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Yeah, free 99 is tough. Right, right. Hey, personal. Hey, thanks for always giving me the shot on a radio show. I have a lot of fun.
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You take over, man.
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Yeah, it's a blast. And I appreciate the. The artist rendering photo that you left on the desk for me. The. Do we have that somewhere? It was, it was, it's hiding around here somewhere.
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But there was me over there.
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Yes, yes. It was an artistic rendition that was left on my desk. So. Yeah, so apparently. Yeah. So you were in spirit. Yeah, it was right, right there on my desk for me when I came in.
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So do you want this for your house?
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Because if you think my walls are full right now, but if you. But if you'll autograph it, I'll definitely put it on my. So Gutfeld can see it.
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Okay. Absolutely. That would kill.
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But yeah, that was nice of you to leave that. He doesn't speak at all of insecurity.
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It's not really, it's not really flattering. Let me see.
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The smile's a little, you know, jokerish, but other than that it's dead. On.
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Okay, so we'll put it right there so we know where it is.
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It's not gonna go anywhere.
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So you got Gutfeld tonight?
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Yeah, I got Gutfeld. I got Kennedy on my podcast, and we're gonna talk about all things Kennedy today.
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So what's the main difference between the podcast to do with the radio show? This becomes a podcast. You know, you could always see the show on YouTube, too.
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The thing I love about the radio show is that you have time for discussion.
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Right.
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Especially with guests and stuff. Like, there's a lot more time and there's. The pressure is different, you know, because you want to get it right. And you got. You got a really great, great team, by the way. Like, when you need something, information, stuff.
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Alison, Pete.
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Now, the fellas are phenomenal. But, like, you call a number, you know, when you walk in at 8am and they're like. They just got. They got so much stuff. And you basically don't know, like, you're. The clock's ticking and you got to come up with three hours. And during that time, there's. You can get an audible here and there, but you got to. It's got to be laid out. So absolutely. Your team makes it easy.
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Couple of things. How do you just tap into a wrestling background? I was watching espn. I forgot they got the contract for wrestling.
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Yeah.
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So you're watching baseball and they go, next WWE event. How do you feel about that?
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You know, I always felt that wrestling was kind of a separate thing. You know, the sport. But the sports side of it, I love that it's getting that kind of recognition. The downside of it is that, you know, to protect the magic show that it is, I kind of always think it should stay within. But go.
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Go to it to see it.
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Right. But at the same time, it's giving wrestlers an opportunity to really step out the box and show how talent they are and the interviews and stuff like that and getting their influences on other all things sports. But let's talk about baseball. I mean, my Red sox, you know, 14 straight. We got rained out yesterday. So I don't know if that puts a damper on things or not. Pardon the pun.
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They are your Red Sox.
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Yeah. Oh, die hard. Die hard. Great young team. We were dead last. And we were. We were off bad as the Mets after. Worse than the Mets.
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We got.
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We lost a series of Colorado.
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Right.
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And who stopped trying two years ago?
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Yeah. So I literally was like, season's over, but I. I always show up. And then we swept the Yankees, swept
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the Mets and that changed everything.
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Everything.
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And we're in a tough series with the Orioles right now. Orioles were. Were seven. They had won seven straight going into our game.
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Last question about wrestling. How'd you feel? How do you guys feel? You're professional wrestlers. You're doing this all the time. And all of a sudden they go, hey, we're in Madison Square Garden. We're going to have Carl Anthony Towns. We're going to have Jalen Brunson come down. How do you guys feel about that?
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Well, first of all, that's tradition. Like Muhammad Ali and Guerrilla Monsoon when the airplane spin them celebrities, everybody wants to be a wrestler, you know, and they think they can, and they think they can. And the only thing that is different now is back in the day when you came down, you got your. Your ass handed to you. Gorilla Monsoon put Muhammad Ali in a airplane spin and told him he didn't know wrist watch from wrist lock, you know, and get out of my ring. And it was a certain. You protected it. Now celebrities get a little more opportunities, you know, putting guy, you know, Towns, who's got spaghetti for arms, is snatching guys up. That wouldn't have happened back in the day. Andre wouldn't allow that. That wouldn't have went. Went down on Andre or Hogan's watch.
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So. Do you remember Muhammad Ali? I'm older than you. Antonio Inoki.
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Yep.
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Who did tremendous damage because I guess there was a contract that said he couldn't hit Ali.
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There was. Got on his back. There was a lot of rumors and stuff like that. And the thing about wrestling is you never know what's what. I. He stayed on his back the whole time to avoid. But because to avoid being hit, I don't think Muhammad Ali, knowing who he was, was. Would have had a problem with being hit. I don't think he ever would have got close to him. I mean, if you're going to try to box Muhammad Ali, you're going to have a bad day. He went to his back because that was the only defense and offense he could muster. Was hoping that Muhammad Ali would make a mistake. Let's not forget Muhammad Ali had gloves on. So there was. I don't believe that story. I think that's just part of the lore that, you know, to make because in wrestling, you have to be bigger than life. So. But again, that was a different time now, you know, and then we have guys like, you know, Brock Lesnar, who went over to UFC and dominated, became a world champ. So the legitimacy of wrestling was more prevalent back then. Where they would protect themselves at all time. Now you would have a wrestler go in there, it was more of an entertainment side and get knocked out because it would look good, it would be good for ratings. But back in the day, wrestlers would not allow that. But Dr. D, David Schultz was fired because he was too rough with Mr. T. Is he.
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Is it true they pounded. He noki pounded Ali's leg so bad that it really hurt him.
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And a kick from a Nokia would be more dangerous than a strike. And I got, like I said, he's one of my all time favorites. When I left the wwe, the first phone call I got was from his people. And I got the chance to go over in Japan and wrestle in the Tokyo Dome and all that. And he came out with his classic red scarf. And like their rules, he still has no, he's passed. But his, his traditions were still respected. You know, you didn't know that you didn't speak to your opponent till you walked out there, which I thought was great. Which means you had to know it all was in the ring. And the Japanese crowd, it's an art form. So it's completely different. You'll do an amazing move, you'll hit a guy with some power and you won't hear anything or you'll hear some oh and the whole oh. And then all of a sudden you get this rounding standing ovation at the end of it. Like it's absolutely.
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There's too polite in discipline.
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It's just, it's the. It's a respected art form. It's very cool.
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I'll bring you something else.
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You get me excited. I want to come out of retirement now.
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Do you remember when Buster Douglas Ford fought Tyson and where it was? Tokyo.
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Absolutely blue, blue.
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See, what was surreal is we're watching Tyson get hit for the first time and then we watch him go down and you don't hear any noise. I'm saying to myself, is this real? But it's the Japanese audience. It's so polite instead of the build and the noise that you would normally have until he actually went down and was out looking for his mouthpiece. I go to myself, but there was something surreal happening right now.
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That fight. Buster Douglas fought above his, his pay grade.
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Oh my goodness.
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The loss of his mother inspired him to be the best version of himself. The sad part was Buster wasn't able to maintain that. He had the ability to be a world class fighter and then rate his first title defense against Evander Holyfield. He just got demolished, you know, and he struggled with weight Problems and, and things like that. But that was the right night, the right place, and Mike was dealing with, you know, nothing but sharks around him and wasn't preparing like he normally would or should have.
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You know, with Don King and Holloway
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and all those guys just, just, just, they were just parasites just draining off him, you know, and then, you know, being in a really bad marriage, you know, and just, he was a lot of bad things going on for Mike. I think the best thing about Mike is that who would have thought he would have became a philosopher, you know, and now I think he's, he's bigger than his boxing career, which is saying a lot because he was the baddest man on the planet for a long time.
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Well, he seems to get the right woman now.
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Yeah. Oh, yeah, I've met her, I've met that. And she is absolutely phenomenal. He's in a great place and you know, his battles with mental health, the loss of a child, like, he has probably been the most polarized, humble person who's been through so much, but he's just become a beacon of enlightenment. And I think that's an amazing, amazing thing.
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You know what's also amazing is he was in debt, right? Taxes.
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Yep.
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He paid it back, he earned it back. Like, you watched him do his one man show, you watched everything he was doing and he just said, okay, I'm not blaming anybody.
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He never did, he never has. You know, a lot of people just that ridiculous court case that going to prison for the way he did that.
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Dershowitz always said he was 100% innocent.
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Here's the thing, a lot of people don't, men don't come back from that. You know, it takes a certain amount of integrity and redemption and faith in yourself to come back from that. Because a lot of cases, society won't let you come back from that. You know, and he's, he's reinvented himself. He's never backed away from any situation. So he is the epitome of the American dream.
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So I want to, on a different note, just for a moment, I watched you last night, you talk about socialism over the last few days. So people have trouble defining socialism. And one thing is, if you believe what you believe, if Bernie Sanders believes what he believes, okay, fine, but imagine if you're just saying it, you don't know what you believe. And I think the 34 year old mayor of New York City exposed himself when asked, just tell me what working class is. Listen to this. I, I think if you have to work to pay Your bills.
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I think that that is one definition
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of being a part of the working class. So that's everyone with a W2.
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Is that.
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Is that kind of 1099 too? I think it's.
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It's.
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I'm less interested.
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So someone making $250,000 a year is working class?
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I mean, I, I haven't sat at
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home and asked myself where it starts and stops. Why not?
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He's the mayor. This dude is. He auditioned. He's an actor. He's auditioned. He's a anti Semitic crony. He has no base. I mean, he want. He sat there and I want to arrest Netanyahu, but didn't understand his job was he couldn't do that. And then his answer was, hey, federal government, help me out. This is the problem. I don't live in New York, but there was no way in hell that I work here. I work here, but I'm a 1099 based out of Florida.
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Really?
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You catch my drift? So. But New Yorkers to be asleep at the wheel, the voters to be asleep at the wheel. I think this should be. And this shouldn't. You shouldn't have to be Jewish to be shocked about this. But you allowed an completely unqualified hack, a mama's boy, if you will, with no real skill set to come in. And he is just running the agenda of an anti semitic anti. He just. He has no basis aoc. Same thing she was. Whenever they're caught on a hot mic, asked a question, the ignorance is overwhelming.
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Remember what you did overseas?
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What kind of a bartender, I mean, was she Jim Crow, started the Senate? I mean, these used to be things that you would say, right, that there would be a meeting about whether you were fit to serve. Now it's just part of the news thing that unqualified actors who can't make it in Hollywood or a rap career or a bartender, now they audition and the organization of the left puts them in, gets them the votes. They put the money into them, and then they tell them what to say. This is what the American voter has to smarten up. You have to stop electing people based on how they look or how fancy their ads are.
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you write and there's many reasons why. Number one, you said you were so that's good enough. Me.
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Yeah.
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But number two is when AOC was there for about two weeks. You know, she was a bartender before, came out of nowhere. Beats Joe Crowley. She comes out and goes, oh yeah, I got the new green deal. It's like 300 pages.
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Yeah.
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Number one, I don't care if you you're for the environment or not. Where'd that come from?
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Exactly.
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You know, it'd be different if you pull Glenn Youngkin and you tell me he's got an economic plan. Yeah, no kidding. You spent your life in finance. Yeah, but this is a 30 something year old person goes, by the way, New Green deal totally revamped the economy. What do you talk, where'd that come from? Who are you working for?
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Exactly. And that's the question that people need to be ask asking for whom like again. And we see it. Tim Waltz makes that disgusting speech about being upset that a pedophile was deported and he's like our child, our children safer. Are their lives better?
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Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
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But people then be like, he's stupid. He's not stupid. You're either part of the team or a sympathizer. Because only, only a pedophile. That would be their mindset trying to say, oh, it was a bad day because he got caught. That was the day.
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And what people should know is that there's been a pedophile that abused his 10 year old for years.
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One guy know of for two years.
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Usually it's not one off, it's never one.
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They graduate, they get, you know, and then his answer was not remorseful, not I'm sorry, it was, it's a cultural thing. But you know, if you do that over there, you get murdered, you know, in certain societies. So again, we have to start asking ourselves when they make these speeches and we need to stop bringing in other Democratic strategists to say, oh, that doesn't represent us. No, they do. The question is who's you need to find who's cutting those checks.
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So I want you to so Van Jones, your thoughts about him being outraged
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cut for this stuff is going too far. I am a progressive Democrat. You want to talk about prison reform, I've done it as well as anybody Republican Democrats in the south with Trump. I've done prison reform. I never said have no prisons. Where are you going to put the Klan? I've done police reform. I never said no police. Where are you going to put the pedophiles? Who's going to grab the pedophiles? This stuff is going too far. I've been waiting my whole life to see a youth movement do what it's doing. But it's being hijacked by people who are putting in nutty ideas supporting terrorists, nutty ideas saying we don't need cops in prison, we can't deport anybody even if they rape somebody. Who said this Chevalier and she won the election easily.
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Primarily Hispanic people.
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Too late. You all of the Democrats that were okay with saying Russia, Russia, Russia and Trump is Hitler and all these things, they open the doors to a certain part of a creepy society and now it's come to roost and now he doesn't like it, but it's too late. They allow these guys to come in. We need to start looking at they went after our children. They took away education. They don't want you to read. They don't want you to have thought. They want you just to follow. They groom if you look at and what is the Basis of the identity, the color of your skin and who you sleep with. That is the entire basis of what you've allowed in. And then they get in and now they're socialist Democrats. No, no, no. These are. This is a monstrous group of people that have. Didn't have numbers, couldn't openly come in and say, hey, I support pedophilia. I, I support those things. I support no one going to jail, because if I'm a pedophile and I want to get rid, I would want to get rid of jails.
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Right.
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Also, if I was a pedophile, I would want us not to know what a woman is anymore. I would want children to be sexually educated and at a young age.
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Would you believe that Van is Van Jones being sincere?
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A thousand percent. I don't think he realized. And Van, I think, is a brilliant guy. I don't agree with him on much, but I could have. I could have dinner with him.
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Seems like a great guy.
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I could. I could. I could have a conversation with him. If I got to know him. I probably could be friends with him. I don't. My friends and I, Kevin Nash and I, I consider him like a brother. He's about as Democrat as it could possibly be. Dave Batista, about as Democratic. And I love those guys. I don't care what they are politically because I know who they are as men. So. But him coming forward now, it's. He's. He's in. When he had the ability to say, hey, this isn't right. What's going on in our colleges. Hey, this isn't right. Instead, they were so, so forced on making a false narrative about President Trump that they created the monster that they were trying to convince us was in the White House. And now that's who they are. Look at who they're running like. Tim Waltz should have never been allowed to public speak again after those comments. They were disgusting. If you take that in any. There's no context to way to swing it. And the worst part is he's making these statements while he has this new backdrop of a bunch of children hugging on him. We need to wake up.
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You know those people that you like so much? They're telling me to take a break
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because they know their clocks as they should.
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Tyrus, thanks so much.
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Appreciate you, man.
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Go get them.
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Host: Brian Kilmeade (A)
Guest: Tyrus (B)
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In this lively episode, Brian Kilmeade is joined by Fox News personality and wrestler Tyrus for a frank and unfiltered conversation. They discuss the differences between broadcast and podcasting, share stories from Tyrus’s wrestling days, touch on baseball and the Boston Red Sox, and eventually pivot to a fiery takedown of what they describe as the rise of far-left politics in America. Key topics include the confusion around the definition of "working class," critiques of politicians like AOC and the mayor of NYC, and concern over progressive stances on criminal justice and identity politics. The pair also react to recent comments by Van Jones regarding the left’s push for radical policies.
Tyrus Reflects on Wrestling’s Place in Media
"Wrestling was kind of a separate thing...But the sports side of it, I love that it's getting that kind of recognition." (03:22)
“Everybody wants to be a wrestler...Now celebrities get a little more opportunities” (04:39)
“Andre wouldn’t allow that. That wouldn’t have went down on Andre or Hogan’s watch.” (04:55)
Difference Between Radio and Podcasting
"The thing I love about the radio show is that you have time for discussion...your team makes it easy." (02:32-03:10)
Cultural Differences in Sports Crowds
“You don’t hear any noise...But it’s the Japanese audience, it’s so polite instead of the build and the noise that you would normally have.” (07:45)
“It’s just, it’s a respected art form. It’s very cool.” (07:33)
“He’s never backed away from any situation. So he is the epitome of the American dream.” (09:45)
“Who would have thought he would have become a philosopher...he’s bigger than his boxing career.” (08:36)
Confusion Over the “Working Class”
“So someone making $250,000 a year is working class?” (10:50)
"He's the mayor. This dude is...an anti Semitic crony. He has no base..." (11:01)
Criticizing Election Choices and Political Qualifications
"Unqualified actors who can't make it in Hollywood or a rap career or a bartender, now they audition and the organization of the left puts them in..." (12:06)
Brian: “This is a 30 something year old person goes, by the way, New Green deal totally revamped the economy. What do you talk, where’d that come from? Who are you working for?” (14:54)
Socialism & Progressive Policy Concerns
“Tim Waltz makes that disgusting speech about being upset that a pedophile was deported and he's like 'are children safer?' Are their lives better?” (15:11)
"You’re either part of the team or a sympathizer. Only a pedophile...would say ‘oh, it was a bad day because he got caught.’" (15:30)
Van Jones’ Warnings About Going Too Far
Van Jones: “I never said have no prisons. Where are you going to put the Klan? I've done police reform. I never said no police. Where are you going to put the pedophiles? Who's going to grab the pedophiles? This stuff is going too far.” (16:23)
“Too late. You all of the Democrats that were okay with saying Russia, Russia, Russia and Trump is Hitler and all these things, they open the doors to a certain part of a creepy society and now it's come to roost and now he doesn't like it, but it's too late.” (17:05)
Concerns Over Education and Identity Politics
“They took away education. They don't want you to read. They don't want you to have thought...what is the Basis of the identity, the color of your skin and who you sleep with. That is the entire basis of what you've allowed in.” (17:52)
“I think, is a brilliant guy. I don't agree with him on much, but I could have...dinner with him...I don't care what they are politically because I know who they are as men.” (18:18)
This episode sees Brian Kilmeade and Tyrus blend humor, nostalgia, and sharp political critique. From sports and pop culture to passionate commentary on political trends, the tone is direct, unfiltered, and often biting. For listeners seeking a critical, right-leaning perspective on American politics and culture—with plenty of wrestling analogies—this episode delivers both entertainment and pointed analysis.