[00:00:00] Corinne Foxx: Welcome back to another episode of Am I Doing This Right? I'm Corinne Foxx.

[00:00:05] Natalie McMillan: And I'm Natalie McMillan.

[00:00:07] Corinne Foxx: And we are best friends, confidants, millennials, and the hosts of Am I doing This Right? A life how-to podcast from the perspective of non-experts.

[00:00:17] Natalie McMillan: And each week we cover a new topic and we drink a new bottle of wine.

[00:00:23] Corinne Foxx: Um, Q 20, 20, we have all been traumatized. So causation is tricky here. It may simply be that depressed or anxious. People are more likely to seek out bad news and bad news. Could internal worsen the effects of those conditions in certain way. I will

[00:00:40] Natalie McMillan: say, I think part of my anxiety manifests in me seeking

[00:00:45] Corinne Foxx: out bad news.

Like if something bad happens, I'm so worried about it. I have to. From the perspective of a non-experts any tweak, we cover a new topic and we drink a new bottle of wine. Yes, we do not. And this week we are talking something that we all have to learn how to do, because it's tough. It's everywhere. It's all the time.

And we are talking how to navigate. The news and how to navigate the news. We're going to be talking how the news affects our mental health, how to fact check your news sources and how to cope with bad news, because

[00:01:10] Natalie McMillan: it's all the time is what it

[00:01:11] Corinne Foxx: feels like. It is constant. It's all the time. It's everywhere.

It's in your face. Everyone's talking about it. So

[00:01:19] Natalie McMillan: we got to learn how to

[00:01:19] Corinne Foxx: manage it, how to, how to navigate, how to navigate it, but you know, what is

[00:01:22] Natalie McMillan: fun and nice. But some of these reviews that we got,

[00:01:26] Corinne Foxx: yes, I'm so excited. We've been talking about this for a while that we wanted to read some of our reviews on the air.

So you guys, if you left us a review, This could be yours. I'm going to read a couple of our favorites. Okay. So we had one review that read fun and informative. I'm so glad I found this podcast. It's super fun. And

oh, she also says, I think you girls need to try some wine slushies on one of your shows. I'm not opposed. I don't, what is a wine slushie?

[00:01:59] Natalie McMillan: It's like, have you ever had like a frozen? No. So basically you just like free. Rosie or whatever you want, and then you like blend it and then it makes like a slush. I need

[00:02:12] Corinne Foxx: that in my life.

That's right. You are absolutely a hundred percent, right. We need to try some wine slushies and we're on

[00:02:18] Natalie McMillan: it. We will definitely do that. Cause it's, it's getting

[00:02:20] Corinne Foxx: hot. It's getting caught out here, here

[00:02:24] Natalie McMillan: center. Okay. This one is my faith of our bet. The title is FiveStars period. Period here we get with a T it says grin and Natalie are the big sisters lash cousins that you never knew.

You needed confused about taxes. They got, you don't know anything about crypto. They got, you need a new wine recommendation. They got you. It's highly educational and informative as well as entertaining. Keep it up, lady. That one's, that was a very hype woman has

[00:02:59] Corinne Foxx: period. You need this, they got you. You need this.

They got you. Boom. But I mean, oh my gosh, you are our little sister slash little cousin. Love it. Okay. And this last review we're going to read, says love this podcast. I recently moved. California from Virginia. And this podcast has really helped me get my life together and keep things in order. I listened to it all the time.

Thanks for the great advice, Natalie and oh, smiley face. Oh my gosh. I'm so excited for this new little transition in your life. Welcome to Campbell. Yeah. Where are you at? Where are you that you guys. To leave us a review. You can on apple podcasts and we might read yours. Yeah, right here. Live on here. Give us some

[00:03:43] Natalie McMillan: fun, little, I love the titles.

I love five stars. I kind of think I, when I think about it, I think she also had the emoji of like the hand, like a five God. I love,

[00:03:56] Corinne Foxx: I love it. We love you guys. Okay, Natalie, what are we drinking? This episode?

[00:04:01] Natalie McMillan: We are drinking. It is the soap low. And to be honest, I don't know what type of wine this is. It is from Spain, from Valencia, Spain.

And it's just a red, it seems like it's just a red, I'm excited. So, okay. So blow there's no year it could be from anytime, anywhere. Well it's from Spain was, uh,

[00:04:29] Corinne Foxx: I suppose we'll take, whoa,

[00:04:35] Natalie McMillan: I didn't have a Wowza.

[00:04:37] Corinne Foxx: There was a lot happening in my mouth. Oh my gosh.

[00:04:39] Natalie McMillan: That's what she said,

[00:04:41] Corinne Foxx: Natalie. I'm really here. I just have to tell somebody this, I was in the car driving here and I had my, my songs on shuffle, you know, whatever.

And you normally skip about. Eight songs in a row. You're like, no, no, no. All my music doesn't fit the vibe. No, but I have all my music from like seventh grade. Yes. On my

[00:05:00] Natalie McMillan: that's. Why I can't do iTunes or apple, whatever. Oh yeah. I have

[00:05:03] Corinne Foxx: apple music. So it's all my old chants. Well, it actually worked for my benefit because I was skipping, skipping, skipping, and then a song came up and I thought this is a normal skip song.

I thought, you know what? No grin, don't skip the song, give it a shot. It was the time of my life. You know what song it was. You're never going to give me the year. Give me the year of school. 2006,

[00:05:26] Natalie McMillan: 2007. Was it grills by Nellie

[00:05:29] Corinne Foxx: close? Very close,

[00:05:32] Natalie McMillan: scary, close. Ms. New booty

[00:05:35] Corinne Foxx: you're in the, you are so in the wheelhouse of this it's Paul

[00:05:38] Natalie McMillan: Wall.

It's Nelly it's.

[00:05:41] Corinne Foxx: Ah, we might even, I could say it could skew 2005. Oh

[00:05:46] Natalie McMillan: God. I loved

[00:05:47] Corinne Foxx: 2005. No, no, no. Oh no. 5 0 6.

[00:05:52] Natalie McMillan: Hi Tanya,

[00:05:53] Corinne Foxx: you gotta tell me. This is why I'm hot. This is why I'm hot. This is mine. This is

[00:05:59] Natalie McMillan: mine. This is my mine. I'm not cause I'm tired. You ain't getting. Incredible memes. Wasn't it? Men look at the artists.

It was like, mm, mm, mm. Yeah. Mims Mims.

[00:06:11] Corinne Foxx: Oh my God. I was like, this is a, this is a hype song. Yeah, the beat. Oh, do I skip? I said, absolutely not. When I drove here. This is why I'm not

[00:06:21] Natalie McMillan: black. That's the only way to go. That's the only way to go. Oh my God. It put

[00:06:28] Corinne Foxx: me in the right head space for, am I doing this right?

Yeah.

[00:06:32] Natalie McMillan: And so here we are right here. We are in here. We are going to talk about a sad thing called the news, but we're hyped from Mims. We are,

[00:06:40] Corinne Foxx: I. So now, do you want to get into why we chose this episode?

[00:06:44] Natalie McMillan: Yes. So actually, an am I requested this episode, we

[00:06:47] Corinne Foxx: love when you request the love. When you guys interact with us, we just

[00:06:51] Natalie McMillan: love you guys so much fun.

So she says, I think it would be awesome to do an episode about how to stay informed about current events and politics while still managing anxiety that comes.

[00:07:02] Corinne Foxx: Oh, love it, girl. You know what don't we know

[00:07:06] Natalie McMillan: I want you to be informed, but some of the news has been affecting my mental health. That part

[00:07:12] Corinne Foxx: ditto Fox.

Oh yeah. So we thought it was perfect to dive into, since it seems like we're all constantly being fed terrible news. All sides of the world. Plus with the rise of social media and websites like Reddit, it can be really hard to escape the stressful headlines and even harder to get accurate information.

We obviously love being informed on this show. We love a fact. We will have a fact, but we are also mental health advocates, and we know that there's a balance to maintain your mental health while also staying up to date on the news. So let's just dive into how to navigate it all. And. Per usual, let's start with some facts, hit them with some facts.

[00:07:55] Natalie McMillan: So according to a survey conducted last year by the pew research center who they really keep us going over here, that pew research center, we need to be sponsored by them. Please sponsor us. 36% of American adults said they regularly get their news. Facebook

[00:08:12] Corinne Foxx: links

[00:08:13] Natalie McMillan: when it comes to other platforms, 53% say they often or sometimes consume the news on social media in an age when we can mainline bad news, 24 7, if we so choose.

What's the psychological impact of all this exposure to tragedy at a distance. Wow. According to Mary McNaughton castle, a professor at the university of Texas San Antonio and leading researcher on the connection between media consumption and stress. She says consuming the news. Won't give you PTSD anxiety or depression.

If you weren't predisposed towards those conditions,

[00:08:52] Corinne Foxx: Melissa. We all, are we all,

[00:08:55] Natalie McMillan: um, Q 20, 20, we have all been traumatized. So causation is tricky here. It may simply be that depressed or anxious. People are more likely to seek out bad news and bad news. Could internal worsen the effects of those conditions in certain

[00:09:11] Corinne Foxx: way.

I will say, I think part of my anxiety manifests in me seeking out bad news. Like if something bad happens, I'm so worried about it. I have to. Look it up over, cause I don't want anything to happen to me. So I to know exactly the terms of like, how did this tragedy happen and how did all these people get hurt and how can I

[00:09:31] Natalie McMillan: protect myself?

And was there an update as of two minutes ago? No, let me refresh.

[00:09:35] Corinne Foxx: Yeah, no seriously. And it's scaring me and it's also causing me to look it up and be scared. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. So a June, 2020 report from data analytics company Nielsen found that individuals in the U S. 215% more time reading news online relative to 2019.

Oh my goodness. I literally thought that was wrong on here. I was like, that's correct. Oh my God. Yeah. So this figure was 180% in Italy, 125% in, in Thailand, 78% in Japan and 52% in Australia. So America, we are above and beyond. It

[00:10:18] Natalie McMillan: wasn't beyond why do we have to do everything? XL, everything, jumbos, eyes, everything, Y,

[00:10:25] Corinne Foxx: and this tells us that no matter where you are in the world, though, we are all consuming more news than we have in history.

So it isn't just us, but we're just doing it times 1000,

[00:10:35] Natalie McMillan: right. And actually something my therapist said, she said, you need to keep in mind that while war and civil unrest and natural disasters and all of that, it's all been going on. Forever. Yeah. But all of it, wasn't televised and more than. All at the same time, you know what I mean?

We've never in the history of humanity have been exposed to this much tragic information daily, and that can be so overwhelming in itself because back in the day before there was a 24 7 news cycle. Most people only got their local news. Or maybe like the country, but not the,

[00:11:12] Corinne Foxx: also like you'd get like the newspaper.

Right. And that was it.

[00:11:16] Natalie McMillan: That was like yesterday, the mayor showed up at, you know, wherever times square. Yeah. And now it's like every tragedy that's ever happened. Today.

[00:11:25] Corinne Foxx: It's a lot. It's a lot, Natalie.

[00:11:27] Natalie McMillan: It's a lot. So how do we, how do we navigate it?

[00:11:33] Corinne Foxx: How do we do it? How do we do it? Well, number one, we need to remember that the news is sensationalized.

It is a form of entertainment. We have to remember that. According to an article in the cut news outlets, facing pressure from the endless, like you were saying, multiplying array of competitors, all zeroing in on the same stories, they now have a greater incentive than ever before to ramp up their coverage of scary, emotionally wrenching stories, because that's what pulls people in.

And they're going to keep reading and everyone else on longer, and their competitors are doing that. So they're like, how can. Our story a little bit more sensational. How do we make our story a little bit more darker? So I think we just, it's very useful for us to see the bigger picture consciously focused yourself on the evidence around you, that the news is picking out the extremes and the bad things.

That's actually from the. The professor not in castle. Yes, exactly. So in other words, understand that you're seeing a lot of bad news, not because that the world is inherently evil place, though. It seems like it, if you don't like it, but it's because of newsletter outlets, not to mention like individual Twitter and Facebook users, like we can get into the lot, you know, they also have a lot of incentives to broadcast explosively, negative news stories.

[00:12:52] Natalie McMillan: And I always think you need to keep in mind. Clickbait headlines are there to serve one thing. And that is for you to click on the article. Yeah. And like the other day I clicked on a YouTube video. Oh my God. It said Blake lively remembers first night. She met Ryan Reynolds because I eat that shit up. I love it.

Love you. Love you too. Love you tube. They give me all these wild things. And so I, it was a three-minute clip. I watched the whole thing. She never once said how she, the first night how they met it was not even in. Yeah, they both told me

[00:13:24] Corinne Foxx: you were bad news. All

[00:13:25] Natalie McMillan: the, no. So off of that, another way to navigate the news is to be your own backed checker.

So according to a new survey by pew research center, maybe daddy, daddy, pew research center, most Americans suspect that made up news is having an impact. Yeah. Hello, about two and three us adults. So 64% say fabricated news stories. Cause a great deal of confusion about the basic facts of current issues and events.

And some Americans say they themselves have shared fake news. Overall 23% say they have shared a made up news story with 14% saying they shared a story they knew was fake at the time. Ooh.

[00:14:10] Corinne Foxx: That's

[00:14:10] Natalie McMillan: that's. And 16% having shared a story, they later realized was fake

[00:14:17] Corinne Foxx: know, I'm guilty. I have to, I will come forth with this.

It was a, and we were okay.

[00:14:24] Natalie McMillan: I would say we were all, we were all bamboozled.

[00:14:26] Corinne Foxx: We were all bamboozles. But when the Jessie Smollett thing happened, I immediately, I didn't fact check, I didn't really know the circumstances. I posted a photo of justice and space on my Instagram and was like, this is what's wrong with America and dah, dah, dah.

And then like two days later when they were like, yeah, I know I was like, delete,

[00:14:45] Natalie McMillan: delete, delete. But you know, everybody did that.

[00:14:48] Corinne Foxx: I know we all did that, but that was something I was like, damn Kerryn. I don't want to be a part of the problem. Yeah. I definitely didn't like look into all the facts. I didn't wait until somebody was convicted guilty.

I immediately just like hopped on this bandwagon. Yeah. And you know, I always wanna say. My community.

[00:15:04] Natalie McMillan: And sometimes it feels like expected. Like if you don't say something, people are like, well, you're not going to say anything. I know

[00:15:09] Corinne Foxx: it's tough

[00:15:10] Natalie McMillan: was bam. We were all bamboozled by that man. Well,

[00:15:14] Corinne Foxx: one thing that I really love to do normally with fact checking the news, especially during the elections and things like this, which is actually very interesting is I check my news from left to right.

So. We all know new sources have their own biases. And so I like to get different POV's from, you know, different news outlets to get the full scope of how society is reacting to a certain situation. There's actually this really, really cool chart on media bias that we will link in our show notes that have.

Scale of all of the media outlets and it's like the most right. The most left what's in between what's actually a neutral source. W like it was just, it was like, um, just like a ranging scale. And I think it's important for you to know that. And like, I was flipping between CNN and Fox news, which are obviously the two most holler, but it was so interesting to see how they were reporting the same story on the

[00:16:10] Natalie McMillan: election.

[00:16:11] Corinne Foxx: Oh, just throughout the election. I do it all the time. Whenever anything big, like kind of polarizing happens. I see how they're covering it. Also. I'm just curious, like how other people are thinking about this, you know, it's like a whole

[00:16:23] Natalie McMillan: other half of our country. We're very divided right now.

[00:16:25] Corinne Foxx: Yeah. Another way to fact check your news is to check credentials.

So is the author specified in the field that the article is concerned with? Does he or she, or they currently work in that field and you can check LinkedIn or you can do. Google search to see if the author can speak about the subject with authority and accuracy

[00:16:46] Natalie McMillan: or not just like doing an assignment.

[00:16:48] Corinne Foxx: Yes.

Another thing you can do to fact check is to check the date. So like eggs and milk information can have an expiration date. And in most cases, you know, you want to use the most up to date information you can find. And I have this issue with one of my dad's friends who posted an article and it was. He was like, oh my God, can you believe this?

Blah, blah, blah. I was talking about something and we're not getting into it now. But the article was dated like two years ago. And there was more up to date information that had like completely dispelled what he was talking about. And I was sending, I was like, please delete your story. So here's something, that's an update.

That completely clears

[00:17:27] Natalie McMillan: up the store. Yes. I'm not as proud of you for saying that. Cause you were like, no, you are not going to share this. So like

[00:17:34] Corinne Foxx: it's inaccurate. I also was like, here's a link to a fact checking site. Here's this like, please do not read this. Please.

[00:17:39] Natalie McMillan: Don't read this, sir. Oh my God. We're out here.

So another thing is to check the source. So when an article cites sources, it's good to check them out. Sometimes official sounding associations are really biased. They might be like think tanks or represent only a fringe view of a group of people. If you can't find sources, read as much about the topic as you can to get a feel for what's already out there and decide for yourself if the article is accurate or not.

Hmm. Also examine URLs. We see quite a bit of domain manipulation these days. So for example, what looks like a.edu, if it's followed by like a.ceo or L O it's likely fake or a deceptive site, if you're seeing a slightly variant version of a well-known URL, do a little investigating, you know, if you're like, Hmm, that doesn't look right.

Yeah. Is bottom line is beat, judge it hard. Okay. If what you're reading seems too good to be true or too weird or too reactionary probably is

[00:18:50] Corinne Foxx: you really got to use your own judgment. Yeah. Yeah. Again, sensationalized sensationalized. Another important thing to do is to be able to discern between facts and opinion.

According to the fair media council organization, being able to distinguish the difference between fact and opinion is the basic foundation needed to successfully navigate today's complicated media landscape. Yet studies tell us this is a real weakness in our culture. Some say. As many as one out of two college graduates, can't distinguish between fact and opinion.

Other studies say as much as 70% of the American population struggles with this. Oh, well, we've got to figure this out, this shit out. Y'all a really, really great way though, to help you fact check. There's actually a few different resources that you can use, which we'll link in our show notes. One.

Www.factcheck.org. It's a product of the Annenberg public policy center. And this site is useful for checking on political claims. So it will do all the research for you can go in there and it's like, okay, no, that actually isn't, they didn't say that. Been edited, whatever. So that's a really great source you can use.

There's also Politico, which the Pulitzer prize, winning PolitiFact researches the claims of politicians and again, checks their accuracy. And the last one, which I love my mom showed this to me when I was like 10 years old. And I've been using it ever since snopes.com. Yeah. It's one of the oldest debunking sites on the internet.

snopes.com focuses on urban legends. News stories means like they have a bunch of different stuff on there, but they also cite their resources at the end of each debunking. So it'll be like Snopes it's fact or fate. Yeah. Love

[00:20:41] Natalie McMillan: that. And finally, All news is local news somewhere. So when a big news story breaks, look to the local news stations from where the event occurred.

So for example, when Sandy hook happened, which I just realized. A decade ago, which is insane to me, but the community news sources in that area, we're airing and publishing news updates that we're running as much as two hours ahead of the national news outlets. So before you start, you know, listening to CNN and stuff, maybe just check out.

The town and see, cause they'll have the most accurate updated information are on the ground. They are boots on the

[00:21:22] Corinne Foxx: ground. Okay. So let's get into talking about how to protect your mental health surrounding the news. So, number one, one of our number one coping skills is to place a time limit on your daily consumption.

So while the stress inducing capability of the news has always existed to some extent, it's more of a problem now. Since the news is so much more easily accessible than it used to be. It's it's everywhere. It's everywhere with our smart, within reach nearly 24 7. There's always a temptation to do a quick scroll through our feeds to get the latest information.

And sometimes it's not even intentional. Like sometimes you're like blind and you're like, oh my God, I'm on Twitter. And I'm reading this whole thread and why am I here? So maybe you go to your phone to message a friend or calculate, you know, a bill or up to your calendar and yeah, again, the next thing and out you're like checking the news.

So to avoid the problem, one mental health expert told very well mine.com. It can be helpful to limit your daily media consumption. She recommends 8 39. Daily limit for both news and social media. But I would just say news, like if you were just like 30 minutes a day, I can look at the news. I can catch up, let me see

[00:22:30] Natalie McMillan: what's going on.

And then

[00:22:31] Corinne Foxx: they're going to cut it off. Yeah. And my personal suggestion, something that helps me is to have like a no news cutoff time where you stop looking at the news for the rest of the day, like preferably at night, like you're like, okay, 7:00 PM comes I'm tuned out or tuned out. Stimulated by it and you get anxiety and you're worried and airline matters.

Yeah, exactly. So you kind of want your brain to have time to just decompress from the world. So setting a little time for yourself, like after this time, no more, no, no

[00:22:58] Natalie McMillan: more is our other tip or our second tip rather is to limit watching the news. So written stories, whether in print or online, give you more depth and details than radio and TV stories.

So think of written stories as the first place to get your news then turned to radio and TV. Updates on bad news because today the typical television news story runs about two minutes long while the average radio report is a full-blown 35 seconds. So this tells us that obviously radio and TV can't possibly give all the necessary information.

So reading first is critical. The reason these formats are so short and put into bite-sized clips of information is because our attention span while watching TV. Short and it's getting shorter. So maybe you can watch the news to hear opinions rather than actually get the information we recommend. The skim actually it's a daily newsletter highlighting major news around the world and they give a very general digestible and brief description of the news.

[00:24:02] Corinne Foxx: I also found that watching the news. Connects you with also the images around it, right? The, for the, you know, that there's a war, the explosions. So that's adding to the intensity of it and something that my therapist actually told me to do was to actually switch from watching the news, to listening to the news, like through a podcast, because that eliminates one of the.

Horrific factors like seeing the visual, like a small child, like ginger, because they're going to show you the worst possible thing. So one thing that I really love as I love up first by NPR it's I think it's like 13 minutes. It kind of goes over all of the different, like highlights of the new stories.

And then you like, get the facts you get what's going on, you get a temperature read, but you're not seeing. Horror right. And the very graphic images thing in the morning. Right? Exactly. Another thing that I love to do is seek out happiness. So when I was actually experiencing a lot of anxiety from the news, I found this website called up order.

The, that changed my game. Follow them on Instagram. So Upworthy is a website dedicated to positive storytelling, delivering the best of humanity every day. Um, and so they have a lot of really just great uplifting articles. Some of which I actually wrote down a few of their headlines. This is what we should be following.

So one other headline says this company it's about a company. This company makes it easier than ever to go carbon neutral, click that click. Another one says a new company is going to say. $30 vials of insulin, no insurance needed click double clack. Another article they have is like, what's it like growing up with LGBT parents?

This kid has the best response ever. Like, if you want some positive news in your life, go full Upworthy. God we'll link it in the show notes. Yeah.

[00:26:01] Natalie McMillan: Or at least get on that little Instagram, see a little bite-size kit. We need more good news. You got to get the, the good news. And finally, if it's all too much, simply avoid it.

The most obvious, most potent and often the most difficult thing to do. Is to avoid it entirely. So just turn all of it off. There's no doubt that turning off the news will make you feel better. However, it can be extremely difficult. Sometimes the media sensationalizes, the news often making it feel like an addiction.

Also, we can experience a certain amount of guilt or feeling selfish when we remove our. From those distressing stories.

[00:26:40] Corinne Foxx: Yeah. It is hard. You feel like you have to be in the now or like people will

[00:26:45] Natalie McMillan: like be like, oh, you're selfish.

[00:26:47] Corinne Foxx: Well, you actually can't show up to help the situation if you're not feeling well.

[00:26:50] Natalie McMillan: True. So turn off your CNN alerts, delete the Twitter app and avoid televised news. Try for 30 minutes, then push for 45. Then an hour slowly. Build up your time. Distancing yourself from the news. It will feel uncomfortable and hard at first, but ultimately it will give you some peace of mind. Sometimes it can feel selfish to avoid the news and the media has made it feel like we're responsible for fixing everything that's happening in the world.

But remember, you're just one person and your mental health is more important than reading a headline. Also remember. You're never going to quote unquote, miss the news, anything of major importance you will hear about somehow

[00:27:33] Corinne Foxx: that is Joe's approach to the news. We'll hear about. Doesn't really like tune into what's happening.

He's like, I'm going to find out I'm going to go to work. People are going

[00:27:41] Natalie McMillan: to talk about it, going to say it. Yeah. You're going to see it on Instagram.

[00:27:43] Corinne Foxx: You're going to see it somewhere. Yeah. If it's like major enough, you're not. Not know about it. Exactly. So don't feel that guilt you guys, and we hope you guys learned more about how to fact check your news sources, how the news affects our mental health and coping strategies for dealing with bad news.

And I want to thank our listener for writing in and asking for this episode. I think it's super important for so many people, um, and hopefully very, very helpful. So now should we get into. The

[00:28:12] Natalie McMillan: it's the, so PLO, something from Spain. So PLO, I guess it's just a red. Okay.

[00:28:19] Corinne Foxx: Red

[00:28:20] Natalie McMillan: or white. Do you want to

[00:28:21] Corinne Foxx: intro our Hottie?

He's such a cutie is none other than Mr. Anderson Cooper. Silver Fox. He's on the story. He's on the case. He's on the ground. He really is

[00:28:32] Natalie McMillan: Anderson Cooper. 360. Remember he had a talk show too for like a hot second. Yeah, I do. I do. He just had another baby. Good for so cute.

[00:28:42] Corinne Foxx: So one, two Anderson. Um, what are we reading this?

[00:28:47] Natalie McMillan: So when you, when you said it was like a, wow. Wow. What were you getting?

[00:28:52] Corinne Foxx: God, I wish I had more words other than interesting. Interesting. I can't explain it. It just felt like there was a party in my mouth. Like there was a lot of flavors, a lot. It was, uh, like, um, like what, what were those little gummies?

You slashers Gushers. It felt like a gusher.

[00:29:06] Natalie McMillan: Gosh, it hurts. So, but in a good way or a bad way,

[00:29:11] Corinne Foxx: I feel like I need a state. Yes, this would be fantastic with a steak like steak and fry. Oh, hell yeah. That was, that is the moment for the, in a dimly lit room. Yes. That's the moment for this. I think it's hard for me to connect to it because it's 3:50 PM

[00:29:29] Natalie McMillan: on a Thursday and we just had ships.

[00:29:33] Corinne Foxx: Yeah. So I don't, I don't not like it I'd give it like a nine. I'm going

[00:29:37] Natalie McMillan: to give it a nine. Okay. This was with a Y with a steak, just like. Send me into wine heaven. It would have been fantastic.

[00:29:46] Corinne Foxx: Nine out of Anderson Cooper.

all right. This is the part of the episode. We play a little wrap-up game and we're playing everyone's favorite citizens arrest. Did it. That's my gun now.

[00:30:07] Natalie McMillan: Okay. Um,

[00:30:08] Corinne Foxx: okay. Now do you want to say.

[00:30:11] Natalie McMillan: The citizen's arrest. I will say my citizens arrest. My citizens arrest is on the industry of Hollywood.

[00:30:19] Corinne Foxx: Oh my God.

Okay. Why? Oh, I know, I know. You've been saying this a lot lately actually.

[00:30:26] Natalie McMillan: Every single movie does not need to be two hours and 40 minutes.

[00:30:31] Corinne Foxx: The remakes. Oh yeah.

[00:30:33] Natalie McMillan: I also very sick of remakes, but every single movie, when I look it up two hours and 45 minutes,

[00:30:41] Corinne Foxx: here's my, here's my tip. I'm like when I see that and I go.

Somewhere in here, I'm gonna squeeze in a 20 minute nap and I, you dear that you, she does do it. Always do a 20 minute nap somewhere. And I'm telling you right now, I never miss a plot line because there is about 20 to 30 minutes. We don't need.

[00:30:59] Natalie McMillan: Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Can we cut the. We need to cut like a steak for this wine trim, the fat

[00:31:05] Corinne Foxx: off.

Yeah. It's getting pretty ridiculous. And it's like, we don't want to be there that long. I need like to enjoy the movie, but I can't because I'm stuck

[00:31:13] Natalie McMillan: here. Right? I don't need buzz light year to be two and a half hours long. I need it to be 90 minutes because. Watch it, and then I want to go and like, you know, get an ice cream.

You go in when it's light and you leave when it's nighttime. And

[00:31:26] Corinne Foxx: also like you, you go on with your little snacks and I only eat my snacks for the first 30, 40 minutes. Now I had my snacks two hours ago, but I'm hungry. It's too much for two and a half hours.

[00:31:39] Natalie McMillan: Well, you could, I could, it did take me almost a full hour to eat a case of DIA, like two days ago.

Okay. Not

[00:31:46] Corinne Foxx: so tell me you were arrested as a mutual, a mutual citizens. You know where I'm going with this? Cause we just do what? Two things as actually a citizen's arrest on CVS for two. Oh, for two reasons, two reasons. Number one. Obviously the receipts they're getting longer and longer. They're becoming, it's becoming a fashion.

It's it's, it's like a scarf

[00:32:12] Natalie McMillan: it's but we do have to put a pin in it and say, we live for the coupons. We

[00:32:16] Corinne Foxx: use that. But here's the thing. It's the reason that it's so long is because they're giving you great deals and they don't want you to look at them. You're not yet paid. It was just short. And it said, Hey, you got $10 off.

You would actually use it. But because it's about seven miles long, you just you're comfortable at you just crumble it and throw it away. Indian convenience. So I realize that's part of their shtick. Yeah. Because there are great deals on them. My God, they're so good, but it's way too fucking long. The other one that me and Natalie are both victims of is their automatic prescription reminder.

Very aggressive or

[00:32:48] Natalie McMillan: so they're actually passive aggressive. Yeah. They're like, are you okay? And it's like today, tomorrow ever.

[00:32:58] Corinne Foxx: Ma'am we're putting this back on the shelf. If you I'm like

[00:33:00] Natalie McMillan: they did that to me yesterday. This is crazy.

[00:33:02] Corinne Foxx: It's funny life CBS. I can not be at your Beck and call when you call me, I supposed to come run like independent woman.

I'm an independent

[00:33:11] Natalie McMillan: woman and I have a job. And like, am I, who am

[00:33:15] Corinne Foxx: I wish I could text back to the little bot? Like

[00:33:17] Natalie McMillan: you mother fucker, leave me

[00:33:18] Corinne Foxx: alone, leave me alone. I'll come when I, and when I'm ready. Yes. How about when I need the prescription? Why is the prescription available four weeks before I need it?

And then if

[00:33:26] Natalie McMillan: you don't pick it up, they're like, well, we, we

[00:33:28] Corinne Foxx: put a back and you get there and there and they're

[00:33:30] Natalie McMillan: mean to you. Yes. I'm like, well, I'm sorry. I have one more, one more tiny citizen's arrest on CVS, actually just

[00:33:37] Corinne Foxx: need to be held

[00:33:38] Natalie McMillan: accountable. Just all pharmacies. Oh, I really don't appreciate when I'm like up at the front and let's say there's like five people behind me and they're like, all right, so you need this and this.

And they just like, yell out what you're getting the rash cream man. Is this for you? And you're just like, Um, yeah. Why did they do that? Put everyone on 'cause the

[00:34:03] Corinne Foxx: thing about me is I never need a consultation, so don't stop asking me for one, stop asking me I've taken this before. I think it's

[00:34:09] Natalie McMillan: the first, I don't need that.

Don't tell me don't scream. And then you go

[00:34:12] Corinne Foxx: to the consultation, like, so, uh, yeah, take this.

[00:34:16] Natalie McMillan: You know, like take one in the morning I can read. Oh my, okay, thanks. So I'm high. I'm not hot and bothered. And me thinking about CVS,

[00:34:25] Corinne Foxx: it's the greatest place in the world. And also they have, they have areas to improve on.

They

[00:34:31] Natalie McMillan: do listen to us even. Yes, we can help you.

[00:34:33] Corinne Foxx: All right. You guys. Well, if you liked this episode and you want more, we actually have an episode on how to avoid being. Super spreader of misinformation with a world health organization, consultant Simone St. Claire that's episode 15. If you want to go back and listen to it, we also have an episode on the T on anxiety, how to manage and cope your anxiety.

That's episode eight. If you want to go back and listen to it. Oh, eight. I know we're on episode. God. No, no, that was Wayne, but there's more basically, there's more where that came from is what I'm saying. And if you love this. Go ahead and give us a little rate and review moment. We love them. And Ivy, we will read them if, and when we feel like,

[00:35:16] Natalie McMillan: and when we feel like it and we see them and we love them.

All right. You

[00:35:20] Corinne Foxx: guys, so we'll be back next week with another episode. I'd love you guys. .