Exploring Names that Make You Sound Old

Summary

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Payne & Pendergast – Episode Summary

Episode Title: Exploring Names That Make You Sound Old
Date: July 3, 2026
Podcast: Payne & Pendergast by Audacy
Episode Theme:
This episode takes a playful detour from the usual Houston sports talk as the hosts, joined by guest Clint Sterner, engage in a lively discussion about “old people names” and the generational stories behind them—all while supporting the Houston Food Bank Radiothon. The conversation is marked by personal anecdotes, good-natured banter, and audience participation via the text line.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Fundraising and Listener Engagement

• The ongoing Radiothon to support the Houston Food Bank is a major thread throughout. The hosts regularly update on donations and auction items, while encouraging listeners to participate.
  • How to donate: Listeners can text RADIOTHON 26 to 71777 or visit SportsRadio610.com for donation and auction info.
  • Notable mentions: Donations from listeners “Old Bullseye” and “Lisa” are highlighted (01:50).
  • Unique auction items mentioned include a Roger Staubach autographed photo and a Hakeem Olajuwon signed Rockets jersey.
  • “One dollar feeds three meals,” underscoring the drive’s impact (13:45).

Playful Banter: “Old People Names”

• The central segment launches when the hosts and Clint Sterner play a game: “What’s the oldest name you’ve actually encountered?” (02:57)

  • Clint proudly offers: “My grandma's name was Eddie Mae, boy.” (03:17)
  • Host 2 counters with: “Lou is my grandmother’s name.” (03:39)
  • Host 1 jumps in: “My grandmother’s name: Benedicta—she would go by Bessie, but that’s not like that sounds... we’re not rolling any Bessies out here anymore.” (04:24-04:34)
  • The hosts muse on how these names—Eddie Mae, Lou, Bessie—have gone extinct and could be the basis for a movie.

• Quotes Highlighting the Mood:

  • “Y’all got discontinued models. 100. 100.” - Radio Host 1, on the old-fashioned quality of their grandmothers’ names (04:00)
  • “That’s country as hell, man.” - Radio Host 1, reacting to “Eddie Mae” (03:24)
  • “I don’t know if y’alls are still kicking, but mine is not.” – Host 2, as the conversation turns sentimental (04:46)

• Listeners chime in with texts suggesting names like Gladys, Joyce, and Esther. There’s a side conversation about how some “old” names like Esther and Rose are making a comeback, with generational and cultural nuances discussed (05:21-05:50).

  • Debate about “Esther” and its popularity or pronunciation in Hispanic communities (05:42-06:28).

Auction Talk: Houston Sports Memorabilia

• The hosts discuss bidding activity on featured auction items.

  • Surprise and mild frustration that a Hakeem Olajuwon autographed jersey hasn’t been bid on:
    “Lot number seven, Hakeem Olajuwon autographed Houston Rockets jersey…not had bid the first. And I don’t understand that at all. ...I feel like that should be bid up some crazy, right?” – Host 1 (07:43)

• Discussion of the potential appeal of a Roger Staubach autographed photo:

  • “That might be something somebody feels like they want to put up in the man cave.” – Clint Sterner (07:37)

Listener and Guest Appreciation

• The energy of listener involvement is high, with frequent “shout outs” to donors and reminders of the impact of community support.
• Clint Sterner signs off with gratitude and encouragement, citing how the holidays like July 4th, not just Thanksgiving, bring families together:
  • “It’s my dad’s side of the family that we spent most of our time with and more of them attended July 4th than Thanksgiving.” (11:57)
  • On the importance of giving: “You can’t touch no deeper than making sure somebody’s got food to eat, man. That’s big. So let’s do our part.” (13:01)
  • “Appreciate what y’all do, man. Love you boys. I’ll see y’all next week.” (13:07)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On generational names:

  • Clint Sterner: “My grandma’s name was Eddie Mae, boy.” (03:17)
  • Host 1: “That’s country as hell, man.” (03:24)
  • Host 2: “Lou is my grandmother's name.” (03:39)
  • Host 1: "Y' all got discontinued models. 100. 100." (04:00)
  • Host 2: “I don’t know if y’alls are still kicking, but mine is not.” (04:46)
  • Host 1: “Kicking in that bingo hall in the sky.” (04:52)

• On the auction action:

  • Host 1: “Lot number seven, Hakeem Olajuwon autographed Houston Rockets jersey…not had bid the first. ...I feel like that should be bid up some crazy, right?” (07:43)

• On community and holiday gatherings:

  • Clint Sterner: “More of them attended July 4th than they did Thanksgiving. ...But that's in Damn Sterners, boy.” (11:57)

• On giving back:

  • Host 1: “One dollar equals three meals.” (13:45)
  • Clint Sterner: “You can’t touch no deeper than making sure somebody’s got food to eat, man. That’s big.” (13:01)
  • “Appreciate what y’all do, man. Love you boys.” (13:07)

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Important Timestamps & Segments

• [01:44] – Donation info, shoutouts for listeners, and Radiothon details
• [02:57-06:28] – Deep dive into “old people names” with plenty of laughs and cultural conversation
• [07:19-08:43] – Auction discussion: Roger Staubach and Hakeem Olajuwon memorabilia
• [11:35-13:10] – Clint Sterner signs off: reflections on family holidays, gratitude, and urging continued support
• [13:10-15:37] – Host pivots back to fundraising impact, ongoing community encouragement

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Recap & Takeaways

This episode blends classic sports talk camaraderie with a heartfelt push for charity, delivered through inside jokes and affectionate teasing about family names that evoke another era. The show remains accessible and engaging, bringing listeners in not just as an audience but as part of the extended “Houston family” supporting a worthy cause.

Anyone who hasn’t listened will leave this summary with a smile, the urge to text their grandma (or at least ask about her name), and maybe to make a quick donation to the Houston Food Bank.

Transcript

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[Radio Host 1]

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[Clint Sterner]

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[Radio Host 1]

I was like, nah, man, I want my credit.

[Clint Sterner]

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[Radio Host 1]

I've heard of him.

[Clint Sterner]

Isaac, we appreciate you as well. And Otis, we appreciate.

[Radio Host 1]

What's the. All right, so now I've got to

[Clint Sterner]

do Otis have given.

[Radio Host 1]

It's the same one. It's the same one. Oh, Hood, I now want to play a game. Do we still have Clint on the line? Yeah, Clint, I want to play a Game. What's the oldest name that you have, like, actually encountered? I don't want you to just come up with some. But what's the oldest name? Otis, isn't it? But it gets me thinking towards that line of thought.

[Radio Host 2]

Oh, wow.

[Clint Sterner]

My grandma's name was Eddie Mae, boy.

[Radio Host 2]

I mean, Eddie Mae. That's a good. I'm glad you said that.

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[Radio Host 1]

That's country as hell, man.

[Clint Sterner]

Yeah.

[Radio Host 1]

Anytime that we. Eddie May, because it's not anime. It's just.

[Clint Sterner]

No, it's Eddie.

[Radio Host 1]

Okay. See, I kind of hate Eddie May. That's so damn country. How do we make this name more feminine? We just tag on, man.

[Clint Sterner]

Eddie Mae Johnson.

[Radio Host 2]

Well, I got to. I mean, I can't. I can't one up Eddie Mae, but I can damn sure I can damn sure. I mean tie. I mean, strong tie. Like four overtime tie or. Lou is my grandmother's name.

[Clint Sterner]

That's a God that's aware.

[Radio Host 1]

That is a winner.

[Clint Sterner]

That's it. I don't know. I don't know if we're making auras or lose.

[Radio Host 1]

No. Yeah, y'. All. Y' all got discontinued models. 100. 100.

[Radio Host 2]

Yeah, that's a good point, boy. We got to find out what Tyler's grandmother's names were. See if we can't. See if we can't make this a drive trifecta. Because that's oral. Lou and Eddie May. I mean, you were right. They are. They are extinct.

[Radio Host 1]

Since we're throwing out grannies in here. My grandmother's name, Benedicta.

[Clint Sterner]

Oh, that's just. Well, even old. That's just one of a kind. Yeah, that's just made that up.

[Radio Host 2]

That's just difficult.

[Clint Sterner]

What y' all call.

[Radio Host 2]

What's the full name? Ridge.

[Radio Host 1]

Well, she. She would go by Bessie, but that's. It's not like that sounds. We're not. We're not rolling any Bessies out here anymore.

[Radio Host 2]

That's a good old one. Oh, man. Eddie Mae or Lou and Bessie. I think they could make a movie about them.

[Clint Sterner]

3, 100.

[Radio Host 2]

I don't know if y' alls are still kicking, but mine is not.

[Radio Host 1]

Mine is not either, unfortunately.

[Clint Sterner]

No.

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[Radio Host 1]

Kicking in that. That bingo hole in the sky, you know?

[Clint Sterner]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The men. Men like my grandpa, Albert Lee. And again, it was not just Albert. Albert Lee. Albert Lee and Eddie and Eddie May. It's a.

[Radio Host 1]

They were. They were made for each other.

[Radio Host 2]

That's like movie type stuff. That's like. It's like it was written.

[Clint Sterner]

And then the other side, Grandpa Edward and Larisse oh, wow. That ain't really that old, man. You larisse. You could. You could pro. I bet.

[Radio Host 1]

I don't think I'm. I don't know if you're coming up with a larisse. Funny enough, though, somebody on the text line because now everybody's going, they got Gladys, we got Joyce. Joyce Dot is a great old name, but somebody came with Esther, and I know an Esther that is less than 20 years old right now.

[Radio Host 2]

Really?

[Clint Sterner]

That are some of those. That. That are coming back, Rose. Those. Some of those are coming back.

[Radio Host 2]

Is Esther.

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[Radio Host 2]

Is the Esther, you know, Hispanic?

[Radio Host 1]

No. No, she is not.

[Radio Host 2]

I mean, why.

[Clint Sterner]

That's.

[Radio Host 2]

I mean, why is. What's so funny, Ron?

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[Radio Host 1]

I don't know what was so funny.

[Clint Sterner]

Is the Esther Hispanic?

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Is that it?

[Radio Host 2]

Well, because if. I mean, if I'm trying to think back to my upbringing and I. Esther is. I don't know exactly how it's pronounced in Spanish. I don't know, but I think that's a pretty popular, or I should say a popular unpopular name, if that makes sense. I think that's one of them that you.

[Clint Sterner]

John Lopez coming up next. Maybe he can help us out.

[Radio Host 1]

There you go. He's got all the names. Just who did you go to high school with, John? Let me. Let me hear these names.

[Radio Host 2]

Do you have any Esthers in Hispanic Esters in San Antonio and San Antonio area?

[Clint Sterner]

I think.

[Radio Host 2]

I'm not sure. I could be completely off there, but

[Radio Host 1]

I don't know if this is where you're planning on going.

[Clint Sterner]

I just wanted to we go and. Listen, man, we can go where we want to go.

[Radio Host 1]

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[Radio Host 2]

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[Clint Sterner]

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[Radio Host 1]

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[Clint Sterner]

All right, there's.

[Radio Host 1]

There's still a couple of things that nobody's even bid on. Now, this is one that's interesting. I know that we got Cowboys fans in the. In the Houston area. I do wonder how many of our listeners are interested in it, though. But there is a Roger Stall Back autographed Cowboys photo. And I mean, Styleback's a great, A great player. Absolutely. In the history of the league. I just wonder how many people that we have listening are like, time to put down for the Roger Stallbox, you

[Clint Sterner]

know, Listen, I I think the. The someone in that Otis area. That Otis get in here. We got some. There's an older. Some of those names we were saying. And then maybe. Maybe somebody who is in the Navy. The connection with.

[Radio Host 1]

Yeah, Navy is a good one.

[Clint Sterner]

With Roger being a Navy man. That might be. That might be something that somebody feels like they want to put up in the man case.

[Radio Host 1]

So there's not a bit there. But I'm. I'm astonished even. And maybe I'm. I'm, you know, ruining my own chances at this by bringing this up. Lot number seven, Hakeem Olajuwon autographed Houston Rockets jersey has. It has not had bid the first. And I don't understand that at all. Yeah, like, y' all can leave it to me if you really want to. I will win that auction, please. But I feel like that should be bid up some crazy, right?

[Clint Sterner]

I would think so. I mean, yeah, especially when you see. I mean, Noah. I mean, I feel like we're kicking the gap. I mean, Marcel Reed is. Is getting. I'm just saying, don't worry. J.

[Radio Host 1]

Lo's coming on here.

[Clint Sterner]

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[Radio Host 1]

Yeah.

[Radio Host 2]

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[Radio Host 1]

He did put that old tweet. Now you need to get to posting yourself, buddy.

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[Radio Host 2]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll get.

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We still lead in the bids.

[Radio Host 2]

I'll get it rolling. We still lead in the bids. I'll get it.

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[Radio Host 2]

I mean, look, this is. It's. We've got Tyler committed.

[Clint Sterner]

Come on, man.

[Radio Host 2]

Hey, hey, boss man, boss man. Here's the deal. Whatever. Whatever date that is. The part of the deal is, is Tyler has not.

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[Radio Host 2]

No work responsibilities after 6pm Clint, we ain't cutting no audio. We're not doing it. We're not. We're not doing any. Any uploads, right? At 6pm he's done walking out the door. Actually, at 5:55, he's walking out the door. Me and Ron and. And we're going to Oak and Iron. And it's. It's on and popping.

[Clint Sterner]

Clint, we got a bid. History of 5 10. 5 15, 5 20.

[Radio Host 2]

Well, hey, that. That's even. That's even better than I. Than I thought. If you look at it and you do the math, it was. It was 590. And with 10 bids, that means it's $10 increments. So if there's actually $5 increments in there, somebody actually bumped that thing bigger than 10. So that makes me feel better.

[Clint Sterner]

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[Radio Host 1]

5, 5, 5, 9. 25 cents.

[Clint Sterner]

50 cent on you. I got you. Five fifty. 50 for you. All right, man. Hey, Clint, we appreciate it, man. Enjoy the fam. Enjoy the river.

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[Clint Sterner]

And enjoy your favorite holiday, or at least your second favorite holiday.

[Radio Host 1]

What was number one for you after Griffin?

[Radio Host 2]

Man, come on, you know what's going on.

[Radio Host 1]

Oh, so you. You don't. You don't rate Thanksgiving. That's crazy.

[Radio Host 2]

I like Thanksgiving. I look, I, I like Thanksgiving.

[Clint Sterner]

I do.

[Radio Host 2]

I just, I mean, it's, if it's not, if it's not wrapped around, you know, my, my, if food is not, you know, the, the centerpiece of my favorite, my favorite, my favorite vacations in my family always, always growing up. I mean, hell, I'll be honest with you. I mean, it's my dad's side of the family that we spent most of our time with and my, that more of them attended July 4th than they did Thanksgiving. So, so, I mean, little, we're a little offbeat here. I mean, but, but that's in Damn Sterners, boy. We'll y' all be good, man. Everybody out there, happy Fourth. Be safe. Have a great time. And, and make sure you hit that sportsradio6ten.com and whether it's the drive you want to hang out with or, or the, the auction items, man, or, you know, the memorabilia, get on it, man. It goes to a good cause. The, the Houston Food bank is, I mean, you can't, you can't touch no deeper than, than making sure somebody's got food to eat, man. That's, that's big. So let's do our part, man. Appreciate you boys having me and, and big shout out to YouTube for making this happen again. It doesn't just happen on a Friday. The work and the thought and the planning that y' all put into this thing behind the scenes over the last two months is, is, is big time, man. So appreciate what y' all do, man. Love you boys. I'll see y' all next week.

[Radio Host 1]

Appreciate you, brother.

[Clint Sterner]

That is a Clint Sterner joining us in for a big 9 o' clock hour. Let's as we move towards the 10 o' clock hour, John Lopez will join us here in a bit. And, and we appreciate, Terry, as we talked about earlier, Robert, we appreciate you jumping in as well as again, we're trying to, to jump over what we did last year. And I know we're going to do it. I know we're going to do it and I know we're going to do it because you guys are the most amazing listening audience and you guys step up share, let other people know as well. Again as we talked about it, the Houston Food bank, they, they feed over a million people. 18 counties they are covering here in, in Houston in the area and they need help all the time and they work so hard. If you've ever been to the food bank, you can see how hard it is that they work and everything. They're doing, their operation and they are a must, a must for survival for many people in this city. And we want to, to try to give our, our time, our energy and, and now hopefully our money to help with them. And the best way to do that, so many of you guys have done a great job so far is to text RADIOTHON 26 all together, all one word, RADIOTHON 26 to 71777. And that is the best way that you can jump in and help us out and help the food bank out, the Houston food bank out in a big way. One dollar, guys. One dollar feeds three meals. Three meals. One dollar equals three meals. And so we want to help a ton. They were blown away by what we did last year. Let's blow them away again. And, and, and you. That's not the only way.

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[Radio Host 1]

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