A Weekend at the NRA?!

Summary

Podcast Summary: Good Guys – "A Weekend at the NRA?!"

Release Date: December 9, 2024
Hosts: Josh Peck and Ben Soffer

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Introduction and Opening Banter

The episode kicks off with hosts Josh Peck and Ben Soffer engaging in their characteristic playful banter. Josh teases Ben about placing a $100 bet related to Diddy, leading to a humorous exchange about the appropriateness of Diddy's appearance on Ellen's show.

• Josh Peck [00:25]: "I'm sitting here with someone who just put a hundred dollars on Diddy's books."
• Ben Soffer [00:46]: "It's like Hitler being with, like, 16 Jewish kindergarten students."

Thanksgiving Plans

The conversation shifts to discussing their ideal Thanksgiving celebrations. Ben shares his dream of hosting a perfect Thanksgiving dinner featuring an array of appetizers like pigs in a blanket and green bean casserole, emphasizing homemade dishes to avoid the pitfalls of relatives like Aunt Nancy preparing a dry turkey. Josh humorously contrasts this with his own rigorous workout routine to prepare for the feast.

• Ben Soffer [04:18]: "I wanna cook. I wanna eat my food. I don't wanna go and risk Aunt Nancy preparing a dry turkey."
• Josh Peck [08:54]: "I have to find time to hit a really, really hard workout hour minimum. Crush it."

Discussion on Dietary Laws and Kosher Practices

A significant portion of the episode delves into the complexities of kosher dietary laws, with Ben and Josh exploring how these regulations impact their eating habits. They discuss the permissibility of combining dairy and fish, debating whether certain food preparations align with kosher standards. The hosts also touch upon broader topics like veganism and the ethical considerations of eating animals, sharing personal insights and anecdotes.

• Josh Peck [19:00]: "Dairy and fish, total green light."
• Ben Soffer [21:22]: "Religions typically come with a set of diets."

Listener Relationship Advice

The hosts engage with listeners' questions, offering relationship advice based on anonymous calls. One caller discusses financial dependency in a relationship, seeking guidance on addressing her boyfriend's reliance on his parents for bills. Josh and Ben advise implementing "tough love" to encourage financial independence, highlighting the importance of accountability.

• Anonymous Caller 1 [40:53]: "My almost 36-year-old boyfriend's dad pays most of his bills."
• Ben Soffer [41:34]: "I think he needs either tough love from you or tough love from his family."

Another caller seeks advice on navigating intimacy with a respectful partner who is hesitant to initiate physical affection. The hosts discuss the balance between respect and mutual desire, emphasizing clear communication and reading non-verbal cues.

• Anonymous Caller 2 [45:42]: "He is super respectful. Like, a little too respectful for me when it came to like canoodling."
• Josh Peck [50:04]: "Sometimes verbalizing it can take you out of the moment."

"What Are You Nuts?" Moments

In their signature segment, the hosts share and react to unusual or illogical situations submitted by listeners. Ben recounts receiving a hand-painted seashell ornament of his deceased dog, deeming it insensitive and perplexing.

• Ben Soffer [58:14]: "You're giving me a hand-painted seashell ornament of my dead dog to put on the Christmas tree that I don't own."

Another "What Are You Nuts?" story involves a funeral incorporating Chick-fil-A meals around an open casket, which Josh and Ben find both baffling and inappropriate.

• Anonymous Caller 4 [59:50]: "Around the open casket was tables set up, Chick fil a meals."
• Josh Peck [61:09]: "That is so stupid."

Closing Remarks

The episode concludes with Josh and Ben encouraging listeners to rate and follow the podcast across various platforms. They reiterate the importance of supporting mutually respectful relationships and maintaining personal accountability.

• Josh Peck [62:10]: "Don't I know it?"
• Ben Soffer [62:14]: "Enjoy."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Josh Peck [00:25]: "I'm sitting here with someone who just put a hundred dollars on Diddy's books."
• Ben Soffer [00:46]: "It's like Hitler being with, like, 16 Jewish kindergarten students."
• Ben Soffer [04:18]: "I wanna cook. I wanna eat my food."
• Josh Peck [19:00]: "Dairy and fish, total green light."
• Ben Soffer [21:22]: "Religions typically come with a set of diets."
• Ben Soffer [41:34]: "I think he needs either tough love from you or tough love from his family."
• Josh Peck [50:04]: "Sometimes verbalizing it can take you out of the moment."
• Ben Soffer [58:14]: "You're giving me a hand-painted seashell ornament of my dead dog to put on the Christmas tree that I don't own."
• Josh Peck [61:09]: "That is so stupid."

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Key Takeaways

• Personal Relationships: Emphasizes the importance of financial independence and clear communication in relationships.
• Cultural Practices: Explores the impact of dietary laws and ethical considerations on personal eating habits.
• Humor and Critique: Uses humor to critique unusual social practices and listener-submitted stories.
• Engagement: Actively engages with listeners through advice segments and interactive storytelling.

This episode of "Good Guys" offers a blend of humor, personal anecdotes, and thoughtful discussions on relationships and cultural practices, making it an engaging listen for both regular followers and new audience members.

Transcript

[Josh Peck]

The following podcast is a Dear Media production. I'm Josh Peck.

[Ben Soffer]

And I'm Ben Soffer.

[Josh Peck]

And we're the Good Guys. There's a lot of guys out there.

[Ben Saver]

And we're the good ones.

[Josh Peck]

Mazel morons. Welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. I'm sitting here with someone who just put a hundred dollars on Diddy's books. It's Ben Saver.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, my God. They're coming for you. Okay, Whoever smelt it, dealt it. It was him. I put his $100. He gave it to me. I had no idea. I had no clue. My God. We're not talking about Diddy before. Did that guy step in shit?

[Josh Peck]

I've never met the man.

[Ben Soffer]

I just saw a clip of him. Have you seen the clip of him going on Ellen, where Ellen has all of these kids on the show? Yeah, a lot of kids with special needs. And all of a sudden it's like. And now here's Diddy Did. He walks out and all the kids are giving him hugs. It aged so poorly. I was watching. It was like, oh, my God. It's like Hitler being with, like, 16 Jewish kindergarten students.

[Josh Peck]

Should we restart the beginning of this year?

[Ben Soffer]

What you say?

[Josh Peck]

Did I start us off on a bat?

[Ben Soffer]

No, no, you start us on a great note. We're one minute in. We're talking about Hitler.

[Josh Peck]

God, get. It's been only 80 years. I know. That's what everyone's thinking. Well, we'll never get over it.

[Ben Soffer]

No. Well, literally never. Like, I'm not over it. I'm not for it.

[Ben Saver]

I'm not fucking over it.

[Ben Soffer]

You know what else I'm not over?

[Ben Saver]

Josh.

[Ben Soffer]

Tell me how good you look in that sweater. Looking just snatched to the gods. We're here to make sure that your confidence, Josh, is sky high. That's what we're here for. Okay. You're looking amazing with that crossed leg, the flexibility in your knee. What are you doing, knee exercises?

[Josh Peck]

God bless you. This is just a shirt. It's by Amyondol, who we've talked about before.

[Ben Soffer]

Whoa, whoa.

[Josh Peck]

I know. I've won the shit out of this shirt and they have not reached out to replenish me. Just kidding. I've completely bought this retail. And it kills me. It kills me. Can I get a hookup? That's all I do this podcast for. Hookup, hook up.

[Ben Soffer]

Hookup, hookup, hookup, hookup. And yes, if you're going to send Josh a Amy de Londor, Ame Leondore, Amy de Landor.

[Josh Peck]

That sounds like the running back for the Philadelphia Eagles. Now, Amdor just.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, that's so good. Oh, that's so good.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

So if Amy Leon Doerr can reach out and give us some free shit and also tell us how to pronounce the name of your Dame Brand. Dame Brand.

[Ben Saver]

Damn.

[Ben Soffer]

Brand.

[Josh Peck]

So this is going to come out in mid December, so we're remiss. But I am. I want to know, because we're recording this thing Thanksgiving week on Thanksgiving Day. I just give us a quick rundown of what your Thanksgiving Day is going to look like, because I just want to. I want to feel like I'm there with you because I miss you.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay? So here's what we're doing. Told you this in a recent episode in case you want to get the neurologist on your brain.

[Josh Peck]

Josh.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay. Because you're forgetting. Yeah, that's right, baby. The tables have turned.

[Josh Peck]

When did you talk about this? Not in the last year.

[Ben Soffer]

You'll remember. You'll remember. As I say it, I think it was last week, Josh. It was when we recorded our Thanksgiving episode. What I will be doing is I will be going to Polo Bar. And you said that that was very, very sad that I was going to Polo Bar for dinner and that I was going to see my parents later in the day, Remember?

[Josh Peck]

I did know that, but I'm talking about on a normal Thanksgiving, when you're a normal person backtracking, not a spinster.

[Ben Soffer]

Sure. I'll give you my normal dream thing.

[Josh Peck]

You and Claudia are lucky that you are with choc, because otherwise they'd be like you two spinsters. I really gotta be with a family.

[Ben Soffer]

Nope, we're with family 24 7, Josh. 24 7.

[Josh Peck]

I get that.

[Ben Soffer]

But yes. Here's my dream Thanksgiving. I wake up in the morning. I'm hosting. Okay?

[Ben Saver]

I'm hosting.

[Ben Soffer]

I wanna cook. I wanna eat my food. I don't wanna go and risk Aunt Nancy preparing a dry turkey. Okay. You're coming over to my house. We're gonna start out with some beautiful pigs in a blanket. Okay. We're gonna start out with maybe a nice stuffing. We're gonna start out with. I'm thinking of more appetizers. We're gonna go with a green bean casserole. We're gonna go with some type of a sweet potato with marshmallow. We're gonna do all those. A cranberry. I love. I love a canned cranberry. Josh, how do you feel about canned cranberry?

[Josh Peck]

I know the one like jelly. I think it's the only cranberry to cranberry.

[Ben Soffer]

Good. Okay.

[Josh Peck]

And I like listening to the Cranberries.

[Ben Soffer]

Good. Yes. By the way, that's another one. That could have been another good themed dinner. The Cranberries. Listening to the Cranberries. Eating cranberries.

[Josh Peck]

I wish there was a man called chicken piccata.

[Ben Soffer]

Chicken piccata is fantastic. And then, Josh, all I'm gonna say is, you come over to my house. We're not doing turkey. No, we're doing duck. We've spoken about this already, but we. Say it again, but sorry. We're doing duck.

[Josh Peck]

I know. In the moo shoe with the pancakes and the whole member. Maybe I miscued you on all this because I wanted to know more about, like, are you watching football? Are there any games? Good question.

[Ben Soffer]

Great question.

[Josh Peck]

I wanted to know the overall aesthetic, not the food, because you're right. We have talked about that.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay, okay, okay. The aesthetic. I'm waking up in the morning and I want it to feel like holiday cheer for.

[Josh Peck]

Are you watching the parade?

[Ben Soffer]

We're actually going to the parade. We're going to the parade this year. Somebody reached out to Claudia because she's so famous and said, we're going to send you to the parade. We're going to give you VIP seats, we're going to send a car, and we're going to watch the Thanksgiving Day parade up close. I cannot wait.

[Josh Peck]

Let me tell you, this is not a gift. This is agony. Your beautiful wife, and God bless her, she is going to be so over it so quickly. And I don't blame her because she's a beautiful baby incubator and she needs to be comfortable. And it's gonna be chilly. And you're gonna be like, look, another marching band.

[Ben Soffer]

Totally. And chilly is right. New York has been flirting. It's been 50, it's been 60. Not on Thanksgiving Day, Josh. It's dipping. And no, it's taken a nosedive. So, yeah, we'll be a little bit chilly. The earmuffs and the sweater and the puffer and the gloves, et cetera. But that's what we're doing. And then, yeah, we'll go home, we'll probably watch a little football, get ready for dinner, eat dinner, and then the next day we're seeing my parents for a lovely Thanksgiving themed Chavez.

[Josh Peck]

That sounds wonderful. I.

[Ben Soffer]

You know. What are you doing? Tell me. Tell me what O'Brien Day looks like. Do you play a little bit of tag football? A little flag football? That's the name. Two Hand touch. Wow.

[Josh Peck]

We play in the Turkey bowl. There is A turkey bowl. It's held at the Catholic school in our neighborhood. And everybody comes and all these goyam, they're chasing after each other. These gentiles and their gangs names.

[Ben Soffer]

They'Re.

[Josh Peck]

Running around like it was Bethlehem circa 2000 BC and they so but you have to remember where I live in LA is like a lot of former NFL players or like college or like my brother in law who was a college football player. And so I want no part of this game. I do nothing. I stand with the wives. I cream cheese the bagels because they get a big sack of bagels and I just stand out there and I go, yes, ladies, Salt Lake Housewives is the superior housewives. And while these big gentile blokes are running around proving their manhood and then I'm sure I'll be on kid duty to like keep Max and Shy busy for like that time between noon and three, which is like the true dead zone, which is really, really. Here's my Thanksgiving issue. I gotta work out. I have to, have to, have to work out. Cause then I can really enjoy eating. I can really take the brakes off and go full needle in the vein, like blackout on apple pie. So I have to find time to hit a really, really hard workout hour minimum. Crush it. A seven mile run maybe. I might knock out eight miles before things start.

[Ben Soffer]

Like a chewing creativ type of workout. One of those.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, I'm talking full body lifts, I'm talking deadlifts, I'm talking squatting, I'm talking hurt my body.

[Ben Soffer]

Hurt it. Understood.

[Josh Peck]

Hurt, pain. And then what I'll do is around from 12 to 3, I'll make sure the kids are not in everyone's way. And then at 3, I'm coming in and I go, these kids are now everyone else's problem. It's time for Josh to eat. And I'm, I'm grazing, I'm picking. And then we, you know, we get into the meal and then there's the football. I love it all. The smell of the can, the winter candles and so wonderful.

[Ben Saver]

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[Ben Soffer]

I was recently Speaking of winter candles. I was recently in a home goods. Josh. There's, there's a Home goods. I didn't even know. I went to the one in the Hamptons over the summer. That was actually my first home goods. It was a lovely Home goods. I went to an Upper west side home goods.

[Josh Peck]

How's that Joey Kamastas? Not good.

[Ben Soffer]

I personally thought it was filled with holiday cheer. There was this, there was a peppermint section where you could get anything. Peppermint bark, peppermint candy canes. You could get peppermint like dish towels that like looked like it was themed. It was. If you wanted a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer shaker for your beverages, if you wanted a Santa Claus vase, they were loaded. And all I have to say is HomeGoods is a fantastic store. I loved every minute of being in there. And there's something about it that really just brings out that holiday cheer. Holiday cheer.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. I don't want to sound like I'm ever negative about home goods because I love it. I've just heard that within cities, like a city Target, like I don't want a city Target. I want a super Target. I want one that takes like two square blocks of space.

[Ben Soffer]

Agreed. The targets, the Costcos, the Walmart's, all that in cities, especially New York City.

[Ben Saver]

No good.

[Josh Peck]

Do you ever go to the Costco in Harlem?

[Ben Soffer]

I don't because it doesn't. It's. It's exactly what you just said. It's just not. It. It's just not the same. It's just not big enough.

[Josh Peck]

That's right.

[Ben Soffer]

It's just. It's just not it. But this home goods, for whatever reason, has a lot of square footage. It's multiple floors.

[Josh Peck]

Nice.

[Ben Soffer]

I thought it was a great store. Unlike what Joey Kamasta, dear friend said, the greatness. But yeah, the targets in New York, it's just not. It's just not a target. It's not. You can't get lost in it. You're not like walking in with Max and fearing that you're never going to see him again. You're going to see him, you'll find him. It's not that big.

[Josh Peck]

Do you ever walk out of your apartment and go, I just don't want to see anyone today and you don't have that choice.

[Ben Soffer]

Yes, absolutely. And actually, it's funny, the last couple of mornings I've been contemplating, do I change? Because every morning I wake up and I put in my mobile order for Starbucks and I walk to my Starbucks. It's five blocks from my apartment. It's a nice north walk. And overall you get a nice 10 blocks, half a mile. It's a routine of mine every morning and I love it. But I'm wearing whatever I like, threw on. I could be wearing shorts and flip flops in the winter because I'm crazy. This is just me.

[Josh Peck]

I'm not like, dressed Capri joggers.

[Ben Soffer]

Yes. I could be wearing anything. And I'm running into people nonstop. Nonstop. And these people, I can't even imagine what they think. This is what I wear all day long. And then I remind myself that I certainly don't care what anybody thinks, but absolutely, I do wake up sometimes and wish that I saw nobody that. That knew me. You're able to just get in your car?

[Josh Peck]

Well, for me, even, like, I find this with basically most of Los Angeles, you can just walk pretty much anywhere except New York or major, major cities. You can just get up and walk outside and you'll see people. And then there'll be a main drag where people will be congregating because there's coffee shops or restaurants, but most of the residential streets, you just walk down and no one's there. And it's kind of incredible.

[Ben Soffer]

It is.

[Ben Saver]

On the flip side, I was just.

[Ben Soffer]

In a fantastic city. Josh. I've been to Charleston, South Carolina before, but I've never really spent time. I was just there. And let me tell you. Have you been to King street in Charleston, South Carolina?

[Josh Peck]

I've never been to Charleston and it's on my list. I'm dying to go.

[Ben Soffer]

You, You, Paige and the kids would Love it. This place is amazing. I loved it. And quickly, I just want to share my best bite of the week, because it was that good. Okay. I ate at a restaurant on king street called 167 RAW, and I am told that their oysters are out of this world. I didn't eat them. I couldn't eat them. But I'm told that their raw bar is fantastic. What I did eat, Josh, was three things. Outstanding. A tuna tataki, which was basically a seared tuna crusted with a nice wasabi aioli, into a pastrami swordfish sandwich. This was pastrami swordfish on a buttered roll with a nice sauce into an ahi tuna sandwich, which was just seared tuna, some wasabi aioli, some cabbage, and again, a buttered bun. Absolutely outstanding. 167 raw out of this world.

[Josh Peck]

Now, are you allowed to eat butter and fish together? Is that allowable in your kashrut?

[Ben Soffer]

It is in anybody's kashrut. It's allowable in anybody's and mine. Yes. Is specific. But even in my specific one, in anybody's Kshirt. Butter and fish, no problem.

[Josh Peck]

So dairy and fish, total green light.

[Ben Soffer]

Dairy and fish, total green light.

[Josh Peck]

For your version of kosher.

[Ben Soffer]

For anybody's version of kosher.

[Josh Peck]

Interesting.

[Ben Soffer]

You can have dairy and fish. So technically, the filet of fish. Ooh, baby. That is it. Give me back the filet o fish. Give me that fish.

[Josh Peck]

Listen, every Orthodox Jewish kid I grew up with in the city, they were banging down fish filets like the mashiach was coming home. I mean, he was.

[Ben Soffer]

That was the prize. If you ate five of them, you could redeem a mashiach.

[Josh Peck]

What? Now, tell me, though, was there a thought that the fries were cooked in beef tallow? That was clearly not kosher? Was that ever a thought?

[Ben Soffer]

One could absolutely think that way again for my version of kosher. I don't know what I don't see. Okay, I'm sure also when I go to the diner and I order a French onion soup, that that broth is beef broth. But could they have used vegetable broth maybe? I didn't ask. They didn't tell me.

[Ben Saver]

I don't know.

[Josh Peck]

It's so wild. It's so hard for me to understand.

[Ben Soffer]

It is wild. It is wild. The way that I conduct my life, Josh, is something that one day people will study. It is interesting, and it's what works for me.

[Josh Peck]

Like, my wife works for me. My wife is vegan, and so she has small allowances. Like, she has no issue with honey, which some vegans do not mess with honey. It's an animal byproduct.

[Ben Soffer]

Yep.

[Josh Peck]

So she doesn't mind a little honey, but that's really it. And, like, she'll ask, is like, this broth, a veggie broth? Like, because the idea of eating a chicken or a beef broth is so wildly out of her realm of, like, well, then I'm not vegan if this is made from the bones of a cow.

[Ben Soffer]

But yeah, real, like strict kosher Jews.

[Josh Peck]

They wouldn't go to the restaurant.

[Ben Soffer]

Absolutely. They're not even eating in the restaurant.

[Josh Peck]

Right. Because the plate.

[Ben Soffer]

If they're really strict, they're thinking to themselves, they're going to Hillstone. Okay.

[Josh Peck]

And they're not going to Hillstone.

[Ben Soffer]

No, I'm saying they won't go to Hillstone because even if they could eat the fish, which is kosher, they know that on that same grill was probably a non kosher piece of steak and there could be a contaminated piece of fish that they're getting.

[Josh Peck]

But even the plates. The plates aren't safe.

[Ben Soffer]

And the plates as well. Correct, Correct.

[Josh Peck]

What do you think of this, Olivia? And feel free to offend.

[Olivia]

I'm really amazed by it because I have never existed in a world where, like, for my own life, where I've had, like, dietary restrictions like that. So I. I can't, like, imagine existing in the world comfortably and trying to follow everything that, you know, strictly religiously. It's fascinating to me.

[Ben Soffer]

Everything to me would be too difficult for me to lead what I feel is a fulfilled life. And so where it all comes from, eating is my happy place. And if I couldn't go to restaurants, that would make me sad. That said, does my rather lax pick and choose way of looking at it create the opportunity for an even more relaxed version down the road? Yes. Like, once you, like, start peeling back layers, you're like, oh, you know, why don't I just peel another and peel another and peel another. It's definitely something that I struggle with, for sure, but it helps me. It helps me to feel connected by doing the best I can. That's what mine is.

[Josh Peck]

That's fair. I mean, I too.

[Ben Soffer]

Is it fair?

[Josh Peck]

I think it's fair.

[Ben Soffer]

I agree, it's fair.

[Josh Peck]

I mean, obviously, like, if you're Muslim, there's halal. The Jews have kosher. I'm trying to think of if there's like, I guess the Catholics, right. They abstain from eating, like, during Lent, don't they do. No meat. Isn't there, like, Nine days of fun for the Catholics. There's some things.

[Ben Soffer]

Buddhists don't eat meat at all.

[Josh Peck]

Like, do Buddhists not eat meat? Hindus don't. Don't eat cow.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah. No meat. Like, they're vegetarians.

[Josh Peck]

Right.

[Ben Soffer]

I think religions. Religions typically come with a set of diets. Like, strict religions come with a set of dietary laws that were put in place to keep people alive at a time where we didn't understand things. And I like to think to preserve, like, really smart animals. I know not everybody agrees with that, but, like, not eat, like, somebody with a big brain, which is why I wouldn't want to eat octopus. And, yeah, the main thing is not, like, people not getting sick. Like, you wouldn't eat, like, shellfish because you know how to clean it, but now, I don't know. Like, could one say that you could eat shellfish? Probably. Because we know how to clean it. We know how to not get sick from it. Like, I don't know.

[Josh Peck]

Except my friend got food poisoning from a cockle in Spain. What even is a cockle? Olivia?

[Olivia]

What is a cockle? I'm Googling it.

[Ben Soffer]

I have no idea what a cockle is. But, yeah, I don't know. This whole experimenting.

[Josh Peck]

All I know is you don't want to have winter cockle, that's for sure.

[Ben Soffer]

No, you don't. No, you don't.

[Olivia]

It's an edible marine bivalve mollusc.

[Ben Soffer]

Unnecessary, unnecessary seashells you see at the beach.

[Olivia]

Whatever lives inside of those.

[Ben Saver]

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[Ben Soffer]

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[Ben Soffer]

Like, Josh, as somebody who eats a nice fried calamar.

[Josh Peck]

Yes.

[Ben Soffer]

You don't look at like, have you seen my octopus teacher?

[Josh Peck]

Well, it's not calamari's not octopus. It's squidward.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay. You eat octopus.

[Josh Peck]

I love it. Oh, do I love it.

[Ben Soffer]

So let's go with that one. You see, my octopus teacher and you see how this octopus formed a real heartfelt relationship with the scuba diver. And you're not like, you're a hypocrite.

[Josh Peck]

Because it's every animal. Every animal is virtuous. Every animal. Those cows deserve better than to be eaten by you and me.

[Ben Soffer]

Agreed that they deserve better. But there is no argument that you can make that says that cows are as smart or as aware of their reality and of pain as an octopus.

[Josh Peck]

That's your rationale? I would say I understand the defense. Not as smart. I could totally see that. But they're. They have a soul. They are a living creature.

[Ben Soffer]

But there's a food. But there's a food chain.

[Josh Peck]

And they feel like. They certainly feel pain.

[Ben Soffer]

They absolutely feel pain, which is why we try to eliminate most of it when we kill them. But, yes, I agree with you. I don't think it's necessarily hypocrisy, but I do. I'm simply pointing out that I think that certain animals that are really smart.

[Ben Saver]

Just shouldn't be eaten.

[Ben Soffer]

That's my personal belief. It doesn't mean you have to believe that. But that's how I choose to view pigs. I have heard that they're very, very smart. And I've heard that when they're kept in these tiny pig pens, that they end up getting a lot of anxiety. But I know that you could also say that when a cow is just milked for a living and the teats are about to fall off. I get it.

[Ben Saver]

You're right.

[Ben Soffer]

Look, what we will agree on is that big cow, big anything is bad. This big energy for the animals. No good.

[Josh Peck]

Listen, nothing could have a more anxious lifestyle than a chicken. You've never eaten a relaxed chicken. Okay, I've seen these chicken. It's not cute. It's like they all live in studio apartments in New York. It's horrible. They're cooped up. So they're cooped up. Look, my. My whole thing is I. And I'm glad that I don't have, you know, even though I've obviously had my issues with. With food and being overweight, thankfully, like, I don't really have a food addiction and I don't have a sex addiction, which are the two things that really are real that I personally would think are so challenging. Because you cannot abstain. Right. Like, I don't do anything that affects me from the neck up. That's it. I drink some caffeine. But other than that, like. And that's it like when I swore off drugs and alcohol, it was complete. And unless I'm having a surgery and it's necessary and prescribed by a doctor. And even then I have to get honest between me and God because it's like they sometimes prescribe you enough for, you know, 10 days of pain when the reality is after like day two, you're not really in pain anymore. So you know, I have to be really careful with that stuff. So it's hard. And no big surprise, I'm an alcoholic. So I have a very like all or nothing attitude. So I guess it's hard for me to rationalize like why one animal gets special treatment as opposed to the other when it's just like either do it or don't. But I hear you. I understand when you say by doing the. That I can, it makes me feel more connected. I think that's fair. I think that's realistic.

[Ben Soffer]

And on the animal piece, I'm never gonna not eat animals. I love the way they taste. They're delicious, absolutely delicious. But I would love to one day be wealthy enough, as I think you would as well. Like it would be the absolute dream to be able to somehow live off of my own farm. Like to not have to deal with these animals that are being mistreated. To not know what is really happening behind the scenes. The access to meat, the sort of inability to process how much the animal needed to go through to land on my plate. I do think that is a big problem and in the future I would love to personally solve it for myself. Where when I eat a big juicy steak, I'm not just thinking in gluttony, but I'm thinking an animal sacrificed their life so I could have this big juicy steak. Like, do you know what I'm saying? I would love to get to that place. And that's why people actually, people find hunters. And I think for the most part, I'm going to preface this. There's two different types of hunters. But I think that the type of hunter that's going out there hunting for their food.

[Josh Peck]

Sorry to interrupt, but, but when you say two types, let's not even count. Big game hunters, those people are pieces of shit. Pieces of shit.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay, good.

[Josh Peck]

Fuck. Put them 100 times over.

[Ben Soffer]

Fuck em. That type of person, the person that's hunting for no reason, the person that is. Or poaching or awful. I hope they rot in hell. Duh. Yes. The person that is going out and hunting for their dinner has a far better appreciation for the animal than we do. Because even Though we're not killing them, we're eating them. We're relying on somebody else doing our dirty work. And by the way, it's far less painless for a deer to be shot in the woods than it is for a deer to be spending eternity with its brothers and sisters only to be walked into some not gas chamber. But you get my point.

[Josh Peck]

It's not ideal.

[Ben Soffer]

The idea of hunting for your food, being very aware of what you're doing. Shooting with a purpose, eating with a purpose, cleaning with a purpose, I think is a far better way to eat meat. And I wish I could do it.

[Josh Peck]

Dude, think about my father in law hunts with a bow. Cause he don't think guns are fair. He don't think it's fair. He doesn't think that if you're hundreds of yards away and that that animal can't even smell you, they don't even have a shot to run away. Right, because you're so far away they're not going to drift to your pheromones of your odors of your odoo Ben, you know what I mean? And then you're, you're literally blasting their head off with a 50 cal from 1000 yards away. Not cool. With a bow you have to be within 60 yards. So that means you got the work that you have to put in and by. And it's got to be a perfect shot, right? Because a TR hunter would never risk a shot that wasn't an instant kill because then that animal is going to suffer or it's just going to get hit and not die and run off with this injury. So you have to be so skilled to be able to get close. And I don't know, you know, we're not sponsored by Cabela's over here. This isn't Bass Pro brought to you by Bass Pro Shops. But it's pretty compelling.

[Ben Soffer]

No, but it takes like a really introspective person to think like hunting seems so barbaric, but it is so not barbaric in comparison to big meat. Big meat is barbaric. Hunting is one for one. Getting it, cleaning it, saving it, eating it. Like that process is so much more spiritual than the idea of just going and buying Purdue where they are killing a million animals a second while we sit here and wait for it to show up at the grocery store. So I think that if you think hunting is barbaric, you're thinking of the wrong type of hunting. We're talking about hunting for food. And if you're hunting for food, I actually think that the animal probably appreciates it more. And if everybody were to have done that, we'd kill a lot less animals and we'd eat a lot less meat.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, and by the way, if you took down an elk and stripped it down or a deer or something of that size and you stripped it down and froze all the meat, that's enough meat for your a family of five for one year. So one elk fed your whole family for a year? About. I mean, depends on how much you're eating. But for us, it's a meat.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, yeah.

[Josh Peck]

It's a weekend.

[Ben Soffer]

A weekend at the nra.

[Josh Peck]

That's the title for Ben after a bong hit. It might be a.

[Ben Soffer]

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[Josh Peck]

Should we get to a story?

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah.

[Josh Peck]

God, I just love how, I love how thoughtful we are. You know what? Screw the stories. Let's get to a speak pipe because we got some good ones and I want to make sure we listen to them. Okay, this first one is from Anonymous.

[Anonymous Caller 1]

What's up morons?

[Ben Soffer]

Major moron.

[Anonymous Caller 1]

And Toaster here. So my almost 36 year old boyfriend's dad pays most of his bills. What are you nuts? We've been together for over two years, Olivia.

[Josh Peck]

This is not nice to say about Ethan.

[Anonymous Caller 1]

My mortgage and utilities and stuff like that. And he's working on paying off some credit cards from when he was, quote, young and dumb. But can I just get a guy's perspective on this? He thinks I'm just not being patient as far as getting his shit taken care of. But I look at it like he needs a better job because his currently can't afford his bills. I would like to start a life with him and this just isn't cutting it. Thanks.

[Ben Soffer]

This is tough.

[Josh Peck]

36 is tough.

[Ben Soffer]

36 is tough.

[Ben Saver]

It's tough.

[Ben Soffer]

The truth is, I think he. I think this boy needs a little bit of tough love. Sounds like he needs either tough love from you or tough love from his family. It sounds like he's a really wonderful support system that he's kind of taken for granted. Right. Like, and has kind of led him to this place where he knows that, like, regardless of what credit card bills he runs up, somebody's always gonna be there. You're gonna be there, parents are gonna be there, somebody's gonna bail him out. And until he feels like there's nobody to bail out, why would he get another job? Why would he earn more money? Why would he be fearful? He wouldn't be because he's living in comfort. So it takes a lot for you to sort of change the trajectory of this, but my recommendation would be some tough love, which is like, look, I do love you, but if you don't, if you don't change your ways and get a better job or whatever it is that you want him to do, I'm out.

[Josh Peck]

Would that be a turn off for you, Olivia?

[Olivia]

Yeah, it would be. Like, again, 36 is tough. People, you know, figure their shit out in different times, but it just seems like a lack of accountability for his own lifestyle. And I think he'd be a great guest on the Financial Audit show if you've ever heard of that.

[Ben Soffer]

I haven't. Sounds amazing on him.

[Olivia]

Like a guy that basically just bullies people into having better spending habits.

[Ben Soffer]

No, I don't want it. Keep him away from me.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

What do you think, Josh?

[Josh Peck]

I mean, I've never had any. You know, I've been supporting myself since I was 16, so I don't know what it is to have any kind of safety net, but it's cool when I see, like, it's so different. But like, obviously when I see my wife and her family able to treat the family to, you know, a beautiful big vacation or, you know, like some nice gifts and stuff, like, that's lovely. And look, I know some couples like in their 40s where the parents can do it and they give the family like a thousand bucks a month. Like, the grandparents are happy to do it. They, they want to spend the money before they're gone. And they know that maybe the family doesn't make as much and so that the kids can do extracurriculars and fun things. So I think there's a balance to it, but I think it's probably part of a bigger problem. To your point, like that it would be imperative for him to kind of have a really come to Jesus moment about where he said and what he's got to do going forward.

[Ben Soffer]

To clarify my comment, because you said something that I think is important. I'm not against parents or grandparents giving money to their kids. If you have it. That's awesome. Yeah, like, I'm not, I'm not judging somebody taking extra money or presents or vacations or. That's awesome. If you can do it, do it. And I hope to be able to do it one day with my kids, grandkids, et cetera. And when my parents pay for dinner or something, I'm so thankful. Beyond. But there's a difference to me between using the money to pay off a credit card bill just shows financial instability. At 36, that isn't a gift.

[Josh Peck]

That's right.

[Ben Soffer]

It's just you're actually taking the money that they worked really hard for and wasting it because you don't know, like your life isn't together.

[Josh Peck]

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[Ben Soffer]

That's funny. This debt has been brought to you by Amex.

[Josh Peck]

There's nothing like having crippling debt with your Capital One Venture card. Next one is from Anonymous.

[Anonymous Caller 2]

Hi good guys. I just finished a little staycation with a guy I've been talking to. We had a lot of fun. We stayed in a hotel for two nights, went to dinners, hung out, chit chatted and watched movies. Anyway, he is super respectful. Like a little too respectful for me when it came to like canoodling. Like, he Wasn't really like. And didn't want to initiate a lot. Like, didn't want to do anything, like, more than once. Like, was more so, like, taking it slow. And I guess I'm used to guys that, like, are completely disrespectful and don't take it slow. Is that normal? Like, now that we're getting older, like, that we want to, like, slow down and be respectful of girls and, like, I don't know, not, like, jump their bones all the time. Let me know. Not, like, does he like me? Does he not like me? He did text me. He had a good time, so we'll see.

[Ben Soffer]

I've never heard that expression, jump your bones. Yeah, that's a good one. I didn't see this coming. I thought that she was just, like, playing coy and they obviously canoodled the whole time. I think it's a little bit strange to invite somebody on a staycation, stay in the same hotel room and not initiate the nasty. Like, I think that's sort of like, the purpose of it. Like, if you wanted to take it slow, you don't get a hotel room with that person. Like, hotel rooms are green light. And I don't know. Seems like maybe he's a little bit insecure. Maybe he doesn't think that it's what you want. Maybe he is getting some signals from you that you're not interested in. He's just a lovely. Hopefully listens to the good guys, gentle, good guy and is waiting for the signal from you. But if he organized a staycation in a hotel room, he 100% wanted to canoodle.

[Josh Peck]

There's nothing like missionary at a day's inn. Am I right, y'all?

[Ben Soffer]

Olivia, did you run into Jay Leno at that Holiday Inn? Oh, that's what happened to Jay Leno. He tried to have sex with her and the boyfriend beat this shit out of Jay Leno. Clearly pushed him down a hill.

[Josh Peck]

What do you think, Olivia?

[Olivia]

Yeah, I was just sitting back here trying to gather my thoughts, and the only way that I could really see this in my mind's eye is, like, if he's the kind of guy that, like, let's say he slept around with a bunch of girls and he can't make the distinction between, like, casual sex and a relationship. And therefore he's like, maybe he really likes her and pumped the brakes on doing anything, like, too much. I guess that's all that I could kind of surmise there. Otherwise, it does seem a little stale for a staycation at a hotel.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah. I think it requires the question I'm interested to know. And, Olivia, please help inform me and the audience and good guys everywhere over the last 10 years, hopefully we've seen that to her point or caller's point. Like, men, some men, many men, had a bad habit of being disrespectful and pushy and just putting people in uncomfortable situations and was unacceptable. Right. And so living in this new world, if you're trying to be a good guy and you don't ever want to come off sort of overdoing it in any way or making someone uncomfortable, is it incumbent on the woman to give more signals to kind of. What would you say? I don't want to lead you?

[Olivia]

Yeah. I think that it is, like, a bit of a dance, I'd say. But at the end of the day, and I mean, obviously, when it comes to consent, that's like a whole. I mean, that's a huge conversation and a huge part of it.

[Ben Soffer]

But assuming we're having.

[Olivia]

But you know, with both parties, like, being down, I feel like. I don't know, I feel like if you're in that moment, you can usually tell where it's headed or, like, you're dropping hints, et cetera. Like, you're sitting a little closer, you're brushing your hands together, you know, a little hand on the leg. I don't know.

[Ben Soffer]

But.

[Olivia]

So I don't know. I feel like sometimes when the verbiage is placed to it, it can take you out of the moment a little bit. But I don't know, I feel like there are several nonverbal or joking or not joking, but you know what I mean? Ways to kind of bring it up without it being like, let's get to it now, I guess.

[Ben Soffer]

Like booking a hotel room.

[Olivia]

Yeah, exactly.

[Ben Soffer]

Like, that, to me, is the ultimate green light.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

You agreed to sleep in a hotel room with him. Like, that's it. Yeah.

[Olivia]

But you gotta feel out the chemistry in the room, too, you know? Like, you gotta take that into consideration. But with that being said, if there's chemistry there, then kind of figure it out. I don't know. I don't know why you didn't go for it.

[Josh Peck]

Like, I remember when I was first starting the date, I asked a girl, I was like, can I kiss you? And she was like, well, that makes it weird. And I was like, no, dude. I was like, gotcha. Like, to your. What you just said, Olivia, like, sometimes verbalizing it can take. Take you out of the moment. So I kind of, like, tried to be aware of Signs and signals. And worst case was kind of like you. Maybe you went in and the person kind of said, no thanks, and you were like, cool, I'm gonna go drive off the Verrazano. You know what I mean?

[Ben Soffer]

It actually coming full circle, sounds like you're with a lovely gentleman who is respectful. And while he may not be rushing to bag your bones. Was that what it was? What was? The jump your bones.

[Josh Peck]

Bag your bones jumps his murder.

[Ben Soffer]

Well, he's not in a rush to jump your bones. You know, maybe it's good because the second he jumps your bones, maybe all he's gonna want to do is jump your bones. So maybe enjoy the time now.

[Josh Peck]

But did you hear they did hook up?

[Olivia]

That's the part that confuses me.

[Josh Peck]

He just only. They only did it once over two nights, which is crazy.

[Ben Soffer]

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Are you sure she used the word hook? Like, are you sure they didn't just mean make out?

[Josh Peck]

No, they missed.

[Ben Soffer]

They did canoodle.

[Josh Peck]

Should we listen again?

[Ben Saver]

Yeah.

[Olivia]

Roll the tape.

[Ben Soffer]

What?

[Josh Peck]

Roll the tape.

[Ben Soffer]

This whole time they had sex. Hi, good guys.

[Anonymous Caller 2]

Moron here. So I'm calling for advice on how to get out of the roommate phase.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, wait, no, this is the wrong one. Hold on, here we go, one more.

[Ben Soffer]

Hi, good guys.

[Anonymous Caller 2]

I just finished a little staycation with a guy I've been talking to. We had a lot of fun. We stayed in a hotel for two nights, went to dinners, hung out, chit chatted and watched movies. Anyway, he is super respectful. Like, a little too respectful for me. He, when it came to like, canoodling, like, he wasn't really, like, didn't want to initiate a lot. Like, didn't want to do anything, like, more than once. Like, was more so, like, taking it.

[Ben Soffer]

Okay.

[Josh Peck]

Do anything more than once.

[Ben Saver]

Okay.

[Ben Soffer]

This changes everything.

[Josh Peck]

Sorry, it's changing everything.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, it's quiet already. Okay, now I feel as though my advice was wrong. I think he might just not be that into you. Like, you're in a hotel. You guys clearly sound like you were liquored up booze hounds enjoying your time. I don't know, like, it's either that or like. No, I think it's that. I think he's just not that into you. Maybe you have bad breath.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, my God, this poor girl. This is not 20 seconds ago she was like, this guy is such a good guy. I'm gonna marry him. And now she has bad breath.

[Ben Soffer]

This speak pipe has been brought to you by Listerine. Papa Listerine.

[Josh Peck]

As a friend of mine once said, sex should be A celebration of your love. And if you guys aren't having sex, maybe there's nothing to celebrate.

[Ben Soffer]

Whoa, whoa, that's good. Holy crap. That was it. No, that was profound as hell.

[Josh Peck]

Don't I know it?

[Ben Soffer]

Profound as hell.

[Josh Peck]

Hell, yeah. And that guy had his hand on my thigh when he said that.

[Ben Soffer]

All right, so now lube up, Josh.

[Ben Saver]

Lube up.

[Josh Peck]

We'll do one more. One more speak pipe. By the way, if you want to leave us a speak pipe, get our advice. Go to speakpipe.com. goodguys, keep it brief. Brevity is key. Let's hear from. Ooh, this is going to be a good one. I can feel it. Let's hear from Sexy Marriage.

[Anonymous Caller 3]

Hi, Ben and Josh. Ben, muzzle on the baby announcement. Josh, muzzle for everything. I'm going to get to the point. I am in my mid-30s and I am married to a man in his early 50s. And we have been together for 15 years. And we have been married for 11 of those 15 blissful years. And we have a very nice life. We're very blessed, like in a regular middle class way, but we're very blessed. We have children, we do all the normal stuff. We have a nice life. I always thought if I married an older man, which I always knew I would, I always fancied an older gentleman, that the sex would die off the older he got. And here's the thing. It hasn't. He would have sex with me every day if I wanted to and probably won't come as a shock. I don't. I don't want to have sex every day. I'm thinking. And he's obviously on a different page. So here's my question. What's normal for your average couple? And what's normal for your average couple with the man in his 50s? I want to put. I want you to put yourselves into the 50 year old mindset. What are we thinking? Am I being unreasonable? Let me know. Okay.

[Josh Peck]

When I'm 50, I'm gonna be on so much fucking TRT it's gonna be every hour.

[Ben Soffer]

Yeah, it could be. I was thinking that too. Josh, like, is he. He could be juicing, which is why he's so interested. But do I think that it's normal for a woman in her mid-30s being married 11 years and a guy in his mid-50s being married 11 years to have sex every single day? No, but I think that it's really nice that he's so attracted to you. Like, I would take that win. That's awesome.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, totally.

[Ben Soffer]

Because sometimes, like, magic can fade. That's. You should feel great about yourself. That said, you can say, honey, I'm a little sore, let's take a beat. And if he reacts in a way that isn't like, okay, no problem. Maybe he's a sex addict and also a booze hound.

[Josh Peck]

Yeah, I mean, apparently you were playing the long game hun, and it didn't work out because she thought he'd be dead. Totally. And it's interesting because my buddy once, and granted he's only 38, and by this I mean my friend Len, he once asked his doctor about TRT and all these things and his doctor said to him, well, are you, you know, do you have a real sexual attraction to your wife? Like, are you like, do you wake up? Do you have energy? How do you get through workouts? And he was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And he was like, totally attracted to my wife, you know, want to be with her as much as she'll allow me to be. And he's like, I think your testosterone's fine. Now granted, I know there's experts who are listening who all want us to go get checked for our hormones. I get it. But I think there's that level of virility within reason. Just is probably why you're still attracted to your 50 something golden guilf of a husband. That he's like, you know, like he wants to. He's. He's a dude still. He's got it coursing through his veins. He hasn't given up yet.

[Ben Soffer]

Sounds like he works out. Sounds like he eats right. Yeah, sounds like a great guy. Good for you.

[Josh Peck]

He's got summer penis. No, I'm kidding. Yeah.

[Ben Soffer]

Good for you. Honestly, good for you. I think the. I think these are far more positives than negatives. There are far more positives than negatives from this story.

[Josh Peck]

Agreed. Agreed. This episode is going to get demonetized on YouTube. Should we get to our what are you nuts?

[Ben Soffer]

Yes. Yes, we should. Would you like me to go first?

[Josh Peck]

Yes. Our what are you nuts? Moment of the week. Are our gripes with people, places and things, things big and small sticking in our craw? Ben, go for it.

[Ben Soffer]

So I mentioned that I was recently in South Carolina. I was there for the wonderful launch of Spritz Society with our friend Craig Conover. He was on the podcast. We had a great time.

[Ben Saver]

We did a meet and greet or.

[Ben Soffer]

We did two meet and greets, Josh.

[Ben Saver]

One was at a liquor store.

[Ben Soffer]

And often at these meet and greets, our lovely morons, our lovely toasters, they'll Come and they will give me the occasional gift, right? And I want to note this one gift that I was given. I was given. She handed it to me. She said, here's a hand painted ornament. Okay? It was a seashell to put on my Christmas tree. She said, here's a hand painted ornament for you during the holiday season. I painted Theo on it. What are you nuts? You're giving me a hand painted seashell ornament of my dead dog to put on the Christmas tree that I don't own. You made me cry at the meet and greet. You were number three. I don't own a Christmas tree. It's the least considerate gift I've ever gotten. What are you nuts?

[Josh Peck]

You're a bad guy.

[Ben Soffer]

No, I'm not, Olivia. That's nuts, right? That's nuts.

[Olivia]

It's just so unfortunate.

[Ben Soffer]

I'm so an ornament of a dead pet. Are you crazy? Are you crazy? I also have a seashell. Who puts seashells on. You put a seashell on your Christmas tree?

[Olivia]

No, you'd be surprised.

[Ben Soffer]

There are people. I was surprised to receive a painting on a seashell of my dead dog that I'm supposed to put on my fictitious Christmas tree.

[Josh Peck]

Speaking of dead things, this reminds me of a speak pipe that we now have to listen to. Cause you teed it up perfectly. This is from Anonymous.

[Anonymous Caller 4]

Hey, good guys. Huge moron slash toaster. Love you guys so much. I have a what are you, nuts? For you that I think you guys are gonna love. I recently went to one of my friends her. It was her grandmother who had passed away. And first of all, I'm a fellow Jew myself, so I am not at all familiar with open caskets. I don't think I actually ever been to an open casket until this. And it was interesting, let me tell you. So I arrived and I guess the grandmother loved Chick fil a and was die her Chick fil a fan. And I guess Chick fil a was special to her. I'm not really sure, but around the cast or around, you know, the open casket was tables set up, Chick fil a meals and like cater Chick fil a like surround or like a perimeter surrounding the open casket. So that way when you went to get your Chick fil A, you paid your respects to granny at the same time. So that was pretty witty. And that's to me. What do you guys think?

[Ben Soffer]

That's insanity. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. What are you nuts?

[Josh Peck]

That is so stupid.

[Ben Soffer]

So funny. I'm thankful that I thought that she was going to say that they put, like, a couple of chicken sandwiches in the casket.

[Josh Peck]

Like in a tomb.

[Ben Soffer]

That's not a beach bell.

[Josh Peck]

Like a tomb. So that she brings.

[Ben Soffer]

That's not gonna age well in there. Oh, my God.

[Josh Peck]

Oh, they use Josh. They use grandma as the sauce table.

[Ben Soffer]

And she's naked.

[Josh Peck]

You gotta grab some Polynesian. Love you, Grandma Irene.

[Ben Soffer]

Oh, my God. It's like one of those. When you have, like, a sushi platter over a woman's body, you just hold a chick fil a sandwich right off of grandma. Dead breast.

[Josh Peck]

Okay, perfect.

[Ben Soffer]

It's perfect. And folks, that is our show. As always, rate us five stars. Otherwise, what are you, nuts? Listen to us on Apple Spotify. Wherever you get your podcasts, follow us on Apple, subscribe on Spotify.

[Ben Saver]

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[Ben Soffer]

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[Josh Peck]

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