#15 - Can Shayne Finally Do The Splits?

Summary

Podcast Summary: Smosh Mouth Episode #15 - Can Shayne Finally Do The Splits?

Release Date: October 2, 2023
Hosts: Shayne Topp (Shane) and Amanda Lehan-Canto (Amanda)
Title: Can Shayne Finally Do The Splits?

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1. Introduction & Personal Check-In

In this special episode of Smosh Mouth, hosts Shane and Amanda break away from their usual format by having a candid, intimate conversation without any guests. The duo aims to use these check-in episodes as a way to reflect on their personal lives, respond to audience feedback, and discuss the future direction of their podcast.

Shane:
"[00:56]...It's just us. And I want to start doing this a little more often or just every now and then. It's a little bit of a checkpoint."

Amanda:
"[00:56]...Yeah."

2. Amanda's Horror Movie Enthusiasm

Amanda shares her newfound passion for horror movies, specifically the Insidious series, despite past warnings from friends.

Amanda:
"[01:18]...I have been on a horror movie kick."

Shane:
"[02:04]...I thought they weren't good."

Amanda:
"[02:19]...They follow her, like origin story."

3. Shane's Birthday Reflections

Celebrating his birthday, Shane opens up about the mixed emotions that come with it—joy from the celebration and stress from organizing it. He discusses his struggles with maintaining connections and overcoming fears of social rejection.

Shane:
"[03:22]...I feel like I distance myself from everyone sometimes by accident."

Amanda:
"[05:31]...Isn't it funny that birthdays bring up all of that?"

4. The Naming Journey of "Smosh Mouth"

Shane and Amanda delve into the creative process behind naming their podcast Smosh Mouth. They recount brainstorming sessions, internal jokes, and how the name organically emerged from their collaborative efforts.

Shane:
"[11:04]...We said that in a meeting, and we. That got said. We all just kind of laughed. We're like, that's silly. That sounds good. Smosh Mouth."

Amanda:
"[12:38]...We invested a lot. Oh, yeah, this name is invested."

5. The Quest for Flexibility: Can Shane Do the Splits?

Shane candidly discusses his long-term goal of achieving the splits. He shares his daily stretching routine, setbacks due to inconsistent practice and a minor knee injury, and his determination to continue striving towards this personal milestone.

Shane:
"[20:00]...Can I do the splits? And the answer is, no, no, no."

Amanda:
"[30:01]...I was doing splits without realizing it."

6. Amanda's Flexibility Journey

Amanda provides insight into her own flexibility practices, including Muay Thai, yoga, and Pilates. She highlights how these disciplines have significantly improved her ability to perform splits and enhance her overall mobility.

Amanda:
"[29:28]...I can almost do the forward split."

Shane:
"[30:14]...But it is not like I'm super flexible, but it's that I feel better than ever."

7. Podcast as a Source of Motivation

Both hosts reveal how Smosh Mouth serves as a motivational platform for their personal goals. They emphasize the importance of self-motivation, setting achievable tasks, and celebrating small victories.

Shane:
"[17:42]...it's been borderline a motivational podcast for people in a much more humble manner."

Amanda:
"[19:03]...the first step of motivation is just, like, getting myself there."

8. Favorite Podcasts & Recommendations

Shane and Amanda discuss their favorite podcasts, providing recommendations to their listeners. They touch upon various genres, from deep historical dives in Hardcore History to relationship insights in Esther Perel's podcasts.

Shane:
"[52:22]...Hardcore History is probably my favorite."

Amanda:
"[43:05]...She cuts through all the bullshit."

9. Future Episode Ideas & Interactive Segments

The hosts brainstorm future episode ideas, including reading and awarding listener comments, character pitches, and creating humorous or staged scenarios for YouTube shorts and TikTok. They express excitement about engaging more with their audience and exploring new content formats.

Shane:
"[32:22]...we can credit it. But we said that in a meeting..."

Amanda:
"[35:25]...We were like, oh, we're changing the name to Smosh Mouth..."

10. Humorous Interactions & Fake Scenarios

In a playful segment, Shane and Amanda experiment with staging fake backstories and conflicts for comedic effect, showcasing their chemistry and sense of humor. They joke about fictitious feuds and audition stories, adding a lighthearted touch to the episode.

Shane:
"[61:04]...But let us know in the comments if this upsets you, because I can't."

Amanda:
"[63:40]...Let us know if Oprah has ever interrupted you."

11. Conclusion & Looking Ahead

Wrapping up the episode, Shane and Amanda express their enthusiasm for continuing these intimate check-in episodes. They promise to provide updates on personal goals, such as Shane's quest to do the splits, and to incorporate more listener interaction in future shows.

Shane:
"[64:19]...I want to do this more often."

Amanda:
"[64:19]...I would love another check in and read some comments and see where you're at with the splits."

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Notable Quotes:

• Shane at [17:42]:
  "it's been borderline a motivational podcast for people in a much more humble manner."

• Amanda at [19:03]:
  "the first step of motivation is just, like, getting myself there."

• Shane at [52:22]:
  "Hardcore History is probably my favorite."

• Amanda at [43:05]:
  "She cuts through all the bullshit."

• Shane at [61:04]:
  "But let us know in the comments if this upsets you, because I can't."

• Amanda at [63:40]:
  "Let us know if Oprah has ever interrupted you."

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Final Thoughts:

Episode #15 of Smosh Mouth offers a blend of personal reflections, motivational discussions, humor, and interactive ideas for future content. Shane and Amanda provide listeners with an authentic glimpse into their lives, showcasing their growth, challenges, and the deep bond they share as hosts. Whether they're tackling the quest for flexibility or brainstorming creative podcast segments, their chemistry and honesty shine through, making this episode both engaging and relatable.

Transcript

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[Shane]

No purchase necessary vgw group void where prohibited by law 21 + terms and conditions apply. Welcome to Smosh Mouth. I'm Shane.

[Amanda]

And I'm Amanda.

[Shane]

And today is a little different than usual. We have no guests.

[Amanda]

We have no guests. It's just us.

[Shane]

It's just us. And I want to start doing this a little more often or just every. Every now and then. It's a little bit of a checkpoint.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

A little bit of a check in. Just. Just us talking about whatever we want. Kind of doing some reflection.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Talking about the responses from y'all who've been listening and watching. Talk about what we want to do in the future on this show. Talk about this show and what's been going on in our lives and everything. Amanda, how have you been?

[Amanda]

I've been so good. I've been very peaceful. I have been on a horror movie kick.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

I.

[Shane]

How many horror movies have you watched recently?

[Amanda]

Well, I'm basically almost done with the Insidious.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

Movies. I am basically people, friends who have told me not to watch specific horror movies years ago. I'm watching.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

I don't know why, but it feels. I feel very proud of myself.

[Shane]

I guess it is the season.

[Amanda]

It is the season.

[Shane]

I. The only horror movie I've watched this year is Talk to Me, which have you seen, of course. So good. What's the scariest shit you've watched recently, though?

[Amanda]

Honestly, the Insidious series are really scary.

[Shane]

I've seen the first one where it's got that. That face that appears behind. That's. That's one of the scariest moments in all of.

[Amanda]

Yes, well, they get scarier.

[Shane]

Really?

[Amanda]

Yeah, they get really.

[Shane]

I thought. I thought they had like. I thought they weren't good.

[Amanda]

They have horrible views, horrible reviews.

[Shane]

But they're good. But they're scary. I find them to be bad movies with scary parts or overall, I think that they're great. Okay.

[Amanda]

Because they follow the medium. They follow her, like origin story.

[Shane]

Yeah. They've got like 15 movies by this point. Those two, that whole universe. Because you've got the insidious stuff, right? The conjuring is the conjuring. Conjuring is part of insidious, or is it a different thing?

[Amanda]

Actually, I think it's a different thing.

[Shane]

I think insidious is its own thing, and then conjuring is conjuring. Annabelle the nun is all. That's all one universe. Where they also are. Those main people are also in.

[Amanda]

Yes, correct.

[Shane]

That's so confusing.

[Amanda]

That's why it's confusing.

[Shane]

Is it the same couple?

[Amanda]

No, it's.

[Shane]

It's the same dad.

[Amanda]

It's the same dad. Patrick Wilson. It's the same actor, but it's not the same dad.

[Shane]

It's not the same guy. It's not the same character.

[Amanda]

It's the same actor.

[Shane]

Same actor.

[Amanda]

So I've been feeling really good.

[Shane]

Yeah. So I'm freaked the fuck out.

[Amanda]

It feels good. It feels good for me to, like, go past my fears. But what I realize is I have to keep a nightlight on now. Funny for bed, but, yeah, I've been feeling good. How are you?

[Shane]

I am doing pretty good. Yeah, I'm doing pretty good, actually. I had my birthday recently and it was really great. It was really great. And I kind of dread my. I don't dread my birthday, but I just don't. I get a little stressed from it.

[Amanda]

Why?

[Shane]

Because I hate having to organize something. And I realize it's always a little bit of a reflecting moment for me because I realize the negative thoughts in my head. And it's not that I think people hate me, but it's that I'm like, they're going to be bored or they're going to think I'm weird or they don't want to actually hang out or all these dumb thoughts. And, you know, I ended up just. I ended up just kind of being like, oh, we're going to meet up at this place after work on Friday. And, you know, a lot of people went and it just was a really great time. And I, you know, it's one thing to like, oh, yeah, I felt a lot of love that night. But it's also what I think makes me feel good, is when I recognize how much I care about the people in my life. Like, that's where my joy comes from.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

And I was really feeling that that night. And I, I, I, I've. I've been struggling with this a little bit this year of. I'm really bad at kind of putting in, making the effort or, like, reaching out to people and and keeping connections going. It comes from a place of fear. It comes from a place of, well, I. I shouldn't reach out. Or they don't. They're gonna be. Or, or if I forget to text someone back the next day, I go, they're gonna be so mad at me. And, and, and so I end up not. And I end up. This sounds extreme and this isn't fully the case, but I feel like I distance myself from everyone sometimes by accident. And then that can result in me feeling a little alone. But all it takes is the reminder of, oh, yeah, I can reach out to people anytime. And all it takes is that doing it and just talking to people and reminding myself that people care about me and I care about them. Then I feel great.

[Amanda]

But isn't it funny that birthdays bring up all of that?

[Shane]

Oh, dude, why?

[Amanda]

It's like, birthday's supposed to be a celebration, but always it's like a time of reflection. Like, it's like, okay, what do I wanna do this year? How am I feeling this year? Who do I wanna hang out with? And it is such a social where it's actually just about you.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And I think, I think the pressure is that people. It's like with weddings, right. People put this pressure on, like, oh, it's your birthday. You must see everyone you know and love and care about on that day.

[Shane]

It feels like a job.

[Amanda]

And you must entertain them.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And. But to me, it's like, it is. It can be a really cool check in to be like, oh, who is in my life right now? Who has stuck around?

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Right?

[Shane]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Amanda]

I feel like also my favorite birthdays sometimes are. Well, my favorite birthday tradition is just doing karaoke with everyone. Cause I'm like, for me, I have to have an event that people will enjoy, that people will get something out of it as well. But I also love leaving town.

[Shane]

Yeah, man.

[Amanda]

I straight up love just.

[Shane]

That sounds great.

[Amanda]

Going away and getting the texts. And then it's like, all right, I got the text messages. But do you remember when Facebook was really big?

[Shane]

Oh, that was how I knew about people's birthdays for the longest time. I'm really bad with dates, so I forget same. It's not that I forget someone's birthday. I forget what day it is. I'm not kidding. I forget the date. I know what I have to do this week. I know what I have to do tomorrow, but I'm not paying attention to the number sometimes. I sometimes be like, oh, shit, it's the 30th oh, God. You know, that happens all the time to me. But anyways, Facebook. I forget birthdays to Facebook was. God for the time.

[Amanda]

Yeah. But remember when it was your birthday and you had, like, 150 comments on your wall? Happy birthday. Happy birthday.

[Shane]

Relative.

[Amanda]

Happy birthday. Happy birthday. From people that you're like, I don't.

[Shane]

People you'd never met know you. Okay, Parker. Cool, man. Thanks.

[Amanda]

It's like, happy birthday. Or then like, your. Or people that are your family will write, like, really long, serious things on your wall. And you're like, okay, thanks.

[Shane]

Did you have family members who would write not understanding that it's public?

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

I missed your call. And I wish that we connected more. And your mom and I are, you know, we're not. We're not in a good place. But I. I want to wish you happy birthday. And I'm like, okay, well, what's good is my aunts have figured out, like, oh, messenger is really cool.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Cause it's private.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

But, like, I don't know what it is. Maybe this is every family, but I feel like my family specifically will just talk. There's no filter there.

[Shane]

They know it's public. And in fact, they probably are like, this better.

[Amanda]

Your mom and I haven't been speaking, and I'm like, do you think she's going to.

[Shane]

I know she's reading this right now. Listen to me. Piece of shit.

[Amanda]

Facebook generation is just.

[Shane]

How have you been feeling about this podcast?

[Amanda]

Okay. This podcast brings me so much joy.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

A. Because I get to hang out with you and get to know you better and. And it's really fun because. Don't do that. Oh, no.

[Shane]

I'm taking that off for a chance.

[Amanda]

Where he goes, don't do that.

[Shane]

Don't do that.

[Amanda]

But it's like, I've always known you as, like, Shane. Right? Like, okay, you're in this video with Shane. He's hosting or whatever. Now I get to know you on a different level. And I feel like since you and I are producing this and thinking about topics, we get to just connect and be creative, which is super fun. It's also such a creative outlet, too. Like, we. We bring sketches. We. We think about what's going on in our life.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

I love it.

[Shane]

What's so cool about it, too, is that there has been truly no one telling us what to do with this podcast. So everything you've listened to or seen on this has been purely you and I being like, what if we did that? We finally got a sign.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God. How did we not address this?

[Shane]

We ordered it forever ago, like, truly well over a month ago, probably two months ago. And it just took a long time to get made. I wanted.

[Amanda]

Huge.

[Shane]

I want to talk about just how not mundane, how just silly every step of the process of this podcast has been.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

Because we. We were, like, trying to figure out, should we keep this podcast a Smoshcast? What. What are we. What are we doing with this? What's going on? So we kind of. I hit up, like, Ian and Ant, and I was like, can we set, like, a meeting and actually talk about this podcast? So we got a bunch of people together and we were talking about it, and, you know, at the time, they had Flashback coming onto this channel.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And so now. So, yeah, so at the time, it was like, oh, they're bringing Flashback over to the smoshcast channel. So we should change smoshcast so it's not named Smosh Cast.

[Amanda]

Amanda and Shane.

[Shane]

Not. Not confusing. So we're like, let's figure out a name. And I forget who said it, but someone. We were throwing out just names. We're trying to figure out what sounds good. We wanted Smosh to be in the title. And someone said Smosh Mouth.

[Amanda]

Brittany.

[Shane]

I. It might have been. I forget.

[Amanda]

I forget.

[Shane]

We will. We can.

[Amanda]

We can credit.

[Shane]

We'll credit it. But we said that in a meeting, and we. That got said. We all just kind of laughed. We're like, that's silly. That sounds good. Smosh Mouth. It makes sense with the podcast. Yeah, I understand There's. There's similarities and references there. Being honest, that wasn't the reason for. Was just. Cause we were like, that's funny.

[Amanda]

We talk funny. Smosh.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Smosh Mouth.

[Shane]

Yes, of course it has similarities, but that's also funny to us. And so we're like, okay, what we should do is we should kind of throw it out there, and we should make it sound like it's an inside joke. I'm not kidding. This was our plan. And so it was in the episode, and Jackie, like a pro, she threw it out there because we talked to her beforehand. We're like, yeah, we're changing the name to Smoshmouth, but we're going to be very subtle about it. And then she said it so casually in there, and we were like, oh, pretty good. And we then kept the ball rolling.

[Amanda]

I think Noah also said it too. I think when we were, like, deep in conspiracies. Noah. Noah was like, smash Mouth. And we were like, oh.

[Shane]

Oh. Everyone's just such good Actors around here, they're so good. And. Yeah, and now we have it. Have this. I mean, look, you can comment down below if you have a better title idea.

[Amanda]

True.

[Shane]

Once. Once again, zero rules here. We did get a sign, though, so.

[Amanda]

So. So we. We live here now.

[Shane]

We have invested a little bit in this name.

[Amanda]

We. We invested a lot. Oh, yeah, this name is invested. But I would say what was fun about this name is we were thinking about pictures for us and remember we were gonna do just portraits and then the big mouth filter.

[Shane]

Someone said that now we were like, okay, I guess we could have just gigantic mouths. What we ended up with, though, and this was very much your idea, was going with the Sonny and Cher vibe.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

And it. I think it really. It really matches.

[Amanda]

I got you, babe. Yeah, I think, because I don't know why we were like, very into 60s or 70s. It just feels like this podcast is. We're in our living room and we're hanging out and like, come on in, let's chat. No judgment, and then go.

[Shane]

I think. I think you and I have a bit of a. I think we have, like, vintage vibes to us too. I. I'm by the day. I look like the. The old school brawny man nowadays.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God.

[Shane]

I really do. I look like the old school brawny man. Here, check it out.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Can we pull up a clip of the old school Brony man?

[Shane]

Luke, throw it up right next to me. The old school one, the blonde guy. I know they have the newer guy.

[Amanda]

It's so. Yeah, you are so him. You're a paper towel man.

[Shane]

I'm paper towel man.

[Amanda]

What am I? Am I share crusader?

[Shane]

That roast. I'm so proud of that rose that you have the haircut of a 13.

[Amanda]

What century?

[Shane]

13Th century crusader. I think I said, oh, my God. Pretty proud of you.

[Amanda]

I look back and my bangs are just.

[Shane]

Just kidding. No, you don't look like that. You look like the berries and cream guy.

[Amanda]

Who's that?

[Shane]

Okay. Okay.

[Amanda]

Pull it up. Okay. What?

[Shane]

What should I show you? I'll show you the berries and cream guy. Yeah.

[Amanda]

And then I'll pose as it so he can pull it up next to me.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

Oh, God, this is.

[Shane]

Hold on. You're gonna love this. You're gonna love this. I've got it right here. Got it.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Shane]

Fuck off. And you thought Cat in the Hat was bad.

[Amanda]

Fuck off.

[Shane]

First of all, Amanda, how are you doing?

[Amanda]

Let me do the face.

[Shane]

Have you never seen that commercial?

[Amanda]

No.

[Shane]

You've never seen berries and cream?

[Amanda]

No, but should we play it?

[Shane]

We are going to watch Berries and Cream after this. It is.

[Amanda]

It kind of looks like Bill Hader.

[Shane]

It's a little Bill Hader vibes.

[Amanda]

So when I. Like when I look back on old videos of my haircut, I'm like, oh, my God. Like, what was I thinking?

[Shane]

This is the thing.

[Amanda]

Honestly, I'm happy.

[Shane]

But you pull off the haircut, but a lot of silly people out in the world have your haircut. That's. Okay. That makes it more impressive that you pull it off.

[Amanda]

Well, I think. I think nostalgically, the Berries and Cream guys, so.

[Shane]

Look, dude, it's the best. It is arguably the best commercial of all time.

[Amanda]

Okay, I'm going to have to watch it.

[Shane]

I don't know how you missed this.

[Amanda]

I.

[Shane]

It was played in movie theaters.

[Amanda]

Oh, maybe I did.

[Shane]

It's the one where it's.

[Amanda]

Why is he so colonial?

[Shane]

No, we don't. We don't need to watch it. I'm just going to explain to you Berries and Cream because I can. It's ingrained in my millennial mind.

[Amanda]

Explain.

[Shane]

Two guys are eating Skittles, and it's the berries and cream flavor Skittles that they had. And they're like, oh, yeah, it tastes like. Tastes like berries. And all of a sudden, this guy appears and he's just like. He's like, berries? Did you say berries? And they're like, yeah, and it tastes like berries. He's like, and what else? And they're like, cream. And then he goes into this song and dance where he's like, berries and cream. Berries and cream. I'm a little lad who loves berries and cream. What? And then he does, like a jump high kick and nearly kicks one of them in the. And that's it. It's. It's stellar. It's a stellar.

[Amanda]

Wait.

[Shane]

Commercial.

[Amanda]

It's me. It's me.

[Shane]

It's truly you.

[Amanda]

The amount of times I kick.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And it hits something.

[Shane]

I hope I don't get copyright struck for that song. I don't think I will. If we do, that would be truly so funny.

[Amanda]

I don't care.

[Shane]

Then we don't care.

[Amanda]

The thing is, our parents are gone. We are left alone in this house. Nobody cares what we do.

[Shane]

Nobody cares. Anyways, anyways, going back, this podcast has been great. You know, something? So we've done so many different things, and I still. We're still testing out different stuff, and I'm really enjoying that. You know, we've. We've written sketches, we've read our notes. App. We've talked about things in the past. We've done all sorts of stuff. I want to keep doing new things, but something that I feel like has been an underlying theme, and I've seen a lot of comments about it, is that it's been borderline a motivational podcast for people in a much more humble manner. Right. Like, we're not, we're not a motivational podcast. We're not here being like, you know, you need to wake up at 5am, take a cold shower and start thinking about your business at 6am no, we're talking about just general motivation, and we're talking about it from a personal place.

[Amanda]

We're like, we are like, that's what I feel like. Sunny and Cher without us even knowing we were. That is, I got you, babe. Is kind of like, I got you. Whatever's going on, I believe in you. That's what it feels like. It naturally came to, which, but, but I feel like we do it in such, like a funny, in a real honest, but funny manner because I feel like you and I look at life very similar and like, oh, man. Like, even the dark shit, we're just like, that's funny. Like, you know.

[Shane]

Yeah. You know what? I also think it is in my mind, a lot of motivation is about the outcome. It's like motivation for, here's how you achieve this thing. Here's how you get this thing you want.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And I, I think we talk a little bit more about motivation as a means of, here's how you motivate yourself to do what you love. Here's. Here that thing you want to do here, like, do it. And, and I think that's for us because the, the writing stuff, it's not about. Well, I want to, we, we're trying to become successful writers. It's, oh, I enjoy writing, so why don't I do it?

[Amanda]

I know it's.

[Shane]

How do I push myself to do that? And I think a lot of people can relate in that we all have things we just want to do that we know will bring us joy, but we are afraid to take that plunge.

[Amanda]

Exactly.

[Shane]

But once. So how do you motivate yourself to take that plunge and then enjoy life?

[Amanda]

Yeah, I, I, I agree with that completely. I feel like I have people message me on Instagram being like, you know, I loved the podcast episode about inspiration or reading your notes app because it's like, I feel like it's, as a person, it's so hard to motivate yourself. Like, I can't stand that's like, well, I booked a. I booked a small little Airbnb and in the hills of Ireland, and I'm going to write a script. It's like, okay, well, good. I'm glad if you can do that. But I can't. And I need. I think the first step of motivation is just, like, getting myself there. Whether it's like getting myself in the seat and writing a page, you have to celebrate that. And I feel like on this podcast, we start that we, like, ignite it. Right. We are like. We give ourselves tasks to do it.

[Shane]

I definitely do it. I've been using this podcast selfishly as a means of motivating myself.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Because I know I'm like, well, I have to. I have to talk about the thing. I have to do the thing. So, you know, we. We disguise that with Angela and with Olivia as, hey, we're gonna get you to write something. But truly, deep down, I knew it was for me, and it was so much fun. And I want to find more ways of doing that. Speaking of motivation and goals, something that I know fans are very curious about, and I wanted to save it for here at the beginning of. Well, so let me give some backstory on this. For the past four years, every New Year's, I post something about how I'm gonna do the splits that year. That's always my goal. Every year, I'm gonna do the splits. And it has been a lifelong goal of mine. Cause I've just been like, it must feel cool. It's funny. It's such a cool thing to be able to do the splits. So every year for the past four years, I've been like, I'm gonna do it. And I. It's a little bit of a joke, but there was always a great truth to it of, I do genuinely want to do this. All I need to do is stretch every day. And I could make a lot of progress towards it. So this year I was. I was so legitimately determined, and I posted all sorts of shit.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah.

[Shane]

I posted on TikTok. It's like my last post on TikTok.

[Amanda]

I just see you as this with your.

[Shane]

Like, I was so dead serious about it. And I'm being honest here. I have been stretching consistently all year. So I'm going to answer the question, can I do the splits? And the answer is, no, no, no. But I want to tell you guys about the journey to where I'm at now. I started this year off, I stretched every day, and I was doing, like, a splits, like, beginners like getting into the splits, you know, if you do this, if you do this 90 day program, you'll do the splits at the end of it. So I started it and I was doing that every day. I did that for months. I want to say it was. Up until. Up until May. I stretched every day very consistently, like every single day. And I still, I made progress, but I didn't make the progress that I was, I think in my head I thought. Which is a part of. Which is in my mind looking back, it's a downside. Deadlines are great to just motivate yourself, but deadlines can be very detrimental.

[Amanda]

Yes. Cause then it's like, I didn't do it. I'm a failure.

[Shane]

And then you're done. And that's what kind of happened to me, is I got into June and I had been doing it every day and I was like, I'm not gonna be able to do this. And I think it just, it was that, plus it was. I think summer gets really busy for us and Anthony coming back, and I think I truly lost focus. And then what happened was I had one week where I stopped consistently doing it. I went from doing every single day, every single day, and then I just kind of dropped off entirely. Because as soon as I fell off a couple days, I just fell off.

[Amanda]

And then you didn't see progress and you're like.

[Shane]

And then I had negative progress because I didn't stretch for, like, I didn't stretch consistently for like a month or two.

[Amanda]

Yep.

[Shane]

And then it. It kind of reverted. I wouldn't say reverted all the way back, but it, you know, I then was like, oh, shit. Because simultaneously, because I'm a psycho, I've also been working out harder than ever. And so I'm. I'm trying to. I'm trying to gain. I'm trying to gain muscle weight as well. And I have gained like 10 pounds this year. And so I'm doing that as well. But of course, it's super counter to being flexible because I like, you know, I'm doing squats and deadlifts and of course it's going to make it hard to.

[Amanda]

There's no way you're going to be able to. Are you. Are you trying to split so the wide way?

[Shane]

So both. I was. I was doing both. But side splits are taking forever for me.

[Amanda]

That's because they're so hard. So much muscle.

[Shane]

Side splits are so tough. What's also tough for me is getting. I also think people underestimate how unflexible I was at the start of this year. So I know I am. And I think it's genetic, too, because I've had family members talk about this. We're built like a frigging rock. Like, we don't move. Our body does not move. And so at the beginning of this year, I couldn't. I could hardly do anything. And I have made a lot of progress. It just doesn't look like what a normal person's progress would probably look like. But I want to say in regards to motivation and stuff is I set on this goal to do the splits by summer, and I didn't achieve that. But I am more flexible than I've ever been. And it just. It's not like I'm super flexible, but it's that I feel better than ever. I feel so good. My legs, I used to. I didn't stretch for most of my life.

[Amanda]

Oh, God, no.

[Shane]

And there were days. And, you know, people who work here, who worked here back in, like 2015 to 2018, talked about it. They would tell me occasionally, like, they could tell when I'd been working out a lot. Cause I, like, I had a hard. Like, I sometimes, like, truly was just not in pain, but my legs were just so tight.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

That it was tough. And so now I have so much more mobility and I feel awesome. And I will say here on this podcast, I'm not giving up. I'm still very determined to try to get as far as I can this year. Kimmy actually was the one who got me for my birthday. She got me this awesome, like, stretcher thing that. That helps. Like, you can. You know how, like, it's like a resistant band. It's. It's kind of complicated, but it helps you do the splits. It's this cool, like, it's this cool device. It's very simple device, but it helps, like, kind of hold your. You're in a sitting position. And also what happened if I. This is an excuse. But also something that happened was I did semi injure my knee in trying to do the splits. Cause I was doing from the standing position, middle splits. I was trying. And I know. I know every. I know so many comments are gonna be like, shane, why were you doing that? It's. Cause I'm lazy. And that was the easiest way to go about it. And, yeah, putting too much weight on my knees. And it's just a bad place. So then someone was like, oh, you should do it up against a wall.

[Amanda]

Of course.

[Shane]

So I started doing that, and that did feel better. But it was still, like, inconvenient. I don't really have space for that where I live. And so this is. This is perfect. And I've now been doing this every day, and I'm going to hopefully. But I will also say my goals are a little different now, because now I realize that the benefit ultimately of stretching is just feeling better. And I don't need to do the splits to have that benefit.

[Amanda]

Keep that.

[Shane]

But I want to do the splits. I really am going to keep on trying. I think it's hard for me to give a timetable because clearly my body don't. Everybody's body works differently. But I will give. I will give more updates on this show. Not gonna give it other places. It's just gonna be here. That's special to hear. Cause that's my journey.

[Amanda]

Can I ask you, are you from someone who can almost do a split? And I am very tall, and when I was 16, I couldn't even touch my toes.

[Shane]

Whoa.

[Amanda]

But I've been doing yoga since I was 16.

[Shane]

Oh. See, my hamstring flexibility is great.

[Amanda]

Now, can I ask you, are you doing deep hip stretches?

[Shane]

So, yeah, I sit in, like, the. I do the standing. Like, the squat position. I do that a lot. Like, I'll watch TV while I'm, like, you know, where I, like, you're in a standing position, then you just squat down and, like, you have your elbows to your knees, the inside of your knees.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Shane]

And I'm just there. And I'll just sometimes watch TV from that position. It's hard. I tend to fall back.

[Amanda]

See, but you're building. You're building muscle. You're not fully doing it.

[Shane]

It's very. It's. I feel the stretch. I feel the stretch.

[Amanda]

Show you some.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

That are gonna open.

[Shane]

There's also. What's the. What's the one?

[Amanda]

Frog.

[Shane]

Frog pose. I do some of that. I'm doing. I'm stretching. I'm stretching.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Shane]

I'm telling you, I've made progress.

[Amanda]

Good.

[Shane]

I feel good. You can almost do the splits.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Which one? Side splits.

[Amanda]

Side split almost.

[Shane]

And then front splits.

[Amanda]

My favorite thing to do is go up against the wall and put your butt up against the wall. And then right, like, have your legs out and you have to hold it there for two minutes.

[Shane]

Oh, I've been doing that.

[Amanda]

So you hold it there for two minutes. But I can almost do the forward split. So I did a show last night, and I pitched this massage therapist who kept slipping on oil on this guy's back. So dumb. So dumb. But I literally was just supposed to, like, slick off the oil. Cause she basically falls asleep. Cause the music's so relaxing. I slick off the oil, and I'm supposed to just slip. But last night, there was so much water and oil that I, on stage, was doing splits without realizing it. And all I was thinking was, whoa, I can almost do a split.

[Shane]

That's so insane that. How often are you doing that stretch?

[Amanda]

So I do. My workouts are. I do a lot of Muay Thai, right. Which is straight up hip opening.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

So Muay Thai is. It's not boxing. It's literally just turn and. Well, you are doing a bunch of punches, but it's a lot of hip opening. So I do so many hip openers, it's badass. And then I do yoga and my main. And then I'll do Pilates, and my main stretches will literally be like a psoas stretch pigeon.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

And then I'll do butterfly and lean over.

[Shane]

Pretty cool.

[Amanda]

And you have to stay in them for at least a minute or two. It's the amount of time you stay in them that really helps.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

And the only thing is you have to be very relaxed. Otherwise it won't relax and open.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

You have to open it up.

[Shane]

All right, well, look, I'm gonna keep working on it. I'm gonna try. I'm gonna try in December. We can do, like. We can. We can actually look at the progress.

[Amanda]

I'll. I'll do.

[Shane]

Because right now, if I did it, it would. It's. It's more than I think than before, but it's not the splits, so it's just not. And I. I mean, I'm owning up to it.

[Amanda]

I'll do it.

[Shane]

But I. I did try.

[Amanda]

You did agree?

[Shane]

I am trying.

[Amanda]

Yes. See this.

[Shane]

I'm still going. And I. Most years, all these past years, I just stopped entirely. But I've been very consistent, and I'm gonna keep on going. I'm feeling good. There's a lot of stretches that, like. Dude, I can pretty much touch my palms to the floor from the. With a. Like.

[Amanda]

See, I feel like that's all that matters is, like, I've gotten more and get better.

[Shane]

I got flexible in other ways, more so than the. The splits. And it's pissed me off that I'm like, where. I just mean literally, like. Like from. From a standing position, leaning down to the floor.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah. It takes years.

[Shane]

I know. I know. I was greedy.

[Amanda]

You greedy little.

[Shane]

But I'm gonna use anyways. I'm gonna use this this podcast to motivate myself. And I hope people listening and watching, like, comment. You know, comment. The things that you're. This isn't. This isn't like, motivation. Like, I want to make a million dollars. I think it's more motivational, like, Like, I want to get into pottery. It's like, that's the type of stuff I want to motivate people to do the things they love and just do it for the enjoyment of it. That's the type of motivation I think I want to try to push here.

[Amanda]

I love that.

[Shane]

And then.

[Amanda]

And then we can do another check in episode and kind of read people's comments.

[Shane]

Yeah, I would love. So we talked about it for this episode. We realized it kind of before we started recording. But I think in maybe in a few episodes from now when we do this again, I think we will have compiled a bunch of our favorite comments. I'm almost in my head. I'm like, I'll give out certain types of awards, like best, most. Most inspiring comment, most funniest comment.

[Amanda]

Yeah, we're going to read them.

[Shane]

Dumbest comment.

[Amanda]

Dumbest comment. Oh, like, possible pitches. I would love character pitches personally for moi.

[Shane]

Yeah, maybe I could do them.

[Amanda]

We could do them on tntl.

[Shane]

Yeah. And pitches for future episodes, which also. I wanted to kind of talk about that. Yeah, we need to. We literally just are coming up with them on the fly a lot. I mean, we do brainstorm a little.

[Amanda]

Bit and sometimes we think about the guest and be like, oh, like for. Call me Kris. You know, we were like, okay characters.

[Shane]

And for our. Talk about our. For you pages.

[Amanda]

Yeah, Tommy.

[Shane]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Amanda]

Future episode pitches. That would be good.

[Shane]

Mm. I had one. Oh, I just wrote down starting beefs. If. If. Because I feel like a lot of podcasts have beefs with people, so maybe we could, for one episode, we could just try to start beefs with others.

[Amanda]

You know when you have a hair just like everywhere, and you're like, there's hair on my back. Where the fuck is it?

[Shane]

What?

[Amanda]

Anyways.

[Shane]

Where. Where is it?

[Amanda]

If you had long hair, you should grow out your hair. But if you had long hair, you would understand. You'd be like. You'd be walking. Then you'd be like, where is it? Where is it? Where is it? Where is the hair? My hair at one point, in my asshole.

[Shane]

My hair at one point was almost as long as yours.

[Amanda]

What?

[Shane]

Shot when I was a teenager.

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[Amanda]

Cool.

[Shane]

It was pretty long for a bit. It sucked, though. It didn't look good. It. No matter what I did, it would part fully down the middle, and I looked like Prince Charming. And it would. It would, like, flip up at the end. It was insane.

[Amanda]

Like Lord Farquaad.

[Shane]

It was not Lord Farquaad. It was. It was more like the Prince Charming type of hair.

[Amanda]

But if you cut it like this. Hear me out, Backstreet Boys. Don't know why I'm listening to Backstreet Boys right now. But if you cut it like this, like Nick Carter.

[Shane]

Okay, okay. You're saying I should get the Nick Carter haircut?

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

No.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Shane]

I would get made fun of.

[Amanda]

What? By who?

[Shane]

Everyone. I can already tell Brennan over there is just like, oh, that would be awesome. He'd make fun of me every day.

[Amanda]

No, it would look so.

[Shane]

No.

[Amanda]

So great. Hey, the 90s are coming back. NSYNC is getting back together.

[Shane]

Are they officially getting back together?

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

Holy.

[Amanda]

They called me and they were like, hey, we want you to announce it on Smoshmouth. And I was like, guys, I saw it.

[Shane]

Well, no, I, I. I saw a TikTok with all of them last night.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Okay, so this is real.

[Amanda]

This is real.

[Shane]

Holy.

[Amanda]

This is real news. So I'm pitching.

[Shane]

Sorry, sorry. No, I saw. You're saying Backstreet Boys. I know.

[Amanda]

I'm saying NSync.

[Shane]

Okay. NSync.

[Amanda]

Didn't I say NSync?

[Shane]

Okay. Yeah, I got confused because Backstreet Boys have been together.

[Amanda]

Yeah, they've been together.

[Shane]

They're doing the.

[Amanda]

We're fine.

[Shane]

Fuck them.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

NSync, though. Pretty. Pretty sick. Yeah.

[Amanda]

In sync. Anyways.

[Shane]

Anyway, so this podcast. Pretty. Pretty awesome.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

Pretty cool. Has it changed how you listen to other podcasts?

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah. I feel like now I'm listening to podcasts with, like, ooh, I like what they're doing there. And, ooh, I don't like what they're doing there because. Okay, Oprah, I love her.

[Shane]

I love her.

[Amanda]

Oprah, I love her.

[Shane]

Our first beef, Oprah.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Beef good.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Oprah, if you are Listening. And if we do a beef episode, I just want to do a little beef with other podcast hosts. But Oprah, I listen to her episode, her podcast all the time. But she interrupts her guests all the time.

[Shane]

Really?

[Amanda]

Oh, all the time. They'll be like, in the middle of, like, something so beautiful, it'll be like, Deepak. And she's like, so Deepak. Anyway, so she's just.

[Shane]

Wait, wait, it's not even, like, talking about what they're talking about.

[Amanda]

Well, she'll interrupt with. Oh, and I was. I was going for a walk and I thought, I need to be present right now. And so I got really, really present. And I was like, oh, this is me being present. And I wasn't even upset about the thing. And I'm like, oprah, girl, let's just go back to Deepak. I don't know what it is. She just interrupts all the time.

[Shane]

That's so funny.

[Amanda]

I love her. Yeah, but she interrupts her. So I was. When I listened to other podcasts, I'm thinking, oh, that's. I don't want to do that.

[Shane]

Oh, dude, Oprah, in hindsight is so funny to me. Sometimes there's something that's been stuck in my head. Let me say this really quick, and then we can move on to other podcasts. But I remember. Do you remember when the big. This is like 15 years ago, when the secret was big. Yes, bro. And Oprah was at the head of the charge of the secret, where it's anything you think of, you will get. Which is an insane thing to think about nowadays. Like, it fit, dude. For 2006, that fit.

[Amanda]

So people were like, have you read this secret?

[Shane]

And it works. If you think about something, you'll get it.

[Amanda]

And I'm like, what is the secret?

[Shane]

The demo. The demo that loved it, though, was like, very clearly like, yeah, cuz you got everything. She had this one thing she talked about that I cannot get out of my head. And I look back, I'm like, this is so funny. Where she was like, yeah. You know, and they were talking, someone was saying something like, yeah. And there's a certain level of, like, energy. And if the more powerful it is, the more like, it'll be brought back. And Oprah was like, yeah, you know, it had me think about the other day. I was thinking about bubbles, and I just was thinking about bubbles a whole bunch. And then I went to my office after we were done filming, and on my desk was a little bubble maker, a Tiffany and Company bubble maker. And I. And I. And she's like. And it's just, it's. It's. I don't know how it got there. Whatever. I'm like, oprah, you probably said, oh, I love bubbles. And one of your assistants was like, quickly, we need bubbles. We need to get our bubbles. And they fucking went to Tiffany's and they fucking melted that shit and made it in the couple hours. No, Oprah, you. You didn't manifest that you're a billionaire and you have all the power in the world.

[Amanda]

This is why I love Oprah. Cause she's like, I was traveling the Alps, I was in the Swiss Alps and I thought, how do I stay present? How do I stay present? And I ordered caviar and this delicious wine, and I was in my garb and how do I stay present? And I thought, I stay present by going down the slopes in the Swiss Alps and there were bears. And it's just like, Oprah, you have a yacht with a helicopter on it. I don't know. But you have this secret.

[Shane]

That's why I love Oprah because she.

[Amanda]

Consistently interrupts with her, yeah, Tiffany KO. And then there was this gorgeous gold plated Tiffany Co. Bubble maker.

[Shane]

She. She. Dude, she had her demo by the fucking balls. Like, she, she knew exactly what to say all the time. Just lean the fuck in to whatever whimsical story is on.

[Amanda]

And it's always about traveling the world. When I was in France, I'm like.

[Shane]

Oprah, God, 2006-2012, I think was when that whole like, bro, it was so bad of just, people need to get out of their life and they need to travel the world. They need to just get out there and, and go. The. The reality that we're in nowadays, the, the way that that dialogue has changed so.

[Amanda]

Oh my God, much people don't do.

[Shane]

That where people are like, yeah, you know, I can't afford that. But back in the day, it was all the people who couldn't afford it just didn't have the ability to talk about it because we didn't have social media yet. So the only people you heard shit from were the super super rich people who were just like, people just need to quit their job and they need to go to meet.

[Amanda]

Take the leap. Take the leap and go to the Maldives.

[Shane]

The Maldives.

[Amanda]

Take the leap and go to India.

[Shane]

Figure, you know what? The money will happen. The money will happen.

[Amanda]

If you manifest money. It will come. It will appear in epiphany box and gold, bro.

[Shane]

That's what it was. It was insane.

[Amanda]

And now, podcasts are about home. It's like, you can do everything in your home. You can do everything in your home, and it's all in you. And it's like, okay, this is clearly.

[Shane]

So you listen to Oprah. Who else do you listen to?

[Amanda]

Brene Brown.

[Shane]

Who's Brene Brown?

[Amanda]

Brene Brown. Atlas of the Heart.

[Shane]

I don't think I know this.

[Amanda]

Oh, you don't? She's. She's kind of a bit Southern. That's not her accent at all. No, no, no, no. Where is she from? Where's Houston? She's from Texas.

[Shane]

I'm from Houston.

[Amanda]

She's a Texas girl, but she's blonde. She did a TED talk about vulnerability.

[Shane]

Cool.

[Amanda]

And it was so good years ago. And all the comments were body shaming her, which was awful. So you know what? She came out with, like, another book about dare to lead. And. And she. She's amazing. And she has amazing people on her podcast. That's awesome. And. But she also likes to interrupt people. Fuck. What is it about me and interrupting. But hers are more. Less about India and traveling. Hers are more like, what can you do now? Hers are more relational, like relationships. Atlas of the Heart is a new book about how words matter, how they hold meaning, like saying you're overwhelmed versus stressed. And she also has an HBO show about Atlas of the Heart.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

I love her because hers is very literary. Like, hers is very, like, what you say. Words, relationship.

[Shane]

And she likes to interrupt people with words.

[Amanda]

She likes to interrupt people with words all the time. But I'm like, brene, let them talk.

[Shane]

Let him talk. Brene, let him talk.

[Amanda]

But I just like the way she's like, oh, my husband. That's not her accent. I need to stop. But she does have a bit of, you know, a Southern drawl.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

But I love her. She's amazing.

[Shane]

So Oprah, Brene Brown.

[Amanda]

Oprah, Brene Brown.

[Shane]

I think we're getting a little bit of a trend.

[Amanda]

Esther Perel.

[Shane]

Esther Perel. And you recommended it. And I listened to it, and it is pretty great. As someone who loves psychology, it's awesome.

[Amanda]

Exact. I think that's what it's always about for me.

[Shane]

Yeah. For. For those. It's. It's. Where should we begin with Esther Pere. Where she has. They're anonymous. Like, they're anonymous, but she has a couple on every episode to do a single. She's a relationship single session of. Of couples therapy.

[Amanda]

She's a sex therapist, technically.

[Shane]

Yeah. And it's. It's intense.

[Amanda]

It.

[Shane]

It's some of it's intense. Some of it's not. But some of these couples are really in shambles. And to hear them just blaming each other for a whole hour.

[Amanda]

What you need. What you need is you need to talk to each other. You need to listen to each other. What you need to do is listen. You're not having enough sex. You need to touch. And she'll like. I just love the way she talks. She's amazingly insightful, and she cuts through all the bullshit.

[Shane]

Oh, my God, it's so great when you have an episode of that show where a guy. Someone's like, like. And she's just. She's not showing me any appreciation.

[Amanda]

Now when you say that, I want.

[Shane]

You to hear the way that you're saying that. No, say it in your own words. Like, what you need from her is you saying, hey, I need your respect. I need your communication. I need your company. He's like, michelle, I need your company. Say it. Say it in your own words.

[Amanda]

Yes, exactly. And then it's like. And it's just so. So there's a game, too.

[Shane]

There's a game called Me and I.

[Amanda]

Got it as a wedding gift.

[Shane]

Oh, shit. And then they got divorced. They got divorced within the week.

[Amanda]

No, we took it on our mini moon, me and H, on our wedding gift. And we were reading them, and they're very, like. They're very, like, vulnerable questions, but they're all like, touch and, like, sex face. And we were reading it by a pool, and I'm not kidding. This old man, vet, he had a fucking, like, World War II cap. He was in a hot tub. He inched closer the whole day as we were reading these cards, he was.

[Shane]

Like, do you mind if I pull one of those cards? Right there.

[Amanda]

He was, like, in the hot tub, like, kind of looking at us, and we were like, so name your first crazy sex experience. And I swear to God, he's like.

[Shane]

He's probably back in the war by the time. Sorry to butt in, but yeah, it was the war. 1940, Battle of the Bulge, if you know what I mean. So good.

[Amanda]

So good. Honestly, we should bring. Maybe we should bring these cards on the podcast. But H and I were reading them, and I swear to God, by the time we were done, he was out of the hot tub. He had found a chair, and he was sitting directly behind us.

[Shane]

Just, like. Just so into it, agape. He was stoked for you guys. Marriage.

[Amanda]

Esther Perel.

[Shane]

See, okay, those are my.

[Amanda]

Those are my main podcasts.

[Shane]

Okay, so plus Daylight. I love. I love the vibe that we get from yours. Because the podcast that I listen to.

[Amanda]

Oh, God.

[Shane]

And I go in and out of phases. I go through a music phase where I'm just listening to music. I go through phase where I'm listening to podcasts nonstop.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

I mostly listen to podcasts when I'm working out. It's just, just generally you don't listen.

[Amanda]

To music when you work out.

[Shane]

I do listen to music.

[Amanda]

Okay. But.

[Shane]

But sometimes I. Sometimes I'm just like, there's no good music. Do you ever have that happen where you're just like, there's none. I ran out. Yeah, I fucking ran out of music.

[Amanda]

I'm really. Right now. Okay. This is where I'm at.

[Shane]

Yeah. And Spotify is like, here's a playlist. I'm like, this sucks. You suck. You do not know me. It's like you listened to a soundtrack of a movie five years ago. Here's all of it.

[Amanda]

Garden State soundtrack.

[Shane]

I don't want this.

[Amanda]

Stop.

[Shane]

So the podcast that I listen to, when I listen to podcasts, I wrote down a few of them. I'd probably say my favorite podcast is this one called Hardcore History. And it's this one dude, this one guy, he's a huge history buff. And Carlin. What's his name? What's his name? Does anyone know George Carlin? It's. What is it? What? Dan Carlin? So Hardcore History is probably my favorite. It's hosted by this guy named Dan Carlin. He's just this, this just. He sounds insane is what's great. And his episodes, he posts like one. One episode a year, but they're like, what? But they're like five to eight hours long of him just talking. And he does deep dives into historical events. So he'll be talking about. Oh, he'll have an eight hour episode all about Julius Caesar's conquests in the British Islands. And, and here's how he talks. This is how the whole thing. There's no music. Here's. Here's him. He's just like. Now here's the thing about the Romans.

[Amanda]

Oh, Jesus.

[Shane]

The Romans had organization and they were fighting barbarians. People who they fought with only with their hearts and their mind. They. They weren't thinking. So the Romans would show up their centurions and the. And the barbarians had no means of understanding combat in this new modern way.

[Amanda]

It's so there's no music.

[Shane]

There's no music. It's just that for eight hours.

[Amanda]

Okay, this, it's awesome. This satisfies the TikTok trend. Of why are men. How much do men think about the Roman Empire?

[Shane]

Oh, bro.

[Amanda]

How. Okay, much to men think about the Roman Empire.

[Shane]

I know this trend might be over by this point, but go ahead and ask me.

[Amanda]

Okay, Shane, how much do you think about the Roman Empire?

[Shane]

Realistically? I know it comes up into my head at least once a. Once a week. But I will say this. I will say this. I think this is what's strange because women are talking. Women are talking about what is their version of it. Women. Women have been talking and I saw women talking. I saw. I saw one doors. I saw one woman. I saw one woman on TikTok say, what is the woman equivalent? And it's murder. I'm like, yeah, but I also think. I also think, strangely, the woman equivalent is ancient Greece.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

Yeah, it is. For dudes, it's Rome.

[Amanda]

It's Greek mythology. It's Greek.

[Shane]

But see, I think. I think of Greek mythology and Greek history more than Roman history. Roman history is dope and I do love it and I definitely have read a lot about it. But Greek mythology and Greek history is so safe.

[Amanda]

That is so true. Actually, I didn't think about that murder.

[Shane]

For sure, but I think it's definitely murder.

[Amanda]

I think Greek mythology, because there's like a lot of sex, lots. Lot of passion and a lot of, like, magical, witchy, mystical.

[Shane]

It's a little more. Yeah, it's a little more. And it's probably more the mytholog, mythological side, but, you know, you have, like, plays. You have. There's a lot more emotion.

[Amanda]

There's more emotion.

[Shane]

Whereas, like, I asked Roman history is very. Just like I asked my husband, I.

[Amanda]

Was like, how much do you think about it? He's like, I don't know. Twice a month, three times a month. I'm like, he watches history shows, but he also is from a different country, so he knows a lot of different history. So Rome is an Mesopotamia.

[Shane]

Oh, I love Mesopotamia. I love ancient history. I'm not actually, I'm not a huge history buff when it comes to, like, the 20th century, like World War II and stuff. I find it fascinating.

[Amanda]

It's old school.

[Shane]

I like all history, but I love ancient history. I love.

[Amanda]

I wonder why men, or maybe it's not just men. Why. What's the biggest, like, theme in ancient history that. Is it, like, about.

[Shane]

You know, I think. No, I think. Well, I. I can't speak on it fully. I can't speak for all men, just. But I think for a lot of it is right now, men are in this Very. The manosphere and the grindset mindset of so many dudes is very much like. You just gotta. Like, not. Not like any. Any feeling bad, any whatever. You just gotta. Just gotta get up and you gotta go and you just gotta do it. And it's a very, like, stoicism is almost like coming back for men, and. Which is Greek. But I think ancient Rome was very much like. It's this brutal thing, and it's just. You just gotta forget your emotions and just go. And. And it's all about. But it's a little bit about craftsmanship and strategy. Strategy. It's just.

[Amanda]

I just think it's Napoleon.

[Shane]

Ancient what? No, Napoleon's French.

[Amanda]

Great.

[Shane]

18, 18.

[Amanda]

Very cool.

[Shane]

Napoleon is 1800s. France.

[Amanda]

Clearly. I think about it all the time. I can tell you about Aphrodite, Hermes and Helios, the God of the sun, but give me Napoleon. Fuck.

[Shane]

Loved that Roman guy.

[Amanda]

Joaquin Phoenix is playing Napoleon in a new movie coming out. And I was like, God, ancient Rome.

[Shane]

It's confusing because he was also an ancient Roman emperor in Gladiator.

[Amanda]

Okay, great.

[Shane]

He was also Caligula.

[Amanda]

That was a rough role for him. I hated him.

[Shane]

He really played the fuck out of that one. He always has, like, shadows.

[Amanda]

Daddy doesn't love me. Russell Crowe. Hot. Yeah, he's still hot.

[Shane]

One of Anthony Padilla's favorite movies.

[Amanda]

Seriously.

[Shane]

Gladiator, Home alone, Home Alone 2.

[Amanda]

Oh, hell no.

[Shane]

Those are Anthony's three.

[Amanda]

He doesn't eat his Mac and cheese in Home Alone 2.

[Shane]

And I hate it.

[Amanda]

I hate it so much.

[Shane]

Okay, so I said hardcore history.

[Amanda]

Hardcore history.

[Shane]

Let me get these others out. Yeah, the other one I listened to.

[Amanda]

Another thing about Shane and I is we derail often, so we have to try to focus ourselves.

[Shane]

We derail so much on the show. I have seen comments where people are like, please don't stop derailing. I love.

[Amanda]

Oh, really? Okay.

[Shane]

They love that we talk about something new every 20 seconds. No.

[Amanda]

So hard to find.

[Shane]

Clips guy. Yeah, we'll get to that. That's the last thing we'll talk about. Basement yard. Have you ever heard of basement yard?

[Ryan Seacrest]

No.

[Shane]

You would actually love basement yard.

[Amanda]

Really?

[Shane]

So it's these two east coast dudes and they've been friends. They've been friends since they were in, like, elementary school.

[Amanda]

Basement yard.

[Shane]

It's called basement yard. And it's just the two of them talking. They talk about literally nothing. I mean, literally, they'll just be hanging out. And the. My favorite thing about it is that every conversation is just the two of them giving each other shit. And it sounds so East Coast. So for instance, this is. This is how every. This how every episode goes. Listen to two minutes, and this will happen. One of them will be like, hey, what's your. What's your. Like, what's your favorite kind of sandwich to have? Like, just on a day off, probably, like, peanut butter and jelly. What are you, a baby? Why would you say a peanut butter jelly? What's wrong with a peanut butter jelly? It's the. It's only.

[Amanda]

The.

[Shane]

Only babies eat peanut butter and jelly. You asked me what my favorite sandwich is, and I said peanut butter and jelly. Answer like, oh, but answer like an adult sandwich. Okay, fine. Uh, prosciutto and. Oh, don't say prosciutto. What. What are you. What. What is that?

[Amanda]

What is that?

[Shane]

No, that's every episode of baseball I'm.

[Amanda]

Already in, because that is my literal life. I'm gonna have Rose. Except with sisters, I'm gonna have Rose. Why are you having Rose? I don't know. It gives you. It gives me such awful heartburn. Well, you haven't had this rose. Well, let me try it. Well, this is a really expensive bottle. Okay, well, let me try it. Why are you being kind of a.

[Shane]

Bitch right now, dude? It couldn't be so much further than my life experience just living in the west southwest, where it's like, you want.

[Amanda]

To try that peanut butter and jelly? Good for you.

[Shane]

All right. Okay.

[Amanda]

That is so hilarious, because.

[Shane]

Yeah, no basement yard. It's super funny.

[Amanda]

I will listen.

[Shane]

And then one.

[Amanda]

Are they.

[Shane]

They're probably. They're probably relatively around our age, late 20s, early 30s.

[Amanda]

Great.

[Shane]

But they are. I mean, dude, every clip is that. Every clip is one of them saying something and the other one telling them it's stupid.

[Amanda]

I love it.

[Shane]

That's every conversation that they have. You.

[Amanda]

Sometimes people need to just be taken down a notch.

[Shane]

And people on the east coast do it every six times. They do it every five seconds every chance they get. And then lastly, the one that I. I haven't listened to it a bunch lately, but I was listening to it constantly, and so much so that they surprised me with this person on Try not to laugh 100, but therapy gecko. I fucking.

[Amanda]

I love that dude.

[Shane]

Oh, he was so. He is. That guy. He.

[Amanda]

Austin, right? Didn't we see him?

[Shane]

I think we did.

[Amanda]

Yeah, we saw him in Austin.

[Shane]

So he's. He just is such a, like, listener. You've never met someone who is listening and observing you as intently as him.

[Amanda]

And he's so kind and, like, so open.

[Shane]

Yeah. But I love that show because he, my favorite moment from that show is he had someone prank call him. They called just to be like, yeah, I've been having this issue. And yeah, the, the thing is. And he said some dumb thing like, yeah, and balls, balls, balls, dick, dick, dick. And says that. And then therapy. Gecko doesn't hang up. He just sits there. And then he's like, so, what do we do now? And the guy was like, I, I, I don't.

[Amanda]

That's all I had planned.

[Shane]

Why? So why did you say that? And then the guy's like, I don't know. I guess I've just been bored lately.

[Amanda]

So.

[Shane]

It's so good.

[Amanda]

He's a perfect therapist.

[Shane]

He's so good at it. And obviously he's not a real therapist, but, but he's just a.

[Amanda]

He's a person. He's a person.

[Shane]

He's just a great listener. Just a great listener. Great.

[Amanda]

I love him. And every time, every time you see him, he still has green paint somewhere on his face.

[Shane]

Oh, yes. He always has a little remnant of it. He's. Because he's always in it. But those are the main ones that I listen to. I listen to, you know, like, NPR and news.

[Amanda]

I do like NPR a lot, but.

[Shane]

Those are the ones that I want to be entertained. I listen to those. And I've listened to, you know, a lot of other YouTubers, have really great podcasts. Ted has his. There's, there's a bunch. There's a lot of those as well that I try to listen to on occasion.

[Amanda]

But, but you haven't lived unless you listen to NBC Dateline. Yeah, the only thing about NBC Dateline is it's not a real podcast. All they did was take the audio from the show and just put it, put it on podcast. Because they'd be like. And as you see right here, this man is walking, and you're like, I can't see. And then it'll be like clips from the interrogation, and you can't hear a word they're saying. But when you're watching it, they write the dialogue and they'll be like. And we're listening to the podcast, and you're just like.

[Shane]

And that was the wildest thing we'd ever heard. And you're like.

[Amanda]

And you finally re Keith Morrison. And he finally revealed what he was trying to say. And you're, like, listening in the car.

[Shane]

Trying to get up, what's happening?

[Amanda]

But I don't stop. I do not stop. Listening to Dateline. And you know who does it too? Angela.

[Shane]

Oh, I know.

[Amanda]

We both will be like, hey, did you hear that episode about Summer Solstice? She's like, oh, my God. Wild. Like, we listen to it and it's just. And Keith Morrison's Wow. Really?

[Shane]

Wow.

[Amanda]

And there's like really weird music. It'll be like, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, da da da. And I'd be like, like weird sound clips that probably go with visuals.

[Shane]

What the fuck?

[Amanda]

It's just great.

[Shane]

We have Angela next week. I know, and I'm very excited for that. So I'll give you guys the inside scoop. We're doing Try not to Laugh, the podcast.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God.

[Shane]

Where for an hour or more, we cannot laugh. And if you laugh, you get a little. You get a mark. We're gonna keep tally of it. Whoever laughs the least amount is gonna get a $20 gift card to their choice. A place of their choosing. Yeah. It's gonna be insane.

[Amanda]

It's gonna be insane.

[Shane]

I'm prepping stuff for it.

[Amanda]

Oh, I have stories.

[Shane]

I'm prepping a lot. I have stories for days and then I'm really excited. We've got a few more minutes to talk.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Didn't we have.

[Shane]

So we wanted to pitch. I think we should pitch some future episode ideas, but also an idea I want to start doing on this show.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah.

[Shane]

Very, very jazzed about.

[Amanda]

Oh, yeah.

[Shane]

So we post a YouTube short from this show every episode. We try to find something like what was the best moment. We put that up on YouTube shorts. We also throw some up on TikTok on the smosh. TikTok. I would love to start staging some of them.

[Amanda]

Yes, please.

[Shane]

Just fully out of context. We just set it up. We tell a friggin lie. Nothing damaging, nothing bad, but just something silly where people go, oh my God.

[Amanda]

What? What?

[Shane]

And I want to see who's actually watching the episodes and who's just watching the short.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

So I thought of one. We can stage it right here. I want to stage.

[Amanda]

Stage it.

[Shane]

I want to stage this. I had this idea of what if when I joined Smosh. Nowadays we're good, but what if when I joined Smosh, Ian and I didn't like each other. Oh, I love what if. We had a hard time working with each other and over time we worked it out and we're better. But back in the day, we beefed.

[Amanda]

And we all noticed.

[Shane]

Not true at all. Let me establish for those listening to this podcast, fully fake. Ian and I have been good friends Since I joined, Fake News never had a problem. But let's. Let's stage this, and let's put this as a YouTube short. And for those who watch that, they have no idea. Okay, here we go. Yeah. It's something people don't realize is that when I joined Smosh, Ian and I did not get along at all.

[Amanda]

No way.

[Shane]

Not at all. Yeah. I don't know. We just had very creative differences. Anytime I pitched an idea, he would always shoot it, shoot it down, and we'd get into arguments and it would get personal. We would insult each other. We oftentimes could not be in the same room together.

[Amanda]

No.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

You know what's crazy is when I joined, I always felt like when you walked into a room, like, I felt like he was just, like, Always walked out, like, kind of avoided you.

[Shane]

It lasted for years. It lasted for years. And I would say only recently has it gotten a little better. But, you know, it's. It's. It's just tough, and it shows you that on camera we can really play it up because we're professionals.

[Amanda]

You guys seem really good on camera.

[Shane]

Yeah, but. But yeah, we've. It's. It's. It's. It's just an ongoing thing, and people don't realize.

[Amanda]

So he, like, doesn't like you at all.

[Shane]

I would say probably we are neutral to each other nowadays, but it used to be full on. I would say, like, hate relationship.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God. Like, full on arguments in the office. That's so awkward.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

I guess we can't have him on the podcast.

[Shane]

Guess not.

[Amanda]

You can't laugh too much.

[Shane]

We'll see. We'll cut some part of that. We'll cut some part of that. I think just like 15. 15 to 20 seconds of that. Oh, my God. I know.

[Amanda]

He's gonna go, you guys can't do.

[Shane]

You guys can't do that.

[Amanda]

Always laughs when he knows that you shouldn't be doing something. You guys can't do that.

[Shane]

I'm trying to think, is there another one that we could do that's not as insane? Okay, what if I say that I. I was almost cast as. As a lead in Victorious or. No, I was almost cast as Freddie Benson and icarly.

[Amanda]

Oh, do it.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

Okay. You're fucked.

[Shane]

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. You know, people don't. Something I've never really talked about because it's a little. Sorry. Let me. Let me start over. Let me try to think of how to say this. Chill out. Okay. Okay. Something I don't talk about much is that I was runner up to play Freddie Benson in iCarly. Yeah. No, I auditioned. I got the callback. I got a second callback. I was in the room with Miranda and I was reading it. I felt really good about it. And then they ultimately decided that I wasn't the right look and. But that's why in season one, they brought me back for that guest starring episode. Cause they really liked me and they wanted to find a place for me on the show. But it was just the one episode. But things could have been really different had I been.

[Amanda]

You might not have been here.

[Shane]

I probably wouldn't have been here.

[Amanda]

You would have never probably met.

[Shane]

I know. I would have been Freddie Benson.

[Amanda]

Whoa.

[Shane]

Yeah. Yeah. That's Hollywood, you know? That's how it goes, man.

[Amanda]

I'm so sorry.

[Shane]

It's all right.

[Amanda]

I'm so sorry that you have to be here now.

[Shane]

Okay, That's a good one. That's a good one.

[Amanda]

That's a good.

[Shane]

That might. That might get a hit.

[Amanda]

Because it looks like we're like, kind of like. Okay, well, I guess we should end the podcast.

[Shane]

I wonder if. Let us know in the comments if this upsets you, because I can't.

[Amanda]

We can't do a fake one where it's like we're leaving or someone's.

[Shane]

No, no, no, no. I don't want it to be anything, and I want it to be that. If you watch the podcast, you then know that this is the thing we do. So this is only for the people who aren't actually watching.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Let us know if this upsets you.

[Shane]

And we'll stop maybe.

[Amanda]

And let us know what podcast you listen to or if you listen to the podcast that we mentioned and what you thought about it and if you think Oprah interrupts everything.

[Shane]

Let us know in the comments if Oprah has ever interrupted you. Um, Amanda, it's. It's really great to host this show with you.

[Amanda]

I love hosting this show with you. This was so fun.

[Shane]

It's really great. I want to do this more often.

[Amanda]

Yeah, I want to do another check in and read some comments and see where you're at with the splits.

[Shane]

Yeah, I'll give you guys updates. Yeah, I will.

[Amanda]

I would love that.

[Shane]

All right.

[Amanda]

All right.

[Shane]

See you guys later.

[Amanda]

See ya.

[Shane]

We got you, babe.

[Amanda]

We got you, babe.

[Shane]

Man. Pretty good.

[Amanda]

Hello.

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