Caffeine, known for being energy, famous for being buzzy.

Nobody thinks much about it, so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt and I'm not alone because I'm joined by my co-host, Katie Golden, Katie.

What is your relationship to or opinion of caffeine?

I like it. And it...

Cool.

I do really enjoy espresso and it helps... I like it. Cool.

I do really enjoy espresso and it helps me feel awake and good.

But if I drink even just a little too much of it, I feel like there's a million bees trying to burst out of my head. So it's a delicate process. Like I cannot,

I cannot exceed my daily caffeine cap or terrible things happen. But then when I don't have

caffeine, I also feel pretty, pretty garbo, pretty Greta Garbo. So like, yeah, it's a delicate balance here.

Like walking a tightrope made out of espresso beans.

Okay, I'm in the same boat.

And I've never thought to call it Greta Garbo.

But maybe I will if I ever step down the caffeine or miss it.

I'll be like, I'm feeling so the glamorous star of Grand Hotel.

Oh, geez.

Yeah. I just want to languish on a fainting couch.

Yeah. Shimmering outfit. Yeah. I'm especially thinking of it with last week's episode being

computer cursors. I think computer cursors and caffeine have been extraordinarily necessary to every episode of this podcast happening.

Main things, donors through maximum fun.

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