We've given up! (For a week.) Welcome to the mid-season finale of Giving Up, where the crew takles such topics as John's iced tea-induced insomnia and the way that the changing media landscape has affected restaurants, particularly in the context of Youngmi starting a TikTok account for Mission Chinese Food.

No episode next week. But as always, please send us your advice questions! And topic suggestions! Send us a voice note via our IG profile, email them to givingupthepod@gmail.com or send anonymously.

Consumption:

Alex: White Lotus

JdB: Gummi Bears & Chocolate Chips (and the Alien films)

Youngmi: Care and Feeding

This week's top emotion segment features a harrowing tale of an almost-sucessful phishing attempt before the crew discusses the recent book review of two restaurant-centric memoirs.

Then they tackle the topic of patrons stealing items from restaurants. Don't do it!

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Consumption:

Alex - Adolescence

JdB - Seinfeld

Youngmi - Din Tai Fung (derogatory)

With all the pieces in place, episode three finally debuts the show's new format in full.

Starting with a mildly homoerotic Top Emotion segement before getting into the episode's main topic: DRUGS.

The advice question has the crew tackling the nuanced etiquite for bringing children to "nice" restaurants.

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Consumption:

JdB - The Terminator Sequels

Youngmi - Trader Joseon

Alex - [censored]

Like the inexorable march of time, season 4 marches on as the crew talks about ~personal branding~ in the age of social media before tackling this epsiode's main topic: skin care, and how a lot of it is actually BS.

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Consuming:

Alex - The X-Files

JdB - Survivor Season 48

Youngmi - Mint Tea

We're baa~ack!

At long last, the crew has dusted off their mics and re-learned how to make podcasts. Season 4 starts with a somewhat free-from episode where a new format for the season takes place in real time.

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Media:

JdB: Severance

Youngmi: Love is Blind

Alex: The Pitt

After taking a few weeks off, the crew triumphantly returns to record the final episode of season 3. Starting off with a robust discussion of everyone's current gripes before adressing an advice question about nuerodivergence among restaurant workers.

See you all in 2025 for season 4!

Media:

Youngmi - Cold Case

Alex - Lost Children

JdB - Somebody Somewhere

The first post-election episode discusses the aftermath of the most recent election before going into a more on-topic restaurant subject.

Media:

JdB - The Boyfriend

Alex - Extremely American

Youngmi - Right-Wing YouTube

The crew comiserates about the upcoming election and Alex's recovery from Covid before diving into the Simu Liu Boba Tea controversy. The advice section discusses a common fear among the dining public.

Media:

Alex - Somebody Somewhere

JdB - Angela Collier

Youngmi - Escape at Dannemora

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