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JUNO TEMPLE Took a Trip to the Galápagos

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JUNO TEMPLE Took a Trip to the Galápagos

The conversation begins with a lighthearted, surreal exploration of the speaker’s family life, centered around an absurd obsession with cucumbers—driven by mundane habits like dad’s bagel routine and mom’s frequent over-talk about them. This leads to a broader reflection on family chaos, with anecdotes of crowded restaurants, chaotic parking, and the family’s misadventures, all framed as signs of a "madhouse" lifestyle. The narrative shifts to Juno Temple’s personal story, where her name is deeply rooted in geography and myth—born in London, named Juno after her parents stood on the Juno Temple rock formation during her mother’s pregnancy. Her upbringing in Somerset, England, a remote and poetic landscape, shaped her creativity and imagination, while her relationship with her parents, brothers, and cultural experiences—like vintage shopping and fashion—adds depth to her identity. The story highlights how family support, shared interests, and individual passions (like her brothers’ unique interests in poetry and astrophysics) foster a rich, interconnected life. The tone balances humor, nostalgia, and emotional warmth, emphasizing how small moments—like swimming with a sea turtle or finding vintage clothing—become defining experiences. Ultimately, the narrative celebrates family bonds, personal authenticity, and the joy found in both everyday quirks and life-defining choices.

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Hey, Bobby. Hey, Sufi. How are you? I'm good. How are you? Good. I'm in my childhood bedroom. Yeah. I can see that. Yeah. And I hear that the real talk of the town has been cucumber based. Yeah. I'm home visiting mom and dad. I'm about to do a charity event for Casa New Hampshire that's court-appointed special advocates and the Granite State Children's Alliance. It's a wonderful two wonderful organizations that look out for the kids in our home state. And I'm home. And I would say mom and dad 85% of their conversation has been based around cucumbers. Do we have one in the house? Should we go by another one? Where do you get cucumbers? That's been a big conversation. Uh-huh. I don't live here. And I was in the back seat. Mom keeps offering to put me in the front seat. But I'd rather just be in the back seat. It's because it's more like watching a show in the back seat. Yeah. It's more like listening to a podcast called Talking Cukes. And there's a lot. So anyway, then mom and I, we went to Whole Foods and again, the amount they talked about cucumbers, I assumed the intake of cucumbers was going to be massive. So I thought we would maybe buy 50. And instead, mom said, no, I think we just need one. And then immediately the next morning, there was discussion about how we're running low on cucumbers. Now, how are these cucumbers being great question? Great question. Great question. They're asking. Bagels, dad likes cream cheese, and he likes cut up cucumbers on his bagel and cream cheese, like little quarter sized slices of cucumber. Gotcha. You know, well, that's nice. It doesn't seem like you'd go through that many cucumbers. No, I feel like somebody's absconding with a little cucumber in an off hours. Right. So a lot to talk about cucumbers. The other thing is mom, I have finally had to tell her to stop remarking on why cars are in parking lots and also that it's not a mob scene. So we pulled into the bagel place as well. Once we got the cucumbers, obviously, you know, we needed a delivery system for the cucumbers. So we pulled into a bagel place. There were seven cars for 24 spots, let's say. And mom's like, this place is a madhouse. And I was just beside myself with the misuse of madhouse. Then we went in, there we were the second person in line behind a guy who made what was an incredibly normal bagel store owner. You just, you know, he ordered a dozen bagels. There was a selection. Sure. Then we made our order and then we walked out and hurried. He's like, that took forever. It was a madhouse in there. What is, what is your definition of a madhouse? Yeah. I'm starting to think our house might be a madhouse. I mean, I think every, yeah, it might be, by the way, any house that her reason might be a little bit, a little bit nutty. And, but then we went, we then went to their, their go to a restaurant last night, the copper door, copper door. And I will say the copper door was a madhouse. Yeah. genuinely no place to park. And, uh, and mom and dad, uh, as, as well, they should be based on the amount of money they spend at the copper door. It treated very well there. No, I mean, mom's getting points, at mom's getting points. They had to start a loyalty program because they felt bad that mom was there so often without any perks. She did say that her and her friend Deb go there for, like, they go once a week and they sit at the bar for two hours. And they each only have one drink. And then they tip really big because her, he was saying, you know, we feel bad that we take up two stools. Yeah. Because the place is, as established earlier, a madhouse. Also, she was saying, yeah, Deb gets a shot glass of vodka and then just in a glass of water. And she just sort of keeps watering down her shot glass after each day. It seems like, I don't know, it seems like they're, they're doing a lot of, uh, uh, I don't know, acrobatics to figure out how to make a drink last two hours. Yeah. Real chemistry. And a lot of chemistry going on. Yeah. She also last night, mom ordered a martini, uh, very James Bond of hers. And then dad ordered the fruity drink on the menu. Yeah, you sent me a picture of that. Yeah. Just, just, just think of like the oranges you've ever seen a drink. I mean, we, I assume we've talked about this on here, but mom has moved past her phase of, carrying around cocktail umbrellas, which she used to, used to carry. Yeah. And if dad would order such a drink, she would just pop it into his drink to, uh, emasculate him. Yeah. To shame him. They did. I feel like it made one of the reasons she doesn't do it anymore. He has learned because they did say when they brought his drink, the way she said, do you want to, do you want to straw? And he said, no. And I feel like, you know, I think he's, I think he's learned to just drink him no adornments. Yeah. Uh, apologies for the barking. That's all right. Um, I also have been posting some photos of Albert. And, uh, a lot of people think Albert looks like a, a human being in a dog suit because he got real, he got real people eyes. He got real people eyes. Yeah. Um, he's such a good dog. He's always so excited when we come home. He's a great dog. Dad was admitting today and it was nice to have him admit it that he, you know, again, six dogs on named Albert. First one when we were middle school, you and I. Yeah. And he was saying he doesn't, he can't really make a distinction between all the albers over the years. Sure. I can't. Yeah. I remember the first two have the most impact on me because we were, that was when we were living at home. But, uh, one thing we were saying is clear is that none of them have been agnostic about how they feel about dad. Yeah. Yeah. That affection goes both ways. And pretty, it's like a head-on collision, affection between dad and a sheep dog. Keep your dog. At least your dog had the decency to bark during the daytime. Albert, for some reason, lost his mind at like three in the morning, last night started barking. Oh, yeah. And he's got that real scream. It's a real loud bark. Yeah. It's, uh, it's a real loud bark. But, um, it's very nice to be home and, uh, and you're going to be joining us too. Yeah. Yeah. I'm popping on a red eye, uh, that tonight. So, uh, yeah, be there in the morning. Uh, what else been going on with you? Um, I don't know that we talked about this, correct me if I'm wrong, but I, uh, I went to a friend's birthday party out in Joshua tree, not last weekend. Um, and it was a competition. And you had to go into it with the mindset of there will be games. Yeah. You will participate in these games. You're not going to, you're going to be on time. If it says, like, meet in the living room at three 15, you'd be there at three 15, there were points that would accumulate over the course of the weekend. Uh, you think also pretty well established you and I like games. We are, yeah, we are those who enjoyed games. Game. Yeah. So this is, this is the third time this buddy has had, uh, this party. It's the first time I have, uh, I have been invited. And so a lot of these people, I feel like have competed in the past. And, uh, you know, there was a, we went, we went bowling. A lot of it was inside, it was in Joshua tree, but it was like 112 degrees outside. So you couldn't do much outside. Um, but we played some pop darts, uh, which is a great game. Uh, how do you play pop darts? Pop darts are these little imagined darts that have a suction cup on both sides. Okay. Uh, you each have three darts and then there is sort of, uh, an aim, which has a bigger suction cup that's shorter, squatter. Uh, and so you throw that one and that sets the mark and then you're just trying to get closer and, uh, ideally your pop dart sticks, uh, and stands straight up, uh, closest pop dart to the mark scores three points, every pop dart standing scores one point. Uh, if you land it on the sort of base itself, that's 10 points. Um, and so lots of games, uh, competitive Uno, round of competitive Uno, there was, it was maybe going to be Texas hold them, but I think a lot of the competitors weren't familiar. And yeah, and Uno wanted a vote. Uh, I really tip my cap to the, to the host who recognized that, uh, maybe, uh, Texas hold them. Yeah. Yep. And what was, uh, can I ask a quick question? How many, how were the teams or how many did you say? It was like, sometimes you were, you were teamed off, uh, like there was one game where McKenzie and I were a team, which, uh, two person teams, I think there were 14 of us total. And it was the one game that was outside. And there were dice that were thrown in the pool. So the first round was just for time. You were two people, uh, eight dice thrown in the pool. One competitor goes in. The other one can sort of look and see where the other dice are. Die dice. Um, you needed to, you couldn't get all the dice in one thing. Each competitor had to go in once at least. Um, as soon as you emerge, from the water and put your hand on the wall, then the your teammate could dive down, try to get the rest of the dice, and you do that until you got all of them. So McKenzie and I won round one, which was just sort of like setting the point at about 30 seconds. - Wow, okay. - Next round, two teams going simultaneously, two different color dice, 10 dice. And when they're thrown into the pool, you have to look away. - Oh, so you don't see where they're going. So that was fun. And that was, the next round was the semi-final. So there were four teams left. So two and two, the number one seed, play the four seed, two and three played each other. McKenzie and I advanced out of that. And the last round, 10 dice again, two teams, but the dice were all black with either yellow pips or black with green pips. And if you ever came up with one of the other die that you weren't supposed to have, they all go back in the pool. - Wow. - So that was really fun. And I will say McKenzie and I smoked the other team. Do you think this is, in the end, was your advantage that your better swimmers, better eyesight? What do you think it was that? - I don't know. - I think maybe a bit of both. - I think a bit of both. - There was also, there was some user error from some early teams that should have learned, but like, we were wearing goggles and we were given goggles by the hosts. And some people would jump in and their goggles would instantly fall off their face. And that's, you can't have that. - Oh, just people are bad at goggles. - Yeah. So I would sort of, you know, almost pencil my way in, but holding the goggles against my face, let the bubbles clear and then start. And so I think that was one of the keys to our success. But at the end of the weekend, awards were given out. McKenzie was given the MVP, which she sort of, like, meddled in everything. She scored on the higher tier of every event. And then they give out an award for the highest average score per event and highest total score. And I'm proud to say I won both of those. - Wow. - Yeah. - What a weekend for you. - Yeah, really was. - Congratulations. - Came home with some. - Now, you know, and I think we could say this 'cause, you know, we're keeping it pretty anonymous. But when you first clocked that group, where you like, oh, I fucking got this. I wasn't, but the one of the first things was bowling. And I don't think of myself as a great boulder. It was two, we had two frames, two games. - Yeah. - And I had a 125 and a 144. And that handily beat everyone. - Yeah. - And people were like, did you just, you just set the level for our listeners in a way that I think was really helpful? - Yeah. - They, a lot of people were like, did you like grow up bowling? Like I was in leagues as a child. And I just went to birthday parties and maybe figured out how to throw a ball straight. - Yeah. - I'm always, I'm always a little confused by people who can't just get a ball down and alley. - Interesting. - At this point in your life, I don't know if it's like, I mean, I guess if you haven't, the thing about it is, if you've never done it, I feel like there's very little you do in your life that is developing a bowling skill other than bowling. Every time you bowl, if you have an opportunity to learn a little bit more. - Yeah. You know what, if there's anything you can take away from today's episode. (laughing) - Juno Temple. Very excited to talk to Juno Temple. - Yeah. Ted Lasso is back. Ted is back. Ted is back. That means Juno is back. - Keeley's back. And again, you know, I remember we talked our late night about her incredible turn on Fargo. - Yeah. - Season five, I want to say. - I think that's right. John Amp season, great, great year that she was absolutely stunning in. So, can't wait to talk to her. Thanks for listening, everybody. ♪ Family trips ♪ ♪ With the miles ♪ ♪ Brothers ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ - Hello. - Hello. - Hello. - Hello. - Oh my God. - Oh my God. - You're beaming, you're beaming. - Well, I've got a very good team that helped me beam. - Oh, we love our team, beamers. - We should do. We should do. - How are you? - I'm so pretty good. How are you? - Good, you must be getting run ragged with the bear. It's very exciting. When a beloved show has a new season after a long break. - It is, it's a very, it's a special moment. And it's a moment that when you're tired, that becomes second. - That's good, yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Were you at the LA premiere? - I was, yeah. - Oh, I was there too. I did not see you. But we're old pals of Brendan Hunt, who was coachbeard. - It's a good, I'm sorry, who? Yeah. (laughing) - Yeah, you probably don't have to give the role they play Posh. - Yeah. (laughing) - I thought the LA premiere was such a special experience because at the end of that second episode, it felt like for a moment in time, all these different types of people in that cinema room, you know, different pronouns, different colors, different walks of life, different beliefs, different, all the, just different types of people. And it was like a unit of positivity for a moment afterwards. And I thought that was a really, I thought it was a really profound thing to be a part of. - Yeah, it's great. - And in the Academy Museum, which is a great new museum in Los Angeles, or just great theater. And I was sort of in that, for the party, I was in the room across the way from the main room. - Okay. - And then I realized like, oh, where is everyone? (laughing) And then walked over and it was like, oh, this is where everyone's been. - This is where it's happening, yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Also, I see you very often. I don't know if you live near me, or if you're just passing through, but I live near a geltzens. - You do? - I see you very often. And you always have great determination and purpose and I feel like you're always grabbing flowers. - I love fresh flowers. - Yeah. - And I'm probably always in my pajamas. - I mean, you're moving with such speed that I've always resisted saying hello and introducing myself. - You're next time, stop me in my tracks, do it. - Well, now we've met. - Yes. - Okay. - Well, I think it's rude to stop someone in their pajamas 'cause you assume they're either running home to bed. (laughing) - Or are they okay? - Are they okay? - Do you have somewhere to go? Are you coming from somewhere? - Have you escaped? I know this is rude. Have you escaped from somewhere recently that maybe your family had a range for you to live? - I auditioned for a movie at one point in my career and I thought I'd really put together my look. 'Cause I'm guilty of being quite grungy. I thought we don't have a name between. Like, "smart casual" is really not my ammo, which is probably quite a good thing for an auditioned smart casual, right? And I've never really nailed that look. So I'm either kind of ready to go out to a big event or I'm in my friends' they homeless. So I did this audition and I thought I'd done quite good and I felt positive about it. Reach out to my team. They were like, they're actually not gonna send you a tape to the head of the studio because they asked us about your look. They, in fact, asked us if you had potentially slept in your car the night before and I was like, "I don't drive." So obviously not. It was like, "That was my reaction." So yeah, it took me a minute to kind of realize that you have to sort of go into an audition space trying to look as much like the character as well. - They thought that you maybe read it as dumb casual? (laughing) - Well, yes. - So this is amazing because ultimately, because this is a podcast about family trips, we eventually at the end ask all our guests about their relationship with Grand Canyon because it's such a family trips destination. And yet for the first time, this is truly amazing. We have someone named after part of the Grand Canyon. - Yes, you do. You do. - So Juno Temple is a part of the Grand Canyon. - Well, I think the Juno Temple of the Grand Canyon, what's great is we'll always keep me humble because there is something more beautiful, older, wiser with more kind of perspective of the universe than I will ever have and I love that. - So, but your last name, your parents last name is Temple though. - It is, yes. - Gotcha. All right, so they were halfway there and then they were like, "Oh my God." They were actually standing on Juno Temple whilst my mom was pregnant with me, I'm watching the sunset 'cause I was originally gonna be called, I think they were playing with Violet, which is now my middle name. - Yeah. - And they were like, "You know what, let's call her Juno." And then what was amazing is when my mom had me, she went back to, my parents were living in LA at the time, but my mom had flown to England to be with her mother to have her first child. And I was born in a hospital in London. And all the nurses had Juno on their broaches on their name tag things. My mom was like, "What the, am I fucking troving?" What's this? And actually, Juno is the Roman goddess of children and light too. - Unbelievable. - Yeah. - Yeah. - I mean, it is as far as how did you get your name stories go? Tough to be. - It's a great point. - Tough to be that people with a surname temple were standing on Juno Temple and had a daughter on the way. (laughing) - Yeah, pretty great. - I think our names were from the TV guide. (laughs) - Yeah, well, you know. - Whatever page we've looked to. - Yeah. - Hey, we're gonna take a quick break and hear from some of our sponsors. - Support comes from Fitbod. - Hey, budgy. - Hey, Sophie. - How are you? - I'm good. - You know, I am right in high. I've talked about it on the-- Have I mentioned in my 5K time? - Oh yeah, pretty quick. - I did very well. I finished top five this summer in my age group in a 5K. And I really have to give credit to Fitbod because I can fall into a rut when I'm doing workouts and with Fitbod. I could tell it what I was trying to accomplish. They would come up with workouts for me and I got to see the results. - Yeah, on the track. - On the track and like on the scoreboard. - Really? - Yeah. - And I like the intensity of the Fitbod workouts. Fitbod makes it easier to stay focused. 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I actually grew up in my parents without realizing it, bought the house that was in the original Halloween, that was the Michael Myers house where he murdered his sister, which they learnt on the first Halloween they spent there. And there was a tour bus that showed up being like, and this is the original Michael Myers house. And that makes it very clear. They told the realtor, "Maybe don't mention it." - Maybe, right, totally. Also because I think you can maybe think that it was a real murder. I say the original Michael Myers house, people are like, "Oh my God, there's actually a murder there." I'm like, "No, no, no, it was actually a movie murder." It wasn't like that. - Right, right, right, right, right. So I spent my first sort of five years in my life in LA and then moved to the middle of nowhere, Somerset, in England. And that's where I actually shaped who I was as a little girl. And then I moved back to LA in my late, at the end of my teens into my early 20s. And that's where I've sort of shaped myself as a woman, I guess. - Oh, yes, fantastic. But so where is Somerset for those of it? Like how far outside of London were you? - It's about two and a half to three hours southwest of London. So it's kind of smack bang between the end of England, which is Cornwall and London proper. So yeah, it's about, depending on how fast you drive, two and a half to three hours. - Got it. And was it a, was it a very pastoral upbringing? It's certainly, it seemed, it sounds like it. - It's where, it's, what is, it's an extraordinary place to walk around and look at 'cause it's where all the romantics were at their poetry. It's where Byron and Colouridge and William Wordsworth, they wondered the hills and wrote their poetry about this incredible part of the world. So it's, it's, it's very beautiful. It's also very remote. Like if you have a power cut where I grew up, you had no power for a good three, four days. I also grew up with a, in the 750 year old farmhouse with that's got its own personality. There's been a lot of feet walking around it. And my parents have kept a lot of the old actual original architecture of the house. So that was a pretty special place to grow up. And my dad has got proper green thumbs and he would, he's built the most incredible garden there. And I was obsessed with Alice in Wonderland as a little girl and he would create things like, there was a hedge that he put in the garden that was shorter on one side and taller on the other. So I could run up and down it and feel like I was growing and shrinking. I think the house was literally a place where as a child, you could do nothing but let your imagination run absolutely wild. And your parents are both artists, correct? Well, my, no, my mom's actually, she, she's much more organized than most of us in the family. It's helpful. I mean, you want to have, you want to have one organized. It can't just have five artists. But the youngest brother, because I'm one of three and the youngest brother is also incredibly organized. But my mom used to be a film producer, a film with, my parents had a production company together. My dad is a film director. But my mom is now therapist, actually. Oh, okay, fantastic. Yeah, yeah. And two younger brothers? Two younger brothers. One who is four years younger than me and one who is 10 years younger than me. The one who is four years younger than me is a poet and a, a, yeah, crazy, a very handsome poet that is doing his PhD at Cambridge University at the moment on full scholarship. Yeah, and as he's an exquisite human, they're two of my favorite humans in the entire world. And then my youngest brother actually now lives in LA, which is very nice for me. But he went to school to be an astrophysicist and now is doing really amazing graphic designing for a very cool company of whether you collaborate with a kind of artist and a brand to create clothing and other things too. That's fantastic. Were you, do you feel like you were one of the reasons he moved to LA? Do you think he would have if you weren't there? I like to think so, 'cause I think both of my brothers are brave and bold, but I think it was definitely easier for him to have. I mean, but at the same time, you know, I'm a slightly agoraphobic weird big sister that is like, you know, does a lot of kind of, I'm a fiddler. I like to do things like make jewelry and sketch and write little weird bits of poetry and I make clothing and stuff, but it means that I'm always a little bit late for things because there's just that one little piece of jewelry that I just should fix before I leave, even though I don't probably need to. But I know it's, I mean, I think having my brother in LA has been such a source of joy for both of us because on the weekends you get to hang out with family, which hasn't been possible in a while, 'cause even when you're working in places like home, like England, you're not there fully on your terms, right? You're there on a schedule that is important to keep up and so sometimes being able to be a part of everyday life with family isn't doable. - We've remarked on this podcast many times when friends of mine come back to New York City to work, I'm so excited 'cause I am under this false impression that we're gonna hang out on the reality is when you actually work on TV shows or movies, you have less time than maybe any other job. (laughing) - Yeah, sometimes, yeah. - Yeah. - Did you, were you aware of how special where you grew up was as a kid? Do you think you appreciated it early on? I do think I did the early part of living there. And then I think in my early teens, I wanted the city. I wanted to keep my, I wanted to be able to walk around kind of places where I felt like I could be growing up by myself, I guess, in a weird way of like going and having explorations where you wouldn't have to depend on a car and because it was the middle of nowhere, like you can't really get anywhere by foot and I still can't drive. I can't really do anything with wheels, which is, it's maybe your brother came out to LA to take care of you. - To tell me. - Well, I think, I can do everything in high heels, which is good. - Yeah, that's good. - You're on the run for an app, or in a pair of like stiletto glittery high heels. - Which is more important for an actor, because ultimately they don't let you drive. When you're an actor, they don't let you drive, whether you know how to drive or not. - Or they ask you to, and then you give it a go, and they're like, you know, we're just gonna push you. We're just gonna give it a push, actually. - Or we'll get someone that looks like you. And yeah, I just saw Nathan Lane on Broadway, and he doesn't know how to drive. And the beginning of "Death of a Salesman," he drives a car, all of 10 feet, but an actual physical car drives on to the set. And he basically admitted, he's white, not going to it. - Everybody. - Every time. (laughing) - Because again, like if you don't know how to drive, like the last thing you wanna do for the first time, you drive his drive straight towards an audience full of people. - Totally, totally. In a space where, like, that could cause a little lot of damage. - Yeah, could a lot of damage. - Yeah, yeah. Could you grab a train from Somerset if you were on your own wanting to go into London? Was that doable? I would need my parents to drop me off at the train station. All my brothers who now both can drive beautifully. But then there was a train that would take you directly to London, actually, so that was great. I went to boarding school from age 14. I chose to go and be somebody that stayed at school and do that whole thing. That was both great and also complicated boarding schools were a weird place, but also a wonderful place. Where was your boarding school? How far away from Somerset? The first one I went to was actually in Somerset was in the local town, and then that one wasn't really the school that helped encourage me as an individual, quite an eclectic teenager that was interested in, I wanted to create surrealist lingerie, and I lived in creating characters and couldn't do maths definitely never did geography. There were subjects that I wasn't very good at. Then I went to another school that was just outside of London in an area called Edithfield, which was a school that very much encouraged each individual child to be as wild and free as they wanted to whilst also saying, "Let's just pass the math exam, and then you can paint all you want. We'll set up private canoeing lessons for you to figure out, but we've got to just get past these grades." It was a school for B-dails, that was great, and I actually started acting the summer before I went there, and then they were very great with letting me kind of go and do some jobs when I was in my last two years of school. That school had a great surrealist lingerie program, yeah? Yeah, very niche. Yeah. Top three in Somerset. Honestly, one of the top three in the world. What were vacations like? When you live in a place that it sounds like great, many people would want to go spend a vacation there. The draw to Somerset is obviously some kind of a dream vacation for a lot of people. Where would you guys go as a family? My parents, I remember a really iconic holiday that my parents took us on, which was one of the biggest holidays still to date that I've been on. Where they took us to South America, so we went to Peru and we went to Machpitu and Araquipa, and then we went to Guatemala, and we went and did the kind of like Darwin exploration of going and being a part of the wild in, oh my god, what's it called? Galapagos. Galapagos. Galapagos. Galapagos, thank you. Yes. We went and stayed on a little boat doing that, which was an unbelievable experience. Again, I remember there was another family on this boat with us, and they had just been literally hiking in the rainforest as a family, and I weirdly had this kind of strange moment of I arrived with sort of platform flip flops and beaded chokers and like matching Britney Spears kind of vibe bikinis, and we were on a boat in the Galapagos Islands. And there was a girl who was sort of similar aged to me, who was so much more prepared for that kind of existence, and suddenly feeling a bit kind of threatened that I was like, well, I have to keep up with her. I'm going to be able to do all the things that she can do. And there being a moment where there was this giant, incredible sea turtle. And she just leapt over the side of the boat to go swim with it. And I was like, well, this is what I've got to do that too. And I leapt and then a man-tory swam underneath me. And I had a moment of absolute paralysis, and she had to come and save you. And it was such a humbling moment. I was about 15 turning 16, but I also had kept my choker on for this entire trip and got home and had a suntan of this kind of braided choker that went off that year. So great. Yeah. It was a pretty iconic junior moment, and classic moment, when I was like, you might want to take it off. I'm like, absolutely, I will not. So that was an amazing, that was an amazing heart. I love that you both wanted to show your peer that you were built for this, and to also constantly let her know you weren't by not taking off your choker. Totally. Exactly. I could do joint dance routines and stuff, which I'd be like, I can do this. And then it was like, absolutely couldn't do any of the things that were the most exciting things to do in a place like that, which is just cool. It's very funny to think of her saving you from the man-tory and then having it being like, well, it's not a big deal. I'm sure I'll have another chance in my life to swim with this sea turtle. And a giant man-tory won't power wise me. Yeah. But I also grew up going to the South of France with my parents as well. We would go there in the summers and go and sometimes rent places, or sometimes my parents have a great family friend who's got a place in the South of France. And so I have such great memories of being surrounded by the cicadas and the smell of lavender oil around that. And that's a very precious group of memories. And what was the South of France vacation? What did that offer that was not sort of available at home? At the time of heat was a big thing, I think, obviously, with climate change is fucking everywhere. So it's so real. And so happening like in England, I don't know if you guys are aware of the heat waves that are going on there because England is not prepared for that. So that's new. Now it's a new experience. We're getting like New York barmy, you're like weighted weather right now there. But so going to the South of France was a way to go and I actually feel like you had a summer holiday because it would be warmer than it ever got in England. Also there are, you know, I mean, France, the things that you get, the food, the experience of going to explore these old chateaus and being a part of seeing history from a different perspective. Also my parents both speak, my mom speaks complete fluent French. She went to a French lese and then my dad speaks pretty flawless fluent French too. So going and trying to learn the language, which again, I wish I was better at languages because my brother that's at Cambridge speaks four different languages and I, yeah, it's extraordinary. His ability to be able to inhabit language because he told me that I love this. He said, you know, when you really speak a language, when you start dreaming in it, I was like, wow, there's the poet in him coming out right now. So that was another thing that we would try and speak French there. And then there were these incredible flea markets that we go to. I'm a huge vintage lover. I love vintage from head to toe on my body, but also vintage furniture, vintage art, vintage, I'm a big, I'm a big fan of things from the past and giving them a story that's alive today, you know, and that was a big part of me and my mom would go to the flea markets in the south of France and go and sit through these great little kind of nighties or vintage, beautiful kitchenware and like, beautiful glass bottles that you'd fill with lavender oil and bring home and things. Yeah. So I remember that being a really beautiful experience too. I am genuinely jealous of that, the joy of that kind of shopping because I feel like if you're in a place where that's available, that is such a wonderful way to like actually spend time. Oh my god. And also, if you like, if you're going to a vintage shop and you decide to talk to the people that are running it, the amount of knowledge you can gain from different time periods of where fashion came from and why it was iconic in that moment and how groundbreaking it was in this element, but then how suddenly there were moments where they, all the big fashion houses were doing this or what was changing and how you can recognize iconic brands and why I'm a, I'm a big, I've always loved fashion and I love that it's kind of like an expression of yourself that you walk into a room with, right? And collecting vintage is something that I've always found to be really just exciting and I love taking friends vintage shopping. Was your mom so excited to sort of have a running buddy for a vintage shopping? Yeah, absolutely. Is there something she loved as well? She always loved vintage. Yeah, thrifting. She was in LA. She would love going for thrifting in LA when she was younger too and then, but then she also has great stories for her and her best friend shopping as a dinner liar back in the 90s and being like, we're going to go treat ourselves to a great piece, you know, and things like mixing in some of the iconic pieces in her wardrobe that I know she did buy new, but then a lot of stuff was thrifted, always. Yeah. Yeah. If a proprietor of a shop told Seth some of the great detail about an item in a vintage shop, he would probably just go, uh-huh, and how much is it? Yeah, yeah. How much is this then? Does your, does your heart start to race when you feel like you discover a piece? Like when you feel like you have an eye for a thing that is this buried treasure that only you truly appreciate the value of? Absolutely. Must be so exciting. I get so excited about that. I'm wearing an outfit today that's actually one of my sets, which is a second, you know, it's from, uh, vintage is an complicated one because I guess people are saying it now about the 90s and about the early 2000s. I would say that's probably a secondhand or recycled at this moment in time. Um, or, but you can use the word vintage for it too, of course, but I think like, I've been collecting it since I was like 14 years old and, um, being able to wear things now that I have had in my wardrobe for a long time in press moments because they have these kind of new beats of life. And actually as Keely Jones, I use quite a lot of my personal pieces in, in her wardrobe and having stories with things that you add to an additional story that's already kind of been created from the past. I don't know. I feel like it gives something a bit of a, a little extra something and, and I, I feel honored to have worn something that feels like it, it, it, it still has life to live. And the quality of the way things were made and there's more fast fashion now, even with the big houses, you know, and, and so I think, um, these lines and these cuts and these shapes that were created, I'm a big fan of the kind of early 90s fashion, especially when Tom Ford was doing Gucci and the lines that he would put these incredible of beauties, you know, models and women that were doing all different types of careers. But the fact that it just felt like it was celebrating different shapes of bodies and like a bias cut dress, which was obviously a big thing in the 1930s, and that being brought back into this sort of, again, when John Galliano was doing deal and he would do these really funky prints of like denim silk, but it would then be this incredible bias cut dress. So it felt like a kind of punk rock version of a 1930s movie star gown or something. And I love all of that. And my godmother was a costume designer, actually, and did a lot of music videos with my parents back in the '80s and to the '90s in L.A. and she taught me a lot about vintage too. And the moment when you find a piece that you're just like, wow, this is a one-off thing, that Aussie Clark in the '70s was somebody that I really appreciate too. And I remember finding these incredible black crepe trousers that were high-waisted. They were fucking great on the ass. And they had these little cherry, no, sorry, little strawberries stitched all over them. And they were a piece that I was so excited to have found. And when they fit me, I was like, oh my god, oh my god, there's like, you know, these moments that, and I think this is Vivian Westwood coat that I have that I can't believe I own sometimes because it was from a Romeo collection in the early '90s and it was just such a iconic piece. I'm like, I can't believe I get to wear that, I love it. And also, you know, I think there's an element of being excited to find things because there will be a character one day that will get to use them because I don't always have the confidence to wear the pieces that I own. And that's something that I love about Kylie Jones is that she's like, she's confident to walk into a space wearing a bonkers outfit and feel really good in there. And that's been a gift for some of my items that have been looked at in my wardrobe but not been properly worn. What a wonderful, what a wonderful outcome. Yeah. You mentioned Tom Ford. I'm a huge fan of Tom Ford. I've been lucky enough to meet him. He's a lovely guy. He's a fantastic film director, I think he's a movie coming out, which is the best. But his son is friends with a son of another person I know and that person was going out of a cation that Tom Ford was going to be on and he was so, he's just like a dude like me and he's like, I don't know what to wear. Yeah. I would. Yeah. To be, and by the way, I don't, by the way, I don't think this is anything that Tom Ford is, I do not think, sitting in judgment of anybody, but it's impossible to see yourself through it. You, you are putting yourself in the other side of his eyes looking at you and you're like, I don't know. My thing is I would just want things to be tailored properly for me. Yeah, right. I feel like you can wear whatever you want, but you want it to fit your body. Good fit, right? Yeah. And I remember doing a movie a long time ago and, and I was in, I was on the job for about 10 days, but it was filled with a lot of grit. It was at the last installment of the, the Christopher Nolan Batman. Oh, yes. So I remember just sitting in the mayor, the hair and makeup trailer and just seeing these incredible soup pants pass by in the mirror and being like, oh my God, wow, those are incredible try. And it was Gary Oldman. And I remember being just being like those, but it was the way they fit him and the fabric that shows, and he was like, I get these, yeah, I love getting pieces made. And I was like, that's why it's so show-stopping because it is made for your body. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, we're going to take a quick break and hear from some of our sponsors. The support comes from Mint Mobile, what's up, Osce? Freedom. There's freedom in the summer. For kids, no homework, no teachers, no school. But there are some freedom for adults, thanks to Mint Mobile in the summer. Yeah. Summer still means freedom, thanks to Mint Mobile's summer sale. Right now, all of Mint's plans are $15 a month, even unlimited. So free yourself from big wireless and their gimmicks and gotchas and switch to Mint for high-speed data and coverage on the T Mobile 5G network. And if you're worried about switching, I can promise you, based on personal experience, it is very easy to go from your carrier now over to Mint. 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And I would say ask my mom if she wants to come. And so we've had a couple of trips like that too. And those have been really precious moments. I think it's those kind of things are such an honour to be a part of and you want to share them with people you love, to be honest with you, right? And especially someone that helped shape you with your personality and who you are. That's great. Also, if you take someone thrifting as a kid and then they ice you out of the fashion show when they're an adult, you're an asshole. You can't stand for it. Yeah. As a parent, you can't stand for that. Yeah. No, it's not cool. Yeah. Was there ever any tension on trips having a brother who's 10 years younger than you? Because I imagine your interests aren't necessarily aligned if you would do things as a whole family. No, there was never a tension like on family trips for that. It was just more like, also I'm quite a child. Like there's a lot of my inner child that is very out, you know? Like, so actually I've always been very playful with both of my brothers and create fantasy worlds for them to come join. It was more like if they didn't want to join the fantasy world, I'd be like, why not? What's wrong with you? I think there was sometimes moments of not knowing references that we would be talking about. And I was a big fan of MTV 2 as a kind of early teens girl. And there were definitely certain things that my brother probably wasn't allowed to see at age sort of, you know, two to four. He probably wasn't allowed to watch even some butthead, which is one of my favorite shows. And I'm a big cartoon fan. But then I remember when the first Transformers came out and that was a moment where I loved that movie a lot and so did my younger brother and we had a total field day of joining hearts with that same with Wally. Actually, that's one that we both still watch a lot and talk about. But I think more of the tension would more be like, my brothers wouldn't want to go vintage shopping when they were younger, necessarily. Right. But we would always, my dad is an incredible historian and we would always love going and exploring these historical places that he would take us to and we'd love learning about the history. And he was very good at navigating little tidbits that would be for each one of us. And, you know, like, so a big part of it would be potentially what kind of dress is the queen would have worn in this shadow when she came to visit would be brought into my education with it, whereas my brother, the poet actually was very, he was egon like the Knights of the Round Table and that sort of moment in ancient history and my dad would educate him on certain battles that had happened and then it became poetic too. That would be a key element of kind of, my dad is a pool of knowledge that was very good at kind of guiding us in ways that were going to peak our interests, you know. And that's something that I, as I've gotten older, I just think about more and more because, you know, when you go to school and people ask you like, what was your favorite subject? You always connected to a teacher that actually made it a subject that you could then be interested in. Yeah. And that you felt like your brain could tick too and your heart could tick too. And I think when a parent really understands that with each individual kid, it's what a fucking gift. Yeah. Yeah, it's great. Yeah. It's a really fantastic. Machu Picchu, did you hike there? No, we didn't, because my, we were, I was, I think I was 15. Yeah, so you got a fight. Yeah, I was a bit young. Maybe I was like, well, maybe I was 16, I don't remember exactly how all that was, but it meant that my youngest brother was pretty little. Yeah. But we had a wild day when we went up there because it was, there was some kind of voting, like a political vote going on. And weirdly it meant that Machu Picchu was empty. We have a picture of me and my brother playing chess and you cannot see another person behind us. It's insane. Yeah, yeah. We go. So you brought a travel chess board to Machu Picchu? Yeah. My brother was really into chess. Yeah. That's fantastic. Yeah. There's actually no this is a middle one. The poet. The astrophysic was very tiny at that point. Yeah, that's true. But I will say if you grow up to be an astrophysicist, I wouldn't be surprised with your crush and chest at five years old. Yeah, this is true. This is true. And truth be told, I remember when he told me that that's what he was going to graduate in from he went to UCL in London. And I remember being like, I just need you to quickly tell me what is an astrophysicist. I would ask. I mean, I have a general idea, but it's like, yeah, and what do you do with that? Bill, you've learned a rocket. Truthfully, I think the dream would be to work somewhere like NASA, but he wasn't born in America, so you can't. Right. You can't even work for NASA. No. Change it, guys, because you got a good addition, wait. Yeah. Yeah. That is, yeah, because I guess England's not a not a great space program. There isn't a lot of funding for it. Is that? Yeah. So it's like, that's, but actually, then what, I mean, when you start asking him questions about it and asking him about the great beyond and like the infinite nurse of the galaxies and stuff, and him talking about the complex idea of how time is different, that if we were to go and be able to be on Mars, that actually that we would skip through so many moments of time and time is something that has always been a bit of a head fuck for me. I'm not very good at paying attention to real time, but also the idea of like time, feeling like you can speed up and slow down within one day. Sometimes it makes me very anxious, actually, and that I think it can hold a lot of emotion in time. That was a great Bukowski quote of the sadness is so great. I hear it in my clock, and I think that's something that can be very true with time. So the idea of being able to skip time and jump through time and fast forward time to then backtrack it in space travel is something that makes my brain go whoa, wow. And so the conversations that you can have with him, I love that I'm both of my brothers do this because they both have such extraordinary brains and hold knowledge in ways that I wish I could retain, but they will stop when I'm looking at them like and they will help do it slowly like I'm 10 and educate me in a way that I feel like it can sink in without any judgment and it's something that I've always loved them for. I get some of the best education from both of my brothers. That's fantastic. Are they they must be excited to have a sister who is a working actor? Yeah, that's so freaking proud of me. I mean, I think the only thing they would say is that they wish it would allow me to have more control of time to be spent with them. Yeah, of course. But my I just had this insane moment with my youngest brother, who's Felix, who's the astrophysicist, where both of my brothers, there are these poetic, gentle, kind, beautiful humans. And yet they are diehard football fans. Oh, interesting. Great. Crazy Chelsea fans. And sometimes they're so in it. I'm like, I don't I don't know who you guys are. This is language that I so didn't expect to come out of you guys. And I got to take Felix to a well-cut game to watch messy play. And that's because of Ted Lasso. And so that was a moment where I was like watching him watch that happen was one of the most magical things. I was just, yeah, I felt pretty spectacular about that actually. I feel I have a bit of empathy for you because I think you're so good at dialects, basing this on. You were just so fantastic in Fargo. That's not easy to do. I know where you're from. And you nailed it. And I was thinking your family must be so impressed, but then they all speak actual other languages. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Probably a little bit like the fact that you can sound like your family. I can sound like I'm from somewhere, but not actually speak the language. Yeah, but they're like, but you're still in English. You're like, it is still in English, yes. Yeah, yeah. But I do want to say from where I'm sitting, I find that to be an incredible town you have. Honestly, I love dialects. I think it completely changes how you are as a person. Like it can help you become somebody else in a way that feels so much deeper than just your your physical body, you know? And I just finished a job in the UK, actually, a new show that's going to be with Apple and A24, which I'm really excited about. It's called The Husbands. And it was the first time since I was teenager. I did my natural accent. And I felt fucking naked. I was like, yeah, I don't know about this. And I remember saying to the creator, I was like, do you think I should just see a dialect coach and maybe let lower my voice or just, I don't know, something. And she was like, I love your voice. I was like, okay, okay, cool. Yeah. And it took me a couple of days to actually be like, okay, just let it go. It's okay. It's just fine. But that felt more exposing than any kind of like, you know, weird awkward sex scene or anything like that. I've had to do, or like, I'm just an issue. Whoa. Okay. That's how I feel. Yeah. I'll do whatever sex scene you want as long as I get to have a different voice. Yeah, because then it doesn't feel like me. Yeah. That one. Me. There's something more vulnerable about doing doing a whole six months with a person that you're inhabiting with your own voice. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Were your grandparents, did you grow up near by them or were they a drive away or a trip? My dad's parents were in London. And then my mom's parents were in Oxford, but then my mom's mom spent the last sort of, I don't, I'm, again, my concept of time isn't great. But I just remember her being pretty local from me being about age sort of 12. And she was one of my honestly greatest closest friends growing up. My mom's mom she could I dinner. And quietly, she had, I think, like, probably from when she was quite young, I don't know exactly when, but she quietly did kind of want me an actress. And I remember there was a moment where I did a movie a while ago. And I had a review where they had a moment of comparing me to Vivian Lee. And it was, she had it framed up in her house. And I remember that being such a cool thing, like what an iconic thing to have. And my, she would come and visit me sometimes on different sets. I, she, she died a couple of years ago now. And if that was a big, yeah, big loss, I'd miss her and think about her a lot because she was an extraordinary woman. That also was an huge advocate for mental health stuff. And really was just a really wise woman that had seen and been through a lot. She was also like an insanely beautiful woman. Yeah. So just to me was one of them. Did she know it? Because our grandmother was a very beautiful woman who knew it. I think she probably did at moments, but I think she was very insecure in a lot of ways that she wouldn't necessarily own it. Yeah. Yeah. It didn't feel like she was somebody that walked into a room being like, well, look at me. Yeah. Our grandmother was maybe a tick-toe secure. Yeah. She was. Yeah. She was great. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She was great. But yeah, not. Could you get yourself over to your grandmother's house on your own later in life because she ended up moving to a house literally down, down the road. And that was great. That was a gorgeous thing. A very special thing. Yeah. Our mother had a similar situation with her grandparents. Anytime she got mad at her parents, she would just walk. She'd be like, all right, I'm going to go see Nani and pop up and they're going to give me ice cream. And I'll be back when I'm back. I'll see you later. Yeah. Exactly. I'm going to go shoot the shit and see you for dinner. Yeah. Not to lean into the stereotype, but how muddy would it be like when I'm picturing Somerset and you walk in a grandmother's house, I'm thinking of days where it's just like insanely muddy. Oh, whether the road becomes a river. Yeah. Is that accurate? I remember there was a moment. There was a great moment where I've been I had a lovely gift. Thank you, Dolce Hingabona. I've been sent a pair of beautiful leopard print Dolce Hingabona pajamas, right? And I was wearing them one Christmas and all this water started pouring into the kitchen because it was a downpour Christmas. And, you know, as you do, you just get right in there and start whelling it out like with the family. My mom was like, no, in the Dolce Hingabona, I was like, what are we going to do? What are you going to do? And they survived and they're great and they are better for it because now they look even more vintage. But yeah, there was, I mean, the weather would be, I also grew up going to Glastonbury Festival, the music festival. And because that was, I grew up quite close to that. That was about 20-minute drive from my parents' house. And you would just go knowing to not bring changes of clothes, just let yourself become a cesspool of dirt and stank and just enjoy the experience. And sometimes the back garden and the road kind of going down the hill from my parents' house could become the same thing. Yeah, yeah. Definitely not. Deletto Turing. It's funny, as you talk about, you know, getting to tell a new story with these vintage clothes, I bet the Dolce pajamas weren't like, oh, I didn't think the story would be flooding. Yeah. I don't think it would be a flooded kitchen. Glastonbury is multiple days? Yeah, we would go for multiple days for sure. And there's some great pictures from there when I'm probably about 10 years old. And I'm supposed to be painted like a lion, but it actually looks like I'm a really old person. It's a kind of a Benjamin Button look. With like braids and my hair would be just so wild and matted and like, and I used to love it, because you could just run free. And yeah. At the end of a day, do you retreat home and sort of reset? No, no, we would go and camp there properly and then go home after, you know, the three, for five days there and but as I got older and my friends would start going to Glastonbury to they would come back and shower our house before returning to their homes. - Yeah. - Sort of decompress and get back to reality. - Best act you ever saw at Glastonbury. - I had a magic experience with, I was a huge killer's fan growing up. And I saw them play the new band's tent one the first year. Then I saw them play the kind of, one of the bigger tents that I've forgotten what it's called, the middle sort of size, the following year. And then the third year, they were headlining at the pyramid stage. And that being that kind of arc with a band that you love was unbelievably cool. So that I would say as a whole was pretty extraordinary. Then I remember the white stripes were incredible. They were incredible. And then also I got to go, my one of my parents' great friend was Joe Strummer. And he was in Joe in the Mascaleros. And we got to go on stage and dance around like maniacs when I was about eight or 10, something with them. Yeah, that was pretty iconic. So you did you know Joe Strummer well? He was my little brother, Godfather. Oh my God, please tell me, please tell me Joe Strummer's was everything I wanted him to be. I'm telling you, he was. Yeah. Magic. I mean, I will say like reading about him and just the person he was, just but it's nice to hear from somebody actually. He was a magic man that was a really important part of of my childhood along his, his, his, his stepdaughter was a great friend of mine. And we grew up being able to be again wild and free and we were allowed to kind of discover what ticked us in both positive and negative ways. And, and yeah, and he was a huge part of my parents' life. Very special, special person. Great. Being on stage dancing with Joe Strummer very, I mean, I will just say I'm impressed that the killers even got a mention. [LAUGHTER] I mean, I remember being like, whoa. So Joe was in like kind of a big band, right? I've seen people wearing clash t-shirts in my local town. And this was when I was young. 11 years old or something. I was like, so his band was pretty big deal. My parents were like, yeah, it was, yeah. Yeah. [LAUGHTER] It is, is that I was literally in the gym today. I'm visiting my hometown and rock the Casbah came on. There you go. And so the clash is Fred Armason loves the clash. And I texted him because it's very funny just in the 80s. Well, you know, there's the line about fighter jets. And then they're like, p-on-p-on. Yeah. It was really making me laugh. I was texting Fred like, it's just so funny to think at one point the clash was sitting around being like, what instrument, what sound makes fighter? And just, I was like, God, so it's just fun when you remember that a song. Because again, you're in the gym. Everybody's happy to hear a song. It's like 40 years old. You know what I mean? It's not an old age. It feels like as new as it was. It feels like ageless, doesn't it? Yeah, but like at some point, they sat around and talked about it. It's just so funny. You think it, it just happened, and then it's better. It's like, no, people came up with it, so. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, no, I, I, and I think that's also like the person that you want to text, like the person that makes you think of, certain songs, certain moments, and how music just takes you to completely a different place sometimes. It's like it is a true time travel, I think, music. And I grew up with a lot of punk rock in my house. My dad was a big punk rocker and did a lot of stuff with the pistols and the clash growing up. Great. Yeah, he was the kind of the pistols guy, yeah, yeah. Fantastic. Would you go, you mentioned music videos that they made? Would you go to shoots? There's some pretty iconic pictures of me looking absolutely furious on Tom Petty's shoots. He did the music video for Into the Great White Open. And yeah, yeah, he did a lot of Tom Petty's music videos. Actually, some really spectacular ones. But there's, I don't know if you guys remember in that video that there's Tom Petty sitting at a desk where there's all, like he was a giant person with all these desk things. So there was like a giant eraser, a giant pencil, a giant, and I'm sat. Obviously, I wanted to be there because I want to be at home playing with Barbies or something like that. And just being in an absolute rage, because I have no idea what's going on around me, you know? And so I think I was definitely a set, baby. My mom, I think the minute I arrived, was like, OK, I'm back to work and just like, strap me onto her. I hit, put it off, I went. And that stuff is kind of a bit too early for me to remember. I think my parents have always been really big on making sure that I finished my education. So school was important. And they did prioritize that. But when my early days being in the world, and my parents were still living in LA, there are some great pictures. I've got this great picture of Dolly Potten holding me. I'm literally the same size as one of her boobs. It's great. So yeah, there's some pretty great moments that I don't-- I would be lying if I said I remember them, but they did have to say. That's good. That's what pictures are for. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I imagine Luminumal doesn't remember that picture of Messi bathing him. Yeah, great picture. But it's there, great picture. This has been so lovely, do you know? Thank you so much. We know how busy you are at times like this. We're so excited. The Ted Lasso was back. And we would, Josh, just going to ask you a speed round questions real quick. OK, thank you for having me. Thank you for asking me to do this. Well, I love you. Our absolute pleasure. We were thrilled when it came across the wires as a possibility. I also want to tell you-- because I'm home, I mentioned my parents at who were you doing it with today. And when I said your name, my dad, very-- he's like, oh, I think she's going to be great. I'm a big fan of her, so. Oh, well, say hi to them and say-- Silence from my mom. Just silence. And aggressive. I was wondering if you guys had history. It was weird. Oh, no. I'm not really, yeah. Tell her I'm sorry. OK, got it. And see how soon hopefully-- I turns out there was one time she was in France at a thrift shop and right before she picked up it to try it in this girl. Yeah. Yeah, so-- Give me your address. I'll make sure it's OK. All right, you can only pick one of these. Is your ideal vacation relaxing adventurous or educational? Right now relaxing. Yeah, I believe it. What is your favorite means of transportation? My husband is a builds custom motorcycles, and I like being on the back of a bike with him. All right. If you could take a vacation with any family, alive or dead, real or fictional, other than your own family, what family would you like to take a trip with? One of the surrealists-- so maybe I'll say Salvador Dali, because people don't want to hang him. Yeah, he was also a demigod. And-- Big guy. So yeah, I mean, that's pretty rare. If you had to be stranded on a desert island with one member of your family, who would it be? I think I would have to bring both of my-- I didn't have to want to, I'd have to bring both of my brothers with me. Yeah. Astrophysicists could probably figure out a way to like warp time and-- To get that without. And so man, Leo, the poet could get there together and then the astrophysicist would-- I will tell you, if I had to pick one of your brothers, I'm taking the astrophysicist over the poet. If you're like, hey, do you have any practical purposes? Any luck you build in that boat? It's like, no, but I've written a sonnet about that. Trust me, you'd be surprised. I mean, I can't pick between the two of them. I mean, we won't make you. Yeah, yeah. What is your dream destination for a family vacation? I really want to go to Cuba. Yeah. Great, yeah. Once I get the power back on, probably, I have to imagine. It's rough right now. It's rough in Cuba right now. I mean, it's rough in a lot of places right now, I bet. Yeah. It sounds like Somerset is your hometown. It's an important part of my heart. If you had to get more families to come visit Somerset, what would you tell them about it? Well, I feel like people are very interested and somewhat obsessed with kind of old England, right? And the exploration of the history of England and wanting to know more about it and can't believe it's real when they get there. It is. It's ancient. It's old. And it's more beautiful than you could possibly imagine, actually. And if you are a fan of those romantic poets and those moments in literature, you know, Coleridge, Sam, Taylor Coleridge, did actually grow, he lived in this tiny little village called Netherstory that's very close to me. And he wrote the ancient Mariner about this incredible word that I grew up next to and would go walk around on Christmas holidays, which I used to call the wiggly, woggly word. But it is also actually where he envisioned on a lot of opium. Albatrosses stopping ships from being able to make it to their destinations and, you know, caverns and ancient rivers in Zanadu and Kubla Khan and all these amazing things that I think if you're interested in that kind of romantic moment in history and the kind of bleeding hearts that come along with it, Somerset is a place to come visit. Great, sold. Great, excellent. Seth has her final questions. I'm actually curious, have you been to the Grand Canyon? I haven't yet. Unbelievable. Do you want to go? Absolutely. Me and my husband were talking about it. He was like, we got to go and see your namesake. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I feel like a back of a motorcycle. I know. It's the way to do it, right? That's the way to do it. I feel like you're good at it. What will I want to meet my actual true inspiration to being alive, right? I don't know. Well, that's a thing. Don't go till you figure it out. Don't, don't blow this. You got one chance to meet your namesake for the first time. Exactly. Yeah. It's so nice to see you and talk to you. Congrats on everything, Juneau. An absolute joy. Thank you. I'll stop you next time I see in the grocery store. It's a better. Yeah, I will. All right. Thank you, Juneau. Bye. Lots of luck, guys. Thank you. Bye. [MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ This lives with the mind ♪ ♪ It's perfect ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Lifted in the murderous house ♪ ♪ But that was not a real thing ♪ ♪ Mike Myers is fake ♪ ♪ The dude from Halloween ♪ ♪ Then moved to Somerset ♪ ♪ By a nankola rage ♪ ♪ Had a magical hedge ♪ ♪ Way to magical herds ♪ ♪ Took the galopago siles ♪ ♪ Where Juneau had to be saved ♪ ♪ Jumped in after a turtle girl ♪ ♪ Almost hit a man array ♪ ♪ Went to Machu Picchu ♪ ♪ By chance on Election Day ♪ ♪ At least it was in Peru ♪ ♪ And the day was the best ♪ ♪ And they got too gracious ♪ ♪ And it was empty ♪ ♪ Our brothers are so brilliant ♪ ♪ She loves them the most ♪ ♪ Fast and brief ♪ ♪ So many good bands to see ♪ ♪ Just from her and the white stripes ♪ ♪ All the killers taking flight ♪ ♪ On the great white open set ♪ ♪ Was like, "Can I go home yet?" ♪ ♪ As a baby and so new ♪ ♪ Same size as a dolly boomer ♪ ♪ Would go to the South of France ♪ ♪ Do some thrift thing with her mom ♪ ♪ There's all the little shops there ♪ ♪ They had it going on ♪ ♪ 90s and kitchenware ♪ ♪ Art at the flea markets ♪ ♪ Furniture you must get ♪ ♪ Lavender oil ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ From Galeanos, D.R. ♪ ♪ To Gucci done by Tom Ford ♪ ♪ As he clocked bare a pants ♪ ♪ Code by V.V. Westwood ♪ ♪ Every piece she obtains ♪ ♪ Cuts to give her new life ♪ ♪ The lines cuts in the shapes ♪ ♪ She falls in love with brands now ♪ ♪ Gary Oldman's pants ♪ ♪ Wow ♪ ♪ Tell her ♪ ♪ Vets ♪ ♪ These vintage vines are thrilling me ♪ ♪ They're great on the ass ♪ ♪ From the runway to flood waters in her door ♪ ♪ Jays, pieces tell new stories ♪ ♪ Pants detail with strawberries ♪ ♪ Take your vintage off the shelf ♪ ♪ Use it to express yourself ♪ ♪ Find you way by us, God bless ♪ ♪ And love your very best ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ For just where put jammas ♪ ♪ Put jammas ♪ ♪ Put jammas ♪ ♪ Put jammas ♪ (upbeat music)

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The speaker and mom engage in an intense, cucumber-centered conversation, revealing a pattern of over-talk about cucumbers despite minimal consumption, highlighting their quirky household dynamics.
  2. A humorous “madhouse” narrative emerges as the family frequently encounters chaotic scenes—such as a crowded bagel shop and a full restaurant—leading to a self-reflective realization that their home may be as disorganized as the places they visit.
  3. Juno Temple shares her unique name origin tied to the Grand Canyon, with a personal story of her birth in London and her parents’ decision to name her Juno after standing on the rock formation during her mother’s pregnancy, blending geography, mythology, and family history.

Summary:

The conversation begins with a lighthearted, surreal exploration of the speaker’s family life, centered around an absurd obsession with cucumbers—driven by mundane habits like dad’s bagel routine and mom’s frequent over-talk about them. This leads to a broader reflection on family chaos, with anecdotes of crowded restaurants, chaotic parking, and the family’s misadventures, all framed as signs of a "madhouse" lifestyle. The narrative shifts to Juno Temple’s personal story, where her name is deeply rooted in geography and myth—born in London, named Juno after her parents stood on the Juno Temple rock formation during her mother’s pregnancy.

Her upbringing in Somerset, England, a remote and poetic landscape, shaped her creativity and imagination, while her relationship with her parents, brothers, and cultural experiences—like vintage shopping and fashion—adds depth to her identity. The story highlights how family support, shared interests, and individual passions (like her brothers’ unique interests in poetry and astrophysics) foster a rich, interconnected life. The tone balances humor, nostalgia, and emotional warmth, emphasizing how small moments—like swimming with a sea turtle or finding vintage clothing—become defining experiences.

Ultimately, the narrative celebrates family bonds, personal authenticity, and the joy found in both everyday quirks and life-defining choices.

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Juno Temple's name comes from Juno, the Roman goddess of children and light. Her mother named her Juno when she was pregnant with her, after seeing the name on nurses' name tags at a London hospital where she was born. The name also ties to the Grand Canyon, which has a feature called Juno Temple.

Growing up in a remote, rural farmhouse in Somerset, Juno developed a rich imagination and creative spirit. The area's natural beauty, historical significance, and her parents' artistic influence fostered a love for poetry, nature, and surreal creativity that shaped her early life and interests.

Juno and her mother regularly went vintage shopping, especially in the South of France. These trips were both joyful and educational, offering opportunities to discover unique pieces, learn fashion history, and build personal connections with vintage items and their stories.

Juno and her family traveled to South America, visiting Peru and Guatemala, and later participated in a Galapagos Islands expedition. One vivid moment was when she leapt into the sea to swim with a sea turtle, a moment of inspiration and humility that left a lasting impression.

Her two brothers—both creative and intellectually driven—significantly influenced her. One is a poet and a scholar, while the other is an astrophysicist. They shared a playful, imaginative bond, and Juno credits them with providing deep, meaningful conversations and education that shaped her worldview.

Juno is passionate about vintage fashion, poetry, jewelry-making, and sketching. She loves exploring historical places, vintage shopping, and creative expression, often drawing inspiration from fashion history and 1990s design aesthetics.

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