Isabella (2:24)

Yes.

Katie Nolan (2:25)

I remember being so afraid of like, ew, I'm gonna turn the wrong way. And he's gonn, I've never done it. He's gonna know you've never done this.

Isabella (2:31)

You're in seventh grade, so practice on a taco.

Katie Nolan (2:34)

And I did. And boy, did I. And boy, did I.

Chris (2:50)

Hello.

Katie Nolan (2:51)

Oh, welcome to Casual's exciting one today. It's the sports podcast that usually aims to get you caught up on everything happening in sports. And we don't want to leave anything behind, but we also want to keep you entertained. That's usually what we do. Today's a little bit of a weird one. Katie Nolan here. I'm your host, joined by my casualties. Even though it's a Thursday, we have Isabella, our sports newbie.

Isabella (3:09)

Hi.

Katie Nolan (3:10)

Chris, our editor who's got an Australian accent, who you all thirst over in our emails.

Chris (3:14)

Hi.

Katie Nolan (3:15)

And Brady. I actually am really like that. Listen, it's Thursday so usually it's me and a guest and we're doing something a little different today. Look, sometimes guests cancel or schedules change or we can't get somebody that we want to. And so what I've decided we should also have available to us in our arsenal for these Thursday episodes are sort of like, like a more evergreen concept. Like maybe one Thursday we'll like pick a favorite sports movie type content, stuff that can go anytime and it's fun and sports related but that really isn't worried about the news. Except there's one thing I've learned from this podcast. It's like you can really stress yourself out trying to get everybody updated on every single thing that's happened across every single sport. No stress today. Today what we're doing is kind of cleaning out the arsenal that we have of segments. Something we always like coming up with on the show are fun little segments and, and sometimes we have come up with them and then never finish coming up with them. Today we're clearing out the backlog, throwing things at the wall proverbially and seeing what sticks. So we're just going to do. It's going to go off the rails pretty quickly. I say all of this to say if this is your first episode of Casuals as a podcast, certainly stick around. You may love it, but if you don't love it, try a different one before you quit us completely. It might, it might just be the format today, might just be a little bit all over the place, but I figured, whatever, let's just have a little bit of fun. Casualswithkatienolanmail.com is our email if you have any really strong thoughts about the way this episode makes you feel. 646-810-0043 is our voice mailbox and Asual is the podcast on IG and TikTok before we get into all of our fun segments and boy do I have some. I mean, we've got some crazy ones. Isabella's got some social media stuff. I have a social media comments thing. Brady's got a lofty idea of explaining some conspiracy theories to Isabella. We'll see how these go. A lot to get to, but the first thing I would like to check off our list Brady, you seem to I thought we said if something happened, you would write a formal letter of apology to Carly Ursay Gordon, but you. But you did it. You've done it. You wrote an apology.

Brady (5:28)

I thought I was tasked with doing it.

Katie Nolan (5:29)

Yeah. Okay.

Brady (5:30)

We can throw this on the back burner. If I'm not.

Katie Nolan (5:32)

Listen, I think this is why not. We'll take a look at it, we'll take a pass. And maybe if we have notes and we want, we don't think it's grovelly enough, maybe we'll have you go back. To recap. For anyone who doesn't know Carly Ursay, Gordon is the new owner of the Indianapolis Colts, the football team, because her father was the owner and he passed away this year, Jim Merce. And so she's been down on the field with a headset on, getting off sick. Fits every game, just basically saying she wants to observe and understand the game from the inside out so that she better understands how to run a team properly. Brady, when this story first came up, basically accused Isabella and I, but we'll lump Chris in too, because he's an ally of, of just liking her because she has cool clothes and actually, if it were anybody else, we'd be mad because she's micromanaging. She's down there micromanaging and she's getting in the way. And proof is in the pudding. The Colts are having an incredible season and Carly, or say Gordon, is actually not getting in the way, presumably understanding the game better by observing it. And Brady's first thing he says when he tries to come back to the right side, the correct side, was, oh, and I love her fits. So it made me mad. But I said, you owe this woman a formal apology. Let's hear what you got.

Brady (6:45)

To the honorable Indianapolis Colts organization and the distinguished offices of Ms. Carly Urc Gordon, I extend my most sincere and formal apology for having previously questioned the strategic and operational decisions pertaining to the esteemed Indianapolis Colts football enterprise. Moreover, I regret any commentary or speculative engagement I may have offered concerning the team's sideline communications, particularly as one not formally affiliated with said operation. I therefore offer my most humble contrition and respectfully urge you to continue your exceptional endeavors and enduring excellence.

Katie Nolan (7:20)

Exceptional endeavors and enduring excellence is like more e than they have in a club in Las Vegas. What in the. What the hell was that?

Chris (7:30)

A lot of thesaurus.com work going on.

Isabella (7:32)

What is this? Yeah, A part of me is like.

Katie Nolan (7:35)

What are we, a church?

Isabella (7:37)

A part of me is like. Because it's written so, like, ugh. You know, I'm like, maybe that's actually not a real apology. Like, I feel like a real apology would be like, I'm so sorry. I feel bad and like, I don't.

Katie Nolan (7:53)

Know what I'm doing. I don't even know how to dress myself. I really like sweater vests. I was hoping. I was hoping for more. Yes. Sniffling and maybe a bit of groveling. This was this. You wrote this?

Brady (8:08)

I wrote this, and then I ran it through Chat GPT a couple times, and that result was actually terrible. So you got the original.

Katie Nolan (8:13)

Wait, that's the one you wrote?

Brady (8:15)

That was the original.

Katie Nolan (8:16)

What happened when you pet. First of all, how many times? How did you kill the Amazon rainforest?

Brady (8:21)

I ran it through 10 times. That was probably too many.

Katie Nolan (8:24)

Oh, my God. Give me a. Just give me a quick bite of it. What does it look like when you run something through 10 times?

Brady (8:31)

With ineffable humility and in the gravest solemnity befitting this correspondence, I hereby submit under the full weight of conscious and decorum my most profound and penitential apology for the lamentable presumption.

Katie Nolan (8:45)

Penitential. Hold on the two magicians.

Brady (8:51)

Of having, in word or spirit, cast doubt upon the strategies, deliberations, and communicative enterprises.

Katie Nolan (9:01)

This doesn't make any sense.

Brady (9:02)

That's why I got to just speak as a person.

Katie Nolan (9:05)

Never run anything through ChatGPT 10 times on behalf of this podcast ever again. Okay? Please, Please, I beg. Brady says he's Sorry. And then before we hit a commercial break and get into these. Reach into our big segment bag, do we have any emails? I know we sometimes clear out our email box here, but I think we're gonna get to some a little later as well. Can we follow a theme? Are there any, like, emails and voicemails that were all about one sort of theme that we have? Chris?

Chris (9:35)

Yeah. Well, Katie, we've got a lot of emails and voicemails expressing support for you for your prolonged endeavor of marriage. The fact that you've been engaged for a while. A lot of people have come out in support of you saying, you know, you're not the only one. Here's what to think about. Here's what to do. Here are some tips, tricks, things like that. So we put together a few emails and voicemails for you. The first one is an email from Hayley. And Hayley writes in saying, hi, Katie and the casualties. I've been a fan of Katie since the garbage time days. Seeing a woman in sports media was very rare. And the fact you covered women's sports got me hooked. I gotta agree with Mad Dog. As someone who got married in early May, it's the way to go. Similar to you, I'm a New England girl. Our wedding was in Connecticut, and it was beautiful. The air is still very crisp and the cherry blossoms are blooming. When I was researching for my wedding, I found venues have early May dates at a reasonable price. When the season gets expensive is around Memorial Day. Hope this helps sway you to join the May gang with Mad Dog and myself. Keep on crushing. Love you mean it.

Katie Nolan (10:37)

Oh, Haley, love. You mean it. That I, I. It's certainly an argument in support of that. I just. May. My mom's birthday is in May. Mother's Day is in May. I don't. It doesn't resonate with May. You know what I mean?

Chris (10:53)

It's.

Katie Nolan (10:54)

But it may be. But it's certainly fall.

Isabella (10:56)

Wedding sounds just so nice. I know.

Katie Nolan (10:58)

I want it so booed.

Isabella (11:00)

Okay, so fuck baseball.

Katie Nolan (11:02)

Okay. But it's not just baseball. It's not just baseball. It's also the. It's football season. It's like.

Isabella (11:09)

Yeah, but don't they say it doesn't matter till after Thanksgiving anyway?

Katie Nolan (11:13)

Isn't that what all. If you're the coach and. Or Mina Kimes, two people I'm hoping will come to a wedding. Oh, yeah. To get them to come during such a busy season. I bet she'd be able to come in May.

Isabella (11:25)

Well, then they're not real friends. Whoa.

Katie Nolan (11:28)

And here's the thing. I. That might be true. I don't want to find that out. Like, if that's. I'm the one willing to pretend Mina and I are best friends because it's such an honor to be. All right. But it's a good argument. Haley, who do we have other arguments from other listeners?

Chris (11:42)

We do. We got a voicemail.

Katie Nolan (11:44)

Okay.

Chris (11:45)

From Laura from Mass. Let's have a listen.

Laura (11:47)

Hi, Katie, Brady, Chris and Isabella. Love you guys. Me and it. I just wanted to call in and say I am an engaged person who has been planning a wedding and it is super stressful, Katie. So, like, please don't feel bad that you're stressed about it. Um, you can do it. I promise. We ended up deciding to get married in Ireland to try to reduce the amount of people who come because it's so stressful. It's also cheaper there, but that's a whole other story. I just wanted to say hi and say I loved sports for a while, but I kind of fell out of it. So thank you for making a podcast that made me want to get back into it. I have started watching sports games again, which is exciting. Anyway, I just wanted to call in and say hi and thank you and I love your podcast and I hope you plan your wedding. Thanks.

Isabella (12:32)

Love you.

Laura (12:33)

Mean it.

Chris (12:33)

Bye.

Katie Nolan (12:34)

Oh, Laura, I love you and I mean it. That was so cute. That was so nice. Good luck with your wedding. I hope it goes well and thank it genuinely. I felt a lot better when you said that, that it's stressful and not to beat myself about it too much. I will also say, you guys, what? On this recent trip to the Catskills, I had my very first idea of, like, oh, I could see this being what the wedding looks like. And I was talking to my friend Ashton about it the other day, yesterday last night, actually, and she's like, oh, I got a friend who does. The lady who planned my wedding now works over in that area. Let me see where she works. And she pulled it up. She asked her friend, she texted, and the friend responded. And it was the same place I was looking at that I was thinking about having the wedding at.

Brady (13:18)

See, there's step one. There's step one to figuring out the date. If you have the venue, if you have the where, that starts knocking off. And it limits your options for the.

Katie Nolan (13:27)

Date if you need to get stressed out because you're already moving too fast for me. But I will say the venue will determine the date, though, because that same venue, I would not want to Do. If it was the summer it would be very buggy, but I don't know what. Fine. I just thought it felt like a sign. It felt like the universe going like. And you know, and it's the same exact random place that I picked.

Isabella (13:48)

Okay, so it's a.

Brady (13:49)

We're going to get GTA 6. Before we get into.

Katie Nolan (13:51)

Do we have any more emails before we move on from this non sports topic anyway?

Chris (13:55)

We do. We got one more. The massholes are out in. In force for you. Or as we call them in Australia, Marshalls Tyler from Boston emailed in and said hey casualties, it's Tyler from Boston. My fiance Katrina is a casual and I'm a die hard sports fan and we both love the pod. I just wanted to let Katie know that Katrina and I have lived together in Boston for seven years and have been engaged since the first couple of months of the pandemic. There's still no wedding date or planning happening. And honestly, who effing cares? We're now in our late 30s, so it'll be so much time, work and money that we just don't want to spend at this point in our lives. We're also trying to buy a house in Boston, which might be the most impossible task on the planet earth if you want a billionaire know of any unethical flag football tournaments we could join. Anyway, we just wanted to know that. We just wanted you to know that there are dozens of us out here. Dozens.

Katie Nolan (14:42)

Dozens. Oh, thank you so much, Tyler. You're so right. I also love a guy writing in about a wedding.

Brady (14:47)

I love that the first couple months of the pandemic were a terrible time to make life decisions.

Katie Nolan (14:51)

I know.

Brady (14:52)

I feel like all engagements from that point can just be void right now. You gotta do that again.

Katie Nolan (14:55)

I also just feel like your family has to. You just at least need to give them like a. And we made it. We got engaged early there and we've made it. That's what your wedding would be for your family. Is them going like, okay. Because a lot of people did a lot of crazy things in those first few weeks. And I don't know Dan. And that's when Dan and I basically started dating. And forged in fire we are. Tyler gets it. He and Katrina. Hey, shout out to you both. Thank you for both listening to this podcast. I love that. What a beautiful proof of concept. And yeah, also brings up a good point. It's an expense that then you're like, how am I gonna. I need to get a house. Our. Our generation. I know they told us if we stopped buying avocado toasts that we'd be able to buy a house. But it's not panning out for all of us. And weddings are very expensive and I assume Tyler put a ring on it and those, from what I hear, are expensive. So, you know, costs have been spent. It's just so expensive. Why has everything got to be so expensive, you know? Hey, is the government back yet? We're close. I did see some emails getting released. Let's not talk about it, but I did see some. They had some emails of their own, but you can send your emails to Casuals with katienolanmail.com hopefully those will never be just released because we don't do anything troublesome. Anyway, let's take a quick break and when we come back, it's something that may not even work. So we're all gonna be on this TR that may veer off the tracks together. We're going to see that. We're going to try out some segments we had vague ideas about and see if they work. Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back. Game day season is here and if you're like me, you want to serve up incredible food without missing a single play. And that's where Gorton Seafood comes in. For over 175 years, Gorton's has been serving up restaurant quality seafood that's unbelievably easy to make and ready in just a few minutes, which is speak in my language. Whether you need some protein for your pregame meal or a whole spread of crunchy craveable appetizers for the crew, Gorton's has you covered with tons of easy prep seafood options like their popcorn shrimp or classic fish sticks. Think about it. Restaurant quality seafood, ready in minutes and at a fraction of the cost of eating out. It's the perfect solution for your watch party, whether you're hosting a big crowd or just having a lazy couch session. Me, I just bought an air fryer. Dan and I just got an air fryer and we had a big air fryer weekend where we fried up a bunch of stuff. And part of the reason was was because we wanted to cook up our Gorton's popcorn shrimp that we had in the freezer. It was so tasty, so easy to make and just such a nice little game day treat. Visit gortons.com to learn more, find a store and get recipe inspiration. As the air turns crisp and the holidays draw near, comfort becomes the best gift of all. Quint delivers layers. That last sweaters outerwear and everyday essentials that feel luxurious, look timeless and make holiday dressing and gifting effortless. They have it all. Quints $50 Mongolian cashmere sweaters made for everyday wear. They've got denim that goes out of style and down outerwear built to take on the season. I have gotten from Quint a number of things that I like, but the one that probably makes the most sense to tell you about right now is that 100% organic cotton fisherman crew sweater. I love that sweater. It's like a multi season sweater. You can make it a fall sweater or a winter sweater. It could even be a like summer nights sweater. So step into the holiday season with layers made to feel good, look polished and last. From quints. You can gift them or you can just keep them for yourself. Go to quint.comcasuals for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. It's available in Canada now too. Q-U-I-N-C-E.comcasuals to get free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince.comcasuals Most holiday gifts end up in a drawer, let's be honest, or the back of your closet or, I don't know, accidentally left at your cousin's house. But not this one. Mint Mobile is offering unlimited premium wireless for 15amonth. That's their best deal of the year, aka the only holiday gift you'll actually use every single day. All Mint plans come with high speed data and unlimited talk and text on the nation's largest 5.5G network. Don't get them socks. They don't want those. Get them Premium Wireless for $15 a month. Shop Mint Unlimited plans@mintmobile.com casuals that's mintmobile.com casuals there's an e on the end of mobile, in case you didn't know that. Limited time offer upfront payment of $45 for three months, $90 for six months or $180 for 12 months. Plan required $15 per month equivalent taxes and fees extra initial plan term Only greater than 35 gigabytes may slow when network is busy. Capable device required availability, speed and coverage varies. See mintmobile.com for details @boar said we.

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Isabella (19:55)

And we're back.

Katie Nolan (19:56)

Welcome back. It's Segmenta Palooza. Why do I feel like there needs to be an A can? We could probably just call it Segment Palooza, but to me, it only feels right if we call it Segmenta Palooza.

Brady (20:07)

Are we replacing the LOL or the Lala Lala?

Katie Nolan (20:10)

I guess. Yeah.

Brady (20:11)

Segment Palooza.

Katie Nolan (20:12)

Is Lollapalooza the original Palooza?

Chris (20:15)

That's the first one I'd heard of.

Katie Nolan (20:17)

Same, but I. But I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't.

Brady (20:20)

Yeah, I got Lalapa. I typed in what is the original Palooza? Which is just a dumb statement. It says Lollapalooza.

Katie Nolan (20:27)

Okay? And those AI things are right about 25 of the time, so we might as well ride with that. I don't know if I've said this yet, but it does feel like an important PSA to sports fans new and old. From what I hear, that AI overview is specifically really unreliable when it comes to sports stats, so just be careful. I know sometimes you'll Google a stat to try to make your own argument. It is not averse to telling you the wrong thing and making you feel right. So just be careful. You don't want to learn that lesson publicly.

Isabella (20:56)

I also think. I think you can also do a thing where when you type something into Google, you put like, minus AI and it won't show it.

Katie Nolan (21:03)

Really?

Isabella (21:03)

Yeah.

Katie Nolan (21:04)

And we just take their word for it that that's the case.

Isabella (21:06)

No, I mean, like, it just won't show you that AI overview at the top. If you just don't want to feel it.

Katie Nolan (21:11)

Because it is distracting. Because it's distracting.

Isabella (21:12)

It makes you want to just read.

Katie Nolan (21:13)

It right and believe it. Before, it used to be like Wikipedia's summation, and now it's like a AI guessing. What are you laughing at? What happened?

Brady (21:21)

I kid you not. I typed in greatest point guard in 76 hers history, minus AI and it gave me more east cheeks.

Katie Nolan (21:29)

All right, uh, Isabella, you've brought a bit today. No, I love this. I like starting with you. Is that okay? I think it's fine. Your bit of skill is gonna recur throughout the rest of the podcast. Yeah, so we have to introduce it up top. And now the. Do you want me to set up the concept or do you want me to.

Isabella (21:49)

Yeah, you could set up the. You could set up the concept.

Katie Nolan (21:51)

All right, Our. The thought. The. Here's our line of thinking. Dear listener producer Chris famously is chronically offline. He does not have social media. He's sort of unawares to the goings on of various social media platforms. Chris, what's the last social media you had that you were active on?

Chris (22:12)

I had Twitter up until the beginning of the year. Maybe January.

Katie Nolan (22:16)

Yeah. Yeah. Up until the bad. Up until. I mean, it's a lot of chapters of bad.

Chris (22:20)

But yeah, that's. That's probably when I decided it's best for my mental health if I stepped away.

Katie Nolan (22:25)

And listen to me, you're correct. That being said, we can't do it. We can't get off of it because it's. We have to be on it. Me specifically, but I think a lot of other people as well. And because of that, you're missing a lot of stuff.

Isabella (22:38)

You are. Wait, so you're not on TikTok at all ever?

Chris (22:41)

No, I've never. I've never had TikTok.

Isabella (22:42)

You never dipped your toe in there, Correct?

Chris (22:45)

I did not.

Katie Nolan (22:46)

And you did you have an Instagram at any point?

Chris (22:50)

I think I had an account maybe, like, I don't know, 10 years ago, perhaps, but never posted. I don't think I've ever posted or ever really logged in.

Katie Nolan (22:58)

Yeah. And then what about Facebook?

Chris (23:03)

In high school, in college.

Katie Nolan (23:06)

I'm gonna throw up. You couldn't get it without a college email. My generation.

Isabella (23:11)

Yeah.

Katie Nolan (23:11)

And then they let all y' all in.

Chris (23:13)

So much younger than you.

Rosetta Stone Announcer (23:14)

That's why.

Katie Nolan (23:14)

Yeah, I know. It's disgusting.

Isabella (23:16)

Yeah.

Katie Nolan (23:16)

Disgusting.

Chris (23:17)

Yeah.

Isabella (23:18)

Chris is Gen Alpha. If you guys didn't know. I don't know if you guys knew this. They always talk about how I'm Gen Z, Chris is Gen Alpha. I don't.

Katie Nolan (23:25)

People forget Chris is Jenna. Chris is just a little tiny baby he wears in the opposite direction because he's from Australia. So the bit. What we're saying is Chris has missed a lot of stuff by staying off of social media. So Isabella pulled a bunch of stuff that she thought we just need to get his eyes on. He needs to be seeing. He can't go through his life without experiencing these things. And I think throughout the show, Isabella's gonna toss those out to show them to Chris. Do you wanna start with one now, Isabella, to get the ball?

Isabella (23:56)

Sure. And I also wanna say I kind of. I separated these into different categories because the Internet is a lot.

Katie Nolan (24:02)

Yeah.

Isabella (24:02)

So I did. One category is just Internet moments. That's what it is. That's what it is. Okay. And you're gonna understand when I show it to you. The next category is Random entry.

Katie Nolan (24:17)

Okay. Okay.

Isabella (24:18)

There's a lot of things that we see online that we don't realize we'd be interested in watching. Okay. And then the next category is new language. So not just like slang words, but also through, especially on TikTok, like, there's just new words that people will start to use to describe things. What?

Katie Nolan (24:36)

It's similar to goon, but maybe not the one I'd toss out as the only example to anybody who wasn't here for our pre show conversation where we talked about the Gooning article in Harper's and. And how I had to do Pablo's podcast.

Isabella (24:47)

Anyway, the next category. The next category is Edits Galore. Okay.

Katie Nolan (24:52)

Do you know what an edit. Now you're our editor. I understand that in the context of social media, are you familiar with what an edit is?

Chris (25:02)

I don't think this is like a specified genre of Instagram videos.

Isabella (25:07)

Yes, it's like. Think of it as like montages, basically.

Chris (25:11)

Oh, yeah. Okay.

Katie Nolan (25:12)

It's like music set to pictures and videos of.

Isabella (25:16)

And they can be anything.

Katie Nolan (25:17)

Anything.

Isabella (25:18)

There could be a cat. There could be a Katie Nolan edit out there. Oh, my God, I don't know.

Katie Nolan (25:21)

I'm gonna search. Me too. I know.

Isabella (25:24)

I want to know. Okay, so I want you to pick from a category. Do you want Internet moment, a random intrigue, new language, or edit galore?

Chris (25:32)

Random intrigue.

Isabella (25:33)

Oh.

Chris (25:34)

Is what I'm gonna start off.

Isabella (25:35)

You picked a scary one first. Okay, let me share my screen.

Katie Nolan (25:40)

When you have a pasture cow with long toes like this, the place to look for the problem is right here.

Chris (25:46)

Wow.

Katie Nolan (25:46)

Welcome back to Nate the Hoof Guy. Nate the Hoof Guy.

Brady (25:52)

Now, Isabella, hypothetically, for the listener, can you explain to them what the hell just happened?

Isabella (25:56)

Yeah. So, guys, check out Nate the hoof guy. He basically. I mean, there's. I'm assuming there are other people out there that work on a farm.

Brady (26:07)

They really have no idea what you just looked at.

Katie Nolan (26:10)

Wait, I'm trying to give context to.

Isabella (26:11)

The place where horses live. And they basically, they trim the hooves off the horses. Sometimes they're infected, so you'll see, like, a pussy one, but sometimes they're just pretty basic and, like, you'll just see, you know, the person trimming off their hooves and entertaining for some reason.

Katie Nolan (26:29)

It's stuff you never would have seen. Thought 10 years ago you would never sit down on the couch and go, like, all done with the chores for the day. I think I'd like to watch someone scrape the hoof off of a horse. I'll never Meet. But you will sit on your couch and watch four of those things and go like, huh, that was good. I feel satisfied. And that's what you're missing out on.

Isabella (26:50)

And it always. No, actually, you go ahead, Chris. I need to know what you think.

Chris (26:55)

I have seen some of those before, and they are strangely delightful to watch. Right. But I don't think it's ever gonna be anything that I'm gonna seek out in my spare time.

Katie Nolan (27:07)

That's what social media is for. It's for shoveling the slop into your lap so you can go like, I never wanted this slop, but now that it's.

Isabella (27:13)

No, you never.

Chris (27:13)

That's the thing.

Isabella (27:14)

You never seek it out. It just, for some reason, comes around at 11:30pm at night when I'm following you.

Chris (27:20)

I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.

Katie Nolan (27:22)

Okay, well, that's by being off social.

Chris (27:23)

Media, by, you know, not being able to watch these videos.

Brady (27:26)

Okay, well, you don't know you're missing out on it until you realize you love barbers who use things other than scissors. You don't think you want to watch a guy get his hair cut with a sharp axe, but then you're like, three sharp axe. Oh, yeah. Oh, the creative barber Instagram feed.

Katie Nolan (27:41)

Oh, yeah. Now listen, you're talking to a lady who needs a haircut so badly that I could take an axe to this. I could try that.

Chris (27:50)

Wow.

Brady (27:51)

Edward Scissorhands fingers. It's. There's a world out there.

Katie Nolan (27:55)

Well, okay, so keep those categories in mind, Chris, because I think by the end of this, once she gets. I think new language is going to sell Chris. I think he's gonna really come over to our dark side.

Chris (28:03)

That's the one that I feel like I'm gonna be most upset with.

Katie Nolan (28:06)

Okay, I can't wait. I look forward to it. And you, listener, can look forward to that throughout the podcast. It's Segmenta Palooza, where we're trying anything just to see. Hey, do you like this? While we're doing social media, I saw a headline the other day that the team that used to be known as the Oakland Athletics, they're a baseball team, they were held hostage, are currently being held hostage playing out of a minor league baseball stadium. So they have no city associated with them. So l. They are just the Athletics. It feels weird saying that to a casual fan where they're like, what do you mean, the Athletics? I need other words. And it's like, yeah, unfortunately, those are the only ones sanctioned. They are the Sacramento Baseball team, kind of. But anyway, the A's, they just started allowing comments on their social media for the first time in, like, two years. Right, Brady? Two years?

Brady (28:56)

Yeah. It's like 800 days.

Katie Nolan (28:58)

They had not allowed anyone to comment across their social media, and they just finally opened the floodgates. Great news, because I'm sure A's fans have a lot they'd like to say, and now they finally have a platform on which to say it. But I also just wanted to take this opportunity to make the argument for the comment section. It's a wild place. Okay. Things can be bad there sometimes, but you can also find and experience a wide range of emotions. This kind of piggybacks off of Isabella's idea, because Chris isn't on social media, so I know he's not seeing the comments. Comments. So to me, this is what he's missing out on. Let's start with baseball kid Isabella. I'm gonna show you a video real quick, Chris. This was on Instagram. I guess this is for everybody. This was a video on Instagram of a guy named Justin Fletcher and his son Whalen. Justin is teaching his son, and I. I don't know, ages, but Chris, looking at that kid, how old would you say that kid is?

Chris (29:50)

Oh, it's a very small video, but maybe three. Two.

Katie Nolan (29:54)

Zoom in, Isabelle, a little bit. Give him pinch. Can you pinch? No, it's not a touchscreen.

Isabella (29:58)

No, it's not.

Katie Nolan (30:00)

Yeah, he's. What did you say?

Chris (30:02)

Two and a half?

Katie Nolan (30:03)

Two and a half. Let's say he's a. This kid could be three, max four. But I don't even think so. He's a baby. He's a little baby. And this is his dad, Justin Fletcher, trying to teach his son. His son wants to hit him with the ball. He's got, like, little balls, and. And Waylon's got, like, a little stick he's using as a bat. Let's. Let's play this video a little bit. If I throw the ball down the middle and you're early on it, that means you're hitting it all the way out here. Where's that ball gonna go?

Chris (30:32)

Is that one gonna hit me in the helmet?

Brady (30:34)

I can't attack it. Pull side. God damn it.

Katie Nolan (30:36)

Now hold on. I think I got one more. Okay, now if you let this ball get back here, that's gonna go up the middle.

Chris (30:46)

Oh, you did it.

Katie Nolan (30:50)

You didn't hit me, but you waited. Do that again. You're so close.

Brady (30:57)

My guy is wearing a helmet, but not covering the most necessary Part.

Isabella (31:01)

Oh, my God, that's beautiful.

Katie Nolan (31:02)

Isn't that amazing?

Isabella (31:04)

Wow. I'm jealous.

Chris (31:07)

That's a great listener.

Katie Nolan (31:09)

Helmet lefty.

Chris (31:10)

Interesting.

Katie Nolan (31:12)

Okay. As you noticed, Chris, great listener, that kid.

Chris (31:15)

Yeah.

Katie Nolan (31:15)

I mean, an amazing video. It stunned me, shocked me. This was weeks ago. This is now my. I get a notification. I commented on this video. I get a notification about this. I'm overwhelmed by notifications from this comment every day. It is probably the most popular thing I've ever done in my life. I commented, but it led. It led to my favorite. Some of my favorite interactions with sports fans that happened in the comment section. I wrote dibs on behalf of the Boston Red Sox. In the comment section. Someone said, you can't. Can she just do that? God damn it. Someone else said, why? Just so he can get traded to the NL West? Somebody said, evil empire here. We are tracking him. Someone said, yankees will outbid because he's a switch hitter. Braves delegation would like to interject and place a bid. Someone said, no, she can't. Tiger's got snacks. Someone replied to that person said, and the good juice boxes. And then finally a ton, I mean, tons, Tons of comments of people chiming in of their team and who they wanted. Who wanted to have this kid on their team. And then at the end, someone said, none of this is how dibs works. She gets the kid. And so that's one of my favorite interactions I've ever had in the comments section.

Chris (32:36)

That's cool. I like that. It's positive. It's pure.

Isabella (32:39)

I love when a comment section is like that.

Katie Nolan (32:41)

And it's a fun. It's a fun interaction. Similarly, I came across this TikTok, so I would say heartwarming is the way I feel about that comment section. Comment sections can also be relatable. Isabella, can you play the Lions fan? TikTok. I'm obsessed with this woman. This is quick and funny. Please play this clip. Why would y' all lose? And I had the outfit on. Now I look like a loser. Now I look and feel like a loser. Why would y' all lose? And I had the outfit.

Isabella (33:14)

Oh, man, that's so funny.

Katie Nolan (33:16)

Obsessed. Why would y' all lose? I have the outfit on. Now I look like a loser.

Chris (33:24)

Oh, the comments.

Katie Nolan (33:27)

The comments to this TikTok. Somebody wrote, oh, you can't look at them online, can you? Oh, no, you can. The comments on this TikTok. Someone wrote, girl, we hosted a tailgate at our house. We just bought. Now we have to sell the house. Embarrassing. Someone said, I made rotel dip and everything. Now it's just sitting in my fridge, like the loser dip that it is.

Isabella (33:49)

Oh, man.

Katie Nolan (33:50)

Someone said, now imagine the outfit on and at the game. Someone said, I painted my face.

Chris (34:00)

Step up that one.

Katie Nolan (34:01)

Obsessed. Obsessed. So the comment section can also be relatable. It's where you can share with people how you feel. It can also be heartbreaking.

Isabella (34:10)

Okay, what is this one?

Katie Nolan (34:11)

Katie, no, don't. Don't click on anything yet. This one has nothing to click on. It can also be heartbreaking. Okay, I was scrolling through Reddit the other day and I saw the Made me smile subreddit. I don't know if you're familiar with this, but it's basically just little things that made you smile that you bumped into on the Internet. There was a sports one, and whenever that happens, you have to go like, this isn't new. I don't think. Let me double check and make sure it's not new, because we care about it being new as a sports fan. But when it breaches containment, they might be posting something from, like three years ago. You just always got to double check. They posted. This was the headline. Utah Jazz dancer realizes the routine is different than what she practiced. Soon finds out the reason. And it's a video of a woman who dances for the Utah Jazz out in the center of the court with all the other dancers doing choreography, hearing the song change, and then not knowing the dance while everyone around her knows the dance and she's confused. Turns out it's she's being proposed to by her boyfriend and he surprised her. Always good to start off a marriage proposal by making them live out their worst nightmare, which is that they don't know the dance and everybody's looking at them. But I digress. It was a heartwarming. A big proposal. It was a big whatever. I go to look at the comments because I'm like, I could have sworn I've seen this before. I don't think this is new. And instead what the comment said. The first comment said, this is so old that the couple has already been married, had a couple kids, and gotten divorced.

Chris (35:38)

Oh, man.

Katie Nolan (35:38)

The next comment, I thought you were being cynical and edgy, but you were telling the truth. Sad, but that's how it goes. Hope she's doing well. The reply to that comment, her name is Danielle Bush, and she has a whole series on Instagram that she explains her side of the entire relationship. The Reader's Digest version is that he's a cheater.

Isabella (35:59)

Oh, man.

Katie Nolan (36:01)

So it goes.

Brady (36:03)

Keep going.

Katie Nolan (36:03)

Made me smile. Where they're like, oh, this guy proposed to them. And it's like, yeah. Not only are they divorced, he cheated. And they had kids. They had multiple kids. Old video. Nice try. So that's something you can get from the comment section.

Brady (36:17)

There's gotta be a definite ratio of, like, the consistent throughline of public proposals to the likelihood that one of them is a psychopath.

Katie Nolan (36:24)

Brady, thanks. I'm glad you said that. I've started a doc, and I will be tracking all the public proposals I follow. I'll be tracking down, first of all, that Instagram video series where she talks about whatever happened, because who the F did I Marry, Part 52. I watched that thing all the way through.

Isabella (36:41)

I didn't.

Katie Nolan (36:41)

Risa Tisa had me while I was doing my makeup that day. I. You know, it takes me 52 parts to do my makeup.

Isabella (36:47)

I should have added that as a category. Chris. Story times.

Katie Nolan (36:51)

Story times. So many. God, so many. Okay, but also from a comment section, you can receive great insight. This was a tweet. Isabella, can you pull up chimp butts, please? This was a tweet from. Do I have to? From someone named J. Anderson at TheProject Unity. He tweeted out an infographic he must have stumbled across, and he said, I learned something new today. And the infographic is a picture of monkeys. These monkeys have grass shoved into their butts so that it sticks out almost like a, I don't know, fashion accessory.

Isabella (37:28)

Just warming it up a little bit.

Katie Nolan (37:29)

And the headline says, chimps are sticking grass in their butts, seemingly as a fashion trend.

Chris (37:34)

Okay, you don't have clothes to work with. You gotta get creative.

Katie Nolan (37:38)

When you don't have. What now?

Chris (37:41)

Clothes.

Katie Nolan (37:43)

One more time.

Chris (37:45)

What are we saying?

Katie Nolan (37:46)

Just say it one more time.

Chris (37:47)

Pants.

Katie Nolan (37:48)

No, clothes. I don't know. Am I crazy? It sounded funny the first time, and now, because it sounded funny the first time, it still kind of sounds funny. Or am I nuts?

Brady (37:57)

He said it's a hard th.

Katie Nolan (37:58)

It's like clothes. He's doing clothes.

Chris (38:01)

Really?

Isabella (38:02)

Clothes.

Katie Nolan (38:03)

Just clothes.

Chris (38:05)

Clothes. Oh, wow. Okay.

Katie Nolan (38:06)

No, maybe it's me.

Isabella (38:07)

I kind of say it like, as if it was spelled like C, L, O, D. Clothes. Like clothes.

Katie Nolan (38:12)

Okay, that's crazy. Put this in our next future segments. How do you say clothes? The point of this is this guy tweets this out, right? Some random girl retweets it and said, do I even need to say it? Which to me, I was like, yeah. What? What? Please say, whoa.

Isabella (38:30)

Let's zoom in on that part.

Katie Nolan (38:31)

What is it? What do we need to. And somebody replied, now. This reply didn't have a lot of reaction to it. I'm not giving you the best of the Internet. I'm giving you literal things. I stumbled into and screen grabbed on my phone because they shook me to my core. And what we got was a reply from someone named Ivan Iron Fist. It's not on screen. I'm just gonna read it to you. In reply to the woman saying, do I even need to say it? Ivan said, assuming he's. This is what she thought she was gonna say. Give them pants. Normalize pants and make them work for pants. We have pants loans, then we introduce shirts, then we have shirt loans. Before you know it, chimpanzees would be paying taxes.

Brady (39:15)

Where's he wrong?

Katie Nolan (39:17)

I think she needs to say it. I don't think that's what she was gonna say. But I like the visionary. I like thinking ahead. Give him pants. Make them work for the pants. Create loans for the pants. Then we can introduce shirts, Then they're gonna have shirts. By the end of this, chimps are paying their fair share, and I think that's something that we need. I see that didn't land with you. I can't see any of your faces. I'm looking at a chimp with grass in its ass. So I need to know where we got to.

Brady (39:43)

Chimps putting grass in their butt as a fashion trend. Where do we determine that was a fashion trend?

Katie Nolan (39:48)

That's science. An infographic. That's the thing about social media you shouldn't miss, Chris, which is that. An infographic like that, you put that out, that thing's running away from you before you even have time to go. Like, we didn't verify that with any signs. It's already got a life of its own. So just like last week, people thought Katy Perry. People thought that. Who's her ex? Orlando Bloom. That's him. No. Yes.

Isabella (40:10)

Yeah.

Katie Nolan (40:10)

People thought Orlando Bloom was dating someone who dressed up as Katy Perry going to space for Halloween. But it was just misinformation. It was just somebody dressed up as Katy Perry going to space and took a picture with Orlando.

Chris (40:20)

Almost always is.

Katie Nolan (40:21)

It always is.

Brady (40:21)

We're certain that person did not have sex with Orlando Bloom.

Katie Nolan (40:24)

We're not certain.

Brady (40:24)

Okay?

Katie Nolan (40:25)

I'm not certain of anybody. I can't even be certain. You haven't had sex with Orlando Bloom.

Brady (40:30)

No way.

Katie Nolan (40:30)

Can't be certain. No way to know. No way to know. But also in the comment section, you can get batshit insha insane. Batshit insane.

Chris (40:37)

Inshade insheng.

Katie Nolan (40:39)

This is a. This is a tweet that has three. At the time I took the screen grab, three likes and two comments. So we're talking. No one's seen this. Okay. But somebody in reply to something else. They were having a conversation about bandwagoning as a sports fan and someone said, hey, Taylor Hughes was their name. They said we should normalize bandwagoning. Like what actually is the problem with it? If anything, I think it's kind of sickening to be so loyal to some sports team. A fair thought, a thought somebody has had before. Taylor Hughes shared that in a conversation people were having about bandwagoning and this is the reply he got. I'm not going to say who it's from in case they're embarrassed of this. Someone replied and said, so it's cool if I fuck your wife? Nothing is sacred, right? That's what you're saying? Yeah, dude, sure. Yes, that's exactly. Whoa. That's exactly it. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Isabella (41:28)

I'm sorry.

Katie Nolan (41:28)

Hey, whoa.

Isabella (41:29)

I'm sorry.

Katie Nolan (41:30)

Like your red socks. So it's cool that. Fuck your wife. Nothing sacred, right? That's. No, please don't fuck my wife. So I'm just gonna fuck your wife, I guess. And then the last thing we find out in the comments, it's sort of like a Never Meet yout Heroes. Bob Ryan, Isabella is a very well respected, longtime sports journalist. Used to cover the Celtics in what, the 70s, 60s, 70s. He's been around long time. The block he's been around for a very long time. He's known as the quintessential American sports writer. He's a basketball guru, Boston area guy, born in 1946, which means he's 79 years old. Just a little context for you, Isabella.

Isabella (42:06)

Okay.

Katie Nolan (42:07)

Bob Ryan is getting kind of horny in his own Twitter reply. Like he's replying and I don't think he knows.

Isabella (42:16)

Oh, I was gonna. Except first when you said he was horny, I was like, I mean it's not. Not a crime.

Katie Nolan (42:20)

No, certainly not. You're absolutely right. And I want to be clear. I'm not accusing Bob Ryan of being of guilty of really anything except horny. On Maine, we can see your replies. We have a couple examples pulled here. The first being a woman named Ms. Helen Amy. She got a blue check mark, don't know what that means anymore. And she wrote, am I too old for you? And it's a picture of like a hot gray older lady that. With text on the picture that's and she's wearing a button down white shirt and the type of stockings that end at your thigh, you know, and it's with lacy around her thigh. And it said, men rejected me because I'm too old. Please say hi if you think I'm good looking. And lobebobryan wrote, hi there.

Brady (43:11)

The estimation point makes the enthusiasm seem genuine.

Katie Nolan (43:15)

Hi there. Hey.

Chris (43:16)

Still pleasant.

Katie Nolan (43:17)

Don't listen to these people. Hey, if that were it, just being positive, sure, if that were it, that's fine. Here's another one. Somebody tweeted, do you find this attractive? Be honest. And it's a hot younger woman, younger than that last lady, at least in. In cutoff jean shorts, sitting at a bar outside, legs covered in tattoos and arms covered in tattoos. And Bob Ryan replied to this, hell no, with three exclamation points.

Brady (43:46)

Three.

Chris (43:47)

Hell wouldn't have done it justice.

Katie Nolan (43:49)

Hell comma, no in all caps. Three exclamation points. Hell no.

Brady (43:54)

So we get a very clear insight. We're sorry. It's really starting to get clear the lane. Bob drives in.

Isabella (43:59)

Yes.

Katie Nolan (43:59)

And, and, and let's make it even clearer if we could, because someone named Lolo, again with a check mark, tweeted out. According to my analytics, 90% of my followers are male. So I have a question. Ginger or Marianne? With a picture of Ginger and Marianne from. What's it called?

Brady (44:17)

Gilligan's Island.

Katie Nolan (44:18)

Gilligan's. I almost said Gulliver's Travels. Not the same thing. Gilligan's Island. That's how old the show is. And Bob Ryan replied, yes. Then somebody else tweeted another picture of a girl in a bikini on a beach. On a beach chair. It's that same guy actually tweeting this. Do you find this attractive? Be completely honest. I do. Really love. He keeps saying, be completely honest. Don't lie to me. Guys. Hey, guys, I'm spamming so that I can get my engagement up and get money. Don't lie to me. Tell me the truth. And Bob Ryan goes, well, if he says, be honest, I have to. And he wrote, hideous. Bob, you can have taste.

Chris (45:02)

What a good look.

Katie Nolan (45:03)

You can have taste, Bob. Why, Chris, what do you want to say about this lady?

Chris (45:07)

No, no, no. I meant about Paul, but not about the lady.

Katie Nolan (45:10)

Hey, Chris, be completely honest. Do you find this attractive?

Chris (45:15)

I think. I think she's doing her thing and that's great for her.

Katie Nolan (45:18)

And then this last one on there, it's not horny. It's not horny. But it is the funniest, the curious pollster does he only follow you know what it is? Bob Ryan has stumbled into his for you tab and he doesn't realize. He thinks he's in his following. But because he keeps engaging with these bot accounts, his for you must be boded to high heaven heavens, because mine is and I don't engage with it. I have to remember to tab over to my following. He's just lost in a sea of bots, replying to them left and right as if they're people. And what a beautiful existence. Honestly, I don't want to ruin this for him. But the curious pollster tweeted without saying face off. What's the first role you think of for John Travolta? Hashtag pollster, pulse, hashtag actor, hashtag movies. Don't say face Off. What's the first movie you think of for John Travolta? And Bob Ryan replied, AP Style. Right?

Isabella (46:13)

Quotes.

Katie Nolan (46:13)

Saturday Night Fever, period. Inside the quotation marks. That's fine, I have no notes on that. But then it's he attached to the tweet, three pictures of the same emoji. It's very Paul Pierce. It's very Paul Pierce taking a picture of his other phone with his other phone. Guys.

Isabella (46:36)

It's very avant garde, actually, when you.

Katie Nolan (46:37)

Think about the same emoji. An emoji I didn't even know existed. Does this exist? It's an octopus like creature that is cursing.

Brady (46:46)

Three angry octopuses.

Katie Nolan (46:47)

Angry octopi. Saturday Night Fever four likes. Bob Ryan got on that tweet. I'm gonna toss him a like right now. I feel bad.

Isabella (46:55)

Damn. And there were 2,700 views. I know.

Katie Nolan (46:58)

Not good. It's not the best. And so I guess, I guess my bit there. That segment A, too long, shocking, and B, it's Chris. That's what you're missing in the comment section of social media. Are we convincing you to sign up yet?

Chris (47:13)

Absolutely not.

Katie Nolan (47:13)

Okay.

Chris (47:14)

In the words of Bob Ryan, absolutely not.

Katie Nolan (47:15)

Great, great, great.

Brady (47:16)

Let's hell no.

Katie Nolan (47:17)

Hell comma, no. Can we do. We had talked the other day about PWHL names. The Women's Professional Hockey League league. They've come out with names. I've been hiding myself from the knowledge because I heard we were going to do something with this. So I'm flying blind. Who wants to drive our PWHL or whatever this segment is?

Brady (47:38)

I got this one. So we have expansion in the pwhl in the Women's pro. The Professional Women's Hockey League. We have expansion in the NWSL next year, the WNBA next year. Unrivaled next year. The Ausl and the Women's Lacrosse League, all expanding next year. All a great thing for women's league sports. I have Jeopardy. Style clues.

Isabella (47:57)

Ooh.

Brady (47:59)

For the following team names for the expansion franchises. Are you ready, Katie Nolan.

Katie Nolan (48:03)

Oh, my goodness. Sure.

Brady (48:06)

All right. Your clue. This newest Vancouver PWHL franchise shares its name with a 1997 Nintendo 64 first person shooter featuring remote mines, slappers only, and the one asshole at the sleepover who always picks odd jobs. Job.

Katie Nolan (48:21)

Oh, I, I, I, I'm not. You're gonna expose me. I'm not that deep in 1064 lore. I was a girl, a little girl, and so they didn't really let me get on the sticks as often. I was gonna say goldeneye until you said nailed it. Okay, good.

Brady (48:36)

The Vancouver Golden Eyes.

Katie Nolan (48:37)

That's cool. Okay.

Isabella (48:38)

Actually, you got that wrong.

Brady (48:39)

Sick name.

Isabella (48:39)

Because you are supposed to say Golden Eyes.

Katie Nolan (48:44)

Suck it. Your.

Brady (48:47)

The Vancouver Golden Eye. As long as they play the pause music sound.

Katie Nolan (48:50)

What's the connection to the city? We don't know.

Chris (48:53)

The bird. A local Vancouver bird is local Vancouver.

Katie Nolan (48:57)

Of course. Siri, Nobody was talking to you. Also, since we're doing Jeopardy, I will close this because I would get in trouble for.

Brady (49:05)

For 400. The pirates among you may recognize the Seattle PWHL franchise name as a popular peer to peer file sharing protocol allowing for downloads of large files from multiple sources at once.

Katie Nolan (49:18)

What is. Wait. What is Pirate Bay? No. What is. That's not right. Right.

Brady (49:25)

What is not right?

Katie Nolan (49:26)

What is next?

Chris (49:27)

It would be hilarious if it was Seattle. Pirate Bay.

Brady (49:29)

What?

Katie Nolan (49:29)

The Seattle.

Brady (49:31)

One step too far.

Katie Nolan (49:32)

What? Wait. What is LimeWire?

Brady (49:35)

It is. What is the Seattle Torrent. The Seattle Torrent.

Katie Nolan (49:41)

Should have gone with Limewire. Just my personal opinion.

Isabella (49:42)

That would have been fun.

Katie Nolan (49:43)

What else?

Brady (49:45)

Downloading track one. MP3. And finally, Unrivaled will field two additional teams in 2026, bringing the total to eight in its second season. The Breeze and this second team, named for Beyonce's fan base.

Katie Nolan (49:59)

The Beehive, The Hive.

Brady (50:01)

The Hive, and the Breeze. These teams will no longer be attached to a specific city since they don't play in those cities anyway. But the Breeze and the Hive join Unrivaled.

Katie Nolan (50:10)

Yeah, unrivaled names. I'm allowed to say I'm an ally. I'm allowed to say I don't like them. What was the Lunar Owls?

Brady (50:16)

I don't like the Lunar.

Chris (50:17)

It was the Mist, which was a favorite.

Brady (50:19)

The Vinyl. Yeah.

Chris (50:21)

Shots.

Katie Nolan (50:22)

It's crazy. It's a crazy thing to Call your team the Mist.

Brady (50:25)

I found out in searching for the Seattle Torrent. The Mist. The Seattle Mist was also the name of their lingerie football league team.

Katie Nolan (50:31)

Oh, boy.

Brady (50:32)

Really?

Katie Nolan (50:32)

But it was spelled M I S S Apostle.

Brady (50:35)

No, it was just M I, S T. It was just M I, S T. Fun.

Katie Nolan (50:38)

Oh, really fun.

Isabella (50:39)

Wasn't that fun? Hey, Chris, do you want to know another social media thing that you never learned about? Okay, pick a category.

Chris (50:45)

Well, I was gonna go with Internet moments, but I got bullied into new language. So let's go new language.

Isabella (50:50)

New language. Eventually, new language. I don't need to share my screen. All right. Do you know what gardening is, Chris?

Chris (50:57)

In the traditional sense, yes.

Isabella (50:59)

But do you know what it could also mean on the Internet if you.

Katie Nolan (51:02)

Had to take a guess?

Isabella (51:03)

If you could. If you could guess what people would use gardening for? To. As a censor word. To describe something in a video.

Chris (51:12)

As a censor word?

Katie Nolan (51:13)

Yeah, like if something they can't say, so they say gardening instead.

Chris (51:20)

Fucking.

Isabella (51:25)

I'm sorry. No, it is smoking weed.

Chris (51:30)

Oh, fucking. I don't know.

Isabella (51:33)

No, that would be. That would be segs.

Katie Nolan (51:36)

That's obviously segs, which is what this. This podcast is chock full of today. It's S E gg.

Isabella (51:43)

S. Yes. Okay, so to provide context, like on TikTok, like, why do you have to.

Chris (51:46)

Census something that's legal?

Isabella (51:48)

So not legal everywhere on TikTok. Like, your. Your videos can get flagged and stuff when, like, certain words are being said and caption ins. But people will say it like you. It sometimes will be said out loud, but the captions will be spelled a different way.

Brady (52:03)

But I told Katie she could not threaten Ian Carmel to shoot him with a gun.

Katie Nolan (52:07)

This is why Brady limited my free speech.

Isabella (52:09)

So some. But it's gotten to the point where it's evolved, where now people will, like, literally just say in a TikTok. Will be like, guys, I just gardened really quick. And like, now I'm gonna go brush my teeth.

Katie Nolan (52:17)

They'll even sell you products and go, are you a good. Are you a gardener? Buy these rolling papers and it somehow it gets. It's allowed because they're not saying what it is.

Isabella (52:27)

Yeah. Another one is a Unalive for kill.

Katie Nolan (52:31)

I'm sure you've heard that.

Brady (52:33)

I mean, literally, you could figure that one, I think.

Chris (52:35)

Yeah.

Isabella (52:36)

That one or the corn emoji. Can you guess what the corn emoji is for?

Chris (52:40)

I don't like guessing.

Katie Nolan (52:41)

I don't either.

Isabella (52:46)

The corn emoji.

Katie Nolan (52:47)

The second he said Fucking about gardening. I was like, I hate this. I don't like this at all.

Chris (52:51)

The sensor was. I'm like, okay, what's that? What's something that you need to censor? I didn't think smoking weed would be something that you had to censor.

Isabella (52:56)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Katie Nolan (52:57)

Chris just does that. He's doing that right now, actually on camera, passing it to his child, which I think is kind of wild, but that's me. I guess that's how we live here. Corn is porn now. Are we gonna have to bleep all these? This is a really unclippable segment. Isabella, not that I'm giving you any notes. It's just something to consider. I had a bit I wanted to work on. This segment was called the white rapper from your high school, inspired by the link there next to white rapper from your high school. Blake Snell, who you may know now as a pitcher from the Dodgers. Nobody's talking about this. Had a brief career as a. Well, a white rapper because he couldn't.

Isabella (53:31)

No way. Really?

Katie Nolan (53:32)

Yep. And so this is a clip of Blake Snell white rapping from a long time ago. I should have gotten the year, but let's play. This clip is about.

Isabella (54:04)

Bars.

Katie Nolan (54:06)

Yeah, bars. Do we feel a little bit bars?

Chris (54:09)

Eh, Got nothing on Chet Kelly.

Katie Nolan (54:10)

My future is bright and your future is dim. But in honor of Blake Snell's white rapping and in honor of Chad Kelly, which I should have also pulled up, I wanted to give us all space to talk about the white rapper from our high school. Mine was named Eric. His rap name was Indy Jones, and he was actually, I would say if we were all bringing our white rappers from high school to a battle, I would put money on on mine. He was pretty good.

Isabella (54:39)

Yeah.

Katie Nolan (54:39)

Yeah. What about you guys? What was your. Who was your white rapper from high school?

Brady (54:43)

I tended to favor Robbie Bromfield, AKA Brahms over DJ Finesse.

Katie Nolan (54:48)

Oh, you.

Brady (54:49)

DJ Finesse. Bandwagon.

Katie Nolan (54:51)

Wow. And which one was more popular among the.

Brady (54:54)

Definitely Brahms, because he had the recording studio.

Katie Nolan (54:56)

Is that with a Z?

Brady (54:57)

Brahms. B, R, M, Z. I just googled them. Couldn't find it.

Katie Nolan (55:00)

Him. Oh, man. Indy Jones. You can find his soundcloud. Chris, did you have a white rapper at your high school?

Chris (55:06)

Not really. I like to rap a bunch, but never.

Katie Nolan (55:10)

He was the white rapper.

Brady (55:12)

If you can't spot the white rapper in your high school, you are the white rapper in your high school.

Chris (55:16)

Never officially released a track, but I was. I was probably one of the better white rappers at our school.

Brady (55:20)

Okay, so Chris opened for Iggy Azalea back in the day.

Isabella (55:23)

Damn.

Katie Nolan (55:25)

You've now just a couple.

Isabella (55:26)

Okay, spit something really quickly.

Katie Nolan (55:27)

Exactly. You have to. You shouldn't have said this. You shouldn't have given us this information and trusted we weren't gonna make you do this.

Chris (55:35)

All right, well, I gotta go some Eminem.

Katie Nolan (55:37)

I'm not gonna make eye contact. You go ahead. No, no, you have to. It's original rap. You have to rap your own original bars.

Chris (55:43)

Oh, well, then absolutely not.

Katie Nolan (55:45)

Oh, my goodness. Chris had no white rapper. But it was him. We'll find it. Isabella, did you have a White house?

Isabella (55:50)

I don't think I had a white rapper. I may have, but I can't remember. I don't think.

Katie Nolan (55:54)

I feel like you'd know. They make themselves pretty known.

Isabella (55:56)

That's what I'm saying. Y other like I knew people who went to different high schools and they definitely had a white rapper.

Katie Nolan (56:02)

If you had a white rapper, you think you can put up against Indy Jones. I should look up how he spells it. I believe it was Indy. I N D Y J O N E Z. Indy Jones. Shout out Eric Becker. If you have a white rapper you'd like to put up against him, email it to us. And maybe someday we'll do a white rapper gauntlet where we'll play everybody's white rappers from their high school and see who wins. Wins in a round robin style tournament.

Isabella (56:26)

Love that.

Katie Nolan (56:27)

Okay, so that's my. That's my segment pitch.

Brady (56:29)

Calling in Bubba Sparks as a guest judge.

Katie Nolan (56:31)

Yeah. Oh, that actually might not be a bad idea.

Brady (56:33)

It might not be that hard even.

Katie Nolan (56:35)

Yeah. All right, great. Let's get some white rapper. We could get Brendan Sagalo back. God knows he fancies himself.

Chris (56:41)

And Dan, based on his name is Dan.

Katie Nolan (56:44)

And I'm here to say what? Say it. Just say it. You don't have to announce yourself every you want to say something. Okay, Brady, it's your turn. We've arrived at your. At your segment about conspiracy theories. Go ahead and set this one up.

Brady (56:59)

So we love to introduce Isabella to old sports things that she is experiencing for the first time. We have done Randy Johnson hitting the bird. We've done an orange Cassidy wrestling match. Things that have crossed our paths that Isabella is new to and getting her genuine reaction. We discussed last episode, Aaron Rodgers. Does his wife exist? We into the world of sports conspiracy theories. Did Mike Vrabel just set up Tony Romo to say DTF on air and then laugh about it afterwards? The sports world is full of conspiracy Theories. And one of them just popped up yesterday that I love because Nico Harrison was fired by the Dallas Mavericks. I'm gonna give you this first one.

Katie Nolan (57:38)

Wait, hold on. Isabella knows this because when she came into fan service this year to get the cameras set up up, I said it on the radio. And she genuinely. I was so proud of her. She went. She goes like. She gasped. She was shocked. And I was like, yes, she knows what we're talking about. She knows this is a big deal, and it made me very happy. Okay, sorry. Go ahead, Brady. It's your segment.

Brady (57:57)

I'm gonna give you the nutshell of these conspiracy theories. You give me your genuine reaction. Are you buying it? Is this bullshit to you? I want to see where this lands to fresh ears. Number one, Was Nico Harrison an industry plant to drive NBA talent to larger market teams? Oh, I don't know the gist of this. Mavericks fired.

Katie Nolan (58:15)

Let him tell you about it. I don't think he's gonna make it.

Brady (58:17)

Mavericks fired Nico Harrison, ending a tumultuous tenure in the team's front office from 2021 to 2025, where he allowed Jalen Brunson to leave for the Knicks, traded away Kristas Porzingis to the Celtics and Luka Doncic to the Lakers. All large market coastal teams. Prior to joining the Mavericks as a gm, Harrison had zero experience as an NBA executive. He was an executive for Nike for 19 years. The theory, popularized. Popularized online yesterday by content creator Evan Hand, alleges that Harrison was a sleeper agent, directing players to larger markets to amplify Nike's athletes, boost the NBA's ratings, and in turn, for the Mavericks, get the NBA to lobby for the legalization of gambling in Texas to benefit the Mavericks new casino magnet owners.

Isabella (59:03)

Interesting. I think it's fun if he's an industry plant. Not fun like a good way, but I don't know. That's. That's interesting that he was able to get all those players traded to big.

Brady (59:12)

Teams and then just walk out the door.

Chris (59:15)

For the sake of Nico Harrison, I.

Katie Nolan (59:16)

Hope this is true, because it's the only thing that explains what the f. He was even thinking.

Chris (59:22)

Yeah.

Katie Nolan (59:23)

Also fascinating to me. Gambling not legal in Texas. Corn not, I believe, legal in Texas either. Landed a free. I thought. I thought this was, like, big free. All right, so that's one. You got another one.

Brady (59:39)

Number two, the Patrick Ewing envelope. This one's very famous theory alleges that the NBA rigged the 1985 draft lottery to ensure that the most dominant college basketball player could get chosen by The New York Knicks to boost the league's ratings. The lottery is a system where the order of picks in the NBA draft is drawn by random chance, with the worst teams having a better chance of getting the better picks, but with no guarantees otherwise. Teams could lose on purpose. In 1985, the picks were chosen by pulling envelopes at random out of a tumbling cylinder. The NBA?

Katie Nolan (60:10)

Like, literally the lottery. Yeah. So there were envelopes in a. In a tumbling cylinder.

Isabella (60:15)

Okay.

Brady (60:15)

The theory is that the NBA intentionally put the Knicks envelope in a freezer beforehand so that commissioner David Stern could reach in and feel it before he picked. Voila. The Knicks, with the third worst record, ended up with the number one pick and got Georgetown center Patrick Ewing in that draft.

Isabella (60:31)

You're putting me in a tough spot. I can't speak.

Katie Nolan (60:36)

What do you think? What do you think? Does that sound plausible?

Isabella (60:41)

Maybe not in that way. Why? Anyway, so he was the number one pick.

Katie Nolan (60:46)

Yeah, they got the number one pick even though they only had the third worst record. Worst record.

Isabella (60:53)

But this was a lottery, right? Like, it was jumbled up.

Katie Nolan (60:56)

Anything could happen.

Isabella (60:57)

Anything could happen.

Katie Nolan (60:57)

You know, if it was a cold envelope, how would anybody know?

Isabella (61:00)

Yeah, but who. Who came up with this theory of a cold envelope?

Brady (61:05)

I do not know the origins of it. I know that there is a lot of, like, the Pruder film of somebody sneaking. Somebody handing the envelope, like, independently, like, taking it out of a bag, putting it. Putting an envelope into the tumbler within, like, 30 seconds. And someone did the math that said an envelope would stay cold for 50 seconds.

Isabella (61:24)

All right. To be neutral. I guess it could be possible. I don't believe it. I don't believe it, though. I don't believe it.

Katie Nolan (61:30)

You know, I really think David Stern shouldn't have taken that envelope out and pressed it to his face and gone.

Brady (61:38)

Stick with the basketball ones here. Michael Jordan's first retirement retirement. Michael Jordan announced his retirement in October of 1993 after winning his third consecutive NBA championship and at the peak of his career. The abruptness of the decision fueled speculation. Jordan was a well documented competitive gambler. Still is. He'll still take your money on the golf course. And the theory is that commissioner David Stern suspended Jordan for 18 months over his gambling and allowed him to use his retirement as a cover up. Jordan said, joking or not joking in his retirement press conference, that he'd return to the NBA if David Stern lets me back in the league. And then Jordan returned to the NBA in 1995.

Isabella (62:16)

That sounds believable.

Katie Nolan (62:18)

Oh, she's in on that.

Isabella (62:19)

Right away, that one sounded believable.

Katie Nolan (62:21)

She's in on that right away.

Isabella (62:22)

Yeah. I don't need convincing.

Brady (62:24)

On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored an incredible 100 points in a single game to set an NBA record. Exactly 100. Or did he? What? There is no video of this game. The audio broadcast from the radio call is lost in time. Only a box score and a newspaper account exist. It wasn't even played in a full sized arena. Only limited observers at the arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is an awfully specific point total. That makes for great PR from the league. But of course, Pablo did an entire episode on this. I'm not sold. Pablo checked it out. I am not sold that the number was exactly 100 or anywhere close to 100.

Katie Nolan (63:05)

Hey, did anybody investigate when Will Chamberlain said he had sex with over 20, 000 women? Is anyone checking those numbers?

Brady (63:11)

I mean, I think it was something. It was like. Like 25 a night for several years. But, I mean, checks out.

Katie Nolan (63:17)

He wrote it in his autobiography.

Isabella (63:18)

25 times 365.

Katie Nolan (63:21)

25 times 365.

Brady (63:25)

So it'd be like one, and they'll be like 25 a night for three years. So over 30 years, two women a night. Night. I think that checks out.

Katie Nolan (63:33)

20,000. 20,000 is two women a night for 30 years.

Chris (63:38)

Also, what stage do you just stop counting?

Isabella (63:42)

Yeah, like, did he write it down in his diary?

Brady (63:44)

Like, I don't know, scratch it on the wall? Like prison.

Katie Nolan (63:47)

If it's anything like my list of who I've kissed, it's sometimes sometime around, like, college, I think I went like, I'm not keeping this list anymore. This is foolish.

Isabella (63:55)

Damn. You kissed 20,000 people. You're saying.

Chris (63:57)

Whoa.

Katie Nolan (63:58)

No, I'm saying. I'm saying I got bored writing names down.

Brady (64:01)

Hofstra doesn't have a football.

Chris (64:02)

She got used to tilting her head in that one specific direction.

Brady (64:05)

That's right.

Katie Nolan (64:06)

Too many mats tilting their head to eat my taco. You know what I mean?

Isabella (64:12)

That's funny. Hey, Chris, do you know who the Krispy Kreme lady is?

Katie Nolan (64:16)

That's funny.

Chris (64:16)

Anyway, say it again, Isabella.

Isabella (64:21)

Chris, do you know who the Krispy Kreme lady is?

Chris (64:24)

No.

Isabella (64:24)

Oh, man. Katie, do you know who the Krispy Kreme lady is?

Katie Nolan (64:27)

Really? What action is this?

Isabella (64:29)

I'm choosing, actually, I decided to not give Kris. Yeah, Internet moments.

Katie Nolan (64:33)

Let's see it. Have you ever had a Krispy Kreme? Have you ever gone to Krispy Kreme? Was it Krispy?

Isabella (64:40)

No.

Katie Nolan (64:41)

Right, right.

Chris (64:46)

That's it.

Katie Nolan (64:48)

That's it. I thought she was gonna ask if it was creamy, and she would've had a good point. It's also not creamy.

Chris (64:52)

Isabella's losing it.

Isabella (64:56)

Chris.

Katie Nolan (64:56)

That's the thing is that when you're.

Isabella (64:58)

An outsider, you're like, I'm so deep into just like the lore online that.

Chris (65:03)

What context do you need for that?

Isabella (65:05)

Nothing. That's why it's funny. It's so random. This lady, like, just had a random video and was just like, have you ever had a Krispy Kreme to the point where people dressed up as her for Halloween?

Chris (65:15)

Really?

Isabella (65:16)

Yeah.

Katie Nolan (65:18)

Chris, was that funny?

Chris (65:19)

I like it. Not really.

Isabella (65:24)

Well, fuck me. All right, next segment. Next segment.

Katie Nolan (65:28)

I liked it. I thought it was. That's funny. I'll do what you did. That was really funny, Isabella. Thanks for that. What else? Do we have a more segment? Palooza. I love it. It's good stuff. Let's do some relationship stuff. Do we have. Who's driving this? Who wants to drive our relationship stuff?

Chris (65:47)

I can read some of these out.

Katie Nolan (65:49)

Yeah. Okay. This is people asking us for advice or giving us advice?

Chris (65:54)

A bit of both.

Katie Nolan (65:54)

Oh, good.

Chris (65:55)

It's a bit of a mixed bag. It all just comes under the relationship advice banner.

Katie Nolan (65:59)

Love it.

Chris (66:00)

The first email is from Mary. Mary says, hey, casual squad. I was at a baseball game this summer, and there's a man sitting in front of me who's fully engrossed in his phone. Normally, I'm not that nosy of a person, but for whatever reason, if I'm at an event that I paid money to go to and I see someone not watching a single second of the game, I'm always curious what has their attention. So I casually glance, and this dude is texting a girl with three heart emojis behind her name, switching constantly between the messages, app and Chat GPT. I'm mesmerized because I similarly just have never really found a reason to use ChatGPT. And now I'm just fully watching this man try to court a lady over text. In a conversation that's fully AI written, we're writing every message, pulling up ChatGPT, putting in the conversation, copying it back over. I don't think he sent a single word of his own. I so badly wanted to somehow track down this girl and let her know, but I figured she'd find out soon enough because you certainly can't use ChatGPT face to face. I love you all so much. I mean it. Mary, what do we think about this situation? Katie? Because Surely she's got a cotton on eventually that this. This lad is using Chat GPT to craft his responses.

Katie Nolan (67:09)

The reason this is so insidious to me is because I speak as a representative of the type of woman who, once you get me in a relationship, I like, for whatever reason, my brain thinks my job is to make sure we always stay in it instead of constantly checking down and going, like, am I enjoying this real. Is this the right relationship for me once I'm in it? My flaw was always that I was in it. So I was like, well, they didn't do anything wrong, so I'm not gonna break up with them instead of going, yeah, but. But they're also not really doing anything right and they're not like, right for you. So, like, you're allowed to do.

Brady (67:43)

That's exactly how you treat your Red Sox fanhouse.

Katie Nolan (67:45)

Oh, thumbs up. So I. This to me is. Is scary because it's like once that person with three hearts in their name is roped in, they might be the type of person that's like, but he was so charming at the beginning. But then again, is Chat GPT charming? Guys, you got to just believe in yourselves. Chat GPT does not have the answers. I've never once read a Chat GPT response and been like, what a guy. You think it's smarter than you, but it's only smarter than you if you let it talk to a woman on your behalf. It's you. You. That's your relate. Don't.

Isabella (68:20)

Yeah, you're so much cooler.

Katie Nolan (68:22)

Cyrano de Bergerac with a. With Chat GPT just like, be your own person. And maybe she doesn't like you, but at least the person who does like you, that will eventually like you will like you for who you are. Yeah. I just think that is a real bummer. That is an absolute bummer to see somebody in public just swapping between the two apps to try to. Because do you even feel good if you get her? Do you feel like I did that? It's like, no, you didn't. Your. Your phone did. I don't.

Brady (68:49)

Let me throw a wrench in this. What if she is also using ChatGPT.

Isabella (68:52)

And there's two boss.

Katie Nolan (68:54)

Yeah. Then they're made for each other and I hope that they don't procreate. Next.

Chris (68:58)

Next one is from Theresa and Theresa says, hey, Katie and the casualties first, thank you for your humor and fun take on all things sports. Truly making what can feel daunting to me, the least athletic person alive into something enjoyable. I now really look forward to my long commutes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I have a more general question and would love some insight from you all. I recently started dating a very sweet man who I like very much.

Katie Nolan (69:19)

Uh oh. What if he's using chat problem?

Chris (69:22)

His responses sound like he's using chapter no, just one problem. His entire life revolves around baseball. He was on track for the majors before a career ending injury and now he owns a training facility for young players players. He travels almost every weekend to tournaments, managing 20 plus teams on the board for summer leagues. All the things my understanding of baseball is rudimentary at best. I would love your take on a few high level things I should know and a couple of tidbits I can drop on date nights to really wow him. Love you, mean it. P.S. isabella, you are an inspiration. Love following your fantasy football team slash journey.

Isabella (69:53)

Oh thank you Teresa. That's so sweet.

Katie Nolan (69:55)

This is the cutest.

Isabella (69:56)

An inspiration.

Katie Nolan (69:58)

Yeah.

Isabella (69:59)

Stop.

Katie Nolan (70:00)

Shout out Teresa and Isabella. I love this. All right Brady, you're my baseball guy. What top level stuff that they need to know about baseball? I would say the positions. You should know the positions, right? First base, second base, third base. Shortstop is between second and third base. The guy that stands there, pitcher, catcher, and then left, right and center fielders out in the outfield field. Sure you know that at that point.

Brady (70:28)

I usually say know the differentiation between the different types of things that can make a player good. Okay, like what? A good contact hitter, a good power hitter, a good defender.

Katie Nolan (70:39)

Do you want to give her like a different types of players can be.

Brady (70:42)

Good at different things. Yeah, like someone hits often or maybe they don't hit often but they hit it really far. They hit home runs. Or maybe they don't hit a ton but they catch everything that gets hit in the field. Being able to identify like what makes a good player and the different ways that they can be good.

Katie Nolan (70:56)

And then yeah. I would also say if you want little tidbits that you can drop, you should google and familiarize yourself with the answer to controversial rule or often misunderstood rules. So just go ahead and look up that drop third strike rule and know that like the back of your hand because somebody won't know and just tell them. And then the infield fly rule, a rule I still to this day and like and then it has to be what? Because it's based on so many things. If you know those people will be impressed. Right Brady?

Brady (71:28)

And then if you want to start an argument, the easiest thing have a take on whether or not there should Be a dh. Whether or not you think pitchers should hit for themselves or if you think they should have a designated hit. Designated hit or hit for them. There's no right answer. There's no wrong answer. But everybody's got an opinion on it.

Isabella (71:44)

Oh, yeah. I would say, as someone who's still learning baseball, the best way for you to, like, comprehend what's going on is honestly familiarizing yourself with the graphics on the bottom of the screen. Because sometimes when you look at it and it's like, there's a lot down there. There's numbers. But, like, once you start to identify when they show the different dots, recognizing which base it is and, like, which. That's where it's like, it's helpful to refer to that once you know it.

Katie Nolan (72:07)

Brilliant. That's a great insight because the. The graphics they put on screen, everybody's got basically the same information, but they're all putting it up a little different. But, yeah, Isabelle is absolutely right. Once you notice that, it's like, those are the bases, and when they're lit up, that means somebody's on that base. And the number next to the arrow is the inning. It's either the top of the second or, you know, the bottom of the seventh based off of the. Whatever the arrow is that you're looking at, then they've got the balls. And the strikes are usually in the graphic. The runs are the big numbers. That's who's winning, who's losing. But the more you can know about the way the graphic looks. Looks, the more you can understand.

Isabella (72:42)

Yeah. Because it's basically explaining everything.

Katie Nolan (72:44)

Yeah.

Isabella (72:44)

Like, and so once. I mean, at least for me, I'm a visual person, so if that helps you.

Katie Nolan (72:48)

And, yeah, baseball's so situational that, like, that will make you look cool. Is if you can go, oh, it's the top of the third. Runners on the corners. That's if there's guys on first and third or girls. Because we got a professional women's baseball league coming, and maybe that could get you more into baseball. But if you're like, oh, runners on the corners with two out. You can get all that from the graphic that's on screen. But it's the way you say it that makes you sound like, oh, this person knows what they're talking about. So. Yeah. Good. Good advice, Isabella. I love that. What else? We got more. We have more on relationships. Okay.

Chris (73:21)

This email's from Bell Khalees.

Katie Nolan (73:22)

Bell Khalees.

Chris (73:24)

Yes. She says, hey, Katie Casualties. This is Bel Khalees from New York. How does that. I just wanted to write in and ask for some advice. So my boyfriend of about a year is a professional footballer. I won't tell you which team he plays for, but they're currently in first place and the coach is an absolute cutie pie. Anyway, I just found out through a paternity test that this boyfriend is the father to a seven month old girl. I myself am pregnant with his baby, due early 2026. Yay. And I'm unsure exactly what to do about this whole situation. Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Can't wait to find out how Isabella's fantasy team went this weekend.

Katie Nolan (73:56)

Oh, shut up, Bel Khalees.

Isabella (73:57)

Love you, Chris.

Brady (73:58)

Can you drop an O curve?

Katie Nolan (74:00)

Chris? I. You got me. I thought I was like, these guys don't know Bell Khalees is Cardi B's real name. If this is Belle Khalees from New York, this might be. And then you said cutie pie, coach. And I was like, you don't think she's saying that? God, no. Yeah. Isabella, do you have any thoughts on this one?

Isabella (74:20)

I just found out through a paternity test that this boyfriend is the father to a seven month old girl.

Katie Nolan (74:26)

Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Of an Instagram influencer. I believe so. Eskimo sisters.

Isabella (74:33)

I myself am pregnant with this baby.

Chris (74:35)

You're really analyzing.

Isabella (74:37)

Yeah, I know. I just feel sad.

Chris (74:39)

Yeah.

Isabella (74:41)

Love you.

Katie Nolan (74:41)

Mean it. Yeah. Listen, it's not. It's her boyfriend. It's you. It's Bel Khalees here. This is her boyfriend. So we don't know the arrangement that they've got. You know, she's. She's unsure of what to do with the whole situation. And I'll say Bel Khalees same. Emotionally, I'm not sure what to do with it, but maybe this is.

Isabella (75:07)

What.

Katie Nolan (75:07)

Maybe this was in the plans. Maybe they planned for this. You know, maybe that's. Everybody's got a different relationship and we couldn't. We don't understand. Maybe they're open to having kids with other people. Maybe that's in the.

Isabella (75:22)

Well, I mean, like, how were they dating seven months ago?

Katie Nolan (75:25)

I think so, yeah. Oh, I do think so. Yeah.

Brady (75:28)

Yeah. But the actual planting would have been 16 months ago.

Katie Nolan (75:31)

Right. So it would. It's not necessarily that we're not. It's not. It's not necessarily that there was cheating. Right. Like, it's the. The. It could have been that they got pregnant and then and there. So it's. But it is inconvenient in that way.

Isabella (75:48)

Yeah.

Katie Nolan (75:49)

Especially because when you got two kids that are gonna be so close in age, it's like they might as well, they probably could have a relationship, you know? Might be nice to get them to know each other. I don't know if that's in the plans, but for the kids, it could be nice. I don't want to touch this with a 10 foot pole. I don't. I love Cardi B. She's the queen of my first place pates. And look, Stefon Diggs is cute if you ignore all the other stuff. Stefon Diggs is a very handsome, talented football player. And I'm sure this is exactly how they drew it up. All right, let's hit a break. And then when we come back, we're talking about Isabella's fantasy team and we're going to see if they won again this week. Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back.

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Katie Nolan (79:19)

Let's wrap this thing up. Segmenta Palooza with a segment that we do every week here. On Thursday we look at the NFL through the guise of Isabella's fantasy team. She is running our fantasy team for our podcast in our league this year. She drafted them. She picks the lineup every week. She has lost so far. One game all season. Absolutely absurd. What happened this week?

Isabella (79:42)

Isabella I won like super closely though. Like it was. I thought I was gonna lose.

Katie Nolan (79:47)

This is supposed to be like the first close win. I feel like she's been winning by a lot.

Brady (79:51)

Usually because you played a goddamn kicker that didn't play. You had the rams injured kicker in there.

Isabella (79:57)

Oh, he was injured. I liter him through the wavy wire because I thought he was no so.

Brady (80:02)

He was playing but he got injured and they replaced him with and they signed a new kicker that goes by the nickname of the thicker kicker.

Katie Nolan (80:08)

Great.

Brady (80:09)

Because he's a big beefy boy.

Katie Nolan (80:11)

The quilted thicker kicker.

Brady (80:13)

The quilted thicker kicker.

Katie Nolan (80:14)

Did he. Did she. Did she actually use.

Isabella (80:17)

I did, like I.

Katie Nolan (80:19)

The waiver wire or did she just add him?

Isabella (80:23)

No, but it had to be. It was a waiver cloth claim.

Katie Nolan (80:25)

You used a waiver claim on a kicker that didn't even play?

Isabella (80:29)

Yeah, I. Because Brandon Aubrey was out. It was a bye week. And then it didn't say anything. Like, it didn't give me any information. What's his name? Something. Cardi. Not Cardi.

Brady (80:40)

B. Josh Cardi.

Isabella (80:41)

Josh Cardi.

Brady (80:42)

That was a. Yeah, that was a waiver claim.

Katie Nolan (80:44)

Oh, no.

Isabella (80:46)

Well, yeah.

Brady (80:47)

I'm sorry, Katie. Is your team nine and one?

Katie Nolan (80:49)

No, you're absolutely right. You're absolutely right. I just.

Isabella (80:51)

You know what?

Brady (80:51)

Really, no matter how much like, my.

Katie Nolan (80:53)

Mind explodes at these decisions, waiver spot on a kicker that didn't play is a little devastating to me.

Isabella (81:00)

I think what also helped is that my opponent's defense got nothing also.

Katie Nolan (81:05)

Who was that?

Isabella (81:07)

New York Giants.

Brady (81:09)

They'll do that.

Katie Nolan (81:09)

That'll. That'll happen.

Isabella (81:11)

And so I was waiting. I was. There was a point. Like, when was it? Like Sunday? No, Monday, actually. I think that's when the Eagles were playing this Monday. And I was behind by like 10 points or something like that. And so it was the last game and I was like, oh, my God, DeVont. Smith needs to fucking score a good amount of stuff so that I can win. And that's what ended up happening.

Katie Nolan (81:31)

And you won by how much?

Isabella (81:33)

Like five points.

Katie Nolan (81:34)

Wow. Closest game yet. All right, so we're looking at the lineup for this week. What are. What are some moves that we're making? Brandon Aubrey back at kicker.

Brady (81:43)

I hope all your Cowboys are back. Which means you've got George Pickens, the Monday nighter at the Raiders. The Raiders do not play much of the past. Defense, defense. He is on your bench right now and he is one. You may have to make a choice to get him into the lineup. The other option would be in your flex. You currently have Zach Charbonnet, the Seahawks running back who is doing all of their goal line touches. Now, like everyone you have just suddenly gets a new useful role.

Katie Nolan (82:11)

Crazy.

Brady (82:12)

Yeah, just every. I'm giving. You have all of these great options and just pick one.

Katie Nolan (82:17)

What's up with your quarterback? We're putting Caleb back up there. Yeah.

Brady (82:20)

Yeah. Daniel Jones is on.

Katie Nolan (82:21)

Because Jones is on a box. All right. And Puka Nakua I mean, obviously doing great. Christian McCaffrey. Great. Kyron Williams, Hunter Henry. Yeah. You got a good team, Isabella. I know I'm looking good.

Isabella (82:33)

I. I want to put Brandon Aubrey back up, though, because I'm attached to him.

Katie Nolan (82:38)

Yeah. And the other guy again, like, who are you playing?

Isabella (82:42)

You didn't even play.

Katie Nolan (82:43)

We'll go ahead and drop him.

Isabella (82:46)

Completely.

Katie Nolan (82:46)

Completely. Right. She's got no reason to hold on.

Brady (82:50)

Backup kicker.

Katie Nolan (82:50)

Goodbye. And rocking with Aubrey. Okay. All right. And then your defense, how's that all going? You're still. You still have. Who, Seattle?

Isabella (82:59)

Yeah, Seattle.

Katie Nolan (83:00)

They're playing the Rams. I don't know, Dia. But then again, what do I know? Seattle defense was great for you. Was that this week? They did that same play twice where they stripped whoever they were playing against and ran it in.

Chris (83:10)

I think they had the number one ranked defense.

Katie Nolan (83:11)

Yeah. That's great.

Brady (83:12)

Lawrence scored two touchdowns.

Katie Nolan (83:14)

Damn.

Brady (83:14)

That's a.

Katie Nolan (83:15)

What is this? She didn't. She wasn't even around for Legion of Boom. She wasn't even around for when we all associated with Seattle with being a good defensive team. And yet she has them while their defense is back. And it's crazy. It's the. You're so good at this, Isabella. So incredibly talented at this.

Isabella (83:30)

Thank you.

Katie Nolan (83:31)

Yeah, it's really nice to see. Thank you guys so much for listening. We really love you. If you didn't. If you couldn't tell. We really love you and we mean it. And we'll be back here on Tuesday with our regular episode where we stress out about telling you all the news about everything that happened in sports. Thank you for your emails and your calls. Keep them coming. Casuals with Katie nolan@gmail.com 646-801-0043 and CasualsThePodcast on IG and TikTok. We love you, we mean it, and we'll see you on Tuesday. Bye. Have a good weekend.

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