
This week, the guys are tackling the hard-hitting issues: the reality of the senior dating scene (shoutout to Josh’s mom, the mayor of independent living), the etiquette of Meta glasses on solo dates, and Ben’s absolute explosion over babysitter drama. Plus, Josh shares the mortifying story of his son crop-dusting Sebastian Maniscalco, we dive into the latest fart science, and we discuss a medical marvel involving a third boob. Grab your "libations" and tune in! Write us! Send your messages to goodguyspodcast1@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram and TikTok! Sponsors: Caraway’s cookware set is a favorite for a reason, it can save you up to $190 versus buying the items individually. Plus, if you visit Carawayhome.com/GOOD10 you can take an additional 10% off your next purchase. Right now LMNT is offering a free 8-count Sample Pack of their most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase. Get yours at DrinkLMNT.com/goodguys Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off...
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production monster morons, welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. Ben, how are ya?
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Josh, if somebody just picks up the phone. We're not talking about your best friend here, okay? Somebody random picks up the phone and tries to call you instead of texting you. Is that a what? Are you nuts? It's a what, are you nuts for me, Josh, if I'm not friends with you and I just get a random call from you and I don't know why I. I'm not picking up, Is that crazy?
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I completely agree. I think it's crazy to basically pick up any call that. That you don't recognize. Except whenever I get a call that says it's from South Florida, I go, oh, God, it's my. My mother's independent living community. Like, who did she upset at the dining hall? It wasn't my fault, Josh. I said, this is my seat. I like to have my back to the wall to keep me safe from my ops. I like a view of the trays coming out of the kitchen so I know what's hot.
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But, Josh, it's not even the random call that I don't want to pick up. I could have your number saved. I don't want to talk to you. Unless, of course, I know why. I'm just not picking up. I could have your number saved, right? I'm not talking a spam call. I can have your number saved if I don't pick up and you don't text me. Hey, just tried. You had a question about blank. I'm never calling you back.
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Really?
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Yeah. Unless I love you. If it's a random person, I just don't want it. Like, if it's. Or if I know it's important, then I would be expecting it. But yeah, and maybe I asked, am I nuts? Am I nuts? Maybe that's nuts of me.
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I think that might be nuts. And I also think that the reason why is because texting allows us to multitask. And here's my new thoughts on multitasking. It's bullshit. You're doing everything poorly if you're not focusing on one thing. And that's why people don't want to make phone calls. And that's why people would rather text. And they're not connecting. And the whole world is falling apart. Two Jews, both big and tall. No subject too small for the good guys. A mother's Dream Premium podcast team. Make it your weekly routine. It's a good guys.
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And if you don't give us five
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stars, what are you nuts? What?
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Are you nuts?
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They were the good guys. They're not the great guys. We're just the good, good, good, good guys.
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Whoa, bub. What's going on?
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Nothing. I'm just getting calls from my mother's independent living because she's saying, josh, I've got my blick. I've been singing and I'm making a lot of people jealous because they don't like how good my voice is. Like, my mom is Charlie. Barb is good as gold. And she. I just, I love it because she, no matter what, in any apartment, we've always lived in apartment complexes. Growing up, she has always become the mayor. And it's like, listen, whether you like it or not, Mayor Barb is here and we're having a meeting. And so I just love to. I'm. I'm just her fan club.
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So is she. Is she on the board of assisted living? Can you be on the board of assisted living? Do they have board members?
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I'm on the roof. I don't know. I'm sure there's a steering committee. Joshi. I'm on the steering committee. Joshi. I'm on the steering committee of the independent living, which is nice because I haven't driven in years. I was thinking about turn ons, like if you were going to put on like if there was a senior dating app. And it's like, turn on. Driving at night, Going upstairs without holding on to the railing,
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eating after six.
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Yeah.
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Which by the way, is a. What are you nuts? For me now I eat at 5:30. I love it. It's the best. I know you do too. I love it. It's so good. And Claudia and I are now once a week, really committed to trying to go out one meal, have a drink, sit at the bar, be just like cool young hip hop. But let me tell you, going out to eat at 8 o', clock, it just messes with your whole week. That was my time to watch the Pit.
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Sure.
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That was my TV time. But it's so good for us and I love it. But it's hard. I mean, you know better than me, you have three kids, but once you have three kids, the idea of breaking routine just hard. I don't know. We're in such a groove.
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I suck at it and it's not cool. I need to take my wife on more dates. And the thing is, we are really spoiled having her family to help us. But it also can sometimes be limiting because we don't want to overly use that. And like, you know, maybe if one of her siblings is a little low on cash. They'll let me pay them, but, like, obviously her parents aren't letting me pay them. And so, yeah, of course it's easier sometimes to get a babysitter and tell me if this is reasonable, because the problem is we don't have a great babysitter rotation. We have someone lovely that helps with Meyer, but she comes during the week for set hours. So I said to my wife, I was like, look, we need to have more date nights. I want to facilitate all that. You need to help me with finding good babysitters because I'm busy working, then I'm busy with the kids, and I don't have the great mom network that you have. And I said I'm happy if. I said, if you can handle finding the babysitter portion of it, I'll be the one to book them. I'll be the one to make us a nice dinner reservation. But I don't think I can help with the babysitter portion. Is that fair?
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100%. They have at least Claudia. She has a group chat. It's all of the moms in New York City and they all share resources. Is it like that in la? It sounds like it is, yeah. And so I don't have that at my fingertips. I can't join the group chat, by the way. You want to put me in the group chat? I'm in. Put me in the group chat. But the group chat is gendered. I'm not allowed in the group chat. So if I'm not allowed in the group chat, then yes, 100%, it is totally fair to ask her to find the babysitter and then let you communicate with the babysitter for sure. And then once you find one, Josh, never let her go. Never let her go. God forbid. Especially if she vibes with your kids. Never let her go. You want a raise? No problem. Another raise? No problem. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. You can't put a price on it until you're broke. And then she's taking all your money. She's taking your house. She asked for the home. That's when it stops. But up until that point, the answer is yes.
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It's amazing. It never made sense to me how people can nickel and dime. The people watching their kids.
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Insane. Insane. Actually, we have friends who will say to us, they're so proud that they got their babysitter for 18 an hour. I'm like, are you nuts? You're proud that you got her down from 25 to 18, why are you proud of that? Why should that be exciting to you? It's the polar opposite. If you need the money that badly to watch my children, that you're gonna take a rate cut. I know that you have no business anywhere else for a reason and I don't trust you with my children. No. Hold your firm price. You're watching children like my most precious baby. Like, yeah, I would never. Never. Sure. By the way, if you're in the 30s and this is like long term help and you try and get save 2 bucks here and there. That's not what I'm talking about.
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Right.
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I'm talking about the people that just like, are very openly proud that they got a bargain for their nanny. No good. It's the one thing you don't want to bargain for.
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I also, what do we think about this? Because I know a lot of couples that really will push it with their babysitt, you know, look, it's set, right? Like if we leave at 6, we gotta be home by 10. And that's a probably because the truth is, if it's gonna be like a two hour thing, we're probably not gonna enlist the babysitter. It doesn't make sense. But like, sure, I know plenty of parents that are calling the babysitters at 10, 10 30, 11, 11 30, being like, just need another half hour. Just need another hour. Like, what are you doing? Make proper plans.
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Go home. That's terrible. That's terrible. Those are the people that just like, don't know how to grow up. They don't. They don't. If you want that type of a night, he or she is staying at your grandparents if they can. Or you found a solution for overnight, but if you're out boozing and you need another hour, then you're in no shape to go home to your kids anyways. I don't know. Grow up. Grow up, Josh. That's all I have to say. Grow up.
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Go grow the hell up. And speaking of, recently, the other day I took Max and Shai to this soccer game at the lafc. I'm a huge fan of the Los Angeles Football Club and they were having a legends match. So, you know, great legendary players from Spain, from Real Madrid and from Barcelona, like Ronaldinho were playing. It was super fun, great time.
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Ronaldinho.
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And so we're there. It was great because it's legend. So the guys are in their 50s. So like the goaltenders were a good 50 pounds overweight. It was unbelievable.
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But they're legends, Josh. I don't want to derail this, but Tiger woods came out recently saying that he's going to join the Champions Tour. And I saw a comment under the post saying that this guy would literally watch Tiger woods take a dump. And that's exactly how I feel. I would watch a legend do anything. Sure. You're 100 pounds overweight. You're playing goalie. At least I know who the fuck you are. You. As opposed to this random person. I don't need to watch a random person play soccer. I could. Otherwise I go to Little League. Continue.
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Well, I was there. And the great Max and Shy are there. And Max is perfect at seven and Shy is perfect at three, but it's a little harder to wrangle a three year old and he's kind of up and down. And we had like the row to ourself. It wasn't completely packed, so we were taking up three seats, but we had six seats. Like two on one side, one on the other. So Shai is kind of walking the aisle. And then he would eat some fruit and watch the game, and then he would walk a little more. I notice that the great Sebastian Maniscalco is sitting in front of me with his beautiful wife and kids, beautiful family, enjoying a day out. And then I notice that Shai, as we all know, has had a couple poop problems. He's got a little hesitancy when it comes to using the restroom, which is fine. He's perfect. No accidents. But he will hold it. And so of course, when someone is holding it for hours, they're tooting, they're tooting. And it's the wind around. Okay, right by the Maniscalcos. Okay. Shy's crop dusting the Maniscalcos. I am so mortified. And I'm already seeing the new bit that Sebastian's gonna do. And he's like, so we're sitting there, I'm getting crop dusted. My three year old.
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It's very good.
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I'm like, oh, God, J, stop fighting. And he's like walking up and down the seats. I'm pretty sure he's like bumping their seats. I'm like, we, we. I left an hour early because I was so embarrassed and felt so bad that I was ruining the Matiscalcos time. Shout out. Big fan.
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Oh my God, that's so funny. How old do you think Josh is? Too young to bring your child to a sporting event. I was thinking to myself, you know, I would love on a Saturday to just bring sweet Ruby to a basketball game. Is he Too little.
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At the age he is now at eight months, nine months.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is he too. I think, like, do we still have to worry about their ears at this age or. They're old enough.
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I think you could definitely use some ear protection, which are easy. You can buy from Amazon. I think first the question is, are you gonna buy him a seat? Cause he doesn't need it. But also.
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No, you. No, I wouldn't buy him a seat. He would sit on my lap.
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But he's not gonna really sit on your lap. You're gonna have to get the harness. Is he gonna be happy in a harness for three hours?
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No, no, it would have to be sitting. He likes sitting on me facing forward. He's really good in that position. He sits on my lap as my little mini me, and he faces forward. That said, at a basketball game, I'm now thinking through it, what he's gonna be looking at the back of the seat. He's so little. And he can't be on my shoulders, obviously. So I answered the question for myself. And if he's in a harness, he's not looking that anyways. He's looking in or he's looking out.
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But he's too short in the harness.
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Yeah, yeah. But then it's still too short, and it's so uncomfortable for me.
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And you have to consider.
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I answered my own question. Josh. He's too young.
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He's too young. You gotta go pee. You have to consider, like, there'll be times where you need to put him down. Where is he gonna go down? He'll have to be in the harness. If you have to go pee. If you have to go get a nice little nachos.
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Yeah, no, he's too young. So what do you think is the right age? I guess three. Right. Three is shy. Aware of the game or not even yet.
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Ish. But it was a day game. It was a family type thing. I probably wouldn't take him to, like, obviously he'd be asleep, but I wouldn't take him to, like, an adult game where families were less involved. Like a nighttime game.
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Is it five? Like, when did you first take Max to a game where you knew he was locked in on the game?
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It took a while, but then event. But you realize, too, that they. They like to go for the pomp and circumstance. They want to get the food, they want to get the. The jersey, and they enjoy the process. And then I'll enjoy the game and give him my phone for an hour. It's like. It is what it Is like, we've done something together. Their attention is limited. They're not completely invested yet. But now at 7, he's in. He has a great time. He loves going.
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He's in. He loves sports. Like, I would think that he'd love it now. Yeah. Okay, so it's five, six years old. All right, I got some time. I'm not taking to a basketball game.
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There's so much. You can go to Paw Patrol Live. You can go to Monster Jam. Okay, we're talking. There's so much kid shit that's gonna be amazing.
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I told you we brought Ruby to the shitty circus. The worst circus. We spoke about this already. The Barlum and Barnum and Bailey crap parade. This thing was ass. Okay, Ass. The rebrand. But, yeah. No, I was just selfishly like, I want to go to a basketball game. And I was like, all right. Like, I also want to spend time with Ruby. Can I do both? But the answer is no. Not yet. Not yet. The answer is not yet. The answer, Josh, is not yet. This episode of the Good Guys podcast is brought to you by our friends at Quo. Folks, spring is a natural reset point, and if you've been putting off cleaning up the messier parts of your business, now's the time. Streamlining your communications is one of the quickest and easiest upgrades you can make. That's why today's episode is brought to you by Quo, spelled Q U O. The smarter way to run your business communications. And we're smart people running business communications. Quo is the number one rated business phone system on G2, with over 3,000 reviews built for how modern teams work. That's why more than 90,000 businesses, from solo operators to growing teams, rely on Quo to stay connected, professional, and consistently reachable. Quo works wherever you are, right from an app on your phone or computer and lets you keep your existing number, add new numbers or teammates in minutes, sync your CRM, and rely on seamless routing and call flows as your business scales. Your entire team can handle calls and texts from one shared number. So no more missed messages or disconnected conversations. Everyone sees the full thread, making replies faster and customers feel genuinely cared for. And folks, it's so easy. Calls, texts, voicemails, transcripts, and contact details all live in one clean view. With full context at your fingertips, your team communicates faster, stays aligned, and delivers a more personal experience. Folks, make this the season where no opportunity and no customer slips away. Try quo for free. Plus 20% off your first six months.
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What a deal.
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There is some weird news for us from the New York Post. We fart twice as much as previously thought. Scientists discover from new smart underwear. Let a rip. While breaking wind could help protect against Alzheimer's and postpartum depression, there can be too much of a good thing. Scientists recently discovered through super high tech and fancy underwear that we're passing gas twice as often as previously thought.
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So we just leaking? Are we leaking? Is that what it is?
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Yeah, it's coming out more than we realize.
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I don't. I don't fart that much anymore, Josh. I used to fart a lot. I'm not. I'm not a big. Maybe that's the. The Zepp bound holding my stomach in. I fart much less. But then when I fart, you got to get out of town. Yeah. You got to move.
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You got to get on here.
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For now, I'm not farting that much for sure. Duck and weave. Duck and weave. Yeah.
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Yeah. Find four foot thick thick cement. Thick cement. You know, four foot thick cement will protect against nuclear blast.
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Four foot thick cement will protect against a nuclear blast. Then what are we worried about?
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I know.
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What's so big about a nuke?
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Nuclear fallout. Oh. It's going to ruin the water and the crops.
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Sure, it probably will. I'm worried about the water and I'm worried about the crops. Why can't we just put the water in 4ft of thick cement?
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True, dad.
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There you go.
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Did you know that most people, we were thought to only have 14 toots a day, but we're actually averaging 34 toots a day, which. That sounds super average and low.
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It Sounds low, yeah. 14 toots. Ah, 14. Do I fart 14 times a day? You fart 14 times? Oh, yes. I guess I'm gonna start counting. I'll get back to you. I'm Gonna start keeping a tracker.
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Sometimes when I'm asleep next to my wife and she's asleep, like out, I'll rip it. Cause I know I'm safe. And then she'll kind of stir and I'm like, oh, no, don't let her wake up. You know, I don't want her to wake up to this. And I get scared.
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Yeah, no, that's fair. That's fair. Absolutely.
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Guess I'm alone in that.
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So cool.
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I grew.
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Well, sorry, Paige. Sometimes when my wife's sleeping, I like to fart on her, not on her.
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I just rip it in bed.
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I know. I'm just kidding.
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We all know the jig is up with you, Ben. I can't even imagine the fricking fallout Farther. That happens when you let one loose.
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It's also interesting. I think I fart 14 times. Just in bed. I'm realizing I fart a lot in bed. And maybe I just fart when I'm vertical. Is that possible? I'm more of a vertical farter.
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Sure.
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Than a horizontal farter.
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Yeah. That's why Delta won't let you buy a lay flat seat anymore.
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No, I'm on the no Fly list for first class.
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That should exist and you don't even know you're on it. The no fart list.
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100%. If you're a smelly passenger, you should 100% not be allowed on board, no questions asked. I'm sure that does exist. I'm sure that a stewardess has flagged a person or two for being too smelly.
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Well, did you know that a woman grew a third boob in an unexpected place after having a baby? There's even a nipple. Still recovering in the hospital after giving birth, Jasmine, mother of two, thought she'd seen it all, but she was informed that she had casually sprouted an extra breast, complete with a nipple in a place no one expects. You know how cows can, I guess? Puppies and kittens? They have that line of nipples. Well, humans have that, too. Go for it.
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Oh, man. I was gonna guess the armpit, but it sounds like it's in the middle of the chest. Yeah, right there. Wow. Good for her husband. That's sweet.
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Wow. Kind of. It's a one. It's a great way to add some
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spice, you know, A third nipple. It's amazing, right? I think so. Imagine if. Imagine. Imagine I'm bending two dicks. That would spice things up. Yeah. One day, overnight, I just sprouted a second dick. That would be crazy.
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But only one can get. Can be Erect at a time.
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So it's like. It's like. It's like those inflatables outside of the used car shop.
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Yeah, that'd be so much more fun.
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I agree. I agree.
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Yeah, I guess. Pregnancy flips the switch. A surge of hormones targets breast tissue receptors to prepare for feeding. And because the extra tissue is biologically identical to regular breast tissue, it can swell at the same time, sometimes forming lumps, complete with extra or super numerary nipples.
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Wow.
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Fascinating.
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I love it. I'm all in. That said, I don't want another nipple. I would be very concerned if I got another nipple. Josh. I would be calling you very worried, very worried. If I grew a third nipple.
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Sure. No, I get that.
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I'd be worried.
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Should we get to food News?
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Fat, fat.
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What is food news?
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This week on food news, moo.
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Costco debuts a new double chocolate mint sundae. Costco just quietly dropped a new mint chocolate dessert at its food court, and regulars are already treating it like a seasonal side quest. Say hello to the double chocolate mint sundae. It's mini soft serve layered with chocolate cookie crumbles and chocolate sauce, gently swirled into mint green and brown tie dye situation that looks way more dramatic than its 299 price tag suggests. Cool.
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I told you that the. I told you that Big AJ from the Costco guys wants to come on the podcast and address whatever beef he has with you over the Beast Games.
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Oh, great. We got. We have nothing to talk about, but come on over. Big aj. So he heard.
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He's going to be all. He heard it. He heard it. He knows it. He's aware of it. And Josh, he's apologetic. And he wanted me to let you know. He wanted me to let you know that he's learned from the experience and is doing better. Josh, he wanted me to relay that to you.
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I take it all back. Love him.
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He learned and is doing better. And he would love to come on the podcast. And he would love to come on the podcast. Perhaps he brings these new cookies.
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Open invite.
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Okay, okay. We'll do it.
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We'll do it. Do you have more mail?
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How do you. How do you have beef with the Costco guys? It's just so funny.
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I'm the. Because I'm. You're not the illest.
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You're the illest. I'm the. Not even like a beefy guy. You don't have beef with people. Such a random group. Father and son.
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The only people I've ever had beef with on record. And Drake Bell and Big aj.
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Yeah. Say some so funny.
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It's on site.
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We should tell the people where they can email us some moron mail if they want some advice and or have questions.
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You go to goodguyspodcast onemail.com Again, if you took goodguys podcastmail.com I could kill you. Goodguys podcast1mail.com Everything is anonymous. Okay? We don't have to hear your voice. You don't have to be worried. You just type in your little email and. Josh, it has been unbelievable. These are so much better than Speak Pipes. Speak pipe. See you later. Gone. By the way, it's the last of Marshall. Marshall's officially dead, Josh.
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Good.
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This was the last bit of Marshall.
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Marshall, you are the best.
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We do. But Marshall's dead. That's it.
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Marshall's dead. Marshall's dead. This is Queen Olivia's kingdom. Okay, this is it.
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The era of emails. Subject birthday Venmo. Hey, good guys. My friend had a birthday dinner. Afterward, she Venmo requested everyone for her portion because, quote, the birthday girl shouldn't pay. Is this standard? No, no, it's not standard. The opportunity to pay for her was then and there. If she missed it, I'm sorry, but an individual Venmo request for probably eight girls splitting up your fee. No good at all. That said, the birthday girl should never be paying. She should never be paying. So I have a lot of problems with all of this, but you should have paid for her then and there. Now I'm thinking, Josh, her friends Made her pay.
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Shit, bad, bad friends.
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Shit, bad friends. And what? She shouldn't recoup the money. I'm going back on all of this. She should recoup the money. She shouldn't pay.
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There's nothing easier than covering someone when you're in a group of nine.
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I know.
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And then your birthday, I mean, if, unfortunately, they weren't able to pick up the tab for everyone, which should be more common stance. I know we're all struggling. I know we're all working hard, but if you invite everyone to a birthday thing for you at a place for dinner, it would be great if you could cover everyone and go to a place that's inexpensive, but go to a killer Mediterranean spot that's like 20 bucks a person who cares you're together.
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If you're able to cover the people that you've invited, it is the absolute best experience. Everybody's just having a better time. Josh, have I told you what I'm doing for my birthday this year? Have I told you? No, I haven't celebrated. You know, I love my birthday. I haven't celebrated it, though. Really? I haven't celebrated my birthday probably since pre Covid. I used to do big birthday parties. It was super fun. And we haven't done anything. I was just looking for me and Claudia. I went on StubHub. I just wanted to see who's performing and you know who's performing on my birthday.
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Third Eye Blind, Paramore, B B, B, B, B.
A
Yes. So I got Josh, I got a party bus, and I got 40 tickets.
B
Oh, how much?
A
And that's what I'm doing. I got a discount, Josh. I got a group discount. It is fantastic. You want me to tell you how much each ticket was?
B
They're not playing at Barclay is what you're saying.
A
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. They're playing at, like, some random. It's boys, like girls. We're named Barclays. They're playing at some. But it's still a nice venue. But I think it's all ga. And now it's gonna be a great night. Versus if I texted all of my friends, hey, I want to go to a concert of somebody that you probably don't even like or think that you don't like until you show up. And then you remember if I asked them to buy tickets, the whole plan would have fallen apart. So this is my plan. I think everybody's going to have a really fun time. And so I did it again. I'm very fortunate that I could do it. But if you can do it even on the small scale, as you mentioned, a nice $20 taco venture. It's such a great flex. What a move.
B
Good for you. Good for you.
A
You want to come? Are you flying in?
B
Sure, I'll be there.
A
Okay, great. Great. Okay, I'm holding you to that. I'll book your flight. You don't even have to. I'll book your flight. I'll book it. I'm sending it to you. Yeah, I'm sending it to you.
B
Yeah, book it up.
A
I'll book it. I'll book it up. I'll just send it to you. I'll just send it to you.
B
So I'm doing mint.
A
Okay, Come on. Yeah, we're splitting it. Fine. We'll split it.
B
Premium, economy in. Tell me if I. If this was crazy, but I just couldn't help myself. So I'm performing at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut at the end of March. And so it's an hour outside the city. So I'm just gonna fly LA to New York, easy jfk. So I usually, for that long of a flight, especially if it's work, I will fly business. And I found JetBlue Mint, which I love. Now, they had an option because the new Mint business class in JetBlue, the two front seats are bigger pods where someone could actually sit and join you. They're extra big. They're called the studios. Shout out Brian Kelly. And I was like. And it was an extra. And the business class wasn't crazy expensive. So I felt good about that. But then one way I could get the studio for an extra $149. One way.
A
I did it, obviously. I thought you were gonna say 149,000, and I was gonna say that's too much. The way that you just described the studio, I thought it was for sure. At least another two grand. At least $149 for a unique experience. I love it. You gotta try it once
B
a ticket, but then it's an extra, you know, 149 on top. But the only thing is, I really have. It would be great if I was with you or my wife, because then you could join me and we could eat together in the studio. Now I'm just going to be. I'm going to be like a sad spinster in my overly large apartment, eating by myself.
A
Yeah, but you got to try it for sure. And this also might be like a me thing once I'm spending 1,600. What's 1,800?
B
Okay, sure.
A
There's a threshold for me. Like, once I'm spending money, the nominal difference between dollars, I automatically become fiscally irresponsible. That could be a me thing. But if it's 16 or 18 and I get something better for 18, you can make a nice reel. Josh, imagine the content in your studio. I love it.
B
Do you guys ever see this social media trend of people? I think it has a lot to do with the meta glasses, where it'll be like going for a solo date to the movies or going to the. So for a solo date to, like, a really great restaurant. You've seen this, Olivia? Yes, I have seen it. Are you obsessed?
A
I think that it's really fun. I think it's. I will say I think it brings about some questions about, like, filming incognito in public a lot, but I think it's nice to see people enjoying time alone.
B
I don't think it's incognito because the glasses do set off an alert.
A
Oh, really?
B
When you're recording. I didn't realize that.
A
Okay.
B
And I don't think they're hiding the recording. They're just like, I'm gonna go on a solo date to the movie. So they'll go to the Dollar General and get some of them candies, and then they'll drive to the movie and they'll get, like, a beautiful assortment of food. And I don't know, it's. It's probably more sad for the people watching it that they would rather enjoy it through someone else than actually go to the movies. Anyway, I think I'm gonna make one.
A
You should. I want to see it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We have another moron. Mail. Josh. Gym. Eye contact. Oh, Josh. This one was written for you.
B
Sure.
A
Guys, there's a man at my gym who nods at me every single time we make eye contact. It's been six months. I don't know his name. Are we friends now? Do I have to escalate to small talk, or can I continue ignoring them? If you're nodding at me at the gym, I'm creeped out. Personally. If I don't know you, I don't want to nod at you at the
B
gym, but don't you think once you've seen someone enough times in the same place that it's weird to not acknowledge them in any way?
A
Yes, I do.
B
Right.
A
But it's also weird to acknowledge someone in the first place when I'm. I don't know. Maybe I don't frequent the gym enough. So, like, when I go, I'M just like in my own zone. I'm definitely not there to make friends. I'm not in the gym to make friends.
B
You can't say that because you've never been in the gym.
A
It must be that. It must be that.
B
I say it and I say that it's one of the best places to meet people. I don't mean it because you don't. But, like, you haven't spent enough time. I know.
A
You can't say that you've never been to the gym
B
because I know you like, I know.
A
Let me.
B
How hard do you bro. Would you bro down? You're very busy now, but would you bro down with guys who you're playing pickup basketball with?
A
I would for sure. Absolutely. I guess. I understand, I understand. But you're not on the elliptical. You're saying when you're lifting weights, right? Like when you're on the elliptical or you're. You're on the treadmill, you're not making friends there. Like that's not community driven, is it? Is. I guess weightlifting would be. You're like there. You're like watching a guy do a bunch of sets, it's impressive. He's watching you do a bunch of sets, it's impressive. And then you guys bro down. But I don't think you have that experience on in cardio, do you?
B
No, but I think like you see each other in the locker room maybe if you're both in the schmitz. And it just makes. And then it tends to happen that people have the same schedule. So I'm able to hack it with my work schedule and go from one to three when there's no one there. So the people that can go from one to three are like me, bums without nine to fives. So we.
A
They're your boys. Yeah, they become your boys.
B
Muhammad. My boy Muhammad.
A
Shout out the Alpha gym boys. Yeah, the one who's seen your penis. Yeah.
B
The gym boys shout out Mohammed.
A
I like the way you do the Khan. Mohammed.
B
Mohammed.
A
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B
That doesn't make sense, does it?
A
Did it?
B
Would I rather have too much or it's never enough? Or I. Or for me, there's never enough.
A
Would you rather have slightly too much eye contact with someone like somebody who never, ever, ever deviates? They're just staring you down or someone that always looks at the floor?
B
Yeah. I think you'd want to have connection with people. Right. You'd want to have a little eye contact. Sure. More eye contact.
A
I think so. I think so. But when somebody is locked in on you, it also borders on a little creepy. No.
B
Right.
A
I definitely don't want the person looking at the floor. I totally agree with you. Straight eye contact. It's a lot.
B
Yeah. If they look at the floor, I worry they've got a weapon in their duffel bag. But if they.
A
Yeah.
B
If they're staring straight at me, I'm like, you know, are we gonna Arm wrestle.
A
Are you okay?
B
Yeah.
A
That's what you're thinking? Are you okay? All right. Is it worse to be known as cheap? I don't like this one. Is it worse to be known as cheap or dramatic? Do you like that one? No.
B
Go to another one.
A
It's kind of lame.
B
Okay, okay.
A
Would you rather give up hot showers forever or air conditioning forever?
B
Oh, I'd give up hot showers because the shower is only, you know, three minutes at worst, but you're in an air conditioned vestibule for 23 hours a day.
A
Never take a hot shower again. I live in air conditioning. I need it. So, yeah, it's no question, but I will certainly miss. There's a time and place for a hot shower. There's a time and place. It's like a warm hug. You come In New York's 24 inches of snow, your fricking feet. You accidentally let the snow into your feet. Your socks. Freezing cold. Your foot is an ice block, Josh. You hop into that hot shower and it starts to melt away. You'll never have that again. But, yeah, it's a good trade. I think it's a. It's a necessary evil.
B
Cleanse the sins, wash away.
A
Cleanse the sins. You know, Cleanse the sins.
B
So true. Do you have a best bite of the week?
A
I do, I do, I do.
B
I have one that I had recently and it was pretty crazy.
A
Oh, I have a great. I have a great one. I have a great one. You go, though. You go.
B
I recently, there's this killer Chinese food restaurant right by our house, and it just opened and it has, like, more Shanghai inspired, let me tell you. I don't know what they're doing here. Friday night, we go to nice Chinese food. Friday night, dinner, like Tony Soprano, and they had fried tofu. They take ultra silken soft tofu, deep fry it, and then they put on like a teriyaki and a kewpie mayo kind of drizzle. What an app. What an app, my G. Unbelievable.
A
How. How big were these pieces of tofu?
B
Big Rubik's Cube adjacent.
A
That's interesting that they. Okay, and now I need to try it because in my head, whenever I get big pieces of fried tofu, I always feel like I'm eating too much tofu. But I love when they give you the small little. They almost look like, you know, those mini jet puff marshmallows, those little mini marshmallows. If you get that size tofu, I love that when it's crispy. Okay, but I gotta try that that sounds absolutely fantastic.
B
What do you got?
A
All right, all right. My best bite of the week is Yasso. You know Yasso?
B
Arafat.
A
You know Yaso?
B
Yeah, Yasso Arafat.
A
Okay. Yeah, Yasso. They came out. Jon, they should have done a collab with him. They came out with full pints of ice cream I had. It was the most delicious 400 calorie ice cream I've ever had. Sometimes you don't want the Haagen Dazs, of course. Delicious. 1100 calories. On the other side, they have those healthy brands that end up giving you diarrhea. I'm not gonna name them 280 calories, but they don't taste good. They taste like water and they give you diarrhea. This Yaso, 400 calories for an entire pint. It was my best bite of the week. You must try it. Delicious. And you don't feel guilty polishing off a pint. What's 400 calories? You could have a pint a day. It's nothing.
B
Live a little.
A
A pint. A frickin day. Josh, you got a. What are you, nuts?
B
Yeah.
A
Our.
B
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. My Woody nuts moment of the week are God strike me down reboots. I've been in a lot of them. I'm not sure any of them are great. I recently saw and shout out the great Zach Braff and Bill Lawrence. They're doing a Scrubs reboot and they're on on this billboard, and it's great.
A
You know what?
B
Reboots scream out to me when I see the billboards of them. You know how people, when they're terminally ill, they have a moment of lucidity before they die?
A
Yeah.
B
That's what a reboot feels like. It feels like for 20 minutes. God goes, all right, I'm going to give you back a little bit of life. And it's just. It's. It's just a blip before the end. I don't know, man. I just. I kind of.
A
You're so right. No, they're nuts. And it's hard to say that as a fan because you never want it to be over, but I knew it was over when Shaquille o' Neal went to the Phoenix Suns. That's the equivalent of a reboot when Shaquille o' Neal went to the Boston Celtics. These are reboots. His prime was so over. He was so done watching him was sad. And I love Shaq. That, to me, is the equivalent of a reboot. It's sad at this point. It's done. The magic was there. It's over. It can't possibly be replicated again. So. By the way, as a fan, though, get your money. I'll still watch it, but if you're
B
trying to, like, they're all great. Yeah.
A
But in the end of the day, if you're looking to go out on top, you don't do a reboot for sure.
B
And, like, obviously, I was in How I Met yout Father, which was amazing, but it wasn't the original cast. It was a completely separate show, so it wasn't like a reboot.
A
I don't consider that a reboot. I don't consider that a reboot. That's a spinoff, right? That's not a reboot.
B
Right. Or, like, Turner and Hooch didn't have any of the original people, and we still failed. But Max and I like to watch it sometimes before bed. And we have to get it from a torrented version that someone got me from an Eastern European. From some kind of weird vpn because they've. They've erased it from history. But, yeah, I just. And shout out, obviously, shout out to Scrubs. It's amazing. And Zach Braff and Bill Lawrence there, they've crushed it in life.
A
Yes. My what are you, nuts? Moment of the week, Josh, is when you're at a restaurant, okay? You're perusing through the menu, you're looking at appetizers, entrees, sides, desserts. It looks great. You flip the page, you're expecting to see a drink menu, and you see the word libations. What are you, nuts? It's a drink menu, okay? I don't want this fake libations. Can I introduce you to libation? Like, shut the fuck up. Your yard house. I don't need to see your libations menu. Yeah, okay, I don't. There's four drinks. Give me a margarita. Libations. What are you, nuts?
B
Welcome to Applebee's. Here's a list of our libations.
A
Here's our libations. Would you like our cherry appletini? No, I wouldn't.
B
Okay.
A
Get out of here, Josh. You know what else is a what do you nuts? Not giving this episode five stars. That's a. What do you.
B
Would you like a libation with your Buffalo blast? Sorry.
A
Yes, I'd love a Buffalo libation. Five stars. Otherwise, what are you, nuts? Rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast because every single week we are going to read a five star review. Not a four, not a three, not a two, not a one. Unless it's really funny. The one, the five. The five is what we're looking for. Give us a great review and we're going to read it. Josh, you got a five star review from a wonderful moron to share.
B
Sure. From mama cat 82374 love letter from a Gen Xer newish listener. But these guys are now on my weekly Must listen. Relatively clean aside from some necessary language. I'm constantly laughing out loud and really enjoy the content. Topical or not. And you know what? Or not.
A
Or not. Or not. By the way, we're done with topical. It's over. Okay? We're done.
B
Forget it.
A
See you later. Who needs it? That's not why you came to come to us on Mondays and Thursdays, folks. We will see you next time. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.
GOOD GUYS — "Meta Glasses, Senior Dating, and a Third WHAT?"
Podcast Summary
Episode Date: March 9, 2026
Hosts: Josh Peck & Ben Soffer
In this lively and humorous episode of "Good Guys," Josh Peck and Ben Soffer dive into a spirited discussion covering modern communication etiquette, unique parenting challenges, senior living quirks, bizarre bodily phenomena, and the perils of gym friendships. The duo also debate societal norms—like splitting birthday checks and the economics of babysitting—before veering into food talk and rapid-fire question games. True to form, the hosts' banter is loaded with relatable anecdotes, light roasts, and cultural observations that keep the pace brisk and the laughs coming.
Timestamp: 00:08 – 02:25
“My new thoughts on multitasking: it’s bullshit. You’re doing everything poorly if you’re not focusing on one thing.” (01:49)
Timestamp: 03:32 – 08:06
Josh: Asks if it’s fair to have his wife source babysitters since she’s “in the mom group chat”—and he’s not.
Ben: “Yes, 100%. Once you find a good babysitter, never let her go. You want a raise? No problem… You can’t put a price on it—until you’re broke.” (06:58)
Josh: “If you need the money that badly to watch my children, that you’re gonna take a rate cut, I don’t trust you with my children.” (07:18)
Timestamp: 09:15 – 15:00
Josh: Relates taking his kids to a "legends match" soccer game:
“The goaltenders were a good 50 pounds overweight. It was unbelievable.” (09:41)
Debates when it’s appropriate to bring very young children to sporting events and concludes “not yet” for infants.
Timestamp: 17:37 – 22:50
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For next week: Send in your "Moron Mail" for advice or commentary—Josh and Ben are taking listener emails at goodguyspodcastonemail.com!