Am I The Jerk? Save The Announcement

Summary

Podcast Summary: Brooke and Jeffrey – "Am I The Jerk? Save The Announcement"

Episode Date: June 25, 2026
Podcast: Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update (iHeartPodcasts)

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Overview

In this episode, the focus shifts from Second Date Updates to a lively “Am I the Jerk?” discussion, where listeners submit real-life dilemmas for the hosts and audience to judge. This edition is wedding-themed, centering around listener Ashley, who sparked controversy by sending out “non-invites” to her wedding. The hosts, joined by their usual cast (Brooke, Jeffrey, Alexis, Jose), debate whether Ashley’s approach is tacky or sensible, and later respond to another wedding guest situation involving a pizza delivery. The episode is full of banter, relatable frustrations, and biting humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introduction to “Am I the Jerk?” (02:47–03:31)

• The hosts explain the segment: listeners write in with something questionable they’ve done, and both the hosts and listeners pronounce judgment.
• “Today is wedding themed. There’s always a jerk involved with a wedding, so you get to comment.” (Brooke, 03:21)

2. Ashley’s “Non-Invite” Dilemma (03:31–11:11)

Ashley’s Story (05:21–07:04)

• Ashley is getting married in three months and holding a small ceremony of only 20 guests—immediate family and best friends.
• Inspired by Instagram, she sent “non-invites,” announcements informing friends they are not invited, accompanied by a link to the couple’s wedding website/registry.
  • “It's only… our immediate family… our two best friends each, like, that's it.” (Ashley, 08:07)
• Controversy erupted when a friend posted a non-invite online, criticizing Ashley as “rude” and “tacky.”

Heated Debate (07:04–11:11)

• Brooke and Jeffrey press Ashley about her intentions—was this just a way to solicit gifts?
  • “Are the non invites or you're just soliciting for presents at that point?” (Brooke, 06:09)
• Ashley insists it’s about transparency and inclusion (not wanting friends to find out post-fact that she married secretly).
  • “I think that they're being jerks for not stepping into my shoes.” (Ashley, 08:16)
• Discussion over etiquette: is a non-invite more considerate, or just a new form of asking for gifts?
  • “It sounds tacky if you don't give a gift. Right?” (Ashley, 09:24)
• Brooke draws comparisons to graduation and baby shower announcements, which are often gift-driven.
  • “I do get… graduation invites to, like, cousins of cousins…they're just asking for stuff, you know…” (Brooke, 09:30)

Describing the “Non-Invite” (09:53–10:07)

• “If you're just tuning in, what the non invite means is basically an announcement saying we're getting married in a private ceremony. You can't come, but go to our website and check out our registry.” (Jeffrey, 09:53)

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3. Audience (Text Board) Reactions & Poll (11:12–13:55)

• Ashley’s case is put to a listener’s vote: “Is she the jerk?” (Jeffrey, 11:11)
• Sample responses:
  • “I would definitely respond to her non invite by throwing it straight into my fireplace.” (Listener text, 12:19)
  • “I completely understand what she's going through. It's hard to tell people they're not invited. Give her a break.” (Listener text, 12:30)
• Results: “72% said she is the jerk for sending out non invites to her wedding.” (Jeffrey, 13:25)

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4. Bonus Dilemma: Pizza at the Wedding (13:55–17:54)

Leah’s Story (14:06–16:11)

• Leah (a male caller) attended a coworker’s wedding. At a large reception, his table (17 out of 18) found the food ran out before they could eat—only beans were left.
  • “They ran out of food. All they had left was like a half a tray of beans.” (Leah, 14:43)
• Leah ordered pizza for his table, leading to cheers, but angered the bride who said, “we turned her big day into a white trash wedding.” (Leah, 15:32)

Panel’s Verdict (17:03–17:54)

• Alexis: “Low key, I would have done the same thing. So not the jerk.”
• Brooke: “You probably should have informed the bride, but I’m still going to say not the jerk.”
• Jose: “You got to ask the bride… So you’re a jerk here for sure.”
• Jeffrey: “My vote is NC for no class… you decided to bring it into the venue and shove it in the bride’s face.”
• The consensus leans to “not a jerk,” but opinions are split, with the sense that notifying the bride would have helped.

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5. Recap and Listener Comments (20:10–21:56)

• The hosts read more comments, mostly critical of Ashley’s non-invite strategy: “It's not an eight-year-old's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese where the gift is an obligation.” (Listener, 21:19)
• Advice offered: Leave announcements on a wedding website—“Much simpler, less offensive.” (Listener, 21:26)
• Hosts reflect lightheartedly on their own weddings and antics, agreeing that some guests just want to “eat and get out,” with Alexis and Jose joking about food and drinking at weddings.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Ashley’s Justification:
  “It’s so stressful to have to cut people out of your wedding.” (Ashley, 08:16)
• Jeffrey’s Sarcasm about Spirit Gifts:
  “So is it okay if they send you a spirit gift? If they're only going to be there in spirit, maybe they could send you a new car in spirit.” (Jeffrey, 09:05)
• Brooke on Gift-Giving Culture:
  “I do get… graduation invites to, like, cousins of cousins…they're just asking for stuff, you know…” (Brooke, 09:30)
• Listener Reaction:
  “I would definitely respond to her non invite by throwing it straight into my fireplace.” (Listener text, 12:19)
• Leah’s Pizza Solution:
  “I called for pizza delivery… our two tables start cheering. The bride, she got so angry… she said that we turned her big day into a white trash wedding.” (Leah, 15:18–15:36)
• Jeffrey’s Verdict:
  “My vote is NC for no class. Could have ordered the pizza, secretly ate it out in the street like a rat…” (Jeffrey, 17:25)
• Alexis on Weddings:
  “Thank God I didn’t have to pay to go to that wedding.” (Alexis, 07:24)
• Listener on Wedding Announcements:
  “Why not just leave an announcement on their wedding website? Much simpler, less offensive.” (Listener text, 21:26)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Am I The Jerk? Intro: 02:47–03:31
• Ashley’s “Non-Invite” Story: 05:21–07:04
• Hosts’ Debate with Ashley: 07:04–11:11
• Listener Votes and Texts: 12:19–13:25
• Leah’s Wedding Pizza Story: 14:06–16:11
• Panel’s Verdict on Pizza: 17:03–17:54
• Listener Comments and Wrap-Up: 20:10–21:56

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Final Thoughts & Takeaways

• The episode blends real-world etiquette questions with comedic banter.
• Ashley’s “non-invite” approach is overwhelmingly judged to be in poor taste, with most listeners and hosts feeling it crosses the line into “jerk” territory, despite her good intentions.
• In contrast, when faced with hunger, the panel is more forgiving of Leah’s decision to bring in pizza—emphasizing that communication and context matter.
• Underneath the jokes, the hosts frequently reinforce: honesty, empathy, and clear communication go a long way in tricky social situations.

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Episode Scorecard:

• Ashley (Non-Invite): 72% “jerk”
• Leah (Wedding Pizza): Mostly “not a jerk,” but mixed opinions

Tone: Sarcastic, lively, and irreverent, with warm camaraderie among the hosts.

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Transcript

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[Brooke]

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[Jeffrey]

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[Brooke]

Hey, it's Brooke and Jeffrey, and we've got a new podcast for you.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Thank you so much for being here on your second day podcast and Thursdays, we mix it up. We do something a little different every day.

[Drink Champs Host]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

And today is something I don't think we've done in a long time.

[Ashley]

Yeah.

[Jose]

I don't think.

[Alexis]

You've definitely, probably not heard it in this feed before.

[Brooke]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's a segment we do called Am I the Jerk? And that's where someone writes in with something that they've done, and then we get to judge them. Yeah. And you.

[Alexis]

Not just us. Everybody.

[Brooke]

Everybody.

[Jose]

Well, they need help. They're like, look, I know I'm not the jerk. And then we get to judge.

[Mangesha Teagar]

No.

[Alexis]

Or they think they are. Or we think they are.

[Uncle Murder]

Are.

[Jose]

And we still get to judge.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Today is wedding themed.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

There's always a jerk involved with a wedding, so you get to comment in the section as you like to do. Jerk or no jerk.

[Scientist Guest]

Yes.

[Brooke]

Let's get this going. It starts right now.

[Jeffrey]

Ah, weddings. Aren't they fun?

[Tony Ayo]

Yes.

[Jeffrey]

Lavish events filled with flowers and dancing and drinking and laughter.

[Jose]

Bridesmaids.

[Jeffrey]

But could they also be the breeding ground for jerks? I say that because one of our listeners is about to get married in a few months, and already she's made more than half of her friends and family angry.

[Ashley]

No.

[Brooke]

That is quite a feat.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

She thought she was doing the right thing. Is she at fault, though? You get to decide when she tells us the story in a Am I the Jerk? It's coming up next. Is there any place on the Internet that brides spend more time than Instagram? I mean, Pinterest, maybe. Prenup blocker.gov could be another option.

[Jose]

But it's like an ad blocker.

[Jeffrey]

Instagram does take up a large chunk, though, because you get to see all the cool wedding venues, find new traditions and trends that you want to take and incorporate into your own event.

[Brooke]

It's so exciting and fun to do.

[Jose]

And then you like it. For a couple days, your algorithm transforms. Next thing.

[Brooke]

Oh, my God.

[Jose]

Wedding week.

[Drink Champs Host]

Exactly.

[Jeffrey]

Well, one of our listeners says the idea that she took from online may have backfired on her and now she wants to know, is she the jerk?

[Brooke]

Oh, I love these.

[Jeffrey]

So in our most non judgmental voices, let's welcome Ashley to the show. Hey, Ashley.

[Brooke]

That's good, Jeff. Brides are sensitive, especially if they have a big issue. That's good.

[Jeffrey]

So, Ashley, welcome. Your wedding is coming up. It hasn't happened yet.

[Ashley]

Yeah, it's coming up in three months.

[Jeffrey]

Congratulations.

[Alexis]

Already in trouble.

[Brooke]

I. Well, I mean, look at.

[Leah]

She's laughing.

[Brooke]

You know what, though? Ashley's laughing. I think that's a good sign. Or you're crying. I'm not sure which.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, tell us about what's going on. Why did you reach out to us about this?

[Ashley]

All right, so as I said, wedding is coming up in three months. Very excited, very happy to be marrying the love of my life. And I saw this thing on Instagram that people are doing now. It's like, help them save some money. And to also try to be inclusive, which is sending out non invites for my wedding. Non invites, Exactly.

[Jose]

What do you mean?

[Brooke]

What do you mean? Yeah, like, you get a thing that says you're not invited.

[Ashley]

So basically it's sending out announcements, like, to let people know that we're having a private ceremony and that they're not invited to it because it's going to be a yes.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Brooke]

Wait, your weddings in three months? Have you already done this?

[Ashley]

I have done it. And it's a tiny event. Like, it's only. We're only having 20 people come. Like, it's just our immediate family.

[Brooke]

So are the non invites or you're just soliciting for presents at that point? Is that what you're trying to get? Like, why?

[Jeffrey]

Because that's what Brooke would definitely do. But, like, what's your thinking behind it?

[Brooke]

I don't really get the point of it.

[Ashley]

Okay. The reason for it is because we want to have, like our non. I guess, like, top 20. Be there with us in spirit.

[Jeffrey]

Is that what you put on the non invites? Like, hey, you're in our non top 20.

[Tony Ayo]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

But we still appreciate you.

[Ashley]

No, no, it just has a link to our wedding webpage that they can, like, go in that they can see. Like, it's the announcement. They can see what events are happening and they can, like. Yeah, yeah. So, like, one of our friends, I don't know who it was, took our non invite and posted it on social media and then blasted it and saying that it's rude and it's tacky and that we're only doing it so that people will buy us gifts.

[Brooke]

It's kind of how it reads, but yeah, but you. You swear that's not your. That wasn't your intention.

[Ashley]

It's. For me, it's just like, what do you want me to do? Like, not tell my friends anything about it and just have them find out later that I got secretly married? Like, that's super rude.

[Alexis]

My friends, they do have a small ceremony and then they send photos after and they're like, we got married.

[Brooke]

Do you ever feel like, man, I wish I would have known so I could mentally prepare that I wasn't. I didn't make the cut.

[Alexis]

Thank God I didn't have to pay to go to that wedding.

[Jeffrey]

Alexis has been to so many weddings. At this point, she just wants a break.

[Brooke]

Yeah, she was happy to not be invited.

[Jeffrey]

You would love one of these. But you're saying that people online now are calling. Calling you rude and tacky because you sent this out, telling people exactly.

[Leah]

Just.

[Jeffrey]

You're just trying to keep them informed that this was going to happen.

[Ashley]

Like, the event is going to be close to $20,000. It's not like I'm being cheap, but how else am I supposed to, like, tell people, like, hey, we're getting married. Here's our wedding registries that save the

[Jose]

date, but not for you.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Jose]

Not for yourself.

[Jeffrey]

I mean, think about us on the day.

[Brooke]

So that's a thousand dollars a person. You're spending those 20 people you love. Yeah, you really love. You know, but that's just our family

[Ashley]

and our literally, like, I have a decent sized immediate family. He has an immediate. A decent sized immediate family. And it's like our two best friends each, like, that's it. And honestly, I think that they're being jerks for not stepping into my shoes for a second and realizing, like, it's so stressful to have to cut people out of your wedding.

[Brooke]

Like, have you gotten any. Have you gotten any positive feedback from people in your life that have gotten a non invite to your wedding?

[Ashley]

So, like, I haven't seen any of that yet. I'm hoping that they're gonna be like, oh, this is amazing. They're se leaving me having to spend all this money on their wedding.

[Jeffrey]

So how do you feel about the people that get your non invite and then don't send you a gift? How do you feel about that?

[Ashley]

Okay, so if they don't want to buy any gifts, that's fine. If they want to, they can. I strongly encourage them to do that if they want to in support of spirit, but it's totally up to them. But if it was me, I would 100% be sending gifts.

[Jeffrey]

So is it okay if they send you a spirit gift? If they're only going to be there in spirit, maybe they could send you a new car in spirit.

[Hoda Kotb]

I see.

[Brooke]

I see.

[Jeffrey]

That's the equal balance.

[Brooke]

It's not tangible, but it's an idea.

[Jeffrey]

Yes. And that's my gift to you, is the thought of sending you something nice.

[Alexis]

Oh, my God.

[Ashley]

I know you guys are joking, but honestly, it sounds tacky if you don't give a gift. Right.

[Brooke]

Honestly, my first reaction was I, like, cringed at this. But then, like, the more I think about it, I do get, like, graduation invites to, like, cousins of cousins of cousins that I've never met in my life. And they're just asking for stuff, you

[Alexis]

know, like, they're just the same with baby showers. Like, you know, the underlying thing is you're just giving somebody.

[Jeffrey]

How do you know that's going to be a good baby in there? Might be a bad kid. I don't want to give a gift

[Scientist Guest]

to a bad kid.

[Brooke]

That's true.

[Jeffrey]

And if you're just tuning in, what the non invite means is basically an announcement saying we're getting married in a private ceremony. You can't come, but go to our website and check out our registry and follow along.

[Jose]

We want you to know we're getting married and we're celebrating. Unfortunately, we can't afford to have everybody.

[Jeffrey]

It's a new trend, apparently that's happening on Instagram. Instagram. And Ashley tried it. It's backfired for her. But so anyway, I mean, so you know how this works. Ashley, you're asking us to ask our listeners, are you the jerk? So text in 7, 8, 5, 9 to jerk or no jerk about Ashley's private wedding non invitations that she already sent out. Is she the jerk? Text it in. We're going to find out the answer when we continue Am I the jerk? Right after this. We're in the middle of doing Am I the Jerk? Where one of our listeners, Ashley, was on and told us that she's getting married in a few months. Here she had to send out invites to her wedding, but also non invites to the friends and family members who didn't make her top 20 cut since they're trying to rein in the costs. And I would say at the beginning, Brooke, you seemed pretty against it, but you were having more fun towards the end there. Were you changing your mind on the non invite trend?

[Brooke]

No, I was just trying to be kind.

[Tony Ayo]

Okay,

[Hoda Kotb]

but what else?

[Brooke]

It's her choice. It's her decision. I just know if I got that from a friend, I'd be like.

[Jeffrey]

But it's like, she. I know you're cheap and you don't want to do stuff for friends, but, like, what are you supposed to do it? Like, I get that it sounds bad, but what's the alternative to not tell your friends anything and just not get any attention for your wedding day at all?

[Jose]

You just circle thank you.

[Alexis]

And you after, no, thank you.

[Jose]

Yeah. You just say, oh, no, thanks, I am coming. And then you just mail it back

[Brooke]

on the non invite. Like, I know they says I'm not allowed to come now I know where it is.

[Jose]

Unless they include the address.

[Theo Henderson]

Sure.

[Jeffrey]

But she's in a tough position having to cut people from her wedding. She doesn't want to not invite people. She's just trying to include everybody.

[Brooke]

And it can be so uncomfortable. I remember for my wedding, I sent a invite out to my parents. Friends and their kids wrote me and said, oh, can we bring our kid? And I'm like, but the invite wasn't for you.

[Jose]

It was a really.

[Jeffrey]

And then you made them work the party as, like, waiters and waitresses and everything worked out.

[Jose]

But we did.

[Jeffrey]

We got a lot of reaction on the text board from our listeners.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Wanting to weigh in on this one. Said I would definitely respond to her non invite by throwing it straight into my fireplace. Not very supportive on that one.

[Alexis]

Probably good you didn't invite that person.

[Jeffrey]

Another text at 7592 says, I completely understand what she's going through. It's hard to tell people they're not invited. Give her a break.

[Jose]

Okay. I mean, totally get it.

[Brooke]

It is nice that you, like, pull the band aid off and everybody knows that they're not allowed Small amount.

[Alexis]

Like, that's not a lot of.

[Jeffrey]

And one text from a Mrs. B. Fox said, marriage isn't all it's cracked up to be. Don't even do it. So I don't know.

[Brooke]

I love different opinions.

[Jeffrey]

Unfortunately, Ashley. Ashley couldn't be on for the second part of this. Wait, she had to. She had to put out a fire with one of her cousins who was angry about it, wanted to talk to her, so she had to leave.

[Brooke]

Wait, she's honest. Not on the phone.

[Jeffrey]

She's not on the phone. So she's not going to get to hear the results live. But we did ask the listeners, is Ashley the jerk?

[Brooke]

Oh, she's got scared. No, she knows that cousin was a lie. Jeffrey, I'm trying to Be nice.

[Jeffrey]

Let's get to the answer.

[Brooke]

How nice I was.

[Jeffrey]

Your screaming is very nice. I get it.

[Jose]

Brooke, talk some crap about her now that she's out of the phone.

[Jeffrey]

Let's just get to the answers here. 72% said she is the jerk for sending out non invites to her wedding. Now real quick, Alexis, am I the jerk for asking you what the other percentage of that is?

[Jose]

Real quick.

[Jeffrey]

Do the math.

[Alexis]

I use my fingers. 82, 90, 28.

[Sway]

All right.

[Alexis]

Yeah. Unless there's a few that didn't know, you know, those always.

[Brooke]

There's always those people on two hands that should be rewarded.

[Jeffrey]

Now we do have someone else who called in with their own wedding situation that they wanted us to weigh in on. His name is Leah. So we have a little extra time here. Leah, welcome to the show.

[Leah]

Hey, thanks for having me.

[Jose]

Hey, we really wanted to talk to you.

[Alexis]

Yeah, super glad he got a non invite.

[Jeffrey]

What's going on? You had some sort of wedding situation come up with you?

[Leah]

Yeah, so I got an invite to a wedding and it was a couple of months ago. A bride's just a co worker of mine. They had a nice event. You know, they did dinner buffet style, which is fine, which is cool. There were 18 tables. I'm at table 17.

[Brooke]

Okay.

[Leah]

And of course, table 16 goes. And then they ran out of food.

[Brooke]

Oh, no. Oh, they ran out of food. Before the last two tables went up,

[Leah]

they ran out of food. All they had left was like a half a tray of beans.

[Brooke]

Oh, my God, what a fail from the caterer or a hungry guest overtaking,

[Alexis]

you know, filling their plate a lot.

[Brooke]

Oh, you're gonna blame them.

[Jeffrey]

That's the ultimate wedding nightmare is running out of food at your house.

[Brooke]

What did they do? Did they run out and get burgers for you guys or something?

[Leah]

That would have been nice. I mean, people at my table, you know, we're just watching everyone eat and nobody was doing anything about it. It seemed like they just didn't care.

[Brooke]

Oh, no. Yikes.

[Jeffrey]

Did have the beans though.

[Leah]

So I was like, okay, I'll handle this. I called for pizza delivery. Hey, yeah. They show up to the venue, they bring in the pizzas, our two tables start cheering. Okay, the bride, she got so angry.

[Alexis]

What?

[Leah]

She said that we turned her big day into a white trash wedding.

[Jose]

Oh, I could kind of see that.

[Brooke]

Pizza delivery.

[Jeffrey]

Well, especially with, like everybody cheering for the pizza when it came in. That may have been a bad one.

[Alexis]

Who wouldn't cheer for pizza?

[Jeffrey]

The bride didn't want it at the wedding.

[Brooke]

What's wrong with a white trash wedding is a real question.

[Alexis]

Brooke got pizza delivered after her wedding.

[Brooke]

That's why she's triggered.

[Jose]

I did.

[Jeffrey]

Well, the bride is the one who is upset with you.

[Alexis]

What?

[Leah]

Oh, yeah, yeah, she was furious.

[Jose]

Well, nobody asked her either. I would ask the bride. Did she.

[Brooke]

Wait, Maybe she didn't know what was going on, right? Like, maybe she thought you were just ordering the pizza because you didn't like it or something, you know?

[Ashley]

No, no, no.

[Jose]

She.

[Leah]

She absolutely knew that they had run out of food. But I. She didn't know that we called for pizza. And maybe I should have let her know.

[Jose]

She didn't approve the pizza. But she also knew there wasn't any food. She just wanted you to suck it up.

[Brooke]

I think maybe you should have, like, met them and just ate secretly behind a building.

[Jeffrey]

So you're wondering if you're the jerk for ordering the pizza after they had run out of food at the wedding.

[Leah]

Yeah, exactly. And did I really ruin her wedding?

[Jose]

Was it. How many? Was it enough to share or did you just get like, one personal pizza?

[Leah]

I got enough for the two tables.

[Alexis]

That's all right.

[Uncle Murder]

Okay.

[Jose]

Just wanted to check.

[Jeffrey]

Not enough time to do a whole, like, text board thing, so we're just going to go around the room really quick and vote on this one. Is Leo the jerk for ordering pizza to a wedding that wasn't his when they didn't have enough food for all the guests?

[Alexis]

Alexis and Low Key, I would have done the same thing. So not the jerk.

[Brooke]

Okay, Brooke, I mean, I do think you probably should have informed the bride, but I'm still going to say not the jerk. Yeah, no.

[Jose]

Okay, Jose, everybody loves pizza, but, you know, wedding day is kind of a big deal. You got to ask the bride. So you're a jerk here for sure.

[Brooke]

Oh, you're saying. Absolutely.

[Chuck]

You got a jerk.

[Jose]

Okay, everybody loves pizza. But come on, you don't just show up to somebody's wedding.

[Jeffrey]

My vote is NC for no class. Could have ordered the pizza, secretly ate it out in the street like a rat, but you, you decided to bring it into the venue and shove it in the bride's face.

[Jose]

Why are you looking directly at Brooke when you're saying all this no class?

[Brooke]

I think it's fine to have no class. Just FYI, you got two no jerks,

[Jeffrey]

one yes jerk and one no class.

[Jose]

Making me not the jerk.

[Jeffrey]

Leo.

[Alexis]

And two of us get pizza with you.

[Jeffrey]

Congratulations.

[Leah]

Thank you. You know, that's why I called in. You're the ones who are going to give me the brutal honesty I need to hear.

[Jeffrey]

That's what we do best. Now shut up and go to work. Okay, that's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

[Ashley]

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

[Hoda Kotb]

Hey, I'm Hoda Kotb, host of the podcast Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb. Okay, if you know me, you know this. I'm always searching for inspiration, for support, and useful tools to help maximize joy. So this podcast lets us uncover all of that together. We're going to have these meaningful conversations with the world's most fascinating people. Like when actress Olivia Munn shared how she overcame fierce health challenges that she never saw coming.

[Q]

I've gone through breast cancer and then helped my mother through breast cancer, and that was more difficult. There's a lot of people who understand postpartum depression. I was not prepared for postpartum anxiety.

[Hoda Kotb]

Olympic champ Shawn Johnson revealed why she had no choice but to be a gymnast.

[Brooke]

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[Hoda Kotb]

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[Mangesha Teagar]

I'm Mangesha together and I'm back with a new season of the podcast Skyline Drive. This time I'm diving into a rabbit hole of peptides, organoids, blood boys, blue zones, and brain replacement to try to understand what this longevity obsession is all about and what it really means to live forever for all of us. I learned about some rad science.

[Scientist Guest]

I can make a brain for you. And then we can test what drug is the best for your brain as opposed to his brain.

[Mangesha Teagar]

Here are some hard truths.

[Jeffrey]

I would expect Indians to age faster, but I did not expect it to

[Mangesha Teagar]

be almost a full four to five year acceleration and get myself into a world of trouble.

[Uncle Murder]

I'd say probably start bone smashing.

[Jeffrey]

That doesn't work.

[Uncle Murder]

Make it look more defined. They say it works.

[Brooke]

I don't know.

[Mangesha Teagar]

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[Brooke]

Okay, the text board is still lighting up and our comment section. Thank you so much for all the participation.

[Alexis]

Yes.

[Brooke]

Am I the jerk? We've got one jerk and one not jerk. Am I right?

[Alexis]

Yeah, that seems to the conclusion.

[Brooke]

And more importantly, Jose is still reflecting on how fun my wedding was. It was.

[Jose]

It was probably the funnest wedding. I blacked out.

[Brooke]

Okay, that's not. That's not a sell, right? That's not a sell. That was before Jose gave up drinking.

[Alexis]

Yeah, I don't drink anymore, honestly. That's true. The amount of times I've thrown up the food from the wedding, I ate and I'm like, I'm sorry. You guys spent so much on this.

[Jose]

That's why it's important.

[Alexis]

A great meal and out.

[Deep Cover Host]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

I wish someone would have ordered pizza.

[Alexis]

Yeah. Yeah. See, it would have saved you some money.

[Jose]

We did. At your wedding.

[Brooke]

Yeah, we did. My husband, that was, remember, the only thing that he cared about.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Jose]

Showed up and everyone cheered. It was like, ah, pizza.

[Brooke]

I didn't order enough.

[Sway]

We should have ordered more.

[Brooke]

And I think we ordered like 30 pies or something crazy. Yeah, it was nuts.

[Alexis]

Pizza, the move. But the woman in part one with the gifts, not the move on the text board.

[Brooke]

No, People are not sending her any gifts.

[Alexis]

Some texts we got besides a lot of just jerk, jerk, jerk, jerk, jerk. You know, we got. It's not an eight year old's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese where the gift is an obligation.

[Jose]

That's well said though.

[Alexis]

Why not just leave an announcement on their wedding website? Much simpler, less offensive.

[Deep Cover Host]

Yeah.

[Alexis]

Jerk. We don't need this.

[Brooke]

I mean, it does feel often like people are getting married just for one, Instagram pictures and two, cash.

[Drink Champs Host]

Yeah.

[Jose]

I don't want to say the same. As graduates, I know you're out there

[Jeffrey]

getting schooling just so you can get

[Jose]

the chat on graduation day. You don't care about chemistry.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Alexis]

You want that $100 from grandma.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, I know.

[Jose]

It's worth it.

[Brooke]

That's so funny. All right, well, you guys can keep the comments coming.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

With each other in them. Yeah, Just keep it nice. Right? Or kind of nice. This is am I the jerk? And tomorrow we'll be back with a new second date podcast. So thank you so much for being here. It's Brooke and Jeff.

[Hoda Kotb]

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[Mangesha Teagar]

I'm Mangesha Teagar and I'm back with a new season of my podcast Skyline Drive. This time I talk to scientists, bioproducts, punks, curmudgeons, blue zoners, super seniors, and Goa's top cryotherapy lab to try to understand this obsession with living forever and what it means for all of us. And I get into a bit of trouble along the way.

[Uncle Murder]

I'd say probably start bone smashing.

[Jeffrey]

That doesn't work.

[Uncle Murder]

To make it look more defined. They say it works. I don't know.

[Mangesha Teagar]

Listen to Skyline Drive how to live Forever on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Deep Cover Host]

Every family has its secrets. But what happens when you discover that your dad has living a double life

[Brooke]

that is not the look of an innocent man. Is everyone lying to me about who they are?

[Deep Cover Host]

I felt such desperation.

[Jeffrey]

I felt it was what I had to do.

[Deep Cover Host]

Listen to Deep Cover the family man on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Theo Henderson]

For years, the Unhoused have been presented as a monolith in mainstream media. We Unhoused is a podcast that's changing the narrative. I'm Theo Henderson and I created the show while it was unhoused on the streets of Los Angeles. We've grown into a two time Webby award winning podcast, the only podcast that shares unhoused stories and news from the unhoused perspective. Listen to we the unhoused on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Drink Champs Host]

June is Black Music Month and on the Drink Champs podcast we're speaking with the hottest names in the culture like Sway.

[Jeffrey]

Do you realize how legendary you are?

[Sway]

I appreciate that I be seeing it, but I'm like, man, I still got like so much more to do. Like Prince, he dropped like 30 albums. We dropped like five right now. That's the rate we got to be going.

[Jeffrey]

Y that's a good attitude.

[Drink Champs Host]

No matter the era, Drink Champs brings you the biggest names and the most unfiltered conversations. Listen to Drink Champs from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.