JOSH WAS ON THE LAST OF US?!

Summary

Good Guys Podcast Episode Summary

Title: JOSH WAS ON THE LAST OF US?!
Host/Authors: Josh Peck & Ben Soffer
Release Date: May 8, 2025

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1. Welcoming New Parenthood

The episode kicks off with Josh Peck and Ben Soffer delving into their personal journeys toward parenthood. Both hosts share their anxieties and excitement as they navigate the final weeks before welcoming their children.

• Ben Soffer expresses his nervousness about the impending arrival, highlighting the stress of having a scheduled C-section:

  "I'm definitely nervous... there's a baby in her and he needs to come out. So nervous, I think is the only way to describe it. Stressed." [19:53]

• Josh Peck reassures listeners by sharing his own experiences with C-sections, emphasizing the preparedness and adjustments required for recovery:

  "The first time she got induced... we went old school with a C-section. The second time, it was scheduled, and it was kind of gorgeous." [21:07]

2. Josh's Experience on "The Last of Us"

A significant portion of the episode focuses on Josh Peck’s recent role in the acclaimed TV series "The Last of Us". He recounts his audition process, interactions on set, and his overall feelings about being part of such a high-profile project.

• Josh Peck shares the intensity of his audition and subsequent confirmation for the role:

  "I auditioned, did five or six takes, picked the best one, and sent it. A day before filming, I was worried I'd been practicing the wrong lines, but the assistant director assured me I was good to go." [31:14]

• Reflecting on producer Craig Mason, Josh praises the seamless and respectful working environment:

  "Craig Mason looked at me and said, 'What if I had changed everything on you last night?' I said, 'I was worried you did.' And he just went, 'I don't work like that.' It was really special." [37:07]

3. Birthing Methods: Home vs. Hospital

Ben and Josh engage in a spirited debate about the merits and drawbacks of home births versus hospital births, touching on safety, personal preferences, and medical considerations.

• Ben Soffer advocates for hospital births, emphasizing the safety and preparedness for potential complications:

  "I would much rather be in a place where I feel that people can take care of her just in case something goes wrong." [40:24]

• Josh Peck acknowledges changing perspectives after becoming parents, suggesting that while home births can be empowering, proximity to medical facilities is crucial:

  "There are places like birthing centers that are not traditional hospital settings... but I think knowing what can go bad and how quickly, I would advise people to find a way to do it extremely close to a hospital." [42:03]

4. Listener Q&A: Credit Cards for College Students

The hosts address a listener's query about the pros and cons of credit cards, especially targeting college students looking to establish credit.

• Ben Soffer provides a detailed response, highlighting the importance of credit utilization ratio for building credit scores:

  "The more credit that you have, the better. The number one thing for credit rating is ratio... find a way to build towards having $100,000 in credit lines, but only using $10,000 a month." [49:28]

• Josh Peck adds value by discussing the benefits of credit cards in earning rewards and protections:

  "With a credit card, you get protections. For instance, if your debit card fails, like when I had an issue with Target's ATM, with a credit card, you'd have an easier time resolving it." [50:56]

5. Moments of the Week: Gripes and Rants

In their recurring segment, Josh and Ben share their pet peeves and humorous takeaways from daily life.

• Ben Soffer vents about the long wait times at a popular salad chain:

  "Waiting for 20 minutes in line for a chopped salad from Chopped. I just couldn't believe it. It's very corporate... I wouldn't wait in line for something that was hyped up." [55:11]

• Josh Peck criticizes the concept of lucky numbers, finding them irrational:

  "Lucky numbers are ridiculous because of probability mathematics. But also, it's just like these little things, like your favorite number, your birthday. Like, who cares?" [55:40]

6. Product Endorsements and Advertisements

Throughout the episode, short segments promote various sponsors. However, as per instructions, these are summarized briefly without detailed content.

• Herobred, Bobby, DraftKings, Momentous, Discover, and Tonal are among the sponsors mentioned, each providing discounts and promotional codes for listeners.

7. Concluding Remarks

Josh and Ben wrap up the episode by reiterating their commitment to delivering honest conversations and humorous banter, encouraging listeners to rate the podcast and engage on social media platforms.

"I love it when those liver enzymes are up. That's it. Here comes the ozemps, you know?" [45:56]

"Please listen to us wherever you get your podcasts, watch us on YouTube, share our clips. Instagram and TikTok. Folks, we have a new TikTok clip guy. Mondays and Thursdays, folks. We will see you next time." [56:18]

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Ben Soffer:

  "I'm definitely nervous... there's a baby in her and he needs to come out. So nervous, I think is the only way to describe it. Stressed." [19:53]

• Josh Peck:

  "The first time she got induced... we went old school with a C-section. The second time, it was scheduled, and it was kind of gorgeous." [21:07]

• Josh Peck:

  "I auditioned, did five or six takes, picked the best one, and sent it. A day before filming, I was worried I'd been practicing the wrong lines, but the assistant director assured me I was good to go." [31:14]

• Ben Soffer:

  "Waiting for 20 minutes in line for a chopped salad from Chopped. I just couldn't believe it. It's very corporate... I wouldn't wait in line for something that was hyped up." [55:11]

• Josh Peck:

  "Lucky numbers are ridiculous because of probability mathematics. But also, it's just like these little things, like your favorite number, your birthday. Like, who cares?" [55:40]

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Key Takeaways

• Parenthood: Both hosts openly discuss the emotional and logistical challenges of impending parenthood, providing a relatable perspective for listeners undergoing similar experiences.

• Entertainment Insights: Josh Peck offers an insider’s look into acting on high-profile projects like "The Last of Us", including the professionalism of industry figures like Craig Mason.

• Health and Safety: The debate on birthing methods underscores the importance of safety and informed decision-making in childbirth.

• Financial Advice: The Q&A segment on credit cards serves as a valuable resource for younger listeners looking to build and manage their credit effectively.

• Humorous Banter: The "Moments of the Week" segment adds levity to the episode, showcasing the hosts' chemistry and ability to find humor in everyday frustrations.

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For those who missed the episode, Good Guys continues to blend humor, personal insights, and practical advice, making it a must-listen for fans seeking both entertainment and value.

Transcript

[Josh]

The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

[Ben]

Two Jews, both big and tall.

[Josh]

No subject too small for the good guys. A mother's dream premium podcast team. Make it your weekly routine.

[Ben]

It's a good Guys. And if you don't give us five stars.

[Josh]

What are you nuts?

[Ben]

What are you nuts? Yeah, we're the good guys.

[Josh]

They're not the great guys.

[Ben]

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

[Josh]

Muscle morons. I'm sitting here with a guy who looks like he works at a Jewish sleepaway camp. It's Ben Sovereign.

[Ben]

You know, Josh, the second that the thermostat goes up over 70 degrees in the great state of New York, we're wearing shorts. I wore shoes for you. I decided not to wear my Tevas or my na oats, but yes, I definitely feel like I am a camp counselor. Camp counselor.

[Josh]

You're wearing earth tones. You're wearing a T shirt and shorts. You look ready for any. You look svelte, and you look like you just got back from telling Rivka that she has a care package in cabin two.

[Ben]

She does. And I don't know if you noticed, my glasses are also a hue of green. My shirt is a hue of green. My shorts are a hue of green. And all I have to say is, quick, shout out, Josh, I don't know if you. You know what this shirt is, but this is Tiger woods new golf shirt company called Sunday Red. And all I have to say is, I am on Tiger Woods PR list, Josh. So shout out. Okay? Shout out. This isn't. This isn't your mother's shirt. Okay? This is Tiger Woods Sunday Red exclusive pr. I can hook you up. I can hook you up.

[Josh]

I just like Tiger woods because it proves that you can make an excellent specimen. And all you have to do is break their heart and soul from 2 years old.

[Ben]

Do you know, like, you're aware of how good Tiger woods is, right?

[Josh]

Or was the Michael Jordan once in a generation?

[Ben]

I don't even think, like, if you look at Tiger woods stats as literally, everybody clicks off of this podcast. If you look at Tiger woods stats, he was the most dominant player in golf for, like, 10 straight years, but to the point where he won, like, 95% of his events. It's not even comparable to Michael Jordan. Like, if you really look at it, it's like Michael Jordan winning, going 80, 80 and two. Like, that was what Tiger woods was doing. He was so much better than everybody else. And yeah, so what? He had no childhood.

[Josh]

Who cares?

[Ben]

He's a legend. He's a legend.

[Josh]

What if you're me, though, and you had no childhood and you're just like, I.

[Ben]

Oh, good.

[Josh]

He got a podcast. All he had to give up was years 8 through 18. Woo. Fucking consolation prize.

[Ben]

That is so funny. You gave up just as much as Tiger Woods.

[Josh]

You're a loser. You're.

[Ben]

Honestly, you're in the same camp as, like, Serena Williams, Tiger woods.

[Josh]

Totally. That is a harsh reality to sit with. And I'll tell you, we're gonna move on, but I'm not. I haven't moved on here.

[Ben]

It's one of the funniest things I've ever heard and ever thought of, and I love it. You're so much better off, you know that, Josh? You know that? You're so much better off. What is this shirt you're wearing? I love it. I can't read it from here. What does it say?

[Josh]

This is Rain or shine. And it's my. My. My charity, Feed the Streets.

[Ben]

Yes.

[Josh]

It's our merch. I have merch. So everyone can know that I'm a good person when they walk by me.

[Ben]

Yes. Rain or shine. Feed the Streets. I absolutely love it.

[Josh]

I love.

[Ben]

Yeah, we'll move on. We'll move on from you being a child prodigy or what. Could have been. You could have done that. You could have been like, Magnus, Josh. You could have put all your childhood into chess.

[Josh]

Yeah, it'd be interesting being that good at something. Being, like, excellent like that. Truly 1%. Because, like, here's the thing. Yes, I did give that up. But, like, I can assimilate. Like, I can hang. I'm a fun hang.

[Ben]

You.

[Josh]

You know what I mean? I can chop it up with the best of them. These real elites like that, the Tigers, the Magnuses, I don't know if they're down to clown. Like, are they a fun hang?

[Ben]

I don't think so, actually. Tiger woods is definitely a fun hang. Tiger woods, at this point in his career, has to be a fun hang.

[Josh]

I'm trying to think about, like, the people that I have met who are on that net. I mean, chatting with Christopher Nolan here and there, he was a fun. He was a fun chat. It just. I think people like that always seem like they have their mind on something more important.

[Ben]

Yeah. Because they do.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Ben]

They're like. They're like, can you shut the fuck up and leave me alone? Because I have so many more important things to do in my brain that will lead to so much more than the conversation that we're having. I do wonder how Difficult small talk is for people like that. It's probably very hard. Very hard.

[Josh]

I don't know. Because, like, for me, I want to talk about Amazon Prime Day. You know what I mean? I want to talk about a sweet deal.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Or like, something for the table that we ordered that was really good. Like, oh, Chrissy boy, you'll never guess how good the spin art dip was at Seapeekay last week. And he's like, oh, literally made Batman can you rot and go fuck off. But he wouldn't be that way. He'd be a fricking gentleman the way he's always been.

[Ben]

Speaking of a best Josh, do you have a best bite of the week? Have you had something absolutely scrumptious recently that tickled your tongue that you'd like to share?

[Josh]

I'm so glad you teamed me up for that. Funny enough, our friends at Dorcia recently gave me a few more credits. Thanks. Glad you could spare it.

[Ben]

I'm happy you have money to eat. Feed the streets, Feed the me, Feed Josh.

[Josh]

Feed the Josh. But shut up, Dorsey. They hit me up and they were like, yo, we want you to go out. And Dorsey is launching this new thing called Moonpay, where they can, like, you can use crypto to actually get Dorsey credits, which is cool. I was like, guys, I don't have crypto because I have a scarcity complex from growing up the way that I did and not getting residuals. And they were like, we get it. Just whatever. Just go eat dinner. Stop talking. So anyway, we went to Moza the other day, which is a Nancy Silverton, brilliant chef. It's one of her restaurants in la. And for dessert, she has this ice cream sundae. I think it's called the Tin Roof ice cream sundae. And it's this beautiful ice cream. And then she does hot homemade marshmallow dip. Like a marshmallow drizzle. Spanish peanuts, my boy. Spanish ones. You've had these?

[Ben]

No. What is this?

[Josh]

What's that?

[Ben]

The difference between a Spanish peanut and a regular peanut.

[Josh]

They're zesty. I don't know what it is, my boy, but just like everything else Spanish, they're better, they're excellent, and the whole thing, I just love a texture play. And you know that about me, yes?

[Ben]

Yes. I also had a texture play recently on a dessert. Josh, I went to a new restaurant called Raphael on the Upper east side of New York. And let me just describe this dessert to you. Okay. This was a strawberry cheesecake, but it wasn't like your mother's Strawberry cheesecake. Okay. There was such a beautiful layer of just, like, this perfect gelatinous. It was almost like jam. Like, they just loaded the top with strawberry jam. And then you have the perfect cream cheese cheesecake. And then, of course, a gorgeous crumble. Oh, absolutely divine. 10 out of 10. Fantastic. And the texture. You pointed that out. You go jelly, you go cream, you go crumble. This is a good dessert.

[Josh]

This is why I don't like mashed potatoes. No texture.

[Ben]

It's interesting. Okay, I. I'll push you on mashed potatoes, though, because I think that mashed potatoes should never be eaten alone. But mashed potatoes with something actually creates the texture. You take a little piece of steak, you. You dunk it in the mashed potatoes. That's texture, right? Or no? Or you don't feel that way?

[Josh]

If I may push back. Wouldn't you rather it be a frite if you're gonna be eating it with.

[Ben]

Steak any day, I would rather it be creamed spinach. If I have my druthers, I'm having it be creamed spinach.

[Josh]

This was a real outfield type addition you just made. Definitely.

[Ben]

I'm just saying. I'm just saying.

[Josh]

I prefer asparagus.

[Ben]

I'm just saying. If we're saying what we prefer, I'm green spinach. Green spinach noted.

[Josh]

If we're staying in the potato sphere.

[Ben]

Okay, fine. So we'll stay in potatoes. Okay, so mashed. You like. You like a wedge? I like a nice wedge, but I prefer mashed with my steak.

[Josh]

A potato. Oh, you like a potato wedge with your steak?

[Ben]

No, I prefer a mashed potato with my steak, but if I had to, honestly, I'd prefer an au gratin. How about that? You like an au gratin?

[Josh]

I hear you on that. And there's texture to be had there because of the crispy top. But I think the fries, the steak frites, it is a thing is kind of. If you're gonna eat a potato with steak, it's one of the more superior options.

[Ben]

Okay, okay. But that would require me to have a bite of my steak and then pick up a fry. I'm saying, what can I put on top of my piece of steak? That's why I like the mashed potato. To each their own, Josh. To each their own. This episode of the Good Guys podcast.

[Diane]

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[Ben]

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[Diane]

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[Josh]

Shout out my friend Chuck who will go to the most high end steak restaurants in California and he will sneak in a bottle of A1 Sauce to cause they don't serve it.

[Ben]

This is a good comment, Joshua. This is a good conversation. Peter Luger's sauce, the horseradish steak sauce, in my opinion is the superior steak sauce. I like an A1 too. Cause it has some tang. Far too often, Josh, you'll go into a steakhouse, you'll ask them for something and they have nothing with bite. It's always like a bearnaise or some kind of like a buttery sauce. I like something horseradishy. A beurre blanche. Exactly. But the who. Who wants a beurre blanc? Not me. Okay? I want something horseradishy. I want something with a bite. And A one is, is solid. I don't know if I'd bring A one with me, but that's a lot. That's like real love for A1. I would bring Luger's sauce with me though. So good.

[Josh]

I just want to see the look on people's faces when the entrees have dropped and I dip into my sports coat and go, uh huh, Yeah, I know. Crazy Mayor Adams, right? Shouties.

[Ben]

Yeah, Shouties. That's my mom to a T. Except my mom will bring the steak home and she'll eat it. Did I send you the picture of her? She's driving, one hand on the wheel, one hand with a lamb chop.

[Josh]

What an absolute legend.

[Ben]

She literally sent me a picture. She's like, dad brought home a couple extra lamb chops from his event. I brought them in the car with me. She's eating lamb chops in the car with one hand.

[Josh]

Oh, my God. Driving while gassy.

[Ben]

Yeah, so true. Wouldn't want to be in that car.

[Josh]

Oh, shut out. Ava, was there any mint sauce in the cup holders, like the mint jelly?

[Ben]

No. No mint jelly. No. Which oddly has it. I can't ever look at mint jelly again. Do you agree it has a very similar consistency to the jelly that's in an ultrasound? Imagine this.

[Josh]

Ooh.

[Ben]

I go to Claudia's next ultrasound, except I swap it for mint jelly, and I bring a nice maybe piece of meat, a nice lamb chop, and I just take a nice scoop right off her belly.

[Josh]

Do you have the feeling. Do you have those invasive thoughts with when they put the jelly on her stomach where you're like. Because I want to say it's a little much, right? You don't need that much, Doc.

[Ben]

No. How much do you. This is a good question.

[Josh]

How much.

[Ben]

How much jelly do you actually need to have a successful ultrasound? And is the jelly really just so that they can easily move it around? That's all that it is, right?

[Josh]

Is there a conductive reason? These are the questions that need to be asked, correct?

[Ben]

Is it a conductive reason or is it purely for lubrication? Because I would argue that just, like, a little bit of oil might be better. Less toxic, maybe like a little bit of extra virgin olive oil to the skin. Or is it conductive? Good question, Josh. I have a feeling it's purely for lubrication, for sure.

[Josh]

And this entire segment is grossing me out if you ask.

[Ben]

Especially cause it started with mint jelly.

[Josh]

Imagine they run out and they're just like, okay, go to the steak shop.

[Ben]

Downstairs, pick it up.

[Josh]

Yeah, they wouldn't. No one would know. It would actually probably be better.

[Ben]

It would smell fantastic. Here's another thing, Josh. We need to make scented jelly for these ultra scents. Imagine one, it smelled like churros.

[Josh]

That's fantastic, Diane, congrats. Not only are you having twins, but you're going to Acapulco. Pina colada scented.

[Ben]

Yes. I love it.

[Josh]

I love it.

[Ben]

There's no innovation, Josh. These women deserve more.

[Josh]

The truth is, I judge a place when we have to go to a different doctor, like the high Risk or whatever. If they don't have the jelly warming station. I'm like. I look at him, I go, doc, you cheaped out on the warmer. The jelly warmer. You cheaped out on this.

[Ben]

I also judge, Josh, if they don't have a wipe. What are you, nuts? You're having these women wipe it down with a dry Paper towel. Their stomach is going to feel sticky the whole day. You need wipes.

[Josh]

This is so interesting. So when you use the restroom at your wife's OB's office, in the bathroom, are there condoms, lubes, and other various things for intercourse?

[Ben]

There's nothing that I can see. It's just a bathroom, but there's. I've never noticed any trinkets.

[Josh]

I'm loading up, babe, and I only sleep with one person. I can't help it.

[Ben]

You're stealing from the OB bathroom. That's good.

[Josh]

It's there.

[Ben]

I would.

[Josh]

No, it's given. Free is free. My wife's going to find it in my pockets doing laundry. She's going to think I'm fucking around. The truth is, I'm just greedy.

[Ben]

Josh, why do you have a six pack of condoms? Freeze. Free is free.

[Josh]

I'll make some water balloons. Freeze, freak. I mean, it's really. It's dirty Birdie, babe. Like, I always go in that bathroom and I'm like, wow, I wonder what they're gonna have next.

[Ben]

I'm jealous. No, mine is nothing. Absolutely nothing. They need to step up their game. It's barren. Barren.

[Josh]

Okay. Ultrasound gel is used during ultrasound exams to improve sound wave transmission between the transducer and the skin, allowing for clearer images.

[Ben]

Understood. Okay, that makes sense.

[Josh]

It's a conductive medium. We said that.

[Ben]

Okay, it's a conductive medium. Now, Josh, does it say exactly how much you need to create that conductor?

[Josh]

It doesn't, but it does say that it not only helps with smooth movement, but it also eliminates air pockets. Ultrasound gel fills in the air gaps between the transducer and the skin.

[Ben]

Now, does it talk about any scented ultrasound jelly or again, is this still just something that we can create?

[Josh]

It says that Elon Musk is currently working on a Miami Vice scented ultrasound gel.

[Ben]

Right, Good. Okay.

[Josh]

Shout out. Dovish.

[Ben]

I knew he'd beat us to it. That's where all the savings are going.

[Josh]

Yeah. He's like, I can't. I'm working on lubricant now.

[Ben]

We need to get him and Magnus in the same room.

[Josh]

Oh, my God. Just a one hour silent interview. They do it all in their head. Oh, man.

[Ben]

What else, bub? What's going on? How's Max? How's Shy? How's Paige? Give us an update.

[Josh]

Everyone is good. You know, we're in as. You know, like, you're about a month out, I'm about two months out from. We're kind of like in. In the final couple weeks before we have kids. And it's. It's a crazy feeling. How are you feeling? Are you nervous? Excited? Be honest. Share it so you don't wear it.

[Ben]

Yeah, I'm definitely nervous. I wasn't nervous at all. And now I'm feeling just unsettled about the schedule and timing. Like, I think that when we weren't having a C section, Josh, it was like there wasn't a date. Right. It was like, okay, it's the end of May, but whenever it comes, it comes and I don't have to think about a date. But now that I have an actual date, it's become abundantly clear how little time we have until he comes. Yet it also feels like an eternity. I can't explain it. So it being so far in the distance stresses me out. It being so close stresses me out. And so, yeah, I'm generally stressed. And Claudia definitely is ready for him to come and that stresses me out too. Like, I'm definitely as you know, a pleaser here. Like, if I can help her in any way, I'm going to help her. And I can't for the most part. I can't at this stage. Like, there's just so much. Like I can rub her back, I could rub her feet, I can make her dinner. It doesn't, it doesn't change. She's thankful, but it doesn't change the out. Like the problem, the problem is, is that there's a baby in her and he needs to come out. So nervous. Nervous, I think is the only way to describe it. Stressed.

[Josh]

So normal, so natural. And I will tell you this, obviously a C section is a surgery with its own things and whatnot. And, and there is additional recovery for sure. Which we'll talk about off mic just with, you know, having to help someone who's basically had major abdominal surgery.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

After the birth. But I will tell you the upside as I've had two of them now, and by I, I mean my wife, is that the first time she got induced and she was gonna have it, you know, old fashioned way down the water slide. Boom. Good night. I hold a leg. Let's go old school. So my wife labored for like 30 hours, day and a half, till finally the doctor said it's safest for the baby where we're at right now. Let's do a C section. The second time we showed up, it was scheduled. We hung out for an hour, Baby came an hour later. I mean, it's kind of gorgeous. Cause that like my wonderful sister in law, Blake, she labored for like two and a half days. So knowing that it's like scheduled, this is gonna happen and then as soon as it's done, we can start to recover. It's kind of great.

[Ben]

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[Diane]

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[Ben]

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[Ben]

And how long did you stay in the hospital, Josh? How long was Paige in the hospital with Shai after the C section. So you have the. You have the procedure. How long did you stay?

[Josh]

We. For Max, we stayed long. We pushed it. They were like, you know, you could go home or you could really give us another night, please. We don't want to be alone with this thing. So it was like three days, three nights, but with shy, I think it was like two days, two nights, and we were out.

[Ben]

Yeah. So I think they. They said that it should. We should estimate it to be about three days. And what I'm thinking is, Josh, is it inappropriate for me to bring an aero mattress?

[Josh]

Okay. Boy, logic. I don't think at all. As long as you're not worried about appearances.

[Ben]

No. What's wrong with an aero mattress on the floor? I should sleep in this. This. I can't sleep in a recliner, Josh. I just can't. They say it reclines fully. I want to be there. Why can't I set up? Or a sleeping bag? Yeah, I'll pull it. I'll pull up with my sleeping bag. I think an aero mattress is it. Or maybe there's a mattress sponsor. I asked the doctor. I'm like, you know, they put these beds in a box. Is it weird if I show up with a helix?

[Josh]

Yeah, Doc, I'm so happy to be here. And so was my Brooklyn bedding.

[Ben]

Yeah. He's like, I guess, like, if you like, it's fine. If you want to, it'll be hard to get home. I'm like, it's not my problem to get it home. What are you. What are you nuts? I'm bringing it in a box. I'm opening it. I'm sleeping on it. And then it's the hospitals at the.

[Josh]

Hospital where we had our boys. The first time, they allowed the men cots. This was great. This made me feel like I was at sleepaway camp. Wonderful. The second time, three years later, was shy. They only did recliners and they go, but don't worry. And I'm like, okay, here's some. They're gonna be able to turn this recliner into, I don't know, a frickin cow king. They go, we give you sheets. I go, oh, thank you. You know.

[Ben]

Yeah. And it's. It's a recliner that goes completely flat. Is that it? Right?

[Josh]

Not even. You're lucky if you're 75 degrees.

[Ben]

So that I can't do that's sheet. No, no, I can't do that. I can't do that. No. I can't even do a futon esque. That's what I'm saying. I need. I'm gonna bring an aero mattress. I'm bringing an aero mattress.

[Josh]

Not only that. Yes. This is not about her. It's about you, Ben. And also, she has a bed.

[Ben]

What about her? She has a bed.

[Josh]

And you know what? Spoiler alert. She'll be in it the whole time. Okay.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Josh]

The whole time.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

And you'll never guess this. Do you know in a hospital bed, in the little thing that turns the bed up and down is also the speaker for the television. In the remote control is the speaker for the television. Because they don't want a TV blasting sound in every room. So it really is just up near your wife's head. Except what if you're watching? Huh? I would say, Paige, turn it. Turn your speaker. I like Jeopardy. You know, I get.

[Ben]

Paige, Paige, wake up. Jeopardy's on. Yes.

[Josh]

I'm missing the daily double.

[Ben]

Yeah, he's. He's on a four day winning streak. Paige, wake the up. Yes.

[Josh]

They are gonna come in every. And here's the thing, right? So you're gonna have this baby and you guys are gonna be in recovery for two hours. And then they're gonna bring you back with the child. And then every hour, and it's great. They're gonna be coming in with something new. They're gonna say is that we're gonna check the Billy Rubin. I'm gonna say Billy Rubin. It sounds like a kid I went to Hebrew school with Billy Ruman. I had one for lunch. It was only okay. And then they want to see the jaundice. Then they come in, they do the hearing test. That's really cute. They literally put headphones like this on your little baby.

[Ben]

Oh, my God.

[Josh]

It's really cute. And they could. They could see the brain waves.

[Ben]

I can't believe that I forgot to tell you because you recommended the show that I am obsessed with the pit.

[Josh]

Told you.

[Ben]

Oh, Is it amazing? You saw the episode. We're only. We're halfway through the first season. You saw the episode where you see full vaginal birth.

[Josh]

Yeah, I've seen the whole season.

[Ben]

Oh, my God. I was. I was really shook from that. That was like. That was heavy.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Seeing that head pop out. And then, though, they. They're so graphic. They pop out this baby. So cgi. The fakest looking kid I've ever seen. But the actual birth itself was so realistic, so. Oh, my God, what a show. The pits. If you want a pit of anxiety, watch the pit.

[Josh]

It's unbelievable. It's so, so, so good. And by the time this episode airs, the world will know that your boy has been keeping quite the secret the last year. It's true. Your boy was on the last of us. That's right. Episode four. No big deal. Yeah.

[Ben]

Hell, yeah.

[Josh]

Yes.

[Ben]

Hell, yeah. Fuck, yeah.

[Josh]

This is what I do. I go From Oppenheimer to iCarly. I do last of Us. I go Hallmark.

[Ben]

This is me.

[Josh]

Babe, don't.

[Ben]

I'm not in the box. It's called range, Josh. It's important. Okay. It's called range. Honestly, if you were. I'm only doing Oppenheimer movies. That's not fun. That's not a cool guy that can hang.

[Josh]

I'm not pretentious.

[Ben]

No, you're not pretentious at all. You're the opposite of pretentious. And that's. No. No. Okay. No.

[Josh]

Yes. I'm eating at the five star Michelin restaurant, and I'm also eating chicken wings out of someone's armpit in the back of an alley.

[Ben]

As you should be. As you should be.

[Josh]

Yes. And I don't mean to say that about iCarly. I'm just saying.

[Ben]

I was gonna ask. Is icarly the chicken out of an armpit in an alley?

[Josh]

No, no, no. It's in the middle of that. It's in the middle of that.

[Ben]

Somewhere in between. Yeah.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Somewhere in between. All right. The last of us. Thank God. What was that like, Josh? Did you enjoy it?

[Josh]

It was pretty spectacular because I got the. It's, you know, much like my Oppenheimer audition where I got the audition and I saw the scene and I was like, I know how to do this. Like, I felt fairly confident. And then I did, you know, five or six takes, and I picked the best one and sent it. And I remember specifically going like, that was good. I think that was pretty good. But I don't get shows like this, so. No problem. You know, Call me When Roku wants to waste another million. And so. No, it was cool. It was fun. That one. Anyway, so I think Radio Shack's putting out a new show. I'm in this new show from Circuit City. It's called Bugging. No one watched it.

[Ben]

Josh, we have a great new show. It's a Home Depot original. Oh, my God. It's all about finding America's best welder.

[Josh]

Very good. Best welder.

[Ben]

That is too good.

[Josh]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Ben]

Oh, my God, that's so funny. Oh, that's so funny. And Josh, I don't want to steal your spotlight, but I haven't told you I've been going on a couple of generals.

[Josh]

Tell me more.

[Ben]

Nothing's happening. Okay, Nothing's happening.

[Josh]

Okay.

[Ben]

Nothing's happening. But I've been having some general meetings. For those that don't know in the industry, a general is a general meeting with a production company. I've had a couple of them. We're trying to find something for me in the food space. Josh.

[Josh]

Love it.

[Ben]

And I had a great meeting yesterday. They're like, Netflix is looking, looking for somebody just like you. I'm like, what are you smoking?

[Josh]

That's amazing.

[Ben]

Can you. Can you shut the fuck up? Like, why are you lying? Why are you pretending that that's true? Yeah, Netflix is looking for a morbidly obese, slightly balding man with atrophy that, like, kind of cooks but also, like, has a mid sized following on social media. That's what Netflix is looking for.

[Josh]

Like, that is so good. Yes.

[Ben]

Yeah, they said that they're looking for men in the home that cook. That's what Netflix is looking for. I said, that's me. I said, that's me. That's me.

[Josh]

I love it.

[Ben]

So. Yeah, well, we'll see. We'll see.

[Josh]

Yes. Like the homemaker. The male homemaker.

[Ben]

The male homemaker. That's me, ma' am. That's me.

[Josh]

Yeah, me.

[Ben]

It's interesting, right?

[Josh]

Made men. Some. Yeah, sir. There's something there.

[Ben]

Yeah. Good men. Good men of the home.

[Josh]

I like it. Yes. For cisgender males who watch Netflix in their 40s.

[Ben]

Yes.

[Josh]

Yes.

[Ben]

It's a Good men home. Home. Good. Good men home.

[Josh]

Good men Housekeeping. No, I see. I see it all there. It's very clear. It's very clear.

[Ben]

I think it's my big break. I think it's. I think it's it. This episode of the Good Guys podcast.

[Diane]

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[Josh]

Well, the last of us is out. People can watch it on the HBO's the People. They love it. They love this show. I mean, I spent like three days up in Vancouver shooting it. And I gotta say, it was pretty. It's nice when you know something's good. Cause you rarely get that when you're like, I've convinced myself that some garbage was good. You have to. You have to trick yourself.

[Ben]

Of course you do. Of course you do. And you have to be proud of everything that you're doing. Right? But when then you get booked on something like the Last of Us, a real just. That's a real household name. It's fantastic. Fantastic.

[Josh]

It was cool. I will give a little bit of insight. It was funny because the scene that I auditioned with is like this long kind of three page, mock monologue scene. And so I auditioned, and then a few weeks later, I got the part. And they're like, well, you're not gonna shoot for another month. So they send me the updated script, and it's almost identical to the audition scene. And I'm like, okay, I'm working on it, working on it. And in the world of tv, in a month you'll probably get eight revisions of the script because they're constantly making it better. They're constantly having to adjust it because an actor falls out. They lose a location. They have to change something for storytelling. And so I realized like a day before filming, I'm like, oh, my God, I've never gotten an update of the script. And I have like a lot of lines. And so I get this pit in my stomach of like, I've been practicing with the wrong lines. This is bad. So I call the assistant director. I said, hey, I just want to make sure. Am I working off the right script here? Cause this is the one I have. And he goes, yeah, that's the one. We're shooting tomorrow. You're good. And I was like, okay. And then I walk on the set and Craig Mason, the great executive producer, creator of the Show. Brilliant guy. He looks at me, he goes, hey, what if I had changed everything on you last night? And I said, craig, I was worried you did. And he looked at me and he just went, I don't work like that. And I gotta give him a lot of credit. It was really, really special.

[Ben]

What a treat. All right, well, hopefully we get more of those, Josh.

[Josh]

Yeah, baby.

[Ben]

More nachos. More nachos.

[Josh]

Nachos. Non stop nachos. Should we get to a speak pipe really quick? Because I think there's one pertaining to what we've been talking about already today.

[Ben]

Yes, I love a speak pipe that pertains to what we've been talking about already today.

[Josh]

And if you want to pertain to something we've been talking about, send us a speak [e-mail] Goodguys. Keep it brief. Brevity is key. We like advice, questions. We like questions. We don't like. Your what are you nuts? Is they're never great. Here's from Anonymous.

[Ben]

Hi, Jocelyn, Dan.

[Anonymous]

We're two monthsy morons here. Hey, good guys. And we had a quick question.

[Ben]

It's just a conversation we have at our. And we just like wanted to know.

[Anonymous]

Your feelings on home birth, on water birth, on a hospital birth, a birthing center.

[Josh]

Bhbh.

[Anonymous]

Both your beautiful wives are pregnant. So we're just curious what are your thoughts?

[Ben]

And like, we just wanted to know. Yeah, okay.

[Anonymous]

Looking forward to hearing from you, cult.

[Ben]

Of what a gorgeous accent.

[Josh]

Muncie morons.

[Ben]

The most gorgeous. I'm obsessed. Love them. What do I think of a home birth? What are you nuts? Like, what do I think of a water birth? What are you nuts?

[Josh]

And call it what it is. It's a condo birth you don't own.

[Ben]

Totally. It's a rental birth.

[Josh]

Yeah, it's a sublease berth. Okay.

[Ben]

It's a Prius birth.

[Josh]

Call it what it is. You rented an Airbnb for your birth? For the pictures. We know you don't live there.

[Ben]

It's a Range Rover sport berth. I mean, not anymore. Okay. Yeah, no, I think that anything out of the hospital is nuts. If it happens, it happens. But I would much rather be in a place where I feel that people can take care of her just in case something goes wrong. Wouldn't you?

[Josh]

First, I want to say to our Muncie morons, shout out, thank you for listening. For anyone who doesn't know, Muncie is the home of an extremely religious sect of orthodox Jews. And I also want to say I'm so sorry that You've now been excommunicated because they found out you use modern technology. That means that I have the utmost respect for people's wishes and desires with their birthing plan. And I agree with you, Ben. But I've had to slightly evolve my feelings on this since having kids and seeing what women go through, and they should be entitled to do it the way they want to. What I would say is that there are places like birthing centers that are not traditional hospital settings. But, you know, you can do the pool thing, you can do certain augmented things that you want. But. But I think knowing as my wife has had to have a C section before, knowing what can go bad and how quickly, I would advise people to find a way to do it extremely close to a hospital.

[Ben]

Totally. I just. What are you. You playing with fire now? Like, now? I don't know. It's just. I. To each their own. But it's just a complete. What are you, nuts? To me, it's complete. What are you nuts? You know what else. Else I found out, Josh? Do you know that you actually, there. There was a time where we delivered breeched babies vaginally? Not. And not so long ago, there was a doctor, I think it was at, like, Cornell Hospital, who is known for delivering healthy breech babies. It is something that you can learn to do. Did you know that? So now I have a question, Josh. How much money do they make from these C sections?

[Josh]

I mean, they cost 100 grand.

[Ben]

See? See? So is it just a whole. Ooh, baby's breech. Gotta go C section. Or is it baby's breach, Gotta go C section. Because that's money for the hospital, Josh.

[Josh]

I would say that. I imagine it is safer, but we are not doctors, and this is not medical advice. So what do we know? I would imagine it is safer.

[Ben]

We know nothing. We know nothing. We know not.

[Josh]

And on a serious note, in arguably the most developed country with arguably the greatest advances in medical care in the entire world, we have one of the highest mortality rates for women getting C sections in the world. And that shouldn't be.

[Ben]

I didn't know that. Wow. That is another. Look at these statistics. Joshy Stat.

[Josh]

Josh. Joshy.

[Ben]

Statin.

[Josh]

Cholesterol meds. God, do I feel a sense of, like, when I take my cholesterol meds at night, I want a round of applause because I look around, I go, can you believe what I'm doing here?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

You believe how grown up I am.

[Ben]

And that you're just in a beautiful routine? I feel that way in the Morning, too. I wake up, I have my beautiful AG1. I take whatever supplement I'm feeling that day. By the way, I'm off dose. I told you I was off dose. I think it made me itchy. I think I have. I think I accidentally. Because I take. I didn't realize that the number one ingredient in dosis. Turmeric. I already am popping 500 milligrams of turmeric every morning because it's good for inflammation. I found it great for my sinuses. I've been doing it for six months. It's great. But when I added the dose, it started to get itchy. I think that I was oding on turmeric. So I'm done. I'm done.

[Josh]

Of course you have the one side effect they don't mention.

[Ben]

Itchy. Itchiness. Itchy. Like, just. It's so itchy. I couldn't believe it. I was like, why am I so itchy? I didn't take dose for two days. No more itching.

[Josh]

They're like, could cause weight gain, diarrhea. You're like, I'm just feeling a little itchy.

[Ben]

Just have a. Have an itch. My leg is itchy. That's it.

[Josh]

I wonder if there was a niacin, anything that brings blood to the surface, because that can make you kind of itchy.

[Ben]

Interesting. Interesting. Yeah. So, yeah, routine. Yeah. I always applaud myself on my routine. Makes me feel good.

[Josh]

I didn't give you crap about this. I think it was with the great episode with your lovely wife.

[Ben]

But.

[Josh]

But dose was a liver detox.

[Ben]

Dose is a. Apparently it is, yes, a liver detox, but it's also just supposed to help with, like, brain fog, all that stuff. That's apparently what dose is. I guess it's all the effects of a clean liver. Even though my liver's clean as a whistle.

[Josh]

All right, I'm not going to attack dose. I am going to say that the. Do you know what the liver does?

[Ben]

Tell me. Educate me.

[Josh]

It detoxes you.

[Ben]

So. Okay. And if you have a dirty liver, we have to look up dose. Okay, Olivia, can we find out exactly what dose does? I don't want to throw them down the tubes. Some people really like dose.

[Josh]

No, dose is great. But is it.

[Ben]

It made me itchy.

[Josh]

I don't know what dose is. I have no idea what dose is. What I'm saying is the idea of all detoxing is hooey. It does not exist unless very specific. Like, if you have mercury poisoning, you can go to, like, an infrared sauna and, like, literally sweat out the mercury. Like, there's some version to that, but you can't. It's like detoxing bleach. Like, the liver is the powerhouse detoxer of your body.

[Ben]

Also, the number one weight is. And the number one way to detox is to not eat whatever you were consuming that you need to detox. Like, when I had mercury poisoning, I didn't go in the sauna. I stopped eating tuna. I ended up totally fine. Also, not eating in general is the best detox.

[Josh]

And. Sorry, Olivia, you have dose? I do. I have it pulled up here. It is a clinically backed formula for optimal liver support.

[Ben]

It says.

[Josh]

And it is supposed to use real.

[Ben]

Ingredients that cleanse your liver of unwanted elements.

[Anonymous]

So it's a description that they have on the.

[Ben]

I think it's just a shot of turmeric. I think that's what dose is. I think it's turmeric in a. It's delicious. It tastes like orange juice. That's how you know it can't be that good for you if it tastes like orange juice.

[Josh]

Yeah. I just think what I've heard is that because a lot of people try this with hydrotherapy and these. This idea of detoxing, but literally your kidney and liver's only job is to detox you because you need to be detoxified every day. And I would say the only real version of toxicity to a liver is fatty liver that comes from being overweight, from eating bad foods. But you can't detox that. To your point. You just have to completely change the way you eat. Yeah, yeah.

[Ben]

You have to stop being such a big fat fatty. That's what you gotta do. That's what you gotta do. So, yeah, no dose. No dose.

[Josh]

I love it when those liver enzymes are up. I'm like, that's it. Here comes the ozemps, you know? Should we do another speak pipe?

[Ben]

Yes.

[Josh]

Okay, this one's from. This one would actually be a better question for the points guy. But I thought we could take a swing at it from Tatum. Hello.

[Anonymous]

I'm a college kid and I'm wanting to get my first credit card. My dad has really good credit card history. We have, like a joint bank account or whatever that helps my credit, I guess, somehow, because. Anyways, I just want to know what are the pros and cons of a credit card? Should I ever get a credit card? Should I get a credit card? What credit card should I get? Should I get a student credit card? Should I get, like an airlines credit card because I do travel, but it's only like once or twice a year, so is that worth it? Could you explain, like in layman's terms, interest and all of that crap?

[Ben]

What the.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, Bye.

[Ben]

Okay, look, I don't want to scare off Gen Z because we. The fact that we have Gen Z listeners is very exciting to me, okay? So welcome. Thank you for calling in college student who doesn't have a credit card yet. I don't know why you thought that we were the right people to answer these questions, Josh. You sort of hinted at that. I will say that the reasons that you should have a credit card are endless. The more credit that you have, the better. Because the number one thing for credit rating is ratio, right? So you don't want to have a $10,000 line of credit and use $9,000 a month because even if you pay it off every month, your credit's going to be shit because your ratio is off. You want to find a way to build towards having $100,000 in credit lines, but only using $10,000 a month or whatever the number is so that your credit percentage of use is low. That's what leads to a high credit rating. I guess I was the right person to ask about this, Josh.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And the higher your credit rating, the easier it is to get a cheaper lease on a car. Maybe less down, maybe a better mortgage. Maybe credit is what, like people use to say, you are a person that we should trust. So honestly, I was the perfect person to ask. And you're welcome.

[Josh]

You really were. Some other benefits is that if you, as a great Brian Kelly, the points guy would say, and you should just go to the points guy for really any good advice on credit cards. Everything you buy should be getting you points. And if you pay in cash, if you use a debit card, you're not getting points for your purchases. It can go towards travel, which by the way, you don't travel, you know.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Don't ever say that again. Oh, oh. I got the Delta Amex for my two flights to Milwaukee a year. What are you talking about?

[Ben]

That's why, by the way, Josh, they should. A proud sponsor of the show is Bilt. And if you get the Bilt card, Bilt allows you to take those points and redeem them towards rent. Hello. That's fantastic. You need to pay your rent. You can also redeem points towards a mortgage. So yes, 100% you should get a credit card that earns you points. Would recommend Bilt because that'll even if you don't Travel rent.

[Josh]

And you can't pay your rent with any other credit card except Bilt, because Bilt will actually write your landlord, like, a cashier check. They'll send them a check, and then they'll still let you use the credit card.

[Ben]

Exactly.

[Josh]

Pretty.

[Ben]

It's fantastic.

[Josh]

And with a credit card, you get protections. For instance, I was in Atlanta the other day.

[Ben]

Bingo. Yes.

[Josh]

I quickly. This never happened to me. This is a great fear of mine unlocked. And I didn't even know it was. I wanted to get cash to put in the envelope for the lovely couple, Lauren and Camden. Shout out the wonderful Lauren and Camden for their wedding. Which now I look like a complete schmuck. Why? I run into a Target to use their atm, and it says, okay, great, no problem. We're going to dispense funds. I hear the ATM doing the ATM thing. Cash door doesn't open, no. Cash comes out.

[Ben]

Oof.

[Josh]

Receipt comes deducted. And, you know. You know I'm nice. So deducted 600 bucks. Nothing came.

[Ben]

Nightmare. Nightmare.

[Josh]

What else is a nightmare? It was only 300. I flew to Atlanta. What are you nuts? But I'm like, oh, my God, what a terrible feeling. So I'm like, whatever. I'm gonna send it after the wedding. I can't. I was already running late. I. I took a picture of the machine. I took a picture of the receipt. I called Visa, who's the one who has my debit card? And they were like, great, we'll look into it. But until then, we'll credit you the money. I'm like, you will. It's like, you trust me? Like, yeah, we have to.

[Ben]

We have to. Yeah. No, it's amazing. Like, for fraud.

[Diane]

For sure.

[Ben]

Josh, you're 100% right. If somebody gets your debit card digits and spends six grand at Target, Good luck. Good luck. But if that had happened on an American Express, no problem. That would be super easy. Speaking of weddings, quickly, before we get to another speak pipe. My sister just got married, and she called me and she said, you know, a random. I won't say whose side they were on. I won't say. A random guest put $77 in her pocket.

[Josh]

Hell, yeah.

[Ben]

Three twenties, a ten, a five, and two ones. Tucked it in. What are you nuts? Save the seven.

[Josh]

Is that a version of Chai, though?

[Ben]

No, it's loose change. It's what she had on her 77. Oh, my God. I thought that was nuts.

[Josh]

And then she looked at your beautiful sister and said, there's none where that came from. All right, next Speak Pipes from Anonymous.

[Anonymous]

Hi, good guys. Love the podcast. I wanted some advice on how I could spice up my announcements on the plane, especially when we land. Usually after giving the spiel about the baggage claim and all of that, I say, once again, welcome to Dallas Fort Worth. We hope you enjoy your time here in Dallas or wherever you're headed. What else could I say to make it a little more jazzy or a little more good guys? Approved. Thanks.

[Ben]

Welcome to the big D, baby. Love that, right? I like that. Or, ooh, that's fun. I love a flight attendant. What a cool job. I'd love that. Except I would hate it. Oh, my God, I would hate it. It actually sounds like the worst job ever. But it's really cool because you get to fly everywhere. But, like, having to deal with me on a plane, like, can I have more tea?

[Josh]

Totally.

[Ben]

I don't need that, but yeah. Welcome to the Big D, home of the Texas Diet Coke. Texas sized Diet Coke. Everything's bigger in Texas. Including you.

[Josh]

Do we get to our what are you nuts? Yes, our what are you nuts? Moment of the week is our gripes with people, places and things, both big and small. Whatever's sticking in your craw. What do you got, Ben?

[Ben]

I went today to get a salad, Josh. Okay. I left my apartment. I was walking around. I was in the mood for something. I was thinking maybe a chopped. Maybe a just salad. One of those. Okay, I go, and when I tell you the line outside of chopped, and this is just a regular run of the mill, it's not great. It's fine, right? It's fine, Josh. Line wrapped around the block. What are you, nuts? You're waiting for 20 minutes in line for a chopped salad from chopped. I just couldn't believe it. It's very. It's corporate. It's like one of those lunch break run to the place. Just. I wouldn't wait in line for something that was hyped up, let alone a chopped salad from chopped. Thought that was nuts. Order Uber Eats or something.

[Josh]

Totally agree. Waiting in line in general. What are you, nuts? My Woody Nuts moment of the week is lucky numbers, okay? Oh, it's your lucky number. Who cares? What are you nuts? Oh, 12. My lucky number. Grow up. Like, Ukraine's at war and you like the number four. Give me a break.

[Ben]

Also, like, why is it your lucky number? What happened? Honestly? Because if you play your lucky number in lotto, you're not winning. My dad has been playing his lucky number in Lotto for 60 years.

[Diane]

Zilch.

[Josh]

First of all, lucky numbers are ridiculous because of probability mathematics. But also it's just like these little things, like your favorite number, your birthday. Like when. Oh, November. What? Who cares? I love that.

[Ben]

I don't care.

[Josh]

Yeah. Oh, it's going to be in November. November. November. What? I don't care. November 8th. Oh, I'm the 12th. Okay.

[Ben]

Yeah, I don't care. I have no interest.

[Josh]

No, thanks.

[Ben]

I have no interest. And you know what else, Josh? I don't have interest in you giving us anything less than 5 stars. What are you, nuts? Listen to us wherever you get your podcasts, watch us on YouTube, share our clips. Instagram and TikTok. Folks, we have a new TikTok clip guy. They're great. Mondays and Thursdays, folks. We will see you next time.

[Diane]

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[Diane]

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[Josh]

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