Nightcap - Hour 1: Unc & Ocho give life & love advice,  D.C. Young Fly joins, Things Black people take seriously

Summary

Club Shay Shay: Nightcap - Hour 1 Summary

Podcast Information:

• Title: Club Shay Shay
• Host/Authors: iHeartPodcasts, The Volume, and Shay Shay Media
• Description: NFL legend Shannon Sharpe—3x Super Bowl champion and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame—sits down with the biggest athletes, celebrities, and influencers to discuss their accomplishments, challenges, and everything in-between.
• Episode: Nightcap - Hour 1: Uncle & Ocho Give Life & Love Advice, D.C. Young Fly Joins, Things Black People Take Seriously
• Release Date: April 13, 2025

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1. Life & Love Advice with Uncle & Ocho

Timestamp: [05:19] - [21:57]

Discussion Highlights: In this segment, hosts Uncle and Ocho delve deep into the complexities of relationships, personal growth, and emotional resilience. They share personal anecdotes that highlight the challenges and triumphs encountered in both business and romantic pursuits.

Notable Quotes:

• Ocho: "If you mess up on the black person's check, I promise you, they will become a mathematician." (05:25)
• Ocho: "I do everything from the heart and really want nothing in return. Everything is always genuine, always." (10:00)
• Ocho: "Shedding skin is painful. But you know why snake shed skin? Not to change from being a snake, to grow." (12:08)
• Uncle John Whitfield: "Relationships are tough. They’re not easy. It takes a lot of sacrifice because it's easier to grow apart than it is to grow together." (15:36)

Key Insights:

• Emotional Honesty: Ocho emphasizes the importance of honesty in relationships, advocating for direct communication even when it leads to heartbreak. "If you do not want to be with Shannon, just tell Shannon that." (17:25)
• Personal Growth: Both hosts discuss the necessity of evolving within relationships, comparing it to shedding skin for growth.
• Resilience: Ocho shares a poignant childhood memory that highlights how early experiences shape emotional resilience. "Ever since that hurt I felt back then, I’ve been numb ever since then." (14:36)

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2. Things Black People Take Seriously

Timestamp: [05:19] - [10:00]

Discussion Highlights: Uncle John Whitfield and Chad Johnson humorously list and discuss cultural nuances and values that are particularly significant within the Black community. From financial accountability to respecting elders, the conversation covers a range of topics that resonate deeply with their audience.

Notable Quotes:

• Uncle John Whitfield: "They asking, 'Who did the body?' every time at a funeral." (05:46)
• Chad Johnson: "Why y'all do grandma like that? Why she look melted?" (05:47)
• Uncle John Whitfield: "Another important one: Not calling elders by their first names. It's Mr. Such and Such, ma'am, sir." (06:07)
• Chad Johnson: "I hate when people offer a bag after a purchase. I'm gonna carry this out of my arms." (07:06)

Key Insights:

• Cultural Etiquette: The hosts highlight the importance of certain cultural practices, such as proper address for elders and the significance of communal roles during gatherings.
• Financial Respect: A strong emphasis is placed on financial responsibility, illustrated by the humorous yet serious take on ensuring checks are accurate.
• Generational Differences: The conversation touches on how values are maintained or altered across generations, showcasing both respect and the need for adaptability.

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3. Special Guest Appearance: D.C. Young Fly

Timestamp: [29:38] - [57:56]

Discussion Highlights: Atlanta native and multi-talented comedian, actor, and entertainer D.C. Young Fly joins Uncle John Whitfield and Chad Johnson to discuss his ventures in comedy, his collaboration with Shay Shay Media, and his passion for sports, particularly his involvement with the Atlanta Hawks and Falcons.

Notable Quotes:

• D.C. Young Fly: "Basketball, my first love. So I know what I'm talking about." (30:41)
• D.C. Young Fly: "I'm a student of the game, man. You know, I like to see why people are funny." (51:47)
• Uncle John Whitfield: "The Hawks possess a lot of confidence in us." (57:36)
• Chad Johnson: "Listen, I'm pickin' up what you put in that." (46:21)

Key Insights:

• Media Collaboration: D.C. Young Fly discusses the partnership between Shay Shay Media and the Atlanta Hawks, highlighting upcoming projects and the mutual benefits of this collaboration.
• Community Engagement: Emphasis is placed on bridging the gap between the community and sports teams, fostering a supportive environment for athletes.
• Comedy and Authenticity: D.C. shares his comedic influences and the importance of authenticity in his performances, drawing parallels between sports and comedy in terms of discipline and continuous improvement.

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4. Open Conversations and Final Thoughts

Timestamp: [55:02] - [59:53]

Discussion Highlights: The hosts engage in light-hearted banter with D.C. Young Fly, touching on topics such as stand-up comedy, athleticism, and personal anecdotes from their careers. The conversation showcases the camaraderie and mutual respect among the hosts and their guest.

Notable Quotes:

• Chad Johnson: "I could do stand up, too." (55:27)
• Uncle John Whitfield: "Don't get the light on, they paying us a lot of money to have the damn light on." (55:27)
• D.C. Young Fly: "I'm a Falcon fan to the heart." (37:58)

Key Insights:

• Versatility in Roles: The discussion highlights the diverse talents of the hosts and their guest, emphasizing the multifaceted nature of their careers in sports and entertainment.
• Humor and Resilience: Through humor, the hosts navigate topics of personal struggle and professional challenges, reinforcing the idea that laughter is a powerful tool for resilience.
• Community Support: The continued emphasis on supporting local sports teams underscores the importance of community and shared passions in their lives.

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Conclusion

In this episode of Club Shay Shay: Nightcap - Hour 1, Uncle John Whitfield and Chad Johnson provide a blend of humor, heartfelt advice, and cultural commentary, enriched by the presence of guest D.C. Young Fly. The conversations traverse personal relationships, cultural values, and the intersection of sports and media, offering listeners both entertainment and insightful reflections on life within the Black community.

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Notable Sections Excluded:

• Advertisements and Promotions: The transcript includes multiple promotional segments for Discover, MITI Health, 40s and Free Agents podcast, and various other sponsors. These have been excluded to focus on the core content of the episode.

Note: Timestamps in the notable quotes reference the approximate time markers from the provided transcript. For precise timing, listeners are encouraged to refer to the original episode.

Transcript

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[Chad Johnson]

Foreign.

[John Whitfield]

Made a list of things black people take seriously. Hojo, let's take out this. Let's check out this list.

[Chad Johnson]

Let me see that.

[John Whitfield]

They about to start taking the class for things black people take seriously. Because this list is the must and more. I'm telling you because, man, the check. If you mess up on the black person's check, I promise you, they will become a mathematician. They will carry the one add back. Hey, I forgot one penny. Y'all forgot one penny. Y'all playing with me.

[Chad Johnson]

That's number one.

[John Whitfield]

She did the body. That is the most ultimate. Black people will say it out loud. You know what I'm saying? Why y'all do grandma like that? Why she look melted? Why did they put her in the oven? Why is she on 350 bake? You know what I'm saying? Turn that heat down. They don't even look like grandma. I'll tell you. This is probably when people take off running.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Who running?

[Chad Johnson]

Who running?

[John Whitfield]

We all. We don't even say a word to nobody. We just don't take off and then ask questions later. Oh, and not calling elders by their first name. There's a lot of people I didn't know they was their first name. I just knew them as Sharon, ma'am, Mom and dad until I was about ninth grade. That's when I was like, oh, that's your name. If you said what you was dying.

[Chad Johnson]

And come back to life again, hey, I like them. Listen, the first one is the most important. The first one is the most important. Obviously, that check. But number two for me, his number two was cool, but obviously his number two was. I think if I'm not mistaken, it was talking about who did the body at the funeral.

[John Whitfield]

I like, that's. That's. That's number three. Know who over there? You call somebody. Hey, you go, who over there? Who all over there? We need to know who all over there. Cause it's a bull job.

[Chad Johnson]

I ain't going before that is if somebody cooking. And the first thing you ask somebody gonna ask every time would have been number two for me. Well, who cooking the yams? Well, who cooking the greens?

[John Whitfield]

That potato salad in the back.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, hey, I got that. You got to know. You got to know.

[John Whitfield]

You know what, Ocho, who did that body? He looked just like himself. How they supposed to look like a horse? I be that.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, and that's. That's old folk, man. That's old folk at the funeral.

[John Whitfield]

That's him.

[Chad Johnson]

When old folk go to the funeral, they go to the way and they see the body. That's the first thing they say. Who did the body every time.

[John Whitfield]

Yep. Who made a potato salad? We take off running, drinking and eating out the people. Remember I told you that. On two. No, no. Oh, no splitting pole. Hey, we bear. Hey, come back around here, man. Well, are you a walk back, right? Oh, you're not. We walking on the same side. Can't put the floor of the purse. Big Luther, Skinny Luther. Oh, yeah. Still definitely can't give no baby no haircut before he won. Can't do that. Oh, call the elders by their first name. Nah, Mr. Such and Such. They couldn't be about. They might not be about five, six years older than you. It's always miss. Yes, sir. No, sir. Yes, ma'am. No, ma'am. Absolutely can't sweep to tell y'all being offered a bag after purchase. I hate when people like, I got, like, $70 worth of stuff. Would you like a bag? No, I'm gonna carry this insha. Out of my arms.

[Israel Gutierrez]

What the hell? Hold on.

[Chad Johnson]

And that. You know, you go to certain places now at certain stores, and you buy clothes off, you got to pay 10 cents for the bag. They ask, you want a bag? Yes, well, obviously I do, because I'm not going to be able to carry all this stuff out of here. Then what you talking about? Well, that'd be 10 cents.

[Israel Gutierrez]

What?

[John Whitfield]

And at some stores, though, if you bring your own bags, they won't. They won't bag it. I said, well, Don, you go ahead and do that. I don't work here. What the hell you talking about?

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, times are different.

[John Whitfield]

And it's like, well, how much this cost? I said, I don't know. I'll stay right there.

[Chad Johnson]

Time. Times are different.

[John Whitfield]

Would you like to get another one? Yeah, you could go get it, but I'm not gonna walk back over there and get another one. Y'all don't be. Think I work here. Y'all work here. I done did my part. I. I came to the counter. But, yeah, bro, I. I agree with these.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[John Whitfield]

Clothes on the bed. Nah, you can't put clothes on the bed.

[Chad Johnson]

Good ones now. Some good ones. And you saw that.

[John Whitfield]

Yeah, he's a lot of spot on. He did a survey with us to find out what we. What we don't be doing. Uncle no show. My favorite chocolate duo. Looking forward to Seeing you in. Be more. I'm curious, what value or principle do you hold most dear and how do you. How do they guide your approach in both business and romantic pursuit?

[Chad Johnson]

My. Oh, mama, you know what? I do everything. I do everything. Oh, man. I'm trying to make sure I say it the right way. Well, it's not great. Oh, man. Damn. I had it right on the tip of my tongue as soon as I heard. I was like, oh, this. This is a good one. You know, we know when things don't work out. But you. But you meant well by everything you do, which is why you don't. Why you never feel bad when you. Where you never feel bad because everything you did was with great intention. I'm trying to think of if that's the right word. That's not the word I'm looking for, but that's something that I always, always, always stood and always stand on, which is where I never feel bad throughout the entirety of my years, especially when it comes to business and when it comes to, you know, relationships as well. So she added that. Added that in there as well. I do everything, everything from the heart and really want nothing in return. Like, everything is always genuine, always.

[John Whitfield]

In business. Just be straight up with me. Tell me what it is. If it's this, is this. If it's not, it's not. That's all I ask. I don't require a whole lot. I like to be left alone. I'm gonna come in, I'm gonna do my job. If I call you, I really got a problem. If I got a problem. If I got a pro. If I call you, I got a problem. Let's address it. Let's handle it. Let's see. The best way to move forward in my relationship. Hey, you don't want to be with me, just tell me. Yep, go hurt. It's gonna hurt. Absolutely. But if you live the long as I have, I promise you, you've been hurt, you've been heartbroken before.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, I never forget you.

[John Whitfield]

Just.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, that. That was triggering. Oh, man, that was triggering.

[John Whitfield]

You live long enough, you're going to be heartbroken. And as I said before, when you don't want to end the relationship and the other person does, it hurts you more than it hurts them. Not to say it doesn't hurt them, because sometimes in order to change, it requires earth.

[Chad Johnson]

I got it.

[John Whitfield]

But think about it, Ocho. Shedding skin is painful. But you know why snake shed skin? Not to change from being a snake, to grow. That's why when somebody cross you, you don't allow them a second chance, you know, because when a snake sheds his skin, it's not becoming something else, it's becoming a bigger snake.

[Chad Johnson]

Let me tell you something. Now you're a little different. I like that story now. I said it was triggering when you said about someone actually leaving you. And it was triggering because it brought me back to a story I'd never forget. And I was just telling a friend of mine this story back in, back in 1983. And they always ask, like, you know, Osho, when your relationships have ended all this time, how come you were able to move on with such grace and not be upset or not be sad? And I told him, listen, I become numb to this stuff because back in 1983, that was the worst pain I ever felt. 1983, I was in elementary school. I would never forget. There was a young lady and I told her story before earlier in a few shows a while back and her and I were dating and I felt we were in a relationship even in elementary School. 1980, I'll never forget North Beach Elementary. I had eight box of Crayola crayons. Eight box, huh? Every time we sat together and we did coloring, I gave you my red crayon. I let you use my red crayon. So I felt we was together. You told me we was together. New dude named Ted came to our school in the middle of the semester. Obviously it's not a semester because it's only elementary. But he came to our class. Ted had a 60 fold box of crayon. So she went from using my red crayon to using one of Ted's red crayons because it had multiple shades of the color red in the box.

[John Whitfield]

Well, you only had a. You only had an eight part eight.

[Chad Johnson]

You know, it was only one red crayon. So he had multiple crayons. And I mean, listen, it's an attempt. It's a testament to how things are today in this world. Because you know that girl, I never forget her name, her name, Tina. And that let me know when she grew up. If I only had $50. If a dude with a hundred dollars came along, the chance to talk, she'll probably leave me.

[John Whitfield]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

You know, so ever since that hurt I felt back then, I've been numb ever since then. Ever since then.

[John Whitfield]

It's tough. Relationships are tough. They're not easy. I think everybody has come to that realization and understand they're not easy. It takes a lot of sacrifice because it's easier. It's easier to grow apart than it is to grow together. You see, in order to stay in a relationship, you've got to want to stay in the relationship, and you got to be willing to grow every day because that's a new person. The person that you went to bed with last night is not the person you're going to wake up with today. Are you willing to change? Or, I mean. Cause some. Cause it's the days that you don't have that you're not your best. And they're not at their best. Because that's a lot of times what happens, Ocho. They're not at their best. You're not at their best. You can say, okay, because it's easy to quit. The easiest thing you'll ever do, no.

[Chad Johnson]

Matter what it is to give up the easiest way. Another thing, especially for the chat. Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. Listen to me real quick. Y'all probably listen. You might not like the messenger, but my message is always good. You just don't like it coming from me sometimes. Now, I got 47 years of experience, you know, doing this, you know, but. But anyway, most of the time, when you. When you're going through it with your partner, whoever it may be, and things are. Things are rocky and. And you don't know what you should do, let them go. Let him go. Because the only way to see someone's true character. I'm talking about their true character. And who you really dealing with. Dealing with is by giving them their freedom. And they'll show exactly what they really want to be doing every time. Huh? Give them their freedom. Let them go about their business. You know, Give them. Give them some time. Give them some space. Because space will reveal somewhat true character. Now, I know what you always telling me. I hear what you're telling me all the time, but you actually show otherwise. I hear, brother, a man listen every time. And I'm not. I'm not speak better than I hear.

[John Whitfield]

Because what they're telling you, Ocho, and what you see, that message is not lying.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[John Whitfield]

If I tell you I'm gonna come on a certain time, and I don't show up. I know what you told me, but when I looked at the clock, that wasn't a time, and you didn't show up because at the end of the. Look at the end of the day, the beginning of the day or whatever the sunset or whatever the case may be, if you do not want to be with Shannon, just tell Shannon that.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, don't do that, huh? Ain't nobody. Ain't nobody Finna leave you, man. Stop playing, man.

[John Whitfield]

It's happened. But I like honesty. I like being up front. Just tell me that, and I'm okay with it. Yeah. For real. It's happened, Ocho. Because here's the thing. A lot of times guys get in a situation and like, oh, that's never happened to me. You're lying. Because if. And the more you invest in something, you see how Luka was. Oh, yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[John Whitfield]

Because he was invested. The more you invest in anything. It used to break my heart to lose because I was so invested. And a lot of times I would have to go to myself, be alone. I would say, hey, I don't want to be. I don't. I don't want to see you tonight. Well, what.

[Chad Johnson]

I just.

[John Whitfield]

No. And I would just, like, I would. I would cry and I'd ask, what could I have done? Why did I not play better?

[Chad Johnson]

Okay.

[John Whitfield]

It's the same thing in a relationship. And can I replay that? Because, see, the mind replays what the heart can't delete. And I asked myself, what could I have done differently? What could I have said differently? Why did I have to respond the way I did in this situation? Why couldn't I be more calm? Why couldn't I be more understanding, more empathetic? And as the more things you go through, you start to realize, like, okay, Shannon, it wasn't as bad as you thought. You could have handled that a million different ways, and 999,000 of them would have been right. You chose the one that was wrong. It was tough. It's tough. I think the thing for me is that because I've been through so much, because I'm a very private person, people don't see that because I don't live my life. I'm a public figure. I've come to accept that. But I do everything I possibly can to keep as much of my private life private. Don't yo. So guess what? I can go through things in private. I can grieve in private. I can celebrate in private. I'm okay with that. I can take my wins and my.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, I like that. That was a good one. That was a good one. That was a good one.

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[Chad Johnson]

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[John Whitfield]

It happens, cupcake mama. Good evening, guys. As a public figure, where do you all go to be fully yourselves with no judgment? If your love life was a book, what would the title of the last chapter be? Where can I go to be my fullest self? Where can I go? Probably if I'm. If I'm with. If I'm with my. My brother, my sister, my kids. But I'm only like that if I'm in the privacy because I'm never myself when I'm out in public.

[Chad Johnson]

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[John Whitfield]

When I'm with my family, when I'm with my sister, I'm with my brother, I'm with my kids. I'm straightened up because Ocho is just so hard. Because I feel that every place I go, I'm being recorded, I'm being filmed. And I think you have to do that now. And some things you learn a hard lesson. So for me, nowhere. And I'm okay with that, Ocho. I'm okay with that.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, I'm boy. I mean, when I think about it, I'm myself. I'm very comfortable. Obviously, publicly, you and I are completely different. We are two different sides of the spectrums. You know, I'm very sociable. I'm a social butterfly, which at times has gotten me in trouble. You know, I'm able to be myself in front of crowds. I love large crowds. Or. Or I can be, you know, be by myself and be alone and be me with my kids. I'm able to be my. Be myself with my kids.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Most definitely.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm able to be myself with whoever it is I'm seeing at that time where there's A certain level of comfort, you know, with said individual. I'm one of the few. Is it Altrovert? Is that what it's called? Algebra? Introvert.

[John Whitfield]

Introvert?

[Chad Johnson]

No, I'm the opposite.

[John Whitfield]

An introvert is an ex. You're an extrovert. You're outgoing.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm talking about period. I mean people in the chat. If you've met me before, you already know I'm, I'm hugging, I'm acting like I know you 30, 20 years, I never met your day in my life. I mean I'm extremely outgoing. I have a huge personality. So for me, ah man, I'm at my happy place, man. All, all the time. Especially, especially with my A baby.

[John Whitfield]

I'm the most outgoing introvert you're gonna ever meet. I understand that. Blah, blah, blah. Ocho. When I, when I, if I'm in a public event and I'm talking, I'm going from place to place, Ocho. When I get home, it's like I play the game. Tired, I'm exhausted, I'm spent. I mean it's all I can do to take my shoes off, to take my clothes off, to hang em up, put em in the laundry. I'm exhausted. I'm on a plane, Ocho. And I catch people, they're recording me. I'm like, bro. Ocho, they asked me if that's a problem. I'm like, really? Hey, really, if you didn't think it was a problem, you would have asked me could I take a picture. That's not what you did.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, I play into it. Yeah, I catch you recording me, I'm gonna play into it. I'm gonna walk up on you, tell you, turn the camera around and make a whole video. We're gonna make a video together. See, I, I play into stuff like that. Instead of me, you and I, we, we. We handle conflict situation completely different.

[John Whitfield]

But you know, you know, the thing is I, I think you just, you know, you. I've learned to accept it, this is a part of it now. I've learned to accept a lot of things that people don't have. I'm going to be the top of a conversation. You just deal with it. You just deal with it. I know now, Ocho, what to respond to and what not to respond to. And people want me to respond. They want to get into a verbal back and forth. I'm done with it, I'm done with it. Because guess what Ocho, you see that light? What's behind us? All that stuff that they say about me, it ain't stopped not one sponsor. Guess what? Jordan came here and measured. We got another sponsor. We're gonna have a light on for that, too.

[Chad Johnson]

You're gonna send me one.

[John Whitfield]

Not if you don't turn it on.

[Chad Johnson]

Why?

[John Whitfield]

I'm gonna send you one. You don't turn that one off.

[Chad Johnson]

You got to tell me. Hold on. Let me. Let me know before I do the measurements tomorrow. I'm putting everything up. Hey, this. This apartment is empty. Ain't nothing here. I left this here because I still have my Internet. My Internet gonna be tomorrow. How much space I need to put between the sponsors so I can. So I can measure tomorrow.

[John Whitfield]

I don't know. I mean, Jordan just measured mine. We'll see how big it is.

[Chad Johnson]

I need to know how many words are in it so I can have everything perfect. I got a big space, so I'm gonna have all the sparkles.

[John Whitfield]

But you don't. But, Ocho, you don't know the space that you're gonna have, that you're gonna have the nightcap sign. No, I do.

[Chad Johnson]

It's huge. You got to see. You got to see my new game room. You gonna love it. And y'all, you and Ash and Jordan, y'all gotta come down here and visit. I'm gonna cook for y'all.

[John Whitfield]

Oh, no, I'm good. And so that. That's the thing. And you. I. I just learned. And I had to learn the hard way, going back and forth with people, and they got more out of that than I did. So now I just let it go.

[Chad Johnson]

Well, you. You let yours go. I'm firing back. When somebody say something to me, you.

[John Whitfield]

Go right ahead, because guess what? This.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[John Whitfield]

And all in the sponsors and the advertisers, they not stop.

[Chad Johnson]

They have a never stop. Can't stop, won't stop.

[John Whitfield]

All right, it's time to welcome in Atlanta, native, multi talented comedian, actor, entertainer, all things Atlanta. Here he is.

[Israel Gutierrez]

What it do on dc?

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, what's that?

[Israel Gutierrez]

Oh, you got a thong on your head. Shaped like a thong. Red glass. Well, your.

[Chad Johnson]

Your head, your head. Your head look like a. Like a.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Like a race. Why you be lying to folks? Tell me your diamonds ain't real. You know your real. You know it, Rich.

[John Whitfield]

They not.

[Israel Gutierrez]

He not going to the big block. Hey, hey, hey.

[Chad Johnson]

D.C. let me tell you something. I've never had the opportunity to tell you, boy, in person, but I'm gonna tell you right now in front of the world, boy. But I love and I appreciate it, but hey, but I love and I salute you, boy. It's a pleasure to have.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Baby. Baby, it's an honor, man. You're an OG in my book, man. Both y'all, you know what's up.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes, sir.

[Israel Gutierrez]

No cap.

[John Whitfield]

DC Young Fly. He's host of AF and he's here. And we have an announcement to make. Shay Shay Media is partnering with Atlanta hawks and bringing DC's popular show. You did Shay Shay Media.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Hey, man, I appreciate you hosting.

[John Whitfield]

Tell us more about the show that you. That you're going to be, man.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Hawkins, man, you dig what I'm saying? Like, I done became like a pioneer for the Hawks and especially like with the city of Atlanta, just by showing support, man. I always said that I wanted to be like the Spike Lee of Atlanta. You feel what I'm saying? So I kind of like talk. I taught fruition. You feel what I'm saying? Like, basketball, my first love. And a lot of people don't understand, like, you don't understand what you really first fell in love with. You feel what I'm saying? So basketball, my first love. So I know what I'm talking about. And I've been in their shoes, so I just be wanting the players to, you know what I'm saying? Bring that dog feeling. As long as you got that dog, you gonna be all right. But I'm bridging the gap from the city and the Hawks, man. And the Hawks is really like one of the major teams that really be diving into the community, so they've been rocking with me. So we. We. We locked and loaded. We got crazy interviews, man. We got Dominique on that thing, you dig what I'm saying? We got Mariah, the scientist on that thing. Who, who. Who else we got? We got D2, my boy Dyson, know that thing, you feel me? And it's a good opportunity to see people that you love, you know what I'm saying? In a brighter light and kind of like in a normal space. Like, y'all, like, nobody knew that y'all had this personality until you able to show them. You feel me? So it attract more people that just like you, and it attract people who already been rocking with you, especially with y'all career. So, you know, Hawks af, man, we going crazy, baby. I am the energy coach, baby.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Hey, listen, I like that. Listen, I'm gonna throw my. I'm gonna throw my foot in the cart already, you know? So since you. Since you're a part of that. Shay Shay media Atlanta HAWKS now, how do I go about getting tickets to sit courtside in Atlanta? I don't come to Atlanta often, but if you can get me tickets to sit, I'll come out there and really enjoy some basketball and sit here with you, man. We could talk.

[Israel Gutierrez]

And this what I'm saying. I would definitely get you with me. I will give you my tickets. See, I be talking to them, right? This what I'm trying to tell them, right? It's real estate on that court. They don't care if you work for them or not. That's real estate.

[Chad Johnson]

Right, right.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Them seats got to be sold, man. Sold.

[John Whitfield]

Sold.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You feel what I'm saying? That's how the players getting their salary. Them seats like.

[John Whitfield]

Oh, oh, okay, I'll say.

[Chad Johnson]

Now you're making. Listen, I'm. Listen, I'm picking up what you put in that.

[Israel Gutierrez]

What I'm trying to tell you now. I'm down there for a reason now. Hey, how you doing? My name D.C. young. Fly.

[John Whitfield]

D.C. yes, sir. Atlanta is very unique because people that look like you and I, yes, sir. We show up for the Falcons.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes, sir.

[John Whitfield]

We show up for the Hawks. And that thing be live.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Yes, sir.

[John Whitfield]

Like any other city. There might be a lot of other cities, but ain't nothing like atl. They turn up to support their Hawks. They turn up to support the Falcons. Hey, I heard the Socrates.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Socrates. Listen, we already up there. We so good. Listen, we stupid. And them game be turned. All the Mexicans be. All the Hispanic being. At least I heard it.

[Chad Johnson]

Hold on, hold on. What I told you about when I go. When to go watch the other WNBA team, When I'm gonna watch the dream.

[Israel Gutierrez]

We. We be talking. Listen, we go support everybody, man.

[Chad Johnson]

Listen, I. I have. That was my first time going to a game, so I didn't know what to expect. You know, everybody making fun of the wnba. Are they doing all this talking about. I ain't never seen no atmosphere like that from start. From start to finish.

[Israel Gutierrez]

They rocket. When it was.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, when it was. When it was a timeout, there was.

[Israel Gutierrez]

A club, it was a halftime be lit, you feel me? And get what IG lit going crazy, too. This kind of man. I told one of the player, man, drop faulty. He looked at me and dropped 42. I said, see this one up there?

[Chad Johnson]

I like it. I like it.

[John Whitfield]

And the relationship and the relationship DC have with the players. I mean, I see Trey and I see those guys in the relationship and the relationship that you guys have with the Falcons player.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Hell, you know what it is, though? Y'all are talented. You know what I'm saying? Y'all got a natural God gift that he bless y'all with. Sometimes them players don't be having no support down there, man. Nobody be coming to that game still at that level. Ain't nobody come to see them play.

[Chad Johnson]

Right.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You feel me? So when they really have somebody there that really like, got their best interest, where it'd be like, look, I'ma never say, like, what you bad at? I'm gonna only say, look, this can be tweaked. And you a dog in this era, in this area right here. Don't, don't, don't, don't get in your head. Long as you be a dog, you're gonna be great. Especially at this level. Y'all. Y'all don't been to the NFL only dog. Y'all some dogs. You know a dog when you see one. That's why y'all talk. Y'all talk every time you get a chance.

[John Whitfield]

Absolutely.

[Israel Gutierrez]

But it's like, if you don't have that dog feeling, bro, you will just get. You'll fall to the waist. You'll be like me.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Don't be over here with me. I'm just trying to get. I'm trying to keep you from being over here with me. Right.

[Chad Johnson]

Listen, dc, what do you expect from.

[John Whitfield]

The Hawks in the Play in tournament? You guys are solidified. You're in the play in tournament, and you need to obviously, hey, it's not the season didn't go the way you had hoped. Hope you'd be in the. In the playoffs and not have to be in the play, but here you are.

[Israel Gutierrez]

What I feel like we're gonna be. We're gonna dominate. We gonna dominate, and we gonna dominate. You know we gonna dominate. Cause I'm gonna be there. We just gotta play hard and play smart. You feel what I'm saying? Like, we got a lot of talent on our team. You feel what I'm saying? And when you put a lot of. You know what I'm saying, Good skittles in one bag, it's hard to pick one out. You see what I'm saying? So it's kind of like you gotta pace yourself out. You feel me? And we got a great team, man. We got a high energy team, too. So we gotta know how to use that energy from the first quarter all the way through.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. So listen, that's one question from about the Hawks, But I'm gonna talk about your Falcons. You've been riding with the Falcons forever, honestly. And I wanna know what's your honest take on the new era and are you rocking with the new young quarterback.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Oh, Mojang cried. Man, you. Hey, man, listen, I'm a real Latter fan, bro. I'm still messed up by. Can I cuss on y'all show is this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what? I ain't gonna curse. I'm messed up still from the super bowl.

[Chad Johnson]

What? That 28.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You gotta repeat it, though, bro.

[Chad Johnson]

Well, I'm just. I'm just saying that's.

[John Whitfield]

That's.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Don't do that. Don't do that.

[Chad Johnson]

My bad. My bad.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You know what? I'm a Falcon fan to the heart. I'm a Falcon fan to the heart, But I'm one of them real Atlanta. Atlanta Atlians, where it's like, you got to show me that y'all want to play for the city, right? Cause now it's politics and it's business. I just can't come. I just can't come. And I don't know what I'm about to get. At least I know with the Hawks, them boys gonna go out there and play hard. The soccer team, they gonna go out there and win the championship. The Braves, they gonna go out there and they gonna hit some home run. You go to a Falcon game, you be like, man, so it's. You know. But I know we gonna be good. I feel like with our new quarterback, we starting to get back into our rhythm. I think we've been out of our rhythm ever since the Super Bowl. Like, we just been. We. We have. We ain't had a rhythm. I think we got the rhythm now. I think we got it.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, y'all gonna. Y'all gonna block.

[John Whitfield]

But y'all. Hey, hey. D.C. y'all be crunk up at a. In the Mercedes.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Cause people ain't got nowhere to go. People ain't got nowhere to go. They just going to the spot. They didn't know. Niggas over there playing football, they like, look, we gonna pull up. It's gonna be a game, but we just go. We just gonna.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, listen. Hey, you know what? It's. It's dope.

[Israel Gutierrez]

It's dope.

[Chad Johnson]

Obviously, being from Atlanta, and I can hear the passion and enthusiasm that you had for all your sports there, whether it be football, whether it be soccer, whether basketball. So let's go.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You, as an athlete.

[Chad Johnson]

So if you could pick one sport, if you could do it all over again, you could pick one sport out of the three that you can play and actually make it as an elite athlete, what would it be? In what position would you play?

[Israel Gutierrez]

Baseball, because I played it the longest But I played baseball. Wheel to the 11th grade outfielder.

[John Whitfield]

I.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You try to run on me, I play right field. I gun you down. I mean, I can't say that. I meant. Hold on. I mean, throw the ball.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, I know. I was a fight. I was a five tool in high school. What you talking about?

[Israel Gutierrez]

I don't care about none of that. Yeah, you can get your little jump. Get a little jump. You're going to hit a ball. You already know what that means. You already know what you hit a ball, boy. Hit the mitt. You like. Oh, that. But I go with basketball because it's easy to. I want to say easy. If you just get one time you get on espn, you gotta know how to capitalize on that. You one of them. Everybody just think it's only one LeBron. No, it's so many people in the NBA. If you want a name, all you need to do is act like you want a name.

[Chad Johnson]

Do something.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You feel me? Russell Westbrook, my favorite player. Cause he just got that aggression. He got that dog in him. If folk play like Russ, oh, man, how you feel about the NBA with all these calls and they can't even really play. How can they let them fight? They let them go to timeout, come back, what going on, bro? What we doing in basketball, man?

[John Whitfield]

They did away with that. The fans was turned off about that fight like they used to have in the 70s and the 80s and even in the 90s. Hey, David said enough of this.

[Israel Gutierrez]

They can go. They can go skate and have.

[Chad Johnson]

They can go skate.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Not T5. All that. The ref get out the way we go over here, we can't even get a file.

[John Whitfield]

Is it? And plus, D.C. you making 50, 60 million dollars. I ain't going to get none of that back fighting. You're not going to sit me down for 20, 30 games and take $15 million for a. 75,000 for a file? Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. Hey, no. You got 75,000 for a gesture. You throw a punch. Hey, you might get to go sit down. Two games.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That's the man. They don't understand. Like, these are men. These are grown men. These folk got testosterone. These folk playing with aggression. How do you want these folk to play if I dunk on you? I'm not going straight back. I'm looking for your mama. I'm like, who raised this nipple, man? But it's all fun again, though. We gonna go to the barbecue and everything. But I got to talk my.

[Chad Johnson]

Listen, you gotta. You gotta do it in a structured manner. I call it Control chaos. I control. I call it control chaos. The. The better you are to be able to control yourself, but still be. Still be chaotic within the parameters of the game and the rules of the game. Then you'll be all right. Once you. Once you push the envelope and step across that line, they gonna take your money every day.

[Israel Gutierrez]

But do they not understand that even that part of aggression, though, it makes the players better? Because it's like, I want you to be great because if you come out here on your A game and I ain't playing well, that mean you got the best for me today. That mean I got to go work on something. But if I'm always good, I don't know how great I really am.

[John Whitfield]

But dc, you know how it is, how we are, even if we have not played anything. You keep getting in my face if you get the best of me.

[Israel Gutierrez]

But see, but that's like, you gotta have control chaos. You can't get mad. Cause you have.

[John Whitfield]

Oh, no, you ain't gonna keep getting in my face.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You just gotta know how to talk smack. You got to be a better smack. That's it.

[Greg Rosenthal]

What's up, everyone? It's Greg Rosenthal, and I'm teaming up with the king of spring, Daniel Jeremiah. He requires me to say that we're going to be bringing you 40s and free agents, the only podcast you'll need this NFL draft season. From DJs mock drafts to my top 101 free agents will have it covered for you with all new episodes every Thursday, keeping you up to date as we head to the NFL Draft. Listen to 40s and free agents on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Liz Ortiz]

I'm Israel Gutierrez and I'm hosting a new podcast, Dub Dynasty, the story of how the Golden State warriors have dominated the NBA for over a decade.

[John Whitfield]

The Golden State warriors once again are NBA champions.

[Liz Ortiz]

From the building of the core that included Klay Thompson and Draymond Green to one of the boldest coaching decisions in the history of the sport.

[John Whitfield]

I just felt like the biggest thing was to earn the trust of the players and let the players know that we were here to try to help them take the next step, not tear anything down.

[Liz Ortiz]

Today, the warriors dynasty remains alive in large part because of a scrawny 6 foot 2 hooper who everyone seems to.

[John Whitfield]

Love for what Steph has done for the game.

[Chad Johnson]

He's certainly on that, like Mount Rushmore.

[John Whitfield]

For guys that have changed it, come.

[Liz Ortiz]

Revisit this magical warriors ride. This is Dove Dynasty, the dubs dynasty.

[John Whitfield]

Is still very much alive.

[Liz Ortiz]

Listen to Dub Dynasty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm Camila Ramon, Peloton's first Spanish speaking cycling and tread instructor. I'm an athlete, entrepreneur, and almost most importantly, a parrero enthusiast.

[Israel Gutierrez]

And I'm Liz Ortiz, former pro soccer player and Olympian. And like, call me a pareo enthusiast. Come on, who is it? Our podcast, Hasta Bajo is where sports, music and fitness collide and we cover it all, the Arriva Hasta sit downs with real game changers in the sports world like Miami Dolphins CMO Priscilla Shumate, who is redefining what it means to be a Latina leader. It all changed when I had this guy come to me. He said to me, you know, you're not Latina enough.

[Chad Johnson]

First of all, what is that? My mouth is wide open. Yeah, History makers like the Sucar family who became the first Peruvians to win a Grammy. It was a very special moment for us. It's been 15 years for me in this career. Finally, things are starting to shift into a different level. Listen to Astavajo on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[John Whitfield]

Presented by Capital One, founding partner of.

[Julie Sterbinks]

Iheart Women's Sports, it's Julie Stewart Banks. I'm doing a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts and the National Hockey League, and I'm paired up with one of my favorite players, the always quotable Nate Thompson.

[John Whitfield]

I wore nine NHL sweaters and I have story after story to share. And believe it or not, I have plenty to say, and not just about hockey.

[Julie Sterbinks]

Believe me, he does Energy Line with Nate and JSB is the name of the podcast and it's going to be, well, it's going to be quite the ride. We're officially linemates, Nate. We're the energy Line.

[John Whitfield]

We'll have plenty of folks join us, current players, some of my former teammates, hall of Famers, and wait to see some of the connections that Julie has. She has quite the Rolodex.

[Julie Sterbinks]

Okay, we'll lean into Nate's playing experience and tap into our interests away from hockey and try to do what energy lines are supposed to do, provide an emergency emotional boost. How do you feel about all that, Nate?

[John Whitfield]

I'm vibing, Julie. I'm ready to roll.

[Julie Sterbinks]

Listen to Energy Line with Nate and jsb on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Chad Johnson]

That's all it is.

[John Whitfield]

You see what happened. Think about it even when we were in school and we was ragged. If you laugh too much, you got swung on not see sometime when you laugh laughing about you Bread.

[Chad Johnson]

You in?

[Israel Gutierrez]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, I. I got. I got a good one for you. Mount Rushmore. I'm not even going to ask you about rappers. Most of the time they always talk about the Mount Rushmore. Atlanta rappers. I want to know who's in your Mount Rushmore. Four of Atlanta athletes.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Atlanta athletes.

[Chad Johnson]

Now I'm. I'm. I'm gonna give you one. I'm gonna give you one. Say this name anyway. Julio Jones.

[Israel Gutierrez]

He not my number one. No, I have to go with.

[John Whitfield]

Vic is crazy about Vic.

[Chad Johnson]

Who your number one?

[John Whitfield]

Vic.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You right my bad boy.

[John Whitfield]

That crazy about.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Listen, all we need is Mike. To this day, we just want Mike. My admit.

[John Whitfield]

Okay.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Gotta go with Dion.

[John Whitfield]

Oh, I like that. With Dion. Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Crime was in Atlanta.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I got to go with Dominique.

[John Whitfield]

That's three.

[Chad Johnson]

Hold on.

[John Whitfield]

You gotta choose carefully. You gotta choose.

[Israel Gutierrez]

What you mean choose carefully? Here I go. Here I go.

[John Whitfield]

Who your last one.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I gotta go with. I gotta go with.

[Chad Johnson]

It's only one left.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Gotta go with Triple Jones.

[John Whitfield]

Man, you ain't taking Triple Jones.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That's all my lead OG.

[John Whitfield]

I don't care. This ain't gonna talk about something. This man got 700 W home runs. You gonna talk about chipper and I'm.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, hey, how you supposed. How you supposed to remember what I'm.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Trying to tell you?

[John Whitfield]

Hey, what about Hankar and BMW and.

[Israel Gutierrez]

All the shops would be. It would be Julio, though, okay?

[Chad Johnson]

He's deserving of. Of we gonna ask.

[Israel Gutierrez]

But he gotta go up there with the greatest got. He got to know who, whatever, fold. You know what I'm saying? But I definitely want Andrew Jones. But you know, chipping with my. Chipping with my dog.

[Chad Johnson]

I like it.

[John Whitfield]

Oh, tripping. I mean, look, they love. They love. Hey, I'm surprised. Hey, well, theoretically here if. If we just said Georgia athletes. I know you put her.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I remember her.

[John Whitfield]

You remember her shirt.

[Israel Gutierrez]

But you know what you know Brian Davis. Brian Davis. I'm a black man going home, man.

[John Whitfield]

Who that?

[Israel Gutierrez]

Raven play for the Ravens. Play for Raven going home, man.

[Chad Johnson]

What position?

[Israel Gutierrez]

Ray Lewis.

[Chad Johnson]

Ray.

[John Whitfield]

Man, Ray Lewis ain't from 11. Hell no. He ain't from no Jack Wood. He ain't from the bluff.

[Chad Johnson]

That's just a hood story.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Even right.

[Chad Johnson]

From right here in Lakeland. And prime from right out here.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Brian came up here and got, you know, prime did what he supposed to do.

[John Whitfield]

And I see you ain't even put Holyfield up there.

[Israel Gutierrez]

How you leave Holyfield? I was thinking about Holyfield og. I know I gotta run it back. Then.

[Chad Johnson]

Who you gonna take off?

[Israel Gutierrez]

Who I'm gonna take? We gotta go. Why with you gotta go?

[John Whitfield]

Yeah, man, you got.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Yeah, well, I appreciate y'all, boy.

[John Whitfield]

Hey, dc, let me ask you a question. You got into the comedic space. Who are some of your influences, your style that you like? You know what? I kind of like your style. Let me see if I can incorporate.

[Israel Gutierrez]

It's not really just incorporating. It's like when you a student, and it's just like when you playing football, man. Y'all got people to make sure that your techniques are on point. Y'all got people that you got to run through drills, you got to go through the courses to make sure you fat. So it's just like, people like Mike Epps, man, he teach me about longevity. You feel me? When you watch and study somebody like that, you like. Nah, that's naturally funny. That's longevity. So one thing you want to do is just go up there and have fun and. And look how long you can do it.

[John Whitfield]

Food.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Learn that from him.

[Greg Rosenthal]

Yeah.

[Israel Gutierrez]

And then you got people like Cat. You know what I'm saying? You like. Okay, that's raw. You feel me? You don't want to switch up. You. You wanna. You wanna. If you wanna go for what you know, go for what you know. Then you got people like Dave, who got a pen. You feel me? He don't let nothing go to waste. He gonna pin it up. You got people like. You got some ladies, man. You got ladies like Dominique. Like, don't, don't, don't. Ooh, she'll come on the stage and rip it. Lavelle Crawford. So I'm just a student of the game, man. You know, I like to see why people are funny. Like, that's when I look at. When I look at other comics, I be like, I wonder why people like them. And then when you just listen to it, you just be like, that's just them. And you just got to find you. When you realize that, you just got to find you. The more you on stage, you'll just find you.

[John Whitfield]

The word on the street is that Warner Brothers greenlit Friday is the last Friday in the installment. Come on, Smokey.

[Israel Gutierrez]

As you know, listen, I come from the hood. You can't be lying. You can't be lying to me like that. Just don't. What if I would have never been working and I would have just been waiting, but I'm like, hey, but you know, they about to put me in the last Friday moving out. What if it don't happen? I gotta keep working. But what we can do is create a whole nother chemistry with certain actors and actresses. You see what I'm saying? So it's like, what, we looking for the name or we want the actors or actresses? We would hope that it would come back. But what if it don't come back, y'all? Well, do that mean that we stop creating? Do that mean we don't make a movie? No, do that mean me and you can't be in a movie? Or it had to be Friday. Let's do it the day after Thursday. Two days after Wednesday, they'll get it. You feel me? But I hope it's in the mix, you know what I'm saying? I hope it's in the work. But people don't understand, like, when you dealing with big entities like that, that it's like real estate. If it's six people on this particular, you know what I'm saying? IP can't none get sold or get cleared to all six of them on the same page.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Israel Gutierrez]

You feel me?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[John Whitfield]

What DC, what you got coming up next, man?

[Israel Gutierrez]

MO 85 South. You dig what I'm saying? More MO movies, more TV shows. We in the executive bad, man, you know what I'm saying? I'm starting to incorporate people that I find funny, you know what I'm saying? Like Jack. Like Jack funny. Money, bag mafia. You dig what I'm saying? It's a lot of people that's out there, you know? My boy Blake the great. You dig us 25 hunter. We just trying to figure out, like, how do I incorporate my people and continue to grow and just continue to just, you know what I'm saying? Creating a space, man. You know what I'm saying? Cause when you an executive, you gotta understand where you playing at in this game. You gotta know what type of player you is in this game. Sometimes you be selling to the wrong people right now.

[Chad Johnson]

I just heard you mention some people that you felt was funny. And the funny thing about it is you didn't really mention my name.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I ain't know you be doing no funny. You funny. Oh, Joe, you funny looking. But I don't know why he's so dog with a black backdrop.

[Julie Sterbinks]

Why do you do that?

[John Whitfield]

Like I told him to cut his light on.

[Israel Gutierrez]

He's super dog with a. With a. With a black backdrop.

[Chad Johnson]

But I'm trying to talk Business. I don't want to roast. I roast you at the end of the show, right now. I'm talking about being. I'm talking about. I'm trying to jump on the bandwagon now. I'm trying to do some comedy, too. Now I can. Huh? You want me to turn the light on and we can't see you? Damn, that's messed up.

[John Whitfield]

Yeah, you should have your light on.

[Chad Johnson]

I like it.

[John Whitfield]

They paying us a lot of money to have the damn light on. And you got the light off. That light ain't on.

[Israel Gutierrez]

It don't even look.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, you know I gotta pay an electricity bill. That should be sky high.

[John Whitfield]

I know. They pay. Who's paying for it?

[Chad Johnson]

Huh? Okay.

[John Whitfield]

Yeah, Boo's paying for that, lady.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm gonna plug that thing in.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Hey, hold on.

[Chad Johnson]

So when we going on?

[Israel Gutierrez]

We.

[Chad Johnson]

I could do stand up, too.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Are you supposed to be fighting somebody?

[Chad Johnson]

I'm gonna whip that in the gas. Don't worry about that. But I want to do some stand up.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Ass all over the place. You need to focus on something. What you want to do, man? You want to be a boxer?

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, listen.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Or you want to do stand up?

[Chad Johnson]

Listen. Boxer, comedian. I do stand up. Soccer tv.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Now you do one thing about standard. That's easy.

[Chad Johnson]

Why people think it's easy.

[Israel Gutierrez]

That's not easy.

[Chad Johnson]

Hold on, hold on. Listen. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Stake me real quick at the improv. You know Marlon Dixon, right? Benji Brown, right? When they had the improv on Tuesdays while I was in the league during the off season, I never missed the improv. You was going up when the first. When the first comment got booed. Who you think it finished when it went up there and finished the. Thank you, man. Ask Benji Browning and Marvin Dixon. Bought me boy on stage. What?

[John Whitfield]

What?

[Israel Gutierrez]

You helping somebody out or you was going on stage?

[Chad Johnson]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Israel Gutierrez]

What I. What?

[Chad Johnson]

I. I'm funny? What? Why you always think I went to the principal office in high school?

[Israel Gutierrez]

They ain't know if you went to the school or not.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, you know, hey, I was back there in the bungalow. Now, I was back there in the bungalow. I tell.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I'll tell you. Hey, hey.

[John Whitfield]

His school. His school was transportable. You drive around, they could drive to McDonald's. They drive up to your trip.

[Israel Gutierrez]

The whole of the school.

[John Whitfield]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Israel Gutierrez]

He taking class over there in the trailer. Hey.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, oh, but y'all. Shout out.

[John Whitfield]

Go ahead. Hey. All episodes of Hawks and Friends are currently on Nightcap, YouTube homepage, including the latest episode that Just dropped Dyson Daniels. I can't even pronounce this.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Don't get it right. Don't get them wrong.

[John Whitfield]

Yeah, the Kongwu building, chemistry, locker room, music and nicknames, man.

[Israel Gutierrez]

I appreciate y'all, bro.

[John Whitfield]

Thanks for bringing your show to Shay Shay Media. We're going to blow this thing out of the water. Thank you, Atlanta Hawks. We're going to have a press release tomorrow because that showed that the Hawks have a lot of confidence in us.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, yeah, definitely.

[John Whitfield]

And what we've been able to build in a very short period of time.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Hey, love, brother. We family now, baby.

[John Whitfield]

We won't let you down, bro. Appreciate it.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes, sir.

[Israel Gutierrez]

Hey, double salute y'all, man. Anytime y'all need me, boy, you know what's happening.

[John Whitfield]

That's what. That's what it feels, bro. We'll get at you. The volume.

[Greg Rosenthal]

What's up, everyone? It's Greg Rosenthal and I'm teaming up with the King of spring, Daniel Jeremiah. He requires me to say that we're going to be bringing you 40s and free agents, the only podcast you'll need this NFL draft season. From DJs, mock drafts to my top 101, free agents will have it covered for you with all new episodes every Thursday keeping you up to date as we head to the NFL Draft. Listen to 40s and free agents on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[John Whitfield]

The championship is back in the bay for the first time in 40 years.

[Liz Ortiz]

On the new limited podcast series Dub Dynasty, we hear from head coach Steve Kerr on how Steph Curry almost never even joined the Warriors.

[John Whitfield]

In fact, I thought we had a draft day deal to end up getting.

[Liz Ortiz]

Him to Phoenix for the entire behind the scenes story of Golden State's incredible 10 year run. Listen to Dub Dynasty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes, host of Divine Intervention.

[Chad Johnson]

This is a story about radical nuns in com boots and wild haired priests.

[John Whitfield]

Trading blows with J. Edgar Hoover in.

[Liz Ortiz]

A hellbent effort to sabotage a war.

[Chad Johnson]

J. Edgar Hoover was furious.

[John Whitfield]

He was out of his mind and.

[Chad Johnson]

He wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees.

[Liz Ortiz]

Listen to Divine intervention on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Julie Sterbinks]

What's up everyone? Julie Sterbinks here along with former NHL player Nate Thomps Thompson.

[John Whitfield]

We're doing a new podcast together. Here we go.

[Julie Sterbinks]

The Name Energy Line with Nate and jsb.

[John Whitfield]

Each week we'll get together and talk about hockey life. All topics are fair game, right?

[Julie Sterbinks]

Exactly. And you'll never know who will drop by to join us.

[John Whitfield]

Julie is pretty well connected. She has text threads going that you wouldn't believe.

[Julie Sterbinks]

Listen to Energy Line with Nate and jsb on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.