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It's “That Guy… Who Was in That Thing” meets "WTF" but with people even less well known! Sure it's fun to interview the crazy famous and ask them about the difficult years, but that's been done. Memories are plastic - we're getting the real dirt from people still crawling through it. Laura Scruggs is the playwright and Jake Scruggs is the technical guy who listens to a lot of “This American Life” and thinks that qualifies him to interview people.

Jul 9, 2018

We interview Nilsa's childhood friend and “Sextra” from the movie “Shortbus" Janie Martinez
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2554808/
@MartinezJanie

01:44 "Can anyone truly know Janie Martinez?” No.
03:34 How Nilsa and Janie met
06:15 And almost destroyed their high school
12:30 Chicago suburbanites marvel at the well funded and versed South Texas high school drama program Janie and Nilsa come from: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School
15:23 The College of Sexual Frustration
17:15 On not getting cast b/c costumes cost too much to make for a large woman
22:15 Making $186 to be wardrobe supervisor on the original production of “How I Learned to Drive”
26:45 Walking away from a paying gig to pursue more
38:00 Working once or twice a year on something artistic
39:22 Fat Sex by Details magazine comes a calling
54:51 “I just want to hug the screen right now!” screams Laura
59:00 And Janie does a public access TV show once a month called Goddesses: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/goddessbbw
01:05:36 We bring it back around to Bryn
01:12:40 We are blown away by a famous follower of the podcast
01:15:00 Bryn talks about working out. A Lot.
01:22:16 Prince Rupert's Drop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz