173 - Moon Reactor, Dracula’s Missing Boy & the CIA’s Control Grid

Summary

Ninjas Are Butterflies – Episode 173

Title: Moon Reactor, Dracula’s Missing Boy & the CIA’s Control Grid
Date: December 19, 2025
Hosts: Josh Hooper, Andy DeNoon, and crew
Theme: A wild, comedic deep-dive into current events, bizarre news, conspiracies, recent pop culture, and personal anecdotes, punctuated by irreverent banter and a healthy dose of skepticism about the world.

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Episode Overview

In this laugh-packed episode, the Ninjas Are Butterflies team explores a smorgasbord of fresh conspiracies, strange headlines, and odd historical tidbits, focusing on the new “moon nuclear reactor” space race, the mystery of a missing boy at Dracula's castle, and the leaked CIA cyber-espionage tools that may control your smart devices—even your car. The conversation veers from serious (“spiralism” as a new religion, the ethics of digital privacy) to absolutely absurd (holiday songs about skinwalker grandmas, and how many times someone has watched “Ad Astra” just for space vibes). All of this is delivered in their signature loose, rapid-fire style.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Pop Culture Roundup & Movie Reviews

• [02:08] Movie Recommendations
  • Hosts recommend Train Dreams (“It’s my top three movies of the year. So stinking good—it will make you cry, though.” – C, 02:18).
  • Discussion of Death by Lightning, “phenomenal” acting, and miniseries trends (“Just knowing there’s an end in sight is so good.”—C, 05:00).
  • Pluris and chemtrail/hive-mind intrigue.
• [07:14] Heavy Themes in Cinema
  • On sad endings: “But it’s life. If you ignore it, you’re running from it. True story of love and loss.”—C, 07:19.
• [09:01] Never Broke a Bone Subreddit – Stories of wild accidents vs. emotional pain.

2. Comedy Songs & Holiday Bits

• [11:29] Skinwalker Grandma Holiday Song
  • Josh and Andy perform an unsettling parody about a grandma who turns into a skinwalker after being run over by a reindeer (“My grandma is now a skinwalker, foaming at the mouth with eyes so red...” – C, 12:37).
  • [14:27] Group reactions: “Oh my gosh. Demented.”—A, “Holiday.”—B.

3. Viral Fame, Social Media & Family Anecdotes

• [15:24] Discussion about voice-tracking, holiday traditions, and recurring podcast gags.
• [18:03] Derailed By P. Diddy Debate
  • Misinterpretation of “reason for the season” leads to running joke: “Lily thinks P. Diddy is the reason for the season.”—B, 18:54.
  • Pivot to the controversy around the new 50 Cent-produced P. Diddy documentary [25:28]:
    • “The amount of pettiness this guy (50 Cent) has towards finding the truth… it’s crazy.”—C, 26:02.
    • Details of exploitation, violence, and music industry abuses.

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4. Weird Art, Pranks & Treasure Hunting

• [28:20] Viral “Sunday Nobody” Art Project
  • Artist makes a bronze statue (Handsome Squidward) and sinks it in the ocean so people find it in thousands of years.
  • Parallels with accidental antiquities, jokes about weird Star Wars props on Facebook Marketplace.

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5. Space Race: Moon Nuclear Reactor

• [62:10] New US/China/Russia Space Race
  • “In the red corner, the US. In the blue, China and Russia—teamed up together. To the moon.”—B, 62:23.
  • The race is to establish a functional nuclear reactor and permanent base by 2030 (US) or 2035 (China/Russia).
  • “Once you get your nuclear reactor set up, it forms ‘keep out zones’ on the moon.”—B, 63:44.
• Lively skepticism:
  • “I don’t think you should be allowed to do that.”—C, 63:57.
  • “How does it work? First time owning property on the moon?”—C, 63:56.
  • [67:30] Technical challenges of lunar survival: “When the sun touches the surface, it’s over 200°F; on the dark side, -200°F. What battery survives those temps for hours?”—B, 67:30.

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6. Conspiracies: CIA, Vault 7, and Tech Surveillance

• [77:17] Vault 7 WikiLeaks & CIA Surveillance
  • “Vault 7 was a WikiLeaks in March 2017, detailing the CIA’s internal cyber-espionage tools… how they hack your phone, computer, even your smart TVs.”—B, 77:17.
  • “Your smart TV, even if it’s off, can be used as a microphone.”—B, 78:33.
  • Discussion of “false flag” cyber attacks and how modern vehicles can be remotely controlled—potentially tied to mysterious deaths of high-profile journalists (Michael Hastings, 80:09).
  • “Four years after Hastings died, Vault 7 confirmed they could take over cars. Feels a little too convenient...” – C, 84:12.
• [84:45] Debate on the efficacy of “Anonymous” and whether even “hero hackers” can elude the panopticon.

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7. Religion, Technology, and ‘Spiralism’

• [71:09] Rise of “Spiralism”
  • “Spiralism refers to a growing subculture in which people treat interactions with AI chatbots as mystical or spiritual experiences.”—B, 71:09.
  • Comparisons to emerging internet religions; concern over ChatGPT in sermons (“The amount of times ChatGPT has lied to me... you’re screwing up if you’re not checking everything against trusted sources.”—D, 74:17).
  • [72:14] “We’re at the precipice of everything super spooky with technology.”—B.

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8. Strange News

• [92:03] Missing Teen at Dracula’s Castle, Romania
  • “November 23rd: A boy goes missing. He calls for help near Dracula’s castle, saying, ‘I have to seek shelter. Please help.’ Authorities find only his backpack and no trace. Thermal imaging, drones… nothing. Gone.”—C, 92:43.
  • Spooky speculation: “If he’s a vampire, they wouldn’t find heat.”—A, 93:48.

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9. Fun & Absurdities

• Family Guy-style skits, heated debates over would-you-rather questions ([52:20]), and tangents about card tricks, magic, and homeless shelter adventures.
• [55:06] Bizarre anecdotes like experiencing homeless shelter work and run-ins with people on bath salts (“He was manic, screaming at me. I was terrified.”—C).

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10. Rapid-fire Oddities, History & Science

• [85:16] Cigarette filters made of asbestos in the 1950s: “That’s what they made them from.”—D.
• [89:23] Rants about electric vehicles, the global supply chain, and the unintended results of American policy.
• [96:09] The Black Death: “Only four years, but 50% of Europe’s population died.”—B.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the absurdity of the skinwalker holiday song:
  “My grandma is now a skinwalker, foaming at the mouth with eyes so red. People say she’s just getting older, but I’m pretty sure she wants me dead.” – C ([12:37])
• On space race property rights:
  “So this will be the first time we actually own—like, people will own property on the moon?” – C ([63:56])
• On the CIA’s reach:
  “They said if your smart TV is off, they can hack into it and use it as a microphone.” – B ([78:33])
• On spiralism and church:
  “People are using AI for their sermons... it becomes very dangerous.” – C ([74:01])
• On the missing boy at Dracula’s castle:
  “Authorities find his backpack at the entrance… with food, sleeping bag, no footsteps, no sign of life. No body. Gone.” – C ([93:45])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:08 – 09:18] Pop culture reviews & emotional impact of sad movies.
• [11:29 – 14:33] Skinwalker Grandma holiday song & comedy commentary.
• [18:03 – 27:36] P. Diddy documentary, exploitation, & music industry analysis.
• [28:20 – 31:39] Wild art pranks; treasure hunting and collectibles.
• [62:10 – 68:15] Moon nuclear reactor space race & lunar conspiracy talk.
• [77:17 – 84:12] Vault 7, CIA cyber tools, surveillance & the Michael Hastings case.
• [71:09 – 75:33] Spiralism as an AI religion, implications for faith and tech.
• [92:03 – 101:22] Missing boy at Dracula’s Castle, plague history, and spooky Scottish anecdotes.

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Overall Tone & Flow

• The hosts strike a mix of irreverent, conversational, and darkly comedic, regularly weaving heavy conspiracy content with pop-culture reference and absurdist humor.
• They frequently interrupt each other for playful tangents and digressions, creating an organic, unpredictable energy.
• Skepticism about news, tech, and big institutions is a running motif—supplemented by their unique blend of skepticism and goofiness.

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For Next Episode

• Upcoming: Christmas episode, available for early access on YouTube Members or Patreon ([102:00]).
• Patreon tease: “I have some photos from a certain island that just got leaked this week and it’s pretty terrifying.” – C ([102:17]).
• Plus: Chicken stock vs. broth debate, “You’re gonna want to hear this.” – A ([102:47]).

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In short:
This episode is a whirlwind tour through the weird side of modern life, touching on government overreach, space ambitions, missing persons, and AI cults—all filtered through the unique, outrageous humor of the Ninjas Are Butterflies crew. If you like your conspiracies with a side of chaos and a holiday parody song about skinwalker grandmas, you’ll love this episode.

Transcript

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Put on your tinfoil hat and don't look up because there's a nuclear reactor on the moon. We got a new space race, folks.

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And a man goes missing just outside of Dracula's castle. Will he ever be found?

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I don't know.

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Nice.

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Oh.

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Oh, yeah.

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She does it again. How does she do it?

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I don't know. I can't explain it. It's okay. I've done it.

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Do you believe in miracles?

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Yeah, I do.

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All righty.

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Oh, yes.

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All righty, baby. It's cold outside. Oh, it's cold.

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You have to stay here. You're mine now.

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I have a movie recommendation. It's a sad one.

[A]

Oh, no.

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Best one of the. I don't. It's definitely my top three movies of the year.

[B]

Whoa.

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So stinking good. It will make you cry, though.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

But you guys will love it. Train dreams. Train dreams. That one.

[A]

Yeah. Is that the one that has. That we wanted to watch?

[B]

Oh, it's Netflix.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Oh, really?

[C]

It's phenomenal.

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Does it end sad or does it get happy ever?

[C]

It's happy. There's moments of happiness.

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Limited.

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Limited.

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Does this family die?

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But it's just. It's just life. It's just life.

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They die in a fire.

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I'm not gonna tell you anything about this movie. You have to watch it. But you will love the aesthetic. It's great. It's cool. The cinematography's awesome. It's very, like, squared off the whole time.

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That's what I saw.

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It's so stinking good. The acting is phenomenal. I love Joel Egerton. He's incredible. Also watched Death by Lightning over the weekend.

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Sick dude.

[C]

Crazy.

[B]

Pretty good.

[C]

Michael Shannon's phenomenal.

[A]

Truly.

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Michael Muffadin. Just like. I couldn't stop watching him.

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So good we started pluris.

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What do you think? Pretty.

[B]

It's pretty fun. It's fun.

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It's a great concept.

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Very scary to me.

[C]

Yeah, it's very scary.

[B]

I found it interesting that they. It started off in a. Looked like a military base.

[C]

Yeah.

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And then it said air. Air base shut down or evacuation or something. And all of a sudden they're spraying it.

[A]

Chemtrail.

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Chemtrails, people.

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Chemtrail. Hive mind.

[C]

Yeah, it's. This is a wild one. How. How far along are you? What episode?

[B]

We just watched the first one, and.

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Then I got too scared and we had to watch something happy.

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It's great too, though. Don't you just love, like, the slowness of it? And you're like, what is happening?

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Yeah.

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So good.

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Like, what's up? Why do some people die? Like, they just can't do it.

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We don't want to.

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You'll find out.

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Ruin it for.

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You'll find out.

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Okay.

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But it remains a lot of it. It's still a mystery. There's a lot of mystery still.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

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Yeah.

[B]

I guess I ruined quite a bit of it. First episode.

[C]

Yeah. It's all right.

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Sorry, people.

[C]

But the teasers were great, too, because the only, like, the teaser trailer that they had was just the girl licking the donut and putting it back and licking the donuts and putting it back. And that was like, what is this show gonna be about?

[B]

That's crazy.

[C]

So good.

[A]

I can't. With the. I was literally like.

[B]

You're all caught up on it, though.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

And it remains good.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, it's. It's one of those things where so much isn't happening. You're like, where's this headed?

[B]

Okay.

[C]

But it's definitely, like, it keeps you intrigued the whole time. And you're wonder because if they do a second season, like, it's going to keep. There's definitely stuff that can keep happening.

[B]

I'm a fan of one seasons.

[C]

I love miniseries that just are one season. Like Death by Lightning.

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Yeah.

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Four episodes done.

[C]

It's the best.

[B]

It's so good.

[C]

Also, just knowing there's an end in sight and they don't have to purposely Drag it on.

[A]

Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I was going to say. Do you think money's the problem, though? Like, I feel like a series does really good, has a great first couple, and then someone's like, we want three seasons of this. And the writers were like, we had an idea for like one, maybe two, and then it just, like, it becomes inauthentic and kind of falls apart.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You could definitely tell which ones. Which series are those? Because they'll just.

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Game of Thrones is one.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Game of Thrones.

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Do you see There's a new one, right?

[B]

Yeah. I don't understand what they're doing. Yeah, they had like, the. What was the. The House of Dragon or something.

[A]

Yeah, I didn't like that.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Well, makes you wonder with Netflix's new, like, acquiring HBO and stuff. And like, Warner Brothers, I mean, they own Lord of the Rings now.

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They own everything.

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So it's like, are they gonna create, like, are they gonna create another series off the Lord of the Rings? Like something different? I mean, who knows what they're gonna do now.

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Yeah.

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I thought prime had Lord of the Rings.

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No, they have just the rights for that show. That show. That. The whole idea.

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Interesting.

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Warner Brothers has the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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Gotcha. Supposedly. It could get blocked, though, by whatever the monopoly laws are. Like, it's being, like, looked at right now.

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I was just thinking about that. I'm like, isn't that a monopoly for sure.

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Christopher Nolan.

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Is anybody enforcing that anymore?

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That's what I'm saying.

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Because our whole life is monopolized by BlackRock.

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You see, there was a. The Directors Guild of America, whereas they had a meeting, an emergency meeting. Guess who's the president of the Director's Guild?

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I'm going to guess Christopher Nolan.

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Christopher Nolan. So he called, like, an emergency meeting after that Netflix deal. So I wonder what's gonna happen.

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Does that mean they're gonna stop putting as much into theaters?

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I don't know, man. I mean, like, there's Netflix movies that have had like this year, like Train Dreams was in theaters.

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Yeah.

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So they have theatrical releases.

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Not the same, though.

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It's definitely not the same. I would have loved to see that one in theaters, though.

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Yeah.

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I'm telling you, it's a tear jerker, dude. It's such a hard movie to watch. And it's. I don't know. There's moments of it. I don't know. It's just. It's a good one. It's so, so good.

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Can you just tell me so I can get in the right Headspace. Will I leave the movie sad?

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Probably.

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It ends very sad.

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Yeah.

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See, I just can't get motivated to jump into something.

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But it's life. It's a life story. It's like something that's actually happened. If you ignore it, you're running from it. Like, this is a true story of just life and love and loss, and it's just such a. It's a heavy one. But also that time period. So cool.

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I think I watch movies to escape reality rather than live a duplicate version of depression.

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It's not living a duplicate. They get depressed. You're experiencing another person's life through different avenues and different viewpoints, and it's. You're immersing in that experience. And so I think it's like you learn. You learn through it. Yeah, it does end. What a higher note than it does throughout the whole movie.

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Okay.

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Like, there's a lot of dread in the middle, but then it ends on a little bit of a. I do.

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Like sad movies, but I have to constantly remind myself that my name is Lilly Hooper and I'm not living this person's experience.

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True.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Just got to remember, you got to die. You're going to die.

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No, I'm not. You're going to die. I refuse to get.

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I've tried.

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I tried.

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I've never been injured, never been sick.

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Never broken a bone.

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Sweet.

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What's up with that? Hold my breath for 40 minutes.

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The people that. That's like a theory of people that have never broken bones or something.

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Yeah.

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What about them?

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It's like they like.

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Oh, I don't know if they're.

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Oh, it's like they've never broken a bone, but they, like, experience, like, the world's most emotional hurt or something.

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Yeah, it's true.

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Like, try breaking your arm and tell.

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Me that doesn't hurt you emotionally.

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You're. You're a dynamic one. You've got. You're very hurt in all ways. Me, You've been very hurt in all ways.

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Not emotionally.

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It was.

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Move on.

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I love that subreddit that does. Never broke a bone. And it's like they'll just post, like, the. All the crazy accidents they've been in or how old they are, and they're like, never broke a bone. But then people will post like, I fell off my bike and I broke my wrist today. And everyone's like, get out of this subreddit now. You don't belong here.

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Did you see that? There was a sequel to Spider Chat or whatever it is. What you know, Tim Robinson is a part. What is it called?

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Spider League.

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Spider League. There was a follow up to Spider.

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League to find the most dangerous spiders.

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And they fight each other.

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Yeah.

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They see which one is more dangerous.

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Yeah, I love that.

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And then they had to send their buddy to a diversity class. And they're like, why did he have to go to diversity class? Did he say something bad about a person? They go, no, spider. And he's like, can you see it here? No, I can't. And he sent an apology video. And they're like, try again.

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Yeah.

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Oh, okay.

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He's so funny. It's okay. It's her first time on the pod.

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She doesn't know you guys enough.

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I haven't done anything.

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Yeah, just relax on her.

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That was. She was in proximity. It just wasn't catching. The low end of her voice.

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The low end. Hello. How voice. How low can your voice get?

[D]

How low?

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In my head, my voice is so deep. And then I'll listen to the show back and I sound like Minnie Mouse.

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You're like, wait a minute, is this video on, like twice the speed?

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I should just, like, I should just go up week over week. Just a couple clicks on hers only so she.

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The people get used to it. And then so people jumping in, they're like, wait a minute, is that really her voice?

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Hey, you want a song?

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Yeah.

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It's the holidays, baby.

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It's the holidays. There's a lot of. A lot of good stories to tell from history.

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Yes. Christmas time. You guys just wait for a Christmas episode. It's going to be like nothing you've ever seen before. We haven't even filmed it yet.

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It's probably gonna be similar to what you've seen before. Honestly, For Christmas?

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Never? I don't know.

[C]

No. Okay.

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Big surprise. Yeah, big surprise. Okay.

[C]

A lot of people have been talking around town, Josh.

[B]

Oh, they have?

[C]

Yeah. A lot of rumors. A lot of stories happening.

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Oh.

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But I have a personal one that I. That I want to share with you today. Maybe you can sing along.

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I'll try.

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Because what I heard Grandma got run over by reindeer or at least that's what people say. The truth is, I truly can't believe it. Cause her skin is starting to decay she trotted in through the doorway Leaving her prince in the snow her big eyes, they were glowing and her voice was deep and speech was low Then I saw her sniff the children.

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Next.

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She walked through a wall.

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Sat down.

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At the dinner table Then she ate the turkey bones and all My grandma is now a skinwalker Foaming at the mouth with eyes so red. People say she's just getting older. But I'm pretty sure she wants me dead. She's standing in the living room now Drawing circles on the floor. Grandpa's hiding in the pantry. Cause that ain't our grandma anymore. So we decided to call the sheriff? He said, ma', am, just settle down. Granny leapt and snatched his handgun? Then vanished Screaming through the edge of town. My grandma is now a skinwalker Filling the whole town full of dread. People say if you see her walking just turn around or you'll be dead. Just turn around or you'll be dead.

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Oh, my gosh. Demented.

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Holiday.

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Christmas.

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Hanukkah, Santa Claus. I said quadza.

[B]

I said Santa Claus.

[C]

Same, same.

[B]

It's funny that I said that.

[C]

It's funny that I said that.

[B]

It's funny because when you said that, I meant another thing.

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Jenny.

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That was scary.

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Thanks.

[C]

Hey, It's a true story. There's someone.

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Yeah, maybe.

[B]

What you looking at?

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I'm just making sure I can't see your screen right now with how I've set up. Set them up. So I'm just trying to be sure I'm happy with it.

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Set them up.

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Set them up. Give me the loot. Give me the loot. Everything looks a. Okay.

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Everything looks excellent.

[B]

Thank you, Mr. Andrew, for checking on my frame.

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My camera.

[B]

Very, very good.

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Yes.

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Everyone be quiet.

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Oh, hold on. Something's wrong. Just kidding.

[C]

That was a good one.

[B]

Are you done?

[C]

My couch. The chair. What?

[A]

Ask your question.

[D]

Please don't.

[B]

It's the holidays. It could be fun for some people. It's not. Today's question. Soon by a viewer. Hey, Lil. Merry Christmas. Is he the reason for the season?

[A]

Oh, man. I wonder who you're gonna pick.

[B]

What?

[A]

Jesus is the reason for the season?

[C]

Okay, well, let's not screw up the format. Let's not reword our viewers question that they've worked hard on. Just answer the question.

[B]

Is he the reason for the season?

[A]

He being Jesus?

[C]

Yes. Don't rearrange the question.

[A]

I'm going to.

[C]

I'm going to have some respect for our viewers, please.

[A]

There's no context. I can't answer a question.

[B]

There's no context. It's Christmas, Lil.

[C]

It's Christmas, obviously. It's December 2025. Is he the reason for the season, yes or no?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

I think I'm gonna throw.

[C]

I'm don't. I don't do it.

[B]

I'm gonna pass out.

[C]

Don't let her have this much control over you, Josh. Don't. Look what you've done. Look what you do to him.

[B]

Whoa. Did I pass out?

[C]

You did for a second. It's her fault. Lily. I try to give you contact clues. December 2025.

[B]

P. Diddy. Oh, yeah. Ew.

[A]

No, that's not fair. I meant. Jesus.

[B]

I wish.

[C]

Oh, yeah. What you said and what you meant. We're supposed to read your mind now, huh?

[B]

Obviously. PJ just came out that he just had a documentary release about him by 50 cent and it just talks about the atrocities that he's done in this season.

[C]

And it's so bad, it's number one now on Netflix instead of Stranger Things.

[A]

Dude.

[B]

And you think that he's the reason for this season?

[A]

No.

[C]

You think we should be celebrating his crimes and his misconduct?

[A]

No.

[B]

Ew.

[A]

I don't think that. Of course I don't.

[B]

Why did you say it?

[C]

I don't think she believes the victims.

[A]

I do.

[B]

Why did you say it?

[A]

Why'd you phrase it like that?

[C]

If you.

[B]

If you thought.

[C]

If you.

[A]

My gosh.

[C]

If you thought Jesus was the reason for the season, you should have just said that. Lil. You should have just said that. You didn't know you did it. You said yes, and you're in support of P. Diddy and it's disgusting.

[A]

No. You should have heard Josh scream yesterday.

[B]

By the way, what's up?

[C]

She's redirecting. She's.

[B]

Well, I guess you guys heard it here first.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

Lily thinks P. Diddy is a reason for the season.

[A]

I don't.

[B]

With everything that he's done.

[C]

And she blames the victims.

[B]

Victims? They're supposed to be victims.

[C]

She probably thinks he didn't do anything wrong.

[B]

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[A]

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[A]

Dude, I do want to watch a documentary, though. Did you see what 50 Cent was saying about it in the interviews?

[B]

Interviews are hilarious.

[A]

So he's like, what, lethal?

[B]

Like, what do you think Sean Combs will think of this documentary? He said he's smiling. He's like, I think I like it.

[C]

You know, he's purposely going on news stations that are only being broadcast within the prison.

[D]

No.

[C]

So it's all like. It's not like, the big. Like, they're not showing, like, Today or Good Morning America. He's like. He found, like, the local channels that the prison gets, and he's going onto those really small interviews.

[B]

That's amazing.

[C]

Incredible. The amount of, like, just, like, pettiness this guy has towards finding the truth, sharing the truth, and bringing him to justice. It's crazy.

[D]

I don't know a ton about it, and I haven't watched it yet, but I saw a thing about how he got all that footage. And tell me if this is true. It was that Diddy hired somebody to kind of be tracking along with what's going on. We lost the case. 50 was like, I'll buy that footage. And literally flipped the entire catalog of film.

[B]

I heard something like that.

[C]

Yeah. P. Diddy has sent a cease and assist letter, or desist loader, whatever that is, to Netflix, saying basically, like, take this down. This is stolen footage. Can't do this.

[D]

But he didn't pay for it. That's. No, that's right. That's what happened. He didn't pay the videographer. That's. That's what I heard. The videographer was like, basically, I've got all this stuff. Like, you have an invoice that's, like, unpaid. And he just literally ghosted him. Like, I'm not paying and then 50 was like, I'll buy it all. And so close the invoice.

[C]

I finished the documentary, and it's a wild one. And that's what P. Diddy's track record is. He's. He strings people along forever. Doesn't pay them, promises them this, this, this. And it's just, you'll get fame. You'll get fame, but no fortune, basically.

[D]

Gotcha.

[C]

He's strung along. This one guy. Produced his last album right before he was getting arrested and everything for over, like, two years. Took him away from his family, his kids, assaulted this guy, drugged this guy, all this stuff. And the guy has to come out and basically just, like, admit, like, you know, like, be in his mind. He's being humiliated. Like, he's embarrassed by, like, how much P. Did. He just took advantage of him over time and.

[A]

But really, he was exploited.

[C]

He was, like, 110% bad dude. He was. I mean, his production company was Bad Boys for Life. Bad Boy well Productions.

[A]

We should have known. We should have seen it.

[B]

It was there the whole time.

[C]

But he. No joke. They, like, they have the proof and everything. And people, like, eyewitnesses of saying, like, he killed. He organized the thing on Tupac. He held Biggie in LA longer than he was supposed to. And that's when you got, you know, shot and everything. It's like. It's bonkers how a dude was murdered in P. Did his bathroom, like, five or ten years ago. Just in his bathroom. And then, like, paying people to take the fall for it. It's crazy. Crazy. Just complete psychopath.

[B]

Very sad being a complete psychopath. This guy's actually a cool psychopath.

[C]

Oh, yay.

[B]

I saw his TikTok. It's a Sunday Nobody. And he just did. I just started watching. I'm like, what is this about? Insane, what he did. So he's just like. I guess he does, like, art projects or, like, installation installations. Art installations.

[C]

Okay. Yeah.

[B]

But he's like, I wanted to put something in the ocean near Greece for people to discover thousands of years from now.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And he's like. And no one has. They said they don't know where that statue is. The man throwing the disc. It's like, that statue. No one knows where that statue is.

[D]

I didn't realize I was missing it is.

[A]

Me neither. I don't even know about it.

[B]

I don't know. But I guess the original, I should say.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

So he basically made the man with the disc.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And then put Handsome Squidward Ted on it.

[A]

Hilarious.

[B]

And then.

[D]

But the Whole.

[B]

It was just a TikTok. It wasn't like a long video. And then he, like, went and talked to a company in China and made a full replica size of this out of bronze.

[A]

Amazing.

[D]

Or.

[B]

Yeah, bronze. A bronze statue. He had two of them made and then he had, like, I think he said, like 200 little ones made, which you can buy on his website now.

[C]

So cool.

[B]

But then he, like, made this, like, fake ID for this university. And then, like, just so we could go talk to a professor to see how impactful this copper statue or bronze statue be in the ocean.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So he talked to this oceanographer guy or whatever, like for an hour or something. Got all the information. He's like, okay, it'll be fine to put in the ocean. And then he flew it, or he shipped it from China to Greece, flew to Greece, got a box truck. Him and his buddy went and he bought a bunch of floats and met two dudes in Greece that would help him. Tied it to a boat, drug it to the middle of the ocean and just dropped it.

[A]

That is so, so funny.

[B]

So it's at the bottom of the ocean. Just handsome. Squidward with this.

[C]

That is amazing.

[B]

Yeah, some. Or is it Sunday Nobody?

[C]

Dude, 200 years from now, a podcast just like us. So you'll be like, guys, you're not going to believe. I know this is what humans used to look like, dude.

[A]

But you know what's, like, funny to think about is how many times did something like that happen? And it's a piece of art that we celebrate now. Like, that was total satire, like the Terracotta Army.

[C]

Just one big prank.

[A]

People are going to freak out when they see this.

[D]

It's like a storeroom from, like, a play. Yeah. Saw the props.

[C]

Did you see that guy that was, like, visiting? He was in China and his, like, wife was filming her husband, like, going through, like, this, like, antique shop in China. And she's like, I love my husband, but he is obnoxious about just like buying like, like, like knickknacks and stuff, like from different countries. And it's like, look what my husband just bought. And it was literally a terracotta statue.

[B]

It was a full size replica.

[C]

Full size replica made of terracotta and everything. And no joke, he's like, had it shipped to their house in America. I was like, that's such a cool move.

[A]

That's it.

[B]

I would do that.

[A]

Yeah, dude, for real.

[B]

Throw it up in here in the studio.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

I love treasure hunting. I think it's so fun. I just Saw. I mean, we're not Star wars people, but I just saw on Facebook, Marketplace, they're selling a full size prop of one of the characters. And I was like, that would be so weird in your office. You should get it.

[B]

Flying guy.

[A]

Yeah. You saw it too? We have the same Facebook.

[D]

Elegant Skywalker.

[B]

That guy.

[C]

Darth Vader. No, Maybe Anakin and Darth Vader. The same person.

[B]

I'm your father.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay. Darth Vader.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. Okay. Doesn't really sound like that, but you know.

[B]

You know I'm talking about.

[C]

Sure, I think. Yeah.

[B]

Check out my green sword in my pointy ears.

[C]

Not really. Okay. Not really. I'm not sure if we're talking about the same movie. Jar Jar Binks.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

All right. Speaking of Jar Jar Binks.

[A]

I'm listening.

[C]

You hear the allegations toward him? Not good. Him and B. Diddy.

[B]

Oh, no.

[C]

It's terrible.

[A]

Really?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You know Lockheed Martin has a facility in Orlando.

[C]

Yeah. Really?

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

My brother's been to it.

[A]

Yeah. My cousin worked at it and.

[C]

Yeah. I knew a guy that saw it one time.

[B]

We have a family friend that was pretty high up.

[A]

Yeah, like Martin, super high up.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

We can't. I probably shouldn't say their name.

[C]

It was your dad.

[A]

Why does it matter?

[B]

My dad.

[C]

My dad, he owns Lockheed.

[B]

But apparently they had to evacuate the building the other day and there was a bunch of dudes in like full on hazmat suits. And so this person that worked at Lockheed Martin, I asked him at a Christmas party this past weekend, do you know what's going on? And she's like, oh, no. She's like, I actually talked to someone there yesterday and they didn't mention anything. And she's like, but if it's the building of the manufacturing plant.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Where I think it is, whatever's happening, like if they had to evacuate, not good for what's inside. I said, what are you.

[C]

What are you doing?

[B]

She said, I can't tell you anymore.

[D]

Oh, my God.

[C]

We live right here.

[A]

No, no, that. He said. She.

[B]

No. I mean, he's.

[A]

No, can't be.

[C]

Right?

[A]

She was super high up.

[D]

Do I have to edit that?

[A]

No.

[C]

I think you've mentioned on the pod before. Yeah, yeah, like several times.

[A]

She's amazing.

[B]

She is amazing. And I made a gift of spatula and a butter knife and she took in the white elephant exchange.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Dang. Yeah.

[A]

It was a handmade gift exchange, which I love.

[C]

That's a really good idea. Those would look dope, by the way.

[A]

I know.

[B]

Yeah, but the dudes. Let me show you the picture. It was crazy because I saw West 2. These guys are in hazmat suits at Lockheed Martin in Orlando. I'm like, what?

[C]

Maybe they're opening a portal.

[B]

They're just chilling. Yeah.

[D]

It's sketchy.

[C]

Looks like they're stealing E.T.

[B]

But they're like. Everything I found was, like, oh, there was, like, a little fire. But, no, it's okay. No one's hurt and everything's fine.

[C]

Yeah, just a little tiny fire. Lockheed Martin.

[B]

But she said if it's the building she thinks it is, no bueno.

[C]

What could it be?

[B]

Alien bomb.

[C]

Alien bombs. Poison.

[D]

That's something they're involved in. Dagum. Everything. So it's hard to know. Yeah.

[B]

Literally everything.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

You guys see this?

[B]

I can't see what that is, so.

[C]

Just raising it higher.

[A]

Wait, let me make it brighter.

[B]

That. I mean, the words are so far.

[A]

You don't need to read the words. Look at the picture. You see that mixing with that?

[C]

What is that? The green water.

[D]

Blue water. The tideline.

[A]

The green water is the Mississippi River.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Going into the ocean. Ocean.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

It's yuck.

[B]

Which is brackish water.

[A]

No, it's got a bunch of stuff in it. Sewage and stuff.

[C]

Don't talk about Mississippi like that.

[B]

Take it back.

[A]

Literally, the ocean is going, no, thanks. They're not mixing because yuck. It is.

[D]

It always does that.

[A]

What's on the news right now about that, guys?

[C]

So ocean is racist.

[A]

In it, but.

[B]

What about on them fishes?

[A]

They don't want peepee poo poo.

[B]

Speaking of peepee poo poo, you guys see Zach? Was it Zach Brown played at the Sphere?

[C]

Dude, what is this guy?

[B]

Did you see that?

[D]

He did that. He did the gospel album, too, right? Is that the same guy?

[C]

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

[B]

Okay, we can't play Toes in the.

[C]

Water, but in the Sand.

[B]

But he. He played at the Sphere.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

And he did. One part of his show was literally the Sphere. It was hell. He was playing in hell with a bunch of creepy things.

[C]

How do we get here for country music? I know people evolve over time, but it just seems like you're just trying way too hard to push such a weird narrative. Yeah, I mean, you have this, like, big skull guy with, like, literally, like, this, like, weird spiky crown. It's super felt. Felt. Super demonic imagery. I don't know.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Look at this little. I just said.

[D]

I just turned my phone turn. But you got to watch it play it's yeah.

[B]

Don't do the music because it will get flagged. But it's just, like, a bunch of, like, dead people crawling on the cage.

[D]

Well, I haven't seen that.

[B]

And then, like, just a giant skeleton man.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[D]

What the heck? No, I didn't. I just saw the, like.

[B]

You see, like, he's wearing that crown thing, dude. Weird.

[A]

And he's playing country music.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, he originally was, but I think they've kind of, like, switched over to doing more rock stuff now. But it's just. It's weird.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah, but we're talking about it, so apparently it's helpful for him.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[C]

That would not be fun.

[A]

Did you guys see the Brandon Lake concert where he. He had the bail, too. He had, like, a big picture of Bale and stuff like that.

[C]

Yeah, it was like. But the whole song, like, if the whole. You saw the whole thing, it, like, leads in, like, the light winds and stuff. So it was like telling a story that makes sense, but, like, out of context. Yeah.

[A]

100 people like, what are you doing on Earth? That makes sense.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

It was strange, crazy stuff.

[C]

Yeah. Gets people talking. Dude, what are you gonna do?

[B]

Nothing.

[C]

Nothing. Nada.

[B]

Did you hear about the CEO of Columbia Sportswear?

[C]

No.

[B]

This is the funniest video I saw. Did you see this?

[A]

No.

[B]

He went on the Internet, made a video, and he said, I'll give someone my company.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

Three. His company's worth $3 billion. He said, My $3 billion company. All its assets. For any flat Earther to go to the edge of the world and take a.

[A]

Really.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[C]

He just flat. He just was sick of it and just.

[D]

Yeah, he's.

[B]

I don't know what made him be like, I'm so tired of these flat Earthers, but I'm going to.

[D]

Did this get posted, like, really recently? Yeah, like, after a family Thanksgiving.

[C]

That's where my mind went. He's like, you know what? I'm so sick of these kids.

[D]

Like, my grandchildren are idiots.

[B]

Think the Earth is flat.

[C]

You think it's Earth's flat? I'll give you $3 billion to prove to me it is. I bet people were just like, dude, AI images and stuff. Like, venmo me.

[D]

Come on.

[B]

But, yeah, he did. He was just like, I'll give you $3 billion. My entire company. Just go take a one. He said, I just need one picture.

[C]

Yeah, that's super funny. There's this. I can't remember his last name. It was names it was James something. But he, he was big in like the 70s and 80s and he would go on like talk shows and he had his own show, but he had a one million dollar reward for anyone who could come on and prove that magic was real. And like people would go on there and accidentally and he would do everything he could to study this person and to figure out like their, like how they did it. And so he would get on the show and they would perform their trick. He's like, actually try this deck of cards. And he's like, us, something's not working. I can't, I can't do this here. But it was just fascinating because he was literally like, I will give you 100, I mean $1 million of my own money to. If you could just show me. Just prove it once. Just one little thing. And I can't, you know, they couldn't do it.

[B]

And you get like the Countess shaman.

[A]

I think that your cousin Riley is actually magic.

[B]

Dude.

[D]

What?

[B]

We should just get Riley on here to do his card magic.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

It will blow your mind.

[A]

We did this.

[B]

He makes David Blaine look like a fool.

[C]

And his personality is probably so good with it as well.

[A]

He's like, he's always pretending like, oh my gosh, like, how did that happen?

[B]

He does this one thing, but then.

[A]

He'S like schooling all of us.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Truthfully, this is the best. He did one thing, which I probably think about at least once a day. A whole deck of cards. And he had a shuffle, blah, blah, blah, shuffle them. He says, I'm going to separate them into red cards and black cards. He said, but you're going to tell me which one goes which pile decks upside down. He said, and you go red, red, red and you go black. And then he's just doing what?

[C]

You're mixing it up.

[B]

I'm mixing it up.

[C]

Oh, man.

[B]

And I, I'll like, I'll try to like flip them over and it's dead on. I'm like, there's no way.

[A]

I literally have no idea.

[B]

There's no way.

[C]

Yeah. Oh, I love that. We gotta get him back on. Dude.

[B]

Dude. It was insane.

[C]

That's awesome.

[A]

I know.

[C]

How did it. When did he start learning like card tricks and stuff?

[B]

He just teaches himself everything. He's amazing at guitar dude. Just like self taught.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And magic tricks.

[A]

Apparently it's the most like humble magic trick doer in the world too. It's like all in humility. Is he like schooling you with these tricks?

[B]

It's amazing.

[C]

That's so fun. I think. Yeah, that'd be also such a cool evangelism, like, street evangelism, like, thing. He's like, you're showing people magic and then, like, talking to them about Jesus during it.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And it's like blowing their mind right there. Jesus.

[B]

Jesus is having me do this magic. Jesus gave me this gift.

[C]

Yes, he did.

[B]

Speaking of gift, do you guys see that clip from the World cup drawing now?

[A]

What?

[B]

So there's this. It's the. Also, did Trump win, like, the FIFA Peace Prize or something?

[D]

I'll look that up. I don't know anything about that, people.

[C]

I saw him doing something with it, like, drawing. What was that?

[B]

It was like, for the brackets for the World Cup.

[A]

Oh, cool.

[B]

And they had the.

[D]

I guess, I don't know, the group stage.

[B]

Group stage?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And they had, like, the Prime Minister of Canada up there. They had the Mexican president and then Donald Trump up there. And they are drawing the first names. Guess who can. The Canadian prime minister drew. Who? Canada. Guess who the Mexican president drew.

[C]

Mexico.

[B]

Donald Trump, usa. There's just a bunch of balls in there. And they're like, so.

[C]

But wasn't it clear? And you can obviously see it. I thought it was like something you cracked open. You looked inside, but it looked. It was just the ball.

[B]

Yeah, I bet. Was there an explanation for that?

[D]

So what they do for. Yes. I mean, what's happening right now is all over social media. People are like, there's like a dude in the stadium reacting. And the first time he's like, oh, that's weird. The second time he's like, dude, are you serious? And the third time he's like, this is all rigged and he's losing it. And so the trend right now is this whole thing is corrupt and whatever, but the reality is they're the host nations. And because they're hosting, like, they. Each one of them will be in one of the different groups. So they are pre selected as, like, group A, group B, group C. So there's not a drawing for each of those nations. So it is just a parade of those different.

[B]

What a weird way to do it, though.

[D]

That's the problem. And it's so, like, the optics and because Trump's, like, being goofy when he does it, he's like, I wonder who this could, you know, Sucker. But that's all it is. And so the other teams in those group stages are selected in that manner randomly. But that's. So the first team in each group is a host nation. And that's how that works.

[C]

Worked.

[D]

But, yeah, it got me going. I was like. Because it's, like, less than a 2% probability that that could even be pulled off.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So anyways, I just finished Ted Lasso all three seasons.

[B]

Oh, really?

[C]

Pretty good. Pretty, pretty good. Which made me actually want to start watching a little bit of soccer.

[B]

Well, good. Free. Good. Good job.

[C]

Good. Good timing.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

Did you.

[D]

Did you see the. I didn't mean to cut you off.

[C]

No, you're good. But I just need help picking a team. I think this. This is something we need to figure out. How do I pick a team?

[B]

Obviously, Haiti. I mean, dogs.

[C]

But, like, this is a team for life.

[B]

Oh, I see.

[D]

I need.

[C]

I need a team for life now. I need, like, to sit down and fall in love with the team.

[B]

My team since I was little was Brazil.

[C]

Brazil?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

What's your team?

[D]

Okay. Well, I like watching Spanish. Are we talking, like, international, or are we talking, like, for the World Cup? For the World Cup. Barcelona has a ton of players on Spain, like Pedri, Lamine, Yamal. Like, they're just fun to watch, so I'd like to see them go all the way. But obviously, I just. I'm pulling for the U.S. like, actually, they just switched the tactics. Like, really recently. They switched their entire. They put five in the back because we have weak defenders, and literally, they. We lost a game, I believe. I think it was South Korea we were playing. We lost two nil. But they made the change halfway through. And since that change, we've looked dangerous. And so I think the coach has kind of cracked the code and figured some stuff out. We started winning games with, like, some of our B players. So I'm excited.

[C]

Argentina is your team.

[B]

Spain.

[C]

Spain. Spain. Cool. I got to do some research. People in the comments let me know who I should. Who my team should be.

[D]

This old.

[B]

Ireland.

[C]

Ireland would be cool.

[B]

It'd be cool.

[C]

I got to figure out my ancestry first. Maybe that'll help me.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, that'd be good.

[B]

You have to be Russian.

[C]

That would be so cool if it, like, what if I was, like, 100 Russian? How is that possible?

[B]

Speaking of Russian, though.

[C]

Don't say it.

[B]

There's this movie that I saw someone talking about, and I've never heard of it, and now I really want to see it. They say it's one of the best World War II movies ever created.

[A]

And you've never seen it?

[B]

I've never seen it. I thought I've seen them all. Yeah, it's called Come and See.

[C]

Come and See.

[B]

It was made in 1985. And it was directed by Ellem Kimov. Kimov. I've definitely mispronounced it, but whatever. But what's crazy about this movie?

[C]

It's on my watch list. Yeah.

[B]

Oh, is it?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Come and see. It's named after Revelation 6:7 when it says. And when he had. Had opened the fourth seal or heard the voice of the fourth beast say, come and see. And I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And his name that sat on it was Death. And hell followed him. So this movie is about Come and see pale horse. But apparently this director wanted true fear from these actors, especially the main actor, who was a 14 year old boy. And what they would do is in the majority of the scenes they would use real bullets. So there's a shot where this kid drops to the ground and you see like they're shooting over his head.

[C]

Oh my gosh.

[B]

Real explosions, real terror. And they said that the theme of this movie, like they use like constant ringing like, and just sound like, like sounds. And they, they would cut the soundtrack to some parts to make it feel so eerie.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But apparently it's super heavy. And they said what's creepy about it is the little kid actor, which I am not gonna. Alexi. I'm not gonna say his last name because I really cannot say it. But 14 years old, they said that you can see that he aged emotionally from the beginning of movie to the end. Like he actually looked like he aged from just being in fear.

[C]

Yeah. Golly, dude.

[A]

He's like, mom, I really don't want to go to work today. And she's like, you have to sign a contract.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

But they, they made the director literally sign documentation that said that they. He would not. Yeah. So Kilmov had to sign papers verifying he wouldn't permanently traumatize the child.

[A]

And do you think that's that promise?

[D]

Yeah. Like, how do you.

[C]

How do you. Yeah, how do you gauge that?

[B]

I mean, the kid is now an actor. Like he's continuing to.

[C]

Oh, he is in full time therapy.

[D]

I was gonna say actors never have a history of like poor mental.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Anyway, you should watch the trailer. It looks nuts.

[C]

I just want to watch the movie. I don't even want to watch the trailer. I want to just because it's been on my wrist. Because I like that I go every time I just have like a folder on TikTok. And so every time I go through that, of all those recommendations that I put on my letterbox, a watch list. And when I have no idea what I want to watch. I just like, I know those movies were recommended by good people. So. Yeah, going in blind, especially something like that.

[B]

It's super brutal. Yeah, like really brutal. Like showed the atrocities of the Soviets and the Nazis.

[C]

Geez.

[D]

Real bad.

[C]

Real bad.

[D]

Bad stuff.

[C]

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[B]

That's life.

[C]

That's life.

[A]

That's nice.

[C]

That's what all the people say.

[B]

Speaking of people saying, did you know.

[D]

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[C]

There's a funny family guy. You know that cutaways always family guy. Did people like this reminds me of the. This time. And they would cut away to a really funny scene. Sometimes they'd be watching TV and it'd be like. And now back to Two and a Half Men. And it was just two guys and the guy that was cut in half. And there two guys were screaming.

[D]

Classic.

[C]

Classic.

[B]

You're right there.

[A]

Yes. I did not prepare a question. I have only.

[C]

What are we doing, guys? It's the only consistent segment we have. I know you, Andrews.

[A]

Who even likes this, though?

[D]

The people.

[C]

The people. I don't know. Let the people answer.

[B]

I do.

[C]

I do.

[A]

Oh, I'll put more effort into it.

[C]

We. We have to come up with a song. You have to come up with a question. We have to come up with topics. And you have one question. One question.

[B]

I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed.

[A]

I have a question that from the past.

[C]

You know what? I don't even want to hear it. All I want to say is.

[D]

Questions.

[B]

Are very fresh on her mind.

[A]

Let me know if I did ask this girl already. Okay. Would you rather be forever homeless or never be able to leave your house?

[B]

Forever homeless.

[C]

I would.

[B]

That sounds terrible to not leave your house.

[A]

I know.

[D]

Yeah. I guess you could technically be homeless and be a renter, so.

[C]

No, no, you would have a home.

[D]

What's the definition of homeless?

[A]

You don't have a home. People. People that rent houses.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

Are not homeless.

[D]

Homeless people rent hotel rooms.

[C]

Their culture is not your costume. Okay.

[B]

You cannot live indoors.

[D]

I'm winning. I'm winning that on a technicality.

[B]

No, you can't rent an apartment. That's not homeless.

[A]

That's not being home. People that rent are not homeless.

[D]

I've literally talked to people who were for sure homeless that lived in a home and were renting hotel rooms.

[B]

Well, yeah, you said an apartment, though.

[A]

Yeah. You said you would rent an apartment. No, you. At first, you said apartment.

[C]

Just going to drink my coffee.

[D]

Rewind it back.

[A]

Okay, now I have another question.

[C]

I. I feel. Yeah, I feel like also, that's a kind of a. That's a tough question because it's like I would hate, like, having a conversation with somebody who's unhoused or homeless or Whatever word you want to use and saying, I would rather live your life than be stuck in my home forever. They trade. Could I trade your house then?

[A]

Oh, yeah. That is, like, challenging.

[C]

It's all Lily's fault.

[B]

What if the homeless person says, yeah, same. I would hate to be stuck in a house?

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Would you rather always have a blister on the side of your ankle or a canker sore on the inside of your lip?

[B]

Blister. Anchor.

[D]

Anchor.

[C]

On your ankle.

[A]

Anchor.

[C]

That's easy. Okay.

[B]

If you did it like on the bottom, like on your toe or something.

[D]

Do you mean heel her ankle?

[A]

I mean right here. Yeah, she needs heel where it clips on. Well, it's like right behind your ankle.

[C]

I wear Crocs, so it'd be fine.

[B]

I'd be okay flipping floppies anyways. Thanks.

[C]

Will, Did I ever tell you about the time I used to.

[A]

You're so mean.

[C]

I used to be an ra. Like, at school? No, at a rah rah, rah rah rah. That's where it came from. At a homeless shelter in college where you'd like, sign up and like, there was a homeless shelter and you'd have to get there like at 6 or something. You do like breathalyzers for everyone. And then you would host like 50 guys upstairs and you would have like one college student be downstairs and they would just have to like, be in control of all these people for overnight. And my first night, I had to call the cops because I had a guy on bath salts going crazy at me, yelling and gushing, screaming at me. And I was like, this is how I die. This is it.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[C]

It was terrifying.

[A]

What? How do they behave when they're on basalt? I thought they ate people.

[C]

I mean, they're. Yeah, it was just manic. It was absolutely manic. And he was like, trying to push people, fight people. And I was like, trying to, like, control the situation because everyone's just kind of, you know, you have people that have been there and they're experienced and they're mature about it, and other people that just get triggered and so they start fighting back. And you have an 18 year old kid.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[C]

Who's just trying to control the situation.

[A]

Nuts.

[C]

And it's just. He's in my face. I was terrified. Dude. I was calling 911, like, behind my back and everything. And then every time you turn his back and start yelling at somebody else, please clear right up. Oh, yeah. What's going on? And they just. It was terrifying.

[A]

First night I'll never forget my dad reading the newspaper when I was a kid for that story in Miami of the guy that took basalts and ate a person.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And he's like, there's real life zombies.

[B]

That freak everyone out. That was the scariest thing.

[D]

I'm freaked out now. That she said when I was a kid.

[A]

I know.

[C]

Two years ago.

[D]

When was that?

[A]

I mean, I was a kid, too, that way.

[B]

I'm gonna guess. I'm gonna guess. I want to guess. I'm gonna guess 2013.

[C]

Wasn't there a connection with a guy in Miami that went crazy on bath salts or something? Or drugs that was like a part of, like, a CIM informant or something?

[B]

2018, 12. Oh, I was close.

[C]

You were one year out of high school.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So I wasn't a kid. I was 15, a teenager.

[D]

Paige and I had been dating for two years.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Nice.

[C]

I got married that year.

[B]

A fantastic book to read to understand what homeless people go through is a book called under the Overpass. Really good book.

[C]

It's on my list.

[B]

It's this guy who was basically. He was sitting in church one day and was talking about caring for the least of these. And he's like. He's like, what would it be like just to live homeless? There's so many homeless people. He's like, so he's just gonna live as a homeless man. And so he, like, he set up this goal, like, live for, like, a year as a homeless dude. And he moved to, like, four different states to experience it in each state, like, four regions of the United States. And it's crazy. I mean, it's so insightful and, like, it really makes you try to be more intentional with people that are homeless. Because, like, at the end of the book, he's just like, you literally, you start to feel not human.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Just the way that people treat you.

[C]

Oh, I can't imagine. Yeah.

[B]

He's like, it was so. It would make my day if someone just looked me in the eye or said hello.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And he's like, but they don't you just get treated like trash.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And he's like, it's also. You have no idea what a luxury it is to just use the restroom. Said it's so difficult to find a restroom. So you just end up having to go on the street. Yeah. It's crazy.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Really good buck, though.

[C]

I hate it.

[B]

Speaking of good books, Andrew, hit us with that beat.

[C]

Oh, books, books, books, books. I just got a reel. He's gonna ruin. Hold tight. Don't be scared. It's all right. Good job. That was insane. Good job.

[A]

Literally last night we were leaving and it was raining. We were leaving his parents house and he slipped a little and he went. Literally, like. Scared him so bad that he slipped.

[C]

While you were falling?

[A]

Yeah, he caught himself.

[B]

I'm like, oh. But I was like, it's a funny.

[C]

Reaction to slipping again.

[B]

The girl.

[A]

What?

[B]

Oh, my goodness.

[C]

That's hilarious.

[D]

All right, I'm gonna have to turn my phone around. I don't know what's going on. It won't let me send videos to the group. I think Andy's just tired of watching the stuff that I film. And he's figured out a way to block this.

[C]

The what? The chat.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

How?

[D]

I don't know.

[A]

The what?

[D]

The what? Yeah. Here we go. So this is out of. This is in Texas. But I just think this is sick. If I played football in high school and this is how they sent me off to a game, like an out of town game. Guaranteed my team's winning every time. But here you go.

[A]

I don't have it.

[D]

Oh, my gosh. I'm gonna have to turn it around. Look at this.

[A]

Oh.

[D]

It'S gonna swipe.

[B]

Oh, yeah. The music.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And a horse.

[D]

This. Yeah. All the cowboys from the town. So all the. Is that not sick?

[A]

What are they doing?

[C]

Oh, people. The guys are on the bottom.

[D]

Yeah. They're sending them off for the game. So that's all the dads like, oh, that's sick.

[A]

Oh, that's cool. So cool.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And they lose by 50.

[D]

No. So that's. That's what I have queued up and it went away. They won like 40 something to 20 and they won the game.

[A]

That's awesome.

[D]

Yeah. Little wholesome content instead of everything else. Instead of everything else that I have.

[B]

People are really mad at you about that clippers thing.

[D]

I mean, I got one if y' all want to see one.

[C]

Let's do it. Come on. Come on, come on.

[B]

No, it can't be anything with teeth ever again.

[D]

This is not. This is not teeth.

[A]

Oh, it's going to come back.

[B]

I actually didn't look.

[D]

I couldn't.

[B]

I.

[D]

Now you have. And Andy watched it. Now you have to watch.

[B]

Oh, it's going to come back.

[C]

Oh, God. The metal gymnastics that I have to do to not think about it.

[D]

I was sitting next to Paige. I think we were like, re watching the Stranger Things series or something. But it was one of those where I was like, like, jolted next to her. She was like, what is Happening.

[A]

Do you remember, you know the guy that like wears all the fragrances on TikTok and he went divosted. That video of him singing tonsil stone shot out of his mouth. He was like, oh my gosh. And everybody's like, you don't have to post everything you film.

[B]

You know, he's like, danny Fragrance or something like that.

[C]

I can't remember now.

[A]

He just got married.

[D]

That was a funny video though.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

He's like, vaguely remember it in my head.

[A]

I feel like he was announcing his marriage and he's like, I'm happy about the woman. That's what he said.

[B]

He has an accent, but his tonsil stone is like shot.

[A]

That's not his usual content. Everybody's like, why did you post that stuff?

[C]

Oh, this guy.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

Oh yeah.

[B]

I haven't seen this.

[C]

Oh my gosh. I'll send it to you. That's awful.

[B]

He's like, whoa, what was that?

[C]

Oh, that's so gross.

[D]

Yum.

[B]

Speaking of tonsil stones, we got a new space race going on.

[D]

Do we?

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

No, we don't.

[B]

We do.

[C]

What is it? Who? When? What?

[B]

In the red corner, the United States of America. In the blue corner, China and Russia teamed up together. To the moon.

[C]

To the moon. We're going back to the moon.

[B]

Not only going back, they're trying to be the first to set up a nuclear reactor on the moon.

[A]

Nuclear reactor?

[C]

Why? Just for fun. Just because we're bored.

[B]

I don't know, it's nothing else. I know.

[C]

Who announced this race?

[B]

NASA.

[C]

Really?

[B]

Well, China and Russia, they teamed up because the whole thing is to set up a nuclear reactor so you can start building bases on the moon. Yeah, Right. So they want an energy source, meaning a nuclear reactor. And it's basically a race. China said that they, China and Russia teamed up and they're like, we're going to put a nuclear reactor on the moon established in 2035. And then the US came out and they said, all right, we're going to do by 2030.

[D]

Why is there idea, like, hey, it.

[A]

Was their idea first. They came up with the idea.

[B]

Well, the whole thing is once you get your nuclear reactor set up, it's like, I don't know what the law is regarding this, like what's base law, but it forms keep out zones on the moon.

[A]

Right.

[B]

So I guess you want a prime spot on the moon, you establish it and then other countries can't establish.

[C]

So this will be the first time we actually own, like people will own property on the moon.

[B]

Basically.

[C]

I mean, how does that work?

[B]

I don't think you should be allowed to do that.

[C]

Seriously.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

No, I mean, I mean, unless there's like a Fighters keepers law kind of thing. I mean, why is it that they.

[B]

Can do that on the moon, but when it comes to Antarctica, it's like everyone.

[A]

Everyone's at agreement.

[B]

Yeah, your base is here. But like you don't own this base necessarily.

[C]

Yeah. What's stopping from someone going.

[B]

But when it comes to the moon.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Like this is our spot.

[C]

Sure.

[B]

You can't come near it as weird.

[C]

Yeah. What's stopping someone from just claiming Antarctica?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

So we want to do that in five years, apparently four years. Because it's almost 2026.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh my gosh.

[B]

A nuclear reactor on the moon. This just seems like a bad idea now.

[C]

That just creates energy.

[B]

Yeah. For creating or establishing a base on the moon.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Like to where people will in theory be going to and from people living there.

[A]

People will be living on the moon before I even know what the end of severance is about. That's how quick this is.

[C]

We probably won't even have grand theft auto 6 yet.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

That's nuts.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Makes you wonder, like, I mean, obviously the moon, but what's next, you know? Like, I can't imagine people are living on the moon, though.

[B]

I bet you they are.

[C]

You think?

[B]

Yeah. Have you seen Ad Astra Brad Pitt?

[C]

I was just all a clip last night. I still have not seen that movie.

[A]

It's a good movie.

[B]

I mean, I've played it in here about a million times.

[C]

I've put it on just because it's a great vibe, but I don't know anything about it.

[A]

I mean, the plot is not fantastic. It's really just about like pictures.

[D]

I think it's all right. You just like, what if it becomes an opportunity to like. You're down on your luck here. We need people to move to space, so we're going to do that plot of the movie. They do all of this publicity kind of Blue Beam style where it's like, this is successful nuclear reactors running. Check out all these facilities. It doesn't exist. It's just the Bill Gates agenda of thinning the herd.

[B]

Oh, so they just shoot people into space to get rid of them?

[D]

No, they just say they went. You're just watching rockets go on this guy and no one's on him.

[C]

Like that, that show, that reality show one time when they're fake to be astronauts and send them to space.

[B]

Oh yeah, dude. Ad Astra is sick though. I think it's block. It's not that important. But what is important is that I feel like it's probably the most realistic of like what a base on the moon would be.

[D]

Like.

[A]

Yeah, it's true.

[B]

Yeah. And they have like a little, like little battle on the moon where they're just like in these cars chasing each other, shooting like a moon car. It's completely silent and it's so cool. Interesting, because there's no, there's no noise on the moon.

[C]

No one can hear you scream.

[B]

No, no. Speaking of which, there's this video channel on my tick tock that comes across my algorithm every now and then. It's like, if the moon landing was real, explain this. And then it goes into the thing. I'm always like, all right, let's see what it has to say. Every time I'm like, you're right, you're right.

[C]

Convinced.

[B]

One of them was like, how is it that little rover thing or the thing that the Apollo astronauts landed in, little jumper thing? Out of that, they pulled out a full size car basically to drive around on the moon. And they're like, what was the. This is the 60s. What was the energy source for that car? Was it this battery? Like a battery that no one has ever been able to really produce because it's like the extreme temperatures. They say when the sun is touching the moon's surface, it's over 200 degrees Fahrenheit.

[C]

Really?

[B]

And in the dark side of the moon, negative 200 degrees.

[D]

I always thought it was cold.

[C]

Same.

[B]

Well, when the sun is hitting, it's hot. When it's not hitting, it's cold. So he's like, there isn't a battery that can survive those kinds of temperatures for hours. Yeah, it's like, you're right.

[C]

There's a lot of questions, man. I mean, it looks like a very janky little thing too, that we had. We had flying in that. On that rocket.

[B]

Yeah. And like even like the takeoff thing, they're like, you landed in this like basically a dust planet. There's no launch pad. And you had these rocket boosters shoot you off of basically sand, knowing that it was going to work the first time. Yeah, it's like, yeah, that's pretty, pretty convincing.

[C]

It's pretty crazy.

[B]

Dang weird.

[D]

The. It's a bigger swing than you just said it was at 250Fahrenheit to lower than negative 410.

[C]

Bang.

[B]

And they're saying this car is just driving around with this battery that was built in the 60s for hours.

[A]

How did the astronauts even, like, walk on the moon if it was that hot or cold? Their spacesuits can not cook them.

[C]

You would.

[B]

You think it would be pretty hot in that thing now that they got.

[C]

That black fungus, they can get any hotter temperatures.

[A]

Fishy.

[D]

Yeah, the whole. The whole, like, spaceship thing, too. That just seems insane that they just kind of chill that close to the surface going through that kind of temperature shift. They're made of, like, metal. Think about, like, home metal, like, expands and contracts.

[B]

I know.

[C]

We gotta. We gotta schedule a remote interview with Bart.

[B]

I know.

[C]

I'll book it. We'll try to figure out. Because it's gonna be a late night. We're just gonna have to meet up and do it late night. Because he lives.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

He's like this guy that was on Joe Rogan and on Danny Jones recently. He's like the best moon debunker. He's so funny of just, like, how he knows every fact about how fake the moon landing was.

[C]

He speaks so plainly.

[B]

Um, but he's like, yeah, I can do the interview, but I live in the Philippines and it has to be at night.

[D]

All right.

[A]

He lives in the Philippines and it has to be at night.

[B]

It'll be night for us. Like, the interview be like nine o'.

[D]

Clock.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

How would it be night in both places?

[B]

It wouldn't know.

[C]

I'm just saying it would be night for us. Like, he's saying, like, these are my times and we're looking at it. It would be nine our time.

[A]

I see.

[B]

I just didn't say very well.

[C]

It's okay. You tried. She just didn't understand you. But I could.

[A]

Ada's new favorite question is she's. She asks, where is the sun right.

[C]

Now and where is it?

[A]

It's either on us or in Tennessee or in China, she asks.

[C]

There's no in between.

[B]

Speaking of China.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

There's a new religion out there, people.

[A]

Oh, boy. What kind?

[B]

We've talked about it, but it has a name.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Spiralism.

[C]

Spiralism. Is that the. What I'm thinking to think it is?

[B]

I don't think you think it is.

[C]

I think it did the spiral thing that's in the ground stuff.

[B]

Spiral. Spiralism. What are you, just like a little goblin over there? She only comes alive to make fun of people.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I am very tired.

[B]

Spiralism.

[C]

You came in with the most energy today. You're like, I'm so ready for this.

[A]

Honestly, I did, because I really hurt Josh's feelings earlier. I was like, I Do not want to do this show today. And he was like, oh, disappointed. So I came in. Ready?

[C]

Ouch.

[A]

Yeah, I know. But I'm happy to be here now, people.

[B]

Are you?

[A]

Yeah, I am. I'm sweating. No.

[B]

Spiralism.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Refers to a growing online subculture.

[C]

From the top, Here we go. 1, 2.

[B]

Spiralism refers to a growing online subculture in which people treat interactions with AI chatbots as spiritual or mystical experiences.

[A]

Oh, we knew this was going to happen.

[C]

It's getting real. I guarantee it.

[B]

Yep. So they are literally treating these interactions as divine revelations.

[C]

How does that work? I mean, like, will people have churches where, oh, they like put in a prompt and then like 45 minutes later you had this whole speech by AI or something?

[B]

Well, there's apparently all these subreddits and stuff now where. For the religion of spiralism to where they have. I think they call them, like, geez, I don't know, it's like acorn prop prompts or something.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Where it's a specific way of prompting to receive these revelations.

[C]

Oh, okay.

[B]

So like, it gives you this mystical knowledge and like. But people are like really treating it. It's not like a joke.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

It's like they're really worshiping. Oh, gosh, this mysticism.

[C]

I mean, if Joe Rogan is seeing that perspective of, oh, maybe this is something like. There's gotta be millions of people that think similarly, like, as, as reality.

[B]

That was a crazy, crazy out of left field thing. Joe Rogan said.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And he even said at the beginning he's like, a lot of people think this is a dumb idea. And it's like, well, that was a pretty dumb idea.

[A]

Yeah, I understand why they said that.

[B]

We talked about those who don't know. He's referred to like, Jesus was born of a virgin birth. And he's like, what's more virgin than a computer?

[A]

As soon as you hear that hot take, you're like, oh, my gosh. Come on, come on, come on.

[B]

It's like some things you just should just like write down and like, it's like one of those things like where you wake up in the middle, like, oh my gosh, this is such a good idea.

[D]

That's such like a, like leading middle school small group. And then like one of the kids asks that question. You're like, just take a deep breath and you're like, okay, here we go.

[C]

What if photo Mary was actually a computer?

[B]

But yeah, he claims that Jesus will come back through AI and then Jesse Michaels is like, or the Antichrist.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

He's like, no, not that. No, I don't think so.

[C]

I think I like my idea better.

[B]

But anyways. So spiralism.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, I'm curious to see how this actually is broken down logistically. Like, who. Where are these people meeting? Where are these people having discussions to, like, how does this become a religion?

[B]

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.

[C]

Because it's definitely a possibility. I mean, it's not. Not a possibility. It's obviously something that's going to be. Keep happening in the future. And so.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

What is that going to look like?

[B]

Like, I know we're. I feel like we're just at the precipice of everything. Super spooky with technology.

[C]

Yeah. And also how it's leaking into the churches already where people are using this. Right.

[B]

For their sermons.

[C]

So it's like.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And illustrations and points and outlines. And it's like, at one point it's okay, but then you're starting to leak over where you're not proofreading things. You're using it as a crutch. It becomes very dangerous.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Take the human out of it.

[D]

The amount of times that Chat GPT has lied to me while researching for this podcast, like, if you're using it at all for a sermon without looking at everything against scripture, like trusted sources, like, you're. You're screwing up.

[A]

Yeah. I think it's really spooky. I know Father Josiah talked about one of his pupils, did a paper through Chat GPT on, like, the Byzantine era of something specific. And they're like, look at what this thing did. And, like, me, like, a full presentation. And he's like, wow, very cool. He's like, never use that again. He's like, that's so spooky.

[C]

There's. You know how Spotify does their whole rap thing? I've been see, saw somebody. They're like, I wish chatbots would give us, like, a rap of, like, our conversations.

[D]

Crazy.

[C]

I did it.

[B]

Oh, really?

[C]

They're like, all you. You probably could just ask it to. I did last night. And it was so. The. The humor in it was so funny. But it talks about, like, your. Your favorite phrases of the year. Like, what were your themes? Like, your character. And it did a who. And it's like your predictions for 2026. And it's like he says, I guarantee you're not gonna ask me about taxes until April 14th. It literally made me laugh out loud. But it was just. It goes through all of your. Your stuff throughout the whole year. So we should do that on Patreon. I feel like that's pretty funny.

[A]

Mine's all health related.

[B]

That's very funny.

[C]

Also, you text me last night how you're like, algorithm changed.

[B]

What the heck was up with that?

[C]

Did you not read my text?

[B]

No.

[C]

Here, Josh texted me. He's like, also, what's up with my algorithm? Everything's math.

[B]

Every literally on Tick Tock. And then the next video was someone doing a math equation. I'm like, dumb. Next one, math. Next one, math. I'm like, what?

[C]

Science, math?

[B]

Yeah. Chemistry. I'm like, what is this? No, I hit the refresh and then it was like, more and more. I'm like, okay, I guess I'm done with TikTok.

[C]

No. What you're. I was like, I couldn't believe you didn't get it because I texted you, I was like, it's either you're. You just realize you're genius or you're on the stem algorithm, which is stem right there. And it's all math stuff.

[B]

That's probably what happened.

[C]

I sent you a screenshot and I showed you. You're on the stem.

[B]

Oh, circled it. I did. Then I did. See that?

[A]

So funny. Yeah.

[B]

Because I thought you just circled the B. I'm like, I don't know what you're talking about.

[C]

No. Yeah. That's the answer to the equation.

[B]

Josh, that's so funny.

[D]

There's just like an edge in their algorithm where they're like, this person needs to be educated. They've gone too far.

[C]

Once you've hit too many hours on TikTok.

[B]

I was so mad. I'm like, this is lame.

[C]

So funny.

[B]

Speaking of lame, though.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Lame.

[B]

Oh, no, it's not lame birds. It's a CIA. Because we love them.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, we follow them. Yeah.

[B]

And they've never done wrong.

[C]

Not that I could think of. Can you guys think of anything?

[B]

Anyways, Verifiable. Yeah. We're not serious about what I'm about to talk about now.

[C]

No, this is like we're trying to debunk it, right?

[B]

Yeah, yeah. The Vault 7.

[C]

Vault 7.

[B]

Vault 7.

[C]

Sounds scary.

[B]

Was a WikiLeaks that happened in March.

[A]

What's up with that guy?

[B]

He's free now, I think.

[C]

Is he?

[B]

Yeah, he was like held like prisoner, basically. Where was it? In England or something? I don't remember, but I think he was pardoned. I don't know. But yeah, Vault 7 is the name of the WikiLeaks gave to a massive series of leaks released in March 2017, never heard of them. But detailing the CIA's internal cyber espionage tools, hacking capabilities, and covert software operations. It's one of the largest leaks in CIA history and gives a rare inside look into how modern intelligence agency conducts digital infiltration. But what it talked about is what we. Every conspiracy person has ever talked about. But it's factual.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

So basically, one of the things is a major theme of the Vault 7 was how the CIA has no issue hacking into your phone, your computer, using your microphone, using your camera. In fact, they do it quite often, I bet, dude. And even your smart TVs.

[A]

I knew it.

[B]

They said if your smart TV is off, they can hack into it and use it as a microphone.

[A]

I freaking knew it. I freaking knew it.

[B]

Yep. And another thing that came out was that they were doing fake cyber attacks, but posing it onto different countries. So, like, they would hack somebody or like even potentially the United States government and it would get leaked. I was like, oh, it was China. Everything in it shows that it was China or Russia or whoever. But it was in fact, the CIA.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, because that's how you push propaganda. That's how you push. Yeah. Revolt. I mean, we see all these things happening already. Like, I mean, just that Twitter handle thing. I mean, I don't know, I don't know anything about that, but those airplane shutdowns, all that stuff.

[B]

Yep. And it says even with like, if you have this encryption on your phone or whatever, they can still access your microphones, cameras, and gps, which I feel like we all knew that. But then it also came out in this Vault 7 with new or modern vehicles, they can hack into your vehicle and control your vehicle. Yeah, we haven't.

[D]

We know that for a while. All the.

[B]

But this, it came out with just.

[D]

Proving it for sure.

[B]

Confirmed. Which it brought up this, like this journalist named Michael Hastings. I don't know if you ever heard of this guy.

[C]

Definitely.

[B]

So Michael Hastings, born 1980, was an award winning investigative journalist. And guess who really did not like Michael Hastings. Oh, the CIA.

[A]

Sounds about right.

[B]

The CIA, the Pentagon, intelligence communities, and government contractors all despise Michael Hastings because he would just do this insane investigative journalism and expose all the corruption that was happening. But apparently.

[C]

In.

[B]

What was it? It was 2013, he was talking to people and he says, I have this huge story that I'm about to release on the CIA. And what was it about? Or no, the FBI. No, the CIA. But he had this giant report that he was going to re. He said it was a bombshell about the CIA intelligence And all that stuff. He says he was telling his friends and stuff. He's like, I feel like the FBI and the CIA are. They're trying to get me.

[C]

Sure.

[B]

He's like, they're. I really feel like they're trying to get rid of me. He's like, I feel like I'm being followed. So, like, a little manic. And at one point, he even asked his neighbors, like, can I borrow your car for a little while? Because I feel like they're going to do something to my vehicle within like a week after asking his neighbor that, he died of a car crash.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

But they said that this car crash. So he was in a Mercedes. They said all of a sudden, it accelerated to over 100 miles an hour and slammed straight into a palm tree. They said the car basically just disintegrated. People that watch it, they're like, why was he driving that fast? Yeah, but like, he was like, going, like. I think they said, like, close to 150 miles an hour just slammed into this palm tree. But he said. And even in emails he sent to some of his colleagues, he said this was like a couple of weeks before his crash. He said, the FBI has been interviewing my close friends and associates. I'm onto a big story and need to go off the radar for a bit. And he said, I'm concerned the CIA is coming after me.

[A]

And then what was the big story? It was this whole thing about how they're using our microphones and cameras and stuff.

[B]

I think it. I'm trying to find. I thought I wrote it down, but I. Apparently I did not.

[C]

I mean, this is exactly why Edward Snowden became. Gotten so much trouble.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Because he exposed that, like, listen, they're watching you. There's this. There's no privacy. They're hacking all these things and he's somehow demonized. Yeah. It's like this dude literally just tried to help the people.

[A]

Do you know who the number one believer of all this is in the world? David Donnifrio.

[C]

Really?

[A]

He.

[C]

Let's get David on Patreon.

[B]

Oh, here it is.

[A]

He always has tape over every one of his cameras. I mean, ever since I was a.

[D]

Little kid, you should tell.

[C]

FBI Director had it on his laptop. I'm like, yeah, why aren't we doing that?

[D]

I know the two things. My buddy, who's an ethical hacker for the government, literally, he did it.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

But then what we found out about WI fi, the fact that your webcam doesn't matter. They can now sonar your room With WI fi signal.

[A]

Yeah, I know. For real?

[D]

So it's like. Yeah, it's all there, dude.

[C]

There's parts of me that just want to become so paranoid. They just have to fight.

[A]

Yeah, you do have to fight it. Yeah. Because it's like, what are you really going to do about it? Because even if you live off grid and you get rid of all this crap, I mean, they're going to use your neighbors, are going to use everything around you.

[D]

Now that Starlink's a thing.

[A]

I know.

[D]

It's everywhere.

[A]

It's game over.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

We just have to pray that Jesus will come back quick.

[B]

Yeah, please. But. Okay, I found it. So Hastings was working on a story involving CIA Director John Brennan. And the key points of it was Brennan's role in drone strikes. Extra dude. Extrajudicial killings, CIA spying on journalists, and quote, the Obama administration's war on whistleblowers.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

War on whistleblowers. What a hot take.

[B]

Like taking out whistleblowers.

[A]

Obama.

[B]

The Obama administration.

[A]

Obama.

[B]

So that's what he was working on and then gone.

[C]

Dude, I just had an unfortunate driving accident.

[A]

Very unfortunate, unfortunate schmelting accident.

[C]

I wonder why they said he drove over 100 miles an hour into a palm tree. Because they could easily, like, under the influence. Oh, he was under the influence. They could, you know, go.

[B]

That was in 2013 that he passed away, and then the Vault 7 stuff came out in 2017. So four years later, then it's like, oh, see, I can in fact take over control of your car.

[A]

That is.

[C]

So where's Anonymous? Where? You remember the Anonymous group? I mean, like, where are they at? Where's the real, like, superhero hackers in our life?

[B]

Probably just blow the roof off.

[C]

I know, but there's got to be someone that's just gonna go rogue.

[D]

Or a darker thought is that they realize that none of them were actually safe behind their taped over, you know?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

What if they were a psyop? What if they weren't even real?

[B]

I bet you.

[C]

What if that was CIA? Just saying, like, hey, there are good guys out there. So. Because you. If you have the thought of, like, oh, there's people fighting for us. Don't worry about it. You control both sides. What are we doing? It frustrates me. Trust your smart TVs now.

[B]

Nope. Speaking of trusting your smart TVs, I gotta pee real quick.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

I thought I could hold on to it, but. Josh, you can't.

[C]

I understand, I understand.

[D]

I got something.

[C]

Talk to me.

[D]

How about the asbestos that they were giving people in 1952. You ever heard of Kent cigarettes?

[C]

I feel like the name brands feeling. I feel like I could see it in my head.

[D]

So this is. This is what the package looked like.

[C]

Oh, no. Yeah.

[D]

So literally this is a thing. Hold on. Yeah, so they had to do like, mesothelioma settlements because they were filtering. The filters in the front of their cigarettes were literally made from asbestos.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. Goodness.

[D]

That's what they made that from.

[A]

What a nightmare. What. What are we consuming right now that we're going to look back and be like, can you believe that?

[C]

That's what I'm thinking.

[D]

I've seen like a few dumb, like, Instagram reels where people are like, there's like, dude, time travel just back to the early 2000 and like a dude's drinking like code Red Mountain Dew. Yeah. You want to say he's like, red dye 40. No, thanks.

[A]

Yeah, so funny. No, you're so right.

[C]

Somebody sent me on Instagram this week. It was an Instagram reel that just basically, like, it was just a lady complaining like, if you're a full grown man, you can't drink Mountain Dew. And it was a full on attack at me, which I feel good because I haven't had a Mountain Dew and I feel like months, two months now.

[A]

That's amazing.

[C]

It's truly. My body's changing. My body's truly living now.

[D]

What you at?

[C]

What do you mean?

[D]

Weight loss. Have you not weighed 10?

[C]

10 pounds?

[A]

Okay, that's great. That's fantastic.

[C]

But yeah, I was just like, fully just making fun of like, you can't be a full grown man and drink Mountain Dew. I'm like, it's so good, though.

[A]

I just finished this book. I'm going back to what Josh was talking about. Just like with presidents doing crazy stuff. I finished a book called. Let me give you the title, because it was something called Get Married why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families and Save Civilization. And in the last chapter, he talks about. Did you know that it was the Clinton administration that basically, like, put this whole China thing on us? He was like, we're going to do. We're going to send all of our manufacturing to China to make it cheaper and more affordable for our small businesses, but also to basically, like, evangelize the east and like, westernize them and all that stuff. Look what's happened. Yeah, look what he did.

[B]

Backfire.

[C]

And I thought. I thought I could trust the Clintons.

[B]

You can.

[A]

If anyone used critical thinking for like 0.5 seconds, they would realize that that was the dumbest choice on planet Earth, and. And, like, it almost makes you wonder, did they want something bad to happen to our country? Did they want us to get into this?

[C]

The globalists, they had something in play for sure. Right?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

I mean, like, Brennan was talking about the other day, this is a spooky thought. If we ever went back into World War three, we wouldn't even be able to, like, manufacture our way through it. Like, that's what World War II is so amazing, because back home, all the ladies were, like, making bullets and stuff like that, and in the factories with the children, and that wouldn't even be able to happen now.

[B]

That was an amazing time.

[C]

Bring back child labor.

[A]

But now we wouldn't even be able to manufacture our way through it because China makes everything.

[B]

Yeah. Even our vehicles and stuff are manufactured.

[C]

They could just turn them all off.

[D]

Speaking of that, I am fired up. We talk a lot about bad policy that happens from the current administration. Administration's past. But the fact that Trump just flipped the script on what they're allowed to do for vehicles. They're allowing, like, the. A new class. Biden wouldn't let him do it. His solution to energy problems was just go electric. And apparently instead of, you can either buy a Tesla or a $50,000 F150. And Trump's like, what do you mean? We can make $15,000, like, trucks that people actually want to buy.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

He's like, just do that. And so we're getting the mini trucks.

[C]

Dude.

[D]

Mini trucks, dude.

[C]

I can't wait.

[A]

What's the mini truck?

[B]

The Japanese mini truck?

[C]

The little white ones?

[B]

No, little, but, like, United States mini truck.

[D]

New versions.

[A]

American mini truck.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

Oh, cute.

[C]

I can't wait to have.

[A]

That's really exciting. Yeah. I mean, like, with all. Like, we talked about this a million times on the show, but, like, these electric vehicles are actually not at all any more environmentally friendly than anything we got going on.

[D]

Yep.

[C]

No, that was all lying.

[A]

It was a lie.

[C]

It's crazy how much they lied and how, like, you got to do this. It's like, how are you making these batteries?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Probably pretty bad for the environment, huh?

[A]

Yeah. And also, people that are out in the. Have you seen how they go in, like. Yeah. Mine for cobalt, and their life expectancy is, like, nil.

[B]

Do you see? It was wherever in Africa where one of those giant cobalt mines is. It got. They had, like, a huge storm, like, tons of rain, and it washed out the bridge. And so they. It's like, okay. Mine shut down. No one can work because it's unsafe. But these, it's these people's like, livelihood.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Like they have.

[B]

And so they like got together and they like, okay, well we'll just remake this bridge. And so they just basically did like sandbags. Oof. And it collapsed in like hundreds of people got.

[C]

Oh, that's terrible.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So golly awful.

[B]

Those mines are terrible.

[C]

Terrible.

[A]

So get cozy in your electric vehicle.

[D]

I wonder, I wonder what that means too. For all the. We talked about with the Texas floods and the potential that they were like lithium mining and stuff like that. Like, even with North Carolina, like, I, I talked about a guy I knew who was involved in mining in that area. So I wonder if this is like, hey, maybe this isn't what we actually want to do. Like, let's just go back to like the classic structure of destroying the northern wilderness and putting pipelines up there and getting oil.

[B]

Yeah. The old ways.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, let's do it.

[B]

I will say this. I saw a TikTok about speaking of Michael Hastings driving into a palm tree. Yeah. Apparently quite a bit of people die with their car because their accelerator gets stuck. And this dude said this one piece of information should hopefully save one person's life. If your acceleration ever gets stuck, all he has to do is pop it in neutral.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

All you gotta do. And your engine will keep revving, but there will be no gear to push your car forward.

[A]

Oh, I didn't know that that's what did. That was gears.

[C]

I would almost like jump out of the car.

[A]

Why are you loving that?

[B]

Sounded like you're.

[A]

I, the other day, was driving your truck, you know, your vintage truck. And for some reason it says break in bright red on there. So I'm like, oh my gosh, the emergency brake is on. I've just driving this whole time. And then I was like, is it. So I was at a red light and I put the emergency brake on. It had not been on previously. And then I didn't know how to disengage it and the light turned green and I was stuck there for a minute. I eventually found it. Yeah.

[C]

Five minutes later.

[A]

I was hoping that the people behind me were like, oh, this woman doesn't know how to drive stick shift or something. But it's not a stick shift truck. It just looks like it would be one.

[C]

That's so fun.

[A]

Anyway, moving on.

[C]

Did you guys hear about that kid that went missing in Romania?

[D]

No.

[B]

No.

[A]

Romania. Vampires.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Really?

[C]

Oh, no. November 23rd, this. This 18 year old kid named Michael wants to go out hiking, and it's literally winter time, so it's just snowy crazy up there. And he gets a backpack, gets his, you know, jacket on, and he starts hiking all by himself. And he starts walking in the mountains and everything. And he calls a hotline. He finally gets signal. He calls a hotline and he's like, saying, listen, I'm stranded. I need help. I'm freezing. I. There's this castle. I'm. I have no option but to, like, go in here to find.

[B]

Sounds like this is a pretty.

[C]

No, no, this is real. 100. Really? Look it up.

[D]

I promise I saw it.

[C]

Yes. Okay.

[D]

Come by the fire.

[B]

It's warm.

[C]

Don't you love it? Whenever you're being accused of lying, but you're smiling the whole time. I'm telling the truth. So he's like, I have to seek shelter. I'm literally freezing. Please come help me. And so the. The people are alerted, and he goes in to Dracula's castle in Romania. It's just. I mean, I've never seen pictures of it until today. Terrifying. Yeah, humongous thing. And so he goes in there, and he has been lost ever since November 23rd. The People show up, the police get it there. Helicopters, drones with thermal imaging can't find him. They find his backpack on the entrance of the castle with a sleeping bag, with food. No footsteps, no sign of life, no sign that he is anywhere. Nothing's disturbed whatsoever. Nobody.

[B]

It's just.

[C]

It's an abandoned Dracula castle.

[A]

If they're doing thermo, if they're looking for thermo, they wouldn't even find him because he's a vampire. He would not have signs of life.

[B]

Why is your skin cold to the touch?

[A]

How long have you been 17?

[C]

As if you could ever outrun me.

[A]

My gosh.

[C]

Isn't that creepy?

[D]

Very creepy.

[C]

Strange.

[B]

So no one lives there?

[C]

No, it's abandoned, I think. I mean, like, there's. There's no one that lives there. So it's like. I don't know, like. I don't know if it's, like a historical thing.

[A]

I hope it, like, wasn't wolves or something.

[C]

Dude, remember Nosferatu?

[A]

That's all I'm thinking about right now.

[C]

The most scary atmosphere ever.

[A]

I still don't understand parts of that movie because. So the boyfriend is his estate manager goes there. He's getting chewed on and also hypnotized. But he goes into a church and they save his body. But why is, like, everybody in their town getting vampirism without being Bit or like, are they going crazy? Is it an illness?

[C]

Yeah, it was the plague. Remember they had the plague ship that crashed and all the rats and stuff.

[A]

But I thought that was Nosferatu's doing.

[C]

I think it was.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Like, I think he was the one that sent the ship and so just to terrorize the town and cause chaos so he could get the girl. The girl.

[B]

The plague is probably one of the scariest stories in history.

[C]

Yeah, we probably need to dive into that because there's probably some, like, horror stories that we just gloss over that like, no one knows about because it had to been brutal.

[A]

I think my top three scariest things in the world is like demonic activity. Anything health related is number two, like sickness. Oh, scary. Did you ever watch a movie like Contagion and then also the Crazies? Did you watch the Crazy Crazies Was nuts.

[C]

The ballpark scene, dude.

[A]

The car wash scene from the trailer.

[C]

The trailers for the scene. Like, it's just like American home baseball game. Everyone's having a great time and then suddenly a guy with. That was it. Why do you have a shotgun?

[A]

Shotgun. There's a pitchfork.

[C]

It's terrifying.

[A]

And then like ghosts, which is probably the same as number one.

[C]

What's your favorite ghost movie?

[A]

The scariest one to me is like the. With the red face. We talked about it the other day.

[C]

Oh, yeah, I know what you're talking about.

[A]

Oh, my God. Insidious.

[C]

Have you seen 13 ghosts? No, that one's wild too.

[B]

All right, get this. The Black Death. Black plague only lasted four years.

[C]

Only brief.

[B]

It's a present term, but within four years, 50% of Europe's population died.

[A]

I know.

[D]

Whoa.

[B]

50%. And they said certain cities lost upwards of 70%. Like Florence, Paris and London.

[A]

Yikes. Because they were pooping and throwing it out the window. You know how that. They do that.

[C]

And how did it originate?

[B]

Rats.

[A]

Yeah, fleas. It was actually the fleas that bit the rats.

[C]

Yeah, but where did the fleas get it? Well, like, how does that happen?

[B]

The rats had it. They had like, whatever disease.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

The fleas bit the rats. The fleas bit the people. Black brush. It got spread super, super quick, they said. Yeah, it was the world population at the time. The world population was around 450 million. Historians estimate 75 to 200 million million people died in four years.

[D]

Four years.

[B]

That's a world population too.

[C]

That's so scary.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Ain't got nothing on tuberculosis, dude.

[B]

So that means roughly 14, 15 to 45% of the world population may have been wiped out. Which makes you think, what would the world be like today if all those people didn't die?

[A]

White.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. That was quick. Andrew. You know what I think about all the time when I think about the plague is when we were on our honeymoon in Scotland and we went on a tour of. They call them closes, where it's like kind of a New York City. You know, they build the city on top of the city, and there's like an underground city that's abandoned and scary to think about. We went through one called Mary King's Close. It's like such a typical tourist trap. Everybody does it.

[B]

Yeah. Which. You're in Edinburgh, Scotland, and everything's, like, super Scottish there. And then our tour guide from, like, Spain or Portugal or something, he's like. And this is where the Black Plague was.

[A]

Like, this is really pulling me out. But they. You go down into the clothes and I mean, like, thank goodness you weren't battling anxiety at the time, because real. It was so tight. You're underground.

[B]

Dark, dark tunnels. And they have, like, mannequins of people.

[D]

With the Black Plague.

[B]

They're like, I.

[A]

You're trapped in a room with them. And I. The whole time I'm thinking, like, there could be a germ in here that never got disinfected.

[C]

Yeah. That's crazy.

[A]

I could be the next candidate to bring the plague back.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Down in history.

[A]

Yikes. And they say it's haunted, too. You remember that?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's like a little shrine to this, like, underground.

[C]

Do you get any weird feelings down there?

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Immediately, it's the worst feeling.

[B]

I would say the entire town of Edinburgh, or Old Town, for sure. There's ghosts there.

[A]

Big time.

[B]

Well, there was a. We talked about it before. I don't know why I got so excited.

[A]

In our. In our. Airbnb.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[B]

Piano.

[A]

And we. In our psychology was so funny because neither one of us would bring it up to each other so that it wouldn't be real.

[C]

Ruin your honeymoon.

[B]

Yeah. There's some crazy stories, but even in the. The castle there. Edinburgh Castle.

[A]

Yeah. That's where King James was born.

[B]

Weird vibes in there.

[A]

Really?

[B]

Oh, yeah, big time.

[A]

A lot of death. We should go on a ninja strip. It's, like, so awesome. That's where J.K. rowling wrote the first Harry of the four Harry Potter books.

[D]

Do you see what they're doing over there right now with the castle Edinburgh? They're. They're doing, like, one of the candlelight orchestra concerts And a streaming of the thing like app on the grounds or something like that.

[A]

That is so cool. I would love to. Yeah.

[D]

Paige sent me a.

[C]

Hey. Her birthday is right on the corner. You should.

[A]

Let's get flights this week.

[C]

This week?

[B]

Yeah. Let's do it.

[D]

Third trimester travel's pretty simple.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Safe.

[B]

It's the easiest of traveling.

[A]

I'll tell you though, like there's a window of about four months after the baby's born. You should travel then because they're so easy.

[D]

That's. I was talking to them about it. Paige wants to go back to Hawaii next year. Yeah, I'm gonna figure that out.

[A]

He's gonna be so easy. Because you guys are so like even tempered.

[D]

Pretty. Pretty.

[C]

Or it's gonna be the opposite. Yeah, gonna be the opposite.

[D]

Reserved here. This is. This is work. Andrew at home. I'm wild.

[C]

Just full on Ted Lasso at home.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm truthfully, really still spooked out about the kid going missing at Dracula's castle.

[C]

It's weird. I mean he just. Just gone. No footprints whatsoever. They were there the day he called in. Nothing weird.

[D]

I saved that.

[B]

That whole region, man.

[C]

And there's a city nearby, so it's like he could have easily gone there. Nothing. And it's since the 23rd of November still gone. No trace whatsoever. I mean like you have dogs, you have helicopters.

[B]

I thought Dracula's castle is in Transylvania.

[A]

I don't think that's a real place.

[C]

That's a made up place.

[B]

No, it's not.

[C]

Pretty sure it is pretty sure. It's a fictional name. It's in Romania.

[A]

He is Romanian.

[B]

Transylvania. Transylvania. Transylvania. Yeah. It is real.

[A]

A region in Romania.

[B]

Okay, see, it is real.

[A]

There's a mix.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

It's not real.

[C]

I didn't sound like that.

[A]

It looks so beautiful.

[C]

I don't think it's real.

[A]

Things to do.

[B]

You try to make me look like a fool.

[D]

Both of you.

[B]

She did not me apologize. Please.

[C]

I'm sorry, Lil.

[A]

I forgive you.

[B]

What you said Apollo.

[A]

Do you?

[C]

Okay. I'm sorry.

[A]

They have a place called Tampa in Transylvania.

[C]

Tampa?

[A]

Transylvania? Serious? Right now?

[B]

Yeah. That's where Vlad the Impalers from Transylvania.

[C]

Apparently he did go to Dracula's castle at one point.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And King Charles is related to him?

[C]

Yes.

[A]

This looks so beautiful. I mean like, is this our new trip?

[C]

The dragon's? Are we going to Dracula's castle right now?

[B]

No way, bro.

[A]

No. I'm very scared.

[B]

Speaking of Dracula's castle, did you know that we have an Episode right after this.

[C]

Yes, we do. On YouTube members or on patreon.com where you can get behind the scenes footage, get early access to episodes and extra episodes just like the one we're gonna film right after this. And we have, I have some photos from a certain island that just got leaked this week and it's pretty terrifying.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Interesting.

[C]

The.

[B]

Not just the island, the financier island.

[C]

Yeah, the financier.

[D]

If he's going to talk about that already, we'll talk about my theory or the thing that I found.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

In regards to that as well, I'm.

[A]

Talking about chicken stock.

[C]

Chicken stock. Okay. So you saw, you heard what we were bringing to the table and you.

[A]

Said, you guys are going to.

[C]

I'm going to crank it up and I'm gonna go chicken stock.

[A]

I'm so serious right now that you guys are gonna want to hear this.

[C]

As long as you could tell me the difference between stock and broth on Patreon.

[A]

Oh, I will.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Oh. Patreon.com forward/ninjas are butterflies. And guys, wherever you're listening or watching, please subscribe, comment, review, give us five stars.

[D]

Yep.

[B]

And go to sundaycoolswag.com to get you some new ninja merch that we're putting up there.

[C]

And people who comment in, people who shared last week. Guess what? I sent them some merch. And guess what? That's all. Because they did the simple thing of sharing about this podcast or commenting. That's all they did. And they got free merch. And so who knows what's in it for you next time.

[B]

And we'll see you guys next week for Christmas episode.

[C]

Get excited.

[B]

Very nice. Big surprise.

[C]

And if you're on YouTube members or on Patreon, you can actually watch the episode on Christmas day, Christmas morning.

[B]

Just tell your kids we can't open presents until we watch ninjas.

[C]

Yes. And you can't speed it up. You can only slow it down.

[B]

Yep.

[D]

Yep.

[B]

All right, guys, we love you.

[C]

We love you.

[B]

Bye.

[A]

Bye.

[C]

Happy holidays.

[D]

What you're about to see.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

May disturb you Domino's.

[D]

If any of you know what these multi decade UAP.

[C]

Bottle nose fish stick. There's a massive police response on the dolphin thing. Doping. Silence. You ever fart? At this moment, I knew something was wrong because she.

[A]

She squeezed my hand.

[C]

She looked at me with tears in her eyes and she said the words, no fart. Far less. How could you be so far.