Amy Schumer, Joey Camasta, and a Night in the City

Summary

Good Guys — Dear Media
Episode: Amy Schumer, Joey Camasta, and a Night in the City
Date: June 4, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode of "Good Guys", hosts Josh Peck and Ben Soffer recap their recent adventures in New York, reflect on their live podcast event featuring surprise guest Amy Schumer and Joey Camasta, and provide their signature blend of humor, banter, and cultural commentary. The episode covers topics from airline etiquette and meditation routines to hilarious post-event stories, food innovations at Citi Field, and the quirks of being recognized at live shows. Throughout, the duo’s energetic friendship and observational wit keep the conversation upbeat and entertaining.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Airline Etiquette: Cabin Lighting Debate

[00:36-02:21]

• Ben laments that airlines keep cabins dark during daytime flights, complaining it feels like being in a “coffin” when he wants sunlight and productivity:
  • "If it’s during the day, I want the lights on, I want the windows open." – Ben [01:06]
• Josh enjoys reduced light due to his increasing sensitivity as he gets older.
• Ben argues that people on daytime flights should not nap:
  • "You have shit to do, Brad, okay? You have shit to do." – Ben [02:06]

Meditation Practices & Mental Health

[02:21-11:11]

• Josh describes his imperfect but developing meditation practice, focusing on breathing and body scans, and shares how it's helped manage stress even on planes.
• Ben is intrigued, jokes about finding a "Doctor of Meditation," and asks for Josh’s guidance.
• The duo shares self-deprecating, culturally-tinged humor around meditation and Jewish family expectations:
  • "Can you imagine the Jewish father whose son goes, dad, I got my PhD...better dad, meditation?" – Josh [03:19]
• Josh walks Ben through a basic meditation, with genuine mindfulness tips:
  • "This isn’t about emptying your mind...the thought’s gonna creep in. Oh, I gotta do this for Ruby. Claude needs this..." – Josh [05:18]
• The conversation turns light and playful, with Ben giving Josh a stream of positive affirmations and both riffing on guided meditations (and their annoyances):
  • "You are a big, beautiful man, Josh. You are confident. You are conscious of others." – Ben [07:05]

Sound Baths & Jewish Anxiety

[10:28-11:58]

• Ben shares his upstate Connecticut “sound bath” experience, feeling metaphysically disconnected from reality afterwards.
• Josh jokes about what a “Jewish sound bath” would sound like, poking fun at cultural neuroses:
  • "'You’re a disappointment. You should get married. Your breath stinks. They hate us. They always have. They always will. Get ready to run.'" – Josh [11:33]
• Ben and Josh riff on generational, familial humor.

Memorial Day Plans & Staycations

[14:19-16:11]

• The hosts discuss how school holidays and costs affect their travel plans, with Ben promoting “staycations” using day-pass apps for local hotels.
• Josh shares memories of his first foot rub at age ten, sparking a side discussion on appropriate ages for spa treatments for children.

Recapping the Live Podcast Night in New York

[17:01-24:35]

• Josh and Ben vividly recount the Dear Media IRL event at Webster Hall.
• Amy Schumer Surprise Appearance:
  • Ben and Josh reflect on the energy of performing for a friendly crowd and the thrill of Amy’s surprise guest spot:
    • "Having Amy Schumer special guest is in a league of its own." – Josh [20:15]
  • Hosted by Taylor Strecker, attendees included fellow podcasters, Amy Schumer, and the beloved Joey Camasta.
• Ben’s memorable joke introducing Joey:
  • "Everybody please welcome to the stage Zoran Mamdani. And the crowd went silent… I’m just kidding. It’s Joey Kamasta." – Ben [20:20]
• Behind-the-scenes moment: Joey jokes with Amy, “Thanks for opening for me.”
• Discussion of Joey Kamasta’s weight loss journey, his viral fainting video caught on his dog’s Furbo camera, and his overall health.

Food Moments: Corner Bar & Citi Field Nachos

[30:07-34:46]

• Josh raves about Corner Bar in NYC, highlighting peanut butter espresso martinis and an “elevated Totino’s pizza roll”.
  • "The vibes…are immaculate." – Josh [30:07]
• Ben details his culinary creation “Reuben Nachos”, invented for Citi Field’s Subway Series:
  • Chips dusted with rye, chopped pastrami, grilled onions, Swiss cheese whiz, pickles, chives, and Russian dressing.
  • Receives acclaim as a “top five ballpark item”.
  • "That was my creation, my original invention that they served in helmets at Citi Field." – Ben [33:09]

Five-Star Hotels & Personalized Service

[36:06-38:46]

• Josh shares his first-time stay at The Bina Hotel in NYC, admiring the staff’s personalized touches, such as energy drinks and his favorite candy awaiting him in the room.
• Both hosts praise above-and-beyond hotel service as the true marker of luxury.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "You tell as long as you’re comfortable." – Josh guiding Ben through meditation [04:52]
• "You are a big, beautiful man, Josh. You are confident. You are conscious of others." – Ben [07:05]
• "'You’re a disappointment. You should get married. Your breath stinks. They hate us. Get ready to run.'" – Josh on a hypothetical “Jewish sound bath” [11:33]
• "[Regarding Joey] He comes on strutting his beautiful new Mounjaro body…in a Canadian tuxedo, full denim Dan." – Josh [20:40]
• "That is so cool…It’s like me when someone says they just saw a Drake and Josh episode…Royalties!" – Josh [35:12]
• "Above and beyond. If we have a girl, I’m naming her that on my fourth. Feena." – Josh (on The Bina hotel’s attentiveness) [38:51]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Airplane Cabin Light Debate: [00:36-02:21]
• Meditation Deep Dive: [02:21-11:11]
• Sound Baths and Jewish Humor: [10:28-11:58]
• Memorial Day & Staycations: [14:19-16:11]
• Live NYC Podcast Recap (Amy Schumer, Joey Kamasta): [17:01-24:35]
• Corner Bar NYC Review: [30:07-32:25]
• Ben’s Reuben Nachos at Citi Field: [32:38-34:46]
• Luxury Hotel Stories: [36:06-38:51]

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Audience Letters: “Moron Mail”

• Workplace Surveillance:
  • Listener “Big Al” asks about productivity monitoring and click-tracking at remote jobs. Josh and Ben acknowledge the trade-off of remote work—flexibility vs. oversight—but agree excessive surveillance makes for unhappy employees.
    • “If your job is managing spreadsheets…it must be a computer-heavy job. If you don’t like it, you should probably find a different job.” – Ben [51:30-52:23]
• Live Show Anecdotes:
  • Ben and Josh recount audience interactions at the live event—some more “moron mail” appropriate than others, including the story of a listener whose boyfriend sweats the bed: “We said, this we can help with…You just gotta make it freezing.” – Ben [54:28]
  • Recommendation: Chilipad mattress topper for couples with different night temperature needs.

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Pop Culture & “What Are You Nuts?” Moments

• Pope Leo Doing the '6-7'
  • Josh shares a viral moment where the new American Pope Leo was asked to do the “6-7” hand gesture during a parade instead of a blessing.
• Nanny Mocking Kids
  • Ben calls out nannies who mock the children in their care as his “What Are You, Nuts?” moment: "That's not how you parent kids…It was horrible…made me feel icky." – Ben [57:18]

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

The episode combines high-energy New York storytelling with heartfelt anecdotes, food obsessions, and comedic rants. The tone is self-aware, irreverent, and affectionate, with both hosts frequently using self-deprecation and Jewish humor to keep things light. Fans will especially enjoy the inside stories from the live event, candid talk about wellness trends, and the unapologetic celebration of food and hospitality.

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For fans and new listeners alike, this episode is packed with laughs, honest takes on modern living, and memorable tales from the hosts’ high-profile night out.

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 Stream 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? Yeah, we're the good guys.

[Josh]

They're not the great guys. We're just the good and good of the good guys. Mazamarans, welcome back to the Good Guys podcast.

[Ben]

Oh, Josh, let me talk to you about something. This is a huge problem that I am only experiencing on regional daytime flights. But Josh, why do they shut the lights in the cabin? Are you a lights off cabin guy? How often do you take a three hour flight? Let's say it's at one o' clock in the afternoon.

[Josh]

I don't, I really, I don't mind. I'm. I find in my older age I'm getting sensitive to light in general and so less light is almost always welcome.

[Ben]

So you bring up an interesting point. Because I too am sensitive to those types of lights, right? Like at Dear Media irl, I was walking around shutting off all their lights. Something was happening to me or it was driving me insane. But on an airplane, Josh, when the lights are off, it means windows are closed. And I don't want to sit in a coffin for three hours. At one o', clock I feel like my body thinks it's time to go to sleep. And then all of a sudden you get off the flight at 4, you still have shit to do. I don't know, this really bothered me and I wanted to bring it up to you. Clearly we're on different pages with it, but look, I. If it's during the day, I want the lights on, I want the windows open.

[Josh]

Can you. It's so hot up there. There's no. There's no atmosphere up there, Ben.

[Ben]

Yeah, it's hot.

[Josh]

It's the sun piping into the window.

[Ben]

I know, I know, but I just, I like to be productive on planes and it being dark on a two and a half hour flight, Josh, three hour flight, New York to Florida, the lights should be on. It's the middle of the day.

[Josh]

Interesting.

[Ben]

You shouldn't be napping. You have shit to do, Brad, okay? You have shit to do. Karen, your boss. You're still on the clock. Open your fucking computer and get to work. You shouldn't be during the day. I don't know, it really bothers me.

[Josh]

I understand. I do understand. No, I get it. I do. Look, I don't mean to brag, But I finally have started a very deeply imperfect meditation practice.

[Ben]

And oh, my God, I'm so happy that you said that because I'm starting to meditate. Somebody brought up to me the powers of meditation. They even gave me a doctor's name. Do you want me to tell you the doctor's name?

[Josh]

A Doctor of Meditation.

[Ben]

A doctor of meditation. His name is Doctor. Doctor. The fuck is his name?

[Josh]

Doctor. Breathe deeply, Doctor. Let go of all your cares and worries.

[Ben]

It's the name. It's important. It's important. It's probably not important. I'll find it. Doctor. Doctor. Whatever. Yeah, there's a Doctor of meditation. I will find him for you. Doctor of Spiritual Healing. Josh, tell me about this and I'll just copy you. You'll be my guru.

[Josh]

Can you imagine the Jewish father whose son goes, dad, I got my PhD. Wes. I'm proud of you, little Aaron. Oh, my God. What subject? You know, we're good at physics, US Jews. Did you get a PhD in physics? Better dad meditation?

[Ben]

Yeah. Oh, they kill themselves.

[Josh]

Cheryl put cyanide in the haggad. Spike my tuna salad sandwich so I can. I can expire during my afternoon nap meditation. Just say you gay.

[Ben]

Oh, my God. Walk me through your meditations. Okay. Are you currently meditating or you're thinking about meditating? I'm meditating. And when are you meditating? Okay, when are you meditating?

[Josh]

I am meditating. You know, I'm basically not putting on restraints for myself, but I find that I'm getting to it a couple times a week. Usually, if I could do it at the top of the morning, if I wake up, my kids are up at it by around 6am so if I can get up by around 5:30. I sit in my living room. I have, you know, a nice chair that's comfortable. And you just try to be in a straight back chair with your feet on the ground and your hands and, you know, just in a comfortable kind of. But like, you know, not slumped, just in a comfortable seated position. You close your eyes and you breathe in deeply.

[Ben]

How's my positioning? And then I'm gonna breathe deep. Look good.

[Josh]

You tell as long as you're comfortable.

[Ben]

Yeah, I'm comfortable, just not slumped.

[Josh]

So you do want to be like, slightly erect.

[Ben]

But I'm as erect as I can be.

[Josh]

Yeah, you sure are, babe. Yeah, you just want to be hands on your knees and in a natural sort of configuration, and then take a deep breath.

[Ben]

Was I supposed to hold her now?

[Josh]

No, you just let it out. There's look, the truth is there's no wrong way. So you get the breathing going, right, and then what? You're going to notice. And here's the dirty secret of meditation. You're going to think, right. This isn't about emptying your mind. Maybe that's like the inevitable goal. And that will happen for moments, but the thought's gonna creep in. Oh, I gotta do this for Ruby. Claude needs this. I gotta get back to this person, you know? How's Jalen Brunson's, you know, sore ankle? Has it been healing? You know, better be good.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Is it? You know, do I have a Jewish space laser meeting later? Like, do I have to call up the troops?

[Ben]

I have to move it. I have to move it. It was supposed to be 3 to 3:30. I have to move it to Friday.

[Josh]

4:30. Of course. Yeah.

[Ben]

No, we get it because I'm busy. I'm busy then.

[Josh]

Yeah. You know, it's really something that they say that Jews control the weather and that Florida's so hot. What a joke. What a fucking joke. Yeah. That we'd pick that level of humidity.

[Ben]

I was so relaxed. In case you're not watching on Spotify like a loser. I was just deep in meditation, Josh was in my ears. Let me tell you, Josh, you should really tell your agents. You should be on the Calm app. You have a great voice for meditation. Do I. Close your eyes. Let me talk you through a meditation. Breathe deep, Josh. You're going to experience some intrusive thoughts. But if you count out of order, 7, 14, 72, 96, perhaps those thoughts will not be as intrusive anymore. You are a big, beautiful man, Josh. You are confident. You are conscious of others. You are a whole being. You are a stringbeam. You are so thin. You are looking gorgeous, Josh.

[Josh]

Really am.

[Ben]

Self. Positive, self. Talk is key, Josh. So true. And chimes. How was it?

[Josh]

Was gorge. Okay, here, let me. I'm gonna put you back in a meditative state. No, go, go back, go back. I don't want to say I want to do a body like this is what I find interesting, right? Just take that deep breath. The intrus. Intrusive thoughts do come. And what you do is eventually you become an observer of the thought. So it's like you're looking at the freeway, right? And then, oh, there's that thought about what I have to get to at work and just kind of see it. Don't judge it, just let it fly by because you start to recognize that car. Oh, that car always comes by. There's flying by. Ruby, Claude me, this, that. Now we do a little body scan. And I want you to see wherever you're holding tension, where can you let it go? Now, people tend to hold tension in their jaw and their brow.

[Ben]

Okay, now, like, mine's. Yeah, mine's really the shoulder.

[Josh]

Take it.

[Ben]

And don't look too deeply at my brows because I have a gnarly pimple between them.

[Josh]

Take a deep breath. Forget about that bindi in between your eyes. Don't think about Stridex or Neutrogena or any kind of acne, salicylic acid, any kind of acne treatment. And. Oh, just. Why would I take that deep breath? Now, do you notice is your tongue touching the roof of your mouth?

[Ben]

Oh, it's floating at the bottom.

[Josh]

It's good. See, this is what I find when I start to really. Because I think I'm relaxed, but when I do a body scan, I go. I'm clenching. I'm clenching my jaw. My shoulders are up, but they're slumped.

[Ben]

My knees, the only place I clench. I clench up here. And I clench my ass.

[Josh]

Yes.

[Ben]

Those are the only two places I

[Josh]

really go on, let you know.

[Ben]

I know. I just, like. I don't want to just, like, lose farts sometimes, you know?

[Josh]

So you just want to go this

[Ben]

and like, you've hypnotized me. I'm out.

[Josh]

You've hypnotized me, dude. It's good. And so all the way back to our original discussion, I've been starting to employ that on planes. And it is. And that's the thing, for me, I know meditation is going well when I start to fall asleep. And this is why I. People love guided meditations are awesome. For me, I find that when it's really working, their voice comes back and it wakes me up. Right? Because what they'll do is they'll kind of ease you into something, and then they'll leave you for a minute or two, and then they'll be like, continue your breath. And I'll be like, shut up, Frank. I'm like, I'm meditating over here. They should know. AI should know that I'm now in a meditative state. They can leave me and go to the next machine.

[Ben]

Oh, it's AI meditation.

[Josh]

No, it's not. But they. They should have that.

[Ben]

No, I feel like they probably do. What? You're eating a bar. It looked like you were whipping out a matchbook. I thought you were about to light incense. I was like, oh, this guy's prepped.

[Josh]

I'm New.

[Ben]

You're saging the room.

[Josh]

Wow.

[Ben]

Look, I once did. I told you about this. I once did a sound bath. We went upstate Connecticut, one of those bougie resorts. I did a sound bath. Josh, have you ever done one of these sound baths?

[Josh]

No.

[Ben]

Okay, you sit. There are other people around you, and there's a guru. Okay. This is meditation, but with different levels of sound. They're these bowls and they all emit different frequencies. And let me tell you, an hour passed. I thought it was three minutes. Wow. Literally, I thought it was three fucking minutes. My brain was hearing the sounds. All of a sudden I woke up and I went back to Claudia and I was just like, you're in the physical world, I'm in the metaphysical world.

[Josh]

Sure are.

[Ben]

And I just can't relate to you anymore. Where I've been and where you are are two completely different places because of the experience that I've just had. And she told me then and there that if I ever did a sound bath again, she would divorce me.

[Josh]

You are in a lot of trouble. Why?

[Ben]

No, I'm kidding.

[Josh]

She loved it. She loved it. Could you imagine it? What would a Jewish sound bath be like? You're a disappoint. You should get married. You're eating all that. Your breath stinks. They hate us. They hate. They. They always have. They always will. Get ready to run.

[Ben]

That's so funny.

[Josh]

You can work with them, but don't trust them. Oh, my God, that's so good.

[Ben]

Oh, my God.

[Josh]

Boy, oh, boy.

[Ben]

This episode of the Good Guys podcast is sponsored by Zyzol. What the hell was that? Zyzol.

[Josh]

I'm sorry, Josh.

[Ben]

I'm trying to say Zyzol.

[Josh]

It's as though. It's as though my allergies heard you say Zyzol and they got. They. They said, I'm gonna make a. It's. It's a protest. There's a protest.

[Ben]

Josh, did you forget to take your Zyzol last night? Look, I told you, you're supposed to take it at night.

[Josh]

Oh, why? Because you have their highest when you wake up. Yes.

[Ben]

So that you have 24. 7 protection. You start at night. Josh, you start at night. Zyzol starts working in as little as 45 minutes for a powerful 24 hour relief.

[Josh]

Look, the truth, it's relieving allergies while you sleep, so you wake up refreshed for a productive next day.

[Ben]

Are.

[Josh]

Do you have something against productive next days? I sure don't.

[Ben]

Now, happy is your wife when you take Zyzol.

[Josh]

My wife, she looks at me, she doesn't even look at me anymore. She looks at the Zysol box and she goes, thank you. You know, she says, listen, these, these, these allergy symptoms he's having, he's having less sneezing, runny nose, itchy watery eyes, or, or, or itchy nose, throat. It. It interferes with my beloved's day. And by that she means I want him to be able to do more with the kids.

[Ben]

Absolutely.

[Josh]

I just, you know, I'm not a big fan of my children and the

[Ben]

kids don't want to hear us. They don't want to hear us throat clearing all day. Josh. We take care of it at night, so we're great in the morning, Josh. And you know what I have to say about that.

[Josh]

Yep.

[Ben]

Be wise, all. Take Zysol at night.

[Josh]

Take it at night, take it at night. This is what it's designed for. Ever heard? I like it designer. Okay. It's designed for it.

[Ben]

Designed for it at night. Be wise, all. Take Zaizol at night.

[Josh]

Okay.

[Ben]

What are we doing for Memorial Day weekend?

[Josh]

I don't.

[Ben]

What are you doing?

[Josh]

I have no plans. I should, but, you know, with like, this many children, it's like, hard to plan anything and going and, and going out, like, going to, you know, whatever, like on vacation during Memorial Day, it's. I can't do it. I can't spend the money because I know everything's going to be jacked up like 5x.

[Ben]

Yeah, that part doesn't bother me because we just are different like that. Like I'm. We're. You're spending on an experience during a time where you have time to take the experience. Like that part I don't think about, but especially on like, those Mondays where if you have help, I'm sure they're off. Right. Like, aren't you. If you don't do something, aren't you just gonna be bored? Like, even if it's like a little staycation, even if it's like, that's what you'll do. There was this. I was listening to my favorite SiriusXM, which I love. I'm a big radio guy. And an ad came on the radio, Josh, and the ad was for. What is the name of it? It was all about staycations. Resort Pass maybe was the name of it.

[Josh]

Sure.

[Ben]

They have a thousand plus hotels on resorts app and you can go. And for as little as $25, you can use the amenities of a hotel for the whole day. And then you get to walk in. And sure, you're paying for lunch or you're paying for the massage, but you don't have to pay for the night. You don't have to pay for the room.

[Josh]

I think Olivia's fiance worked for that company for a while. She talked about it on the podcast. There you go.

[Ben]

I knew it sounded familiar and now it finally stuck. That's advertising, Josh. Sure is, once. You gotta hear it multiple times for it to stick in this frickin noggin.

[Josh]

Sure, frickin is so.

[Ben]

Yeah, you should find a local beautiful hotel and just go to the pool, go to the beach, go get a massage, go do the whole thing. How young is too young for a massage? Max can't get a massage. He's too little. I do have a memory in my head though, Josh. As young as 10.

[Josh]

Ben. Can you imagine me, you? They should. If you book your 7 year old for a massage, call CPS. I mean, you're like putting them on a. Literally on a silver platter. Would you like to be inappropriate?

[Ben]

I can tell you, Josh, at 10 years old, I got a foot rub. That was my first foot rub. My dad had this old waitress and she was trying to switch careers. She was going from being a waitress to being a massage therapist. So she said to my dad, you have anybody that I can trial on? He said, sure, you can trial on my family. He gave my dad a foot rub, my mom a foot rub, and me at 10. And let me tell you, she was a peach. I'm sure she hated rubbing my feet.

[Josh]

Whoa.

[Ben]

But wow, what a dream. That was totally free. Worth was the best thing ever.

[Josh]

Yeah, I. I'm trying to think of, yeah, we'll definitely do something. And I'm looking forward to that in a. In a big, big way. And you know, we didn't talk about it on the last part. I mean, we intimated. But I was recently in New York over the weekend. Yes, I was going to go alone because it was really a work trip because we had our first live podcast episode which was incredible as a part of.

[Ben]

It was incredible.

[Josh]

Dear Media, irl. What was it called?

[Ben]

Dear Media by night. At night. Josh, can we quickly just. I think I told you in person, you were excellent.

[Josh]

You were excellent.

[Ben]

I think that we really thrived in that environment. I think we were better than here. I don't know, there was something about the lights on. We were really good. And we've done one of those before where it was in front of people that didn't know us and it's very different. Playing to a crowd that knows your shtick. You know what will land automatically? Oh, my God. To be a standup comic in a room of people that don't know you must be the worst thing ever. Like, you don't know what to say. I knew exactly what to say. I knew it would make them laugh. You knew it would make them laugh, right? It was so fun.

[Josh]

Yeah, like that's. And that's in general too. Like you just. That's why when, when someone's like a true comedian, they are on a different level because they're going out and grinding it out at a, you know, stand up Club at 11 o' clock at night at the Cellar with a bunch of people who are just going to eat them alive. Like that is.

[Ben]

Yeah, they are unbelievable. Unbelievable. And such a different talent. So, so different to make jokes for people. You have no idea who's going to show up. You don't know your audience, you don't know your crowd. Zero idea. And to make people laugh in that environment is very impressive.

[Josh]

But we were, yeah, we, we were magic. And so it was part of, you know, shout out the great bostics through this wonderful event at Webster hall historic. And, and at first it was the Skinny Not Fat podcast, which was wonderful. Surprise guest, Amy Schumer.

[Ben]

Yeah, that was crazy. That was crazy. Love, Amy.

[Josh]

The night was hosted by the wonderful, indomitable Taylor Strecker, who. Dear Ashri Soffer, family friend. Now really Peck family friend. I mean, I just.

[Ben]

She's the best.

[Josh]

Obsessed with her and her wife. Gorgeous.

[Ben]

They're the best. Have you met her before?

[Josh]

Yeah, with you. A million times.

[Ben]

Is that true? When

[Josh]

there have been many times in New York. There have been. A couple times. There have been. Yeah, there's. I've been at the US Open. We were with her wife, Taylor.

[Ben]

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I forgot that she also hosted that event for vital proteins who never came back. What are you nuts?

[Josh]

Wow.

[Ben]

Never came back. But yeah, okay. Yeah, they're the best. Oh, they're the best.

[Josh]

They're amazing. And, and it was, it was great. So then we were the middle act and so we were really the toast opening act. But we had. Look, having Amy Schumer special guest is in a league of its own. But we had, we had a pretty, pretty good league of our own. And our guests. Tell the people how you introduced them.

[Ben]

Everybody please welcome to the stage Zoran Mamdani. And the crowd went silent and then immediately I was like, I'm just kidding. It's Joey Kamasta. And they roared. And it was a risk that was rewarding.

[Josh]

It was the biggest cop of the night.

[Ben]

Definitely. Oh, it was huge.

[Josh]

It was. And he came on strutting his beautiful new mounjaro body that is, like, in a Canadian tuxedo, full denim Dan. Head to toe, toe to tail and nose to tail. And he was so beloved. And what people didn't see was Amy Schumer is coming up the stairs to the green room as we're coming down to do our set. And Joey goes, hey, girl. Thanks for opening for me.

[Ben]

What did you say?

[Josh]

She goes, no problem, babe. She was so cool. That's amazing. Oh, my God. That's amazing.

[Ben]

Yeah, he's. He's unbelievable. He's lost so much weight. I'm absolutely worried about him at this point. He told me that he fainted. He told me he fainted.

[Josh]

Did he show you the video?

[Ben]

Yes. You saw it, right? So it's one of the craziest videos of all time of him fainting in his kitchen.

[Josh]

We have to describe it. So first of all, it was captured on Joey's furbo, which is a pet cam that he has for his sweet dog, Piccolo.

[Ben]

Oh, my God.

[Josh]

And he. Maybe he'll let us show it on the pod, because it is. You can watch it here. And now. It's gonna.

[Ben]

He's gonna. He's gonna let us. He's gonna let us show it.

[Josh]

He just showed it. He falls down from lack of eating, and then he. He kind of sits up and he seizes for a second. Then he grabs Piccolo and he's looking around like,

[Ben]

it's so crazy.

[Josh]

Oh, my God.

[Ben]

And he told me in person. He's like, I want you to know I used to be a big sweater. I don't sweat. I go to the gym. I don't sweat. I'm like, I think, Joey, we might have a problem here.

[Josh]

He sweats. I felt his back.

[Ben]

He told me he doesn't sweat. You said he. Okay, if he sweats, then that's fine. Okay, that's good. That makes me feel better. Because you have to sweat.

[Josh]

Of course.

[Ben]

Sweating's very important, but if you're fainting. Oh, yeah, yeah. But, boy, does he look good. He looks good.

[Josh]

His gorgeous boyfriend, the wonderful Billy, was there, who's great. And it was.

[Ben]

He's great too.

[Josh]

It was a red letter night.

[Ben]

And Josh the Toast had us on for their marquee segment, Queenie and Weenie of the Week. True. And just in case you didn't hear, just in case there's no beef.

[Josh]

Right.

[Ben]

The beef has been squashed. The running joke for multiple years, Josh, at our expense is squashed. So toast listeners, come on over. Come party with the good guys.

[Josh]

We have enough toast listeners. We. We. We've scourged that. That mountain has been summited.

[Ben]

Totally. At least now we have Brad Williams vans.

[Josh]

I know. Yes. All of them. Yeah, I. I think it was. It was a wonderful New York getaway. And I'm so glad because I was just gonna go there for work, and then my wife was like, you know, my parents would be happy to watch the kids. Maybe we can make it into, like a two day getaway, which we never do enough. I. I don't know if we've ever done it. And since Max was born and it was so wonderful to be with her, and then her sister Taylor was like, well, then I should come too. And I said, the best. Never forget the romantic getaway. No, it was the best. I love when she's with us. And then my wife and Taylor's best friend Libby came, and it made it even more perfecter. So we just had the best time running around in the city. And it was great for me because they wanted to do. So I don't want to do anything in the city. Let me tell you this, New York. I'm done with it. I'm.

[Ben]

I know.

[Josh]

I'm over it.

[Ben]

As you should be.

[Josh]

So it was like, nice for me to be like, you guys want to go down to Chinatown and look at jewelry? Great. You want to go to midtown and go to the fancy shops? Great.

[Ben]

Whatever you want.

[Josh]

I'll just tag along. And that's exactly what we did.

[Ben]

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[Josh]

The vibes, as the kids call it, are immaculate. The great Ben Safer Connect Mr. Connection got us a reservation for four. An impossible reservation, some might say. I mean, we did go early at 5, but you know, that's when I like to eat and, yeah, me too.

[Ben]

That's. That's the best time. People are sleeping.

[Josh]

It's fab.

[Ben]

Sleeping on it.

[Josh]

So we ordered. So Libby and Taylor at first, and this will be my best spread of the week. They ordered these espresso martinis. And the waiter, he looks at them both. He goes, ladies, do you like peanut butter? They go, of course, we're American. Yes. Do we like peanut butter? I look like a carrying EpiPen. I love it. He goes, because I can. What I can do is. And it's off menu, I can make it a peanut butter espresso martini. They go, we'd be crazy to say no. So they order it. Wow. They're going nuts for this. My wife, who is not a fan of espresso martini, took a sip. She goes, this is good. She had a martini. Then we order a couple of things. The waiter looks at me, comes back five minutes, and he goes, listen, I added a few things to round out your order. I go, God bless you, sir. This, this beautiful Dominican king. Our, our, our wonderful waiter. Beautiful guy. So first they bring a crudo, a nice, like, little yellow fin, you know, beautiful thing going on. First great hits of wasabi oil. But then they bring a spinach artichoke dip. Are you ready? With like, these specially seasoned chips?

[Ben]

Okay.

[Josh]

Then they're bringing, they, they, they bring double fried fries with a sauce flight, three different sauces for the fries. Okay?

[Ben]

Unbelievable. Unbelievable. This is, this is it. This is the pinnacle.

[Josh]

They have an elevated Totino's pizza roll type vibe. Okay. They're doing. They have a French dip. The meat melted in your mouth. It was almost. It was better than Passover brisket. It was unbelievable. And then we said, listen, we got to go.

[Ben]

Where?

[Josh]

I'm, you know, I'm needed at Webster Hall. I'm going on, you know, my call. He goes, you have 10 minutes. I'm going to whip up a little ice cream thing for you. He brings a, a Girl Scout cookies, Samoa cookie sundae. Ice cream sundae. Knock your socks off. 10 out of 10.

[Ben]

Unbelievable. The place is so good. I'm so happy. It's such a great experience. My best bet of the week. Josh, did you notice that something pretty cool happened at Citi Field this weekend? Did you happen to see all my Instagram stories? It's okay if you missed it.

[Josh]

Yeah, it's with the Great Spritz Society. Tell me more.

[Ben]

No, no, no.

[Josh]

Shit. I didn't see it.

[Ben]

That's okay.

[Josh]

I tried to make a good guess.

[Ben]

So last week. Good guess, Josh. Last week I went to Citi Fields. The MLB asked me to come. They said for the Subway Series. You're going to cook against a Yankee fan. And we're going to judge the competition. Make something that's very New York, but make it ballpark themed. And Josh, I made Reuben nachos. I cut up rye bread. I toasted. I did chop a choppy.

[Josh]

I did not even know you did it.

[Ben]

I did it.

[Josh]

It was your creation.

[Ben]

Yes, I created. And they loved it so much at Citi Field, Josh, that they said, ben, do you mind if we make a boy with no job? Ruben Nacho stand at Citi Field this weekend for the Subway Series. That was my creation, my original invention that they served in helmets at Citi Field. I got tagged all the Adam Richmond, like, you name it. Like these big food guys that went and tried it at Citi Field. They said it's a top five ballpark item they've ever had.

[Josh]

What an honor. So describe it. Walk us down, Tell us about each ingredient.

[Ben]

Okay, so what they did. Cause they couldn't do the rye bread. They did rye dusted pita chips that are toasted. Fantastic idea. Layered with chopped hot pastrami.

[Josh]

From where?

[Ben]

Grilled onions.

[Josh]

Ooh.

[Ben]

Mine was from Second Avenue Deli. I think that theirs is from where do they do it?

[Josh]

Somewhere good, I'm sure.

[Ben]

No, but it starts with an L. It's a very famous place.

[Josh]

Langers.

[Ben]

No. No shit. Okay. But they have top notch pastrami, Josh. They know what they're doing over there. Steamed it, chopped it nice and small. That way it's kind of like when you have normal nachos. You have like a sprinkling of ground beef or something. Okay. Then we layer on grilled onions, sauerkraut, melted Swiss cheese that they melted into like a Swiss cheese whiz. I had done slices under the broiler. They did a Swiss cheese whiz, almost like a fondue, topped with chopped pickles, topped with chopped chives and drowned in Russian. And this, Josh, is insanity.

[Josh]

What did it turn on? That's hot.

[Ben]

And it was so hot. I'm very proud of it. And that was my best bet of the week. Really fucking cool.

[Josh]

You should be. That is so cool.

[Ben]

Really cool. Really cool. Did I get paid for you? No, I don't need to, Josh.

[Josh]

Bragging this.

[Ben]

I'm paid in my heart.

[Josh]

This is.

[Ben]

Somebody sent me a picture. They're like, I just got your Reuben nachos. Haha. Royalties for you. I'm like, please, what do you mean? Royalties for me. But I hope you enjoyed. It's really cool.

[Josh]

Yeah, it's like me when. When someone says they just saw a Drake and Josh episode. Royal Marco royalties,

[Ben]

like, cool. You're like, thanks, man.

[Josh]

Yeah, cool.

[Ben]

Great.

[Josh]

My royalties are with Nancy Guthrie. Where is she? I miss her bad, dude. I'm so sorry. That sucks.

[Ben]

No, it was great. I don't need anything. I loved it. It's so cool, but so fucking true.

[Josh]

Certain things like that, like shout out Steve Cohen. Shout out. Yeah, shout out the Mets organization. Like, things like that are worth doing. Like, I got hit up and I actually need to follow up. But Harvard Law School was like, do you want to come speak? And I was like, for sure. They're like, we don't do fees. You know, historically, we just don't do that and. But like, well, you know, put you up and whatever. I was like, oh, no, I want the bragging rights. Like, I.

[Ben]

It's worth it.

[Josh]

It's an honor and a pleasure. I gotta hit them back up. It probably can't happen now, but it would be. It would be cool.

[Ben]

I'm sure that it can happen and it would be really, really cool. You should absolutely do it.

[Josh]

The last thing I have to say is staying in New York, being there for this beautiful weekend. I stayed at this hotel. And you know me, I'm a. I'm a. I'm a Bonvoy boy. I'm a Spring Hill Suite. I'm a. I'm a man of the people. But sometimes you stay at a five star hotel, you go, this is nice. I stayed at the Bina, you know.

[Ben]

So nice. I know. In Miami. And it's. This is five star, six star, seven star. This is top freaking notch. I didn't even know that they had one in New York you stayed at so early.

[Josh]

Oh, my God, this place. It's in Chelsea. It's on 18th Street. It is the best hotel I've ever stayed at in New York, bar none. So beautiful. First of all, it looks like it's giving high end, classy Alice in Wonderland vibes because the bellman are wearing top hats. Okay? But it's chic. It's fucking cool, dog. And so we get there, I walk into the room, they have a card printed with the good guy symbol on it because they knew. They knew this was a special weekend for us then. And this is the bad. First of all, the room was beyond. They have a place called the Living Room there, which was super cool, which is like a. And after hours, like a bar lounge Type thing with great performers and dj. The next day I come back and I get provisions from my wife and I from cvs. What do I get? I get a nice big tall boy Ghost energy for me. And I get a cutesy wootsy Celsius Kiwi guava for my queen. She likes one flavor and one flavor only. So we meet in the lobby, we're waiting to grab a cab and we're talking to a wonderful person from the concierge team and she's like, oh, I love Celsius too. And I love an energy. We leave, I come back a couple hours later on ice in the room. Four energy drinks, two for me, two for my wife, Kiwi guava and the Blue Sour Patch Kids. Ghost, because I'm a six year old Ghost energy drink for me. And she goes, and I know you have a little bit of a sweet tooth. Nerds clusters in a beautiful jar waiting for us.

[Ben]

Oh my God.

[Josh]

I'm kidding. That.

[Ben]

No, that is. That is next level thoughtful service attention. That, that's, that's what you get. And by the way, you don't always get that at a five star hotel. Sometimes you just get a beautiful hotel. But they're missing that, right? What you just got, that's the fucking dream. A and P. That made your stay a 10 out of 10.

[Josh]

Above and beyond. Finer.

[Ben]

Above and beyond.

[Josh]

If we have a girl, I'm naming

[Ben]

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[Josh]

Yeah, but really quick. I have a good story too. Cause there were a couple.

[Ben]

Please. Good.

[Josh]

Well, the truth is, and this is from, you guessed it, the New York Post, Trader Joe's new gummy worms are making shoppers run to the bathro. But not for the reason you'd expect. Forget prune juice. A Trader Joe's sweet treat is a new unexpected laxative shoppers are learning about the hard way. The beloved grocery stores new sugar free sweet and sour gummy worms contain 14 grams of fiber per eight pieces a single serving. To put that into perspective, the amount is roughly half of the recommended daily value. So you can imagine the effect it's having on people. The worst part is that the gummy worms, which were released this month, are not marketed as a fiber product. Those that are like mirror fiber gummies have only 8 grams of fiber per four pieces. And Metamucil has 5 grams of fiber per serving of three gummies. Hell, this is. They made this sound bad now, by

[Ben]

the way, this is a dream eating. You're eating gummies and you're having a lot of fiber. They made a way to spin it. Oh, I'm sorry that Trader Joe's didn't market that. There was too much good stuff in there. Okay. A fibrous gummy bear. Wonderful. I've had that said. Look, you got to be careful with these diet gummies. If you see a sugar free diet gummy. I've mentioned it before, the Malitol, all this stuff. I've had a company, Shameless, I think is the name of one of them. Sure, they also have like 35 grams or something so high in fiber. And yes, if you have too many of them, you're gonna get the shits. But by the way, that's better than eating something that's 10 times the calories and not getting the shit right. Okay, they're helping you. If you're going for the sugar free candy, it means you have a problem anyways. And now you have one less problem.

[Josh]

You do.

[Ben]

Died today. Mazel tov. Yes.

[Josh]

Take a page out of Ava Soffer's book. Diarrhea is good.

[Ben]

Diarrhea Is good. It's great. It's excellent. Oh, you met my parents this weekend. You met them.

[Josh]

I had the honor of meeting the wonderful Soffers, who really went above expectation. And I. I go in to hug the great Mr. Bruce offer. And as we all know, I do his voice, as it sounds to me in my head, which is a mix of an old Jewish man in Shaq and. And I always say, benjamin, Benjamin, would you like some vodka sauce? I'm outside your place and I have a small 90 ounce Mason jar of vodka sauce. I should leave it with your doorman. All right, you let me know. So I go in and I hu. The beautiful Bruce with this gorgeous set of hair, and he goes, oh, so you get to hear the voice in real life, huh? And I look at him and I go, pretty close, huh? And he goes, not really. He was awesome. And Evo is just a beautiful parents. And your sister. I got very lucky.

[Ben]

You got to be my sister, too. Very lucky. I'm very lucky.

[Josh]

Here's one more from the California Post, not the New York Post of California. Just that weird suckerfish. Observe swimming in manta rays rear ends could impede pooping. They're sticking it where the sun ray don't shine. These fish are heading up right into some manta ray rear ends. That's right. This lead ecologist said. So I guess basically suckerfish are riding down the rear ends of manta rays. And all I gotta say is, call me a sucker fish dog. Can I call you my manta ray? Because I'm trying to eat that ass. No.

[Ben]

They must not know, Josh. They don't have social constructs. Right? So, like, hanging out in an asshole, whatever.

[Josh]

Yeah, right.

[Ben]

Like if we didn't. If somebody didn't tell us that it was weird, it would smell, so we wouldn't do it. But down there, it's not smelling. They can't smell. Right. You can't smell underwater, can you?

[Josh]

Maybe the sucker fish is just an influencer and manta rays are like, a really cool brand.

[Ben]

Yeah, they're just trying to get in there.

[Josh]

Totally.

[Ben]

I'm in. I'm in.

[Josh]

Josh, the manta ray is fashion nova, and the sucker fish is. You know, I was gonna name a couple people Nicki Minaj a moron Mail.

[Ben]

Yes. Yes. Moron mail has been on. On fleek, as the kids say. Do the kids still say on fleek? I think I made it sound weird. Goodguyspodcast onemail.com we're getting great stuff. We need more of it. This is a Good one, Josh. Hi, guys. I've been a fan of your show for years. My question is, what are your thoughts on companies monitoring employee online activity? A few years ago, I worked at a company that introduced a mentorship program where newest employees on teams had to screen share and someone would watch their work all day for weeks at a time. It was presented as a way to develop new hire skills while also training managers. As a newer hire, I had to participate and honestly, it drove me completely insane. At one point, I was clicking through something and the person monitoring me commented that they heard my mouse clicking twice and that using keyboard shortcuts for that task would be, quote, more efficient. That level of scrutiny went on for weeks and became incredibly stressful. I eventually complained about it and ended up leaving the company for multiple reasons. Fast forward to now. I'm looking for another remote job and I keep hearing that things like click tracking, productivity monitoring, and constant screen sharing have become more common. What do you think of this trend? Sincerely? Sincerely, Big Al.

[Josh]

It's because people aren't going to work because you're not. I think she.

[Ben]

I think she must have. She must have left out the part. She has to be a remote worker, right? Has to be. And then it sucks. But you're home. This is the trade off. But if you're a big company and you're hiring somebody that you're never gonna see, it's hard. How do you trust them? So I don't know, Josh, but you're right. Yeah, she has to be a work from home person. It still sounds like a horrible way to work.

[Josh]

You know, like the great, the great Brian who I worked with, who was an executive on my cooking competition show. I love him. And this was an open secret. He wouldn't try to hide it. But, you know, he's a TV exec who would have to take, you know, calls, long zoom calls all day. And he just took them walking because he's like, I just can't. And I would be the same way. But I think that is a great sort of way to take advantage of working from home. Right. It's not distracting you from being on a call, right?

[Ben]

Totally. But it's not taking advantage. Like that is just. You're not. If you're not needed in front of a computer, no problem. But it depends on your job, right? If your job is managing spreadsheets, it's Excel. Like, you need to be working and you're not at your desk, you can't possibly be doing your job. So in your example, for sure, calls A call is a call. Whether you take it walking on the treadmill, on the beach, in the Bahamas. It doesn't matter, as long as you're doing what you're supposed to be doing. But there are some jobs which I think this person must just be in if they're managing their cliques. And, like, it must be a computer heavy job. And so if you don't like it, you should probably find a different job. So that's. It's not fun, but it doesn't sound like you picked a fun profession. I'm sorry.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Good job.

[Josh]

Good job picking something crappy. Do we have any other moron now?

[Ben]

I'm sure we do. Yeah.

[Josh]

Let's see what these.

[Ben]

Let's see.

[Josh]

It was so great being in person, too, meeting the morons. The truth is, we'll probably never do a live podcast. I mean, maybe we'll find a mall in northern New Jersey and do one in August, maybe. But other than that, we're never doing them. So.

[Ben]

Okay, this was a great one. Hi, Josh and Ben. I saw a clip of Good Guys where you were interviewing Spencer Pratt. When will this episode come out? Thanks, Amy. It came out. Amy. What are you nuts? A crazy Google search would get that Good Guys, Spencer Pratt. Okay, what are you nuts? Josh? Honestly, 90% of it is just like that. No more recommending. Yeah, and stop recommending. Where? Look, I know I mentioned one time that there's a lack of flavored coffee. Don't use the submission for flavored coffee. Dm me. It's all flavored coffee. Ben, try this coffee. Ben, try this coffee. Ben, try this coffee.

[Josh]

Crazy. This happened during our live event. And again, we love every single. Every single moron.

[Ben]

Yes.

[Josh]

We gave the caveat. We said, we're going to do a moron mail, then we're going to go to the audience and we said, if you need some advice, make it juicy and make sure it's good. And otherwise maybe don't put your hand up.

[Ben]

Correct.

[Josh]

First woman goes. I flew here from Boise. Good one, right? We said, ma', am, that's incredible, but I'm not sure it's gonna light up the crowd.

[Ben]

She also put us between a rock and a hard place. Like I said, thank you so much. That is so nice. It's amazing mail. That's not moron mail, right?

[Josh]

That.

[Ben]

It's just not.

[Josh]

But then it's great. But the next girl understood the assignment. She said, I have a boyfriend. I really love him. He sweats the bed, and he is drenching our bed every Night. I call him Little Niagara. And so what do I do? Because I want to marry this guy. But, I mean, it's soaking the bed at night. We said, this we can help with.

[Ben]

Yes, we can help with this. First and foremost, how big is your husband? And it turned out that he was a big boy. So, look, you just gotta make it freezing. I sleep in. We now sleep in 68. If it was up to me, I'm sleeping in 64. We sleep in 68. And I don't sweat at all. I'm great.

[Josh]

Or get a chili pad. Proud. Sponsor the good guys. But, like, for real.

[Ben]

No, really, get a chili pad. That's exactly what it was designed for, to keep you cold.

[Josh]

Yeah, it goes under. It's like a mattress topper, but it keeps you nice and cool. And you can do tempo control. It's beautiful.

[Ben]

Gosh. This is the. This is what 20, 26 is about. Inventions like the chill sure is. What. You nuts?

[Josh]

I do our. What are you nuts? Moment of the week are our gripes with people, places and things both big and tall, whatever is sticking in your craw. I'm a big fan of the Pope. You like the Pope, Ben?

[Ben]

Sure, I think so. Do I like the Pope?

[Josh]

Pope Leo?

[Ben]

I don't think I. I don't think I know enough about him. I'm sure. I like. All popes are the Pope. No, Some of them I like some Popes. Some Popes I like. Some Popes I don't like. But sure.

[Josh]

The last Pope. Pretty progressive, wonderful pope. Really pretty beloved. Argentinian. Wonderful, Beautiful. The newest Pope, Pope Leo, is from Chicago, first American.

[Ben]

I know this Pope Leo. Yes, I do. I do.

[Josh]

It's beautiful. So they show him. And, you know, the Pope goes to these events, and he kind of walks down these huge parades of people, and people will stick their kids out, which I would do this with Meyer, I would just be like. Don't say a Jewish Meyer. I would. And he. And then someone from the security team takes the baby and he blesses the baby. And it's beautiful. And what an honor, right? Because I just think, you know, it's. It's. It's a lovely ceremonial thing. So the Pope is walking by, and he stops to talk to this guy and these kids. And I don't know whether he was saying it in Italian or in French or what, but the guy says to the kids, have the Pope do six, seven. Is like, what? And they're like. Like this Pope Leo. And so Pope Leo goes. And they all go, oh, my God. You're meeting the Pope and this is what you ask? What are you nuts?

[Ben]

Nuts. Nuts. And by the way, Pope Leo pretending he doesn't know. It's six, seven.

[Josh]

He knows.

[Ben]

He knew. He knew.

[Josh]

He follows Trisha Paytas.

[Ben]

He knew. He absolutely knew.

[Josh]

He knows. What's trending.

[Ben]

My witty and nuts moment. It's very sad. I don't know if you've seen this before, but nannies mocking the kids that they're nannying. I saw a nanny, Josh. This is terrible. And look, she's annoying for sure. Probably six years old. She's crying, she goes, I want my mommy. And the nanny goes, I want my mommy. And I was just like, what are you fucking nuts?

[Josh]

Nuts?

[Ben]

Are you crazy? That's not how you. That's not how you parent kids. Nanny kids. It was horrible and like, I wish I could have. There's nothing to do. Like I'll never see them again. I'll never see the parents. I don't know anything. But it just made me think, like, how many? I really hope that the nannies out there are better than that. If they pick the profession of watching kids mocking kids. It was a huge what are you, nuts? And I felt terrible. It made me feel really icky inside. I didn't like it at all.

[Josh]

Good for you.

[Ben]

I didn't like it at all. You know what I did like, Josh. And you know what everybody should like doing? Giving this episode 5 stars. Otherwise, what are you, nuts? Listen to us. Wherever you get your podcast. Watch us on YouTube, watch us on Spotify. Spotify video through the roof. I don't even know what through the roof means, but I'm just telling you, everybody's watching. Everybody switch over to Spotify, Josh. As they should. As they should. Because it's such an easy, convenient experience. Mondays and Thursdays, folks. We have new episodes every week and we will see you next time. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile with a message for everyone paying Big Wireless way too much. Please, for the love of everything good in this world, stop with Mint. You can get premium wireless for just $15 a month. Of course, if you enjoy overpaying. No judgments. But that's weird. Okay, one judgment anyway. Give it a try. @mintmobile.com Switch upfront payment of $45 for 3 month plan equivalent to $15 per

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