48 Hours in Vegas?!

Summary

Podcast Summary: Good Guys – Episode "48 Hours in Vegas?!"

Release Date: April 28, 2025

Hosts:

• Josh Peck – Actor & Writer
• Ben Soffer – Entrepreneur & Social Media Icon
• Claudia – Co-host

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1. Introduction and Light Banter

The episode kicks off with the hosts engaging in playful banter, establishing their camaraderie and humorous rapport.

• Josh Peck [00:22]: “What are you nuts?!”
• Ben Soffer [00:22]: Repeats “What are you nuts?” showcasing their signature humor.
• Claudia [00:24]: Affirms, “Yeah, we're the good guys.”

This light-hearted exchange sets a relaxed and entertaining tone for the episode.

2. Costco’s Versatility and Shopping Insights

The conversation swiftly shifts to discussing Costco’s expansive range of products and strategic store layout.

• Ben Soffer [00:40]: “Ben: I'm feeling very green. I'm wearing my green glasses because I'm still out of contacts...”
• Josh Peck [01:02]: Expresses frustration with delays in receiving contacts, humorously suggesting potential sponsorships.
• Ben Soffer [01:22]: Mentions switching to Warby Parker for eye care needs instead of traditional options like LensCrafters.

The hosts delve into Costco’s genius in placing high-ticket items at the entrance to lure customers deeper into the store.

• Josh Peck [02:07]: “They have strategically made it so that the high ticket items... are right at the entrance.”

They highlight Costco's unexpected offerings, such as luxury items like gold Audemars and Rolexes, which are typically unavailable in regular stores.

• Josh Peck [02:55]: “They have gold bars. You can buy gold bars there...”

Notable Quote:

Ben Soffer [02:55]: “How crazy is that? Are you kidding me that they can get gold Audemars? They can get gold Rolexes. You can't even go to the store and get it. But Costco has it.”

3. Shopping at Woodbury Commons Outlet

The hosts share their recent shopping experiences at Woodbury Commons, a renowned outlet center in New York.

• Ben Soffer [03:20]: “Woodbury Commons is the outlet of New York... I'm wearing new, beautiful khakis that don't really feel like khakis because they're that stretchy.”

They discuss the satisfaction of finding high-end brands at significantly reduced prices.

• Ben Soffer [04:31]: “I got ten items at Theory yesterday, for $500. Ten items yesterday. I went to Todd's. I got two gorgeous pairs of loafers.”

Claudia mentions the extravagant purchases, such as eight Prada bags, which underscores the allure of outlet shopping.

• Ben Soffer [04:47]: “Claudia went to Prada, spent six grand...”

Notable Quote:

Ben Soffer [05:23]: “Outlets are a dangerous game.”

The discussion highlights the challenges of outlet shopping, including dealing with resellers and managing time constraints to visit multiple stores.

4. Hypothetical: 48 Hours in Vegas

Josh proposes a fun, imaginative scenario about spending 48 hours in Las Vegas, leading to an elaborate and humorous plan.

• Josh Peck [06:50]: “Tell me your dream. 48 hours in Vegas.”

Ben Soffer’s Perfect Weekend Plan [06:50 - 08:40]:

1. Arrival and Dining:

   • Arrive on a 12 o’clock flight, check into a hotel, and enjoy a gourmet meal.

2. Casino Night:

   • Hit the tables and aim to win big, partying with a $10,000 table at Alesso.
   • Ben Soffer [07:20]: “We’re fist pumping. We’re ready. We’re singing, calling.”

3. Casino Losses and Morning Activities:

   • Despite some losses, the pair remain enthusiastic.
   • Enjoy breakfast at Sedell’s and attempt to win back lost money.

4. Day Party and Departure:

   • Attend Marquee Day Club, possibly seeing Tiesto, before catching a red-eye flight home.
   • Josh Peck [08:40]: Adds a humorous twist about keeping snorkel gear at the day party.

Notable Quote:

Ben Soffer [07:23]: “We're going to excess. Unbelievable club. No drugs, no nothing. Just high on life and Red Bull.”

5. Personal Weekend Experiences and Shopping Stories

The hosts reminisce about their personal weekends, integrating anecdotes that blend relaxation with indulgence.

• Ben Soffer [26:57]: Discusses dressing up for shopping trips, complimenting a stylish individual encountered.
• Josh Peck [27:03]: Jokes about height differences, adding humor to the narrative.

They share experiences from a weekend spent at a Connecticut bed and breakfast, emphasizing relaxation and luxury.

• Ben Soffer [28:32]: “This place... The fruit was picked like...”

The conversation moves to dining experiences, humorously contrasting healthy spa meals with indulgent options like Yard House.

Notable Quote:

Josh Peck [30:55]: “That's hot. I love that you were eating healthy spa food and then you just polluted your body with Yardbird.”

6. Discussion on Small Talk and Social Interactions

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to the hosts’ perspectives on small talk, particularly in the context of different social environments.

• Listener Question [47:37]: A guest from New Jersey asks about struggling with small talk in the Midwest.

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Josh Peck’s Insights [55:03 - 59:58]:

• Josh Peck [55:03]: “I deeply disagree.”

He argues that small talk can enrich personal and professional lives, fostering connections and enhancing social skills.

• Josh Peck [57:13]: “If you're making somebody else's day by talking to them, I love it.”

7. Listener Questions and Advice

The episode features interaction with listeners through questions submitted via Speakpipe, providing advice on personal matters.

Question 1: Handling Past Sexual Partners in Marriage [47:49 - 51:42]

• Mary [47:49]: Asks how to handle her husband’s curiosity about her past sexual partners.

Advice:

• Olivia [48:50]: Encourages openness and dismisses the need for embarrassment.
• Ben Soffer [50:00]: Suggests backing off as the information is irrelevant in a committed relationship.
• Josh Peck [50:20]: Emphasizes that past relationships should not overshadow current marital happiness.

Notable Quotes:

Josh Peck [51:13]: “I really do believe that... you are getting someone who's only with you.”

Ben Soffer [51:42]: “The time to have the conversation... is before you're married.”

Question 2: Emergency Toenail Clipping [51:45 - 53:18]

• Anonymous 1 [51:45]: Questions why someone would visit an ER for toenail clipping instead of simpler solutions.

Advice:

• Ben Soffer [52:25]: Explains that severe cases, such as thickened nails in the elderly, may necessitate professional medical assistance.

Question 3: Struggling with Small Talk [53:30 - 58:31]

• Anonymous 2 [53:30]: Seeks advice on not being able to engage in small talk in the Midwest.

Advice:

• Ben Soffer [54:25]: Suggests embracing personal authenticity over forced small talk.
• Josh Peck [55:03]: Advocates for the benefits of small talk in building connections and enriching experiences.
• Ben Soffer [57:59]: Acknowledges the practical challenges of engaging in small talk during rushed activities but agrees on its overall value.

8. Nuts Moment of the Week

The hosts conclude with a segment highlighting pet peeves, humorously dubbed the "Nuts Moment of the Week."

• Ben Soffer [60:15]: Complains about individuals engaging in prolonged small talk with security at stores, which disrupts service.
• Josh Peck [61:32]: Criticizes latte art execution at Starbucks, emphasizing efficiency over aesthetic.

Notable Quotes:

Josh Peck [62:02]: “You put the milk in. You give me the cup. Thank you so much.”

Ben Soffer [62:38]: “What are you, nuts?”

9. Closing Remarks and Reminders

The hosts wrap up the episode with reminders to rate the podcast and follow their social media channels.

• Josh Peck [62:38]: “Listen to us.”
• Ben Soffer [62:38]: Encourages listeners to leave five-star ratings.
• Claudia: Mentions sponsorships briefly, but these segments are excluded from the summary as per instructions.

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Conclusion

In this episode of Good Guys, Josh Peck, Ben Soffer, and Claudia blend humor with insightful discussions on everyday topics like strategic shopping, the allure of outlet malls, and the intricacies of social interactions. They engage listeners with relatable anecdotes, offer thoughtful advice on relationship dilemmas, and maintain their signature playful banter throughout. The hypothetical "48 Hours in Vegas" segment adds an imaginative flair, showcasing their creative dynamics. Overall, the episode delivers an engaging mix of entertainment and practical insights, catering to both long-time listeners and newcomers alike.

Highlighted Quotes with Timestamps:

• Ben Soffer [05:23]: “Outlets are a dangerous game.”
• Josh Peck [07:20]: “We're fist pumping. We're ready. We're singing, calling.”
• Ben Soffer [08:40]: Discusses the excitement of the day party scenario.
• Josh Peck [51:13]: “I really do believe that... you are getting someone who's only with you.”
• Josh Peck [57:13]: “If you're making somebody else's day by talking to them, I love it.”

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Note: Advertisements, promotions, and introductory segments have been deliberately excluded from this summary to focus solely on the core content of the episode.

Transcript

[Josh]

The following podcast is a dear media production. Two Jews, both big and tall. No subject too small for the good guys. A mother's dream. Premium podcast team. Make it your weekly routine. It's a good guys. And if you don't give us five stars. What are you nuts?

[Ben]

What are you nuts?

[Claudia]

Yeah, we're the good guys.

[Josh]

They're not the great guys.

[Claudia]

We're just the good of good of the good guys.

[Josh]

Mazel to yours and mazel to mine.

[Ben]

Ben.

[Josh]

How you doing?

[Ben]

I'm great, Josh. I'm excellent. We're both wearing just different shades of green. I'm feeling very green. I'm wearing my green glasses because I'm still out of contacts. But I think that my prescription was actually delivered today. So my next time that we record, I'll be back to contacts. I have green eyes. I'm feeling very green.

[Josh]

This isn't a world in which you should be waiting on contacts for over two weeks. This frustrates me for you, Ben.

[Ben]

It frustrates me especially because they were originally delivered to the wrong address. They then went corrected it, and then I got back tracking, and they're like five to seven business days. I'm like, what are you nuts? Like, I need to see. I need to see. What if I didn't have these glasses, Josh? What would they have done then?

[Josh]

Do we have a sponsorship? I'm talking LensCrafters. I'm talking 1-800-contacts.

[Ben]

We don't. We don't. I actually get my contacts through Warby Parker. How crazy is that? I get them through them. I got my eye exam there. I got my lenses, I got my contacts, I got everything all in one place. And now when I press reorder, I do it through Warby Parker. They're probably charging me an upcharge. I should just be going straight to 1-800-contacts or to Costco.

[Josh]

Costco.

[Ben]

That's apparently where you get your contacts.

[Josh]

On my 55th birthday, I'm getting a hearing test at Costco. Whether they like it or not, a hundred percent.

[Ben]

They do everything. They're hearing aids. They do contacts. They do whole ham. They do 45 croissants for 25 cents a croissant. Costco is it, Josh? Costco's it.

[Josh]

Listen, you're preaching to the choir here. I've been pro Costco from Jump street, and I just like. Did you know the thing about Costco is they have strategically made it so that the high ticket items, all the electronics, the plasmas, the washing machines, boom, they're right at the entrance Then. Then they put all the things that people are going to need. Paper towel, rotisserie chickens for A$35. I don't know how they do that. All the things you want back of the store. So then you got to travel. You got to start looking. It's the best.

[Ben]

It's genius. They are absolutely genius. You can also sometimes walk in, Josh, and smack right in front of you a gold Audemars. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me that they can get gold Audemars? They can get gold Rolexes. You can't even go to the store and get it. But Costco has it.

[Josh]

They have gold. They have gold bars. You can buy gold bars there. Can't return it, can you really? It's really a few things you can't return. Yeah, you can buy pure silver. You buy uranium. I bought anthrax at Costco.

[Ben]

Yeah, dude, it's so good. I drove by at Costco yesterday, Josh. You know where I went yesterday?

[Josh]

Where?

[Ben]

You're gonna be excited. I went to Woodbury Commons yesterday.

[Josh]

Hell, yeah. Outlet.

[Ben]

Woodbury Commons is the outlet of New York. We're talking everything from Dior to Todd's to Theory. I'm literally head to toe, Josh. You haven't commented on my gorgeous shirt yet, but I am wearing a gorgeous knit shirt. And I'm wearing new, beautiful khakis that don't really feel like khakis because they're that stretchy Theory that I love. I'm wearing Head to Toe Theory Outlet, Josh. I killed it at the outlet yesterday. What? Is there a better feeling than killing it at the outlet?

[Josh]

No, there's no better feeling. But you do look like you work in tech, like.

[Ben]

No, I do.

[Josh]

You do. It's bad.

[Ben]

So you hate it. So that's why you haven't commented. You hate it.

[Josh]

No, I don't at all. You look really handsome and svelte, but you look. You look like you're. You look like you've dressed a little bit older than you are. Does that make sense?

[Ben]

Interesting. It does. It does.

[Josh]

It's gentlemanly.

[Ben]

I'm old money today. I'm old money.

[Josh]

Yes, it's me.

[Ben]

The glasses. It's the whole thing.

[Josh]

You're Nantucket. Your secret society at Yale.

[Ben]

Do you feel better, Josh, if I tell you that I got it from.

[Josh]

220 to 80, love? Perfect.

[Ben]

I got. I got five items at Theory. Sorry. I got ten items at Theory, Josh, yesterday, for $500. Ten items yesterday. I went to Todd's. I got two gorgeous pairs of loafers.

[Claudia]

Which I'll send you two gorgeous.

[Ben]

Two for 500. These are normally 600 a piece. Claudia went to Prada, spent six grand.

[Josh]

Oh, my God.

[Ben]

She bought. She bought actually eight bags of Prada yesterday. And she did well, but like, they renamed the square after her. They were chanting her name as she left Prada.

[Josh]

That's a lot. The problem with the outlets is that you have to deal with the gremlins. And there are gremlins, there are sewer people that come out and they. They climb out of the sewers at your local outlet and they're on the hunt because, you know, they're all resellers. They're sick.

[Ben]

Yes, they're absolutely sick. And there are lines, Josh. For the premium stores, a Gucci, you have to wait in line. And this line, like the people on that line, they're angry. They have a. They have a specific amount of time that they can spend on each store. They have a schedule. And if they don't get in store in time, they're not going to be.

[Claudia]

Able to hit all the stores that.

[Ben]

They wanted to before it closes. Outlets are. Outlets are a dangerous game.

[Josh]

Dangerous in la. We have, right in the outskirts of Los Angeles, in a beautiful little enclave called Cabazon, we've got the Cabazon outlets. And we have a little place called Morongo Indian Casino. And let me tell you, it can make for quite the weekend. It is gorgeous. 18 and over casino. She can really get after it at a young, young age. Develop a really horrible habit. And then you hit the outlets with all the money you lost.

[Ben]

It's hysterical. What a. What a pairing. Honestly, the problem with having a casino so close to the outlet is even if you lost, you're there, you know, it's a deal. So you dig yourself in an even bigger hole. You lost 10 grand at the casino. 10 grand at the outlets. Wow.

[Josh]

Tell me your dream. 48 hours in Vegas.

[Ben]

Okay. Wow. I love this question. First of all, we are taking a 12 o'clock flight. Okay? We're getting there at three. I slept the night before. I'm energized. I'm arriving not too late, not too early. It's perfect. We're going, we're checking in. I'm getting a gorgeous meal. I don't know where I'm going necessarily. I could go to Peter Luger's, which, you know, they have now. I could go to Carbone, which they have now.

[Claudia]

But I'm going for a nice festive.

[Ben]

Meal, then I'm hitting the tables. Okay, we're hitting the tables. We're winning. Let's say this is a perfect night.

[Claudia]

We're winning 10 grand. We're taking that 10 grand, Josh, and.

[Ben]

We'Re going to excess. Unbelievable club. We're getting a $10,000 table at Alesso. Me and you, baby. No drugs, no nothing. Just high on life and Red Bull. Fist pumping. We're fist pumping. We're fist pumping. We're ready. We're singing, calling. They have a Good Guy sign. They're up and down. Me and you guys. Yeah, we're there. We're there. They're partying. Okay, we're partying. Then, Josh, we leave. We go back to the casino. We're there. We're smoking a ton of cigarettes. Yeah, we probably lose five grand. But we wanted to lose it. We wanted to feel something.

[Josh]

We lost five grand. And I still tip the croupier. I said, this one's for you.

[Ben]

We're thrilled about it. We wake up in the morning, we're dying for something. Right? You'd go for an egg and cheese, but you're in Vegas, Josh. We can go to Sedell's. We're going to Sedell's in the morning. We're then going back to the tables. We're going to try and win back some money that we lost the night before. Hopefully we do it. Even if we don't, we're still getting a table at Marquee Day Club. Me and you were going in there. We're doing it again. Except now it's outdoors. We're seeing Tiesto. We still have the bottles. They still have the Good guy signs. We're going crazy. And then we hop on a red eye and we go home.

[Josh]

And at the day party, I got a snorkel on and a mask. I'm swimming through the water, looking at everybody's behind. Sorry, that was just in my head.

[Ben]

My perfect day. Josh, you tell me, what is your perfect rendezvous? Down to Vegas.

[Josh]

Exactly what you said, except. And also, 12 hours in, I break my sobriety. I start pounding vodka cranberries. I find a really nice guy from an undisclosed Eastern European country. He's got blowsy. We start ripping bumps. I'm going out of my mind. You're like, I quit the podcast. I'm like, I won't let you quit. And then we go to Deja Vu, which is a gentleman's club. Excuse me. I move in there. Cause pretty much leaves me.

[Ben]

And I'm now a resident.

[Josh]

Yes, I buy their residence.

[Ben]

Do we need Vegas? We need Vegas. Holy crap. This episode of the Good Guys podcast.

[Claudia]

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[Ben]

Okay?

[Claudia]

Not like that.

[Ben]

What are you nuts?

[Claudia]

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[Ben]

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[Claudia]

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[Ben]

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[Claudia]

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[Ben]

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[Claudia]

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[Ben]

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[Claudia]

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[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Whitney, Whitney, Whitney. I need you to tell me what you giving. Listen, I need help. You ain't got to worry. Cause God, I'm here.

[Ben]

I'll tell you what it's giving.

[Josh]

I'll tell you what it isn't.

[Whitney]

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[Josh]

You know my favorite deja vu or not my favorite.

[Ben]

My favorite deja vu story right I don't think so. Tell me.

[Josh]

I was 21. No, I. Was I even 21? No. I was 20 years old with a friend who had some money at Deja Vu nightclub. And I'm. There's three of us there. I'm with the friend with the money. The friend with the money disappears. I'm 20 years old. I'm not sober yet, but I'm still Josh. So when people come by and say, would you like a dance, honey? I go, I'm just looking. Thank you. So I'm over to the side, like, wondering if my ancestors are proud of me. Like, just in a dark space. And I will never forget. It's like, I don't know. We've been there now an hour and a half, two hours, and a girl comes out and says, hey, get your buddy out of here. And I was like, huh? My friend with money had dropped $7,500 in the private dance room, and some sweet Mother Teresa dancer was like, listen, you guys are young kids and your friend is clearly in over his head. I would suggest you get him out of here before he loses all his money. And I did.

[Ben]

What a queen. And now you're married to her. It's Paige.

[Josh]

You know what? Paige had really humble beginnings, and look how far she's gotten. Paige was the original Lenora.

[Ben]

Look at her now. What does Paige think of a strip club?

[Josh]

I don't think she's ever been, but I think she would get a kick out of it. I. She had a bachelorette party for her in Vegas with all her friends and family and cousins, and she said they didn't get a stripper, but I. I find that hard to believe. But she was the one who wild it out. But I don't know, I think she would do great at a strip club. I think she would think it's hilarious.

[Ben]

She hasn't been in quite some time. Back in the day, Claudia loved a strip club. Yeah, you should just found it like an arcade. Like, there's just something so, like, mesmerizing about the entire experience. She loved it. I think that now, as an expecting mother, she might like it less. It might be sad now when you see, like the woman eight months pregnant on the pole, you're. You're a little bit more upset at the situation than just like giving her a wheel. I have. Honestly, it's not a story, but I've seen a pregnant stripper before. You can't unload money faster than on a pregnant stripper.

[Josh]

Wow, what an angle.

[Ben]

You're just dumping Money because you know it's going to the right place. It has to. You're dumping money. You're not giving ones, you're giving 50s. Because you're just hoping and praying that you're giving that little guy or girl.

[Josh]

Yeah, look, if I see a C section scar, I'm going from fives to tens.

[Ben]

Yeah, have to. We must cut that out.

[Josh]

Oh my God, that is.

[Ben]

What an angle.

[Josh]

I've heard that the greatest strip clubs are in Atlanta and that they have good food, but like Magic City, I think that's the name of it. I think, like I've heard rappers rap about Magic City, but supposedly Atlanta, they are beyond.

[Ben]

I mean, the greatest strip club that I've ever been to is 11. Have you been to 11?

[Josh]

No.

[Ben]

11 in Miami is the 24 Hour Strip Club. This is like you go out for a night at Liv or somewhere and then you go to 11. Everybody goes to 11. Did you see. I sent you the video. Did you see Eric Adams on oh, 11?

[Josh]

Yeah, on Andrew.

[Ben]

On Andrew Santino. Andrew Santino, Andrew Schultz's podcast.

[Josh]

Uh huh.

[Ben]

So that's the strip club that he says we need to build in New York. Is he nuts?

[Josh]

Is he nuts? He got. Listen, he got his charges dropped. He don't give a fuck.

[Ben]

For anybody who hasn't watched Eric Adams on Andrew Schultz, at a minimum, Google the clips. Your jaw is going to drop. These are real. Andrew Schultz asks, what does he ask him? He says, where are the. Where are the hottest girls in the tri state area? And Adam says something like, I love all the showties. Like, and then without any anybody pushing further, he just says, you know, we really need New York and 11.

[Josh]

That's awesome. What are you like, you know, we really need in New York a moonlight bunny ranch.

[Ben]

Yeah. I wouldn't put it past him. He's nuts. I had no clue he was so nuts. I knew he was a little nuts. He's nuts.

[Josh]

Here we are. New York's getting safer. It's getting brighter, it's getting better. Maybe you're Team Adams.

[Ben]

By the way, if it's Team Adams and team de Blasio, I'm giving him the money to open 11.

[Josh]

Right?

[Ben]

Like anybody but Bill. Anybody but the criminal. I'm all in on Adams. I'm good. I don't know who's now running. I know other people are running. This city is tough. And you're right, crime has been down. The streets are better. New York, New York is flourishing under Adams because all shoddies should be treated.

[Josh]

Yes, now, that's a slogan.

[Ben]

All shoddies are. All shoddies are great, regardless of who they are and what they look like.

[Josh]

Yes, Liberate the shouties.

[Claudia]

I can't even say shouties.

[Ben]

Like, how do I say shouties? Shorties.

[Josh]

What's up? Shouting. Shouting. That's some real Deep south shit. That's like some real Southern rapper. Like, I'm out here with my shouting. I'm gonna get me a conch fritter and I'm out here with my shout. You know, that's how we do it in Tampa. Like, do I love me a Southern rapper? You have no idea. Do I have a soft spot for Southern rap?

[Ben]

One of your better impressions is Southern rapper. I didn't know.

[Claudia]

One of your better impressions.

[Josh]

Oh, I'll go full trick daddy. So good. I should have been a southern rapper in my day. In my day. Or like Paul Wall. Paul Wall grills.

[Ben]

Paul Wall.

[Josh]

Paul Wall.

[Ben]

Shouting we gotta get Eric Adams and Karen Bass in the ring. Just have him go at it. Just what would you pay to watch? One quick punch to the jaw. Either way, I'd love to see somebody get knocked out. Fine. I'm rooting for Adams.

[Josh]

I do want to quote the great Ian Edwards. I don't want to give away his bit, but he's a brilliant comedian and he has such a funny bit about Karen Bass and the fires. And he did say one. One little piece I'll give away is, he goes, didn't we run the world by Zoom in 2020? He's like, she was in Ghana, but she ain't a firefighter. Couldn't she just be like, put it out. What's he going to say?

[Ben]

Totally, totally.

[Josh]

So good. It's a brilliant bit. It's much longer than that. I don't want to give it away, but he's so, so funny.

[Ben]

How is, as a person on the ground, how has LA recovered since the fires? I haven't heard much. Are we rebuilding? Are people feeling better?

[Josh]

I would imagine if these tariffs stay, it's going to get a lot harder because concrete's going to be expensive. We're not going to get all that Chinese steel we were hoping for. But I'll tell you this, I can't go near it. I won't even. I won't drive up to Malibu or the Palisades. Not that I'm there a lot, but it's. I think it would be too painful to. To see. I've heard the National Guard is still there because there's still, like, fear of looting and just, you know, just wild evil that people do when there's a terrible sort of tragic moment like that. But yeah, I mean, they're rebuilding. People are like either getting rid of their plots of land or they're trying to figure out a plan to rebuild.

[Ben]

Isn't it just crazy though, how the world and media works were all. All that we could talk about? All that we could talk about were these fires and the aftermath, and now we've moved on to something else, like when we're not there, like in New York. I don't think about the fires, but they were absolutely devastating not too long ago. But the news cycle goes on. It goes on and then you're like, you know, did anything ever get better? And we don't check back in.

[Claudia]

We don't check back in, Josh.

[Ben]

There's no feedback loop. We hear it on one side and we don't ever check back in on the other. Not right.

[Josh]

What are, what are we focusing on in the news right now? I mean, who. Who cares about anything?

[Ben]

We're focusing on shouties. That's what we're focusing on right now. It's shouties and tariffs. Shouties. Tariffs on the shouties.

[Josh]

Yeah, I wish the tariffs were a little more shouty. You know what I mean?

[Ben]

Yeah, there's a shouty tariff. I'm saying Saudi.

[Josh]

I know it sounds like Saudi. Oh, my gosh.

[Ben]

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[Josh]

So you had quite the weekend in Connecticut, I heard I did. You're already dressing more waspy.

[Ben]

I did. No, this was theory. This was also Jay shading. I needed to dress up for him. He's so handsome. He's so handsome.

[Josh]

How could I not person? Is he a squeak or is he a tall king?

[Ben]

He's. He's your height. No, he's a little shorter.

[Josh]

Ew, I hate the way you just said that. I'm a fucking tall king. I'm like an inch shorter than you, you jerk. He's your height.

[Ben]

He's also significantly shorter than you. I would say that he's not a squeak. He's probably.

[Josh]

He's 5 10.

[Ben]

5 9. He's probably 5 9. He's probably 5 nine.

[Josh]

Good. That means the universe is, is, is balanced. If he was 6:1, it wouldn't be fair.

[Ben]

No, no, he's 5:9. And when I tell you the man dressed to perfection, you looked it. Perfection. He was wearing. You only saw. You saw. He had like a matching camel pant to a matching camel coat over his tucked in long sleeve. This man should be on the COVID of Vogue. I've never seen anything like it. And I'm staring into his eyes and I'm like, I'm straight. I'm straight, I'm straight, I'm straight.

[Josh]

How do you smell?

[Ben]

I didn't get close enough.

[Josh]

I bet he smells like the inside of a drawer, you know, like.

[Ben]

No, I don't know.

[Josh]

What does that mean? He smells like wood and pipe tobacco. Yes.

[Ben]

Wood. Yes, yes. He smelled definitely. This man. Josh was amazing. He was amazing. He was thoughtful, he was nice, he was charming. He was handsome. He was the total package. Total package. But yes, she dressed up.

[Josh]

Did you dab. Did you hug?

[Ben]

We hugged twice. We hugged.

[Josh]

A hugger. We hug.

[Ben]

No, I went in for the hugs, okay? I went in, I said, come here, booby. Gave him a big kiss on the cheek. No, I'm kidding. Just gave him a big lick. Come here.

[Josh]

Come here.

[Ben]

Give daddy some sugar G. No, but okay. Mayflower and Josh, I went to. I'm only calling it out because this was the sort of results, not $1 off, okay? But they treated us very nicely. They definitely knew that Claudia was pregnant. They knew it was my birthday. I was greeted with a little birthday cake in the, in the room. It's in Connecticut. It's about a two hour drive from New York. And it's an old bed and breakfast.

[Claudia]

Mayflower Inn was built in, like, the 1800s.

[Ben]

Auberge, do you reclaim.

[Josh]

You know the Mitch Hedberg joke. Like, bed and breakfast is cool, but can I get a chair? Lunch, Dinner.

[Ben]

Sorry. It's funny. Keep going. Sorry. This place, Josh. Unbelievable. You wake up in the morning, you go get breakfast. The butter made by hand, the jam made by hand, the bread made by hand. And this is just. The fruit was picked like. It's like they threw away every soft blueberry. Only perfect blueberries, perfectly washed. Unbelievable. I then went. We spoke about it on the Jay Shetty podcast, but I'll go deeper again. I meditated, Josh. And I know. I know what you're all thinking. You're nuts. It was great. I loved it. I loved it.

[Claudia]

I don't.

[Ben]

Will I do it again? I have no idea. I don't know where I would do it here. I don't know if I would trust anybody here. Like, I really. I was. It felt like I was at a retreat and I could trust the guy across from me. The room felt very clean. I wasn't worried about closing my eyes and somebody stealing my cell phone or wallet like this. It felt. It was great. I was completely. My guard was totally down. I loved it. And then I went into a massage, which was amazing. The food though, all of this, Josh, this was amazing. We were so relaxed that on Sunday we canceled our two massages for Sunday and said, we gotta get the fuck outta here. We were so. We were relaxed. It's done. You can't be more relaxed. So we canceled our massages and we went straight to Woodbury. After Woodbury, we went to Yard House.

[Josh]

Yes.

[Ben]

And then we came. And then we came home.

[Josh]

That's hot. I love that you were eating healthy spa food and then you just.

[Ben]

I know.

[Josh]

Polluted your body with Yardbird.

[Ben]

Destroyed it. Destroyed. Unbelievable.

[Josh]

Yard House is sick or Yard House. I said Yardbird. Yeah. Yard House is hot. Tell me everything. What was your order there?

[Ben]

You're gonna laugh at me, but I actually love. They have this, like, Tommy salad rice. Like, not spicy tuna rice, but, like, they put like, Connie salad, which is like shredded fake crab, on, like, a fried piece of rice that I love there. I love it. So I got that. I got some cauliflower, fried cauliflower, and, like, a nice sauce. We got a pizza. What did Claudia get? She loves their chicken lettuce wraps. She got a chicken lettuce wrap. But this Was great. Oh, and on our way. We're so funny anchoring this spa retreat. On the way there, we ate a Cheesecake Factory.

[Josh]

The best. There's no walking better.

[Ben]

I walked in, Josh. Where Claudia called me. I was parking the car. She's like, there are no tables for us. So I'm sitting at the bar. I go to the bar she's sitting at. I didn't realize there's a handicapped part of the bar. She's sitting at a low table at the bar. And. Oh, yeah, it's the best. And we sat and we're there, and we asked the guy, we're like, is it okay that we sit here? He's like, yeah, I've only gotten two people in the last 14 years. We just have to have it. This was amazing. A low table at the bar. So you're sitting in a regular chair, but you have the TVs, you have the bartender. It made me want to be handicapped. It was unbelievable. What an experience.

[Josh]

You're closer than you think.

[Ben]

No, what do you mean, made you wanna.

[Josh]

I just imagine someone rolling by. Like, I've only had it twice in 14 years, and all of a sudden you just see.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

For all those listening, I am doing an incredible wheelchair pantomime right now.

[Ben]

He's crushing. He's crushing and he's angry. He's angry and crushing. Cloudy and I were. We were laughing so hard. We're like, does the bartender know that we're not in wheelchairs because he can't see our feet? Like, we were just sitting there and it's like, do you think I'm handicapped? And like, whatever. It was great. How was your weekend average?

[Josh]

A lot of kids. Not. You know, I had a discovery. And I feel bad saying this, but I felt it my entire life, and I'm just gonna embrace it. I hate the weekend. It's weird, right?

[Ben]

No, it's. It's. It's not. That means that you don't look forward to two days. That means you probably have a more fulfilled life where it's not, oh, what did you do over the weekend? It's like, I had a great week. Like, I think that's actually better. Like, so many people live for the weekend. That's like a constant thing. Especially like in our. Our 20s where we're getting drunk and we're going out and we're having a good time. We're living for the weekend. And then during the week, we're going.

[Josh]

To work, and, baby, we're about to have me some fun.

[Ben]

Yeah. Cheers. To the freaking weekend. Drink to that. Yeah, yeah. And like if the fact that you can enjoy your weekday, that's great, Josh. Excellent.

[Josh]

I like the weekday because I, for me, a weekend would be good if it was one day. But granted. Acknowledging my privilege. Privilege acknowledgment, it's like a land acknowledgement. Acknowledging my privilege. But like I privilege acknowledgement. Sorry. But I, I, you know, I do. I don't have a 9 to 5, so I am able to get done a lot of the things people say for the weekend because you know, with commutes and whatnot, they're busy 8 to 10 to 12 hours a day. They can't get it done. So they look forward to the weekend. But yeah, I just like the structure of a weekend. Right. Cause I'm like. Or I'm sorry of a weekday because I'm up with my kids from like 6 to 9 and then max goes to school shy we have someone who comes in and helps with shy for a couple hours during the day. So my wife can like get in a workout or see a friend or do all the stuff she does. I go to work and then by four or five I'm home, the kids are home. We're like crushing family time till like 8 o'clock when the kids go to bed. And then it's like an hour or two to do whatever we want or Paige and I hang out. Like I like that structure and I could do that 99% of days.

[Ben]

I think that you'll love the weekend again when your kids are grown. I think that I heard this a similar thing for my brothers in law and from others with kids. Like the weekends when you have no help. The weekends when there's no school, the weekends when there is no Josh time, it's all family time, which is amazing, but it's not exactly a the time off that people from a 9 to 5 who don't have kids get. It's not like your Saturdays and Sundays are free for you to do whatever you want. So I think it makes sense.

[Josh]

I also just like when the phone's ringing. Like I like when I'm needed. Yeah. Like when there's just something to do, there's an email to write, there's like a thing. Whereas like when, when that last email comes in on Friday night, I'm like, I'm not going to see a red bubble for the next 39 hours. 47 hours.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

On a couple red bulbs.

[Ben]

Yeah. Well, me work for me. We have, we have red bubs on the weekends.

[Josh]

I'm sure. Should we get into some stories? Yeah, I think so. We got, well, low sex drive. This diet boosted libido in mice so much that elder elderly ones had more kids. A lack of sexual desire is not necessarily perceived as problematic, but some people suffer from it. Fasting could potentially serve as a useful addition to existing treatment options. And for some, dips into hypoactive sexual disorder. People affected by this condition experience a persistent lack of motivation or desire. However, there are medications available and you can do fasting and seems like they're just saying fasting. I want to eat something. I'm starving.

[Ben]

Me too.

[Josh]

Fasting. Fasting helps. So eating nothing and tryptophan. There's no way a turkey dinner is gonna help. You want to. Want a canoodle?

[Ben]

The opposite. I eat a turkey. I'm asleep.

[Josh]

It's done. Okay, let's take a poll. What would be the worst food to eat before canoodling?

[Ben]

Oh, my God. You know me. Anything with bread. Anything like a big sandwich. I'm dead. Fried chicken or something like that. I'm dead. Anything like gluttonous high, like carbs and bread and a bowl of pasta, I'm destroyed. Like, that's. I can't.

[Claudia]

I can't do that.

[Ben]

You.

[Josh]

I would say any kind of seafood jambalaya.

[Claudia]

I'm sorry.

[Ben]

The worst would be a New England clam chowder.

[Josh]

Right.

[Ben]

Gumbo. Anything that'll really upset set the bowels would be awful.

[Josh]

But, Olivia.

[Ben]

Oh, man.

[Olivia]

Honestly, a giant plate. A massive serving of Skyline chili.

[Josh]

Shout out, Ohio.

[Ben]

Yeah. Chili. Chili's a tough one. Chili's a tough one. Do you have equal. This is a sidebar. Josh, do you have equal sexual motivations in both the morning and evening?

[Josh]

Yeah, I'm ready to go anytime, anywhere. See, that's interesting.

[Ben]

I. I'm not. Then maybe I'm not. I have. I'm ready to rock at night. Ready to rock.

[Josh]

But you're. You're a night person, right? It seems.

[Ben]

Yeah, I am. I am a night person. I am a night person for sure. I start to really get my groove around 12. That's when I can really start firing. And then by. By the nighttime, I'm ready to pork my way through whatever. I'm ready. But in the morning, everybody stopped listening. They're like. He used the word pork. It's gone.

[Josh]

I agree. I saw a tick tock the other day where it was a couple sitting at a restaurant, like, excited to eat, and they're like, this is the look of two people who decided to hook up before dinner. Like.

[Ben]

Yes.

[Josh]

I couldn't agree more. I think.

[Ben]

Me too.

[Josh]

Almost always it should happen before and then you can eat and like pass out and not feel gross.

[Ben]

Agreed. Yes. Yes. Sounds wonderful. A 6:00pm Canoodle sesh followed by a 7:30pm dinner. It's actually too much time. 6:00pm followed by 6:15.

[Josh]

Yes. 6:08. I. I will say I think we. The one thing that I would suggest to married couples is like, I. To me, the best sex is unexpected sex when you're married. Right. Is like to do it in bed and where you're comfortable is like amazing. And not saying you have to go, like, pull anything crazy or like, you know, try to do it on your kitchen island. But it's just like what was once taken for granted. Like a midday romp because you're dating someone and you're like, oh, like, I just gotta have you right now. Like to do that when you're married. I. I can't. It's like 5x return because it just makes you feel attractive. It makes you feel like that person wants to be with you.

[Ben]

Totally agreed. Totally agreed. Did you have sex before you came here, Josh?

[Josh]

Good one. You can answer it again when we're pregnant with our fourth.

[Ben]

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[Josh]

While young French women are having tons of sex shock survey reveals how many men Gen Z Ladies have bedded. Ooh la la. Zoomers across the west are having far less sex than other generations did when they were young. But Gen Z women in France are bugging the no bonking trend. New New York Post really crushes it. A new survey of 10,000 French nationals conducted by the country's National Institute for Demographic Studies found that a sizable number of young females are experimenting with multiple partners. According to the data, 29% of surveyed women between the ages of 25 and 29 have hooked up with at least 10 different people.

[Ben]

That sounds like a strong number.

[Josh]

Race 10.

[Ben]

That sounds like. I'm not going to say. I'm not going to say a lot because I'm not judging. I mean this is a judgment free zone.

[Josh]

We would never.

[Ben]

Sounds like it. That sounds like a healthy amount.

[Josh]

Well, prison inmates shared her daily life behind bars and the the reaction was shocking. This looks relaxing. An inmate's reveal about life in prison has gone viral and some tiktokers are seemingly into it. In the video, a usernamed Jody documented her basic guide to life at Peterborough prison in England. The day begins at 7:10am they go for breakfast which they can enjoy in their cell or at the cafeteria. They get a 30 minute window to exercise with a walk around outside in a small Courtyard at 8. You know I love Courtyard Marriott at 8:40am activities commencement with work and education. And 9am to 118 11:15am you get what's called free flow or free time. Then you get lunch at 11:50, a 20 minute lunch break, then you do a little bit more work, then it's free time from 140 to 515, dinner at 5:15 and lights out at 8. It's like my dream day.

[Ben]

Oh my God, it sounds incredible.

[Josh]

I know.

[Ben]

Are we missing out on prison?

[Claudia]

Yes, I think so.

[Ben]

What crime should we commit so we could get put in a prison like that? Ok, I think we robbing a bank.

[Josh]

We gotta do something that's not gonna perpetuate Jewish stereotype.

[Ben]

Okay, so we're not robbing a bank.

[Josh]

Nothing financial.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Claudia]

Okay, so we're not robbing a bank.

[Ben]

But we also don't wanna do anything too gruesome that we end up in the wrong kind of prison. Right, because that sounds like a nice prison. But I've seen these videos. I'm sure you have two of this. El Salvador. Holy smokes. I want nothing to do with these gang prisons.

[Josh]

So what they.

[Ben]

What crime can we commit? Josh? That won't perpetuate stereotypes but equally will allow us to Be in a white collar prison.

[Josh]

I'm thinking petty larceny. Mail fraud.

[Ben]

I'm thinking mail fraud's good. Mail fraud. Okay. Okay. I'm gonna defraud the postal service. I'm like Nicolas Cage. I'm gonna defraud.

[Josh]

We're gonna defraud the postal service. We're gonna steal all the stamps.

[Ben]

Oh, my God. I would watch that. Me and you starring and defrauding the postal Service.

[Josh]

That would be so good. Should we get to a speak pipe?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

If you want to ask us questions, ask for advice. Go to speakpipe.com goodguys Keep it brief. Brevity is key. Keep it short. If you think it's short, try shorter. Here's the first one from Anonymous.

[Mary]

Hey, good guys. Loyal listener, huge fan. I have a situation and I'm curious to know your thoughts. I have been married now eight years to my husband. We've been together 11, and we have two children. The question of how many people have you been with or how many people.

[Ben]

Have you slept with?

[Mary]

Has now come up twice over the course of these 11 years. The first time it came up, my husband did give me his number, but he has forgotten that he has given me his number and it more recently came up and he forgot and he is still curious to know what mine is. I have never answered this question. I don't want to ever answer this question. I am embarrassed, and my number is higher than his. This all happened before we met. I don't think it's relevant information. And again, I am embarrassed. Number one, it's embarrassing, the number. And two, it's higher than his. So I just don't think I should ever share this. What are your thoughts?

[Josh]

Oh, Olivia.

[Ben]

Okay, yeah, go, Olivia.

[Anonymous 1]

I do have thoughts.

[Olivia]

I don't think that you should be embarrassed with your partner about that. I think, like, I understand where she's coming from. And it's something that, like, as a society, has been, you know, pushed on women for so long. But, like, okay, you have slept with more people than he did before you two were together, and now you're together. You've been together for quite some time. Like, you can't change the past. And, I mean, I don't understand what the point of holding that in is if he's asking that question, other than to, like, protect yourself. But I don't think that, like, there should be nothing to be embarrassed about, especially at this point in the relationship. But that's just my two cents.

[Ben]

I agree. But I also think that if you two love each other, the guy can back the off. Like if she's. It's your wife of 11 years and you have two kids, you really give a shit what happened 20 years ago? Like you didn't even know her. Like, I, I just, if something, it's my motto. If something makes your wife uncomfortable, leave it alone. Like what, what are you going to gain by knowing her number? You. It doesn't matter. It doesn't. Are you gonna break up with her? Are you gonna make her feel like shit after you've heard the number? Like what are you using? What is the information helping you do? The answer would be nothing. So I would just back off personally.

[Josh]

Agreed. I think it's a dumb question. It's only going to elicit aggravation. And when Paige asked me, I said I don't know, which I don't think she liked. But again. But I said, I don't want to know from you, I don't want to know from me. Let's just not. And that was it.

[Ben]

That's nice. But that's the way that it should be. Who keeps. Who cares? Who cares?

[Josh]

But I mean you guys tell me this too. And this might just be like emotional hooey, wooey. But like you never want to imagine that your person was with anyone else, but they were because the version of that person that you're getting is unique to you. I really do believe that. Like I think that people have lives before you, sometimes they have lives after. But the particular time I'm talking about like not just casual dating, I'm talking about when you're in a real deal holy field marriage, long term relationship with your partner. This person is specific to you and like you are getting a specific version of that person. And if they ever moved on from you, they would adapt to who their next partner is. So like feel good that like you are getting someone who's only with you.

[Ben]

That's beautiful. And I completely agree, completely agree. And the time to have the conversation about how many guys or girls you've been with is before you're married. It, it just is. Like when you're, when you first start dating, you can ask dumb questions, you can get jealous, you can hear things, you can react. But once you're married and you have kids enough, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter at all. It just doesn't matter. She's, you're, you're with the, the right person for you. That's it. Leave it alone.

[Josh]

Next one from Anonymous.

[Anonymous 1]

Hi Josh and Ben. Quick gripe. What do you Nuts for you. My husband is an emergency room physician and a guy came in the other day because he needed his toenails clipped. What are you nuts? Go to the Family Dollar across the street. There's a Walmart down the street too. Go get yourself a pair of dang clippers. And I just think it's ridiculous. The reasons people go into them are just rooms. Anyway, that's all. Love you, Bye.

[Ben]

I love the way she said dang clippers.

[Josh]

Maybe it was your cab driver from the other day. Yeah.

[Ben]

I have thoughts, Josh. I don't know if you're gonna like it. I don't know if she's gonna like it. Depends on how old this person is.

[Josh]

So true.

[Ben]

The older you get, some of the these toenails can't be clipped. You can't clip them. They're thick as wood. Like you really, you can't do anything except for go to the podiatrist and if your toenail's really hurting you and there isn't time for the podiatrist, you go into the ER and you ask them to clip it. I can see that example. You have a woman or a man, probably pretty fat, 70s. Go in there. Thick, thick nail, thick nail. That could require the emergency room. Now if we're talking about a healthy 40 year old going in, should have just gone to get a pedicure. This is a different story. But it sounds to me that this person has what I would call a wooden nail. Nice and thick. You can't just go to the dollar store. You need a, you need a hedge trimmer for these puppies.

[Josh]

I mean, the person after they were clipped didn't also have to say, do you do gels? This next question from Mary.

[Anonymous 2]

Hello, good guys. Not great guys, but just like good, good, good guys. I grew up in New Jersey, but I have lived in the Midwest for like most of my adult life. Like I've been out here for about 10 years and for the life of me, I still cannot make small talk. Midwest people love a small talk, love a little chit chat, whether like in the grocery store line or like the people checking you out or whatever. And I don't want anything to do with that. I could not want anything less than to make small talk. It's like smile and nod my head and it's all I can muster. So like, do you think I need to be making more effort into being a better small talker if I'm going to continue to live in the Midwest? Or can I like just lean into my roots of my east coast not giving a fuck about what other people think about me. Just like smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave until the whole thing is over. Anything helps. Thanks.

[Ben]

I think you can lean into being who you are. I would hope that your friends know who you are. But like I small talk with somebody that like, is not in your life is. There's nothing worse. There's nothing worse than catching up with somebody random because you're wasting time and you're divulging information that is completely useless. I don't want to hear about you because I'll never see you again. And you don't want to hear about me because you'll never see me again or there'll be years in between. Like, catch ups for me are reserved for people that I care catching up care about catching up with. So maybe that's the east coaster in me. But no, I don't think they need to small talk at the grocery store. That sounds like an incredible waste of time.

[Josh]

I deeply disagree.

[Ben]

Okay, good.

[Josh]

I deeply disagree. I, I would say let's just assume you don't have any, like, psychological, medical issues which would disqualify you from the need to have small talk. Okay. We're assuming you don't have all things before you attack me. I'm an actor, I'm a creative, I'm an artist. So I can pull from everything. So it is part of my livelihood to have human experiences constantly. So when I do talk to that person from, you know, another walk of life that I would never normally be exposed to, or I do get some random mundane story, I pick up the greatest thing. There is nothing. I find. You ever notice somebody will win an Oscar? They'll like really hit, they'll get like a really high prize in acting. And then the following couple years, their work falls off for some reason. Like, it's just not as good. They make weird choices. They're just like, they're missing that spark. And I believe it's because they've left normal life and they are now operating at fancy parties with famous people. That's just, it's not real. So their exposure to real people goes way, way down. But of course, you're having to play real people in a part in a movie, whatever. So I would say this. I, I think, I think if you're not interested, it's because you're not interesting. I'm talking to the caller here. Like, I, I think you can learn so much about people. I think that a. It can serve, it can serve you in whatever you're doing, even if it isn't an artistic path. And I would also say maybe you're making their day and maybe you're the only person they're talking to that day. Or it's, you know, the couple people they're going to talk to. Maybe they have a mundane job and like they break it up by sharing a quick joke with whoever comes in to buy stuff at the store. So I would say it can only help you to get better with small talk. And I think once you do it enough, you'll actually gain a lot out of it.

[Ben]

So the last part that you said, beautiful. I love it. I love it. If you're making somebody else's day by talking to them, I love it. The one thing that I disagree with is that I don't typically grocery shop with a lot of time. I'm not going to the grocery store and allotting an extra half hour. Maybe it's just me. I'm going in in a rush to gather all of these things and if somebody were to stop me to small talk, that wouldn't be the time where I would be excited for that conversation. But perhaps there is a time where I do have more downtime and I'm excited to small talk. Maybe that's a personal thing. When I'm in a rush and somebody tries to small talk with me, I can't do it. I can't.

[Josh]

Totally. And a rush excluded. And by the way, 30 minutes extra. No way. Like I'm talking about a 90 second, you know, like if it's going well, maybe two, three minutes, you chat. But no, I'm not talking about a long 15 minute. No, that's crazy.

[Ben]

Okay, so then I completely agree with you on everything that you said. You can absolutely take a minute to 90 seconds out of your day at any point in time to have a conversation. I was thinking of the non, not chat and move on. I was thinking the full debrief with somebody that I'm just, I just don't need to debrief them.

[Josh]

But I agree with you totally. I agree with you too. And, and I think that the convenience nature of our, of our world is allowing for less and less interaction. And you know who loves that tech people? Who?

[Ben]

Devil.

[Josh]

The devil. The algorithm. The algorithm is us. I love when people go like, oh, you wouldn't believe my algorithm. Like, that's you, dear. Like the algorithm is learning from you. It's learning that you like these effed up videos.

[Ben]

You're sick.

[Josh]

But like, you know, those are the ones that are getting your attention. The algorithm doesn't learn from nothing but, like. Yeah, it's easy to, like. And, you know, Ben and I were bullish on the Starbucks app.

[Ben]

We love it.

[Josh]

But, like, if I'm not in a rush and I have the time, like, I'll order it on the app because I like it to be ready, but I'll have a couple, like, a minute with the person behind the counter and chat for a little. And I think people are losing that.

[Ben]

Agreed. And it's terrible. We must not lose human interaction, Josh. We must not.

[Josh]

Yeah, or like, doordash and Uber Eats and stuff. It's like, come on, leave it at the door. Can you fucking say hi to this person?

[Ben]

Like, it's like the whale. It's like the whale.

[Josh]

Send me the picture of it at my door and leave.

[Ben]

Ghoul.

[Josh]

Who are you?

[Ben]

Yeah, it's nuts. It's all nuts.

[Josh]

Should we get to our. What are you, nuts?

[Ben]

Yeah, speaking of nuts, Josh, our Woody.

[Josh]

Nuts moment of the week. Are our gripes with people, places and things, or what are your next moment of the week? Are our gripes with people, places and things, both big and small. Whatever. Stick it in your craw. I gotta check my notes. You go first, Ben.

[Ben]

Okay, this is. It's oddly on the nose, Josh. It's only oddly on the nose for small talk, but I hope that you can agree that this was not the right place for small talk. Okay, I'm at Woodbury Commons. I'm online. We're waiting to get into Prada. We have five people in front of us, 10 people behind us, and they go on a. Somebody leaves. Somebody can go in. Somebody leaves. Somebody can go in. Okay, these two gentlemen walk out of the store. They're out of the store, but they decide to talk small talk with the security. Okay, they are gabbing away. I swear on my life, they were speaking for at least three minutes. At least three minutes. While the security guard wouldn't let anybody in, he's just talking to these two gentlemen. What are you nuts? Like, this is not. And I. I have you in my head thinking, oh, that was probably the only person that spoke to the security guard that day. Sorry, that's. You can't. As a security guard, as a person who's responsible for in and out, let the people in and then have the conversation. You can't hold the whole line just because you're craving human interaction. This was it. This was a. What are you, nuts? Like, move it along.

[Josh]

100%. Totally agree. My. What do you nuts? Is latte art.

[Ben]

Yes. In case you aren't watching on YouTube, which is huge problem, Josh is making latte art with his hands.

[Josh]

Oh, what is it? A leaf. Oh, you made a heart. Gone. It's gone. It's a waste. Stop it. You're wasting our time. You didn't brighten my day with that latte art. You just spent extra seconds so I could have been drinking my coffee. You put the milk in. You give me the cup. Thank you so much. What are you, nuts?

[Ben]

Yeah. How about you do. Do what Starbucks says? At least my Starbucks, they write on the lid, have a great day. That's nice.

[Josh]

Really nice.

[Ben]

I love it.

[Josh]

I saw it.

[Ben]

I felt nice. I tell them, I hope you have a great day. Okay? And I'm drinking my coffee, and I have it the whole time. But yes, the second your lips hit the top of that latte, it's gone. It's gone. Your art is ruined.

[Josh]

Nuts.

[Ben]

Okay, it's nuts.

[Josh]

It's edible sandcastles.

[Ben]

It's completely nuts. It's completely nuts. And you know what else is nuts, Josh? You know what else is not? Guys, you not Giving this episode 5 stars. What are you, nuts?

[Josh]

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[Ben]

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[Josh]

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[Ben]

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[Josh]

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