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Jason Calacanis· Host0:00

Jason, do you wanna tell us about your new favorite podcast?

David Sacks· Host0:03

[laughs] Oh, it's so good. My feed is now, because, you know, since cancel culture ended, Sax, everybody uses the R word and the F word right now, my entire feed on Instagram is either gay or Down syndrome or bulldogs. It's one of those three. And then I stumbled upon the Miss Thing Pod, Miss Thing, and they do a bit called Gay Name, Straight Name. Here's gay name or straight name for David. This, uh, good news and bad news, Friedberg. Here we go.

Speaker 2· Soundbite0:35

Gay name or straight name?

Speaker 3· Soundbite0:37

Gay name or straight name?

Speaker 2· Soundbite0:38

David.

Speaker 3· Soundbite0:39

David, to me, is straight.

Speaker 2· Soundbite0:42

[gasps] Okay.

Speaker 3· Soundbite0:43

But he has my perfect body. It can be confusing because I'm kind of like, "Are you gay?" And it's like, "No, I just wanna be you, David."

Speaker 2· Soundbite0:51

Totally. Well, it's so, like- Mm ... the Michelangelo's David.

Speaker 3· Soundbite0:55

Exactly.

Speaker 2· Soundbite0:55

The male ideal. It's like- Yeah ... incredible body.

Speaker 3· Soundbite0:57

Yeah.

Speaker 2· Soundbite0:57

Kinda small [censored]. Sorry.

Speaker 3· Soundbite0:58

Yeah.

Jason Calacanis· Host0:59

Oh. It's a little rough.

David Sacks· Host1:01

[laughs] Oh, boy.

Jason Calacanis· Host1:03

[laughs] It's so great.

David Sacks· Host1:03

What are you watching there, JCal?

Jason Calacanis· Host1:04

They basically nailed these two, but okay, keep going.

David Sacks· Host1:07

[laughs] I don't think Chamath is on their shortlist, but I know Jason will come up at some point.

Speaker 2· Soundbite1:11

Gay name or straight name?

Jason Calacanis· Host1:13

Maybe this is it.

Speaker 3· Soundbite1:14

Chamath.

David Sacks· Host1:15

Let, let on the count of three.

Speaker 3· Soundbite1:17

Yeah.

Speaker 2· Soundbite1:17

Three, two, one. Gay.

Speaker 3· Soundbite1:21

[laughs] I'm seeing, like, Italian sweater, like really kinda like loud- Oh ... vibrant sweater. He, like, wears it to, like, poker