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Jay Shetty
Take a deep dive into the stories making the news headlines across the world.
Emily Maitlis
The Newsagents we're not just here to tell you what's happening, but why? From me, Emily Maitlis and me, John Sopel with Global's award winning podcast the Newsagents Dropping Daily covering everything you need to know about politics and current affairs.
Jay Shetty
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Emily Maitlis
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Jay Shetty
CT Mobile do Hey, it's Jay Shetty with On Purpose. My newest episode is out now with Jordan Peterson.
Jordan Peterson
To be open to learning does mean, at least to some degree. Always asking, what am I doing wrong? What do I have to give up? What do I have to transform? That could be very painful. There isn't anything better that you can do with failure, no matter how unjust, than to learn from.
Jay Shetty
Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Trust me, you won't want to miss this one.
Fiasco Podcast Host
It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here? Fiasco is a history podcast from the co creators of Slow Burn. In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics. The 2000 election, which resulted in a high stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history. So if you're trying to make sense of the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Thanksgiving leftovers. It's one more thing. Armstrong and Getty.
Armstrong
One more thing.
T-Mobile Advertiser
And perhaps our laziest one more thing. And that's saying something. I'm just gonna go through a whole bunch of screen captures on my phone of stuff just like random stuff that I found interesting enough to screen capture but haven't gotten to over the last week and a half or so.
Armstrong
This isn't lazy.
T-Mobile Advertiser
This is pretty lazy.
Armstrong
This is potpourri. This is the fruits of your labors.
Getty
This is showing that you didn't even take a break while we were on break.
T-Mobile Advertiser
This is the spice of life. That is variety.
Armstrong
Anti lazy.
T-Mobile Advertiser
So I had tweeted out that I was unhappy with the fortune I got at Panda Express. And just for years now, fortunes have not been fortunes. You know, a fortune should be. You're going to meet a man with black hair who will be the love of your life. You know, something that's going to come true. The one that I got at Panda Express was express yourself through art and music. It's just like a declaration to start ballet or something.
Armstrong
It's advice.
Getty
It's an advice cookie from Panda Express, too.
T-Mobile Advertiser
So. But. So somebody responded to that with there never are fortunes anymore. My older son got one at Panda Express that said, keep your expectations reasonable. Reasonable. Which he described as the most Charlie Brown of all fortune cookie messages. Keep your expectations reasonable. What kind of who wants to eat and be told that? I find that hilarious.
Armstrong
Advice cookies.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Yeah, thanks a lot for that. Pen Express. You told me it's not. I always thought it was kind of like low rent, but you're telling me it's not. It's considered okay.
Armstrong
It's. Yeah, it's decent. Yeah, I enjoy it.
Getty
Yeah, I like it.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Worse choice.
Armstrong
Their advice cookies really ought to say cut down your sodium intake. Yes, that would be a good one.
T-Mobile Advertiser
A South Korean man avoided the draft. They stopped the draft in South Korea. Avoided the draft by binge eating. He ate so much. When he realized he was about to be drafted, he gained enough weight that he was too fat to get drafted.
Armstrong
South Korea doesn't let super fat people in their military. We do, don't we? Or at least pretty fat.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Another military thing. This one's serious. So There was an article in the Washington post about our F35, which is the F35, F1, one of our Fs, one of our super fancy airplanes, and on how it's not reliable, it's got all kinds of problems with where the guns are installed that doesn't work right and a repair times and it's not cybersecure and it's easy to hack into. And El Elon Musk, the rocket genius, replied to that because he's doing the whole Doge thing and really looking at the Pentagon. And he said this was an expensive waste of money and time. Complex. Jack of all trades, master of none. Success was never in the set of possible outcomes. We need to do better. Plus we should not have manned fighter jets. And the reason I thought that was interesting is Elon now kind of in a position where as the rocket scientist looking at things from the tech perspective might have some pretty big influence on this stuff.
Armstrong
I would love to see more out of the box thinking in that direction.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Certainly I would too. Ukrainian confidence in Zelensky at an all time low. He is down to 60% approval in Ukraine.
Armstrong
And to get to it, on the radio show today, he's making unmistakable noises about, hey, if we have to give up some territory, let's sit down, let's negotiate an end to this.
T-Mobile Advertiser
You talked about this. I was going to get into it more in full. Maybe I will on the radio show about. On yet another study that DEI programs actually escalate hostility and racial tensions in the workplace.
Armstrong
I've got all sorts of stuff on that.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Absolutely amazing and not surprising at all.
Armstrong
Oh no, no. Especially given the fact that the programs don't actually aim to accomplish what they're claiming to accomplish. It's all a charade. It's a head fake, it's a ruse.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Came across this. I think we've become too woke and gone too far with a whole bunch of stuff. But we needed some of this. As recently as 1967, I saw this picture. This is from the Boston Marathon because they had the Boston Marathon the other day, race organizers attempt to stop Katherine Switzer from competing in the Boston Marathon as she became the first woman to finish the race. They allowed women in and you had protesters at the race. These were other runners, guys in their bibs with the number on them trying to tackle this woman to stop a woman from running in a marathon. That was in 1967.
Armstrong
Well, on the other hand, all that bouncing up and down is bad for their breasts, Jack. It's, it's for Their own good. We're keeping the little ladies at home.
Getty
It's true.
T-Mobile Advertiser
How crazy is that? In my lifetime, men thought women shouldn't be allowed to run a race, right? Wow, that's crazy.
Armstrong
You remember the ad slogan? You've come a long way, baby. Of course. That was to sell women on the idea of you can smoke too and give yourself dread diseases and die prematurely.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Congratulations. Yeah, yeah, I had all my information on the whole banana art thing, but we did cover that on the radio show. It was the $6.2 million banana duct tape to the wall was sold by a fruit vendor outside for like 85 cents. And he somehow feels like he got ripped off. And this tech billionaire who bought it then took the banana down from the wall and ate it. So good for.
Armstrong
I can't decide if this is AI or legitimate, but there's a statue of Barack and Michelle Obama. I think it's in Chicago. And somebody stuck the banana to the front of Michelle. Unfortunate reference to both. That hot art story in a right wing conspiracy that I will not dignify with a description.
T-Mobile Advertiser
That's pretty funny.
Getty
I love that so much.
T-Mobile Advertiser
I don't know why that is pretty funny.
Armstrong
But again, I don't know if somebody actually did it or it's just like somebody created the AI image. Oh.
T-Mobile Advertiser
I took.
Armstrong
She's got no wang.
T-Mobile Advertiser
No, Michelle Obama's not.
Armstrong
Move on, move on, move on, move on.
T-Mobile Advertiser
I took a picture at the grocery store in Salina, Kansas where I was for Thanksgiving because they. I was in the over by the produce and stuff and had fresh sushi and I took a picture of it thinking how fresh could the sushi be? Were 1700 miles from an ocean either direction.
Armstrong
Yes.
T-Mobile Advertiser
I just wonder about that. Where did that come from? How did it get here? What does it taste like? I wanted all those things. Pictures of my brother at Disney World. Oh, Ian Bremmer with the shortest quote that he's ever had in mainstream media. And it related to the Kamala Harris 30 second video that the Democratic Party put out. We played on the air where she makes no sense and sounds drunk. And this was from NBC. Ian Bremmer, a political scientist and the president of the geopolitical risk advocacy firm Eurasia Group, simply wrote in response to the Democrats 28 second click of Harris.
Armstrong
I thought it was going to be wow or bad. Yeah, yeah.
Getty
She looked and sounded hammered in that video.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Yeah, you see it all over her face. She looked so rough. Yeah. Now, I heard a discussion about this yesterday and this is what I've been saying. I would think if she was a drinker it would have leaked out. Somebody, some unnamed source would have said, oh yes, she's got a drink in her hand at 10 in the morning and nobody has done that.
Armstrong
I disagree. I've heard it a bunch of times. That's why I brought it up. No, it's not like your big publication.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Not in the New York Times or the Washington Post or anything like that. Don't you think somebody would have kneecapped her by now, especially after she lost? Wouldn't somebody have a kneecapter in like mainstream media over drinking if that were true?
Armstrong
I think if she attempts to stage a comeback, you might see that. Although again, she's a half wit, she's a dope, she's talentless, that's enough. Whether she's a drinker or not, we don't even need to go there.
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Jay Shetty
My latest episode is with Jordan Peterson.
Jordan Peterson
To be open to learning does mean, at least to some degree, always asking, what am I doing wrong? What do I have to give up? What do I have to let go of? What do I have to transform? That can be very painful. There isn't anything better that you can do with failure, no matter how unjust, than to learn from one of the.
Armstrong
Most articulate men of our time, clinical.
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Psychologist turned culture warrior, Dr. Jordan Peterson.
Jordan Peterson
The men who prefer short term mating opportunities are psychopathic, narcissistic, acuvalian and sadistic. So one of the unintended consequences of the sexual revolution is that the freed up women have been delivered to the psychopathic men. Most people who have post traumatic stress disorder don't have it because they were hurt. They have it because they encountered someone who wanted to hurt them.
Jay Shetty
Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Fiasco Podcast Host
In the aftermath of a transformative election like the one we just had, it's hard to read the news without asking yourself every five seconds, how did we get here? That's exactly what we're always trying to figure out on Fiasco, a history podcast from the co creators of Slow Burn. In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics. The 2000 election, which came down to a recount in Florida and ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history. In many ways, it's the beginning of the story we're living through right now. So if you're trying to make sense of the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore and find out how a statistical tie in the Florida vote count put the nation into an unprecedented holding pattern during which American voters waited with bated breath to find out whether Al Gore or George W. Bush would be the next President of the United States. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcast.
T-Mobile Advertiser
I did screen capture this picture from Thanksgiving at Mar a Lago that included you got Trump in the foreground. Then there is Elon Musk talking to Sylvester Stallone. And I just thought, I don't, I don't know what that is, but that's, that's some sort of last.
Armstrong
Yeah.
T-Mobile Advertiser
There'S the fruit vendor, an old guy very angry about selling the banana that ended up being a 6.2 million dollar piece of art and the media was trying to pretend that that was some sort of inequity. Something right wrong happened there. I'm not exactly sure how that works.
Armstrong
I can kind of see the effort, but it's idiotic.
Getty
Yeah, Katie, sorry to go back to the Stallone thing. Is he. Are he and Trump close? I'm not, I wasn't aware of that. But he was interviewed on Hannity last night too. So he's like kind of popping up on all the.
T-Mobile Advertiser
He's not your usual run of the mill celeb conservative that you know about. Do you know, Joe, is Sylvester Stallone been a closeted conservative all these years?
Armstrong
Oh yeah, to some extent, yeah. And he's just a beloved figure, I think kind of a manly traditional American guy, which just fits with all vibe.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Costco is going to stop selling books in most U.S. stores.
Getty
They sell Books.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Oh, you didn't know that? Yeah, they got big, big, big giant table full of books. And the prices are usually really low for hard, popular hardcover books, but because people don't buy them, you didn't even know they were there. And they're so heavy to move around, take up so much space, they just aren't going to sell them anymore. So some people are seeing that as another blow to the whole reading industry.
Armstrong
Are they still going to sell sweats, Uncle Jack?
T-Mobile Advertiser
Lots and lots of sweats, yes. Bill Clinton reveals he couldn't sleep for two years and was prone. Prone to outbursts of rage after Hillary lost to Trump. In his new memoir, he says, what?
Getty
Wow, these people are nuts.
T-Mobile Advertiser
He says, I apologize to all who endured my outburst of rage, which lasted for years and bothered or bored people who thought it pointless to rehash things that couldn't be changed. Bill Clinton, of all people, he didn't.
Getty
Even look like he had the ability to show rage when all of that was going on. Remember when they did that big balloon drop and he looked like all in awe, staring at the ceiling?
T-Mobile Advertiser
Yeah, exactly. This was on this. I screen captured this just for our family because we have two pugs. A pug won a national dog show for the first time. So.
Armstrong
Great.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Which is kind of weird from a. You've bred this so it can't breathe standpoint, and you've developed an animal that would have never occurred on earth because.
Armstrong
It can't breathe, to quote Ian Bremmer.
Getty
That's a neat story there, Jack.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Okay, well, we were just excited because a pug won a show they never have before because they're ridiculous looking. They're ugly little dogs.
Jordan Peterson
That's good stuff, Jack.
T-Mobile Advertiser
We. I took this picture at the airport. They had a sensory room at the Kansas City airport. I don't think I've ever seen one of these at an airport before. So I walked over and the plaque said, this room provides a safe and calming environment to help guests that might be feeling overwhelmed.
Getty
Okay, what the hell is that? So did you go into the room or did you just read the plaque?
T-Mobile Advertiser
Not I just read the plaque. But is that the modern world where we need a room for people who are feeling overwhelmed?
Armstrong
I can picture being overwhelmed in an airport. I suppose you're juggling three kids. Your flight just got canceled. It's hectic and all, but I don't know. That's just, that's what life is. I don't. And you're gonna go in a room. Where are the kids gonna go? What's it word? I don't know. Just too much.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Robert F. Kennedy intends to require Coca Cola to begin using cane sugar instead of high fructose syrup.
Armstrong
As HHS secretary, I'm not sure you have that within your purview, sir, but I'm willing to have the discussion. Certainly.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Can he make a cola company use a certain ingredient? I mean, it's not high fructose. Unless he. Unless he gets the government to declare high fructose corn syrup like a poison or something, I wouldn't think.
Armstrong
Well, right. If he engages in the sort of regulatory overreach that conservatives regularly criticize, I happen to agree with him on that one. But that doesn't mean the government has the power to do it. Or should.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Oh, and on the RFK junior front, did you see the ad? Cheryl Hines, his wife, who was the, you know, the wife of on Curb youb Enthusiasm. That's actually RFK Junior's wife. She's got a.
Armstrong
She is? Yeah. I didn't know that.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Oh, you didn't? Okay. She has a beauty line out now, and she put out an ad in which she's standing in the bathroom and RFK Jr is showering behind her naked. So that's kind of a weird look for both of them.
Armstrong
That's hot.
Jay Shetty
Yeah.
Getty
Oh, he is yoked.
T-Mobile Advertiser
No doubt about it. If you want to make yourself look less crazy, that wasn't the way to go about it.
Armstrong
Got my fortune the other day from a Chinese place. Said, change your oil every 5,000 miles.
T-Mobile Advertiser
Thank you. Thank you, Panda Express advice.
Armstrong
Well, I guess that's it.
Jay Shetty
Take a deep dive into the stories making the news headlines across the world.
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Emily Maitlis
We're not just here to tell you what's happening, but why? From me, Emily Maitlis, and me, John Sopel, with Global's award winning podcast, the Newsagents Dropping daily, covering everything you need to know about politics and current affairs.
Jay Shetty
And the newsagents usa, they're eating the dogs.
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Emily Maitlis
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Jay Shetty
Hey, it's Jay Shetty with On Purpose. My newest episode is out now with Jordan Peterson.
Jordan Peterson
To be open to learning does mean, at least to some degree, always asking, what am I doing wrong? What do I have to give up? What do I have to transform? That could be very painful. There isn't anything better that you can do with failure, no matter how unjust, than to learn from it.
Jay Shetty
Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Trust me, you won't want to miss this one.
Fiasco Podcast Host
It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here? Fiasco is a history podcast from the co creators of Slow Burn. In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics. The 2000 election, which resulted in a high stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history. So if you're trying to make sense of the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Armstrong & Getty On Demand: "Some Delicious Thanksgiving Leftovers"
Release Date: December 3, 2024
In the "Some Delicious Thanksgiving Leftovers" episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, hosts Armstrong and Getty delve into a diverse array of topics, blending humor with insightful commentary. Drawing from their Thanksgiving experiences, the duo navigates through everything from quirky fortune cookies to significant political developments. This detailed summary captures the essence of their engaging conversation, complete with notable quotes and timestamps to provide context.
The episode opens with a light-hearted discussion about the often underwhelming fortunes found in Panda Express's cookies. Armstrong expresses his dissatisfaction:
Armstrong [03:10]: "It's advice cookies."
Getty chimes in, agreeing with the sentiment:
Getty [04:07]: "Advice cookies."
The hosts critique the lack of meaningful messages, highlighting how these fortunes fail to inspire or amuse as intended. They compare past fortunes, which were more whimsical and prophetic, to the current generic advice, lamenting the loss of engaging content.
Shifting to international issues, Armstrong discusses a peculiar method by which a South Korean man avoided the military draft:
T-Mobile Advertiser [04:33]: "A South Korean man avoided the draft... he gained enough weight that he was too fat to get drafted."
Armstrong humorously contrasts this with U.S. military policies:
Armstrong [04:49]: "South Korea doesn't let super fat people in their military. We do, don't we? Or at least pretty fat."
This segment underscores the lengths individuals might go to evade conscription and prompts a reflection on the effectiveness and humanity of military eligibility criteria.
A significant portion of the discussion revolves around the contentious F-35 fighter jets. Armstrong highlights criticism from Elon Musk:
T-Mobile Advertiser [04:55]: "Elon... said this was an expensive waste of money and time. Complex. Jack of all trades, master of none."
Armstrong responds with interest in Elon’s perspective:
Armstrong [05:51]: "I would love to see more out of the box thinking in that direction."
The conversation delves into the reliability issues of the F-35s, their cyber vulnerabilities, and the broader implications of Elon Musk’s influence on military technology decisions.
The hosts then turn their attention to Ukrainian politics, noting a decline in President Zelensky's approval ratings:
Getty [06:03]: "Ukrainian confidence in Zelensky at an all-time low."
Armstrong adds context by referencing Zelensky’s recent statements about negotiating territorial concessions:
Armstrong [06:12]: "On the radio show today, he's making unmistakable noises about... negotiating an end to this."
This segment explores the shifting dynamics in Ukraine amidst ongoing conflicts and the political ramifications of these developments.
A heated discussion emerges around DEI programs in the workplace. The hosts argue that these initiatives may inadvertently heighten tensions rather than alleviate them:
T-Mobile Advertiser [06:23]: "On yet another study that DEI programs actually escalate hostility and racial tensions in the workplace."
Armstrong reinforces this viewpoint:
Armstrong [06:27]: "It's all a charade. It's a head fake, it's a ruse."
They critique the effectiveness of DEI programs, suggesting that instead of fostering inclusion, these initiatives might be counterproductive.
Shifting to sports history, Armstrong recounts the 1967 Boston Marathon incident involving Katherine Switzer:
T-Mobile Advertiser [06:40]: "In 1967... race organizers attempted to stop Katherine Switzer... they had protesters... trying to tackle this woman to stop a woman from running in a marathon."
Getty reflects on the progress made since then:
Getty [07:10]: "You remember the ad slogan? You've come a long way, baby."
This segment celebrates Switzer’s pioneering role in women’s long-distance running and acknowledges the societal changes since her historic race.
Armstrong and Getty explore the bizarre story of a banana duct-taped to a wall that sold for a staggering $6.2 million:
HandshakeAndGetty [08:13]: "There’s a statue of Barack and Michelle Obama... somebody stuck the banana to the front of Michelle."
They discuss the intersection of art, value, and media perception, questioning the legitimacy and intent behind such high-priced art pieces.
A humorous segment follows Armstrong sharing a screen capture from Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago, featuring Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Sylvester Stallone:
Armstrong [13:45]: "There's Trump in the foreground... Elon Musk talking to Sylvester Stallone."
Getty muses about Stallone’s political leanings:
Getty [14:31]: "Joe, is Sylvester Stallone been a closeted conservative all these years?"
Armstrong acknowledges Stallone's image as a traditional American figure, adding depth to the conversation about celebrity influence in politics.
The hosts discuss Costco's decision to discontinue book sales in most U.S. stores:
T-Mobile Advertiser [14:56]: "Costco is going to stop selling books... they just aren't going to sell them anymore."
Armstrong questions the impact on the reading industry:
Armstrong [15:18]: "Are they still going to sell sweats, Uncle Jack?"
This change reflects broader trends in retail and consumer behavior, prompting discussions about the future of book sales.
Bill Clinton’s new memoir is scrutinized, particularly his admission of rage after Hillary’s loss to Trump:
T-Mobile Advertiser [15:22]: "He says, I apologize to all who endured my outburst of rage..."
Getty questions the authenticity of Clinton’s portrayal:
Getty [15:35]: "Wow, these people are nuts."
The conversation delves into the complexities of public apologies and their reception by the audience.
In a lighter moment, Armstrong shares excitement over a pug winning a national dog show for the first time:
T-Mobile Advertiser [15:48]: "A pug won a national dog show for the first time."
They humorously critique the breed’s physical attributes, adding levity to the episode.
The discussion shifts to accessibility in airports, specifically sensory rooms designed for overwhelmed guests:
T-Mobile Advertiser [16:36]: "They had a sensory room... to help guests that might be feeling overwhelmed."
Armstrong contemplates the necessity of such spaces in high-stress environments like airports:
Armstrong [17:10]: "I can picture being overwhelmed in an airport... but I don't know. That's just, that's what life is."
This segment highlights evolving considerations for traveler well-being and inclusivity.
Armstrong and Getty debate RFK Jr.’s intention to mandate Coca Cola to switch from high fructose syrup to cane sugar:
T-Mobile Advertiser [17:31]: "Robert F. Kennedy intends to require Coca Cola to begin using cane sugar..."
Armstrong questions the feasibility and governmental overreach:
Armstrong [17:37]: "Can he make a cola company use a certain ingredient?... unless he... declare high fructose corn syrup like a poison."
This discussion touches on regulatory powers and public health policies.
The hosts reveal an interesting tidbit about Cheryl Hines, RFK Jr.’s wife:
T-Mobile Advertiser [18:04]: "Cheryl Hines... has a beauty line... RFK Jr is showering behind her naked."
They comment on the unconventional portrayal and its impact on public perception:
Armstrong [18:34]: "That's hot."
Closing the episode with a nod back to their initial discussion, Armstrong shares his own fortune cookie message:
Armstrong [18:44]: "Change your oil every 5,000 miles."
The hosts laugh off the mundane advice, encapsulating the episode’s blend of humor and critical analysis.
Conclusion
"Some Delicious Thanksgiving Leftovers" showcases Armstrong and Getty’s signature blend of humor, pop culture, and incisive commentary. From dissecting the oddities of fortune cookies to analyzing significant political shifts, the hosts provide listeners with a multifaceted discussion that is both entertaining and thought-provoking. Whether debating the efficacy of DEI programs or sharing laughs over celebrity antics, Armstrong and Getty deliver a comprehensive episode that leaves audiences both informed and amused.