S8-Ep14 - Looking for Mercy
6/23/20260 min
Kenny and Mark make some episode corrections and get super-vulnerable discussing the lost power ballad from Madame X. Topics include: mercy & grace, Laurie Metcalfe & Scott Rudin, Tori Amos & Neil Gaiman, Bruce Norris’ play Downstate, writing letters, high powers, sinners & punishment, love & grief, flaws & cancellation, Ordinary People, and what makes the best protest music.
“Look it up on your own!”
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30 sentencesKenny· Host0:01
This is Kenny.
Mark· Host0:02
And this is Mark.
Kenny· Host0:02
And this is All I Want To Do Is Talk About Madonna. Listen, before we start, Mark, um, I need to do a little corrections, uh- Wait, did you, did you get some things wrong? [laughs] Apparently I've gotten a few th- uh, several things wrong in the last few episodes, so I just wanted to like- Interesting.
Mark· Host0:19
That never happens to me.
Kenny· Host0:21
[laughs] I know. Usually- What's that like? I know, you ... Uh, I know. Actually, it's very disconcerting- [laughs] ... that I'm not, I'm the one. Um, but I did- I cede the floor to you to- Okay ...
Mark· Host0:30
make your corrections.
Kenny· Host0:31
First, I got the definition of occident wrong.
Mark· Host0:34
Yes, you did.
Kenny· Host0:35
[laughs] And I apologize for that, because occident means the West. So it's extreme West versus extreme East, um, which changes the meaning a lot, actually. Um, I also had said in an episode that we had, that on Ciao Bella, uh, on Funnana, that we had an extra, a- another artist who comes and joins the song, but it's actually Ciao Bella that we have the artist.
Mark· Host1:02
Yes.
Kenny· Host1:03
Um, I also got the translation of Fa Se Gustoso wrong, that I said it tastes good, but it's not. It's he tastes good, or he ... Oh, fuck, now I don't remember what it is. But I got it wrong, guys.
Mark· Host1:15
Yeah. Yeah, you did.
Kenny· Host1:17
So look it up on your own.
Mark· Host1:18
Yeah.
Kenny· Host1:18
Look it up on your own. And, uh, oh, also that I had said that the drink was cachaca, but cachaca's part of a drink, but I was corrected that actually, and thank you for correcting, that's actually a caipirinha that you make with cacha-

