1 00:00:30,948 --> 00:00:32,573 All right, the Big Picture. 2 00:00:32,658 --> 00:00:35,410 So, this is my favorite thing in the whole place. 3 00:00:36,578 --> 00:00:41,667 If you actually go to the observatory, they have this photo printed, huge, 4 00:00:41,750 --> 00:00:45,546 on this massive wall that's bigger than our auditorium. 5 00:00:45,629 --> 00:00:47,840 -Mandy. -So, this is the whole universe? 6 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:52,261 That's a great question. See, that's-- No. That's the crazy thing. 7 00:00:52,344 --> 00:00:54,805 This is just a really small slice of the universe. 8 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:56,974 So, if you hold up your finger… 9 00:00:57,057 --> 00:00:58,976 Hold 'em up. Yeah. Good. 10 00:00:59,685 --> 00:01:05,022 If you went out at night and you held your finger up to the sky like this, 11 00:01:05,107 --> 00:01:09,570 you'd probably only be covering up, like, one or two stars, right? 12 00:01:09,653 --> 00:01:13,866 But if you had a telescope, you would see all of this. 13 00:01:13,949 --> 00:01:17,327 All of these stars and galaxies, and everything in this photo, 14 00:01:17,411 --> 00:01:20,706 it's just one finger's worth of the universe. 15 00:01:22,165 --> 00:01:24,751 And that's all the time we have. 16 00:01:24,835 --> 00:01:27,045 Sorry. One more thing before we go. 17 00:01:27,129 --> 00:01:29,840 I do have to ask a question for the end-of-year survey I've been doing. 18 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:33,427 So, can you raise your hand if you'd like to do more astronomy? 19 00:01:34,595 --> 00:01:37,264 One, two, three, four. Nice. 20 00:01:37,347 --> 00:01:39,099 And raise your hand if not. 21 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:41,518 Ramon. Really? Why not? 22 00:01:42,227 --> 00:01:43,228 I don't know. 23 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:46,106 I guess it just makes me feel small. 24 00:01:49,276 --> 00:01:51,028 I get it. 25 00:01:53,405 --> 00:01:58,869 I guess now's also probably a good moment to ask just how everyone's feeling. 26 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:01,413 You know, being stuck at home and everything. 27 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:04,958 Anyone wanna share anything they're feeling? 28 00:02:08,503 --> 00:02:10,172 Okay, cool. 29 00:02:17,304 --> 00:02:18,931 So, where'd this girl come from? 30 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:22,059 Tinder, or… What's the other one? Bumble? 31 00:02:23,060 --> 00:02:24,728 Oh, shit. Was it Jdate? 32 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:26,355 -Was it actually Jdate? -No. 33 00:02:27,856 --> 00:02:29,316 Her mom works with my mom. 34 00:02:29,858 --> 00:02:32,110 -Oh, my God. Wow. -I know. It's really awful. 35 00:02:32,194 --> 00:02:34,404 I didn't want to do it, but my mom really wanted me to. 36 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:35,697 So I was like, "Okay." 37 00:02:35,781 --> 00:02:38,742 But then lockdown happened, so I thought I got out of it, 38 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:41,912 but then she brought it up again, and so now I have to do it on Zoom. 39 00:02:44,331 --> 00:02:45,958 -Is it boring? -No. 40 00:02:46,041 --> 00:02:48,168 'Cause I would be ecstatic to not talk about this. 41 00:02:48,252 --> 00:02:50,838 Oh, my God. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm just a little tired. 42 00:02:50,921 --> 00:02:53,131 -You look tired. -Fuck you. I don't look tired. 43 00:02:53,215 --> 00:02:56,760 -No. I'm saying, are you okay? -Nah, I've just been having bad dreams. 44 00:02:57,427 --> 00:02:58,595 Uh-huh. 45 00:03:00,222 --> 00:03:01,598 What happens in the dreams? 46 00:03:03,934 --> 00:03:05,894 Just a lot of people with no masks on. 47 00:03:05,978 --> 00:03:07,145 -Really? -For real. Yeah. 48 00:03:07,229 --> 00:03:09,773 -That is so weird. -How's that weird? It's pretty… 49 00:03:09,857 --> 00:03:11,692 'Cause my dreams don't make that much sense. 50 00:03:11,775 --> 00:03:13,068 I have those too. But these-- 51 00:03:13,151 --> 00:03:15,153 -These are fucking scary, man. -Yeah. 52 00:03:16,238 --> 00:03:18,448 I'm running and running, trying to get away from them. 53 00:03:18,532 --> 00:03:21,910 Like, "Get the fuck up off me. Why aren't you wearing a fucking mask?" Right? 54 00:03:21,994 --> 00:03:25,539 But wherever I go, there's somebody else there with no mask on, right? 55 00:03:25,622 --> 00:03:26,623 Yeah. 56 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:29,168 And then I don't wanna fall back asleep, 57 00:03:29,251 --> 00:03:30,711 'cause I'll just see them. 58 00:03:35,549 --> 00:03:36,550 Yeah. 59 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:39,595 This guy at work got it. 60 00:03:43,473 --> 00:03:44,766 He got it at work? 61 00:03:44,850 --> 00:03:47,269 No. A family party, I think. 62 00:03:47,352 --> 00:03:50,606 -He won't admit it, but I'm pretty sure. -Jesus Christ. 63 00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:53,650 Is he okay? 64 00:03:55,110 --> 00:03:56,195 I don't know, man. 65 00:03:56,904 --> 00:03:58,238 I haven't heard from him. 66 00:04:01,533 --> 00:04:02,534 You okay? 67 00:04:04,203 --> 00:04:06,205 Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. 68 00:04:06,914 --> 00:04:07,956 I'm good. 69 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,065 Do you play music? 70 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:38,070 Are you asking 'cause-- You s-- The-- 71 00:04:38,153 --> 00:04:39,738 -You saw the guitar. -Yeah. 72 00:04:39,821 --> 00:04:40,864 Sorry. 73 00:04:43,575 --> 00:04:46,078 That's really embarrassing. I was actually gonna move that. 74 00:04:46,161 --> 00:04:48,121 I opened up the Zoom 75 00:04:48,205 --> 00:04:50,457 and I saw it back there, and I was like-- 76 00:04:52,167 --> 00:04:54,795 I don't wanna come off as that guy that's like, "Look at me, I'm a musician 77 00:04:54,878 --> 00:04:56,922 'cause I have a guitar in the back of my Zoom." 78 00:04:57,005 --> 00:04:58,215 Like-- I-- Yeah. 79 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:00,342 I just thought if I moved it now, that'd be weird. 80 00:05:00,425 --> 00:05:02,553 It'd, like, draw more attention to it. So… 81 00:05:03,178 --> 00:05:05,597 Yeah. I didn't think you'd see that. Sorry. 82 00:05:05,681 --> 00:05:07,432 It's okay. We don't have to talk about your guitar. 83 00:05:07,516 --> 00:05:10,435 -It's fine. -No, it's fine. I don't-- It-- Yes. 84 00:05:10,519 --> 00:05:12,896 I am a musician. Kinda. 85 00:05:14,565 --> 00:05:16,108 What do you mean, "kind of"? 86 00:05:17,693 --> 00:05:19,027 Good question. What do I mean? 87 00:05:19,111 --> 00:05:21,363 I guess I don't do it professionally? 88 00:05:22,573 --> 00:05:24,700 Well, yeah. Yeah, I know that. 89 00:05:24,783 --> 00:05:26,618 That's a good thing. Don't worry. 90 00:05:26,702 --> 00:05:28,120 Wait. How do you know that? 91 00:05:28,203 --> 00:05:30,205 -You're a teacher, right? -Yeah. 92 00:05:30,289 --> 00:05:34,793 Yeah. Well, I wouldn't have agreed to go on a date with an actual musician. So… 93 00:05:34,877 --> 00:05:35,919 An actual musician? 94 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:41,758 I'm sorry. I meant to say a professional 95 00:05:41,842 --> 00:05:44,887 or, you know, someone in the business. Industry. 96 00:05:44,970 --> 00:05:47,890 Right. Well, then I'm your guy. 97 00:05:50,267 --> 00:05:52,477 I didn't mean to say you're not an actual musician. 98 00:05:52,561 --> 00:05:54,813 -Don't worry. It's fine. Don't worry. -I apologize. 99 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:00,277 -Are you in a band or… -You don't have to ask me about it. 100 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,779 -We don't have to talk about it. -No, I'd really like to know. 101 00:06:03,614 --> 00:06:04,615 Tell me. 102 00:06:05,949 --> 00:06:09,161 Okay. No, I'm not in a band. 103 00:06:10,787 --> 00:06:15,083 But there's a lot you can just do by yourself, I guess. 104 00:06:15,167 --> 00:06:17,503 With overdubbing and everything. 105 00:06:17,586 --> 00:06:19,588 Okay. What's overdubbing? 106 00:06:20,631 --> 00:06:22,341 That's, like, just when you record, 107 00:06:22,424 --> 00:06:25,385 if you play a bunch of different parts and put 'em together. 108 00:06:26,637 --> 00:06:29,723 Got it. So you're making an album? 109 00:06:29,806 --> 00:06:30,849 No. 110 00:06:32,684 --> 00:06:36,104 I mean, what's an album anymore, right? 111 00:06:36,188 --> 00:06:37,231 I don't know. 112 00:06:37,314 --> 00:06:39,691 Yeah. I'm making a… 113 00:06:40,859 --> 00:06:43,654 I don't know what I'm making. I'm making something. It's gonna be great. 114 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:47,741 It's almost done, actually. Just needs drums and… Yeah. 115 00:06:47,824 --> 00:06:49,409 -Sounds cool. -Thanks. 116 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,246 So, when are you gonna do the drums? 117 00:06:52,329 --> 00:06:54,665 Drums are hard. Drums-- It's like-- 118 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:58,710 Recording a real drum set's the only thing you still can't do in a bedroom, you know? 119 00:06:58,794 --> 00:07:01,171 You can use fake drums, and that's what everybody does, 120 00:07:01,255 --> 00:07:02,589 but it's not the same. 121 00:07:02,673 --> 00:07:03,674 So… 122 00:07:05,050 --> 00:07:06,552 -Uh-huh. -Yeah. 123 00:07:07,177 --> 00:07:09,388 Okay. So, how are you gonna finish your song? 124 00:07:13,392 --> 00:07:14,393 Why? 125 00:07:15,894 --> 00:07:16,979 I-- 126 00:07:17,855 --> 00:07:19,273 I just like finishing things. 127 00:07:21,483 --> 00:07:24,278 Look, I don't know anything about music. So… 128 00:07:25,028 --> 00:07:26,738 Everyone knows something about music, right? 129 00:07:26,822 --> 00:07:28,198 Not me. 130 00:07:28,282 --> 00:07:29,992 What, you never listen to music? 131 00:07:30,075 --> 00:07:31,493 No, I do. I like music. 132 00:07:31,577 --> 00:07:34,037 I just don't know anything about music. 133 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:36,832 What's the last song you listened to? 134 00:07:36,915 --> 00:07:38,375 I wouldn't know that. 135 00:07:39,334 --> 00:07:41,336 Okay. What's one song you like right now? 136 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:43,964 Definitely no idea. 137 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:50,846 Okay. What's one CD you remember having when you were a kid? 138 00:07:52,681 --> 00:07:54,391 I didn't own any CDs. 139 00:07:55,517 --> 00:07:57,019 Uh-huh. 140 00:07:57,102 --> 00:07:59,646 They were really expensive. I remember that. 141 00:07:59,730 --> 00:08:00,731 Very expensive. Sure. 142 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:04,610 That was all my money. Like, everything I had, I spent on CDs. 143 00:08:04,693 --> 00:08:06,445 'Cause back then, you know, 144 00:08:06,528 --> 00:08:09,907 that was really the only way you could listen to music. 145 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:12,367 Like if you wanted to hear anything specific. 146 00:08:12,451 --> 00:08:14,745 Otherwise, just the radio. 147 00:08:15,787 --> 00:08:17,915 -I only listen to the radio. -Oof. 148 00:08:19,041 --> 00:08:20,542 Oof? What's wrong with the radio? 149 00:08:23,712 --> 00:08:25,964 You know what? Nothing. 150 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:29,551 Okay. 151 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:33,096 What? 152 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:36,140 No. I just… 153 00:08:38,477 --> 00:08:40,145 I think you're onto something. 154 00:08:41,980 --> 00:08:43,565 So, where'd you grow up? 155 00:08:43,649 --> 00:08:45,108 I grew up here. 156 00:08:45,192 --> 00:08:46,610 -Yeah? Where? -LA. 157 00:08:47,319 --> 00:08:48,904 No, I know. Like, where? 158 00:08:49,613 --> 00:08:50,697 The Valley. 159 00:08:50,781 --> 00:08:51,782 Me too. 160 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:53,325 -Really? Where? -Van Nuys. 161 00:08:54,576 --> 00:08:57,287 Funny. My parents still live on Ranchito. 162 00:08:57,913 --> 00:08:58,914 Wow. 163 00:09:00,207 --> 00:09:03,126 We must've, like, played in a park together or something. 164 00:09:03,919 --> 00:09:06,046 We never went to parks. My mom hated parks. 165 00:09:06,588 --> 00:09:08,090 How do you hate a park? 166 00:09:08,590 --> 00:09:10,342 Well, it's more the playgrounds. You know? 167 00:09:10,425 --> 00:09:14,429 She despises sand, among other things. 168 00:09:14,513 --> 00:09:17,099 -She sounds charming. -Hey. Be nice. 169 00:09:17,182 --> 00:09:19,309 Okay. Sorry, sorry. 170 00:09:20,185 --> 00:09:21,311 Do you wanna see her? 171 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:22,980 Yeah. 172 00:09:23,063 --> 00:09:25,148 She introduced us. I should thank her. 173 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:29,403 Here she is. 174 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,697 -That's your mom and dad? -Yeah. 175 00:09:33,407 --> 00:09:34,700 -That's really sweet. -Thanks. 176 00:09:34,783 --> 00:09:38,161 I love it when people aren't smiling in pictures. 177 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:39,663 Really? Why is that? 178 00:09:41,248 --> 00:09:42,583 It just feels honest, I guess. 179 00:09:42,666 --> 00:09:46,295 Like, I never feel like smiling when someone's pointing a camera at me. 180 00:09:47,462 --> 00:09:49,715 Yeah. Well, they don't really smile ever. 181 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:52,759 -You know? Not just in pictures. -That can't be true. 182 00:09:52,843 --> 00:09:54,136 Yeah, it kind of is. 183 00:09:56,013 --> 00:09:57,264 What do you mean, "kind of"? 184 00:09:59,641 --> 00:10:02,436 You know, they had a really hard life. Really different from us. 185 00:10:02,519 --> 00:10:05,606 And where they came from, at the time, it was really bad. 186 00:10:05,689 --> 00:10:08,817 And, you know, they came here with nothing and figured it out. 187 00:10:09,401 --> 00:10:11,445 Yeah. That's kinda like my great-grandparents. 188 00:10:11,528 --> 00:10:12,654 On my mom's side, anyway. 189 00:10:12,738 --> 00:10:14,907 I only have one picture of my great-grandfather, 190 00:10:14,990 --> 00:10:17,451 and he is not smiling in it at all. 191 00:10:18,452 --> 00:10:20,454 -Where is he from? -Russia. 192 00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:21,955 Russia. 193 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:24,124 -Yeah. Where are your parents from? -Korea. 194 00:10:25,459 --> 00:10:27,377 Bunch of my students are first-generation. 195 00:10:27,461 --> 00:10:31,381 Like, their parents came over, I guess. Like yours did. 196 00:10:31,465 --> 00:10:34,009 It's… It's a thing. 197 00:10:35,052 --> 00:10:36,220 What do you mean? 198 00:10:36,303 --> 00:10:40,390 No, I mean, each one of them's different, but-- 199 00:10:40,474 --> 00:10:43,810 Yeah, like, there's this one kid, and she's-- 200 00:10:43,894 --> 00:10:46,480 Well, she's from here, but her parents are from Iran. 201 00:10:47,064 --> 00:10:49,733 And some of the stuff she talks about and writes about 202 00:10:49,816 --> 00:10:53,487 is so different from anything I was thinking about when I was ten. 203 00:10:54,363 --> 00:10:55,989 You know? Like she… 204 00:10:56,698 --> 00:10:59,618 Like, she always used to go back there every summer. 205 00:10:59,701 --> 00:11:02,037 But then a couple of years ago she had to stop going, 206 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,791 'cause I guess they're, you know, scared of our government. 207 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:08,961 And it's an awful thing. 208 00:11:09,044 --> 00:11:11,213 And I feel really bad for her, 209 00:11:11,296 --> 00:11:15,384 but I do think that in a way, it's making her stronger. 210 00:11:15,467 --> 00:11:21,974 Like, she is so aware and sharp and passionate. 211 00:11:22,057 --> 00:11:24,393 And she's gonna grow up and kick ass. I'm telling you. 212 00:11:24,476 --> 00:11:27,688 Like, I would bet on that girl. I'd bet. 213 00:11:30,399 --> 00:11:32,359 -What's her name? -Nicki. 214 00:11:34,152 --> 00:11:35,153 Nicki. 215 00:11:39,116 --> 00:11:40,409 Are you hungry? 216 00:11:42,286 --> 00:11:43,287 Yeah. 217 00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:46,248 -Sure. -Me too. 218 00:11:47,249 --> 00:11:50,043 He goes, "It just makes me feel small." 219 00:11:50,878 --> 00:11:53,297 -Oh, my God. -I know. I just love him. 220 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:57,050 He's such this heartfelt, thoughtful guy. 221 00:11:58,802 --> 00:12:00,679 Does the universe make you feel small? 222 00:12:01,180 --> 00:12:02,806 Yeah. Doesn't it for you? 223 00:12:04,474 --> 00:12:08,187 Well, that's not the main thing I feel when I look at that picture. 224 00:12:09,396 --> 00:12:10,647 You know the Big Picture? 225 00:12:11,565 --> 00:12:12,983 Yeah, dude. I grew up here. 226 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:15,777 -I've been to the Griffith Observatory. -Yeah. Right, right. Right. 227 00:12:15,861 --> 00:12:18,071 -I love the Big Picture. -So do I. 228 00:12:18,780 --> 00:12:20,616 But you just said it makes you feel small. 229 00:12:20,699 --> 00:12:21,700 It does. 230 00:12:22,492 --> 00:12:23,785 Right. 231 00:12:23,869 --> 00:12:27,372 Yeah, but for me, it's more like, "I can't believe I get to be human." 232 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:32,586 You know? With a body and a brain and hands and eyes. 233 00:12:32,669 --> 00:12:34,796 And I can see things and do things. 234 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,091 Like, I get to be this crazy, complicated machine 235 00:12:38,175 --> 00:12:42,846 because, what, out of all the empty space and specks of dust and gas, 236 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:46,058 there's this one little rock where the conditions are just right? 237 00:12:46,141 --> 00:12:47,601 And it has warm water, 238 00:12:47,684 --> 00:12:50,103 so particles in the ocean can bump into each other 239 00:12:50,187 --> 00:12:53,357 over and over and over again for, like, billions of years 240 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,692 until they start sticking together and reproducing. 241 00:12:55,776 --> 00:12:59,029 And that evolved into me? 242 00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:03,951 And now I get to sit here and eat delicious vegetable curry 243 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:05,410 and talk to you over Zoom. 244 00:13:06,036 --> 00:13:07,329 I mean, what? 245 00:13:08,205 --> 00:13:10,457 That is the opposite of small. 246 00:13:10,541 --> 00:13:13,460 You know? Everything else is so small. How did I get to be this big? 247 00:13:14,628 --> 00:13:16,046 Wow. 248 00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:18,924 Yeah. Big is something I never feel. 249 00:13:19,716 --> 00:13:23,470 -But you know what I'm saying. -Yeah. It's a miracle. 250 00:13:25,097 --> 00:13:27,766 No. It's not a miracle. 251 00:13:27,850 --> 00:13:30,310 That's what's so cool about it. It really happened. 252 00:13:30,394 --> 00:13:31,979 You know? Miracles are fake. 253 00:13:33,105 --> 00:13:34,106 Not necessarily. 254 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:38,777 -That is the definition of a miracle. -No, it's not. 255 00:13:39,778 --> 00:13:42,114 Okay. Define "miracle." 256 00:13:45,784 --> 00:13:46,994 Okay. 257 00:13:47,077 --> 00:13:50,706 A miracle is something you can't explain. 258 00:13:51,665 --> 00:13:54,001 Right. But we can explain this. You know? 259 00:13:54,084 --> 00:13:57,296 It's not some story that somebody made up. It's science. 260 00:13:57,379 --> 00:13:59,548 -Science is made of stories. -Careful. 261 00:14:00,048 --> 00:14:01,049 What? 262 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:03,886 -Don't be anti-science. -I'm not. 263 00:14:04,928 --> 00:14:06,430 Well, it sounds like you are. 264 00:14:07,014 --> 00:14:09,725 You just said that science is made up of stories. 265 00:14:09,808 --> 00:14:13,770 But stories is the opposite of science. 266 00:14:13,854 --> 00:14:15,814 Stories is what gets us into so much trouble. 267 00:14:15,898 --> 00:14:19,651 Okay, wait. Science, at least how I understand it, 268 00:14:19,735 --> 00:14:24,031 is people trying to figure out what's really going on, right? 269 00:14:24,114 --> 00:14:28,285 But one of the coolest things about scientists is they're humble enough 270 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:35,167 to admit that they can never really know anything for sure, like 100% absolutely. 271 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:37,294 So, you know, they do their best. 272 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,880 They look around. They gather evidence. 273 00:14:39,963 --> 00:14:43,550 And they try to make sense of it all by telling a story. 274 00:14:43,634 --> 00:14:45,469 And that story is called a hypothesis. 275 00:14:46,053 --> 00:14:50,182 And then they test their hypothesis by gathering more evidence. 276 00:14:50,265 --> 00:14:54,019 And sometimes they're wrong, and they have to change their story. 277 00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:56,563 Sometimes they're right, and they get to keep their story 278 00:14:56,647 --> 00:15:00,817 until they find some new evidence that proves their old story wrong, 279 00:15:00,901 --> 00:15:02,903 and then they have to come up with a new story. 280 00:15:06,448 --> 00:15:08,200 Is that what you tell your students? 281 00:15:09,993 --> 00:15:11,245 Yes. 282 00:15:11,328 --> 00:15:14,289 Yes, it is. That's kinda my spiel. 283 00:15:15,624 --> 00:15:16,667 I like it. 284 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:17,751 You do? 285 00:15:19,253 --> 00:15:20,337 Well, thanks. 286 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:24,132 But you still shouldn't tell them that science is made up of stories. 287 00:15:24,216 --> 00:15:26,343 They're just gonna think that it's all made up. 288 00:15:27,135 --> 00:15:28,804 Okay. What should I tell them? 289 00:15:33,267 --> 00:15:35,394 I could say it's made up of true stories. 290 00:15:36,061 --> 00:15:37,062 Okay. 291 00:15:37,813 --> 00:15:39,857 Stories that get more and more true. 292 00:15:40,566 --> 00:15:41,567 Great. 293 00:15:43,026 --> 00:15:44,194 Cool. 294 00:15:44,278 --> 00:15:45,988 That's what I'm gonna tell 'em from now on. 295 00:15:46,071 --> 00:15:48,782 -Great. That sounds good to me. -All right. If it's good with you. 296 00:15:48,866 --> 00:15:51,159 It is. It is. 297 00:15:51,243 --> 00:15:52,452 All right. 298 00:15:52,536 --> 00:15:53,537 Really? 299 00:15:54,204 --> 00:15:55,205 Yeah. 300 00:15:56,623 --> 00:15:58,041 It doesn't seem like you. 301 00:15:59,001 --> 00:16:01,628 Well, it's not anymore. But it definitely was. 302 00:16:01,712 --> 00:16:03,338 Severe depression? 303 00:16:05,299 --> 00:16:06,425 What's the "severe" mean? 304 00:16:08,302 --> 00:16:11,013 It means it was severe. 305 00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:15,309 I wonder if my anxiety is severe. 306 00:16:16,351 --> 00:16:17,352 You have anxiety? 307 00:16:17,978 --> 00:16:19,229 Yeah. I think so. 308 00:16:20,981 --> 00:16:24,276 Well, you would know if it were severe. 309 00:16:26,236 --> 00:16:27,613 It feels pretty bad. 310 00:16:28,780 --> 00:16:30,365 That's not really severe. 311 00:16:30,449 --> 00:16:32,326 No. Like, I had to miss work one day. 312 00:16:34,328 --> 00:16:35,954 I had to miss work for seven weeks. 313 00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:40,792 What? 314 00:16:40,876 --> 00:16:42,836 No, no. No. It-- I just-- 315 00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:47,257 I would've thought what I had was severe. 316 00:16:53,889 --> 00:16:55,557 Are we gonna turn off the lights? 317 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:58,101 Sure. 318 00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:07,694 Now I can't see you. 319 00:17:09,154 --> 00:17:10,696 That's all right. 320 00:17:10,781 --> 00:17:12,991 Remember back when people used to just talk on the phone 321 00:17:13,075 --> 00:17:14,785 without seeing each other on video? 322 00:17:15,285 --> 00:17:18,622 Oh, yeah. Like way back in February. 323 00:17:24,586 --> 00:17:25,963 I can still hear you breathing. 324 00:17:29,341 --> 00:17:31,009 This is like being 14. 325 00:17:31,969 --> 00:17:33,178 What do you mean? 326 00:17:34,513 --> 00:17:36,557 You know, like with boys back then. 327 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:40,394 We would just talk on the phone for hours and hours. 328 00:17:40,978 --> 00:17:43,272 Well, right. Yeah. Because nobody could drive. 329 00:17:43,355 --> 00:17:45,190 So there's no way to be together in person. 330 00:17:45,274 --> 00:17:48,068 Yeah. Like, I had this one boyfriend. 331 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:50,696 I guess you can call him that. 332 00:17:50,779 --> 00:17:53,115 That's what I called him at the time, "my boyfriend," 333 00:17:53,198 --> 00:17:55,826 but we, like, never saw each other in person. 334 00:17:56,952 --> 00:17:58,662 It all happened over the phone. 335 00:17:59,788 --> 00:18:01,164 What all happened? 336 00:18:02,791 --> 00:18:07,004 -Oh, it all happened. -What? 337 00:18:08,672 --> 00:18:12,551 You know. Just, I would tell him what I was gonna do to him. 338 00:18:13,343 --> 00:18:15,762 Uh-huh. What would you say? 339 00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:17,514 I'm not telling you. 340 00:18:17,598 --> 00:18:19,808 -Why not? -Because. 341 00:18:19,892 --> 00:18:20,893 Okay. 342 00:18:22,728 --> 00:18:25,564 Did you ever do the things you said you were gonna do to him? 343 00:18:26,398 --> 00:18:27,941 -No. -No? 344 00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:31,195 Yeah, no. It just wasn't the same in person. 345 00:18:32,362 --> 00:18:35,282 You know? There was just something about being on the phone. 346 00:18:36,783 --> 00:18:39,536 So maybe it's a good thing our first date was on a computer. 347 00:18:41,246 --> 00:18:42,331 Maybe. 348 00:18:45,959 --> 00:18:49,671 What do you think would've happened if we had gone on a real date? 349 00:18:50,797 --> 00:18:52,883 I don't know. I hate dates. 350 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:54,885 -Me too. -No. I hate it. 351 00:18:54,968 --> 00:18:56,762 No. Me too. 352 00:18:57,930 --> 00:19:01,683 Like, as soon as I get there, I always just want it to be over. 353 00:19:01,767 --> 00:19:02,768 Well, yeah. 354 00:19:02,851 --> 00:19:07,022 Because usually, I know within the first, like, 60 seconds 355 00:19:07,105 --> 00:19:08,524 that it's not going anywhere. 356 00:19:08,607 --> 00:19:10,317 Yeah, exactly. 357 00:19:11,777 --> 00:19:13,403 I do miss going to restaurants. 358 00:19:14,071 --> 00:19:15,072 I don't. 359 00:19:15,155 --> 00:19:18,116 First dates just shouldn't be in public. 360 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,787 -It's too performatory. -What are you talking about? 361 00:19:21,870 --> 00:19:25,666 First dates should always be in public in case the guy turns out to be a rapist. 362 00:19:26,500 --> 00:19:27,751 Okay. 363 00:19:28,377 --> 00:19:31,505 But it's not the other people that bother me so much. 364 00:19:31,588 --> 00:19:33,090 It's just the whole situation. 365 00:19:34,049 --> 00:19:35,467 It feels like a job interview. 366 00:19:36,134 --> 00:19:38,136 You're sitting across the table from them 367 00:19:38,220 --> 00:19:40,764 and you're both, like, assessing each other, 368 00:19:40,848 --> 00:19:43,725 and it just feels so transactional. 369 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:48,897 And then, at the end, you're supposed to maybe kiss. 370 00:19:48,981 --> 00:19:51,400 I mean, who wants to kiss someone they just met? 371 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:54,152 We just met. I wanna kiss you. 372 00:19:58,657 --> 00:20:00,075 I wanna kiss you too. 373 00:20:01,410 --> 00:20:02,411 You do? 374 00:20:03,078 --> 00:20:04,496 Yeah. I think so. 375 00:20:05,581 --> 00:20:08,250 But you wouldn't if we were on a real date? 376 00:20:11,795 --> 00:20:13,088 Probably not, huh? 377 00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:16,341 Good night. 378 00:20:17,968 --> 00:20:18,969 Good night. 379 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:22,806 Then I would think you didn't like me. 380 00:20:22,890 --> 00:20:28,020 And I wouldn't want to be pushy, so I wouldn't call you right away. 381 00:20:29,813 --> 00:20:34,193 And then you wouldn't think I was all that serious 382 00:20:34,276 --> 00:20:35,402 'cause I didn't call. 383 00:20:35,485 --> 00:20:41,325 So then you wouldn't call me, and then we'd both just move on with our lives. 384 00:20:48,790 --> 00:20:50,167 Are you sleeping? 385 00:21:51,019 --> 00:21:52,229 Anyway. It's a lot. 386 00:21:52,312 --> 00:21:53,772 Which is why I should probably go 387 00:21:53,856 --> 00:21:57,067 'cause I have to put all of that together in a presentation by end of day. 388 00:21:58,068 --> 00:21:59,528 Wow. That was a lot. 389 00:22:00,279 --> 00:22:01,613 That's… 390 00:22:03,115 --> 00:22:04,408 It's really exciting. 391 00:22:05,868 --> 00:22:07,119 Yeah. It is to me anyway. 392 00:22:07,744 --> 00:22:08,745 Yep. 393 00:22:11,290 --> 00:22:13,166 It's an exciting time just to be alive. 394 00:22:14,543 --> 00:22:15,961 -What? Right now? -Yeah. 395 00:22:17,546 --> 00:22:19,673 I mean, I wouldn't exactly call it exciting. 396 00:22:20,215 --> 00:22:21,466 Why, because of COVID? 397 00:22:22,301 --> 00:22:23,927 Yeah. And a lot of other things. 398 00:22:24,803 --> 00:22:27,097 Right. But I'm talking on a macro-level. 399 00:22:30,684 --> 00:22:33,312 I don't think it gets much more macro than a global pandemic. 400 00:22:33,395 --> 00:22:34,396 Sure it does. 401 00:22:34,980 --> 00:22:36,982 This has only been going on for a few months. 402 00:22:37,065 --> 00:22:40,110 Yeah, but it's gonna keep going on for probably a long time. 403 00:22:40,194 --> 00:22:42,196 Right. Even if it goes on for a few more years, 404 00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:43,989 I'm talking about the era we're living in. 405 00:22:44,948 --> 00:22:47,701 I don't know. This feels like this is the era we're living in. 406 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,249 Do you think it's just gonna get worse from here on out? 407 00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:56,376 That's what's happening with a lot of people. 408 00:22:57,211 --> 00:22:58,795 No, not for most people. 409 00:22:58,879 --> 00:23:01,131 Not in the long run, if you really look at the numbers. 410 00:23:01,715 --> 00:23:02,716 Yeah, but come on. 411 00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:05,093 How about looking at people's lives and not just numbers? 412 00:23:11,975 --> 00:23:15,270 You know, a lot of my friends, we've been talking about this. 413 00:23:16,355 --> 00:23:17,981 -About what? -And… 414 00:23:18,065 --> 00:23:21,235 well, out of all the people that we know, 415 00:23:21,318 --> 00:23:26,031 you know, the ones that are freaking out about this whole thing are white males. 416 00:23:30,369 --> 00:23:31,954 -And I-- -Okay. 417 00:23:32,037 --> 00:23:37,417 I think it's because, you know, you guys have always had this privilege 418 00:23:37,501 --> 00:23:40,128 of expecting things to just be fine and work out. 419 00:23:40,212 --> 00:23:45,008 And now that, you know, you guys are faced with some adversity, 420 00:23:45,092 --> 00:23:47,344 it could feel like the end of the world. 421 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,434 I don't know what to say. 422 00:23:59,565 --> 00:24:01,817 I mean, yeah. I'm white and I'm male, and I-- 423 00:24:03,402 --> 00:24:04,778 I know that's a privilege. 424 00:24:06,613 --> 00:24:11,368 But I don't think that I fit into what you're talking about. 425 00:24:13,203 --> 00:24:14,204 I know. 426 00:24:15,956 --> 00:24:18,834 Look, if you think I think everything's always just gonna work out, 427 00:24:19,626 --> 00:24:21,336 that just means you don't know me. 428 00:24:21,420 --> 00:24:24,798 Like, I never think that anything's gonna work out. 429 00:24:30,929 --> 00:24:33,015 Maybe that's why you don't finish things. 430 00:24:44,610 --> 00:24:46,028 I should probably get going. 431 00:24:46,987 --> 00:24:47,988 All right. 432 00:24:50,616 --> 00:24:52,117 -Bye. -Bye. 433 00:25:01,877 --> 00:25:02,878 Damn. 434 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,270 Hi. You've reached Emily Song. 435 00:26:01,353 --> 00:26:03,313 Leave a message and I'll get back to you. Thanks. 436 00:26:03,981 --> 00:26:05,440 Hi, Emily. It's Josh. 437 00:26:05,524 --> 00:26:07,484 I guess I'm leaving you a voice mail. 438 00:26:07,568 --> 00:26:10,237 I don't know if you ever listen to your voice mails. I don't. 439 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,032 But I wanted to tell you I was sorry, and I didn't wanna just text that. So… 440 00:26:15,784 --> 00:26:17,661 I really am sorry. 441 00:26:18,412 --> 00:26:21,999 I know I can be negative sometimes, and it's not how I wanna be. 442 00:26:23,625 --> 00:26:25,335 But also, I was just thinking about 443 00:26:25,419 --> 00:26:28,130 how you were saying that you don't know anything about music. 444 00:26:28,213 --> 00:26:31,300 Sorry, this is gonna be a long voice mail. I was just listening to something. 445 00:26:31,383 --> 00:26:33,427 It was "Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks. 446 00:26:33,510 --> 00:26:36,180 But it actually doesn't matter what the song is, 447 00:26:36,263 --> 00:26:38,098 and that's sort of the point, that I was-- 448 00:26:38,182 --> 00:26:41,226 I was listening to this song and trying to remember what album it's on, 449 00:26:41,310 --> 00:26:45,480 then what year that album came out, then other albums that came out that year. 450 00:26:45,564 --> 00:26:48,400 And I realized I wasn't paying any attention to the song. 451 00:26:48,483 --> 00:26:50,736 I was just, like, so busy 452 00:26:50,819 --> 00:26:53,780 thinking about all these other little, dumb things that don't matter. 453 00:26:53,864 --> 00:26:56,658 And, if I didn't know any of that stuff, 454 00:26:56,742 --> 00:27:01,663 then maybe I could actually just listen to the music. 455 00:27:01,747 --> 00:27:03,665 And that made me think… 456 00:27:04,750 --> 00:27:08,170 I'd really like to listen to some music together, with you, sometime. 457 00:27:09,129 --> 00:27:10,964 'Cause I wanna see how you do it. 458 00:27:14,301 --> 00:27:17,179 I… I really like you. 459 00:27:20,474 --> 00:27:23,018 Okay. Bye. 460 00:27:42,538 --> 00:27:44,915 -Hey. Come on in, man. -Hi. Thank you. 461 00:27:44,998 --> 00:27:47,960 Welcome. This is the space. 462 00:27:48,043 --> 00:27:49,586 -It's beautiful. -Thank you. 463 00:27:50,838 --> 00:27:51,922 All right. 464 00:27:52,005 --> 00:27:55,467 So I'll just get the rest of your payment. 465 00:27:55,551 --> 00:27:58,262 -Credit card? -I paid on the phone though, right? 466 00:27:58,345 --> 00:28:01,640 Well, you paid half on the phone and half in person. 467 00:28:02,641 --> 00:28:03,851 Got it, okay. 468 00:28:06,103 --> 00:28:07,104 Okay. 469 00:28:14,903 --> 00:28:16,405 This thing is slow today. 470 00:28:16,488 --> 00:28:17,489 That's fine. 471 00:28:19,241 --> 00:28:20,659 No, didn't go through. 472 00:28:21,410 --> 00:28:22,411 But I mean, 473 00:28:22,494 --> 00:28:25,873 I just paid for the other half of the session with that same card. So… 474 00:28:26,373 --> 00:28:27,916 -I'll try again. -Yeah, 'cause the-- 475 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,668 Like maybe the thing-- Bit slow. 476 00:28:37,676 --> 00:28:40,179 -No-go. Maybe you're maxed out? -I'm not maxed out. 477 00:28:43,599 --> 00:28:45,851 -I am maxed out. -You have another card? 478 00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:49,229 I do, but I never use it is the thing. 479 00:28:50,522 --> 00:28:52,107 'Cause I maxed that one out, 480 00:28:52,191 --> 00:28:54,401 so I started this one 'cause it has a lower interest rate, 481 00:28:54,484 --> 00:28:56,320 and I'm slowly paying back the old one. 482 00:28:56,403 --> 00:28:59,740 Then you probably have enough to pay for the rest of the session on it. 483 00:28:59,823 --> 00:29:03,577 That's true. I just told myself I wasn't gonna use that card. 484 00:29:11,126 --> 00:29:12,878 It's the right decision, man. 485 00:29:15,088 --> 00:29:16,507 -It's painful. -I don't care. 486 00:29:19,176 --> 00:29:20,302 Sorry. 487 00:29:21,261 --> 00:29:23,764 -Can we just go again, please? -Yep, goin' again. 488 00:29:50,332 --> 00:29:52,209 Now hear this. 489 00:30:07,349 --> 00:30:11,228 Now, here, this 490 00:30:11,311 --> 00:30:14,982 Now, here, this 491 00:30:15,065 --> 00:30:17,025 Nowhere else 492 00:30:18,652 --> 00:30:22,114 Now, here, this 493 00:30:22,197 --> 00:30:25,784 Now, here, this 494 00:30:25,868 --> 00:30:28,495 Nowhere else 495 00:30:35,627 --> 00:30:38,213 -The times -The time 496 00:30:39,256 --> 00:30:40,591 The time 497 00:30:42,593 --> 00:30:43,886 Okay, okay, o-- 498 00:30:43,969 --> 00:30:46,847 Now, here, this 499 00:31:09,786 --> 00:31:11,622 Now hear this. 500 00:31:12,456 --> 00:31:15,292 Now, here, this 501 00:31:15,876 --> 00:31:19,796 Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease? 502 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,632 Nowhere else 503 00:31:21,715 --> 00:31:23,383 We won't cease-- We won't cease-- 504 00:31:23,467 --> 00:31:25,344 Now, here 505 00:31:27,012 --> 00:31:29,681 Now, here, this 506 00:31:30,265 --> 00:31:34,019 The task which has been set us is not above our strength. 507 00:31:34,102 --> 00:31:35,938 Nowhere else 508 00:31:36,021 --> 00:31:37,731 Here we are together. 509 00:31:37,814 --> 00:31:39,483 Now, here 510 00:31:41,693 --> 00:31:44,947 Now, here, this 511 00:31:45,030 --> 00:31:48,158 Now, here, this 512 00:31:48,242 --> 00:31:50,536 Nowhere else 513 00:31:52,204 --> 00:31:54,873 Now, here, this 514 00:31:55,874 --> 00:31:58,377 Now, here, this 515 00:31:58,919 --> 00:32:01,255 -Now you see. -Nowhere else 516 00:32:08,136 --> 00:32:10,180 Now hear this. 517 00:32:10,264 --> 00:32:12,808 Now hear this. Now-- 518 00:32:32,119 --> 00:32:33,370 You wanna hear that one? 519 00:32:33,996 --> 00:32:35,372 Yeah, just give me a sec. 520 00:33:00,397 --> 00:33:02,524 -From the top? -Yeah. Thank you.