Full Show PT 1: Thursday, June 11 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show – Full Show PT 1: Thursday, June 11 [Vault]

Date: June 11, 2026
Cast: Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy, Jeff, Melissa, Tracy, Katie Jo, Michelle, Wendy, Joanna, and callers

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Episode Overview

In this episode, the Bert Show crew delivers a signature mix of humor, candid confessions, listener drama, and real talk about everyday struggles. From the challenges of modern parenting and relationship “gray areas” to epic food challenges and a journey to quit smoking, the team’s authentic banter, listener calls, and group dynamics bring laughter and relatable insights.

The show explores:

• New-parent anxieties and the difficulty of establishing discipline
• Hilarious food eating challenge stories
• “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”: Listeners' relationship dilemmas
• One cast member’s quest to quit smoking through hypnosis

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Key Segments and Topics

1. Parenting Confessions: Tracy’s Struggle with Tough Love

[01:30–12:31]

Main Discussion:

• Tracy, a new mom, seeks advice for being “too soft” with her 7-month-old daughter, Ella Grace.
• Both Tracy and her husband Scott struggle to set boundaries, admitting they rush at every cry and haven’t spent time away from their baby since her birth.
• The team jokes about the lack of “parent experts” in the room, comparing dog parenting, and offer support.

Notable Quotes:

• Bert (03:12): “Right now, everything’s cool… six months from now… that kid is gonna lose its mind the minute you guys put one foot on the porch together.”
• Tracy (04:23): “[My husband] has a harder time with it than I do.”
• Whitney (Caller, 05:55): “If you don’t start disciplining her now… she’s going to be the five-year-old screaming and pitching temper tantrums.”

Insightful Moments:

• Listeners with parenting experience (Whitney) call in to urge Tracy to try structured discipline (like “cry it out” sleep training), while the cast debates how early to start boundaries and discipline.

Action Plan:

• The cast gently challenges Tracy and Scott to leave Ella Grace for one hour while Melissa and Katie Jo babysit, encouraging baby steps toward parental independence.

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2. Food Challenge Follies: The Great Burrito Bet

[14:36–21:39]

Main Discussion:

• The crew discusses famous food challenges, including the “Pie in the Sky” pizza and the five-pound “Chihuahua” burrito from the new Cantina.
• Producer Joanna, petite but ambitious, claims she could conquer the food challenge, leading to live, escalating bets by co-hosts.

Memorable Moments:

• Michelle (17:54): “That is massive… and that has sour cream on it and salsa and guacamole.”
• Joanna (18:41): “I wish I’d have known, I would have been eating a little bit of lettuce to try and train up for this.”
• The staff debates whether Joanna can beat the previous record, with fun ribbing about food, wagers, and bodily aftermath.

Listener Fun Fact:

• A quick call reveals the food challenge’s fame comes from the show “Man vs Food” with Adam Richman, who attended Emory University and tackled a similar pizza.

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3. “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” Relationship Dilemmas

[23:13–39:04]

Main Discussion:

• Listeners call in to get advice on whether to continue dating partners with questionable behaviors or habits.
• Scenarios include white lies about a night out, partners with severe hygiene issues, uncomfortable consent situations, and dead bedrooms.

Notable Quotes & Judgments:

• Andrea (Caller, 25:15): “He lied… then corrected the lie within a few hours.”
• Bert (26:14): “I think the fact that he fixed it in a fairly short amount of time is a good thing. Unless… he realized he ran into someone you guys mutually know.”
• Melissa (29:33): “If he’s not trying to impress her now, he never will.”
• Jeff (36:43): “She’s your roommate, not your girlfriend.”
• Unanimous panel: If there’s no intimacy in a long-term, live-in relationship, “Go.”

Memorable Segment Title:

• Paul (31:18): “You just gotta call it, ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?’” (Adoption of a new recurring segment name.)

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4. Kicking the Habit: Jen’s Hypnosis Journey to Quit Smoking

[40:35–49:37]

Main Discussion:

• Cast member Jen shares nerves and hopes as she prepares to quit smoking through hypnosis.
• The group provides support, shares anecdotes about prior attempts (successful and not), and listeners call in with their stories.
• Jen details her preparation (“getting rid of all the secret stashes”), the emotional rollercoaster, and positive intent.

Notable Quotes:

• Jeff (41:18): “My mind is made up. And I’m really, really anxious about it.”
• Bert (42:19): “Once you put it in [the hypnotist’s] hands, if it doesn't work, there should be no pressure on you, right?”
• Melissa (49:02): “Well, good luck today.”

Listener Story:

• A caller shares a vivid hypnosis session visualization, where nicotine burns a rat—leaving the ex-smoker unable to ever touch cigarettes again.

Closing Sentiment:

• The team rallies behind Jen, underscoring the importance of support and the difficulty of breaking addictions.

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Memorable Quotes and Moments

• Tracy (08:12): “I’m a horrible [parent] because I’m too attentive.”
• Bert (13:13): “You bring us your gray area… we will evaluate. Do you stop dating that person?”
• Joanna (18:49): “I will bet you right now $200. $200.”
• Bert (31:18): “‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?’ Brilliant.”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Parenting and Discipline Woes: 01:30–12:31
• Food Challenges and Bets: 14:36–21:39
• “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” Relationship Advice: 23:13–39:04
• Quitting Smoking via Hypnosis: 40:35–49:37

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Tone and Style

The Bert Show’s style is upbeat, candid, and punctuated with quick wit, friendly teasing, and empathy for real-life struggles. The camaraderie and relatability of the hosts create a safe space for listeners and callers to share everything from serious dilemmas to silly dares—always with a humorous twist.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode highlights the struggles and joys of modern adulthood—raising children, navigating messy relationships, supporting friends through personal change, and finding comic relief in life’s challenges. Whether discussing tough love, massive burritos, or the real difficulty of breaking habits, the Bert Show delivers advice, laughter, and connection, making even everyday mornings a little more “bearable.”

Transcript

[Bert]

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[Bert]

The Burch show so Tracy has come in here proud mama to Ella Grace. Yes, adorable Tracy has come in here seeking parenting advice. And we can people who have no

[Melissa]

kids in the room.

[Bert]

No, but we all have dogs and we've had dogs longer than she's had kids.

[Jeff]

No, do not. Do not, do not. What's wrong with you?

[Bert]

So Tracy, we are here to help. How can we do it? Just rub her nose in it.

[Tracy]

Well, here's the thing. I'm kind of worried because in most parenting situations you've got one person. Like it's usually the dad, I think, but it's like one parent that's a little bit tougher, you know, that can.

[Jeff]

The disciplinarian.

[Tracy]

Yes, the disciplinarian. Or the one that, like, you know, we talked about how I was having a hard time getting her to sleep. Jeff, I think you were out. But, you know, because we constantly race in, like when she's crying, and in most situations, typically, I think it's the husband in the situation is the strong one that can say no, hold out. You know, we're gonna wait three minutes and let her cry. But in our situation, I am way too soft, and Scott is just as soft as I am when it comes to everything, and I can't seem to change myself. So I keep hoping he's gonna step up and be the tough one.

[Jeff]

That's not happening either.

[Bert]

No, you didn't marry the tough guy.

[Tracy]

Every little thing. I mean, if she. You know, if she doesn't want to eat her food, we're like, okay, well, she's uncle. You know, she doesn't like it, we're not gonna make her eat it. You know, if she cries. Because I mean this. I kid you not. We watch the baby monitor, and if we're sitting in the living room and she even so much as squirms, we both bolt to her bedroom, which is, like, you know, 20ft away. And we're there within one second to make sure that she's okay because we don't want her to be the slightest bit upset.

[Bert]

You know, it's not a problem right now. You know, it's not gonna be a problem for, like, six more months.

[Jeff]

Why do you say that?

[Bert]

Because right now, everything's cool. She's just hanging out. You guys are home all the time. You know, you're still feeding her. So Tracy has to be around every few hours. Like, there's a need for them to be there.

[Jeff]

And she's seven months now.

[Tracy]

She'll be seven months on the 30th.

[Bert]

So six months from now, when she'll be walking. Yeah. And there's less of a need for you guys to both be there. And maybe you want to go out on a date night. That kid is gonna lose its mind the minute you guys put one foot on the porch together.

[Tracy]

Well, that's the other problem, too, is you would think. Cause we've also talked about how I have a hard time leaving her, even for 30 minutes at a time, just to go out. I mean, and I did it one time. And the entire time, Scott and I talked about her for the entire 60 minutes that we managed to be out

[Bert]

of the house from her, there's only Been one time that you and Scott have been alone together in the seven months since Ella's been born?

[Melissa]

Yes. And you talked about Ella the whole time.

[Tracy]

Oh, my Lord. And you would think that. I mean, I'm always looking to him to be the one to say, no, we can do this. We really need to do this. We're gonna call your parents, and we're gonna go out, and we're gonna leave her there, make it through the three hours. But he's worse than I am.

[Jeff]

He is.

[Tracy]

Yes.

[Jeff]

So he's like, I don't want to leave her either.

[Tracy]

He has a harder time with it than I. Than I do.

[Jeff]

Oh, wow.

[Tracy]

I mean, I've tried. We've talked about the doing the crying it out thing to get her to sleep, and I've tried, like, I look to him to, like, you know, hold me up and, you know, stand by me, you know, talk me through this.

[Bert]

And that's where the crying to sleep thing is, where you just chill out for five minutes and see for a

[Tracy]

few minutes, and then you go in and you check on him and let him cry for a little bit longer, and you go in and check on him or check on her. But he's worse than I am. He's like. He's coming up with all these different reasons as to why we shouldn't do it. And I'm like, no, you can't talk me out of this. I need you to be tough here.

[Melissa]

Do you think that once she is needing to be disciplined in the future,

[Tracy]

that she already knows that she has us wrapped around her finger? She's already getting to the point where she's manipulative, and right now we just think it's the cutest thing ever. But I know a year from now, it's gonna be a problem.

[Bert]

I said to Tracy a couple months ago, she was like, yeah, we've only been out on one date thing or whatever. And I said, if you ever want to go, Jessica loves babies. Jessica will be over there in a heartbeat. She'll be over there for 30 minutes or three hours. Whatever you need. Totally. And Tracy looked at me like I was speaking Korean. She's like, what? You want me to go where without my baby? Whatever.

[Tracy]

I know. And I don't know if it's because I'm a new mom and this is eventually gonna wear off or this is just our parenting style, and we need to be tough on ourselves, because I think it's going to be an issue, and I can't seem to break it.

[Bert]

Hey, Whitney. Welcome to the show.

[Whitney]

Hey, how are you?

[Bert]

Good, how are you?

[Whitney]

I am good. I just wanted to tell Tracy I have two kids. I'm actually at the store buying diapers right now. But if you don't start disciplining her now and making her do things that right now she doesn't like, that she's going to be the five year old screaming, pitching, temper tantrums and hitting you later on in life. Because the earlier you start, they just kind of mold.

[Jeff]

How do you discipline a seven month old though? I don't really understand that.

[Melissa]

Are you talking about like when, when Ella doesn't want to take food? I mean like.

[Whitney]

Yeah, you just keep on trying it.

[Bert]

Or the crying it out thing.

[Whitney]

Like right now, you give her five minutes, you go and you check on her, you rub her back pacifier, try the bottle, only try for about a minute or two. Rub her back, walk out, give her five more minutes. She will learn. It is a tough couple of months. Trust me, it will be tough. But once you do it, it's no problem. They become more independent. You will be able to lay her down at her bedtime, walk away and she'll go to sleep on her own.

[Jeff]

And then it'll be through the night.

[Whitney]

And it'll be through the night. It takes a few months and once she starts teasing, then all bets are off.

[Tracy]

Yes.

[Jeff]

How long, how old should a kid be when they start sleeping through the night?

[Andrea]

Mine started.

[Whitney]

One of them started at four weeks and the other one started at about, I want to say like 9 or

[Melissa]

10 because I nod like I know what everybody's talking about. But when it comes to parenting thing, I have no freaking idea.

[Tracy]

Every baby's different. Ella was sleeping through the night at three weeks old, but then a month later she wasn't.

[Bert]

So it just because she realized she could get a back rub. I'd wake up at 2am

[Jeff]

every night. You'd get up for that?

[Melissa]

You get a head rub every night, don't you?

[Bert]

Yeah, but if I knew that if I Woke up at 2 in the

[Melissa]

morning, I always have to bring that up.

[Bert]

Yeah. If I Woke up at 2 in the morning and knew that if I just went hey and somebody would come in and rub my back, I would wake up every night.

[Jen]

It's worse than that.

[Tracy]

She doesn't even have to say hey, she just has to roll over and we're like, oh, she's awake and she's lonely. We've got to go in there.

[Jeff]

Lonely. Oh no, no, it's gonna be problem.

[Andrea]

Well, you know What?

[Jeff]

I'm proud of you for admitting it. Yeah, I mean, it's kind of crazy new parent behavior, but at least you're willing to open yourself up and admit it.

[Wendy]

You are.

[Melissa]

I do think it's a first time parent thing.

[Tracy]

I'm a horrible because I'm too attentive.

[Jeff]

Like you're over the top into your kid.

[Bert]

You're gonna be the parent who. I was at Target the other day and there was, I don't know how far away from me this child was, but it was screaming at its mom. And I don't know what it wanted, but it was screaming, buy this for me. You have to buy this for me.

[Melissa]

So then you felt sympathetic to that Walmart guy screaming.

[Bert]

I actually understood why. The Walmart dude.

[Melissa]

Yeah, that dude slapped the kid, elbowed the kid.

[Bert]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

No, I don't think you guys will be those kind of parents.

[Tracy]

Yeah, I don't think we will.

[Bert]

Because you'll never take your child out of the house.

[Jeff]

No, I think they will, but I don't think that they will want to have an impolite child because you guys are both very like manner conscious and polite people. So your daughter will follow suit with that.

[Tracy]

Yeah, I mean, I think when she starts, like when she gets the nasty behavior, like if she's acting bratty, I think I'd have a problem with it, but.

[Jeff]

Or the no. Or the hitting you, that's really fun. When they go through that phase, when my goddaughter went through that phase, when she would hit her mother in the face.

[Katie Jo]

What phase is that? How old?

[Jeff]

I want to say like I can't remember. Maybe like 14 months. Ish or something. It was like, when you learn the

[Bert]

name, can you swear?

[Jeff]

No, Mommy, that's not what I want. Oh.

[Bert]

Can you be 100% sure mommy didn't deserve it? Hey, Tisa, welcome to the show.

[Andrea]

Hey.

[Whitney]

I was exactly at the same point you are, Tracy. And I had a seven month old little boy and I thought I was beside myself, I was so tired. And I had a very old school pediatrician and he said, he totally set me free. He said, I have never in all my years had a patient die of crying. And from that point on I let my son cry and we slept and he's 11 and he's alive.

[Tracy]

Yeah. I don't think I'm afraid that she's going to die if I don't race into her room or if I'm not.

[Bert]

It's discomfort.

[Tracy]

I just don't.

[Jeff]

I'm sorry.

[Melissa]

You want her to feel unloved.

[Tracy]

Yes. I'm so afraid there's gonna be some type of like, psychological consequence because she didn't get my love for two minutes or something, you know, like it's gonna resurface 30 years from now and she's gonna.

[Jeff]

But at some point, either you or Scott will have to step up and be the tough one.

[Tracy]

I want it to be him, but he won't.

[Jeff]

Have you told him that? Yes.

[Bert]

Hey, Andrea. Or is it Andrea or Andrea?

[Andrea]

Andrea.

[Melissa]

Andrea. Normally the non pretentious one.

[Andrea]

Yeah, right. I wanted to ask Tracy, did her and her husband talk about parenting styles before Ella Grace got here? Because I have a 10 month old son and my husband was always like, I know that you're going to be the one spanking him in Walmart or putting him in timeout, and I'm going to be the one running behind you. And so I was just curious about that.

[Tracy]

Yeah, I mean, we talked about it in the sense that like, we know that neither one of us are spankers, you know, that we're more. We're going to be more timeout people and stuff like that. And we've talked about it like, you know, watching Super Nanny and wondering, oh, God, how did the parents let it get that bad? But now that I'm a parent, I know exactly how they let it get that bad.

[Bert]

Because your child is perfect and there's no reason to discipline them or not run to their every need because they're so helpless right now.

[Tracy]

So I just need you guys to tell Scott to toughen up. Okay.

[Bert]

Well, I actually have. I have an idea. I think you guys both need tough love, you know, So I think, I

[Tracy]

mean, you're gonna, we're gonna swap and I'm gonna take Sasha for a week.

[Bert]

No, it doesn't have to be that extreme. But I think you need to sometime in the next week or so, next seven days, or, you know, we might have to extend it. Cause we do have a health issue here. But Melissa has been doing a lot of baby talk. Katie Jo loves babies.

[Jeff]

Yep.

[Bert]

Tracy, you live walking distance to some great restaurants. I think at some point Melissa and Katie Jo come to your house at dinner.

[Melissa]

I'd be happy to do that.

[Bert]

They'll bring a pizza, they'll sit in the house once I'm well with Ella, eat their pizza. And you and Scott have to leave the house for one hour. No phone call, no check in one hour.

[Jeff]

Oh, I don't know. And the topic of Ella Grace is off of the table.

[Bert]

No, that won't happen. There's zero chance of that happening.

[Melissa]

Baby steps.

[Jeff]

Baby steps.

[Melissa]

There is an open invitation that Katie and I will babysit Ella for one hour while y' all go to dinner.

[Bert]

It's one hour. It has to be dinner. You walk down, you have a glass of wine and get an ice cream cone. Done. You're back.

[Jeff]

We'll talk about it.

[Bert]

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[Michelle]

So we were in our post show meeting last weekend. I forget which place has like this incredibly big pizza.

[Katie Jo]

It's pie in the sky.

[Bert]

You finish the whole pizza. You get a sweatshirt or something.

[Katie Jo]

It's a huge pizza, like impossible to finish.

[Jeff]

You have to eat it yourself. I think it can be.

[Katie Jo]

And somebody else eating this entire pizza, but you have to finish it there.

[Jeff]

And it has to be timed or something.

[Katie Jo]

I'm not sure if it's timed, but I know you have to finish it before you even walk out of the restaurant in order to get the T shirt or the sweatshirt or whatever you get as a prize.

[Jeff]

Some dude on the Discovery Channel has a whole show based around this.

[Bert]

Oh, yeah.

[Michelle]

About eating this one pizza.

[Jeff]

Eating like one thing. Or it'll be like the hottest, like Thai bowl with like, you know, like it makes you sweat and you have to drink milk in order to get it down. And like, once you're done with it, they put your picture on the wall. Like, he basically goes around the world to restaurants that have those type of things.

[Bert]

I think that's why we started talking about the pie in the sky place. Cause he did that pizza.

[Jeff]

He did.

[Katie Jo]

He was featured.

[Jeff]

What's that dude's name?

[Bert]

I don't know.

[Jeff]

I can't remember.

[Michelle]

Anyway, joining our post show meeting and yeah, we'll be soon. And producer Joanna here, who is the teeniest of anybody on the staff, is like, oh, I could finish that thing off.

[Joanna]

I absolutely could. Well, I would like to disclaimer. I was really hungry the day we

[Tracy]

were talking about this.

[Joanna]

I was starving. And we got on the subject of hamburgers actually first. And I told you guys that I ate the £1 hamburger at Cheaburger. Cheeburger. There used to be one in Alpharetta.

[Jeff]

Okay.

[Joanna]

And I was like, I finished that thing and I had fries. A whole with the bun and the lettuce, tomatoes, all that good stuff. And what you have to fries.

[Michelle]

What you have to know about Joanna here is she's like five foot one and weighs ninety nothing pounds.

[Tracy]

Yes, thank you.

[Melissa]

That was sweet. Yeah.

[Joanna]

Ninety pounds.

[Jeff]

She's gonna get with it. You're like, sure, whatever you say.

[Michelle]

But see how smart that was? You see, you always go there.

[Melissa]

That's good.

[Michelle]

So which kind of surprised all of us that she's like. She thinks that she's like this endless well that can eat and eat and eat, eat and eat.

[Joanna]

I could probably enter an eating contest and beat anybody in an eating contest. So I said, mind you, as my stomach is growling like it is today, good that I could eat that pizza. But they let you eat it with another person because it is that big. And I said, Michelle, intern Michelle and I could finish off that pizza. Absolutely.

[Katie Jo]

Hands down.

[Jeff]

I believe it. You call it a pizza.

[Joanna]

Pizza, Pizza, Pizza, pizza. How do you say it? Pizza, pizza, pizza.

[Michelle]

It's like Carlin Ask and Jeff and Roon.

[Jeff]

He can't say ruin and he says Roon.

[Bert]

I fixed that because I'm so self conscious now. Melissa Carter.

[Michelle]

Well, I'm glad your stomach is growling this morning because Cantina just opened. It's the old Lola location and they have a burrito there that's five pounds.

[Jeff]

Oof.

[Andrea]

Wow.

[Michelle]

That's a lot that we have brought to you today.

[Melissa]

Oh, God.

[Jeff]

Oh, it's so.

[Bert]

Look at the size of that thing.

[Michelle]

Wait, I got a tweet.

[Jeff]

I gotta take a picture. Oh, my God. That's one burrito that's like the size of my leg. That thing is huge.

[Melissa]

Oh, my God.

[Katie Jo]

That is massive.

[Melissa]

I have got to take a picture

[Michelle]

of this thing and tweet it for you guys because you won't believe how huge this is.

[Katie Jo]

And that has sour cream on it and salsa and guacamole.

[Jeff]

Amazing.

[Michelle]

Okay, this is a five pound burrito. It is called the whole five pound Chihuahua. All right. At the new canyon.

[Jeff]

Bigger than most Chihuahuas I've ever seen. Yeah.

[Bert]

That is the size of a small dog. Tracy's baby when it was born.

[Melissa]

Serious Tom.

[Michelle]

Has anybody come in there yet and actually eaten the whole thing? Here, grab a mic.

[Unknown Staff Member]

We've had 10 people try and one finished.

[Bert]

And what was her name? Who finished?

[Unknown Staff Member]

Actually, there's a girl coming Friday to try it. Korean girl. She reckons she can eat the whole thing. She's seen it.

[Whitney]

Wow.

[Unknown Staff Member]

So she's bringing some press on.

[Bert]

Well, those Korean people, that's all the Asians who win the eating contest.

[Unknown Staff Member]

They eat dogs too.

[Bert]

I didn't say it was time. I didn't say it.

[Tracy]

I didn't say it.

[Melissa]

I did not.

[Michelle]

We all thought it, but I didn't say it.

[Joanna]

You have to train up for this, though. I wish I'd have known. I would have been eating a little bit of lettuce to try and train up for this. But okay, I'll give it a shot.

[Michelle]

I will bet you right now $200. $200.

[Jeff]

I'll throw in another hundred because there is no way you're.

[Melissa]

This is the size of a towel.

[Michelle]

There's 100 there's $300 on the line.

[Bert]

I'll throw in another 150 from Melissa.

[Katie Jo]

I'll throw in a dollar.

[Unknown Staff Member]

We'll buy a new microwave. We finished?

[Jeff]

I'll throw in $1.

[Unknown Staff Member]

Two pounds of meat, one pound of rice, one pound of beans, half a pound of cheese, and the rest is guacamole and salsa.

[Joanna]

See, that's what's gonna get you, is the rice. Cause then the rice is gonna expand in your stomach.

[Bert]

Well, no. Like in about four hours, it's going to be the beans.

[Michelle]

We will be long gone by this.

[Jeff]

Okay, wait. So is there a timing? Yeah.

[Joanna]

Do I get a time?

[Michelle]

Restaurant.

[Unknown Staff Member]

One hour.

[Michelle]

One hour.

[Jeff]

One hour.

[Joanna]

I'm going to be late to work today. I have to be there at 10:30, so I'll be a little late.

[Bert]

I'll roll you down, Peachtree.

[Michelle]

Unless you finish it beforehand. But you have till 10:30. And you've got, what, $300 on the line if you can eat that whole thing by 10:30.

[Bert]

You can't do it. Don't.

[Michelle]

What's that?

[Bert]

And a new microwave for you.

[Michelle]

And a new microwave. Thank you. We'll need that.

[Bert]

Did that fit in our microwave?

[Jeff]

No, no, no.

[Melissa]

That won't fit in a fridge.

[Michelle]

Look, I've never seen anything that size before in my life. And you said one dude finished that off.

[Unknown Staff Member]

One dude finished it off.

[Michelle]

And how big a guy was he?

[Unknown Staff Member]

He was about a 300 pound guy.

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Unknown Staff Member]

And we. But we had mainly big guys. Try it.

[Bert]

He was £300 at start or at finish?

[Unknown Staff Member]

He was £295 at the dog.

[Michelle]

All right, we will tweet this picture. You have one hour. See if you can. If you can p. Okay.

[Jeff]

All right.

[Michelle]

Good luck with that

[Melissa]

child.

[Michelle]

She won't even get one third of the way through that.

[Jeff]

You're only gonna get through. Yes, it's delicious. I'd say 1/5 of it.

[Michelle]

I'm sure it's great, but it's £5.

[Jeff]

Yeah, it smells really good. I'm hoping you give up so that I can have a bite.

[Bert]

I'm sure you can have a bite now. And it's not gonna make a difference.

[Michelle]

For those of you that don't know, Lola's not around anymore. Now it's cantina. It's a taqueria and tequila bar in Terminus. And this is a five pound burrito they have there.

[Bert]

Hey, Kendall.

[Michelle]

Good Morning. You're on Q100.

[Andrea]

Good morning, guys.

[Michelle]

Good morning.

[Jeff]

Good.

[Andrea]

I just wanted to tell you guys that that show is called man versus Food. And it's one of my favorite. The guy's name is Adam, who does it right.

[Whitney]

He actually went to Emory University in Atlanta.

[Michelle]

Oh, really?

[Andrea]

He's got a whole. It's a whole biography about him on their website. But the challenge that y' all were talking about is it's a huge pizza, obviously, but you have to complete it with two people and you have to do it within an hour. And they were unable to do it. I think it's an 11 pound pizza. So it's about five and a half pounds of pizza a person.

[Jeff]

Oh, God.

[Andrea]

The other guy quit and Adam did it.

[Bert]

You know, I'd be fascinated to talk to is the guy, Adam's parents, who wrote a check for an Emory degree. And now this guy is traveling the country eating food and trying not to puke.

[Michelle]

This is what he's turned it into. All right, Joanna, you're on the clock.

[Jeff]

All right, I'm good.

[Bert]

The bird show.

Okay, can we talk about how confusing weight loss has become? Like, one minute it's carbs are bad, and then the next it's no, actually, carbs are fine, but only if you walk 10,000 steps and drink a green juice. And honestly, it's just a lot. And then even if you do lose the weight, keeping it off is a whole different story. If you're struggling and want something that fits your real life, hers can help. It's designed to support you in reaching your goals in a way that actually fits your life. That's why weight loss by hers is getting so much attention right now. Hers connects you with licensed medical providers who create doctor developed treatment plans tailored to you. They offer access to an affordable range of FDA approved GLP1 medications, including the Wegovy pill and the Wegovi pen. It helps regulate your appetite so you eat less and keep the weight off. If you're ready to reach your goals and want to try something new, visit fourhers.com Bert to get personalized, affordable care that gets you. That's F-R-H-E-R-S.com Bert borehers.com Bird weight loss by hers is not available in all 50 states, but Go VI is the registered trademark of Novo Nordisk A s. Get started and learn more, including important safety information with Gobi clinical study information and restrictions.

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[Bert]

The Bird Show. So some friend of Bert's, I think, or something, was telling him and Stacy a story and blah, blah, blah. And then it turned out in the relationship there was a gray area. Like the guy or the girl was like, should I stay with him? Because, I mean, they didn't do anything that bad, but this is what they did. And it seems kind of weird. So I don't know if I should break up with him. And when the area's gray like that, there's a lot of different levels, like, how long have you been together? Do you really. Do you think this is the one? Blah, blah, blah. So they were trying to evaluate all that, and Burt decided that would be a great segment for the show. We'll act as judge and jury. You bring us your gray area, you bring us your confusion, and we will evaluate. Do you stop dating that person?

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Bert]

And so that's what we're doing right now. You're more than welcome to join in. 404741, Q100. Hey, Whitney.

[Andrea]

Hi.

[Bert]

Welcome to the Bird Show.

[Andrea]

Thank you.

[Bert]

We are ready to tell you if you should stop dating the guy.

[Andrea]

Okay. Well, this happened a few weeks ago.

[Bert]

Okay.

[Andrea]

I actually, it was a Friday night. I decided to stay in and my boyfriend, I called him and we just hadn't spoken that evening. Well, at about 5:30 in the morning, I get a phone call and I didn't answer because I shut my phone off. Well, it was him leaving a voicemail saying that he's really sorry he didn't call me back, that, you know, he had fallen asleep and he was really sorry. So I thought nothing of it and got up the next day. And about six hours later, he called me back and said, you know, hey, babe, you know, I need to tell you something. I did. I went out last night and I didn't think that you would want to know about or I didn't want to tell you because I thought you'd get upset because of the people I was going out with. And I was a little bit caught off guard because I didn't know that he had gone out in the first place. And I was a little thrown off by the fact that he would lie to me.

[Bert]

But he lied to you. Then he corrected the lie within a few hours.

[Andrea]

Yes.

[Bert]

And who was he going out with that would have bothered you?

[Andrea]

It was just one of his guy friends who was single and he was somewhat of a ladies man, I guess.

[Jeff]

Were any of his like old girlfriends or girls involved in it at all?

[Andrea]

No.

[Whitney]

Nobody?

[Andrea]

Well, not that I know of.

[Bert]

I'll give you my perspective. The girls might have a different perspective, but from my perspective, I think the fact that he came 12 hours later and told you the truth is actually a good sign because it means he wasn't comfortable telling you a little white lie. So I would actually look at that. And if you really like this guy, this is going to be the only piece of advice you listen to. Because I'm saying something good. But I think the fact that he fixed it in a fairly short amount of time is a good thing. Unless he realized that he ran into someone that you guys mutually know.

[Jeff]

Right, exactly what I was thinking.

[Bert]

Then he's covering his bases.

Yeah, because he did call you at

[Katie Jo]

5:30 in the morning, which means he didn't get home until 5:30 in the morning. So he was out until 5:30 with somebody and something.

[Bert]

Ah, details. Why are you women always so observant?

[Jeff]

Well, and that was the thing I was thinking too, is he was piecing back together the night and thinking, oh my gosh, I ran into her friends.

[Bert]

I ran into Melissa and Katie Joan. Oh my God, when they get to the office, they're gonna tell, blah, blah,

[Melissa]

blah, they're tell her.

[Jeff]

Right? I think, I think he was sort of covering his butt and I think, why would he have a problem telling you he was out with one of his guy friends if there weren't other women involved? Hmm.

[Andrea]

I guess I'm just, I'm, I'm just more worried about, like, okay, well, if you can lie to me about that now, like, and you can, and you can call and leave a voicemail on my phone, you know, lying to me, like, is that gonna be an issue later?

[Bert]

How long have you guys been together? Only a few months, in my opinion. Yes. You should stop dating him. It's only. You only have a couple months invested. The fact that like a couple months into it. He shouldn't be uncomfortable telling you about any guy that he's.

[Melissa]

But I would get it, but I don't know, I would get in. I would dig deep into it, have a conversation with him about kind of nip it in the bud if you want to continue the relationship. Talk about how uncomfortable you were with him lying and demand the truth.

[Bert]

Jen.

[Jeff]

I say move on, Melissa.

[Melissa]

I Still say, have a conversation with him and give him one more chance, Wendell.

[Bert]

I say let it go.

3. Dump him. 1. Hang on. Okay, good luck with that.

[Andrea]

Thanks.

[Jeff]

So what is the official title of this segment? Should I Still Date Him?

[Bert]

Okay, we need a catchy alliteration radio name so we can make a jingle for it.

[Jeff]

Okay.

[Bert]

Hey, Wendy, Angela here needs to be on the voice disguiser. Hey, Angela, you are voice disguised.

[Jen]

Great.

[Caller with bad breath issue]

Okay.

[Bert]

All right. Your question. Should I dump this guy? What has he done?

[Caller with bad breath issue]

He has bad breath. I mean, you know, really bad breath.

[Melissa]

Like medical bad breath.

[Caller with bad breath issue]

Well, you know, at first I thought it was medical bad breath, but the more, you know, I got into him, I don't think. I mean, I think it's his hygiene altogether. You know, just. I mean, like, he told me he didn't smoke cigarettes, and, you know, one day we were just, like, laying around, and I was trying to figure out where this smell was coming from, and it was coming from his mouth, you know, and so I kind of got an attitude. And he goes, well, what's wrong? And I'm like, well, your breast smells horrible. And he goes, oh, I'm sorry. I'm offending you. And I said, well, I have some extra toothbrushes in there. He goes, oh, well, I don't use that type of toothbrush. I mean, so, like, what type of toothbrush do you use? Do you use a toothbrush? You know, and then he jumps up and he gets the toothbrush, and, you know, it still didn't make a bit of difference. And the next time, you know, we

[Jen]

were together, he had, like.

[Caller with bad breath issue]

It was like, a musty body odor, you know, just like. It wasn't really, like, extreme stench, but, you know, he smelled kind of sweaty or whatever.

[Bert]

Now, I know people are gonna. Yeah, people are gonna call up with all these medical issues.

[Melissa]

Well, how long have y' all been dating for?

[Caller with bad breath issue]

About three months.

[Melissa]

See, this is. He's putting his best foot forward. This is what Bert would say is like, he's giving you his best.

[Bert]

Best effort in the first year.

[Melissa]

Yeah.

[Bert]

Unless. Well, people. A hundred people are going to call up and go, it's medical. It's medical. Could be medical.

[Caller with bad breath issue]

Let me tell you more. Okay? I mean, I'll just come up with that. He's just not a clean person. Oh, you know. Oh, yeah, yeah. You know, like, he came. He came over to spend the night or whatever, and he only bought a shirt to change it. And I'm like, well, where your. You know, your underwear, your pants? Or I'm just gonna Change shirts. I think you've already go to work the next day.

[Katie Jo]

You kind of already convinced yourself.

[Bert]

Yep, you know the answer.

[Jeff]

And I think if you. If you. You've already brought it to his attention with the breath thing and with the not bringing a clean pair of draws thing and whatever it is, like, you've already brought it to his attention and nothing's changed.

[Caller with bad breath issue]

So what do you got?

[Andrea]

Right?

[Caller with bad breath issue]

Nothing has really changed.

[Bert]

Dump them. You only got.

[Caller with bad breath issue]

What do you guys think?

[Bert]

Dump them. You got 90 days in it. It's not worth it, I think.

[Jeff]

Well, the one thing I will say is I think it's worth a conversation, an honest conversation where you're not accusing him. Like, kind of like Melissa said for the last one. Because I think this is something he can change. You know, like, if the guy before is like lying and running around and whatever and just trying to cover his butt, I'm not sure he can change that. But, like, I mean, this guy could brush his teeth, enlister, rain more. He could go to the dentist and fix a bad tooth. He could, you know, shower it up more and buy in some body scrub.

[Melissa]

But he would be doing that. He would be doing that already.

[Jeff]

But it's changeable, you know, it's easily

[Caller with bad breath issue]

changed in this apartment for two years. And he's only vacuumed his floors, like, twice.

[Jeff]

I see. Hell, no.

[Michelle]

Bye.

[Jeff]

Bye.

[Melissa]

See, because the thing is.

[Jeff]

Never mind.

[Melissa]

I think that if he's not trying to impress her now, he never will. And he'll expect her to do all the cleaning if they got together.

[Jeff]

True.

[Bert]

Paul just named our segment. Hey, Paul.

[Jeff]

Hey, how's it going?

[Caller]

I'm a little surprised, man, that you

didn't catch the obvious here.

[Bert]

What do you got?

[Caller]

You just gotta call it, should I stay or should I go? You know, should I stay or should I go?

[Bert]

Brilliant. And next time we do, we'll have the song handy. Awesome. Paul gets naming rights for that. That'll earn you.

[Jeff]

Good job, Paul.

[Bert]

You can listen to the show for the rest of the day absolutely free.

[Jeff]

You just got the golden gobble and you don't know what that is, but you have to.

[Bert]

Hey, Mary. Welcome to the show. Oh, voice disguiser from Mary. Hi, Mary. Hey, what's going on?

[Jen]

My fiance and I've been engaged now for a while. It's a long engagement. And one night we were sleeping and I awoke to him groping me in a very intimate way. And he assumed that I was sleeping. And let's see.

[Bert]

Was he awake?

[Jen]

He was fully awake.

[Melissa]

And he knew you were Asleep.

[Jen]

He knew that I was asleep and I pretended to go along with just to see what he was going to do. And let's just say it wasn't above the waist. Groping below the waist.

[Bert]

And do you think maybe he was just hoping that you guys could wake

[Jeff]

up and have a little in the middle of the night thing?

[Bert]

You guys could have a little midnight delight?

[Jen]

What bothered me about it was that he didn't seem to be interested in waking me up. That didn't sit well with me.

[Jeff]

Is this activities you guys had participated in before, in waking hours?

[Jen]

No, but not that often. I guess the thing that stood out in my mind was that he didn't seem like he was interested in waking me up. He was okay with me being asleep. And.

[Jeff]

And this was stuff you hadn't done before?

[Jen]

No.

[Jeff]

So he was trying to get somewhere while you were asleep that you wouldn't have let him go when you're awake? That's what I'm trying to establish.

[Jen]

No, it's, you know, it, it was just regular. It would have been regular run of the meal stuff if I was awake.

[Melissa]

Oh, I just, I still think there's a part of me that. He was trying to wake you up.

[Bert]

Yeah, that's not. I don't think that's an unusual male activity. Positive. You know what? I'm positive.

[Jeff]

Yeah, we're after 8:30, so this is the more adult portion. Middle of the night nookie is normal.

[Melissa]

Surprise, wake up.

[Jeff]

Surprise, wake up. But if you're concerned he was trying to cross a line you wouldn't let him cross when you're awake, then I understand the disturbing part of it.

[Melissa]

Have you talked to him about it?

[Jen]

Had he woke me up and asked me and he might have felt, and I don't know if I can say that I would have said it, but he might have felt like I would

[Melissa]

have said, no, you're engaged and he should have woken you up and asked you permission to start something.

[Tracy]

Yeah, I think she was awake.

[Jen]

It would have been okay if he had woke me up, but it seemed like he was just.

[Jeff]

You were awake.

[Jen]

He was.

[Caller with bad breath issue]

I was.

[Jen]

But he didn't know.

[Jeff]

He thought she was.

[Jen]

So when I played along just to see what he was going to do. So yes, I was awake to see what he was going to do. And he kept on. And then when I woke up and I said, what were you doing? Why? If it was okay, if it was something you didn't think was out of the ordinary, he apologized about it and I didn't even Ask for an apology. He just kept saying, oh, I'm so sorry, and I feel so embarrassed.

[Melissa]

Well, it's probably based on your reaction. What are you doing? He's like, oh, I'm sorry.

[Bert]

I think. I don't. I don't think you need to break up with him, but I think you need to have a discussion about your intimate life. Because I am fairly certain that for some guys, they might find it acceptable to attempt to wake up the woman in their bed that way in hopes of engaging in further activities. And the guy would not find it offensive at all unless the girl woke up really offended. So I do think you owe it to yourself and to him to have

[Jeff]

a conversation, especially if you're engaged.

[Melissa]

If you're engaged. I don't know.

[Bert]

Like, let's combine the segment we did earlier. Like, if he called up for am I normal? I would say yes. You are.

[Jeff]

I would say yes.

[Melissa]

Because it's not just guys that try that.

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Melissa]

No, it's. Yeah. If you're engaged and he has to.

[Jen]

Yeah.

[Melissa]

If he has to wake you up to ask your permission to try to start something, then I question the relationship.

[Jeff]

Sometimes that's a nice surprise to be woken up in that way. You're like, well, how are you?

[Melissa]

Yeah, I think that question's a relationship.

[Bert]

Let me call you a ranker.

[Jeff]

No, no need to.

[Bert]

I don't have a phone.

[Jeff]

Okay.

[Bert]

I'm the voice disguiser from Mike. Hey, Mike.

[Mike]

Hey.

[Bert]

Hey.

[Mike]

So we've been together a little over two years, and for the last year and a half, there's been no action.

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Katie Jo]

Like anything.

[Bert]

Are you only trying to get at her in the middle of the night? Cause she doesn't like that.

[Jeff]

She just called a few minutes ago. She's wondering the same thing.

[Mike]

That's not like that. Everything else is perfectly fine. Perfectly fine. Everything else.

[Jeff]

Wait a second. How long have y' all been together? Total?

[Mike]

Two and a half years.

[Jeff]

Two and a half years. You've been living together for two of them, but you only were doing it for the first year and for the last year and a half you stopped doing it?

[Mike]

Yes.

[Jeff]

And are you doing anything else other than it?

[Mike]

Just normal stuff. I mean, nothing other than that. Everything else is fine.

[Jeff]

Okay, Everything's not fine.

[Bert]

Your relationship is fine, but you're just not being intimate.

[Mike]

Correct.

[Melissa]

Have y' all talked about this?

[Mike]

Yes. She thinks it's perfectly normal.

[Jeff]

She's your roommate, not your girlfriend.

[Bert]

She's wrong.

[Mike]

Well, that's what I said, but, yeah, that's how it is.

[Jeff]

Does she have any sort of, like, medical problem or anything like that in the area?

[Mike]

I mean, I don't know.

[Jeff]

Why accent down there in the certain vicinity?

[Melissa]

If this was a guy. If this is a girl calling about a guy, we'd automatically say he's cheating. So what are your feelings on her cheating on you?

[Mike]

I hadn't thought about it.

[Bert]

It might be.

[Melissa]

You have not thought about your girlfriend, and you have not had sex in a year and a half, and you haven't thought about her being with somebody else.

[Mike]

I had. I hadn't really.

[Bert]

It might be a double standard, but my first thought is she's just not into you. Like you guys.

[Jeff]

She's just not into sex, period.

[Bert]

Or. Or sex with him.

[Mike]

That's not the case.

[Melissa]

Well, they did it for. Wait a second. It's not the case that she's not into sex?

[Mike]

Yeah, that's not the case. I know, because she was into the first year.

[Bert]

Yeah. Here's my thing is I.

[Jeff]

Then she is doing it with somebody else.

[Bert]

I didn't. Not necessarily. She could just be over him. She could be a year. He could be a friend. Yeah. Girls can. People can go a year without having

[Jeff]

sex if she's thinking no.

[Melissa]

Well, I know. I agree with Jeff that people can, but not while they're in a relationship.

[Jeff]

Not while they're living with somebody.

[Bert]

I don't think she's living with. I think she has a roommate. I think she's got a best friend who hangs out with her and buys her dinner and they hang out together.

[Jeff]

It's a problem that she's not attracted to Mike.

[Bert]

She's not into it. She may or may not be having a relationship outside of it, but I think you should dump her because she's. I just don't think she's into it. Regardless of whether or not there's somebody

[Jeff]

on the side, it's obviously bothering you. I mean, do you want to go the rest of your life without doing it? Doing it?

[Mike]

I. I don't know. I love her, but I mean.

[Melissa]

Yeah, I. I mean, a woman can go, you know, longer, I think, than a guy, but not in a relationship. Living together for a year and a half. Like, it just. Yeah, I think there's an issue. There's a problem. It's not. Okay.

[Mike]

All right, well, thanks.

[Jeff]

I mean, we say if you should say. Or should you go, go.

[Melissa]

I say go.

[Jeff]

Wendy, go.

[Katie Jo]

Have a conversation first.

[Wendy]

Jeff, go.

[Bert]

Bye. Bye. Hey, the Birch Show.

Okay, can we talk about how confusing weight loss has become? Like, one minute it's Carbs are bad and then the next it's no, actually carbs are fine, but only if you walk 10,000 steps and try drink a green juice and honestly it's just a lot. And then even if you do lose the weight, keeping it off is a whole different story. If you're struggling and want something that fits your real life, hers can help. It's designed to support you in reaching your goals in a way that actually fits your life. That's why weight loss by hers is getting so much attention right now. Hers connects you with licensed medical providers who create doctor developed treatment plans tailored to you. They offer access to an affordable range of FDA approved GLP1 medications including the Wegovy pill and the Wegovy pen. It helps regulate your appetite so you eat less and keep the weight off. If you're ready to reach your goals and want to try something new, visit for hers.combert to get personalized affordable care that gets you that's F O R h e r s.com Bert for hers.com Bert weightless by hers is not available in all 50 states with govi is a registered trademark of Novo Nordisk. A s get started and learn more including important safety information with govi, clinical study information and restrictions.

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[Bert]

The Bird show so one Birch show listener today is being born again. It's changing their life. Or one Birch show member rather. It's going to be born again in just a few hours.

[Jeff]

Okay.

[Bert]

It's not me.

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Bert]

Not Melissa, it's not Wendy, it's Jen Hobby.

[Jeff]

It is.

[Melissa]

You're gonna be born again.

[Jeff]

I'm gonna be born again today. Well, sort of born again. When you said Birchill listener, I was like, I do like to listen to the show, but I'm kind of on it too.

[Bert]

Thanks, Chef.

[Jeff]

I'm just kidding. Yeah, I'm actually going to hypnosis today for stopping smoking. Yeah, I'm gonna stop smoking today. Forever and ever and ever and ever.

[Katie Jo]

Like your mind is made up.

[Jeff]

Mind is made up. And I'm really, really anxious about it, you know, because I've stopped smoking before for a period of time. Obviously didn't work, but it's really, really hard to do. And so I'm really nervous about it. And I know that it's not like the hypnosis I'm hoping is going to be this, like, kickstart, you know, like something. For me, it's been on the calendar for a while, and it's been like, sort of this marked place where, okay, that's gonna be your deadline day to sort of have something on there. Because otherwise, for somebody who smokes, it's, like, arbitrary. You arbitrarily make it up. Like, oh, it'll be Sunday after I go out and have a big night on Saturday, or it'll be this coming Monday, or it's gonna be my birthday, or, you know, whatever it is, you have to kind of arbitrarily make it up. But this is really, like, an activity. Like, it's something that's sort of like, launching it for me.

[Bert]

So now, why are you. Aren't. Why are you nervous? Just because you're so used to smoking at random times and having a cigarette in your hand and now you're not gonna be able to. Or are you nervous that. Oh, because aren't you just kind of putting it in the hands of the hypnotist?

[Jeff]

Yes, I'm nervous about all of it.

[Bert]

But, I mean, once you put it in his hands, if it doesn't work, there should be no pressure on you, right?

[Caller]

Or.

[Bert]

No. Is there still pressure on you?

[Jeff]

You know, you have to take personal responsibility for it as well. You know, it's not just some sort of, like, hocus pocus magic thing that's gonna, you know, make me never want to have a cigarette ever again. But I'm hoping that it's the launch that's the sort of launching pad that I need to stick to it.

[Bert]

Have you already had your last cigarette?

[Jeff]

No, he told me to get rid of everything, and so I have everything with me at the office. Like, you know, a lot of times smokers will have your, like, emergency pack in the back of the junk drawer just in case that's gone, to get rid of, like, ashtrays and lighters and all that kind of stuff. So all of that is with me in my purse today. And so after the show, I plan on. I have it in my head to

[Melissa]

have one more, of course, your ceremonial,

[Jeff]

or maybe two for the entire pack, and then throw it away.

[Bert]

Do you smoke in your house?

[Jeff]

No.

[Bert]

So when you smoke at home? You step outside?

[Jeff]

Of course.

[Bert]

Okay. So there's not gonna be any smell or anything in there.

[Jeff]

No.

[Bert]

To remind you. And does your dog Carolina smoke?

[Jeff]

She'll be glad that when I stop, I think.

[Bert]

And did you remove any secret stash packs? Like, there's not one more hidden.

[Jeff]

Yeah, there's not any more hidden. Because that was part of the. Yeah, I swear. Because that was part of the instruction. Like, really just get rid of all that stuff that will remind you of. And don't have a crutch that's sort of leftover. And so I do. I have, like, everybody's got their junk drawer in their kitchen with your, like, scissors and pins and, you know, random safety pins and old keychains. Yeah.

[Melissa]

And a button that you're never gonna sew back on.

[Bert]

Right?

[Joanna]

Yeah.

[Melissa]

You can't throw it away.

[Jeff]

Exactly. But that's the drawer. So I cleared that out today. And. Yeah, so I'm like. I'm just really, really anxious about it. Cause I want it to work. I want it to be the launching pad that I need. I don't wanna smoke anymore. I've battled with it forever and ever and ever. If there's any young people listening and you think it's cool, like, it's not, and it's gonna be a really, really difficult thing for you at some point in your life. So just don't. You know, it's. I don't know.

[Katie Jo]

Are you nervous about, like, the whole process of going under hypnosis? Like, what it's gonna feel like?

[Jeff]

No, I'm pretty open to that kind of stuff.

[Bert]

Like, have you done it before or.

[Jeff]

No, I've never done hypnosis before, but I've done a lot of. Like. Remember when I went on the trip to the yoga ashram and I did a lot of meditation and chanting? And I'm open to all that kind of stuff. I've done acupuncture before. I'm really open to the possibility of those kind of things working. So that part, for me, I think I'll really be able to sort of relax and let go and sort of lose control and let him take over with the hypnosis part of it. But I'm interested on how it's gonna work because I was talking to a friend last night who told me that he had witnessed hypnosis before. And he witnessed it on a friend of his.

[Bert]

That's creepy.

[Jeff]

Who smoked.

[Bert]

And he asked, can I come watch you be hypnotized?

[Jeff]

No. It was in front of a group of people. It was, like, at a group presentation or whatever. And one of his friends that smoked used to be like. And I guess this is when he was in high school. So one of the kids was like the go sneak in the bathroom and smoke a cigarette kid. And after this kid came out of the hypnosis, he said that he didn't remember being hypnotized and went to the bathroom to smoke his cigarette and thought somebody had messed with his pack. Cause he couldn't realize or he couldn't figure out why it tastes so bad and why he didn't want it. Really?

[Bert]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

And he was like, somebody messed with my pack of cigarettes. Somebody, like, put something on them or whatever. He didn't even recognize or remember that he had been put under hypnosis. So. And apparently it worked for him. That kid never smoked again. So I was like, maybe if it can make it that gross to me. Because sometimes it is really gross. You know, you wake up the next morning after going out, and you're like, having a big party night, and you wake up and your hair smells like it, and you're just like, it is gross to me sometimes, but other times, it's like, the best thing in the world. It's like a steak, you know, like. So I'm hoping it'll make it just

[Bert]

really gross to me in a very collegiate way. There is something hot about that smell.

[Tracy]

Really?

[Jeff]

Don't tell me that, Jeff. I don't need that in my head.

[Melissa]

That is the same as when Bert told Stacy something about it being hot that she smoked, Remember? And he's trying to get her to stop smoking, but then he made that comment. Jeff, you suck.

[Bert]

Hey, Joshua, welcome to the show.

[Caller]

How you doing?

[Bert]

What's going on?

[Caller]

Yeah, I stepped out the truck when you guys started this conversation about the smoking to buy a pack of cigarettes.

[Jeff]

Oh, I'm with you. I know how that feels.

[Caller]

And I've got married about a year ago, and one of my wife's pet peeves is my smoking, and it is unhealthy. And I've noticed, you know, walking the dog or going for run or everything, it's getting shorter and shorter and shorter and, you know, trying to quit, it's one of the world's hardest things to do. So I've looked online at the hypnosis thing, trying to figure out where to go or who to talk to or whatnot. Please help me. Who are you going to to get hypnosis by? Because I'm ready to quit.

[Jeff]

I'm going to a guy by the name of Sean Wheeler today. And his company's called pure hypnosis. And we've actually featured him on the vert show twice. Once in December when we first originally met him. And then he came back just, what, a week ago.

[Bert]

Yeah, because we talked about New year's resolutions in the past couple weeks, and we did different things every day, and we did not smoking. And he came in and offered to help out Jen hobby, and she had to wait a couple weeks because he's so backed up. Everybody's quitting at the beginning of the year.

[Jeff]

Yep. He's really, really busy right now, so, yeah, it took me a while to get in to see him, But I'm really looking forward to it. See what. See what happens. And I'll certainly share the experience or what I remember of it with everybody.

[Bert]

Hey, Bobby. Welcome to the bird show.

[Caller]

How you doing?

[Bert]

What's going on?

[Caller]

I had a friend who went into hypnosis to quit smoking. He said he went under the spell, and he would. The hypnosis guy took a pack of cigarettes and he squeezed it. And as he squeezed it, he remembers seeing nicotine drip out of the cigarette and onto a rat. And as that nicotine hit a rat, it started doing this chemical burn. And he said he could smell it as if it was right there in front of him.

[Bert]

Oh.

[Caller]

And to this day, he can't touch a cigarette. Get sick looking at him.

[Jeff]

Good.

[Bert]

So there wasn't a real.

[Jeff]

It was a visualization thing.

[Caller]

Yeah, it was all a visual visualization. I mean, it wasn't real, but he says it was

[Jeff]

nervous. That's, like, pretty powerful stuff. That just made me nervous.

[Bert]

If it worked, it worked. And you're gonna record. You're gonna record the whole thing. Right.

[Jeff]

So whatever he will allow us to record. I haven't really asked him about the specifics, but, yeah, I'm gonna bring a recorder with me today, so if. I mean, if it's interesting enough to share, we certainly will.

[Melissa]

Well, good luck today.

[Tracy]

Thank you.

[Jeff]

I'm really nervous. I'm really nervous. But I think talking about it and telling everybody, you know, that you're quitting smoking helps you quit smoking. So telling everybody I know, including the Burchau family and all the Burcho listeners, which are the Burchau family.

[Bert]

So when's the next time you have to go out with, like, girlfriends or people who smoke and be drinking?

[Jeff]

I'm probably not gonna be going out very much in the next couple of weeks or a month and just try to lay low and try to lay low and keep it low key.

[Bert]

Perfect. Good luck.

[Melissa]

Yay.

[Jeff]

Thank you. We'll see. You can do it for me yet.

[Katie Jo]

You can do it.

[Melissa]

You're making the move, so that's worth cheering.

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