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Let's Go Fly a Plane with Nick Aster

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00:00:00.000 You matched on Hinge. You're vibing. Then her energy completely changes. What do you do?
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00:00:32.820 So, hi, Nick Astor.
00:00:34.520 Hello.
00:00:35.140 We just got back from our first flying lesson.
00:00:37.880 What did you think?
00:00:38.960 That was really cool.
00:00:40.400 Yeah?
00:00:40.980 Yeah, that was really cool.
00:00:41.980 It was cool.
00:00:42.680 It was cooler.
00:00:43.800 It was a lot cooler than I expected, actually.
00:00:45.760 I thought that I would enjoy it a lot, but I didn't think I would enjoy it that much.
00:00:52.280 I really, it was good.
00:00:54.460 It was good for my brain and my soul, I think.
00:00:58.060 I'm pleased with this reaction.
00:01:00.220 Yeah.
00:01:00.460 I knew that you would like it because you're such an aviation geek, such an aviation nerd.
00:01:07.180 But you have never actually flown a plane.
00:01:10.080 Correct.
00:01:10.940 Which is amazing.
00:01:12.460 Is it?
00:01:13.000 It is, since you are a human.
00:01:15.580 I mean, you take videos of our planes when they take off and land.
00:01:19.380 Sometimes.
00:01:20.260 For the children.
00:01:21.520 You did it before we had children.
00:01:23.060 It's true.
00:01:24.320 You have a list for every member of our family of every airport that we've ever visited.
00:01:28.860 I do.
00:01:31.360 So it's just amazing to me that you've never flown a plane.
00:01:34.920 I mean, I've been in a lot of planes.
00:01:37.060 No, it's true.
00:01:38.120 I've never actually been at, have sat behind the controls, but I've never.
00:01:42.580 I mean, I've been in lots of tiny prop planes before going to weird places, but I've never,
00:01:47.340 no, I've never flown a plane.
00:01:49.720 Yeah, it's cool.
00:01:51.160 It fights you.
00:01:52.540 It does fight you a little bit.
00:01:53.620 You know, one of the reasons that I wanted to do this is I really feel like I need a hobby.
00:01:59.380 I don't have any hobbies.
00:02:03.380 It's arguable.
00:02:04.600 No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:02:05.900 All of the things that would be considered hobbies in my life I do for work.
00:02:09.240 So, like, reading books is fun for me, but not, like, totally escapist fun.
00:02:15.440 It's work.
00:02:16.300 I mean, I'm reading a book, and I'm like, oh, I could write this this way.
00:02:19.000 Or, oh, should I blurb this book?
00:02:20.660 Like, it's not a hobby.
00:02:23.620 per se i mean i guess you could call and i don't really think of physical activity as a hobby as
00:02:28.340 much like we ski yeah yeah um or like i do yoga and i work out but those feel like things i do
00:02:36.400 for health right yeah skiing i guess is a hobby but we do that like twice a year because we have
00:02:42.280 so many children yeah it's true hey i like this concept this is a good hobby concept you used to
00:02:48.160 be a person with so many hobbies yeah when i met you you had more hobbies than you knew what to do
00:02:55.220 with alas you did this you were a person who would like wake up in the morning and like go bike all
00:03:01.360 the way out to marin and then bike back to the city and then go to work and then you went rock
00:03:05.400 climbing it's sad i need to get out there more often you do you do but now because now you have
00:03:10.100 no hobbies because your hobby is being my husband and helping raise our children is that a hobby
00:03:15.080 I think Joe Piazza could be a hobby.
00:03:16.880 Oh, my God.
00:03:17.820 What do you...
00:03:18.540 I don't want you to be my hobby.
00:03:20.060 What do you hobby in?
00:03:21.360 I hobby in Joe Piazza.
00:03:22.600 Yeah. 0.52
00:03:24.600 Reigning her in. 0.89
00:03:25.940 Well, that's not a hobby. 0.98
00:03:27.200 That's just a necessity.
00:03:28.860 It's a chore.
00:03:29.860 It's a chore is what that is.
00:03:32.340 Well, I liked it for a lot of reasons.
00:03:34.020 I like it because, yay, I have a hobby now.
00:03:38.020 What could turn into a very expensive hobby, apparently, as we found out today. 0.96
00:03:43.640 Shit, we're going to have to make more podcasts. 0.99
00:03:46.200 Yeah. 0.99
00:03:46.720 I mean, well, if we actually go through with it, we could actually make a podcast about it.
00:03:50.720 People would love it.
00:03:51.920 There's probably already 55 that already exist.
00:03:53.800 But do you think that there are – this is very interesting to me.
00:03:55.960 Do you think that there – I mean, I'm sure there's a lot of aviation geek podcasts because this is a world that is filled with nerdy dudes.
00:04:03.700 But do you think that there is a podcast of a couple that learns to fly together and that just –
00:04:11.080 I wouldn't be surprised if there is. 0.99
00:04:13.180 And it shoots the shit in the cockpit together? 0.99
00:04:15.700 Well, first of all, it would be very difficult to record it in the cockpit. 0.99
00:04:18.160 Oh, it's very loud in there.
00:04:19.280 But you could, you know, do a little debriefing after the flight.
00:04:22.420 We could debrief after the flight.
00:04:24.120 Yeah.
00:04:26.160 I'll bet you something exists, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.
00:04:28.920 But, I mean, we could probably do it better.
00:04:31.440 Yeah, maybe.
00:04:32.260 Yeah.
00:04:32.620 It would be fun.
00:04:33.240 It'd be fun.
00:04:33.700 We could argue.
00:04:34.500 We could just argue.
00:04:35.440 Joe and Nick are arguing in a plane.
00:04:38.060 I don't know if they'd take two people up for formal lessons,
00:04:40.780 but maybe they do i don't know i don't know the answer well there were lots of things that i liked
00:04:45.380 about it i felt like i also felt like i learned new things for the first time which in a lot the
00:04:52.220 first time ever but like in a long time like i learned my body learned new things and my brain
00:04:57.960 learned new things which kind of has my brain in a tired place right now but like a good kind of
00:05:03.320 tired because i i was forced to forced to like learn something new um and i mean even even the
00:05:09.920 physical part of it you knew this again because you probably watch youtube videos of it or something
00:05:16.460 um but i didn't know that you steer a plane with your feet you do you steer it with your feet it's
00:05:22.560 a combination thing well it's a combination well when you're on the ground where when you're on
00:05:26.680 the ground you use the rudder um for like with to turn left when you're on the ground you push your
00:05:33.140 your left foot and this is a thing i didn't know yeah yeah and you have to kind of train your body
00:05:38.000 to do that and then also train your body
00:05:39.800 you know to not use the yoke
00:05:41.880 which is like the steering wheel as a steering
00:05:44.120 wheel on the ground
00:05:44.920 and it looks kind of like a
00:05:48.100 steering wheel it looks like a steering wheel
00:05:49.500 it's a yoke and so
00:05:51.840 you know in the air
00:05:53.660 what you do is you slightly turn the
00:05:55.940 yoke to bank
00:05:57.120 learned all this lingo today
00:05:59.420 also
00:06:01.700 I just like saying things like
00:06:03.560 bravo tango whiskey foxtrot
00:06:05.800 Charlie knows that alphabet
00:06:07.020 Charlie does know. Well, Charlie knows everything.
00:06:09.060 Yeah, yeah.
00:06:10.420 But then, you know, the very technical side of it, like having to look at the altitude.
00:06:15.580 I mean, there were like 10 different doodadometers on that plane.
00:06:22.280 It was a lot of doodadometers.
00:06:23.800 It was a doodadometer city.
00:06:26.060 It was doodadometer city.
00:06:27.660 So, yeah, I mean, my brain doesn't feel broken the way that it feels when I scroll through Instagram too long.
00:06:33.820 Like, I feel very invigorated.
00:06:35.020 that's a terrific analogy right because yes great uh well and you know and another thing
00:06:44.820 i was talking to max our flight instructor and you know just unloading on him as if he was a
00:06:51.220 therapist and saying you know i just want something where i feel very present where i
00:06:57.000 feel very present in my mind and my body and he's like this is the one place where you can do that
00:07:01.120 Because in the air, you have to be very present or you will die.
00:07:08.000 Or that is it.
00:07:09.540 Yep.
00:07:09.820 That is it for you.
00:07:10.880 It's unlikely you would survive if you simply.
00:07:13.120 It is unlikely you would survive if you just like started doing TikToks in the cockpit.
00:07:18.800 Yeah.
00:07:19.400 Yeah.
00:07:19.860 Do you think there's people that do TikToks in the cockpit?
00:07:22.240 I'm sure people.
00:07:23.540 Oh, my God.
00:07:24.380 Should I look it up?
00:07:25.040 Should I look up aviation TikTok?
00:07:27.240 You know, there's a rabbit hole of that.
00:07:29.840 It's funny, I was rabbit-hulling on some guy, not the one I sent you.
00:07:33.400 There's another guy who, like, dissects accidents and so on.
00:07:36.600 And there was, like, a couple that tragically died on their honeymoon vacation.
00:07:43.400 And he went into all these details of what they did wrong or possibly did wrong and so on and so forth. 1.00
00:07:48.000 But anyway, she was a TikToker, apparently. 0.98
00:07:50.560 Oh, she was a TikToker? 1.00
00:07:51.620 Do you think she died because they were TikToking from the... 1.00
00:07:53.860 No, I think they miscalculated. 1.00
00:07:55.860 And they were flying at high altitude in Telluride or something and made a poor decision concerning the approaching of a mountain.
00:08:06.860 Well, you know, a couple of my friends freaked out when I told them that I was getting in a plane, namely Meg.
00:08:15.400 Which Meg?
00:08:17.860 Charleston Meg, Megan O'Brien.
00:08:20.540 She freaked out because apparently two of her friends have had tragic plane crashes.
00:08:24.960 if if this is something we pursue i don't i don't really need to fly through mountains
00:08:29.640 oh well see the trouble is once you get on the rabbit hole the next thing you know you're
00:08:34.900 flying to colorado what if i have to i will tell you some things that you can look up on tiktok
00:08:40.840 with regards to planes cockpit view takeoffs cockpit airline view cockpit recordings cockpit
00:08:47.660 view turbulence cockpit last words i'll tell you something funny there used to be a website
00:08:54.840 it probably still exists i forgot what it was but i can look it up that would sell dvds this was like
00:09:01.720 before youtube physical dvds of flights and by flights i don't mean like interesting views of
00:09:08.920 the mountains i mean like a camera is focused on the front of the plane and the cockpit and it's
00:09:14.680 three hours of two guys just sitting there talking about you know their heading and people people
00:09:23.160 paid for these um aviation tick tock is a thing and here is a tick tock that is just i mean there 1.00
00:09:30.000 is a woman pilot in there good for her good for her when people ask me how i got to the airline
00:09:35.880 by age 23 yay i like that i'm here for that um and here is just one of a plane taking off on a
00:09:47.140 No, you know, I think that we can corner the market on couples who, I mean, look at this crazy how I'm just a 17-year-old girl, but they let me fly a plane by myself that has 180,000 likes.
00:10:01.880 Do they know she has a TikTok channel in the cockpit?
00:10:05.040 Do they know?
00:10:05.500 So she's in the plane by herself with the camera focused on her videotaping her while she's flying.
00:10:13.020 That doesn't feel safe.
00:10:14.800 That doesn't feel safe.
00:10:15.660 Well, she's not looking at the camera.
00:10:16.940 She appears to be paying attention.
00:10:19.000 Mm-hmm.
00:10:19.560 Mm-hmm.
00:10:21.600 I mean, I should make a TikTok about it because then, you know.
00:10:25.040 That's what the kids like these days.
00:10:26.300 That's what the kids like. 0.72
00:10:27.120 Then maybe more of the kids will buy the Sicilian inheritance. 0.59
00:10:29.620 And your husband will never look at it, so you can do whatever you want. 0.99
00:10:32.740 I can talk so much shit about you because you will never see it. 1.00
00:10:35.380 I won't. 1.00
00:10:35.940 Because sometimes I talk shit about you on Instagram. 0.99
00:10:39.520 I know. 1.00
00:10:39.940 Like once a month you see it.
00:10:41.560 I usually do find out, but it's like a month later with my monthly Instagram check.
00:10:46.280 Do you know what I posted yesterday?
00:10:47.680 No.
00:10:48.140 About the shorts that you wore to the gym?
00:10:51.100 There's a lot of people with a lot of thoughts on those shorts.
00:10:53.520 Perfect.
00:10:55.560 Because that one went to Facebook, too.
00:10:56.500 What was wrong with those shorts?
00:10:58.860 Actually, there was a lot more chatter on Facebook about those shorts.
00:11:03.660 I wouldn't have even noticed.
00:11:04.800 I didn't know what was wrong with those shorts.
00:11:07.940 Will Clark was really concerned about those shorts.
00:11:10.640 Well, first off, he wore khaki shorts to work out at the gym.
00:11:13.400 So what?
00:11:13.900 To do, like, a weights class.
00:11:15.160 Who cares?
00:11:16.040 I mean, it's just, and they were really, Will commented they were long, too.
00:11:21.920 They were strangely long, like Capri long.
00:11:24.140 No, they weren't. They're relatively short.
00:11:25.820 They were not that short.
00:11:27.320 Do you want me to show you a picture of yourself at the gym?
00:11:29.520 Pull it out.
00:11:30.200 Okay.
00:11:31.660 Okay, Jesus Christ.
00:11:35.340 Is it hard to be married to me?
00:11:37.120 It's generally pretty easy, actually, but occasionally it's, I guess it's moments.
00:11:42.620 Yeah, see, look, there's you right after you worked out yesterday.
00:11:45.940 How would anyone even notice that those shorts were not typical?
00:11:50.500 Because I said, because I wrote, I need everyone to know that I'm married to a man who wears khaki shorts to work out.
00:11:57.600 I can't even comprehend why that would be.
00:11:59.880 And what socks are you wearing?
00:12:01.240 Are you wearing, like, warm socks?
00:12:01.840 Dude, I ran out of socks.
00:12:03.700 Okay.
00:12:04.160 I told you, I need to go get.
00:12:05.900 We should go to Costco.
00:12:06.600 Probably, probably.
00:12:08.060 Costco has really great socks.
00:12:08.840 And just so you know, I believe someone's been stealing my socks.
00:12:12.740 I don't steal your socks, you have big feet.
00:12:13.980 How is it that I bought a pack of eight socks in a matter of six months ago and all of them are gone?
00:12:20.920 You probably lost your socks.
00:12:22.320 That's unlikely.
00:12:24.100 Or I didn't steal your socks.
00:12:26.520 Maybe it was mine.
00:12:27.640 I steal your sunglasses, but I don't steal your socks.
00:12:31.960 How did eight pairs of socks do you have?
00:12:33.760 We should go to Costco because Costco has that great Carol Hockman underwear.
00:12:38.840 Next time we go.
00:12:39.580 Yeah, we should just, all right, let's go.
00:12:41.400 Costco is a big commitment
00:12:43.860 so I need to like
00:12:44.820 you know
00:12:45.820 we need to
00:12:46.820 all go to Costco
00:12:48.220 all go to Costco
00:12:49.280 because
00:12:49.820 I'm going to go down
00:12:50.780 to Target right now
00:12:51.780 and be back in 15 minutes
00:12:53.700 if you go to Target
00:12:55.640 will you get some
00:12:56.140 Pokemon cards?
00:12:58.080 oh god
00:12:58.880 I don't know what
00:12:59.800 the correct
00:13:00.860 Pokemon cards are
00:13:02.080 so yeah
00:13:02.660 that's what I want you to do
00:13:04.440 do you want to sell them?
00:13:05.800 allegedly there's
00:13:06.480 Pokemon cards
00:13:07.260 at Target
00:13:08.040 I don't know
00:13:08.680 we're brand new to this
00:13:09.500 Pokemon thing
00:13:10.140 but Charlie
00:13:10.620 He really wants the Pokemon cards.
00:13:13.640 You know, this podcast episode has covered more topics than any other.
00:13:18.040 We've covered your shorts and flying in planes and Pokemon.
00:13:24.720 Cool.
00:13:25.140 Well, back to the flights.
00:13:26.140 I like it.
00:13:26.920 That was a lot of fun.
00:13:28.800 There's definitely an element of danger, which is not trivial.
00:13:32.640 Not trivial.
00:13:33.320 Not trivial.
00:13:34.000 Not trivial.
00:13:34.520 Not trivial.
00:13:35.820 But, you know, they're fairly well-built machines.
00:13:39.540 Yeah.
00:13:40.060 Yeah.
00:13:41.280 Weather is what you've got to worry about in landing.
00:13:43.820 Well, yeah, we didn't land the plane today.
00:13:46.480 But no, no.
00:13:47.540 And there's a pretty good pilot.
00:13:48.780 Max was a good pilot.
00:13:49.820 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:13:50.280 Max was a good pilot.
00:13:52.440 No, I mean, I just think it'll be a fun thing.
00:13:54.460 I think it'll be a fun hobby for us to have.
00:13:56.900 You know what you might enjoy?
00:13:58.460 What?
00:13:58.740 Those flight simulators are actually pretty accurate.
00:14:01.060 Mm-hmm.
00:14:02.060 You should play with one.
00:14:03.620 Okay.
00:14:03.980 We go to some video game place where you can drink beer and fly the plane.
00:14:07.820 Okay.
00:14:08.060 And they're actually remarkably, that one they had, whatever the heck we were.
00:14:13.300 We went to that science museum in Milwaukee.
00:14:15.800 I'm telling you, that was extremely accurate as far as simulations go, but yeah.
00:14:21.400 Okay. All right. Let's go to, ooh, I'll bet you Barcade has one.
00:14:24.900 That's the kind of place we should go. We can spend the whole afternoon.
00:14:28.480 You can spend the whole afternoon drinking beer and doing a flight simulator.
00:14:34.440 Yeah, and much like pool, I'll bet you it gets slightly better as you drink beer,
00:14:38.620 but then at some point it falls off a cliff.
00:14:40.680 So the great is to find that.
00:14:42.480 Right, but you probably just shouldn't do that in real life.
00:14:45.300 Probably.
00:14:46.620 You'd be scolded for even discussing it.
00:14:48.520 You should never talk about this ever again.
00:14:50.340 They're not going to give you your license. 1.00
00:14:52.840 I know, but so many gonzos. 1.00
00:14:55.180 There's a lot of idiots that fly planes. 1.00
00:14:57.280 I'm sure it's been done, but it's not to be. 1.00
00:15:00.200 Should I look up drunk pilots?
00:15:02.860 Oh, I'm sure it's out there.
00:15:04.520 Yeah.
00:15:06.240 Sometimes even commercial pilots, there's been some notorious...
00:15:09.640 Oh, yeah, no, no, no, there have been.
00:15:10.860 All right, well, we can drink beer and do a flight simulator,
00:15:15.020 but we should not drink beer in an actual cup because we have three children.
00:15:19.720 And you still need to work on that will, so I'd like you to go work on that.
00:15:25.220 That's your task for this afternoon.
00:15:26.980 Yes, it's been really nice.
00:15:28.700 It's been really nice.
00:15:29.260 It's been nice spending time with you.
00:15:30.600 Nice shaking your hand.
00:15:31.340 Yeah.
00:15:32.080 Oh, that's a nice kiss on the hand.
00:15:33.460 I love you.
00:15:34.360 Rag and roll, everybody.
00:15:35.480 Bye.
00:15:37.140 You matched on Hinge.
00:15:38.700 You're vibing.
00:15:39.900 Then her energy completely changes.
00:15:42.620 What do you do?
00:15:44.020 I'm Raven Smith, and I wrote and read a real love story about this exact sitch.
00:15:48.840 Listen to the free audiobook now.