2026-06-11 KSR - Hour 2

Summary

KSR — June 11, 2026, Hour 2 | Podcast Summary
Host: Matt Jones
Contributors: Shannon The Dude, Josh Hopkins
Date: June 11, 2026

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Episode Overview

This hour of Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) is a lively mix of Kentucky basketball updates, whimsical World Cup country facts, banter about aliens, and UK sports nostalgia. Matt Jones, Shannon The Dude, and guest Josh Hopkins blend humor, listener interaction, and insightful sports commentary, all delivered in the show's signature conversational tone.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Classic KSR Banter and Listener Engagement

• The show opens with Matt and crew reflecting on a caller's perfectly timed sign-off:
  • “Pack a lunch and take your Kleenex and get your ass kicked.” (01:12, Caller from Grayson County)
• Matt encourages regular listeners, including caller "Bob from Jamestown," to participate in Tuesday's big episode featuring hosts from Pardon My Take.
• The importance of unique callers for engaging outside guests:
  • "They do this for the calls. That's all they want. They want to talk to people and they want to talk to interesting people..." (02:25, Matt Jones)

2. Aliens: Belief vs. Sighting

• The team discusses aliens, with Matt clarifying his oft-misunderstood stance:
  • "Do I believe it's possible that there's life somewhere besides Earth? Yes... However, my claim is there are no aliens here." (03:50, Matt)
• Shannon and Josh riff on theories:
  • "If they'd gotten here, they probably know all the life in the universe... who wants to go see those people?" (05:33, Matt)
  • "We are an ant to them... if they could get here, they could walk among us and we can't see them." (05:17, Josh Hopkins)

3. UK Basketball Staff & Recruiting Rumors

• News from Mark Pope's interview: The last assistant coach will be chosen after evaluating forthcoming NCAA rules (e.g., salary caps).
  • "They're waiting to see what the new NCAA rules will be before they hire their last assistant coach." (06:21, Matt)
• Jamal Crawford rumored as a possible assistant, allegedly stating Kentucky would be his only consideration:
  • "The most encouraging thing I heard him say was like, I've had offers, but the only one I'd even consider is Kentucky..." (07:55, Josh)
• Matt is skeptical if this is genuine scoop or just "scuttlebutt." (08:02)

4. World Cup Groups J, K, L – Fun Facts Roundtable

(Kicks off at 09:05; each country’s fact presented and rated by the panel)

Group J:

• Argentina: Mishap restoration of "Monkey Christ" painting — a famous botched artwork restoration becomes a tourist draw.
  • "Humanity just goes, this is worse. Now I want to visit it more." (10:27, Matt)
• Algeria: Illegal sheep fighting and the (possibly invented) origin of iced coffee (Mazagran).
• Austria: Claims to have world’s oldest continuously operating restaurant (since 803 AD).
• Jordan: Hospitality custom — refuse an offer for food three times before accepting on the fourth prompt.

Notable Reactions:

• The team discusses the oddity of Jordan's food etiquette and the skepticism about restaurant longevity claims (13:40-14:11).

Result:
Matt & Josh pick Argentina (Monkey Christ) for “most human” anecdote; Shannon votes for Algeria (sheep fighting). (16:28)

Group K:

• Portugal: New Year's tradition: eat 12 raisins, one per stroke of midnight, each for a wish (23:22).
• DR Congo: Mayonnaise obsession and colonial culinary influences. Also, site of the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle boxing match.
• Uzbekistan: Sent tomato seeds into space to increase crop resilience; debated whether they used their own rocket (29:30). Turns out, NASA carried the seeds.
  • "Maybe not as impressive as I thought." (42:56, Matt)
• Colombia: World's highest bird diversity; over 1,900 species — about 20% of all bird species.
  • Also, Colombian national anthem plays daily at 6am and 6pm on radio/TV.

Result:
Shannon and Josh both choose Uzbekistan for forward-thinking agriculture, Matt selects Colombia for bird diversity. (32:34)

Group L:

• England: The Salmon Act of 1986 prohibits “handling salmon in suspicious circumstances”; becomes an internet joke for legal vagueness.
• Croatia: Sea organ — a seaside installation that uses ocean waves to play music through pipes.
  • Segment includes live reaction to the “sea organ” audio:
    • "That sounds like aliens. Maybe we're wrong." (41:13, Josh Hopkins)
• Ghana: Fantasy coffins — bespoke coffins shaped like objects the deceased loved (fish, cars, sneakers).
• Panama: Unique geography allows one to watch the sun rise over the Pacific and set over the Atlantic on the same day.

Result:
Josh chooses Panama (sunrise/sunset), Matt takes Croatia (sea organ), Shannon picks England (Salmon Act). (39:16)

5. UK Basketball Olympics Trivia

• Discussion of UK players with Olympic gold medals: Anthony Davis, Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, and surprise mention Keldon Johnson ("no one would remember that, but he does" — 22:13, Josh).
• Tayshaun Prince’s significant role on the 2008 Redeem Team (27:14+).

6. Returning Callers and Health Updates

• Update on Ryan Lemond: Recovering well from surgery and hoping to return after the break (43:01).
  • "As soon as I heard... I put the prayers up right then and continued to. And I know a lot of your listeners have, and I'm sure it's helped." (43:33, Josh Hopkins)

7. Notable Story: Argentina's Random World Cup Hero

• Argentinian influencer leads a campaign to make the "least famous" World Cup player (a New Zealand benchwarmer with 3,000 followers) go viral; three days later, he boasts 8 million Instagram followers:
  • "This random player in New Zealand... when the World Cup is over, he's going to have a parade for him. What a cool story." (44:41, Matt)
  • "That's when the internet does something really nice." (45:44, Matt)

8. Quick Hits & Memorable Moments

• The team repeatedly jokes about aliens throughout the show.
• Playful back-and-forth on questionable food inventions and international hospitality.
• Debate on the impressiveness of Uzbekistan’s space tomatoes (Matt admits being less impressed after confirmation Uzbeki seeds rode with NASA, not on their own rocket — 42:56).
• Josh’s various comedic voices lighten several segments, including a British accent skit for the Salmon Act.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [03:33] Aliens debate and Matt’s clarified position
• [06:21] UK Basketball assistant coaching search & NCAA rules
• [09:05] World Cup Fun Facts, Group J (Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan)
• [21:10] Kentucky basketball Olympic medalists
• [23:22] World Cup Fun Facts, Group K (Portugal, D.R. Congo, Uzbekistan, Colombia)
• [33:19] World Cup Fun Facts, Group L (England, Croatia, Ghana, Panama)
• [43:01] Update on Ryan Lemond’s health/recovery
• [44:41] Argentina’s viral campaign for New Zealand player

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Notable Quotes

• "Do I believe there's life somewhere besides Earth? ... But they're not here." — Matt (03:50)
• "We act like we're so centric to ourselves, that if they come here, they're going to be fascinated by us." — Matt (05:36)
• "He loves Seattle, is coaching his son. He’s a great broadcaster. He made $80 million in the NBA. He doesn’t need any of it. But the most encouraging thing ... the only offer I’d consider is Kentucky.” — Josh (07:33)
• "Pack a lunch and take your Kleenex and get your ass kicked." — Caller, as remembered on show (01:09)
• "That sounds like aliens. Maybe we’re wrong." — Josh Hopkins (41:13, reacting to Croatia’s sea organ audio)
• “This random player in New Zealand... when the World Cup is over, he’s going to have a parade for him. What a cool story.” — Matt (44:41)
• “That's one of the few times where you like the internet.” — Josh (45:46)
• "You have to say no four times [before accepting food in Jordan]." — Shannon (15:25)
• "Family owned and operated [since 803] — there’s no way." — Matt, skeptical of Austria’s oldest restaurant claim (13:40)

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Compelling & Unique Segments

• Alien Banter: Humorous, philosophical takes on interstellar life and the tendency for people to misread Matt’s position.
• World Cup Facts Game: A round-robin, March Madness-style match-up of odd international facts, engaging the team in offbeat commentary and friendly debate.
• UK Basketball/Olympic Medals: Insightful, with surprising trivia about Kentucky players in Olympic history and calls for more historical research by listeners.
• Viral Internet Moment: A feel-good story of internet goodwill as a World Cup “unknown” is made famous by Argentinian fans.
• Lighthearted Cultural Observations: From sheep fighting in Algeria to fantasy coffins in Ghana, showcasing the team’s amusement and curiosity about world customs.

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Conclusion

This episode exemplifies KSR’s blend of Kentucky sports insight, worldliness, light skepticism, running in-jokes, and genuine listener engagement. While packed with sports updates, the episode's real delight is the vibrant banter around soccer, culture, and the quirky slices of life that make for memorable entertainment.

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For the World Cup fun facts in-depth, tune in:

• Group J facts at [09:05]
• Group K facts at [23:22]
• Group L facts at [33:19]
• Viral World Cup story at [44:41]

All in a classic, conversational KSR style — part sports chat, part world tour, all laughs.

Transcript

[A]

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[C]

Welcome back Techie Sports Radio. I'm trying to make sure I don't sound like Josh Shannon. 859-280-2287 on a vision. Excuse me. The Clark's puppet shop phone line. A Vision auto glass text machine. 772-774-5254. What a great call there at the end, Shannon, with the guy from Grayson County. Oh, I did it all. Get in. Yeah, I don't know if you all. You did people here right before the end when he said pack a lunch and take your Kleenex and get your ass kicked.

[B]

Yeah, that all got on there. It was perfect timing. Perfect.

[C]

Honestly, that's like a TV promo finishing it right as it goes to break. That was. That was very good. One person writes. Matt, what does Josh think of Bob and Jamestown?

[D]

I don't know what we're talking about now.

[C]

Oh, so he says he listens though.

[D]

Which one? That. What's that?

[C]

It's a guy that calls. It annoys me so much when he like he'll just start talking about other stuff.

[D]

Yeah, I kind of tune out there because it's boring.

[B]

Oh, oh, Bob getting strays.

[C]

You know what? If Bob wants to call today, I'll let him take up for himself. All right, Bob, I have to ask you something. I hope you're listening out there. I need you to call in when, pardon my take hosts on Tuesday.

[D]

They'll Love.

[C]

All right, let me say to everybody out here, when Pardon my take does this, I know some of you don't like them, but this, that's the biggest podcast, the biggest sports podcast in America. The fact they do this, like, they don't do this for anyone else except us. Make sure you call in. They do this for the calls. That's all they want. They want to talk to people and they want to talk to interesting people who have interesting questions. Bob and Jamestown, this is the only time you'll ever hear me say this. Call Tuesday, okay? Madison, I need you to call Tuesday. So. But even just the rest of you all, they do this for the calls. So Tuesday, when we have Pardon my take, Shannon, make sure those people call.

[B]

Oh, yeah, and they're going to get

[C]

Rick too, which is also going to be something.

[B]

No, no, I'll be here. I'll be here.

[C]

Oh, you will be.

[B]

They can have Rick if they want them. I'll go home if I get paid. We found that out last hour.

[C]

That's the case.

[D]

I like it when the UFO people call.

[C]

Oh, well, okay.

[D]

You get so annoyed.

[C]

All right, since you said this.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

I do have to say something about the. So my. The text machine is now just alien efficient autos writing in, trying to, like, send me evidence.

[D]

Hmm.

[C]

I need to make clear, Shannon, for everyone, what my opinion on aliens are. Because it's gotten distorted.

[B]

Has it? I thought we all knew.

[C]

Well, here's my opinion. Do I believe it's possible that there's life somewhere besides Earth? Yes, I do believe that's possible. Maybe even likely. Okay. However, my claim is there are no aliens here. There are no aliens that have come here, and that these people that see them are lunatics. But do I believe there's life elsewhere? Of course. There are infinite number of galaxies. There could be life, but they're not here. And Shannon, just to give you one logical point, if they were here, can you imagine the technology they would have to have to come here? Right.

[B]

Better than ours.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, it would have to be infinitely better than ours. Like, we've never been anywhere outside of our galaxy, right? And we know there's no life in our galaxy, so they would have to have technology that blows our mind. Which means why would they only land in Kansas and probe people? Yes.

[B]

Alien breeding ground.

[C]

Wouldn't they want to do more things?

[D]

Well, I've always thought if they have this can get here, they can be here and we would have no idea.

[B]

Maybe they are.

[C]

Oh, that's an interesting thing.

[D]

So you think we're like an ant farm to them. They could just. We're nothing.

[C]

So you're saying, Michael, that we are an ant to them.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So if they could get here, they could walk among us and we can't see them.

[D]

They could just be out watching us. Going to watch the. Like an ant farm, you know, just, oh, look, and they dig in the middle and there's the queen.

[C]

But you know what's interesting is they might be like we are with ants. We look at an ant and like, it doesn't hold our interest, Shannon.

[B]

Yeah, because it's an aunt.

[C]

Like, we act like we're so centric to ourselves, that if they come here, they're going to be fascinated by us.

[B]

Right.

[C]

If they've gotten here, they probably know all the life in the entire universe.

[D]

Yes.

[C]

And so they're like, who wants to go see those people?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

The only argument I've heard that is interesting is like, they. Oh, these people have, you know, figured out fission. This is kind of dangerous if they keep.

[C]

But maybe they've figured out even more things.

[A]

Of course.

[D]

Yeah. But I'm like, if they're on the track to really ruin themselves, maybe we should take a look at them. Maybe they're nice.

[C]

Okay. But I'm just very clear, Shannon. So I'm not saying there's no life anywhere. I'm just saying it's not here.

[B]

Okay. All right. Just so you know, everybody knows.

[C]

One more thing. Pope interview yesterday with his. With the UK people and says that in terms of assistant coaches, they are looking at it strongly and they're waiting to see what the new NCAA rules will be before they hire their last assistant coach.

[D]

I have no idea what that means.

[C]

I don't really know what that means either. I'm not sure what rule would change. Maybe what they're thinking is if they put a hard salary cap in, you have to do old school recruiting, and if they don't, you have to do something else. I guess that's. I guess what he means.

[D]

Do you mean like the bill in Congress?

[C]

Yes.

[D]

Which will also be taken to courts and not hold up? I don't think it'll hold up.

[C]

It would hold up. I don't know if it's going to pass, but I think it would hold up. But regardless of all that, I can't really understand what he means. So I don't really know. I mean, presumably he'll have a coach by the time the season starts, you would think, right?

[D]

I don't think the. The Jamal Crawford stuff has ever Been too real. I think if Jamal Crawford came here as an assistant coach, that'd be his best recruiting get he could.

[C]

You love him, right? You. You've had.

[D]

You've interviewed him and I love him. And he's great. I don't know why I do it. He's a. He loves Seattle, is coaching his son. He. He's a great broadcaster. He made $80 million in the NBA. He doesn't need any of it. But the most encouraging thing I. I heard him say was like, I've had offers, but the only one I'd even consider is Kentucky because his relationship with Pope.

[C]

He said that?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Wait. Wait a minute. I didn't see that. Where'd he say that?

[D]

I. I heard it somewhere.

[C]

Is this scooper scuttlebutt, Shane?

[B]

Sounds like a scooper to me.

[D]

Might have. No, I might have heard on sources say.

[C]

Oh, so it was on sources say. Maybe.

[B]

Hold on.

[D]

Geez, I'm going to. I'm getting in trouble here.

[C]

No, this is a big piece of scoop.

[D]

If that's true, I believe that's what they said. You'll have to call Jack.

[C]

Okay. All right. Well, let's just say they said it.

[D]

That was the most encouraging thing I heard.

[C]

If that's true. That's very encouraging. Tell everybody, Shannon, where we are tomorrow?

[B]

Tomorrow we are at Mike's Landing, Sulphur Creek. And the address on that is 3622 Sulphur Creek Road in Burksville.

[C]

Burksville. It's going to be. Shannon is playing tonight. That's right, with Alice Bluegill. At what time?

[B]

6:00 clock central time.

[C]

They're on central until when? 9. Until 9. So 7 eastern to 10 eastern tonight. If you want to go down to Mike's Landing and then come see us tomorrow. Always a great show, and we will celebrate. It is Drew's birthday tomorrow. Drew, thank you. I hope you enjoy it. Have a good birthday.

[D]

Thank you.

[C]

Thank you. All right. Billy's gone for his bachelor party, so that means our group, J, K and L World cup facts go to Shannon. I know, Shannon, you've been preparing and you're ready.

[B]

I'm ready.

[C]

Shannon, let's go. Give us a fact on Argentina.

[B]

Argentina once accidentally created one of the world's most famous examples of restoration gone wrong. An elderly parishioner named Cecilia Jimenez tried to restore a fading fresco of Jesus in a church. The restoration transformed the solemn image into something that many people thought looked less like Jesus and more like a fuzzy monkey, earning the nickname Monkey Christ. What Makes the story even better is that instead of becoming a disaster, it turned into a tourist attraction where thousands of visitors came to see this, and the church ended up receiving far more attention and revenue than before. It's one of the rare cases where a botched restoration became more famous than the original artwork.

[C]

Wow. Do we know what city this is? In the monkey cry. So. So they tried to restore it. How does one restore an image? Like, what do they do?

[B]

I guess they go back in and do some alterations to it and, you know, try to make it look better than.

[C]

And they ended up making it worse.

[B]

Instead of making it look like Jesus, it looked like a monkey.

[C]

And humanity in classic humanity form. Humanity just goes, this is worse. Now I want to visit it more.

[B]

It's Monkey Christ.

[C]

Have you been to Argentina?

[D]

I have. I didn't visit Monkey Christ.

[B]

So there you go.

[C]

Why not? I.

[D]

No interest.

[C]

What did you do in Argentina?

[D]

I can't really remember. They have really good steak.

[C]

Wait a minute. You went to Argentina and you don't have a memory of it?

[D]

I mean, not really.

[C]

Okay, well, it must. You know what? It must have made a great impression. Let's. Argentina. Let's go to Algeria.

[B]

Algeria. They say that they invented iced coffee, but I don't think that's the most entertaining thing about it. So I'm moving past that. You know, we have cock fighting in Kentucky. In Algeria, they have sheep fighting. There's an illegal traditional sport where rams are trained to headbutt each other, sometimes to the death. Where two rams, male sheep with large, curved horns, are pitted against each other in an arena. Or sometimes it's a hilltop, sometimes it's a football pitch, Sometimes it's a school courtyard. The sheep charge head first, smashing horns and brutal clashes of brute force and dominance. Matches continue until one submits, loses interest, or is clearly overpowered. Trainers sometimes step in to urge them to back into fighting if they get distracted. It's compared.

[C]

Like cockfighting.

[B]

It's. Yes. They compare it to football and its ability to channel neighborhood, regional, and national rivalries with intense pride on the line.

[D]

I mean, I hope they don't pay those trainers a lot. It's like, oh, we train them to butt heads. That's pretty.

[C]

That's pretty easy to run directly into.

[D]

That's. That's been.

[C]

It feels very barbaric. But at the same time, I want to go back to the iced coffee. What. I wonder, what is their claim to inventing iced coffee? Because coffee's existed for a long time.

[B]

They just made it cold around the year 1840. It says a drink was invented in Algeria called Mazagran. It's a cold sweetened coffee using ice to quickly cool the beverage down. It was invented by French soldiers and is now served in modern day Algeria as a refreshing but stimulating beverage in the harsh hot algier.

[C]

Even though I think they're making that up.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I like saying we made up iced coffee.

[D]

I mean because.

[C]

Because that's just. I'm sure other people had put. They were like this thing. This is really hot. Maybe if we put some ice in it it'll be better.

[D]

I'm claiming right now, I'm put. I'm claiming right now patent this. I just made up iced hot cocoa. I put ice in it. I did it. Made it up.

[C]

Yeah. Iced.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Iced orange juice.

[D]

Yep.

[C]

Put ice in it and it made it good. All right. Austria.

[B]

Now did Billy tell me yesterday that there was a country that said they had the world's oldest restaurant? Spain said that that's not true because Austria actually has the world's oldest still operating rest. I'm exposing Billy's facts here because we

[C]

had multiple people who wrote me that said they had been to the Spanish restaurant.

[B]

Well, Austria is home to the oldest restaurant in the world still in operation. It was founded in 803.

[C]

No way.

[B]

And is still in operation today making it more than 1200 years old. It is said that Christopher Columbus and Mozart did dined there and they had iced coffee. Wasn't invented yet. The 803 though.

[C]

Can you believe? Okay, so that feels like that's way too long. Cuz I mean I se. I think span the Spanish one was like 1725 or something.

[B]

They had about like a thousand years.

[C]

Yeah, that's a thousand years. First of all, can you imagine the amount of ownership that it would change over the course of that family owned and operated. There's. I could see a scenario where there was a restaurant in a place in 803 and then it closed for hundreds of years. And then they came back and said this is where a restaurant was. It's like in Middlesboro. We claim to have the oldest continually played golf course because there were ones older. But they've closed for a while and come back. We've stayed open.

[B]

This is still operating restaurants.

[C]

I'm going to say the Spanish one is still operating.

[B]

Is still operating right here.

[C]

All right. I mean that's true. You can't control the facts. Jordan. Go for it. Jordan.

[B]

I like this one. And Jordan no actually means yes in Jordanian culture. If someone Offers you food, you're actually expected to politely refuse three times before finally accepting. It's an elaborate dance of hospitality and genuine generosity. Saying yes immediately, Matt, can make you appear greedy while holding out until the fourth offer proves your host true insistence. So if you go, what if I

[C]

just don't want it? How many times do I have to say?

[B]

4? If you say no. No. The fourth time, then that means you really don't want it.

[C]

Okay, so I offer you food.

[B]

No.

[C]

And you want it.

[B]

No.

[C]

You are going to say no to me twice.

[B]

Three times.

[D]

No. No. No means yes.

[C]

And then. And then. But no. No, no. No means no means no.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

So the idea is you have to have a fourth no when it comes to food.

[B]

I come over to your house, Shane, and would you like a piece of pizza? No. You sure? No, I don't want it. Come on. No, I don't want it. Come on. Okay, I'll take it. That's what you got to do.

[C]

That seems ridiculous. And if I were to say yes at first, then I'm just like a greedy, yes. Awful person.

[B]

Yeah. Like that's very, very rude to do that.

[C]

Interesting.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. All right, so that means group J. Which of these countries is going to win just based on their fun fact? Is it Argentina with its monkey Christ picture? Is it Algeria? What was Algeria again?

[B]

Algeria was the sheep fighters.

[C]

The sheep and the iced coffee. Is it Austria with its alleged older restaurant than the one Spain has? Or is it Jordan where you have to say no four times?

[D]

Josh, Monkey Jesus.

[C]

You're going with Argentina. Okay.

[B]

I think anybody has sheep fighting, those are some tough people, you know, I'm going to go with Algeria.

[C]

That's an interesting. I'm going to go with Argentina because I do think it's very human to have something beautiful try to change it, make it worse. And then more people come see it because it's worse. That's a very human being thing.

[B]

Soccer team. More people will come see them. They must.

[C]

You know, Messi, they said, isn't starting, by the way. Like, he's so old, they're just kind of bringing him on later, which is crazy. You know, you see that. He's like the legend and he's. They don't think he's going to start.

[D]

Well, they must be very.

[C]

He was at Auburn. Your. Your school. Did you see that?

[D]

No. He.

[C]

They played a game at Auburn, like two days ago. The stadium filled.

[D]

Really?

[C]

And the eagle, they did the war eagle thing and he looked at the eagle like, what am I looking at? You need to read that. If he is an Auburn guy, you'll love it. They played Argentina. Just played there two days ago. 859-280-2287. We'll take a break. Be right backs. KSR.

[E]

I love the sounds. The buzzing from the stadium, the chanting from the fans, the announcers calling the place. Soccer, football. It's home.

[C]

Why do I watch the World Cup? That's like asking me, why do I breed?

[E]

I inherited that fandom from my mom.

[C]

I like watching it with my dad.

[F]

It's a connecting force.

[E]

From Futuro Studios, I'm Fernanda Echabarri and this is American Football. A show about soccer culture, the US and its underdog roots. We go beyond the game to the people and the stories that make it great.

[D]

A soccer game is a festival.

[C]

It's not just a game, it's your culture.

[B]

I took an elbow to my head

[C]

which cracked my skull. It is an American game. The Brazilians don't like hearing that though.

[E]

Are they the only ones that don't like hearing that?

[C]

Nobody likes that.

[E]

As we get ready for the men's World cup this summer, listen to American Football as part of the My Cultura podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[C]

What's up, fam?

[G]

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Welcome back, Tuckee Sports Radio. We're just talking during the break about UK basketball anomalies, and you made a good one. We're talking about the Olympics. Okay. One year Kentucky was the Olympic team.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

So they all have gold medals. But then how many other UK players in history have a gold medal? I don't really know. Back in the 50s, 60s, 70s. But in modern times, who, what Kentucky basketball players have gold medals. You have Anthony Davis. You have Bam Booker. Did DeMarcus. DeMarcus played on a World cup team, but did he ever play on an Olympic team?

[D]

I do not believe he did.

[C]

Do not believe he did. So those three, I think the only three that right now are in modern times are Anthony Davis, Bam and Booker. Except there's one more that you mentioned, Josh, that I don't think any Kentucky fan would realize won a gold medal, but he did.

[D]

This is wild to me. Every time I watch, every time I see him, I think this Keldon Johnson has a gold medal and no one

[C]

would remember that, but he does. He was on Coach K's last team, he picked Kelton Johnson as the last guy. I believe he got picked over maybe Jason Tatum or somebody big because he said he needed a role player and then he has a gold medal.

[D]

I thought it was. In my mind it was popular because he was on the spurs and then.

[C]

No, I was an assistant. I think, okay, I think Coach Pop was an assistant, but I think Coach

[D]

K, someone got hurt and they had to have someone. He goes, I got a kid that can do what we need. And then he just came on as the 14th.

[C]

So it'd be interesting to see in history because we had that one team that was all Kentucky player, mostly Kentucky players. But then, since then, how many guys? Cause like, Mashburn didn't win a gold. I don't think ISIL won a gold because back then you had to time up with when you were in college too, if you were going to get to play. Let's. By the way, somebody sent me the picture in Argentina and they didn't do a good job with that restoration monkey. Christ, it looks much worse than the G. The original picture looked good. Why did they change it? That was.

[B]

Some things are better off just being left alone.

[C]

Things should be left alone. Let's go to Group K. All right. Portugal.

[B]

Portugal. Yes. They have an interesting New Year's Day tradition in Portugal. When the clock strikes 12 in Portugal, those who are still awake take part in the tradition of eating 12 races. Raisins. One raisin for each chime on the clock, which symbolizes one for every month to come. And not only that, each raisin eaten earns one wish that those celebrating can make during the first few months of the new year.

[C]

Wow. So in Portugal, New Year's, 12 raisins.

[B]

Raisins out.

[C]

Raisins out. I kind of like that one. That's a nice. Rather than just kissing someone. Josh, you. You eat 12 raisins.

[D]

Yum. I don't know what to say to that.

[C]

Are you not a raisin guy?

[D]

Raisins are fine. I don't like it when people put raisins in cookies instead of chocolate chips.

[C]

Oh, so you're not an oatmeal raisin guy? No, no.

[B]

Raisin bread, Chocolate chips, man.

[D]

No, I love raisin bread.

[C]

Oh, you just don't want your raisins mixed with something else.

[D]

I just don't want them in cookies.

[C]

So it's really cookies.

[D]

Chocolate chips are better than raisins.

[C]

So you're just out on raisins on cookies.

[D]

I mean, I'll still eat it, but I'm like, why didn't you put chocolate chips in here?

[C]

All right. By the way, Cristiano Ronaldo is playing. They picked him. Even though he hasn't been good in, like, two years, they picked him. And the coach is under a lot of pressure to play him, even though, as I've seen, all the soccer experts say, he's not good enough to play.

[D]

Really.

[C]

But he's Cristiano Ronaldo.

[D]

He's beautiful still.

[C]

He still is. Is beautiful. Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[B]

Yes, they love mayonnaise here. They would love the mayo bowl. Locals slather huge blobs of mayo on virtually everything from fries and chicken to fish to plantains, even peas. A heavy helping of mayonnaise is a beloved culinary staple, and their craze is a quirky culinary legacy of its former Belgian colonel days.

[C]

That's what I was about to say. Those countries that are up there, we talked about Belgian fries, Netherlands, et cetera. Those countries that then had influences because of their colonial powers.

[B]

It says you can.

[C]

Those places are mayonnaise obsessed. You're right.

[B]

You can barely order street food without the cook topping it off with a massive dollop of mayonnaise. So there you go. They love some.

[C]

Sounds gross, but that. That's normal. Like, there's a lot of places around the world that they just douse everything in mayonnaise.

[D]

Well, I mean, you go to Europe, no one brings fries with ketchup.

[C]

Yeah, we talked about that the other day. Yeah. So that. That. That's. I would. I didn't know that. That's the. Where? Democratic Republic of Congo, I believe. Did that used to be Zaire, and then they changed the name.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

Okay. This is. I believe I could be wrong about this, but the famous Ali Foreman fight.

[D]

Oh, really?

[C]

The Rumble in the Jungle.

[D]

Ali was.

[C]

Ali Boomaye was in Zaire, which I believe is now the Democratic Republic Republic of the Congo. So if you were to ask the average person, where was the Muhammad Ali Foreman fight? They either would know, or if they told you the country, they would be saying, a country that no longer exists.

[D]

And it was the greatest fight of all time.

[C]

You are just a man of a thousand voices.

[D]

I used to live in Louisville on Muhammad Ali Boulevard. And people, where do you live? I'm, like, on the greatest street of all time.

[C]

You know, I was in Louisville during his. His funeral.

[D]

Oh, that must have been unbelievable.

[C]

And I didn't go. I do regret I didn't go down to the. To the. You know, in the car or the. When they. What do you Call it anyway, the. The. The parade. But what. But I'd love to have. Because the pictures of that are still just absolutely unbelievable. We'll take a break and we'll do more world cup facts here with Josh Hopkins. Ksr. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney.

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[C]

All right. I don't know how I forgot Tayshawn, because not only was it cool that Tayshawn won the gold medal, he was on that team. That's so great. The 08 team where after we lost in 04, everyone agreed to play so we'd go win it back. It was Kobe and LeBron and Carmelo and Durant and, like, redeemed team and. But Tayshawn got to play. It was this team of legends, but Tayshawn still played. That one's kind of amazing because he got real PT on that team. And so that's. That's bad that I forgot that, Josh.

[D]

We all did.

[C]

We all did, but that's it. But he was. He was, you know, one of the. One of the great ones. We were talking about the Olympic teams and. And how many, like, how different guys are good in the Olympics. Like, Carmelo is basically a hall of famer because of how he played in the Olympics over the years. So Oscar Sheepway is from Democratic Republican.

[D]

Oh, yeah, that's right.

[C]

Yeah. You know, that's where the whole Ebola thing is going on. And I'd forgotten, you know, they. The Democratic Republic of Congo team hasn't been able to go back to the Congo in months.

[D]

Really?

[C]

Because. So, like, they have not been home.

[E]

Wow.

[C]

In months. Because of the Ebola thing. Because they were told if they did, they wouldn't be able to come play. So they've been in, like, a different place getting ready. Uzbekistan.

[B]

Uzbekistan. In 2022, Uzbekistan sent tomato seeds to outer space to study the effects that outer space might have on the seeds, which were then planted when they came back to Earth. The goal of the study was to see if they could develop a crop that could thrive in challenging environments such as hot and dry climates, therefore boosting local agriculture in the short term and benefiting national food security in the long term. The seeds were exposed to microgravity, cosmic radiation, and extreme temperatures while in space. Now that the seeds are back in Uzbekistan, they've been planted and are being studied for growth speed, pest resistance, nutritional value, and climate adaptability. The study is still in the early stages, but the crop has shown Successful results and increased resilience, faster growing time and showed potential for higher quality.

[C]

Well, shout out to Uzbekistan.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I didn't realize that they did like a whole space program, did you?

[D]

I'm sure they sent it up on one of our rockets. They didn't. They didn't send them.

[C]

You don't think Uzbekistan could have their own rockets? Why are you down? Do you even know where Uzbekistan is?

[D]

Yeah, it's over by Uzbekistan. Maybe Uzbekistan has more up on monarch rockets. Let's look it up also.

[C]

Okay. Look it up. Mario, look this up. I'm. He is downplaying Uzbekistani. Uzbekistan's rocket ability. And I don't want you to do that.

[D]

Well, also, that's when the aliens left. They're like, this is so stupid.

[C]

We can't learn anything. Uzbekistan is a. Is a. Is a country that. If there is someone listening here, that's a teenager or in college. When you're my age, Uzbekistan is going to be a country that really matters in the world.

[D]

Really.

[C]

It is. Economically, from a sports standpoint, just from everything. Uzbekistan is one of those countries that, like, has their stuff together and is. They're not going to be the US Or China. But there will be a time in our lifetime where Uzbekistan is talked about as an important country.

[D]

I love that for Uzbekistan.

[C]

But you don't even think they can get a rocket up in here?

[D]

No.

[E]

Okay.

[C]

All right. We will see. Colombia.

[B]

In Colombia, they have over 1900 bird species, more than any other nation on the planet. This accounts for nearly 20% of all bird species worldwide. Meaning the single South American country is home to more. More birds than the entirety of Europe and North America combined. I think it's also worth.

[C]

Wait a minute. Hang on just a second. There are more different types of birds in Colombia.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Than all of North America and Europe combined.

[B]

You heard me right. That is. That exactly.

[C]

That is amazing. Is that because of like a rainforest or something like that?

[B]

I think so, yeah.

[D]

Birds must love cocaine

[B]

flying upside down. It's also interesting, also wanted to note this. The national anthem in Colombia plays on the radio and TV every day at 6am and 6pm it used to be

[C]

that like that in America, I believe. Was it mid. There was a time of day when

[B]

it signed off and when it signed on. We used to do that.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. But that was because they used to sign off and sign on and now they just have continuous programs.

[D]

That's when, as a kid, you knew you were up too late.

[C]

Oh, so you were. You're old enough to remember when they signed off. Well, you're old.

[D]

I know, but you were like, I'm up too late.

[C]

There's way too late. That's kind of crazy. Yeah. They're signing off television like that's it's over now.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

And they didn't even go to color bars and went to just static.

[C]

All right, so Portugal. So who's winning? Group K Raisins in Portugal. The. The Congo's mayonnaise. Uzbekistan's seeds or. Or Columbia's birds.

[D]

Well, I'm going with Uzbekistan because apparently I'm some Uzbekistan hater and I'm not. So Uzbekistan, I'm pulling for them. That's. That's my team now.

[C]

You're going to Uzbekistan. All right. I'm going to take Colombia because I think any country that has 20% of the world's birds, that's a pretty good accomplishment. Even though I'm sure they did nothing to make that happen. What do you got, Jim?

[B]

Congo, I think is out. Just too much mayo in their gut. Like you can't move when you got a lot of mayo on your belly. I'm going to go with Uzbekistan. I mean, they are some smart people sending up seeds into outer space. I'm gonna go with those guys.

[C]

It's true. It would be hard to run with

[B]

all of that belly full of mayo.

[C]

Just a big block full of mayonnaise. That would be absolutely disgusting. Let's go to group L. Yeah. England.

[B]

Okay, so I think most people know about Stonehenge, this famous prehistoric monument built 5, 000 years ago. So I'm gonna move past that. Do you know about UK's Salmon act of 1986? Do you know about this?

[C]

I haven't fallen, but it's the 40 year anniversary.

[B]

Yes, it is officially an offense to handle salmon in suspicious circumstances. The law was designed to crack down on illegal fishing or poaching. But it is unusually vague wording has made it a favorite Internet joke about being arrested for acting sketchy with a fish. You can't do that. They will arrest you in England if you're sketchy with a science.

[C]

So they probably did it because of some sort of trafficking of salmon.

[B]

Trafficking salmon?

[D]

What you mean? Man, this thing, it's my. It's my pet. I'm not doing nothing with it.

[B]

You're acting suspicious though, sir.

[C]

Yeah, but you know what, sir, it was. I'm worried about what you and the salmon are doing.

[D]

I'm not doing nothing. It's my pet Freddy. I put in my jacket. It's nothing. Please leave Me. What are you doing?

[C]

Isn't it.

[D]

Isn't it. I don't like. I don't like when you do that to me. I'm just meeting Freddie, hanging out.

[C]

How are you never cast in a British TV show?

[D]

No. I don't know.

[C]

Okay. Well, that isn't weird. You know, in America, in the Supreme Court can strike down laws and they do this sometimes for being vague. There's a vagueness doctrine. If you have a law and it prohibits behavior in the aggregate and it's too, too vague, they will say it cannot be. So this would be one. I think if this happened in America, saying something sketchy with a salmon, they would say wild.

[B]

What are you doing with that salmon?

[C]

Yeah, it's leave the same. That. That would. They would strike it down as being vague. A lot of people don't know that you can strike down laws for being vague.

[D]

There you go.

[C]

Like loitering. Loitering is a statute that often gets struck down because loitering is like. You can't just, like, standing. Yeah. You can't just, like, be around. They make you. They make it be more specific.

[B]

Or they're like a new law in Kentucky. Like, you have to, like, tell an officer where you're going, like, exactly what destination you're on. Like.

[C]

Yeah, but that's not. I don't think that would be vague. Vague would be like a vague. Striking it down for vague would be like, you can't walk oddly. Yeah. Like, what does oddly mean? So, like, that. That would be what? Croatia.

[B]

Croatia. They have a sea organ in the ocean. It's a beautifully combines design and nature. It's a sea organ that just appears to be steps on a seafront, which looks like a nice place to sit down, but not much of a tourist attraction. However, carved into These steps are 35 organ pipes that generate sound when the waves crash through them. So that's cool. Just imagine that.

[C]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hang on. So this is not natural. Somebody built.

[B]

Somebody built this. They put, like, steps and, like,

[C]

out in the ocean.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

And when the waves go in and out, it plays music.

[B]

Yeah. Like, isn't that something you want to look up now to hear?

[C]

Well, yes, I really do. Like, I wonder what that. Will you. Will you play it in the next segment?

[B]

Yeah, I'll look it up. We can do that.

[C]

You wouldn't want to live next to that.

[B]

No. Probably annoying after a while.

[D]

Probably not a great tune.

[B]

But just like, wind chimes or something. But they use the waves.

[C]

But they use the wave. That's Kind of. Really? That's in Croatia. Yes.

[B]

Yes. Okay.

[C]

All right. Ghana.

[B]

All right. Their most entertaining fact is that they use fantasy coffins. Instead of standard boxes, the people have created elaborate custom built coffins shaped like things that the deceased loved or their profession. So a fisherman might have a coffin shaped like a giant fish or a Mercedes for a wealthy merchant, or even a camera or a sneaker, like you're a sneaker head, maybe could put you in a big sneaker sized coffin.

[C]

Interesting. Okay, so that's. So if. Let's say you were to have a fantasy coffin, Shannon, what would you. What would you make your coffin?

[B]

A guitar.

[C]

A guitar. I knew you were going to say that. Although it's going to be hard to fit you in a guitar.

[B]

Just squeeze my neck and head together or. No, no, no, no. You put my feet like at the neck of the guitar. You just put me upside down.

[C]

Okay. What about you, Josh? What would you have?

[D]

A toaster? I just trying to get random as I could.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Toaster. Okay.

[D]

I love.

[C]

How about Diet Coke?

[D]

There you go. Okay. Yeah.

[C]

A Diet Coke coffin.

[D]

Sure, sure.

[C]

I like that Coke a lot.

[D]

Well, there you go.

[C]

All right, One more. Panama.

[B]

Yes. Panama is unique in its geography, location, making it the only place on earth where you can watch the sunrise over the Pacific Ocean and set over the Atlantic Ocean all on the same day. Because of the curves, I guess it's like an S shape. The Pacific Ocean is actually east of the Atlantic. At certain points, you can witness both events by driving across the country or taking a short hike to the highest point.

[C]

Yeah, there. It's. What? It's actually one point in Panama. You could sit at the top of this point. It's the only point in the world where you can see the sunrise and the sunset rise in the east, set in the west in the exact same spot. It's pretty cool.

[D]

Very cool.

[C]

Isn't that cool? Yeah, that's. I mean, that's. I'm sure people go and do that a lot, but that would be a very. Like just sit there all day and just watch the whole. You could see the whole thing.

[D]

Yeah, I suppose I'd be like, oh, look at Rose now. What do you want to do?

[C]

You don't have the patience to do that. All right, last group. Who's gonna win Group L? Is it the salmon act in England? Is it the sea organ in Croatia? Is it the fantasy coffins that are in Ghana? Or the sunrise and sunset in Panama?

[D]

Panama. I'm going with that.

[C]

You're going with that.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay. I'm gonna take the sea organ just because I think that's. Unless it's. Unless you play it and it's really

[D]

lame, you can't go back.

[C]

I'm going to take Croatia then. What do you got?

[B]

Give me the sketchy people in UK with the salmon. I mean, I feel like they're probably going to cheat in this. In the soccer match because they're sketchy with their salmon.

[C]

If they just walk out and they all have salmon.

[B]

You should.

[C]

Are you going to be like something.

[D]

It's my girlfriend.

[B]

Nobody would want to get close to him. They'd stink.

[C]

It's a girlfriend. I'm sorry. I don't know why I think that's so funny. Sometimes people don't think about fixing their roof. Josh. But let's be honest. You need to. It's the most ignored part of your house. Somebody breaks in your kitchen or living room, you'll notice right away. But you might have problems with your roof and they sit for a long time. CRC roofing and renovations will make the process simple. They'll come out and look at it, tell you if you need something. They'll tell you where your roof stands and you can get a free inspection@CRC company.com KSR crc company.com KSR or 859-32739 133913 now through the end of June, KSR listeners can save up to $1,000 if you use a CRC roofing and renovation team. Go get a free inspection. CRC company.com/ksr crc roofing. The team you want on your roof. We'll take a break and be right back. It's ksr. All right. I don't know if I should have picked this as my team. That's the sound, but you just heard the water. Okay, now that's kind of nice. Water comes over.

[D]

That sounds like aliens. Maybe we're wrong.

[C]

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[D]

Had no clue.

[C]

Where do they live?

[D]

I don't know.

[C]

I don't either. Wonder how that happened.

[D]

No idea.

[C]

Hmm.

[D]

Oscar?

[C]

Yeah. Well, you. You would assume Oscar probably would know. They answered that. I had Mario look up whether or not Uzbekistan put its seeds up on its own or whether or not Josh was correct that they went up on our rocket. Who is correct, Josh or me as to who gets the seeds? As far as what I'm looking at right now, it looks like Josh is correct. It looks like it was part of Nassau's NASA. You mean NASA. NASA. NASA. Did I say Nassau NASA? No, NASA's International Space Station. Their NASA Crew 11 mission.

[D]

They sent some seed up there.

[C]

All right, there you go.

[B]

Hey, man, I know you guys are going by up there. Do you mind taking my seeds?

[C]

Yeah, can we. Can we just stay? Can we tag along? Do you care if we.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So you were right. It was Becky. Maybe not as impressive as I thought.

[D]

Feels Good. Real good.

[C]

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[D]

Matt, before we go on, can I ask you. I've been wondering, how is Ryan doing?

[C]

He's doing much better. Got out of his surgery. He is. He called and wanted to. To. To hang out this weekend, so I think he must be. This the first time he's really wanted to do that. So that's great. So I think. I think he's doing a lot better. I mean, I. You know, we'll see if he's going to be able to come back with us. Right, when we get back from our break next week. I don't know for sure, but. But he is. He's doing a lot better. And I'll tell him. You will? He'll listen.

[D]

Well, as soon as I heard, I was working out, when I listened to the pod, I put the prayers up right then and continued to. And I know a lot of your listeners have, and I'm sure it's helped.

[C]

Let me give you a cool story here. So in Argentina, obviously, the World cup is the biggest thing. They had an Argentinian influencer, from what I understand. Shannon, who's the biggest influencer in America in sports? Who would that be? Who's our biggest sports? Like, who could say something and move the world in sports?

[B]

I don't know. Do you have an answer? I mean, it ain't Tiger woods anymore. It used to be, maybe, but not now.

[C]

I don't know. I feel like, our influencers do, like, beauty stuff and things here.

[D]

Everybody knows I like sport. I'm the best. Said everything. I'm playing for the World cup team.

[C]

I don't think he's the answer, but I do like the impersonation. Anyway, whoever the biggest Argentinian influencer is in sports, they decided, we're gonna find the most random, least famous person in the World Cup.

[D]

This is fantastic.

[C]

So they were gonna say, we're gonna find Shannon the most. The least famous person in the World Cup.

[B]

Okay?

[C]

So they looked at every roster and they got found the one with the fewest Instagram followers. And it was a guy in New Zealand who's a bench player in New Zealand, and he only had 3,000 followers on Instagram. So this Argentinian guy said, let's blow this guy up. Let's make him a star. Let's make this guy who is the least known person in the World Cup. Let's make him famous, Shannon. Three days later, he had 8 million Instagram followers. Has been on every. Every show in Argentini. On in Argentini. Sound like I'm from Bell county out in Argentini. And now he is. When the World cup is over, he's going to come, they're going to have a parade for him. This random player in New Zealand. What a cool story.

[B]

Also, you know, they kind of took pity on him because he was the least interesting.

[C]

But you know what? It's going to work out for him.

[D]

Make a lot of money.

[C]

He's going to make a lot of money from it.

[D]

Yes.

[C]

Isn't that a cool story?

[D]

That's one of the few times where you like the Internet.

[C]

That's when the Internet does something really nice, right? And this guy, you know, even in America, he's going to be on the Today Show.

[D]

Fantastic.

[B]

Let's make some money on DraftKings.

[C]

Okay. DraftKings. Go to DraftKings. Use my bet. $5 to win up to $200 in bonus bets. DraftKings, use my promo code, KSR, and be responsible gaming my Hurricanes. Game 5 Swing Game of the series. I have tickets to game seven. I kind of want. They got to win one of these. Do they win tonight, Josh? Yes, I believe I'm going to say the Knights win tonight.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[C]

Hey, listen, had a great time. Thank you so much for coming in.

[B]

Josh had a ball.

[C]

We will do it again sometime. It's also. We'll see you later. It's ksr.