I'm so stuck in my life, or my self-esteem is shit, we always tell people, go volunteer in your community because that is...

That is a panacea for feeling better about yourself and then feeling more connected to people. And I think there is a loneliness epidemic in New York. Would you guys agree? Like, we're so crowded and packed in with each other, and yet we're not interacting with our community. And I feel like that's one of the most exciting parts to me about your platform, Corinne, is just, like, just getting community to, like, be with each other. Like, that's what makes life worth living, right? Yeah.

I really like that. And you know it's bad if it's coming from me because you guys know I love to spend hours alone in my apartment. So if even I'm saying maybe we should come together. Are you introverted, Joanne, or are you extroverted? No, I mean, I am extroverted. I am a very social person. That's why I didn't want to live in L.A. anymore. I thought it was a very lonely place, and I always miss New York because I love the social aspect of it. Yeah, and I guess along with that, I'm...

Well, I guess it's not done yet, but I'm going through a divorce. A smosh. Everybody clap. Everybody clap.

There's a very famous Louis C.K. bit after he got divorced where he's like, it's the best thing to ever happen to somebody. No one's like, if you made the decision to get one, you want it. Yeah, he said marriage is temporary, divorce is forever. Yeah. And also too, we'll talk about this on the podcast a lot, like being, I don't know if anybody here has experienced being in a romantic relationship and feeling lonelier in that relationship. It's like, that's hell on earth. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

Yeah, and I've never been through a divorce before. How is it? I mean, it's like you have to pay for a breakup. That's so lame. It's awful. I never thought of it that way. Yeah, well, neither did I until I paid a lot of money for one, but it's not done yet. I don't know when it's, you know. Is it a messy divorce in terms of, like, are you guys on the same page? No, we're not on the same page. But, yeah, I guess I can't say, I shouldn't say too much. But we're not really.

But is anyone ever on the same page when they're getting divorced? I mean, sometimes people break up. Maybe not divorce, but, like, you know, I'll hear stories of, like, oh, you know, my boyfriend and I broke up. It was great because we both wanted to break up at the same time. I'm like, isn't that... That's a miracle. Yeah. That's the best you could ask for. Was there an impetus for the divorce? Like, a singular thing, or was it something that built up? I know, I know. I mean...

I mean, there was a lot of little things, but I guess I can just sum it up with, you know, the love was gone. Yeah. And we weren't making each other happy. That's the democratic thing to say. Very, yes. Very mayoral, Joanna. Very mayoral. It was, you know, both of us equally at fault. And...

I also think two marriages is such an interesting thing because I feel like when you're married and you go through something as a couple, you try a little harder to make it work because you're like, we went through all this trouble. I will say we did try everything. There was not one stone left. I never have to think like, oh, maybe we should have done this or maybe we should have done that. We tried therapy and all different kinds.

So that's at least good to know that you're making the right decision. Yeah. I have to be honest. Like, I used to be very for it. Like, I do not think...

marriage counseling works. Yeah. Sorry if there's any marriage counselors. I love a hard take. Nice. I just don't. And why is that? Can you... I mean, obviously, it can work for you, but... Well, first of all, if you can't communicate with your partner and you need someone there to help you guys communicate, I don't know... Like, that's a big problem. And that is not, like, a small problem that's easy to solve, you know? And I think...

We all dream that we go to therapy and the therapist is going to sit there and be like, you're right. I know. That's what I thought every time. Yeah, we all want to win. We all want to win couples therapy. I like you. Yes, we all want to win. And like, they're not going to do that, you know? Damn. There was once too where I was like, at the end, I was like, maybe you should have picked the side of the person paying for therapy. That's a fair point. That's a fair point. Damn. Damn.

I've been in couples therapy before and I like and I'll explain something I'm like right doc yeah exactly no actually I think he was right I'm like oh fuck yeah right and that's not going to happen so I think what actually does wind up happening is like

You know, the therapist has to validate both of you. And so... And also... And it's only, what, 45, 50 minutes? So then you leave this 50 minutes both feeling very empowered in your own stance. Which got you to therapy in the first place. That's so funny. And it just makes you fight more. I don't know. And I think...

maybe therapists just sort of nudge you along to break up. I don't really know. I've been to couples therapy. But I will say, anyone I know that, I mean, and I don't know everyone in the world, but anyone I know that had been to couples therapy, they swear by it at first, and it's probably because they feel that confidence, and all of them got divorced. Every single person that I knew.

that my partner and I hopefully there's no couples therapists who donated to the campaign tonight we value your profession here in New York City but maybe that was a good thing you know maybe that was well so maybe now you're speaking to some truth because my partner and I were in couples therapy for sessions and then we realized we're paying a woman a lot of money so we could talk to each other and then we stopped going because we're like oh we're just going to talk to each other right oh that happens on and it's free like the Metallica documentary

Oh, I didn't see that. On which one? Metallica? I like that you said, oh, you've never seen the Metallica documentary. How have you not seen it? I would be open to watching it. I just haven't. I love a documentary, though. So what happens... You know the band, Metallica? Oh, yeah. No, they...

The band has issues, so they hire a therapist. Oh, it's probably all Lars' fault. I solved it. I can't stand that guy. It is hilarious to see these metal guys and this therapist, you know, whatever. It's funny, but then at the end, they decide that they don't need the therapist. They're going to solve the problem together. Nice.

But there is this common thing, I think, with couples and with partnerships of any kind, but mostly with romantic where for some reason it is scary to say the thing to the person you're dating. I don't know why. Even with like sexual communication and just like updating, like this is how I feel about what you said the other day. And now I have like the thoughts to articulate it. Like it is scary. And I don't I don't know why it's scary.

Because I think sometimes you, you know, it depends on where your fears are. Sure. You know, but you know that there might be certain things that may...

You don't want that person to leave you. Yeah, exactly. I have a fear of abandonment. Yeah, every unveiling of the truth is an opportunity for rejection. Yes, exactly. So happy Valentine's Day. Yeah, I know. I'm like, what a lovely conversation. Well, that's why I'm so happy you're running for mayor because one of the things, one of your greatest assets, Court, is you are not afraid of the truth no matter how uncomfortable or how upsetting it is. And I am terrified of the truth. So...

Thank God you're running. Well, that's an interesting conversation. So what is it about the truth that scares you? Because to me... Control. Right, but don't you feel more in control when you have the correct information? Yeah, I hate not knowing.

My emotions are so extreme that sometimes the truth can tickle something that I don't want woken up. And so I think when I say control, I mean like control for my own emotions, frankly. Right. I mean, I think the truth doesn't have to be scary. You just have to be willing to not be so dead set in your, in the views that you have. You have to be going to something willing to be like, okay, I don't think my mind is going to be changed, but it's,

it could possibly be changed. And what does that mean for my future? Right. Well, and also too, there's this thing like with my, you know, having a mom who's, you know, mentally ill and, you know, maybe narcissistic and not, and really swear. And she was your best friend and then realizing the whole time. Nah. So your brain, you're like, Oh wait, can I not trust myself? And so sometimes truth bombs will make me revisit that

part of like, wait, is my brain broken and I don't have a good radar on things, you know? Yeah. And I think we've all had that. I mean, anytime you...

it's not like I've never dated a terrible person. I, you know, I've dated a lot of them. That's why we're, you know, over a decade into this show and you're welcome. Um, we make the mistakes so you don't have to. Yeah. And I think every time you really like someone and then you're realize that person's a pretty terrible person. I mean, I guess you could say in your life or in your story, but I would say just kind of across the board for some of them. Um,

It's jarring. It does make you question yourself. You go, oh, am I not good at picking out people? Am I not good at telling if someone's a good person or not? And being good at that, I think, that makes you feel safe walking around the world because we are in a world of, whoo,

Some Looney Tunes, huh? Yeah. You don't want to ever feel too safe, though, because, I mean, you know, people are in relationships for decades and decades, and someone can turn, and it doesn't mean that they're a bad person. It just means maybe that's how they reacted to whatever went on in their life, because, you know, you're... Or maybe it does mean they're bad. Ha ha!

Joanna dissents. I think my fear of marriage, really, is that I will no longer be able to freely go on my own journey. And that's my whole life, is based around on December 6th, waking up and deciding that I can be married. That's a luxury, but it's a luxury I have because I made other sacrifices. I didn't have kids, or I didn't... I mean, I guess I still could, but again, time is ticking. Okay.

You know, so then I have the freedom to do that, but I didn't get to experience other things. You know, we're on this quest as women to do it all, but maybe you don't need to do it all. Maybe you can just pick the things that you really want to do and fucking do them so good. Yeah.

Yeah, that was... That's why we need you as the mayor. We really do. Yeah, I guess life has been kind of funny lately. I mean, it is scary. I felt like I always had a plan.

And now I don't. Can you find freedom in that or not yet? Yeah, sometimes it actually is really freeing, like, to have no idea, like, what's going to happen next. And I had other, like, career changes, you know, happen, too, that I wasn't expecting. And, yeah, I moved from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Like, everything in my life is different. You liked that one, though, you told me, right? I did, yeah. I really, I've always wanted to go to Manhattan. And you've never lived in Manhattan before? I've never lived in Manhattan.

Yeah, I lived in Manhattan. I moved out. I live in Queens now. And I'm like, whew, okay, I can breathe. But there is an electricity to Manhattan that is very magical and very palpable. And everything's there. And I lived in Bushwick, so there's no banks. It's very hard to run errands there. Everything's like a dive bar. You know what? When I'm mayor, we're going to put a bank in Bushwick for Joanna. I'd be like, look, right across the street.

There's a big... We're going to give her a diner and a bank. There's a post office. A CVS. There's a dry bar. I'm also putting a Trader Joe's in the Bronx. That's... For real, though. That's a big... But that one's for real. That one I really am going to work on. It's just nothing but dive bars and coffee shops. And, like, I don't know. And now you... Now I can get my things done. Within a one-block radius, I'm sure. Yeah, I can get... You know, go to a pharmacy, and it's very exciting. Yeah.

Is there anyone in the audience who has been through a divorce who can share a piece of information that might help Joanna? Yes, sir. It gets easier. Thank you. Stop it. No, I think friendship is strong. I didn't want to leave it.

If she gets too busy when she's mayor... Yeah, we're going to hang out. Replaced on my own podcast. But yeah, kind of funny, or I don't know. We are supposed to talk about guys we fucked. We absolutely may. So it has been funny for me, you know, being in the porn industry, and my husband, you know, was... Also in the porn industry. Yeah, so, and you know, I...

had not had sex with anyone outside of porn in like, I don't know, almost 15 years. Oh, God. Wait, have you yet? Well, yeah, yeah. Is it worth it, right? Yeah. I will say, I mean, I've never gotten divorced. It's so exciting. Our new slogan might have to be NYC Fox. I think so.

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You know that out of all the cities we really do fuck But yeah, I don't hate it But there I I ended a relationship of seven years and we weren't married so it wasn't at those complications But I remember going I can have sex with people. Yeah, and you're like the whole world is my oyster It's very thrilling. You're like, I don't know who all meet but I'm so pumped right and I mean, I

for the past, you know, zillion years, like, everyone I had sex with, like, I knew exactly what was going to happen. Right, right. I knew the

the size of their penis i know the faces they make when they're you know right and if you don't know you could just look it up yeah totally you know um is porn is it it's not like choreographed though or i mean i mean i know you're like okay we gotta do we gotta get this and this in you know like a lot of the you just know i just know because a lot especially you know later on like everybody i worked with was mostly like a repeat right so i just kind of knew what was going to

Yeah, sure. But to be unfamiliar with a lover. Also, it's work, you know, which still, I always had fun, but it's still different. It's not like we got together on that day in that place because we were both so horny and we talked to eyes across the room. So you haven't, like, fucked somebody you had a crush on? Right, no, I haven't had a crush in so many years. Oh, it's awful. Oh, it's awful?

It's a feeling in the whole wide world. Yeah, I forgot what it was like. It's a lot of anxiety, but it really gets you up in the morning, man. But the first person that I had sex with after the end, I just remember he was like, oh, I'm so sorry. I'm going to come. Oh, I'm so embarrassed. And I was like, oh my God, I forgot that happened. Like, I...

Yeah, because you've been banging pros. Yeah, and not had somebody come at the wrong time. Aw, that's sweet. And I was like, oh, so cute. Are you just doing that to flatter me? Corinne Fisher, I came at the right time. Wow, we're racking up these slogans. That's so exciting. I'm making a security on every single clip that could be clipped where we're bringing it back to change and policy. Yes, yes. And deriving. Yeah.

Yes. That's so fun. Yeah, it's been really fun. And like, you don't know. You don't know how big their penis is going to be. Right. Oh my God, you haven't been in that game in a while. But welcome to the life of a single lady, Joanne. Oh my God. That's a gamble. Fortunately, they've all been... I think people just like, no, they're like not going to come in here. Yeah.

Now, because you're a ballsy guy to have sex with a porn star, I'm going to ask you. You never know. Do you deal with a guy, like, do the guys get nervous because they're like, oh, no. They do, yeah. That's sweet. I do have to, yeah, I know. And I'm just like, stop being nervous.

Yeah, that'll do it. I mean, I know what to do. Yeah, right, because you're so comfortable. Well, yeah, I just think of like, oh, it's like a guy that's having issues on set. I'll just do the same thing. Like, it's either here, here, or here. That's great. But do you ever get, I mean, if you have a crush on someone, don't you still sometimes get nervous to have sex with them? I would imagine. No, I don't get nervous about the sex. It's everything else. Like, you know. Like what? Like, when do you text them? What do you text them? Yeah, yeah, yeah. What should I wear? Yeah.

you know... Yeah, what does this text mean? Well, also, yeah, then I sometimes don't know, like, if, you know, when guys, people introduce me to their friends or something, I'm like, yeah,

should I lie? Should I tell them? Like what you do for a living? I don't know. Is that going to make them hate me? Or should I, I don't know. I mean, what better to weed that out before? And then sometimes I do, I'm just like, oh, I'm an influencer. And then the person will be like, I know who you are. I don't know. Nobody, nobody has. I feel like influencer is way worse to say that. It's true. I know. That would be a turn off. Yeah. If you said influencer, I'd be like, I'm good.

That's the worst. Has a guy ever admitted that he knows who you are while you're having sex? Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean... Like, I can't believe I'm inside Joanna Angel. I know.

Oh, God, that made me creeped out. Well, I mean, it usually comes out before. But I will admit, there was one guy, he really played it off so cool that he had no idea. And then it was not until afterwards where he was like, I've been your biggest fan before. But it was really cool that he did not even, you know. He didn't even hint at it. Wow, that's crazy. That's awesome. So you do what? What's porn? Very classy. Very demure.

Yeah, but it's been interesting. And it's my first Valentine's Day, I guess. Yeah, as a single gal. And it's nice to be on this side of the, you know. It really is. You're free. Yeah, it's better to be...

Alone in a relationship. Yeah. Oh my God, so much. We were talking, Corinne and I earlier, and I'm curious to hear your thoughts about legalizing sex work because I know that with the SESTA bill. Decriminalizing it. Step one, yeah. So it's currently criminalized in,

So there's like one bill that was passed, but it's not like the breadth that people wanted. Or sex workers want it to be. Or this group of sex workers. I don't want to talk for all sex workers. I thought it was decriminalized in New York. And I also, I don't know. It's probably better for somebody who they escort full time to answer these questions. Sure, sure, sure. Because I know more about porn. But from what I do know,

And I can say that from the porn industry, when all these laws started getting... People were like, oh, it's probably so much easier to do porn in LA. And I'm like, actually, just legally and stuff, being a producer of porn in LA, there were so many... When something's legal, it's regulated. Right. And they start putting their hands places...

That they shouldn't, which is, you know. Which is not ironic, especially in the sex industry. Yeah, and they try to control something that we don't, you know, we didn't control. I remember when SESTA came out, we had a lot of listeners who do sex work write us, and they were like, can you please talk about this? Because everybody thinks this is protecting us, and it is doing the exact opposite. Right, yeah. Which I was like, oh, really? And that's always the worst, you know, when they try to act like it's going to help people. There's a lot of laws. Or they always say, like, it's going to stop sex trafficking or something, you know. Right.

A lot of laws wear this mask of trying to protect a group of people when the reality is they only hurt another group. I remember when I first learned that, oh, the government like that, huh? Okay. I mean, look, I think...

You know, I don't exactly know what changes if it becomes legal or, you know... But then if it would be like a Nevada thing, like, that's very different. Like, you know, the girls, you know, the people that I know that make their main source of income doing sex work, it's like they are meeting up with people, you know, privately. It's a lot of businessmen. Do they enjoy it? Do they like it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, like, there are New Yorkers that do OnlyFans. Is that not... Well, I don't know. I mean...

Well, I think that's different than... Like being an escort? Yeah, I think that falls... Then there's different... That falls into other film laws. You know what I mean? And not like... But what I do think is just the most concerning and what I think is the biggest...

concern for sex workers. And I'm not really sure how you solve this issue. But yeah, I think legalizing it, you know, then I think it would affect the money in it because then I think it wouldn't be as private. Right. You know, and that's a different thing. In Nevada, it works. It's kind of like, oh, we're going to this whorehouse and we're going to do that. You know, and it's kind of like a...

that makes sense there. But that's a very different thing than people who get, you know, escorted privately, you know, and can't have anybody know about it. So like, if New York... I did that. What? I hired an escort. Oh, you did? I've always wanted to hire. It was amazing. And I was like, oh, this is what sex feels like when I don't care if you love me? That's wild. So it was a gigolo? Uh,

Yeah, it was a website. I always wanted to do that. We interviewed the guy who owned the company on our podcast years before, and he was explaining to me, like, they're not a sex worker, but if it happened after you paid them to date you. But it was so interesting because it was very freeing. It was the most freeing I've ever been. That's so fun. And that was before Christina Hutchinson was working for Corinne Fisher. Yes. Well before. Thank you.

But yeah, so I think if it became just 100% legal, and I might not know what I'm talking about, but then it would have to be that kind of situation, which everything is just more public, and that just wouldn't work for the way New York, especially Escorting, works. But what I do think is, you know, the most concerning is like,

Like, if a girl does get hurt, you know, or something happens, like, assaulting someone should be against the law. It should be. No matter who they are or what they are. You know, like, a girl shouldn't be afraid to go to the hospital or call the cops or something. Because she was engaging in sex work when she got assaulted. Because then suddenly she's in trouble, you know, and that's just, like, so concerning to me. So I feel like there needs...

you know, and I don't know what has to be done, Mayor. I don't know what has to be done to make that okay. Like, you know, people deserve to get help and nobody should have to worry about, you know, going to jail. But when you think about it, it's really similar to the migrant situation, right? Exactly. No one should feel like they're going to get deported if they want to seek help. And people are regularly not seeking medical attention because they're afraid they're going to be arrested. Exactly. Exactly.

love that you bring that up though because I think so many groups of people are experiencing the same things but we feel so separated but really it's the same issue over and over again that we see groups experiencing and there is a way to solve it but because we're pitted against each other you know it's never going to be we can't

we can't join together and decide that our government has to treat us better. The biggest takeaway I had when Corinne and I went to Trump rally for the daily show, and I was blown away by the fact after talking to people for hours all day, and these people are in merch, they got Trump knives, they got Trump cowboy. I mean, it was, it was a lot.

You've never lived until you've seen a Trump knife. It was wild. Trump knife? I mean, it was a knife. It was big. But I was like, after talking to them and asking like what they wanted and what they wanted for their family and the future, I'm like, we want the same fucking thing. Yeah,

thing. And we've been sold this lie that we're against each other. And that's just not true. We want to be seen. We want to be heard. We want to be respected. We want our kids to go to a good school. And we want to be able to make a comfortable living. That's not a political party thing. That's just a person thing. And I sometimes think that the Democrats and Republicans, sometimes they just

decide they don't agree with a certain law just because the other side said, you know what I mean? It's easier to control people when they're fighting. There could potentially be a few issues that the two parties agree upon, which would be

good if when we're dealing with you know people's lives and you know when it comes to like gun control and stuff like that you know it'd be nice if it could be like all right we we both agree that we don't want any more you know we don't want us shooting every week yeah let's agree on that how do we stop it don't have to do this is not about like it shouldn't even you know like i wish there were but i feel like the right has to always say a certain thing and the left has to always say a certain thing and they just have to disagree on it because because they have to disagree on it yeah it's and it's

I think we're all collectively getting sick of that shit. Yeah, it does divide people. It hurts friendships. You know. And look, I didn't make it. Is there anyone here who's not a Democrat? I mean, you know me. I come in peace. This is what I love to know. I'm guessing if you donated to a campaign to get in, you are probably a Democrat. Is there anyone who's an independent? Socialist. Yeah.

I'm sorry. A commie? I won't tell. Don't worry. Yeah. People are into that now. Mike Racine told me he's a communist. I said, cool. Okay. That's a lot to turn into. But then who did he vote for? I don't know. Yeah, I mean... Like someone in...

Yeah, no, I mean, well, there's Democratic socialists and stuff. So, yeah, I mean, I think there's always, and I mean, I think another thing that is a challenge for U.S. government is making it so that it's viable for a candidate who's not a Democrat or a Republican can win, can be noticed. I mean, I think just having this one or the other is not working for us. So let's add another party. I'm all for that. We talk about third parties a lot. Thank you so much for joining us. Yeah, thank you, guys. Was there anything else you wanted to touch on before you? Oh, no, whatever. I mean, if you guys want to.

Yeah. Where can we find you online? Do you want to promote anything? Yeah. Follow me on Instagram. It's just Joanna Angel. Everything's there. Yeah. Thank you so much for being a part of the show. Everybody donate to

campaign thank you enjoy your flashlight yes thank you for allowing us to give your audience your gifts this was really fun and yeah I definitely wanted to stay busy today and not think about things good but yeah I have I'm gonna go home and I have to jerk a lot of people off on Skype okay yeah whatever yep fun times Joanna Angel everybody thank you Joanna thank you so much Joanna we really appreciate you being here thank you

Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thanks for being with us. Give it up for Joanna, everybody.

So I guess because we're doing the show backwards, we can go. If you have, I mean, you can ask political questions too, but if you have any relationship questions, it is Valentine's Day. It is the Guys We Fuck podcast. We leave this portion for you to ask us our advice if you want it. But it can be about anything, just not like how to file your taxes or something. Yeah. Specifically. We can talk about the budget for New York City if you want. Yes, we can. Does anybody have anything they want to ask? Oh, yes. Hello. Hello.

Right. And we heard Mayor Adams talk about that a lot in the State of the City. I don't know if anyone's really tuning into the State of the City, but it was... Do you guys even know the Mayor gives the State of the City?

It's like a State of the Union but for the mayor. It's the State of the Union but for the mayor. Yeah. And he does do it. He gave it at the Apollo Theater this year. I love that someone laughed. And I have to say, did you watch it? I watched a lot of it. Right, because I'm like, Christina and I

Sina and I both watched it and it was inspiring and then when you actually went and researched everything he talked about it basically was an hour of him talking about things that he was going to fund and then you look back to see why didn't they have money to begin with and it was because four years ago he defunded them. I want

I took her in. I'm like, wait, I just watched the state of the city. I got to be honest. I was just fired. She was going to vote for Adams. Yeah. I was like, these are really good programs he's talking about. But then you were like, yeah, he defunded them. He was like, we're putting money into parks. And then I looked at him and I go, yeah, he's the one who took it away initially. So it would have been fine.

Yeah, an old Republican handbook. I just wanted to catch everybody up. Because, I mean, again, it's not about making people feel bad for not knowing things. A lot of these things I didn't know about either. And it's like, why don't we know about them? The information is not super accessible. And it's not interesting. So when I say the Republican Party knows how to party, I say it in jest. But I also say if you're selling something, the Democrats, we're selling an idea. We're selling an idea of a better future.

It needs to be something that people get excited about. Otherwise, they're not going to put their time and money and energy towards it. It's just not going to happen. So even if it feels yucky, you got to do it. The question is, like, what do you do when NIMBYs, like not in my backyard folks, people who don't want housing built, but we need housing desperately. Right. Sounds like liberals, honestly. Yeah. Well, this is the thing. Yeah. Message to them when they are a.

To people who want more affordable housing but not buy them. Yeah. Liberals, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, I think this is a conversation about, uh, about empathy. And that's one of the reasons I wanted to run is because I do feel like I have the ability, uh, to be an empathetic leader. And I mean a lot in part, thanks to doing this podcast for over a decade, right. Just having talked to so many different people and, and,

just having a conversation straight to their faces. It's like, you want these things, but you don't want these people. Why are these people different? What are the fears that you have? We talk about fears a lot. Like, what's the fear that your property value is going to go down, that there's going to be more crime in your area? What are the fears that you have? Or is it just like, you don't want this type of person in your neighborhood? And then you ask the follow-up, what does this type of person mean? Is it a person of different

religious background? Is it someone who is a different skin color from you? Make them answer the hard questions and tell me explicitly why you want affordable housing. Because a lot of people who donate money to campaigns or who call themselves liberals, they want better for everyone, but they still want a little bit better for themselves.

And that's not a winning mentality. That's why we're in the state that we're in. So that's what I have. I have no problem asking people hard questions or questions that are going to make them look bad. But that's why you need to run a grassroots campaign, right? Because I can't then ask them for money if I make them look bad in a public meeting. Word. But I need the freedom to be able to do that, which is kind of why I wanted to talk about money. I hate asking for it. It's my least favorite thing.

39 years of my life, I've never asked anyone for money. Well, except for one ex-boyfriend who I do feel like owed me. But...

I was in Greece and he didn't show up and I said, there's going to be a church for that. That's fair. I was just so excited. Yeah, but I brought that up a lot to him. He's going to be... But I think that's what it is. And I think that's part of unpacking what has gone wrong in the Democratic Party and why on Without a Country I often reference myself as a liberal gone rogue. Obviously, I wasn't a registered Democrat and...

And it's not because I'm trying to like, you know, and I have no problem speaking about that openly. I registered because I want to vote for myself. How exciting, you know? Yeah, I think that's why you can't miss the opportunity to vote for yourself. And if you can't vote for yourself, then you shouldn't ask other people to vote for you. But I had gone rogue because I just had lost faith in the Democratic Party. And you see a lot of that. I also have a theory that if you need someone to help you move, you have to ask a Republican, right?

That's my theory, right? I just feel on the left, we're really willing to help in like a showy way, in a donating way, in a schooling people on the stuff we know way. And we're not as connected to our communities. And this is not

everyone, it's probably not people in this room because you showed up tonight, right? But I think it's a lot of people who are showboating on Instagram and then during the Women's March or during the Black Lives Matter marches we march past them eating brunch and those people piss me the fuck off.

I'm not saying you have to march for something you don't believe in, but to eat brunch next to us on the street while it's happening, that's a real slap in the face. I mean, you know I'm pretty good at controlling my anger, but I still think about those people every day. Yeah, and I remember marching past people that were eating brunch at Zoho. We were yelling, join us, and they were like, mm-mm.

Yeah. What a pussy. No. This is why black people are angry at white people. Yeah. And they should be. Yeah.

They should be. It was nonsensical. But yeah, I love that question and it's something I thought about a lot when you think, okay, well there should be affordable units in every building. Well, we can all know what buildings are not going to want that. I mean, I don't want to throw people under the bus. I'll try to make this vague, but years ago, Christine and I were talking about this. We babysat for a really rich family. Is that okay to say? We babysat for a really rich family and

I mean, I had never been exposed to that kind of wealth before, but in upper Manhattan, and the doorman, we were expecting delivery for dinner for the kids. The parents had left me money, and...

And I tried to let the delivery person in through the main door. And they were like, no, they have to go to like the servant store. And I mean, this is it formed truly a core memory for me because I was like, oh, I didn't think this was still happening in modern times, but it is. And everyone in that building would have yet like you.

can tell when a doorman responds in a certain way it's because the people in the building are going to get angry if he didn't make he didn't want to make the guy use that door the people in the building would but I'm sure they donate to political campaigns I'm sure they're very politically active I'm sure they think of themselves as progressives but that's not progressive thinking and not not Lisa in the way I envision it but yeah

You don't have to be so separate. Watch me lose this election to Dick Swing and Cuomo. Whatever, then, if you lose it, you lose it on your standing with your morals. He's going for 12 allegations this time. Yeah. Yeah. Does anybody else have a question? Thank you for that question. Yeah. Anybody else have a question? Yes, you in the back. We know that Aaron Adams ran as a crowd, but it seems like he's kind of bent the knee to finish. He has. Oh, God, yeah. He has. It's been scary to see so many people bend the knee. Yeah. So,

Oh, I'm so glad you asked that. I asked her that. Yeah. We have, we have a lot of, a lot of zoom meetings in politics, man. If you love a zoom meeting, get into politics. Um, but yo, I was just asked this. I mean like what a week ago, not even, um,

and I think because we were putting together my palm cards, so we had a really long talk about my, the palm cards, just like the little, the little one pamphlet that you get with all my ideas. Like, look at this crazy lady. She's doing this. Um, and so we had a long talk about my views and, uh, my platform and someone directly asked, like, what is your response to the Trump administration? And I said, and I'm not saying this as a joke. I've, I've,

actually really thought about this privately in my own time long before it was asked. I'm absolutely not cooperating with ICE and I will ease, I'll go to jail. I do not care. I

I am single and child free. I have so much time to go to jail. And I have a lot of people who, I will miss my dog terribly. I got it. But I have, there's so many people in my life who love my dog, so there'll be no problem. And I already, you know, I've prepared to go, I've prepared

to go to jail so much I was watching Instagram reels of a woman who spent time in jail and I know that I need a hustle and I already know what my hustle will be to survive in the prison system. Now, can I share too that we talked about privately about being inaugurated? That you wouldn't... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You couldn't... Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because I was like, Trump was there at Mayor Adams' inauguration. Trump swore him in and I asked Corinne like,

Would you be okay with that? You were like, no, absolutely not. Absolutely not. You can't start a promise to the people by shaking that asshole's hand. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

The thing is, though, I say all this. I mean, seemingly I'm going to prison day one. Because, right? I don't know if the mayor can pick who they want to swear them in, but fucking hope it's not that guy. I'll put in a request. I mean, I'd rather have carrot top than Donald Trump. Or just say, anyone is not a rapist. How about that one? Right. And I think I do credit, you know, AOC said that, you know, when someone asked her, like, are you going to the inauguration? And she was like, no, I don't support rapists. And I was like, good for you.

Good for you. AOC, a New Yorker. More people have to speak openly, and that's one of the two people that I really look to. AOC, and then also Jasmine Crockett. Just doing amazing work. I said I felt so free to run for politics when I saw her use shit on the floor. She didn't shit on the floor. She used the word shit on the floor. The word shit.

Much different things. Had she shown up for it, I'd be like, probably not. But yeah, no. Did you want to read your words? Are there any other questions or things that we want to go over? We can do, oh, there's so many. So I can talk to you. I can take like, we have until, I think it's 40, 40, 40. Yeah. And my, I did prepare a speech as promised on the podcast, but it's short. We're not going to, we don't, you don't need a 15 minute speech from me day one.

When polling is at, no one even knows who this lady is. So here, I think we have three more and then we can wrap it up. Go ahead. I just want to know what your plan is for making sure we maintain our climate goals.

That's a great question. It is not part of my platform. Unfortunately, I don't know if you watch without a country. It's not, you know, basically your platform has to be three to four major issues. So it's not talked about there. But I'm certainly acknowledge that climate change is real. And there are a lot of mayoral forums coming up that specifically deal with climate change because I think it's something that's not talked about enough. But that is

the one I don't know how you guys feel about congestion pricing that is the one positive that I really did say you know I think people are so focused on the cost of living and of course I think it's a luxury if you can't get through your everyday you can't you don't have the energy to think about anything else and I acknowledge that and I think sometimes we forget that having the ability to kind of be an activist is a luxury that if you can't pay your bills and take care of your children you simply don't have

I'm getting chills. But that is the one positive. New York City, Christina and I have traveled the entire country. We've been to pretty much every major city there is. New York City obviously is more special than, I'm going to say, sorry if you're from another state, but it's more special than other cities. That's why it's in all the movies. But also we have the ability to make a change on climate because we're such a densely populated place. Yeah, but it's by far the dirtiest city. Other major cities aren't filthy. It's so filthy.

Chicago's clean as shit. Like, Chicago, Philly, like, I'm like, damn, cities don't got to be dusty? That's wild. Yeah, so that was one thing that I really thought could be a positive from the congestion pricing is a small step towards less pollution and New York actually thinking about the environment because it's just not a conversation you really see happening in New York City. And I think because there are so many...

that are more pressing. But yeah, climate change is pressing to everybody in the entire world. And if New York City is going to be the leader in setting an example for other cities, it's something that we have to be concerned about and I think also more knowledgeable about. And this kind of goes back to the conversation about making things more interesting. Climate change...

I would love to give someone a platform who can make it a little bit easier to understand and more interesting because I think that will get people involved. I also think it's a little bit hard for us as just humans to have as much empathy for like a non-human entity. And I think that's why maybe the stories don't get the circulation that they should. But yes, that's the answer to your question. It's certainly something that I think we need to address. Thank you.

So I think someone over here. Yes? Right. I mean, yeah, that's a great question. I mean, I think when people ask, and again, this is addressed in this speech you'll hear in a second. This is... I don't want to steal lines because I just feel like it's really good what I prepared. But I think that...

And that's something that we've been told to stop us from making a change, right? So all these people in office right now have experience in politics. Well, except for our president, but I guess term one is his experience. Yeah, you don't need it, I guess. And these people all have experience in politics, and this is where we ended up.

So I'm not so worried. I've done a lot of hard things before. I've never run a city before, but I've certainly, uh, I made my way in the entertainment business, which if you look at the stats, it's incredibly hard to make it in the entertainment business to be someone who that is their, their sole profession. And then on top of that is known for, for being that even, you know, I'm not Post Malone, but I'm, I'm somebody, um, we're all somebody though. Um,

And then I also learned how to run a small business after my dad passed away and ran a brick-and-mortar store, which is one of the wildest things I've ever witnessed a person do. So I'm someone who's done hard things, and it's not like they're throwing me into Gracie Mansion with a bunch of levers and I just get to press anyone that I see fit. There is an entire team of people who I think if they are led with someone with morals who knows how to advocate for the people of New York City can do a great job. Okay.

Thank you. One last question. What sort of budget do you need in order to run a successful campaign? Great question. I love that. We have learned a lot about that one. Oh boy, oh boy. See, I think there's a difference between a successful campaign and being a campaign that journalists pay attention to. And I think those are two different numbers, right? So I posted a video on Instagram today about why it's important to donate to my campaign. There was a New York Times article about

that was put out about three or four days ago. And all the, you know, many of the candidates who are running in the race so far were featured and I wasn't featured. And people asked, Corinne, why aren't you in this article? Like, are you, are you joking with us? And the answer is very simple, but people probably don't understand it. So I explained that there are disclosure periods during an election. And this campaign, as of the last disclosure period, disclosure period seven, was, had $25 in the bank.

because I had just started the committee and that's all you need to open the bank account. And so when journalists very well, you know, they might have seen my name as a candidate, but, you know, a lot of, in quote, kooks, you know, sign up and get to that point. Um,

um, but they don't start treating you as a viable candidate. I would say possibly about around 50,000, definitely at a hundred thousand dollars raised. Okay. In two weeks, we've already gotten into the tens of thousands of dollars. Um, pretty quickly. Thank you everybody. And really all on grassroots donations. I think I got maybe like two max donations, which is only $2,100. Right. You can't donate more than that. Um, and, uh,

But I think that what we're seeing for the people who are really getting talked about a lot and taken seriously, like there are lesser candidates who have less money, but the people who really become these major players, I would say it's like half a million. And then you have the big boys who have three or four million dollars. Brad Lander, Eric Adams, and I'm sure Cuomo has some amount of money stashed away under a table or something somewhere under a mattress, I guess, fellow Italian. Yeah.

Thank you for that question. But yeah, that's the answer to your question. I think though you can run a successful campaign on...

$200,000. Yeah. I think you can. I think it's possible, but you have to be really creative, really strategic, and you have to use the strengths that you have. And for us, you know, being a younger campaign, just like in the ages of the people involved, uh, you have to really use, uh, the internet. Right. And so people, you know, Democrats, we love posting an Instagram story to show how involved we are. This is the time where that can actually really help. Um,

All right, and then we had one last question over here, I think. Did someone have a question? Someone had their hand raised, and maybe they disappeared. Yeah, I believe we're at four here, so...

We're going to record our speech. So thank you for asking. But yeah, we're going to record it and post it. So it's just, you know, gets out in the right way, I guess. Well, unless you guys hate it, then we're going to be like, that never happens. Yeah. What are you talking about? I didn't, I was, you guys are like, boo. And I mean, yeah, I mean, you know, listen, I am a multiple time oratorical club, Rotary Club winner. I did pay for a lot of college.

through winning more historical contests. That being said, I did in my heart feel like the first time I gave a speech, I would have a podium. We're going to have to do with a music stand. I was a second chair violinist at Union High School. Okay, second chair. Thank you. Yeah, they were like, we can't put you in first chair. You're really missing some notes there. I think Robin Ford held it down for me in first chair. Okay.

But yeah, so I'll be memorizing speeches, but this is what I whipped up for you today. And it's hilarious to make a transition into a really professional speech, but I used some lewd language so you guys feel comfortable throughout. So, all right, guys, thank you so much for joining us tonight at the first ever Corinne Fisher for Mayor fundraiser. Thank you.

And I really mean that. It means a lot to me. You guys really are going to get those goodie bags. Whatever, even if you live on Staten Island, we're going to get that to you. It is people like you who give me hope that our society is ready for a different type of politician. One who governs with the needs of the citizens in mind rather than repeating old protocol.

Sure, when I vowed to run for a political office if Donald Trump was re-elected, most people didn't think I meant mayor of New York City. Hell, I didn't think I meant mayor of New York City. But after witnessing Eric Adams become Donald Trump's little bitch, I felt it necessary to intervene.

The country is turning increasingly red and the Democratic Party, for lack of a better word, is fucked. We've lost sight of the needs of everyday people and half of us are just diet Republicans. Our party lacks unity, personality, and representatives we can trust to get the job done. So is it crazy to run for mayor or is it crazier to not even try?

While it's true I have no experience in politics, I firmly believe that requirement is yet another way to gatekeep corruption, another lie that has been fed to the American people to dissuade us from meddling in a government that is not concerned with our well-being.

Any citizen who understands the needs of the people and vows to advocate for them no matter what rewards are dangled in front of their nose for betraying those needs is fit to govern. Corruption no longer needs to be a prerequisite for leadership. Thank you. Thanks.

You know I got you guys. I love a speech. Okay. We must speak with our votes. That's where you guys come in and let our politicians know that we are no longer allowing people who do not have our best interests at heart to lead us.

Tell them clearly at the polls that we simply aren't doing this anymore. I'm a firm believer that sometimes all it takes is seeing someone do something hard and survive it to have the courage to do it for yourself. On January 31st, I took that first step into these murky waters, and it's dirtier than I expected. Thank you.

And it is my hope that each step after mine will be a little less difficult and a little less difficult and a little less difficult until it is commonplace for our citizens to expect nothing less than a public servant who serves them, not himself. That was directed at Eric Adams. Okay, that's why I said himself. I do believe women can be leaders. Okay.

If this sentiment resonates with you, I invite you to join my campaign focused on lowering the cost of living for New Yorkers through fresh ideas like tax breaks for volunteering, prioritizing safety by healing the relationship between New Yorkers and the NYPD, celebrating art and artists by offering accessible theater tickets for low-income families, and audition... Yeah, I mean, we shouldn't... Why are we gatekeeping art?

Or it's only for people with money? That's crazy. An audition-based affordable housing and creates solution for a struggling public school system by paying teachers more to work at underperforming schools.

And to introduce curriculum elements that focus on critical thinking and media literacy, ensuring that no matter what kind of world preparation students are getting around the country, New York City students graduate ready to tackle the challenges that will face them in the real world. It's a city that I'm excited to live in, and I look forward building it together with you. Thank you so much. Guys, thank you so much for being here. Give it up for Corinne Fisher, the next mayor.

of New York fucking city. Best Valentine's Day ever. Thanks for bringing to all of you. Guys We Fucked is presented by Luminary. Created and hosted by Corinne Fisher and Christina Hutchinson. Editing and music coordination by Eric Freddie. Theme song by Rob Patterson and Jake Cosen. In automobiles you're moving You whisper to me stop thinking about it

We got city streets and apple trees and a good street. The lady was shamed and filthy. You left me busy. God bless the guilty in me.

We're meant to go, we've got freedom. City's trees and apple trees and all of the good trees. And we smile at the reckoning, the normal sins and all the fallen trees. But here would be the shaky fancy, the cute lovely fun. Make some rubbish, that's all you're up with. Collect the M&M's.

We'll be right back.

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