THIRST AID KIT | S3E11 | TAK ON TOUR: THIRSTY TORONTO
Y’all.
It’s true that thirst knows no borders, and there are thirst-buckets all over the world. And we got to witness some of that international thirst in person for the first time — in Toronto!
Yes! We were invited to do a live show at the Hot Docs Podcast Festival, and we packed a bag and two (2) spray bottles and flew over and it was L I T. But don’t take just our word for it; look what cohost of ESPN’s 30 For 30 podcast, Jody Avirgan, said about our live show:
Keith Romer, his cohost, agreed.
What exactly did we do? WELL, WE’LL TELL YOU.
We took our unique brand of lusting out loud to the Great White North, and were met with all the warmth of our Canadian thirst team. We were ably aided by two fabulously thirsty guests: producer and all-round diamond TK Matunda (who tolerated us when we we affectionately referred to her as “Canadian TK” because of our own OG TK, producer, TK Dutes 😂), who told us all about her crushes: Richard Ayoade, Donald Glover, and Jemaine Clement (spot the theme... 👀). Look at this shit, if you please!
TK gave us one of the quotes of the night, when she said a thirst object had to “ease my mind and ease my muscles.” What a word! 🙏🏾
We also had another guest, the woman who popularized one of the phrases of 2018, “Big Dick Energy”. Yes, Kyrell Grant of the Drunk Feminist Film Collective, shared some of her thoughts on who exactly has that exclusive energy in a game we called “BDE Or Nah” (spoiler: Nafessa Williams? BDE all over), as well as showing us the roots of her own thirst objects, Ezra “Spooky Dick” Miller, and twinkly-ass Stanley ‘The Tooch’ Tucci.
There were gasps of delight, impromptu dancing on stage, and all the dirty auntie chuckles you could ever want. Plus we did a live [REDACTED] complete with human sound effects, and a live (and lively 👀) Thirst Sommelier thanks to our very up-for-it and very thirsty audience, and of course, live drabble writing and reading in Fanfic Wars (with a twist). Y’all we had a ball. And, as a special exclusive treat to attendees, we gave out tote bags. Fam, we promise” you wanted to be there.
You can listen to the whole episode RIGHT HERE (more ways to listen listed down below)
MORE STUFF TO WATCH AND READ, IF YOU LIKE!
Kyrell on BDE, in her own words
Stanley Tucci cooking, hair-dusted forearms brazenly exposed
Jemaine Clement (with his Conchords partner, Bret McKenzie) performing the classic “Business Time”.
Here’s Ezra Miller making this interviewer blush happily:
Shoutout to Drunk Feminist Film Collective, and every single person at Hot Docs, who made us feel like absolute rockstars. Salutations and hugs to our guests, TK and Kyrell, who shone. Huge shoutout to Reem of the Ted Rogers Cinema, who is a QUEEN AMONG WOMEN. The greatest thanks to our amazing 🌟SUPERSTAR🌟 producers TK Dutes and Camila Salazar, who went above and beyond, as they do every single episode. Big love to every single person who bought tickets and came out and filled the house with uproarious laughter and thirst. There’s nothing better than a dark room full of thirsty patrons, guffawing and engaging in good clean (LOL) fun. We had a ball. 💜
We’re on Twitter at @bimadew and @tnwhiskeywoman; the show is on Twitter at @thirstaidkit. You can follow TK Matunda on Twitter @tkmatunda and Kyrell Grant is @imbobswaget. Send us your (short!) drabbles at [email protected]. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, please, because we think the world should know how much you love us. Five stars, please! Also: WE HAVE MERCH NOW. (UK listeners: shop here; Germany shoppers: here.)
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Thirst is Good. Stay thirsty. 💦🥤
