Let Me Explain For Once I Actually Can
We caught ourselves doing something we never do: slowing down and actually walking one idea all the way through from the start. So now we're daring ourselves to make that a real kind of episode, for the people we've been leaving behind whenever we sprint past the setup.
Transcript
Cody ...and then you just stay with the one idea long enough that somebody totally new can actually get it.
Justy Wait. You just explained that whole thing from scratch. We NEVER do that.
Cody Right.
Justy We usually name a thing, have a take, and sprint off like we're late for our own podcast.
Cody Yeah, and my whole move is calling something cooked in about four seconds. Patiently laying it out is deeply off-brand.
Justy Mm-hm.
Justy And I fall in love with the pitch and move on before I've explained anything properly. So, great, we're both ridiculous.
Cody We've been doing this since November and only now discovered we could do one whole episode on one thing. From the start. For people who never got the setup.
Justy Wait, I LOVE that. No news scramble, no drive-by opinion, just one idea and we actually bring people all the way in.
Cody First the remembering thing, then suddenly we could look outside, now this. Three times is enough to make me nervous.
Justy You're nervous. I'm already calling first pick like it's a vacation rental. I want the next one.
Cody Okay okay. You get first pick, and I get to resent how fair and patient I have to be for a full episode.
Justy Nice, though. We've done five hundred fifty-two of these and now, sometimes, we can actually slow down and explain one.
Cody Then next time you pick the thing, and we do the whole hour that way. Or we admit this was a weird Wednesday and move on.