1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Hello Sunshine. 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 2: Hey, bestie is it is our first ever Halloween show. 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 2: Today we're celebrating this spooky holiday with comedian and Halloween 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 2: fangirl Lauren Lapkis in her podcast called The Haunting. Lauren 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 2: brings real ghost stories to life, and after hearing a 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 2: few of them, you may want to sleep with the 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 2: lights on. Okay, it's Thursday, October thirty. First, I'm Simone 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 2: Boyce and. 9 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 3: I'm Danielle Robe And this is the bright Side from 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 3: Hello Sunshine, a daily show where we come together to 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 3: share women's stories, laugh, learn and brighten your day. 12 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 4: Happy Halloween, y'all. 13 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: Happy Halloween? Or shall I say boo? 14 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 4: Just kidding? 15 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 3: Honestly, Simone, my heart is still racing. I haven't had 16 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 3: a scare like that in a long time. 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 4: Oh so good, guys. 18 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: Simone pranked me. I got cranked for real. 19 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 4: It was epic. 20 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: I was so nervous that we weren't be able to 21 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 2: pull it off because you ask a lot of questions, 22 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: Who's we. 23 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 3: Who's we? 24 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: You had a team of people helping you. 25 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: Oh, I had the whole podcast team behind this. Pretty 26 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: much the entire office was in on it. This was 27 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 2: a team effort. I just I love pranks and I 28 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 2: finally got to pull one off on our show, So 29 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: be aware. 30 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:20,199 Speaker 4: Watch your back Danielle. 31 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 3: Okay, I have to tell everybody the backstory of this, 32 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 3: so yeah, please do. 33 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: Tim is our showrunner. 34 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 3: You've heard him on Popping Off and he calls me 35 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 3: one day after work and he was like, Okay, it's 36 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 3: like it's gonna be Halloween. Are you a prank person? 37 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 3: Do you want to prank Simone? And I'm like, I'm 38 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 3: not really a huge prankster, Like, if you have any ideas, 39 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 3: I'll be up for it, and I was like, thinking 40 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 3: about pranks, I couldn't really think of any. 41 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: So the next day I call you, like a good 42 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: best he does. 43 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 3: And I say, Simone, Tim called me. 44 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: And asked me to prank you. So I'm sure he's 45 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: going to call you and ask you to prank me. 46 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 3: Why don't we throw both of those away and prank him? 47 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: And You're like, oh, I don't know, maybe like if 48 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: you can think of anything, let me know. 49 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 3: And then all of a sudden, I walk into the 50 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 3: studio one day and boo, you scared the livingsh out 51 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 3: of me. 52 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 2: Well, what you don't know is that I'd been planning 53 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: this for like three weeks, so by the time you 54 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 2: called me, all the pieces were in place. We were 55 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 2: ready for the scare the next day, and I was like, 56 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 2: oh no, she's onto us. She's gonna ruin this whole prank. 57 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 2: But you didn't ruin it. I got myself a clown 58 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 2: mask and I was hiding out in our studio. We 59 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 2: created this whole ruse. We told Danielle that she had 60 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 2: to do a studio tour for social media. So as 61 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 2: she's backing into our studio, she's like talking to camera. 62 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 2: Her back is towards me where I'm waiting to scare her. 63 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 2: As she comes around the corner, I just jump out 64 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 2: in the clown mask. 65 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 4: And it was so good. I really scared you. 66 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 3: You really scared me, And I just want you to 67 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 3: know I'm gonna say it on record. 68 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: Watch your back, girlfriend, because I'm coming for you. It's 69 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: gonna happen when you least expect it. 70 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 2: Bright Side bessies, if you're listening and thinking, man, I 71 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 2: wish I could have been there to see how terrified 72 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 2: Danielle was in this moment. Well don't worry, the video 73 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 2: is up on all of our social media pages, so 74 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 2: check it out. 75 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 4: It's there for your enjoyment and mine. 76 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: Y'all boycott it, don't watch it. 77 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 3: Okay, Well, in the spirit of pranks and being scared 78 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 3: out of your mind, let's keep the Halloween celebration going. Today, 79 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 3: we are joined by a comedian and all around a 80 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 3: Halloween girly. Her name's Lauren Lapkiss and she actually happens 81 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 3: to be from my hometown. She's from Chicago. We grew 82 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 3: up near each other. And her podcast, The Haunting is 83 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 3: so hilarious. She's bringing comedy to real life ghost stories. 84 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 2: I love this comedy horror mashup. It makes so much sense. 85 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,559 Speaker 2: So in the podcast, she plays a fictional influencer named Terreza, 86 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: which I love. It's not Terresa, it's who's stuck somewhere between. 87 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 4: Our world and the next. 88 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 2: And this whole time she's fighting for verification, not just 89 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 2: like emotional and psychological verification or validation like literally a 90 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: blue check mark on Instagram. 91 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 4: It's a hilarious setup. 92 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 2: So in the show Thereza narrates these supernatural spooky stories 93 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 2: and hilarity ensues. 94 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 3: All I can think about is Teresa Caputo, the Long 95 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 3: Island medium. I wonder if there was some inspiration from 96 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 3: her behind this character. 97 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 2: I mean, talk about dancing in the liminal space between 98 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 2: this world and the next. I think there's I think 99 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 2: you might be onto something. 100 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 3: I just think of the poof, the blonde poof in 101 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 3: her hair. Okay, anyways, let's get back to business. 102 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 4: Let's go ahead and bring her in. 103 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: Lauren lavcis Happy Halloween and welcome to the bright side. 104 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 5: Oh my god, thank you for having me. Happy Halloween 105 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 5: at that day of the year. 106 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 4: Hello, it's your favorite day of the year. 107 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 5: It is one of them. Yeah, it's this in Christmas, 108 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 5: I think, and my birthday, and I don't know, I 109 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 5: guess a bunch of other days. 110 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 2: Speaking of Christmas, we hear that you have a Halloween 111 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 2: themed Christmas tree. 112 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 4: This sounds genius. Tell us anything, dude. 113 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 5: Yes, I have a bright orange Christmas tree that is 114 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 5: decorated with Halloween ornaments, very spooky bats and ghosts and 115 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 5: black cats and all sorts of things. And it's just 116 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 5: so great because I you know, it was a pandemic purchase, 117 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 5: which makes sense because everything was really sad and I 118 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 5: was like, how can I make my life less depressing 119 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 5: right now? But also it's we don't get enough time 120 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 5: with the Christmas tree. So it's really it gives you 121 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 5: that soft glow every night as you're getting the house 122 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 5: shut down and things feel like a little cozy. It's 123 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 5: it's a really nice way to prolong that period of time. 124 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 3: So some of my very best memories are, go, I 125 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 3: grew up in Chicago and we have like window seats 126 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 3: in our house. 127 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 4: Do you know what those are? 128 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 5: Yes? Wait, where are you from? Because I'm from Evanston 129 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 5: you are, Yeah, I. 130 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: Grew up in Glencoe, like we'll met. 131 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 5: I went, yeah, oh, I went to ets. That's so 132 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 5: crazy from Yeah. 133 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, your dance team beat us every single year. 134 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: It was very mortified. 135 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 4: So good, that's amazing. I didn't know that. 136 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 5: That's such a small world. 137 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 3: Okay, so you know what window seats are because people 138 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 3: know they don't know what window seats are. 139 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 5: Oh okay, yeah, so it would open up. 140 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 3: The window seats with my mom and there would be 141 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 3: all of our Halloween decorations and I would go and 142 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 3: like decorate our whole house. Okay, and Chicago suburb halloweens 143 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 3: are really awesome because that's yeah exactly. Yeah, I know 144 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 3: that you have two little girls what are you guys doing, Like, 145 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 3: do you have any traditions? 146 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 5: Oh my god. Well, first of all, I do wish 147 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 5: that they could have the Halloween that I had growing up, 148 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 5: because it was so idyllic to grow up there. I mean, 149 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 5: for people who don't know, I mean a lot of 150 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 5: the John Hughes movies were filmed there. It's very like 151 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 5: quintessential eighties nineties movie fall crisp, crunchy leaves vibes. But 152 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 5: we have really fun costumes. My husband and I and 153 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 5: our older daughter are all going to be snakes because 154 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 5: she wanted to be a snake. And my baby is 155 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 5: going to be a Hershey kid because I didn't know 156 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 5: the snake plan when I bought. 157 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 4: The Hers she Kissed thing. 158 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 5: So yeah, we're going She's going rogue, but I'm very 159 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 5: excited about it. One of you has kids. Somebody told 160 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 5: me this. 161 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 4: This is true. I am the mother I have children. 162 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 5: What are your kids gonna dress up as? 163 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 3: Today? 164 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 2: So my oldest son, Logan is Jack Skellington, and my 165 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:25,239 Speaker 2: youngest son, Keenan is a Stormtrooper. So they're super pumped 166 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: about those costumes. 167 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 5: So cute. 168 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: I wanted to ask you if you have any trigger 169 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 2: treating hacks. As a mom, I've seen some people on 170 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 2: TikTok they like put a little mommy juice in a 171 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 2: little cooler little cup and walk around the. 172 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 5: Name right, God, that's a great idea. I you know, 173 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 5: we've only been triggered treating once. My daughter's three, So 174 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 5: last year we took her out and it was so 175 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 5: overwhelming to her that we literally got one piece of 176 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 5: candy and then we went home. She also took her 177 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 5: costume off right as we were walking up to the 178 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 5: street to go do it. I was like, okay, so 179 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 5: my husband and I were dressed like two monsters, ain't characters, 180 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 5: and she took off her boo costume and was just 181 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 5: wearing clothes and like, I was like, so we're a 182 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 5: trigger dream. I don't know. So I'm hoping this year 183 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 5: will be more traditional and that she'll keep her costume 184 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 5: on and actually knock on some doors. 185 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 4: But we'll see. 186 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 3: Where do you guys stand with candy and kids. Are 187 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 3: there any strict rules or are you a free for all? Oh? 188 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 5: Man, I think I thought that I would have more rules, 189 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 5: but I really kind of do whatever. She loves candy. 190 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 5: I'm like, you can have it. Every day. I really 191 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 5: don't care. What do you think? 192 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 4: So, Mom, I'm the same way, Lauren. 193 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 2: I grew up dumping out a pillowcase of candy on 194 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 2: the floor and just like go into town with my 195 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 2: girlfriends and it was great. It was such a great memory. 196 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 2: So I'm just like, enjoy it. You know, it's like 197 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 2: Monday year. Yes, the candy's gonna be around for a while, 198 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 2: but enjoy it. 199 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 4: Who cares? 200 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean that being said, I kind of was 201 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 5: saying I serve candy every day. I let her eat 202 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 5: dessert every day. At least she has a cupcake or popsicle. 203 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 5: The popsicles are sugar free. I don't know. Maybe I'm 204 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 5: not a terrible. 205 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 2: Mom, Danielle. When you were growing up, what was the 206 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 2: candy policy at your house? You're setting me up. 207 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 4: I know nothing. I'm genuinely curious, Lauren. 208 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: Just to get you up. Someone the other day was like, 209 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: do you have an almond mom? 210 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 3: Because I told her a story about my mom. My 211 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: mom's probably listening. She doesn't know she's an almond mom, 212 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 3: but she is a little bit of an almond mom. 213 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 3: We actually we were allowed to eat what we had, 214 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 3: pillowcases of candy. We were allowed to eat it, but 215 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 3: I think it would secretly disappear after a week. 216 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, but we didn't. 217 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: Really notice or care. It was fine by that point. 218 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't even know. Maybe my mom was doing 219 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 5: that too. I don't know how long all my candy lasted. 220 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 2: You know. 221 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 5: Yeah, we were counting it all and being really excited. 222 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 5: But we'll see what she actually consumes. 223 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 3: Well, Lauren, everyone's probably wondering why we're chatting with you 224 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 3: about Halloween. Besides your orange tree tradition, which I really love, 225 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 3: you have kind of created a whole new genre of podcasts. 226 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 3: It's called the Haunting, and it's this hybrid of super 227 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,719 Speaker 3: natural and comedy because of course we all know you 228 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 3: as a comedian. The newest season just launched, and for 229 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 3: those who haven't quite listened yet, can you explain the 230 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 3: premise of the show, because if I do it, I'm 231 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 3: not going to get it right. 232 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 5: Yes, Okay, So the show is half scripted, half real 233 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 5: ghost stories. So I play a dead influencer named Terreza 234 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 5: who fails to cross over. She's stuck between two worlds 235 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 5: because she hasn't gotten verified yet, so she's trying to 236 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 5: kind of get to the other side, and that's a battle. 237 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 5: Every episode is a battle for why she can't become verified. 238 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 5: But within that we get to hear real stories from 239 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 5: people who have experienced supernatural phenomena, ghost stories, different creepy things, 240 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 5: and it's really fun. It really works for me because 241 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 5: I get scared very easily. I get scared of ghost stories. 242 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 5: I get scared of scary movies, and the comedy breaks up, 243 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 5: you know, the actual terror. So it's a nice balance. 244 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 3: The concept, to me is so hilarious. Did you come 245 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 3: up first of all, why is her name not Teresa? 246 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 3: Why is it Teresa? And how did you come up 247 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 3: with this concept? 248 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 5: So it's actually written by this amazing writer Aliah Welsh, 249 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 5: who is so talented and so Terreza. I think she 250 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 5: just put a little spin on her name. It probably 251 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 5: is Teresa. She's you know, it's like saying totally, oh 252 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 5: my god, I haven't thought about Targe in a while. 253 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 5: That was really what we always called it. But yeah, 254 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 5: she's she's you know, she's kind of vapid and focused 255 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 5: on the wrong things, and and Terreza is probably just 256 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 5: the flair that she gave herself to get a little 257 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 5: extra attention, but a little space on it. 258 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 4: So how did you find the vocal quality for Teresa? 259 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 4: How did you develop that? 260 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 5: You know, it's an important balance because since it's just 261 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 5: an audio medium, you don't want to have too annoying 262 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 5: of a voice, because my instinct would be to make 263 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 5: her really annoying. But we you know, we found like 264 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 5: a nice balance where she's she's she has a really 265 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 5: she's very like, well, I guess I'll just do the voice. 266 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 5: So she talks with a lot of confidence, and she 267 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 5: is very very serious most of the time, and she's 268 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 5: you know, she's not going into that naisal like I'm 269 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 5: gonna you know, which would be so fun, but people 270 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 5: don't want to hear that in their ear for NonStop 271 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 5: podcast listening. Yeah, so she had a death that was 272 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 5: really embarrassing and we haven't fully gotten to hear what 273 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 5: happened to her yet. It's going to come out later. 274 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 5: But her death was something she doesn't want to talk 275 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 5: about because it wouldn't look good on Instagram. So it's 276 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 5: kind of how she views everything. 277 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 4: We are rooting for Theresa and her verification. We are 278 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 4: thank you so much rooting girl. 279 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 3: We need to take a quick break but we'll be 280 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 3: right back with Lauren lap Kiss. 281 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: And we're back with Lauren lap Kiss. 282 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 3: My basic knowledge of ghosts and I'm kind of a 283 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 3: woo woo girl, so I'm open. But my basic knowledge 284 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:15,719 Speaker 3: of ghosts has come from Casper and Wendy movies. What 285 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 3: do you know about ghosts and what do you believe? 286 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 4: Man? 287 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 5: I have watched a lot of ghost related shows, like 288 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 5: those ghost hunting things, and I like a lot. I 289 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 5: think that there is something on the other side. I 290 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 5: think it would be limiting to think that there's nothing, Like, 291 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 5: how can we know there's no proof when we are 292 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 5: another I try to tell myself, I don't believe in 293 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,319 Speaker 5: ghosts because I get creeped out. But because I get 294 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 5: creeped out, I think that means I believe in it. 295 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 5: So it's kind of a you know, catch twenty two. 296 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: There so are ghost people that get stuck in the middle? 297 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 4: Is that what it is? Technically? 298 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 5: See? That's my okay, that's my belief about ghosts is 299 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 5: that it's someone who has unfinished business and they're like 300 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 5: trying to communicate, to try to get some something across. 301 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 5: I believe that, like souls exist, one you pass and 302 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 5: I don't think that's the same thing. I think people 303 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 5: can communicate from the other side and it not be 304 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 5: that same sort of you know, scary element. I don't 305 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 5: really think, you know, your soul is a scary thing. 306 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 5: I think a ghost who's haunting something is a scary thing. 307 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 5: But that's very different. 308 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 2: Well said, I've always thought that horror and comedy are 309 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 2: like cousins, like they almost there's a shared language there 310 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 2: or rhythm there. I think that's what it is. Like, 311 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 2: it's all about timing in both of those genres. 312 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 5: And like a release of tension, like screaming or laughing. 313 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 5: It's like you're kind of like waiting to have a reaction. 314 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 5: So I agree with you. 315 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 4: As a comedian. 316 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 2: Why do you think the supernatural is fertile ground for comedy? 317 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 5: Oh my god, Well, there's so much there. 318 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 4: I think. 319 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 5: I think horror comedy is a really fun genre. But 320 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 5: it's because you have that tension you're building. You're building 321 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 5: like up to a scare, which can be a funny 322 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 5: scare or it actually scary scare, but it's just kind 323 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 5: of ripe for it. I mean, I think when you're 324 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 5: holding your breath, I mean in comedy, when you're watching 325 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 5: a comedy, you're not holding your breath for the laughter, 326 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 5: but you are expecting to laugh at some point. So 327 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 5: there's a part of your brain that's kind of going, like, 328 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 5: I'm going to laugh at a certain point. Something funny 329 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 5: is about to happen, whether you're consciously thinking about it 330 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 5: or not. So I mean, and I think with horror, 331 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 5: you're very on the edge of your seat thinking something 332 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 5: about it or scary is going to happen. So it 333 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 5: is kind of that balance in your mind as you're 334 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 5: watching something. And so I think as a creator it's 335 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 5: really fun because you get to play with people a 336 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 5: little bit. And I mean our podcast, the haunting is 337 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 5: very light in the comedy. It's not trying to scare 338 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 5: you with that comedic part. But the ghost stories are 339 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 5: really real and I mean very scary to me. I 340 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 5: don't know, not all of them, some of them. There 341 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 5: are some that are more touching. There's like an example 342 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 5: of one is there's an episode where a woman connects 343 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 5: with her father who has passed, which it's not a 344 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 5: scary episode. It's like a really I find moving episode. 345 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 5: But there are some much more scary ones or just 346 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 5: creepy and it kind of makes you think something's going 347 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 5: to happen inside your own house after you listen, Like 348 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 5: there's an episode with this guy Greg who has. 349 00:15:58,240 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: That's the one I want to ask you about. 350 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 5: So he buys a condo and pretty much immediately it's 351 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 5: like haunted, like there's just things that are happening, or 352 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 5: you know, you can say it's not haunted, but you 353 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 5: can say, well, there's something a little weird, like this 354 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 5: light is flickering, or this thing is happening, something's a 355 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 5: little off. It just builds so much through his story 356 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 5: and the way he tells it is so great, but 357 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 5: I think it goes from being something that you can 358 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 5: be skeptical about to something that you have to question. Basically, 359 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 5: you know, things get moved a little more, like bigger 360 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 5: things get moved, like his iPod doc is knocked off 361 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 5: his counter and like it's all falling on the floor 362 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 5: or something like that couldn't happen. Or his door keeps 363 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 5: locking anytime someone goes outside to smoke a cigarette the 364 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 5: door locks even though nobody locked it. And ultimately he 365 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 5: has a very creepy moment at the end where his 366 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 5: couch has like a handprint from some sort of like 367 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 5: creature and it's coming from an angle that nobody could 368 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 5: stand at, Like it's just very creepy to be. And 369 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 5: then I turned my light on, which actually I have 370 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 5: this one light in my house that has been flickering, 371 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 5: and I was like, I know it's the light bulb. 372 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 5: I mean, I think it's I have to tell myself 373 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 5: it's light bul But after listening to that this morning, 374 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 5: I put it on and I was like, I don't 375 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 5: really want to have this light on. He was doing 376 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 5: something where when the light would flicker, he would scream 377 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 5: because he knew that a person had passed in his house. 378 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: The owner had passed. 379 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 3: And then he bopped me, yes, and I think that's 380 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 3: what makes this all so creepy. 381 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 5: Yes, I left out the most important detail. He literally 382 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 5: knew that somebody had died there. So when he was 383 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 5: when the light was flickering, he's yelling like not get 384 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 5: off Elmer like the party. He literally knows the guy's name, 385 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 5: and then the light would stop flickering, and it happened 386 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 5: every single time, and he was like, you can argue 387 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 5: that a light would stop flickering if you had just 388 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 5: the cord or something, but every time I yelled to 389 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 5: stop doing it, it stops, like, that's not really how 390 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 5: you know electricity works, So you gotta believe in that 391 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 5: a little bit. 392 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 4: I think. 393 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 3: So, do you ever find yourself as a comedian making 394 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 3: jokes during creepy situations or moments where you're like, oh, 395 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 3: I shouldn't. 396 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 4: Have said that. Oh. 397 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 5: I mean, I think it's kind of my natural go 398 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,719 Speaker 5: to is to make a joke when I'm uncomfortable. So 399 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 5: it definitely happens a lot, you know, in my life. 400 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 5: Thankfully I don't have enough creepy things happening, but if 401 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 5: I did, I would be trying to make a joke 402 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 5: about it. I mean, I get creeped out just the 403 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 5: idea I can imagine something and really scare myself. So 404 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 5: I will often talk to myself out loud when I 405 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 5: start thinking of something like that and I'm like, there's 406 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 5: nothing happened. I have to like say out loud, like 407 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 5: nothing is happening, no one is here, and everything's fine. 408 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 5: But I don't know, Simone, what do you think about ghosts? 409 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 5: I feel your skepticism seeping through the zoom. 410 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 2: That's how I feel like burning your You feel my 411 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,640 Speaker 2: retinas burning your yes, what do I think about? 412 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 4: I actually think ghosts are real. I do. 413 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 5: Okay, I misread that? 414 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 4: WHOA too? 415 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 5: Okay, good, I'm great, I'm glad. 416 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 4: I do think ghosts are real. Yeah, I don't know 417 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 4: what they mean. 418 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 2: It's it seems like a soul is trapped or something, 419 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 2: but I don't. This is why I don't watch I 420 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 2: don't watch like demonic or like spiritual ghost d movies 421 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 2: because I do think it's real, so it's too close 422 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 2: to nonfiction for me, so I kind of stay away 423 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 2: from that. 424 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 5: So I agree with you. I prefer a movie where 425 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 5: there's a murderer. Honestly, of course, this is like more real, 426 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 5: but I prefer a movie with a murderer that who 427 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 5: is then is killed at the end. Then I go, 428 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 5: story is done. It was scary, but now that person 429 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 5: is dead, like that is much easier for me to handle. 430 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 2: Thank you for articulating that, because that's exactly how I've 431 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 2: felt for, you know, thirty six years as a moviegoer. 432 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's exactly right. Yeah. 433 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 5: I love Scream Like that's my favorite scary movie of 434 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 5: all time, and I love the whole franchise, but the 435 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 5: first one I've seen, like a million times, and I 436 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 5: just love it because it's it's tied into a bow, 437 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 5: like you do feel like the story is told. Sure, yeah, 438 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 5: even though we know it keeps going. 439 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 3: But yeah, I was just gonna ask you guys your 440 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 3: favorite scary movie of all time? 441 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 4: Do you have one? 442 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 3: Simone? 443 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm probably gonna say a bit more of 444 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,120 Speaker 2: a science fiction pick Alien. 445 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:57,679 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, Alien's awesome. Yeah, what's yours, Daniel? 446 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 3: What's the Disney movie with the three which focus Pocus? 447 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 5: Otherwise, Yeah, that's a great mix of horror and comedy. 448 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 5: That's like perfect because it is a little scary, especially 449 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 5: since you know, we probably be the nostalgia of watching 450 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 5: it as a kid when you were more scared, but like, 451 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 5: it's also very funny, great performances. 452 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 3: So I get scared all the time in my own apartment. 453 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 3: So I can't watch scary movies. I would never go 454 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 3: to the theater to watch one. Like the closest I'm 455 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 3: getting is your comedy horror podcast. 456 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: So hocus Pocus is where I end. 457 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 5: I love hocus Pocus. I went to see it the 458 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 5: new the newest one or whatever in the theater, and 459 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 5: that was really scary for me, Like that was like 460 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 5: it just kind of felt like something was gonna go down, 461 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 5: I don't know, or someone's going to run in with 462 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 5: a mask on or something. You know, Like it just 463 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 5: feels like people get weird with Halloween. 464 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 2: I'm married to a screenwriter, so he's always watching horror stuff. 465 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 2: He's always trying to get me to watch stuff. He 466 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 2: really wants me to see Hereditary. Have you guys seen Hereditary? 467 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 2: I hear that it's in that Okay, here. 468 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 5: It's amazing. 469 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 2: Anyways, Yeah, it's for another short break, yeall, But we'll 470 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 2: be right back to our conversation with Lauren Lapis. 471 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 4: And we're back with comedian and podcaster Lauren Lapkis. 472 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 3: Well, I know how you feel someone about haunted houses, 473 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 3: But Lauren, how do you feel about them? 474 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 5: Mostly negative? I would say I've been to a few, 475 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 5: you know, they do, like the Queen Mary, like the 476 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 5: haunted thing on the ship here in la and that's 477 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 5: really scary. 478 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 4: I've done that. 479 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 5: There's people who jump out at you and try to 480 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 5: scare you and like universal hornits. I've done all that stuff. 481 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,120 Speaker 5: I don't like being like yelled at and like having 482 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 5: people run towards me. That doesn't feel good. So those 483 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 5: are kind of too much for me. But there was 484 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 5: this play, it's like a haunted play that you moved 485 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 5: through in La called Delusion, and it's they rent out 486 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 5: a huge house, like the one I went to was 487 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 5: in a Victorian house that I don't know if it 488 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 5: was abandoned or what, but in that area of town 489 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 5: when there's all those old Victorians. 490 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 2: Immediately creepy, immediately spooky. So creepy Victorian, immediately spooky. 491 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 5: You know, there's like just like a rocking chair that 492 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 5: just moves all night like by it. Oh yeah, it 493 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 5: was so creepy. And then there's so it's all actors 494 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 5: and you know it's actors, but they do such an 495 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 5: amazing job. So there's people leading you through the show 496 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 5: and you're there's a story being told, and you have 497 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 5: to go in different rooms and sometimes your friends will 498 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 5: be like removed and put in a different room and 499 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 5: something will happen with them that you don't know about, 500 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 5: and then they get to like they get brought back 501 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 5: to your group at a certain point, and it's really scary. 502 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 5: I mean, I think for people who love immersive things, 503 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 5: it's amazing. I truly I enjoyed it. But I was 504 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 5: terrified the entire time. 505 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 2: One of the most fun Halloween experiences I've had was 506 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 2: going to Sleepy Hollow, which is a real town just 507 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 2: outside of New York, and they really do up Halloween. 508 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 4: You know, yeah, do it up big. 509 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 2: So I did a haunted house there and that was 510 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 2: really fun. I feel like the best thing you can 511 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 2: do during this spooky season is just like find a 512 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 2: setting that really immerses you in the vibes and like 513 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 2: really lean into it. 514 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 4: That kind of experience is so fun. 515 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's so fun. I would you would have to 516 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 5: go to a haunted house if you're there, because I 517 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 5: feel like that's what it's all about. 518 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 2: But totally yeah, Okay, Lauren, I'm gonna take a hard 519 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 2: left turn here. As a comedian, I'm sure you've seen 520 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 2: a lot of things. 521 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 4: You have. 522 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 2: You've probably seen a lot of stuff on tour. They're 523 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 2: probably I don't know, maybe you've dealt with fear going 524 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 2: out on stage when you were first starting out. What's 525 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 2: the scariest experience you've had as a comedian? 526 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 5: Oh, my god, Well, quite specifically, I went to Dallas, 527 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 5: Texas with my improv team. This was now like twelve 528 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 5: years ago. Or something, and we stayed at a haunted 529 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 5: hotel and it was known to be haunted and it 530 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 5: was under construction, so that was also creepy because it's 531 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 5: just like lots of areas where it feels like there's 532 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 5: it's all dark and dusty and crazy. And the people 533 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 5: I was traveling with love horror stuff, and we including 534 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 5: my friend Betsy Sidaro, who is like, she's actually on 535 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 5: the show Ghosts coincidentally, but she loves horror stuff. She 536 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 5: has a podcast all about horror scary ghost stories, and 537 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 5: she loves horror movies. And so everyone was like really 538 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 5: excited to go try to explore this hotel. And we 539 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 5: walked around for a while in places we weren't supposed 540 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 5: to go. We went into like the construction areas, like 541 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 5: we're just being creepy and dumb, and I didn't see anything, 542 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,640 Speaker 5: and it sounds like I'm building up, like I want 543 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 5: to say, And then I saw a ghost. I didn't 544 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:29,959 Speaker 5: see a ghost, but I went back to my room 545 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 5: and I was really scared all night. So that's. 546 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 4: Great endings, Yes, such a good ending. 547 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 5: I was like, should I lie though it's not worth it? 548 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: And then I saw Wendy and Casper. 549 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, and they were both hanging out and it was 550 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 5: so cute, incredible. 551 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 1: Well, Lauren, thanks so much for hanging out with us. 552 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 4: Thanks for coming on the right side. 553 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 5: Thank you for having me. This was so great. 554 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 3: Lauren Lapkiz is the host of Haunting, a new podcast 555 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 3: that shares real life paranormal stories. She's also appearing in 556 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 3: the new film Another Happy Day Out this month on 557 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 3: Apple TV. 558 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 4: That's it for today's show. 559 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 2: Tomorrow, we're popping off with comedian, writer and podcast host 560 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 2: Chelsea Davontez. 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