12/25/2025: NO ONE SPENDS CHRISTMAS ALONE

Summary

The Antihero Broadcast – Episode Summary

Podcast: The Antihero Broadcast
Episode: 12/25/2025: NO ONE SPENDS CHRISTMAS ALONE
Date: December 26, 2025
Theme: A lively, irreverently supportive holiday hangout for veterans, first responders, and community friends, sharing stories from the job and discussing family, traditions, camaraderie, and the state of police and first responder culture.

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Episode Overview

This Christmas episode brings together a diverse panel of hosts and guests—veterans, law enforcement, first responders, and supporters—to make sure “no one spends Christmas alone.” The conversation weaves through holiday traditions, family dynamics, job stories, department culture, and lighthearted banter. Listeners are welcomed like family, joining in via chat.

Tone: Candid, comedic, empathetic, and a bit rowdy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Catching Up, Family, & Sports (00:55–05:00)

• Panelists greet each other and give holiday updates, talking about gifts, family gatherings, and parenting.
• Exotic sports choices for kids (football vs. lacrosse) open a discussion about regional sports traditions and keeping kids active off-season.
• The panel laments technical glitches and jokes about login issues, technology, and email domains.

2. Holiday Traditions Redux (05:20–09:30)

• Discussion of Christmas movies and debate over whether "Die Hard," "Lord of the Rings," and "Nightmare Before Christmas" count as Christmas films.
  • [05:41] E: “They set up from Rivendell on December 25th.”
  • Shared as a comfort-movie tradition that’s more about vibes than religious calendar accuracy.
• Adopts the veteran/first responder cliché of eating Chinese food on Christmas, with jokes about “Christmas Story” references and enduring long waits at crowded takeout spots.
• Humorous look at how holidays for people in shift work differ from the “standard” family model: karaoke, people working, and traditions adapted for nontraditional schedules.

3. Shameless Plugs & Community Support (06:29, 06:40)

• Reminders about merch (counterculture hats, app discounts) as part of the holiday spirit and ongoing project support.

4. Cross-Talk, Movie & TV References, and Inside Jokes (09:20–13:00)

• References to classic cop movies (“Full Metal Jacket,” “Platoon”) and playful ribbing about who qualifies as a “real” fan or veteran.
• Recurring jokes about laggy connections making people look like they're starring in overdubbed kung fu movies.
• Jokes about who has family, who’s stuck alone, and who gets “roasted”—a hallmark of community camaraderie.

5. Food Disasters & Holiday Mishaps (15:10–17:34)

• Share stories about Christmas meals gone awry: a service dog, a cat giving birth, a burnt ham, “thank God for Jack and Jim.”
• [15:10] B: “I put my service dog in. Laws came in, cat gave birth to a litter, burned the ham. Thank God for Jack and Jim.”

6. Hunting, Deer Accidents, and Rural Life (16:01–17:34)

• Panelists swap stories about hunting or, more often, accidental deer collisions.
• [16:17] D tells about hitting a deer during a college recruiting trip with his son:
  • “I smoked a deer… ran right in front of my minivan."
• Listeners and hosts bring up the infamous “deer in car” 911 call; panel plays and laughs at audio.

7. Religion, Jokes, and Inclusion (18:29–19:48)

• Good-natured ribbing about religious backgrounds; Jewish traditions, the meaning of “the chosen,” and polite clarification that “Jew jokes” in chat are playful, not bigoted.
  • [18:45] B: "I'm learning. We do a verse of the day on the broadcast so I can learn about stuff."

8. First Responder Culture: Food, Support, and Camaraderie (19:35–20:34)

• Panelists compare how different departments treat their members on holidays:
  • Some have strong community support (PDAC/wives bring food), others get left out.
  • [20:06] G: “Some of the wives would come in and bring food for the troops.”
  • Frustration at admin/inequality in support.

9. Police Work Real Talk: Careers, Cop Culture, and Online ‘Beef’ (29:00–36:37)

• Exchanges about career trajectories: why people leave, how working conditions and department culture differ, and online spats/podcast “beefs.”
  • [35:25] G: "If a guy is a cop for a couple years and then he tries it out and... decides this isn't for me, then that's fine.”
• Panel agrees—everyone’s cop story is unique, with personal and regional variance; the most important thing is finding a satisfying path.

10. College Recruiting and Sports (36:42–39:43)

• [36:50] D: “He’s looking to play college football… just finished up his senior year.”
• Parents and kids’ experiences with COVID-era recruiting, shifting positions between high school and college, “NAIA” vs “D2.”
• Thread of supportive advice from those who have been through it—emphasis on resilience and adaptability in uncertain times.

11. Guns, Gear, and Department Preferences (40:04–47:25)

• [40:05] E: “Plus P, the round my department gave me for free.”
• Passionate digression about preferred rounds, holsters, and sidearm transitions (Beretta → Glock → Sig)—with stories about reliability (or lack thereof), lessons learned, and the odd mechanical mishap.
• [44:12] E: "I was a sig guy...I always thought Glocks were cop guns until I started having to carry one as a contractor…and then I was like, oh this is combat Tupperware, man!"

12. The Wild Old Days—Corruption, Vice, and Urban Legends (47:38–51:01)

• [48:09] C: “The whole department was corrupt in New York City… walk into any crack house and there's $200,000, $300,000 sitting around.”
• [49:14] C: “I was playing Madden with my sergeant… [Got called to] a bunch of dead bodies and a lot of money.”
• Stories about systemic corruption (Mike Dowd, Serpico-era NYC), “Mexican standoffs,” and the strange side of human behavior around the holidays.

13. First Responder Lore: Shift Work, Homicides Over Food, Rookie Advice (50:10–54:42)

• Thanksgiving as the busiest day for cops (fights and assaults over food, especially the last piece).
  • [51:09] C: “The majority of homicides on Thanksgiving…are over someone eating the last piece of turkey.”
• Rookie ride-alongs: “Don’t touch the radio, know your streets, get to Temple Hospital if I get shot.”
  • [53:09] C: “Don't touch anything. Don't touch the radio…Pay attention to every street we’re on…”

14. Holiday Gifts, Whiskey Chat, and State Laws (54:52–61:32)

• Show-and-tell with holiday presents, notably a crystal whiskey decanter—much ribbing about beverage choices and bottle acquisition in “Nazi-state Pennsylvania.”
  • [54:52] F: “Lupe got me a lovely crystal decanter for my whiskey. That was my Christmas gift.”
• State-by-state quirks in alcohol and beer laws become a running joke.

15. Banter, Character Portraits, and Team Chemistry (56:00–63:40)

• Regular panelists’ personalities come to the fore—Golden Retriever energy, “Jerry as the alpha dog,” and poking fun at each other’s loudness.
  • [56:42] E: “Justin has like straight golden retriever energy. Like, he comes into the room and he's like, all right, guys, we're going to go…This is very different than Mike.”
  • [57:22] G (on Malinois vs. German Shepherds): “The Malinois will just jump off the cliff, grab the ball in midair, and then die on his way down.”

16. Cops vs. Firefighters (64:13–65:47)

• Regional differences in relationships—Philly vs. NYC, NYPD and FDNY on-site “throwdowns,” but elsewhere like Florida, they eat dinner together.

17. Star Wars & Lego Nerd-Out (66:09–68:41)

• Fun debate about Star Wars canon (501st Legion), and the expensive rabbit hole of Star Wars Legos.

18. Wrapping Up (69:04–End)

• A few more complaints about Internet providers, followed by the group saying goodnight with reminders to “spend some time with the fam.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [15:10] B: "I put my service dog in. Laws came in, cat gave birth to a litter, burned the ham. Thank God for Jack and Jim. That was today. Holy crap."
• [16:17] D: "I smoked a deer…ran right out in front of my minivan."
• [18:45] B: "I'm learning. We do a verse of the day on the broadcast so I can learn about stuff."
• [44:12] E: "I was a sig guy and I always thought Glocks were cop guns until I started having to carry one...and then I was like, oh this is actually like combat Tupperware."
• [48:09] C: "The whole department was corrupt in New York City…any crack house and there's 200,000, 300,000 dollars sitting around."
• [51:09] C: "The majority of homicides on Thanksgiving or ag assaults are over someone eating the last piece of turkey…True story, dude."
• [56:42] E: “Justin has like straight golden retriever energy. Like, he comes into the room and he's like, all right, guys, we're going to go…"
• [57:22] G: "The Malinois will just jump off the cliff, grab the ball in midair, and then die on his way down."

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Time-Stamped Highlights

| Time | Segment / Quote | |------------|------------------------------------------------------| | 00:55–04:00| Hosts and guests join, discuss Christmas plans, kids’ sports | | 05:20–06:19| Christmas movies, “Die Hard,” “Lord of the Rings” as holiday films | | 09:20–13:02| Chinese food cliches, family jokes, roast sessions | | 15:10 | “Thank God for Jack and Jim. That was today. Holy crap.” | | 16:17 | “I smoked a deer…ran right out in front of my minivan.” | | 19:35 | Food support for cops on holidays, “PDAC,” community | | 29:00–31:07| Police work experiences, career perspectives, “beef” with other podcasts | | 40:04–44:12| Guns, department preferences, “combat Tupperware,” gun stories | | 48:09 | “The whole department was corrupt in New York City…” | | 54:52 | “Lupe got me a lovely crystal decanter for my whiskey.” | | 56:42 | “Golden retriever energy…” and the “alpha dog” dynamic | | 64:13 | “He doesn’t hate Nick, he hates the Philly Fire Department!” | | 66:09 | “Anthony, do you like Star Wars?”—the 501st Legion test | | 68:41 | Star Wars Lego collection stories, “Legos everywhere” | | 69:04–End | Tech gripes, goodbyes, reminders for next live stream |

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Summary in a Nutshell

"No One Spends Christmas Alone" is less a podcast and more a boisterous family gathering for those who serve and those who support them. It's a community where jokes fly, war stories get aired, differing opinions on cop culture are hashed out, and anyone's welcome to join—especially if they're working or alone on Christmas. The group collectively reminds each other and listeners that support, real talk, and camaraderie matter far more than classic holiday trappings.

Next Up: Monday morning stream, 11am EST.

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Transcript

[A]

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[B]

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[B]

Yo, we're live.

[D]

Yo, what's going on?

[B]

Dude did the whole play outside with all the Christmas. I got my. I got my. My son lacrosse. Get him into lacrosse.

[D]

Oh yeah. Has he done that before?

[B]

No, but he's. He does. He plays football and like we're looking for an off season sport. Yeah, lacrosse will keep your cardio up.

[D]

Well, a cardio, but that's like the same conversation I had with my son when he was a freshman. It was like, well, we could do track again which wouldn't be bad. But I said you need to work on your catching and throwing. So I would suggest lacrosse even though you'd never done it before. My sister's all played it and he was like okay. And now he's kicking ass in that. So yeah, it's a, it's a cool game.

[B]

Yeah, I, I mean I played hockey but down here in Florida, dude, I mean it is hard to find any kind of orchestrated league.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

2.5 hour late. Everybody's getting Chinese. A cliche. I've asked. Okay, I'm gonna send. I gotta send Jimmy and Nick the invite and anybody in the chat that wants to come in you got to email the antiheropodcast gmail.com your so I can see your email. Let's see. James Arnett and. [e-mail] a real domain?

[D]

Yeah, I think so.

[B]

All right, sending them the link now. Oh, he got it. How do you get in? Yeah, I didn't even send him the.

[C]

Link because you're a idiot.

[B]

Dude, how'd you get in?

[C]

Don't worry about how I got the in me dot com. Dude, you were about five years old when that came out.

[B]

Was it the first dot com?

[C]

Yeah, it was.

[E]

I was painting faces.

[C]

Dude, you're getting Slurpees at 7:11.

[B]

Jimmy what's up, dude?

[E]

Hey, what's up, man?

[B]

Oh, yeah. So a quick announcement. If with the counterculture hats, the ball caps are back in. Not these ones. I'm not wearing it. But if anybody ordered something and they're waiting on their order and the hats weren't available, if you order the hat and put in promo code, ship, it'll wave shipping, and then I'll just ship them. I'll ship a hat with you too. So if you want a hat, go to counterculturingthreads.com. it's the ball caps with the counterculture written on it. Says, what up, sergeant? It's not.

[E]

Is it just me, or is Tyler coming in a little broken?

[C]

I thought.

[B]

That's broken and unreadable? Yeah. All right, you guys, I'm back. Am I back?

[E]

Yeah, yeah. You were just kind of doing the distortion thing.

[B]

All right.

[E]

Hey, whatever. I did. I did put. I did put the goon tape on. On the old Glock, but we can't show it on it, you know, it's tape. I like it. Yeah, it looks. It looked cool. I. I think what I really need to do, though, is take it to the range and see how many blisters I don't get.

[B]

There you go. Another Merry Christmas. Oh, that's to Lily Cole. When is Colt ship off?

[E]

I think Jamer.

[B]

Colt, you gotta come on here so we can see what you look like, because I don't know what you look like. Same with Dylan, man. You guys gotta jump on here. This is the time.

[E]

Yeah. Where's Justin? Is he still in line? Did the. Did the Bumpuses eat all of his turkey?

[B]

Did the. The dogs?

[E]

I was like, man, nobody got that. Holy.

[B]

All right, so everybody did watch Die Hard. I know Anthony did.

[E]

Yeah, yeah, of course.

[D]

100.

[E]

I mean, I'm watching another Christmas movie right now. Lord of the Rings. Yeah. You got to go deep into the Lord. I know. That's a Christmas movie, though.

[B]

Wait, Lord of the Rings is a Christmas movie?

[E]

Yeah, they. They set up from Rivendell on December 25th.

[D]

Man.

[B]

That's. Is it. I mean, I'm not trying to sound anti. I'm not. Is that really a tie to Christmas?

[E]

Well, I mean, I'm being big negative. Well, you know what, man? I. I mean, it might be a stretch, but it's. It's like. Like one of those movies that I could put on in the background. It's kind of a comfort movie, so.

[B]

It lasts all day long.

[E]

Yeah, well, yeah, especially if you've got all three extended Editions just like, have it in the background.

[C]

That's what you got.

[D]

Christmas story next two weeks.

[E]

Yeah, yeah, we'll be good.

[B]

Yeah. Seamless plugs. I. I plugged the hat. Is there any Anthony for your. For the end of the year? Do you. If I remember correctly, your app has some kind of promo code, right?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Right now.

[D]

Yep. Yeah. If you get in and use. What? Let me look it up and make sure I'm not saying the wrong thing, give you the wrong code.

[C]

God damn right. Mike Fritz.

[B]

Heroic.

[C]

Merry Christmas, Liz.

[E]

The hell is it?

[C]

Heroic 48. Wasn't that it?

[D]

26. Heroic 26.

[B]

26. You were close, Nick.

[D]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

All right. And that. What's that do?

[D]

That gets you the year for 50 off. And it's only like 97 bucks for the year anyway, so it's like 48.50 for the entire year.

[B]

Is that for 20? 26?

[D]

Yeah. Well, right now. I mean, you could get into it right now.

[C]

No, dude, that's. That's 48 bucks for the rest of 20. 25.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Great deal.

[D]

For the next seven days, you are covered.

[B]

Nightmare Before Christmas. Yeah, I guess that technically is a Christmas movie.

[C]

Yeah, it's a Christmas movie.

[D]

Dude, that one's debatable. That's honestly one of my. One, like, my top five favorite movies. So, like, really? Oh, I love it. I love that movie. It is so cool.

[B]

I would not think that's.

[C]

It's a great movie, man.

[D]

It really is such a cool movie. When you get into all the. All like, how it was made and how long it took and the story behind it, and it's just. It's a. It's a cool movie, man. It is. I like Tim Burton stuff, though.

[E]

Ah, man, that's. That's the. My wife. Love my wife, My daughter love that movie. I hate it. I mean, like, and. And like, big Johnny Depp fans too.

[B]

There he is.

[F]

Yeah, I'm still waiting for my food.

[C]

What? You.

[E]

Are you serious?

[F]

Dude, I've been waiting. I ordered this at an hour ago.

[E]

It.

[F]

And I was like. I showed up like 10 minutes after it, said it was going to get ready, but, bro, there's 15 cars just sitting in an empty parking lot out here and people are just sitting in their cars waiting for place to call.

[D]

Did.

[E]

Did the Bumpus's dogs eat all your. Eat all your turkey? Like, why are you.

[F]

I heard your turn.

[E]

Yeah, I heard your joke.

[C]

It didn't hit the way you wanted to. It didn't.

[E]

It didn't. Dustin wasn't there I gotta fire it at him. Yeah, dude, I'm gonna chop at that. Yeah, well, you were watching, but you weren't on, so what kind of.

[C]

Anybody ever been to the Christmas Story House?

[F]

So I wanted to, I just, you know, I wanted to try and do, like, Christmas tradition and just eat Chinese food on Christmas.

[B]

That what you do every year?

[F]

No, we used to go to Disney. Can you hear me?

[B]

Yeah, I think you might have a lag with us, but it looks like a Chinese movie.

[F]

Oh, let me change.

[C]

Movie.

[F]

Let me change. Oh, yeah, no, I'm on the fight on the microphone. Just trying to make sure. Trying to make sure I'm not on the car. Try something.

[B]

Yeah, it definitely looks like an overdubbed Chinese movie.

[C]

Say, dude, ask me if I want to fight, then say, fight me.

[G]

Fight me.

[B]

All right, I'm assuming everybody's taking time out of their. I know, Nick, you don't have any family that loves you, but everybody else. Is that everybody else?

[C]

Got it.

[B]

Sounds like Anthony's got a house full.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

I got yelled at. I was, I was. She was like, where are you going? I go, oh, I gotta get on this thing real quick. I forgot to tell you.

[G]

So there we go.

[D]

Getting dinner ready upstairs.

[B]

And it pays time and a half, babe. So definitely gotta do it, Jimmy.

[F]

Yeah, there you go.

[E]

That's probably, that's probably jumped off the farm. I, I, yeah, I got a full house. They're probably gonna start singing karaoke here pretty soon, so if it starts, if it starts to sound raucous, that's why.

[C]

Oh, man, I'm glad I don't have any family.

[E]

Sometimes, man, I think back to the time when I was single and I go, boy, it was sure easier, but definitely not as interesting.

[B]

Justin, live from Minecraft.

[F]

Another joke that I don't get.

[B]

Jimmy, no hard feelings?

[E]

I don't know about what. I don't even know who you. I don't even know who you are.

[B]

Just letting you know they're prefacing it that they're about to roast you.

[C]

Probably Animal Mother. So he's a Platoon fan of the movie Platoon.

[E]

I think that's Full Mount. Is that Full Metal Jacket? I think it's Full Mountain.

[C]

Was it Full Metal Jacket or Platoon Animals? No. Yeah, you're right. Yeah.

[B]

Oh, Jimmy Mother. Yeah. I don't know why they call them. I had a Christmas TV with my family since I worked today. Trap House open yet?

[E]

Nah, Trap House is closed for business.

[B]

Where the is Tyler? Is this a movie reference still?

[C]

I think they're Asking where you're at. Really?

[B]

Are you guys seeing me?

[C]

Okay.

[E]

Yeah, I see it.

[B]

Okay. Yeah. Full metal jacket, 100%.

[F]

My wife's like, where the are you? And I'm like, still waiting.

[C]

Oh, your lag is brutal, dude. It's definitely like a karate movie.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. You're like, nick's got better quality than you.

[F]

Damn.

[C]

Pulled off like me, dog.

[E]

I'll bail them.

[F]

I'll bail them. I'm gonna invite Jerry. I'm gonna give you. I'm gonna tag in.

[E]

Jerry.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

Jerry.

[B]

The spaces are so I don't get banned. I didn't see Tyler. Oh, I got you. Oh, that was my. I wasn't Santa. Come on, man. That wasn't me.

[E]

Definitely not.

[B]

No Santa.

[E]

Calling in good old jolly old Saint Nick.

[C]

There's a lot of estrogen in that voice.

[E]

Dude. My wife was like, how come you didn't say that? Like, the ropes in the vlogger were for me. I was like, I. I'll be honest with you. That came out of left field. I wasn't expecting it.

[B]

No.

[E]

Hey, Jerry.

[G]

Hey, guys.

[B]

People will be like, why didn't you say that when he said this? I'm like, it's live, dude. I'm not like that. Cool. Quick. I'm not that weird. Jerry, I know you're Jewish, but you celebrate Christmas, right?

[G]

We do both. We do everything.

[B]

We do everything.

[G]

Well, actually. But no, I don't do Kwanzaa, though.

[B]

You don't?

[G]

No. But you can see. There's my Christmas tree right there.

[B]

I was gonna say your front yard looked pretty festive. So it looks.

[G]

Yes. I, I, I don't discriminate about anything.

[E]

Yeah. Especially not about blasting a.

[G]

So everybody had a good Christmas?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. First Christmas. Glad I get a chance to hang with family. And beer with y'. All. Dial on. One of my eyes is cemented to my face. Unalive. Two bottles this morning. Oh, my gosh. Mike's still on, Kid. I've got a fun picture of Mike I'm gonna post on here. Did Jimmy get his Christmas gifts?

[E]

I did indeed, sir. I did indeed. Yeah, I did. I got my Dale hat. Wow.

[B]

There he is.

[E]

There's CC.

[G]

Is he. Can he actually join in or. It's. It's. They don't have WI FI there.

[B]

They can if they want. They just got to email me. So I have their emails.

[G]

Yeah.

[B]

So I can send him the link. He's Jewish. Conservative Chocolate is Jewish. He's actually. He's a Jewish black guy. I don't think I'VE ever met one of those.

[C]

Yeah, dude, Sammy Davis Jr. Was Jewish.

[B]

Oh, was he really?

[C]

Yeah, he converted to marry that blonde.

[E]

That'll happen.

[B]

I put my service dog in. Laws came in, cat gave birth to a litter, burned the ham. Thank God for Jack and Jim. That was today. Holy crap.

[E]

Damn, son. Will having a heart.

[C]

How do you burn a hand?

[D]

Same way you burn anything.

[G]

Yeah, most of those hams are already pre cooked. You just have to warm them up.

[E]

But is it really a ham then? I mean, if you don't like have to kill it and eat it?

[G]

I don't think I would. I don't think. I'm not into the skin and stuff.

[B]

I'm not either. Anthony, you seem like you would be a hunter, but you're just. Mainly because you're so manly that I seem to think you.

[E]

I. Dude, I. I feel like he's probably got like a bow back there. He's got like a bow tack hat on backwards.

[C]

Dude, animals just lay down and died, Anthony.

[D]

Well, I mean, I so hunting. I' always wanted to hunt. I've never done it right. I've always, like. It's always during football season, so I never did it. But. But dude, like, speaking of, I smoked a deer. Driving two nights ago.

[E]

With the car, with a gun.

[D]

Well, trash. My car ran right out in front of my minivan. So my minivan's trashed.

[C]

No.

[D]

Yeah. Which was very upsetting. But did you.

[C]

In the car?

[D]

What's that?

[C]

Were your kids in the car?

[D]

Yeah, I was taking. Well, I was taking my son to a. Like a recruiting visit. This college recruiter was taking us out to dinner. So on the way there, we crushed that. Crushed the deer. So I had to call that dude and be like, hey, we're gonna be a couple minutes late. And then. And then I called it in to get a report number for it and get an accident report done. And they're like, is the deer dead? And I was like, oh, yeah. And then I go over afterwards to see if it's dead. And the thing, the thing sits up and looks at me with one antler. I was like, oh, buddy. Yeah.

[C]

You ever hear that, that 911 video where the guy put the deer in his car and it comes alive?

[D]

No, dude.

[C]

You guys never heard that? Oh, my God. It's one of the best 911 tapes ever. I'll have to send that out. It's hysterical.

[E]

Anthony, where are you located at?

[D]

Indiana.

[E]

Oh, okay, that makes sense.

[B]

Was your.

[G]

Was your car drivable after the accident?

[D]

Yeah. Yo, I managed to get it to the restaurant and then get it back home, so I didn't have to take it very far. It wasn't, you know, a few miles, but, yeah, I think it was leaking transmission fluid, so I had it towed. See what happens.

[C]

Merry Christmas, right?

[E]

Jesus Christ. He'd be like, hey, are you guys gonna cover this?

[B]

Yeah, IR6526 with 10 bucks. Thanks, man. It's not the. It's not only the chosen that eat Chinese on Christmas. Here by the Frontera in South Dakota, many Mexicans eating Chinese, more than the chosens in New York City. Jesus was Jewish. He was a rabbi that went to the synagogue. Oh, is the chosen mean Jews, Jewish people?

[C]

Yeah, they're the chosen.

[G]

Well, they call them, yeah, supposedly the chosen people.

[C]

Dude, I got. I got my Chinese. I got some fried wontons about noon.

[E]

I guess that makes us all Jewish.

[B]

Delivering the cat litter while you watch Antero is promised to us 3,000. What's that mean?

[E]

That right there, That's. He's talking about the Bible.

[C]

Do you have any religion at all, Tyler?

[B]

No. I'm the worst Christian.

[E]

He's got faith. No religion. I put no stock in religion.

[B]

I'm learning. We do a verse of the day on the broadcast so I can learn about stuff.

[C]

Good man. Yeah, you need Jesus, bro.

[E]

Foreign.

[B]

I'm sharing this out. Mary, Xmas, all antihero was promised to us 3, 000 years ago. Oh, I didn't need to heat that part. I got a rabbit story like that. Got you. Cole.

[E]

He's going through the chat.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm in.

[C]

So.

[E]

So we're gonna. We're gonna be. Are we going to be doing anything on New Year's Day or. Or no?

[B]

Yeah. As far as everybody. Everybody was like, yeah, I'm good for it. So.

[C]

Yeah, if you can pull that up, man. Play. Play clip of that. But the 911 video of the deer coming alive in the guy's car. Dude, it's funny.

[B]

All right, well, you. When you guys talk, I'll.

[C]

All right, so I. I spoke about this last time. Did any of you guys departments have, like, a community organization like we call PDAC here that would serve you guys food on holidays?

[E]

I was never a cop, so. No.

[C]

Okay, you were a cop.

[G]

I would say there were. Well, I had 17 different districts, so every district would do something different. Usually some of. Some of the wives would come in and, you know, bring food for the. For the troops.

[C]

Yeah, that's what we did in Philly. Each. Each District usually had like a community PDAC group, but the inside were crying that they weren't getting any food on the holidays, so they started bringing the food in a couple days early. So the casa worked the holidays, got no food at all. Used to piss me off. That's my of the day, dude. I'm still butthurt over that.

[G]

Should have hid the food somewhere, right?

[C]

Yeah, inside. Always ruining stuff.

[B]

Okay, so bambulence is actually a reference to this deer that came on. Okay, there's a couple, and they're all about two minutes. So I'm gonna pull this up. Hold on.

[C]

It's pretty funny, dude.

[B]

I got. I got something wrong with my computer, so I can't. Oh, I got it now. All right, so I'm gonna go to stream yard. I'm gonna share the screen. All right.

[C]

You guys hear the one? All right, here we go.

[B]

Shut up, Nick.

[H]

This is the ambulance emergency line. Do you have an emergency? I need a band for that. Who is this? Okay, where do you need us? I'm in the phone booth. Okay, what's the address there?

[C]

Hold on.

[H]

Okay, Joe, I needed a location. What street are you on? I'm in a phone booth at the stop and go. Yeah, I meant this. That's it. I'm at the stop and go on. Wait a minute, what's the street? Husband in south did the stop and go. Yo. Huh? How about. Let me see. I'm in the phone booth. Let me tell you what I mean. I'm going down the road, driving my car, minding my own goddamn business, and a deer jumped out and hit my car. Okay, sir, are you injured now? Let me tell you. I get out and pick the deer up. I thought, he's dead. I put the deer in my back seat and I'm driving down road and minding my own business. The woke up and bit me in the back of my goddamn. They bit me and it done kicked the out of my car. I'm in the phone booth. The dead bit me in the neck. A big dog came up and bit me in the leg. I hit him with the tire iron and I stabbed him. I stabbed him with my whatnot. So I got a hurt leg and the deer bit me in the neck. And the deer and the dog won't let me out of my phone booth because he wants the deer. Who gets the deer, me or the dog? Okay, sir, are you injured? Yeah, deer bit me in the neck.

[E]

Hold on.

[H]

The dog is biting me.

[C]

Hold on.

[H]

God damn it. Get out of your.

[C]

That was funny.

[B]

Dude, is that real?

[E]

That sounds like a prank call to me. All right? Nick's searching it up right now. Nick's like, I'll, I'll solve this goddamn problem. Look. So what, what, what all did you get for Christmas, Anthony? Let's go around the horn. All right. Everybody knows what I got.

[D]

Oh, I, I, I never get anything for Christmas, man. I'm beyond. I'm beyond that.

[E]

I never asked for anything for Christmas. I'm like, I'm a grown ass adult. I can buy what I want throughout the year.

[G]

What the.

[E]

What just happened?

[B]

G? Look at this.

[E]

Get that trash off my screen.

[B]

Anytime, anybody.

[E]

Time somebody says something gay.

[B]

I'm just gonna put this up.

[G]

I made out. I made out pretty good for. For Christmas.

[E]

Yeah. What'd you get?

[G]

I got a whole new set of cookware because I do most of the cooking in the house, so I got a whole new ceramic cookware. I got a couple pairs of shoes. Some shoes, some hoodies and some other clothes.

[C]

And.

[G]

And I think that's about it. But the good thing is I don't need to wear any of these hoodies because it's unreasonably. It's 67 degrees today in, in East Tennessee, which is unheard of.

[E]

So, I mean, I don't have to.

[G]

I don't have to wear my. I don't have to wear. I'm wearing shorts and a T shirt.

[E]

Yeah, I was going to say that's. I was like, what, are you in Florida? Because, like, that sounds like what I've got right outside this time last year.

[G]

Like, you know, 20 degrees. So I don't know. This whole week it's going to be warm, which is really weird. It's got weird weather, so it's kind of strange.

[B]

Sending the link to one more person.

[G]

What happened to Justin?

[B]

I think he's driving, so he probably doesn't want to.

[E]

Oh.

[B]

Oh, let's see. All right. So you guys saw the picture of Mike?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I got some more.

[D]

Yes.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

I got a bunch of clothes. Socks, boxers, T shirts, cool pants. I got a, A bag that doubles as like a. A backpack, but it's got the meal prep. The whole bottom half is like the meal prep holder. It's a fitness thing.

[G]

Yeah.

[B]

All right, let's go back to the chats.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

All right.

[B]

Going back where we left off. San Diego. Thank you, brother. Tom. Joe. Food acquired. Anthony, they sell those deer whistlers you can stick to your bumper. They work. I don't even know what that is.

[D]

No.

[E]

Yeah. Apparently it scares them off.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I Was gonna say, does it attract them?

[E]

Yeah, no, no. That you need the, the thing that attracts them is like the little. It sounds like fight. Deer antlers fighting. That. That'll actually bring them in. That are food. Mossad is in the chat.

[B]

The rabbit story makes me sound pretty badass. Sorry for the typo. Donut. Finally, I can hear one of the kids crying. I'm gonna pretend I can't hear it.

[E]

Yeah, I, I thought one of my kids was crying. Then I realized they were trying to sing.

[B]

That last ten dollar comment was wild. Talking about his.

[E]

No. Oh, yeah.

[B]

I'm assuming this person is like, I don't know. I hate assuming things, but it sounds like they're. When we make Jew jokes, they're just. You jokes everywhere. They're just jokes. They're not. We don't actually dislike Jewish people or anything.

[E]

No, we just, just. We just like the state of Israel.

[B]

These guys are.

[E]

Yeah, we dislike the state of Israel. That much is true.

[C]

Wow.

[E]

Okay. No, no, no fireback on that one. We just get dead silence. Thanks, bro. Just leave me hanging. That's cool.

[B]

No, you're, you're right. Sorry. I'm doing a lot of people. Y' all make the video before Messiah takes over the stream.

[E]

I feel like I, I feel like that part when you, like, started going in on, you're like, don't leave me hanging, bro.

[B]

When we were talking, we were making G jokes. Yeah, I went on Kenny's podcast the other day, and, man, yeah, I went, I went on his podcast, and he had me and my brother on, and my brother's an active trooper in Montana. And, man, it was. I just, I was like, so let's talk analytics. And they're like, okay. I was like, what's the crime percentage in Montana? And it's like, oh, super low. The population's a lot lower. So actually, crime statistics are actually a lot lower. I was like, per capita. And I was like, can I ask you another question about why there's no crime? And they're like, no, dude, don't ask that.

[E]

Yeah, I mean. So you and Kenny. You and Kenny are beefing, dude?

[B]

Yeah, just online.

[E]

No, no, no, it's real. What are you talking about?

[D]

You should hear what Kenny says behind your back, man. It's wild.

[E]

Yeah, I, I, I, I heard that. This, this is not a joke. Like, Kenny. Kenny is actually, you know, like, really upset that you, according to him, you lied to me. Right? And I'm, I don't know anything about police work, so, I mean, like, like, you're basically just spreading false information. Not just to me, who has a podcast about real information, but also to the poor kids that are getting ready to sign up. That's on you, Tyler. What do you say to that?

[B]

I don't know, man, because the, the beef now is switched from, I mean, tone alert versus Cottville. That's a real.

[D]

I think it's.

[G]

It's all based. It's all based on your perspective, you know, where, you know, your experiences, your. Your experiences. Tyler versus Mike's versus mine versus Anthony's. Every. Everybody has different experiences. You know, if I look at my career 31 years, I'm not, you know, it wasn't rosy and, you know, the whole 31 years, but when I looked.

[E]

Jerry, you threatened to shoot a man in the back.

[G]

Yeah, but, yeah, I mean, brother, and, and, you know, I, I, I had a nice career. I'm, you know, I'm satisfied with what, what my career was. And I, you know, I didn't, and I left on my terms. That's a whole different story too, you know, if you don't get to leave.

[E]

On your own terms.

[G]

So it's. It could be a little different.

[B]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I was saying, too, is that I, I mean, a lot of people are. Are lumping me in with the over guys. Like, I, I was never over. I put in my two weeks. There. Oh, we're losing people left and right, man.

[E]

I think it's massage, dude. It just, it. The screen just literally turned off for no, like, no reason at all.

[B]

Efren said, jimmy, smoke him, and you got him. If you got him in the trap. $5.

[E]

Let me see if I got any somewhere. I'll open a window. You have a cigarette lighter?

[B]

Sorry to hear about your lost animal mother. Mike's always beefing with somebody. He is. And Mike, man, Mike takes it. Mike's a very, very, very honorable guy, and he's a very, very loyal guy. So, like, he does not take anything lightly.

[D]

Like, that can't be good for social media. That can't be good. Like, that's.

[G]

About me.

[D]

Yeah, right.

[E]

I don't know, man. Mike is. I mean, like, dude, I, I, the, the thing about Mike is, like, when we first started working together, I was like, I, I didn't know how to take him. And, like, I really wasn't sure. And then, especially when he, like, you know, really got legit pissed at me, like, I was like, damn, man. Like, what do I do? And then, like, you know, just a couple of weeks ago, I was like, hey, man, you got a second? I got a question. He's like, call me. Call me right now. I was like, this motherfucker's a real one. He's like, I'm not even doing anything. They call me just go. And. And was like, dude, I'm so excited you're gonna do this. And he was like. You could hear it in his voice. He was legit excited. So, like, I was like, damn. You know, Mike is not just like a caricature. Like he. That's exactly how he is. Like 24 7.

[B]

I went to click on this one. He's Logan Paul of the cop world. And that couldn't be more accurate. But Alex, facing a charge that had to leave my home just this last week. Holidays have been tough. Thank you for giving me something to do. Just by reading that, everybody in this chat probably knows what's going on.

[E]

Yeah. You want me to smoke Tyler? Do I need to do that or no?

[B]

Yeah, smoke him if you got them. Dude, someone paid five bucks.

[G]

So, Tyler, finish what you were saying back?

[E]

Yeah, I'm not.

[G]

Alex, finish what you were saying before you. You stopped with. With about your career.

[B]

Oh, Alex. Alex says, oh, oh, oh. Yeah, I didn't get screwed over at all. I put in two weeks. I. I left on what I thought. Turns out I had an internal affairs investigation going on. And they were like, I saw my chain, my thing go up to chain to get approved. Approved. And then I saw a note open Internal Affairs. I'm like, you're not supposed to tell me about that. And apparently it was pretty fresh. And there was a. Oh, we should have. Are bad. But no one holds internal affairs accountable. There's. There's just no one to do that. And I was like, so does this mean I resigned under investigation? And they were like, not really, because you can now prove that you put in your two weeks before you were notified. So it's not really resigning under investigation. Although I literally did. No, I don't have any issues. I have problems with like, admin overall and cop work and the culture of cop work and how it's. How it's gone. But like you said, both of you guys have said, it's. It's. It's perspective based. It's different for everybody.

[E]

I mean, Jerry, were you guys getting rode up for blowing stop signs while riding code?

[G]

No. I mean, you know, I. I had seven different sheriffs I worked for. So each sheriff brings their own administration in. And, you know, some sheriffs were good. One. You know, one sheriff I worked for, he was indicted, you know, for stuff and one, one died in office. One got, you know, removed from office from the governor. So you, you know, I, I, I worked for a lot of different guys and you know, everybody's has their own way of doing things and, but overall, I, I didn't have some of the problems that I guess you guys are facing now. I mean, I, you know, I've been retired eight and a half years now, so.

[E]

Well, I, I mean, to be clear, everybody thinks because I hang out with cops that I was one, I was never a cop ever. So I'm normally the everyman that's asking questions of you cops that, because I just don't legitimately don't know. The most experience I've had with cops is training them to do, you know, close quarters battle.

[G]

Yeah, I mean, the thing about it is every, but like I said, every department is different depending on the size and how many different units are there and what your opportunities are and, you know, how you're treated and how, you know, the culture. So it's different for everybody. So, you know, Kenny, I know that Kenny and the guys from Tone Alert, those guys are very happy with their departments. You know, they love going to work every day and, you know, good for them. And to me, if a guy is a cop for a couple years and then he tries it out and he, and he decides, you know, this isn't for me, then, then that's, that's fine. You know, just because you decide on a career doesn't mean you got to stick with it. If you're not happy, move on. So, you know, when I first started, I said to myself, I'm going to give myself a year. I'm going to give a full year of going out there and busting my ass and doing it and you know, I, I enjoyed it, so I stay, I stuck with it. But, you know, if after a year, if I wasn't happy, I would have left. That's how I look at it.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Anthony, first of all, I forgot to ask because I'm a, I'm a shitty human. What's, what's your son getting scouted for?

[D]

He's looking to play college football. So we just finished up his senior year that had a really good season and we'll see how.

[E]

What, uh, what is he going to be playing? You know, where's he gonna be playing? As he playing in the SEC or.

[D]

No, I don't think so. I mean, he's looking at smaller college stuff, so.

[E]

Naia.

[D]

Naia's Got a couple schools looking at him, talking to him. My alma mater, University of St. Francis here in town. So they're looking at him. A couple D2 schools.

[E]

So my. My. My little brother is a player coach right now, and it's one of the schools in Kansas. And so that's why I'm asking, because I'm legit curious, like, because I watched my little brother go through it. And, I mean, even going to. From high school to naia, it was like, holy.

[D]

Yeah, well, Nai is not. Like, people kind of sleep on it, but it's really kind of a. Like a.

[C]

It.

[D]

It's on PAR with most D2 schools. Like, NAIA would probably get stomped by, like, Ferris State and, like, the. Like, the. The teams are winning the D2 titles, but.

[G]

Right.

[D]

But if you threw. Like I said, I played at University of St. Francis, and, like, if you threw St. Francis in the mix with D2, they do fine, you know, so it's kind of like this little middle ground that people think is, like, kind of not as good, but it's quality football. Like, they get good.

[E]

What. What position is he trying to play?

[D]

Like an H. Back, fullback type deal?

[E]

Yeah, dude. So my little brother was a defensive end in high school, and he ended up playing running back in. In college.

[D]

Like, I don't even know.

[E]

I don't even know how that happens.

[D]

Yeah, well, they. I mean, the. The way colleges look, they. They don't really care what you did. A lot of times, they don't even care what your stats are. They just care what kind of athlete you are, and if you can fit their scheme or their mold or. Or, you know, a position that they have, you know, they don't care.

[G]

They'll put you. I went through that with my son a few years back. I went through a whole recruiting issue because he was playing baseball. So I went to a whole bunch of different colleges with him, but we got screwed up because of COVID So every time we went to go visit a school, Covid pushed it back, pushed it back, pushed it back. So the whole recruiting process was a nightmare for us because of COVID Yeah.

[D]

That sucks, because your windows. Your windows for that stuff are tight, honestly. So, like, if you're not, like, you know, keeping the process moving, you're gonna. You're gonna miss the window.

[G]

Yeah, we wound up just settling on a school because we couldn't visit the schools, so we had to settle on a school just based on video because he was a. He was a. He didn't start pitching until he was a Senior. So a lot of. A lot of the schools wanted to see him on campus and throw a bullpen in front of the coaches, but every time we made an appointment, it got pushed back because of COVID So we wound up just settling on a school that would take him. Just.

[B]

Hey. Just so. Nick just showed. Nick. Just so you know, you're not popping up. We're trying.

[E]

There he is.

[B]

No, it. That's just a circle. Wheel of death.

[F]

The next slow circle of death.

[B]

Mark Marcus Villa, $10 EDC round of choice. Are +P rounds a better option? I use.

[E]

Yes.

[B]

I don't know rounds very well. So.

[D]

Yeah. Yes.

[E]

Plus P. The.

[F]

That my department gave me for free.

[E]

So, yeah, you're. You're. You're running. You're running critical defense, Justin. That's. That. You've got Hornady, critical defense. And, yeah, the rounds, they. Yeah, look at you.

[F]

You're not running critical rounds the other day.

[E]

Yeah, you're not running critical duty. You're running critical defense. And that was the first thing I noticed, because most. Most cops run critical duty. There's a little 380 round.

[B]

Yeah, I use whatever I stole from the range.

[E]

I'm. I'm running +P.

[B]

Have Lily smoke in the back.

[E]

She's not gonna do that tonight. She's. She's out doing other stuff, so.

[F]

Christmas carols.

[E]

Yeah, well, they're singing. I mean, they were singing freaking queen just a minute ago, and I'm like, all right, this is. This is for sure Christmas right now.

[B]

Efren Tunneler is a podcast on counterculture great dudes. They do live shows with us all the time. They're.

[F]

They're just very, very mad with Tyler right now. Or.

[B]

I mean, they're. No, it doesn't even seem like they are. They're just. They're. I. I love it. I love it that they are going, you know what? We're gonna eat too. Like, there's a vacuum. They're. They're going, like, who?

[E]

Who?

[B]

What do you. Do you want the title shot? You go talk. That guy with the title is eventually gonna be like, you know what? You want a title shot? Like, I love that. I could not ask for anybody anything more. I hate a network where everybody just agrees with each other all the time. Like, they're. They're gung ho. They're proactive. They love the job. Trust me, in three to five years, they won't be doing that. That's. That's the cycle of cop work, and I love seeing it. I used to be, like, that 100. And I don't wish that upon them. I hope they do a whole career and they're like, out there, you know.

[E]

On Cops, like Jerry Worms. Just a meme.

[C]

Yeah. What. What year did you get on, Jerry?

[G]

The. I started in 86.

[C]

Damn.

[D]

86.

[E]

Dude, dude, dude. I was 2 4.

[G]

You know that clip. Tyler, you know that clip you did when I was on and we. And we talked about, you know, I think we were talking about de escalation. I said, yeah, sometimes you got to just punch a guy in the face.

[B]

Yeah.

[G]

Yeah.

[D]

You know that.

[G]

That thing is gone. That thing went so viral, there's over, like, almost 17, 000 views.

[D]

That's not.

[B]

Yeah, I kind of figured.

[E]

I was thinking it, Justin, but like, I can't say that the fight between cop villains.

[F]

Hone alert. Has 30, 000 views.

[G]

But.

[F]

But still. I'll give you your credit, Jerry. It's still a good video.

[B]

Anything.

[E]

It's not, dude, it's not as viral as. Stop or I'll shoot you in the back.

[G]

No, that's.

[H]

That.

[G]

That. That's. That has a life of its own. It keeps going.

[E]

Yeah, well, I mean, like, I wasn't even a cop, and I know that. I was like, oh, it's that guy.

[F]

We'll keep making that video.

[G]

Yeah, I'll never. That. That'll be for. That'll follow me to my grave.

[E]

Yeah, that'll be on your. Dude, we're gonna put it on your tombstone. Are you kidding me?

[B]

Exactly.

[F]

Put it on the back of the tombstone.

[E]

Yeah, he said put it on the back against tombstone. The back of the tombstone.

[F]

Well, actually, shoot the tombstone in the back.

[E]

Yeah. Just one round. What were you carrying back, man? In the holster. Oh, man. Yeah.

[F]

What gun were you carrying back then, Jerry?

[G]

My first gun, I was a. It was a Beretta 92F.

[D]

Nice.

[E]

Get the. Out of here. The.

[G]

The Italian version. One Italian, dude.

[E]

The M9 was a paperweight. That gun.

[G]

That gun was very heavy. But, you know, we only.

[F]

Yes.

[G]

When I first started, we were only allowed to carry certain auto pistols, and that was only. That was just one of them. So it was either that or a Smith. That was all you could. That's all you could carry.

[E]

But where was the.44 Magnum? The most powerful handgun in the world? I mean, you guys were coming right out of, you know, Dirty Harry.

[D]

Yes.

[G]

They. They wouldn't allow those rounds. You could only carry up to 4.

[E]

4.

[G]

45 you could carry. You could carry a Smith. 45 or 9 millimeter Smith or a Beretta 9 millimeter.

[E]

I mean, damn, dude. You know what really sucked for me? We're talking. I know we're talking guns, but, like, I. I hated Glocks. I hated the bread and 92F too, but I hate. I was a sig guy, and I always thought Glocks were cop guns until I. I started having to carry one as a contractor. And then I was like, oh, this is. This is actually like combat Tupperware, man. Like, I could modify this thing. This is great.

[G]

Well, what. What didn't you like about the Beretta? I mean, you know, at the time, that was a kind of an innovative gun. It was a good gun at the time, you know.

[E]

Oh, wow.

[C]

We're.

[E]

Are we all gone? Are we all out?

[F]

Tyler's gone super potato.

[E]

I can still hear everybody.

[C]

He's got his NSYNC pose going on right now. Cover of a boy band album.

[E]

So, Jerry, to answer your question, while we get the circle of death, first of all, if you put your booger hooker on the trigger, it. I. I expected that gun's gonna go bang. I don't need a billion safeties. So that weapon system had. It had the physical safety. It had the. The round in the chamber indicator, and then it had. It didn't have a grip safety or. No, it did have a grip safety, but it didn't have a trigger safety. And it was like, dude, this thing is just. It's overly. It's overly complicated, which is why it's so heavy. It's an aluminum frame, and it doesn't need to be like. So you pick up a. A Sig. And now again, by the time I was carrying the M9, it was night. It was 2003. I'm like, dude, Sigs half the weight. It's still just as good. Why aren't we carrying this thing? Plus, it jammed all the time, and we actually had one on the range where the slide. I mean, now, bear in mind, these are army guns, so they're getting a lot of roundstone him all the time. The slide came back on one and almost killed a dude. Like, the slide separated from the frame and. And came back and almost hit a dude in the face.

[G]

So, you know, about halfway through my career, I switched guns. We went to. I went to a Glock. They wanted us to carry the.40.40 caliber Glock to.22. Glock.22. So I carried that probably for a while. And then when I went to Coral Springs, I had a. They. They issued me a sick.

[E]

Yeah, I. I was I was a big sick guy for the longest time, so. And then now I can't. I can't actually. Like, I. So Justin had his RMR on his pistol when he brought it into the studio and I was like, holy. Like, am I, am I this up? And he's like, no, it's not you, man. The, the, the. The site is different.

[B]

The. In the comment right now. Yo, not, not for nothing, the Dow documentary says New York was cheap for all cops to have pistols. Do they know that, Nick? Do they know that your old co host was Mike Dowd?

[C]

Probably not. Yeah, I worked with dad for a year.

[B]

Yeah, so. And another good cop, bad cop. One of Nick's old host was Mike Dowd, but he obviously probably not the easiest.

[F]

Too cool for school.

[E]

I don't even know anything about that. So.

[C]

It's a great documentary. You should check it out. Wow. 7 5. It's a great documentary.

[B]

The whole precinct was corrupt in New York City.

[C]

Oh, dude. The whole department was corrupt in New York City. You gotta remember, man, in that time in the 80s, they've never. I mean, I guess the old closest comparison would be bootlegging in the 20s, during prohibition. But cops never seen that amount of money. You can walk into any crack house and there's 200,000, $300,000 sitting around like. And it was all over New York. It wasn't just one, one area, man. It was crazy. It was crazy times.

[G]

It's like Serpico days.

[C]

Yeah. Yep.

[G]

Yeah.

[E]

So it's just like Vice City out there.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, you know, in Philly, with the heroin, we. We had a lot of it, but it wasn't. You know, you'd walk in, there'd be 50 grand usually laying around. Never that much. The most I ever saw was about 250, 000. It's like a Mexican standoff, man. All four dudes killed each killed each other. There's two dead in the kitchen floor and two dead by the front door. And about a couple kilos and 200, 220, 250 grand on the table.

[E]

All right, so how did you guys get called out to that? Because, I mean like, because like, nobody in the hood's calling the cops.

[C]

Yeah, so I was playing Madden with my sergeant over this chick's house. I was dating the waitress. And then this, this dude comes over, usually, normally, commonly go, man, we got a problem. You gotta send a supervisor over here. He says, I got a bunch of dead bodies and a lot of money.

[F]

And only a little bit of money.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, it was 250, 000 when we were there.

[B]

You mean only a little money, right?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

We'll be right there.

[F]

No, like 50 bucks.

[E]

All right, we're on our way.

[C]

500, 000. They were there for a while before we showed up.

[F]

That's how you afforded that wood paneling, right?

[C]

That's correct, dude. It's solid wood.

[B]

Dude was about to tune at 7, ended up arresting a dude in for domestic, but he's here, though, delivering packages on the boat.

[E]

Domestics on Christmas, that's unheard of. That never happens. You guys have never had to been busy on Christmas, right?

[F]

That's classic.

[C]

Busiest day. Busiest day of the year is Thanksgiving.

[G]

Yeah. Oh, oh, the fights that go on. Are you kidding me? It's incredible.

[C]

Thanksgiving night is absolutely insane.

[G]

Yep.

[F]

That's why it was always nice to get off at five.

[E]

Damn, dude, I. I had. I had no idea that Christmas. I mean, I'm obviously joking. Like, I. I've heard enough stories now hanging around you guys that it's. It's kind of cool because I kind of get this. This, like, behind the curtain look from like, 15 different people have been cops. And it's like everything is different, but there's like the. The. The thread that runs through all of it.

[G]

Jimmy, think about all the different families that get together for the holidays. They haven't seen each other in a while, they start talking about politics, they start getting drunk, and boy, it does the sparks fly.

[C]

I'll tell you what, Jerry, I don't think you'll agree with me with this one. The majority of homicides on Thanksgiving or ag assaults are over someone eating the.

[E]

Last piece of turkey, the wishbone.

[C]

True story, dude. It's usually about food.

[B]

Really? Yep.

[D]

What?

[C]

Swear to God, man, there's no.

[B]

That's an urban legend.

[C]

No, dude, multiple houses.

[G]

When I have Thanksgiving in my house, there's always so much leftover food. So nobody's ever going to argue that. There's never enough.

[E]

So.

[C]

So.

[E]

So, Anthony, were you. Did you FTO, like, were you training FTOs or. No?

[D]

Yeah, I was an FTO for a little while until they told me I couldn't do it anymore. And then. Yeah. Oh, well, I mean, you want to talk about, like, this? Basically like this. This goes to, you know, let's say you and you and Kenny's conversation, right? So this is where I land more like with you is like, if you don't do and agree with the, you know, certain people that are in charge of training, you ain't Gonna get to train. And if you say something that you think is right, like, hey, best de escalation I can do is punch somebody in the face right now. And they say, no, don't do that. I'm like, well, I'm not gonna lie to these guys. And then you don't get to train anymore. Stuff like that.

[E]

All right, so.

[C]

So training in Philly just consisted of getting stuck with a new guy. There was no FTOs. Most of the times we're so busy. Like I said, I told you a story. You know, it was like my fourth day. I only drove a patrol car once by myself, and I was sent to another district for an entire day. Dude, I didn't know what. How to be a cop. It's like my second week, you know what I mean? It's my fourth day, like actually on the street doing. And I'm in the 25th district, you know, for the tower, eight hour shift, all by myself. But, you know, I get a new guy, get in the car. And usually speeches. Don't touch anything. Don't touch the radio. Don't say. Just listen, learn. And the one thing I want you to do is pay attention to every street we're on, you know, and. And get your bearings. And this is how you get to Temple Hospital. If I get shot, you go right to temple. Don't take me to any other hospital. I want to go to temple.

[E]

Hold on.

[C]

Every time.

[E]

Hold on, hold on. That's exactly the speech from Adam 12.

[C]

What's Adam 12?

[E]

A 60s cop show.

[D]

Yeah.

[F]

Oh, oh, Nick out. He's calling.

[D]

No, I'm not.

[E]

I'm actually more of like, hey, so wait, that was real. Because the whole time the guy's like, hey, you. If I'm going by a street, you need to be able to tell me exactly which street. We just went by a case. I got to pick up this radio and tell them we're responding. And then this is how you get to the hospital in case I get shot. That was exactly. I promise you, I can find it.

[C]

That's it, dude. I mean, that's. That's exactly what I would tell. Constantly think about where. Where your bearings are. And if you got to get me to a hospital, this is where you go. I did plagiarize. Well, I did plagiarize colors. I used to use that one all the time. About the two bulls on the top of the hill. I told that one.

[F]

You guys were talking about Christmas presents. I'll go get my Christmas present and show you.

[E]

I got so It's. It's funny that you said that because, like, that was the only, like, I learned that I. I list. I watched that show because it came on TV land right before Hogan's Heroes, and I would watch Dragnet and Adam 12, and then I would watch Hogan's Heroes when I was a kid, and I was like, oh, that actually seems like some really good advice. I should always be looking at what street we're on. And I started doing it as a kid, and I'm like, And now I'm hearing you. And you're like, yeah, that's exactly. Because this is before the GPS days.

[C]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Or orient yourself. I had a great street guide, which was just like a book, and you have to read where you're at kind of whiskey. Is that Justin? Looks good.

[F]

This is, eh, Taylor single barrel. I already had that, but Lupe got me a lovely crystal decanter.

[C]

Nice.

[F]

For my whiskey. So that was my Christmas gift.

[E]

That is very cool. That's super classy. That's way classier than me just drinking it straight out of the bottle.

[G]

Yeah, that looks. That looks like you live in Beverly Hills or something.

[F]

I should.

[E]

Justin.

[B]

Justin has, like, taste any different? Justin has tastes any different?

[E]

No, no, it just. It looks cool.

[F]

It is super cool.

[B]

I. I honestly much louder than everybody else on Mike.

[E]

Well, I have my earbuds in, so.

[B]

So, yeah, you're just loud.

[E]

Sir, yes, sir. Yes, sir, Sergeant. Justin has, like, straight golden retriever energy. Like, he comes in the room and he's like, all right, guys, we're gonna go. And I'm like, man, this is. This is very different than. Than Mike.

[B]

Dig or a compliment.

[E]

But no, no, remember, you know, like, you said it when you walked through the door, because we were both like, hey, good morning, man. And you're like, dud different.

[B]

Golden retriever.

[D]

Yeah.

[F]

As my dogs fight behind me, it's a.

[E]

That's an actual legit compliment. Maybe you're just a hater, Tyler.

[F]

Supreme hater.

[B]

If I called another grown man and told him he had golden retriever energy, I expect him to punch me in the face, but. Well.

[G]

I'd rather be called, like, German shepherd or Malinois.

[E]

No, Jerry, I got the. Do you guys ever see that video, that dog that, like, there's like, 15 dogs in this, like, fenced in area, and, like, two of them start fighting, and then, like, one dog just comes out and, like, everybody shuts the up. That's Jerry.

[C]

And it wasn't the biggest dog either. That's what's Surprising. He was.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Small.

[G]

I have a Malinois and a shepherd, so I know exactly what. What they're like.

[C]

Yeah, there's a great video of a Malinois and a shepherd. And I said, here goes the difference. And it's like going after a bad guy. And it's like, almost like a classroom, so there's. There's rows of chairs. And the German shepherd went through the rows and got to the bad guy and the Malinois just ran right over all the chairs, right to him.

[G]

Well, the other. The other thing that a trainer that. That a trainer told me the difference is if you take both ball. Both dogs are very, you know, they love to retrieve a ball. So if you throw a ball, like over the cliff, the shepherd will go to the edge of the cliff and look down and then figure out a way to get down to the bottom. The Malinois will just jump off the cliff, grab. Grab the ball in midair, and then die on his way down.

[B]

Mike says, yeah, my wife is asking from the other room whether the TV is loud enough. Jimmy is the loudest. And volume is adjusted for everyone else on the panel.

[C]

Sorry, it might be upon there. He said, is it load enough? And Jimmy might be loaded enough.

[E]

I'm not loaded yet. I'm not loaded yet. I could still pass a field sobriety test.

[F]

A CC just said he wanted to see my legs. You will see my legs this week when I drop an episode on Tuesday with Jimmy. Our guy Jimmy over here. Podcast is coming out on Tuesday and I had shorts on and they're all over the camera.

[E]

Yeah, yeah, we would. We went kind of deep. We went kind of deep on that one. Justin asked me like, he was actually really good at it because he would, like, ask a question and then let me talk for like 15 minutes. And then I felt bad that I.

[F]

Just ran my podcast to edit. The camera just stays on you the whole time.

[E]

I'm sorry, dude.

[C]

You showing your third leg, Justin?

[F]

Oh, yeah. Thick legs.

[B]

Thick. Thick.

[G]

Yeah.

[F]

And Brady, I don't know if you. I don't know if you missed it, Brady. It's eh. Taylor.

[B]

Single barrel.

[C]

Nice. I grabbed a bottle from Nashville or Louisville when I went for ovh.

[F]

Taylor.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Nice.

[C]

Smooth.

[E]

Actually.

[C]

I grabbed three of them. I grabbed a couple for my buddies.

[B]

It would have to be fast food.

[C]

Yeah. Blanton's.

[F]

Yeah. Blands is good, but I. I pass it up all the time. I've got it in the cabinet.

[C]

There's like a stuff in the cabinet standing. Rule of my Buddies, dude, if you're out and you see Blanton's, always grab a bottle. Someone will. Will pay for it.

[F]

Yeah, yeah, most people will pay for it. I. I've got one.

[C]

It's limited to two bottles here for sale. PA is a Nazi state when it comes to liquor.

[F]

Yeah, he is a Nazi state with alcohol. Right, Tyler?

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[F]

Dude, we have to go. We have to go to bars to buy a dozen.

[B]

No, dude. Is it the state of Pennsylvania or is it the city of Philadelphia?

[C]

It's Pennsylvania.

[F]

It's Pennsylvania.

[E]

Hold on. Weren't you guys, like, first in freedom? Isn't that what's on your license plates?

[D]

Yeah, but that was a while ago. They don't do.

[G]

Is there a restriction? Is there a restriction? Like here in Tennessee, you can't buy liquor, like on a Sunday until after 12 o'.

[E]

Clock. We used to have that here in Florida and then they got rid of that.

[C]

Yeah, so. So we have liquor stores. You can't sell liquor. Liquors. You can't sell liquor with beer. So you got to go to a state store which is owned by the state. They'll never relinquish that. The cash cow and beers are sold separately. It wasn't just till like two years ago that they actually started selling beer and wine at the, like, Acme shopping centers and like that. Like a supermarket. Before that, you'd have to go to a beer distributor. So you can only get either singles at a deli or you had to go to a beer distributor to get cases of beer and you'd have to go to a. Why, like a liquor store to get liquor?

[G]

Yeah. Here you can only get beer and wine at like a grocery store, but you have to go to a liquor store to get hard liquor.

[C]

Same. Same here. But that's just. They just started doing that.

[B]

I'm pretty sure you could get a bottle of liquor any time of day in Florida, wherever you want. Yeah.

[E]

Didn't used to be that way. Not all that long ago.

[C]

We couldn't.

[E]

We couldn't sell alcohol, buy alcohol on Sundays. That was just a couple years back. I think it stopped during COVID Is that why I made my own?

[C]

Yeah. Didn't you have a still out back?

[E]

No, no, no. I had the industrial. I had the industrial filters back there with the big pump. You know, the big blue ones.

[C]

Right.

[E]

Okay. Nobody. You guys aren't getting it. I was making meth, man.

[C]

Breaking bad. Okay, gotcha.

[E]

Yeah, you guys are. You guys are.

[F]

Never made meth before, so we don't really know Jimmy.

[E]

Yeah, but you guys are cops. You guys should know what to look for.

[B]

We don't have the detailed knowledge that you do about how to make it.

[E]

I know what to. I know what to. I know what. So. So I grew up in.

[B]

On this. Jimmy's going to win every debate because he just is so much louder than everybody else.

[E]

Like, oh, my God, I'm so here. Do you want me to take them off? Like, I'll take them off. I'll go. I'll be.

[D]

It's just.

[B]

Are you on a phone, too?

[G]

I'm on a phone.

[B]

Yeah. See, he's a little louder also. I think we're all. Nick, go ahead.

[C]

Yeah, I'm on a phone.

[B]

And he's.

[C]

I'm on a phone, dude.

[B]

But me, Anthony and Justin are on Mike. So we're coming in nice, warm and soothe, professional.

[E]

Yeah, but. But everybody. Everybody.

[C]

That.

[E]

Everybody. That's. Anybody that's listening to this show right now, if they're busy tonight, like, I would rather give them the energy than be like. And welcome to the dulcet tomes of the concert Culture Network Golden Retriever Energy. Yeah, well, dude, like, so Justin. Justin sent me it. Justin sent me a text message yesterday. He sent me a picture, right? And. And he got.

[C]

He just said.

[E]

Just sends me the picture, no context. And I'm like, dude, I think we were separated at birth. And then it took me 15 minutes, but I finally sent him the picture. We're watching basically the same thing. And I had my. Yeah, we're watching Star Wars. So, like, I. I think Justin's the man. And I'm sorry that people don't. Don't see how much I actually like people, but I do like people reach around during that.

[C]

You guys did.

[E]

God damn it, man. You can't win with you. All of you, man.

[B]

What happened?

[C]

I'm just surprised Jimmy can talk with Justin's balls in his mouth.

[E]

No, no. See, if you really wanted to come after me on that one, you should be like, jimmy, how much have you had to drink tonight? That probably explains the loudness. And, you know, I don't even know how you can.

[C]

Two minutes ago.

[E]

Yeah, you gotta.

[C]

You gotta.

[E]

But. Yeah, but you gotta stay. You gotta stay on message me here.

[C]

It's the first time I met you, dude. I can't go too hard.

[E]

Yeah, dude. Yeah, but I. I've watched so many of your clips. Like, I feel like I already know you. And I had a buddy of mine who was a Philly firefighter, and he hates your guts by the Way don't know why that is.

[C]

Who is it?

[E]

Jim Neville.

[C]

I don't even know who the that is.

[F]

Hate your guts.

[G]

You know who we don't?

[F]

It's Valkyrie. Valkyrie. Slid in with a five.

[B]

Zero.

[F]

What's up, Valkyrie?

[B]

Thank you.

[E]

Oh, wow. Valkyrie coming in.

[F]

Tyler's frozen han and carbonate again.

[E]

So he, he doesn't, he doesn't hate Nick. He hates the Philly Fire Department or the Philly Police Department.

[C]

Dude, that's not a thing. In Philly, dude. There's no animosity between the cops and firemen, so he's really. Yeah, he has. He's. Whatever's wrong with that dude. He has his own thing going on. That's not a thing. In New York City it is. They hate each other with a passion, dude. They'll. They throw down on site.

[E]

Yeah, why is that?

[C]

Dude, yo. Yeah, dude on site, they hate each other.

[G]

It wasn't that way with me.

[B]

Go to the same scene, they can't like, coexist.

[C]

Yeah, no, dude, they hate each other.

[G]

I got along great with the fire guys. In fact, they invited me, you know, to the firehouse for dinner a couple times.

[C]

Where were you cop at?

[G]

South Florida.

[C]

Yeah. You weren't an NYPD cop?

[F]

No.

[C]

Yeah, that's why if you were in the nypd, it wouldn't have went over all that well.

[B]

Thank you so much, man. $50, by the way. That's amazing. That's awesome. Thanks, dude.

[E]

I'll. I'm gonna try and be quiet now just so that.

[C]

Because I feel like any fair. Jerry, like you're saying they've been great with me when I've been up there to fireman. It's just, you know, those two, the nypd, they just hate each other.

[E]

He was countering. Counterproductive.

[G]

Yeah. I mean, you go to calls a lot together.

[C]

Yeah. Never. You ever watch Rescue Me?

[E]

Yes.

[B]

I love that show.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

Great show, dude. It's pretty accurate.

[G]

In fact. I, I. The fire guys, one time, I was going to a call with them and a guy cut the fire truck off and I pulled the guy over and wrote him a ticket. And they were like, thrilled that I did that. They were like high fiving me when I, when I got back to the scene.

[B]

Anthony, do you like Star Wars?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Like a lot. A lot like us or.

[D]

I, I'm pretty versed in the canon and stuff. And not like, not like a super, super nerd, but I'm. I'm pretty nerdy about it. Not.

[E]

All right.

[D]

I know more about comic books than Star Wars.

[E]

But what, what, what Legion did Anakin Skywalker command?

[D]

What Legion?

[B]

I'm sorry, come again?

[D]

I mean, you're talking about, you're talking about the Clone wars, right?

[E]

Yeah, of course.

[D]

Yeah. If you tell me, I'll probably be like, oh yeah, that, but I can't.

[E]

Yeah, well, I, I mean like that, that's sort this test for like how, how much of a nerd are you? Jimmy?

[C]

Yo, just give me a second. Merry Christmas, everybody. I gotta go. I just had to get. You stop talking for a minute so I can say goodbye.

[G]

All right, take care.

[E]

Somebody, somebody has to take over for you. Hey, Merry Christmas, brother.

[C]

Have a good Christmas, guys.

[E]

All right, Take it easy, bro.

[G]

I know Justin would know that answer.

[E]

Yeah, Justin would know that answer. Did he leave or is he coming back?

[B]

I don't know. He didn't say anything.

[G]

Yeah, he just, he know he's a, he's a little bit of a Star wars freak.

[E]

Yeah, I, I, I certainly am. Although I'm very eclectic with my, with my knowledge base.

[D]

So what's the answer? Are you gonna tell me the answer?

[E]

It's the 501st. It's the 501st. It'S the same Legion that fought at the battle of indoor that got killed by the cracked out teddy bears.

[D]

Got it. I see. I did not know that.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[E]

So, I mean, what about Star Wars Legos?

[G]

Are you into that?

[E]

My littles, my six year old is, but I think it only is because they explode into Legos and he just digs it. Like I don't, I don't get off, I don't get off on it.

[G]

My, my 22 year old son is a Star Wars Lego freak and probably we bought, you know, we bought stuff for him. Those, those sets, Some of those sets are like a thousand dollars.

[E]

Yeah, it's ridiculous, right?

[G]

Yep. I mean like one of those big Starfighters or whatever those things are a thousand dollars and it's like a million pieces. I don't have the patience to put something like that together.

[E]

I, I would, I would do that. But like I couldn't do it with my 6 year old because I, it would not be fun for him or me. It would just be like, dude, no, he didn't want to be two pots anymore. What, what is going on in the chat right now, Tyler?

[B]

Just bad, bad Internet I guess on my end.

[E]

I don't think so. You're, are you at home?

[B]

Yeah, I got fiber Internet. I'm about done with Internet. Dude, I swear to God, if you don't Stay on top of it. A year goes by. I. I think they purposely slow your down.

[G]

Well, how many service do you have?

[E]

Oh, Jerry, you're opening up a can of worms.

[B]

Oh, no.

[E]

No pun intended.

[B]

I. I use wow. Which I think is kind of Florida. Yeah, it is then. But it's fiber and it should be the fastest out here. And for some reason I'm having Internet problems, so probably have to call them and say I'm threatening to leave.

[G]

So we have Spectrum where I'm at. We. I use Spectrum.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

Too.

[B]

And they. They have apparently where our studio is located. That's the. That's the issue with our. With our thing is it's not us, it's our Internet provider has, like, data leaks or something. I don't know.

[E]

And so, yeah, so I. I spent three hours on Tuesday troubleshooting that with the tech. And I mean, at least she was squared away, though. And then she. She basically, you know, hooked it up and was like, I can see that there's a problem, and I can see when you guys are dropping out. Yeah, we're. We're kind of like at the mercy of the ISP until we get that squared away, which, you know, we may end up switching over to AT T.

[G]

So. I can't get AT T in my area. I can only get Spectrum.

[E]

That. That. That's by design, by the way.

[D]

I'm out of here, guys. I gotta go. I'm getting texts from upstairs.

[B]

Well, we'll end it here, man. Thanks, everybody, for joining. Thank you guys for joining, taking time out of your day. Everybody go spend some time with the fam and we'll see you Monday morning, 11 o', clock, 11aM Eastern standard Time.

[G]

Okay?

[D]

Merry Christmas, guys.

[E]

Later, Jerry.

[G]

Bye, guys.

[B]

Later, guys.

[E]

Welcome to the night.