Show Notes
In this episode of the Antidote, hosts Amy Aniobi and Grace Edwards connect with writer and comedian Yassir Lester about dipping into his favorite cereal, managing anxiety, risking it all for celebrity crushes, and giving back to the kids.
Amy and Grace share their bummer news of the week: the Amir Locke verdict, the world’s shitty air quality, and more. They also share their antidotes for the week-old friends! City Girls! - and discuss the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown.
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FULL TRANSCRIPT
Amy The world is a dumpster fire. I'm Amy.
Grace And I'm Grace
Amy And we want to help. And fair warning. Our help comes with some strong language attached. So I took them little kiddies into bed because we about to say some things.
Grace As a reflex to the f---ing madness on the news. We're keeping it positive, uplifting, but opinionated.
Amy We talk about cultural moments we love.
Grace Talk to people we adore.
Amy Crushes we have.
Grace And self-care we stan.
Amy During these trying times. We all need a show that focuses on joy.
Grace This is The Antidote. Hi, everybody. Welcome to another episode of The Antidote.
Amy Well, we're so happy to be here back in L.A..
Grace You are.
Amy Grace is still in transit.
Grace Yeah, yeah, I'm headed on a flight. I'm headed on a jet plane back to sunny Los Angeles soon. But I'm really sad, actually, to leave New York because, you know, I know not to L.A., man, but y'all don't really give women compliments the way.
Amy Oh, we come in spicy this morning.
Grace A man stepped out of his cab yesterday, and I was waiting for my Uber. And a man came out of my his cab and was just like, I love your shoes. This you're doing is says like, what? Look at your outfit. You know, I love that you made an effort. I do it in the elevator said that.
Amy And then the cab driver was like, sir, yeah, please pay your fare.
Grace You know what I'm saying. That was a cab driver who did it.
Amy Wait, the cab driver was like, I would rather talk than make my money.
Grace Now it's not even just men and women do it to like.
Amy What?
Grace I stepped I was getting on the elevator the other day and this woman, like this Black woman, just stopped and she's like, Excuse me, sis, what you have on, you're doing it today. And I was just like, oh, my God, New York. Thank you. Wow. Sometimes I'll be in an outfit in L.A. and nobody don't say sh-- to me.
Amy I'm just going to ask. I'm just asked real quick for my mind. Do these people have masks on while they're doing this? I'm just curious.
Grace No.
Amy Because I will say, okay, because I will say this. And I think L.A., the friendliness has gone down. L.A. is not a super friendly city. And I and I agree with you on the higher end for sure. But I have noticed the general friendliness has gone down because of masks. Yeah. And I'm like, when you're in stores, people don't really talk to you. When they do, you're like, what? You're like, I can't see your mouth moving. I don't know what you're saying.
Grace And I know I know a lot of wome
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