Negin Farsad

You have a Twitter handle, Nagin? Yes,

it's Nagin Farsad, N-E-G-I-N-F-A-R-S-A-D.

Okay.

It's just your name.

Hello, hello, this is Fake the Nation, where we talk about news, we talk about culture, and where we fucking take a deep dive into the midterms because America just did a bunch of democracy, you guys.

Oh my God, I'm your host, Negin Farsad.

I got my sticker.

I had my last minute waffling on a proposition vote.

And I know that you have too.

He's, he's a writer.

He's host of the max fun podcast, Jordan, Jesse go and the podcast free with ads.

It is the wonderful Jordan Morris.

I'm Alzo Slade, one of the only men in America not named Dan Sullivan.

And here's your host at the Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago, Illinois, Negin Farsad.

Thanks, Alzo.

I'm so happy to be here filling in for Peter Sagal.

I'm Alzo Slade.

We're playing this week with Hari Kondabolu, Paula Poundstone, and Faith Salie.

And here again is your host at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, Illinois, Negin Farsad.

Thanks, Alzo.

Hello, hello! This is Make the Nation, where we talk about news, we talk about culture, and where we polish off our mouthguards, because these midterms are making me grind my teeth.

I'm your host, Negin Farsad.

And like, guys, obviously I wear a mouthguard when I go to sleep.

That should be a surprise to absolutely no one, considering how much news I consume.

She tried, and she couldn't.

You know what I mean? I'm your host, Nadine Farsad, and I gotta be honest, I often feel like I tried and I couldn't.

So, I mean, Katie, you're not alone.

Today, we'll talk about Elon's SpaceX baby bonds and the situation in France.

And just a reminder, I'm going to be doing Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me on October 29th in Chicago.

Yes.

happen to be in town come see that show I'll be guest hosting so it's a good time to see it in person and then otherwise I want to thank everyone who makes the show a possibility that's our wonderful producer Rob Heath thanks so much to Gabi Alter for our theme music you can reach us at fake the nation podcast at gmail.com don't forget to support the show at patreon.com slash Negin Farsad and otherwise we'll be back in your ear balls next week

This is Fake the Nation, where we talk about news, we talk about culture, and where we pre-game Halloween with candy corn for the main event, which is also candy corn.

I'm your host, Negin Farsad.

I recognize that candy corn is controversial, and I'm ready to weather any pushback that I receive.

On today's show, we shan't talk anymore about candy corn, but we shall wonder, what does the, um, what does your Amazon profile really say about you? And do you want it to actually say anything? And we'll also ask, should you take a Zoom call on a plane? We turn to politics to talk about the, um, the raid on Ina- Ilhan Omar's home, and the inevitable debate spin of this electoral season.

Shane Gillis.

Which, which may already be dead by the time this podcast airs in, like, mere hours from now, but, um, it's still alive as of this morning.

It's just that, like, he did his SNL monologue, and I think every time Shane Gillis is gonna host SNL, there's gonna be, like, drama-

Mm-hmm

Neil deGrasse Tyson here, your personal astrophysicist.

I got with me NeGIN Farsad.

NeGIN, welcome back.

Hello.

Just make the call.

You know what that reminds me of is, um, on another show I host, I recently talked with Negin Farsad, and she was talking about, uh, making friends.

And she has a seven-year-old daughter, and her daughter's really good at the playground about asking people to play with her.

And apparently there was one day where the daughter was like, "I'm just gonna see what happens if I don't ask anybody." And, like, nobody asked her, and so she didn't play with anybody, right? And it's like, yeah, turns out, like, if you're just the person who puts yourself out there, like, people generally do respond to that pretty positively.