EPISODE · May 18, 2023 · 48 MIN

Powder Me Up Pt 2

from Terrible Person · host Terrible Person

Gary and Selena spiral through attraction, aging, ego, and absurd intimacy as they debate Martha Stewart’s public image, celebrity sexuality, and why certain cultural reactions feel deeply unhinged. The conversation veers into ghost hunting skepticism, Zach Bagans, haunted museums, and the performance of fear, before turning toward physical decay, body shame, heat, illness, and extreme weight realities.Gary recounts disturbing bathroom encounters, childhood hospital memories, croup, mortality, and theories about death, while Selena grounds the chaos with realism and disbelief. The episode escalates into global anxiety with food shortages, insect protein, dystopian futures, and societal collapse, then lands in uncomfortable territory with a prolonged confrontation involving a suspected scammer connected to Gary’s family. The tone swings between humor, paranoia, vulnerability, and confrontation as Gary and Selena wrestle with trust, survival, and how strange life feels right now.