What Really Happened with the Wildfires, TikTok Ban (not really), and Online Dating

The Actor's Guide to the End of the World is back from a week off, and what a week it was. This is a bonus double episode and a much needed sanity check-in for E-Kan and Rían (and maybe for you as well), which then turned into a therapy session.  We hope you’re all safe, and thank you to the first responders, firefighters, and incredible community in Los Angeles for all they have been doing in response to the wildfires. If you’ve been affected, we hope you have found resources, but if not, we’ve attached resources and links below. 

E-Kan and Rían share their first reactions to seeing and hearing the devastating wildfires in CA and what they want people to know about the biggest stories and misleading headlines coming out of California. Could this have been avoided? Will LA be changed forever? Was this is a Black Swan event? And thank God for Bill Burr. They also talk about the predatory schemes by insurance companies and landlords preying on those affected by the fires you should watch out for (links below) as well as trends that you might see more of when it comes to climate change. Rían will talk about how he sees Dublin being affected already. And about that air quality in Los Angeles...they will go through how you can prepare yourselves from the air as the city recovers from the fires. 

Also, is TikTok actually going to be banned forever? Spoiler alert - not yet. This was recorded before the ban and unban of TikTok, but does anyone really care at this point? Rían shares his particular struggle with social media, and they discuss why so many actors dislike social media- and why it might be more important than we think. They also talk about how difficult it is to not care what people think and how much can you really know about a person from their social media? We get deep, ya'll. 

Then it all takes a turn and they get onto dating apps. E-Kan shares why he doesn’t touch them, and they find the parallels between getting rejected as an actor and in dating. Stick to the end and you'll hear about the time E-Kan tried one…for five minutes. You'll hear Rían's mediocre maybe even bad advice on the best way to use dating apps. And we might answer the big question- Who's more cynical when it comes to dating, E-Kan or Rían? 

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California Fire Resources -

https://actorsguidepodcast.substack.com/p/california-wildfires-resources-list?r=4mm2fh

Air Quality in Los Angeles FYI - https://coveacupuncture.substack.com/p/i-just-watched-a-25-hour-webinar

K95 are good, but N100 are best - https://www.amazon.com/3M-Particulate-Respirator-8233-N100/dp/B008MCV43K

Bill Burr on the Wildfires - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAZE2aYUrHY

Compensation Claim for the Eaton and Hurst Fires-

McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP

Report Rent Hikes here - Dial 3-1-1 or https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company

1 year Moratorium on insurance cancellations- Richard Laura is giving consultations. Reach at 800-927-4357

 

Time stamps:

(00:00) Intro

(03:15) Reactions to the wildfire disaster

(07:10) Bill Burr on the wildfires

(08:50) Biggest stories and misinformation about the fires

(12:45) Black Swan events

(15:15) What we need to think about with climate change

(17:05) How Dublin is being affected by climate change

(19:30) How people are preying on the fire victims

(23:30) How LA residents can prepare themselves for the air quality

(27:00) TikTok Ban - will it go through?

(30:15) The value of social media and the internet

(34:30) Rían talks about his struggle with social media

(41:00) Why E-Kan isn't on the dating apps

(45:50) Is anything we see online true? 

(48:30) The parallel between getting rejected as an actor and in dating