[PREVIEW] Episode 349: State of Play kicks off with a landlord’s crew demanding access to film a Queen Latifah crack-house scene in the host’s apartment—leaving tinfoil on windows—sparking a debate over privacy vs. cash, ending with a firm refusal. The show pivots to Tronan, where Liz and Young Chomsky tackle global conflicts with Johnny Dolan, struggling to fit all wars into an hour, before derailing into a bizarre tangent on shaved heads, tattoos, and past lovers’ quirks. [Automatically generated summary]
So this morning, I was lying in my bed, of course, and I heard a knock at the door, my front door, a rap at my front door.
What time is this?
This is, I don't know, like 9.30.
And I had already made coffee.
I was just, I was actually looking at stuff for this episode.
Thank you very much.
But I was doing it in my bed because it was very warm in there.
And I get up and I, of course, I'm like, all right, Svetlana, Marybeth.
Yeah, it's none of them.
They're not the ones.
No, I'm like, you guys got to get out of here.
Hide, hide.
Because it could, of course, it could, of course, be my, you know, my wife at the door, Pamela Cruz.
And so I get to the door and I open it, and there are, is my landlord and some lady there.
And they're like, we want to look at your house.
And I say, you can't do that.
Svetlana is here.
But they come in and they take some pictures.
And I'm like, what's this for?
And they're like, this is for an upcoming movie where Queen Latifah raids a crack house.
They want your house for the crackhouse?
They want my house for the crack house.
And so she's like, interesting.
Acting out.
I know.
I was like, it's.
You're like, hey, wait a second.
I don't know.
Yeah, it's a pretty big apartment building.
Is it because of your decor or because of the layout of the apartment?
I think the layout of the apartment, there's no way it's only my.
Because it would be very funny if the landlord was like, you know, this guy Brace lives here and the stuff he has put on his walls, I think would be perfect for this whole crackhead.
I was like, because my landlord's never been, I mean, they say the super has been in and the landlord's never been in there.
And she was like, this will be perfect.
So Queen Latifah will be here checking this room.
And she was like, do a little gun hand.
And they're like, please leave the tinfoil on the windows.
Yeah, yeah.
And I'm like, oh, well, I have crack here.
And I, should I do it?
Have you ever rented?
Have you been lived at a house where they filmed something before?
Oh, I've never done that.
They did.
Why not?
Why wouldn't you do it?
Because then they would be in my house.
What do you mean?
Why would I do it or why would I not do it?
Why would you not do it?
Because they would be in my house.
Yeah, but then you could be like, look, that's my house on TV.
It's not for a movie.
It's like streaming because no one's going to see it.
It's for a movie.
And yeah, I agree with that, but I'm like, they will destroy my house.
No, they won't.
But they will.
They won't destroy anything.
They'll pay you.
And then you have money in your pocket.
Your apartment's on TV.
And you get to talk about it on your hit podcast.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Brace's Crack House.
Starring myself, Queen Latifah.
War Talk00:01:51
I'm Liz.
And of course, we have producer Young Chomsky, and the podcast is called Tronan.
Hello, Liz.
I don't know what I said.
Dronon!
We are talking war today.
We are telling you what we have our old friend back on the show.
Johnny Dolan.
Finnish.
When was the last time he was on the show?
I think we were talking about Afghanistan.
Is that right?
Wow.
It was been so long.
Afghanistan.
There was so much.
I feel so bad.
There's so much we want to talk about.
Turns out, talking about the whole state of the world in an hour, it's impossible.
It's really difficult.
Well, I mean, I think we want to talk about all the various conflicts and little bush wars going on in the world.
Yeah, because it was sort of like, look, it's 2024.
New year, new me, obviously.
Although, don't love the skinhead look, but it's the Chelsea, I think, is weird.
That's your favorite haircut.
I do love Chelsea.
You love a bald woman.
I don't.
First of all, they're not bald.
It's like a reverse.
This is known in the show.
It's like a backbald.
The first three girls that I had sex with, every girl that had sex between 14 and 15 had a shaved head.
Yeah.
I do think that there should be, and this goes for men as well, a distinction between shaved head and bald.
Bald.
Yeah.
So when you say a bald woman, it does imply that she's lost her hair.