EPISODE · Nov 13, 2023 · 32 MIN

Falling In Lava Pt 1

from Terrible Person · host Terrible Person

Gary and Selena move through a long, spiraling conversation that starts with a week off and immediately collapses into apartment problems, strange smells, loud neighbors, and maintenance issues that never actually get resolved. Small daily frustrations stack up until everything feels slightly off, like living inside a loop that never resets. The conversation shifts into freeway anxiety, car fires, near accidents, and the creeping feeling that something is wrong with driving lately.Gary recounts an overpowered dispensary food experience that turns a normal workday into an uncomfortably intense ride home, while Selena reacts to the logic of casually eating a fully infused meal and expecting nothing to happen. From there, the episode drifts through reality television obsession, messaging a reality figure, celebrity sightings, internet videos involving extreme accidents, and the uneasy mix of curiosity and regret that comes with seeing too much online. Gary and Selena bounce between dark humor, paranoia, pop culture distractions, and the shared relief of saying the quiet thoughts out loud.