Liz Franczak’s absence leaves Truanon host Brace Belden flustered—shirtless in her shoes, referencing Anuca protests and a CVS shopping list—while guest Uba Butler debunks Biden’s State of the Union with absurdist pranks. Black Rod’s ceremonial scepter becomes a joke as Brace mocks England’s traditions, swapping it for his brother’s "big Jewish nose," exposing class satire beneath the chaos. The episode collapses politics into surrealism, proving even royal surgery can’t outrun absurdity. [Automatically generated summary]
My name is the Honorable Nonce Dencil Featherbrig, live from Windsor Primary, reporting on news coming out of Poddington Palace in Brooklyn, New York.
Liz Franczak, Princess of Truannon and Queen of the Poles, is currently undergoing undisclosed minor abdominal surgery.
She will be back in three years' time, and may she rest in peace.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to True or Not.
I don't even know what I'm doing right now.
This is, I am, I got to tell you, I have several times in my life been stranded, lost, out to sea without a paddle, no wind in my sails.
And often I've been wondering if the problem is me.
And the problem, it turns out, is me, because with Liz gone, I am bereft.
I don't know what to do with myself.
My name is Brace Belden.
My name is Liz Francak.
We're, of course, joined by producer Young Chomsky.
And the podcast is called, and right now, Uba, is where I would, I would, I would pause for a second, and then Liz would fill in the word Truanon, but she is.
Yeah, you're incomplete.
She's no longer with us.
And so it's just like, I don't know, it's just, thank you for coming today.
Yeah, yeah.
But like, it's crazy you think you can fill her shoes.
Yeah.
I mean, I didn't even know I was recording a podcast today.
You just told me to meet you for coffee.
Now, I don't know why I'm doing it.
I am coffee.
We shared.
I had three sips of a Red Bull and then you made me wear your shoes.
I don't know why.
It's because they've looked good on you.
And sorry.
You look good in pumps.
Ladies and gentlemen, this episode is going to be a little different than usual.
Liz is not with us.
And the boys can play.
We are all in here shirtless and I got to tell you, blindingly shiny with various oils that we rubbed all over.
Yeah.
I mean, I stopped at the CVS on the way.
Yes.
You had a long list.
Why the Anuca?
Well, I just figured it was spice.
What's Anuka?
It's Psycho.
It's the Festival of Lights.
Yeah, it's an inflammatory that hits.
She drove all of us out of Britain.
Yeah.
Because of the protests.
No, no, no, no.
We have with us today Uba Butler, a funky name freak from London, England.
Hello.
And it's going to be a little bit – listen, this episode is going to be a little bit different.
We are going to – Uba is a prankster, frankly.
I would feel like that would be your job title professionally.
Jester, yeah.
A jester of sorts.
And we're going to go through a couple of things.
First, I am going to rebut Joe Biden, the President of the United States State of the Union address.
And then we're going to talk a little bit about pranking in general and lying to people for a living.
And no, he's not going to interview me about being a damn podcaster.
Uba, real quick, to this is also, this is going to be a different episode than usual.
We're going to structure this a little bit differently.
But Uba, real quick, are you familiar with the State of the Union?
Do you guys have this?
No.
Wait, yeah, we have the opening day of Parliament when Blackrod comes out and they do all that stuff.
What the fuck is Blackrod?
He's a knowledge of this is so the monarch opens Parliament.
Yeah.
And there's this, it's, I can't, what is it exactly Black Rod?
It's like this kind of sour-faced person comes out with a black rod and it oh, it's a job.
Yeah, yeah, it's like a thing.
It's a tradition.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You guys love the scepters.
We love scepters.
So strange.
I was in a, yeah, I mean, this is all over the place, but I was in a place the other night and a guy with a gut with a diamond-encrusted scepter started getting angry with me.
Well, do you have like a one of your own or a diamond-encrusted scepter?
No, just any kind of scepter.
No.
Well, that's the thing is like, no, I don't have one, but I don't need one in my line of work.
And so I figure like the thing is, if somebody comes, that's a symbol of power.
And like for me, in the business that I'm in, the media, the symbol of power is this thing right here, my brother.
Big motherfucking Jewish nose.
Not that you guys have any in England anymore.
I read the damn Daily Mail.
You drove them out.
But no, that's, I would have to just like if someone came over with a scepter and commanded me to do something, I guess I just have to do it.