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Alice
Wasn't that delicious?
Bob
So good.
Cathy
Your bill, ladies.
David
I got it.
Alice
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Eve
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Bob
You don't be silly.
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Alice
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Grace
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Alice
We're all kinda hooked on our phones. It's full of shiny apps designed to keep your attention captive forever. But there's real life stuff to do other than scrolling. And I'm here to help. I'm Christina Quinn, the host of Try this. A podcast from the Washington Post. The show explores solutions for life's common problems. And this season we're learning to tame the dopamine beast and reclaim our attention in this noisy and distracting world. So let's tame the beast together. Find Try this from the Washington Post wherever you listen.
Jack
Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.
David
Armstrong and Getty. And now, here's Armstrong and Getty following up on a couple of things before we get to Clips of the week. I mentioned last hour how I was. Well, first of all, we played the clip of the woman who has set the Guinness Book of World Records for having the biggest mouth. So congratulations. All the things that she can shove in her mouth.
Isaac
Congratulations.
David
Nice job. And how I was obsessed with getting into Guinness Book, and I tried all kinds of different things to get in. And my mom. How my mom went along with it all, which was very nice for. I've never. I have no memory of my dad being involved. He probably was. He had to be just thinking I was never gonna make it in the world.
Isaac
He was like, well, there's my son getting into bed with his roller skates on.
David
Right. I'll bet he did think that. It's like Hank Hill in King of the Hill. That boy ain't right. He couldn't have been pleased.
Isaac
He's looking at your wife or at your mom going, you're really going to slide him eggs into this cardboard box.
David
House because he wants to set a Guinness record. Yeah. That is.
Isaac
God bless your mom.
David
I'll have to ask him about that at some point. Oh, and circus. I wanted to be like a circus performer. I made a tightrope in the backyard between two trees. Got a long pole. I worked on that. Juggling, just.
Isaac
Yeah, I did juggling. That was so fun.
David
Yeah.
Isaac
I'm looking at the. Set a record page for the Guinness Book of World Records. Two of the ones that they need filled. Most mandarin oranges peeled in one minute.
David
Okay.
Isaac
And fastest time to lace a pair of shoes. I feel like you could possibly do either one of those.
David
Yeah, I'm pretty good at that. Second one. I don't know if I'm the fastest in the world. Okay. And then the. The other thing. I got a question about the story that's insignificant but getting a fair amount of attention because it involves the band Weezer, but the bass player for Weezer's wife charged with attempted murder. Lapd. Shotter. That whole thing. Got a question about that. But we need to do this first because it's. I know. It's a fan favorite. It's every week we do this on a Friday. We take a look back at the week that was the week of shows. We call it Cow. It's Clips of the week. The silent riot has begun.
Bob
Shut that off.
David
Pretty please and sugar on pots of the week. Check it.
Grace
Biotech company Colossal Biosciences says it brought the extinct direwolf back to life. A species that hasn't walked the earth.
David
Since the Stone Age. And that's it. Connecticut is back on top flag. Short rebound by Houston.
Jack
On Saturday.
Grace
Protesters took to the streets in city.
David
All across the country speaking out against the Trump administration's move moves. The silent riot has begun. Don't touch me. Random circle. Easy. Almost.
Cathy
Easy. Easy.
David
We done picking cotton? We are. You can't pay us enough to find a plantation.
Grace
May it please the court, I come here today. A humble proceed for a panel of five distinguished justices is this.
David
Hold on.
Bob
Is that counsel for the case and that.
David
Elon's a car manufacturer but he's not a car manufacturer. He's a car assembler.
Cathy
Elon Musk calling President Trump's top trade advisor dumber than a sack of bricks.
David
I'm telling you, these countries are calling us up. Kissing my ass. There is no postponing. They are definitely going to stay in place. But now it's our turn to do the ripping.
Bob
The S&P 500 losing more than $5 trillion in value in just two days.
David
Whose throat do I get to choke if this proves to be wrong? I know what the hell I'm doing. I know what I'm doing. And you know what I'm to. The President announces He's putting a 90 day pause on most of his tariffs. It's the bond market. Those markets were imploding last night. Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting. Yippee. You know, the bond market right now is beautiful.
Alice
Many of you in the media clearly.
David
Missed the art of the deal. This was his strategy all along. Spacing off and daydreaming is incredibly important. As is sleep. Hope you are well or all.
Cathy
No on Armstrong and Getty.
David
That was my embarrassing meltdown yesterday. I got to the end of a sentence and I couldn't get the words to come out of my mouth for some reason. I'm hoping I don't repeat that anytime soon or I probably have some sort of neurological disease that will kill me. We did this story yesterday and it got a fair amount of attention. I saw it was on the ABC Evening News last two nights that I watched the bass player from the band Weezer, which I like. His wife charged with attempted murder. So, short version of the story. There's a high speed chase in LA. Got nothing to do with Weezer or, or 21 pilots or any other band from that era. Uh, it's a high speed chase. Car crashes, three suspects run through a neighborhood that happens to be a neighborhood where the guy from Weezer lives. One funny thing about the guy One of the guys who ran from the car is. He hopped a fence into the backyard of some fancy house, strips down to his boxer shorts, grabs a hose, and starts walking around watering plants. Did you see the video of it?
Isaac
I did.
David
Pretty clever.
Isaac
Actually, I was gonna say that was not the worst idea.
David
No, I'm surprised he got caught, because he just very nonchalantly walks around watering plants. So, you know, if the cops would peek over, say. Yeah, yeah. Oh, what's going on, officers? I'm just watering these shrubs. But somehow they knew he was one of the guys they were looking for, and he got arrested. Not quite clear on this. I've read a number of reports, including tmz, on how the Weezer household became aware of what was going on. But apparently, Mrs. Weezer. I don't remember the bass player's name. It doesn't matter. Mrs. Weezer became aware that there was some sort of criminal activity in her neighborhood. She's a gun enthusiast, which I now know. We now know owns guns. There's lots of videos of our online at the gun range practicing shooting her gun. She comes out of the house with a gun in her hand. Well, I think three. A lot of these numbers keep changing. I don't know why the details aren't better, because they have body cameras on. But anyway, it looked like there were three. LAPD come around the corner. There's a woman in a driveway with a gun, right? They yell at her to drop the weapon. They yell at her several times to drop the weapon. She doesn't drop the weapon. Yesterday, TMZ was reporting it is unclear whether she fired the weapon. Last night on ABC News, the reporting was, she turns, she points the weapon at the cops and fires her weapon.
Isaac
Which is amazing, because usually you don't even get that far to pull the trigger.
David
No, no, they're. You got a gun in your hand, and they're yelling at you to drop it. As soon as you start to bring it up, you got, like, 10 holes in you.
Isaac
Yeah, you're toast.
David
So this is a part of the story I don't get. And I'm not trying to claim anything bad happened, but why didn't the thing we all expect to happen happen? Why is she not full of holes? She got shot, but barely wounded. She goes into the house, hangs out with the babysitter for a while, has a conversation. She and the babysitter come out. And that's why you've seen the video of her being told to get down on your knees, lay down on the ground. They Come and arrest her, that sort of thing. So she was that lightly wounded.
Isaac
She took one bullet to the shoulder.
David
But how was she not dead within seconds of being filled full of holes? Was that on purpose? And if so, why did she get different treatment than like the guy that gets shot because he's got a cell phone in his hand and doesn't understand English? I mean we've seen all these horrifying accidents. Not blaming the cops here, just, I don't why she isn't dead. And did they miss? Like, are they really bad shots? Did they panic? Did they not follow their own training? And actually not. Did they not all unload on her? That's usually what happens.
Isaac
I'll be really interested because the stuff we've seen so far is just the before and after. We haven't actually seen this take place. And I'll be interested to hear how many shots were actually fired.
David
Yeah, I'm not claiming, I'm not trying to make a, a scandal out of this. It just doesn't fit everything we know about these scenes.
Isaac
Yeah, and the fact that she was hit once in the shoulder after pointing a firearm at three police officers, I'm kind of thinking it's time for a trip to the range for some practice shooting.
David
Yeah, that's my first guess, but I actually don't know what happened. But yeah, if you've got a gun in your hand and there are multiple cops there, they've got their guns out and pointed at you and they are trained well enough and they're not trained delay. It's not like an old western. They're not trained to shoot you in the hand so you drop the gun. They need to eliminate the threat, which usually means because I took some gun training from law enforcement for some fun a couple years ago. Center of mass and the threat. So they all had their guns out, I assume, pointed right at her chest. Expert marksman, guns pointed at her chest. She raises the gun and fires at them and one bullet barely gets her. What happened there? Somebody needs to explain this story.
Isaac
Yeah, there's more.
David
And I'll bet this is going to be used next time there is a person of color shot who didn't have it coming. You know, and these are very tough situations cops end up with, end up in with split second decisions and lives on the line. But the next time you have one of those, you know, it was a, when it wasn't a gun or was a toy gun or whatever it was, you know, one of those stories, this is going to be used as a okay, so if it's a white woman, right, Rich. She gets shot in the shoulder and gets to walk back in the house, and you let her surrender. If it's a black guy, Hispanic guy, whatever you're gonna. Whatever the situation is going to be, you kill. You know that's going to come up because this is weird. I don't know what happened.
Isaac
This whole thing doesn't make any sense.
David
It does not. But you say the bass player from Weezer is going to play at Coachella this week.
Isaac
No, the. The band is confirmed. Coachella, but they have not.
David
They've.
Isaac
They don't know if the husband will be there.
David
Well, you got to have a bass player, so maybe you get a bass player whose wife doesn't shoot at lapd.
Isaac
That would be a nice option.
David
Sorry, guys, I can't. I'd like to be there. I know we're supposed to play. Gonna be a good gig, but my wife is being charged with attempted murder of a cop, which is a heck of a charge.
Isaac
How did that happen?
David
I. She.
Isaac
Some hit and run she wasn't involved in. She went outside. I don't know.
David
Right. Yeah, no kidding. What a weird, roundabout situation. Yeah. If you think you know any. Well, first of all, if you heard anything different than we have, or if you think you've got an explanation, maybe you're former cop and it makes sense to you. Sure doesn't make sense to us. Give us a text. 415295 KFTC.
Jack
Armstrong and Gettysburg.
Alice
Wasn't that delicious?
Bob
So good.
Cathy
Your bill, ladies.
David
I got it.
Alice
No, I got it.
Eve
Seriously, I insist. I insisted first.
David
Don't be silly.
Bob
You don't be silly.
Frank
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Bob
Okay. Rock, paper, scissors for it.
David
Rock, paper, scissors.
Grace
Shoot. No.
Frank
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Hannah
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Grace
Us@Thrivent.Com they say healthy habits are hard. But you know what's harder? Actually getting sick. Because I'm not taking care of myself. I'm Carl, the CEO of Bodi. That's Body with an Eye. Losing weight and getting healthy is actually easier than you think if you do two things. Follow a fitness plan that tells you what to do day by day and feed your body right. What you need is what we call the total solution. And this is the best offer we've ever made. It's a full year subscription to all our body programs from 21 day fix to P90X, plus our healthy eating plans and a box of Shakeology, a shake packed with protein and superfood nutrition proven to help you feel great and curb cravings. Together, that's over $500 of value for just 129.95 plus free shipping. Your total solution. And if you don't lose at least 10 to 15 pounds in your first month, I'll give you your money back. Isn't it time to love your body? Go to bodi.com that's body with an I dot com.
David
I just reached out to somebody who would be super knowledgeable at how LAPD did not. Was that woman who fired a shot at her the wife of the bass player for Weezer? Something weird going on there. So I might have an answer this hour. I'm thinking there was one other thing I want to get on before I do this funny deal. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Donald Trump has weighed in on daylight saving time. Today. He urged congressional action to make it permanent. So we'll see if that actually finally happens. I think we want saving time. Yeah, we want saving time to be permanent, not standard time. And like Joe and I always say, people talk about the downside of this and that, or kids at the bus stop are getting dark. Let's try it once and if we decide we don't like it, we'll go back. Right? Let's just try it once.
Isaac
Wrong with that.
David
There's nothing wrong with trying it once, by the way. There. I think there are two states that do it, but my parents lived in Arizona for a couple of decades. They don't change their clocks and everything was fine. There were no dead bodies, people weren't.
Isaac
Crashing their cars, nothing caught on fire.
David
Or, or all of a sudden getting cancer because they get too much sun or not enough sun or whatever the hell happened. Yeah, nothing caught fire. So let's try it once. I hope Trump, with his power wins the day on this. Finally. Okay, so this, I haven't heard it. I don't know exactly what it is. I sent this to Hanson because I came across it. This is the way it was described by Byron York of the Washington Examiner. He said, this is absolutely astonishing. A totally bonkers interview in which BBZ BBC presenters. This is British stuff. Interrogate a politician because she hasn't watched a TV show. Okay, let's hear it. Have you watched Adolescence yet?
Bob
No. No, I haven't. I probably won't. It's a, it's a film on Netflix. Most of my time right now is spent visiting the country. It's a four part series on Netflix and everyone is talking about it. It is prompting conversations about toxic masculinity, smartphone use, young men feeling that they're being ignored, the idea of misogyny being increased in school. Why would you not want to know what people are talking about? Well, I think that those are all important issues and those were issues that I've been talking about for a long time. But in the same way that I don't need to watch Casualty to know what's going on in the nhs, I don't need to watch a specific Netflix Drama to understand what's going on. It's a fictional. It's a fictional series.
David
Do you stand by the thing you just said a moment ago that you're comparing adolescents with casualty, these TV programs?
Grace
Did you really mean to say that?
Bob
I'm saying very clearly that my job is not to watch lots of tv. My job is to get out there and make sure that I'm talking about the issues that are happening in the country right now. I have met children who've been victims. I think that that is enough for me to go out there, make policy, look at the research adolescent. But I don't think the right thing is to be deciding who has watched which show and working out whether that means that you are informed. Adolescence. There are many ways for us to do this. Adolescence has made more of an impact than any politician has on parents and when it comes to the issue of smartphones, misogyny. And yet you are saying despite that, you don't need to know about it. No, I haven't said that. I don't need to.
David
You don't need to watch it.
Bob
I don't need to watch a specific show to know what is going on in this country.
David
Oh, my God. It's. The whole thing is four minutes long. Executive producer Hansen cut it down to that. But that is pretty funny.
Isaac
Their accents make it so much worse.
David
Wow.
Isaac
You're not going to watch adolescence. It's like this extra judgy.
David
No, I know. I know that. I know the topic and I agree, but I haven't seen the TV show. You haven't seen the TV show? Are you going to watch a TV show? I'm not. I haven't made any plans to yet. You're not going to watch it, are you? Stand by that. You haven't made any plans to watch it. What the hell is going on there?
Isaac
I've met actual victims. I don't need to watch Netflix. Thank you.
David
Wow, that is really something.
Isaac
Kudos to her for keeping her cool. I would have smacked somebody.
David
I would have been looking around like, is this real? Is this a joke? What are you people?
Isaac
There's Ashton Kutcher, who's punking me.
David
That is funny. It is a totally bonkers interview in which BBC presenters interrogate a politician because she hasn't watched some TV show.
Isaac
If you go to Armstrong and getty.com and click on Katie's Corner, I have the video in full up there and it doesn't get any better.
David
Yeah, I must say, I actually want to watch the whole thing now.
Isaac
Yeah. It's on our website.
David
I was watching the Twitter link of it. It sounds like an old Monty Python skit. It really does. That is hilarious. Wow. These. These anchors are Hollywood elite. Like our Hollywood elite. Utterly clueless, I would say. Wow, that was funny. Okay, I got a comment and question for parents. Coming up, a couple of interesting things that we'll get into in the last half hour of the week. Actually, if you miss a segment or an hour, you can get the podcast. You should subscribe. It's easiest way so it's fed into you every single day. Armstrong and Getty on demand.
Jack
Armstrong and Getty.
Alice
Wasn't that delicious?
Bob
So good.
Cathy
Your bill, ladies.
David
I got it.
Alice
No, I got it.
Eve
Seriously, I insist. I insisted first.
David
Don't be silly.
Frank
You know, silly people with The Wells Fargo ActiveCash credit card prefer to pay because they earn unlimited 2% cash back on purchases.
Bob
Okay. Rock, paper, scissors for it.
David
Rock, paper, scissors.
Alice
Shoot.
Grace
No.
Frank
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Hannah
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Grace
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Eve
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David
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Eve
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David
We don't like people who eat fake meat, according to a new study. Get to that in just a little bit. But first this Katie, what are we about to hear?
Isaac
So this is from Canada, a guy who runs the account Toronto Tide. And I didn't know this, but there's a an accent in Toronto, Canada. Doesn't sound Canadian at all. But the kids are also using slang and I guarantee you you're not going to understand a word of this.
David
So you know that Kiati's a des nons. I would never deal with the des nons. Yo fam.
Bob
My favorite slang is gerbert fam, because.
Alice
It'S just bear gerber.
David
My favorite Toronto slang words has to.
Eve
Be that's oh yeah, that's like, that's.
Bob
That'S that your ways, you fam.
David
What does that mean? Smells like you're dust when I get a studio. You're so weak. You're just a you fam. That's just what you call it.
Bob
The guys are waste you saying that.
David
Don't you know two.
Bob
Two is my word, fam. It's that Toronto accent, fam. Who else has the cool swag and say all the cool things like Ms.
David
Keen with you Gerber.
Bob
Like y'all look at miskins if y'all hating on it.
David
It's just interesting. It's got a bit of a Louisiana Creole thing which probably where's the French comes from because that's what that is down in Louisiana. It's French. And I didn't know that. I've spent one day, one afternoon total in Toronto in my life. I didn't know there was an accent.
Isaac
Like, I had no idea. But it's. It's gone. It's taken off enough that it's gone viral recently because they're saying things like, your des.
David
Yeah.
Isaac
And you're an odd ute, I think is what was in there.
David
I've talked about how my. My son's high school words, they change, like, as soon as I catch on to them and start using them. He mocks me for them being. Nobody says that anymore, dad. So you can't keep up with teenagers. And they're slang.
Isaac
That's totally social media's fault, by the way.
David
Yeah, well, yeah, There have been some studies talking about how it's way faster than it used to be. It's always been true that teenagers have slang.
Alice
Yeah.
David
And it changes over time because you have to reflect the fact that we're the new young crowd. But it's never spent. It's never been at this speed before. So now words come and go within one calendar year. Like, we probably had the same slang all through entire high school. It doesn't even make it a whole year now.
Isaac
I remember when my junior class discovered the word gnarly.
David
Fantastic.
Isaac
Yeah.
David
So our executive producer, Hansen, he asked me if it would be all right if he left early one to go catch his daughter do some singing thing at school. And I said, yeah, of course. Cool. And as a parent myself, I was telling him, and his kids are just a couple years younger than mine, but I said, man, one thing. I mean, even though I know it, even though I was told it ahead of time, even though I'm living it now, the whole they grow up fast thing, it's just astonishing. And how various eras of childhood come and go and you don't. It's so taxing being a parent while you're in it, that when it. Once it's gone, you realize it's never coming back again. And it's bittersweet. I guess you're glad that they're growing and then moving on, but you miss it. Like reading to my kids every night, you know, it was. I loved it. It was fantastic. But it was a lot of work and. And doing it every night and everything like that. But then one of them says, you know, you don't really need to read with me anymore because it's getting. They. They just feel it. It's weird. And then, then, then depending on how many kids you have, when the last kid says, you don't need to read with me anymore, you realize I'm probably never gonna read to a kid in bed ever again in my life. And here it's dominated my life for the last several years. And I'm never gonna do this again. It's. It's quite shocking. And I've got that going on tomorrow. We got a big parade in my town that happens every single year. And I've been taking my. My 13 year old, my 15 year old. We've all gone together every year since they were babies and I was taking them, carrying them. But then we'd go, go in there a little and get a, you know, we'd get a drink, a milkshake or something. We'd sit on the curb and I'd get some coffee and we'd watch the parade. And it's gone through the years and neither one of them want to go with me now. And, you know, obviously true. My oldest son's 15. I'm surprised he went last year. When I was 15, was I going to parades with my dad? Freak. No. I mean, I couldn't imagine it. Well, first of all, I was. I had a job. I had a job and I was working. I would have been at work that day. That's one of the problems is that that has changed in my lifetime where you could go out and get a job starting at like 12. And now they've passed all these laws. Some of you weirdos think it's good that kids can't work until they're 16. Anytime you argue for lowering that age. Weirdos on the left. Talk about exploiting children or whatever. My kids have been wanting a job for years. They just, they. They hate the fact that they can't have a job.
Isaac
Yeah, that's one of the things that blows mind because I was the same way. I could not wait to work. And there are so many.
David
Why couldn't you wait to work?
Isaac
I just wanted to make my own money and, and yes. Work a cash register and learn how to work with people and I just wanted to. To make my own cash. And that was the gist of it. But now, I mean, I hear more and more of kids that don't want to work at all.
David
Well, I don't know about that. I know my kids do. Yes, Michael. I still remember the excitement of giving my first paycheck that. Yeah. Had the company name on it. The money is what? Me.
Isaac
Yeah.
David
I remember when I started when I started asking my dad, I was mowing lawns for a couple years and I want to work at the feedlots. And I'd ask him, did you, did you ask somebody today? Did you look? Because I couldn't wait to. And it was a grueling job that I did for four years, all day, every day in the summer. But I wanted my own money. And then when I was a sophomore in high school, I bought my own brand new motorcycle. Is the coolest motorcycle in town. And I bought it with my money from my job. It was fantastic. My kids, really, they can't wait. My son is fifteen and a quarter. Because at fifteen and a half you can do some things and at 16 you can get a job. But they can't wait to work. I can't believe there are laws in place that will you hear all about this shortage of labor in various places. There are kids out there that want the jobs. Let them do it. You're not exploiting, you're not exploiting, exploiting someone if they want to do it. It's crazy.
Isaac
Yeah.
David
How do I get off on that? Oh, it was the point that, yeah, they, they, they do grow up so fast and those errors change so fast. And of course they don't want to go to the parade with me. Of course they don't want to. They want to hang out with their friends. And I just got to get used to that. It's weird. I had a Friday night a while back where they were both with their friends. I was like, huh? So we're not doing family movie night. We're not hanging out. We're not going to go shoot baskets. We're not. I'm here by myself and they're out doing things with their friends. Well, I'll be damned. Is this the rest of my life will be soon enough. I guess as Joe says, we're not needed anymore. Once you've raised your children, and I haven't raised my children yet. They're 13 and 15. I got a ways to go. But once you're once your kids, when they leave the home, nature has no use for you anymore. You're, you're, you're taking up space on earth and using up. It is absolutely true.
Isaac
There's no need.
David
You've done your part. You procreated. You raised them to the point that they can procreate. You're supposed to die.
Isaac
I am 36 years old. I still very much need both of my parents. Just because life wouldn't be right without them in It.
David
I. I realize that some of you listening are saying, yeah, my kids are 26 and 28 and they're still in my basement. I realize that is the case with some of you. I just try to recognize how fast it does go. That's why, like, of course I'm okay with Hanson going to see his daughter sing because it goes by so fast. Because my brother joined the military. So, like, a week after he graduated high school, he was gone and never came back. And I worked that summer afterwards, but then I went off and I never came back. And so my son is 15 and a half. I might have, what, two more summers? Three more summers and then he's gone forever. God, it's amazing how fast it happens.
Isaac
And he'll need dad for the rest of your life.
David
Yeah, but Meadow, they want me to die off so they can have my stuff. That's what they want.
Isaac
Would you stop it? God, you do have a pretty good tv. Well, yeah.
David
Like, whenever I do anything dangerous. One of. Moises, can I have your watch?
Isaac
Which one? Because you wear two. I found out the other day.
David
I did. True, I do wear two watches on each wrist. We will finish strong. Next day, Armstrong and Getty.
Alice
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Bob
So good.
Cathy
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David
I got it.
Alice
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Don't be silly.
Bob
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David
Rock, paper, scissors.
Grace
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Isaac
That's crazy.
David
So the thieves closed the door on them because you don't. You're not in the. In a Utah. Oh U haul in the back with the door closed.
Isaac
Maybe they were getting busy.
David
That could be. Oh, yeah. Yeah. One serious thing before I do two silly things in this final segment of the week. Regardless of what your feelings are in the whole war in Ukraine, whether or not and how much you feel like we should support be supporting Ukraine against Russia, Vladimir Putin's one of the worst people on earth. Russia was the aggressor. They caused all this and they're still horrible. Anyway, Zelensky tweeted out today I'm in the Dnipro region of Ukraine. I honored the memory of those killed by a Russian ballistic missile strike. It's amazing how much, how little news this war is getting because of tariffs and all the other things are going on. A ballistic missile strike, that's a big deal. One week ago, 19 people were killed by a Russian missile, including nine children. I'm in a shelter at the very school where those children were hiding when the. Hiding when the attack started. 19 people dead, nine kids, ballistic missile attack on a school. Russia is. They are the bad guy. Putin's a bad guy. So that's the end of that. So I sent to a colleague in the radio industry that story about the subway in New York. This is from the New York Times. Somebody died on the subway. Somebody else gets on the subway, sees a dead body, robs them, then has sex with them. Yeah, isn't that crazy? So I sent that story to somebody. They sent this back to me. This is a real story also. This is from the New Scientist, a real science magazine. This is not for the queasy or the children, obviously. The anus may have evolved from a hole originally used to release sperm. According to the New Scientist magazine, the long standing question of how animals came to have an anus. I didn't realize that was a long standing question in the scientific community among people who study the beautheolae of various beasts. The long standing question of how animals came to have an anus may have been solved by studies in which genes are active during development various animals. So there you go. The anus. It says here. This is in the New Scientists. The anus is a wildly successful innovation. I would say so. Yeah. Thank you, nature. It works pretty well most of the time. It works pretty well. It really does, huh?
Isaac
Well.
David
And as this researcher from the University of Jena in Germany said, once a hole is there, you can use it for other things. A lot of people have noticed we're on in San Francisco, for instance. Okay, that's that story.
Isaac
I am laughing at that like a 14 year old boy.
David
Yeah, no kidding. I'll move on from that story. New study about people who eat plant based meat. This would be your impossible burgers, is that right? Is it impossible burger plant based or is that grown? I don't know if it's.
Isaac
No, it's, it's, that's fake meat. Tastes good though. It's not good for you, but it tastes good.
David
We tend to not like those people. It's interesting. According to new study and I would imagine that they're doing this study to try to figure out why it's not catching on the way they were hoping. It's. It's kind of like people that have a negative view of. Because I get this, people have a negative view of people who drive electric cars. You just have. You just. I assume that I have an electric vehicle and I assume that if you drive an electric car there's a whole bunch of things that goes with that package that I'm not gonna like.
Isaac
Yeah, yeah.
David
I make that assumption all the time, even though I have one.
Isaac
Yeah.
David
Most people don't admit it publicly, but they're secretly judging that co worker who brought a plant based burger to the company picnic. Oh, you brought it to the company picnic. Yeah, I am judging you. A new study reveals that consumers of meat alternatives face complex social stigma. Even the supermarket shells fill with more plant based options than ever before. Yeah, I think that's overstating it.
Isaac
Yeah.
David
There's one tiny little part of my grocery store that has. Has a few options and nobody seems to be buying them.
Isaac
Have you ever tried the fake cheese?
David
No. Oh boy.
Isaac
It's an interesting texture, flavor, all of it.
David
You.
Isaac
Yeah.
David
Researchers found that people who choose plant based proteins over traditional meat are seen as both admirable and contemptible. Admirable.
Bob
Yeah.
David
Because I could see, okay, you're into health and the environment stuff like that's kind of cool. But I don't like you. And that is exactly what it is. Respect. Respected for their environmental and health consciousness, but also frequently met negative emotions including anger, social exclusion and fear. I don't think I'm afraid of you.
Isaac
No.
David
But yeah, anger and social exclusion, that is, that is an interesting combo there. That on one end. It's kind of cool. You're so dedicated to like, you know, being healthy and you probably work out a lot and everything like that and stay away from me. I have all of those feelings at the same time.
Isaac
I think that's perfectly said.
David
Yeah.
Isaac
I respect your decision, but I don't like you.
David
But I don't. I don't want to hang around you. You and that electric car you're driving probably is cheaper to run, probably easier to park and I don't like you.
Isaac
Right.
David
All goes together.
Isaac
Right.
David
That is something. I'm not surprised that they studied this and they're trying to nail this down because they're going to have to overcome that, to get electric cars to ever take off or to get plant based meat to ever take off, you're going to have to overcome that natural tendency we all have to think those people are a pain in the ass.
Bob
Mm.
Isaac
Yeah. I would love. I would love to be able to be a vegetarian because I think cows and pigs and all, I think they're adorable. I can't do it, so I respect it. But, you know, don't be the high maintenance.
David
Like, oh, I've known two vegetarians in my life that both started eating meat again because they started feeling weak, and the doctor told them, you're not getting enough iron. You need to eat some meat. And they're like, oh, okay.
Isaac
I had. I had dinner with a dear friend who's a vegetarian actually two days ago, and his wife graciously made chicken because she knows Drew and I are carnivores. So. And he picked up a piece of the chicken and he brought it to his nose, and he looked over at me and he goes, I can smell the death in this. And I went, okay, stop there.
David
I can smell the death. Fantastic. Hey, kids, it's that time again.
Eve
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David
Here's your host for final thoughts. Me. Let's get a final thought for I never can remember a technical director. That's what we call you. Our technical director, Michelangelo.
Isaac
Well, Tomorrow I turn 50.
David
Do you really? I do.
Isaac
Oh, wow. So happy birthday. Well, thank you, but it means aarp, Walk in tubs, Matlock reruns, here I come.
David
How old were you when you first started working on the show? 25. You were 25?
Isaac
Yeah, 25.
David
You're like a kid when you started working on the show. Now you're. I remember, I. You know, Pat Walsh, Our friend Pat Walsh, he brought this up to me when I turned 50. He said, do you remember years ago, Jack saying, when you're 50 year old, no matter what anybody says you're feeling, you're 50 year old. And I do remember saying that to him when I was like, 35. So I don't know if you feel that way, but I think it's true. Crew. Yeah, it's a big one. Yeah. All right, here's a final thought from Katie Green.
Isaac
Well, first of all, happy birthday, Michael. That's awesome. I'll get you some Velcro shoes. And Jack, since you are emceeing the dog event, I am wearing my hat that says my dog said you're a hoe.
David
Oh, I. I am the MC for a Frisbee dog. Competition yesterday in which there will be many, many, many thousands of people that I'm looking forward. It's going to be a beautiful day. That'll be a lot of fun. I. I'm supposed to read up on the rules and all that sort of stuff, so I probably should have some idea how the whole thing works.
Isaac
And he will be wearing a cone of shame.
David
Yeah, I'm gonna wear a cone. I think that's funny. Armstrong and Getty wrapping up another grueling four hour work day. What a week of news with the tariffs on and off and all that sort of stuff. And probably got another week of that coming up next week. Anyway, if you missed any part of the show you'd like to catch, you can find our podcast, Armstrong and Getty on Demand, wherever podcasts are given away. If you need anything else, go to our website, armstrong and getty.com. we will see you Monday. God bless America. Armstrong and Getty is an unpredictable beast.
Cathy
Oh, I'm serious.
Eve
There's nothing wrong with you for being like this.
Grace
I was wondering, and you know what you felt about that.
David
They look like two people that like each other. Whatever you say, daddy. I just don't believe that. Oh, that would have been funny.
Alice
And child, listen, it's gone.
Jack
We'll just leave it there on this Friday morning.
Isaac
Okay, Bye bye.
David
Have a great Friday, you mother. Armstrong and Getty.
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Armstrong & Getty On Demand: Episode Summary
Title: What's Going On Officer? I'm Just Watering These Shrubs
Release Date: April 11, 2025
Host: iHeartPodcasts
Description: The official, On-Demand podcast of The Armstrong & Getty Show! Accept no substitutes!
Timestamp: [02:43]
The hosts kick off the episode by reminiscing about their personal quests to break Guinness World Records. David shares his childhood obsession with securing a spot in the Guinness Book, highlighting various attempts and the unwavering support from his mother. He remarks, “I've never had a memory of my dad being involved. He probably thought I was never gonna make it in the world” ([03:11]). Isaac chimes in, expressing skepticism about David's father's support, drawing a humorous comparison to Hank Hill from King of the Hill ([03:31]).
Key Quote:
David: “It's like Hank Hill in King of the Hill. That boy ain't right. He couldn't have been pleased.” ([03:35])
Timestamp: [04:22]
A significant portion of the episode delves into a perplexing incident involving the wife of Weezer’s bass player, who was charged with attempted murder after a high-speed chase led to a confrontation with the LAPD. David narrates the bizarre scenario where the suspect nonchalantly waters shrubs in the backyard, making a feeble attempt to evade capture. He questions the minimal injuries sustained despite her firearm display: “Why is she not full of holes? She got shot but barely wounded” ([10:02]).
Isaac adds, “She took one bullet to the shoulder” ([10:40]), prompting David to speculate on possible oversights by the police or anomalies in their response. The discussion underscores the inconsistencies in law enforcement actions, especially regarding different demographics.
Key Quote:
David: “If you've got a gun in your hand and there are multiple cops there... what happened? Somebody needs to explain this story.” ([11:28])
Timestamp: [17:50]
The hosts shift focus to political discourse, discussing former President Donald Trump's push to make daylight saving time permanent. David supports the idea, arguing for its benefits and suggesting a trial period: “Let’s try it once and if we decide we don’t like it, we’ll go back” ([18:25]). Isaac agrees, referencing Arizona's experience with not changing clocks and its stability ([18:57]).
Key Quote:
David: “I think Trump, with his power, will win the day on this. Finally.” ([18:43])
Timestamp: [18:57]
A humorous segment highlights a British interview where a politician is interrogated for not watching the Netflix series Adolescence. Bob, portraying the politician, defends his stance by stating, “I don’t need to watch a specific Netflix Drama to understand what’s going on” ([20:29]). The hosts critique the absurdity of measuring a politician’s awareness based on their TV show consumption, comparing it to evaluating a minister's knowledge solely through watching specific programs.
Key Quote:
Bob: “I don’t need to watch a specific show to know what is going on in this country.” ([21:22])
Timestamp: [26:10]
The conversation transitions to personal anecdotes about parenting in the modern era. David expresses his bittersweet feelings as his children grow up rapidly, noting the challenges of staying connected with their evolving interests. He shares heartfelt moments, such as watching parades together, now met with reluctance from his teenage children: “Once it's gone, you realize it's never coming back again” ([30:00]).
Isaac relates by discussing his own experiences and the changing attitudes of today's youth towards work and responsibility. They debate the impact of labor laws on teenagers’ desire to work, with David advocating for allowing younger teens to seek employment to foster independence and financial literacy.
Key Quote:
David: “I was mowing lawns for a couple years and I wanted my own money. My kids can’t wait to work.” ([31:07])
Timestamp: [40:59]
A noteworthy discussion revolves around the societal perceptions of individuals who choose plant-based meats. Referencing a recent study, the hosts explore the duality of admiration and contempt faced by consumers of meat alternatives. David humorously compares it to the stigma often associated with electric car owners, noting, “Respect for their environmental and health consciousness, but also frequently met negative emotions” ([42:50]).
Isaac adds personal anecdotes about dining with vegetarians, highlighting the social friction: “I had dinner with a friend who’s a vegetarian... he goes, I can smell the death in this” ([44:23]).
Key Quote:
David: “Researchers found that people who choose plant-based proteins over traditional meat are seen as both admirable and contemptible.” ([42:07])
Timestamp: [05:22 & 37:24]
Extinct Direwolf Brought Back: Grace reports on Colossal Biosciences' claim of resurrecting the extinct direwolf, a species last seen in the Stone Age ([05:22]).
Identity Theft and Tax Season: Cathy presents alarming statistics about IRS refunds flagged for identity fraud, emphasizing the rise in tax-related identity theft and promoting LifeLock's protection services ([15:19]).
Key Quotes:
Grace: “Colossal Biosciences says it brought the extinct direwolf back to life.” ([05:22])
Cathy: “$16.5 billion. That's how much money in refunds the IRS flagged for possible identity fraud last year.” ([15:19])
Timestamp: [38:11]
In a lighter yet informative segment, David shares a quirky scientific discovery regarding the evolution of the anus. Citing the New Scientist, he explains how the anus may have evolved from a sperm-releasing hole, highlighting it as a “wildly successful innovation” ([40:59]).
Key Quote:
David: “Once a hole is there, you can use it for other things. The anus is a wildly successful innovation.” ([40:59])
Throughout the episode, Armstrong & Getty seamlessly blend humor with insightful discussions on contemporary issues, ranging from bizarre news stories to deep reflections on parenting and societal norms. Their candid conversations, punctuated by notable quotes and personal anecdotes, offer listeners a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the week's most intriguing topics.
Notable Quotes Recap:
For those who missed the episode, Armstrong & Getty On Demand offers a treasure trove of discussions that are both entertaining and enlightening, making it a must-listen for fans seeking a blend of humor and depth in their podcast experience.