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Jack Armstrong
Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong, Armstrong and Yeti. Trump and Elon's feud has calmed down a bit. The two still aren't speaking, but they did release this music video today. Check this out.
Ryan Seacrest
You didn't have to cut me off.
Jack Armstrong
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing.
Ryan Seacrest
Just that.
Jack Armstrong
I don't need that, though.
Joe Getty
Now you're just somebody that I used to. No, get out. I'm. I'm assuming that's a take on some popular song. I don't know. And I also am assuming the visuals were great on that.
Jack Armstrong
That's correct.
Joe Getty
Did you see the. And there's probably 50 of them out there, but I saw one AI production that was amazing. It was quite long, too, about Trump and Elon coming apart and growing older. And then throughout the video, they both aged and became old men. Elon was on Mars as an old man, missing Trump. Trump was an old man golfing and watching Fox tv, and he missed Elon, old man golfing. Now, this week, watching Fox tv, Trump is an old man. And then they. About how they miss each other. The scene must have been three minutes long. And then they. Then Elon comes back to Earth and they get back together and skip down the road together. But, I mean, it was incredible. It would, like. It would have cost it. It would have cost $50 million to make that, you know, five years ago. It was just. It was amazing.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. You know, it's funny, just as an aside, a listener recommended a particular video creation. AI thing to play around with, and I was tempted, but we happen to have an Internet outage last night at the house. Kind of a local problem.
Joe Getty
My God, is everybody okay?
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, I know. And my evening was planned out. I was going to watch some news. Then I was going to watch some fun stuff. And I thought, oh, my God, what do I do? What I do? And I'll tell you what I did. I had a glass of Pinot Noir and I read a book about the Battle of Port Royal, a naval battle in the Civil War. And I was. Oh. And when my eyes were kind of tired and I didn't want to read anymore, I reenacted my teenage years. I put on some headphones and listened to one of my favorite albums with my eyes closed. And I was as happy as a person can be.
Joe Getty
That can't be better than scrolling through Twitter.
Jack Armstrong
Oh.
Joe Getty
Looking at stuff you don't even care about. Just kind of out of habit, taking.
Jack Armstrong
In plenty kind of makes you mad.
Joe Getty
Or kind of taking in a bunch of blue light that will help your sleep be bad. God dang it. We gotta stop. I've got to stop this. Yeah, I know. I think about most of my life, like up until a couple of years ago when it was always, always, always quiet in a room with a book reading until I got sleepy enough to go to sleep. And just when I think of it, it's like relaxing to think about compared to what I do every night now. Like you said earlier, it's almost like it's an addiction. Anyway, enough of that. This is this. These two clips will bring you up to speed on where we are with the Elon Trump relationship, if you care.
Ryan Seacrest
A real switch up from last week's very public social media sparring match. Elon Musk now saying his comments went too far overnight around 3am Eastern, really in the middle of the night, Musk.
Joe Getty
Posted this on X, saying he regrets.
Ryan Seacrest
Some of his post about President Donald Trump.
Jack Armstrong
I haven't really thought about it, actually.
Joe Getty
I would imagine he wants to speak to me. I would think so. If I were him, I'd want to.
Jack Armstrong
Speak to me but.
Joe Getty
And maybe he's already called. You'd have to ask him, ask him whether or not he's already called. But I'd have no problem with it. I'm sorry. I want him to speak to me.
Jack Armstrong
I can't be the only one who that struck as you come to me on the day of my daughter's wedding and you ask me for a favor.
Joe Getty
I was thinking about this the other day, before this even happened of I'm sure they both have to. It's like, it's like laying down a meeting between Gorbachev and Reagan. The amount of groundwork that would have to be laid because you couldn't have either one of them. In a situation where you called and didn't get through and word comes out that you tried to call and they didn't take your call. Cannot have that on either end. That's the one thing I'm not having. If I'm Elon or Trump, the news story is not going to be I tried to call and he wouldn't take my call. No right line needs to be open. 10 different people need to test the line that it is open. We need to have visuals on us both walking toward the phone like it's a hostage exchange or something. We both come to phone at the same time so that one person can't back out and the other end claim he tried to call me and apologize but I didn't take his call so.
Jack Armstrong
Let me reread the tweet. I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week. They went too far. I I'm picturing Elon Musk tied to a chair in a basement room with the combined boards of directors of SpaceX and Tesla with like hammers and blowtorches saying you're sending that that tweet.
Joe Getty
It could be or he could just plain of thought I shouldn't have said that. That whole Epstein thing was probably too much. He set that out at midnight last night and what is this lifestyle and with all those catia have oh he was a feeding he's got that new baby giving his wife a break and feeding that new baby.
Jack Armstrong
You think hey, are you in the mood for a little conspiratorial speculation? As long as we're going down that road.
Joe Getty
We talking chemtrails?
Jack Armstrong
No. No. I have heard nobody talking about this but Barton Swaim, whose young buck who writes for the Wall Street Journal a tweet JD Vance put out the other day in support of Trump and it was during the height of the Trump Musk feud and and, and Swaim writes, it wasn't the cleverest pronouncement, blah blah blah, but the most absorbing. I refer to JD Vance's two sentence tweet quote, president Trump has done more than any person in my lifetime to earn the trust of the movement he leads. I'm proud to stand behind him. And Barton points out, that message was posted Thursday, the day of the breakup, but not till 10:30 at night, seven hours after Elon Musk replied yes to a post calling for Mr. Trump's impeachment, which he later deleted. And of course, that impeachment would have led to J.D. vance being the president.
Joe Getty
Barton says that's a very good point. It's funny I'd had escape me of course that's what would happen. How Many Democrats want J.D. vance as president with a full head of steam as he runs for reelection in 28?
Jack Armstrong
I would have counseled the vice president to say nothing. The spat didn't involve him, and the unserious message about impeachment plainly didn't deserve a vice presidential statement. Yet he evidently consulted aides and pondered the matter for seven hours. The resulting declaration was perfect in its impropriety and melodroitness, meaning uselessness essentially. Start with the first sentence. All seems conventional until you're almost through it. What do you expect Mr. Vance to say? What you expect Mr. Vance to say is that Trump has done more than anyone to earn the trust of the American people or the nation or some such. Instead, he says the president has earned the trust of the movement. Which movement? Not, I think, what used to be called a conservative movement, which was Reaganite, blah, blah, blah. The only movement Mr. Trump has led is the MAGA movement. Mr. Trump created the MAGA movement, and there's some doubt it would survive without him. How odd then, for the vice president to say, Mr. Trump has done more than any person in my lifetime to earn that movement's trust, as if there were a range of competitors for that distinction. The second sentence also sounds off key. Mr. Vance isn't a political ally or supporter of the president. He's Mr. Trump's constitutionally designated successor. Why would he need to tell us that he's proud to stand beside the president? Is his pride relevant for some reason? Did Mr. Trump say or do something requiring Mr. Vance to affirm his loyalty? What's remarkable about the post is how coldly measured it is.
Joe Getty
Hey, it was. I thought. I thought. Because he went to. Did he go to a Yale Law School or Harvard Law School? Harvard Law.
Jack Armstrong
Harvard undergrad. Yale Law, maybe. I don't know, Something like that.
Joe Getty
But anyways, an Ivy League lawyer. That was written like a lawyer.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
I mean, the words were chosen carefully.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. Huh. Then he quotes Proverbs 10:19 In a multitude of words. There wanteth not sin, which is a verse I'd never heard before. I don't recall it. And it's ironic, given the way we make our living, but to. To translate it. Jack, you're hostile to your. Your new translations.
Joe Getty
I'm a King James Version.
Jack Armstrong
The Bible, if there are a bunch. That's right, sir. If there are lots and lots of words, you're gonna find sin in there. Or there's probably bull crap in there.
Joe Getty
What's the phrase?
Jack Armstrong
In a multitude of words, there wanteth not sin.
Joe Getty
Interesting. That is one of the problems with the King James version of the Bible is regularly have no idea what it said.
Jack Armstrong
That's a criticism.
Joe Getty
But the words are flowery. Okay, cool. Coming up, I have breaking BTS news. That's right, the K pop band.
Jack Armstrong
Good Lord.
Joe Getty
Also, the saddest thing I is so sad. I only read like the first paragraph and I had to stop. Oh, and. And not. And not like, you know, a horrible crime or something. And just it'll. It'll make sense when I tell you among other things on the way. So stay here.
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Had Breaking BTS News the K Pop Band I've tried to listen to K pop and give it a, you know, a decent shake. Just not my thing, which is fine. Different. What do they say, Strokes for folks or something like that. But I did think this was damned interesting. They finished their mandatory military service there in South Korea. That's why you haven't heard much about them for the past two years and now are going to get to go back to doing, doing their music now I don't know if, because they've like aged by two years that there, there's another K pop band that is much more popular and a bigger deal but I mean they're, they like have the biggest selling albums of all time worldwide and all kinds of ridiculous records.
Jack Armstrong
So.
Joe Getty
But, but they, that had. I'm sure I'd known that at some point, but I'd forgotten. They have mandatory military service for I think a year and a half for all young people coming out of high school, which has been, you know, discussed many times in this country. I think it'd be great for everybody for all kinds of things.
Jack Armstrong
Oh my God. Libertarians hate you for saying that. Terrible. Compulsory service. Oh my. I just hope their drill sergeants didn't beat the cutely am dragon out of them.
Joe Getty
Two members of the K pop sensation BTS have completed their mandatory year and a half military service in South Korea, leaving their base to the roars of fans counting down for the supergroup's reunion. Yeah, well obviously that's where it gets difficult. Is the whole mandatory government anything but I wonder if you could get it going culturally. Probably not, but it wouldn't have to be military service, just some sort of service, you know. Yeah, I don't know. You serve meals at an old folks home or pick up trash in the dishes. I don't know what it would be.
Jack Armstrong
But it's worth brainstorming on. Yeah, why not?
Joe Getty
Some point we probably ought to try. I definitely want to talk about the military parade that Trump's going to have this weekend. It's not something we've normally done in this country and whether you're for it or against it and some people coming out on both sides. Also Trump ordering the renaming of the military bases back to the old names, including, you know, military base named after Robert E. Lee, all that sort of stuff.
Jack Armstrong
Confederate generals.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah. He announced that yesterday.
Jack Armstrong
I think we gotta get.
Joe Getty
What was the other thing I teased that I definitely wanted to get on? Do you remember what it was? Anybody remember?
Jack Armstrong
Oh yeah, yeah. The Simone Biles thing.
Joe Getty
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me see if I can find it. Simone Biles and Riley Gaines have been at it with each other. Started last week, we talked about it here on the air and basically Simone Biles came out in favor of, well, blasting Riley Gaines for being a hater and transphobic. And transphobic and back. Bad for sports and everything.
Jack Armstrong
And a sore loser because she got beat by a 6 foot 4 inch male by wanting to get dudes out.
Joe Getty
Of girls sports, sports and can't understand what's going on. And Riley Gaines blasted back with her usual, to my mind, very reasonable comments about why you can't have dudes competing against girls anyway. And a lengthy post and it's some people believe really done a lot of damage. Simone Biles ability to make money as a pitch person going forward.
Jack Armstrong
I happen to know something about her agents and I think they pooped a brick.
Joe Getty
Whether you know, it's pitching at and t cell phone service or Tide or whatever she's going to do.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, I will think of this every time I hear her name or see her face for years.
Joe Getty
I wouldn't touch her. There's too many other options. There's too many other options that don't have baggage. Why would you choose her? So she might be trying to clean that up. I think she wanted to address how the current. Because last week she addressed how the current system doesn't adequately balance principles such as. Well, I'll just read it. I wanted to follow up from my last tweets. I've always believed competitive equity and inclusivity are both essential in sport.
Jack Armstrong
Meaningless words you have.
Joe Getty
When did you spend a lot of time twisting, gyrating through in the air trying to beat other people thinking. I sure hope there's competitive equity inclusivity going on here. Really didn't come up a lot in my life. But anyway, the current system doesn't adequately balance these important principles which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges. And it didn't help for me to get personal with Riley, which I apologize for.
Jack Armstrong
So first you blame the circumstance for causing heated exchanges. You don't take responsibility for it and then you apologize for something that was caused by something else and wasn't your fault.
Joe Getty
She claims she's standing up for fair competition.
Jack Armstrong
Dudes whooping up on girls in sports. Okay, Simone, that's so weak.
Joe Getty
I just, I just, I try to understand that point of view and I just don't under. I don't, I can't get there.
Jack Armstrong
Here's what you lack. And I've been trying to get fully get a lot of these people and I don't think Simone Biles is a bad person at all. I think, you know, if you were to put her through 10 different moral tests, I think she'd do just fine. The thing people like us can't feel, and I think a lot of y' all answer to this description too, is the desperate need to say what you think you're supposed to say. The social pressure you feel to go along with the conventional opinion of your social group. I'm not sure. I mean, I would, I. You might force me to mouth the words of some of this stuff, but man, it would come out of my mouth. I would be sickened. I think somebody like Simone Biles is so enthusiastic about going along with her peer group and the bubbles she's in, she doesn't feel any particular shame or, or feel bad about saying something she knows to be illogical. I just, she feels it so intensely, the need to go along.
Joe Getty
And I don't know how intelligent she is or isn't. She might be super, super bright, but I'm sure because to be that kind of athlete, she's dedicated every moment of her life to gymnastics, not, you know, cultural, political issues.
Jack Armstrong
Right? Yeah.
Joe Getty
I didn't get to the saddest thing I've ever read. I will get to it in the next half hour.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, something to look forward to. Speaking of hyperbole, the most deluded man in America, completely delusional, will share his thoughts.
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Jack Armstrong
When asked yesterday if border czar.
Joe Getty
Tom Homan should arrest California Governor Gavin.
Jack Armstrong
Newsom, President Trump said he would do.
Joe Getty
It and added quote I like Gavin Newsom.
Jack Armstrong
He's a nice guy, but he's grossly incompetent.
Joe Getty
Ah yes, the old compliment, compliment, searing insult. Imagine Trump giving a eulogy. Super guy will be greatly missed.
Jack Armstrong
World's tiniest penis.
Joe Getty
That is his pattern, which I'd never completely noticed before. Compliment, compliment, searing insult.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, well that in the whole we get along well, we get along well. I like him. Nobody cares if you get along well or you like somebody. It's that's not. Anyway, coming up Crazy coming up.
Joe Getty
The saddest thing I've ever read about Summertime and Elon with a huge Tesla announcement got nothing to do with politics at all. Which man if he's.
Jack Armstrong
If he's not, that's not a coincidence.
Joe Getty
Oh, interesting. We'll talk about that then, I guess.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, let's see. Michael, you know what I need? I really need some Gavin Newsom. Give me 60. This brazen abuse of power by a.
Joe Getty
Sitting president inflamed a combustible situation, putting.
Jack Armstrong
Our people, our officers, and even our.
Joe Getty
National Guard at risk.
Jack Armstrong
And especially so because everything was going fine and it was perfectly peaceful, according to one of America's leading intellects, Maxine Waters.
Joe Getty
Don't think that somehow, because they called.
Jack Armstrong
Out the National Guard, there was violence.
Joe Getty
There was no violence. I was on the street.
Jack Armstrong
I know. Maxine Waters claiming there was no violence in Los Angeles.
Joe Getty
Zero.
Jack Armstrong
Good Lord. Anyway, moving along, I mentioned earlier that.
Joe Getty
The, the current, the talking point of the last 24 hours is it's just a tiny part of LA. It was a very small part of LA. LA is 500 square miles. This is one square mile where they had unrest, which my response is Washington, D.C. january 6, Washington, D.C. was placid. One building. People were beating down cops with flag poles and trying to go in and kill Nancy Pelosi. One building. The rest of D.C. was fine.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, calm as the. The reflecting pools. It was. Everything was fine. So a couple of things of note. Molly Ball in the Wall Street Journal interviewing Gavi Newsom about how he clearly is using this to steer toward the 28. 2028 candidacy for president. And I love Gabby's quote, daring Trump to arrest him. Let's go. You need a scalp. You need to show you're a tough guy. Need to show your base you're going to own the libs. Why don't you just get it over with? Arrest me, but stop attacking these vulnerable people. Then surveying the landscape from the cross he'd hauled himself up on, Gavin Newsom announced his candidacy. Absolutely hilarious, saying his usual stuff. Tom Cotton responding with an editorial, send in the troops for real. When local police can't restore order, the federal government has a duty to do so with a show of force. 100% appropriate, 100% legal. Andy McCarthy of National Review, who is a great legal commentator, agrees with them. There's going to be hearing tomorrow, I guess, about the legality of this.
Joe Getty
You moved on too fast from Gavin up on the cross. I was going to say the thief next to him said, nice hair.
Jack Armstrong
That's really good. That's really good. Which brings us to the most delusional man in America. And I was thinking of setting this up by telling you why I'm bringing this to you, but I thought, no, no, I Think you'll get there on your own. And this is both for Cal Unicornians and the rest of the country, and it'll take a second, but bear with me. This is written by a fellow by the name of Jim Newton, who worked at the LA Times for 25 years as a reporter, editor and columnist. Currently edits the Some magazine at ucla. So he's moved into academia and he's got an upcoming book about the Grateful Dead. Okay, not that that matters, but 25 years at the LA Times. The title of his piece for Politico is why Donald Trump had to Attack California. There's much more at stake for Trump and Californians than deportations and. Jack, you gotta. You gotta tune into this now. President Donald Trump and his supporters are right about one thing. In this explosive clash between California federal government, it's not just a fight over position or even public safety. It's about values. And it's been a long time building. For Trump, it's a battle of his choosing, giving him the opportunity to escalate a conflict on a signature issue, immigration in a city and state governed by political adversaries. So far, absolutely true for California, it is the logical result of a long and profound transformation from the days of Republican Party dominance to Democratic Party control, one I've watched and chronicled for more than 30 years, and that I now see culminating in literal fighting in the streets. Californians are turning out against force, forces sent here by guardians of a value system that the state has rejected. And then he goes, how? Not very long ago, California was a solid Republican state. Hiram Johnson, Earl Warren, Ronald Reagan, stalwarts of the gop.
Joe Getty
Well, no, I don't know if I agree with not very long ago, but, I mean, it's not eons ago.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, yeah, 75 years. Yeah, 60 years, depending on who you're talking about. But few years later, when Pat Brown was reselected to his second term in 1962, he was the first Democrat ever to win the governorship. Twice that changed. And then he goes into how staunchly Democrat California is now, except for the great honor Diaz. And he goes in Arnold, who was a. An anomaly, and he really was a celebrity during a weird recall election. Govern as a centrist, kind of. And now he gets into how there are no Republicans who are mayors of any city, no Republicans in any statewide office. None. Many forces have propelled that shift, but chief among them are the party's divergent approaches to environmental and immigration, shifting demographics, blah, blah, blah, reverence for the coastlines. And I wish I had Time to read this whole thing. He gets into changing demographics. His argument is essentially all that is true. And thank God The California of 2025 is so much better than the California of the 50s, the 60s, the California dream, the 70s, expansion, prosperity, innovation. The 80s, that was a nightmare. The streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco and Sacramento and San Diego, which is decaying. We don't talk about that much. The current California is so much better now. This is the California of our dreams. That's his point. And I see the wide eyes and slack jaws of people who've either who live in California, visit California, know of California, thinking, whoa, dude, this is your ideal. Yes, he's proudly writing that with people.
Joe Getty
Moving out for the first time in the state's history.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. Crime rampant in the streets, needles everywhere, human feces, junkie camps, felons being released from prisons, the schools, indoctrinating your children about radical transsexual theory in the third grade. Finally, the era of Reagan's California has been put to bed and our and our utopia is here. Holy crap.
Joe Getty
We should decide as a show whether it does us more harm or good to mention the human feces on the sidewalks in California. Because while it's true and a significant problem.
Jack Armstrong
Yes.
Joe Getty
And you know, is definitely a sign of things aren't going well in your town, I mean, most of you listening have never seen that on the sidewalk ever in your life, you are really.
Jack Armstrong
Making the case for why we ought to mention it. Where's the flip side?
Joe Getty
It's disgusting every time someone says it.
Jack Armstrong
That's why we're talking about it.
Joe Getty
It's horrifying. I almost unswallow.
Jack Armstrong
Poop. Poop, poop.
Joe Getty
Fecal matter.
Jack Armstrong
That's right. Johnny Depp. Johnny's man enough to take on the challenges of today. Jack, are you?
Joe Getty
Sam and I walked around some in San Francisco last time we were there, and I was just remarking to him on how that is just so crazy that in the modern world that would ever happen.
Jack Armstrong
California is as staunchly Democrat as it was Republican. A flip in orientation. And it has become what it's always meant to be, says Jim Newton in Politico.
Joe Getty
You know, I'm about to talk about Elon and some big announcement he made about Tesla. I wish we could do some sort of counterfactual, you know, parallel universe where Silicon Valley had happened completely in Austin instead of in the Bay Area more or less by accident, because that is propped up so much of the finances of this state. If it had just happened to happen in California. Where would we have been?
Jack Armstrong
The revenue from Google and Meta and a couple other super giants, Apple. They prop up the socialist government of California, right?
Joe Getty
Absolutely. A sad piece I read about summers that I'm not going to dwell on but is worth pointing out. Among other things on the Wayster, Armstrong.
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Employees in Washington, D.C. tonight, authorities unsealing new charges in an alleged plot targeting.
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Jews in New York City.
Jack Armstrong
Federal Prosecutors say a 20 year old Pakistani national wanted to carry out a coordinated attack with AR15 style rifles on a Jewish center in Brooklyn in the name of isis. The FBI quoting the suspect Mohammed Khan.
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We could rack up easily a lot of Jews. We are going to NYC to slaughter them.
Joe Getty
Muhammad, you say there was a terrorist plot. They stopped also a couple of weeks ago guy was gonna shoot up a whole bunch of kids at a school. He hated these Jewish kids and, and they stopped him. So man, it's, it's, it could be a lot worse than it's been.
Jack Armstrong
England is trying to deal with this by giving in. There's now in effect an anti blasphemy law in England. Man who burned a Quran was convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offense because the man's actions were intended to cause harassment, alarm or distress. And as one writer points out, it's very slippery slope. You do realize that among serious Muslims a woman showing her hair can cause alarm and distress, right?
Joe Getty
Good one.
Jack Armstrong
England is trying to submit.
Joe Getty
So Elon was tweeting about Tesla last night. You think that that's not a coincidence that he apologized basically for his behavior against Trump and is tweeting about the some of the advances in Tesla?
Jack Armstrong
I think his boards of directors mentioned your shareholders, dude.
Joe Getty
But they had breaking first ever Tesla Model Y robo taxi with no one in the driver's seat spotted testing on public roads in Austin. And Elon tweeted out these are unmodified Tesla cars coming straight from the factory, meaning that every Tesla coming out of our factory is capable of unsupervised self driving. It'll be ready sometime later this year or next if that actually happens. All of us who have, I think any Tesla in like 23 and on, certainly 24 and on, is then able to be completely autonomous driving. That will be a major change maybe in world history. Yeah, I mean 1 out of 10 people drive in some aspect for a living and that would mean the technology is here for that to be. I just don't know if the, you know, the insurance companies or the states are going to allow it to happen the way he's thinking. I don't know if he thought that through or not.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, it'll be complicated and thorny for sure. I just think he was trying to juice Tesla stock and excitement and that sort of thing.
Joe Getty
Yeah, he's, yeah, I mean that they changed the cameras. He's working toward it. He's been working toward it forever. I just don't know when it will actually be ready to go. Last night, walk into the grocery store with my son because we're out of milk, walking down the aisle and I say, yes, they've got Woolite here. One bottle left and I grabbed the bottle of Woolite and my 13 year old said, is this what it's like to be an adult?
Jack Armstrong
My God, he's hilarious.
Joe Getty
And I thought, yeah, this is what gets me excited. They had a bottle of Woolite left at the grocery store. He's a 13 year old son about to enjoy summertime. And I had come across this piece yesterday in the National Review which I could only read a couple of sentences of. It's probably really well written and I just thought I can't go there. Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review writing and he's got kids also school age, summers before screens and he gets into. I don't know why this bothers me so much. It almost chokes me up to think about it. It he talks about his summers and his kids summers and, and just how it's never coming back and, and you know, they don't know what they're missing. And he didn't. I don't know if he makes the point because I said I didn't read the whole thing because I thought it was too sad that soon those of us who had summers before screens will be dead and there will be nobody to even comment on comparing the two. But the summers after screens, we all know everything after screens is different. It and the we're outside board and we make up a game with a ball and some bases and some Rules is gone forever. It just is.
Jack Armstrong
Wow. And we play all day and get sweaty and tired and laugh and argue and. Yeah.
Joe Getty
And it was heading that direction already because of the weird. Worried our kids are going to be abducted or whatever the hell happened in the 80s and 90s and 2000s where I've told this story a gazillion times. I lived and this was 20 years ago. This is pre screens. I used to say this pre smartphones. And this was true then. I lived near a giant park. I drove by that park multiple times a day for years. I never one time, not once ever saw two kids out there playing catch. Never. Or anybody's yard Now I saw organized soccer matches with all the parents on the sidelines with the pop up tents, but I never saw two kids playing catch or shooting hoops ever. It just, it's gone away. And then you add in screens with, you know, you're gonna, you're gonna play video games or stare at your screen and I just. Emma is. And what I was wondering is, is it just nostalgia? Is it just, you know, my youth was better than your youth for some weird way, a way we glorify the past or something? Or is it actually a step backwards?
Jack Armstrong
I think there's plenty of objective data. I mean there, none of this like in isolation is a fatal disease, if you will, because if you had screens, but also lots of free play, you know, lots of autonomy, free range kids things, it'd be fine, it'd work itself out. But it all, it all congeals into this sort of passive, directed by adults, non inventive, no risk, you know, activity. I think it's cool that your son and others like him skateboard or dead and risk injury and get all bloody and scraped up and stuff like that. I think that's fantastic.
Joe Getty
Yeah. My oldest, luckily has no interest in video games and is super into riding his bike and doing wheelies and stuff like that. But my youngest is more typical of the, the genre, likes video games and all that sort of stuff. So the title was Summers before Screens. And I just again, text the text line. I'd be interested. Am I just, you know, romanticizing in a nostalgic sort of way or has something been lost with childhood? That's enough of that and weirds me out. Tony Hawk, the most famous skateboarder of all time, showed up to a Texas skateboard park yesterday and started skating, boarding and people started to recognize who he was and he did a bunch of cool stuff. How cool would that be, your young skateboarder kid?
Jack Armstrong
I saw a commercial with him the other day and he's, he's getting on in years.
Joe Getty
He's old, but he's still known in the same way that, like Michael Jordan's known because of his products and his name and his branding. He's still really known. But yeah, that'd be quite the charge. You're skateboarding on a summer afternoon and Tony Hawk is whipping around next to you.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, it'd be like Jack Nicholas standing next to me on the driving range. I think I would just put my clubs away.
Joe Getty
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Jack Armstrong
I'm not going to let you see me swing. Please.
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Podcast Summary: Armstrong & Getty On Demand – "Woolite Is So Exciting"
Release Date: June 11, 2025
Host: Armstrong & Getty
Platform: iHeartPodcasts
In the episode titled "Woolite Is So Exciting," hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty delve into a variety of contemporary issues ranging from high-profile feuds, the impact of technology on society, to political dynamics within California. The conversation is interspersed with personal anecdotes and sharp social commentary, providing listeners with an engaging blend of humor and insight.
Timestamp: 02:45 - 08:17
The episode opens with a detailed discussion about the ongoing feud between Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump. The hosts highlight recent events, including Musk's public apology for his comments about Trump, which he posted on Twitter around 3 AM Eastern Time.
Notable Quote:
Armstrong and Getty analyze the implications of Musk's apology and speculate on the motivations behind his simultaneous announcement regarding Tesla's advancements. Their conversation underscores the intertwining of personal disputes with corporate strategies and public personas.
Timestamp: 03:35 - 04:28
The hosts explore the phenomenon of AI-generated content, referencing a particularly impressive AI-produced video depicting a fictional reconciliation between Trump and Musk. They marvel at the technological advancements that allow such realistic portrayals, noting the potential and ethical considerations of AI in media.
Notable Quote:
Timestamp: 04:28 - 05:27
Jack shares a personal story about a recent internet outage at his home, which disrupted his planned evening. Instead of succumbing to frustration, he engaged in reading and listening to music, highlighting the benefits of disconnecting from digital distractions.
Notable Quote:
Timestamp: 06:12 - 36:31
A substantial portion of the episode is dedicated to analyzing California's political landscape and Donald Trump's maneuvers within it. The hosts discuss Gavin Newsom's actions, including Trump's push to rename military bases and Trump's call for the arrest of Newsom.
Notable Quote:
Armstrong reviews a piece by Jim Newton from Politico, which argues that Trump's actions are deeply rooted in a long-standing ideological battle with California's shift from Republican to Democratic dominance. The hosts critique the portrayal of California's transformation, debating whether the state has genuinely improved or if underlying issues persist.
Timestamp: 20:19 - 24:31
The conversation shifts to the feud between gymnast Simone Biles and Riley Gaines, focusing on issues of transphobia in sports. Armstrong criticizes Biles for her stance, questioning her logic and the potential impact on her marketability.
Notable Quote:
The hosts dissect Gaines' response to Biles, emphasizing the divide between personal grievances and broader societal implications regarding inclusivity and fair competition in athletics.
Timestamp: 12:43 - 19:38
Armstrong and Getty provide updates on the South Korean K-pop sensation BTS, noting that two members have completed their mandatory military service. They discuss the cultural significance of military service in South Korea and its impact on BTS's global presence.
Notable Quote:
The hosts reflect on how military obligations affect the entertainment industry's dynamics and the potential resurgence of BTS in the music scene.
Timestamp: 42:23 - 43:50
Elon Musk's recent announcement about Tesla's progress toward fully autonomous driving is another focal point. The hosts discuss the technological advancements and the regulatory challenges that lie ahead.
Notable Quote:
They debate the feasibility of Musk's claims and the broader implications for the automotive industry and public safety.
Timestamp: 44:18 - 48:57
A reflective segment explores the erosion of traditional summer activities for children, replaced by screen time. The hosts share personal memories and discuss whether this shift is due to technological advances or broader societal changes.
Notable Quote:
Armstrong and Getty consider the balance between technological engagement and physical, imaginative play, questioning the long-term effects on childhood development.
Timestamp: 41:03 - 42:26
The hosts briefly touch upon recent terrorist plots in the United States and the introduction of anti-blasphemy laws in England. They express concerns over the balance between security and civil liberties.
Notable Quote:
The conversation underscores the persistent issues of extremism and the legislative responses aimed at curbing such threats.
In "Woolite Is So Exciting," Armstrong and Getty offer a multifaceted discussion that navigates through political tensions, technological milestones, and societal shifts. Their blend of humor and critical analysis provides listeners with a nuanced perspective on contemporary issues. By intertwining personal stories with broader debates, the hosts create a relatable and thought-provoking narrative that resonates with a diverse audience.
Final Notable Quote:
This encapsulates the show's commitment to blending informative discourse with everyday relatable content, making complex topics accessible and engaging for all listeners.