1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,000 Speaker 1: Have I eve been touched yet? 2 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:01,320 Speaker 2: Today? 3 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 3: It's a Jewele show by Well, if that's the one 4 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 3: thing you're missing today, like had my coffee? Got my 5 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 3: car keys? Oh dang it haven't been touched yet? Don't worry. 6 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 3: There's a new event that you might want to attend, 7 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 3: and it's getting popularity all over the nation. Groups of 8 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 3: people getting together and doing something that some people call 9 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 3: sad and desperate and others call inspiring and beautiful. Okay, 10 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 3: we'll tell you what it is next and you can 11 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 3: see if you want to go to one of these 12 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 3: events and enjoy some touch right after this, it's able show. 13 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: Who's ready to get touched? It's a Jewle show. 14 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 3: Well, I asked the question because there's a new type 15 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 3: of event that's sweeping the nation and it'll probably be 16 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 3: coming to your neighborhood soon too. And people are saying 17 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 3: that it's ridiculous, while others say it's a beautiful experience. 18 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: Here's what's happening. 19 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 3: Thousands of people all over the country are paying at 20 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 3: least two hundred dollars to go to events where they 21 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 3: hug strangers. Wait, what's two hundred bucks to hug a stranger? 22 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 3: People are paying two hundred bucks to hug a stranger. 23 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: Is that that they're investing in their Yeah, that's not 24 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: that's two hundred dollars worth. 25 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 3: The service is provided by an organization called The Fields, 26 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 3: which hosts meetups in major cities all throughout the country 27 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 3: for singles seeking non sexual physical closeness. You two hundred 28 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 3: bucks to get into one of the events where you 29 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 3: can just hug people. 30 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: Well, they say you're supposed to have like eight hugs 31 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 2: a day, isn't it. It's like eight hugs a day 32 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 2: or something is supposed to be what helps keep your 33 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: nervous system like stable, and so you know, they encourage 34 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: parents to hug their kids when they're little, and then 35 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 2: as you get older, you still hug touches a really 36 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 2: big part of your overall health. 37 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: So I kind of get it. I know it sounds. 38 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 2: Weird, but the loneliness epidemic is real and people can 39 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 2: make money off of them. 40 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 3: The gatherings lasts for about three hours. Three hours, yes, 41 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 3: and have different prompts for vulnerability. I don't know exactly 42 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 3: what that means, but you're encouraged to give deep eye 43 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 3: contact while you hug, and yes, long long hugs. 44 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 4: What do you are you hugging someone for the full 45 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 4: three hours or do you hug one person for ten minutes. 46 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 3: I think it might be up to you maybe just 47 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 3: walk around and hug strangers and look deeply into their eyes, 48 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 3: all for two hundred bucks. Or you can maybe hug 49 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 3: one person for three hours. But if that person doesn't 50 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 3: want to be hugged the whole entire three hours, that's 51 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 3: gonna be awkward. 52 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: Things a little boomed to intimate. 53 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: I feel like at that point too, it's like we're 54 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 2: graduating to like cuddling, so like, let's not stand here 55 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 2: and hug, let's just lay down and spoon. 56 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 4: But you're spending two hundred dollars, you know how many 57 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 4: Chipotle meals or how that can even be like a 58 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 4: not that expensive flight. 59 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: Like if it's a pure energy exchange, then what you 60 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: take away from that gives you energy for a while, 61 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: So maybe that two hundred dollars is a good investment. 62 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: The high contact thing, though, doesn't feel appropriate. That changes 63 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: it for me. 64 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 3: We're talking about a new trend of events all over 65 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 3: the country that are for people to play two hundred 66 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 3: dollars to get in and just hug people for three hours. 67 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 3: During the warm up, participants are encouraged to hug the 68 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 3: air for five minutes to warm up their hugs. 69 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: You can do them. That's weird by yourself. Do it 70 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: right now by yourself. But I mean you're not doing anything. 71 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: I've been standing there with your arms wide open. That's 72 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: a song. 73 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 3: The event includes one portion where they play hold Me Closer, 74 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 3: Tiny Dancer, eighteen times in a row, and you just 75 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 3: hug and listen to that and stare deeply into a 76 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 3: stranger's eyes. Oh, but you go to one of these 77 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 3: texting four one oh sixty one. People are saying that 78 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 3: it's sad, ridiculous. Others are saying it's a beautiful experience. 79 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 3: Would you pay two hundred dollars to go to an 80 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 3: event just to hug and get hugged by random people? 81 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 2: Okay, before you answer that question in your mind, ask 82 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 2: yourself this, how many times do you actually genuinely get 83 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: hugged today? Maybe a week Jubowl Victoria. How often are 84 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 2: you getting hugged? 85 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: I have no idea. It depends. 86 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, it depends if I see my girlfriend that day, 87 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 3: If I see her that day. We have there's lots 88 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 3: of hugging going on. 89 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: Okay, you I don't. Then what about peace? 90 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 3: I hug myself constantly. 91 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: I guess, yeah, oh that's true. I do have a dog. 92 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 3: When we don't hug, we've barely touched. 93 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: Okay, Victoria, are you hugging and one? 94 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 4: Well I would if I want a hug, it can 95 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 4: go to the bar and I'll hug a stranger. 96 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: That's the same thing, but I'll save myself two hundred dollars. 97 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: I don't need to pay two hundred dollars to go 98 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: hug a stranger. Well, not everybody is like cute the 99 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: av I can just fandomly hug stright. Not everyone this 100 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 1: event is gonna be cute. Now I know they paid, 101 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 1: then they understand what they're there for. It's different. I 102 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,119 Speaker 1: know that sounded bad, but you know it's true. 103 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 3: Three hour hugging event that cost you two hundred dollars 104 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 3: to get into, also has a hugg ring. It's sort 105 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 3: of like a boxing ring that escalates the intensity into 106 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 3: a hugging battle. 107 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: Royale. 108 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 3: So I don't know how wins or loses in the 109 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 3: hug battle, but they do have hug battles, so that's 110 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 3: kind of fun to watch. 111 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna out hug you watch this get over here? No, 112 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: I would win that hands down. 113 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 3: Would you pay two hundred dollars to go to an 114 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 3: event where you just hug random strangers and get hugged 115 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 3: text in four one oh six one? It also have 116 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 3: they have hug fuel snacks. There many protein bars shape 117 00:04:59,040 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 3: like Teddy bears. 118 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: Oh dang, I know it's really cute. 119 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 3: I like how people are hanging out water and protein 120 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 3: like it's a race or something like get. 121 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: Something serious that they have to like train for. 122 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 2: And I mean, how how tight is your grip While 123 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 2: you're really gripping, then your muscles are definitely flexing. And 124 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: if you're there for a different reason trying to show 125 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 2: off those guns, what's up? 126 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 3: Bebe they so merched like certified hugger t shirts but 127 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 3: you can only get one if you hug three strangers 128 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 3: in a row. 129 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: Oh, I would win. See Okay, I don't. 130 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 4: I just don't understand, Like it it's like a stranger 131 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 4: that you're just going paying money to be around strangers. 132 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 2: Well, if you think about it, it's actually kind of 133 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 2: messed up because these people are capitalizing on those very 134 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 2: innocent people that would hold up those signs on the 135 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 2: side of the street that just said free hugs, and 136 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 2: people really took them up on that, and that really 137 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 2: was something. And then they're like, hey, people are giving 138 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: free hugs. We could make money off a hug. 139 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's the surprising thing that people paying 140 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 3: two hundred bucks, you'll do it. 141 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 4: That's the expensive But that's why that's the part I 142 00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 4: don't understand. 143 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 3: Well, actually, you know what, if I was going to 144 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 3: a hugging event, I probably would not want to go 145 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 3: to one that was free. So yeah, maybe up that 146 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 3: to five hundred bucks and I might be interested.