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"Ike Barinholtz"

Explore episode Jul 6, 2026

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Post-Guest Banter: True Mirrors, Blackbird, and Jason's FOMO

At 58:34 · chapter starts 57:55

With Ike gone, the hosts drop into their familiar three-way banter. Jason admits he has never been invited into the Ike/Seth/Evan/Judd Apatow comedy orbit and is quietly bothered by it. Will suggests self-reflection, which prompts a request for a 'true mirror' — a non-reversing mirror that shows you as others see you rather than the familiar flipped reflection. The hosts debate whether a phone's front-facing camera achieves the same effect. The segment dissolves into a Paul McCartney tangent, with Sean identifying the song Blackbird and Jason connecting it loosely to Wrigley Field before the whole group playfully disappears off-mic with 'Hey guys, where did you go?'

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