Orange Oil is our favorite food, but what about its gruesome twin, the Orange Oil Stain? This week starts off with some Real Talk about the dearth of desserts on-hand (yogurt and granola ain't gonna cut it anymore) and the sad truth that sometimes, mediocre food can make a person (e.g. Sophie) eat more, in the hopes of attaining culinary nirvana. Then, prepare for a bumpy segue into small talk! How to have it, why we're having it, and whether there is some way to dispatch with it altogether. Is our generation a bit too anxious to trauma-bond? Is talking about the weather a snooze, or politeness itself? These questions, with absolutely zero answers, in this episode of your favorite podcast.

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