1 00:00:00,151 --> 00:00:03,129 [upbeat music] 2 00:00:03,154 --> 00:00:06,312 _ 3 00:00:06,337 --> 00:00:08,590 _ 4 00:00:08,615 --> 00:00:11,435 ♪ I am the one, two, three, four ♪ 5 00:00:11,460 --> 00:00:12,531 ♪ X marks the spot ♪ 6 00:00:12,556 --> 00:00:15,367 ♪ I am the bees' knees ♪ 7 00:00:15,392 --> 00:00:17,720 "Me, Myself, and O" skyrocketed to number three 8 00:00:17,752 --> 00:00:18,747 on Amazon last night. 9 00:00:18,773 --> 00:00:20,773 - Oh, my God. Really? - Yes. 10 00:00:20,798 --> 00:00:24,842 This Aubrey Alexis mystery is causing a social media frenzy. 11 00:00:24,867 --> 00:00:27,138 "My Perfect O" is trending right now. 12 00:00:27,162 --> 00:00:29,655 Can you imagine how many orgasms she's had a hand in? 13 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:31,022 - She? - Oh, right. Ew. 14 00:00:31,047 --> 00:00:34,426 - [groans] - This is causing quite a stir. 15 00:00:34,451 --> 00:00:37,017 I never expected this book to actually sell. 16 00:00:37,042 --> 00:00:38,711 "The Today Show" called. 17 00:00:38,736 --> 00:00:40,396 Charlie Rose personally called. 18 00:00:40,421 --> 00:00:42,455 Everyone wants to interview Aubrey Alexis. 19 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:43,946 I'm afraid that's impossible. 20 00:00:43,971 --> 00:00:45,313 This is absurd. 21 00:00:45,338 --> 00:00:46,637 It's time she dropped the nom de plume 22 00:00:46,662 --> 00:00:48,862 and reveal herself, at least to me. 23 00:00:48,887 --> 00:00:50,816 Diana, I signed a strict NDA. 24 00:00:50,841 --> 00:00:53,200 Charlie Rose is just going to have to use his imagination 25 00:00:53,225 --> 00:00:54,519 like everyone else. 26 00:00:54,544 --> 00:00:56,711 Trust me, you do not want to know what is lurking 27 00:00:56,736 --> 00:00:58,136 inside the imagination of Charlie Rose. 28 00:00:58,161 --> 00:00:59,746 - [phone buzzing] - Oh, wow. 29 00:00:59,771 --> 00:01:03,556 Aubrey just got invited to read at the Ladies Who Lust benefit 30 00:01:03,581 --> 00:01:04,906 - tomorrow night. - What is that? 31 00:01:04,931 --> 00:01:07,233 The literary icons of the sexual revolution 32 00:01:07,258 --> 00:01:08,267 throw it every year. 33 00:01:08,293 --> 00:01:09,759 What are they raising money for? 34 00:01:09,784 --> 00:01:10,947 Next year's benefit. 35 00:01:10,972 --> 00:01:14,824 ♪ ♪ 36 00:01:16,310 --> 00:01:19,322 Well, clearly Aubrey can't read at that event. 37 00:01:19,348 --> 00:01:22,946 ♪ ♪ 38 00:01:24,763 --> 00:01:27,987 The bigger this book becomes, the more dangerous it is for us. 39 00:01:28,012 --> 00:01:31,509 Can you imagine if her fans found out that this young woman 40 00:01:31,534 --> 00:01:34,126 that they've been identifying with is... 41 00:01:34,261 --> 00:01:35,418 [whispering] Him? 42 00:01:35,443 --> 00:01:36,911 And that's photoshopped. 43 00:01:36,936 --> 00:01:40,181 If the truth gets out, it won't just kill the sales 44 00:01:40,206 --> 00:01:41,322 of "Me, Myself, and O." 45 00:01:41,347 --> 00:01:43,513 It'll endanger the entire "Crown of Kings" franchise, 46 00:01:43,538 --> 00:01:47,001 which would be a disaster for the company. 47 00:01:47,374 --> 00:01:48,547 [upbeat electronic music] 48 00:01:48,572 --> 00:01:49,905 ♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ 49 00:01:49,930 --> 00:01:51,829 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ 50 00:01:51,854 --> 00:01:54,715 - Synced and corrected by martythecrazy - - www.addic7ed.com - 51 00:01:54,740 --> 00:01:56,164 To Aubrey Alexis. 52 00:01:56,189 --> 00:01:57,340 Whoever she is. 53 00:01:57,365 --> 00:01:58,431 [laughing] Yeah! 54 00:01:58,456 --> 00:01:59,588 Whoo. 55 00:02:00,865 --> 00:02:03,065 Elizabeth Gilbert has been tweeting so much 56 00:02:03,090 --> 00:02:05,257 that "Vulture" thinks she's Aubrey Alexis. 57 00:02:05,282 --> 00:02:07,967 I'd like to eat, pray, strangle that woman. 58 00:02:07,992 --> 00:02:09,890 "Jezebel" thinks it's Gillian Flynn. 59 00:02:09,915 --> 00:02:11,504 She denied it a full 24 hours 60 00:02:11,529 --> 00:02:13,977 and 20,000 new Instagram followers later. 61 00:02:14,002 --> 00:02:16,744 How many more people are gonna take credit for my work? 62 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:18,326 Consider it a good thing. 63 00:02:18,352 --> 00:02:19,754 It's only boosting sales. 64 00:02:19,779 --> 00:02:21,873 Right, and it's your name on the check. 65 00:02:21,897 --> 00:02:24,167 Plus we've had so many celebrities offer to read 66 00:02:24,192 --> 00:02:26,249 for Aubrey at the Ladies Who Lust benefit. 67 00:02:26,274 --> 00:02:27,362 Really? Who? 68 00:02:27,387 --> 00:02:28,486 Well, three choices: 69 00:02:28,511 --> 00:02:30,778 Sarah Silverman, Tavi Gevinson, 70 00:02:30,803 --> 00:02:32,006 and Gwyneth Paltrow. 71 00:02:32,031 --> 00:02:33,502 - [both gasp] - Gwyneth Paltrow? 72 00:02:33,527 --> 00:02:34,960 That could be huge. 73 00:02:34,985 --> 00:02:35,943 You get Gwenny, 74 00:02:35,968 --> 00:02:39,192 You. Me. Turks. Caicos. 75 00:02:39,217 --> 00:02:40,303 - [laughs] - Oh. 76 00:02:40,327 --> 00:02:41,549 Great. 77 00:02:42,156 --> 00:02:45,505 ♪ When I come to you ♪ 78 00:02:45,530 --> 00:02:47,364 [upbeat electronic music] 79 00:02:47,389 --> 00:02:48,621 I couldn't put it down. 80 00:02:48,646 --> 00:02:50,052 Except for, like, eight different places 81 00:02:50,076 --> 00:02:51,725 where I needed both hands free. 82 00:02:51,751 --> 00:02:53,901 Who is this writer, and why does she understand me 83 00:02:53,926 --> 00:02:55,026 better than I understand myself? 84 00:02:55,051 --> 00:02:56,631 She's definitely tapped into something. 85 00:02:56,657 --> 00:02:58,382 - Mm. - And at the right moment. 86 00:02:58,407 --> 00:03:00,514 No, it's not about swiping right and sniffing poppers. 87 00:03:00,539 --> 00:03:02,273 It is about owning our own pleasure 88 00:03:02,297 --> 00:03:03,133 without a man. 89 00:03:03,158 --> 00:03:04,765 Wait, people are still doing poppers? 90 00:03:04,790 --> 00:03:06,171 - Oh, yeah. - You know, it's interesting 91 00:03:06,196 --> 00:03:08,342 how scientists are now challenging the theory 92 00:03:08,368 --> 00:03:10,910 that the female orgasm is designed for pair-bonding 93 00:03:10,935 --> 00:03:13,942 only so women can get attached and form stable partnerships. 94 00:03:13,967 --> 00:03:15,022 Ugh, finally. 95 00:03:15,047 --> 00:03:16,330 I mean, some of the best orgasms I've had 96 00:03:16,355 --> 00:03:17,990 were with the most unstable partners. 97 00:03:18,015 --> 00:03:19,659 - Until you. - Aw. 98 00:03:19,684 --> 00:03:21,885 Seriously, I've had way better sex with guys 99 00:03:21,909 --> 00:03:22,979 that I've hate-banged. 100 00:03:23,005 --> 00:03:23,871 What about you? 101 00:03:23,896 --> 00:03:25,608 Oh, well, you know me. 102 00:03:25,632 --> 00:03:28,474 The more unattached, the more uninhibited. 103 00:03:28,499 --> 00:03:29,418 - Oh. - Right? 104 00:03:29,442 --> 00:03:31,376 Get me off twice then call me an Uber. 105 00:03:31,402 --> 00:03:33,505 Get me off three times and you can call me anything. 106 00:03:33,529 --> 00:03:35,688 [laughter] 107 00:03:35,714 --> 00:03:37,902 Something's vibrating. 108 00:03:37,927 --> 00:03:40,865 Yes, and it is not what you left in my call room bunk bed 109 00:03:40,890 --> 00:03:41,998 last weekend. 110 00:03:42,023 --> 00:03:44,027 This is Dr. Horowitz. I was paged. 111 00:03:44,052 --> 00:03:47,505 Okay, um, can I make, like, a "Me, Myself, and O" confession? 112 00:03:47,530 --> 00:03:48,583 Mm. 113 00:03:48,609 --> 00:03:51,338 Max is the first man that's ever made me orgasm from sex. 114 00:03:51,363 --> 00:03:52,940 Both: Ooh. 115 00:03:53,149 --> 00:03:55,932 Yes, I mean, as a doctor, he really understands the depths 116 00:03:55,957 --> 00:03:57,654 of our complex female anatomy. 117 00:03:57,679 --> 00:03:59,010 Like lesbian sex? 118 00:03:59,035 --> 00:04:00,595 Yes, but with much less talking. 119 00:04:00,620 --> 00:04:02,827 Okay, can I make a confession? 120 00:04:02,852 --> 00:04:03,939 Oh, yes. 121 00:04:03,964 --> 00:04:06,164 Every time I go to... 122 00:04:06,189 --> 00:04:07,595 - Beat around your bush? - That. 123 00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:08,545 Mm-hmm. Yep. 124 00:04:08,570 --> 00:04:10,066 I think about Thad 125 00:04:10,091 --> 00:04:11,827 and then I remember that he's dead, 126 00:04:11,852 --> 00:04:13,256 and I feel like I... 127 00:04:13,281 --> 00:04:14,634 A necrophiliac. 128 00:04:14,659 --> 00:04:15,692 No! 129 00:04:15,717 --> 00:04:17,786 No, I... I lose my... 130 00:04:17,811 --> 00:04:18,905 Lady boner! 131 00:04:18,930 --> 00:04:19,809 Yes. 132 00:04:19,835 --> 00:04:21,433 I have to get back to the hospital 133 00:04:21,458 --> 00:04:23,212 and extract a LEGO sheriff from someone's rectum. 134 00:04:23,237 --> 00:04:24,642 - Ooh. - Yes. 135 00:04:24,667 --> 00:04:26,962 Okay, but you better text us if that's someone famous. 136 00:04:26,987 --> 00:04:27,891 - Absolutely. - Great. 137 00:04:27,915 --> 00:04:29,123 - Bye, guys. - Bye. 138 00:04:29,148 --> 00:04:31,318 People are really into butt stuff these days. 139 00:04:31,343 --> 00:04:33,174 ♪ ♪ 140 00:04:33,199 --> 00:04:35,816 So who exactly was that in there? 141 00:04:35,841 --> 00:04:39,332 Was that 26-year-old Liza or 40-year-old Liza? 142 00:04:39,357 --> 00:04:41,017 Definitely the 26 year old. 143 00:04:41,042 --> 00:04:43,427 Good. Had me worried for a minute. 144 00:04:43,452 --> 00:04:45,486 Yeah, the 40 year old has a very limited resume. 145 00:04:45,511 --> 00:04:46,501 Oh, yeah? 146 00:04:46,526 --> 00:04:48,106 How limited are we talking about here? 147 00:04:48,132 --> 00:04:50,498 I lost my v-card freshman year to my TA, 148 00:04:50,523 --> 00:04:53,040 then I met David, and now you. 149 00:04:53,445 --> 00:04:55,012 Wait. 150 00:04:55,300 --> 00:04:57,812 You only slept with three dudes, right? 151 00:04:57,837 --> 00:04:59,833 That's what you're saying? Like, three? 152 00:04:59,858 --> 00:05:00,717 One less than four? 153 00:05:00,742 --> 00:05:01,983 That's the three we're talking about here? 154 00:05:02,008 --> 00:05:03,893 Yeah, I got married right out of college. 155 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,619 I guess I didn't have those years of sex-ploration. 156 00:05:08,644 --> 00:05:10,500 - [sighs] - Until now. 157 00:05:10,525 --> 00:05:11,543 All right. 158 00:05:11,568 --> 00:05:13,260 Yeah. Mm. 159 00:05:13,285 --> 00:05:15,199 And that... that doesn't bother you at all? 160 00:05:15,224 --> 00:05:16,500 Like, you don't feel like you need to make up 161 00:05:16,525 --> 00:05:17,756 for lost time or anything? 162 00:05:17,781 --> 00:05:19,281 Well, what do you think I'm doing now? 163 00:05:19,306 --> 00:05:22,170 Babe, that's a lot of responsibility for one person. 164 00:05:22,195 --> 00:05:23,987 Well, you know what they say: 165 00:05:24,012 --> 00:05:26,605 third time's a charm. 166 00:05:27,989 --> 00:05:29,579 Hey, wait. What's your number? 167 00:05:29,604 --> 00:05:30,534 What? 168 00:05:30,559 --> 00:05:31,339 ♪ ♪ 169 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:32,320 Uh... 170 00:05:32,345 --> 00:05:33,598 it's, like, you know, like, 171 00:05:33,623 --> 00:05:34,933 a multiple of three. 172 00:05:34,958 --> 00:05:36,091 ♪ ♪ 173 00:05:36,116 --> 00:05:37,474 It's, like... 174 00:05:37,499 --> 00:05:38,660 What, like six? 175 00:05:38,685 --> 00:05:39,654 Yeah, sure. 176 00:05:39,679 --> 00:05:41,011 ♪ Oh, hey ♪ 177 00:05:42,608 --> 00:05:45,575 [upbeat rock music] 178 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,532 ♪ ♪ 179 00:05:48,557 --> 00:05:50,124 - Hey. - Hey. 180 00:05:51,879 --> 00:05:53,612 "The Kosher Butcher's Daughter"? 181 00:05:53,637 --> 00:05:55,467 - Are you sleeping with her too? - [laughs] 182 00:05:55,491 --> 00:05:57,801 No, I'm making Friday night dinner for Malkie 183 00:05:57,826 --> 00:05:59,134 and her friends. 184 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:03,028 It's sort of a Shabbat/apology for polluting the mikveh. 185 00:06:03,053 --> 00:06:04,786 Yeah, we definitely should not have crashed 186 00:06:04,811 --> 00:06:06,242 an Orthodox woman's bath. 187 00:06:06,267 --> 00:06:09,311 That's why the brisket needs to be really, really good. 188 00:06:09,542 --> 00:06:12,651 Hey, how many sexual partners have you had? 189 00:06:12,878 --> 00:06:14,373 At the same time? 190 00:06:14,442 --> 00:06:15,497 Never mind. 191 00:06:15,522 --> 00:06:16,591 [jazzy music] 192 00:06:16,615 --> 00:06:19,390 [upbeat music] 193 00:06:19,416 --> 00:06:22,367 ♪ ♪ 194 00:06:23,431 --> 00:06:24,597 Oh, hey. Good morning. 195 00:06:24,622 --> 00:06:25,509 Good news. 196 00:06:25,534 --> 00:06:27,772 I just got word that Gwyneth is in for tonight. 197 00:06:27,797 --> 00:06:29,465 [gasps] That's great. 198 00:06:29,490 --> 00:06:30,990 She's gonna "goop" it and everything. 199 00:06:31,015 --> 00:06:33,606 - Oh. - "Who Is Aubrey Alexis?" 200 00:06:33,631 --> 00:06:35,749 The question everyone is asking. 201 00:06:35,774 --> 00:06:37,841 "Is she an MFA student at the New School? 202 00:06:37,866 --> 00:06:40,011 "A Midwestern housewife who hides her vibrator 203 00:06:40,036 --> 00:06:41,368 in a Lord & Taylor bag?" 204 00:06:41,393 --> 00:06:44,109 Well, tonight she's going to be Gwyneth Paltrow. 205 00:06:44,133 --> 00:06:46,080 She's reading for Aubrey? 206 00:06:46,105 --> 00:06:47,501 That's wonderful. 207 00:06:48,404 --> 00:06:50,740 Radha is going to be thrilled. 208 00:06:50,765 --> 00:06:53,309 Don't we all love just love to thrill Radha. 209 00:06:53,334 --> 00:06:57,165 ♪ ♪ 210 00:06:57,997 --> 00:07:00,190 Do you think I made too much food? 211 00:07:00,215 --> 00:07:01,531 Are you kidding? 212 00:07:01,556 --> 00:07:02,556 These are Jewish women. 213 00:07:02,590 --> 00:07:04,423 They would eat Lebanon if it would just separate 214 00:07:04,448 --> 00:07:05,490 from the continent. 215 00:07:05,515 --> 00:07:06,713 - Hello, hello. - Hey! 216 00:07:06,738 --> 00:07:07,934 Wow. 217 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,728 [all speaking at once] 218 00:07:09,752 --> 00:07:11,686 Hi. Oh, my God. 219 00:07:11,711 --> 00:07:13,077 Hi. How are you? 220 00:07:13,102 --> 00:07:16,587 Talia, Estie, this is my Maggie, 221 00:07:16,612 --> 00:07:17,999 and you've already met Sarah. 222 00:07:18,024 --> 00:07:19,624 Welcome. Shabbat Shalom. 223 00:07:19,649 --> 00:07:20,717 Both: Shabbat Shalom. 224 00:07:20,742 --> 00:07:22,622 Here we have sweet potato latkes 225 00:07:22,647 --> 00:07:24,947 and lox crostini to start. 226 00:07:24,972 --> 00:07:27,849 Wow. Usually someone has to die to get food this nice. 227 00:07:27,874 --> 00:07:28,649 [laughter] 228 00:07:28,674 --> 00:07:30,654 Oh, and here. Israeli wine. 229 00:07:30,679 --> 00:07:32,287 Uh, I shouldn't. 230 00:07:32,312 --> 00:07:33,854 All right. Just a teeny tiny drop. 231 00:07:33,878 --> 00:07:35,365 - Okay. - It's fine, right? 232 00:07:35,390 --> 00:07:36,834 - Totally. - Yeah, more than that. 233 00:07:36,859 --> 00:07:37,385 Yep. 234 00:07:37,410 --> 00:07:39,886 So how do you all know each other? 235 00:07:39,911 --> 00:07:43,079 Well, Sarah was formerly engaged to my brother. 236 00:07:43,104 --> 00:07:46,338 And I milked Talia's honey in the Bedouin Tents on Birthright. 237 00:07:46,363 --> 00:07:48,096 You could've just said that we dated. 238 00:07:48,121 --> 00:07:49,395 I could have. 239 00:07:49,420 --> 00:07:51,956 But now I'm married to Deb, who couldn't make it. 240 00:07:51,981 --> 00:07:53,245 But you're gonna meet her. 241 00:07:53,270 --> 00:07:54,814 Maggie, you made all this? 242 00:07:54,839 --> 00:07:57,174 We all cheat and go to Zabar's. 243 00:07:57,199 --> 00:07:59,400 Some of us even go to Trader Joe's. 244 00:07:59,425 --> 00:08:01,546 That was during a fricking hurricane, Sarah. 245 00:08:01,651 --> 00:08:03,786 Do you know how many times I wanted to be Amy Irving 246 00:08:03,811 --> 00:08:04,810 in "Crossing Delancey"? 247 00:08:04,835 --> 00:08:06,235 Oh, I love that movie. 248 00:08:06,260 --> 00:08:08,017 Except for the pickle man. Reminds me of my ex. 249 00:08:08,042 --> 00:08:10,389 'Cause she could only climax from a pickle claw. 250 00:08:10,414 --> 00:08:14,049 Ah, well, the true test of a sustainable relationship is 251 00:08:14,074 --> 00:08:15,739 "does it give me carpal tunnel?" 252 00:08:15,764 --> 00:08:16,906 [laughs] That is a good one. 253 00:08:16,931 --> 00:08:18,041 That's really good. 254 00:08:18,066 --> 00:08:20,923 ♪ ♪ 255 00:08:21,847 --> 00:08:23,379 _ 256 00:08:23,404 --> 00:08:24,260 _ 257 00:08:24,285 --> 00:08:24,768 _ 258 00:08:24,793 --> 00:08:25,793 _ 259 00:08:27,070 --> 00:08:29,394 Why does each writer's nametag feature a dirty phrase? 260 00:08:29,419 --> 00:08:31,748 It's their literary erotic claim to fame. 261 00:08:32,262 --> 00:08:34,380 Oh. A hummer. 262 00:08:34,405 --> 00:08:36,123 [laughs] Silver balling. 263 00:08:36,148 --> 00:08:37,665 You'll understand when you're older. 264 00:08:37,690 --> 00:08:40,722 ♪ ♪ 265 00:08:40,747 --> 00:08:43,728 Mm-hmm. There's Daphne Merkin. 266 00:08:43,753 --> 00:08:46,078 Ooh, and Eve Ensler. 267 00:08:46,102 --> 00:08:48,468 It's a very impressive group. 268 00:08:48,493 --> 00:08:49,892 I agree. 269 00:08:49,917 --> 00:08:51,859 What's Liza doing here? 270 00:08:52,429 --> 00:08:54,463 Aubrey Alexis is her author. 271 00:08:54,488 --> 00:08:55,234 Ooh. 272 00:08:55,259 --> 00:08:57,152 Well, you must tell me who Aubrey really is. 273 00:08:57,177 --> 00:08:59,131 Or at least a subtle hint in her direction. 274 00:08:59,156 --> 00:09:00,234 If only I could. 275 00:09:00,259 --> 00:09:01,057 [laughs] 276 00:09:01,082 --> 00:09:02,598 Pam Pam! 277 00:09:02,623 --> 00:09:06,323 Now "Gawker" is claiming Lena Dunham is Aubrey Alexis. 278 00:09:06,347 --> 00:09:09,601 We've already seen her slippery oyster on HBO GO. 279 00:09:09,626 --> 00:09:12,195 Don't they know the woman has nothing left to hide? 280 00:09:12,220 --> 00:09:13,652 Edward, what are you doing here? 281 00:09:13,677 --> 00:09:16,199 I'm not gonna miss the inaugural public reading 282 00:09:16,224 --> 00:09:17,040 of my book. 283 00:09:17,065 --> 00:09:19,699 Oh, you mean Aubrey's book. 284 00:09:19,724 --> 00:09:21,838 Well, of course I do, but that doesn't mean 285 00:09:21,863 --> 00:09:24,354 I'll tolerate others stealing my thunder. 286 00:09:24,379 --> 00:09:26,084 Ooh, Toni Morrison. 287 00:09:26,109 --> 00:09:27,142 Toni! [laughs] 288 00:09:27,167 --> 00:09:28,666 Excuse me. Hey, girl! 289 00:09:28,691 --> 00:09:29,882 [laughing] 290 00:09:29,907 --> 00:09:32,358 - Excuse me for one second. - Oh, okay. 291 00:09:32,383 --> 00:09:33,582 Did you know he was coming? 292 00:09:33,607 --> 00:09:34,807 No, I had no idea. 293 00:09:34,832 --> 00:09:35,667 Will this be a problem? 294 00:09:35,692 --> 00:09:36,724 No, I don't think so. 295 00:09:36,749 --> 00:09:38,170 Everyone's attention will be on Gwyneth. 296 00:09:38,195 --> 00:09:39,394 What are you two whispering about? 297 00:09:39,419 --> 00:09:41,521 - Uh, nothing. - Nothing. 298 00:09:43,655 --> 00:09:46,255 Can I get a quote on tonight's event, Ms. Peters? 299 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,465 Sorry. Have we met? 300 00:09:48,490 --> 00:09:49,900 Colin McNichol. 301 00:09:49,926 --> 00:09:51,659 I did a piece on "The New Yorker"'s Page-Turner blog 302 00:09:51,684 --> 00:09:53,084 about what makes a book millennial. 303 00:09:53,109 --> 00:09:54,731 Right. 304 00:09:55,232 --> 00:09:57,730 You said my imprint had yet to prove itself. 305 00:09:57,755 --> 00:09:59,221 No, I said you had the potential 306 00:09:59,246 --> 00:10:00,652 to be a notable influencer. 307 00:10:00,677 --> 00:10:03,633 Well, then I will potentially consider thanking you. 308 00:10:03,961 --> 00:10:05,251 What's your next piece on, Colin? 309 00:10:05,276 --> 00:10:06,865 It's a "Talk of the Town." 310 00:10:06,890 --> 00:10:08,378 My first in the print magazine, actually. 311 00:10:08,403 --> 00:10:10,146 - That's a big step. - It is. 312 00:10:10,171 --> 00:10:11,870 You could make it even bigger 313 00:10:11,896 --> 00:10:14,164 if you unveiled the identity of Aubrey Alexis. 314 00:10:14,188 --> 00:10:15,548 [chuckles] 315 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:19,305 Points for being so direct, but I'm sworn to secrecy. 316 00:10:19,330 --> 00:10:20,682 You don't mind direct questions? 317 00:10:20,706 --> 00:10:21,705 I prefer them. 318 00:10:21,730 --> 00:10:22,602 What about secrets? 319 00:10:22,627 --> 00:10:24,019 It depends on what kind. 320 00:10:24,044 --> 00:10:25,975 Well, this club is brimming with them. 321 00:10:26,220 --> 00:10:28,602 If you'd like, I could show you one of my favorites. 322 00:10:28,627 --> 00:10:29,953 Hmm. 323 00:10:29,978 --> 00:10:31,245 ♪ ♪ 324 00:10:31,270 --> 00:10:34,144 That was the juiciest brisket I have ever eaten. 325 00:10:34,169 --> 00:10:35,182 Mm-hmm. 326 00:10:35,207 --> 00:10:36,825 Except for that one time in Tulum. 327 00:10:36,850 --> 00:10:37,621 Please don't. 328 00:10:37,646 --> 00:10:39,980 I'll email you the recipe. [laughs] 329 00:10:40,005 --> 00:10:42,128 We should host every Sapphic Shabbat here. 330 00:10:42,153 --> 00:10:42,615 [all gasp] 331 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:43,239 Right? 332 00:10:43,265 --> 00:10:46,239 Let's make a toast to our Sabbath queen. 333 00:10:46,264 --> 00:10:46,926 Yes. 334 00:10:46,951 --> 00:10:48,076 Alll: Maggie! 335 00:10:48,101 --> 00:10:49,154 [all cheering] 336 00:10:49,179 --> 00:10:50,694 Oh, Maggie, 337 00:10:50,719 --> 00:10:53,605 you should to come to our self-renewal retreat at Kripalu. 338 00:10:53,630 --> 00:10:54,535 Yes! 339 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:56,248 What are you doing for the High Holidays? 340 00:10:56,274 --> 00:10:58,313 We have the most amazing Cantor. 341 00:10:58,337 --> 00:10:59,737 [whispering] She's family. 342 00:10:59,762 --> 00:11:01,676 Oh, and you have to sit with us at the Rainbow Jews Gala. 343 00:11:01,701 --> 00:11:04,166 And don't... don't forget my baby-naming party! 344 00:11:04,191 --> 00:11:05,520 Oh, you can name the baby. 345 00:11:05,545 --> 00:11:07,093 - Are you okay? - Where are you going? 346 00:11:07,119 --> 00:11:09,259 Uh, yeah, yeah. I just... too much Kosher wine. 347 00:11:09,283 --> 00:11:10,473 Excuse me. 348 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:16,724 ♪ ♪ 349 00:11:26,762 --> 00:11:27,945 [knocking on door] 350 00:11:27,970 --> 00:11:29,061 Mm. 351 00:11:29,086 --> 00:11:30,864 Hold on! I'm just... 352 00:11:31,305 --> 00:11:34,355 I feel like this little guy's doing just donkey kicks... ugh... 353 00:11:34,380 --> 00:11:35,698 On my bladder. 354 00:11:35,724 --> 00:11:37,889 [sighs] Oh, wow. 355 00:11:37,914 --> 00:11:41,141 This bathroom is just as funky as the rest of your apartment. 356 00:11:41,166 --> 00:11:43,236 - I like your vibe, Maggie. - Isn't it great? 357 00:11:43,276 --> 00:11:44,863 Hey, did you make that one, babe? 358 00:11:44,888 --> 00:11:47,139 - Oh, is that you? - Uh, no, no. 359 00:11:47,164 --> 00:11:48,660 I got that one at a flea market in Greece. 360 00:11:48,686 --> 00:11:49,935 When did you go to Greece? 361 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,601 Why don't I tell you in the kitchen. 362 00:11:51,626 --> 00:11:53,100 I'm gonna go pour some more wine. 363 00:11:53,125 --> 00:11:55,436 - Any... anyone? - Yes! 364 00:11:55,461 --> 00:11:56,464 Kidding. 365 00:11:56,489 --> 00:12:02,300 ♪ ♪ 366 00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:04,985 Where are you taking me? 367 00:12:05,010 --> 00:12:06,510 You'll see. 368 00:12:06,535 --> 00:12:08,440 [chuckles] 369 00:12:08,883 --> 00:12:12,083 ♪ I saw the sun opened up ♪ 370 00:12:12,108 --> 00:12:13,538 [elevator bell dings] 371 00:12:13,563 --> 00:12:15,567 Here we are. 372 00:12:16,767 --> 00:12:18,550 What is this place? 373 00:12:18,575 --> 00:12:21,549 This is where they house all their secret archival treasures. 374 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:22,372 [laughs] 375 00:12:22,397 --> 00:12:23,729 And how do you have a key? 376 00:12:23,754 --> 00:12:25,428 I'm doing research for a piece. 377 00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:26,659 Oh. 378 00:12:26,683 --> 00:12:29,124 This is the last love letter that Keats wrote 379 00:12:29,149 --> 00:12:31,683 to Fanny Brawne before he died at the age of 25. 380 00:12:31,708 --> 00:12:33,121 Wow. 381 00:12:33,146 --> 00:12:35,315 "How I applied this to you, my dear; 382 00:12:35,340 --> 00:12:37,374 "how I palpated it... 383 00:12:37,677 --> 00:12:41,307 "how the certainty that you were in the same world with myself, 384 00:12:41,332 --> 00:12:44,810 and though as beautiful, not so talismanic." 385 00:12:44,835 --> 00:12:46,852 "Not so talismanic"? 386 00:12:46,877 --> 00:12:48,535 He's saying she had magical powers 387 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:50,036 that turned men melancholy. 388 00:12:50,061 --> 00:12:51,060 Oh. 389 00:12:51,085 --> 00:12:53,035 - Sounds like me. - Oh. 390 00:12:53,068 --> 00:12:57,326 Well, I think you turn men far from melancholic. 391 00:12:58,215 --> 00:13:00,190 [phone buzzing] 392 00:13:00,216 --> 00:13:01,883 ♪ ♪ 393 00:13:02,177 --> 00:13:04,120 Oh, no. Oh, God. 394 00:13:04,145 --> 00:13:05,265 I... I got to go. 395 00:13:05,290 --> 00:13:06,710 Come and find me later. 396 00:13:06,735 --> 00:13:08,902 ♪ ♪ 397 00:13:08,927 --> 00:13:10,493 Gwyneth had a what? 398 00:13:10,518 --> 00:13:12,682 A vagina-steaming incident. 399 00:13:12,707 --> 00:13:15,639 No, I heard you. I just wish I could un-hear it. 400 00:13:15,664 --> 00:13:16,820 Why would she steam it? 401 00:13:16,844 --> 00:13:19,388 The vagina is already self-cleaning. 402 00:13:19,492 --> 00:13:21,349 Is it too late to find a substitute? 403 00:13:21,374 --> 00:13:22,263 I'm already on it. 404 00:13:22,288 --> 00:13:23,319 No, no, no, no! 405 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:25,105 Enough with everyone claiming credit. 406 00:13:25,130 --> 00:13:25,887 I want to read it. 407 00:13:25,912 --> 00:13:28,486 I want to come out as the real Aubrey Alexis 408 00:13:28,511 --> 00:13:29,510 once and for all. 409 00:13:29,617 --> 00:13:30,514 Edward... 410 00:13:30,539 --> 00:13:32,537 Don't try and talk me out of this, Charles. 411 00:13:32,562 --> 00:13:34,447 - [gasps] - Easy, easy, easy, easy. 412 00:13:34,472 --> 00:13:36,660 Wait, Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward. 413 00:13:36,685 --> 00:13:38,320 I understand your frustration. 414 00:13:38,345 --> 00:13:39,330 I really do. 415 00:13:39,355 --> 00:13:42,229 It's... it's difficult to keep a secret. 416 00:13:42,254 --> 00:13:45,522 Especially when you pretend to be someone else in order 417 00:13:45,547 --> 00:13:47,638 to be taken seriously in your profession. 418 00:13:47,663 --> 00:13:48,982 But your book... 419 00:13:49,391 --> 00:13:54,094 Your book has helped so many young women unlock their desire 420 00:13:54,119 --> 00:13:58,166 and discover their bodies and enact their sexual freedom. 421 00:13:58,191 --> 00:13:59,791 And what's more important? 422 00:13:59,816 --> 00:14:03,694 Exposing the truth or allowing your readers 423 00:14:03,719 --> 00:14:07,644 to enjoy the collective fantasy that Aubrey Alexis is the voice 424 00:14:07,669 --> 00:14:09,342 of women everywhere? 425 00:14:09,367 --> 00:14:12,605 Then you should read it, Princess Pam Pam. 426 00:14:12,630 --> 00:14:13,509 Wait, what? 427 00:14:13,535 --> 00:14:15,469 I want you to read for Aubrey Alexis. 428 00:14:15,494 --> 00:14:17,371 Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I... I can't. 429 00:14:17,396 --> 00:14:19,636 I... I'm not good at... I don't public speaking. 430 00:14:19,661 --> 00:14:23,123 Either Pam Pam reads or I will. 431 00:14:23,148 --> 00:14:25,604 [quirky music] 432 00:14:25,629 --> 00:14:27,843 ♪ ♪ 433 00:14:29,067 --> 00:14:32,028 Now we will end with our newest author. 434 00:14:32,053 --> 00:14:37,153 Though we can't say who she is, "Me, Myself, and O" has awakened 435 00:14:37,178 --> 00:14:40,218 a new generation of young women. 436 00:14:40,243 --> 00:14:43,044 Please welcome Gwyneth Pal... 437 00:14:43,220 --> 00:14:48,800 Nope, Liza Miller, reading for the enigmatic sensation, 438 00:14:48,825 --> 00:14:50,792 Aubrey Alexis. 439 00:14:50,817 --> 00:14:53,651 [applause] 440 00:14:58,176 --> 00:15:00,310 [electronic feedback] 441 00:15:00,335 --> 00:15:01,824 [quirky music] 442 00:15:01,849 --> 00:15:04,130 "I lay on the bed quivering, 443 00:15:04,155 --> 00:15:08,120 "my hands lingering over my panties. 444 00:15:08,145 --> 00:15:12,129 "I could feel my woman pulse throbbing through the lace. 445 00:15:12,889 --> 00:15:15,495 "And as I slid my fingers inside... 446 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,905 "towards the place no man could ever fully penetrate, 447 00:15:20,114 --> 00:15:23,717 I felt my flower begin to blossom"... 448 00:15:23,742 --> 00:15:25,118 Both: "To release." 449 00:15:25,143 --> 00:15:26,910 "To burst open. 450 00:15:26,935 --> 00:15:28,953 To explode." 451 00:15:29,248 --> 00:15:31,913 I am Aubrey Alexis! 452 00:15:31,938 --> 00:15:34,304 I am Aubrey Alexis! 453 00:15:34,340 --> 00:15:35,721 Yes! 454 00:15:35,746 --> 00:15:38,153 I am Aubrey Alexis! 455 00:15:38,183 --> 00:15:40,537 [laughing] 456 00:15:40,562 --> 00:15:42,000 I am Aubrey Alexis! 457 00:15:42,025 --> 00:15:43,136 No. 458 00:15:43,161 --> 00:15:44,920 I am Aubrey Alexis. 459 00:15:44,945 --> 00:15:46,952 I am Aubrey Alexis! 460 00:15:46,977 --> 00:15:48,416 All: I am Aubrey Alexis. 461 00:15:48,441 --> 00:15:49,322 No! 462 00:15:49,347 --> 00:15:51,147 All: I am Aubrey Alexis! 463 00:15:51,172 --> 00:15:51,953 No! 464 00:15:51,978 --> 00:15:53,515 All: I am Aubrey Alexis! 465 00:15:53,540 --> 00:15:56,120 I am Aubrey Alexis! 466 00:15:56,145 --> 00:15:58,463 ♪ ♪ 467 00:16:00,473 --> 00:16:03,264 My friends loved you. 468 00:16:03,289 --> 00:16:05,791 Yeah, and I... I really liked them. 469 00:16:06,307 --> 00:16:07,823 But, um... 470 00:16:07,848 --> 00:16:10,200 you know, I just don't think I can do this. 471 00:16:10,225 --> 00:16:11,552 Do what? 472 00:16:11,577 --> 00:16:13,760 This. Us. 473 00:16:13,785 --> 00:16:17,080 Them. I... I don't understand. 474 00:16:17,105 --> 00:16:18,334 You know, Malkie, I realized tonight 475 00:16:18,359 --> 00:16:19,413 that I don't know if I'm ready for, like, 476 00:16:19,438 --> 00:16:21,521 a real relationship and all it comes with. 477 00:16:21,546 --> 00:16:23,620 The new food, the new friends. 478 00:16:23,645 --> 00:16:25,078 I mean, they booked up my weekends 479 00:16:25,103 --> 00:16:26,394 for, like, the next three years. 480 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:27,802 I know they can be a lot. 481 00:16:27,827 --> 00:16:29,511 No, that's the thing. It's not them. 482 00:16:29,536 --> 00:16:33,186 It's just that I don't fly in a lesbian flock. 483 00:16:33,211 --> 00:16:34,889 I'm more of a lone owl. 484 00:16:34,946 --> 00:16:37,013 Well, I... I wouldn't want you to pretend 485 00:16:37,038 --> 00:16:38,434 to be someone you're not. 486 00:16:38,459 --> 00:16:40,003 [sighs] 487 00:16:40,228 --> 00:16:41,561 So what now? 488 00:16:41,586 --> 00:16:45,055 Well, we always have our tomato patch. 489 00:16:45,891 --> 00:16:48,064 Come here. 490 00:16:51,493 --> 00:16:53,224 Was it the bathroom? 491 00:16:53,306 --> 00:16:54,966 That didn't help. 492 00:16:54,991 --> 00:16:55,944 [chuckles] 493 00:16:55,969 --> 00:16:56,792 Got to be honest. 494 00:16:56,817 --> 00:16:59,773 [upbeat music] 495 00:17:00,526 --> 00:17:03,672 Liza, thank you for stepping in 496 00:17:03,697 --> 00:17:05,703 and being so game tonight. 497 00:17:06,189 --> 00:17:09,136 If it means keeping L.L. Moore in the Empirical family, 498 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:10,194 it was worth it. 499 00:17:10,219 --> 00:17:12,796 We, uh, we are a family. 500 00:17:12,821 --> 00:17:16,751 A dysfunctional one sometimes, but... 501 00:17:16,776 --> 00:17:18,480 All the best families are. 502 00:17:18,505 --> 00:17:20,470 Oh, you two again. 503 00:17:20,906 --> 00:17:22,960 Hope you don't mind that I'm taking him home. 504 00:17:22,985 --> 00:17:24,141 What? Me? 505 00:17:24,166 --> 00:17:26,265 No, no, he's yours to take. 506 00:17:26,450 --> 00:17:28,304 It was, uh, it was good to see you again. 507 00:17:28,329 --> 00:17:30,096 Always a pleasure. 508 00:17:32,086 --> 00:17:35,254 [light instrumental music] 509 00:17:35,566 --> 00:17:36,927 ♪ ♪ 510 00:17:37,352 --> 00:17:39,624 Hey. Who you looking for? 511 00:17:39,649 --> 00:17:41,083 Well, I met someone tonight. 512 00:17:41,107 --> 00:17:42,919 This cute "New Yorker" writer. 513 00:17:42,945 --> 00:17:44,663 - They make those? - I know. 514 00:17:44,688 --> 00:17:45,865 Like, a rare breed. 515 00:17:45,890 --> 00:17:47,296 I'm pretty sure he was flirting with me, 516 00:17:47,321 --> 00:17:49,295 but then he never asked me for my number. 517 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,983 - Hm. - [sighs] 518 00:17:51,008 --> 00:17:52,080 I'm already sick of being single. 519 00:17:52,105 --> 00:17:53,488 It gets better. 520 00:17:53,513 --> 00:17:56,183 That's what they say to kids who are severely bullied. 521 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:57,176 ♪ ♪ 522 00:17:57,201 --> 00:17:58,601 Come on. 523 00:17:58,626 --> 00:18:02,828 ♪ ♪ 524 00:18:03,952 --> 00:18:05,521 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 525 00:18:05,546 --> 00:18:07,833 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 526 00:18:07,858 --> 00:18:10,268 Imagine my surprise when I opened my "New Yorker" 527 00:18:10,293 --> 00:18:12,272 this morning... A ritual I enjoy every Monday... 528 00:18:12,297 --> 00:18:13,603 And I saw your name. 529 00:18:13,776 --> 00:18:14,909 Me? 530 00:18:14,934 --> 00:18:16,692 Your self-obsessed millennial antics 531 00:18:16,717 --> 00:18:19,753 are splashed all over my "Talk of the Town." 532 00:18:25,132 --> 00:18:26,464 Oh, my God. Here it is. 533 00:18:26,489 --> 00:18:27,552 "I am Aubrey Alexis." 534 00:18:27,577 --> 00:18:29,624 "In a climactic moment, Kelsey Peters, 535 00:18:29,649 --> 00:18:32,731 "the talismanic beauty who runs Empirical's Millennial Press, 536 00:18:32,756 --> 00:18:35,734 led the 'I'm Spartacu" rallying cry." 537 00:18:35,759 --> 00:18:37,403 Talismanic beauty. 538 00:18:37,428 --> 00:18:39,274 Is this the cute "New Yorker" writer? 539 00:18:39,299 --> 00:18:40,413 - Yeah. - Ooh! 540 00:18:40,438 --> 00:18:42,433 And he's flirting with you in "The New Yorker"? 541 00:18:42,458 --> 00:18:44,877 Who needs texting when you have "Talk of the Town"? 542 00:18:44,902 --> 00:18:47,067 Scroll down. I want this guy's email. 543 00:18:47,092 --> 00:18:48,171 Uh-huh. 544 00:18:48,196 --> 00:18:49,423 [light instrumental music] 545 00:18:49,448 --> 00:18:50,908 _ 546 00:18:50,933 --> 00:18:52,876 ♪ ♪ 547 00:18:53,542 --> 00:18:54,774 [sighs] 548 00:18:54,879 --> 00:19:00,350 _ 549 00:19:00,803 --> 00:19:02,684 [computer dings] 550 00:19:02,709 --> 00:19:04,038 ♪ ♪ 551 00:19:05,418 --> 00:19:09,266 _ 552 00:19:14,672 --> 00:19:16,714 [knocking on door] 553 00:19:17,152 --> 00:19:19,196 - Hey. - Hi, hi, hi, hi. 554 00:19:19,221 --> 00:19:21,283 ♪ ♪ 555 00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:24,034 Oh, no. Not you too. 556 00:19:24,059 --> 00:19:25,138 What? Oh, yeah. 557 00:19:25,163 --> 00:19:26,122 Yeah. I read it. 558 00:19:26,148 --> 00:19:27,180 - [laughs] - It's good. 559 00:19:27,205 --> 00:19:29,387 It's so dirty, but... 560 00:19:30,006 --> 00:19:31,267 I... I liked it. 561 00:19:31,292 --> 00:19:32,874 Made me really think about you. 562 00:19:32,899 --> 00:19:34,539 - It did? - Yeah. 563 00:19:34,564 --> 00:19:37,522 This woman, she had to explore the world 564 00:19:37,547 --> 00:19:42,557 and bang a bunch of dudes to finally find her perfect O. 565 00:19:42,633 --> 00:19:45,734 See, I read it that she had it all along. 566 00:19:45,759 --> 00:19:47,361 She didn't need to go anywhere. 567 00:19:47,386 --> 00:19:48,553 No, she did. 568 00:19:48,578 --> 00:19:49,985 She did. 569 00:19:50,010 --> 00:19:53,304 I mean, she learned orgasmic meditation from Raul, 570 00:19:53,329 --> 00:19:55,779 and circular breathing from Karim, and... 571 00:19:55,804 --> 00:19:57,775 Wow, you really studied that book. 572 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,623 Yeah. [laughs] 573 00:19:59,648 --> 00:20:02,393 I don't know. I think experience is important. 574 00:20:03,044 --> 00:20:04,314 You know? 575 00:20:04,339 --> 00:20:09,030 I wouldn't want you to regret 576 00:20:09,055 --> 00:20:12,384 jumping into this relationship too soon after your marriage. 577 00:20:12,542 --> 00:20:14,202 I could never regret you. 578 00:20:14,227 --> 00:20:17,817 Maybe you haven't experienced enough to know that. 579 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,541 Which is why... 580 00:20:20,900 --> 00:20:22,390 I got you this. 581 00:20:22,415 --> 00:20:23,468 ♪ ♪ 582 00:20:23,493 --> 00:20:25,445 - A present? - Yes. 583 00:20:25,470 --> 00:20:26,797 Just open it. 584 00:20:26,822 --> 00:20:28,870 ♪ ♪ 585 00:20:31,865 --> 00:20:34,538 "Free pass for number four." 586 00:20:34,563 --> 00:20:36,095 You want me to sleep with someone else? 587 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:37,766 No. No. 588 00:20:37,892 --> 00:20:39,741 I want you 589 00:20:39,766 --> 00:20:43,834 to have the chance to explore, you know. 590 00:20:44,163 --> 00:20:48,203 But it's good for one night only, 591 00:20:48,228 --> 00:20:50,571 and I never want to hear about it. 592 00:20:50,662 --> 00:20:51,619 Ever. 593 00:20:51,644 --> 00:20:53,523 Ever, ever. 594 00:20:54,090 --> 00:20:58,166 Well, I don't plan on cashing this in anytime soon. 595 00:20:58,191 --> 00:20:59,619 Great. 596 00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:01,294 Unless... 597 00:21:01,319 --> 00:21:03,291 Oh. Yes? 598 00:21:03,316 --> 00:21:06,184 I pretend you're somebody else tonight. 599 00:21:06,209 --> 00:21:08,875 And who exactly would I be? 600 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:12,882 Oh, let's pretend that you're really the 40 year old 601 00:21:13,030 --> 00:21:14,953 and I'm really the 26 year old. 602 00:21:14,978 --> 00:21:18,049 Like, so some kind of, like, older man fantasy? 603 00:21:18,074 --> 00:21:20,763 Oh, no. Just a little age reversal. 604 00:21:20,924 --> 00:21:22,483 Yeah, I think I can roll with this. 605 00:21:22,508 --> 00:21:23,611 [laughs] 606 00:21:23,636 --> 00:21:25,482 I mean, I learned from the master, so... 607 00:21:25,507 --> 00:21:29,866 ♪ Soon we'll be on the way ♪ 608 00:21:30,366 --> 00:21:31,734 ♪ I need you ♪ 609 00:21:31,759 --> 00:21:33,298 ♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪ 610 00:21:33,323 --> 00:21:33,960 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪