Aug 13, 2026 · 33 min · 9 segments
On this episode we're celebrating the 2nd anniversary of *Chewing on Pearls*! We discuss how the show has grown over the last two years, break down our top 5 episodes of all time, share which episodes…
I think, uh, a funny element of kind of like looking back at our first ever episode to now is that, um, you know, we never really introduced ourselves.
No.
We were like, I'm Patrick and I'm Tom and we're back.
Yeah.
And I think that that's what was kind of fun about it at first too, was like, we were like, we don't want our names really associated with this.
Like, it's like, yes, it's our show, but it's not about us.
Yeah.
And I think slowly over time though,
it's been
fun to
see people kind of like pick up on our isms and, Yeah, yeah.
I think the shared connection to Gaga is, like, the lens through which people are seeing us.
Like, I would be interested to know what an avid listener, like, understands about Patrick's relationship to Gaga versus mine.
Because, like...
It is different, but to us, it's so the same and like we're deep in it all the time.
But also like listening to two years of the show, I think we have like spoken about personal things like you got married, like I'm in grad school.
There's so many things that we like allude to and it has become this weird thing.
Not weird.
I think interesting parasocial relationship where we're not super personal on the show, but by talking about someone like this artist that is so important to us, I think it's surprising what people have learned about us through that.
Yeah, and so many anecdotal stories about our lives
connected to this moment.
I've
told more stories about being a teen than about my life now, which is an interesting practice and sort of reflection and...
Comparing who I am now, or the monster that I am now, to who I was when I first really was falling in love with Gaga.
Right.
I think, uh, a funny element of kind of like looking back at our first ever episode to now is that, um, you know, we never really introduced ourselves.
No.
We were like, I'm Patrick and I'm Tom and we're back.
Yeah.
And I think that that's what was kind of fun about it at first too, was like, we were like, we don't want our names really associated with this.
Like, it's like, yes, it's our show, but it's not about us.
Yeah.
And I think slowly over time though,
it's been
fun to
see people kind of like pick up on our isms and, Yeah, yeah.
I think the shared connection to Gaga is, like, the lens through which people are seeing us.
Like, I would be interested to know what an avid listener, like, understands about Patrick's relationship to Gaga versus mine.
Because, like...
It is different, but to us, it's so the same and like we're deep in it all the time.
But also like listening to two years of the show, I think we have like spoken about personal things like you got married, like I'm in grad school.
There's so many things that we like allude to and it has become this weird thing.
Not weird.
I think interesting parasocial relationship where we're not super personal on the show, but by talking about someone like this artist that is so important to us, I think it's surprising what people have learned about us through that.
Yeah, and so many anecdotal stories about our lives
connected to this moment.
I've
told more stories about being a teen than about my life now, which is an interesting practice and sort of reflection and...
Comparing who I am now, or the monster that I am now, to who I was when I first really was falling in love with Gaga.
Right.
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