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- Clever girl.
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- Hey, everyone, Taliesin here
on my final episode of Signal Boost.
Was it worth laying on a cold floor,
living on the crumbs of craft services
from the tabletop shoot?
Yes, mostly.
I will never eat a Sour Patch Kid again.
Ever again.
You people.
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Poetry is so good for you.
Reading poetry makes you a better actor.
It increases your reading comprehension,
and it's sexy as (bleep),
but poetry in most people's mind,
is an old form, often intimidating,
and difficult to navigate.
So I'm going to boost one of
my favorite poets, Derrick Brown.
His work is modern, masculine, and really sexy.
You can listen to him read some of his work on Spotify
or if you're feeling bold, buy a book
and read it out loud with your friends.
It's a great time.
I started with his book Scandalabra,
so that's usually where I send people first.
His poem Cupcake is sweetness.
All Distortion All the Time is very bombastic.
And Church of the Broken Axe Handle
is just painful in the best, worst way.
Once you've enjoyed the hell out of him,
maybe it's time to try another poet over at writebloody.com,
or maybe write some yourself.
Yeah, poetry day, bring it.
Scared? You got a limerick, punk?
That's right.
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So, here's an interesting boost for you folks.
Dr. NerdLove is an amazing resource
for those awesome friends of yours
who just need a little help getting
their (bleep) together in the dating department.
Despite the goofy name, the articles are easy to read,
compassionate towards the modern nerd, and fun.
Using pop culture examples like
Captain America, Angel, and even James Bond,
he gives concrete examples of how to be self-confident,
to pick up on social cues
and flirt without making people uncomfortable.
The doctor is the best cure I've found for a case
of the unintentional creeps or the forever alones.
Even if you've got your love life together,
his website still might give you a fresh perspective
on self care, empathy, or the exciting new ways
to express masculinity in the 21st century.
Because no one wants to be that creepy guy
missing the social cues and calling someone up
who doesn't really wanna talk.
(phone buzzing)
It's Greg.
Who gave Greg my phone number?
Greg, did you give Greg my phone number?
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My final boost is here.
You know what I love?
Nightmarish existential horror and puppets.
And boy, does Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared deliver.
Who knows what strange piece of faulty--(groans)
Who knows what strange piece of faulty wiring
in the human condition... alright.
Who knows what strange piece of faulty wiring
in the human condition compels me to watch
British puppets be musically tortured
by anthropomorphized human constructs,
but damn, after every episode, I just watch it over again,
and then I dive into a deep pit
of fan theories and analysis.
And it is a deep pit.
So, while this show isn't for everyone
and is quite possibly a nightmare-inducing slide
into pure terror and dread,
it is also the perfect double feature
with the puppet episode of Angel,
Smile Time by Ben Edlund.
And let me just pause here and double up on this boost,
because if you've never seen that episode of Angel,
then what the hell are you doing with your life?
Yes, I know who wrote the episode.
What's wrong with you?
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The end is here.
Yes, thanks so much, everyone,
for checking out my run on Signal Boost.
And now, to announce the next host of the show.
It's Hector Nav--no, no, no.
- No, no, no, Hector must've done that.
- Well, what're we gonna do?
We have no host.
- No, there is another.
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