03-03-26 - Jimmy Whisman - Small Town Murder And Crime In Sports Podcasts - In Studio

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Holmberg’s Morning Sickness – Ep. 03-03-26

Guest: Jimmy Whisman (Small Town Murder & Crime in Sports Podcasts)

Date: March 3, 2026
Host: John Holmberg & Crew (Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo, co-hosted with Jimmy Pardo, James, and more)

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Overview

This high-energy studio episode catches up with Jimmy Whisman, Phoenix native and co-host of the hugely popular true-crime comedy podcasts Small Town Murder and Crime in Sports. The crew dives into Whisman’s journey from local standup and power company employee to national podcast star—with a Netflix contract. They reminisce about the Phoenix comedy scene, the growth of podcasting, and dish on everything from awkward club shows and weird radio execs to comedic treatment of murder cases, infamous public figures, and the burden of accidental fame.

The tone is fast, biting, and self-deprecating, full of banter and lampooning, but always circling back to celebrating the weird ways success can happen—especially to "local nobodies."

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Meeting Memories & Early Comedy Grinds

• [01:56] John and Jimmy reminisce about first connecting over an absurd escalator accident story.
• [02:14] Jimmy: “The horrible part is that it was hungry and ate another one 30 minutes later.”
• [03:03] On Phoenix as a comedy hub: “Phoenix is actually a very good place to do comedy. People don’t realize it.” – Jimmy

2. Podcasting Evolution & Breakthrough

• [02:52] Jimmy notes Small Town Murder just passed 10 years.
• [02:55] “Podcasting… wasn’t near as what it is today.”
• [04:09] “Hillbillies keep killing hillbillies—it’s not going to stop.” – Jimmy (on endless story material)
• [04:49] On sound quality: Early success attributed to recording at the radio station, giving an immediate air of professionalism.

3. Relationship with Radio & Industry Commentary

• [05:25] Inside jokes on the “death spiral” of radio and industry mismanagement.
• [06:10] “Small town business murder. I introduce you to a man named Marv Nyren. This guy’s one of the biggest dummies I’ve ever met...” – Jimmy Pardo

4. Netflix Deal & “Making It”

• [03:42] “I got a contract. I have 208 shows that I’m gonna do with them for the next two years.” – Jimmy
• [04:01] Production is all in-house: “It’s just you, me, me and James. ... Two dudes.”
• [09:14] “They just threw a bucket of cash at you two and said, here, just keep doing...” – Jimmy Pardo

5. Philosophy of Humor in True Crime

• [04:40] “The fun part is that we try our best not to make fun of the actual murder itself. Unless it’s pretty hilarious.” – Jimmy
• [07:27] Awkward club dates with mismatched audiences, being resented by Nate Bargatze’s clean crowd.

6. Podcast Expansion & Other Projects

• [08:36] Launch of Your Stupid Opinions, a podcast reading internet product/place reviews.
• [25:38] Considering filming live Netflix specials: Tarrytown, NY shows.

7. Dark Sides of Public Figures & Podcast Ideas

• [12:16] Idea pitched: “All Your Heroes Are ____” – A podcast exposing the flaws/failings of revered figures (sports, civil rights leaders, celebrities).
• [13:33] Shocking bits about Mother Teresa (“She killed people nonstop. She was great friends with Papa Doc Chevalier” – Jimmy Pardo [13:35]).
• [17:19] Exposing athlete scandals: “We’re doing Adrian Peterson right now... He’s got some rough history.” – Jimmy

8. Phone Privacy, Jokes, and “Power of iPhone”

• [22:14] Joke segment on the dangers of phone privacy, referencing famous scandals and inventing "power of iPhone"—a person who factory resets your phone if you die.

9. Personal Journeys & Local Pride

• [23:08] Jimmy on teachers doubting his future:
  • [23:53] “...during high school, they knew that I was gonna be nothing. They knew I was not going to further education.”
  • [24:28] “I was there [at the power company] for 22 years... Now I've got these podcasts that are working out.”
• [24:48] No school invites: “None of us are brand safe for the alumni newsletter.”

10. Upcoming Shows & Local Performances

• [25:38] “Anything else for Netflix?” Plans for multi-camera live shows at major venues.
• [26:08] Quirky gig: Opening for Stormy Daniels (“I don’t know how that’s going to work... I’m going to take a picture with Stormy Daniels. One degree of separation away from one of the worst people [Trump].” – Jimmy)

11. Reflection, Gratitude, & Continued Hustle

• [27:58] “It’s the dumbest thing in the world. You’re not gonna believe that they’re doing this for me again.” – Jimmy
• [28:05] New episodes: Two-parter on Adrian Peterson for Crime in Sports. Recent Small Town Murder episode based in Mississippi.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On making fun of tragedy:
  • Jimmy Whisman: "We try our best not to make fun of the actual murder itself. Unless it’s pretty hilarious. Then it’s... what are you gonna do?" [04:40]
• On endless material:
  • Jimmy Whisman: "Hillbillies keep killing hillbillies—it’s not going to stop." [04:09]
• On Netflix deal:
  • Jimmy Pardo: "They just threw a bucket of cash at you two and said, here, just keep doing..." [09:14]
• On phone privacy:
  • Jimmy Pardo: “Power of iPhone: if it senses there’s no heartbeat, it immediately shuts off and defaults. Alert is the only password that can pull the plug on your phone.” [22:30]
• On cancel culture and secrets:
  • Jimmy Whisman: “If you dig into anybody’s text, you can find... Oh, boy. We’re all done.” [19:44]
• On perspective:
  • Jimmy Whisman: “I'm really grateful for it and I try my best not to screw it up every day.” [10:47]
• On the American Dream:
  • Jimmy Pardo: “It’s awesome. We’re happy to have you, Jimmy Whisman, a local winner, a legend in and amongst all of us...” [31:14]

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Timestamps for Significant Segments

• [02:52] – Ten years of Small Town Murder
• [03:42] – Netflix deal and show structure
• [04:40] – Philosophy: Laughing about tragedy (with a line)
• [08:36] – Launching new podcast “Your Stupid Opinions”
• [13:33] – Mother Teresa segment ("She killed people nonstop...")
• [17:19] – Sports scandals: Adrian Peterson deep dive
• [22:14] – "Power of iPhone" bit
• [23:08] – Whisman's Phoenix roots and journey
• [25:38] – Filming Netflix live specials discussion
• [26:08] – Upcoming local shows with Stormy Daniels
• [28:05] – Current and recent podcast episodes preview
• [31:14] – Final gratitude and local legend send-off

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Additional Highlights

• Podcast Process: They research court documents and news reports for accuracy but note that misidentifications do occur, especially with complicated family trees ("the family tree’s a bush" – [29:42]).
• Local Community Pride: Phoenix local references and nostalgia pepper the show—contrast with celebs who've left for LA and never looked back (eg. Emma Stone).
• Chemistry with Co-Hosts: Running riffs about co-host James’ "borderline autistic" research skills (and love of weed) anchor the in-studio teamwork dynamic.
• Comedy World Real Talk: Tales of hate mail, mismatched lineups, and club mishaps provide a window into the hustle of standup life.

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Where to Listen & Upcoming Live Dates

• Podcasts:

  • Small Town Murder
  • Crime in Sports
  • Your Stupid Opinions
    (All are available on all platforms & now featured with video on Netflix)

• Live Shows:

  • Small Town Murder: March 20, Stand Up Live (Phoenix) – SOLD OUT
  • Your Stupid Opinions: March 21, Stand Up Live
  • Special event: March 10, Mic Drop Comedy with Stormy Daniels (Chandler, AZ)
  • Touring soon in Durham, Atlanta, and Tarrytown, NY (multi-cam special plans)

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Final Thoughts

For all the sarcasm and roasting, the episode is a celebration of unexpected paths to success, the joy (and occasional horror) of comedy-true-crime podcasting, and the DIY hustle—sprinkled with a healthy dose of local pride and gratitude.

“Support local comedy. That’s where it’s…” — Jimmy Whisman [31:21]

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Transcript

[John Holmberg]

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[Jimmy Pardo]

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[John Holmberg]

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[Jimmy Pardo]

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[Larry McFeely]

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[Jimmy Whisman]

The old method of treatment for a person in this condition was to throw him in jail.

[Jimmy Pardo]

All right, the 8:00 clock word for another 20 minutes or so is load. You throw that in there and we're gonna get you loaded up and maybe disappear you to the sphere to see Metallica up there in Vegas. Look who's here. Hey, look who's here. I got an email right here, Jimmy. It says, oh, my God.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It's not that hard.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Small town. Mur a guy. Yeah, says such a big fan of the show and the your stupid opinions one.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

They have live shows later this month and I'm going.

[John Holmberg]

I cannot wait to see them.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I have a meeting soon, so I

[John Holmberg]

doubt I'll be able to listen to you guys, but I'll try the podcast.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Have fun.

[John Holmberg]

Help them sell out because they deserve it.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Melissa, all you had to do was read that. I'll leave.

[Jimmy Pardo]

That's it.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Jimmy Westminster coming in.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Jimmy is.

[John Holmberg]

How did we meet?

[Jimmy Whisman]

Ah, you remember. I do.

[Ashley (caller/listener)]

I don't.

[Jimmy Whisman]

There was.

[John Holmberg]

It was not memorable.

[Jimmy Whisman]

No, you were. It was a news story about an Asian. It was in China and the escalator ate a person. And I wrote to you.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Oh, she grinded up.

[Jimmy Whisman]

And I wrote to you. And Said the horrible part is that it was hungry and ate another one 30 minutes later.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Great joke. It's a great joke. And then so I mailed back and said, we have to be.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Let's hang out.

[Wayne (Amco representative)]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Which is if you haven't gotten that off of one of my emails yet, jokes aren't very good. Because immediately, if I like the joke,

[James (podcast co-host)]

you're being invited to the couch.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. Why don't you come sit with me and Ed? Yeah. So Jimmy is the host of Small Town Murder, a podcast that. When it. When he first told me the idea, I was like, that's great. And I told Brady, I'm like, jimmy's gonna need money. And look at you, though. How long you been doing it now?

[Jimmy Whisman]

We just. We just crested 10 years.

[John Holmberg]

10 years.

[Jimmy Whisman]

10 years. Podcasting. And podcasting, when we got in, wasn't as. I mean, it was prevalent, but it wasn't near as what it is today.

[John Holmberg]

I wish I'd have stuck with the

[Jimmy Pardo]

one I was doing with Chuck Pal. And you would have crushed 10 or 12 years ago because it was. We were getting. We had Tom Segura, Bert Kreischer, all these comedians that came through and they're like, what are you doing?

[Jimmy Whisman]

That's the genius part about people that are able to have guests every week. And we have so many comedy clubs here. Every week you could have a different. Two different guests. Phoenix is actually a very good place to do comedy. People don't realize.

[Jimmy Pardo]

All we thought to ourselves was, this is just going to be too hard to try to figure out. Radio's easier. But had I stuck with it, I could have been out of this bullshit.

[Jimmy Whisman]

You could have been on Netflix like that.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I could have been.

[Ashley (caller/listener)]

You got a netfl.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Netflix special. Good.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I got a contract. I have 208 shows that I'm gonna do with them for the next.

[Jimmy Pardo]

What?

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah, for the next two years. Unbelievable. I don't. I don't know why they're doing it. That's amazing on them. This. We're terrible at this.

[Jimmy Pardo]

So are you in charge of all the production? Are you working with Netflix crew?

[Jimmy Whisman]

I make it every day.

[Jimmy Pardo]

You got your.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It's just you, me, me and James.

[Jimmy Pardo]

You and James are still doing it.

[Jimmy Whisman]

And it's just two dudes.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Two material's endless.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I mean, look, hillbillies. Keep killing hillbillies. It's not gonna stop. It's not gonna stop.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Well, there was a thing I saw the other day that said people are like, oh, murder. It's such a scary time. And he Brought up the Bible and he said at one point there were four people on the planet. Yeah. And then Cain killed Abel. Yeah. The murder rate was 25%. It was massive. There was a chance. So murder's been going on since the beginning.

[Jimmy Whisman]

The day one. It's not first day and it's not changing.

[James (podcast co-host)]

No.

[Jimmy Whisman]

The fun part is that we try our best not to make fun of the actual murder itself. Unless it's pretty hilarious. Yeah. Then it's. I mean, what are you gonna do?

[Jimmy Pardo]

Right?

[Jimmy Whisman]

Right. You have to. But that's the goal in the whole thing, is try to have a little bit of decency. But we started this. We started with crime and sports and then you gave us the opportunity to record here. And that is. I think that's a huge catalyst and why small town murder is actually successful because the sound quality from day one was radio quality. It was amazing. And then from that we went back to our little den whenever we couldn't be here any longer because time constraints didn't work out. And we ended up taking the model numbers of the mics down, model numbers of the arms, everything.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Should have just stolen this stuff.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I wish we could.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Hardly any of those rooms get used anymore.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Really?

[Jimmy Pardo]

Anymore. Oh, this place. It's a ghost. There's nobody here. The executives of radio have destroyed the industry. It's terrible.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Well done, boys.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah, well done.

[John Holmberg]

Not us.

[Jimmy Pardo]

We're doing our part.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Realize that. Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah, man.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Well done, executives. Enjoy your cigars and golf outings.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I think the phrase I like to use around them is death spiral. We. You know what small town murder is?

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. What I heart's done to every radio station in America. You should do a special on how they killed every single one of them with terrible ideas and nice suits. And then blamed people like me for

[Jimmy Whisman]

going Norm at Westwood One. Took the radio industry and buried it with them immediately.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Endless stories you could do on radio.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Oh, my God. Oh, it's crazy.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Small town business murder. I introduce you to a man named Marv Nyren. This guy's one of the biggest dummies I've ever met in my life. He runs.

[Jimmy Whisman]

This is where it's at, Johnny. Keep doing this every day.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I got loads of them. They're the dumbest people alive.

[Jimmy Whisman]

There's nothing better than terrible stories of bad people.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Oh. Just awful human beings who just, you know, you notice when somebody's bad. You learn this when you meet the Netflix big wig.

[John Holmberg]

Because they're done.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Is that a Ted? It's Ted's a good one. But he's got a few under him that are probably.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I want to know all of them.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And if a guy ever points to you with one hand as a gun and the other as a thumbs up, you can't trust him.

[James (podcast co-host)]

You're in the right place.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And if a dude can switch from one to the next, that's a dangerous man. That is a dangerous moron. That is a. I've met people like that.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Dangerous.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And you meet him and you're like, oh, he's gonna run something soon. Because he's just smooth enough to fool radio knobs.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Enjoy the year.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah, they are dumb people, but I'm proud of you. Like, that's the best part of what you got going on.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It means the most.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Well, because you were very funny, and I always knew that and that, like, we'd hang out and stuff. Yeah, you did. You opened up for a lot of

[Jimmy Whisman]

people, you and me.

[Jimmy Pardo]

You. You were there the first night that Lovett's started to fall in love with me and hated everyone else. And it was the weirdest thing.

[Jimmy Whisman]

That was the most fun interaction to watch unfold, too.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Because I. I being a regular at the club, I opened for a bunch of different people, and they just plug you into whoever. You don't get a choice. I opened for Nate Brigetzi, and that's the first time I've ever had hate mail sent to the email of the club. They hated me so much because his audience came to see clean comments and then they got me and apologies.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah, that's the fault of the club.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Right. Well, and Nate. Cause he's from New York and he's done everything and he's followed everybody. And he can follow everybody. So when we did the show, I asked him if he wanted me to do anything different because I knew he was clean. And he said, be you. I followed everybody at the Cellar. Be you. And his audience didn't want me to be.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Mate, they didn't like you. What are the emails coming in?

[Jimmy Whisman]

Oh, they were terrible.

[Jimmy Pardo]

They took time to email after the

[Jimmy Whisman]

happy Nate Bargassi Coleman, the generosity of his heart, went ahead and forwarded them to me. What a sweet name.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah, there's a racehorse that might get spooked here. Let's just put. Let's put fireworks in his seat back

[Jimmy Whisman]

the sweet man coming in.

[John Holmberg]

Jimmy Wishman's a small town.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Murder is the name of the podcast. And you got the other one.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah, we Crime and sports and we have your stupid opinions now that we just run down. We take like, a product or a place or something that gets reviewed on the Internet. And we just read the reviews. It's amazing. We're doing that one live at Stand up, live in on March 21. We sold out small town murder on March 20. So we added the extra show of your stupid opinions. And we'll see how this one does.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And when does Netflix take your. Make it a series.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I don't, so.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Because I saw it. Yeah, yeah, I saw the thing. It's like a thumbnail of.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah, yeah. Our podcast is.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I know.

[Jimmy Whisman]

The podcast.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Ever.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Every day, every week, twice a week.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And that's. And that's the deal that you don't have to do anything extra. No, come on.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I just film it twice.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And they just threw a bucket of cash at you two and said, here, just keep doing.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Greatest thing that they could have done.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Isn't that amazing?

[Jimmy Whisman]

My kids are gonna have education.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I know. And they don't deserve it. They were poorly raised. Now Netflix is putting your kids into Pepperdine.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Continued to be poor.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And when you, like when you, like, you didn't go to college.

[Jimmy Whisman]

No. Oh, rich. They didn't even tell me when they essay. They knew. You don't need to know this. They told me. They gave me trade school applications.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yes.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Stuff like that. They were not.

[Jimmy Pardo]

They gave me. See you next year. I didn't take the sat. And people ask still, like, what was your score? And I'm like, I didn't take it. Like, you had to. I'm like, you did. Like, they put. There's a group of us and you were one of them that they just put into a corner and gave them a beach ball and said, kill the next two hours and don't ask questions. ACT and essay never took a thing.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I didn't. I don't even know what the. Those letters mean.

[Dick Toledo]

I don't know.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I know. Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Sat.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Well, I know that from first grade. Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

And that I can spell it.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[James (podcast co-host)]

I wish I wouldn't have taken it. There was no acceptance into Harvard.

[Jimmy Pardo]

It exposed a lot of. Yeah.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

A lot of warts. Like intelligence.

[Jimmy Whisman]

You went to Ohio State, though, didn't you?

[Jimmy Pardo]

No.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Ohio Universe.

[Jimmy Pardo]

The Teemu of Ohio State. Yeah, it's. It's the ASU kind of looks at it goes. Sorry, but. Yeah. So you. Yeah. So your kids are like. They're getting an entirely different world than you grew up.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It's amazing and I'm really grateful for it and I try my best not to screw it up every day.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Does your ex wife try to get more money out of you?

[Jimmy Whisman]

Money I've paid lawyers to shut her up. Then she won't shut up. It's so crazy.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Cause you got divorced before everything went crazy. Yes.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got divorced almost 10 years ago.

[Jimmy Pardo]

So you were out at like 800 bucks a month. No. And then now.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Now she's trying to get. We're not going to talk.

[Jimmy Pardo]

No, we don't.

[James (podcast co-host)]

That's a podcast in itself.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Oh, boy.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I have an idea for a podcast. Let me pitch it.

[Jimmy Whisman]

All right.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Let me give a little pitch party. I've said this for years, and I would do it, but I'm too lazy to do it. And you guys would be great.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Let me get my pen.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Because James does such great research.

[Jimmy Whisman]

He's amazing.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Like, your podcast is borderline autistic. So he.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Is he.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Oh, absolutely.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I don't think it's borderline. That's why I wasn't asking about the autism.

[Jimmy Whisman]

He's. He's so good at being focused. And he smokes a crazy amount of weed.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Is that right?

[Jimmy Whisman]

I've never seen somebody that can. Ralphie is the only one that I've ever seen smoke like that. And James rivals Ralphie.

[Jimmy Pardo]

It's.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It's scary.

[Jimmy Pardo]

No kidding.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I don't know how he does it. He wakes up, and from till the time he goes to bed, he's. It's every day, wake and bake. But it keeps him so focused, and he's so good at just focusing on one thing, and he won't quit until he gets it. Yeah. And he's great at it. So good.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And this is what it requires for a podcast like that to succeed. But mine is all your heroes are.

[Jimmy Whisman]

They are. Yes.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And so you go back and you find people in history that everybody has revered for so long, and you find out, find their fault, their humanity. If you met them, this would make you go, oh, no.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Amazing.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Because they all have it.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

But you need somebody to do research, and then you can make jokes about it, just like you do brilliant. And you can do reenactments of, like, what it would actually have been like.

[Jimmy Whisman]

But you got to find the rumor and then. And then follow that trail. And.

[James (podcast co-host)]

And there's some that you. You kind of know about. Sure.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[James (podcast co-host)]

I want that show to Ted Williams.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. But I want that show to make people, when it's over, go, man, Rosa Parks was a dick. That kind of.

[Jimmy Whisman]

But it might make people. It might revere people to even more. Like, trying to find breadcrumbs of why Jon Lovitz would be a Terrible person. And you only find amazing things. That's one of the sweetest. That really. Oh, you gotta tell me so much more.

[Jimmy Pardo]

No, it's just he was.

[Jimmy Whisman]

He was so great to me and I found out that he. He bangs the hottest women I've ever seen. I don't know. I didn't know.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Also, he's got a hammer on him.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Does that one. Right?

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

That makes all this John Fullen.

[Jimmy Pardo]

But no, I mean like, like jealous people of history. Like they always have Gandhi and Kennedy and all this stuff, you know, and they're evidently, they're just horrible human beings.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[James (podcast co-host)]

That's where it started with the Mother Teresa.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Mother Teresa, She's a horrific human being.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Tell me more.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Oh, she killed people non stop. She was great friends with Papa Doc Cheval 80. Yeah. And like she took money from anyone and then just like that is all it took for her to do it. Her house day.

[James (podcast co-host)]

The foundation.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Well, her house is for. For people.

[Larry McFeely]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Like she used to say, we're not giving them medical treatment that's expensive. They're here to die. And she would say, I find glory in poor people passing because it meant they were going to meet God. So she just like sped up people's deaths.

[Jimmy Whisman]

You're trying to get sued and by Mother Teresa. She's a way to take it out on the radio station. Ye sued for slandering.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Slandering Mother Teresa. Yeah. If she was a great person, I'd worry, look into it. But you're just taking face value. And then when he first brought it up.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[James (podcast co-host)]

I looked up on it and there's some stuff in there.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Oh my gosh.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I need to know so much more.

[James (podcast co-host)]

You don't get a loving Mother Teresa

[John Holmberg]

money from anyone.

[Jimmy Pardo]

There was a guy running like Syria or something and making the country up, but he was a text James atheist. And he's like, I'll give you money if you back off. She went there. Next thing you know, she's praising him. He gave her a house.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Oh my God.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Took it. Of course she got it. And all these people that are just suffering and dying and they're. And they went through. And. And one of her houses of dying.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And they're looking around and this doctor's like, we can treat like almost everybody here.

[Jimmy Whisman]

And she's like, no, no, not a chance.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Beautiful. That they're dying.

[James (podcast co-host)]

You do that.

[John Holmberg]

She was crazy.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Cuts how. Foundation money.

[Jimmy Whisman]

She's worse than Pol Pot.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Harriet Tubman.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Was a. She had a head wound when she was like six. Couldn't put a sentence together might have helped one person.

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[Jimmy Pardo]

And then the story grew and grew and grew and you're like, if you look a little bit into it, it's

[Jimmy Whisman]

like, whoa, this is fascinating.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. Oh, it gets weird.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I need to know everything.

[James (podcast co-host)]

I mean, and there's some truth to it as far as like, you know these people that are put up on pedestals like they're, you look at their background. You talk to some friends.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Your heroes are. You can start with sports. Yeah. Yeah, for sure.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Oh boy, it's crazy. I mean that's we've got 500 episodes of crime and sports about exactly that.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

We're doing Adrian Peterson right now. How. My word is he. He's got some rough history special man. Oh, boy. But I mean, he's.

[Jimmy Pardo]

He.

[Jimmy Whisman]

He didn't really have much of a chance with the. With the beating bit. He was gonna do that.

[James (podcast co-host)]

That was gonna happen. That was destiny.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Wait a minute. That was baked.

[Jimmy Whisman]

He was beaten like a monster as a child. Yeah. His whole family. That's. His dad went to prison for eight years for selling crack and from money laundering. Oh, wow. Yeah. He's just. And his dad had 10 kids and he. I'm not gonna get too much into the godhead, but they preach. Boy, do they preach. And It's. You got 10 babies and we're paying for him because you're in prison for 10 years.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Wow.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Don't talk to me about God.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And so that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's helping you out. Where's. Give me a little financial relief. I thought he was a Jew. So anyway, where's the. Yeah, that's crazy. So. Yeah, I would like to pitch that to you.

[Jimmy Whisman]

That's brilliant.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I think it would work.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It would take. I mean, each episode. It would have to be a series seasons where you really deep dive for eight months and get this season.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. I look at it like you get like some. Some. You got a few like, you know, Dave Kingman and a coup of little, you know, stars in, like, your life and tell a personal story. And then. Then you do the. Every month you have your golden cow. The.

[James (podcast co-host)]

The softball.

[Jimmy Pardo]

The golden calf. Yeah. You get a few in there. Like you had Adrian Peterson. And this is why you probably wouldn't want to meet. You can make you get posters in the wall, but here's Michael Jordan's story. Jimmy Butler's his kid. Everybody knows that. That's a terrible thing. And then. And then you do the gold ones. Like we're going to. We're going to Kennedy.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

That family.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Come on.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Oh, my God.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Come on.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It's amazing.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And he's on coins.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

His D monster. An absolute monster.

[John Holmberg]

Horrible monster.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Absolutely.

[Jimmy Pardo]

He was.

[James (podcast co-host)]

The mom did all right.

[Jimmy Pardo]

He's Trump before. Trump before.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah. And. And worse, because he was. I mean, he was selling illegal liquor. He was.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

He's a bad. A bad man.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Now this is why we love.

[James (podcast co-host)]

He had a good clientele on that, though. He did well in that.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I just love that the weren't. None of us are. Are good. Just. Just run with that.

[Jimmy Pardo]

It's fine.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Why be surprised when there's scandals. You know what I mean?

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Chris d' Alia's scandals. Why are you surprised? He's probably a bad guy. We're all probably bad guys.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. If you dig into anybody's text, you can find.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Oh, boy.

[Jimmy Pardo]

We're all done. We're all done. No, I mean, you would think that I was a murderer.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I've texted you.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I know we've texted each other things like. That's a lot.

[James (podcast co-host)]

It always goes back to the Johnny Depp trial when it's red.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Oh, boy. And the.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Did you say this idea?

[Jimmy Pardo]

Here's a fun thing that happened this weekend with me and Brian Callan. We couldn't get our times right to have lunch. And my last text to him, and it was just a text, was just to say, all right, well, if you get. If, if you're vegging out, I understand. We've missed. We've swung and missed it three or four times, both of us.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It happens.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And I said, but you know what? Love to spend time with him. If we can't do it, we can't do it. And he texts me about an hour later and he's eating. Yeah. He's like, I screwed up. I didn't text you back. You know, I'm the biggest jerk in the world.

[Jimmy Whisman]

That's pretty good.

[Jimmy Pardo]

So it was a. It was a. It was a little video.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. Johnny. Sorry. So sorry. And he comes at me. So then afterwards, I send back a video of me without my shirt on, laying on a couch.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And I'm just. And I put water on my head. Like I'm just like, been crying and a fire back. And I'm like, I'm just lonely and just made it seem like it. That's it. And he comes back and I said. I said, I've had this eye surgery and I just wanted some time with a friend who I haven't seen for a long time. And you. You've completely abandoned me. Have fun enjoying your several meals today. I guess I'll doordash something.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

He fires back and he goes, you know, after seeing that, maybe you deserve the. I think and maybe it's time for you to leave. So I sent back a video of me opening up a case and reaching and getting a handgun. He sent back a video masturbating furiously.

[James (podcast co-host)]

I was

[Jimmy Whisman]

guarantee he was beaten.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I sent back a thing that said, I just posted this on Instagram with the caption, hey, Br. What was that thing you did right when you laid JonBenet's body down again. And then after I sent it, I thought to myself, I'm not allowed to have phones. I shouldn't have this. And he goes, that's the winner. And I'm like, that's where we win. That's where we're done. But if you go through somebody's phone, we're all terrible. You're absolutely right.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Some of my favorite stuff is the searches in our shows when the police get ahold of somebody's phone. Because it's so fun when you think you're just innocently joking with someone. Let murder touch your life just a little bit. And wait till the police trouble. You may not have even done anything. And they're just like, we need your phone because Brian Callan did something back.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. Well, that's. Hillary smashed it with a hammer. And Tom Brady almost sued everyone. And I was. I was with him. We came up with the idea of power of iPhone instead of power of attorney, that you just give it to a guy.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And he's got the responsible. And he's responsible for your phone.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

If you die. So if I was your power of iPhone factory reset. Yeah. It would be when you die, your phone is connected to your heart.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And if it senses there's no heartbeat, it immediately shuts off and defaults. Alert is the only password that can

[Jimmy Whisman]

pull the plug on your phone. Basically. Brilliant.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And that's. It goes right to him. It defaults to your power of iPhone.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Delete all my youjiz.com.

[Jimmy Pardo]

That dude looks young dot com. So. Yeah. And this is so cool that your podcast is it.

[Jimmy Whisman]

And so great.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And literally, like, you grew up here pretty much, right?

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah, I went to Shadow Mountain High School. Matter of fact, Mr. Hunter, the biology teacher came to a show. Not one of my shows. He stumbled in to see a headliner and I happened to be opening. And I don't even think he remembered. I think he may have been a little blackout drunk too. But I told him that during high school, they knew that I was gonna be nothing. They knew I was not going to further education. And he. Soon as finals ended, the bell ra. And I was walking out. He just. He's whisman stick behind. And everybody left. And then he asked me, I'm gonna be on. I'm. I'm gonna be a real adult with you. And he said, what the. And then he said the word. Do you think happens after high school? And I was puzzled. And then I was like, we smoke weed at 2:30. I don't know.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Today.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I don't know. And then he's like, you're gonna get a job. And I'm like, yeah, I'll get a job job. And I did that for 20 years. That paid me nothing.

[Jimmy Pardo]

What were you doing?

[Jimmy Whisman]

And then. Well, I worked for one of the power companies. That is the three letter one. That's right.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Oh, that's right. The APS or the srp.

[Ashley (caller/listener)]

Right.

[Jimmy Pardo]

It's a choice. One of those you were part of.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah. And I was able to retire from that because of these podcasts. So I got a pension and a 401k.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Oh, you're not kidding.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Oh, yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I thought that was a nice way to say told him to stuff it up.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It's a very small one, but still. But it. I was there for 22 years.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Holy smokes.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I did fine. And now I've got these podcasts that are working out. So. Mr. Hunter, I know what happens after high school and it's gonna be fine.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. Does he know? Because he's still in high school.

[Jimmy Whisman]

He's probably still yelling at people.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. Isn't it weird too, like, because I was that like Shadow Mountain probably like invites you back to stuff now. Not at all.

[John Holmberg]

What?

[Jimmy Whisman]

But that's because they're like a two way school now. They're a tiny, tiny school.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Brand liability. It's mostly like mentally challenged children.

[Jimmy Pardo]

It is.

[Jimmy Whisman]

That's what I'm told.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Wasn't it always, though?

[Jimmy Whisman]

I went there.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. I was gonna say,

[Jimmy Whisman]

like their football team has to play like superior or something. Like I just googled.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Oh, they dropped down in the division.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah. So they got to do a lot of trap and they got a lot of drool cups for the football team, I imagine. I don't know.

[Jimmy Pardo]

It's. They start with cte.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

They don't even get hit as kids are already.

[Jimmy Whisman]

No, it's, it's. It's just. It's fly. I don't know. Fly. But that neighborhood where I grew up has shrunk tremendously. That it's just these. The parents kept the houses and the kids moved and it's like Chernobyl.

[Jimmy Pardo]

All the kids are kind of mental.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah. Yeah. And the ones that are there now are just going there because there's special programs for them and.

[Jimmy Pardo]

All right. So the Netflix thing is available now.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And anything else you're doing for Netflix, you guys can do live specials and stuff.

[Jimmy Whisman]

So we're considering doing a several camera shoot for our final shows of the years.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Nice.

[Jimmy Whisman]

And doing like. Because we're doing Tarrytown, New York at The music hall up there. We considered filming that theater. It's a beautiful theater. And then. And doing that at the end of the.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Both.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Both tours that we're doing this year and next year. I'm also doing. I'm still doing standup here locally. I'm doing a show with Stormy Daniels at M Comedy and in chandler on the 10th.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It's crazy.

[Jimmy Pardo]

You and Stormy's doing comedy?

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah. I don't know how.

[James (podcast co-host)]

How does that work out? Is that an interview of it? Okay.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I want to show up as Trump. Hello, Stormy.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I like the vision.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Jimmy and I were talking about maybe sewing up. Wow.

[Jimmy Whisman]

A little too much tartar sauce.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Little thick Little Debbies.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Wow. Yeah. So I'm gonna do that with her. So the guy that helps us do our. Our production used to work for the Howard Stern show. His name's Richie Wilson. He lives in Florida, and his wife is really close with Stormy. And Stormy was doing a show here. So we told her, look, I got a friend there that if you want somebody to open for you.

[Jimmy Pardo]

So. How about that? It's.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It's gonna be fun. I don't know.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I don't know what it's gonna be.

[John Holmberg]

You'll do your thing and see.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I'm gonna take a picture with. With Stormy Dan. One degree of separation away from one of the worst people.

[Jimmy Pardo]

You're like. You're like almost. You're like almost Igloo Brothers with Tom.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah, almost.

[Jimmy Pardo]

You might be.

[Jimmy Whisman]

She's married now, so I don't think there's a chance.

[John Holmberg]

Okay.

[Jimmy Pardo]

She's got boundaries. Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry. She promised herself in front of the Lord that she wouldn't do anything. Now you have to bang her.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

That's awesome. I'm proud of you and I'm happy for you beyond measure.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It means the most to me.

[Jimmy Pardo]

It doesn't really, but that's.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It really does. We've gone to Sons games, and I sat in your suite with you. That's true. I've come to your house, and it means that.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Well, that's very nice.

[Jimmy Whisman]

To wear your goddamn clothes.

[Jimmy Pardo]

That's true. I put you in Steeler stuff because you showed up.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah, because I'm there.

[Jimmy Pardo]

You're not dicking around.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Eat the food and watch the game. I got to wear the clothes?

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. If you want to participate, you're going

[Jimmy Whisman]

to participate in the uniform. Stony Romas.

[Jimmy Pardo]

That's right. I was like, srp. I'm, like, getting the gear.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Put your up.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Get in the outfit. It's Such a cool thing. And it's. Man, every time I hear from you, it's like, God, you're not going to believe it. Believe this. And another great thing's happened.

[Jimmy Whisman]

It's the dumbest thing in the world. You're not gonna believe that. They're doing this for me again.

[Jimmy Pardo]

What's the. What's the newest episode? What are you guys focusing on?

[Jimmy Whisman]

So we're doing Adrian Peterson right now. We're doing a two part series on crime and sports. Small town murder. I forget so much because my therapist told me to pretend like James just made this story up this week because it's so traumatizing.

[James (podcast co-host)]

You're being desensitized.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah, it's a disaster, man. We're in a lot of trouble. We're not okay. That's what James and I say every week. We're not okay.

[Jimmy Pardo]

No, there's a. Yeah.

[Jimmy Whisman]

So I forget what, what episode we just did, but we've been doing some really good ones. There was one just recently in Mississippi, I think that's the one that comes out this week. It's pretty. Pretty.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Do you focus when you go to a town on that town's most like, is it like when you go to Tarrytown stuff in the area?

[Jimmy Whisman]

We'd like to, but we tour a couple of different shows, sometimes three, sometimes four around the country. So James will do one of the shows and I don't, I never know which one it is, so. And I drink a lot and I'm. I'm smoking a little more weed than usual so I forget a lot of things.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. This is the business plan is awes

[James (podcast co-host)]

a core one that like sticks out over the years.

[Jimmy Whisman]

So we, we just did one in Oro Valley that in near Tucson and one of the. One of the family members just messaged me. It was something that she drank about for years and years and years to forget all the memories of it. And she was like, I didn't remember some of that stuff or she remembers it differently. I don't know if we were right or not. We take articles and court. Court depositions and affidavits and we use that as information because that's has to be facts. They're not allowed to put something out that's not a fact. So we use that as information and sometimes it can be wrong because it'll get like a relation of a person wrong. But I mean it's, it's, it's the. The tree's a bush.

[Jimmy Pardo]

You know what I mean?

[Jimmy Whisman]

The family tree's a bush. Everybody's related. It's fascinating.

[Jimmy Pardo]

That's so cool. Yeah. And it's such a good thing. Well, a Small Town murder is available wherever you podcast.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah, everywhere. We podcast on Netflix. Netflix. Your stupid opinions in crime and sports are everywhere.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I was minding my own business.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Looking for whatever Netflix had to offer

[Jimmy Whisman]

in that massive stupid face.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And there's Jimmy Whisman. And I'm like, how do I know that pr. Wait a minute. Jimmy Wisman. And then you would text me, like, within a day.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I said, I saw it. It's pretty great.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Don't worry.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I'm so happy I didn't go to

[James (podcast co-host)]

Whisman or the Bollywood action film.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. You know what's weird? You might be the only person that's like, like, like part of the show in a weird way that's gone on to do stuff. Good.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Well, I appreciate it.

[Jimmy Pardo]

We don't have a coaching tree as well. Yeah, we really don't have anybody. Yeah. Everybody's Come on here is dead.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Swing away.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Their careers have all failed or they're dead.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I mean, you got Frank around, and Frank's terrific. I love him so much.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Oh, yeah, he's good.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Caliento's the best. And I. I want him to be more successful than he is.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah. Because when we met, he was flying high. Things just.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Yeah, you've been. You've been quite the weight on that weight like crazy.

[Jimmy Pardo]

There you go. Jimmy Westman is there. And what else you got to plug?

[Jimmy Whisman]

Anything that's mic drop comedy on March 10th. Small town murder at Stand Up Live and your stupid opinions at stand up live, March 21st. It's gonna be great. I'm really excited about this month. I'm heading out to Durham and Atlanta this weekend, so running around all over the place, doing these shows, selling huge theaters, and it's beautiful. And I. I'm really grateful.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah, it's awesome. We're happy to have you, Jimmy Whisman, a local winner, a legend in and amongst all of us, and we're happy for you.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Support local comedy. That's where it'.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Right. Unless it's terrible, which is the majority. There's a ton of it. Don't support. Why don't you guys ever say support?

[Jimmy Whisman]

Good looking?

[Jimmy Pardo]

Because you know, you.

[Jimmy Whisman]

Because there's only one.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Yeah, that's true. And there he goes. Make all the money, Jimmy. It's Jimmy Westman, everybody. It's 98.

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[John Holmberg]

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[Jimmy Pardo]

the phone and sing. Nine o' clock Word, which I am. Sorry, I was a little tardy with Orion. O R I O N. Orion or Orion. Orion. That's the one you go with right there for the nine o' clock word in the the all you live listeners that aren't listening to the podcast Orion nine o'. Clock. You plug it in there and you get it right. I'm happy for Jimmy.

[Ashley (caller/listener)]

I'm happy.

[Jimmy Pardo]

And it is weird. Isn't it strange that that's the thing that we do where, you know, the word local matters. It's a strange change, like seeing success from the local. There's others. I don't know, there's some sort of weird hope that comes with that. When you see a guy like Jimmy's like, oh, I knew you win and you grew up here in Shadow Mountain and all that. And then you see the success he's having. You're so happy for him. It's weird and there's no real reason for it. I'm not happy for anybody who had a good success story if they grew up in, in Tucson or San Diego or anything, I don't care. But if I've driven the same streets as them or hunger. Look at him going away in that 64. Okay, Camino, you're just so happy for him. He deserves it. He's a good dude. Jimmy and I have had a lot of chitter chatter back and forth so Small town murder is going to a long time.

[James (podcast co-host)]

I mean, it wasn't like it was just an overnight success.

[Jimmy Pardo]

It was pretty quick. But, yeah, you're right. They. These guys hit it pretty fast. And that goes, you know, I mean, they were. I remember when it first started, it was like a year, and he's sitting in here, and the next thing you know, he started to talk to me about, dude, we're touring.

[John Holmberg]

I'm like, what?

[Jimmy Pardo]

That's just great. So there is still that thing about locality that makes you proud. But there he goes right down the 52nd street in the city that he calls his own. And we don't have a lot of that in Phoenix. As big as the city is, you don't have a ton of.

[Jimmy Whisman]

We got Alice Cooper,

[Jimmy Pardo]

some new blood, man, Everybody we hang on to never really talks about us. Like Emma Stone and, okay, that's neat. But she couldn't wait to get out of here. It's not like she comes back and talks about, oh, we used to listen to you in the car. Michael Longfellow was on Saturday Night Live. He came in, he's like, oh, my God, it was so great to meet you guys. I listened when I was a kid and I was like, he was on snl, and then he's off SNL now. God knows what he's doing there.

[James (podcast co-host)]

Ah, bunch of baseball players.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Sure. In the old league, especially right now. Yeah. Austin Matthews. Like, you got good hockey and all that, but pretty good. Anyway, congrats to Jimmy, and that is pretty cool. So find it on Netflix and everything else. Some guy just emailed me. Justin said, when you're retired and you start listening to podcast, binge crime in sports, it's incredible for sports fans. Yeah, I've listened to that one a couple times. I have listened to podcasts. I just can't do it because I'll start, like, forming opinions based on other people's opinions, and that's. That's taboo for me. I can't help it.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I want.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I want to make my own opinions off of my own thing. Sometimes you can't be. You got to be influenced. But I. I can't listen to another podcast and think, oh, that's a good one. I'll take that, too. Sometimes you end up having the same opinions, but mine's never based on the fact that I listen to other people's stuff, but I would like to. And I know Jimmy does a great job on certain categories with everything. It's almost everything I don't like. I don't like Watching. The only one I kind of fall into is sports stuff and the religious stuff.

[James (podcast co-host)]

You seem to follow a couple of guys.

[Jimmy Pardo]

That isn't like following. That's educational. And it's not like I'm sitting there saying, I listen to a podcast. Podcast. I will find things. I watch. I, I watch live debate between theologians and atheists.

[Jimmy Whisman]

You've.

[James (podcast co-host)]

You've shared a couple with me.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I'm.

[Jimmy Pardo]

Oh, yeah, fascinating.

[James (podcast co-host)]

All of a sudden, next thing you know, you're going into more.

[Jimmy Pardo]

I will watch so much. They're just like, they do shows at theaters. It's not a podcast so much as it is just like, you know, Sam Harris versus whatever they put in front of him. The old Christopher Hitchens stuff. I used to, I loved that guy. I've read his book. I don't read and I've read his books, but I don't listen for opinion based stuff. I listen for people dissecting a real thing. It's like a math equation. But yeah, if they were podcasts, I couldn't listen because it would form my opinion better. Or steal it, basically. And I don't want to do especially comedy. Orion's the word for nine o'. Clock. We got the hot releases coming up next. It's 98.

[James (podcast co-host)]

It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fee.

[Jimmy Whisman]

I have heard enough of this.

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