Long Lunch“You told your boss what?” The full episode is up now, link in the replies.
9:00 AM · Oct 16, 2026 · 4.1M Views
9,300 Reposts1,460 Quotes77.8K Likes
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9:00 AM · Oct 16, 2026
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Long LunchThe line it was cut around. Word by word.
Keiko Tan
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The write-up.
Long Lunch is a weekly conversation podcast, filmed on two cameras around one table. The hosts had been cutting their own clips for two years and calling the numbers fine.
Reading first
Before opening the footage I read the transcript and marked every place someone laughed, interrupted or said “wait”. That’s where shareable clips live.
The cut
Priya’s laugh at 1:47:12 became the cold open. Her guest’s last line moved to the front, so the first three seconds ask a question. Captions on every word, one punch-in on the laugh, nothing else moves.
What happened
4.1M views on the clip and 38,000 new subscribers. The full episode reached #4 in Society & Culture by Sunday, and the show was booked on two bigger podcasts that month.