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Unknown Speaker
Before we get to three of the stupidest things ever said, this is could qualify if he had said it rather than posting it. So this, this could fit. So last night a judge says, yeah, Donald Trump could send the National Guard out in Los Angeles to protect federal buildings, but apparently also said he doesn't have unlimited ability to do that. So Gavin Newsom has jumped on that with this statement. The court rightly rejected Trump's claim that he can do whatever he wants with the National Guard and not have to explain himself to a court. We will continue to take on the president. So he lost, but he's putting out a post to try to make it sound like he won.
Joe Getty
Right. Which is pretty funny. You know what? I appreciate the effort. It's plucky. You know what? It's ridiculous, but it's pretty clever. Just some spirit. That's great. So, yeah, it occurs to me the bad take of the week could be a new featurette going forward. And the Armstrong and Getty show. I like the idea. We have three candidates today. Chuck Todd of Meet the Press fame.
Unknown Speaker
Who explained America to Washington and Washington America.
Joe Getty
Oh, my God, every time I hear that phrase, I want to vomit. An anonymous Instagram woman who has clawed her way up to contend with celebrities due to the stupidity of her take. And then really one of the all time greats in this category, Whoopi Goldberg with a truly profoundly stupid take.
Unknown Speaker
And I like how these are all so different. Yes, I think like semi consequential from a media standpoint, probably nut picking, but still hilarious and amazing. And then means something is important but dumb.
Joe Getty
Yeah, it's. It's a lot like the Westminster Dog Show. How do you judge the schnauzer against the Irish wolfhound? It is their task.
Unknown Speaker
It's very much like the ones with their dog show. I am wearing a short skirt. No, a long skirt, down below the knees with sensible shoes and hose. So I can jog along next to these clips.
Joe Getty
Trotting along. All right, let's begin with the Caesar. Haircutted, just so full of himself, it hurts. Chuck Todd. For the stupidest take of the week.
Unknown Speaker
I will go to my grave believing that the debate was intentional.
Joe Getty
Good. For that I need a Dunn.
Unknown Speaker
And gentlemen Dillon will deny it till they're blue in the face. They knew when the nomination was going.
Joe Getty
To be and they knew they needed.
Unknown Speaker
To deal with this with an opportunity.
Joe Getty
To make a change if it was necessary. Okay, so Biden's inner circle intentionally trotted him out to make a fool of himself in the debate to get rid of him.
Unknown Speaker
Even though they were, according to Chuck Todd's or Jake Tapper's book. And everyone else, lying to everyone, including good friends, about the President's mental abilities.
Joe Getty
As they desperately clung to power, knowing that even Kamala Harris would heave them all out on their ears. So they intentionally exposed. That's a dumb take.
Unknown Speaker
I. Yeah, I find that really hard to believe. And that's Chuck Todd. He's on some sort of podcast with. And his name flits out of my head. The guy who wrote this down that we tend to like.
Joe Getty
Mark Leibovich.
Unknown Speaker
Mark Leibovich. Mark Levich is. Is nodding along saying, yep, yep. So he agrees. And I mean, those guys know Washington, D.C. insider stuff better than, you know, practically anybody. It's just. It just. It doesn't seem like it fits with the rest of the COVID up.
Joe Getty
No, no, just clank. All right, entrant number two, anonymous Instagram woman. This is 21, Michael, who voted for.
Molly Roberts
Trump and all these mother. I want the immigrants gone. They literally go on vacation to Mexico, Cancun. They go take a break from their reality in our reality, in our land where we struggled for a better future. And nobody calls them aliens or terrorists when they're on our land. Right. We welcome them with open arms, let them explore our land, peaceful. They enjoy our beaches, our food, our traditions, videotape everything that goes on in our communities, in our country. Like we're exotic animals to them. And yet we're terrorists, aliens, criminal for living on stolen land.
Unknown Speaker
So when you go to Mexico to visit on vacation, nobody's calling you an illegal alien.
Joe Getty
Right. Wow.
Unknown Speaker
How old was she? Was she 8? Because if she's 8, I'll give her a pass. If she's older than 8, I won't.
Joe Getty
And then just when you think, wow, this is a really strong entry, she just, bam, Finishes with the whole stolen land canard. That's a pretty strong offering there, you mfers. Nobody calls you aliens when you're on the beach at Cancun. No, you're. You're literally tourists is why you haven't established them. Not even worth arguing about. That is a dumb take. Really dumb.
Unknown Speaker
And are you willing to give the land back to the Mayans and the Aztecs that the Spanish stole?
Joe Getty
Yeah, like that idiotic argument we were talking about yesterday on the show. Hey, look at all the cities in California that had Spanish names. It's proof it stole the land. Yeah. Cause a bunch of light skinned Spaniards are the native peoples of Mexico. Are they the hell? Boy, if you fall for that argument. Well, you haven't studied history or you're just dumb. All right, but those two entrants, strong. They're up against again, a legend, Whoopi Goldberg. Let's just remember too, the Iranians literally throw gay people off of buildings. They don't adhere to basic human rights. Listen, here's the thing. Let's not, let's not do that. Let's not do that. Because if we start with that, we have. We have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car. I'm sorry, but where the Iranian regime is keep hanging black people. So it is not even the same. I couldn't step foot. That's not what you mean to say it is the same. No, it's not. The year 2025. The United States is nothing like if I stepped foot wearing this young people. That's. I'm sorry. I think it's very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is to live in Iraq. Not for everybody. Not every black. Wow. And there's a. If you are black in America, it's like being a woman in Iran. Wow, that's a bad take.
Unknown Speaker
Well, I'm worried about how many people would buy that idea. And again, setting this up, I thought, interesting from a journalistic standpoint. I don't agree with the second one. Kind of nut picking, but hilarious that somebody believes that third one important. I think this one is actually important. Noah Rothman of the National Review wrote a whole piece on it. Moral relativism. Relativism is the watchword of the day, thanks to Senator Ted Cruz because he and Tucker Carlson got into it on that long video cast. We didn't play that chunk of it, but Tucker said all leaders kill people. As if when we take out Soleimani, it's the same thing as Putin bombing a hospital in Ukraine. All leaders kill people. Moral relativism. Putting them all in the same category. Back to Nora Rothman. He made an example of one of the American rights more prominent proponents of the notion that there are few ethical distinctions between the United States and its allies and the despotic criminal regimes that are devoted to remaking the US led world order on their terms. And all that. All it took was for the views co host Whoopy Goldberg to become visibly, visibly agitated was for her to be confronted with the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran mercilessly abuses the minority groups that enjoy protected status here in the West. She said, as you heard there, let's not do that because we start with that. We have been known in this country to tie gay folks to car. Listen, I'm sorry. They used to just keep hanging black people. Uh, horrible story of. You might remember from years ago, gay people being gay people have been abused, but it wasn't the government policy to hang to. To drag gay people behind cars. It was a horrible homophobic, weirdo, nut job, murderous lunatic who did that. Or lunatics. Um, that's not our government policy in Iran. It's the government policy to hang gay people from cranes in the middle of Tehran.
Joe Getty
Right. To beat women down if they dare show their hair or talk back to the secret police. Yeah, it's just. It's. It's a profoundly evil take on top of it being just stupid.
Unknown Speaker
Noah points out in the National Review, Iran executes women at obscene numbers, often for political offenses and sins against religious dogma. It executes children in similar numbers. It ruthlessly blackmails and courses families of women and children, intimidates, harasses, imprisoned, tortures, and too many cases, murders. So they will keep their dissension to a minimum. The Islamic Republic allows girls to be married in quotes, off at 13, does not protect them from violent and abusive husbands, and then sentence them to death after they commit desperate acts to escape the crimes committed against them. This is all well known and well documented. For Whoopi Goldberg to claim that it's worse to be a black woman in America than to be a woman in Iran is a horrific thing to say.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
And it bothers me that there might be a lot of people who believe that.
Joe Getty
Well, and it undervalues. It spits on all the great good that's been done through the history of the country, too, and all the progress. It's. Yeah, it's horrible. That's a clear winner to me.
Unknown Speaker
It is obscene to try to portray the United States as. As. As awful as Iran or worse. That's so bad for our politics.
Joe Getty
Yeah. That was idiotic. Just terrible.
Unknown Speaker
Do you think she believes that? You think she's just so.
Joe Getty
Desperately. No, she's desperately motivated to be the victim. That is her. She is so steeped in the victim culture, the oppressor victim culture, and gains power from it that she. In the. In the hierarchy, you know, they actually teach it in universities. The whole intersectional thing in the hierarchy of grievance. Somebody suggested Iranian woman have it really bad. Worse than Whoopi has it in America, and she could not sit still for that.
Unknown Speaker
Well, Tucker saying all leaders kill people, so I don't pay any attention to that. Is. Is the same thing.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
You got African leaders torturing and murdering Christians. It's not the same thing as things we've done or France does or.
Joe Getty
No, no, no, we're running out of time. But yeah, that's. That's a horrible suggestion. And that somebody as smart as Tucker would go with so horrible an argument to says something.
Unknown Speaker
Any. Any response to that text line? 415295, KFTC.
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Hey, it's Karen and Georgia from My favorite Murder. Thanks to Hyundai, we got to take a post show drive in the Ionic five.
Jack Armstrong
We had snacks, laughs and we even recorded a special episode featuring some unforgettable car themed stories.
Karen Kilgariff
Take a listen. The Montgomery Bus boycott. Success was dependent on the action and dedication of many individuals, of course. But today we're going to focus on the work of one one of those people in particular. A woman in her 30s. And yes, I love her name. It's Georgia Gilmore.
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Joe Getty
Well, according to a new poll, more people are getting news from AI bots like chat GPT, but it's not that reliable. And there's so much news happening that AI is actually confusing stories and details. For instance, here's some real news headlines this week. Okay, 110 year old lobster release. Meghan Markle responds to twerking video and Mitch McConnell scolds red faced Pete Hegseth on Russia. But AI reported 110 year old Mitch McConnell twerks in a Russian Red Lobster.
Unknown Speaker
That shouldn't.
I feel like they had an idea for a joke and had to force a premise.
Joe Getty
You know it's funny. That's exactly what I was going to bring up. People are increasingly turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT for day to day news, especially younger people. So I just did it.
Unknown Speaker
Well, in what way do you get news from a chat GPT for instance?
Joe Getty
Well, I just asked what are the most important news stories today?
Unknown Speaker
Okay.
Joe Getty
And it spat out a handful. And you know that they are indeed big news stories, but they are all from liberal outlets from the Guardian to Wikipedia to there's the Guardian again, Reuters. Wow, there's a big headline from Australia.
Unknown Speaker
Well, and we had. So yesterday, I believe Joe used the coarse expression as he is want to do, of when the S hits the fan. S being a letter denoting a really disgusting word. And I'm not familiar with these phrases that Joe traffics in, but apparently it's common when the S hits the fan. And so I. Chat gp why are you laughing, Katie? Because you are so full of what hits the fan. It's unbelievable.
Joe Getty
Yeah, well said what she said. Huh?
Unknown Speaker
So I asked Chat GPT where that phrase came from, and it gave me a little history and I thought, wow, that is really, really interesting. But then one of our listeners looked up the explanation that Chat GPT gave and claims it's fake.
Joe Getty
The novel that they cited doesn't exist.
Unknown Speaker
Now, I haven't had a chance to verify that, but I'm going to assume it's true. If that's true, it's one of those hallucinations that we've all heard of where people have gotten in trouble in court, for instance, where you cite a court case that Chat GPT gave you and it's completely made up. AI for some reason, every once in a while, completely fabricates something like my son used to do when he was little. And I'd ask him a question and he felt like he had to have an answer instead of just saying, I don't know, he would make something up. Apparently AI does that for some reason and nobody has any idea why or.
Joe Getty
How to stop it. But, like, this is funny. I was just Googling it to see if I could find that that novel. And the first citation is a Reddit comment from the very listener who dropped as a note.
Unknown Speaker
Okay, but if that's true, I mean, that's. That kind of takes the fun out of the way. I've been using Chat GPT for the last couple of weeks. If every once in a while it's completely made up, what is your takeaway on that? I mean, I don't. Do I continue to use Chat GPT? That was pretty wounding to find out that it's just completely made up.
Joe Getty
Yeah, I can't. I can't find any evidence that it exists.
Unknown Speaker
Wow.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
So it created a novel from the 30s that uses the phrase S hits the fan to have an answer for where that phrase comes from.
Joe Getty
I am as mystified as Elon Musk and the other tech gurus are by this phenomenon. It's, it's dizzying. I can't imagine how that happens.
Unknown Speaker
Well, I don't know if I can still go to, to, to these AI bots for information if it's going to be. I don't know how often it makes stuff up.
Joe Getty
Somebody needs to put their arm around ChatGPT and say it's okay to say I don't know. Right.
Unknown Speaker
Wow, that's troubling. I don't even know what to say to that.
Joe Getty
Speaking of Elon Musk, man, did he get. What's the opposite of a comeuppance? A big thumbs up. Justified. Big Elon story. Coming up next, Armstrong and Getty At.
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Karen Kilgariff
Hey, it's Karen and Georgia from my favorite Murder. Thanks to Hyundai, we got to take a post show drive in the Ionic five.
Jack Armstrong
We had snacks, laughs, and we even recorded a special episode featuring some unforgettable car themed stories.
Karen Kilgariff
Take a listen. The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Success was dependent on the action and dedication of many individuals, of course. But today we're going to focus on the work of one of those people in particular. A woman in her 30s and yes, I love her name. It's Georgia Gilmour.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, yes. Today's story is centered on a group of courageous women dedicated on taking down Hitler during World War II. They banded together to form an all female ambulance corps which became the first unit of its kind to join an official combat division on the Western front. This is the story of the Rochambeau Group, best known by their nickname the the Rocham Bells.
Karen Kilgariff
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Jack Armstrong
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Jack Armstrong
Think you will hear any explicit criticism or even attempts to persuade President Trump to take a more decisive and appeal quicker action.
Joe Getty
They have been very clear though, the Israelis, that they are not remotely interested.
Jack Armstrong
In pursuing a diplomatic option and they are even less interested in trying to be persuaded, for example to stop the bombs or stop the strikes while those.
Unknown Speaker
Diplomatic negotiations would would would go on. That's Clarissa Ward of she with CNN now. But Trump is not interested in a diplomatic solution. I mean, I guess he is if it's total surrender, that's what he's calling for. Complete surrender. Like we get to look everywhere. All nuclear facilities need to be completely destroyed. That that's what complete surrender would be.
Joe Getty
Mm.
Unknown Speaker
Couple of updates and then maybe an hour three we'll get into it more. The big headline being Trump announced yesterday is going to take a couple of weeks to think this over. Could be completely true. Could be the best way to get your opponent to let down their guard and you attack today. I have no idea whether Israel's okay with waiting a couple of weeks. I don't know because they're running out of air defense. Well this is kind of interesting from open source Defender on Twitter, which has lots of cool information. A whole bunch of stuff just showed up in the Middle east from European US air bases, additional air defense systems, munitions support equipment up, etc. So a whole bunch of air defense stuff is just showing up in the Middle East. That's Ours that maybe we're gonna give it to Israel or use in case we go to war. I don't know. Right.
Joe Getty
It's certainly possible that the defense planners told Trump that to get like the next layer of preparedness is gonna take five to 14 days. President and he said, all right, we'll do it within two weeks, which is the specific phrase he used.
Unknown Speaker
Also from open source satellite, I guess used satellite images of our air base in Qatar, one of the US Air Force's most important bases in the entire Middle east, appears to show the base completely empty, completely abandoned. Usually has dozens of military aircraft, many, many people, air fueling tankers, etc. Etc. It's completely empty because it's within range of Iran shooting at us and also an indication that we might be getting jiggy with it.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Yeah. Indeed. Yeah. We will see a couple of Elon Musk related stories. One which dovetails nicely with our last segment about AI Elon in the second one is much more impactful, by the way. But the first story, Elon Musk lashed out at his own AI chatbot Grok, after it stated that right wing violence has become, quote, more frequent and deadly than left wing attacks. How in that listener asked that question.
Unknown Speaker
Pardon me, how would you nail that down?
Joe Getty
Yeah, that'd be tough. But grok tried. Since 2016, data suggests right wing political violence has become more frequent and deadly with incidents like the January 6th Capitol riot and mass shootings, significant fatalities.
Unknown Speaker
Maybe this is where you were going. But we learned last week from documents obtained by Republicans that those stats that were being put out by the government, they used each individual case on January 6th when they would say we have 90 examples of right wing, right wing extremists violence. They were all the same riot.
Joe Getty
Right.
Unknown Speaker
January 6th. And they use those like individual cases to pad the numbers.
Joe Getty
So Elon lashed out at his own chat bot. He posted on X quote, major fail. This is objectively false. Grok is parroting legacy media working on it. Yeah, that's the other problem with some of these systems is they, they are parrots. I mean they're very sophisticated parrots. The Norwegian blue beautiful plumage in that the, your, your Bigfoot media will call out the political ramification or the political origin of right wing violence, but it will act like left wing violence is just violence.
Unknown Speaker
Well, that's the problem with the whole AI is, is, is, is woke up. Well, if it takes in information from the world and so much of the world is woke, well, then that's what it's going to spit Back out. I don't know what you do about that.
Joe Getty
So much of the media world. Yeah, absolutely, yeah. Ask plumbers, not the New York Times. They give you a more accurate response. Anyway, this story about Elon is much more important and it illustrates the depths to which the UK specifically has sunk. Elon called out the Brits on the grooming gangs scandal not long ago. If you're not familiar with this, this is, I'm actually gonna quote a fair amount from the Wall Street Journal editorial board from earlier this week. Elite progressive conformity is a problem across the Western world. And a telling example was exposed this week in the uk. A tip hat tip to Elon Musk for prodding the Brits to confront the scandalous so called grooming gangs. These are men who shower adolescents with attention and gifts before coercing them into having sex. And then worse from there. Louise Casey, a member of the House of Lords, released an audit Monday that confirms what the public had long suspected, though the government denied it. The gangs are disproportionately Asian, such as Pakistani, mostly Pakistani. And the government has tried actively to obfuscate this fact. Prime Minister Keir Starmer commissioned the audit in February after Musk called attention to the scandal. Monday's report suggests that an appalling lack of data about the perpetrator's ethnicity is one major, major failing of the UK's efforts. Starmer has now announced a nationwide probe. The audit says it is not racist. To want to examine the ethnicity of offenders, authorities need to understand who the perpetrators are or quote, it will be less easy to identify cultural and other drivers behind particular patterns of offending. The report notes. Oh, my God. Somebody in the British government, and you know, it's fairly rare in the United States government has said there are cultural norms in different cultures that differ from ours in the west and some of them are repugnant. I'm paraphrasing. The report cites many examples where authorities deliberately avoided looking at ethnicity or culture, quote, for fear of appearing racist. Wow. Raising community tensions or causing community cohesion problems, that is.
Unknown Speaker
Well, first of all, it's suicide as a culture to do that. Secondly, it's just disgusting. How do you get there? How do you get there? Logically?
Joe Getty
Well, we're talking about underage girls being raped here, shoplifting, which is bad enough.
Unknown Speaker
But I don't want to look like a racist or something.
Joe Getty
Or tensions in the community. Yeah. Because these are mostly poor and working class girls who are being raped and, and forced to turn tricks. And once they're in the Clutches of the gang. So, yeah, let's not raise community tensions.
Unknown Speaker
Wow.
Joe Getty
There's so much of Europe, not all of it, but so much of it that is allowed. And damnation upon the generational leaders that allowed the rampant immigration from, you know, the Middle east and Africa and the rest of it. I'm sorry, I lost my train of thought. Well, they. Oh, that's right. And having done this and being confronted with a cultural bully, their strategy has been don't make the bully mad. Please don't make the bully mad. They have gangs raping girls. Well, we don't want to make them mad. That is just shocking. Information about ethnicity was missing in two thirds of the cases recorded in national data. Some local police departments had complete demographic data and the auditors also looked at convictions. They found that men of Asian ethnicity made up a larger share of the grooming gang perpetrators and suspects than the local populations. The auditor's caution, limited data may not be nationally representative, but it merits broader investigation. The audit is especially critical of a 2020 government report that suggested, quote, the majority of offenders in sexual grooming gangs were likely white. That report was quoted and re quoted in official reports, the media and elsewhere as proof that claims made about Asian grooming gangs are sensationalized or untrue. How similar is that to the whole, you know, transgender youth will kill themselves.
Unknown Speaker
Right.
Joe Getty
And the WPATH study points out that gender affirming care helps kids. Completely fictional.
Unknown Speaker
Well, that's highly troubling way.
Joe Getty
And Elon got murdered by the British press and the lefty politicians in UK for pointing out how the grooming gang scandal has been covered up. But then the lefty Prime Minister's own audit said, yeah, turns out it's right, man.
Unknown Speaker
Good for Elon in that one because the press wasn't going to do that story. That's pretty heavy for a Friday. You know what would be fun is a lot of snark about one of the world's richest men's ridiculously over the top wedding that he's planning for this month.
Joe Getty
Still wait. Yes, that's the fella. I'm still waiting for the invitation. It's probably just stuck in the mail. The Bezos super wedding. The details have leaked.
Unknown Speaker
If I get invited, do I have to intend all of the many multi day events for like cost you six figures? Probably, Yeah, I couldn't handle it. I can't. I can't pretend to be excited about this every day, day after day, same thing.
Joe Getty
Oh, so much pomp. Stay with us.
Unknown Speaker
Will I get free shipping on My wedding gift. That's a good question right there.
Joe Getty
Wow.
Unknown Speaker
Wow.
Joe Getty
Two day prime. Yeah. Stay tuned.
Jack Armstrong
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Hey, it's Karen and Georgia from my favorite Murder. Thanks to Hyundai, we got to take a post show drive in the Ionic five.
Jack Armstrong
We had snacks, laughs and we even recorded a special episode featuring some unforgettable car themed stories.
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Take a listen. The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Success was dependent on the action and dedication of many individuals, of course. But today we're going to focus on the work of one of those people in particular. A woman in her 30s. And yes, I love her name. It's Georgia Gilmore.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, yes. Today's story is centered on a group of courageous women dedicated on taking down Hitler during World War II. They banded together to form an all female ambulance corps which became the first unit of its kind to join an official combat division on the western front. This is the story of the Rochambeau group, best known by their nickname, the Rochambels.
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Joe Getty
From Turner Dribble Always going to take a long three rising and connecting third.
Unknown Speaker
Three pointer for Tyrese Haliburton playing less.
Joe Getty
Than 100% and giving Indiana a 17 point lead.
Unknown Speaker
Double for Tyrese.
Joe Getty
That's a wild coincidence. Rising and Connecting is my new self help book we're publishing early in August. I think it'll really help you achieve the goals you dream of.
Unknown Speaker
Pacers won by 20. So now we're gonna have a game seven in the NBA finals on Sunday which will be very exciting.
Joe Getty
Yeah, I am actually gonna watch I think. Sounds sounds cool.
Unknown Speaker
Only four times has not the home team ever won in a Game seven.
Joe Getty
Also known as the visiting team.
Unknown Speaker
If you will.
Joe Getty
Oh boy. Next hour. If you didn't hear it to Jack arguing like Tucker Carlson. Also a comedian with a routine. Tucker Carlson arguing with Tucker Carlson.
Unknown Speaker
Wow.
Joe Getty
That's become more of a cultural touchstone. Speaking of culture, this is something now I may have over promised a little bit. Some of the details are leaking about the Bezos super wedding, but just a few. It's if they're very tight lipped it's going to happen on an island in Venice.
Unknown Speaker
I'm already all right already. I mean it's already okay. Good for you.
Joe Getty
And it is said to be raising the bar significantly over some of the other recent super weddings. For instance, here's the fact that you.
Unknown Speaker
Feel the need to compete at stuff like that. I just find so incredibly off putting, says the pauper.
Joe Getty
Moving along today the new normal is a super wedding for the wealthiest people on earth akin to a music festival in size with costs running into the millions. And they mentioned this power couple in India. Their wedding included a custom built glass palace and a performance by Rihanna. Then you got Lionel Richie's gal daughter and the Atlantic Records chief executive Elliot Grange in 2023. Their wedding spanned multiple days in Antibes, France, featuring haute couture Chanel gowns in an after party headlined by rock band Good Charlotte. And again, the Bezos Sanchez union is said to be raising the bar. Says one planner, a luxury wedding planner. It used to be about fireworks, then it was about drones, now it's shooting fireworks from drones. She's done weddings for celebs like Jennifer Lopez. A multi day luxury wedding with 200 guests now carries a price tag of about $4 million, according to Jamie Simon, director of events at luxury planning firm Banana Split, which brought the Grange wedding to life. Cowie says he's. Oh, that's another guy that was quoted earlier has worked on weddings that cost eight figures. That would be 10 million plus.
Unknown Speaker
Why, why don't you just print out your financial statement and hand it around? Because that's what you're doing, isn't it? Showing people how wealthy you are.
Joe Getty
Well, yeah, but you are with those people having a really good time. And so it gains you even more cache and invites the similar thing.
Unknown Speaker
I understand a good time, but there are diminishing returns after a certain amount of money. Like I don't, I think anything past couple thousand dollars and you can't get that much more fun going, can you?
Joe Getty
Oh, you like imagination. You simple, simple, you beautiful, simple little man. Well, listen to some of this stuff. The costs include upscale vendors for everything from cocktail hour caviar to $75,000 hanging installations to nightclub worthy sound and lighting.
Unknown Speaker
Well, I guess it depends on who you are. I, I would get no enjoyment out of your $75,000 hanging something or others.
Joe Getty
You're not invited bartenders, tap mixologists to craft bespoke cocktails. You have food stylists, florists, are working with drapery artists who add huge swaths of fabric for additional layers of drama.
Unknown Speaker
See this I actually do. I'm not, this is not jealousy. I find it disgusting. I find that sort of opulence self indulgent conspicuous consumption disgusting and immoral. I really do. I'm not a, I'm not a socialist. I don't want, you know, anybody to take their money or for anything like that, but I find it immoral to do that sort of thing. I think it's like gluttony or lust or anything else. It's just, it's too much.
Joe Getty
I'm sorry. The bride has asked me to tell you to get on your mule and go. Clem, you're not welcome here.
Unknown Speaker
All right, get on your mule, Clem.
Joe Getty
A luxury destination wedding takes a village to produce. Heywood in London works with teams as large as 500 people for the event she plans. We've got 80,000 rose stems here. Can you imagine how many people it takes to condition those flowers? I don't even know what that means. Beyond manpower to set up, Heywood also maintains a 20 person team to assist with small details like steaming bridesmaids dresses. They also look after family VIPs, make sure the grandparents have a drink at all times.
Unknown Speaker
Well, I remember we had the story a couple of weeks ago about how many days are involved. There's like an all day some sort of reception and then another whole day different kind of reception and then an entire day of that kind of reception.
Joe Getty
It's just like when a dance party at night.
Unknown Speaker
And even if I was invited, I think how many of these freaking things do I have to get dressed up for?
Joe Getty
Actually there was one of those things dramatized beautifully in what's the. The, the Star wars show. I was so excited about Mandalorian and.
Unknown Speaker
Or.
Andor and.
Joe Getty
Or.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
Joe Getty
So multi day upper crusty wedding. But this planner says typical clients typically hope to show guests something they've never experience. She's built $600,000 structures for wedding, rented 10 foot candelabras and ordered custom furniture from Egypt. This guy typically works with silk flowers for overhead installations which can cost 25 to $75,000.
Unknown Speaker
I would like to know first the ratio of dollars spent to likelihood marriage lasts or, or, or, or even just happiness like you're happy together.
Joe Getty
Okay, here, here are my favorite ones. More wealthy couples are opting for video mapping where lighting artists project 3D images throughout a venue. Immersive, like you're in different parts of the world. And this planner recently commissioned a half million dollar holograph of the bride's deceased grandfather to share well wishes to the couple.
Unknown Speaker
Maybe Al Qaeda's right. Maybe we are decadent in the west.
Joe Getty
Maybe Al Qaeda's right. You can get Paul McCartney, Elton John, rolling Stones, Lionel Richie, anybody but Adele. Adele won't do weddings. Too humiliating. Good for.
Unknown Speaker
I would agree if I got enough money. I'm not gonna go be your dancing monkey if I'm Rihanna or whoever. I don't need more money. I'm not gonna go perform the way you want me to perform for your wedding.
Joe Getty
Oh, I didn't even get into the dancing monkeys. They're 1500 bucks a pop and it's a minimum of 10. So anyway.
Unknown Speaker
Well, I'm sure we'll see lots of pictures and videos from the big Bezos wedding. We got more to come in hour three. If you miss it, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty.
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Podcast Summary: Armstrong & Getty On Demand – "Beautiful Plumage!"
Release Date: June 20, 2025
Host/Authors: Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty
Description: The official, On-Demand podcast of The Armstrong & Getty Show! Accept no substitutes!
In the episode titled "Beautiful Plumage!" Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty, along with guest co-hosts Karen Kilgariff and others, delve into a variety of engaging topics ranging from political commentary to historical stories and contemporary issues like artificial intelligence and high-profile weddings. The discussion is punctuated with sharp humor, insightful critiques, and memorable quotes that capture the essence of each subject.
Timestamp: 03:00 – 14:00
The hosts kick off with a segment humorously titled "The Three Stupidest Things Ever Said," where they critique comments made by prominent figures.
Chuck Todd's Take on the Debates
Anonymous Instagram Influencer on Immigration
Whoopi Goldberg's Comparison of Oppression
Timestamp: 16:00 – 24:00
Switching gears to history, Karen Kilgariff and Jack Armstrong narrate the pivotal role of Georgia Gilmore in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Highlight on Georgia Gilmore:
Story of the Rochambeau Group:
Timestamp: 18:46 – 22:55
The conversation shifts to the burgeoning role of artificial intelligence in news dissemination, with a focus on ChatGPT's reliability.
AI's Inaccurate Reporting:
Fabricated Sources and "Hallucinations":
Takeaway on AI Usage:
Timestamp: 27:00 – 35:00
This segment intertwines discussions about Elon Musk's interactions with his AI chatbot Grok and a significant social issue in the UK.
Elon Musk vs. AI Chatbot Grok:
Grooming Gangs Scandal in the UK:
Intersection with AI and Media Reporting:
Timestamp: 35:58 – 47:22
Concluding the episode with a lighter yet critical look at extravagant weddings, the hosts discuss Jeff Bezos' planned super wedding.
Details of Bezos' Wedding:
Critique of Opulence and Conspicuous Consumption:
Comparisons to Past Weddings:
The "Beautiful Plumage!" episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand offers a rich tapestry of discussions, blending historical narratives with sharp political commentary and social critiques. From honoring the unsung heroes of the civil rights movement to dissecting the pitfalls of AI in media and questioning the ethics of modern opulence, the hosts deliver a thought-provoking and engaging episode. Memorable quotes and timely insights ensure that listeners, whether regular fans or newcomers, find the content both informative and entertaining.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps:
"Biden's inner circle intentionally trotted him out to make a fool of himself in the debate to get rid of him." — Joe Getty ([05:40])
"Nobody calls you aliens when you're on the beach at Cancun. You're literally tourists." — Anonymous Speaker ([07:20])
"If you are black in America, it's like being a woman in Iran." — Whoopi Goldberg ([08:08])
"Major fail. This is objectively false. Grok is parroting legacy media." — Joe Getty ([29:53])
"I find that sort of opulence self-indulgent, conspicuous consumption... immoral." — Unknown Speaker ([44:19])
This detailed summary encapsulates the key discussions and insights from the "Beautiful Plumage!" episode, providing a comprehensive overview for those who haven't tuned in.