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Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand – "Welcome To CaCa's!"

Date: February 12, 2026
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Jack and Joe launch into a sharp-tongued exploration of spectacle-driven politics, hypocrisy in public life, media controversies, quirky cultural observations, and food experiences gone hilariously awry. Their trademark mix of cynicism and humor permeates discussions ranging from the farcical nature of Congressional hearings and the strange new world of identity politics in sports, to reflections on international affairs and the unforgettable aroma of a newly opened restaurant. Expect quick wit, memorable metaphors, and brutally honest opinions aimed equally at all sides.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Senate Hearings as Political Theater

Timestamps: 00:14–11:00

• Senate Grandstanding: The hosts riff on how modern Senate and House hearings amount to "grandstandy horse crap" (01:19), suggesting they exist mainly for media and fundraising, not substance.
• Josh Hawley v. Keith Ellison: The show runs through an intense exchange between Senator Hawley and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over alleged fraud and campaign contributions (03:25–06:08).
  • Jack Armstrong: "I'm torn about this… Is it wrong to occasionally enjoy it? …I think I've got to crank up Detroit Rock City and enjoy the spectacle because Ellison has it coming." (01:15–02:22)
• Escalating Incivility: They lampoon participants crosstalking and trading playground insults ("You should be in prison!"; "Don't call me pal!" 05:13–06:08).
• Political Entertainment: The hosts admit to being numbed by the repetitive spectacle:
  • “You gotta touch me some other way. Like with intellect maybe.” (10:47)

Notable Quotes

• Joe Getty: “Hawley, who is brilliant. Like a mackerel by moonlight: He shines and he stinks.” (02:23)
• Jack Armstrong: “You gotta touch me some other way. Like with intellect maybe.” (10:47)
• Joe Getty (sarcastic): “You decry the cheapening of our discourse in America, and then you go Larry Flint on us.” (10:23)

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2. The State of Political Discourse & Voter Fatigue

Timestamps: 06:33–11:40

• Historical Comparison: They recall the shock value of Trump’s “you’d be in prison” debate moment (06:36–07:12), noting how what once seemed unthinkable is now routine.
• Audience Numbness: Voters are desensitized by political theater, and the hosts express skepticism about reforming discourse in the age of small-dollar online donations.

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3. The Super Bowl Halftime & Performance Language Barriers

Timestamps: 12:52–15:17

• Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show: The hosts discuss the record-setting viewership and the challenge of understanding lyrics, even for native Spanish speakers.
  • “I talked to yet another person … native language is Spanish, … and they didn’t understand anything.” (14:08)
• Cultural Disconnect: Even closed captioning was “nothing but question marks all the way around.” (15:09)

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4. Noam Chomsky, Epstein, and Public Hypocrisy

Timestamps: 15:17–17:50

• Chomsky’s Duality: The hosts dissect revelations about Noam Chomsky’s financial ties and advice to Jeffrey Epstein, highlighting the hypocrisy of socialist rhetoric from “one of the great geniuses in understanding linguistics” (15:41) who allegedly decried billionaires while hiding money.
  • Jack Armstrong: “Can you get a bigger hypocrite than that?” (16:58)
  • Joe Getty: “Epstein’s one child or a hypocrite would fall for this crap.” (16:58)

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5. Winter Olympics Highlights & Gender Controversies

Timestamps: 17:53–22:39

• American Medal Count: Brief Olympic updates, including praise for US speed skater Jordan Stolz.
• Transgender Athlete Pronoun Controversy: NBC misgenders Ellis Lundholm during coverage, issues an apology, and the hosts mock the confusion about pronouns in sports reporting:
  • Joe Getty: “Olympic committee has made it clear that only biological women can compete as women ... We’re here to broadcast the Olympics. Get off our ass.” (20:33)
  • Jack Armstrong: “How do you still get frightened by this tiny, tiny group of people screaming about this ...?” (21:28)
• Cultural Lag: Hosts suggest mainstream media is out of touch with the global backlash against radical gender theory.

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6. North Korea’s Dynastic Succession

Timestamps: 23:03–25:59

• Kim Jong Un’s Daughter Rumored as Successor: Discussion of dynastic worship, succession risk (“there is a target on your back”), and the inherit challenges of the ‘hermit kingdom’ continuing another generation.
• Physical Jibes: Hosts (tongue-in-cheek) roast Kim’s weight and possible health risks (25:01–25:24).

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7. Heartwarming Dog Story

Timestamps: 25:59–27:37

• Miraculous Rescue: An anonymous dog leads police to a missing child.
  • Jack Armstrong: “I don't know where the dog came from, but it was a blessing from God that day.” (26:35)
• Dog Rewards: Discussion of ‘puppuccinos’ and ‘pup patties’ as canine treats for heroism.

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8. The Case of the Stinky Restaurant

Timestamps: 28:20–32:41

• Hilarious New Restaurant Experience: Jack recounts visiting a buzzing new restaurant only to be confronted by a “human fecal matter” scent so pervasive he suspects the person in front of him “had really tooted.”
  • Joe Getty: “Welcome to CaCa’s! What can I get for you?” (29:24)
• Cultural Olfactory Differences: They riff on how particular foods can smell disgusting to outsiders but are cherished by insiders, extending to a thoughtfully reader-shared text:
  • “My Chinese friends … said … Americans’ houses smell like cheese, which to them smells like poo.” (32:57)

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9. Final Thoughts ("Best Smelling Food" and Cultural Reflections)

Timestamps: 33:26–34:50

• Crew Poll: Baked bread wins for best food aroma; dismay at political figures using children as props.
• Olympics Promo: Shout-out for Snoop Dogg’s comedic bobsled promo.
• NBC Critique: NBC “builds up” only to ensure American wins, suggesting a mix for dramatic suspense.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Joe Getty: “Like a mackerel by moonlight: He shines and he stinks.” (02:23)
• Jack Armstrong: “You gotta touch me some other way. Like with intellect maybe.” (10:47)
• Joe Getty: “Welcome to CaCa’s! What can I get for you?” (29:24)
• Jack Armstrong: “Your grandma crapped on the floor.” (31:27)
• Michael (listener text): “Americans’ houses smell like cheese, which to them smells like poo.” (32:57)
• Joe Getty: “You decry the cheapening of our discourse in America, and then you go Larry Flint on us.” (10:23)

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Flow & Tone

The episode is classic Armstrong & Getty: sardonic, irreverent, unsparing of both political sides, and peppered with sharp analogies and banter. They blend serious cultural commentary with absurdity (“Welcome to CaCa’s!”), moving swiftly from earnest critique to uncontrollable laughter, making for an engaging and accessible listen even on weighty topics.

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Useful Timestamps

• 00:14 – Cable news and political theater
• 03:25 – Senate Hearing (Josh Hawley vs. Keith Ellison)
• 11:03 – Voters numb to political antics
• 12:52 – Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show
• 15:17 – Noam Chomsky & Epstein
• 17:53 – Winter Olympics, Gender & NBC apology
• 23:03 – North Korea succession rumors
• 25:59 – Dog leads police to missing child
• 28:20 – The stinky restaurant story & culture clashes
• 32:57 – Listener text: “Americans smell like cheese”
• 33:26 – Final Thoughts roundup

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This summary covers all the core topics and delivers the vibrant, sometimes outrageous spirit of Armstrong & Getty, making it ideal for anyone who missed the episode but wants all the key takes and memorable asides.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

This is an iHeart podcast, guaranteed human.

[Joe Getty]

Broadcasting.

[Jack Armstrong]

Live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio.

[Joe Getty]

At the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty. They found a glove near Mrs. Guthrie's home that looks kind of like the glove the scumbag was wearing in the video we all saw. And that ain't much, man. And they're doing cable news panels where they talk for 45 minutes about that and there ain't much there.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, no, there's not. The only part of any of this I find interesting at this point is, you know, stuff is coming out about investigative techniques and how, for instance, they can see the arch of the Guthrie home. And obviously they can measure that and can get damn near exact height, weight and shoe size of the guy through.

[Jack Armstrong]

That sort of thing.

[Joe Getty]

So they can. They're narrowing it down through that. I just find, you know, police investigative procedures really, really interesting.

[Jack Armstrong]

That is interesting.

[Joe Getty]

But, yeah, we're not gonna do 45 minutes on a freaking glove. It might be nothing. It might be something. If it's something, they'll tell us. So it's funny. I'm torn about this. I actually. And this may be unique, both of us actually, this may be unique in the world of podcasting and or broadcast. I actually try to truth and be consistent and have principles, and I can't decide since most Senate and House hearings are grandstandy horse crap, designed only to generate good video for the news and the folks back home or the Instagram or fundraising or whatever. Is it wrong to occasionally enjoy it? It's like back in the day, I had friends in the 70s. They were, you know, it was the 1970s. I was a callow youth. Thank you, Gladys. And I couldn't get past how stupid KISS was. And a lot of my friends were fans of the band Kiss. I'm like, no, that's too stupid. I'm not going there.

[Jack Armstrong]

You didn't want to rock and roll all night and party every day?

[Joe Getty]

Well, I did, but just not with a dragon looking guy spitting fake blood. I thought, no, just play the music, for God's sake. Anyway, so I feel like this, watching a KISS show. It is the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Josh Hawley, who is brilliant. Like a mackerel by moonlight. He shines and he stinks. Grilling Keith Ellison, who is the dedicated socialist Attorney General of Minnesota, former Biden administration official and just. He is a comet. He's a communist Marxist. He's Mandami's cousin. Right. And Holly's giving him hell about the Minnesota fraud and how Ellison did nothing about it. And I think I've got to crank up Detroit Rock City and enjoy the spectacle because Ellison has it coming. So, Michael, after that elaborate and flowery introduction. Clip 95, please. We'll start from there.

[Michael]

Money, money, money, money. They said, we will put our dollars in the right place. We will support candidates that will fight to protect our interests. You replied. That's right. They said, you are securing your donor base and securing your power base. You can act the way you want. You replied. Money is freedom. They said, the amount of money circulate. I'm reading the transcript. The amount of money circulating in our community today is powerful and we haven't realized it in a meaningful way. And you said, give me the specifics. And nine days later, you took $10,000. That's a lot from people who were then indicted. It's in your reports. Why'd you do it, sir?

[Jack Armstrong]

This.

[Michael]

Was it worth it?

[Jack Armstrong]

You know what this is? A theatrical 10,000.

[Michael]

This is the truth. It has what accountability looks like, of which you've had none. You helped fraudsters defraud your state and this government of $9 billion, and you got a fat campaign contribution out of it. You ought to be indicted.

[Jack Armstrong]

True. Well, that's the truth. I think we've made the point.

[Joe Getty]

Let's keep as well.

[Jack Armstrong]

For the record.

[Michael]

I'll ask how I.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's lying. And that's. And that's the truth. Of course. This. This is the day.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, wait a minute. There's a little sniping there at the end. Let's keep the. I think you've made the point. Let's keep things civil. And Holly says, I'll ask it how I want. Senator Paul.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that was all that was on our violence. Yeah. And that's the day after this in the House. And I told you about that Attorney general before you started.

[Joe Getty]

You don't tell me.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, I did tell you because we saw what you did in the Senate. He washed up. Wannabe lawyer. Not even a lawyer. That was the attorney general in her hearing, so.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

We're not covering ourselves with adulthood here.

[Joe Getty]

Here, I gotta hear. Let's. Let's do 97. Michael.

[Michael]

You know, the other thing is. Whistleblowers came to you as early as 2019. Let's look as early as 2019. Whistleblowers. Don't talk over me. As early as 2019. It's my hearing, pal. As early as 2019, whistleblowers came. Well, I should call You a prisoner because you ought to be in jail. In 2019, whistleblowers came to you in your office and referred to you fraud allegations from feeding our futures and you blew them off. Listen. Your own state newspaper.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a lie.

[Michael]

The Minnesota Star Tribune. The Partners in Nutrition brought its concerns to the Attorney general's office in 2018 and in 2019, and you did nothing. You did nothing for years. The only action you took is once all these fraudsters came to your office and asked you to get involved and offered your money. Then you got involved, then you talked the money.

[Joe Getty]

And then you got not your pal. Oh, boy. I feel like these hearings officially need an audience. And spring. Yeah. Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

So turned into that pal. I'm not your pal. Well, you ought to be in prison. Call you a prisoner. So I'll admit I remember where we were, Gladys. Once again, the Harper. This is the second time today. I hope you don't get carpal tunnel.

[Joe Getty]

And there's just a little more we gotta play, so don't get too analyzy on me.

[Jack Armstrong]

I. I remember.

[Joe Getty]

This is my hearing.

[Jack Armstrong]

I remember Gladys throwing back my head in laughter. I remember where we were. We were at a big event for watching the second Trump Hillary debate. We were in a bar or someplace. We were at some big event with people, and we all laughed so hard when Trump said you'd be in prison because nobody had ever said anything even close to that in a presidential debate, ever. And I hated Hillary. So I just. I just thought that was freaking fantastic. But in retrospect.

[Joe Getty]

Mmm. You've learned something, haven't you?

[Jack Armstrong]

This is where you end up, where everybody's doing that all the time and we just can't. We're just spinning our wheels in the mud.

[Michael]

Yes. Yes. Yes.

[Joe Getty]

Here is Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, one of the more senior, sober people in the Senate.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Sit there and smirk. Smirk. It's sick. It is despicable. Are you asking me for comment, Senator? Because everything you said was untrue. It was a nice theatrical performance, but it was all lies.

[Joe Getty]

Senator Hassan.

[Jack Armstrong]

You disgust me. You disgust me. Sit there and smirk.

[Joe Getty]

Well, let's give Keith Ellison the last word.

[Jack Armstrong]

I've never been prouder to be a Minnesotan. I'm so proud of the people who helped their neighbors, who stood up for their First Amendment rights, some of which was criticized in here. And I hope it's over. And now it's the time to heal and put things back together again. And I have every confidence that we will do that.

[Joe Getty]

A time to heal. And time for my constituents to get back to draining the treasury.

[Jack Armstrong]

And Holman did announce that they're pulling out of Minnesota, by the way. Operations over. Going to get out of Minneapolis.

[Joe Getty]

Hey, it's my segment, pal.

[Michael]

As early as 2019.

[Jack Armstrong]

Don't call me.

[Michael]

Whistleblowers came. Well, I should call you a prisoner because you ought to be in jail.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, I.

[Joe Getty]

Reminds me of the whole jasmine cracker. Don't you bring that child. I ain't a child. You calling me a child? I'm no child. Oh, my God. You're all looking like you're acting like childs.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I'm. I'm way beyond picking a side in these. I mean, I'm sure on the merits, I agree with Holly versus Ellison. Sure.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of whatever they're talking about, but, you know, in tenor, it doesn't make any difference. We're never going to get anywhere. I don't know how we break out of this. Maybe when AI hits and you have 30% unemployment among people with college degrees, then all of a sudden we have to get serious about things or something. Or we go to war with China or whatever. I don't know. I don't know how we break out of this.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know how we go to war with Canada.

[Jack Armstrong]

How would we. How would we ever get back to a point where it's the dull old timey stuff I grew up with, where the worst thing you would hear is, stop lying about my record. That was seen as just, oh, my God, can you believe Bob Dole said he was lying?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, my God, the L word. Oh, yeah. I don't. I don't. I don't know. I don't think you can go very far backward. You can certainly lower the fever pitch because people will get tired of it. But in the days which we're in the middle of. Of small online donations being the lifeblood of politics, I don't. I can't picture how that would. What you could do that would square with the First Amendment.

[Jack Armstrong]

Can you keep touching that erogenous zone and getting a moan? I wouldn't think you could. At some point, the moaning stops. It's like, you gotta touch me somewhere else. I just. I'm kind of numb to that at this point.

[Joe Getty]

That was unnecessarily graphic and tawdry.

[Jack Armstrong]

You.

[Joe Getty]

You decry the cheapening of our discourse in America, and then you go Larry Flint on us. I feel like that was. That was shameful.

[Jack Armstrong]

I feel like that was a pretty good metaphor.

[Joe Getty]

So that's what made it that's what made it all the more objectionable because.

[Jack Armstrong]

We all pictured it the first time you touched it. Oh, no.

[Joe Getty]

You have control of the microphone.

[Jack Armstrong]

It just doesn't mean anything anymore.

[Joe Getty]

Tasteful, pal.

[Jack Armstrong]

You gotta touch me some other way. Like with intellect maybe. So that's possible that people stop reacting to this just because it's been done so many times. Like I get no reaction out of anymore. It used to be. Oh my God. Did you hear what happened yesterday? I'm sure they yelled at each other. Whatever.

[Joe Getty]

Here. Here's the problem though, with your unnecessarily frank description. Every generation of young voters has not been touched by the Jamie Raskins of the world nor the Josh Hawley first.

[Jack Armstrong]

Time you've ever been touched that way. And it is awesome.

[Joe Getty]

Like a virgin touched for the very first time. As the great founding father Madonna put it in, I believe Federalist32.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wearing cone shaped boob things, which is just interesting.

[Joe Getty]

A tri cornered hat. Leave the hat on, baby.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, man, I don't know how we pull out of this tailspin. I mean, he got the attorney general. It goes clear up to the AG at this point. You have. You're not a fake lawyer.

[Joe Getty]

You make me sick. It's my hearing, pal, not your pal.

[Jack Armstrong]

You should be prison. I shouldn't call you prisoner.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, he got him there.

[Jack Armstrong]

Don't call me.

[Michael]

Whistleblowers came. Well, I should call you a prisoner because you ought to be in jail.

[Joe Getty]

Well, greatest country on earth.

[Jack Armstrong]

For now. For now. All right.

[Joe Getty]

No empire ever goes away.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got more on the way. Stay here.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Michael]

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[Jack Armstrong]

Bad Bunny may have scored the biggest win at the super bowl with his halftime show ratings showing that about 128 million people across the US tuned in to watch the reggaeton superstar's performance. According to Nielsen ratings figures make it the most watched program in the history of the national broadcasting company. NBC's entire hundred year history. That was the highest rated thing they ever put on 128 million people.

[Joe Getty]

How do you like that, hater? That is a lot brilliant entertainment.

[Jack Armstrong]

I Guess so. I haven't heard this, and I don't quite understand what it is. Super bowl halftime without the backing track. This is Clip Ted. This is Bad Bunny. Just like the live mic without the backing track.

[Joe Getty]

I hope this isn't.

[Jack Armstrong]

But what. Who cares if it's obscene in Spanish, what difference does it make?

[Joe Getty]

You can't observe. You broadcast obscenities, you lunatic.

[Jack Armstrong]

I feel like there's not enough attention I feel like there's not enough attention paid to whether or not somebody speaks a language. I mean, you could be as obscene as you want to be. I don't speak Spanish, so it meant nothing to me, all right? No matter what you're chanting about, stomping around and shouting about, if I don't speak your language, it doesn't make any difference to me.

[Joe Getty]

Buenos penis, senor.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow, was that childish. That might be a new low and childish, but it's been pointed out by many people I liked. I kind of like the Kendrick Lamar thing. The last super bowl, but I didn't understand a word Kendrick Lamar said, and it was in English, allegedly. And I talked to yet another person. We've gotten lots of texts. We've heard this anecdotally from a bunch of people. I was talking to someone in last night whose native language is Spanish of the South American variety, not of Mexican variety, and they didn't understand anything. So, yeah, Michael, I turned on the closed captioning.

[Joe Getty]

It was nothing but question marks all the way around. I will point out he is Puerto Rican, therefore an American.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, I don't know how many of y' all know who Noam Chomsky is. If you follow politics, you do, because he's one of the biggest loudmouth socialist pain in the ass, know it alls in the history of America. He's almost 100 years old now.

[Joe Getty]

Hero to intellectual Marxists everywhere.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, absolute hero to Marxists everywhere. When I was in college, my teacher, who's all about these language classes I was taking, say there are two geniuses in the 20th century, Einstein and Chomsky. That was the first time I'd ever heard Noam Chomsky's name because he is considered one of the great geniuses in understanding linguists and the way human beings learn language ever. But then he became a socialist nut job into politics all the time, and he's in the. In the Epstein files and is in a fair amount of trouble, and a lot of his super lefties have turned on him and can't believe that he was dealing with Epstein in this way. Advising Epstein on how to rehabilitate his image after he got convicted. Noam Chomsky was doing. I also specifically like the. He had $250,000 in one of Epstein's accounts and needed some financial advice. This is one of the. Capitalism is the worst thing that ever happened to the world. Leading lights. Noam Chomsky. Noam Chomsky, who hates capitalism and the rich need to pay their fair share and just.

[Joe Getty]

They.

[Jack Armstrong]

They run the world and they're puppet masters. They all should be in prison, and nobody should be a billionaire. He's one of those guys to the furthest level, and there he had money, lots of money, and the guy's accountant was getting advice on how to, you know, turn it into more money. Yeah, can you get a bigger hypocrite than that?

[Joe Getty]

It's amazing. Epstein's one child or a hypocrite would fall for this crap.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm pro capitalism. But obviously Epstein leveraged the world of capitalism as well as anybody ever has in terms of connections and this and trade this for that and make more money. And fine, if it's illegal, it's legal. But Noam Chomsky hates all of that. Nobody should be a billionaire. Billionaires should be outlawed, Chomsky says. And there he was with money in the guy's account and getting financial advice.

[Joe Getty]

Well, and palling up to the guy to the point of, hey, hey, yeah, we know you like young girls, but here's how you rehab your image. I can help you with that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Some people have turned on him, but. So he was a fraud. Yet another phony in a long, long line of public phonies that I suppose I should just get used to. We've got a lot more on the way. If you missed a segment or an hour, get the podcast. Armstrong and Getty on demand.

[Michael]

Armstrong and Gettysburg.

[Jack Armstrong]

Jordan Stolz is coming now. He goes to work on the inside corner. And here goes Stoles going right past Yanning debeau. The best speed skater in the world flies to an Olympic record.

[Michael]

And the lead, Jordan Stoles solidifies the top spot.

[Joe Getty]

Golden in Milan.

[Jack Armstrong]

We're getting trouts, though. We're in third place behind Norway and Italy for total medals.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, we always get beat in the Winter Olympics.

[Jack Armstrong]

Norway's really good.

[Joe Getty]

We don't have any mountains.

[Jack Armstrong]

The home country always does really, really well. What. What advantages do home countries get? There's some advantage you get. I don't remember. I'm sure I've learned this 15 times in my life, but there's some. You get set up somehow to like do really well when you, when you host the Olympics.

[Joe Getty]

That's interesting. I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

There is something.

[Joe Getty]

Skied the hill a million times, but.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, there's something else. You get more athletes per competition or there's some, there's some structural advantage.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I don't doubt it. But how would that help you win? Well, I don't know. We can dig into that. You know, I wasn't going to bring this up till tomorrow, but I can't resist. We've, you know, we've had a couple of featurettes today, including during our two, I think it was the gender Bending Madness update, which was very serious and pretty important. And check it out via podcast, Armstrong and gettyondemand. But the whole sane world is now under understanding that the radical gender theory thing is just, it's crazy they made us say it, but these kids are getting hurt and blah blah, blah. And it's terrible. And people are waking up to it finally. But not the elite. Not the networks anyway. NBC was forced to issue an apology after accidentally referring to Swedish athlete Ellis Lundholm with the wrong pronouns during its coverage. The 23 year old skier, who is born a woman but identifies as male but is clearly a woman, was competing in the moguls in the women's freestyle division during Lundholm's run. The Olympic international feed broadcast on NBC streaming platform Peacock referred to the. The ironically named Peacock referred to the athlete as she multiple times getting off course here that oh, she just skids out of that gate. She's going to hop up and go around to make sure she does not dnf, blah blah blah.

[Jack Armstrong]

But she was born a woman and competing as an effing women's competition. But you're supposed to call her he even though she's competing in the women's division. Yes, that's a tough one.

[Joe Getty]

It'd be kind of weird to say.

[Jack Armstrong]

To your audience and he nicked the flag on that one. That'll cost a point. Why did they just say he in the women's moguls?

[Joe Getty]

Excuse me. The Olympic committee has made it clear that only biological women can compete as women. Only biological men can compete as men because that's the only kind of women and men there are. That's the actual Olympic rules. We're here to broadcast the Olympics. Get off our ass. But no. NBC quickly removed the footage from the platforms and its social media channels and apologized for the error. Quote NBC Sports takes this matter seriously. Today we streamed an international feed with non NBC Universal Commentators who misgendered Olympian Ellis Lundholm. We apologize to Ellis and our viewers and we have removed the replay of that feed.

[Jack Armstrong]

Here's what I don't get. Hey, NBC, if you had completely ignored the supposed demands, like how are you even aware these demands were happening? Don't read your. The comments on your Twitter section. You wouldn't even know. So what if you, if you had just ignored it, what would have happened? Nothing.

[Joe Getty]

Not a hardcore tiny activist class would.

[Jack Armstrong]

Have screamed and screamed and claimed they were going to boycott something or other. But if you'd have just ignored him, it would have gone away. Nobody would have even known it ever happened. How do you still get frightened by this tiny, tiny group of people screaming about this into feeling like, you gotta, we gotta pull the coverage or what will happen?

[Joe Getty]

Right, Exactly. I'm gonna be charitable here. It's because the people who made that apology and made that decision, all they have is their far left wing media bubble. They don't understand. They didn't read the cast report coming out of Britain. They don't know that Europe has gone screaming in the other direction, away the gender bending madness. They missed that. The AMA and the Plastic Surgery association both said no surgical procedures on underage kids because of, you know, gender confusion. You got to stop that. They're unaware of that stuff, I would guess. Interestingly enough, Ms. Lundholm herself said, I came out and identified as a man, but I compete against women because they have the same qualifications as me. And that's okay with everyone.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, good for her.

[Joe Getty]

So good for you. And I hope you do well in the Olympics.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm, I guess.

[Joe Getty]

Unbelievable.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hey, all organizations, if you get in the, if you get into a controversy over there, just ignore that. It'll be fine. Nothing's gonna happen.

[Joe Getty]

Before some bully introduced this crazy new theory to you a few years ago, you said there are men and women. Go back to that. It'll be okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

So did you see this? That Kim Jong Un's daughter is likely to soon be appointed the future leader of North Korea.

[Joe Getty]

That's according to our things I'd heard for a while. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

According to our South Korea spy agency, who probably has people inside North Korea to keep an eye on that the teenage daughter who we've, you know, if you follow this, you've seen before at his side, is close to being designated as the country's future leader. Wonder why you designate a future leader like that. Because I imagine as soon as you're designated, there is a target on your back by some people your security Would have to go way up. I would think. Around 13 years old. That's pretty young.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. That's really interesting. Your dictator theory says you generally don't appoint a successor early because they'll want to grab the throne as quickly as they can. But it's a child in their system of the Kims are considered godlike. I can see maybe what he's thinking. Elevate her and have her worshiped and make sure everybody starts pledging their loyalty to her in the quasi religious terms North Koreans do and go from there. But interesting. Wait.

[Jack Armstrong]

How long can the hermit kingdom keep on hermit and along another full, full generation. A hermit?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. I don't. I don't know. It's. It's. That whole thing is so interesting to me. What a bizarre little chapter. Little subsection of humanity.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. It's such a throwback to Middle ages. Practically. Or earlier. Will she be machine gunning people who get on the wrong side of her? Just like her old man and her grandpa?

[Joe Getty]

Soon enough. Yeah, probably. Unless Kim Jong has some sort of master plan for liberalization in mind, which is unlikely. But he might be astute enough to think. All right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

It's going to be tougher and tougher to be a hermit kingdom.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's fat.

[Joe Getty]

AI in the Internet. Plus I'm fat as a hog.

[Jack Armstrong]

He's fat as a hog.

[Joe Getty]

I'm not sure how that enters into it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Doctors risking being machine gunned probably told him.

[Michael]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Look, it's not your fault. It's. It's your biology.

[Joe Getty]

Why do you gotta body shame the brother?

[Jack Armstrong]

You're. You're a big old fat guy and you might have a heart attack any day. So you might want to decide who's gonna be next in line.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, that's your angle. Okay. I was gonna say guy struggles with his weight. You got a fat shame him. That's terrible. Feeds people with dogs occasionally. Who doesn't? Yeah, I wonder what. I wonder what he's thinking. That's a great question. Really intriguing. What do Korea watchers say? Jack? Do you have any idea.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh. Why he's doing it?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

No. I don't know. They ain't got no boys. Does he got no boys?

[Joe Getty]

He got no boys. I don't know. I don't know how many children he has. He can just snatch a couple if he needs them.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh.

[Joe Getty]

You know, I've been wanting to get this story on because it Sounds charming. Play 22 for us, Michael. Speaking of children.

[Jack Armstrong]

A missing three year old child, more than a half dozen officers on the Search. They sent up a helicopter, but had no luck until this happened. Oh, what's up, dude? There's a dog. Where's he at?

[Joe Getty]

Let's go.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's officer Josh Thompson responding to a dog and led me all the way.

[Joe Getty]

Back to the backyard.

[Jack Armstrong]

At that point, I'm thinking, okay, there's kids in this backyard. And sure enough, the dog goes the back. But I'm ready to sit there. Yeah, he's right here.

[Joe Getty]

Good job, buddy.

[Jack Armstrong]

The dog had cracked the case, man. I don't know where the dog came from, but it was a blessing from God that day. Officer Thompson says he'd been patrolling that neighborhood for two years and had never seen the dog before that moment. And he hasn't seen the dog since that day. Wow.

[Joe Getty]

It was an angel dog. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

I was gonna say. I mean, if you're of a religious bent, you would believe that God sent a little messenger there out of nowhere, a modern day Lassie. The dog is being called.

[Joe Getty]

Good boy. Good boy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Why was the kid over there?

[Joe Getty]

Over where?

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

Missing.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know why was the kid. But what was the ultimate story? They found the kid, but nothing nefarious. The kid just was lost.

[Joe Getty]

Probably wandered off or something like that. Yeah, Katie. Yeah, the. They actually found the kid in the backseat of a car that he had snuck into. The dog let them to the car.

[Jack Armstrong]

And there, you know. Yeah, there he was. Parents would have been obviously horrified for a short period of time. Yeah. Nice. Good dog. I hope they please. Oh, that dog got a pepperoni or something.

[Joe Getty]

I love that dog. A bone. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Are you taking through the Starbucks? Drive through and get them, though. What is the thing they give you at Starbucks? Puppuccino. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. Yes. Any size he wants.

[Jack Armstrong]

You saved a child. Here's a venti puppuccino.

[Joe Getty]

I vote in and out with the pup patty.

[Jack Armstrong]

I did not know about this. In N out has a pup patty. So is it a little burger?

[Joe Getty]

It's just that. So they do the burger without any seasoning, no salt. You said, I'd like a pup patty, and then they give you a little patty to give your pup. Have you done that with little Frankie?

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah, he loves them.

[Joe Getty]

It doesn't give him the wins, does it?

[Jack Armstrong]

No.

[Joe Getty]

We're always a little cautious with Baxter because when he gets going, he could clear a room. Man, it is nasty.

[Jack Armstrong]

Speaking of which, the restaurant story. Oh. So last night, there's a new restaurant in my end of town, and I just wanted to check it out. We'd Already eaten at this other place. It's new. Bunch of new places opened up, and I wanted to walk over and just check out what it.

[Joe Getty]

What it was.

[Jack Armstrong]

And so I thought I'd just walk in and see what their menu was. We got close to the door and got hit with this stench that I thought was the guy.

[Joe Getty]

The word is aroma.

[Jack Armstrong]

An aggressive scent. I thought. I actually thought the guy in front of me had, like, you know, really tooted in a flatulated in a disgusting way, like, right in front of me.

[Joe Getty]

Oh.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I followed him in the door.

[Joe Getty]

Drop dusting. Yeah. Terrible.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's actually what I thought. But then we opened up the door and we walked in, I realized, okay, the whole restaurant smells like that. That smell was coming out the door. Oh, it smells like human fecal matter in here is what it smells like in this restaurant.

[Joe Getty]

Yum.

[Michael]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I.

[Joe Getty]

Welcome to Cacao's. What can I get for you?

[Jack Armstrong]

That's not a good name for a restaurant. Oh, my God. And their mascot is disgusting.

[Joe Getty]

He is smiling, but it's still disgusting.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I walk in there and I. I kind of politely, you know, look at the menu, like, looking it over, hand on chin. And then we turn around and walk back out again. And my. My oldest says to me, oh, my God, what was that? It smelled like. And then he said some naughty words that he's allowed to say is he's 16 now, about what it smelled like in there. And we're like, oh, my God. I know. And there were people sitting in there eating. So apparently it wasn't off putting to them.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

And it was a certain area of the world's food, which I'm not going to name.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, you gotta give us a clue. Are they more likely to serve curry or salsa fresca?

[Jack Armstrong]

Neither.

[Joe Getty]

Sushi.

[Jack Armstrong]

Possibly.

[Joe Getty]

If we're going to borrow a panda from somebody, would it be from folks like them?

[Jack Armstrong]

We're getting closer. Yes.

[Joe Getty]

Okay. All right.

[Michael]

Close.

[Jack Armstrong]

These restaurants won't exist anymore because their birth rate is so low.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, okay. Oh, okay. Soul food, if you will. Wink, wink.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And. And like, so I was trying to explain to my son that, you know, different places, their cuisine, they're used to, and it must smell good to them and we're just not used to it or something. There's got to be some conditioning thing going on there, because it was. He and I both recoiled, like, oh, my God. I thought I was gonna throw up. Yeah. And there are other people who thought, oh, cool. My. The food just smells just like in my grandma's kitchen. Yeah. Your grandma crapped on the floor.

[Joe Getty]

Granny. I think I know what may have happened. And I think I even know the dish or I'm aware of it. It's like a pickled, cabbagey thing, which to some, you know, olfactory centers would smell like bowl full of poo. There you go. For those not tracking, there's the specific. Yeah, yeah, I could see that. Pungent. There are certain pungent smells in certain ethnic foods that, yeah. If you're not used to them.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, okay, so then are there other places in the world like, like people who like Indian food? You grow up in India or whatever. Do you smell American food sometimes and think, oh, my God, that's disgusting. You eat that, like, and it's hamburgers or something because you, you didn't, you know, cows were sacred, so you didn't eat them.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I don't. I don't know. We did. I did walk into an Indian family's home once, and these are wonderful people in every way. Absolutely kind, educated, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, holy crap. The cooking smells. It was just so strong and foreign to me. It was overwhelming.

[Jack Armstrong]

I just wonder if it works both ways. If you know that, like, if you're from a foreign land and you think, like, American food, you know, fried chicken and mashed potatoes. Smells like an outhouse to you, I'd be interested in that. Maybe that's the case.

[Joe Getty]

Just out of curiosity, did you see any stray dogs around or did they all seem to have disappeared?

[Jack Armstrong]

I am not going there. Our text line is 415295KFTC.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

I learned something today. Never thought about this before. Does it work both ways in smelling other cultures, foods. And we got this text. My Chinese friends in China said everyone is disgusted by the smell of an American's house when they're cooking. They smell like cheese, which to them smells like poo. So we think some other cultures, their food smells disgusting. It works both ways. Just what you're used to.

[Joe Getty]

It's overwhelming at first. Yeah, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Final thoughts with Armstrong and Getty. Here's your host for final thoughts, Joe Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew to wrap things up for the day. There he is leading the way. Michelangelo in. In the control room. Michael. I'm going from the worst smelling food to the best smelling food. I'm gonna say baked bread. Just being baked. Love the smell of baked bread.

[Jack Armstrong]

Pretty hard to beat.

[Joe Getty]

Like the smile. It may be the universal language. I'm Joe Getty Wow. Katie Greener, esteemed newswoman, has a final thought. Katie, I'm going serious. The more I think about that dope Scott Wiener going to the protest with those kids, the more pissed I get.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, isn't that a maddening?

[Joe Getty]

It really is horrible little children being used as political props. Jack, a final thought for us.

[Jack Armstrong]

If you haven't seen the promo for the Olympics, they've got where Snoop Dogg is on the bobsled run and he somehow slips and falls and starts sliding down backwards. He's saying oh, oh, oh. It is so damn funny.

[Joe Getty]

I actually had insider information about that before the games and I was sworn to secrecy and I kept my promise. You see as a fan, funny one, man of honor.

[Jack Armstrong]

My final thought.

[Joe Getty]

And it's also Olympics related. NBC, you gotta occasionally give us the big buildup and then our guy loses. Cuz it's starting to be like oh yeah, yeah, he's gonna win. I can tell. The build up, the interviews, the profile and everything, he's gonna win. You gotta mix in a couple of what he lost. Right. To keep us on our our toes.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a good point. Armstrong and Getty wrapping up another grueling four hour work workday.

[Joe Getty]

So many people to thank, so little time. You need to go to armstrong yeti.com and enjoy the hot links. Katie's corner. Drop us a note mailbagarmstrongygetty.com and if you need a link to the podcasts, there it is at armstrong and getty.com.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, including that article about AI which is super interesting. It's a little frightening, but I think it's worth taking a look at. The time is now to pay attention to AI. We will see you tomorrow. God bless America. Armstrong and Getty, can you keep touching that erogenous zone and getting a moan? I wouldn't think you could. At some point the moaning stops. It's like you got to touch me somewhere else. I just, I'm kind of numb to that at this point.

[Joe Getty]

That was unnecessarily graphic and tawdry.

[Jack Armstrong]

I feel like that was a pretty good metaphor.

[Joe Getty]

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