Recap of Previous Episode Begins Mention of Drake 01:55 – “I’ve toned down my love of rappers” 02:16 – “I’m trying not to idolize celebrity” Mentions of Lizzo, Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion 02:52 – “I think celebrity is dangerous” 03:00 – Recapping the “Drake Rant” 04:01 – Recommending ‘Unlocked’ by Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats Mention of Tiana Taylor 05:14 – Harry Potter and the Curse of the TERF Author Mentions of J.K. Rowling 08:03 – Lauryn Hill, ‘Doo Wop (That Thing)’ is a slut-shaming song Mention of ‘Friday Night Lights’ 09:42 – Kanye West is a mental landmine in my randomized playlists Mention of Kim Kardashian 12:20 – “I host weekly support meetings for people who have given up their favorite rapper” Mention of ‘Rami’ 13:58 – The Covid Waxing Video Inspired by waxing her face during a Zoom call. Improvised performance 17:20 – “Covid Chic” 19:43 – Chicago Winters 21:17 – Will all performances be online? Mention of BAPS 23:31 – “I got invited to do a stand-up show in a back yard” 24:38 – “Broadway is closed until January” 25:14 – COVID Begins; the impact on gigs and jobs 27:25 – The governmental response, or lack thereof Mention of Bob Curry Fellowship 30:40 – How has COVID changed your comedy? 32:21 – “I haven’t been able to find anything funny about Corona Virus, itself” 33:13 – Impact of the George Floyd protests 33:45 – “Even white people are protesting now” 34:14 – “I’ve never watched any footage. Ever.” Mentions of Philando Castile, Eric Garner 36:30 – “Being black in America was hard enough” 38:05 – Mention of Colorism 38:30 – Mentions of Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland 39:25 – “Where does comedy go from here?” 40:48 – “We are living in farce” 41:51 – “I write from a source of insecurity” 43:53 – Sidebar on Marxism 44:43 – Fuck Starbucks 44:57 – Internalized Capitalism 46:37 – “I was up for a promotion and I didn’t want it” 48:26 – “I feel like I wasted this stay-at-home order” Mention of Pro Tools 50:00 – Jillian has a hard time accepting compliments Life During Quarantine 50:34 – Dating during quarantine 51:49 – Intimacy (or lack thereof) during COVID 53:10 – Addressing priorities and FOMO 54:00 – Roommates and companionship 56:30 – The creative process 57:10 – Jillian accepts the compliment 57:40 – Pay people a living wage (unions are good) Jillian talks about working out of a theater in DC 59:28 – “This is the most money I’ve ever had, and it’s because I’m on unemployment. That’s not fun for me” 1:01:28 – “This feels like 2008 all over again” 1:02:10 – My biggest investing win 1:03:30 – How industries and jobs are changing 1:05:06 – “We have no national guidance” 1:05:44 – “I’m not a sharp enough satirist to satirize what’s going on right now” The Banana Republicans sketch 1:06:52 – Political false equivalency, “Why are we appeasing racists?” 1:08:30 – Mitch McConnell can die 1:08:36 – Media Diet 1:09:35 – Jillian Recommends HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ and ‘Gentefied’ 1:09:55 – We review ‘Veep’ Neither of us liked it, but we respect the effort by the talent involved 1:11:31 – Jillian’s criteria for consuming quarantine media 1:12:16 – For the record, ‘Insecure’ is an amazing show 1:12:25 – Jillian recommends ‘Rami’, ‘Snowpiercer’, ‘I May Destroy You’, and ‘Killing Eve’ 1:14:35 – Jillian does not recommend ‘Ozark’ 1:14:45 – I recommend ‘The West Wing’ Stark contrast between the show and the Trump administration 1:15:49 – “It’s hard to watch newer shows right now” 1:16:02 – Jillian enthusiastically recommends ‘Hamilton’ Mention of Daveed Diggs 1:16:48 – We both recommend ‘Blindspotting’, ‘Black Panther’, and ‘Into The Spiderverse’ Mention of Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ 1:18:10 – We both recommend ‘Always Be My Maybe’ 1:18:53 - Jillian pitches me on ‘The Lovebirds’ 1:20:17 – I pitch Jillian on ‘The Witcher’ Mention of ‘Game of Thrones’ 1:21:30 – No black main character in ‘The Witcher’ (Mimi Ndiweni as Fringilla Vigo notwithstanding) 1:21:54 – “Storse material” 1:22:28 – Jillian recommends the new ‘Charmed’ reboot 1:23:07 – First impressions of ‘Space Force' Something is missing from the show, even though it has a lot of talent involved Show is trying too hard. Too much going on. Mentions of ‘The Office’, Steve Carrell, ‘High Fidelity’, Tawny Newsome, Lisa Kudrow, Zoey Kravitz 1:27:23 – Jillian can’t stop watching ‘Hamilton’ 1:27:56 – I stan for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ 1:28:20 - Jillian stans for ‘Hamilton’ 1:30:48 – “I love fantasy, I just don’t feel represented in fantasy” Mention of Disney, Avengers, ‘Endgame’ 1:34:29 – Disney corporation constantly changes laws on public domain Factual Error: Ron DeSantis is the Governor of Florida, not Rick Scott. I confused one anthropomorphic sack of turds for another. Mentions of Disney World, Disney Land, Michael Eisner, Rick Scott, Stacy Abrams, Andrew Gillam, Beto O’Rourke, Lori Lightfoot 1:36:40 – Possible futures for media production and live performance Mentions of ‘Euphoria’, Zendaya, John David Washington, Leslie Odom Jr., ‘The Winter Soilder’ 1:39:04 – “All the things we want, we can have. We just don’t want to wait for them” 1:39:40 – Final Thoughts Recommendations for ‘Pose’ and ‘Disclosure’