Fellow foodie and founder of Club Joon, Omid Afshar, is held captive as Sarah attempts a Persian-inspired pistachio chocolate. Exposure therapy and actual cognitive behavioral therapy ensue as Sarah is thrown by Omid's relentless positivity.

Reluctant Life Lessons:
00:00 – Show Dynamics & Respecting Men
01:00 – Microdosing Strangers & Episode Theme: Envy & Fraud
03:08 – Janky Kitchen Prep & Bagged Ingredients
04:32 – Finding Iranian Culture & Restaurants in NYC
06:05 – The Ethics of Unpaid Restaurant Reviews
07:42 – Anatomical Heart Molds & Culinary Envy
08:36 – Astrological Signs
11:00 – Childhood Superstitions & Pinkies Up
12:25 – Double-Coating Chocolate & Conflict Avoidance
13:46 – Setting Intention Words
16:52 – Social Media DMs & The KitchenAid Feud
19:14 – "Flipping the Tadig"
21:36 – Navigating OCD & Learning to Fail Publicly
26:19 – Virgo Expectations, Music & Iranian Food Abroad

Follow Omid on Instagram...or else!: https://www.instagram.com/omidafshar/
And Club Joon: https://www.instagram.com/theclubjoon/
Sarah too while you're at it: https://www.instagram.com/sarahherrman/

Sarah's younger sister Lucifer is stranded a la Castaway (2000) and forced to address the meteoric rise and subsequent cancellation of their shared mother, Memaw. Mentions of art school meltdowns, fake gun lockdowns, pottery heists, and [insert other keywords that only Lucifer herself is capable of]. A wedding cake for Myrtle is undertaken & completed, against all odds.

Subscribe on YouTube (Or Else): https://www.youtube.com/@Herrmajestythequeen
Follow Sarah on IG I guess: https://www.instagram.com/sarahherrman/

Chrysanthemum suggested a solo episode. Alas, here it is. Who is Chrysanthemum? That's for no one to know. But what you *can* know is this episode covers the gamut: from Tinder horror story to the significance of ConeCon all the way to getting Jeremy's name wrong. Is it Jeremy? We also don't know that.

Moments in Time:

0:00 – Technical Difficulties & a Pseudonym

0:46 – The "Wok of Shame" Grocery Run

2:25 – Ironing Incident & Traditional Gender Roles Hot Take

3:23 – Return to Studio & Trying Off-Brand Oreos

4:51 – Dating Lore: The Story of "The British Guy"

13:06 – The Chin Augmentation Revenge Strategy

15:00 – Brainstorming Ideal Guests (Mob Mechanics & Finance Guys)

17:15 – The Ice Cream Man Beef & Hinge History

21:45 – Introducing Podcast Segments (Battered Woman, Key Ingredients, Tales from the Crypt)

23:18 – Tale from the Crypt: Memaw's Nose Job Quote

25:06 – Layering the Ice Cream Cake Cupcakes & Panic

27:07 – Calling Ben on FaceTime

28:44 – Arriving at Ben's & The Scooter Collision

29:55 – Finishing the Cupcakes & Good Bye