Big T is Officially a Married Man | June 16, 2026

Summary

MACRODOSING PODCAST – JUNE 16, 2026 – EPISODE SUMMARY

Episode Overview

This Macrodosing episode is a lighthearted but wide-ranging discussion blending sports, current events, and life updates, with regulars PFT Commenter, Arian Foster, Big T, and the rest of the Macrodosing crew. They reminisce about Big T’s wedding, deep dive on USA’s surprising World Cup soccer run, breakdown fresh news on the Iran ceasefire and Elon Musk’s trillionaire status, and field listener calls about parenting and sports fandom. The episode, per usual, is equal parts banter, sports nerdiness, cultural observation, and classic Macrodosing riffs.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

1. Wedding Weekend, Big T Ties the Knot

• The episode kicks off with cheerful banter about Big T’s wedding, the now-infamous Neyland Stadium groom’s cake, and stories of party antics. (02:21–07:26)

  • PFT jokes about “browning out” during the latter half:

    “Yeah, I remember some of the stuff past 11pm—I'd say like 60%.” (06:46, PFT)

  • The grooms cake allegedly was too good to cut; nobody remembers eating it.

• Brandon Walker’s red-wine-fueled dance moves are mentioned.

• Aryan and PFT tease an upcoming controversial pod episode: “Michael Jackson vs. Bill Cosby: Choose Your Fighter.” (04:38)

2. Soccer Fever – The USA World Cup Run

• Major thread on the podcast: palpable excitement about the USMNT’s sudden excellence on the world stage. (08:10–16:54)
  • Big T: "We've never had anything like this." (12:52)
  • US beat Paraguay 4-0, showing a level not witnessed before.
  • Players like Pulisic, Balogun, Reyna, Tim Ream, and Chris Richards get shoutouts.
  • Insightful rundown of the group stages and World Cup advancement rules. (10:14–12:22)
  • New coach Pochettino’s “patience with the green lemons” philosophy is explained. (13:40–15:46)
  • Excitement around getting tickets for the Round of 32 — debate whether to sell for a windfall or attend. (18:00–19:39)

“If the way we played on Friday? That team can beat anybody in the world, 100%." (09:06, PFT)

3. Weekend Recap & Group Stories

Golf Video Hype

• The crew teases an upcoming golf video ("one of the funniest things ever produced") and shares inside jokes about "lunching" at J. Alexander’s. (20:34–23:53)
  • Big T: “We lunched, we lunched. A verb.” (23:08)

Ceasefire with Iran and US Foreign Policy

• They discuss the highly-reported Iran ceasefire, Pakistan mediation, and a rumored $300B reconstruction offer from the US. (24:00–28:27)
  • PFT: “If the $300 billion is for infrastructure, I don’t think it’s a bad idea if we have unlimited money… But it is very, very stupid to start a war you didn’t have to start and then bail yourself out.” (27:24)
  • Skepticism over whether the ceasefire will last.

4. Elon Musk Becomes a Trillionaire

• The crew riffs on what having a trillion dollars would mean, breaking down how Musk’s wealth could be split among people and what they’d spend it on. (28:36–34:08)
  • PFT on billionaire sports team ownership:

    “If you’re a billionaire and you don’t own a sports team, you’re kind of a loser.” (30:51)

  • Joking plans: buy/ruin the Cowboys, start new sports leagues, or pay every American $2,500.

“I would buy the Dallas Cowboys, and then I would fold the team.” (34:55, PFT)

5. White House UFC and Eric Trump DM Saga

• Reactions to a surreal UFC event at the White House for Trump’s birthday. (39:16–40:45)
• Breakdown of the wild Eric Trump vs Daniel Cormier “fight fixing” DM that circulated on Twitter — widely presumed to be fake/hacked. (41:45–43:46)
  • “If you ever get drunk and tweet some sh*t you don’t... just tweet a crypto link...” (43:24, Arian)

6. More Wedding Stories

• Arian recounts an (almost) confrontation with Big T’s stubborn wedding DJ who “looked like Bill Gates” and insisted on stretching rather than taking music requests. (47:51–48:08)

  • Mad Dog: “I'd give him a 4 out of 10.”

• Big T shares his private favorite moment:

  “My favorite part of the night was...my wife and I prayed together for a little while. That was kind of one of the very few times of the day that it was just us together with nobody else.” (45:33)

7. More Soccer, World Cup Vibes, and International Fans

• The crew celebrates Cape Verde tying Spain (a huge World Cup upset), riffs on what countries deserve to host the tournament, and admires Japanese fans’ stadium etiquette. (48:12–53:05)

  • PFT: “Shout out to the Japanese fans in the stands...they clean up the whole stadium on their way out. It’s pretty cool.” (52:45)

• Arian on Japanese culture:

  “Make this place better because you lived. It’s a beautiful thing to see in action.” (53:05)

• Macrodosing road trip plans floated after hearing about international soccer tourists.

8. Parenting & Sports Fandom – Listener Voicemails

How to Not Raise an Asshole

• Will from Dallas asks: “How do I raise a child to make sure he doesn’t become an asshole?” (73:14–80:05)
  • Arian’s thoughtful answer: set boundaries, avoid ego, respect your child’s individuality, and recognize that sometimes “it’s luck of the draw.” (75:07–80:05)
  • PFT adds: “The fact that you care, that’s a very good start.” (80:05)

Should Kids Inherit Sports Fandom?

• Mike from Atlanta wonders: assign your teams at birth, or let them pick? (81:14–87:07)

  • Big T: “The Braves are the one professional team in the South…that is the fabric that ties states together down there.” (87:19)

• Personal anecdotes about being a fan in “the wrong city,” family sports rivalries, etc.

9. NBA Finals & Sportsmanship Riffs

• Knicks are NBA champions — celebration culture, playoff comebacks, and role of sportsmanship / villainy in the league. (58:12–67:02)
  • Arian: “I like my sports violent. I like my sports with no sportsmanship...that is whack to me. I don’t like it. F*ck all.” (61:36)
  • Brunson, OG Anunoby, Wimby, Castle, Harper, and De’Aaron Fox breakdowns.

10. Fashion and The Adult Wardrobe Journey (88:00–)

• Arian details a new personal mission: “getting a real adult wardrobe” with a stylist, moving beyond athleisure, embracing color wheels and climate-appropriate fabrics.
  • “I’ve made the decision to be a real adult out here...Look good, feel good, feel good, pod good.” (89:22)
  • Discussion on the mystery world of men’s fashion and “the color wheel.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "Michael Jackson vs. Bill Cosby. Choose your fighter." (04:42, PFT)
• "It was too good to cut, man." (01:37/06:22, Arian on Big T’s wedding cake)
• "That team can beat anybody in the world, 100%." (09:06, PFT on US Soccer)
• "You was getting it...when 'No Diggity, No Doubt' came on." (07:03)
• “Patience with the green lemons.” — Pochettino’s management philosophy (13:40)
• “I would buy the Dallas Cowboys, and then I would fold the team.” (34:55)
• "I like my sports violent. I like my sports with no sportsmanship...that is whack to me. I don't like it. F*ck all." (61:36, Arian)
• “The Braves are the one professional team in the South…” (87:19, Big T)
• "Make this place better because you lived. It’s beautiful. It’s a beautiful thing to see in action." (53:05, Arian)
• "I've made the decision to be a real adult out here." (89:22, Arian)
• "Look good, feel good, feel good, pod good." (94:22, PFT)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:21] – Wedding recap & ring
• [08:10] – US Soccer World Cup fever
• [13:40] – “Green lemons” & World Cup optimism
• [18:00] – World Cup ticket debates
• [20:34] – Golf video hype
• [24:00] – Iran ceasefire and foreign policy
• [28:36] – Elon Musk, what is a trillion?
• [39:16] – UFC at the White House, Eric Trump DM saga
• [45:33] – Big T’s favorite wedding moment
• [48:12] – Spain vs. Cape Verde, World Cup atmosphere
• [53:05] – Japanese fans & road trip culture
• [58:12] – Knicks championship/NBA finals tales
• [73:14] – Parenting: Not raising an asshole
• [81:14] – Sports fandom: Team inheritance vs. discovery
• [88:00] – Arian’s adult wardrobe transformation

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Final Thoughts

This is a quintessential Macrodosing episode—irreverent, honest, and insightful, blending personal stories with dumb and deeply thoughtful takes on sports, current events, and life. The chemistry and realness among the cast, peppered with hot takes, locker room humor, and moments of surprising wisdom, make this a highly engaging listen for new and returning fans alike.

Transcript

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I would love to know what happened to it.

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I didn't get a piece.

[C]

I never saw anyone get a piece. And I don't know where it is now. It's. It might be in the trash somewhere.

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Shit's wild. It was too good to cut, man.

[C]

I heard at the end they cut it.

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I might have gotten a piece. I'm. I kind of, like, browned out for the last, I'd say like two and a half hours.

[C]

You were. You were getting after.

[A]

I was getting after. I was having a good time. Like I said, you guys threw a hell of a party. Welcome back to Nano Dosing. It is Tuesday. It is June 16th. And Big T is now Mr. T. Congratulations. Got the ring on. Look at that. Look at that thing. Is that. Was that chrome?

[C]

I don't know. It was 30 bucks on Etsy.

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[C]

That's good. I'm glad everyone had a good time. It was really fun. It was awesome.

[A]

Yep. So everybody, we. We all had a few pops in us, including Brandon Walker, by the way. That man, he was really fun. That man drinks some red wine.

[C]

Really?

[A]

Tell you what, he was dancing too. Brandon. Brandon was cutting up a rug.

[C]

But it was more than you.

[A]

Probably not more than me. I danced a little bit.

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Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

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We drunkenly agreed on a pod episode that we're both excited about. Do you remember that? Pft.

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I remember it.

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Oh, no, I don't.

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I don't think.

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I don't think we were there.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep, yep. It's about, you know, it's going to be a controversial, controversial pot.

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But Aryan's favorite controversial topic, Brandon has one similar from one of his heroes, if you can.

[B]

Nowhere, nowhere near similar.

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Oh, Pill Cosby.

[E]

Yeah. Michael Jackson.

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Michael Jackson vs. Bill Cosby. Choose your fighter.

[B]

Michael Jackson. Innocent. I'm just saying. But I don't. I don't know enough about the Bill Cosby allegations, but I'm willing to hear him out. He has a. He has a theory that I'm interested

[A]

in hearing because I've heard it before. Yeah.

[B]

I just have never looked into it. And so he's willing to tell him that'd be a great pod episode to come on. And he was like, all right, I'm gonna do it.

[A]

So I love it. Now is Bill Cosby. Is he out of prison right now? Because I know that there was.

[B]

I don't think so.

[A]

There's an issue with the prosecution. They made, like, a. I don't know if you call it a clerical error or a procedural error, and I feel like he might have gotten off on a technicality.

[C]

Yeah. He was released from prison in 2021 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his 2018 sexual assault conviction, ruling that his due process rights were violated. How old is it?

[A]

Great job. Whoever. Whoever that one up. How old is Bill Cosby? I'm gonna guess 83, 88.

[B]

Okay, man.

[C]

Yeah.

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He about to. You know, he's knocking on the door. Yep.

[A]

I'm not gonna.

[C]

Yeah.

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But.

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Yeah, Gonna be a good.

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Gonna be a good episode with B dubs in the house.

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Brandon should get.

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Where.

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Where's that hat?

[B]

Where'd you get the hat from, Big T?

[C]

I'm not sure. Some. You want one?

[B]

I do.

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I'll find where it's at.

[B]

Find where that's at. That's. I'm serious about that.

[A]

Let me tell you what Big T had the best. The best grooms cake I've ever seen. The Neyland stadium grooms cake. It was worth it.

[C]

I would love to know what happened to it.

[B]

I didn't get a piece.

[C]

I never saw anyone get a piece. And I don't know where it is now. It's. It might be in the trash somewhere.

[B]

Shit's wild. It was too good to cut, man.

[C]

I heard at the end they cut it, but I never saw anyone eating it. And no one asked me, like, hey, do you want to take this home? Or anything like that?

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So I might have gotten a piece. I kind of, like, browned out for the last. I'd say, like, two and a half hours.

[C]

You were. You were getting after.

[A]

I was getting after. I was having a good time. Like I said, you guys threw a hell of a party.

[B]

Browned out.

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What is brownie like? Yeah, I remember some of the stuff past 11:00pm yeah, I'd say, like 60%.

[E]

You're in and out.

[A]

Yeah, 60% of the night. Passed 11:00pm Which, I mean, it was, it was a fun ass party. Usually. I usually don't party that hard, but yeah, you was good.

[B]

You was getting it. You. When. When no Diggity no Doubt came on.

[A]

Oh, and Pony was played. Yeah, a pony.

[B]

That was a pony Pony.

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I told you Pony. Pony's an issue for me. It was. Yeah, it was so much fun. Big T had a blast. I don't know how you did it on Saturday, but I woke up on Saturday and I said, I'm. I'm going to just try to not stand up for as long as possible today and just pretty much laid on my ass.

[C]

I mean, we woke up at like the later I go to bed, the earlier I wake up, I slept from 2 to 6:45. And then we had a bunch of stuff to, to get out. So we, we got up pretty early and went back home, got all our stuff and then we ended up going out to like lunch with people. And then after that I was like, I need to. I need to go to bed.

[A]

Yeah, you had a lot of responsibilities and.

[C]

Yeah.

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Places to be.

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So then I fell asleep. But then my wife's family is from New York, so they were all here and the Knicks were playing. So then we went back out to watch the Knicks, which was great. It was cool that we got to watch that with them. And then yesterday I did not want to leave my house.

[A]

Smart.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Catch up on all that. Aaron, you and I watched some soccer on Friday at the wedding.

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Oh, yeah. You were little bit more into it than I was. But yeah, it was, it was, it was dope to.

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But once you realized that there were black players on Team USA and I was like, yeah, actually a lot, A lot of them. And you were like, okay, all right. I can with this.

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I was in it. I was into it. Yeah, I was into it. It's just after. It was like what they had like three. I was like, you know, I was out of it, you know.

[A]

Yeah, it's not, it's not fun to

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watch when they, When.

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No, but first, the last goal we scored at the. At the Galazo buzzer at the, at the. Into the game was the coolest goal we've ever scored. Arian, work. We might be awesome.

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We might be really good.

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I'm watching Spain right now. 00 with Cape Verde in the 59th minute. We'd beat this team by nine goals.

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It's a fact the, the way that we played on Friday, that team can beat anybody in the world 100%. Now we I don't know that we're good enough to beat like go five

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times in a row.

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Yeah. Go on a run and beat all the best teams one after the other. And the way that we played. Yeah. I mean, we still might lose to the best teams in the world, but that's. That should be good enough to be competitive and win against anybody. I've never seen the US Team play like that in my entire life. Shout out Pochettino. The Pochettino Pentagon.

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By the way, why were you. You were far behind for like the first 20 minutes of the game. You were hearing goals from people celebrating.

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I know that was. It was. It was frustrating and I.

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Why were you behind? Because I saw you fast forward later. So it wasn't just that your. Your stream was behind.

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The stream was behind earlier.

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Okay.

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And so I, I didn't care. I just chalked that one up to. I'm gonna have to deal with it because, like, number one, I've got an iPad at a wedding during dinner. And so there's other stuff going on. I don't want to like, have to focus too hard on all the technicalities of how to make my stream optimized at somebody else's wedding.

[C]

I was doing it as my wedding.

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I know, I know, I know. It was your wedding. And we watched a little bit of it together and man, that was. It was. It was so good. It was so good. I. I rewatched the entire game on Saturday. It's better than I remembered it. It's better.

[C]

I haven't gone back and watch whole

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thing, but I think it'd be easier for me and people who don't understand soccer like that to follow if you give us like, how does this work? Because I'm. I was looking for the bracket. The bracket still says tbd.

[C]

All right, so we are in a group.

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It says standings. There's group A, group B.

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Group.

[B]

It is all the way to group. What group?

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There are 12 groups of four teams. We. We play the other three teams in our group. You play three games no matter what. From there, the top two from each group advance automatically. And then eight of the 12 third place teams will advance, which is new this year.

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So I saw time. We're in group D. We got usa, Australia, Turkey, and Paraguay.

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So we have two games left against Australia and Turkey.

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We were.

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I mean, I don't know what the odds are. We're pretty much have already advanced just by winning one game. With the way this works now, I

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would guess that if we, if we lost the other Two games, one nothing each. We would probably still advance is third place.

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Yeah, but we don't want. I mean, we're trying to win the group. We should win this group now.

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Okay. So I. So. And then from after. After the group things, what happens next?

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Then 32 of the 48 will advance into the knockout. That's where you'll have the bracket. So we don't know who will play who yet because the standings will change.

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Okay, I'm into it. Okay, I got you. I'm gonna start paying attention. That. That helps me compartmentalize the thing.

[C]

Yeah. So we have Australia Friday and then Turkey's the following Thursday, right?

[A]

Yeah, that sounds right. Yes, I believe that's correct. So it's Australia in Seattle and then Turkey in Los Angeles.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. So I was looking at. At the road that we have ahead of us, and we should. Australia concerns me a little bit just because the team, Paraguay is very good defensively, and we scored four goals, which is great, but they don't have the speed up top that Australia has. Australia's got two guys that are faster than anybody on Paraguay, and our defense is not exceptionally fast. So that does concern me.

[C]

They played pretty well the other night, though.

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They did. Tim Ream played excellent. Chris Richards was the best defender on the field. And I thought Burhalter played pretty good outside the first, like 45 seconds after he got in, everybody played awesome. Sergio Dest or Sergino just played really good, except for that one touch that he had where he should have had a goal, but outside that, he created so many chances. And we did, you know, we did take Christian Pulisic out for the second half, but he was incredible in the first half. Yeah, he's amazing.

[C]

He said he should be fine. You and I were excited for the World cup because, you know, we like it regardless. I am like, through the roof. Don't know how I'm going to work around my honeymoon in Hawaii to watch these games now. Like, I. I'm so. We've never had anything like this.

[A]

That's the best performance that we've ever had in a World cup game.

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Yeah. I mean, I would say even though it ended up being a draw when we should have beaten Portugal, I mean, we played awesome in that game, but yeah, I mean, we. We got a. We got a football team.

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We do.

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We really do. And they're fun to watch. And the coach, Pochettino, the credit to him. Argentinian guy. Yeah. You cannot say that he doesn't have his fingerprints. All this is his team.

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Like that.

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That's a completely different style of soccer than we've. We've ever seen from our national team. It was fun to watch. Even if you don't like soccer, you could watch that and be like, this is pretty fucking impressive because we've had. We got. We have the athletes. We've always had the athletes that can compete at a top level. And to have them playing that style of soccer confidently together is so much fun to watch. And I was doing some reading about Coach over the weekend. Some of his beliefs that he has. One of his favorite things to say is it's like, you just have to be patient with the green lemons. And so for a long time he had a bunch of lemons that he would keep in his office on his desk. Green. A lot of green lemons. Now, some might say hair. Those limes. No, they were just. They were unripened lemons. But he would have them and he'd leave them out. Just remind him, like, you gotta be patient because eventually the green lemons will turn into something great.

[C]

Did you watch the HBO documentary?

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I haven't seen it yet, no, but I'm going to.

[C]

It's good. There's a point in. After the Gold cup last year when we lost to Mexico, he's in tears in the locker room and he's like, it's not fair to you guys. We play in Houston, it's like we're playing in Mexico. We play in Phoenix, it's like we're playing in Uruguay, wherever. Like that. That there's always more opposing fans. And he's like, I'm sorry that that happened to you guys, but, like, we're just going to have to go and take it and like, you know, this, this. And I love him and we should do everything we can to keep him.

[A]

I agree. Yeah, it was. It was awesome. Awesome to watch his. The other thing that he believes in is universal energy.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Which is kind of like. I tried to read a little bit more into it. It's kind of like the butterfly effect a little bit. It's just basically putting out as much love and good energy as possible into people around you. And that energy gets directed into their body and it helps them and optimizes them in terms of their personal growth and what they're able to do and what they believe that they can do. It sounds very pseudo sciencey, but I think it's hard to argue with the fact that, like, if he just goes about, like, treating people as good as possible, that usually works out.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So I Love it. I love everything about this team. Baligan, incredible player. Two great finishes, should have been three.

[C]

He's in the top five in US World Cup. Goals scored all time after one game with two.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

I'm telling you, we haven't. We haven't had a whole lot to cheer about. Even when we've been decent, we haven't been that good. Like you could say the best performances that we've had in the past two to nothing against Mexico back in 2002 in the knockout stage, that was pretty good. You could say that a couple different times that we played against Portugal, we played pretty well. And then I think both of those ended up being ties. And then there's the one nothing loss against Germany, which should have been one one with them on a red card. That's another one of the great performances that we've had. But yeah, there hasn't. When you think about there haven't been a lot of really, really awesome times where you can look back and say we just played a dominant game of soccer in the history of our country. And that was one of them. And probably number one.

[C]

Yeah. And I'm glad. The first two goals were very quick. I saw those. I missed the third goal. And then I saw the fourth goal with you at the very end.

[A]

The third one might have been the best. I don't know. Like between that and. And Raina's finish at the end. But Baligan put one top shelf upper 90 and then, yeah, it was cool to see Reyna have that moment where he could. And then after he scored that goal, the coach ran out onto the field to celebrate with him, which was really cool because if you look at what happened with Raina in last World cup, he did not get along with the coaching staff at all. You grind all year. Early mornings, late nights, fantasy drafts, hustle mode on. But when summer hits, it's time to chill. And Chevy Silverado makes that possible. We're talking towing the boat to the lake, off roading into the woods like a legend and still having room for the squad and all your gear. Inside, Silverado is comfy like a recliner. Outside, built like a linebacker. Chevy Silverado work hard, chill harder. Football guy approved. Head to chevy.com to check out more about the Chevy Silverado.

[C]

Now tell me what you do in this situation, because I may have messed up. I had four tickets to the US round of 32 games. Should we win the group, which it looks like we should do in San Francisco. On my way back from Hawaii. Yep, I sold two of them for what I paid for all four. So I'm currently even. I have two free tickets, basically, but now the prices are really starting to get up there. So I'm. I'm regretful that I sold the first two, but whatever I got out of what I paid for them. My wife has informed me that she doesn't care about going, but I. I don't want to go by myself. But, like, if they're, you know, five or six thousand dollars, like, it's a lot of money. I should. I should probably do that. But now I would be. You know, I wouldn't care about missing out on five grand if it weren't for the fact that we'd be sitting there and I'd be like, well, she told me she didn't even want to go.

[A]

Right. What are they at now? They're at about 5.

[C]

They were like 3,800 the other day. If we're in it, it's going to be six grand. I'd imagine these are good seats.

[B]

What's the dates?

[C]

This is July 1st, Big T. I

[A]

might just buy those seats from you.

[B]

About to say. I was about to say hello.

[C]

You want to go?

[B]

You asked the pod yet?

[C]

Well, I. I only have one other ticket.

[A]

I'm gonna go, but I might. I might need more than one. That's the thing.

[B]

Oh, so, I mean, you just got to fight to the death.

[C]

Well, then Aryan can take mine.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And then you can get others.

[A]

I can buy others. Yeah. Because I think I'm going to go to. I'm going to try to go to that one. Especially if we win our group or come in second.

[C]

I'd love to see you out there. If we come in second, we'll be somewhere else.

[A]

Then we'd be in Arlington.

[C]

Potential. Or it could be Philadelphia, I think, but, yeah, it'll be different.

[A]

Okay. By the way, I'd love to see

[C]

y' all out there.

[A]

Put the fours up. Spain is going into the fourth quarter against Cape Verde right now tied, 00.

[C]

Still no. No need.

[A]

This tie.

[B]

You know, let me put that on. And put that on in the background.

[C]

This tie. Cape Verde getting a draw against Spain.

[A]

That would be the. I think that would be the tie of the year ever. Sure. Yeah. One of the best ties of all time.

[C]

But, yeah, Arian, if we win the group and you want to go to that game, you have a ticket.

[B]

It's on the. Yeah, it's. It's on the. On the agenda, man. Keep me in mind.

[C]

Okay. I would love that. That'd be awesome.

[A]

It'd be amazing. Yeah. What else. What else we want to get into from the weekend?

[B]

I did a thing this. Oh, we got the golf video coming out that.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. We haven't done a pod since then.

[E]

We haven't.

[B]

We haven't done a pod since. Okay.

[A]

We tweeted out some of the. The screenshots from the golf video, which we are not releasing yet. When is that coming out?

[E]

That's gonna be coming out during the 4th of July break that we have off. So. July 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Somewhere in that time range.

[A]

Okay. We can't tweet out the clip.

[E]

No, we can't.

[A]

But it is.

[E]

It's hurting me physically that I can't tweet it yet.

[A]

It is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my entire life.

[C]

That's selling it.

[A]

It's one of the funniest clips. Like in terms of a five. A five second clip. It is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[E]

It's the funniest thing that we've ever produced as a group.

[A]

It's awesome.

[E]

For sure.

[C]

It's a funny clip. I. I don't. I think we should under promise, over deliver.

[A]

Well, I. The thing is, I've watched it so many times and I've. I've shared it with so many people around this office.

[E]

Right.

[A]

And the reaction from every person has been.

[C]

That is true.

[E]

Crying of laughter.

[A]

A crying of laughter.

[C]

So a lot of throwing heads back.

[A]

I feel. I don't feel like I'm like, it's possible to over promise on this one because everyone's reaction that I've seen so far has been the exact same and it's been, holy shit, this is incredible.

[E]

Yeah, it is. It's amazing.

[C]

Do we have a target date for that to come out again?

[E]

Fourth of July break Thursday. Yeah. So maybe that Thursday the 2nd. Yeah.

[B]

And then it was one of those. One of those. It was funny.

[E]

Afterwards, it took a moment to become funny. And then once it was funny, it was just awesome.

[B]

It was wild. That was. It was that.

[E]

Yeah, it was awesome. Everyone in this office is obsessed with this clip, so I think it'll be great.

[B]

There's some good golf that happened too, you know, aside from that. Yeah.

[E]

Yeah. You guys played a beautiful course. It was awesome. Yeah.

[C]

Hot.

[B]

Those fairways are tough.

[A]

Really small.

[B]

What's the. What's the. What's the. What's the track?

[E]

Sunset Valley Golf Course.

[B]

Shout out to Sunset Valley. It was not an easy course and you know, I enjoyed myself. It was a good track.

[E]

Mackenzie. And I also got to experience J. Alexander's with Big T, which was really cool.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Y' all had never been to a J. Alex, that was cool.

[E]

You were the person that introduced us to the concept of a J. Al Good spot. But we went lunching and we realized that, like, this is the perfect big tea restaurant, if you've ever been there. This is Big T in a restaurant.

[C]

We lunched. We lunched. A verb.

[A]

I have not been to one.

[C]

We'll take you.

[A]

What's the deal?

[E]

It's the perfect corporate lunch.

[C]

Did you ever go to Hillstone in New York?

[A]

I don't know that I did.

[C]

Ever been to a Houston's?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

It's a very militaristic. It's a slightly toned down Houston's. Okay. It's a lunch. Houstons.

[A]

Oh, okay. Yeah. That sounds nice. Yeah, yeah. Like you know exactly what you're getting every time, and it's always good.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Okay. Got it.

[E]

It was us. It was very good. Most of the elderly community in Highland Park, Illinois, and couple businessmen doing some business dealings.

[A]

Power launch.

[E]

Yeah. And then just us in our golf attire. But it was awesome.

[A]

Very cool.

[E]

Yeah. I'm very excited for that video to come out.

[A]

Yeah, me too. Yeah, me too. I can't wait for it. So look for that the. The first week of July.

[E]

You won't miss it.

[A]

You can't miss it. It's impossible to miss when that comes out. What else from the weekend? Ceasefire with Iran again.

[C]

So I'm seeing that. Have you seen the development today?

[A]

I don't know that I have, but I did see that, because there were some people that were breathlessly announcing this yesterday, and then there are people that have been keeping track of how many different announcements that we've had of the war being over. And I believe this was number 38 that happened yesterday. Now, to be fair, this one seems like it's more official than most in that I saw some confirmation from, like, Pakistan that was helping to mediate it. So I think that we're on the right track, at least.

[C]

Well, today it's been announced that we might be giving them $300 billion.

[A]

That'll do it. Yeah. So I. I heard something about that the other day. I. I know that we plan on unfreezing a lot of their assets that are under sanction, which is like, yes, that is what Obama did as well. Except not, like, way more. Trump is releasing way more money and sanctions.

[D]

And then

[A]

the 300 billion. That's like somebody told Trump, you know, we did after World War II is called the Marshall Plan, and it was very successful and it turned all of our former enemies into, into allies moving forward. He's like, I like that. Let's do a new Marshall Plan. But for Iran, which if it is 300 million or 300 billion, that's just, it's an absurd amount of money, our money, to be spending on something that we definitely did not have to be spending it on at all. So we'll see.

[B]

Now, I haven't seen any official release of the agreement. Is there, is there one, or is this all speculation Thus far?

[A]

There is a, I believe it's a draft of a memory memorandum of understanding. So I don't know that anything's been officially signed just yet. I do know that Trump got pissed off at Netanyahu a couple days ago because the ongoing military operations that he has, and I believe this was in Lebanon. And Trump apparently called him up and asked him what the fuck he was doing because he's going to sink the peace deal. And so then there's been a big back and forth about that. But it does look like it's moving forward. I don't know if it's, if the 300 billion is going to happen, but if it does, I mean, that's, there's a lot of stuff that we could use $300 billion for.

[C]

Vance said this morning, he was on CBS, they said the Iranians are saying they're going to have access to $300 billion. A $300 billion reconstruction fund. Is that true or false? He said that's the sort of thing they could have access to so long as they honor their end of the obligation. So it doesn't sound made up?

[A]

No, no, that doesn't sound made up. So it's like if you, if you agree to not enrich uranium, then we will give you $300 billion. Maybe that would be, I mean, that's, that's one of the all time blunders for the good old USA to just like start a war and then give them $300 billion to do something that they were already not doing, like four years ago.

[B]

Is the 300 billion for infrastructure of the.

[A]

Yeah, listen, I actually, I don't think it's a bad. If we have unlimited money. I don't think it's a bad idea to, to help them rebuild their country that we destroyed like, that we bombed and, and to help them like with anything that their government has been, has not been able to Provide. That's how you do win the hearts and minds of your enemies, is like, you help them out of the bad situations that they're in, assist by, like, building their society. That's what we did with Japan as well. And now Japan's like, one of our closest allies and they're, you know, a great country to have on our side. I don't think it's the dumbest idea in the world. I do think that it's very, very stupid to start a war that you don't have to start and then bail yourself out by bailing them out with $300 billion that we could spend on ourselves. There's a lot of countries, too. There's a lot of stuff that we could spend 300 billion on.

[B]

Yeah, I can think of a few Interesting.

[A]

Yep. So we'll see. That is kind of crazy that Vance seemed to confirm it a little bit. That's so much money.

[B]

We shall see. There's been so many ceasefires that have been. The agreement has been broken over the years that I. Off rip, you know?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

A little skeptical.

[A]

Yep. And then also last week, Elon Musk, on paper, is a trillionaire. Now, I don't know how long that's going to last. It's not liquid because it's in a lot of stock that he has in SpaceX, but with the SpaceX IPO, he now is, at least theoretically, a trillionaire.

[C]

Yeah. What did that launch at?

[A]

It went up, didn't it?

[C]

It's worth 2.7 trillion in total stock market value.

[A]

He made a good amount of money on that.

[C]

It's up 8% today.

[A]

Damn. A trillion dollars is just. It's crazy to have a trillion dollars.

[B]

What's the insurmountable amount of money? I cannot fathom. You will not be able to spend nowhere near that much.

[A]

How much? Let's say like 50. If you live for 50 more years, which you probably won't, because he's.

[D]

Damn.

[A]

Have you seen his. He's shaped like a gummy bear.

[B]

Shaped like a. Like a cybertruck.

[A]

Yeah. Like, I mean, I'm not saying he's like, super. There are way more unhealthy people than him. He's got access to great doctors. But let's be real. Like, is the man going to live to be 110 years old? How old is he right now? 50. 50?

[C]

Sounds plausible.

[B]

52, let's say 52.

[A]

So, yeah, if you live 50 more years. If you live 50 more years,

[B]

how

[A]

much money would he have to spend per year?

[C]

20 billion.

[A]

Is that it?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

He'd have to spend $20 billion a year.

[C]

If you had a trillion in cash. Yes.

[A]

He would have to buy.

[C]

But then if you. If you were making even 3% on that a year, it's obviously much more than that.

[A]

He'd have to buy four NFL teams a year for the rest of his life, for 50 years, and then he would spend a trillion dollars.

[C]

Yeah. What's the thing? It's like a million seconds is like two weeks. A billion seconds is 30 years, and a trillion seconds is 30,000 years.

[A]

Yeah, that blows. My mind.

[B]

Is the same.

[A]

Me and Big Cat said this, like, six years ago, seven years ago. I think we were originally talking about Elon Musk, too. But if you're a billionaire and you don't own a sports team, you're kind of a loser. I don't really trust anybody that. That has that much money that does not own a sports team.

[C]

But then there are also lots of billionaires who buy a sports team, and then people think they're a loser because they don't like the way they run the sports team.

[A]

That's true. But that's. At least you got some skin in the game now. Now you're kind of playing sports, man.

[C]

In the arena.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. You're playing sports. When you own a sports team, I just think that the mentality that you have to have to become a billionaire and then say, you know what? I'm not. This. This doesn't make me fulfilled. I'm going to. I need more. I want to be a trillionaire. That mentality is completely insane to me. Absolutely insane. Like, money. Money stopped being an issue for him a long time ago, and now he's got. How much money could he give, like, to every person in the world? How. What does that break down to?

[C]

I mean, if there's, what, 8 billion people, a trillion dollars. So, like, 120 bucks.

[A]

He could give 120 bucks to everybody in the world

[C]

if he had no more money.

[A]

Yeah, that would rock, too. He should. He should do that.

[B]

Cut the check.

[A]

Yeah, it's like the.

[B]

Cut the check.

[A]

The COVID thing, the stimulus. Stimulus, yeah. Now, wait, Big T, help me with the math, because I'm bad at all the math. The United States. How much money could he give to everybody in the United States? And again, I understand that this is not liquid money. Assuming he sold all of his shares, he got the cash for it. What would a trillion break down to? For what? 320 million?

[C]

If you do 400 million, it'd be what? 25 grand, right?

[A]

That's crazy.

[B]

That's insane.

[A]

That's nuts. He could buy everybody in the country like a. A coupe.

[C]

Because a billion would be a thousand dollars a person, so then half of that would be 2,000. So, yeah, like, if a 400 million would be, like, 2,500 bucks. Oh, 2,500. Not 25,000.

[A]

Excuse me. Okay.

[D]

All right.

[C]

$2,500.

[A]

Still a lot of money.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

To give to everybody in the United States. All right. Well, yeah. Congrats, Elon. I hope you do something cool that you won't, but I hope. I hope you do.

[C]

What would you spend your first trillion on?

[A]

My first trillion? Shit. I probably. I probably would start a new sports league.

[C]

What sport? Or a new sport.

[A]

I might invent my own.

[E]

So you could play in it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I'd be the only one that knew the rules. I'd be really good at eft. Ball that. Hey, there you go. No, I would probably. I would buy a sports team for sure if I had a trillion dollars. Absolutely. But then also, I would not. I would not really, like, care about money at all at that point. I would not, like, care if my team lost a little bit of money. It's like, oh, I got a trillion dollars. I can. I can fund this for forever. I'd probably buy. I'd buy, like, a soccer team. I buy a football team. I'd buy a basketball.

[B]

I might.

[A]

I might just buy every DC team.

[C]

You know what would be sick is you buy the Nationals, right? Or I would buy the Braves, and you just call up every team. The Astros be like, hey, I'll. I'll trade you $800 million for your don Alvarez, and you just get every player for cash considerations, but you just give them an unlimited amount of money, and then you can build the super team that you would. You can just pick your guy at every position.

[A]

It's not a bad idea. It's not at all. Except then you'd be giving your competition a lot of money to then go out but spend money.

[C]

You would be taking all the best players.

[A]

You would be. Yeah, for now. You'd definitely be taking all the best players. I think I would. So I would buy every D.C. sports team. I would also buy the Dallas Cowboys, and then I would fold the team.

[C]

Nice.

[A]

I would just get rid of them

[C]

or just move them somewhere really shitty.

[A]

Like worse than Arlington.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Where would I put your ass? Jerry's crazy.

[C]

I had a couple cities come to mind, but I don't want to offend those people.

[A]

No, go ahead.

[C]

I mean, immediately Tulsa came to mind.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

The Tulsa Cowboys, they're a little bit

[A]

offended by that, except I feel like they would.

[C]

Des Moines.

[A]

They would show out like Tulsa. Everybody in town would have.

[C]

That is the thing. It would become a spectacle.

[A]

It's the one thing that you do in Tulsa. I'd probably move it to, like, North Dakota.

[C]

Best McDonald's in the country.

[A]

Or Alaska. Probably move the cowboys to Alaska.

[B]

The Alaska Cowboys, Yeah.

[A]

All you got. It's just Jerry Jones and like 10,000 methed out fishermen.

[C]

They got some cowboys up there.

[B]

What if you. What if you own them? Jerry Jones at the picture, you keeping them around?

[A]

Yeah, I would probably keep Jerry as my employee and make him answer to me. He would never do. I don't think Jerry would sell for a trillion dollars. I think that's just. It's what he loves to do. Which I respect about Jerry Jones, by the way. I, I like the fact that he is. He's not in it for the money. He. He loves, like, going to work every day and trying to make a football team and.

[B]

And sabotaging the football team.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

How. How old is he? He's knocking on the door, too.

[A]

My guess, he's about Bill Cosby's age.

[C]

I was going to say 84.

[A]

They're around the same, I would imagine. Yeah, that would be. That would be a great life. It's just own. Just season to season. You just go see your sports teams play.

[B]

That would be cool. Healthcare. That's what I'd do.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah, I probably. To be honest with you, I probably figure that out. I'd probably still, like, do this.

[B]

You'd podcast?

[A]

Yeah. If I had a trillion dollars. Yeah. It's a podcast. Probably not as much.

[C]

I mean, he's a third of the way.

[B]

You know what? There's no way you podcast if you got a trillion dollars.

[A]

I would, I. I would stop for a while, for a little bit, for sure.

[C]

I actually think I too busy. I think a trillion passes the threshold of, like, if you have $800 million, you wouldn't podcast anymore. But then once you get to 50, 60 billion now, it's just also, it doesn't even matter at that point. And then you'd be bored and you would come back.

[A]

I think no matter what. If it was that amount of money, even 800 million, I would, I would step away from the game for a little bit, and then I'd realize how much I'd miss it.

[C]

It's only so many boats. You can Go on.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And then I'd come back and then I'd podcast like once a week probably, and then that would turn into twice a week. And then during football season, probably three times a week. What if your drive was fueled with more, like, more protection for more time on the road? Shelby Power Nitro plus provides more protection for longer lasting engines. So it helps you keep your engine running like new for whatever drive is ahead. Shelby Power Nitro plus plus engine performance that lasts compared to minimum detergent gasoline. With continuous use of Shelby Power Nitro plus and gasoline direct injection engines, actual effects and benefits may vary. See Shell us more protection for more information. Yeah. So, Elon Trillionaire, good job. Very happy for you.

[B]

I am not happy for you.

[A]

Yeah, I'm not really either. Who cares?

[C]

I'm a hater.

[A]

Who cares? I mean, he. There's absolutely nothing that he can do with a trillion dollars that he could not do already before I. Now, all that being said, I. I feel like what the team at SpaceX did with the rocket that's reusable is absolutely amazing. That's the one thing that I'll always give him credit for. It's like SpaceX figuring out how to reuse and have a rocket land where it took off. That's incredible. And so that. That whole team deserves a lot of credit for that. But pretty much everything else that he's done, he just kind of like, put his name on from somebody else.

[B]

Yeah. We did a whole episode on Elon.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

What'd you think about White House ufc?

[A]

Oh, the UFC at the White House.

[B]

I was.

[A]

I guess the quality of fight was better than I thought that it was going to be. I was led to believe that this, like, is a really disappointing card.

[C]

Why was it on a Sunday at, like, midnight?

[A]

That's a good question, Big T. Do you want. Do you want the real answer that

[C]

it was Trump's birthday?

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, I guess that makes sense.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Why so late his birthday?

[A]

Well, that was because there were, like, storms in the area, so it's supposed to start earlier.

[C]

Got it. I didn't watch any of it. I just saw the pictures. It looked sick.

[A]

Yeah. The visuals were kind of surreal.

[B]

And then mold enough to remember when Obama putting his foot on the desk was a desecration to the White House.

[A]

Well, he also had the tan suit on at the time, which.

[B]

And he had a tan.

[A]

And I think he ordered a cheeseburger with Dijon mustard once.

[B]

Yeah. Drew Fox News into a friend like,

[C]

a few years ago.

[A]

Pretty bad thing.

[B]

And even When Biden was there, Remember when he had the red lights behind him?

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

I wasn't at the White House, but that did look crazy.

[B]

Yeah, but they were just like, this is unforgivable. Had a whole White House display with a fight in front of it. I just. After. After this term, there's just. They had zero critique from the gop. They have no room. They can't critique anything.

[A]

Amazing.

[B]

Nothing. They can say.

[A]

Amazing flyover. I will give the flyover credit.

[B]

What kind of planes were they?

[A]

It was six F18s and six F16s. So you had the Blue Angels and you had the Thunderbirds together. Most ambitious crossover event of all time. That was a pretty cool flyover. And then the one fighter that afterwards. Well, actually, let's talk about before the fight, because there was some weird that happened before that fight. Daniel Cormier tweeted out a screenshot of some DMS that he had with Eric Trump. And in these dms, Eric Trump was asking him if there were any fights that were rigged that he could bet on. Now, when this came out, my first reaction to it, aside from being like, holy shit, this is kind of crazy that Daniel Cormier just tweeted this out. If you read the DMs from Eric Trump, to me at least, it was pretty obvious that Eric Trump didn't send any of those dms. That this was like, somehow or another not a real conversation that happened because it just seemed so incriminating and so, like, blatantly in your face. Hey, do you have any. Who should I bet on? Because I'm trying to make some money, so if there anyone's cheating, I'd love to be a part of that. It seemed like too on the nose to me, at least at first. Then it was deleted, and then they claimed that it was like, what was Eric Trump's response like? That it was like, AI generated and therefore confirmed fake or something like that. I think what happened was Cormier got hacked, I think. And then whoever hacked him tweeted out those screenshots because later on he ended up tweeting out, like, some crypto thing. So it's like to get a bunch of eyes on his account to then do some sort of a shitcoin. There's also a chance that somebody hacked Eric Trump's account, then sent those DMS to Daniel Cormier, who then posted a screenshot of them and then deleted them after finding out that, like, they were fake. So I don't know.

[C]

The former sounds more likely, I think so too.

[A]

I think. I think somebody hacked Daniel Cormier's account and they did that Photoshop. Because if you just look at the. The dialogue from Eric Trump, I know there's a lot of people out there that want to believe that he's like a very corrupt, stupid individual. And I don't think he's that corrupt or stupid. Mostly just in terms of like the word choice that was coming across there. It seemed like way, way, way too on the nose for it to be real.

[E]

It was like, let's cut to the chase. Anyone injured?

[B]

It's like, okay, right?

[A]

No.

[B]

Or like, you could do that behind closed doors. You wouldn't do it over Twitter.

[A]

Yeah. I'm pretty sure that Eric Trump could get Daniel Cormier's phone number if he wanted to, and he could call him or text him.

[B]

Also, if you ever get drunk and tweet some shit you don't, you know, you're not proud of, the next morning, just. Just tweet a crypto link.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

When you wake up, say you was

[E]

hacked or the place the Xbox. Is that what everyone does?

[A]

Yep. Yeah, just. Just pretend that you're hacked. That's a. It's a good way to do it. I. I do think that there was some hacking nonsense going on.

[C]

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[B]

Tend not to count those, but more than the recommended amount for sure.

[C]

I'd say so, yeah, I drink.

[A]

I drink for fulfillment.

[B]

I don't really drink for, you know, there's no.

[C]

You had a great time metric.

[B]

I'm going for, yeah, I had it.

[C]

And you helped other people have a great time.

[B]

That's That's. That's what I like to do. That's what I like. That's why I don't be remembered for.

[C]

You know what I'm saying?

[B]

When you look at that, when you come to my funeral, big team, like, you know, that's. That's what I want you to say for sure. He. He helped other people have a good time. That's a. It's a great legacy.

[A]

Big T, what was. I'm assuming you had a great time, too.

[C]

I did.

[A]

When you looked like you were happy.

[C]

Yeah, it was awesome.

[A]

Were your favorite parts?

[B]

Oh, about. Shit. About. About our. So change in. After the dance party started, Big T had the. You know, the tie tied around the head.

[C]

Well, my boys did that, and I was like, I guess I'll join in.

[E]

Someone took it down, and he looked over and he was like, put yours back on.

[C]

Yeah, I forget who took it off, but I was like, listen, the rest of us got these on it. I mean, everything was awesome. My favorite parts, honestly, my favorite part of the whole night was we were waiting on people to take pictures, and it was just my wife and I in the room where the ceremony was, and it was just us in there before the wedding, and we prayed together for a little while, and it was just. That was kind of one of the very few times of the day that it was just us together with nobody else.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

So that was very special. It was just. The whole thing was awesome, and everybody had a really good time, and thank you all for being there. It was really cool.

[A]

Yeah, that's. That's really nice. On a day like that, it gets so busy, and there's so many people around that want something. Not necessarily that they want something from you, but they want your time because,

[C]

I mean, makes sense.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

They're there to show you love and to support you, so they want to, you know, talk to you for a little bit. But, yeah, on a day like that, it can be tough to get some time with your person that the whole day was about. So that's cool. That's very good to hear. And your family's awesome. We had a great time hanging out with them.

[C]

I'm glad to hear that.

[B]

Almost. Almost cussed your DJ out, though.

[C]

I will say I was not thrilled with the performance of the dj.

[B]

It wasn't even what he was playing. I went up to him and I, you know, I asked your wife, right. It's her show. So I was like, yo, can I request, you know, a little bit more melanin? Melanin in in the. Inject a little bit more melanin into this. And she was like, yeah, do what you want. What do you want to request? I told her, she's like, okay, yeah, go ahead, do that. So I went to the dj. I was like, per request of the bride, right? I said, you're my man. And he was stretching at the time. Like, I'm talking about touching his toe, right. And I was like, ah, whatever, you know, do your thing. He was stretching, and I just leaned over just like, you know, didn't even touch him, bro. Just kind of leaned over to where his head was, like. I said, yo, my man. He stood up and said, what? What, man? What? I said, hey, yo. I said, I got a request from the broad. He was like, what, man? He said, I'm playing. I was like, you know what? I'm gonna come back because it's not. It's not your time right now. I'm gonna come back. Came back about five minutes later. I say, you're my man. You good? He's like, yeah, man. I'm just saying. I was like, it's all good. Just from the bride. I got a request. That was it.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But I. Like, if it was. If I didn't respect you or the venue, I'd have cussed that.

[C]

Like, I said, that have been fine. I. I wasn't thrilled. I'd give him a 4 out of 10.

[B]

Yeah. Because I'd have took it to where it didn't need to go. I talk bad about him. And he was short, too.

[C]

He looked like Bill Gates a little bit.

[B]

He kind of did.

[C]

Pft. Kate Verde has drawn Spain.

[A]

I. I just saw it. Huge tie. Tie. Tie of the decade.

[C]

What were the odds on that?

[A]

I believe it was 10 to 1.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

I believe it was 10 to 1. That's amazing.

[C]

What a first match at the Ben's. Sorry. Atlanta Stadium.

[A]

Yep. Yeah. You can't. Can't call it that. Wait, no, I thought that was the one that you could.

[C]

No, they just let them leave the logo on the roof because they were like, there's no way we can cover this.

[A]

Too hard to cover it. Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

What a result.

[A]

That's incredible. I absolutely love it.

[E]

Who is. Who is Cape Verde and where are they from?

[A]

So I believe Cape Verde, they're the island group that's off the coast of Africa where the hurricanes start. Like, it's right. It's on the equator and wherever you see, like, a new hurricane getting formed, it's right off those. I think that's what they're known for.

[E]

Interesting. There was also.

[B]

They fold.

[E]

I was watching a game last night of a country I've also never heard of. It was like something day, like McGrill or McGill or McGill. McGill is the wrong word.

[A]

You're talking about Cote d'. Ivoire.

[D]

No,

[E]

they played.

[C]

Maybe they played.

[E]

No, they. It was a. Something to something or there. It was multiple.

[A]

Are you sure it wasn't Cote d'? Ivoire?

[E]

I promise it wasn't.

[C]

Yeah, that's what I figured it.

[E]

No. And it was. They were playing maybe Switzerland.

[A]

Qatar. Guitar.

[C]

Switzerland played guitar. Sweden played Tunisia.

[B]

Now who. Now who does Ronaldo play for?

[C]

Portugal.

[B]

Portugal. And Messi is Argentina. Argentina. Okay. And then there's one more dude, Neymar.

[C]

He's on Brazil. But two of the three of those guys aren't very good.

[D]

Neymar?

[B]

Which ones?

[C]

Ronaldo and Neymar. Neymar almost didn't even make the team.

[B]

Really?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Damn. It's just father time or skill set.

[C]

Both. His.

[D]

He.

[C]

He went and played in Saudi and his career really went off a cliff from there.

[B]

Ronaldo.

[C]

Well, Ronaldo and Neymar were both in Saudi. Ronaldo's just.

[B]

Ronaldo got you. Yeah. I saw a highlight of him one time. I was like that. That motherfucker was crazy.

[C]

No, he is. He's different, but he's just. Is he 40? 39.

[A]

Messi.

[C]

Ronaldo.

[A]

Ronaldo. Yeah, He's. He's getting up there.

[B]

So how. So who's. Is there. Has anybody. Is there anybody like best player in

[C]

the world, hands down, right now, Hands down, Not really. The top few are probably Holland, who plays for Norway. He's incredible. You'd love watching him. He's just a six. Six like chiseled out of stone. Goal scorer. He just bangs goals. Usman Dembele plays for France. He's awesome. Killian Mbappe plays for France. He's one of the best players in the world.

[B]

That's one of us. I remember that.

[C]

And then Spe. Spain has a kid, Lamina Mall, who's 18 and he's going to be the best player in the world if he's not, you know, top two or three already. But Spain, Spain. I don't know what they've been doing over there in Chattanooga. I don't know what restaurants they've been going to, but they've been messing around over there in Signal Mountain.

[A]

Yeah, they got caught. They got caught. Cape Verde Islands. They just had 11 guys playing inside their own penalty area for most of the second half.

[D]

Park.

[A]

It just park in that bus. You're not, you're not getting through us.

[C]

I love the World cup, dude.

[A]

It is the best. It's the best.

[C]

Having it here is what? Listen, I know this is going to be remarkably unpopular and everywhere else in the world, we should have it here. Like every third time.

[A]

It is. I'd say every time. It's the best. It's the best country in the world to have the World Cup.

[C]

I mean, all these other countries have to build. They have to spend a decade building all these stadiums and infrastructure. You just, you can just come right over. We got it.

[A]

Yeah. And listen, I know that America, it gets a bad rap sometimes in terms of our marketing department. And by marketing, I mean like, or, you know, our military sometimes, like, does not ingratiate us to other countries around the world all the time. But in terms of a great country to be in, USA is number. You're seeing everybody from overseas come over here, have an awesome time.

[C]

They're all saying, we've been lied to.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

This place is incredible.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

The Japanese, every Texas is wonderful. Everything's big. Yes.

[A]

Shout out to the Japanese fans in the stands that just. They sang their national chant for, what was it, probably about 95 minutes, 100 minutes, non stop. And then afterwards, they bring these giant trash bags with them and they pick up after themselves and they clean up the whole stadium on their way out. It's pretty cool.

[B]

That's why I'll be, I'll be trying to tell people that the, the experience in Japan when I went is just that. It's like people, they care, you know what I'm saying? Like, when my dad, when my dad was, when I was younger, my dad always say, like. And I make my kids do the same thing. It's like if we go to the movie theater, like, we clean up our section, you know what I mean? Like, like when we get up and my kids know, they don't even ask no questions. They get up, they take they trash, and if there's any other trash, you get it. If we go to the grocery store, you see carts out. I'd be like, hey, yo, go get them. And I don't even have to ask him no more. And it's just. I got it, I got it from my dad, I got it from Japan. It's like, make this place better because you lived. It's beautiful. It's a beautiful thing to see in action. It's dope. And one of my favorite part events was, I don't know, it was the Masters. I Think it was a masters where one of those dudes caddies, he's from like Japan.

[C]

Matsuyama. When he won it. The COVID one.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. And like nobody on the course and he just like bows to the course and honors it. That was gorgeous. And it was beautiful. Like, like that, that's. That keeps me a little sparkle of joy inside my dark little Grinch heart. I love it.

[C]

And honestly, seeing all these people come over here and do road trips and stuff and be like, this is so incredible has made me like, I'm ashamed that I haven't seen all of America.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Like there are places I need to go a lot. I know. But like they're. They're doing there. I mean, a lot of these guys I assume are over here for a month and they're just, they're going everywhere.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

Like the, the German guy, Freddy on Twitter, who's driven from Atlanta to Houston and now they're going to Kansas City and all sorts of stuff. Like, I need to do a two week road trip at some point.

[A]

There's some.

[B]

Let's do it. I'm with you. But we got a drop. Like we like. So I love doing that type shit. So like last, last summer we did an RV and we went from Houston to Orlando and we stopping in between seeing the country. That's one thing I have done is like I've, I've traveled in this country. It's really, it's really dope seeing a bunch of different cultures. And I'll be down to do it with you though.

[C]

I'd love that.

[B]

A little road trip and document it.

[C]

That'd be really fun.

[B]

Being.

[A]

It is a, It's a great country. Once you go out and you check it out. Like there's so many things. I grew up in D.C. and there's so many things that I haven't even seen in D.C. that if you come up here on like a, a long weekend trip, you go check all those things off your list. You don't go see the stuff in your backyard. I've never been up to the top of the Empire State or the Washington Monument.

[E]

Well, that's not your jam.

[A]

I need to do that. That is true. I'm not a heights guy.

[C]

You're not missing anything because there's no skyline in D.C. right. So it's not all that impressive.

[A]

Yeah. And that's by law where it's like you can't build over a certain height. So any tall building you see is over the river in Virginia.

[C]

It's the top of the Capitol. Nothing can be taller than the Capital.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Is that. Is that for, like, security purposes or just vibes?

[A]

Vibes. Vibes.

[B]

Nothing's taller than the big house. Okay.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

Which makes sense. And you know, D.C. is tiny, relatively.

[B]

Yeah, no, no, it is. It's very small.

[A]

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[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

And it looked like. I don't know if all his teammates told him, don't say anything, or if he just sat down and said, I'm not going to talk. He was on the moon. And he was just like, I'm not. I'm not going to even acknowledge that I'm awake right now. Just didn't say a single word during the interview. That was great. You got other guys that are just getting hammered on live streams, having the best time ever. The. The nice part about winning an NBA championship is you win it and it's the summertime. Same thing with the Stanley Cup. It's like you just. You go party outdoors immediately. So congrats to the Knicks. What did you think, Arian?

[B]

I thought they. It was really fun to watch, though. That was dope. The. The game. You missed game four. Yeah, Game four. Like the. The greatest comeback in NBA playoff history.

[A]

I didn't miss it.

[B]

We were out.

[A]

We were out for dinner, and then I left and I got home and I watched the rest of the game.

[B]

Oh, how close are you to that? I thought you was on the road when it happened.

[A]

No, no, no. I got home and watched the rest of.

[B]

Yeah, okay. Yeah, no, that was. This was dope to watch. Just like I said, I thought the spurs was gonna win. They're wrong about that. But I thought it was dope. Like I said, I. I love seeing the Mecca good at basketball. I like seeing them force a stat. That was really interesting to me was like, the last eight years, we've had eight different teams win the championship in the NBA. And I think that is kind of good for the league. The variety. It's like anybody can capture it, and there's no. We're in the era of no dynasty right now, so. Up for grabs every year. I like that shit.

[A]

So the knicks, they were 16, three in the playoffs, including going nine and one on the road. And they had three of the top five biggest finals comebacks ever, all in the same postseason. Pretty incredible. And the largest point differential of any team ever. Just absolutely dominant. The New York Knicks. And they're a fun, scrappy team. Like Jalen Brunson, to do what he did in game. In game five, the closeout game, dropping 45 points was awesome. To see OG Anunoby's defense and his. He became like a legitimate scoring threat to this postseason. Very fun to watch. Mitchell Robinson just absolutely punking Wimby for that last rebound on that, that foul shot. What do you think about Wimby after the game?

[B]

In what context?

[A]

So he said. He said a number of things that have rubbed people the wrong way in his post game press conferences. Just saying that he thought that they were the better team. He ended the supposed to feel like that. Yeah, well, I mean, I can also see the point that he was trying to make, I think because they, they did like, have massive leads against the Knicks in all these games. Yeah, but they choked him away. There's just a very dumb team. They're a young dumb team.

[B]

They made a lot of dumbass mistakes. Darren Fox getting, getting killed right now. I know, but I saw a lot of like, mad because they didn't shake hands at the end of the all that. Like, I'm with it. Like, I want him to be a villain. I like that. I love rivalries that are toxic. I like. I like my sports violent. I like my sports with no sportsmanship. That sportsmanship. I don't know where that came from, but that is whack to me. I don't like it. Fuck all.

[C]

I didn't think they did that anyway.

[B]

I want beef. I saw everybody walk off the court and I just saw a whole bunch of backlash about it. You know, who knows who runs these accounts, but I don't. I want them to. I want them to hate each other and play like that. Wimby's turning into a little bit of a villain and I like that shit.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Yeah, he got a little dog in him, man. He played well. This is him. Castle and Harper, they are going to be a problem. Yeah, they are going to be a problem. I love the way Castle plays. He. He gets rid of some of them turnovers he be having. They gonna be a problem for a while, long while.

[A]

I agree. I agree. I think the future's right. But then they owe. They owe so much money to de' Aaron Fox.

[B]

I think he on his way out.

[D]

Harper.

[B]

Harper gonna take his spot.

[A]

I think he should. I've been saying that since the start of the playoffs and I think, yeah, I think they'd like to. I don't know how many teams are going to be lining up to get that. To like, take on that contract that he has.

[B]

Yeah, especially at this performance. It's going to be tough. I think this tweet, though, it was a Quote, tweet, because Elmo tweeted, Elmo hopes both teams have fun. And then in the New York parade, they cut off Elmo's head, put it on a steak. It said trader.

[A]

It's pretty good.

[B]

That's the type of shit I like.

[C]

See them burning the school buses?

[A]

Yeah, I saw that. I saw. I saw a school bus on fire.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

That's wild.

[C]

And I think those were the Mom Donnie buses that they were taking people to the World cup in. Who won the, you know, the 500 free tickets or whatever.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I. I don't know. I don't know if it's still. If the. The riots are still going on. And I think it looked like it was confined to, like, the midtown Ish area a little bit. It looked. You know what was scary was that that one dude rocking the. The spurs uniform, the Rodman uniform, he

[C]

was backing people off.

[A]

Yeah, that guy. That guy was terrifying. Just, like, walking through the crowd, fighting everybody, going 100 against one. Do you think that it would have been.

[B]

That's why I always say, like, they know who to do that to. You know, like. Like, there was a. There was a. There's a video of that dude wearing a Spurs jersey. He got jumped because, you know, he couldn't defend himself like that. But that dude, you say everybody backed off as soon as he started sitting everybody down. Love it.

[A]

Do you think it would have been worse if they had won in New York?

[C]

Maybe marginally, but, I mean, every. It was shoulder to shoulder for 30 blocks anyway, so.

[A]

That's true.

[C]

I mean, the videos that our guys were taking outside the office, I don't know how they got home.

[A]

Yeah. I guess you just have to kind of walk home. I don't know. But, like, it's so crowded, it didn't

[C]

even look like you could get out of there.

[A]

Yeah. Now, do you think. Do you think that this starts something special for the Knicks? You think they do it again?

[C]

I mean, they were really good last year. You know, they've got that core. They could.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

But they weren't even, like, incredible in the regular season. They just went on this unreal run.

[A]

It's like the. The. The Hawks unlock something in them.

[C]

Hawks were the only team to win two games.

[B]

I know the Brunson may have had the most clutch playoff run I've seen with my eyes, like, and that's saying a lot, but I don't think I've seen a better one. More clutch in clutch moments, game after game going to him being that consistent. I don't know that I've seen a better clutch performance for an NBA Finals run.

[C]

I need to go look at his numbers because Kawhi, a few years ago came to mind.

[E]

I would say, not to be biased, but LeBron in 2016 was pretty big,

[B]

so I think. I think LeBron was more dominant over the series. Absolutely. He led, like, points, rebounds, steals, assists, all that blocks. I think he was most dominant, but I think, like, in. I guess, yeah, you can make that argument. LeBron is 16.

[E]

I'm also thinking of the block, too.

[C]

In Game 7, Kawhi averaged 39. 4 in the 2019 playoffs when they won the title in Toronto. And he had. He had that game winner against the Sixers right at the buzzer. Yeah, that was the first one that came to my mind. Obviously. LeBron, every year they won was awesome.

[B]

It was just like every time they needed a bucket, he came through. It was. It was very special. I guess you make the argument, but it was one of them. I put it. I'll say it like that. It was one of the most clutch performances I've seen. It's. It was. It was impressive, man.

[A]

Very impressive. Top to bottom. I do think that the spurs figure it out a little bit where they. They cut down on some really stupid mistakes that they made down the stretch. And a lot of these games, because they are. They are fixable mistakes for the most part. Wimby needs to get stronger, too.

[B]

Yeah. I worry about his health, though. He's just so lanky like that. That's gonna be hard to keep up. Like kd, he had a couple foot issues, and he stayed really healthy throughout his career, but he was like a perimeter player. He was never inside like that. So I worry about his health, Obi.

[D]

Duh.

[B]

Because if he does, he's gonna be one of the goats for sure.

[C]

Wimy's listed weight is 235. And he's still skinny as a rail.

[A]

Yeah, 235 at 7. I wait like, 75.

[B]

That's what I wait.

[A]

That is very skinny. I feel like he could get up to, like, 280 by the time his career's over and. And not look like he was overw. All right, do we have any voicemails?

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I don't know why.

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[A]

I, I, against my better judgment, I saw the first like 10 seconds of the video of that tourist in Brazil going bungee jumping.

[E]

Oh, I don't know what you're talking about.

[C]

Well, that was real familiar.

[A]

Yeah, it was real. I didn't watch, I didn't watch the end of it, but it was real.

[B]

Oh, my God. I thought that was AI and everybody was joking.

[A]

Yeah, this is where. This is why we'll never go.

[E]

That was real.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

I didn't see this.

[A]

Don't go.

[B]

They just threw her to the. Yeah, bro.

[A]

Don't go bungee jump.

[E]

What do you mean? They forgot to put the bungee on her.

[A]

Just don't go. Yeah, they just didn't tie.

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

I don't know how you forget to do that. It seems like maybe the most important part really, actually the only part of your job.

[E]

Yeah. Like, was she just loose? Like. What do you mean?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

I'd never go bungee jumping in America. I'd certainly never go bungee jumping anywhere else.

[A]

Agreed.

[E]

Jesus.

[B]

Oh, well. Side note, Misterowski may be having the best run of any picture of maybe all time.

[C]

He's incredible.

[E]

Can he set a record?

[C]

Last week he. Yeah, he threw a complete game. One hit shut out with 15 strikeouts. Nobody had ever done that before.

[B]

That was the game I was watching at your wedding.

[C]

That's fair enough.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And he's pitching. He's pitching against Chris Sale on Friday, which may be like the best pitching matchup of the season.

[B]

Where is that?

[C]

I'm going to be at a concerts in Atlanta.

[B]

Oh, man, that'd be fun to watch.

[C]

Yeah, that'll be awesome. And I won't see it.

[B]

What's the. Who are you going to go see?

[C]

Morgan Wallen and Brooks and Dunn.

[B]

I was going to say Morgan Wallen. That's insane.

[C]

I don't even. I've seen Wallen before. The Brooks and Dunn is what sold me on it. Because in 20 years, like, I want to be able to say I saw Brooks and Dunn.

[E]

Big T. Was your bride upset that people were watching the games?

[C]

No, she didn't care. I mean, I was doing it right.

[E]

As I say, you had your phone propped up at dinner.

[B]

Yeah. Did she have any, like, brides? She seemed like she was super even killed and just wasn't. She was like real vibing.

[C]

There was. There was only one moment that she got, like, stressed. But other than that. Yeah, I mean, I think. I think everything went off pretty well without a hitch.

[E]

It was great. She was a very chill bride.

[A]

Yep.

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[D]

Hey, this is Will from Dallas. Again, I got a question for y'.

[B]

All.

[D]

But first, I want to tell y' all how y' all were a part of the best day of my life pretty recently. A couple weeks ago, I got back from France with my wife and we found out or she took a pregnancy test and found out that she was pregnant and for the first time. And then she wanted me to go to the store and get some extra pregnancy tests just to double check. And when I got my car and turned on your podcast, the voicemail podcast was titled after my question. And then when I went to my quest, when I got to my question, Big P said he loved me. And then Arian laughed at my comment about pft. So that was basically the best day of my life right there. So my question is to pretty much directed at Arian and also the rest of y', all because y' all are former children. How do I raise a child to make sure he doesn't become an asshole, I guess. All right, love y'. All. Stay handsome. Stay beautiful. Bye.

[A]

First of all, congratulations. That's. That's very cool. What a cool moment to have. And glad that we had to. We got to have a small part in. Second of all, that's an awesome question. I. I don't know.

[B]

I don't. That.

[A]

I think that's like every parent, when they find out, that's like every parent's thing. It's like, well, now I gotta. Now I gotta figure out how to not make the kid that I raise a total jerk. I don't know how you start with that.

[B]

I got a little experience in this. I think all my kids, with the exception of the newest one, have been really even killed and well mannered. My newest one is she gotta. She gotta chill out though. But she's still young. She in a terrible two stage and it is. It's wild. I'm joking.

[D]

Happily.

[B]

But all my kids, I always get complimented by my kids. I mean, for my kids. And I would say the best thing is. Well, a couple things what I try to do is I try to. A lot of times parents get. They get really frustrated and they give in, right? And so kids are supposed to push boundaries, right? They're supposed to try you. They're supposed to push and poke and prod. And it's your job to, like, set boundaries. And I've never raised my voice in my kids one time. Like, my kids don't know what angry Aryan feels like, but they all respect, like, what I say and what I. And. And they do what. What they're. What's asked of them because when they were younger, I, I just never budged on the boundaries. If I say to do something, you do it. If I say something to pick up, you pick it up and there's consequences. They don't. Because a lot of time as parents, you can get really lackadaisical with the boundaries that you set. And over the time, what happens is the kids start to respect your word less and less if you're, if you're always giving into those boundaries. And so I think that's what I've done a really good job of over the years. And their mothers have too. It's definitely a two, you know, it takes a village. I think that's, that's the first part. I think the second part is like, really don't try to make another version of you. You know what I'm saying? Like, my kids, I have conversations with my 16 year old all the time and she just really respects what I've found to understand is she really respects the fact that I never tried to mold them into little mes. I've always tried to give them guidance or what I've, you know, I have my moral compass that I try to live by and I try to exude into the world, but I don't try to make them a little version of myself. I try to, I try to have them explore who they're going to, who they want to be, what are your interests, what are your likes, what are, you know, and then, and then give them the guidelines for that if you like, you know, I'm saying, like I'm for, I'm, I'm an atheist. I've never once pushed that on my kids. When anytime religion comes up, I'm always, I'm always saying, don't take my word for it. Like, this is what I've seen work for me. This is what I think. This is my research. You do what you feel is right in your heart. Like I'm, I'm. And I wouldn't care if my baby come back and say, hey, I'm a Christian and I'll respect their beliefs. It is what it is. But like when, when it comes to anything, like, and what I found over the years is like once they, once they, once they, once they understand that their value, their word is valued and respected, then there's a trust that's built there. So like, my daughter gives me all her little friends tea and gossip, right? And then so she comes back and tells me so and so's doing this. And she respects my, like, my intuition and my knowledge of human interaction. Because like over the years you'll see, I'll say, watch, she about to do this or he about to do this. And she'll come back with, hey, you was right. And then that builds trust in the things that you say over the years. And, and, and then you can start to put some of like your morals and you can slip some of it in there and say, hey, in this situation, I would do this. And they start to like, they start to act like you one because of genetics, but they start to act like you because they see that it works. Like, if you treat people with kindness and respect, that's what you'll give. Set your boundaries right, find your voice. Like I tell her all the time, if you disagree with something that I say, I want you to voice that to me, tell me, talk to me and we can talk it out. Like, I don't want you holding it in because if you're holding it against me, somebody that this is a safe place, then you're holding it in against somebody where you need to assert yourself. And that's what I try to tell them. All the rules apply all across the board. It's not just me. So giving them a safe space. So I would say all of that. And at the end of the day, this is the last thing I'll say. I know I'm long winded here, but at the end of the day, you can't have your self worth tied to how your kids turn out. Because sometimes it's luck of the draw. Like I know parents who have done everything right and the kids still want to fuck up and still want to do a thing. You did what you could, right, and it'll hurt you, be there for them, but they could still fuck up. And that's not always your fault. If it is, if you had some kind of like part in it, Recognize your flaws in it and you know, acknowledge it, Try to, try to, you know, patch it up with them. But sometimes though, it's just genetics and nature. It's nature and nurture. So you can't have your, your worth tied into how your kids come out. Do the best you can and be honest about it. But that's my, that's what I was.

[A]

I think that's a really good answer. I would also say that the fact that this guy cares about what his kids go turn out, like, that's a very good start. I think a lot of, a lot of the jerks that you meet, it's because their parents didn't really care. And so the fact that you're taking an active interest and you know, hey, I better, I better do something right because I want to, I don't want to raise an. I think that that's off to a very, very good start.

[D]

Great.

[B]

And there's no book to this, you know. Find your lane.

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[D]

What's up guys? This is Mike from Atlanta. This is relevant to my question. Pft. I grew up in D.C. and Big T, like I said, I live in Atlanta now. So my question, I have two kids, both under 10. They love watching sports with me. I'm trying to let them find their own way in terms of fandom, but I'm also having a really tough time letting go. My one non negotiable was the commanders. Both my kids love the commanders. They love Jaden. They haven't really shown an interest in the Falcons, which is great. So that one's pretty easy. But beyond that, it starts to get a little sticky. Like my wife went to Georgia, I went to Vanderbilt, you know, three, four years ago.

[A]

It was really easy.

[D]

But then Dandy isn't really Vandy anymore and I can't help myself. I'm buying them Diego Pavia jerseys for Christmas and I'm telling them Dandy's the best. And now they're all confused. Same thing with baseball. I sort of let them, you know, be Braves fans, they're friends at school, or Braves fans. But now the Nats are frisky and fun and I don't know, I'm watching Nats games and they're. They're confused again. So I guess the bottom line question I'm asking, are we assigning teams at birth or should I be letting the kids pick their own teams when they're ready? I don't know, Arian. Maybe you have some experience with this and your kids and the Lakers or PfP, maybe you can Let me know how you're handling this with your 4 year old son, Chris. Let me know what you guys think. Stay handsome, stay beautiful. Love the podcast. Thanks, guys.

[A]

I, I think a lot of times it's, it's going to happen kind of naturally in a situation like that where whichever team they have the most fun rooting for as a kid is going to be the one that they get anchored to. And they're like, okay, this is the team that I like the most. But there's some sort, it sounds like maybe there's not a whole lot of competition for NFL team in your house, so good job keeping them on the Nationals.

[C]

I've thought about the Commanders a ton because, you know, it seems like we're going to live here for the foreseeable future. And if I have children who grow up in Chicago, like, my dad's from St. Louis, he's a huge Cardinals fan, St. Louis Blues. But like, I never, I grew up in Atlanta and so I, all my, my favorite memories as a kid are the Braves, like going to Braves games and things like that. And I can't Imag having grown up like a Cardinals fan in Atlanta. Like, you don't really get to watch them. Like, you're the only kid at school who likes that team. It's like, oh, well, my dad's from there. So like, I don't. I almost. If, if my kids want to watch the Braves and be Braves fans, like, I would love that. But I also kind of don't want them to, you know, miss out on the experience of, you know, the community. Right.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Because that, you know, I love the Braves because that's where I'm from. I, I tolerate the Falcons because that's where I'm from. Now my children, there will be no other. And thankfully my wife, you know, went to a small school in New York. There's no collegiate discrepancy there. There will be no college in my team other, in my house other than the University of Tennessee, until if they go somewhere else, then that's fine. Obviously that's the school you went to. But yeah, like, I've, I've actually thought about that a lot because I, I will obviously never change, but my kids, I don't want them to, you know, miss out on the cool stuff about sports when you're a kid.

[A]

Yeah. There's a lot of opportunities they're gonna have to like, possibly go to Cubs or Bulls games, things like that.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And just, it's a part of the town that they grow up and I Think that's probably pretty important. They're gonna, no matter what, even if they do root for the Braves too, they're going to have a soft spot for, for the Cubs if they're in Chicago.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And they grow up and I mean,

[C]

if they just adopted all the, the teams of, of us. My wife's family is all Knicks fans. So they, they'd be like a Braves, Knicks, Tennessee. You know, it's like a weird combo to have. And you don't want to be, you don't want your son to be that kid either. Granted that's not, you know, Cowboys, Lakers, Yankees. But it's an odd combo.

[B]

Yeah. Another, another dynamic to this is though, because like my, my, I'm a Laker fan. My dad a Laker fan. My kids grew up in Houston. They don't really, you know what I'm saying? There's no connection to the Lakers other than they like they daddy happy when the Lakers win. But there's also a fun dynamic in my family where most of us have different teams everywhere, spread out. Cause I originally grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and there is no pro sports team. So we all just picked up, you know what I mean? Like, it was just like whatever you felt. So like, I grew up a Raider fan. My brother liked the 49ers. And so like, when it comes to baseball, like, I just picked right. I'm a Brewer fan. My brother's always liked baseball. He's a Red Sox fan. My stepdad from Chicago, he likes the White Sox. My mom just picked a team, she likes the Mariners. And so like, when they play each other, it's a fun family dynamic. When your teams go against each other, you can bet, you know what I'm saying? Those kind of things, that, that kind of make, that kind of, that kind of makes it really fun for me. So like, if my kids, when we growing up, you know, we want to bet on the Houston LA game, that shit makes it fun. So let them, let them do their thing, dog.

[C]

I saw a guy from England who's over here for the World cup and he went to the Angels game the other night and he said, I've decided I'm going to start watching baseball. And the first team I ever went to the game is the Angels. I'm going to become an Angels fan. And everyone was like, I'm so sorry. Please don't do that.

[A]

No, no, you're going to hate baseball. So yeah, you're going to hate baseball.

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[A]

We got one more voicemail. That's it. All right. Anything else we want to get to today?

[C]

All I would say to that guy, I understand the Nats. You got to let your kids be Braves fans in Atlanta. That's the only. The only thing you have to do it is.

[A]

Yeah, I understand.

[C]

Because that is like, people don't really care about the Falcons unless they're winning Hawks kind of the same deal. The Braves are the 1 professional team in the south, really, that even competes with college football. That is the fabric that ties states together. Down there it is.

[B]

Speaking of fabric, last little thing. I have decided to go in a new direction. My 40th birthday coming up, right? So I've decided.

[A]

Whitey. Titus.

[C]

No.

[B]

Hell, no.

[D]

What the.

[B]

I look like? That's crazy.

[A]

You said fabric, so that'd be crap.

[B]

I got thighs, dog. You know what I'm saying? I'm thick out here, you know, I don't want to be chafing out here.

[C]

Do people still wear those?

[A]

I don't think so. I don't know.

[B]

I never. I never understood that there. That is.

[C]

I don't get it.

[B]

Children or old people, I don't know. I feel like you wearing Speedos and like, a thong. Weird. But anyway, whatever. If that's what you like, whatever. But. So I've decided to get a real adult wardrobe. So I'm. I went to a stylist, shout out to Dan from articles of style, and I paid a pretty good chunk of change to get my first, like, capsule is what they call it. And so I had a consultation, and I'm getting like, you know, a real, like, with. With good fabrics made for this climate, made for my style, my hues. And it's going. I'm excited about it. So we're gonna. We're in the process of, like, getting the measurements and. And getting the. He says, like, man, I got 20,000 fabrics. He said, we're gonna get you right? So I'm throwing out my closet, most of it, because I got some pieces in it I really like, but I'm actually have like, a real wardrobe where, like, I'm dressing like an adult. So no more athleisure wear and flip flops for me. I've made the decision to be a real adult out here. Okay.

[C]

Did he dress you for my wedding? Because you were dressed more than I thought you'd be.

[B]

No, that was me because, like I said, I had one suit, and it was for my man's 50th last year. So that's just. I haven't. I've worn it twice in two years. I had that. And so I'll probably keep that piece. That was a nice piece. But again, like, so shopping, you and you could relate to this big T, Eric, you could pretty much buy off the rack and get it. Yeah, but for us, I think my proportions are a little, like, you know, I'm athletic, build my shoulders a little wider, my thighs are big, so it's hard to find the right fit, which is why I never really gave a about clothes because none of them fit me well. Like. And you'd have to go through this long process, which I'm going through now, which I was never into, and so I never really developed any sense of style dressing. And so now I'm. I'm walking into my new season of my life, where I'm like, you know what? Let's.

[C]

Let's.

[B]

Let's go ahead and change the tone. You know what I'm saying? And once you feel you're a little bit more presentable, you can start taking care of yourself a little better, eating a little better. Like, I think it's time to start, you know, I decided we're making a change. I just thought I would share.

[C]

So are you getting suits or, like, casual outfits?

[B]

Like, yeah, all that. So I'll probably get like two suits and a whole bunch of casual gear that can mix and match with the different hues and colors that. It's like a.

[D]

It's.

[B]

It's a. It's a wardrobe. Like, I think we're like, he. He made a great point. A lot of the times as men especially, we don't know what we doing with fashion. Like, women know what they doing for the most part. And there are some men out there that pay attention to and that's what they like. But for the most part, we don't know what we're doing. I fully admit I don't know what the fuck is going on when it comes to clothes. No clue. And he's like, so over the years, what you'll do is you'll buy this, you'll like this, you'll take this, and then you have a whole closet full of shit you don't ever wear, because you don't know how. You know how to mix and match it. You don't know what you're doing. You don't know what you're even going for. And I was like, that's me. Exactly. That's exactly my problem is I got a whole bunch of clothes that I don't wear because I'm like, anytime I have to go somewhere, I go in my closet. I just stare at this shit like, well, what do I do? I don't know. And so he specializes in that exact problem is like, you don't have a wardrobe. You just have a bunch of clothes. And he's like, we're gonna get you a wardrobe to where you can go in and pick this shirt and those pants, and they'll all go together, right? And that's what I'm excited about is like, I've never really even attempted nothing like this before. To actually, like, you know, dress well and be. Be a little bit more presentable, like an adult, rather than walk around in Nike sweats and flip flops all the

[C]

goddamn time, so fascinated to see this. You're not getting rid of all your golf stuff, though, right?

[B]

Like, oh, hell, no. No, no, no, no, no.

[C]

But I feel like that's why I

[B]

know what I'm doing.

[C]

You could even just. I mean, you know, that's collared shirts and stuff. Like, you could pretty much just wear that a lot of the time.

[B]

But see, that's. That's. That's the thing, we had that conversation, too, is like, there's a difference between, like, golf attire and, like, like real casual wear.

[C]

Well, that's what the casual wear salesman is going to tell you.

[B]

But this is. No, no, no. But this is what. He made a great point. He's like. He's like. He's like. He's like. He. He specialized in this. He's been doing it for 20 plus years, right? This is what he does. He was like, there's different fabrics for different climates, right? He's like, there's. There's. There's a way to match hues with season and all. He was like, doing all this stuff. Like, I found this out, too. There's something called a color wheel.

[E]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

And like, yeah, See, women know there's a color wheel. Whereas, like, I don't know where it is exactly, but it's like, here, let me find the color wheel.

[E]

It tells you what colors best suit

[B]

your skin tone, that and like, which colors, like, go together. Like, there's a science to it. There's a science to it. You can technically wear whatever the you want, but there's a science to like. Like, what kind of hues go with each hue. And once you kind of start paying attention to it, you start the fashion. Remember I said it on this podcast plenty of times, like, fashion don't make no sense to me. I don't know what's going on. It's like people just wearing shit. But once you kind of start paying attention to it, you. You see the art in it and you see the elegance in it. And it's something that I, as an adult, like, I want to. I want to go to my. You know, I want to go to my baby's events, you know, because this. This last event, the last couple events, like, my daughter has some birthday parties, and I see the adults are all. They're wearing adult, and I'm rocking the Jordan shorts with the flip flops, and I'm like, I gotta get out of this. Like, I gotta get out of this. And it's not like social pressure, but it's more like I gotta. I would like to be a little bit more presentable. You know, it's a change. It change your mindset. Because you asked me this three months ago. I'm like, I don't give a.

[D]

Who cares?

[B]

But it's change of mindset. I'm.

[D]

And that's.

[B]

That's. That's where I'm going. Just letting y' all know there's been a new same meet.

[C]

But, you know, when does this begin? When do you get these. When you get this stuff in?

[B]

It's a process, so it's going to take a little while. So I got to get the measurements into him. We got to go back and forth on, like, what I'm going for, what he sees. For me, like, it's a. It's a collaborative effort of, like, what kind of. Kind of style do I want to start to develop?

[C]

I love that. I'm fascinated by this.

[A]

Look good, feel good, feel good, pot good.

[B]

There you go.

[A]

That's what we say.

[B]

There you go. I'm excited about it.

[A]

All right, well, we will see you guys on Thursday. Love you guys.

[C]

Goodbye.