What Would You Do If When He Said Yes So Would Go

In this episode of "That's What They Said", Julia and Kieran dive into the nooks and crannies of ethical AI use, managing exam-heavy weeks, and their summer plans. They brainstorm combo nicknames and discuss the importance of Sonic slushies in the social life of rural North Carolinians aka Kieran.

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Kieran McClean

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00:03
Julia
Hey, Kieran, what's up?

00:04
Kieran
Julia, did you hear what they said?

00:07
Julia
No, what did they say?

00:08
Kieran
Oh, my gosh. I have to tell you right now. Meet me in the studio in five minutes.

00:12
Julia
Okay, I'm on my way. I'll see you soon.

00:21
Kieran
Welcome back to that's what they Said, an educationally conversational podcast where we address all the things that aren't in the college brochure. Hey, guys, we're so back.

00:30
Julia
We are so back. And we got new lighting, so go and tell us. We look real good.

00:34
Kieran
What's crazy is it looks the same lighting for me, but it looks much different for Julia.

00:38
Julia
I'm looking. Some would say pale ghostly vampire, like. Oh, a little update going. Oh, we're not restarting the computer, I can tell you that.

00:48
Kieran
Oh, so you are. You just.

00:50
Julia
No, I clicked X.

00:52
Kieran
No, babe, the camera. You just. Did I just move it? Look at the.

00:55
Julia
Oh, hey.

00:58
Kieran
Julia just, in trying to move her mic, knocked the cord from my camera, so it just put me entirely out of frame. It just pushed it all the way to the wall.

01:05
Julia
Well, let me tell you the. Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something. The, like, wires for this camera that, like, Kieran's camera, are wrapped around my chair, so I can't go anywhere or else it'll move because we, like, had some problems with the mic, so we had to move them around, and I don't know what's going on.

01:22
Kieran
So the mic that I usually just sounded like I was on, like, some sort of live wire frequency. It looked like I had never left the radio station.

01:30
Julia
True.

01:30
Kieran
And so it was like, we're not.

01:31
Julia
Going back to the park.

01:32
Kieran
So I was like, oh, okay. Hey. And then on the other microphone, because there's four here total on the second one that wasn't being used, you couldn't hear yourself in it. So I was like, okay, that's really fun. So then I had to move to the fourth one, which is right next to Julia. I'm, like, a mere two feet away.

01:48
Julia
She's, like, looking at me, and I'm looking at the camera. So it's kind of. It's. You're getting full side profile here live, which is really interesting.

01:54
Kieran
But I get the view where I'm looking straight at the computer, so I can see both how I look and how Julia looks. So I'll be looking like I'm looking in the right direction all today.

02:02
Julia
I won't. So. Okay. Today I thought it would be silly and goofy and fun if we talked about AI and our thoughts on it and then like, how we use it. And then I thought it'd be fun if we both like, went on like ChatGPT or Gemini trigger Warning. And. And I've looked up, we're like, based on, like our previous episodes, what are some topics we could talk about? And then we just kind of go back and forth.

02:29
Kieran
You know what I mean? Yeah, I think that's a good one.

02:31
Julia
Okay, so hit me. Oh, wait, we got to do high, low buffalo.

02:34
Kieran
I was going to say there's like a whole pre section we have right.

02:36
Julia
Now is just moving right through it, you know. Okay, hit me with the high low buffalo.

02:40
Kieran
Okay, high. Okay, high. Hey, I. This is like a low to a high. Like, just follow me.

02:49
Julia
Find it, Find it. They go on a walk.

02:50
Kieran
Starting pitch, getting top notes of. That's one of my new stims. Top notes of.

02:58
Julia
Stinch getting older.

03:00
Kieran
I'm getting. It's been really getting me recently. Anyhow, what was going to say? Oh, yes. So the past couple weeks have been, like, ungodly busy. Like, I was showing my Google calendar to someone the other day for last week. Like, part of conversation. Like, I don't even know if you can see it in the.

03:16
Julia
Wait, you. And you're showing everyone where you'll be for the entire week.

03:20
Kieran
That was last week, so it's fine. This is where I was last week. It's like my Social Security number in the top right corner.

03:26
Julia
Hey, guys, just want to show you. Just to be very transparent with you,.

03:30
Kieran
I really wanted to make this an open and equal line of communication that we have. No, but that was my week last week. And for those who are not watching, it's blocked in four different colors every day from 9am to 7pm every day. I had three exams last week and class registration and this and also that and then some of that.

03:49
Julia
Oh, we should also talk about class registration.

03:51
Kieran
Oh, yes, we can touch on that.

03:52
Julia
We can talk about what class.

03:53
Kieran
Anyhow, so to start off going back to the high, it's just been really busy the last couple of weeks. And this week, for the first time in, like, genuinely a month, not only do I not have plans at all this weekend, the full three days are open. I mean, like Friday afternoon through Saturday, completely wide open. I only have eight homework assignments for this whole week. Usually I have like 20. Yeah, no, I was letting you get through the 20. And I also, like, don't have any plans after the gym this week, so I'm actually gonna be going back. I haven't gone to the gym in like, two weeks. Because I've just been so busy with things that there's been no time outside of like 9pm and by 9pm, babe, I'm in bed. I am head to pillow catching disease. Like, we are not.

04:34
Julia
Yeah.

04:34
Kieran
Bedbugs are not biting because I am snug as a bug in a damn rug. I can say that word, right?

04:40
Julia
Yeah.

04:41
Kieran
Sick.

04:42
Julia
Stink.

04:43
Kieran
Stink. Yeah. So that's my high. My low is that the exams have low key been getting to me. Yeah, that was a good eye representation. I also do that a lot where I do, like the. Again, for those who are not watching. The hands around the neck. And I rock back and forth. It's just the exams.

05:04
Julia
It was like Loki. The last round was. Was a bad.

05:06
Kieran
It was a bad. It was rough.

05:08
Julia
But it's always like the ones right before finals that are, like, not great.

05:11
Kieran
Well, I think it's just for my classes. Somehow they all work the same way. I only have three exams, the last one being the final. So I have one exam, and the first exam is always the worst because, like, you either do well or you don't. Like, you usually don't really fall in the middle. Or if you do, it's on the lower end of the middle because you, like, don't really know to expect. Then there's the second exam, which in theory, you should be doing well by that point. But also, it's been like over a month between the last time you took the exam to this one. So then I didn't do that.

05:39
Julia
Great.

05:39
Kieran
On all of. I passed all of them. I passed all of them. Yeah, I think I passed all of them. Did I get A's on all of them?

05:48
Julia
No.

05:48
Kieran
Did I get B's on all of them?

05:50
Julia
No, but you passed.

05:52
Kieran
But I passed. And I'm still passing all of the classes. And I think I still have Bs or higher in all the classes.

05:56
Julia
So me. Me.

05:59
Kieran
So anyways, yeah, that's my low. They've been dating to me. But I don't have any more exams until finals. So the next, like, two weeks, I don't have exams. And I'm very excited about that. My buffalo. Buffalo. Oh, I'm gonna. I recently rediscovered five dollar pizookies at BJ's, the restaurant. Have you ever been to BJ's? You heard of her?

06:24
Julia
No.

06:25
Kieran
There's, like, the Warehouse and then there's the restaurant. There's one that's, like, right next to my apartment. And do you know what a bouzooki is?

06:33
Julia
No.

06:34
Kieran
It's a giant cookie with ice cream on top. And they bake like it's a skillet. Like a little, tiny skillet. It's a little tiny skillet, big old cookie in it, and you slap some scoops of ice cream.

06:44
Julia
I like how we're pointing with just like a big old.

06:47
Kieran
That's how I do. I recently realized that I do this where I use my thumb when I'm showing, like, the radius or the circumference or, like, the circle of something. Instead of using any specific fingers, I always use my thumb and my middle fingers.

06:59
Julia
Big old.

07:00
Kieran
I think it's because it's my longest finger. So I can, like, cover the most distance.

07:05
Julia
Yep.

07:06
Kieran
With.

07:07
Julia
Okay.

07:07
Kieran
Glitching, I can cover the most distance, but I also always have the pointer finger on top. So it looks like I'm kind of coming at you really hastily with a finger gun, but it's okay. Anyhow, so I. I recently rediscovered them, and so I'm now making it a mission on Tuesdays to find my way to the Tuesday a bouzooki.

07:26
Julia
That sounds busting.

07:27
Kieran
So where will I be on Tuesday? You can probably find me at the BJ's little BJ moment.

07:33
Julia
You know me, big BJ fan.

07:39
Kieran
BJ's fan. Love the restaurant. Oh, hey. So I'm being pushed.

07:43
Julia
I'm sorry. I like. I like. You're good.

07:45
Kieran
So that's the wrong way.

07:46
Julia
There you go. Yep.

07:47
Kieran
Bring it back. And I come right back.

07:49
Julia
Find it. Find it. Well, okay.

07:54
Kieran
Go ahead.

07:55
Julia
Going in with my. I'll start with low so we can end on a high, you know? Yeah, I'm tired of doing classes.

08:04
Kieran
Yeah.

08:05
Julia
I'm.

08:05
Kieran
We've reached a point.

08:06
Julia
Yeah. It's like both of us. Yeah. I don't know if you can see the bags under my eyes, but those are. Those are there. And I'm not. I can tell you right now, I'm not giving my best in any of my classes except my people analytics class, because I love that class. But other than that. No, I'm just trying to get through it. Oh, my gosh.

08:22
Kieran
Found out the ancillary is not due.

08:23
Julia
Till tomorrow, so you could still see that.

08:26
Kieran
And it's only 10 minutes. Like, you only have to watch it.

08:28
Julia
I can do it. I can do it. I can do it.

08:29
Kieran
So.

08:30
Julia
So, yeah, just kind of working through that. And. Yeah. So I'm tired of classes. My. I'll do my high. I. I have two.

08:42
Kieran
Okay.

08:43
Julia
So first of all, I have. Praise be. Secured an internship for the summer.

08:48
Kieran
Yay.

08:49
Julia
God is good.

08:50
Kieran
Yeah. I was like, up here.

08:51
Julia
Yeah. God is good. You know, like, sun is shining, the tank is clean. Like an internship has and I do have. I will be living with my aunt and uncle for the summer, which I'm. I'm excited about. It's going to be a good old time. My other high is I have met a young gentleman.

09:19
Kieran
Oh.

09:20
Julia
And I really like him. Yeah. And I'm just. I'm just overwhelmed. Oh, the sun is shining. The sink is clean. That's me right now. That's me right now.

09:31
Kieran
I just. Well, I saw the photo that went with it. I was like, that's low key, Julia.

09:34
Julia
Right now. Yes, that's me right now.

09:35
Kieran
It's a. It's the quote. Today's the day. The sun is shining, the tank is clean. Is from Finding Nemo. And it's when they're at the little tank with all the fish in the.

09:45
Julia
In like, the doctor's office.

09:46
Kieran
Yeah. The dentist or whatever it is.

09:47
Julia
Yep.

09:47
Kieran
And it's the starfish that's like.

09:49
Julia
It's peach. That's peach.

09:51
Kieran
And it's all, like, pink and smiley.

09:52
Julia
Stink and smiley.

09:53
Kieran
So anyways, tell us about your little gentleman.

09:56
Julia
I really like him. And we hung out yesterday for a long time, and it was really good. And he lives a little bit far away.

10:06
Kieran
A little bit like 15, a little bit like an hour.

10:08
Julia
No, he lives in Benson.

10:10
Kieran
Okay. Benson.

10:11
Julia
Boone. Oh, it's been some Boone, actually. I guessed it. You guessed it.

10:15
Kieran
Beam ice cream.

10:18
Julia
He taught me how to do a flip, actually. So a little bonding activities. Yeah. First date. First date.

10:23
Kieran
Yeah.

10:23
Julia
Flips. You know where it is. You know how it be. But no, I. I like him. And he's so sweet. You interrupt me when I'm talking about my. My young gentleman.

10:35
Kieran
Oh, 30 minutes.

10:37
Julia
30 Minutes. Yeah. But then there's, like, traffic and stuff, and I'm like. I feel bad that he has to drive, but he says he doesn't mind, so he's coming back on Thursday. I'm so excited. Yeah. Counting down the seconds. Let me tell you. Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something. But he's really cute and I really like him, so stay tuned. Anyway. Oh, my bar FL is. Oh. I would like to talk about the craft that I made. Okay. It would be the cat. And I've been working on yours. So it's gonna go ahead and be a sewing project. So picture this. I cut out the shape of, like, two triangles on like, kind of like a circle situation. And then I cut out really Long rectangles. Really long rectangles of fabric.

11:19
Kieran
Like, four feet long.

11:20
Julia
Very long. Maybe three, maybe two inches.

11:24
Kieran
You never know.

11:26
Julia
Beggars can't be choosers, right? Bodies come in different shapes and sizes. Like, we accept everyone here. Like, it's all okay. Anyway, so then I sew them, and I turn all inside out. And then I put it all together, and it's a cat with extremely long legs. And I go ahead and I sew beads on the end of its feet and its hands because it's little tail beans. And then I. It has a little button nose and a little button eyes, and I embroider them out. It's so cute. And I really like it, and it's really fun to make. I was telling. I was telling this young gentleman, it would have taken me an hour had I had my sewing machine. But instead, it took me, like, four days because I made it for him, which is like, guys, I'm a simp. Save me.

12:08
Julia
But it turned out really cute. And I'm making one for Kieran, and then I make it one for myself, and it's gonna be a really good time. And that's my buffalo. In terms of the meat of the pod.

12:22
Kieran
Yeah, that is gonna be the right. Yeah. Like the substance. I've never seen that movie, but the subs.

12:29
Julia
Me neither.

12:29
Kieran
I haven't seen it.

12:30
Julia
I. Oh, we watched the Walking Dead yesterday, and I was.

12:34
Kieran
Oh, how was that?

12:35
Julia
It was really scary.

12:36
Kieran
My great aunt loves that series.

12:39
Julia
I love that girl. I love that girl. Yeah, I love that girl.

12:43
Kieran
She doesn't listen to the pod, but.

12:45
Julia
Well, I. I just really need to put my leg up like this. Put your leg up, girl. I just got to kick.

12:50
Kieran
Would love if I could be a little more. Yep. Oh. Oh, a little too much.

12:52
Julia
Bring it in. There you go.

12:54
Kieran
Oh, not that. Hey, Canceled. Canceled. If you just hear us not speaking, we go left, right, A little more back.

13:05
Julia
Oh, my God.

13:06
Kieran
Speaking of movies, I watched Peter Rabbit yesterday. I love that movie. And I forgot how much I love that movie.

13:11
Julia
I've never seen it.

13:12
Kieran
It's so funny. It's so good. I love it. It's literally meant for children. Speaking of which, there's this other movie coming out called Sheep Detective.

13:19
Julia
Oh, your grandma was telling us about that. It sounds so cute.

13:23
Kieran
It sounds so good. For those who have not heard of it yet, it's about this. It's Hugh Jackman. I kept calling him Jack Human earlier.

13:34
Julia
I was trying to.

13:35
Kieran
Huge. And I was like, jack Human. I mean, human. I mean, huge. Jackman I was like, wait.

13:43
Julia
Huge Jack.

13:44
Kieran
Hugh Jackman plays this, like, shepherd, and it's just like, him and his, like, flock of sheep. They just hang out. And every night before bed, he reads them a murder mystery. And what he doesn't realize is that the sheep, like, understand him and can talk.

13:56
Julia
True.

13:57
Kieran
But they, like, keep it on the deal. And then one night he dies. And then the sheep are like, oh, shoot. And then they're like, we're going to solve his. Like, we. We know all about this. We've been learning about this for weeks, for years now. Like, we got it. And then the sheep go and try and solve. Because they're like, I think he was murdered. Like, I don't think he died of natural causes. So they go on its journey to solve his murder and, like, prove that someone's guilty.

14:18
Julia
And they're really cute.

14:19
Kieran
Yeah, I love sheep, so I'm very excited about that. Comes out on the Friday Mother's Day weekend. So if you see me in theaters now, you don't.

14:26
Julia
You know why.

14:29
Kieran
Anyhow, anyway, back to why we're here this week.

14:33
Julia
Speak to me on your, like, about your thoughts on AI.

14:36
Kieran
Yes. Okay.

14:37
Julia
I like.

14:39
Kieran
Right.

14:41
Julia
I kind of think that I feel the same way. I feel that way, too.

14:44
Kieran
Let it out a stretch and yawn. Really determine.

14:47
Julia
Big stretch. Big stretch.

14:48
Kieran
Big stretch. I think I have pretty, like, universally agreed upon views of AI. I think AI can be good. And I think, in general, I like what AI offers. And it obviously makes a lot of processes easier and less time consuming. And a lot of ways can be very efficient in terms of, at the minimum, business functions, not even just being a business major, but just doing simple things. Like, I need a list of this. Can you just organize it like this? Like, it cuts back and it saves a lot of time. And obviously it helps with aiding the flow of other things. I do think people overuse it, and I think it's getting, like, a lot of people are taking abuse of it, especially towards, like, their school work.

15:34
Kieran
But I also am a big believer that the school system is corrupt and that it's more about being able to regurgitate information than it is about learning and the public school system. Anyhow, I think that's what I've always really respected about the charter school. And, like, some are, like, the magnet school system is like, my brothers went to charter slash magnet school. I think it was a charter school for middle school and elementary school. And they were so, like, hands on. Like, it was all about the fact that you were Able to learn things and apply in the real world. And so, for example, if they were learning about the process of like chocolate making, instead of just like reading a PowerPoint presentation, it was. They would go to a chocolate making factory in Raleigh and go make a bar of chocolate.

16:11
Kieran
Like, that was what they did. And so it was like, is.

16:14
Julia
It the Vedary Chocolate Factory? Probably. I don't so cute in there.

16:17
Kieran
But like they just applied everything they were doing. Or if they were talking about like the environmental science, like earth systems, they would go and like, look at a creek. Like, they would go. And they'd be like, okay, so these animals here and these are this how this works? And now draw a picture. Like, so it's just like, it's more like learning things and being able to see it versus just like, here's a star. Yeah, here's bullet point. Here's a bullet point. Here's a bullet point.

16:40
Julia
Okay, that's. That's it.

16:41
Kieran
Repeat it back to me. Like, yeah, and so I think people are using AI to aid in their schoolwork. But like, I understand why they do it. Like, and I think, yeah, if the school system wasn't built the way it was, then having AI to cheat wouldn't work.

16:55
Julia
Right.

16:56
Kieran
If that makes sense.

16:57
Julia
I agree.

16:59
Kieran
So I try honestly, my absolute hardest not to use AI. Like, I really do try to do my schoolwork based upon what I can do. Especially because with exams, people like the professors have caught on. So they've cracked down so hard on all of our exams that, like, there's no way you're getting AI in there. But like, when you're in the Delta. Delta testing center, it's like war. It's like, you know, like apocalypse movies when they're like, trying to weed out like, the dumber civilizations. You to, like, take a test.

17:23
Julia
Like, that's what it's like what like.

17:24
Kieran
One plus one is. And it's like in a really dark room and someone's standing there at the door with like a gun.

17:28
Julia
And like, it's terrifying.

17:29
Kieran
And it's like a moody lighting. Like, that's how it is. In the Delta testing center. They literally like, put in your phone and watches into the. The locking mechanism. You can get one pencil and one pencil only. You will be assigned to room D42. Do not make me repeat it. Go sit down. Don't look, don't breathe. Don't turn around. Don't swallow.

17:48
Julia
The last. The last exam we took, were in the same room. And like, I was in there first. And I saw her walk in and we like, I like looked and like I was like, I can't turn.

17:57
Kieran
My head too far.

17:57
Julia
We like didn't make any expression at each other. I was just like, we both just.

18:00
Kieran
Looked at each other because it was also, it was. I don't think that was for law though. I think that was 340. 340, Yeah.

18:06
Julia
Yeah.

18:06
Kieran
But anyhow, so all of them say that was kind of a long tangent is I appreciate AI for what it is, but I do think that it's being taken advantage of. But I also, I think the whole conversation about people using it to cheat for schoolwork is because that's the only way to like it's the most time efficient way. I don't know.

18:24
Julia
I agree. I, I think like in terms of business, I agree AI is very helpful. I think specifically coded AI is more helpful. Not like a business just typing stuff into chat GPT. Because that is not because that's giving away confidential information that you don't want to do. And like that's not and rule. But I think like software that is made specifically for like if you're in marketing, like marketing stuff and like you have like a contract with a company that's like they can't like sell your information or like all that. Like if it's specifically coded for you and for what you need to get done, then it's good because you can trust it more as long as you have somebody checking over it.

19:05
Julia
But I also think AI is very helpful when I'm like doing marketing stuff or like creating graphics or like posting on Instagram because I can ask like what hashtags would best like suit this and like find like the right audience and get the most engagement and like what caption would grab most attention and like how long should I make this video? And like how often do it? Like it's like very good at like looking at the analytics that I give it and then being like, okay, well based on this, here's what, here's like when you should post and like the hashtags you should use and the captions you should use and like what seems to be performing the best and like all that stuff. So it's very helpful in that way.

19:44
Julia
And I do agree that if the school system worked in a better way in a more efficient way then we wouldn't, there wouldn't be a way to use AI in it. Like if were doing more projects and stuff like that. Like you actually have to use your brain which is how I learn a lot better than, like. Like, I think everybody learns a lot better when they're just, like, doing something, you know?

20:02
Kieran
I agree.

20:03
Julia
Because you have to know how to do it.

20:05
Kieran
I agree.

20:05
Julia
So, like, why. Why are we just reading something? Because that's, like, a waste of time, a waste of money, and, like, a waste of, like, talent in, like, students, you know? But also, there are some, like, tasks that are just like. This is, like.

20:20
Kieran
Like, busy work.

20:21
Julia
I'm like, if you. If you're not even gonna look at it, then why would I spend time on it?

20:25
Kieran
Well, I think the other thing, too, for me is that if I'm able to access it to do my schoolwork, I'll be able to access it when I'm doing the job as well.

20:34
Julia
True.

20:35
Kieran
Like, specifically, coming from someone who does work in the same. Like, I have a job in the same thing that I'm majoring in. I can see, like, the times when my schoolwork and my classwork and also my job, like, the work that I have at my job all overlap, and AI is always present. Like, I can, if I wanted to, at any singular point, pull up AI and just ask it to do the thing or ask it to make a report or ask it, like, you know, like, not that I do that. I'm just saying, like, it's there. So at that point, why am I learning it in class the hard way, if in the real world I could just do the same again? I get it's, like, the principle. And also, like, I could be here forever.

21:14
Kieran
So, like, it could whatever in the future. And then all of a sudden, we don't have access to it anymore. But it's just. I think my professor just canceled class for today.

21:23
Julia
Sorry. God is good.

21:26
Kieran
I just got a mood alert that said no class. Oh, so I remember.

21:29
Julia
Wait, did you think it was a little silly when I said Hoppy Eater yesterday?

21:32
Kieran
Oh, I thought. I think it autocorrected to Easter.

21:35
Julia
Oh, I thought it was kind of funny when I said Hoppy Eater, but that's okay.

21:39
Kieran
Oh, wait, you did say how Hoppy eater. I see?

21:41
Julia
I told you. And I typed that out, and I made sure it was correct in Hoppy E. And I said, well, I. Silly.

21:46
Kieran
I sent this to Julia, which didn't get any laughs from it, and I thought it was funny.

21:50
Julia
Well, I did laugh. I just didn't. I didn't type out my laugh. But you said, me because he is risen. Me when I'm pole dancing because he is risen.

22:00
Kieran
It's a gif of a bunny, like, pole dancing.

22:03
Julia
But it's like.

22:04
Kieran
But like, it's. It's like a cute little illustrated version of it. And I put me because he's risen.

22:09
Julia
Me because he's. Oh, my God. I just thought of some. A low that I should have shared that I've just remembered. Okay, sure. I can't believe I had forgotten about it. Pict this. Yes.

22:18
Kieran
Picturing.

22:19
Julia
Picturing this. It is Saturday night. I have picked up Josa. Well, actually, we hung out with the cats for a while and played Mario Kart. And then I picked up Joseph, and then went dancing. Picture this. I see my friend who, like, Loki play too much, but, like, nah, like, it's not like that. And. And they, like, wave at me and I'm like, hey, like. And then. Whatever. And then, because they didn't know I was gonna be there, sorry, the camera moved. And then I. I was dancing. And then, like, in the middle of the dance, they, like, waved and smiled at me again. What just happened?

22:55
Kieran
I'm trying to figure out if.

22:57
Julia
Oh, I don't have class. Wait, I can't. Okay, my thing unplugged. And.

23:03
Kieran
And so maybe I do have class. It's just an alert that went out that says no class on April 1st, so that.

23:09
Julia
That already happened. April 1st already happened.

23:12
Kieran
It says no class on April 1st. When? Today at 10:15. The default was one hour. Okay, so I do have class today.

23:18
Julia
Oh, I'm sorry, but.

23:22
Kieran
Sorry.

23:23
Julia
They waved at me and, like, was walking Loki towards me like they were gonna, like, come say hi in the middle of the dance. And I was like, well, that's kind of crazy. And so then I, like, waved at them, and I was, like, about to walk in their direction. Turns out they're waving at somebody behind me. Oh. And it was really. I just. I can't. I can't. I'm sorry. Like, this is. I just. You'll never see me again. And that's just my truth. I will never recover. But anyway.

23:49
Kieran
Awkward.

23:50
Julia
So what we're talking about. AI. Right, right. Yeah, it's like, oh, it's also helpful when, like, we're sending so we do sales, and, like, that's part of our job. And it's helpful when I'm like, okay, what subject lines will not get. Get tagged as ads or, like, sales and get sent to spam? Or, like, which ones have a higher chance of getting opened, like, based on, like, the ones that I've sent? And, like, it's also helpful rewriting emails. Because I'm like, can you make this clear? Because, like, some clients, like, you need to be very clear and very, like, strict with what you say. So, like, that's helpful.

24:28
Kieran
I do like that. Well, I think what's also nice too, especially in the world of marketing, is, like, you can get all this information without having to pay to look at the website, which is the thing that was really big before AI is every time you needed information on something or like, when you were trying to look for specific statistics or access a certain, like, generator or whatever, you had to, like, either create an account or pay to use the website. Or you only could look at one piece of information before your trial is up.

24:53
Julia
Yeah.

24:53
Kieran
Even with, like, obviously it's free to have a chat, GBT or a Gemini account. And then you can also make one for free. Like, you can not have one or have one for free. And you don't have to do any of that. Like, you can paste it, you can copy it, you can take a screenshot of it, you can make it, put in images, you can put images in it, like, all for free. And you don't have to, like, which is really nice. Oh, I just disconnected myself from the headphone jack.

25:18
Julia
What is also nice is, like, on Gemini, you can create, like, gyms, which is, well, my fingers look silly in the camera.

25:27
Kieran
Little bunny foo walking through the floor.

25:31
Julia
You can create gyms, which is where you can kind of, like input specific parameters and, like, documents and all this stuff. And then every time that you go into that gym and, like, type in something, it only act like, it only uses the parameters and the information that you already put in it. So if, like, you're working on the same project for, like, months at a time, you can create one gym with all the information in it, and then you don't. Like, Gemini, like, keeps all that information together. It's really helpful. It's really helpful. And, you know, it's like, really cool. And it's like, I think it's fun to, like, figure out how I can use AI, but also it is scary. And also it's ruining the environment, which is something that I have a really hard time with.

26:12
Kieran
Do you think it'll take over all the jobs in the world?

26:14
Julia
I think it. I don't think it will take over all the jobs. I think it does increase the level of, like, education and technical skills. You have to enter into the workforce, which is a problem because.

26:27
Kieran
It already was high as it was.

26:29
Julia
Right. And now it like, it takes away A lot of like entry level jobs that people need in order to work up to like a long term, like career job, you know, And I, I think that's the problem. Like, it. The barriers to entry are getting harder and harder as you go, which is like, also it's like when internships are like, you have to have five years of experience. Like, so you're an internship. That's where I'm supposed to get experience. Thank you, though.

26:52
Kieran
And it's also not paid, right?

26:54
Julia
Tell me a little bit more about that. Yeah, so I don't know. I don't think it's gonna take over all the jobs. Like, I think there's always gonna be some things that like, it can't do. Like, obviously this is like, everybody says that, like there's like the human relationship related jobs are like, it can't take that over. And like, it just. AI can never like understand like emotions, which are like, okay, this is like such a nerd thing to talk about. But like, the role that like psychology and emotions plays in like marketing is something that AI could never understand. And like, that's like why you need people is because. Anyway, I. Whatever. So. Yes. And. And, and that's what I always say. And that's what I always say.

27:41
Julia
But I kind of want to type things into the AI and see what it says. What do you think?

27:46
Kieran
Okay, let's do it.

27:47
Julia
Do you want to. Do you want to be Gemini or chat GPT.

27:51
Kieran
I'll be Gemini because I already have it pulled up.

27:53
Julia
All right.

27:54
Kieran
From when I was using it.

27:55
Julia
I have not looked at chat in a long time.

27:58
Kieran
I honestly am a big Gemini, Stan. I kind of like it better than Chat GC and I'm sorry.

28:01
Julia
I know, and I agree. I use Gemini if I ever have to use.

28:06
Kieran
Okay, okay. Based on the podcast, I'm gonna do it based on our podcast. Wait, should we type in like the exact same?

28:13
Julia
Yeah, based on our podcast. That's what. Oh, wait, I'm putting it in quote. That's what they said with WKNC 88.1. What are some topics we could talk about or questions we could discuss? Question mark. We are filming right now. I like to talk to it like it's like a. Do you have it typed up? Yep. Okay, click.

28:55
Kieran
Okay. Nice. Right, now let's lean into the unfiltered campus reality vibe that makes that's what they said on 88.1. So great. You guys are the masters of High Low Buffalo segment and the late night thoughts. Nobody puts in the Brochure.

29:08
Julia
Oh my God.

29:09
Kieran
Here are fresh angles and questions tailored to your style.

29:13
Julia
Okay, here's what mine says. Nice live brainstorming mode. I'll keep this quick, flexible and conversational so you can pull from it on air. Since you're on. That's what they said with WK and C.88.1. Lean into topics that feel current, personal, and a little unpredictable. And it has like different. The first one is easy, engaging topics, which is like what's overhyped right now, what's actually underrated, something you believed as a kid that was totally wrong. And then as good discussion, deeper conversation, how college expectations versus reality hit different. Okay, so that's. That's all we ever talk about. Burnout and productivity culture, friendships in your 20s harder than dating. Yes, we already talked about that. Fun, chaotic segments. Hear me out. Smash or pass.

29:54
Kieran
I do like a hear me.

29:55
Julia
I do enjoy hear me.

29:56
Kieran
Mine are the real world realization. Since you've recently discussed Junior Moo. You're moving too fast. Dive into the specifics of the post grad panic, such as the real the work life balance myth. The second one is the digital lore of social media. You've touched on influence before, influencers before. Take it a step further into the digital footprint versus digital identity.

30:14
Julia
Ooh, true.

30:15
Kieran
So like, why do we feel more comfortable sharing our deepest breakdowns with 15 people in a private story than our actual roommates?

30:21
Julia
True.

30:23
Kieran
The third one is campus myths versus reality. The brochure versus the basement is what it's called. Okay, that the NC State brochure told us example that we'd all be sitting on the court of North Carolina studying.

30:33
Julia
Productively every day with our perfectly diverse friend groups. Obviously.

30:37
Kieran
Right. The fourth is niche relationship tropes. You guys killed it with the Valentine's dating philosophies episode. Let's get specific about current trends. If you had to give a performance review to your last situation. Shit. What would the areas of improvement be? Why is cuffing season becoming a year round phenomenon?

30:53
Julia
Don't get me started.

30:54
Kieran
And the last one is Quick fire, High, low, Buffalo. Right now, right now. Pro tip for the mic. If the energy is dipping, do a hot take lightning round. One person says a campus staple and the other has five seconds to give a controversial opinion on it.

31:10
Julia
That's kind of fun. Okay.

31:12
Kieran
Oh my God. It says good luck with recording. Break a leg, Julia and Kieran.

31:17
Julia
Okay, wait. Okay. Give me a. Give me a. Oh, I keep unplugging my mic. Give me like a top. Like a campus Thing and I'll give you my hot take on it.

31:34
Kieran
The bell tower.

31:38
Julia
I think that, I mean it's like a cute little like logo thing, but I think that it's like kind of. I think there are other like symbols of NC State that are more like NC State than the bell tower. Like the bell towers. Like we, they're like we just need one really tall thing that can be like our thing. But it's like guys, it's kind of.

32:01
Kieran
Like how big bad in London is like big bad but like no one goes to big.

32:05
Julia
Look at it.

32:05
Kieran
And that's about it. Like you don't do anything with it. And it's like NC State has the bell tower but we don't do anything with it. Right. Just like it's there, light it, radio. Like they don't do anything with it.

32:15
Julia
Well, I saw a reel of the. These, this couple that they were Mr. And Mrs. Wolf. But like, and they started dating while they were being Mr. Mrs. Wolf. Like they wore the like mascot costumes. But he proposed to her at the bell tower and I was like, that's another level of NC State that I will never ever reach. No. Nope.

32:33
Kieran
No. Okay. Nope, nope. Okay, give me one.

32:44
Julia
Loki. This is harder than I thought it was going to be. Wait, okay, I'm trying. I'm trying really hard.

32:57
Kieran
The examples it gives are tally 8am labs, free expression tunnel.

33:02
Julia
Okay, well what are your thoughts on the tunnels?

33:04
Kieran
The like all of the tunnels, they flood really easily.

33:11
Julia
Oh yeah.

33:12
Kieran
No one tells you this by the way when you come to State is the tunnels will get feet of water in there.

33:17
Julia
Get you a pair of rain boots, girl.

33:19
Kieran
I genuinely don't understand like land wise geography. Yeah, geography wise how it works. I mean like I do like it things that are pointed downwards. It goes down anyways. But somehow they built those tunnels for nothing but swimming. Because the second it rains, like I have watched people like knee high water, like they were sliding across the hand railings that go through the middle of it. But they don't go all the way. There's like a two foot gap you got to jump or like three foot gap in between. So people were literally hopping the handrails or like holding their projects up like above their head and like wading through the water. So that's a thing. In terms of the tunnels, I think we should have more of them. I think that they're like, I mean they're like doing so much construction on campus.

34:04
Kieran
Which is another thing about NC State never ending construction. There's always construction somewhere at all times. And it's only in the most. Like they're doing one right now that's near the library slash near Dabney. And those are two places that if you want to walk onto like that half a campus across, like you have to go to a tunnel.

34:24
Julia
Right.

34:25
Kieran
But they're doing constructions on both ends.

34:27
Julia
It's so annoying.

34:29
Kieran
Like, what?

34:30
Julia
It is so annoying because then you have to go like all the way around and like. Or then it's like, okay, you could just create like one little sidewalk and that'd be really helpful. But like, it turns like a 30.

34:39
Kieran
Second walk into a two and a half minute walk, which again isn't a very long time.

34:42
Julia
But it feels like a lot of time.

34:44
Kieran
Like quintuple the amount of time that it would have taken me originally.

34:48
Julia
Percentage wise, that's a big.

34:50
Kieran
You have to adjust when you'll leave and like, whatever. Yeah, it's annoying to walk and. But because it's the only way to get through, there's also a bajillion more people because now instead of having three ways you could get to your class, you have one. And so now you're in traffic, but it's walking.

35:04
Julia
And also I feel bad because a lot of the freshman's classes are in like Dabney and. And then I feel bad that like when they first got to campus, they have to like navigate the freaking construction that changes the sidewalks every three days. So like poor little guys, widow babies.

35:18
Kieran
Wait, I have a couple. Wait, now that I like the, like, my gears are turning.

35:21
Julia
Yeah, yeah.

35:21
Kieran
One thing about Tally is there's not enough seating on this campus. I. I agree on this campus. And also in Talley. Talley is supposed to be like. Well, my other thing too is why is it called there's Tally Student Union and then Witherspoon Student Center.

35:32
Julia
I get them mixed up all the time.

35:33
Kieran
The student center does nothing for the students. Like, there's no thing here except for like our office is here. But that's not for like the general public. That's only for people who.

35:42
Julia
Right.

35:43
Kieran
Well, it's like open to anyone, but like no one utilizes it except for.

35:46
Julia
People because they don't know it exists. Because there's nothing like there's nothing here.

35:50
Kieran
There's like a one lecture thing and then there's like the veteran center, the African American cultural Center.

35:55
Julia
And then there's like that gallery down.

35:57
Kieran
There and there's the gallery, but those are all like, not like niche, but it's like you only go to those places if you have a reason to. It's not like Tally, where you're just supposed to, like, go and, like, sit and, like, be a student. Like, hang out and vibe. Like, so I don't know why we call Weatherspoon Center a student center if there's nothing I like. I have so many thoughts and feelings about how NC State incorporates student life on campus, but t. It do not matter. But yeah, I think Tally. Tally for like two weeks had a bunch of extra tables.

36:27
Julia
Yeah.

36:27
Kieran
Chairs.

36:28
Julia
Bring that back. Bring that back.

36:29
Kieran
Bring that back.

36:30
Julia
Because I could tell you they were all full too.

36:32
Kieran
Every single one. Every single one was just. They had extra spinny chairs, extra whatever. They need to be bringing what they did to Centennial over to main campus. It's so much nicer over there. And I would go there all the time if there wasn't no parking.

36:44
Julia
True.

36:44
Kieran
Why is there nowhere to park on Centennial campus for free?

36:48
Julia
And let me tell you. Let me tell you something. Something else that Tally needs is more outlets.

36:52
Kieran
Yeah. Because half of them don't work.

36:54
Julia
Right. And also I have to go, like, searching for an outlet. Like. Like, I don't know. I just feel like if you have the amount of tables that you have, then you need to have outlets. Or at least like extension cords or like one of those. Like the block strips. Yeah. Like the power strips. Because everybody has a computer. Like, everyone has one. So you have to. You have. You must have one. And like, how are you not gonna have outlets on your. Like an engineering computer science school? Like, what do you mean?

37:25
Kieran
I'm gonna be a STEM school. And it's working. So dysfunctional.

37:28
Julia
Right. And that's another thing about. That's another thing about the tunnels is how you gonna have tunnels that flood when you're in engineering school.

37:35
Kieran
Now, I asked that same question.

37:38
Julia
It's just. It's a little bit like, guys come up, like, I don't know. Like, I. I personally not an engineering student, so I cannot speak on the topic, but I feel like maybe another drain would be nice.

37:49
Kieran
Like one.

37:50
Julia
Like there's only one in the middle of the tunnel. And so that's why it takes forever to drain. And it also gets clogged because there's only one. And there's freaking, like, everything, like leaves and. And stuff that get in there. I was trying to say bad bird.

38:07
Kieran
My other thing, this is like more of just like a. Not about the tunnels, but general, I'm low key. Not a big fan of the brick.

38:13
Julia
Cancel me.

38:15
Kieran
I think it's fine. It's just that there's so much of it. Every single building looks the same, but it doesn't look cool. It doesn't look, like, cool the same. It just looks the same.

38:23
Julia
It would look. I. I think the brick could be slave. There were more trees, like, if we. If. You know, like, how unc does Loki have a lot of brick, but they have a lot of beautiful trees and. Yes, they do landscaping and, like, green space. I think that. But also I think that the, like, so many people hate on NC State because of the brick, and it's just like, okay, that's just like, a stereotype or. You know what I'm saying? Like, they, like, want to pick something that, like to hate on NC State about, and they're like, the brick. But like, I. Which is like.

38:51
Kieran
But also, I kind of agree with them.

38:53
Julia
I. I agree that there's a lot of brick I can. That is a yellow brick road, but it's. It's a whole road brick. I agree that there is a lot of brick, but also, it's really not like. Like, it just needs more trees, like, to break up the brick.

39:07
Kieran
Yeah, it's not that. That's a good point. Like, it's not necessarily a bad amount of break. It's just. There's nothing to distinguish it or accentuate it.

39:14
Julia
There's nothing.

39:15
Kieran
Accentuate. Accentuate. Accentuating. There's nothing except accentuating. Accentuate.

39:22
Julia
Accentuating me when they're sexualizing the brick. I'm. I am Brick sexual. I am coming out today. Today is the day the tank's clean.

39:31
Kieran
The bricks are sexy.

39:33
Julia
They are so sexy.

39:35
Kieran
Wait. Accentuate. Accentuate.

39:37
Julia
Accentuated.

39:38
Kieran
Accentuated.

39:39
Julia
Accentuated. I like accentuate something nasty over here. Can't speak.

39:47
Kieran
Accentuating. Yes, I just had a stroke. Accentuating. Jesus. There's nothing. Accentuate.

39:55
Julia
Oh, oh, okay.

39:57
Kieran
There's nothing accentuating the brick. Can we move on to notes up?

40:02
Julia
Yes, we can. Actually. Let's see.

40:04
Kieran
I need to move away from this topic.

40:05
Julia
Let's see, what do we have in our notes app?

40:08
Kieran
Shout out. ChatGPT and Gemini, though, for giving us this.

40:12
Julia
Let's see. What do I have to do? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Here's a notes up that I've been wanting to talk about for weeks because I just thought it was the funniest thing ever. Okay. Have you seen those, like, blind date photo shoots where it's like. Like the. It's. It's a. Usually a man and a woman canceled.

40:35
Kieran
You.

40:36
Julia
Those woke liberals are, like, just so Guys, please. I'm woke. Anyway, so it's usually like a guy and a girl and they have blindfolds on and they've never met each other. And then the date is like a photo shoot. And it's like a photo shoot for the photographer to like, get more like, content for their portfolio or whatever.

40:54
Kieran
Yeah.

40:55
Julia
So then the. The people, like, take off their blindfold and they're like, And they have to do like all these prompts or like, hold hands or like kiss or like, do that stuff.

41:01
Kieran
Right.

41:02
Julia
And so it's like a date for them, but the. It's like a photo shoot for the photographer, but then they like, also video it so they can post to the video whatever. So. Right.

41:09
Kieran
Multifaceted.

41:10
Julia
Right. But I was like, what if he did a blind date photoshoot? But the photographer was just really bad, so it was like. It was like they like, sent all the photos, but it was just like a. Like an iPhone.

41:21
Kieran
Like, it's like a 13 year old discovered Snapchat filters for the first time.

41:25
Julia
And I thought that was actually the funniest thing that I ever come up with, but I thought it would be fun to do that. Okay, so we're just like. I think we could, like, hang up.

41:36
Kieran
Can we go on a blind date or.

41:37
Julia
It's us. It's us on a blind date with each other.

41:40
Kieran
Yeah. We come out.

41:41
Julia
I've never met you before in my life. No, no. But like, would it be funny if you, like, hung up flyers on campus and you're like, looking for like a cup or like, two people who are interested and then it's just like, really bad? I just think that'd be really funny. No, I think so.

41:57
Kieran
Or you gotta prank them and be like, that's what we got.

42:00
Julia
Good job, everyone. Yeah, I thought that would be funny. Anyway.

42:04
Kieran
That is funny. Let's see.

42:09
Julia
I'll keep looking and see what else I. Oh.

42:12
Kieran
Wide mozzarella sticks are better than the Skinny Rod ones.

42:18
Julia
Wait, say that again.

42:19
Kieran
Wide mozzarella sticks are better than the Skinny Rod ones.

42:23
Julia
Ones. What are the like. Like why, like rectangle one?

42:27
Kieran
Yeah.

42:27
Julia
Well, the cheese pool is definitely better.

42:29
Kieran
The cheese. The cheese pulls better.

42:30
Julia
The cheese pool at Sonic the other day was not pulling.

42:33
Kieran
It was not.

42:33
Julia
And it was not Julia to the.

42:35
Kieran
The Sonic for the first time at Apex. And this really made me laugh because she goes, is this what you guys do in Apex? And I go, yep.

42:41
Julia
Because it was like, it was her. And Ian was driving and I was sitting in the back seat and I was like, this feels. They feel very comfortable here. I feel like this is what they do. And I was like, so, like, they're like, oh, look, our spot is still open at the Sonic. And I was like, that is ludicrous. And then they were like, they already knew their order. They're like, you're getting, like, the usual. And he was like, yeah. And I was like, okay, what are we doing? And then. And then I was like, so this is what you guys do? And they're like, yeah. Then on the way back, they're like, Kira's like, yeah, we only play white girl music. Like. And I was like, you know what? Yeah. Yeah.

43:12
Kieran
In Apex, there's not a lot to do, especially growing up. They, like, just recently have started like. Like making it slay, modernized. But even then, like, the things to do in Apexer is a very short list that I could name it all. And most of it is just, like, going to sit somewhere or running a target. And so we did not discover the Sonic until last year. Wow. Like, but like, last spring, maybe probably last spring or something like that. And it's only like, 10 minutes from. Depending on whose house we're going from, it's like 10 to 15 minutes away. And so we would just. Every, like, couple of days at like, 9:00pm, we'd be like, do you guys want to go to Sonic? We're like, okay. And we would go. And we would go get milkshakes or we'd go get, like.

44:03
Kieran
We never get, like, food. We always get, like, a drink or mozzarella sticks and cherry limeade or so.

44:10
Julia
Well, okay, what was slaying me is that Picture this Saturday Easter brunch. We have eaten so much food. And then about two, Ian sits up and says, you guys want to go to Sonic? And then were all like, yeah. Well, we just ate. And he's like. He, like. He, like, kept bringing up every, like, 15 minutes. And then eventually people were like, well, it's time for me to go. Then he's like, do you guys want to go to Sonic? And then we're like, let's go to Sonic. So then went, and it was. And he was very happy to get his widow stick.

44:35
Kieran
Well, my favorite part is he was gonna go whether or not went with him.

44:37
Julia
Right. He just thought he had throw out that invitation.

44:40
Kieran
Yeah, that's kind of what. We just do that every single break. Or, like, even we're having a sleepover or there's like, a planned funk. The plan after that is to then go to Sonic.

44:50
Julia
Like the funk. Where the funk at?

44:54
Kieran
The plan funk being to go to someone's house and eat pizza. The follow up part of the plan is to then go to the Sonic later. And that sonic's open till midnight, so. Because then usually what we do is after that we go on a long drive and we scream music and we just, like, drive around.

45:09
Julia
Music. Music. We scream music.

45:14
Kieran
I can tell you where we drive to because we go on the same exact route. We drive down 64 until the Hardee's. And then you turn around,.

45:21
Julia
Right? Of course, the Hardee's. Once you get past the Hardee's, it's. It's scary out there because it's on.

45:26
Kieran
The way down to Jordan Lake. So sometimes we'll drive. Usually we go to the Hardee's and then we turn around. But anyways, all of it to say is that the.

45:33
Julia
The.

45:33
Kieran
The rectangle. Mozzarella sticks. I still can't say that word.

45:37
Julia
Rectangle.

45:38
Kieran
The rectangle. Mozzarella sticks are better than the skin.

45:42
Julia
You monster ella stick. I can't monster. The monster ella sticks are just.

45:50
Kieran
I can't say mozzarella and I will not be. I can't. I will not be shamed for it. Oh, I also can't say gymnastics, but we know this gymnastics. I say gymnastic. Mozzarella stick. Ketchup. That's just how we are. What else do I have? Oh, I wrote a multiple bullet points for this one. I'm angry about the fact that there isn't a lot of wordplay with my name. Name. Okay, first off, never finding a keychain. Anything with my name on it, for that matter. I've never found anything with my name on it before. I hated the icebreaker in, like, elementary middle school where you needed to introduce.

46:29
Julia
What is going on with you? And then I. And what? And it's breaking up and I can't hear anyone.

46:34
Kieran
What is going on? I cannot speak. Introducing yourself with an adjective that starts with the same letter as your name. I can only think of so many for K. And it was always kind Kieran. Or like kangaroo. Or like karate.

46:50
Julia
Like, be so for real nice Kieran. Like, no, Kieran. Like knowledgeable Kieran.

47:00
Kieran
Like, knowing Kieran.

47:02
Julia
Like, that's funny.

47:05
Kieran
But it's also all silent case except for kind and like kangaroo. Like, wait, okay, like the list. I just, like, hate it because everybody was, like, Amazing Amy.

47:16
Julia
Or like, start with K. Let's see. Keen Kieran.

47:25
Kieran
Keen.

47:26
Julia
Killer Kieran. Yeah. Kooky Kieran. Ky Kieran.

47:31
Kieran
What?

47:32
Julia
Kaleidoscope Kieran. Kinetic Kieran.

47:35
Kieran
That's what I'm saying is, like, my options. That's why my nicknames growing up. Or, like, when people are like. Like, you have to pick a name, but it has to be something with the first letter of your name.

47:43
Julia
Knockout Kieran.

47:44
Kieran
Oh, wow. I was always Kiwi or KitKat. And then the fun one that we came up in middle school was Ketamine.

47:50
Julia
Ketamine Kieran.

47:51
Kieran
Why was it kind of me here? I was just Ketamine. Like, that was just like, that's Ketamine over there.

47:55
Julia
Nicknames for Kirin.

47:58
Kieran
That was the other thing, too, is like, I have a lot of nicknames, but none of them are. They're either just my name but shorter and something else added on to it here.

48:04
Julia
Key Kiki K. Dog K. Rock K. Smooth K. Money K plays Kieran the Conqueror.

48:09
Kieran
Kieran the Conquero.

48:10
Julia
Kirasaurus. Sir Kieran. Sir Kieran. Vibes.

48:17
Kieran
Would hate for that to be a name. My nicknames, yeah, they're either like, part of my name was something random attached to or just something completely different. It's not like a shorter version or anything like that. Like, although I do have Kiki. I. My nickname is Kiki or Kiks, and I'm Mama Kiki or Mama Kiks.

48:31
Julia
I just looked up nicknames for me. Jules, Ju, J. Leah from the end of my name.

48:38
Kieran
Jouelzy, Lulu, Juju.

48:41
Julia
I do. Yeah. I like Big Juel. If anyone ever calls me that, I'm coming after you. And I'm not joking. I'm not joking. I will get you.

48:54
Kieran
It's okay. Some of my friends have started referring to me as the woman with mass after that.

48:59
Julia
Yeah. And I was like, well, Cleo calls me Big Juice, Big Jim. And I just, you know, I do.

49:05
Kieran
Like saying juju on that beat every now and then.

49:07
Julia
Yeah. Well, it's like somebody called me. Oh, our wknc Sam, who's like, our boss, right. Came up to me at Spring Fest last week and said, well, they were like, I just need to tell you something really quick. And I was like, what? They're like, the new episode is heat. And I was like, okay, I hope that's good. But then when they came up, they were like, I just got to tell Ju something. And I was like, wait, I didn't.

49:36
Kieran
Know were on that level.

49:37
Julia
I didn't know. I didn't know were on that level. But it's because the. The title of the last episode had my name is Ju. And so then they. And I was like, wait, Guys, call me Ju. Just call me Ju. That's my name.

49:48
Kieran
Well, that's what you've been telling you.

49:49
Julia
That is my name. But nobody here uses it.

49:52
Kieran
I use Ju.

49:53
Julia
That's true. But nobody else does.

49:54
Kieran
But I use it. But the problem is no one else knows what that means.

49:59
Julia
Like Ju. As in like Juish. Right. Which.

50:02
Kieran
And then they're like, why are you calling that right? I'm like, no, you don't get it. Juish.

50:06
Julia
But it's J, U, I, S, H, Juish.

50:08
Kieran
Well, the other thing too is a lot of people when I type, because I'll type Ju when I text people, but they think I'm just misspelling you, right? But they don't get it. They think I just put like an extra J.

50:17
Julia
They don't get it. Oh, wait, there's. It says it can do combo names for Kieran and Julia.

50:22
Kieran
Yeah. Jiren, Coolia.

50:29
Julia
Both are names put together. Also, I did receive a selfie from my young gentleman. So I would love to go ahead and take a look at that. Curlya.

50:39
Kieran
Yeah.

50:39
Julia
Julie. Julian.

50:41
Kieran
Julian, Kijul.

50:43
Julia
Jukier.

50:44
Kieran
Jukier. I need everybody to comment on our next instapose. Juke here. Or some sort of hyphenated name for us.

50:52
Julia
Wait, can you do more? That is our names combined. Let's see what we got. Name Mashups, Curia, Kajulia, Julik.

51:09
Kieran
Here you got to do the last name. Jukiran Jukurin. That sounds like Juki.

51:17
Julia
Kieran, J Fuse used.

51:18
Kieran
Could you, could you do here, right? Have you seen the trend where people incorporate their names into words?

51:25
Julia
No.

51:25
Kieran
So they're like, I've been doing this on the regular as well. Regular on the ground. Oh yeah. This is absolutely insane.

51:32
Julia
Or like the way I'm about to start like I going it down on.

51:36
Kieran
That Ben doing this like B E N. Yeah. And I'm so upset that I can't do this with my name.

51:42
Julia
Like that is what. I'm sorry, people.

51:45
Kieran
I saw that. It made me laugh because I was like, I'm about to start saying regular like. That is so funny.

51:50
Julia
Oh my God, look how cute he is.

51:52
Kieran
Oh, he's perched up.

51:53
Julia
He's at work.

51:54
Kieran
What does he do?

51:55
Julia
He's a welder. Oh, well, he also. He's. He's in class as well. He also has a full time job. Oh, he's adorable. Wow.

52:03
Kieran
How old is he? He's 20.

52:05
Julia
Nice. No, he's so cute. Anyway, guys, sorry about that.

52:13
Kieran
What time are we at?

52:16
Julia
51 Minutes. So we're like low key. Good. Yeah.

52:19
Kieran
I have any other. Do I have any other.

52:21
Julia
I've been really into Pinterest lately because I've been back on my crafting grinds.

52:25
Kieran
I need to get back on my crafting grind. My last notes have. That I had in mind is I think I can do stand up comedy. I think I'll be good of it.

52:33
Julia
Good.

52:34
Kieran
Good at it.

52:34
Julia
Wow. Maybe if you could speed peak what is actually going on with you today.

52:40
Kieran
You have like, I've been stuttering this whole podcast.

52:43
Julia
I. Well, but you did before we even started. So it's not like. It's not like performance anxiety, which by the way, I had to get a drug test that I had performance anxiety and I couldn't pee in the cup.

52:51
Kieran
That's the story of my life. So I had actually. I don't want to share that.

52:54
Julia
Yeah. I was about to say. Wow. I thought you said that was staying between us.

52:58
Kieran
Never mind. I started to speak, I was like, oh, I really do have. Have this problem where when I get into the moment with someone or like I like.

53:04
Julia
I me when the vibes are set. Me when the. There's.

53:08
Kieran
There's a moment when I. When I walk.

53:09
Julia
No, when I me when I'm with you.

53:11
Kieran
And I'm. When I'm with you. When I'm not with you, I like.

53:16
Julia
Yeah.

53:16
Kieran
Nope, I lost it.

53:18
Julia
And that's okay.

53:19
Kieran
Okay.

53:19
Julia
Yeah. But anyway.

53:25
Kieran
But anyways, make sure you follow us on the Instagram and D has any questions or topics you want to talk about, follow us on the podcast at TWT S pod. That is P O D pod. Our individual accounts are linked in the bio that Instagram account. So make sure to follow each of us comment what you liked about the pod, what you want to hear about the pod. Like our post, repost it, make us viral, make us famous. And there's PR packages. Wait.

53:46
Julia
Also let us know if you want us to like do it over the summer and do it next year too, so.

53:49
Kieran
Oh, yes. We want it over the summer. It was planned to not be. Actually, you're going to be living in Greensboro.

53:55
Julia
Yes. Yes. Yep, yep. So we really don't know what's going on this summer. So just stay tuned on that. Let us know what you'd like anyhow. Yeah.

54:03
Kieran
We're here to tell you the truth.

54:05
Julia
Oh.

54:05
Kieran
Cuz they don't miss me, right?

54:07
Julia
Bye, guys.
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