Corvette Vandalism Caught on Camera, CJ Debates Mayor He Laughed At, & Why Ken Hates His Ad

Summary

Life Wide Open with CboysTV

Episode: Corvette Vandalism Caught on Camera, CJ Debates Mayor He Laughed At, & Why Ken Hates His Ad

Date: September 23, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode of Life Wide Open dives into a dramatic real-life moment for the CboysTV crew—CJ’s dad’s prized Corvette is vandalized, and the team unpacks the emotional and practical fallout. The conversation then swerves through classic Cboys banter about car culture, side hustles, AI misadventures, and friendship pranks, before culminating in a very real discussion with Jake Coulter, the 20-year-old candidate for mayor of Fargo. As always, the group’s chemistry, humor, and unfiltered honesty make for an entertaining, insightful ride.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Corvette Vandalism — "Assaulted" (03:19–12:14)

• CJ shares the story: His dad’s meticulously cared-for black C6 Corvette was randomly attacked by a person described as likely under the influence, who jumped on the hood, broke windows, and physically assaulted the car.
• The whole thing was caught on video, with CJ’s mom witnessing and recording parts of the incident.
• “He doesn’t drive it in the rain... parks it away from cars... some guy, I don’t know if he was drunk or on drugs, just jumps up on his hood and starts just jumping on the hood.” —CJ (03:37)
• The emotional toll on CJ’s dad goes beyond damage; even after repairs, the car is "not the same."
• “It’d be like if your girl cheated on you or something and you guys get over it. But then in the back of your mind, you’re just like, ah, it’s just not the same. It’s been ran through a little bit here.” —E (11:56)
• The crew jokes through "revenge" scenarios on the vandal, but ultimately acknowledges it's a tough situation with no simple fix.

2. Ken’s Continental Saga & Side Hustles (13:55–17:07, 19:46–20:15)

• Ken’s classic Continental returns from repairs, with mystery and humor around the elusive repair bill.
• The car is basically "wedding rental only" at this point, with Ken running "back end deals" for use at local events.
• “There’s some non-monetary deals. We’re working out.” —Ken (16:33)
• Banter about Ken’s “castle” home and future housewarming gifts reinforces the group's unique dynamic.

3. Gavin Goes Three-Wheeling in Canada (21:20–26:30)

• Gavin’s country adventure is highlighted, from awkward moto-track moments (on a vintage BW200) to an exhausting, comedic tent campout.
• The recurring theme: unexpected challenges make for the best stories.
• “Sleeping beside Gavin in a two-man tent was the worst thing I’ve ever done.” —B (23:58)

4. E-Bike Wheelie Controller and the Rise of "Cheat Mods" (28:34–31:46)

• The crew discusses a new e-bike controller that allows anyone to pop wheelies effortlessly.
• Concerns arise about authenticity and the future of skill-based riding.
• “You’ll never know who can actually wheelie nowadays.” —E (29:11)
• Comparison to calculators in your pocket—technology changing the game.

5. AI Art & Social Media Hijinks (31:46–34:58)

• The guys joke about making AI-generated fat and shredded versions of each other, sharing prompt details and the surprise at how real some of the images look.
• “Ryan, you had to have seen this picture of you and gotten a little bit more motivated, right, bro?” —E (32:28)

6. Ken Hates His Own Ad: A Brand Deal Origin Story (36:22–41:12)

• Ken is (reluctantly) crowned the “brand deal guy” for his recent heartfelt (or AI-generated) BetterHelp ad in a video.
• His script, partially written with ChatGPT, is both roasted and praised.
• “That script came from the chat." —Ken, confirming his AI use (40:01)
• The team’s discussion pokes fun while reflecting on how ads can be successful when the talent is authentic (or at least funny).

7. Vegas Plans, Boys' Trip Chaos, and TikTokers (43:01–51:12)

• The group hashes out the logistics (and lack thereof) for an upcoming trip to Vegas, featuring confusion over booking and who’s responsible—classic CboysTV travel energy.
• Special guests may include TikTokers, but the hosts joke adamantly about not participating in dance trends.
• “I will not be hitting a single TikTok dancer making a single TikTok.” —C (48:49)
• Vegas benders and legendary mishaps from past trips are recounted, including the famed “toilet stacking incident.”

8. Skateboarding’s “Tray Flip Down El Toro” & Skate Culture (53:00–56:59)

• Excitement erupts over skateboarder Chris Joslin finally landing the legendary 360 flip down El Toro, with reflections on how skate culture — and public recognition of skaters — has shifted.
• “Would you do that? No one would... but then to do it on a skateboard, it’s crazy.” —F (54:44)

9. CJ Debates "The Mayor He Laughed At" — Special Guest Jake Coulter (57:24–78:21)

• The episode pivots to a candid interview with Jake Coulter, a 20-year-old running for mayor of Fargo, inspired in part by the show's previous banter.
• Jake outlines his policy goals: halting property tax hikes, cutting unnecessary budget spending, and improving public safety.
• Insight into local politics, generational change, and the challenge of being taken seriously as a young candidate.
• “I want to add to the reserves... put money into the reserves, and then when we have a big project... we’ll have money just in case we go over budget.” —Jake Coulter (62:56)
• Discussion on the challenges of dealing with crime and homelessness, and the state of downtown Fargo.
• The crew offers genuine support for Jake’s campaign, emphasizing the importance of young voices in local government.
• Jake’s campaign info is shared: “Coulter for mayor” on TikTok, Instagram, and www.coulterformayor.com (78:08)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “If you can’t hold a grudge, you can’t hold anything.” —E (10:22)
• “Sleeping beside Gavin in a two-man tent was the worst thing I’ve ever done...” —B (23:58)
• “Normally it’s like after a couple’s been married for a while. Not the honeymoon. I mean if you’re having Ken come with on the trip for the...that’s more the anniversary kind of thing.” —Podcast banter about Ken’s odd wedding rental deals (17:01)
• “You can only help people who really want to get helped... there’s a point in which these people don’t want help anymore, and not much we could do.” —Jake Coulter on the homeless crisis (69:39)

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Notable Timestamps

• 03:19–12:14 – CJ’s dad’s Corvette vandalism (includes video reaction)
• 13:55–17:07 – Ken’s Continental wedding rental adventures & repair stories
• 21:20–26:30 – Gavin’s three-wheel camping trip debacle
• 28:34–31:46 – E-bike wheelie “cheat” controller discussion
• 36:22–41:12 – Ken’s conflicted BetterHelp ad experience
• 43:01–51:12 – Planning (or failing to plan) Vegas boys’ trip + TikTok resistance
• 53:00–56:59 – Legendary skateboarding trick news
• 57:24–78:21 – Special guest: Jake Coulter, debate with CJ, policy discussion, why run for mayor at 20?

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Summary Takeaways

• Car Culture is deeply emotional for the group—when one of their own is hurt (even via vandalism), it prompts jokes but also honest conversations about value and vulnerability.
• Everyday life and business: From side gigs to housewarming politics, the crew keeps things grounded and relatable, showing listeners the real personalities behind the YouTube channel.
• Technology, AI, and Internet virality: The Cboys balance skepticism and humor about new tech, ways it both enriches and cheats experience, and their own forays into AI-powered content.
• Young people and politics: The Jake Coulter interview underscores the hurdles young candidates face and sparks a wider discussion on the importance of new voices, civic engagement, and resilience under public pressure.
• Throughout: Friendship, ribbing, and authenticity remain the heart of the show, making it compelling for die-hard fans and new listeners alike.

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Transcript

[A]

I was watching the jail roster. They let him out yesterday.

[B]

What? Yeah.

[C]

I will not be hitting a single TikTok. Dancer making a single TikTok.

[D]

So I'd go to Vegas and make that bet.

[E]

Corvette guys ain't beating their cars up, right?

[D]

Ah, some of us.

[E]

No, they ain't. Beating it up.

[D]

Beating it up.

[E]

He was happy to sit down and have a debate with you. Oh, my gosh.

[F]

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[E]

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[B]

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[E]

Hop on in here, Mike. Thanks for coming.

[B]

I didn't know if you guys wanted Evan or not.

[D]

We're on everybody. We just don't have enough mics.

[B]

I know.

[E]

We need more mics.

[B]

Like, how safe is it to have seven, eight, nine mics?

[F]

Yeah, we already got you right here.

[B]

I know.

[E]

Dude, we're going to run out of, out of room in the shop. I was just walking around. I was tiptoeing around all this stuff you had back there, Mike.

[F]

Yeah. If there was more of you, there'd be way too much stuff.

[E]

There be a lot of stuff around.

[A]

It would be sit on Spenny's lap.

[B]

Yeah. You chime in on.

[E]

You want to just take Ken's spot back there? Ken's been slacking in the tech department. Our TV doesn't even work.

[A]

I figured it out. I just took me 17 episodes, but.

[D]

17 episodes?

[E]

200 episodes in Ken.

[D]

90, I think.

[A]

We only lost the remote probably, like, two months ago, though.

[B]

Well, welcome back.

[F]

Thanks, Mike.

[E]

Thanks for having me.

[B]

Yeah, thanks for having me. I'm blaze orange today, so if you're listening. Yeah, please.

[F]

Can't be podcasting. Hi, Mike.

[E]

No, I was talking about the Vikings cheerleader.

[B]

Oh, Blaze the Vikings cheerleader.

[F]

I mean, you do think about him a lot, Ben.

[E]

Well, I don't know about that.

[B]

Hey.

[F]

Hey.

[B]

I'm good. At what?

[F]

He's happy. Yeah, I mean, you're happy about it. It's a pretty big accomplishment for you and your people having, you know, a male cheerleader out there. My bombs, Fellow males. You guys got just your group of people.

[B]

You guys got anything pressing? Because I. I need to. I need information from you, cj.

[F]

From me?

[B]

Yes. I saw your story, and it blew my mind. The other day of your dad's Corvette assaulted. Yeah.

[F]

Yeah. Is that not wild?

[B]

I couldn't believe my eyes.

[F]

I know. It's. It's actually really a bummer because.

[B]

So what happened?

[F]

Well, my dad has a black C6. It's very similar to the Z06 that we're doing a giveaway on, except it's, like, low miles, and it's not a Z06. And, I mean, it's convertible, but he loves the thing. Like, he. He doesn't drive it in the rain. He, you know, obviously makes. Like, there's not a scratch on it. He parks it away from cars. Like, he treats it like how most Corvette owners treat it, you know, and just has taken such good care of this thing over the last eight years of him having it, and basically just some. I don't know if he was drunk or on drugs. Just was walking by and just jumps up on his hood and starts just jumping on the hood.

[D]

So where did he have it parked?

[F]

Just across the street from. From where he works here. And my mom works there with him, too, and I guess she saw it. So then they run out and, like, my. My parents are in their 60s now, so, like, it's not like they're gonna go fight some crackhead, you know, who's.

[D]

Already fighting a car.

[F]

Keep in mind. I mean, I'll just play the video. I don't know.

[E]

To be fair, I don't know if anybody should be fighting yeah.

[F]

He freaking.

[B]

I mean, I pulled up, dude. He had like a rusty shank on him or something.

[F]

Exactly.

[B]

Like, I would have not even got close.

[E]

I think you can punch a crackhead like 12 times in the face and.

[B]

They won't even feel it.

[F]

Yeah, well, he punched the glass. You know how hard that is to do, to punch a glass and actually break it? He did it multiple times. But anyways, I'll just put it up on the screen here, bro.

[D]

That crackhead watched Transformers and went these things, dude. And went out and attacked your dad's car.

[F]

They have C6 Corvettes and transformers?

[D]

No, but he just probably. It kind of looks.

[B]

Dude, you can hear him punching him.

[F]

That's my mom. So she. He was already on the hood before this kicks the bag. Keep in mind this thing is in perfect condition. Yeah, the cops are coming, buddy.

[D]

And then he, like, kind of stops for a little bit here.

[F]

Yeah. So then he. He circles around here. Watch this.

[G]

Oh.

[F]

But look at him.

[B]

He looks.

[F]

His hand.

[G]

Piece of.

[F]

I'm so mad, dude.

[B]

I've never seen anybody do that in my life. That is insane.

[F]

Yeah, just one hand punches. So, I mean, that's. I wouldn't want to fight him. I mean.

[E]

Dude, how about this right here?

[F]

Yeah, he's on drugs.

[B]

He's got.

[F]

Starts humping the thing, you see.

[D]

He thinks it's a Decepticon.

[B]

Replay that punch again. That punch was insane.

[F]

Watch him. One hand punch it. And my. My dad's like. My mom's like, he's going to break his hand. And then he just turns and looks at his hand. It was pretty funny. Watch this.

[B]

Look at the glass.

[G]

Hope he breaks his hand.

[B]

One hit.

[F]

Looks down it like, oh, I hope.

[G]

That hurts, you piece of.

[F]

My mom was.

[D]

Your mother's the sweetest lady in the world, too. I don't think I've ever heard her swear.

[F]

Yeah. Yeah, it was kind of her first time, I think, dude.

[E]

Yeah, I had to. Felt good for her get it out.

[B]

But.

[F]

Yeah, I suppose. But anyways, yeah, my dad was. He's, I think, a little torn up still about it, obviously, because his prized possession just got literally fucked up and salted and like, you know, he thinks about things. Like, he doesn't want to have an accident on it on its vehicle report for resale. And like, you know, he spent years just keeping this thing pristine, and now it's like, to him, it's like, not as good when you have to go and, like, get it fixed. And like, the guy fucked up pretty decently. My point Is that he looks at it differently than we would. Like, we would be like, what? You know, I got a good podcast story.

[E]

We'd move on, done.

[F]

We'd go get it fixed, whatever. But it just. It hits a little different. And then he's also pretty bummed because I think he. When my mom was saying he wishes that he would have done something, but I'm like, no, that would have been stupid.

[E]

I don't know.

[F]

Do something about it.

[E]

I don't know what you could do.

[D]

Dude, Minnesota. He would have gotten in trouble.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Like, if your dad literally touched him, it would be like, well, who knows? He could have gotten the drugs on.

[F]

Yeah. Or he just would have. He could have gotten stabbed.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

Or he could have, you know, end up actually kicking the guy's ass, and then it just gets flipped on him.

[E]

He's a black belt, too.

[F]

He is a black.

[E]

Oh, yeah, he's a black belt. So he could have gone up here and just. No, he kicked him in the head.

[B]

That guy's down.

[F]

Yeah, bro.

[E]

How crazy would that have been if, like, actually your mom. Your mom's filming, and then next thing you know, your dad comes in. He's wearing his collar shirt and his slacks. You see him roundhouse kick him in the head.

[F]

I would have loved it. I mean, if I was in my Raptor, you could have maybe, like, booted them, you know, like, hit him. But then it's like, same thing, you know? I'm not saying you run them over, but if you like the right speed and hit the brakes, you'd hit him like a soccer ball.

[A]

Oh, good call.

[F]

You know?

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

Then you end up killing them. Then you.

[B]

What happened? What happened to him?

[F]

So, yeah, cops came and they caught him walking down the street. But, you know, of course, a guy like that probably doesn't have any money or anything like that, but he's in jail now. Really?

[A]

No, I was. I was watching the jail roster. They let him out yesterday.

[F]

What?

[B]

Wow.

[F]

No, they didn't.

[A]

They did. He's not on the jail roster anymore.

[F]

So. So I. I don't know. What?

[A]

He spent, like, 24 hours in jail, essentially.

[B]

Wow.

[F]

Are you sure you were looking at the right name?

[A]

I mean, I. I looked through.

[F]

Like, my mom said he had a court hearing today. I mean, they were looking at Zoom. Like, they got. The cops sent him a zoom.

[A]

I was just scrolling through it. He's not on the roster anymore.

[F]

Well, maybe you're looking at the wrong guy, but I don't know. Either way, I think he's Actually still in jail. I think you're looking at the wrong guy. But I was thinking, you know, what could we do to like avenge my.

[E]

Like we, we post his bail.

[F]

That's what I'm saying.

[E]

We get him out of jail. He thinks that, oh wow, these random guys posted my bail. Right. And then we kicked his ass.

[B]

Yeah, we like bring him out here.

[E]

And we bring them out somewhere.

[D]

We, yeah, we all pull up in Corvettes.

[F]

He panics.

[E]

He's like, oh God.

[F]

My other idea was so we time.

[B]

To a chair and then like hit a crazy rollback on him with this.

[F]

Just scare him. We don't actually hurt his ears, the things.

[B]

No.

[F]

Or what we do is we bail him out, right. And we're just like super friendly. He doesn't know who we are. He knows he messed up, you know, a guy's Corvette and all this stuff. But like, we're like, hey, you know, we don't know what you did, but we want to help make things right. And we get him a job and like, we get him like a pretty good paying job. We help him build up and we, we encourage him like, hey, like you need to buy your dream car. And in like two, three years, like maybe. Probably. Probably take longer than that. Maybe 10 years down the line, he's finally worked his way up. He's got some things going for him. He gets his first dream car and then we show up and beat the shit out of that while he's at work watching.

[B]

That's like a ten year situation. Yeah, yeah.

[F]

That's how you properly get revenge.

[B]

I'm gonna be 40 by then.

[E]

If you can't hold a grudge, you can't hold anything.

[F]

You know how you properly get revenge. But yeah, so basically messed up his Corvette pretty good and I don't know what he's gonna do. Yeah, he's pretty bummed.

[B]

I think he's not in that you don't get insurance on that dude.

[F]

He could, I believe. But then you're going to have a vehicle report, you know, like it's going to say there's an accident or damage on the Carfax. Carfax, which to him matters. I don't know. I think it's just a bad situation.

[B]

It really had me thinking the crazy. You guys, I'm sure saw Tim, the giveaway winner of Lamborghini. Some crazy metal piece flew up on the highway and hit the car. This is like the third thing that's like hit the car and it just took out the front right quarter panel. It Made a giant hole in it, but just the front right quarter panel. In this scenario, he hit the back, he hit the side windows, he hit the front, he stood on it, he.

[F]

Hit all four corners.

[B]

So that's what really stresses me out. Like, if I like blew a tire in my Viper and took out the rear quarter panel, like one part of the car to really hone in on fix. But when it's just all angles, like, it just bums me out. It's like trunk, hood, windshield. Yeah, yeah.

[E]

You know, he's not like.

[B]

So it's like at that point you repaint the whole thing.

[F]

He cares about it being stock too. Like, you know, the giveaway winner of the Lambo. That guy has hit so much stuff with that Lamborghini, it's unbelievable. But that's because he's driving it. Yeah, I like the one guy. The one guy's comment was exactly what I was thinking before he even said it. He's like, well, I guess now you can get carbon fiber fenders with the vents, you know, Which I'm like, well, yeah, that's. That's kind of how I would think of it too, you know?

[E]

Yeah, it's gotta just like for your dad feel, even after you get that thing back to pristine condition, it'd be like if your girl cheated on you or something and you guys get over it. But then in the back of your mind, you're just like, ah, it's just not the same. It's been ran through a little bit here.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

That is how Corvettes think about their cars.

[E]

It's been beat up.

[F]

And don't get me.

[D]

It's okay if he beats it up.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Someone else's.

[E]

Yeah. But Corvette guys ain't beating their cars up, right?

[D]

Beating it up.

[E]

You ain't beating it sometimes.

[D]

Not every week, Saturday nights, we're beating it up.

[B]

Gosh, that's funny. It is funny. There's like hard. I'll.

[D]

I'll run it hard.

[E]

Every so often there's like Corvette.

[F]

Ryan beats the. Out of his. But any other Corvette owner. I. There's very few and far. Ryan's few and far between.

[B]

I think the first time I ever.

[E]

Rode in Ryan's Corvette, just not in the room.

[F]

What?

[B]

What?

[E]

I miss that too, anyway. Yeah, I guess. I don't know, Ryan, I suppose you.

[D]

Maybe beat it up, but I've beaten it up. Just like when. When it's right. Not every time.

[A]

Exhausting.

[B]

On the last podcast, unnecessary wear and tear. Ryan explained. Ryan explained how to shoot flames out of his Ex.

[F]

They're talking about beating up something else. Sorry. I was. I was thinking about my dad's Corvette. I was just like, man, my mind.

[E]

Wasn'T in the gutter and how he.

[A]

Was beating it up.

[F]

No, he took really good care of that.

[B]

If your mind's not in the gutter, where is it?

[F]

In the right place.

[B]

Yeah, we were just in the right place. Siege. I had no idea what was going on. Beating it up. What's that about?

[E]

Hey, speaking of beating it up.

[A]

Got my Continental back.

[E]

Ken got his Continental back.

[D]

Someone else beat it up.

[F]

What was the damage? How much did it cost? What was wrong with it?

[A]

Don't know how much it costs. He doesn't have the bill done yet. Scary.

[F]

He's really working on that bill, huh?

[B]

I got two labor hours just in creating the bill. He finished the car before he finished the bill.

[A]

I. I talked to him. I called him on Saturday. I was like, hey, I got that bill done yet? And he's like, not still working on it. Stop. Either today. He's like, oh, I don't. I don't have that done yet.

[F]

This is.

[B]

It's going to be big.

[F]

So instead of charging Evan and Gavin with the bill, I think since you're renting it out to another wedding, ironically this weekend, you finally got the thing back, and it's going back. The thing's just a wedding rental.

[E]

The richest.

[F]

The richest guy in the area. Big mansion. One of his sons is getting married, and they are borrowing it for a wedding.

[A]

I've got. I've got a back end deal worked out.

[E]

We can't just back end, back end with the guys.

[A]

I got another deal worked out for the. For that. So it's. The car still needs to get fixed from Mike's wedding.

[B]

Okay, hold on.

[E]

No, Ken, what kind of back end deal are we talking about here?

[A]

You don't have to worry about it.

[B]

Don't worry about it.

[A]

None your business.

[E]

I might not have to worry about it, but I am curious. Yeah, I'd hope I would worry about.

[A]

It, but I was talking to the guy and he was like, yep, the. One of the power steering lines just blew out. Probably from having it cranked on the red line. There's so much pressure going through that just blew the hose out whenever.

[F]

Whenever the wheels making that noise. Yeah.

[B]

Better than I thought it would be.

[D]

That was it.

[E]

You said that, Ken. You said I initially don't blow out the power steering. That's great news.

[F]

Well, what happens if these guys start ripping some donuts or possibly even Worse, park it in one of his numerous ponds on the property. True.

[A]

They can pay for it now.

[E]

You, Are you gonna go? Are you gonna go and supervise them?

[A]

No, it's not my wedding. I wasn't invited to the wedding.

[D]

But the invited.

[A]

My insurance agent is going to the wedding.

[F]

So we were. We were.

[A]

She can watch the thing.

[D]

You call insurance for this?

[A]

No, I didn't call an insurance.

[B]

Okay. Yeah.

[E]

Are you. So you are kind of running like a rental car here?

[A]

Pretty much goes from one wedding straight to the house.

[F]

How many times have you drove it, Ken?

[A]

About 10.

[F]

How many times was it on video?

[A]

About four of them.

[F]

So you drove it six times.

[E]

Are you gonna keep it?

[A]

Oh yeah.

[F]

Good.

[E]

Because me and Greta's wedding is next year.

[A]

You know, fees going up next year.

[F]

So with inflation, what are we talking here?

[E]

How much?

[A]

Well, you know there's. There's a lot of moving parts.

[E]

You know, it's not that many moving parts.

[A]

Insurance cheap. So. Well, we can work out a deal.

[B]

Well, a back end deal. You got a little back.

[A]

There's some non monetary deals. We're working out.

[B]

Some non monetary deals.

[E]

I think I'd rather pay.

[F]

What's a non monetary deal look like for you, Ken?

[A]

Trip something. We'll see.

[E]

Something to tickle his fancy Mykonos.

[B]

Yeah. Ken said take me on your honeymoon. That's all I ask.

[F]

Normally it's like after a couple's been married for a while. Not the honeymoon. I mean if you're having Ken come with on the trip for the.

[B]

Honey, that's.

[A]

That's more the anniversary kind of thing.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, the one year anniversary.

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[E]

Yeah, so Ken's been working his side gig quite a bit because he was saving up money for his Continental. It's got to be a relief.

[A]

It is. It's nice to have it back.

[D]

And is Ken Castle, what's your house? How do we Ken that?

[E]

Come on Ryan you know, he doesn't want to talk about castle Ken.

[F]

It's definitely not a castle.

[A]

What kind of world you're living in over there.

[B]

Slap a damn gargoyle on the top and it's a castle.

[D]

All you need is a gargoyle and a moat.

[A]

Do the gargoyle. No moat. I don't have space for it.

[B]

Gargoyle.

[E]

Can you need any.

[F]

Any, like, gifts for your house? Now that's getting closer to being done. Oh, it's housewarming gifts.

[A]

Or near being done.

[F]

Would you like housewarming gifts?

[A]

Depends.

[B]

Let's just all get them. Air fryers.

[F]

Five air fryers.

[A]

There's a normal housewarming gift, but I know all of you guys would not do a normal housewarming gift isn't.

[F]

Those are the good ones, though.

[A]

It's funny, but yeah.

[E]

Am I going to be allowed on property?

[A]

Supervised.

[F]

Security. That's there 24 7.

[B]

Like, legally, you're not supposed to be there, but since you're like, a business partner, you can be there if you're, like, on business.

[E]

What about Evan and Gavin?

[A]

Absolutely not.

[B]

Really?

[F]

Absolutely.

[E]

They're not even allowed on property.

[A]

Well, they're just gonna break everything.

[B]

Honestly, I. I would let Evan on there and I'd let Gavin on there, but not at the same time.

[D]

It's a good point.

[E]

Spenny was back in Canada for the last month or so, and Gavin went and visited you.

[B]

Oh, yeah, he did come to Canada.

[E]

I watched the video of you guys going back country. Three wheeling. Yeah, but it was like quarter, three wheeling, the rest, hiking.

[B]

Right.

[E]

Like, you guys had to hike. Hike in there a couple miles.

[B]

Yeah, we hiked in a couple miles. Gav wasn't ready for it.

[E]

I can't imagine he was.

[B]

Oh, because you're trying to get back to an untouched zone.

[F]

Yeah, I.

[E]

So that had to have been more entertaining just seeing him hike, right, bro?

[B]

Well, yeah. So he flew in, landed in Calgary, and then I actually took him to the moto track first, which was the funniest thing. And I surprised him with the BW200 from, like, the 1980s. And just watching him talk to the big wheel guy, because of course, the big wheel guy's got three wheelers. And then Gavin walks up and he's like, so, 1984, huh? Tell me about it. And the guy's like, well, yeah. He's like, I've had it for. Since 10, 20 years. And Gavin's like, just asking all these questions, like, I have no clue what they're talking about because I don't buy stuff from the 80s, so I got legit. No clue what they're talking about.

[E]

You don't?

[B]

Yeah, it's just new to me. We buy it for him. He loves it. Take him on the moto track. He's actually riding it pretty good. Like, road good. It was funny because there was a bunch of, like, pro riders there that day. Like, there's a kid with a Red Bull helmet on the track and gavs on his little BW200 and just, like.

[E]

They'Re just trying not to land.

[B]

Oh, my God. They're trying not to land on them. Like, people going everywhere. Gav just has no clue. I was like, all right, Gab. Like, this is a legit track. You can't just, like, turn on lips. You need to follow the line no matter what. You can't just, like, ride around wherever you want. Like, this isn't like a private compound that you can just do whatever you want. This isn't the freaking track Back in Cormorant. Yeah. So whatever. Yeah, he runs it. And then the next day, we went on a little adventure. Drove like a couple hours down gravel and then got out to this spot. And it was like, gnarly trails getting in there. Gnarly cut line. And I had never rode it before. And Gab did good. I mean, I think he said. He said that he hit one of his. The biggest hill he's ever hit. And then got down close to the river, parked the rigs in the trees, left the helmets. And then we had backpacks with, like, food. Brought some steaks. Cook some steaks.

[D]

Beans.

[B]

Not beans. No, no beans. But we had a tent. And then, like, sleeping pads. They're like 3 inch sleeping pads and sleeping bags. And yeah, we just hiked literally down a cliff. Like, it was so gnarly. It was straight down. Slept above on a waterfall. And dude, sleeping beside Gavin in a two man tent. Yeah. Was the worst thing I've ever done.

[E]

Terrible China shop.

[B]

He literally rolled onto me probably 15 times.

[E]

Sorry.

[B]

Like, he was literally, like, laying half on me and I had to, like, wake up and, like, roll him off. And he, like, wasn't ever awake. I'm like, gav, Gab, like, you're laying on my shoulder, bro. Like, you're laying halfway on my body. Zero clue, just. He's just slumped. He had no clue that he was even.

[E]

That's how when we were camping up on the roof of a Lamborghini.

[D]

It's a crazy statement.

[E]

Two of us were staying in this little pop up tent.

[B]

Right. Which is pretty wide too. I think the Lambo is wider than the two man tent.

[E]

I don't know. It was tight. We were shoulder.

[A]

It was.

[B]

I just feel bad. He's got his, like, he has some septum issues and it makes it really hard for him to, like, breathe normally while he's sleeping. Really?

[E]

He's like a French bulldog.

[B]

Yeah. You've never heard that? Gosh, sometimes if, like, if I've ever had to sleep in the same room, full size, bro. He's just, like, struggling to breathe and it's like, I feel so bad.

[F]

He needs to get those nose nasal strips that hold your nose open.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

What is funny about that?

[B]

For those of you listening, Evan's sitting on the couch and he's. He's like our funny meter. When he laughs at something, you know, it's funny.

[E]

What was funny about that? I guess I missed the mark.

[C]

Gavin sucking the paint off the ceiling is funny.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[F]

Sucking the paint off the ceiling.

[B]

They're trying to.

[F]

Is that anteater?

[B]

You don't snore? No, you snore when you're really drunk.

[C]

But it was just the last time that we roomed together. I recall you saying you've never heard snoring.

[B]

Yeah, it was. Mike blew my mind.

[E]

You are the worst snore in the.

[B]

Group by hands down.

[E]

Yeah. Ten times.

[B]

Gotta be. But I mean, it's gotta.

[E]

You gotta be better now that you don't drink.

[D]

But yeah, now it's only by like a little. Six or seven times. Damn it.

[B]

It is impressive.

[D]

I didn't mean to. I didn't mean to, honestly.

[E]

Yeah. We were staying in the rv and Mike's. Mike came in late, of course, wakes me up. I'm just trying to fall back to sleep. Mike falls immediately.

[B]

Oh, no, I did.

[E]

Evan woke me up, dude. He's rolling around on the freaking floor. But yeah, and then Mike falls asleep immediately, and it's just like the whole RV is shaking. It's just like it's coming down. Sounded like it was hailing out.

[B]

And it really does suck because it just. I'm so unaffected. Oh, did you hear this? Did you hear that last night? So and so is so loud. And I'm just like, oh, I slept great, guys. Every time.

[F]

Dude, Our plan was actually on the houseboat, but then you slept on the roof. Our plan was to pull like they did in that one Disney movie where you put the person on the air mattress and they.

[D]

You want it to me, dude, you could have gotten me if you set up an air mattress right next to me, like, here, bud, air mattress up.

[F]

When we got up was the problem, but, yeah, we should have just done it at night.

[D]

Oh, yeah, night.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

That's a risk of drowning or losing you. Yeah, but, like, what?

[D]

You could have tethered me, bro.

[B]

I still think about, like, I. It's been a minute since you guys woke me up with water, and I'm not mad at Ryan for this. You were the one that threw it. The way it splashed into me, it, like, peeled my eyelids. I was, like, in pain the rest of the day. It felt like someone dug, like, water shot water up my eyelids.

[D]

Well, I felt bad when I did it to Dalton. I did it kind of, like, so softly, and I was like, well, I better get, like, that was kind of lame. So I got to get the most out of it.

[B]

Peel my dang eyelids back.

[D]

But you're so tucked up, I couldn't do it on the sleeping bag. Like, on your body.

[E]

Anyway, I was playing golf with Grandpa Ron the other day, and you know how Grandpa Ron's thing is. Whenever he's putting, he goes, hey, cj, turn around and listen. And then he tries to make the putt. It's classic, right?

[F]

Just turn around and listen.

[E]

So on the 18th hole, after him saying it all day, I go, hey, Grandpa, turn around and listen. And he goes, oh, he's laughing. He's thinking. It's so funny. And he's a. Because I. I hadn't made a single putt all day, and I had, like, a 20 footer. And he's like, oh, this should be good, guys. You know what?

[B]

I'm.

[E]

I just will. Okay. He turns around, and he's like, get a load of this guy. I drain it, everyone erupts, right? And then he's, like, running around the green. He's like, he made it.

[F]

He made it.

[E]

Not very often can you say that. And it actually goes in.

[B]

So your shot.

[E]

Yeah, yeah. It was a pretty electric moment, the.

[D]

Barry Bonds of putting.

[E]

But he goes, you can only say that so many times and miss it, because after a while, it doesn't carry any weight. But now after that, you got to hang it up.

[D]

Did you guys see this? I thought.

[E]

Thought it was.

[G]

It's.

[D]

It's a different type of bike, but I guess it's a controller versus Starks.

[B]

Okay. Yeah, Yeah, I was.

[D]

Is this real? Not Starks. Sorry, Siron.

[B]

And I think we should do a video with them because we mess around with E bikes all the time. This is very cheeto. But it's. It's cool. They're wheelie controllers that hold you at a certain degree. It's crazy. What? Yeah. You guys haven't seen this? No, I just. I figured Evan's seen it. It is Cheeto.

[A]

What do you do? You just like, you just twist the.

[D]

Throttle all the way riding.

[B]

Yeah. How the gyro does it it for you so you just twist the throttle.

[F]

Dude.

[E]

What the heck?

[B]

Very Cheeto.

[E]

But it's like you'll never know who.

[F]

Can actually wheelie nowadays.

[B]

Yeah, no, you can tell though, like, if they're not fluctuating at all. Like, they're obviously using a cheat controller. But you can do the one hand. It's. It's kind of cool.

[F]

You can cheat it.

[B]

Dude, this is.

[E]

This is crazy.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

I mean, cool.

[B]

I think we should. I think we should try it.

[F]

Ken will be able to wheelie better than Evan.

[B]

Like.

[F]

Oh.

[G]

Oh.

[B]

Literally just hold.

[D]

It's better even with the. The training wheels too, dude. I mean, like, he's obviously doing 70, 80 with no handers. Like 80 went over the back, I guess. But yeah. Pretty crazy.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

So it's just like a controller mod.

[E]

What is it? It just like plugs in.

[B]

I think it's like, you know how you have like your motor, your battery and your controller. It's like a modded controller.

[D]

And so how does it know the.

[B]

That I don't know. The gyro.

[C]

Nothing will be more satisfying than when some squid is relying on their bike to wheelie for him. They have no concept of the rear brake. Yeah, you're toast when it, when it, when it fails.

[B]

I agree. Like, it's, it's. It's a novelty thing. Yeah.

[D]

I also kind of feel like you're my third grade teacher saying you're not gonna walk around with a calculator in your pocket.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

You know, like you can't. Every bike probably will have it and.

[F]

You don't even need to learn how to.

[D]

Yeah, man. They took everything good from us.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

It's crazy to think that if all motorcycles were electric, like all of them are just starts.

[B]

They all could do that.

[E]

They all could do that.

[D]

Well, I'm sure a die hard two stroke guy would be like, ah, you can't really a two stroke. You got these newfound four strokes and have engine brakes.

[F]

Yeah, exactly.

[B]

Yeah, that. That's true.

[D]

But I thought it was pretty cool. Like, I saw that and I thought it was the guy just doing it himself, but then I realized that it was.

[E]

Man, it's just like, you gotta wonder if things are deep fake if you're getting AI'd, if you're getting RC card. When you're watching someone wheelie, you're like, do they have a real modulator on it?

[B]

All right, I do. Like, I gotta see Ken rip that, though.

[F]

Dude, I think Ken could wheel you with that.

[B]

Yeah. Ah. I mean, you still got the. Yeah, but you still gotta hold on. I agree.

[E]

But still got to hold on and not panic.

[A]

I would panic the first probably 20 tries.

[B]

The thing, though, you can't. Whiskey throttle. That's the best.

[A]

That. That is good. But I would also still panic. Probably tip over to the side.

[D]

Speaking of not sure if you're getting a eyed. Obviously, everybody knows the bunnies on the trampoline and trampolines jumping on trampolines like that. But there's this picture of this Chihuahua with a pack of wolves. And I'm like, this looks like AI, right? But it also says in Ely, Minnesota.

[B]

Yeah, it makes it more believable in Ely.

[D]

It's possible because Ely is like. I mean, how many people live in Ely?

[F]

Literally about to eat that Chihuahua?

[B]

But why wouldn't they already be mom? Or they look like they Chihuahua.

[F]

It might be fake.

[D]

That's what I'm saying. It could be fake.

[E]

It seems random, but also, it's. It is pretty funny. You have, like, a pack of wolves, and you're like, what's. What's something funny to put with them? Biggest baby of a dog.

[B]

I'm really enjoying, like, using, like, the AI recreation images, but not going overboard.

[E]

Yeah, Mike, you have. You have been that one pretty.

[B]

I just made the. I made the couple of the car, and then I made the one of Ryan really fat. Dude, those. Ryan was so funny.

[E]

The Ryan ones up like, Ryan, you had to have seen this picture of you and gotten a little bit more motivated, right, bro? I've been like.

[D]

I was like.

[B]

I kind of could happen. I made that one in, like, Gemini, but I, like, not going overboard. Like, I could essentially take every photo on my camera roll and do fun stuff and make it crazy funny, but it wouldn't be that funny. Like, if you just do a couple here and there, you should just make.

[D]

One of these 220 instead of four.

[B]

So that's what was my issue. My prompt was like, make the. Make the man on the quad insanely obese. And then I said it. Make the man in the background freakishly tall Ken kind of is looking like Slender Man.

[D]

I honestly think people don't even notice how tall Ken Is because.

[F]

Oh, fat.

[E]

I will tell you this. I posted the one of you looking ripped. Go to the one of you rip looking ripped.

[D]

I look sick as fuck, dude.

[F]

Not going to lie, dude.

[B]

You actually.

[E]

Yeah, that'd be a good look, Ryan. You'd have to get a bunch of tattoos, but I think.

[D]

I think.

[E]

Definitely hop on roids, But Ken being massive. I posted on my story and most. Let's just say 100 responses, and 98 of them were about Ken.

[D]

Yeah, well, yeah, everybody loves Ken. Nobody gives a.

[A]

Do I.

[D]

Maybe people think I just look like that.

[F]

You look pretty cool there. I'm not gonna lie.

[D]

No, dude, I never.

[F]

Probably the coolest I've ever seen you look.

[D]

It's fake.

[B]

You already started off your. Your leg sleeve. You just got to keep going.

[D]

It's funny actually, because sitting on that quad is pretty hard to look cool, but, like, it looks like I am cool.

[F]

It looks like you rip it.

[B]

Honestly, a Raptor 700 is such a bodybuilder guy quad to have.

[F]

Yes. Like, just rip it on the street.

[D]

Look on my helmet is tucked. Like I just look like I know what I'm doing.

[B]

That it's fun to do. Not go overboard with just. You always look cool, though.

[D]

Thanks, bud.

[E]

Mike, when. When you started sending these pictures, in the chat, I was like, yeah, when did Mike get these little model cars? I thought that was real too.

[B]

You're one of your. So many people were like, where can I get a model car? Like, it's not real, bro. That's so insane. How'd you do that? The prompt is the biggest thing. So I just got a screenshot from Facebook. Someone was nice enough to share it. You know, here's the prompt. Use the nano banana model to create a 1/7 scale commercialized figure of the car of the illustration in the realistic style and environment. Yeah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Huh?

[F]

It's all about the prompt.

[D]

It's all about the prompt.

[B]

I'm gonna make a tick tock. You tried to make this without the prompt. I mean, you'd be like, hacking at it for days.

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[E]

So Ken, people absolutely loved your brand deal in the last video. I and I think that you're now the designated brand deal.

[A]

I cut it up one way and then I saw it got recut a different way.

[F]

Should we watch it? Have you seen the new one?

[A]

I mean, I didn't hear the audio but I saw the video and it looked very different from the way it was originally cut.

[E]

People are gonna be so entertained by it that I think that you are now the designated brand deal guy. Like you did such a fantastic.

[A]

Am I gonna do the new Ryan? Like I get just.

[B]

That'd be great. Yes.

[F]

On the, on the sell out and like on the videos. Yeah.

[E]

The thing is Ken is like people love you. You've had this crazy character storyline right from the beginning to where you are right now. And I think that it just makes the most sense for the channel. You're the designated.

[A]

This is being filmed before that video goes live. So let's wait and see There.

[E]

People loved it and I got a.

[F]

Feeling that people watching it.

[D]

I just think it's unfair. Like I had to start from such a point of neutrality. But everybody loves Ken, dude.

[B]

Like it is a beautiful thing like. Like Ken just being Ken reading the script.

[A]

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[D]

You did a great job.

[E]

This thing's gonna win an Emmy.

[B]

Yeah, I know, I know, dude. Ken showed me last night. Me and Dalton. It's the best ad I've seen. I think it's insanely good. It's so good. It's the type of thing. Walk into the shop at 9 o'.

[C]

Clock at night and Ken's just standing there with the.

[B]

The camera on a tripod. He's got chat GPT, bro. He was grinding and then he goes up to Justin's office and he puts it in this software. He paid 5 buc to autocut it.

[C]

For him and he sent it to the.

[A]

And then you took that cut and then you just threw it in the trash and started over.

[C]

You put no music on it, you put no links. You put nothing.

[A]

Yeah, cuz I don't have any of that software on my computer.

[E]

I don't have any of the.

[A]

I don't have any of the background music files on my computer.

[B]

I don't have any of the AI files yet. No. I just love like we'll never be able to explain to better help or whoever the ad was for, like why that will be so much more successful.

[D]

But, but I mean they just got a free plug on the podcast right here. We watch a whole dang ad.

[A]

Better get paid for that.

[E]

When did you become such a natural, Ken?

[A]

Yeah, it took a while.

[B]

Be honest.

[E]

Did that come from the heart?

[A]

No, that.

[B]

Did that script come from the heart? It's okay if it did.

[A]

That script came from the chat.

[E]

How does your chat know you that well?

[A]

I legitimately gave it a good idea.

[F]

Your whole life Story that we needed.

[E]

To check in on you like that.

[A]

I. I gave it a really good prompt. I said, come up with a good life story. Come up with this. And then I just spit out a script. I edited a couple things.

[F]

And you couldn't even use your own life story? Like, come up with something good for me. Life story.

[A]

Well, you need to integrate, like, all the different talking points.

[E]

He doesn't want anyone on the Internet to know anything about him. So that whole thing was fake.

[A]

We got to integrate all the talking points and everything else. So it's like, okay.

[E]

I thought it was beautiful. I saw that and immediately texted the rest of the guys and said, do we need to check in again?

[A]

You didn't text me that.

[D]

That's a good point. And he got you there.

[A]

He didn't check in on me, so you didn't care that much.

[D]

I'm proud of you. I'm proud of where you are in life. You're the happiest I've ever seen you.

[F]

Yeah. I'm glad you're getting help, Ken.

[B]

Is it working?

[A]

We'll see.

[E]

Time will tell. I'm proud of you for working out, though, Ken.

[B]

Thanks.

[E]

You've been working out more than any of us.

[B]

Circles around us.

[F]

How many. How many lifts you think you got in Ken or Micah?

[B]

Realistically, like, six. I mean, I moto the last three days. Gotta count for something. But, like, before that, I didn't do anything for a month. Gosh, it's just tough, dude. Like, I don't love the gym. I didn't either, but you're starting to love it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, I could see that. Because you're actually, like, spending the amount of time in there.

[F]

Ken doesn't miss a day. He could go out, be blackout drunk till 2 in the morning, and he'd get up at 7.

[A]

Not quite that bad. He'd get up, I'd be there by.

[F]

Noon, and he'd be there. No, I'm dead. He does get up and go because, I mean, he lives with me.

[E]

I see him.

[F]

I hear him get up and go out.

[E]

All you'd have to do, Mike, is just wake up even 45 minutes earlier and just hit on the way to the shop.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

And then just shower at the gym. And it's just a part of your routine, but you can also do whatever you want.

[B]

I find it hard to go to the gym in the summer. In the winter, no problem.

[E]

I'll run it every day.

[B]

But in the summer, I'm like. I feel like I use so much energy Doing other stuff.

[D]

That is a good point because, like, after moving this week, the past.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Moving.

[D]

Like I missed up.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Ryan's moving to California.

[E]

Congrats, Ryan.

[D]

Happy for California.

[B]

As a joke.

[F]

Fit right in.

[D]

I was like, God damn it. Anywhere but California.

[B]

Oh, yep.

[D]

Ryan going.

[A]

You just want to pay all those taxes.

[B]

I just pulled that straight out of my hat.

[D]

I know you did.

[B]

I know you did. That's why Ryan's moving.

[F]

Was as number two.

[A]

Seattle would have been number two, but.

[D]

It'S like California but shitty.

[B]

Shittier.

[D]

Yeah, Shittier weather.

[F]

Well, you guys are going to Vegas this weekend. Who do we got going? We got Dalton, Spany, Micus, and our homie Jif.

[B]

Really? Yeah.

[E]

I fired it up. I want to say about this.

[F]

I want to go.

[B]

Look at him in the back.

[F]

I want to go. But also, it's just, like, too nice. And I just know that we're going to be traveling soon all the time, and I just can't justify it. I just want to enjoy a weekend at home. And if it was freezing cold, I'd probably be there with you. But maybe if Alex wanted to go, then it'd be easier. But you guys got a lot of time. It's kind of a boys trip.

[B]

Sydney. And then she had some prior stuff that she's doing, so I was like. I was. It's pretty rare that we, like, kind of take, you know, our own trips, I guess. Yeah. Obviously.

[F]

For no. No filming or anything.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

Yeah. You guys are going to Supercross.

[B]

Supercross. And we're gonna visit.

[D]

So fun is Gavin.

[B]

That's the championship. And then we're visiting our friends at omnia, the nightclub twin six plane from 1:00am to 3:00am oh, that's. That's their slot.

[E]

That is.

[F]

It's like prime time. Yeah.

[D]

Prime time slot.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

That's when, like, you're. That's the big. That's the biggest show.

[B]

Right, Right. That is the head.

[E]

That's the main event.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, it's gonna be so fun.

[E]

Why aren't you going, Ryan?

[D]

Honestly, still just have a little bit of moving to do. Kind of want to help Alondra get settled. I honestly. You know what? I don't have a good excuse why I'm not. I'm just being a.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

What about you missing out?

[E]

I got a wedding.

[F]

You got a wedding? Well, you. Evan, you love Vegas.

[C]

Just got to do around the house before winter comes up.

[E]

Put the.

[A]

What about you, K. A personal trip in a couple weeks. I'm really don't want to do, too.

[B]

To Vegas? No, London.

[A]

London.

[F]

He's got some business to tend to.

[B]

Why does it sound so official?

[F]

A personal trip.

[B]

Personal trip coming up. Yeah. We'll probably do some gambling.

[A]

I'd rather go to Vegas when it's freezing cold here, and then you can kind of escape to the desert rather than go there when it's hot here, and then it's going to be hot.

[D]

It's going to be 57 degrees and raining.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

The funny thing is, is that this.

[B]

Weekend is going to be shy here. Yeah.

[D]

I mean, like, it's. You know, like, do.

[E]

Do you know how to travel without Ken?

[B]

Mike's actually planning it. I know. I got my. All of our lights, and that's what supercross is like.

[D]

Was the weekend telling me that he was.

[E]

I was like, where are you staying? And he goes, I don't know. Mike's booking our hotel.

[B]

And I was like, I've been meaning to talk. That's the one thing we don't have booked Mike. No, but here's the thing. We were dialed.

[A]

You fly out, like, in 36 hours.

[B]

Okay? So one. Hotels are different than flights. If. If you get you.

[A]

Not really.

[E]

That's good.

[B]

There's no way.

[E]

He knows that.

[B]

He knows that.

[D]

Oh, you guys are fine when you're flying, you're on a plane, and it's only for a little while.

[B]

So there's. You're telling me there's no way we get to Vegas, and there's just like, you know how you. You might. You could go to the airport and then be like, hey, I need a flight. And they'd be like, well, sorry, we don't have any for today, but you're telling me I can't get to Vegas. Not that this is the plan.

[E]

Why don't you just book a hotel?

[B]

Because I want Ken to help.

[A]

I've got certain hotels in Vegas I like to stay at. And normally, if you don't book, like, a month in advance or get comps in advance, they're just atrociously expensive or they're sold out.

[B]

Well, I just figure it's like, there's no way that we're just gonna end.

[A]

Up staying at the Luxor or something.

[B]

That's fine with me. I don't even know what that is. The Luxor, the one with the big beam light coming out the top? Yeah. That sounds awesome. Is that place not good?

[A]

No.

[B]

I don't know what the bad and the good, like, hotels in Vegas are. Good news is, we got me And.

[C]

Spenny and me and Spenny travel really.

[B]

Well together, so that's not gonna like you guys. Traveling well together is not gonna like get us a hotel though.

[D]

Yeah, actually the hotels are cheap, bro. They're like $100 a night.

[F]

They're not worried about making money on the room.

[B]

Oh, really? Okay. I was under the impression the Vegas hotels were relatively cheap for what you get.

[A]

Sometimes cheap, sometimes atrociously expensive.

[D]

Oh, good news. The Circus Circus has openings. 44 bucks.

[G]

So.

[B]

Yes. I don't have. I don't have any rooms booked. It's okay, dude. It was. Took everything out of me. Just hit the flights booked or final Legion. So it's direct. That's nice. Not Delta, bro. We don't have the money for that. I was honestly looking up for YouTube.

[F]

You paid for their stuff or.

[B]

No. Are they currently? Yeah, but I mean, it's just easier if we pay. Yeah, maybe. Yeah, we could do the non monetary favors. Whatever.

[D]

I believe he called them a back door.

[F]

Well, you guys might be sharing a room, so it'll be perfect.

[B]

Well, I don't know. Spenny said we're possibly getting a box. I have. My buddy Corey's a Red Bull KTM semi driver. He hooked us up with some track walk passes. It's like vip. So before the main event, they have like, they do the practice and qualifying and everything in the day. Said you can get Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Yep.

[E]

And then you.

[B]

They bring out like a crowd of like a hundred people that wins that. You can buy the ticket or whatever or you can win it and you can go on the track and walk the whole track. And it's actually pretty sick. It's sick because then it really puts it into perspective because you see the jumps on TV and obviously those like they're professionals, they jump everything first try. It makes it look easy on TV when you get there and like you're on all fours to climb up the finish line. Jump. It's insane. Like it just puts it into perspective. Even just sitting in the stands. It makes it look so easy. But it's gonna be, dude, it's gonna be fun.

[D]

So there's already a clean four of you going?

[B]

Yeah, there's four. And then I think the two tiktokers, Bryce hall and Taylor Holder are going to come with us.

[E]

God, if I see a single renegade. Dalton, hit a single fucking renegade on my for you page.

[F]

Dalton's gonna.

[E]

You already know. He's planning. He's planning on hitting some TikTok.

[D]

Have you been Working on your moves.

[B]

Have you been practicing your dances?

[C]

I have not. But I will say I think I'll be the last one out of the.

[B]

Group to embarrass myself around those guys.

[C]

I will not be hitting a single TikTok dancer making a single TikTok.

[F]

So I'd go to Vegas.

[D]

I'd go to Vegas and make that bet. So what.

[A]

What's your. What's your rage bait post going to be then?

[B]

Whoa, Ken.

[F]

Oh, man. I don't think either of those guys make tik toks anymore. Bryce Hall's like a bare knuckle fighter.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

And Taylor Holder is a country music.

[B]

Star, so turns out they love dirt bikes too, so.

[F]

Really good.

[E]

It'll be pretty fun.

[F]

They're both crushing it, but that'll be fun. Honestly, the fact that you're hanging out with those guys makes me want to go.

[B]

But other than that, this guy's a little cloud chaser.

[F]

No, I just think it'd be fun. I'm the cloud.

[E]

If I go on my for you page and CJ is hitting a renegade.

[B]

I will black out.

[F]

Yeah. The last nine years, I've always just clung to whoever's the most famous person around us.

[D]

That's why he lives with Ken.

[B]

Dude. Dude.

[F]

Yeah, it's true. I really took it personal.

[B]

Yeah, it should be pretty sweet. Maybe do pretty fired up. Probably stay sober. Really?

[F]

Yeah, if you're doing it, you're staying sober too, Mike. Yeah, I suppose you gotta.

[B]

I'll personally I will be but I mean I would not expect anyone else to be.

[F]

Dude, you've had some legendary Vegas experiences. I don't know if we can bring them up on the podcast.

[B]

I already have.

[F]

I don't ever have.

[C]

Yeah, he played the clip of him sleeping in the hallway when I found him.

[E]

I haven't seen that video.

[D]

What video?

[E]

Mike sleeping in the hallway.

[B]

Oh, that's a talk.

[A]

I got that.

[F]

No more talking about.

[B]

We really don't have to talk about it.

[F]

What happened then?

[A]

This was prior to that.

[F]

When you guys clogged the toilet stacked on top. That's when you know you're sick. You're sick. You there's a toilet clog and you go, I'm just so lazy. I don't want to find another bathroom. And you just on top of it. And then get this.

[B]

What the.

[F]

And then get this.

[C]

Either lazy nothing to do with it.

[G]

Cj.

[C]

I lazy had nothing to do with me doing that.

[F]

Enchiladas did. Taco night did.

[C]

We're on like third day of A Vegas bender. I'm lucky I didn't do it right in the bed. By the time I made it to the bathroom and looked at the mess, it was all I could do to spin around and sit down in time.

[E]

Before it was everywhere.

[F]

And then. And then it happened for a third time. They do it three times, stack it three times. Imagine that poor cleaning lady.

[B]

Think about how nasty that splashback would be.

[F]

Just the smell, bro.

[E]

What did you guys do?

[B]

How did you fix that problem?

[A]

It was on the way out of the hotel room, so we didn't.

[E]

That's a hit and run. That's a triple hit.

[B]

Cleaning lady. That poor little cleaning lady. We should have left a hundred dollar bill or something more than that. Yeah. That is insane. That's just being rude. That's just being disrespectful right there, Evan. It is insane.

[F]

She probably quit her job literally being disrespectful, bro.

[C]

I literally am walking down the hallway, and I go, look, there's some drunk.

[B]

Guy sleeping in the hallway. The worst part, it was. It wasn't even on the right floor. No, you were, okay.

[C]

You were just on the completely other wing, okay?

[B]

He was just laying down, giving his legs a rest.

[E]

You are so lucky you that Ev found you.

[F]

Didn't find you, Mike.

[C]

This isn't okay.

[B]

Come on now, Mike.

[F]

You're not even close. You can hear the concern in Evan's voice.

[B]

Where are we going? To the room, bro.

[C]

You're, like, passing on the hallway 20 rooms away.

[G]

Let's buffer it.

[F]

Either way.

[E]

I'm glad.

[C]

I'm glad we got you out of there before law enforcement.

[B]

Bec.

[F]

I think security. I think Dalton should do that this time around.

[C]

Oh, do they want to be eating the banana? I love this picture. He's got a tall can of twisted tea, a cigar, and a nanner.

[F]

Right after I got done editing a video.

[C]

Just vibing.

[F]

Yeah, I was just happy, man.

[B]

He is actually living good. That guy's living good back then, huh?

[F]

I was.

[C]

So I got one quick topic. Is anybody paying attention to skateboarding lately?

[B]

The tray flip.

[C]

That Jocelyn finally did it.

[F]

The seal and the Internet is broken.

[C]

No, the clip's not out yet, but they leave the thrasher cover.

[B]

I was gonna.

[F]

No.

[C]

Shrimp Daddy has, like, a. No, the clip's not out yet.

[E]

Okay, and who's shrimp Daddy?

[C]

I seen it.

[B]

Oh, it's a. I've seen him do it.

[E]

Do what?

[C]

He did it and stepped off the board, like, five years ago.

[B]

No, no. Like, I saw the clip.

[C]

I don't think that's real.

[A]

What happened?

[E]

What are you guys talking about?

[C]

Just a legendary skateboard trick. A 360 flip down El Toro. No one's ever done it. He, like, did it, like, five years ago, but when he was landing so hard, his trucks were bending. So he literally rides away. Rides, like, five feet or something and kind of steps off. And it's like a whole thing of, like, he didn't do it because he didn't just cleanly ride away, but he literally did it. But it's like, just the gnarliest stairs.

[E]

And he redid it again. Somebody else.

[C]

Yeah, no, he did it, but, like, they interviewed him after the old. He's like, ah, I just don't see myself ever doing it again. It's such a battle. He went so many times, he's, like, injuring himself.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

How do you not break your ankles doing that? Is that. Is that the spot at that school that there's, like, all the legendary.

[B]

How many stairs is it?

[C]

I don't even know since it's like.

[B]

Something like 25 or something. Or 20, dude. Like.

[C]

But, like, Nigel Houston went there, tried to get it, couldn't. Like, he's pretty much like, dude, it's just, like, not one of the top kids.

[E]

That's crazy. How many steps is it?

[B]

26 or 27, I think.

[E]

So, like, what. What's the height difference on that?

[B]

Probably almost a little. Maybe a little over a story. Like, someone story the length that it's 20 stairs, but it's the length that's the hardest part. Yeah.

[F]

Because 20 stairs, I mean, basically sprint and then jump that.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

Would you do that? No one would. You know, that'd be insane. But then to do it on a skateboard, it's crazy.

[B]

And half the runs they do, like, they're not landing on the board. They're taking that to their feet.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

And they're rolling up and then rolling out.

[F]

That's the thing, though, is skaters are so good at falling. And, like, learning how to tumble, like Gavin is how you avoid getting hurt. Like, Evan's good at tumbling. Benny's really good at tumbling.

[C]

Never tumbles. He just greases everything.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

But no, sometimes he can get out of a really sticky situation. Like, something will happen where he gets jammed up in the bike and, like, it would be catastrophic for anyone. But then he just, like, cat likes down and. And it's just.

[E]

So he's kind of, like, run out of it. Yeah, he can run out or he'll.

[B]

Come or he'll roll or I Do get young Crash.

[C]

This is the real one. So it's just a sequence, not the footage yet. I don't know, I just thought it was pretty cool. Especially because there's like a whole freaking 20 minute YouTube video about like a documentary thing about him like basically doing it but not doing it. And I think that was like quite a handful of years ago. And he's literally like, yeah, I just don't see myself trying it again.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

The fact like in my heart I know I got it. Like I understand. Like I wouldn't claim it because I didn't roll away. And you know how skaters are. You can't drag your hand. You got to ride away to really claim it. But he's just like, ah, I know, I got it.

[F]

It's just.

[C]

Whatever, dude.

[F]

I wonder if skateboarding is as relevant now as it was in like the 2000s to 2010s obviously mainstream media. Cuz it seemed like back then you had so many TV shows where it was like a skater and it nest didn't necessarily revolve around skateboarding, but like it just made it popular and made it, it made people like kids want to try skating, you know. Whereas now obviously there's probably, I mean there's tons of it, you see it online, but there's not like any mainstream.

[C]

There's also a lot of or even.

[F]

Really popular people that are not from that era.

[C]

But the core skate community community was never that stoked, I don't think on any of.

[F]

Yeah, no, they don't like that.

[B]

But now there's like a lot of like mid grade people ripping Instagram clips. Like, just sneaky.

[F]

Yeah, but they're not famous. There's no, there's no super famous skaters other than the ones from that time and probably Nyjah.

[B]

Nigel.

[F]

Yeah, which I mean, Nigel was famous back then too.

[B]

That's true.

[F]

He's like a little kid ripping.

[E]

Well, cj, we wanted to bring somebody in that we thought would be good for you to sit face to face with. So we hit him up. And if you want to come on in here and let's just say he was happy to sit down and have a debate with you. Oh my gosh. Jake Coulter, running for mayor of Fargo.

[B]

Welcome, Jake.

[F]

Nice to meet you. Holy dude.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

What's up, yo?

[E]

Thanks for coming. Appreciate it.

[F]

I'm not gonna be debating him. I'm on his side.

[B]

Well, yeah, I don't know, I heard.

[G]

I heard some jokes, I heard some laughs on the, on the last podcast.

[F]

Yeah, I mean, I can't I just laugh at everything. No, what a treat. I think it's awesome. I think it's. I think it's awesome. And if I was a North Dakota resin, I would 150 vote for you. And I think that anyone out here. Is it just North Dakota or is it Fargo?

[G]

It's just Fargo, North Dakota.

[C]

Fargo.

[F]

I think anyone. Fargo needs to vote for Jake Holder.

[E]

He brought his boys for backup. Here, look at. Look at this. To roll you up in the parking lot. Cj if this goes south, bro, I'm.

[F]

Out here rooting for him.

[B]

Yeah, that.

[E]

No, thanks for. Hey, thanks for coming out, bro.

[G]

Yeah, thank you. Thanks for having me.

[E]

So you saw the podcast clips.

[F]

Yes.

[E]

And then hit you up on. No, you made a tik tok and said anytime anywhere. C.J. lor.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Check in with me before you come to Fargo, North Dakota, bro.

[F]

People got to send me this. I'm so un. Not tuned in. Did you. Actually, no.

[G]

It was more. Just let me out on the podcast. I'd love to have the talk with you guys.

[F]

Yeah. So explain how this all came to be. We'll start here. My friend Ken, I may have nominated him.

[E]

This is your time, Ken.

[F]

Anyways, he's still a sore subject, but I may have nominated him without telling him. Oh, and then the newspaper released, and they're like, you know, there's all these dogs running for mayor, because I don't know how familiar are with Cormorant, Minnesota, but there was a. There was a dog as a mayor, and it was like a big deal back in the day. Yeah.

[B]

One.

[F]

So long story short, two guys were running for mayor, small town. Not everyone really liked them. Really? No one liked them. And they're like, why don't we just elect this dog? And the dog got more votes than the two guys. Ends up being this thing in Cormorant. We got a dog mayor passes away in, like, 2016. And we were mayorless for a while. Two summers ago, they decided we need to get a new mayor in town. And obviously, a lot of dogs were, you know, up for election.

[G]

Yep.

[F]

And my boy Ken, he's a dog in a different way. And I was like, we need to get him up on there. So we put him in the newspaper. He took it seriously, and we. We ran him. And honestly, I think there was corruption, a lot of. A lot of fraud behind the scenes. They didn't want a human. Pretty discriminatory. But anyways, he lost. And then I saw you were running for mayor.

[B]

Yep.

[F]

How's that come to be so you did this yourself?

[G]

All myself. Everything to this point has been by myself. I've had help with some campaigning with, you know, Representative TJ Brown. He's a representative in the Horace Fargo area. He's helped me out a lot with, you know, figuring out my platform, but, you know, most of it's been my making, and I realized I can make a change in the city. And also I realized that most politicians. And a lot of people complain that most politicians are older guys, like, elderly people, and there's nothing wrong with that, but I want to, you know, fresh start someone young. So I was like, I'm gonna put my hand in the race.

[F]

I actually think that's a great idea, because, honestly, young people are the future. So. And I said it on that podcast. I said, no one's going to care more about the future than someone who's going to have more time in it.

[G]

Exactly.

[F]

So that's cool, though.

[B]

And obviously, there's no age cut off, minimum. No.

[G]

Oh, 18 years old.

[B]

18, of course. But, yeah, like, I think that was.

[F]

The biggest surprise to me because I was like, I didn't know this was even possible.

[B]

Same.

[F]

I didn't know.

[E]

Exactly.

[F]

And you were just like. Yeah. No one else had the. Had the nuts to do it.

[G]

Exactly. Ever Since I was 16, I actually thought about running.

[B]

Okay.

[G]

And I just had to wait a little bit.

[B]

It's not a. It's not whim.

[G]

It's not a whim.

[B]

Yeah.

[G]

Think about it for a while.

[E]

How old are you?

[G]

20.

[E]

20.

[F]

20 years old.

[E]

You in college?

[F]

Dude, you could be the youngest. I mean, what's the youngest mayor to ever be the city or the mayor of a city in, like, let's just say United States.

[E]

Ken, what do you got?

[F]

Ken's still pissed about this. He thinks he should be the mayor.

[B]

I would assume, you know, since there's so many cities in our great nation. Yeah, probably 18, 000.

[G]

Probably. Probably somebody for a city the size of Fargo, like a hundred thousand.

[B]

That would be.

[G]

That's where it's at.

[F]

So looking it up, Right?

[E]

So what has it been like? Like, when did you start running? And I guess, when did your campaign start? And what does it end?

[F]

When do you. When you find out?

[G]

June 14th. Next year.

[F]

Next year?

[B]

Yep.

[E]

Oh, so you got a year.

[B]

I got a year.

[E]

He's got a year.

[G]

I started. I started quick.

[E]

Is that pretty normal, like, to put a year of campaigning?

[G]

No, usually it's like, six months.

[E]

Okay.

[G]

But I was like, you know, no one's in it, so I'm gonna throw my hat in there first. And, you know, I'm the only name out there.

[F]

You're the only one running right now, officially.

[G]

Oh, I know who's gonna run.

[B]

Yeah.

[G]

I'm not gonna say their names because they haven't announced.

[E]

But what. What do you think of the current mayor? How good of a job or bad of a job are they doing? And what would you do differently against what they are doing?

[G]

You know, I think he doesn't do the worst job. You know, the city runs in the end, but I just think too much money is being spent. Spent in. In areas we don't need to spend. What I would do is, you know, we're having that property tax issue where property taxes just keep going up. Like some guy I know is paying $5,000 in property tax with the specials as well. And my goal is not to raise property tax anymore, like, be completely done with that and instead take the budget in certain areas of budget and decrease the funding towards it in areas that we don't need. Really need to put the money.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

And what you're running on is this like a different stance that you feel like other opponents are going to run on or like, how do you set yourself apart?

[G]

I put myself apart because I feel like most of the. Most people won't think about decreasing the budget. But honestly, I want to add to the reserves. So we're going to decrease that budget, put money into the reserves, and then when we have a big project like this convention center that we're building, you know, that's a hot topic. We'll have money just in case we go over budget, because I guarantee we'll go over budget on it. We always go over budget on every project we do.

[F]

And I wish I lived in Fargo. Honestly, like, you guys have way better taxes.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

And typically way better. I'd say way better representatives and stuff like that. Government. But were you born in Fargo?

[B]

Yep.

[F]

You have like a family history of.

[B]

Of.

[F]

In politics or.

[G]

No, not really.

[F]

You're so you're just. Yeah. Your first one stepping into it.

[G]

Yep.

[F]

Dude. Holy. That's so cool.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

So did we ever figure out who, like, the youngest mayor that Ken goes again?

[E]

This is crazy.

[D]

There's been two mayors that were 18 years old in the U.S. and then there's 119, and then the next one after that was 22. So you're top five.

[B]

I'm top five, but it's gotta. I've never heard of the youngest at 100,000. Yeah.

[F]

In a major City, I'm sure.

[G]

And you know the way to win it. And this is one thing I wanted to say that. So elections usually won by older voters, I'll say, because older voters, they vote.

[F]

More, they go out.

[G]

But 38% of eligible voters, which is about 40, 000 people in Fargo, are around my age. So if I got even a quarter of those people to vote for me, I would win. I would beat the last election by landslide there because he won by 9, 000 votes and there's enough young people to, I don't know, make a difference.

[B]

Really?

[F]

Absolutely. Hopping on here is definitely. I mean, I think that's good for you to do. And man, I wonder, like, how we could help.

[B]

I mean, I mean. Yeah, we have a lot of listeners in North Dakota. Yes. Or is it it? They have to be in Fargo.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

Do you ever have anyone, like, giving you a little backlash, like, they. They don't agree with, Maybe because you're younger. Oh. And they say it to your face.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

What do they say?

[G]

It's just, you know, a lot of people, like, they, they believe in what I say. It's just I'm too young.

[F]

Yeah, they.

[G]

They like what I'm saying. It's just my age.

[F]

They're worried you don't have the experience. Possibly.

[B]

Yeah. Do you have the experience? Are you, like, nervous for it?

[G]

I'm. No, I'm not nervous.

[B]

I think you're that dialed. You're just gonna get in dying, maybe. Chilling.

[G]

I eat, sleep, and breathe this round Genre. This is.

[B]

This is all I do. What time you waking up at? Going to bed.

[G]

Go to bed. Like 11. Wake up at 7.

[B]

Damn. So you're running pretty good numbers.

[F]

It's a solid program.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

It's getting plenty of sleep and still not sleep.

[B]

Anything. Yeah, he's not sleeping in. Just checking, Just seeing. When's your birthday?

[G]

August 19th.

[B]

Okay.

[G]

So after the election, I'll be 21.

[B]

Yep. That'd be really cool. I mean, you got my vote. I live in Fargo.

[E]

How do you feel about, like, getting into politics and then dealing with the hatred that comes with politics? Because people hate politicians.

[G]

They do. They really hate politicians. And when I originally was thinking doing it, you know, politics wasn't really at this high point. But now that I'm running, because, I mean, four years ago, that's when I was thinking politics were a little bit of high point. But it wasn't like, where it's at now, where it's like, I'll post a video and there's be Constant hate comments.

[E]

Yeah. Really?

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

I don't see any on the Facebook post there.

[G]

Most of them are actually censored. Like, Facebook will censor them.

[E]

Oh, really?

[G]

But if I post something, I can see the censored ones, so.

[B]

Right.

[F]

You know, I read them, and they're just talking.

[G]

Oh, yeah?

[F]

What are they saying?

[G]

It's like, oh, you're too young. You're inexperienced. You're stupid. You know that. That type of thing.

[E]

But either side of the aisle, you're gonna have that, though.

[G]

Oh, yeah, exactly.

[E]

Like, I feel like right now, you have to have incredibly thick skin, like, to just be able to brush that off.

[B]

Yep.

[E]

Yeah. Because no matter what you do, you're pissing off 50 of the people.

[B]

Yeah, whatever.

[F]

This is included in being, like, the mayor of Fargo. Like, what do you have have to do? I guess I'm. I'm almost unfamiliar with, like, what that role.

[E]

What the roles of being in a Fargo mayor are.

[G]

Yeah, it's pretty much managing a bunch of departments. Like, your police department. You'll have your fire department. Sometimes it depends. The city of commissioners and deputy mayor, they'll take over certain different departments, so that gets a little separated out, but basically just the overall run of the city. Make sure everything's flowing constantly. And, you know, I brought the snowplow.

[F]

Yeah.

[G]

And, you know, that was. That was pretty fun. I liked your jokes about that, but. Yeah, I mean, would you.

[E]

Would you run a snowplow?

[G]

I would run a snowplow.

[F]

That's what it takes.

[G]

I would.

[E]

I feel like you should get a snowplow for your campaign vehicle. You need some kind of campaign vehicle.

[B]

I do need a campaign.

[F]

You do.

[E]

Dude, if you. If that's your thing, though, of saying, like, I'll run a snowplow, if that's what I got to do. Yeah, you should get a snow plow.

[B]

What.

[F]

What would your ideal campaign vehicle be?

[G]

Honestly, I don't even know.

[E]

Well, we have some ideas.

[A]

I. I rocked a PT Cruiser.

[F]

Yeah. I don't think we can do the PT Cruiser and lost.

[E]

Have you hear a Chevrolet ssr?

[G]

Yes.

[F]

I think that's gonna hit a lot harder with the older crowd, too. They see you in that. They're like, maybe we do. Like, this guy. You know what I'm saying?

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Or what's. What's the other one that has the wheels?

[F]

Plymouth Prowler.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Have you heard of that?

[B]

I have, yeah. Yeah.

[G]

Which.

[E]

Which one do you. Which one would you rather be rolling in?

[A]

Honestly, I think the Prowler is way cooler.

[G]

I Think the Prowler's way cooler, for sure.

[F]

I mean, those are way more expensive, though. It was out of the budget for Ken. Yeah, I mean, I was looking. It was pretty expensive.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Both the SSR and the Prowler, but both of those are in similar price ranges. Snowplow, I see you're Googling that. It's a lot cheaper.

[E]

Dude, if you win, mayor, can you give us the key to the city for a day?

[B]

It's like a theoretical key.

[G]

Theoretical.

[B]

Theoretical.

[G]

You know, key to the city, dude.

[E]

What do you think about Hell Breaks Loose?

[F]

What do you think about, kind of all the talks about downtown Fargo right now? It seems like the narrative is that it's. It's really dangerous.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

And there's a lot of bad going on. Like, what do you think about that? Do you have any plans on, like, how do you clean that up?

[G]

That's. That's one issue I've been running into, because I actually went downtown after. After I read a bunch about it, I went downtown. It really just kind of saw how many people are on the streets, you know, just sleeping or. And there's a lot. There's a ton of people.

[F]

You know, we were talking about on the podcast before this, my parents have a chiropractic office not far from downtown Fargo, and some random dude was just walking by, and he just decided to just beat the shit out of my dad's car.

[G]

No way.

[F]

Yeah. Just beat the shit out of it. And he's probably on drugs or something. Definitely.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

And then luckily, the cops caught him, like, 20 minutes later.

[G]

Oh, okay.

[F]

They're definitely doing their job, but is a little. Little late on in terms of saving the car.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

But, yeah, dude, it's crazy down there.

[G]

It is. And the problem is like. Like, you have people who are addicted and people who are homeless, and I. I want to help those people, but I worked in a federal halfway house. I don't know if I can say the name of the place, but in reality, a lot of people don't want to get better, and that's the problem. You can only help people who really want to get helped.

[F]

I agree.

[G]

So we can keep trying and pushing, but there's a point in which these people don't want help anymore, and not much we could do.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

As far as funding goes, it's like, you don't want to. Things you do. You don't want to enable them. This is really. Is a tough, tough, tough issue.

[G]

It is a tough issue.

[F]

What about. I mean, it's not all Homeless, though. It's. It's also just like. It seems like there's, like, gang bangers, I would call them.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

Like there's actual violence. Like thugs now. Yeah. That aren't homeless. Like, maybe they're doing. They're selling drugs. Doing. I don't know what they're doing. I used to go downtown Fargo all the time back when I was. When I was younger. Close to your age. And it was super fun. I mean. Oh, yeah, you'd maybe see a fight once a year. Like, there really wasn't never any. Any issues. And I felt pretty safe down there. And. And now it's like. I mean, I haven't been there in years. I mean, I'm a little old to be cruising around downtown Fargo on the weekends, but I heard a couple. It's just like.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

I mean, just the idea of being out there trying to have a good time and then getting hit with a straight bullet.

[G]

Exactly.

[F]

It's not. Not good. That's supposed to be safe in Fargo.

[G]

It's supposed to be. But that downtown is really what brings us down. And I went downtown, and I actually counted how many cops. There were seven cop cars just around that one block. It's like we could have police presence out there, but it's really hard to stop. I mean, gang violence is extremely hard to stop. We'd have to find the source of it in the issue is, I mean, funding. And our police force, it's large, but there's a lot of issues in our police force. I don't know if you guys know.

[F]

About many of those issues, but I don't. I guess I'm not familiar.

[G]

We've had, like, 50 resignations since our police chief signed in.

[B]

Really.

[G]

And it's just a toxic work environment, really. So honestly, possibly changing leadership could benefit this.

[F]

Well, yeah, I mean, that is a. That is an interesting trend. I mean, there's no doubt being a police officer is a hard job.

[G]

Yeah.

[F]

Like, it's very easy to mess up. And it's also. It's kind of thankless when. Even when you're doing it really well. And.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

I don't know. It's just a dangerous job.

[E]

So you think there needs to be more presence downtown?

[G]

I don't think there needs to be more presence. There's a lot of presence, but maybe. I mean, we just need to build our police force in general for other areas as well, because there are areas that there is gang violence and there's not that many cops.

[E]

Yeah.

[G]

Downtown is bound to have a lot of Cops.

[E]

Right. And I think you're gonna have that really, in any growing big city.

[G]

Yeah.

[E]

And Fargo is now kind of getting to that spot. But it's like, why is. It's like you don't want to create, like, this safe haven for that environment.

[G]

Exactly.

[E]

Like bad people follow bad people, it seems like.

[G]

Yeah.

[E]

And so if you kind of just get rid of that and then they don't have that environment, maybe.

[B]

Yeah.

[G]

The goal is to not. I don't know how you guys feel about Minneapolis. The goal is not to become like, Minneapolis's downtown.

[E]

Yeah. Nobody could even argue that.

[F]

Said it on this podcast. I mean, we go all over, and I truly think downtown Minneapolis is one of the more dangerous places we go. And, like, we go like, Vegas, Chicago, Miami, all these places. And I honestly feel the most. We even went to the city with no loss. Slab City. It's a military base in the desert where like, just a bunch of just nomads, I guess, squatters all. All huddle. And there's no cops or anything there. I felt safer there than downtown Minneapolis.

[E]

But, like, once you're in mayor, just send your boys out on the street and just make sure that they're just. Yeah. Clean it up.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

But it is. It's just like a fine line between wanting Fargo to grow and keeping that small town. Like, when I. Thinking back when I would go downtown, I would feel like I would. Like I could go anywhere, and it was like I was just hanging out. Yeah. Like, you go from one bar to another. It's like going from a friend's house sort of thing. Not like, all right, we're going on the sidewalk here. Don't want to be scared. Yep. Obviously you want that for any city, but.

[F]

So what's three things like that you are hoping to change if you get. Get elected as mayor?

[G]

My, my. I have three on my platform, and it's taxes halting a property tax and possible decrease, and then public safety with the police, and then overspending, which comes with the convention center.

[F]

So stopping it.

[G]

Stop the overspending. We're all of our budgets. Like, we budget 40 to 45 million for this convention center. I almost can guarantee it's gonna hit 50 million.

[F]

Yeah.

[G]

It always seems to go up.

[B]

Where is this convention center?

[G]

There's three proposed areas, but I'm not. I'm not sure which one they're choosing.

[B]

Hasn't locked in yet.

[E]

And do you feel. So if you want to win the young voters over, what motivates one young voters to get out and vote for the mayor. Right. Like, how much would you being the mayor affect their lives? And what do you think is the biggest effect on their lives? Like, what do young people care about right now?

[G]

I think what young people, what I personally care about too is, you know, being seen. You know, young people, it's like you're, you're always in the shadows of your parents and other generations. But it's now time for like our generation to become doctors, lawyers, politicians, you know, start integrating to society and make society what we want it to be. And I think what can motivate people to go is I'm your voice for any young voter out there. I'll speak. I always do great things for my generation and other generations. I'm not only saying I'll do great things for young people, but I just think, think I'm your first voice. And it starts in the city being.

[E]

I guess, younger and, and obviously wanting to do things. Like when we started our YouTube channel, everyone thought that we were idiots. And you're always going against public opinion and that isn't easy to do.

[B]

No.

[E]

And so you running this campaign and wanting to be the mayor and everybody looking at you that you're too young for it, like you're gonna face criticism and you gotta have thick skin and you gotta be okay with people laughing at you, calling you crazy. Right. So I, I personally think it's awesome that you're doing it. I hope that, you know, there's people listening that can rally behind what your, what your campaign is running on and you can be the voice for them. But just keep at it because you're, you gotta said you're gonna have to face the criticism.

[G]

Oh yeah.

[F]

Even starting this soon, I mean, starting this young. And whether you win or not, like pro, you're gonna have such a leg up.

[G]

Oh.

[F]

If you stay at this.

[G]

Exactly.

[F]

And yeah, I mean, so if you were to win, is there a certain period of like, you, you can only be kind of like the present? Like you can only be.

[G]

Oh yeah, two four year terms.

[F]

That's so. I mean, you got plenty of time.

[G]

Move to Congress at that point though. 25, right, exactly.

[F]

That's what I'm saying. Like you can. Then you can, you, you keep going up.

[G]

Exactly. And even if I don't win, it's like I'm putting everything on the table. You know, I'm meeting with you guys, I've been on tv, I'm campaigning, I'm doing everything I can. You know, like I said, I eat, sleep and breathe this Campaign. So if I lose, I know I put everything out there. I did everything I could to do it. Age is what's really getting me. But I tried my hardest. I did my best and I know great things will come whether I win or lose.

[E]

Would you want to go on to, like, the House or Congress or.

[G]

Definitely.

[E]

You don't really meet that many politicians, I feel like, especially around us, like young politicians.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

But I, I've never met like a senator or a House representative away from them. No. Anything like.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

I don't know though.

[E]

I mean. Yeah, I guess I've just never met one.

[B]

Yeah, my dad ran for state rep against Paul Marquardt. Oh, Minnesota. Yeah, it was, it was interesting. It was a fun time of campaigning. A lot of parades and, and he just was like, like wanted a change in his life. But it is interesting if he would have kept at it. So again, it's like if you were to lose the, the leg up that you have on the, the next time around.

[G]

Oh, exactly.

[B]

Incredible.

[G]

Even for a state representative, you know?

[B]

But yeah, people, they can't say there's. They can say a lot of things, but they can't say. You're not serious about it.

[G]

Exactly.

[E]

Do mayors have, like, the conservative party?

[G]

You. It's nonpartisan, but you can side.

[E]

Got it. Okay. And. And what's the current mayor?

[G]

He's a Democrat.

[E]

Got it. So how many Democrats can run and how many conservatives can run? Like, is it an unlimited amount or is it going to just be two and you're either picking one Democrat or one Republican for the mayor?

[G]

It's an unlimited amount. And you, you can't technically side and say you're a Republican. I can, I mean, I can say I'm a Republican, but like, when we're voting, it doesn't say like, jake Coulter, Republican Party.

[E]

Got it. Okay, well, the people might be ready for a change then.

[G]

Exactly.

[E]

If they don't, if they don't want to vote Democrat, they're looking to vote Republican. And if you're running at the front of the Republican Party or, or I guess they're not doing it by party, but they like your views, then. There you go.

[B]

There we go.

[F]

Yeah, man, we're rooting for you.

[B]

Thank you.

[F]

Where can they find you?

[G]

Oh, on TikTok. Coulter for mayor and then Instagram. Jake Coulter. Those are two places that I post constantly on Twitter too, I guess. Coulter for mayor. And then also my website, ww.coulterformayer.com awesome. Anything culture for mayor.

[F]

I do want to say I guess just to clarify, and I think I clarified on that podcast.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

The reason I initially thought it was funny is because I had nominated one of my young friends as mayor, and everyone thought it was ridiculous, but for me, it was just a joke. So then I was like, just, I've never heard of someone young running for mayor. And I thought, is he pulling a prank on people? And then I realized, the more I looked into it, that you're very serious about it.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[F]

And that's when I was like, dude, I'm backing this guy. Like, I like him.

[G]

And I. I do have one thing. Could I. Could I hand.

[E]

Yeah, bring it in. Bring it in, dude.

[F]

It's nice. Like, I got surprised. Like, I. I genuinely.

[B]

It was a bro.

[F]

I thought you were bringing someone else. I thought you were funny. I thought you were bringing in the. The Vikings cheerleader.

[B]

Oh, we got. That's who I thought.

[E]

Yes.

[F]

Oh, dude, I'm wearing this.

[B]

Yes. Let's go. Hey, let's go.

[E]

Thank you, bro.

[B]

Thank you.

[F]

Oh, let's go, Jake. We gotta get a picture after.

[G]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

Can you imagine, though, if. If I did bring them in, I don't know.

[F]

I wouldn't have been that surprised with you.

[E]

All right, bro. Well, hey, thank you for coming in.

[F]

Appreciate you. Good luck, man.

[E]

Yeah, good luck. We'll be rooting for you.

[B]

Yes, we will.

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