25W: The One Stadium Bobby Refuses To Step Foot In + LeBron’s Future as a Laker with Law Murray + NFL International Games Debate

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show – 25W: The One Stadium Bobby Refuses To Step Foot In + LeBron’s Future as a Laker with Law Murray + NFL International Games Debate

Date: May 15, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones
Guests/Co-Hosts: Eddie, Kevin, Laura Murray (NBA writer, The Athletic)

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into the beginning of the football season, stadium safety and fan behavior, rumors and scandals in the NFL, an in-depth NBA segment with Law Murray (focused on LeBron James’s future and the Clippers), and an entertaining debate about the NFL’s upcoming international games and best/worst team logos. The discussion showcases the show’s signature blend of light-hearted banter, personal anecdotes, and knowledgeable sports talk.

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Key Segments and Highlights

1. NFL Week One & Stadium Safety

Discussion Begins: [03:20]

Patriots vs. Seahawks, Coach Vrabel Drama

• Bobby expresses excitement about week one (Patriots vs. Seahawks) but tempers expectations for Patriots fans, doubting their chances against the stronger Seahawks ([03:20]).
• Kevin is excited for the “revenge game” narrative as a Patriots fan ([04:27]), while acknowledging uncertainty due to team changes.

Coach Mike Vrabel Scandal

• The group discusses whether Coach Vrabel will keep his job amid ongoing off-field drama, especially if team performance falters ([04:53]).
• Bobby: “The longer this lingers, the more the chances are he does not remain the coach. …Now I’m going to say 68% chance he stays the coach.” ([05:00])

Why the Drama Persists

• Bobby blames the initial lies, media competitiveness (TMZ vs. NY Post), and the nature of NFL gossip ([06:44]).
• Quote: “When you lie… it encourages people to prove you’re lying. So the story continues. …And TMZ wants to prove that they still have their chops.” – Bobby ([07:04])

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2. Fan Behavior & Dangerous Stadiums

Discussion Begins: [09:20]

Is it Safe to Wear Opposing Gear?

• Eddie ponders if it’s safe to attend visiting games—especially for Cowboys fans in places like NYC and Philly ([10:12]).

• Bobby says only one stadium concerns him: Dodger Stadium, for wearing rival gear, due to post-game parking lot altercations ([11:32]).

  • Quote: “If I were rooting for the opposing team and I had on gear… that’s the only place I would be like, I should just kind of look around.” – Bobby ([11:34])
  • Kevin recounts attending a World Series game at Dodger Stadium as a Red Sox fan: “There is definitely some people that you could tell the look in their eye. They wanted to.” ([12:56])

Takeaway:

Most stadiums are safe if you don't provoke anyone; alcohol and post-game emotions escalate rare incidents.

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3. Officiating Transparency in Football

Discussion Begins: [14:00]

• Bobby praises the UFL for allowing sideline interviews with refs about controversial calls ([14:07]), calling it an innovation essential in the era of sports betting.
  • Quote: “Pre betting, referees are kind of unicorns. Who knows if they’re real or not? Now with betting, there needs to be explanations…” ([15:00])
• Eddie hopes fans accept refs' explanations, but both agree fans probably won't ([15:36]).

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4. Parenthood & Time Passing

Personal Updates: [16:00]

• Kevin celebrates his twins turning one and reflects on how quickly time flies ([16:05]).
• Bobby relates, sharing his own experiences as a new dad: “Every freaking day is 27 hours long. ...It’s just exhausting.” ([19:41])
• Eddie mentions his own son’s milestones, sparking nostalgia and laughs about aging parents at future graduations.

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5. NBA Deep Dive with Law Murray

Interview Begins: [23:49]

LeBron’s Lakers Future

• Law Murray (NBA writer, The Athletic) gives a nuanced take on LeBron’s future:
  • Lakers want LeBron but are wary of paying him a max salary at age 41; LeBron still commands more than the league minimum ([24:14]).
  • Quote: “LeBron’s never taken a pay cut. …It’s like, what are you playing for? How much are you playing for?” – Law Murray ([26:18])
  • Bobby wonders if LeBron will prioritize money or another championship ([25:49]).
  • Law: “I don’t want to see LeBron James play for the Golden State Warriors. …People want that because people want to cover the Warriors…if you really zoom out, [they] aren’t good enough to be given this level of coverage.” ([30:50])
  • Most likely: LeBron stays with Lakers or possibly returns to the Cavaliers.

Lakers’ Roster Issues

• Discussion about payroll, depth, and the need for a real big man: “Something’s got to budge, right?” ([28:24])
• Lakers’ depth, defensive liabilities (with Luka and Austin Reaves) are major sticking points for another run.

Clippers’ Lottery Success

• Clippers land the 5th pick; Law describes this as a huge moment and a big swing for the franchise ([32:39]).
• Deep 2026 draft class, but the Clippers’ challenge is finding a pick that both fits short-term needs and long-term goals ([34:59]).

Victor Wembanyama’s Trajectory

• “A little bit ahead of [the timeline]. …We’re seeing things that you have to really do some yoga, Bikram, stretching to compare him to contemporaries.” – Law ([37:01])
• Outlines what Wemby could improve—shooting, shot selection, becoming an even better playmaker ([39:10]).

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6. NFL International Games Debate

Segment Begins: [44:41]

• Bobby challenges Kevin and Eddie to rank which international NFL games they’d most want to attend, focusing on destination cities rather than the match-up itself.
  • Melbourne, Australia (49ers vs. Rams): 6/10 for Bobby, 8 for Kevin—never been, excited for Australia ([45:40]).
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ravens vs. Cowboys): 9–10/10 for Kevin (beautiful, never been), 5/10 for Bobby (not a Brazil fan), Eddie recuses due to Cowboys bias ([46:28]).
  • London (Colts vs. Commanders): Low enthusiasm. London is seen as “cool” but not the best match-up ([47:10]).
  • Paris (Steelers vs. Saints): Highly rated by the group; Bobby calls Paris “maybe my second favorite city I’ve ever been to out of America” ([49:23]).
  • Madrid (Cincinnati vs. Atlanta): Eddie: 10/10, as it’s his homeland; food and culture discussed ([49:50]).
  • Munich (Patriots vs. Lions): Kevin praises Munich; Bobby recalls the “best hot dog ever had” there ([51:13]).
  • Mexico City: Both Bobby and Eddie rate it a zero, sharing wild fan stories of thrown bottles (sometimes filled with pee!) ([52:23]).
• Favorite Picks:
  • Eddie: Madrid, Spain (Cincinnati vs. Atlanta) ([53:21])
  • Kevin: Rio, Brazil (Ravens vs. Cowboys)
  • Bobby: Paris (with wife), otherwise Munich (Patriots vs. Lions)

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7. NFL Logos & Uniforms: Best and Worst

Segment Begins: [54:58]

• Bobby and crew debate which teams have the ugliest jerseys/helmets:

  • Cardinals, Browns, Jaguars, and Seahawks get slammed for boring or ugly designs; team performance colors perceptions ([55:13]).
  • Eddie: “The Browns…just an orange helmet and then their jersey is brown” ([55:57]).
  • They agree that personal experiences and team success sometimes taint or elevate a logo’s appeal.
  • Other “ugly” calls: Panthers (Kevin), Steelers (Kevin), Texans, Titans, Jets.

• Best Logos:

  • Bobby: Bengals (especially the white tiger helmet) ([62:04])
  • Eddie: Rams (“Love the ram horn.”)
  • Kevin: Eagles (“Sweet!”), Niners for color scheme

• Fun fact: The Steelers’ logo comes from the steel industry ([59:21]).

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Dodger Stadium: “If I were rooting for the opposing team and I had on gear…that’s the only place I would be like, I should just kind of look around.” – Bobby ([11:34])
• On LeBron's dilemma: “LeBron’s never taken a pay cut. …It’s like, what are you playing for? How much are you playing for?” – Law Murray ([26:18])
• On Wembanyama: “We’re seeing things that you have to really do some yoga, Bikram, stretching to compare him to contemporaries.” – Law ([37:01])
• On Paris: "Maybe my second favorite city I’ve ever been to out of America.” – Bobby ([49:23])
• On the Browns’ logo: “I do like that little elf they have in the field.” – Bobby ([56:10]); “Elf?” – Eddie ([56:13])
• On jerseys and fandom: “It’s somebody with a clipboard, like. All right, we got 17 Cincinnati jerseys out there. All right, open the Jaguar box up.” – Bobby ([54:58])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• NFL Week 1 & Fan Behavior: [03:20]–[14:00]
• Officiating Transparency: [14:00]–[16:00]
• Parenthood & Time: [16:00]–[22:00]
• NBA with Law Murray: [23:49]–[41:36]
• NFL International Games: [44:41]–[54:17]
• NFL Logos/Uniforms Debate: [54:58]–[62:44]

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Final Thoughts

This episode delivers everything longtime fans love—candid discussions about sports, a rare mix of irreverent and insightful commentary, expert interviews, and playful debates about everything from stadium safety to soccer-style jerseys. Whether you’re tuning in for football, NBA drama, or just infectious sports banter, the episode serves up another strong entry in the “25 Whistles” series.

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Transcript

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This is a podcast called 25 Whistles.

[Bobby Bones]

Talking football and they all wear a whistle. Yeah, it's stupid, but what did you expect?

[Laura Murray]

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[Bobby Bones]

25 Whistles.

[Laura Murray]

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[Bobby Bones]

Blow it. Hey. So week one is gonna be Patriots and Seahawks. That's fun.

[Kevin]

Go.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin's a massive Patriots fan, so it's fun for us. I think if I'm a Patriots fan, I don't want that because you're get drummed.

[Kevin]

You think so?

[Eddie]

I would think so.

[Bobby Bones]

I guess the benefit is it's week one and everybody's a little off kilter Week one. But the Seahawks are just such a better team. The Patriots, not. They weren't a good team. But there were some things that really fell their way to get to the super bowl, including playing a quarter. Well, the second string quarterback for Denver.

[Eddie]

Yeah. And off field drama.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. The variable that is not going to die. It's not going to die. So are you excited about that?

[Kevin]

Yeah, I am excited because that means that if you're playing week one, first game prime time, it means your team is relevant and you are good.

[Bobby Bones]

It means your team was relevant last year for sure. Because a lot of times it is the super bowl repeat, right?

[Eddie]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

A lot of times it's either the super bowl repeat or like one of the champions. So that's fun. I, I just kind of felt bad for Kevin. He's excited about it.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I'm ready. I, I, I. Because I feel like it's like a revenge game and we have a good shot. To your point, week one, you never know what's going to happen in week one. And they have a new team, we have a new team and I think the Patriots are going to play pissed off this year. I know that the schedule is going to be a lot harder, but man, I'm ready.

[Eddie]

Hold on. It's a revenge game from the Super Bowl. Can there be a revenge game from the ultimate game?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, yeah, you lost, so you're gonna get revenge.

[Eddie]

It's a different stage.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Well, I'm anxious to see if Rabel keeps his job.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

The longer this lingers, the more the chances are he does not remain the coach. I've never thought he wasn't gonna be the coach. I would have said 99% chance he stays the coach. A week after the Rossini stuff, now I'm going to say 68% chance he stays the coach.

[Eddie]

And what would it be? Just because it's such a distraction from the team.

[Bobby Bones]

There's just new stuff that keeps coming up, and no owner wants a distraction. Luckily for him, he went to the super bowl last year. Yeah, I think had they fell out in the wild car round, I don't think he'd have his job still. Do you, Kevin?

[Kevin]

No, I don't think so either. Especially if they miss the playoffs.

[Bobby Bones]

I.

[Kevin]

It just. It's too much. It really is. It just keeps coming and coming. I pray. I wake up every day and I pray that there's no more photos being leaked today so he can keep his job and our team can be good.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you see the picture of her kissing her husband?

[Kevin]

I did on Mother's Day.

[Eddie]

Oh, recent picture.

[Bobby Bones]

It was for sure set up.

[Eddie]

Huh. But it was taken by a bystander in public.

[Bobby Bones]

It's an interesting person to take it. Yeah, yeah. Yes, yes.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Bystander.

[Eddie]

But.

[Laura Murray]

But.

[Eddie]

But they kind of staged it to where they knew they were being looked at.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, you could see the wedding ring on. He was kissing her on the mouth. His hat was backwards, so you could see his face.

[Kevin]

She had a kid in her hands.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I didn't remember that part.

[Kevin]

Yeah, she had one kid. She was holding one kid.

[Laura Murray]

So.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I hope he gets to keep his job. I hope the Rossini family stays together and b. And is stronger from it.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

I hope the story goes away.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

There was a time when I was entertained by it. Now I feel bad for them.

[Eddie]

Yeah, man, I'm with you now. It's like, woof. We're real life. It was real life to begin with, but for that kind of stuff, I like to see a glimpse of it and then go on and fix it.

[Bobby Bones]

I think the two reasons that it continues to exist are. Number one, they obviously lied about it at the beginning because they released that statement and they were like, no girls trip driving up. We just happen to see each other, two old friends. this point, we can all agree that's a blatant lie, Right?

[Eddie]

Such a lie.

[Bobby Bones]

And so when you lie, what it does is it encourages people to prove you're lying. So the story continues. It's just festering. Right. So that's one reason that it is still existing. And the second is that TMZ didn't break it. And so now TMZ wants to prove that they still have their chops. Because I believe the New York Post broke the story.

[Eddie]

Oh, I didn't realize that.

[Bobby Bones]

And now it's TMZ that continues it because they weren't the breaker of the story. So they want to continue to prove, okay, we didn't break it. But, guys, we're still good at this. I think that's been a part of it, too. Kevin, your thoughts on that?

[Kevin]

Yeah, that's a good point. I haven't really thought about that, actually, because I know that New York Post did break it, and now everything that has trickled after has been tmz for the most part, I believe. So I haven't even thought about that. And they are ruthless.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And they're. And they're embarrassed because they weren't the ones to break the story. I think they actually passed on the pictures because whomever was shopping them, it was a low number they were shopping them for. I believe, if I read correctly, and I may not have, but I think I did. I think they passed on the pictures, and it ended up being this massive story. And they're like, oh, we look like fools, because that's our beat. Just gossip, cheating celebrities. And we're not the people owning it.

[Eddie]

So what else is making this story last? Like, is it the fact, too, that this has been going on for so long, that we're finding out that, man, they've been at this forever.

[Bobby Bones]

If they just came out immediately and they were like, oh, yep, we got caught. That sucks. I'll do better. This story doesn't go past that.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Except in the NFL circle. That's the only place it exists. But it doesn't exist like this because it's not really a pop culture story. You got an NFL coach that's never been in the. In. In popular culture news, and you got someone that's even less famous than him, that's only known in NFL circle. So none of that should have broke and crossed over. And so the reason it did is because they got caught lying about it.

[Laura Murray]

Y.

[Bobby Bones]

So, yeah, it's a bizarre story. I'd like for it to go away. I feel bad now. I've been reporting on it way, way, way less because I do feel bad for them. But I now that football season is Starting. You don't think he's going to get that Everywhere he goes?

[Eddie]

Yeah, Signs.

[Bobby Bones]

It's going to be everywhere.

[Kevin]

It'll be brutal.

[Eddie]

People yelling at him.

[Bobby Bones]

Anyway, congrats on week one, Kevin.

[Kevin]

Hey, thanks.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you guys, and this is a real question, it's not do you want to. Do you plan to go to any games this year?

[Eddie]

Man, I hadn't planned on it at all. However, when the schedule came out and this just happened to be a thing because my son, it turns 13 in September and all my boys, when they turned 13, we told them like, pick one place in the United States to go that you want to visit and we will take you there. It's kind of like your 13 year old present. You know, you're whatever, you're growing up. Go see the world. So my son had already picked New York City as the place he wants to go when he turns 13. That's in September. He the schedule comes out and the Cowboys are playing the Giants in New York City. And now he's like, dad, do you think we can do this?

[Bobby Bones]

That would be cool for you too.

[Eddie]

That would be great. However, is it dangerous in there for visiting teams?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Eddie]

Like I would never go see him in Philly. Like I would never go see the

[Bobby Bones]

Cowboys even do that is if you're not fighting anybody, it's not going to be dangerous. The only place I would ever worry of any stadium, of any team, period, in all United States sports, and I wouldn't even worry because I would go. But the only place that I would worry if I were wearing opposing gear, anything bad could happen to me is blank. And it's not Philly.

[Eddie]

Huh.

[Bobby Bones]

Where do you think it is, Mike? Tennessee. No, I. SEC fans are awesome. Generally speaking. There's some rotten batches. There's rotten batches everywhere. And usually it's drunkenness, but.

[Eddie]

Oh, you're not NFL.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm just any pro sports team.

[Eddie]

I was thinking like the Raiders, man, in Oakland. That would have been bad for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

No, they're awesome too. They're just passionate. If you don't try to like fight somebody, you're drunk. Nobody really messes with folks.

[Eddie]

Okay, so I'm thinking college. Now, where would it be dangerous? I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not college. I don't feel like no colleges are awesome. I've been to some situations. Texas, they were really rude to me, but they were really drunk. And we were winning like all. And I was seated in a weird place. Like there were a lot of factors that went down for that to happen, but it's rare. But the only place I would worry about. So, Kevin, you wanna take a shot?

[Kevin]

Yeah. Dodger Stadium.

[Bobby Bones]

That's exactly it.

[Eddie]

Dodgers.

[Bobby Bones]

If I were rooting for the opposing team and I had on gear, let's just say I have San Francisco Giants gear on and I'm walking out, that's the only place I would be. Like, I should just kind of look around.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Really?

[Bobby Bones]

That's it. Wow. I can get that live all the pro sports. But have you been to a game?

[Eddie]

Never been, but. And when I watch on tv, I guess I really don't see a lot of visiting jerseys.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I think it's just what you hear about afterward in, like, the parking lots. Because a lot of those fights tend to be after the games in the parking lots. And it also is probably drunk people. It's probably people that are mouthing, they won, the Dodgers, lost. You got fan. But that's the only place I would be concerned.

[Eddie]

I don't know. Maybe my Instagram algorithm is all in fights. And I'm getting a lot of fights at sports places.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

People drink and they don't care. Kids are around. So I'm like, man, are they gonna beat me up in front of my kid if I go to a Giants game?

[Bobby Bones]

But they're not if you don't get mouthy back.

[Eddie]

Cause that would be the worst. My dad would be like, my dad got his butt kicked.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin, you live in Southern California. Does the Dodgers thing make sense to you?

[Kevin]

Yeah, absolutely. I actually did go to a 2018 World Series game when they're playing the Red Sox. I think it's game four, I believe. And the Red Sox came back and won that game. Dodgers fans were pissed. And I knew. My dad knew and our friend knew, like, don't say anything while walking out. And then there was my drunk brother just sitting there, just screaming, oh, yeah, about those red socks. And we had to tell him so many times, dude, shut up. We're gonna get killed here.

[Eddie]

Did you get beat up?

[Kevin]

No, we didn't. But there is definitely some people that you could tell the look in their eye. They wanted to.

[Bobby Bones]

It's alcohol that does it.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And then if you're already generally living on edge and then it's the alcohol, and then it's, you're obnoxious while you're drunk because you're just not going to get beat up for wearing another team's uniform walking out of any stadium. You're just not. No one's that mad. It just Picks up. I should say that. That there have been situations where. Where people have walked up and punched people.

[Eddie]

Oh, and the guy got like that out of nowhere.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But that. That's rare. That's just some scary drunk. Yeah.

[Eddie]

And that was a Philly fan. Not a Philly. It was. Yeah. As a Eagles fan, so I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know that that's true.

[Eddie]

I think it was.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I don't know. I don't know a specific instance. I've just heard of those type stories where people just punch.

[Eddie]

Dude. I remember, and I think he got arrested and everything. It was a bad deal.

[Bobby Bones]

I think you're just fighting anti Philly right now. More than anything.

[Eddie]

I'll definitely look at the prices. I mean, seasoned opener in New York against the Cowboys. I feel like that's a pricey ticket, but I'm gonna look into it because that would be amazing for both of us.

[Bobby Bones]

Something that the UFL is doing, which I like, is that they are allowing refs to be interviewed about questionable calls after games.

[Eddie]

That's cool. I love that.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And remember, the kickoff rule was first, like an XFL rule. And they can use these leagues to test out certain things, see how they do, possibly move them up. It's basically the Taco Bell test kitchen.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

So the ufl, which is pretty cool. They are even during games, sideline reporters can approach the officiating crew and interview them in certain spots of the game. And then referees can explain what actually happened with calls that appear to be controversial. It also gives fans a peek behind the curtain. It gives perspective on the decision making. And then even afterward, they can answer questions about it, which I think is great. And I think in the age of betting, I think this needs to happen. Yes. Pre betting referees are kind of unicorns. Who knows if they're real or not? They're making decisions, they disappear. We don't even know what they look like in real life. Now with betting, I think there needs to be explanations, even on wrong calls, as to, like, what they saw and why. Otherwise, people will go, oh, the gambling is affecting it and it's rigged, because I don't think it is. I think there are certain players that will do things, and we've seen those players get arrested.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Like if it's under two rebounds and somebody puts $1 million on under two rebounds for Terry Rozier.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's fishy.

[Bobby Bones]

And I'm just making up a story here. Yeah. That screams fish. So I do like that.

[Eddie]

That's really Cool.

[Bobby Bones]

But.

[Eddie]

But as fans, man, we have to just take that for what it is. Like, accept it. If a ref says, like, yeah, he didn't catch the ball, like, he didn't have his feet in whatever, then we can no longer argue. No, it was a catch. Like, nah, nah, we lost. Because that call, if he says what it is and everyone agrees, like, we have to just take it for what it is.

[Bobby Bones]

You think fans are just going to take it for what it is?

[Eddie]

No, but that's no chance. We should.

[Bobby Bones]

There's no chance. The other thing was I wanted to acknowledge was Kevin's twins are a year old.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

That's wild.

[Kevin]

Yeah. Crazy. Guys. Time flies. You're already feeling it, I'm sure, man. It's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

I saw your Instagram, and at first it was Kevin talking about his babies, and I was like, please don't be one of these influencer type things again. I know.

[Kevin]

And I.

[Bobby Bones]

And I'm all for it. Like, do your thing, but a bit. I was like, oh, this kind of. Sometimes I kind of get. It's a little cringey, but. But it's gotta be cringy, right? Do it till it works.

[Eddie]

Part of it.

[Bobby Bones]

But I was like, oh, no. And then he's like, they're one. I was like, oh, that's awesome. He's not trying to, like, do bottle station in or whatever he does, but drink station. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Congratulations, man. That's really cool.

[Kevin]

Thank you.

[Robert Smigel]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

It's crazy to think about it's. And I was talking to my wife about it, and it's like they're no longer, you know, eight months old. Eight and a half months old. Now it's like they're a year old. So you put the year on it. Which is just wild to wrap our head around because it seemed like we were never, ever going to get there. And we're here. It's going to take a while to get used to, but it's just crazy to think about.

[Eddie]

Watch out, though, because some parents still do the. Oh, yeah, my son's 14 months old. I'm like, what is that? 12 plus 2? Oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

You have trouble with math.

[Eddie]

You have trouble with math because, like, he's right. I love it when you get to that year point because, yeah, my kids won. My kids, too. When they. You get rid of those months, dude, it gets so complicated.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you have trouble with military time?

[Eddie]

I don't even try military time.

[Bobby Bones]

That. That tracks.

[Eddie]

Do you have anything in military time?

[Bobby Bones]

No, but if somebody says A time. I know exactly what time it is. If it's like 16, 20. What's that?

[Eddie]

Give me a second. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. That's 4 o'. Clock. 4:24, 20. Is that right?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you got there. Yeah, I have to count it out like 19, 17.

[Eddie]

Oh boy. 16 was 4.

[Bobby Bones]

So.

[Eddie]

Seven, which was the second.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, 17.

[Eddie]

Seven. Yeah. Seven, 17.

[Bobby Bones]

The easy way to do it is 12, right?

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's the clock.

[Bobby Bones]

And then anything plus 12 just starts over at one.

[Eddie]

Explain that.

[Bobby Bones]

1300 hours, one O'. Clock.

[Eddie]

Yeah, one O'.

[Bobby Bones]

Clock. Yeah. 14, 2, 15, 3 on down. Is that not how it goes in your head?

[Eddie]

I just have to count it out. I start at 12, but then if you give me a 19, I'm like, oh great.

[Bobby Bones]

19 minus 12 is.

[Eddie]

Oh, see, I'd rather go 24 minus. Go to the 24 and then minus 2.

[Bobby Bones]

You're making it more difficult.

[Eddie]

Really?

[Kevin]

I just subtract 2 from it.

[Bobby Bones]

What do you mean? If it's 19, you just say minus 2 and 17. So I just say 7. So you're doing minus 12 then. Yeah. Hold on.

[Kevin]

Teaser in my head though.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So if it's 15, we all have a way that works.

[Eddie]

So it's 15 minus 2. So 5 minus 2 is 3. So it's 3 o'. Clock.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, if you don't. So you'd. You'd really just be doing the two off the back number, not the whole thing.

[Eddie]

That's legit, Mike. I could do that.

[Kevin]

I've never heard that.

[Bobby Bones]

So 2100 hours is okay.

[Eddie]

21. Oh, negative one.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, see, what time is that?

[Eddie]

Is that 11? No, it's not 11.

[Bobby Bones]

23 would be 11.

[Eddie]

Okay. Gosh, it's so hard. And my dumb brother, he like everything in his car, his house, clocks, everything's military time. Like. You're such an idiot.

[Bobby Bones]

That's awesome, Kevin. Congratulations, man.

[Kevin]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

That's super cool. We just did nine weeks this week.

[Eddie]

Nine weeks, wow. You're still in the weeks.

[Bobby Bones]

That's crazy because if you say two month in one week, that's too many words.

[Eddie]

Yes, it is. Minus two.

[Bobby Bones]

Because I'm not that guy who's going to do the weeks and the months the whole time. But mostly it's like word efficiency.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So yeah, we. We're at nine weeks now.

[Eddie]

Do you feel like time is flying?

[Bobby Bones]

I feel like it is snap of a fingers and gone. But there's an element of it that feels like every freaking day is 27 hours long. Yeah, it's Just exhausting. And not like exhausting lifting heavy things, just constant attention. Like, my brain's fried a lot because I used to get off work and take a minute, eat, maybe do some other work. Or if I was like, super fried, 30 minutes, play a little PlayStation, get my mind right before I start back again or go work out. Now it's like, soon as I get off work, I might get to do nothing except go to baby if Caitlin's not feeling well or. And then it's his baby until bedtime. And the days are 100 years long. Feels like, man.

[Eddie]

My son graduated kindergarten yesterday and they had balloons that said class of 2038.

[Bobby Bones]

Crazy.

[Eddie]

And I was like, oh, my gosh, I'm going to be so old when this dude graduates high school.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I feel like about picturing my daughter getting older, is that I'm gonna be 100.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I'm like, they're gonna have to put us in walkers, dude. To go to this graduation,

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[Laura Murray]

Where does your group perform?

[Bobby Bones]

We do some retirement homes.

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[Bobby Bones]

and that is that our resilience rests on our relationships. I wish that I hadn't resisted for

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[Kevin]

We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes.

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[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

When you listen to podcasts about AI and tech and the future of humanity, the hosts always act like they know what they're talking about. And they are experts at. Here at the Nick, Dick and Pole show, we're not afraid to make mistakes. What Coogler did that I think was so unique.

[Bobby Bones]

Who's he?

[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

He's the writer, director.

[Kevin]

Who do you think he is?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know. You meet the, like the president, you think the president.

[Kevin]

You think Canada has a president? You think China has a president?

[Eddie]

La Cruz, That. God, I love that thing.

[Kevin]

I use it all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

What color?

[Eddie]

I wrap it in a blanket and

[Bobby Bones]

sing to it at like.

[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

It's like the old Polish saying, not my monkeys, not my circus. Yep, it was a good one.

[Bobby Bones]

I like that saying. It's an actual Polish saying. It is an actual better version of

[Eddie]

play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Eddie]

Which.

[Bobby Bones]

Which, by the way, wasn't Taylor Swift who said that for the first time. I actually. I thought it was. I got that wrong.

[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

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[Bobby Bones]

All right, let's welcome in Laura Murray, NBA writer for the Athletic, based in la. One of the go to reporters when it comes to the Clippers and really anything NBA related. Been covering the NBA for years. Joined the Athletic in 2021 and go check out his writing. It's fantastic. Especially now when it's all NBA. Go to theathletic.com law. Appreciate you coming in. I do want to go first to LeBron. Is he a Laker next year? Does he play in the NBA at all next year?

[Laura Murray]

And good morning to you guys. I really think LeBron's going to be in the NBA, whether it's with the Lakers. That's what I'm most interested in. I think both sides would be interested in certain conditions. I think that's what the posturing is here. I think the Lakers don't want to pay LeBron like a max player at the age that he's at the phase of his career that he's at. Given the shortcomings that they have, you have to keep in mind, like since the bubble, they've only advanced in the playoffs twice in the last six postseasons and they. And both of those Postseasons ended in sweeps in the conference finals in 2023 and just now in the conference semifinals in 2026. So that's what the Lakers perspective is. And for LeBron, he's still that dude. I mean, he might not be an MVP candidate, he might not be Luca, but that dude just deferred to Austin Reaves, you know what I'm saying? Like, he's, he's a player who is still one of the better players in the NBA, certainly an all star caliber talent, and he could be that to a number of teams in the NBA. I would dare say all, but, you know, we can be reasonable. So he's not going to consider every NBA team and he shouldn't. So I, I think that's, that's the tricky part there. I think both sides in some aspects could use each other and maybe even need each other. But the Lakers aren't trying to pay the most. LeBron and Bron's not trying to pay for the play for the minimum.

[Bobby Bones]

It seems to me that from very far out that LeBron has a decision to make. Does he want to try to win another championship or does he want to make a lot of money? Because both kind of can't happen. Because if he gets a max deal somewhere, he's going to be taking the lion's share of money, maybe him and one other, one other guy. And that's probably not conducive to having a team that's going to win a championship because he's not going to be the number one guy, possibly number two guy. So would you say that that assessment is accurate? That he has to decide between money and maybe having a shot to win another one?

[Laura Murray]

I think there's a happy medium. I mean, he's going to get paid. And where the floor is for LeBron, I think is the. Is the question. Again, we're not talking about dude, just saying I'll take the minimum to play. You know, he's. LeBron's never taken a pay cut. Not, not to my recollection. And maybe that's the consideration. It's like how much if, if you look at Tom Brady, and I know LeBron admires Tom Brady, and especially with Tom Brady was able to do not just in his 40s, but in his post New England Patriots career, but playing quarterback in the NFL, it's like, yeah, I'm gonna make this up by just having the talent to play with and obviously being Tom Brady. There, there are options that you have. Does LeBron have that approach? And that is an adjustment that's something that you have to kind of really wrap your mind around. It's like, what are you playing for? How much are you playing for? What's going to be satisfying to you to where you can be happy enough to focus on trying to win that championship. Like LeBron not going to the Sacramento Kings. Like that's what I meant earlier when I was like, look, every team could use him in some aspect, but it's not like we can cut like 40% in the NBA out of that conversation. And so that's, I think that's the biggest thing for LeBron is adjusting to what the adjustment is.

[Bobby Bones]

It seemed to me like over the last couple years the Lakers, they didn't have a big man like DeAndre Ayton. He ain't it. We were able to see that. And so LeBron had to carry him through the first series, obviously. And the Thunder, they just suffocate you. No one really expected the Lakers to win the series. And it's a 41 year old dude still out there playing like real basketball. Like, like you said, LeBron may not be a top five guy, but he's a top 25 guy still at age 41. But for the Lakers to get a big guy, they need money and they don't have money because they got the three dudes now sucking up all the payroll which are Luka, Austin Reeves and LeBron. So something's got to budge. Right?

[Kevin]

Right.

[Laura Murray]

It's not just that it's three dudes either, it's those three dudes. Like you saw what the Oklahoma City Thunder did. Anytime Austin Reeves was in coverage like it was fade on site. So you think that's going to be better with Luka Doncic like you have? The Lakers are setting themselves up to have their two most prominent shot creators be players that they need to protect in one way or the other. The reason the Lakers and people are going to talk about deandre Ayton and the centers and I mean, look, deandre Ayton probably should opt out and see what options he has out there. You know, he's probably better than an $8 million player, but I don't think you'd find a lot of teams willing to trust him on a multi year contract that pays him say 30 million. Right? Like if you really look at it, Aiden's not a bad run protector. He's not a special one, but if he's there, he's okay. Jackson Hayes was decent in a backup role. When the Lakers had issues offensively, it was because one of those dudes is away from the basket, and your low man is someone like Austin Ruiz or Luka Doncic. Like, you're gonna make a lot of layups if that's your last line of defense in a help or rotation situation. And so that's the. That's the. That's the question. It's like, yeah, LeBron can't make a lot given the pay bump that Austin Reeves is about to get, because you have to fill out your roster because you need depth. And it's not just the defense. The Lakers were probably a worse offense than they should have been given to some other parts because of a depth issue. There was a. There's a lack of skill when one of LeBron or Luka or Austin were out. And guess what? There were a lot of games where at least one of those dudes weren't available. That's why it took until March for those dudes to click. And that's why it took LeBron sacrificing and saying, austin, you do your thing as the second guy, and I'll fall back for it to actually, you know, marinate. There's a lot to be considered, and LeBron's contract is the big swing factor.

[Bobby Bones]

If LeBron doesn't stay with the Lakers, I don't know, to me, Cleveland, Golden State, like, where do you think LeBron would end up or want to play?

[Laura Murray]

I don't know if he'd want to play, to be honest with you. I'm just being real. Like, I feel like a lot of people are just talking for LeBron, and I'm part of that now, you know? Like, I know that going to Cleveland for him would serve a whole lot more people that aren't named LeBron James. And I think you got to really look at that. It's like, I think everyone looks at LeBron and looks at the stories that they want to tell. And, you know, they did the same thing with J.J. reddick. It's like, J.J. reddick got mad Steve Kerr pet Riley comps, you know, which has said more about the people wanting to write those stories than it did about J.J. redick, you know, and I thought, and still think J.J. redick did really well as head coach this year. He was. He was better, even if the results were pretty similar to the year before. And I think JJ Would tell you that as well. So, like, I don't want to see LeBron James play for the Golden State Warriors. I'll tell you that right now. I don't know if LeBron wants that. Like, People want that because people want to cover the Golden State Warriors, a team that, if you really zoom out, aren't good enough to be given this level of coverage and haven't been for years. So, like, I think it's. It's between the Lakers and the Cavs, to be honest with you, and the Cleveland Cavaliers thing, it's like, it would be easy, but LeBron would have to get there mentally and emotionally to do it. Whereas with the Lakers, you don't have to make those same adjustments. It's just a matter of how much do you want to sacrifice to play with these dudes again? Again. And you know what? The chemistry wasn't that bad. It's just going to be a business thing. Will they handle the business in a way that doesn't cause LeBron James to be like, okay, I gotta not play for these dudes next year?

[Bobby Bones]

How pumped up were the Clips? They got that five pick.

[Laura Murray]

They are very excited. I mean, very excited. And they anticipated the chance of excitement. That's what you do when you make a trade of the magnitude that they made in February. It's like, look, there's a slightly less than 50, 50 chance that that's going to come up roses for them. I was sitting there, and I'll tell you, I emotionally was not invested in the lottery like that. Right. You know, and I say emotionally because naturally, I've covered the team for a long time. I think a lot of fans think that if you cover a team, it's because you wore Darius Miles jersey or something like that. And anyone who knows me knows that's not the case. I think people just be projecting. But I've been around those dudes. I've got relationships with that organization, with the players, with the coaches. I'm. I have written critically about them and, And. And they've let me know in certain terms how they felt about what. I got to say some. Sometimes it's agreement, sometimes they need to get over themselves. It is what it is. Like, I don't take it personal, but to see that envelope with the Clippers on put a reaction to me that I've never had before, because I've, you know, I'm from Philly. I moved to LA in 2010 when Alfred Gaminu was their top 10 pick over Paul George, you know, and, like, they've not had a top five pick since Blake Griffin in 2009. Like, the Clippers say what you want about their shortcomings and their lack of postseason success. They have a winning record 15 years in a Row, they have emptied out their asset chest to get a team that only advanced to the conference finals once, and that was with Kawhi Leonard recovering from a ACL tear that the team didn't want to tell us about when it happened. So this is a huge moment for them. It's a big swing point and they are excited. But that also means they have a lot of work to do because if they didn't get that pick, then it would have been like, you know, business as usual. You know, we ain't picking in first round because the Oklahoma City Thunder have their lottery pick. But now it's like you can be excited, but you got to nail this pick or you got to nail the decision that comes with this pick. And looking at some of these dudes, it's a lot that they're going to have to pick between as far as pros and cons.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, probably the best freshman class in college basketball that I've ever seen in my life. At least based on all the criteria they use to rank these guys, right? And they've tiered them out the top four. But even that second tier of like five through nine, they. They would have been top three picks the last three years in the draft. So I feel like you're five, six, seven, eight. Like, you still have a hard decision to make because those are actually really good franchise type ballplayers.

[Laura Murray]

Well, they're really good players, but I see floor like I see skinny dudes. I see dudes with a lack of explosion. I see dudes with short arms, bad defense, all kinds of things that you need to even the better prospects. And there are guys that I like and there are traits that I like. But then you got to look at your own team like your two best players. One is 34 years old, under league investigation, and has a not great track record of durability and availability. You know, one of the best in the league. But still, that's what we're looking at. How do you support that player? He's not the biggest player in Kawhi Leonard, for those who thought I could possibly talk about anybody else. And then there's Darius Garland, a guy you traded for. And the biggest thing with Darius, besides the durability, availability issues, which I tell you, if Darius Garland was more durable, if you didn't have as many concerns there, he'd probably still be in Cleveland, right? A lot of the dudes that you could say make up the bulk of the depth in this draft of are smaller guards. Like how. Who do you draft that fits in the short term, knowing that the draft is a long term endeavor, that is the biggest question facing the Clippers. Like, there are guys in this draft that can make a real difference down the line. What does that mean for the guys that you have today on your roster?

[Bobby Bones]

How do you feel about Wimby, where he is on schedule? Ahead of it?

[Laura Murray]

I would say a little bit ahead of it.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Laura Murray]

I mean, Wemmy hasn't even gotten the rookie scale extension yet that's coming, you know, after the season. Like, this is his first playoff run. And it's not a playoff run where they don't have expectations and they're. I mean, these dudes could win a championship. They played like that all regular season. They beat the best teams regularly all regular season. And your only question, was it just a matter of the quote, unquote experience? And I love this series with the Minnesota Timberwolves because Minnesota Timberwolves have made a living the last two years of beating teams that people didn't trust him to beat, both because of the makeup of their current team as well as the way we talk about the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves are obviously a team that win 13 years without playoff run. They squandered most of Kevin Garnett's career. These aren't those Timberwolves like the Timberwolves are going to. They know who they are at this time of the year. And I'm so sad for the Timberwolves because obviously physically they're not the best version of themselves. But you know what? A lot of teams are dealing with that. And the Timberwolves, I remember them being down 3, 2 in the conference semifinals and beating the defending champs. That was just two years ago. That's going to be the test. Can Victor Wembanyama in the San Antonio sp, the spurs close out a team that is not dead until they're dead. But I, I was, I was talking about this recently. I do not want to get used to taking Victor Wembanyama for granted. Like, we're seeing things that you have to really do some yoga, Bikram, stretching, to compare him to contemporaries, compare him to dudes from previous generations playing a game that ain't being played today. So, yeah, I would say he, he's ahead. Even with everything that has come with the expectations regarding Victor Wembanyama and the takeover that we all expected when he was drafted, what do you think the

[Bobby Bones]

skill set is he can improve on in the off season as he goes from this season and next?

[Laura Murray]

That's the thing I'M most excited about because as great as he is now being an MVP finalist, there are things that you know he can be better at. Like he's a good shooter. I wouldn't consider him a great shooter. Right. Like, this is a dude who. I mean, the Timbers are in this series still because Victor missed all eight three pointers that he took, which is two problems. That's a shot selection thing. Like, I'm gracious that a guy with that level of not just size but the score skill to put the ball on the floor and get to his spots would choose to have half of his shot attempts come 23ft from the basket. So you know, Victor is going to get better with that part of it. That's two things. Just a shooting skill as well as the shot selection, the ability to put the level of pressure offensively on a defense. And I think he can still be a better playmaker. I think he's. The turnovers went down significantly and the big part of that is the ball is in the hands of so many of those guards, you know, and they all do different things. I was not seeing how those guards were all going to find their role and. And all play well. But between the Aaron Fox, who you notice how he closes really well, and Dylan Harper, he comes in and. And he gives them that different dynamic off the bench. And Stefan Castle, he actually has been the guy to soak up more of the ball handling and that has Fox taking the real back seat. Wemby, again, he doesn't have the ball in his hands as much. But I still think Wemby can still be a better playmaker, better decision maker. I mean, a lot of it is just what it comes down to how he is used and what he gets out of himself offensively. Like, this is a guy who could average 30. This is a guy who could average more assists. This is a guy who could be even cleaner with his shots and he's got his whole career to do all that.

[Bobby Bones]

Law, really appreciate the time and the insight and you guys, not only can you read him on the athletic, but you can follow him at Law Murray, the nu. But appreciate it, really love your stuff now especially we're in the weeds of it. So thanks for taking some time with us.

[Laura Murray]

Hey, thank you so much, man. Have a great one.

[Bobby Bones]

See you. Law.

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[Robert Smigel]

from some SNL late night comedy guy not quite on Humor Me with Robert Smigel and Friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier this week. My guests, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Sidel help an acapella band with their between songs Ban.

[Laura Murray]

Where does your group perform?

[Bobby Bones]

We do some retirement homes.

[Robert Smigel]

Those people are starving for banter. Listen to Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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I'm Dr. Maya Shankar, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans. We share stories and scientific insights to help us all better navigate these periods of turbulence and transformation. There is one finding that is consistent

[Bobby Bones]

and that is that our resilience rests on our relationships. I wish that I hadn't resisted for

[Dr. Maya Shankar]

so long the need to change.

[Kevin]

We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes.

[Dr. Maya Shankar]

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[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

When you listen to podcasts about AI and tech and the future of humanity, the hosts always act like they know what they're talking about and they are experts at everything. Here at the Nick Dick and Poll show, we're not afraid to make make mistakes. What Coogler did that I think was so unique. He's the writer director.

[Bobby Bones]

Who do you think he is? I don't know.

[Eddie]

You meet the like the president.

[Bobby Bones]

You think the president.

[Kevin]

You think Canada has a president? You think China has a president?

[Eddie]

Let's walk Cruisette. God, I love that thing.

[Kevin]

I use it all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

What color?

[Eddie]

I wrap it in a blanket and

[Bobby Bones]

sing to it at night.

[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

It's like the old Polish saying, not my monkeys, not my circus. Yep, it was a good one.

[Bobby Bones]

I like that saying. It's an actual Polish saying.

[Eddie]

It is an actual Polish saying. Better version of Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Which, by the way, wasn't Taylor Swift who said that for the first time. I actually, I thought it was. I got that wrong.

[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

Listen to the Nick, Dick and Paul show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

So the NFL has put out all the international games for next year. Which one would you like to go to most?

[Eddie]

You know my answer.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but it's not really about the team. It's like the city.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't do Cowboys. You can't do Cowboys.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

That's your favorite team. Because we could say Cowboys in McAllen, Texas, and you pick that one.

[Eddie]

Dude, that would be a dream game. Where would they do that, though?

[Bobby Bones]

The high school stadium.

[Eddie]

McAllen High School Stadium. It seats 200 people.

[Bobby Bones]

That'd be pretty cool, though. It's like the Savannah Bananas. They were going around playing pop up games. They got in a bus and they drove around like, we're gonna play this high school stadium. Everybody meet us there.

[Eddie]

That's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

What if the Cowboys did that Be amazing. That would be great.

[Eddie]

My whole family, aunts, uncles, cousins, they would love it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. You wouldn't get in, though.

[Eddie]

What do you mean?

[Bobby Bones]

Not all those people. It's hard to get in. It's 200 people.

[Eddie]

I'm not worried about them. I'm worried about me. Oh, and we got connections.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, here we go. Week one 49ers at RAMS in Melbourne, Australia. One out of ten. How much would like to go one.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Australia's awesome.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I know, but it's a long flight. It's. That's a commitment.

[Bobby Bones]

A lot of these are going to be pretty long. I'm going to go. Okay. I'll factor that in.6 out of 10 on the Melbourne, but that's also going to be a good game.

[Eddie]

Did you go to Melbourne?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Eddie]

You went to Sydney?

[Kevin]

Yep.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I think the game, though, is good because some of these games, if it's like Jacksonville versus the Jacksonville B team. Right, right. That's usually what happens sometimes.

[Eddie]

Browns.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin, what about that game?

[Kevin]

Yeah, that's a. That's like an eight for me.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Kevin]

I really want to go to Australia. I've never been so that on top of the good game I'm in, Eddie

[Bobby Bones]

is going to recuse himself from this one. The Ravens vs. The Cowboys in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin.

[Kevin]

Yeah, man. That's a nine or a ten for me.

[Eddie]

Just go ten, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a five for me.

[Eddie]

Why? Oh, you scared of Rio?

[Laura Murray]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

South America? Not my thing,

[Eddie]

dude. It's beautiful over there, though. You have beaches, jungles.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I've been Mountains. But you've never even been to Brazil. No, but I've been to South America. You've never even been, and you're trying to tell me what South America's like.

[Eddie]

But there's no way. There's no way.

[Bobby Bones]

I have been.

[Eddie]

I. I know, but there's no way. All of South America looks the same.

[Bobby Bones]

But everything you just said was in Costa Rica as well. But. But I've literally been.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I've never been. Yeah, not even close.

[Bobby Bones]

McAllen's closest, probably now. You went to Mexico.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but that'd be close to Central America.

[Bobby Bones]

Indianapolis Colts and Washington commanders in London. 2. London's cool, but that's not the game I want to go see in London.

[Eddie]

Nah, don't like those teams. And then London.

[Bobby Bones]

Really?

[Eddie]

Like my wife's English, I guess.

[Bobby Bones]

But, like, you'd like London, though.

[Eddie]

Is it cool?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, London's awesome.

[Eddie]

Really?

[Bobby Bones]

The food's fair. It's always rainy, but everything's so old, and it's really cool. Like, all the famous stuff you've ever seen through pictures, you see them all there. Just walking around London.

[Eddie]

That's pretty cool.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin, you've been to London, right?

[Kevin]

Yeah, I've been a couple times. I'm not a big fan of London.

[Bobby Bones]

Probably because you've been a couple times. I bet the first time you went, you were like, this is crazy. They fish and chips.

[Kevin]

Yeah, that is true.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

I mean, like, Big Ben and all that is really cool to see, but it almost seems like a. Like a la Europe or something. It's a lot of money there. A lot of rich people there.

[Bobby Bones]

Massive. Yeah.

[Eddie]

I feel like I would expect everything to be old, but I know that it's modernized, you know, like parts.

[Bobby Bones]

But do you walk in a building from 1200?

[Eddie]

Right. But isn't it next to a skyscraper that was built last year?

[Bobby Bones]

No, not really. Oh, it's like different parts.

[Eddie]

Oh, okay. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I can understand. If you go to London three times, you're like, I'm over it. Because it's a massive city. To me, the first time I went was super cool because it's just stuff I'd seen on television.

[Eddie]

Is that where, like, the Mona Lisa is and everything?

[Bobby Bones]

No, the Mona Lisa is in Paris.

[Eddie]

Okay. What's. What's cool in London other than the big clock, Big Ben and the old buildings?

[Bobby Bones]

It's cool.

[Eddie]

The freaking King and Queen, Buckingham Palace.

[Bobby Bones]

That's crazy to watch the guards stand there.

[Eddie]

I bet that's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

The. That Ferris wheel. Ferris wheel that goes around.

[Eddie]

Seen it?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Pretty cool, big guy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Is that what it's called?

[Kevin]

I think the big eye is what it's called.

[Bobby Bones]

Yep. Next up, Philadelphia Eagles vs Jacksonville Jaguars in London.

[Eddie]

Same.

[Bobby Bones]

I'd. I'd rather go watch the Colts and Commanders than that game the next. Next up, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars in London.

[Eddie]

Dude, the Jaguars are just gonna stay in London.

[Bobby Bones]

They live over there, dude. Man, that game sucks, too.

[Kevin]

Getting worse.

[Bobby Bones]

The Steelers and Saints in Paris.

[Eddie]

That sounds cool. That sounds cool. I'll give that a six.

[Bobby Bones]

Saints kind of blow. Steelers mid blow. Paris. Maybe my second favorite city I've ever been to out of America.

[Eddie]

I've heard you say that. So I feel like I really need

[Bobby Bones]

to see Paris, Kevin.

[Kevin]

Yeah, it's up there. The only reason it's not higher than the Brazil one is because I've been to Paris. But to your point, I love Paris. Paris is awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

Cincinnati versus Atlanta and Madrid.

[Eddie]

Yes. 10. Give me a 10. That's my homeland, Garcia's, dude. We all came from Spain.

[Bobby Bones]

And you like the game?

[Eddie]

Nah, I don't care about the game. I just want to go to Spain.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll go. I've never been. I go seven. Kevin.

[Kevin]

Yeah. Six and a half.

[Bobby Bones]

You've been in Madrid?

[Kevin]

Yeah, just real quick weekend.

[Eddie]

What's that like, Kevin from Barcelona? A bunch of me's running around,

[Kevin]

actually. No, A. Spain. It's not. It's not Mexico, but it is Spain. But Barcelona is better because you're on the beach. Like, Madrid is cool, but it's not the beach, you know, like, capital.

[Bobby Bones]

Right?

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

How's the food over there? Is it, like, good food?

[Kevin]

Oh, yeah, yeah, it's really good. But it does. It's the. The tapas everywhere you go. You know, you get the paella and the tapas everywhere. So it's not like a big burrito or something like that. It's more just finger food.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you know what tapas were that.

[Eddie]

That's the individual, right?

[Bobby Bones]

Small plates?

[Eddie]

Yeah, you get, like, individual, like, taco.

[Bobby Bones]

No, small plates.

[Eddie]

What do you mean?

[Kevin]

Like appetizers.

[Eddie]

Oh, like, okay. Yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So it's not one, but.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but what did he expect? Like, burritos? I didn't think that was Spanish.

[Bobby Bones]

No, he said, like, you and you want burritos. So he's like. He's like, hey, dude, it's not burritos.

[Eddie]

I know that, dude. It's Spain. It's not Mexico.

[Bobby Bones]

The Patriots. Week 10. The Patriots vs. The Detroit Lions in Munich, Germany.

[Eddie]

That'd be cool. I mean, I think that'd be cool, I think. Germany? You've been to Germany?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Best hot dog ever had.

[Eddie]

That's right.

[Bobby Bones]

Brief. No, we stayed the night in Germany. On edge. France. Germany across the border. Stayed there, so it felt very French. German. But then we stopped in Munich. I think I'd like to spend more time in Germany, so. Yeah, that's cool, too.

[Eddie]

Seven and the game sounds pretty good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. The game also would matter to the Patriots and Lions. Kevin.

[Kevin]

Yeah, that's a good one. I've actually been to that stadium, too. I watched a soccer game there. Bayern Munich game.

[Laura Murray]

It was awesome.

[Eddie]

Guy's so cultured.

[Bobby Bones]

He lived over there.

[Eddie]

Yeah, he, like, went to school there.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I'm saying.

[Eddie]

But. But how do you, like, go to school in. Where'd you go to school, Kevin?

[Kevin]

Barcelona. Oh, in Spain, three months. And I've been to Europe, like, a couple times other than that. But you can bounce around over there, no problem.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like going state to state there. Yeah.

[Eddie]

I don't realize.

[Bobby Bones]

Even smaller than.

[Eddie]

Everything's so close.

[Kevin]

Yeah. Trained everywhere. You wake up, you're in another country. It's awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

It'd be like in the Northeast. If you're in New York, you want to go to Connecticut. It's similar.

[Eddie]

Ish to that Pennsylvania right there.

[Bobby Bones]

Unless you're in Ireland and you can't get anywhere because I made that mistake.

[Eddie]

And that's an island.

[Bobby Bones]

That's an island. You gotta get on an airplane.

[Eddie]

Got it.

[Bobby Bones]

Vikings and 49ers in Mexico City.

[Laura Murray]

Ooh.

[Bobby Bones]

0.

[Eddie]

0. That's a good game, though.

[Bobby Bones]

0.

[Eddie]

Dude, Mexico City is crazy. I'm telling you. I went to a Cowboys game there. Cowboys vs. The Raiders in Mexico City. Estadio Esteca, I think, is the name of the stadium. Ricky Martin sang the national anthem. Dude, it was crazy. And then I remember I told you this story, but I remember they were throwing, like. I don't know, something happened, like a bad call or something on the field, and they started throwing water bottles, like, down. You know, people in the top, throwing them down the field. And whoever I was with, he's from Mexico, friend of the family. He's like, get down. Cover yourself. I'm like, why? It's just water. Like, it's not water.

[Bobby Bones]

Pee.

[Eddie]

It was pee. They would pee in bottles and then chunk it. So different world, man. All right.

[Bobby Bones]

Pick one of all those. Hopefully you guys remembered. Which one would you go to?

[Eddie]

I'm going to Espana. I forget the game. I think it's Atlanta and Cincinnati. Cincinnati.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a Per. That's maybe the closest one to us.

[Eddie]

Spain.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's right there. Kevin, you.

[Kevin]

Yeah. I hate to say this, but I gotta go. Ravens, Cowboys in. In Brazil.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's go.

[Kevin]

Great area. Never been, so that'd be awesome.

[Eddie]

And it's not during Rio, but like, I'm sure they party hard down there.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm going to go.

[Eddie]

You're like, I watch them all from tv.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. If I'm factoring in my wife going, we'd go to Paris. Cause that's a close one and you love it already. It's great. But I think I'd probably go because of the game. And if it was just me by myself. To the Patriots and Lions in Munich, Germany.

[Kevin]

Nice.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I'd put so many wieners in my mouth.

[Eddie]

Get that hot dog.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. It'd be non stop. We need it.

[Eddie]

Like.

[Kevin]

Ah.

[Eddie]

You know what I really like out of all those trips is to see the jersey situation. Like, I have a theory that they're giving away those jerseys at the door.

[Bobby Bones]

All the different.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Teams.

[Eddie]

Because every time they show the crowd, they're wearing every single jersey and they look like they're just kind of like. Like they got free tickets to the show.

[Bobby Bones]

My theory is there are a bunch of NFL fans over there for a lot of different teams, but their team's not coming and they still want to go to the game. So they just wear the jersey of the team they have.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that would. That would be the normal.

[Bobby Bones]

That would be my theory. Yeah.

[Eddie]

I feel like there's some of the door like, oh, never watch football here.

[Bobby Bones]

Here's.

[Eddie]

This is Cincinnati Bengals outside. Yeah. Wear it.

[Bobby Bones]

It's somebody with a clipboard, like. All right, we got 17 Cincinnati jerseys out there. All right, open the Jaguar box up. What team do you think has the worst jersey helmet? Like the ugly. I was thinking about this yesterday.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And I think a little bit of it too is like, if you meet somebody in life and you don't like them, their name is kind of spoiled on the list of good names because you associate that name with that person. So let's say I love the name Benji. And I was like, man, Benji, it's a great name. But there's this dude named Benji that beat me up all the time. So now I kind of hate the name Benji because that dude was a douchebag.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I kind of feel like I'm letting that seep into what I think is the ugliest jersey logo. Because if they lose a lot, I think that affects it. So. Because My number one was the Cardinals and I love red. But I think the Cardinals have the worst logo, full jersey situation. The bird head, the Cardinals, the Browns.

[Eddie]

That's. I was going to pick the Browns because it's just an orange helmet and then their jersey is brown.

[Bobby Bones]

Brown. I do like the simplicity of it.

[Eddie]

There's nothing to it. They might have a band on their arm that's orange. Maybe.

[Bobby Bones]

I do like that little elf they have in the field.

[Eddie]

Elf?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. 50 yard line. They put the elf out there for a while.

[Eddie]

I don't think I've ever seen that the Browns have an elf.

[Bobby Bones]

Look it up.

[Kevin]

The fans voted on it. I think it's Brownie the Elf.

[Eddie]

Really? And he sits on the field.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And I think it's old. Mike, would you give us the story of Brownie the Elf dating back to 1946. The Mach. I can't say that word.

[Kevin]

Mischievous folklore characters inspired team.

[Bobby Bones]

My ads. Generic thing. Yeah. So creepy little guy back from the 40s, huh? And they put it last year and I think they removed it after a while. But I like that. Although it's not on the helmet. I at least like the Browns because they're not trying. And the logo didn't end up bad because they were trying too hard. Where I feel like the Jacksonville Jaguars. That one kind of sucks. That's ugly.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't like Jacksonville. The colors. When they win though, it's cooler.

[Eddie]

You don't like that teal color?

[Bobby Bones]

Nah, I like the color.

[Eddie]

I kind of like that.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm going Cardinals, Jaguars. I don't like the Seahawks either.

[Eddie]

Oh, Seahawks is so cool.

[Bobby Bones]

I think they're lame.

[Eddie]

That logo and I'm. The new jerseys are awesome. Like, well, the. The latest.

[Bobby Bones]

I need to see them.

[Eddie]

They got the little checkered, almost like iridescent. It's like dark, dark. I don't know, is it dark blue or dark green?

[Bobby Bones]

Also, I might just hate the colors too.

[Eddie]

I think they're so cool.

[Bobby Bones]

But I'm going, these are the bad ones. To me, the Cardinals, the Browns, Jacksonville and the Seahawks. Three of those four have been pretty much perennial losers, so that could affect it. Also, I just don't like green. Like, if I were a big, high rated five star basketball player, I'm not going to play for a green school. I don't care. I don't care if Michigan State's like, we got you.

[Eddie]

Come on.

[Bobby Bones]

More nil money. I'm not going to a green school.

[Eddie]

That's funny.

[Bobby Bones]

I think green could affect it.

[Eddie]

Ugliest ones Eddie, I think the Eagles are ugly.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. You hate the Eagles, though. That's just the Cowboys. Rival.

[Eddie]

Disgusting is what it is.

[Bobby Bones]

I hate green. I don't hate the Eagles.

[Eddie]

You don't?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Eddie]

This is a. Just generic green with a dumb feather on their helmet, like a. Just a wing.

[Bobby Bones]

You hate Philadelphia, you hate the Eagles, and that's okay. There are no rules. But I. That's. That. That's seeping in, huh? Okay. What else?

[Eddie]

The Browns.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

Just nothing there. The Saints, I don't think. I don't think they've ever changed their logo or change their helmet or change their uniform. It's just kind of like they feel so old.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm mid on the Saints. Yeah. Anything else?

[Eddie]

And then probably the Texans. Not. There's nothing there for me with the Texans. Dark blue.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that what they are?

[Eddie]

Yeah, dark blue with, like, a cow on their head.

[Bobby Bones]

The dark colors messed me up a little bit. Just being colorblind, really. Yeah. I like the Texans, but maybe I don't know what color they really are.

[Eddie]

Oh, you know the Titans, like.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah, Titans. Terrible.

[Eddie]

So bad.

[Bobby Bones]

Their new helmets look pretty good. Yeah, good point, Kevin. This year they've shifted. They're much cooler.

[Eddie]

I need to sit on it, though. We haven't seen it enough.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin. Who's your ugly list?

[Kevin]

Yeah. What pops in my head? Probably the Panthers.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Oh, I like that one.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a tough one.

[Kevin]

I feel like it could be a lot cooler, but it's just so boring to me.

[Bobby Bones]

And they've lost a lot.

[Kevin]

Yeah. That has to do with it. And then another one. I know it's a classic, but, man, the Steelers has always just been so boring to me.

[Eddie]

You know what's cool about the Steelers, though, is, you know what that logo is with a little colored stars?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know.

[Eddie]

That's the Steel logo. Like, if you get a bottle of spray. A spray can, like spray paint. Yeah. And the can is made of steel. Their little logo is on that bottle.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't know that.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

How fun is that fact?

[Eddie]

Check it out. It's pretty cool.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm having fun right now. What a fact that is.

[Eddie]

And then when I was a kid, too, I thought that the Steelers meant, like, robbers, so I was like, ooh, I don't like these guys.

[Bobby Bones]

That would have been cooler.

[Kevin]

Yes. Like in a Master.

[Bobby Bones]

Just to us, to them, that's the coolest because they're the Steel City, but to us, we don't live there, so we don't have a relationship with Steel. So we're like, ah, it's a factory. But stealers, they steal things. They steal the looters, the bandits.

[Eddie]

Right, right.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin, you have anybody else?

[Kevin]

Yeah, one more. We're going green here. And it's not because I hate them, but their new uniforms is the Jets. They're awful.

[Eddie]

Oh, I like the Jets.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't. I don't really like the green.

[Eddie]

You don't like that dark green? Their helmet looks like a lollipop.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't, but I don't hate it as much as like that Jaguar green. The teal or is that. So that's not green?

[Eddie]

No, it's like a blue green or the Seahawks green.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that green?

[Eddie]

Yeah, a different shade of. No, that's bluish. That's more blue and green.

[Bobby Bones]

So mine's a struggle.

[Eddie]

Colorblind man.

[Bobby Bones]

Mike, who's the worst logo to you? Commanders.

[Laura Murray]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you like the new ones though? With a W? No, it's just the W. It's boring. I like it.

[Eddie]

And the maroon is a. Just a gross color.

[Bobby Bones]

I like that.

[Kevin]

The yellow doesn't look good at all.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't like yellow mixed in, so I can do without that. But it's like when the Chiefs do heavy yellow. I don't like that. I like the Chiefs with white and red. Yeah, I'm just a big red guy.

[Eddie]

You can see that red perfect, right?

[Bobby Bones]

The red. That red's awesome.

[Eddie]

What do you guys think about the. The. The Packers? Is that too bull to you?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I like it. It's a little green and yellow both, which is a bit contrary to everything I just said. But they've won enough to make it cool. I like that. It's been really old.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Like there's something to that. It's been consistent for since the beginning of the NFL and it's just a letter. Just adult G. Like I feel like that Cardinal on that helmet, that's a lame Cardinal. Like have it killing somebody, ripping a heart out of something.

[Eddie]

It's just a pretty little Cardinal.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, just like. And then also I start to think back maybe because I hate St. Louis Cardinals because I'm a Cub fan. Maybe that affects it and I don't even realize it.

[Laura Murray]

So.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

So what are your favorites? Do you like the Rams?

[Bobby Bones]

No. The Bengals? By far the coolest helmets in. In the NFL. The Bengals have the. But also grew up loving the Bengals because boomer size and was a left handed quarterback and I played it as left handed quarterback like early football and I was like, that's my guy. But I think the Bengals have the coolest helmets. Do you feel that way?

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

The white Tiger helmets are even good.

[Eddie]

Even cooler.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So I'm going to go Bengals.

[Eddie]

You Rams. I love the ram horn.

[Bobby Bones]

Just.

[Eddie]

If you can just picture that being their horn, it's just awesome. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I love that mid to me, but I get it. Kevin.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I'm trying to think. I mean, probably the Eagles, honestly. Sorry, Eddie, but I like that eagle on there.

[Eddie]

You like that wing?

[Kevin]

Sweet.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I kind of like the eagle.

[Eddie]

What are y' all talking about?

[Bobby Bones]

Mike Niners.

[Kevin]

I love that color scheme.

[Eddie]

That's cool. Golden red.

[Laura Murray]

Good.

[Bobby Bones]

One color scheme's good because logo's kind of lame.

[Kevin]

Yeah, the logo's lame, but the colors look good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but yeah, it's a good color scheme.

[Eddie]

You know, I think the. The Raiders could really redo their logo to something cool because it's a great mascot. But like they're.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a looter. That's. The Raiders are a looter bandit.

[Eddie]

There you go.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, my God. Look at this.

[Eddie]

Cool with it.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

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I'm Dr. Maya Shankar, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans, a show about who we are and who we become. When life makes other plans, we share stories and scientific insights to help us all better navigate these periods of turbulence and transformation. There is one finding that is consistent and and that is that our resilience

[Bobby Bones]

rests on our relationships. I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change.

[Kevin]

We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes.

[Dr. Maya Shankar]

Listen to a slight change of plans on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

When you listen to podcasts about AI and tech and the future of humanity, the hosts always act like they know what they're talking and they are experts at everything. Here at the Nick, Dick and Pole show, we're not afraid to make mistakes. What Coogler did that I think was so unique.

[Bobby Bones]

Who's he?

[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

He's the writer, director.

[Kevin]

Who do you think he is?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know.

[Eddie]

You meet the, like the president.

[Kevin]

You think Canada has a president? You think China has a president?

[Eddie]

Let's walk cruise that. God, I love that thing. I use it all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

What color? I wrap it in a blanket and sing to it. Like, it's like the old Polish saying,

[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

not my monkeys, not my circus. Yep, it was a good one.

[Bobby Bones]

I like that saying. It's an actual Polish saying.

[Eddie]

It is an actual Polish. Better version of play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Yes. Which.

[Bobby Bones]

Which, by the way, wasn't Taylor Swift.

[Robert Smigel]

Who said that for the first time.

[Bobby Bones]

I actually. I thought it was. I got that wrong.

[Nick, Dick and Paul Show Host]

Listen to the Nick, Dick and Paul show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, that'll do her. Thank you very much, everybody. I'll see you next week. I hope you have an awesome weekend. Congrats to Kevin for one year of having twins. Congrats to Eddie of

[Eddie]

finding out military time.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know, dude.

[Eddie]

There's something there.

[Bobby Bones]

It's tough. I know what I congratulate you for today.

[Eddie]

Made it another week.

[Bobby Bones]

Who'd you bet on for the pga?

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Oh.

[Eddie]

Oh, Scotty.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Well, Scotty, a possible. Congratulations.

[Eddie]

Let's go.

[Bobby Bones]

Playing really well.

[Eddie]

That would be awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

And I'd like to congratulate me on.

[Eddie]

Being rich.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but that's con. I mean, that's. That's like congratulating somebody for breathing. It's just every day that it's been

[Eddie]

the thing for a while, having a lot of money.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you. I wonder if there's anything new, though.

[Kevin]

Making it two months in one week, huh?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I don't know if that's a congratulation.

[Eddie]

How's the. How's the softball team going?

[Bobby Bones]

They played today in the first round at first game. Of regionals.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know if I have a congratulations today.

[Eddie]

I saw baseball was playing. Are they good?

[Bobby Bones]

We've really struggled. We're playing Arkansas baseball. Starting to get a little warmer. Almost hot. Possibly we can host a regional, but we just gotta be back in Kentucky. And I don't talk about baseball a lot because softball and baseball are so similar. I don't want to get them confused.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But I do watch a lot to kind of pick.

[Kevin]

What about your Cubs? Congrats to your Cubs. They're playing.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, man, they're playing great. I can't wait to tell you guys a story about me running into the players and me being like, oh, yes, I haven't forgot that. I just can't yet.

[Eddie]

Yeah, you don't want to give something away.

[Bobby Bones]

I can't. If I reveal that, it reveals other parts of the story. And I and I owe it to these people to not say, like, where they were. So I gotta let it.

[Eddie]

Got it.

[Bobby Bones]

You know what? Congratulations. I don't need one this week.

[Eddie]

No, you're good. Taking the week off?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I think I'm good. I think I'm good. All right, guys, we will see you next week. Goodbye, everybody. Theme song written by Bobby Bones. That's me. And performed by Brandon Ray. Follow Brandon on socials at Brandon Ray Music. You can follow the show on Instagram at Bobby Bonesports. Thanks to our crew, co host at producer Eddie, segment producer Ickoffkevin and executive producer Ikegistro. But most importantly, thank you for listening. I'm Bobby Bones. We'll talk to you next time here on 25 Whistles.

[Dr. Maya Shankar]

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[Dr. Maya Shankar]

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[Dr. Maya Shankar]

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[Eddie]

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[Laura Murray]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Eddie]

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[Robert Smigel]

Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy not quite on Humor me with Robert Smigel. And friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier this week. My guests, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Sidel help an acapella band with their between songs banter.

[Laura Murray]

Where does your group perform?

[Bobby Bones]

We do some retirement homes.

[Robert Smigel]

Those people are starving for banter. Listen to Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey everyone, it's Rider Strong and Will Friedle from Pod Meets World. And now the Pod Meets Twirled podcast. We're two men who were completely clueless to reality TV and we're gearing up for the season finale of Survivor. I know we annoyed a lot of our listeners by our severe lack of of Survivor knowledge. That is the point of the show. I'm just going to remind you again, we are Experts. Listen to Pod Meets Twirled on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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