I Like Lumpy Snow!

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: I Like Lumpy Snow!

Date: February 6, 2026
Host: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty (+ Katie Rice)
Production: iHeartPodcasts

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Overview

This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand kicks off with the usual tongue-in-cheek banter, then slides into a wide-ranging and energetic conversation. The main themes center on Winter Olympics fandom and culture, the psychology of extreme athletes, consumer nostalgia (Minute Maid’s frozen juice), headline-driven news commentary, and an in-depth discussion on fraud in government programs. The show maintains its trademark blend of irreverence, skepticism, and wry humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Winter Olympics: The Thrill and Absurdity

• Opening Banter (00:48 – 07:31):
  • Joe introduces show titles: “An Offer They Can’t Refuse” and “The Ribbon of Death,” the latter being a reference to the men’s Olympic downhill ski run, described as the most dangerous in Olympic history.
  • Olympics Faves: Lighthearted debate over favorite Winter Olympic sports—Joe waffles (“I have complex thoughts, including about the Olympics” [01:45]) but ultimately expresses admiration for moguls (“I like lumpy snow” [01:54]).
  • Women’s events: Playful riff on the differences between men’s and women’s downhill courses: “Now the women have a different course, a ladies course, where they ski side saddle…” [05:53].
  • Discussion of athletes’ fearlessness and the risks involved—comparing elite skiers to free-climbers (“The fear center of his brain doesn’t work normally” [04:25]).
  • Brief comment on Lindsey Vonn’s injury and the drive that propels high-level competitors even against the odds.

Notable Quote

“The moguls are freaking unbelievable. I like lumpy snow. It's just so great.”
— Joe Getty [01:54]

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2. Cultural Nostalgia & Consumer Shifts

• Frozen Juice Farewell (08:06 – 10:10):
  • Minute Maid discontinuing its iconic frozen juice concentrate—sparks reminiscing about quintessential American products.
  • Katie likens the product’s visual identity to Campbell’s Soup (“like the way Andy Warhol felt about tomato Campbell's tomato soup...” [08:30]).
  • General musings on why consumer habits have shifted away from frozen juice: fresh juice availability, convenience, and perhaps unwarranted fears about sugar in fruit.

Notable Exchange

“If there’s something that, like, I can just picture on my mom’s counter when I was a kid, it’s that, right? That can with that label on it from Minute Maid orange juice. …it’s just like America.”
— Katie Rice [08:30]

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3. News Roundup & Oddities

• Katie’s Headlines (13:04 – 17:09):
  • A breakneck rundown of notable stories, both global and domestic:
    • Nancy Guthrie kidnapping: crackpot arrested for a ransom note; fraudster with a record of COVID-era scams [10:32; 15:07].
    • Iran parading its “underground missile city” [13:40].
    • Amazon preparing a $200 billion AI spending blitz [14:05].
    • Crypto price crashes despite Trump’s support [14:46].
    • Shocking $8.6 billion new COVID fraud in California (and broader discussion on pandemic relief fraud) [15:07].
    • Starlink blocks Russian troops’ internet at Ukraine’s request [15:33].
    • Michelangelo foot sketch nets $27 million [15:58].
    • Babylon Bee satirical Olympics headline [17:06].

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4. The Nancy Guthrie Case & Fraud Themes

• Fake Ransom Notes & The Nature of Online Sleuthing (21:03 – 24:49):
  • Detailed update on the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case: A California man sent an imposter ransom note (sloppily written, asked for Bitcoin).
  • Broader point about people interfering with serious crimes via online rumors and false tips (“The dangers of kind of the online sleuthing or the social media scoop…are manifold” —John Miller [23:34]).
  • Strong condemnation of those who exploit tragedies for personal gain—wryly speculating on punishments (“Just throw him into a volcano or something…” [25:43]).

Notable Quote

“The dangers of kind of the online sleuthing or the social media scoop that’s not based on reliable information are manifold…”
— John Miller [23:34]

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• Pandemic Fraud: National and California Scope (26:16 – 28:56):
  • Nearly $9 billion in pandemic fraud uncovered in California, echoing the $9 billion discovered in Minnesota.
  • Both hosts express frustration over lack of meaningful legal consequences despite massive losses (“There need to be hundreds of people going to prison” —Katie Rice [27:35]; “We can’t get overwhelmed and discouraged and become cynical… Because I’m close.” —Joe Getty [27:41–28:21]).

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5. Societal Frustration & Political Cynicism

• Why Prosecutions Lag & Public Apathy (28:21 – 28:56):
  • Joe and Katie lament government apathy—fraud seen as a victimless crime because it’s “not their money.”
  • Katie: “A lot of us are going to write giant checks to the government … And lots of that’s going out to thieves, and then they don’t even really go after the thieves or prosecute them…” [28:22].

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6. Lighter Bits: Humor, Pop Culture & The Mundane

• Super Bowl Halftime Show (30:46 – 31:09):
  • Brief aside about Bad Bunny’s cultural impact as halftime performer—huge international figure in pop music.
• Mailbag: Everyday Observations (31:15 – 36:29):
  • Listener tips (babies laughing when unattended = potential trouble), kitchen debates (the great dishwasher silverware orientation debate), and snarky listener letters about Olympic athletes and politics.
  • Spirited riff on social justice, envy, and political roots: Thomas Sowell’s take on envy/social justice. [34:54]

Notable Quotes

“Envy was once considered one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, social justice.”
— Thomas Sowell, quoted by Joe Getty [34:54]

“She calls the tines end of the fork the hole end—mouth finds it because you put it in your mouth.”
— Katie Rice [35:46]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Complex Olympic Tastes:

  • “I don't answer these questions. I'm a non-simpleton.”
    — Joe Getty [01:45]

• Olympic Danger – Downhill Run:

  • “You could look down and do your hair in the mirror virtually every inch of this course.”
    — Joe Getty [02:32]

• Absurdity of Ransom Note Senders:

  • “You just got to throw him into a volcano or something. There's no turning them around. There's no rehabilitating him or teaching him.”
    — Joe Getty [25:43]

• Nostalgia Triggered by Iconic Packaging:

  • “It's like the way Andy Warhol felt about tomato Campbell’s tomato soup back in the day. It's just like America.”
    — Katie Rice [08:30]

• Pandemic Fraud Scope:

  • “How many states, how many taxpayers got ripped off during COVID where they're just throwing money around? One of the great thefts in the history of mankind, probably.”
    — Katie Rice [15:07]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Winter Olympics Banter: 00:48–07:31
• Minute Maid/Frozen Juice Segment: 08:06–10:10
• Headline Rundown / Major News: 13:04–17:09
• Nancy Guthrie/Fraud Case Discussion: 21:03–26:16
• COVID Fraud in California: 26:16–28:21
• Political Cynicism & Societal Frustration: 28:21–29:09
• Super Bowl Halftime/Bad Bunny: 30:46–31:09
• Mailbag & Societal Commentary: 31:15–36:29

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Tone, Style & Energy

• The hosts maintain a conversational, quick-witted style—oscillating between sharp cultural critique, self-deprecation, and absurdist humor.
• Frequent asides, callbacks, and riffing on “old man” forgetfulness and generational divides.
• Engaged but jaded; the overall tone is “semi-affectionate despair” at news and culture (“the most depressing radio show ever” [29:23]).

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In Summary

This episode captures Armstrong & Getty’s distinctive mix: nostalgia for things past, sardonic commentary on societal and governmental failings, affection for everyday absurdities, and a lively, skeptical spirit. From lumpy snow to $9 billion frauds, the show keeps things fast-moving and engaging for listeners—whether or not they already know the week’s news headlines.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

This is an iHeart podcast, guaranteed human. Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Jesse. And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

[Katie Rice]

It's Friday, live from a dimly lit room deep within the bowels of the Armstrong and Yeti communications compound. And hey, y'. All headed into the weekend. Here's the title of the show.

[Joe Getty]

An Offer They Can't Refuse or the Ribbon of Death. Very threatening show titles today, everybody.

[Katie Rice]

What's the Ribbon of Death?

[Joe Getty]

The Ribbon of death is the downhill ski run for the men at the Olymp. They say it's the most terrifying and dangerous in Olympic history.

[Katie Rice]

Wow. Cool.

[Joe Getty]

I have the description of it.

[Katie Rice]

The.

[Joe Getty]

The terrifying description. Don't even let your kids listen to the description of the ski run, much less let them watch it on tv.

[Katie Rice]

That's probably my favorite Olympic thing. A Winter Olympic thing. Men's downhill. Really?

[Joe Getty]

Okay. Teach their own.

[Katie Rice]

What do you like better?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I like all sorts of it. Really? Well, I'm going with the best. I'd have to think about it because I like all sorts of it. Wow.

[Katie Rice]

I like that. You can't answer these questions because you're afraid you just might not have the right. Get the right answer.

[Joe Getty]

Absolutely not.

[Katie Rice]

Why?

[Joe Getty]

I don't answer these questions. I'm a non simpleton.

[Katie Rice]

I have complex thoughts, including about the Olympics, because what if you threw out an answer and later you thought something different? I mean.

[Joe Getty]

All right, the moguls. The moguls are freaking unbelievable. I like lumpy snow. It's just so great. There you go. You're looking for a stupid sir. Don't come to me. I just throw you down the ribbon of death. See how you do, huh?

[Katie Rice]

The moguls would be an odd choice.

[Joe Getty]

So I think it's ice skating.

[Katie Rice]

And you don't want to say. It's figure skating. Figure skating. And you don't want to say.

[Joe Getty]

Play the coming out of the closet sound.

[Katie Rice]

All right.

[Joe Getty]

I like sequence. I really, really like sequence.

[Katie Rice]

Katie, what's your favorite Winter Olympic event?

[News Reader]

I love the ice skating.

[Katie Rice]

You like the ice skating? It's fine. You're a girl.

[Joe Getty]

You're a girl. That's fine. Let's see. So here you're in a fight all the way to the finish, says an American skier. Won two World cup races in the 2000s. On this, the Stelvio course. The track begins with the Turbo Drop, A nearly vertical drop. Turbo Road, they call it. Rather then skiers navigate an ice rink covering nearly every Inch of the course, says this American skier. You could look down and do your hair in the mirror virtually every inch of this course. It's so icy. Skiers reach speeds of more than 90 miles per hour. If you can imagine that, that's fast in a car. And then at the end, at 90 miles per hour, they launch off a jump that catapults them 150ft in the air and fly through the air and try not to die.

[Katie Rice]

Well, as a motorcycle rider, I have a pretty good idea what it feels like to go 90 miles an hour, you know, balancing the wind in your hair. I can't imagine being on skis at that speed.

[Joe Getty]

I mean, your brakes are not very effective, especially on an icy course. And your steering wheel is iffy, too.

[Katie Rice]

Of course, you work up to that throughout your life. You don't go from what I do to 90 miles an hour all of a sudden, but you.

[Joe Getty]

Because there'd be a trail behind me. Just speaking for myself, you'd be able to find my body easily because you'd.

[Katie Rice]

Have to have unbelievable confidence in your skills that you can do that. Because any normal person, if you just immediately threw us on a Hill at 90 miles an hour going downhill, well, we'd panic and crash, and all our legs would be pointing different directions in our arms and be bleeding from our ears. It would be really, really horrible.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Katie Rice]

That's why I like the men's downhill so much. Man, those people are just incredible.

[Joe Getty]

Athletes love that. And I wonder if it's one of those situations, like, who were we talking about the other day? Oh, the. The free climb guy. The fear center of his brain doesn't work normally.

[Katie Rice]

Yeah, that's probably more common than we think for people who do that sort of thing.

[Joe Getty]

He's fear tarted, I believe is the correct term.

[Katie Rice]

Pretty sure it's not. Yes. Michael. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

I always wonder, how many times did these people get hurt on the way to getting this good? You know, I think after one or two times of me getting hurt, I'd say, okay, this isn't for me.

[Katie Rice]

That's. That's a good one. My. My son's friends are on the high school ski team, and I wonder.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Katie Rice]

How often as you're coming up, your career ends when you're 17 because you blew out your ACL on one of those two thoughts.

[Joe Getty]

Number one, that reminds me a little bit of the Navy SEALS thing, where a lot of guys who would have been absolutely fabulous Navy seals, they're just that percentage of people who got hurt in training and had to drop out because you're gonna get hurt doing that. There are days and I'm not a seal, obviously, I'm more a Navy Manatee than a Navy seal. But sometimes I think maybe that's not the best system. But second thought is Lindsey Vaughn, who indeed has a complete tear of the acl. I finally got it nailed down with the actual diagnosis. Experts are saying, yeah, if they can stabilize the knee with the brace, it's not undoable, but it's not good.

[Katie Rice]

Wonder if it's at this point, it's just she wants to go down the hill one more time in her life in an Olympics, as opposed to think she's competing and get back to the.

[Joe Getty]

Incredible intensity of the experience. Plunging down the hill. Now the women have a different course, a ladies course, where they ski side saddle. So, you know, it's more ladylike anyway. You've got to work yourself.

[Katie Rice]

Biathlon, really, where they ski and shoot. You ski and shop.

[Joe Getty]

You stop every so often and shop at a boutique. That's right. Yeah. In Milan. And this is like we're on the.

[Katie Rice]

Air in the 50s.

[News Reader]

I would love to see you two do the women's course at the Winter Olympics and see how.

[Joe Getty]

Please. It's not happening. No, no. Lindsey Vonn could beat me in every contest of manliness. I think that exists. Of course, I am elderly. But anyway, what was I saying? Oh, I would guess you have to work yourself up into a mental state to compete at the world champion level. Plunging down a mountain and that to a couple of days before you're about to do it to find out, yeah, it's probably not a great idea to do it. You're thinking, yeah, I'm doing it. I'm doing it. I've got to do it. I'm ready to do it.

[Katie Rice]

You're like the Tasmanian Devil, mentally, probably, in terms of time spent, at least in the past, because my kids are into it. We'll watch a lot of the snowboarding, the tube or whatever they call them.

[Joe Getty]

Dang it. Now I can remember. See, that's the problem. I watch so much Winter olympics. There's like 15 events I really like. Back to your over simplistic question that. The newish one, the, the, the. What do they call it? The snowboard cross, where you got like four or five guys going down the hill and half of them wipe out and it's like a sprint.

[Katie Rice]

Oh, that's right, the race.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, that's so much fun.

[Katie Rice]

I forgot about that. Last. From, from last year or last time.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's crazy.

[Katie Rice]

Let's start the show officially to get rolling here. Just saw something on the TV about our opening clip. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Friday, January 6th, the year 2026. We're Armstrong and getting. We approve of this program.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, then, let's begin. Officially, according to FCC rules and regulations.

[News Reader]

You made the date February.

[Katie Rice]

What?

[News Reader]

I said January.

[Katie Rice]

Okay. I was thinking in my mind 2 6, but said 1 6. I wonder what was going on there. Clearly a stroke.

[Joe Getty]

Really interesting. Anyway, let's bust through those weird little starting gates they use for skiing at mark.

[News Reporter]

It is the end of a minute made era. The popular juice brand plans to discontinue its frozen ju concentrates. Coca Cola owns the Minute Maid brand. The company says it will be exiting the frozen can category in the coming months, focusing on products that better match what consumers want. Minute Maid has sold frozen juices in a variety of flavors since 1946. The products will last on shelves until supplies run out.

[Katie Rice]

So that is one of the most iconic consumer product images ever, according to experts. And when they put it up on the TV screen, yeah, it is. I mean, if there's something that, like, I can just picture on my mom's counter when I was a kid, it's that, right? That can with that label on it from Minute Maid orange juice. It's like the way Andy Warhol felt about tomato Campbell's tomato soup back in the day. It's just like America. But why people don't drink frozen juice.

[Joe Getty]

Anymore, I honestly have no idea. I'm just interested as a consumer matter. Obviously, you know, they're not making money at it, as you know. I've taken to mocking the phrase it's the end of an era because dopey newscasters use it so much, and I like to flip it on its head. It's the end of an era. An era in which admitted juice anymore. All right, Michael. I was right in the middle of my punchline, you idiot.

[Katie Rice]

Jeez.

[Joe Getty]

My God. No. All right, never mind.

[Katie Rice]

No.

[Joe Getty]

If the moment has passed, it's past the ribbon of death of humor we've wiped out and cracked our skulls.

[Katie Rice]

Well, I wonder why people aren't drinking frozen juice anymore. I'm actually interested in that. What would. What did we change to? Did people get scared off by that ridiculousness that fruit has so much sugar in it? Because I think that's stupid.

[Joe Getty]

When people say fresh is more available, I don't.

[Katie Rice]

I wonder if that's it, because, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

I always buy shipping Is a lot better than it was in the 70s.

[Katie Rice]

That's maybe. I always buy a big container orange juice, but it's already liquid. I don't have to thaw it out and turn it into juice. So maybe that's it. Times change is the time. Big point we do have. So what was your other headline thing? Was that related to the Savannah Guthrie story?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, no, actually, it was the. The maybe one day negotiations with Iran over their nuclear program as we assemble our forces quickly.

[Katie Rice]

Because then we get Katie's headlines and she'll have a lot of this stuff. But the latest thing in the whole Nancy Guthrie is missing story. They arrested a crackpot who sent the ransom note. A ransom note? I'm sure there have been hundreds or thousands by now that have been sent, but just were arrested a crackpot in California. And this crackpot who thought it would be cool to send a ransom note or actually is so dumb he thought he might get some money had been ripping off taxpayers with a variety of scams over Covid money and all sort of stuff for years. He's one of those people. So he must have just hear more. He must have thought that was just another easy one. I know.

[Joe Getty]

I'll send a ransom note.

[Katie Rice]

They'll send me $2 million immediately.

[Joe Getty]

I swear, you could get 90% of Americans to go for this concept. And everybody who did that loses the vote. Everybody sent a phony ransom note, either as a troll or agreed head loses the right to vote.

[Katie Rice]

Yeah, no kidding. Anyway, we got all the headlines on the way. We'll get into the news of the day. I hope you can stay here.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Katie Rice]

Oh, man, this is. This is happening fast. Katie, I'm sending you a headline. This. You might not have this one. This one might be. This is close to breaking news and it's pretty big story.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, I can promise you I have the headline of the day, but go ahead, have your try.

[Katie Rice]

Okay. No, I just. I sent it to her.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, good.

[Katie Rice]

And I just had my first sip of coffee today. That's one of the best things. Every day.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, look forward to it.

[Katie Rice]

Of course, I don't drink anymore. Like the old I think it's Sinatra line was for people who don't drink. So you get up every day and that's the best you're gonna feel all day. That's no good.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, devastating.

[Katie Rice]

Don't drink. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

All right, before we get into the serious stuff, here's your headline of the day. There's a lot here. Travis Barker's Playboy model x Shanna, who fought with Kourtney Kardashian announces memoir.

[Katie Rice]

Whoa. Yeah, I'll have to hear that. This slower pace.

[Joe Getty]

So here's my question. What is the cross section, the Venn diagram, overlap, if you will, of people who hear Travis Barker's Playboy model ex, Shannon with Courtney or Kardashian announces memoir. The cross section of people intrigued by that who are able to read and might purpose, might purchase a memoir. I'm guessing that's a smallish crowd who.

[Katie Rice]

Know where the local bookstore is, right?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, no kidding.

[Katie Rice]

All right, let's figure out who's reporting what.

[Joe Getty]

It's a lead story with Katie Green.

[Katie Rice]

Katie.

[News Reader]

Alrighty. Nancy Guthrie's at the top again. Abc, Guthrie family issues message to potential kidnappers. Quote, we want to talk to you, California Post, Nancy. Nancy Guthrie's imposter ransom note sender identified as California man. And from Fox News, second deadline and alleged Guthrie ransom note demand is far more consequential.

[Katie Rice]

Okay, we'll get into more of the details on that story coming up a little later.

[News Reader]

All right, Breitbart, Iran flaunts underground missile city as regime lays out war blueprint targeting the United States.

[Joe Getty]

All right, we've got like 875 missile cities.

[News Reader]

From the Financial Times. Amazon stock slumps 10% as it prepares $200 billion AIC spending blitz.

[Katie Rice]

Amazon is going to spend $200 billion on AI.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. Wow. Yeah, there's all sorts of interesting AI news we ought to get to today, if I might. I think the, the response from the ayatollah to what I just said about 875 underground missile cities is we just slaughtered 20,000 of our own people. We don't care how many people die. Can you match us for that?

[News Reader]

Oh, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Threaten and send a couple of missiles into our bases or cities or whatever. Yeah.

[News Reader]

Wall Street Journal crypto prices have fallen sharply despite Trump's support. With bitcoin down more than 50% of its peak.

[Katie Rice]

Bitcoin's down 50% from its high as of yesterday.

[Joe Getty]

Ride the speculation coaster.

[Katie Rice]

Yeah, no kidding.

[News Reader]

Also, the California Post, shocking $8.6 billion new fraud uncovered in California. More than 110,000 shady Covid era loans exposed.

[Katie Rice]

This is the big breaking news. Remember how the $9 billion fraud in Minnesota got national attention for so long? Well, we got that in California. And probably this is just the tip of the iceberg, almost $9 billion. How many states, how many taxpayers got ripped off during COVID where they're just throwing money around? One of the great thefts in the history of mankind. Probably.

[News Reader]

From the New York Times. Musk's Starlink blocks Russian troops. Internet access at Ukraine's request.

[Joe Getty]

Okay.

[Katie Rice]

Do you hear, though, A top Russian general got shot in his apartment complex yesterday? Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. The guy who's in charge of the intelligence service.

[Katie Rice]

That had to be Ukraine. Wasn't it a mugging?

[Joe Getty]

Probably a mugging from the New York Post.

[News Reader]

Michelangelo's tiny drawing of a man's foot fetches toe curling. $27 million at auction.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Guest/Contributor]

Not you.

[Joe Getty]

Michelangelo.

[Katie Rice]

The.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. I had nothing to do with Italian genius. As opposed to the American genius with whom we work.

[Katie Rice]

The Florentine carver of centuries ago.

[Joe Getty]

That fellow. Yes.

[News Reader]

From the Wall Street Journal. How I can and can't help with your taxes this year. Bots aren't ready to do your taxes, but they can assist with prep work.

[Katie Rice]

Yeah, you don't want any hallucinations with your taxes.

[News Reader]

That'd be bad.

[Katie Rice]

We added six kids to your dependence.

[News Reader]

Study finds America's political divide surged in 64% between 2008 and 2020. But only one side grew more extreme.

[Katie Rice]

Okay, I want that story. I have a guess.

[News Reader]

And finally, from the Babylon Be Winter Olympics. To protest Trump's immigration policies by removing ice from skating rinks.

[Joe Getty]

I get it.

[Katie Rice]

We had a lot of headlines there to catch up on and get more details on the fraud thing. There. There will be no ramifications to this fraud thing is my. Is my concern. O.

[Joe Getty]

Now you brought me down.

[Katie Rice]

We got a lot more on the way. I hope you can stay here.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Guest/Contributor]

The dangers of kind of the online.

[Katie Rice]

Oh, my.

[Joe Getty]

Just.

[News Reader]

Just.

[Joe Getty]

I completely enjoy it really is fun.

[Katie Rice]

I completely forgot Hanson's doing the hooray hand signals. Everybody's so happy.

[News Reader]

You know, we need those little confetti poppers for when this happens. For behind the scenes.

[Joe Getty]

You know, that would be fun.

[Katie Rice]

Christmas. When we forget about clips of the week.

[Joe Getty]

The matter with you.

[Katie Rice]

It makes them so happy. Seriously, it really does.

[Joe Getty]

I.

[Katie Rice]

You know, I hate that I've reached a point in my life where I can't remember things, but I'm glad I'm bringing you so much joy.

[Joe Getty]

See, I just say it's. We're being undermined here. Terrible. Unhealthy.

[Katie Rice]

All right, let's.

[Joe Getty]

Let's take a fond look back at the week that was apparently. Now is the time we do this. It's cow Clips of the week. There is a shadow here. Here on my ground. Six more weeks of winter abound for.

[Katie Rice]

Best in show at the 150th Westminster Kennel Club dog show is the Doberman pincher.

[News Reporter]

A dancing robot is stealing the show in Milan. It welcomed visitors to China's hospitality house.

[Katie Rice]

He never stuttered.

[Joe Getty]

He said he looked up like this.

[Katie Rice]

Like his eyes went.

[Joe Getty]

His eyes said.

[Katie Rice]

I said, oh, why do you keep.

[Joe Getty]

All your urine in bott? I'mma need it. Don't question me, woman.

[News Reader]

On Wednesday, the Post announced sweeping layoffs.

[Katie Rice]

Among the most severe cuts in the company's history.

[Jack Armstrong]

I completely ruptured my acl, but I know there's still a chance. And as long as there's a chance, I will try.

[Katie Rice]

My goal, with the support of President Trump, is to achieve a complete drawdown.

[Joe Getty]

Here's one thing I know, Donald Trump is Ronald Reagan. Plus, in my mind, the one thing you can't do as president, talk like Reagan and act like Obama. Reagan.

[Katie Rice]

Well, whatever. Will you be the voice?

[Joe Getty]

Will you be the voice?

[Katie Rice]

Will you be the voice? Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say eyes out.

[Jack Armstrong]

No one is illegal on stolen land.

[Joe Getty]

This is also for those who came to this country in search of better opportunity to be a part of a nation that promised freedom for all and equal opportunities, opportunity to everyone willing to work for it.

[Katie Rice]

And I want to tell y' all right now, Jesus is for everybody. Jesus is not owned by one political party.

[Joe Getty]

This review is over.

[Jack Armstrong]

I left my marriage. I had to leave my marriage.

[Joe Getty]

I wanted to leave my marriage. I was foolish to spend time with him. I was one of many people who regret ever knowing him.

[Katie Rice]

84 year old Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home in the foothills of Tucson, Arizona on Saturday. Investigators are looking into unverified ransom letters.

[Joe Getty]

Sent to several local TV stations.

[Jack Armstrong]

One law enforcement source, very connected, highly regarded, says that Annie P. Guthrie's husband may be the prime suspect in this case. We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her. Mama, if you're listening, we need you to come home.

[Joe Getty]

Goods of the week.

[Katie Rice]

I hate to dwell on this more, but. But have you heard any other reporter make any claims that the son in law is a suspect? Other than what Ashley Manfield said? Well, then she ought to be banned from major media or paid attention to. I mean, that's not cool. You can't be an outlier claiming mom's son in law killed her. I have sources telling me he's a suspect. Obviously she made that up. Obviously.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, probably.

[Katie Rice]

That is so uncool.

[Joe Getty]

Or, you know, some law enforcement source told her something, she jazzed it up a Little bit dressed it up. I think she has been banned from major media and I don't think she is paid attention to, I guess. So I think your wishes have been fulfilled. Congratulations.

[Katie Rice]

So you got this guy named Derek Colella charged and id'd as Nancy Guthrie imposter, ransom note sender. And I guess this was the big ransom note that led to the family doing that video.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, boy.

[Katie Rice]

Now, there have been many, many, many ransom notes. I'm sure that authorities are going through maybe thousands of them, probably dismissing most of them very quickly by realizing this is a crackpot. But some of them probably require a fair amount of, you know, real time to try to figure out, okay, is this real or not? Very weird. Well, that's why I wanted to.

[Joe Getty]

For what it's worth, just real quickly, while you're looking for that, I've been reading for odd reasons about the Jack the Ripper case. Mostly because it's through the lens of life in London in the 1880s and it's super interesting. But in that case, there were tons and tons of. Of fake ransom notes and why I'm doing it, notes and, and wackadoodle tips. And it's just part of human nature.

[Katie Rice]

Wow. And. And those of us who don't have that predilection, you can't imagine why anybody would do it. But there's a certain segment of society does it throughout history.

[Joe Getty]

Well said. The rest of us are saying, what the hell is the matter? What is wrong with you?

[Katie Rice]

The last thing I'd want to do is like muck up an investigation trying to find an old lady with, you know, every second counting for her life. Do I have the right number here? Hold on. Oh, 33. So this is John Miller on the lead talking about all this, the mess.

[Guest/Contributor]

Out there, the dangers of kind of the online sleuthing or the social media scoop that's not based on reliable information are manifold. I mean, if you look at this case where they've talked about prime suspects and intimated family member and everything else, A, the sheriff says that's not the case, and B, it inhibits people who have information from coming forward because they read that reporting on their social media feeds, they think it's real news and they may say, oh, well, they already know who did it. I think I have this tip I should pass on, but I probably won't. That's another bad result.

[Katie Rice]

That was John Miller not naming Ashley Banfield there, I think referring to people who are claiming family members, you know, that sort of thing. Anyway, for the ransom Note. A California man accused of sending a phony ransom note to Savannah Guthrie's family has been arrested and charged. This happened last night. This guy's in his mid-40s. Did you get the bitcoin? Were instead of Weir. So you got a, you know, an error in your ability to write a.

[Joe Getty]

Sentence for I already hate him.

[Katie Rice]

Did you get the bitcoin? We're waiting on our end for the transaction. His message read, among other things that he sent. But it turns out this scumbag dude.

[Joe Getty]

Was also part of.

[Katie Rice]

Fraud in California during the whole Covid thing. He was. He was part of a group of people that were ripping off the state of California for taxpayer money and now.

[Joe Getty]

Ripping off the taxpayers of California. The taxpayers off his neighbors. That's the way we have to look at this.

[Katie Rice]

Yeah, no kidding. Your neighbors who get up and go to say, see you. Another day, another dollar, huh? Answer to the man. He goes off to work and you're stealing their money, you scumbag. Anyway, so apparently he went through that money and now he's deciding to try to steal from families. Mourning the loss of a loved one. I can't even imagine what sort of human being that is. Isn't that person like that?

[Joe Getty]

You just got to throw him into a volcano or something. There's no turning them around. There's no rehabilitating him or teaching him.

[Katie Rice]

Just throw him off a cliff. I was going to say the same thing.

[Joe Getty]

I wasn't going to mention a volcano, but.

[Katie Rice]

But, yeah, that person should be locked up forever. And I don't know how you get that to square with the constitution, But I think we all agree, well, that guy can't be part of society ever. And that's not just like a mistake. Something's wrong with them or immoral or whatever it is.

[Joe Getty]

Three strikes laws are constitutional. It is a judgment of being irredeemable. A constant, never ending threat to society. Right into the volcano. And I feel like if I'm gonna.

[Katie Rice]

Have trouble getting me locked up for life, adding in the volcano punishment is just gonna really be difficult to square with. Is that the 11th Amendment, which one will allow for hurling into a volcano.

[Joe Getty]

Somewhat cruel, but let's make it usual.

[Katie Rice]

Yeah, well, like we were saying, 99.99% of us can't even imagine trolling a story like this. And then you got somebody like that. And then to the whole fraud thing, the same people that went to Minnesota and came up with $9 billion worth of COVID fraud have come up with $8.6 billion so far in California, more than 110,000 shady Covid era loans exposed. The problem with this story being, to me, there's all kinds of people, just like up in Minnesota, where, you know, this organization got shut down or cut off or they're no longer going to get their funding or whatever. How many people have gone to jail in Minnesota?

[Joe Getty]

There are a pretty good handful of prosecutions, but I don't know.

[News Reporter]

Handful?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I know.

[Katie Rice]

$9 billion stolen. There need to be hundreds of people going to prison. You know, it's funny.

[Joe Getty]

I'm wrestling with this right now. I agree with you 100%. 100%. And I'm tempted to go into another story about how much fraud there is in. In this case, Medicare. But I don't want people to feel so discouraged that they feel like it's not even worth prosecuting these few people. Cause I think it is. It's a start. Let's, as many as we can, just. We can't get overwhelmed and discouraged and become cynical about the fraud and the theft of taxpayer dollars. Because I'm close. There's some days I'm over the edge. I'm like, all right, the Senate doesn't care. The House doesn't care. The executive branch doesn't care. My state doesn't care. You know, blah, blah, blah. I just. Never mind.

[Katie Rice]

Well, I.

[Joe Getty]

You.

[Katie Rice]

A lot of us are going to write giant checks to the government here in a month or so. Month and a half.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's our practice. We sign giant novelty checks and send it to the irs.

[Katie Rice]

Or at the very least, see the total that we sent through our paychecks last year to the federal government. And lots of that's going out to thieves. And then they don't even really go after the thieves or prosecute them or try to stop it from happening in the future.

[Joe Getty]

They don't care. It's not their money. If you don't understand that on a fundamental level, I don't think.

[Guest/Contributor]

Well.

[Joe Getty]

Well, that's what's wrong. A lot of people don't understand that on a fundamental level, the government spends money wildly. They don't care. It's not their money. Anyway, how you doing, huh?

[Katie Rice]

Excited about the weekend? This is the most depressing radio show.

[Joe Getty]

In the history, perhaps in the history of America. Yeah, you're listening, Armstrong and Getty. Oh, here it is.

[Katie Rice]

The most depressing radio show ever.

[Joe Getty]

Ever.

[Katie Rice]

I'm depressed myself.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, for God's sake. We just need to move ahead.

[Katie Rice]

I might just sit on the floor in front of an open Mic in.

[Joe Getty]

Silence for the rest of the Jack's frozen up. I frozen up. I've locked up. He's locked up.

[Katie Rice]

We worked with a guy locked up. I know what it looks like. I might do the same thing.

[Joe Getty]

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[Katie Rice]

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[Katie Rice]

I feel like there's more build up excitement, hubbub around Bad Bunny being the halftime show than any halftime show I ever remember.

[Joe Getty]

My wife asked me why are they going with this guy? I said he's like, like the most important pop music guy on the planet at the moment.

[Katie Rice]

He is the biggest thing in terms of pop music on earth. Yes. And has been for a while.

[Joe Getty]

So an espanol.

[Katie Rice]

He's a very, very, very big deal. Anyway, a little more information on that later. We got Mailbag coming up. Stay here.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Katie Rice]

Here's an interesting breaking news that I didn't have on my radar. The alleged leader of the Benghazi attack has been arrested. They never did find it. Who led that whole thing?

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Katie Rice]

We'll have to revisit that whole story. Remember that was one of the biggest political stories for got a long time back when that happened. Including Hillary Clinton testifying before Congress. But anyway, more on that.

[Joe Getty]

Her chances to be the first girl president.

[Katie Rice]

Girl president. Well we'll, we'll get into that on an hour too.

[Joe Getty]

Widow we all right. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. Getting back to our series of freedom hating quotes of the day from communists, in this case Joseph Stalin. The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of a million is a statistic.

[Katie Rice]

Here's something. Read the if you're into Stalin, read the Cotton Cotton Stephen Kotkin biography. So good.

[Joe Getty]

Grim, I'm guessing.

[Katie Rice]

Yeah, grim. But yeah, I think we all know that stuff. But fascinating.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Okay, here's Mailbag. You can reach out and communicate with us via text 415295 kftc or email mailbagarmstrong armstrongygetty.com Jared in Missouri writes this is for Katie Enjoyed your discussion of babies laughing on the Armstrong and Getty One More Thing podcast. Here's a tip. If your baby is laughing in another room and you don't see your pet nearby, run and investigate. Okay, thank you.

[Katie Rice]

Noted. That's a good one.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that is good.

[Guest/Contributor]

Jared.

[Katie Rice]

I was always worried with the kids were laughing when they're babies. Are you laughing with me or at me? That's what I was.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's. That's perfectly reasonable. John in Crest writes on the topic of Lindsey Vaughn, if she wasn't such an egomaniac she would step aside and let a younger person take her slot on the the course. Someone who could win. But she's pretty enough to go work for the Trump administration.

[Katie Rice]

So there might be something to that. There might be the next person in line on the team might be thinking hey, you could also let me get my once in a lifetime chance to go down the hill.

[Joe Getty]

Right. Right.

[Katie Rice]

And actually perhaps even help the United States win a medal. But.

[Joe Getty]

And then the only hotties in the Trump administration shot. He packed a lot into a very short email. Well done, John.

[Katie Rice]

I wonder if you have. I wonder if downhill skiers are a lot of them are a holes. I wonder if you have to be like a fighter pilot, sort of just egomaniac. I'm the coolest, toughest guy in the world to be that.

[Joe Getty]

But a lot of them are. Yeah, well. And they travel the world, they make lots of money, they pull hot chicks. I'm guessing the fellers. Yeah, well the gals if they swing that way, don't ask, don't tell. Anyway, moving along, Paolo writes guys, you talked about Bertrand Russell's observation that Marxism seemed to be more about stick it to the successful than uplifting the downtrod. Is that good enough description? Okay, I'd call that. I'd call that envy. Dragging down the successful seems to be the go to strategy for the far left. You know, like not letting smarter Kids take more advanced classes, math classes, when they're ready for them. And I can't resist revisiting my favorite quote on envy in the far left from the great Thomas Sowell. Envy was once considered one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, social justice.

[Katie Rice]

Good one.

[Joe Getty]

That is a soul for the win, as usual.

[Katie Rice]

Yeah. Socialism. They dress it up as caring about the poor, but what they really mean is sticking it to the successful. That's what makes them happy.

[Joe Getty]

And is it just rich college kids who hate their parents?

[Katie Rice]

Certainly seems to be driven by that. All the way back to Marx, who, you know, lived very well off of other people.

[Joe Getty]

Upper class twits promoting revolution. Yeah, and I saved the most important topic for last. This is also a reference to the award winning One More Thing podcast I must side with Katie Rice. Diane Whole side up Never called it.

[Katie Rice]

That, but I get it.

[Joe Getty]

We're talking about dishwasher silverware. Loading. Here's the reason. If the whole side is down, that would be the part you put in your mouth. Such a delicate little flap.

[Katie Rice]

Yeah, I'd never heard that before. She calls the tines end of the fork the hole. End? Mouth finds it because you put it in your mouth.

[Guest/Contributor]

Hole.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. Mouth is literally a word that means an opening. You don't need to add the word hole to it. A river mouth. The. The mouth of a bottle. It's already there.

[News Reader]

Add the hole. It's funnier anyway.

[Katie Rice]

Definitely.

[Joe Getty]

She says you put the whole end upward, it gets more of a shower because it's not crammed down in that little basket. And so it gets more of the soap. I tell you what, the ultimate dishwasher test. Fork tines, egg yolk.

[Katie Rice]

Gets that clean.

[Joe Getty]

It's a good dishwasher.

[Katie Rice]

Egg yolk's a tough one to get off if it's dried.

[Joe Getty]

We've all dealt with that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.