In this episode of The Antidote, Amy and Grace connect with comedian, actress, and publishing maven Phoebe Robinson about expanding your world, gratitude journals, and wow moments. Amy and Grace share their bummer news of the week: A Chick-Fil-A store in North Carolina is trying to get people to volunteer for food, and a couple in San Francisco is fighting a parking ticket they got very unexpectedly. They also share their antidotes: making new friends, and spontaneity.  This week’s Creative Tap-In:  “Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.” – Robert Bresson Do you have a favorite antidote, or need an antidote suggestion? A question for Grace and Amy, or something you loved that Amy, Grace or one of their guests has said on the podcast? Share a message with The Antidote team: https://mpr.tfaforms.net/111 Sponsors: BetterHelp Online Therapy -  betterhelp.com/ANTIDOTE Brooklinen.com - use promo code ANTIDOTE for $20 off your purchase of $100 or more plus free shipping The Antidote is a listener powered weekly podcast. To support the show, visit antidoteshow.org/donate FULL TRANSCRIPT Amy The world is a dumpster fire. I'm Amy. Grace And I'm Grace. Amy And we want to help. Grace As a reflex to the f---ing madness on the news for keeping it positive, uplifting, but opinionated. Amy We talk about cultural moments we love. Grace Talk to people we adore. Amy Crushes we have. Grace And self-care we stand. Amy During these trying times, we all need a show that focuses on joy. Grace This is The Antidote. Hi, everyone. Welcome to another week of The Antidote. We here again. Amy We here again. And just so you know, we're going to be going on hiatus for a few weeks, a little summer break. But don't worry, hotties, we'll be back September 14th. So in the meantime, don't be a stranger. Send us your antidotes. And if you have any requests for an antidote and anything you want to tell us that is bringing you joy, send us that, too, so slide into our dm's on Instagram at theeantidotepod. That's the with two E's. Or you can also go to our web site, antidoteshow.org. Grace So, girl, I don't know if you've seen this, but the other day I was like, in a meeting, I can't even remember who I was meeting. And then all of a sudeen I get a little alert that says that Governor Newsom is declaring a state of emergency in California because of monkeypox, bitch. Amy I'm overwhelmed by this. I can't take another pandemic. I'm like we we barely are out of this panini. We're actually fully still inside the sandwich. Grace Still in the panini. Amy We're inside the panini still. And now there's something else coming up. Grace The panini still on the George Foreman Grill cooking, you know what I'm saying? And there's. Amy Sprinkle some monkeypox in there. Grace Now. We got to be sprinkled with monkeypox. And I am staying in a hotel this month. And I'm just worried about that sh--. Amy For the month? Grace Well, not well this month. I'm going on a short trip. Amy Gotcha. Okay. I was like, wait, Grace, what's happening? I have a guestroom. I was like. Come stay with me. Grace I'm not- I'm not going for that long. I'm just going for a few days, but it's going to be at a hotel. And I heard that like you could get it from bedding. So obviously I'm just like, what. And so I don't even know what I'm going to do. I guess I'm going to bring like my own pillowcase or some sh--. I don't know, because. Amy Sleep standing up. Grace Yeah, I don't know what to do. Because, at least COVID, we didn't have to worry about the bed sheets, but now you got to worry about the bed sheets, because if somebody infected sleeps in your bed, you could get it like that. Amy Why would someone be sleeping in your brand new hotel room? That's not going to happen, Grace. That's not going to happen. You're more likely to get bedbugs in New York. Grace I mean, I don't know I don't know who slept there the night before. So