Kicking Off the 2nd Annual Radiothon & Laying Out the Prizes

Summary

Payne & Pendergast Podcast
Episode: Kicking Off the 2nd Annual Radiothon & Laying Out the Prizes
Date: July 3, 2026
Main Hosts: Seth Payne and Sean Pendergast (Payne & Pendergast)
Guest Hosts: Reggie Adatula, Ron Hughley

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Overview

This episode of Payne & Pendergast kicks off the 2nd annual Reggie and Ron Radiothon, a vibrant, charity-driven broadcast benefiting the Houston Food Bank. With a signature blend of humor, sports talk, and local color, the hosts outline donation processes, auction rewards (such as dinners with the Sports Radio 610 shows and VIP game day experiences), and recount fun behind-the-scenes stories. The episode marries serious community purpose with plenty of laughs, inviting listeners to pitch in, bid, and help Houston’s hungry––all while having a good time.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Launch of the 2nd Annual Radiothon

[01:28 - 02:22]

• The Radiothon is back for its second year, aiming to surpass last year’s donation total (nearly $30,000, with $5,000 raised in the first hour).
• The event’s purpose is to support the Houston Food Bank through community engagement, fun, and a spirit of giving.
• Hosts stress that this is “one of those rare charity things that people do on the radio which are actually enjoyable to listen to” (Reggie Adatula, 02:22).

How to Donate and Bid on Auctions

[06:04 - 09:21]

• Donations: Text “Radiothon26” to 71777 for a direct donation link, ensuring contributions count toward the radiothon’s tally.
• Auctions: This year’s new online auction platform (sportsradio610.com) offers streamlined bidding on 17 unique items, including:
  • Dinners with Sports Radio 610 hosts at local Houston restaurants (Carrabba’s, Federal Grill, Oak and Iron, etc.).
  • A special dinner and VIP football game day experience through Cormier’s Kitchen with hosts Figgy Fig and B. Scott.
  • Autographed memorabilia and special experiences throughout the Houston sports landscape.

A Good-Natured Look Back & Radiothon Rituals

[03:34 - 04:30]

• The hosts reminisce about last year’s event “wall”––the mental and physical challenge after hours on air, invoking tales of honey, tea, and raw willpower.
  • “Last year I, I prepared so much better. I just rolled in like five minutes ago. I don’t got no tea, I don’t got no honey… Did not take any precautions this year.” (Seth Payne, 03:59)
  • Reggie jokes about “being a coffee guy” or using “five-hour energy,” but Seth doubles down on doing it with “sheer power of will.”

Bidding Table Banter: What Happens at the Host Dinners

[09:23 - 12:22]

• Reggie and Ron play up the “dinner with the hosts” experience, joking about the spectrum of possible Reggie personalities: “teetotaler,” “completely irresponsible,” “country pastor,” or “frat boy.”

  • “I leave it up to the guests… I’m gonna be a chameleon when it comes to imbibing.” (Reggie Adatula, 09:44)
  • “Does it come with like, full accent?... Are we getting expressions out?” (Seth Payne, 10:25)

• Listener texts inspire ribbing about Sean Pendergast’s legendary drinking tolerance:

  • “Sean’s one of these guys who can drink 12 beers and you wouldn’t know the difference at all.” (Reggie, 11:39)
  • “It’s a dangerous thing when you can’t recognize when a person has turned the corner [from sober to drunk].” (Ron, 12:22)
  • Seth randomly tosses out, “Let me tell you something about [Amelia Earhart]... that hoe,” triggering extended laughter.

Stories from Life: Bars, Recognition, and Handling Conflicts

[15:11 - 17:57]

• Reggie relates a recent “walking past the bar at 5am” story and the tension/fear of being noticed (or antagonized) by drunk partygoers, likening it to old college days and to the female experience of unwanted attention.
• Seth and Ron riff on being recognizable public figures in bars—the “stare” can signify either brewing conflict or just a star-struck fan unsure how to approach.
  • “More times than not, it usually is just somebody that's like, trying to figure out if you are who they think you are..." (Seth Payne, 17:19)
• Ron comments on people’s impulse to “mess with the biggest dude in here,” pondering the psychology behind seeking a bar fight for dominance.

Lessons from Youth Work: Handling Aggression and De-escalation

[18:03 - 22:55]

• Ron shares vivid stories from his prior work with at-risk youth in a care facility—where “staff assists” sometimes attracted coworkers motivated more by the prospect of a scuffle than helping the kids.
• A standout anecdote involves negotiating with a physically imposing teen (“looked like CC Sabathia”) using snacks: “Hot Cheetos, graham crackers and peanut butter.” The negotiation ends with the kid asking, “You got any honey?”
  • “[Negotiating snacks with the teen]... that was like when the terrorist asked for a helicopter to Cuba or whatever.” (Reggie, 22:40)
• The group laughs about creative, peaceful solutions versus escalation—“We will find a way to get honey if we avoid the other side of this.” (Seth, 22:18)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the spirit of giving:
  “If you want to be a little selfish with your giving, which is my type of giving, you want to go on to sportsradio610.com [and check out the auctions]...”
  — Seth Payne (06:44)

• On Sean’s drinking superpower:
  “Sean’s one of these guys who can drink 12 beers and you wouldn’t know the difference at all.”
  — Reggie Adatula (11:39)

• On host personalities at dinner:
  “I can be a teetotaler on this dinner or I can be completely irresponsible. I leave it up to the guests… I’m gonna be a chameleon when it comes to imbibing.”
  — Reggie Adatula (09:44)

• On unexpected left turns:
  “Let me tell you something about [Amelia Earhart]... that hoe.”
  — Seth Payne (13:00, to everyone else’s utter surprise)

• On negotiating with at-risk youth:
  “I said, here, look, man, if you go in there, I got a bag of hot Cheetos. I got some graham crackers and peanut butter… He said, you got any honey?”
  — Ron Hughley (21:29)

• On team de-escalation:
  “We will find a way to get honey if we avoid the other side of this.”
  — Seth Payne (22:18)

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Important Timestamps

• [01:28] – Kickoff for the 2nd Annual Radiothon
• [06:04] – Donation and auction instructions
• [09:23] – Dinners with hosts and playful “host persona” choices
• [11:39] – Sean Pendergast’s infamous alcohol tolerance
• [13:00] – Amelia Earhart joke and banter
• [15:11] – Drunk partygoers and the feeling of being a public figure in bars
• [18:03] – Stories from youth facility, de-escalation, and “staff assists”
• [21:29] – Hot Cheetos and honey negotiation story

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Tone & Style

The conversation is sharp, quick-witted, and self-deprecating, seamlessly blending the cause’s seriousness with the hosts’ trademark Houston-centric humor. Listeners are often let in on private jokes, spontaneous detours, and spirited story-sharing—making for a relatable, community-oriented, and consistently entertaining listen.

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How to Help

• Donate: Text “Radiothon26” to 71777
• Bid on Auctions: Visit sportsradio610.com and click the Radiothon banner
• Interact: Text the show at 713-572-4610

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Bottom Line:
This episode is a perfect encapsulation of how Houston sports radio can weave together charity, laughter, and local culture. It provides listeners with many ways to support a vital cause, all while keeping things light, engaging, and genuine.

Transcript

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[Reggie Adatula]

Subject to change sports radio 610 presents the second annual Reggie and Ron Radiothon benefiting the Houston Food Bank. Here's Reggie Adatula and Ron Hughley.

[Ron Hughley]

Ah, here we go, baby. Year two. There are many of you, just like last year, who are listening at 6 6am and saying, who the hell. Yes, who the hell? It's all right here. But we do have, we do have a familiar voice. Seth Payne is, is, is, is in the building with us.

[Reggie Adatula]

So right microphone. Gotta get the right microphone. You guys are getting off to a splendid start.

[Ron Hughley]

There we go.

[Seth Payne]

So I didn't know you had two microphones in there.

[Reggie Adatula]

I got so many microphones. I'm like, I'm like a microphone hoarder. I've got, I've got microphones in the attic, in the basement, everywhere.

[Ron Hughley]

Yeah, why not, man?

[Reggie Adatula]

Crawl space.

[Ron Hughley]

There's that familiar voice that we, that we at least want to give to you.

[Seth Payne]

Honestly, that's the biggest reason Seth is here. I just don't want a jar to people at 6 in the morning.

[Ron Hughley]

Some people are sitting there thinking, just two. And then they're like, is it 10? And it's like, what the. What the hell?

[Seth Payne]

No,

[Reggie Adatula]

I'm excited to be on with you. You guys did an amazing job last year raising money for the food bank. And, and I know you're hoping to blow last year's numbers out of the water, and our listeners were incredible with it too. So this is one of those rare charity things that people do on the radio which are actually enjoyable to listen to. You know, you guys aren't asking people to listen through 20 minutes of an interview with somebody who's going to depress you or something. We're just having fun and raising money along the way.

[Seth Payne]

We might still do that to the people at some point. I feel like I just want to keep that possibility in my pocket if we want to bore you for a little bit.

[Reggie Adatula]

You know what they. Back when, back when I was a kid, what they do, they raised. There was some comedy. They did some comedy shows and I can't even remember, they raised money for like hunger, World hunger. And they also did one for aids, I think. But they're kind of a big deal and they raised a lot of money because nobody felt like. They felt like, oh, I can go and I can support this cause, but also just not actually have to do anything other than be entertained. And I think that's what you guys do a good job of.

[Ron Hughley]

We appreciate that, man. And it started off with you a good luck. We did well last year and you were the good luck charm to kick it off for Seth. So we go.

[Reggie Adatula]

I don't, I don't even remember it. That's how much fun and how easy it was.

[Ron Hughley]

Yeah, yeah, I remember it, Seth.

[Reggie Adatula]

You guys, you guys told me I did it. All right, cool.

[Ron Hughley]

Yeah, I remember about 3:00 last year, boy, I think we had, we. We started hit a wall. We started. Reggie started running around finding honey and coffee or something. Right to the head, 25th mile.

[Seth Payne]

I completely forgot last year I, I prepared so much better. I just rolled in like five minutes ago. I don't got no tea, I don't got no honey. Last year I was like, all right, this might be a wreck on my voice. Did not take any precautions this year.

[Reggie Adatula]

Yeah, I tell you what you need to do. Maybe Reginald, just for this one day is just kick it up a notch. Be a, be a coffee guy, be a five hour energy guy.

[Seth Payne]

No, I pride myself on being like a sheer power will guy. Like, I'm just like, I don't need performance enhancers. I'm just going to do this out of the strength of who I am. And that might fail me today. I'm excited.

[Reggie Adatula]

Hey, go look Look, Special Forces operators are some of the toughest people on Earth, and they use a little. A little pick me up here.

[Seth Payne]

And clearly, I believe that I'm better than them.

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That's how they.

[Ron Hughley]

Yeah. All right, let's. Let's get the particulars out. And Reggie's really good at this. This is the. The second. Second annual Reggie and Ron Radio thon as we are trying to. To help feed Houston. Last year, I think we shocked them.

[Seth Payne]

And being the Houston Food Bank.

[Charles Barkley]

Right.

[Ron Hughley]

Houston Food Bank. I don't know if you remember. You probably don't remember this either, Seth, since you just now remember doing it, but they had the. They had it set at 5,000. And I remember. I think we. We hit that before you walked out. Correct. In your hour. And I'm like, 5,000. So they were blown away. Right. And so we are. We. We've kind of set a precedent, and to me, this is. This just becomes bigger and bigger, and I think more people know about it. And we got. We got near 30,000 last year, and we want to blow that out of the water this year. I got a number in my head, Seth. I'll keep it to myself, but I got a number in my head that I want us to hit. And, And I'm. I'm confident that the people can hit it. But, Reggie, give the particulars of. Of. Of where you can give what we have for you to be able. The auction items are amazing right now, and we'll keep you updated on where we are in terms of donations and a number. But. But give people the particulars.

[Seth Payne]

All right? So obviously, when it comes down to brass tacks, it's just, can we raise money for the Houston Food Bank? And that is a very simple place to do it. If you got a cell phone, this, you pull it out and you text in or you type in radio THON26, no spaces, no underscores, nothing like that. Radiothon 26. And you send that to the number 71777. Again, that number is 71777. And if you do that, you'll get the link and you'll have the opportunity to go to that link and donate directly to the food bank. And please, I will say you want to do it that way because if you just go, look, we're happy if you donate to the food bank, period. However, in order for us to kind of calculate it within the, you know, the. The span of what we're doing here at the Reggie and Ron Radio thon to be able to accurately represent what The Sports Radio 6 Fan List 610 Fan Listenership Base is capable of doing. You want to text RADIOFON26 to 71777. You can donate that way. But I like to say if you want to be a little selfish with your giving, which is my type of giving, you want to go on to sportsradio610.com hit that landing page. You'll see a big graphic for the Reggie and Ron Radio thon. Go there and that'll get you to the auction site that we have. This is the new upgrade that we have this year as opposed to last year. Last year you had to call in, figure out what the bid was. No. Nice and easy. You can see all 17 auction items that we have this year on the auction site, which again you find by going to sportsradio610.com and then hitting that, hitting that big graphic. It'll send you to the right spot where we have dinners with each of the Sports Radio 610 shows. Obviously, pain and Pendergast. That'll be a dinner at Carrabba's. We want to thank them for hosting that in Loop, myself, JLo, Figgy Fig will be having a dinner at Federal Grill. Appreciate them for supporting us with that. And then you guys with the drive, Ron, Clint and of course Team Mill, y' all will be out there at

[Ron Hughley]

Oak and Iron, baby.

[Seth Payne]

Oak and Iron. That'll be where the dinner is. Appreciate for them for that and also double appreciate them because they are also Hosting the area 4:45 Dinner with Johnny and Creighton. And actually I forgot there is one more dinner that got added. And Seth, I don't know if you remember this. Yesterday on the program when we were cross talking, I was telling you that there is a. There is a particular dinner that you have to be careful about because it might blow y' all out the water. Yeah, it is this one shout out to Cormier's Kitchen who have a dinner for, you know, one person and the guest, the winner and the guest with Figgy Fig and B. Scott. But this is the thing that, that, you know, makes it go further is that in addition to that dinner, you also get what I believe is being described as a VIP football game day experience. Okay, A VIP football game day experience. Now, if I had to look for days of the week where this experience would happen. I believe it's Thursday. It's a Thursday football experience. And I think that there might be like you might be excited that someone is stampeding into town. Does that make sense? Are you getting where.

[Ron Hughley]

You get where I'm going.

[Seth Payne]

And so, yeah, I feel like that one is a dinner plus a game day experience. I think that that one is. Is going to be. Go really well. So there's that there's memorabilia, all sorts of signed items. Go check that out. But we're hoping to really blow out the, the donations that we were able to amass last year. This year with the second annual Reggie and Ron Radio Thon.

[Reggie Adatula]

I'm excited about this.

[Ron Hughley]

And it's up already. It's up already. People are already. People are already making bids on these and shout out to. As you said, Cormier, that, that became a impromptu thing last year with, with Figgy and, and, and B. Scott and now. And they've come back and said, man, we're gonna do it again. So it's, it's where.

[Reggie Adatula]

And then for the dinner with Sean and I just. So the listeners are, you know, if you're nervous about this or not, you know, they, you know, you know, I haven't. I curbed my drinking a long time ago, and I only drink in very sporadic, specific moments. And this is one of them. If you so choose. I can be a teetotaler on this dinner or I can. I can be completely irresponsible. I leave it up to the guests to either, you know, tell me whether they want me to be like a, like a country pastor or frat boy. You know, just. I, I go with you guys. I'm gonna be a chameleon when it comes to imbibing. I mean. Imbibing. Chameleon.

[Charles Barkley]

Yeah.

[Ron Hughley]

Country bastard. That's what I want to. I want to see.

[Seth Payne]

Does it come forward? Does it come with like, full accent? Are we, Are we getting expressions out?

[Ron Hughley]

What is. Well, what does the country pastor wear? Like, do you go. Do you come in. Are you in a tie?

[Reggie Adatula]

I might wear. Yeah, I might. We really, really just really loud. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. Because it can be. It could be. You could go either way with a country pasture. I could be dressed like a backwoods hillbilly or I could be dressed like. I'm, you know, it's just like it's 1955. Yeah. And I'm stepping out of a car that's. I could be the type of country pastor that's driving a really way too expensive car for the donations we take in. If you want me to, I'll take some of the money from the food bank and actually embezzle it over to my wardrobe.

[Ron Hughley]

Our. Oh, yeah, real. Real country past. Yeah, yeah, country pastor.

[Seth Payne]

I like what's happening here on the. The text line, which we always still have available for you. 7 1, 3, 5 7, 2, 4, 6, 10. In fact, check in. Let us know how far you're hanging, how long you're hanging out with us and everything. But this from the 713 made me laugh because they said it'd be di. Diabolical to win, you know, the Sean and Seth dinner, but then tell Seth to drink, but stop Sean from drinking. Like, is that an option? Can we do that? Because I think that's hilarious to me.

[Reggie Adatula]

That would. No, Sean would handle it too well. That's the kind of guy you sit down and, like, I remember we were at West Palm beach last year for spring training, and, like, Sean's one of these guys who can drink 12 beers and you wouldn't know the difference at all.

[Ron Hughley]

So he hides his drunk.

[Reggie Adatula]

He's the same guy. Yeah, yeah. Like, other than just being a little bit dumber is he's the same guy. I don't even know why he drinks. Because he says he's the same guy, with or without it.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, because it's costly, Right. If you're not getting. Well, maybe he is getting that buzz behind as you. As you kind of alluded to. But if you're not getting that, I feel like Drake could cause too much for you to. For you to not have a real difference in who you are.

[Ron Hughley]

Yeah, that's dangerous, Seth, because, like, I listen. I listen. I'm not an angry drunk or I'm not someone that. That, you know, starts to, like, I got some friends, man, that. That get. That get drunk. A couple, like, I know every year on New Year's, man, they're. They're an emotional drunk, and, you know, they're gonna. They're gonna tell you how much they love you and all that. I don't get there, but I can. You can clearly tell when I've turned. As I call. Turn the corner. Like, when. When you can see it in my face and hear it in my voice when I've turned the corner. That is a dangerous thing when you can't recognize when a person has turned the corner.

[Reggie Adatula]

Right, Right. Yeah. That all of a sudden just some, like, innocent little comment is gonna ruin the evening. You said what about Amelia Earhart? Let me tell you something about that hoe. Yeah. Yeah.

[Ron Hughley]

Listen, I'm gonna. I'm gonna tell you this right now, Seth. You could have given me 85 chances to guess what Seth's about. To say when it comes to some small comment and calling Amelia Earhart a hoe, I would have never. I would have never had. That way you could have given me a thousand. I would have never guessed. All right, Seth's gonna say Amelia Earhart, and the dismount's going to be that she's a hoe.

[Seth Payne]

That's right.

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[Reggie Adatula]

Speaking of okay with drunk people and how they operate, I just, I had this experience a few weeks ago. I was. So you remember when you're in college and you're like, you're walking past a frat party or something? You're kind of like, these guys are pretty drunk. Like, I just, I really hope I don't get, like, there's a. Just, just don't nobody antagonize me or anything about this. I don't want to get into a whole thing. I'd forgotten about that feeling until I was walking. I was going for one of my early morning walks in a different part of town, and I was. I walked past the cigar bar that was still like they were going at it. It was five in the morning and there were still people out on the porches and everything. And it was like out on the deck and everything. And it was like a flashback to where you're like, I just. All right, I just. I just. Let me walk through here. It's probably the closest you ever feel like a woman walking down the street. Like, just please don't. Just please don't comment on my physical appearance or something. I just want to. I just want to continue on my walk. I can't get into a whole thing right now that is.

[Seth Payne]

Do you think it's particular for you as a relatively larger gentleman where, like, bigger target, you know? I mean, like, if I was walking relative to you down that same street, do you think I would have that same. That same feeling?

[Reggie Adatula]

I don't know. Maybe it's my own insecurities or something. Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I don't know. I always. I start playing things out in my head and I'm like, all right, I got either. I got either of a roll. Have a witty comeback to something, or just go up and join them and start drinking it at five in the morning.

[Ron Hughley]

Yeah, I mean, I think. I think you could do both.

[Reggie Adatula]

There's a little bit of like, I hope I get recognized and somebody comes and gives me free stuff.

[MLB The Show Announcer]

Yeah, that's.

[Reggie Adatula]

There's always that with. That's something that happens. You know, when I was a football player, this is the first time that. It was when I was a young player in the NFL, you know, in college, like where I went to school. It wasn't like, it was a huge deal necessarily, if you're a football player or anything, so you didn't get like, called out a lot or anything. But I remember just being in bars or clubs a couple times where you're like, you look across the room and there's a guy, like, just look like, glaring at you, and you're like, ah, crap. What the hell is this all about? Like, is this guy get a. He's got to go start something or whatever. And more times than not, it usually is just somebody that's like, trying to figure out if you are who they think you are. And it gives the same look as somebody who size and sizing somebody up for a fight. So it was. So you have to kind of learn to be like, oh, okay, don't read the facial expression. This might actually be the nicest person on earth. They're just kind of. They're examining if I am who they think I am.

[Ron Hughley]

Yeah. That I never understand those people. Like, though there. There are literally. And Seth, you've probably had to deal with it. I've talked to Clint about this before. Like, the guys that sit there and say, you know what, man? I want to mess with the biggest dude in here.

[Reggie Adatula]

Yeah.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Ron Hughley]

Like, I just like. And. And I mean, it's hard for me to even relate to people because.

[Lowe's Announcer]

And.

[Ron Hughley]

And there's. There's. There's generally like one in. In friend groups probably, and maybe they don't act out as much, but just guys who want to fight.

[Reggie Adatula]

Yeah.

[Ron Hughley]

Like, who want to go out and. And. And want to kind of push stuff. And want to kind of push stuff. Like, I remember when I, When I worked my previous life before sports radio when I worked at with at Risk Youth and we used to. There would be like staff assists where. Hey, man, you know, a kid has. Has. Is just need some assistance to, to get himself together or he has been a little. He's been a little. He's. He's kind of lost himself.

[Reggie Adatula]

Right?

[Ron Hughley]

We got. And we got to calm him down. And really what we want to do is talk. We want to talk and hey, let's. Let's get him in. There are some cats that would show up and they are. They are just. They're trying to make the comment that allows physicality to come about.

[Reggie Adatula]

There's like, there's a. Yeah. So you're like, you're starting froth from a whole different. You're like. You work with most. Yeah. Like it. With a lot of kids, they're almost like they're just. Either they feel like they. They have to act a certain way or whatever or they just don't know how to handle certain situations. But then there's some kids that's just that. That's who they are. Like, they're. That's what they're. That's what they're aching for. Right?

[Ron Hughley]

I mean. I mean, we. Over. We're talking. We're trying to talk him down and then. And then here come Rich. Just come over. He comes over sometimes he's not even saying anything. Seth, he come over. Bam. He come over and grab some gloves. It's just. And just start putting on gloves and then start taking off his jewelry and

[Charles Barkley]

put it

[Ron Hughley]

just staring at the kid like, like, come on, man. Like, what are you doing? Like, calm down, man. We just. Hey, let's. We just go talk him. No, man, he just. He's ready to like. Or somebody come over. Hey, man, don't talk like that or you're going to get hemmed up. Like, hold on, man.

[Seth Payne]

Some people, some people are aggressive energy.

[Lowe's Announcer]

Yeah.

[Ron Hughley]

Some people want it. They were ready for it there. I mean, there used to be. It would be set. They would be. It would come across the loudspeaker inside of the whole building. Staff assist, unit two. Staff assistance. There were people, there were guys that lived for that call.

[Reggie Adatula]

Oh, yeah.

[Ron Hughley]

That live for that call. And there's just like, everybody can't leave the unit.

[Seth Payne]

Right.

[Ron Hughley]

Do it. They're just designated. You'd hear it.

[Charles Barkley]

Bam.

[Ron Hughley]

They shoot right off and they're coming in ready to go. And I'm just like, whoa. Like, like, calm down, guys. Calm down. The. Just the people who are into it, who are into just the physical.

[Reggie Adatula]

So you were working with kids who were like in. Was that just an after school program or something or was it an actual, like. It was a facility.

[Ron Hughley]

It was a facility. So, yeah, we had like, like hospital side and then we had like a long term stay side. Oh, yeah, you know, we, we had like, we had some, we had some

[Reggie Adatula]

kids with some serious.

[Charles Barkley]

Serious.

[Ron Hughley]

I promise you. There was this, there was this kid, he was 16 and he. Well, I called him CC Sabathia. He came in and he like old CC like Cleveland CC.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah.

[Ron Hughley]

Not the CC that's lost his weight. Like, he looked like CC Sabathia. And I'm just like, I'm like, man, we ain't gonna be able to do

[Seth Payne]

nothing with this guy if it goes to that place.

[Ron Hughley]

And it went to that place once. And I, and I negotiated with hot Cheetos and, and, and, and graham crackers and peanut butter.

[Seth Payne]

How much of the negotiation was actually verbal? How much of the negotiation was just you presenting these items as if like.

[Ron Hughley]

Well, I mean, listen, like, we, we. Yeah, we sat down and this dude, this kid was 300 plus. We're not lifted. And carrying him to the, to the. And I told him, I said, here, look, man, if you go in there, I got a bag of hot, hot Cheetos. I got some, some, some graham crackers and peanut butter. I said, man, I'll go put it in that timeout room and it's, it's all yours. He said, you got any honey?

[Seth Payne]

He's a negotiator.

[Reggie Adatula]

I said, go ahead, man, check the honey budget. Hold on a second.

[Seth Payne]

We will find a way to get honey. If we avoid the other side of this.

[Ron Hughley]

I'll sit here all damn day with your ass. I'll sit here till 4 o' clock T off because I have. Not that, like, there ain't no reason to do this because I'm about to hurt my back. I'm about to do something to try to try to get this cat.

[Seth Payne]

Yeah, there's no, there's no accounting for this. In your typical responsibilities. Like this is over and above. If you go to that place.

[Ron Hughley]

Yeah, that's just some silliness.

[Reggie Adatula]

That's kind of cool. Yeah, you literally put some honey on it. And that was the whole deal. That was like in, in your situation where you're the negotiator there. That was like when the, it's like when the terrorist asked for a helicopter to, to Cuba or whatever. Like. Yep, yep, we can do that. We can arrange that. We can get some honey for you.

[Ron Hughley]

Yeah, it was. It was big. All right, as we continue, how did

[Seth Payne]

we end up here in the first segment?

[Ron Hughley]

Who cares?

[Reggie Adatula]

Amelia Earhart.

[Ron Hughley]

Yeah, that's right. That's right. She did it. Yeah. Who cares? But please, please continue with this one. One segment down and a bunch to go here today as as the second annual Reggie and Ron Radio Fund. Please, please help us feed Houston. You could text Sports Radio.

[Seth Payne]

Nope. Radio Radio thon.

[Ron Hughley]

Oh, Radio Thon.

[Seth Payne]

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[Ron Hughley]

Radio Thon 26. Yeah, sitting here right in my face. Radio Thon 26 to 71777 and you can text there to donate and continue to help us out. And remember to. To bid there as you can go to the page there on Sports Radio 610 to bid as as much as you can to help us out here as we continue to feed Houston. More as we continue rolling here on the Reggie and Ron Radio Thon.

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[Reggie Adatula]

Would

[Ron Hughley]

you look at that.

[Seth Payne]

It's time for some of our favorite Snapple reelfacts. Real fact 1433 Toe wrestling is a competitive sport.

[Ron Hughley]

Real fact 732 the chicken is the closest living relative of the Tyrannosaurus. Re reeled back 1599aman once ate an entire airplane. Yowch. Did he have any hot sauce?

[Lowe's Announcer]

Yep.

[Ron Hughley]

So anyways, this has been a refreshing break. Brought to you by Snapple Real tea,

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[Kelly Clarkson]

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[Ron Hughley]

Was she brave?

[Kelly Clarkson]

She was tired mostly. But she went to Carvana.com and found a great car at a great price. No secret treasure map required.

[Reggie Adatula]

Did you have to fight a dragon?

[Kelly Clarkson]

Nope. She bought it 100% online from her bed, actually.

[Ron Hughley]

Was it scary?

[Kelly Clarkson]

Honey, it was as unscary as car buying could be.

[Ron Hughley]

Did the car have a sunroof?

[Kelly Clarkson]

It did, actually. Okay, good story. Car buying. You'll want to tell stories about. Buy your car today on Carvana. Delivery fees may apply.