Anger Issues? The One Thing We Want To Change In Our Lives

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Podcast Summary

The Bobby Bones Show

Episode: Anger Issues? The One Thing We Want To Change In Our Lives
Date: August 23, 2025
Host: Morgan (with Scuba Steve as guest)
Duration Summarized: [02:38]–[30:01]

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Bobby Bones Show (Best Bits – Listener Q&A segment) dives into personal and professional reflections with Morgan and Scuba Steve. The pair fields listener questions about work-life balance, burnout, anger, personal growth, and the "one thing" they'd want to change in their lives. The tone is candid, supportive, and humorous, providing real-life insight into the hosts’ everyday struggles, especially with the pressures of balancing family, career, and mental health.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Behind-the-Scenes: Scuba Steve’s Hustle and Family Life

[04:07–06:43]

• Work Schedule Challenges: Scuba Steve describes his intense workdays, often splitting shifts between a morning and night show, with family duties in between. He expresses the difficulty but emphasizes it's worth it due to his long-term goals.
  • “It was already like an all day thing. Now it's just an all day plus... My only break is when I'm driving somewhere.” – Scuba Steve [04:12]
• Family Involvement: His children occasionally call into his show at night, which he records and plans to share, bringing an endearing family dimension to his media work.
  • “They’re like your mini co-hosts.” – Morgan [06:15]

2. Burnout and Emotional Wellness

[06:44–10:07]

• Work, Burnout, and Mood: Listener questions about a perceived change in Scuba Steve’s energy prompt honest talk about burnout. Steve attributes recent crankiness not to anger issues but exhaustion from having too many responsibilities.
  • “An anger problem? No, I just had a... burnout problem.” – Scuba Steve [09:08]
• “Volcano Moments”: Both hosts reflect on how stress can make minor incidents seem major, especially when the team is collectively burnt out (“volcanoes explode all at the same time”) [08:03].

3. Shifting Priorities and Letting Go of Control

[10:11–11:21]

• Letting Go: Scuba Steve stepped back from coaching his son’s baseball team due to time constraints, learning the importance (and relief) of releasing certain responsibilities.
  • “A lot of maturity comes when you let go and just be like, no, it's fine. I would do it differently, but I have to let go…” – Morgan [10:23]

4. Separating Work and Personal Life

[11:21–13:17]

• Strategies for Well-being: Morgan shares her strategy of mentally “boxing off” work from personal life to avoid chronic burnout—a common struggle for both hosts and listeners.
  • “When I leave, I'm no longer work Morgan. Like, I have to turn it off…” – Morgan [11:42]
• The Challenge: Despite efforts, both acknowledge the difficulty of truly “turning off” work, especially when personal and professional worlds overlap.

5. Dream Interviews

[13:22–15:10]

• Listeners Ask: If Scuba Steve could interview anyone, he’d pick Shaq or Penny Hardaway, with a nod to his nostalgia for basketball legends—while recognizing the risk that meeting idols could “ruin” them [13:52–14:15].
• Surprise Enjoyment: He recounts a memorable, unexpectedly long interview with Ted Nugent, showcasing how openness can lead to great experiences with guests.

6. The One Thing We Want (or Need) to Change

[18:21–25:12]

• Morgan’s Challenge: She’s about to go dairy-free (cheese being the hardest sacrifice!) as part of a “detox diet” for health reasons, sparking funny and honest talk about vegan food alternatives.
  • “Cheese, really?… I’m gonna have to for this diet.” – Morgan [18:46]
• Scuba Steve’s Challenge: He wants to “give up spiraling”—periodic episodes of anxiety and panic that seem to stack up with work/family overloads.
  • “I need to give up spiraling. Sometimes I'll get in a moment where I, like, spiral, spiral, and I can't get out of it…” – Scuba Steve [21:21]
• Mental Health Conversation: Open dialogue about therapy, coping mechanisms, and finding the right therapist or support. Steve remains skeptical about therapy’s value for him, preferring peer support and life experience.
  • “Why would I want to then go and spend money and talk to somebody that I don't know?” – Scuba Steve [23:34]
  • Morgan counters by emphasizing the benefits of unbiased outside perspectives and tailoring therapy to one’s needs.

7. Musical Appreciation and Evolving Tastes

[26:52–28:37]

• Country Music: Living and working in Nashville, Scuba Steve has gained appreciation for the storytelling aspects of country music, even if it's not his genre of choice.
  • “It is kind of cool. It's like one of the few genres left that actually has, like, a story... But I'm still not a big fan of the music.” – Scuba Steve [26:58–28:14]
• Changes in Hip-Hop: He’s less enthusiastic about new hip-hop, critiquing its lack of substance compared to both old-school hip-hop and country songwriting.

8. Social Media as a Necessary "Extra" Job

[29:35–30:01]

• Both vent about the burden of maintaining an online presence. Steve jokes that social media “takes too much damn time” for radio, especially in classic rock, but Morgan points out its necessity for building brand and connection.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “If it were easy, then it doesn’t come with... I feel like if there isn’t some sort of grit... you don’t appreciate it once you get there. So I’m fine with the grind.” – Scuba Steve [05:19]
• “I just had a burnout problem... Everyone experiences burnout in different ways… two full, full time jobs. Not—I'm basically three full time jobs.” – Scuba Steve [09:08]
• “You have to let go of the fact that I would have done it differently because this is a choice that I made.” – Morgan [10:23]
• “When I leave, I'm no longer work Morgan. Like, I have to turn it off…” – Morgan [11:42]
• “I need to give up spiraling... sometimes I'll get in a moment where I, like, spiral, spiral, and I can't get out of it…” – Scuba Steve [21:21]
• “Why would I want to then go and spend money and talk to somebody that I don't know?...You're only reading based off what you’ve learned or seen…” – Scuba Steve [23:34]
• “The healthiest person in the world goes to therapy… It doesn’t mean anything's wrong with you.” – Morgan [26:25]
• “I'm proud of you for posting on your socials more too.” – Morgan [29:35]
  “I hate it so much. So much. It's a job we don't need to do within a job…” – Scuba Steve [29:37]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [04:07] Work-life balance and family integration
• [06:44] Burnout and crankiness; “hot dog fiasco”
• [09:08] Discussing anger and burnout
• [10:11] Letting go of coaching and priorities
• [11:21] Segregating work/personal life; avoiding burnout
• [13:33] Dream interview pick: Shaq or Penny Hardaway
• [18:28] Sacrifices for personal health: Morgan’s cheese debate
• [21:21] Scuba Steve's spiral/anxiety and coping
• [26:58] Country music appreciation
• [29:35] Social media as part of the job

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Final Takeaway

This episode offers a raw, authentic glimpse into the balancing act of modern adult life—careers, family, personal growth, and mental health. Both hosts are open about what’s working (and what’s not), providing listeners with relatable challenges and practical strategies—plus plenty of laughs along the way.

Transcript

[Morgan]

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[Scuba Steve]

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[Morgan]

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[Scuba Steve]

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[Morgan]

We're getting back to all of it, and the best way to start is.

[Scuba Steve]

To get Watch the Today show Weekday mornings at 7am on NBC. Best Bits of the week with Morgan.

[Morgan]

It's listener Q and A time where.

[Scuba Steve]

Morgan and a show member answer almost all your questions.

[Morgan]

Scuba is here, everybody, and he's ready to answer some listener questions.

[Scuba Steve]

You've got questions. We've got answers.

[Morgan]

That was my best Deep, rough voice for you. I can't do it again. It's gone.

[Scuba Steve]

It was never there. Now it's gone.

[Morgan]

It was a little bit there.

[Scuba Steve]

Okay. I sure am.

[Morgan]

All right. You two are my faves. Scoob should braid his beard like a Viking. Jesse in San Diego.

[Scuba Steve]

That'd be kind of cool. You ever seen the TV show Vikings and, like, the main guy.

[Morgan]

I know what you're talking about.

[Scuba Steve]

Okay.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

Ragnar Lothbrok, I think is his name.

[Morgan]

His name's what?

[Scuba Steve]

Ragnor Lothbrok. What a mouthful for a character, Ragnar. And yeah, he's a. I think he's a pretty big actor now. I don't know what else he does, but his beard's kind of cool where they do, like a couple little braids here and there. And I think they had some beef.

[Morgan]

One day just with a little bit of braid.

[Scuba Steve]

A little bedazzle.

[Morgan]

I feel like it would work for you.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, we should try it. We'll see.

[Morgan]

I can braid it. I know how to do a little French braid. I love you on the show. Stephanie from Illinois. Shout out.

[Scuba Steve]

I love that we start with a lot of, like, confidence boosters.

[Morgan]

Yeah, we do. Shut up. Just make him laugh hard. It's so funny. Kim from Connecticut. I feel like I did that at the very beginning. Kim.

[Scuba Steve]

She sure did. Kim, that was for you.

[Morgan]

Michelle from Apple Valley.

[Scuba Steve]

Apple Valley.

[Morgan]

I had to chime in. My favorite Saturday.

[Scuba Steve]

Consistent. I appreciate it. Michelle.

[Morgan]

We love consistency. That's. Yeah, she's always very consistent about your episodes.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Does he work all day now that he has his night show? What's the schedule like? Madison in Florida?

[Scuba Steve]

It is. It was already like an all day thing. Now it's just an all day plus. So. It is. It's. Yeah, it's an all day thing. I think my only break is when I'm driving somewhere. That's my only break.

[Morgan]

Really?

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

So you. Do you come back, like, do you ever go home at all and come back?

[Scuba Steve]

So that's why. So my long term goal or short term goal really is to move this thing to afternoons so I can just stay here and then go home. Because doing the night thing is great because I'm able to be a little bit more free and expand and try and mess with stuff because it's late at night and it's kind of like, yeah, whatever. But, yeah, because I have to leave and then come back. So it is a split shift day where I usually leave here around, depending on if we have meetings or how busy the Day is I try to leave here by 11 30, but it ends up usually being 2. And then go home, pick up the kids, have dinner and then come back.

[Morgan]

Dang. Is it worth it?

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, it's worth it because there's an end goal and. And I can see where it's gonna go. So. Yes, it's 100 worth it.

[Morgan]

So. Yeah, see, that's what matters.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

The long schedules and it sucks and you're in the grind, but when you know that it's worth it. Yeah, it makes all of that a lot easier, I feel like.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, the realness is it is difficult, but anything you really want in life isn't gonna be easy because, I mean, it's so cliche, but it's true. Because if it were easy, then it doesn't come with. I mean, things can be easy, sure, if you got money, you can buy whatever you want, do whatever you want, but I feel like if there isn't some sort of grit and something that makes you work hard for it, you don't appreciate it once you get there. So I'm fine with the grind. It's definitely been adjustment to our schedule at home and everything. And even the kids are like, dad, where are you? There's even been times where my kids will call into the show. I'll be here.

[Morgan]

I've seen your videos from that.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah. And they'll be like. They're like, dad, like, my daughter just called him recently. I was going to post a. Because my wife's like, you should post more of the kids stuff. People seem to like that more than just whatever. And so I have one, I'm. I'll post one probably this couple days here where my daughter called in and she was. And she's part of the show because they call like, dad, when are you coming home? And they're like, when are you going to be here? And I'm like, I'll be here till 11 something midnight. So I'll see you tomorrow.

[Morgan]

See you in the morning.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Oh, my goodness. I love that. I love that the kids get to be a part of it. They're like your mini co hosts.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, in a sense. Yeah. They call in at least like once a week, I feel like. And I think it relates to. Because a lot of the listeners are either parents very similar to me or they have grandkids or their kids are older, so they kind of like to like feel nostalgic about. Oh, I remember when my kids were six or seven. That's so cool.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

So, yeah. And they love it, too. They're like. They've always said for the longest time, they're like. Like, when are you. When's the Scuba Steve show gonna happen? And then. Then finally it did, so.

[Morgan]

And it's here.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And another listener wanted to ask. She stayed anonymous. She wanted to know because the energy feels like it's changed a little bit from you. So are you happy?

[Scuba Steve]

Yes. I'm just tired. And when I'm tired, I'm cranky. She's relating to the whole hot dog fiasco. I guess my shortness, my attention to. Or my grace giving for others is a little bit less right now. Not just because that's just who I am. It's just because I'm just stretched so thin that if you catch me at the end of the week, which I think that was on a Friday.

[Morgan]

It was a Friday.

[Scuba Steve]

You catch me at the end of the week especially then I was still figuring it out, and there wasn't a routine yet, and the kids are out of school, so it's a little bit different. But now that I'm in a routine and I. And I have my head on, and I'm like, this is just. This is what it is. And I've come to grips with it, that I'm in a better place than I was two, three weeks ago as a person.

[Morgan]

Well, that's good. I mean, I. Listen, I wanted to check in with you too, make sure you're doing okay.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

I. Listen, I know being in this job, there's some burnout that happens. There's also a lot of overwhelm that a lot of us are wearing multiple hats and doing multiple things.

[Scuba Steve]

Oh, yes.

[Morgan]

So I had to imagine that that was a little bit of a volcano moment for you where everything just kind of erupted and it went in a whole lot of different directions was the vibe that I was picking up on. Which is why I very nicely sat.

[Scuba Steve]

Back and ate popcorn.

[Morgan]

Because it wasn't my place. One, but two. Because I could feel from all of you guys just this. And we were getting to a point where we were about to go on vacation. Not long from there, everybody was just like. We had just been grinding the wheels.

[Scuba Steve]

Totally for eight months solid.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

And everyone's just like. Everyone was done.

[Morgan]

So I knew what was happening, but I wanted to have a check in because another. There was quite a few questions that we got there were in the terms of, does Scuba have an anger problem? That's from Jennifer. So I wanted to allow you to share.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, yeah. And in the moment. I was just like, what? We're talking about this, like, just, just go get the hot dogs and come back. It's kind of one of the. It's almost like when you get upset your kids for something so little minute, they're like, I don't want to flush the toilet. You're like, just flush it. You have to just, just let's move on.

[Morgan]

And for you it was something so little. For her it might have been something big.

[Scuba Steve]

Exactly. Yeah.

[Morgan]

The difference there was Wayne. And that's why I say like, everybody was in this moment where they were having their volcanoes explode all at the same time.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, exactly.

[Morgan]

Very much.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

So would you like to answer to Naver? Do you have an anger problem?

[Scuba Steve]

An anger problem? No, I just had a. I just had a burnt out burnout problem was what it was. And I think it happens to all of us when we get towards the end of the year, we're like, oh my God, we are so burnt out because like you said, we're doing so much. We're not doing just the one we're doing. And everyone experiences burnout in different ways. And then you have the personal life mixed with the work life. And it's like essentially two full, full time job. Not. I'm basically three full time jobs. I've got our morning show job, our night show job, and the family job, which is. It takes work to put together and, and, and have a relationship with a wife and three kids that are.

[Morgan]

And then juggling a bunch of mini hats within each of those jobs.

[Scuba Steve]

Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. There's the, the main buckets, but every bucket has like other little. Yeah, other little buckets. And you're just like. You get to a point where like, I' oh my God.

[Morgan]

And you're still figuring out how that all works within your life right now.

[Scuba Steve]

Exactly.

[Morgan]

The beginning phases.

[Scuba Steve]

The beginning phase of figuring it out and figuring some things out. But then you still get presented with options like, oh crap, I gotta figure that one out now too.

[Morgan]

You're like, dang it. Okay, well, I wanted to give you a chance to say your piece.

[Scuba Steve]

Well, like even one thing. For example, like, I used to always coach my son's baseball team, but this year I had to take a step back and be like, I can't do it. Which has been hard because I'm sitting there going like, and the coach will do something. And I'm like, oh.

[Morgan]

And you have to sit there. There's a lot of things that, like over the course of your life where priorities change. And you have to. As someone who loves to be in control of a lot of my life, I totally understand that feeling. But a lot of maturity comes when you let go and just be like, no, it's fine. I would do it differently, but I have to let go of the fact that I would have done it differently because this is a choice that I made.

[Scuba Steve]

Yep.

[Morgan]

And it's hard. It's a really hard thing to like, you're literally letting go of the reins. You're not like, still holding on and fully let go. You're like, okay, hands are up. I swear I'm not touching.

[Scuba Steve]

Yes. But it's awesome, though, because then when it comes to practice, I don't have to get there 30 minutes early and set the field up and, and make sure whatever, I can literally get there right. Five minutes before it starts. And then as soon as it's over, we're out. There isn't any of that. There's just. It's so much easier on me. It becomes only an hour versus a two, three hour thing.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

And then. And then all the communication with all the parents and all that stuff. So that becomes another full time job. And it. So it's nice to just let go and chill out for a second.

[Morgan]

Well, and with our job too. You know, something that I have gotten really good at now, which will probably have to be relearned in your new lifestyle change, is that I had to separate my personal and my work life. Like, I had to come in, do my job, and leave. And like, when I leave, like, I'm no longer work, Morgan. Like, I have to turn it off even if I'm working at home. I had to, like, put a differential place in there because it felt like I was carrying so much work into my personal life and, like, just letting a lot of things carry on who I am because of things that, whether something happened on the show or whether they happened on social media or X, Y and Z, I was carrying so much of that load everywhere with me instead of it being like, I walk out the work doors and, like, a lot of that stays here.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And I think that's a lot of a load that people carry in general too, because our work lives are so intertwined with our personal lives. Not just for us. I mean, I think it's very true for us because we straight up talk about our personal lives.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

But I think for most people, when you work so much, it's such a big part of your life that you start to think they're supposed to be like, Intertwined. And, like, you'd go home and you talk about work all the time or you're always constantly. Work is always, like, lingering in your brain. And I had to, like, turn it off as soon as I walk out the door. It's like, you can't talk about working where you can do your work. You go home, you do your work, and you get done. But, like, if anybody wants to talk about work or, like, hang out and talk about work, I don't do it. I'm like, no, no, we're not here for that. You want to talk to me there, put me back in the building.

[Scuba Steve]

Exactly. Yeah. But I'm not there. Yeah.

[Morgan]

I had to kind of create these different boxes in my brain because I was getting so overwhelmed and burnt out because it was like. It was like. It was constantly running in the back of my head.

[Scuba Steve]

Always there. Yeah. And the anals of your mind. Then it comes forward. You're like, oh, now it's there again. I want to shut it off. And I can't shut it off.

[Morgan]

Never off.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah. All kinds of crap. Yeah. So.

[Morgan]

And you'll find your way to do that with your new kind of jobs. But I do think that's the thing that a lot of people deal with is just, like, the inability to actually turn off work, even if you think that you are. I think most people's jobs go home with them.

[Scuba Steve]

Oh, yeah. They take it home always. Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

So tough.

[Scuba Steve]

I know.

[Morgan]

Okay, quick question on this one. Before we go into the break. Chelsea in Indiana wants to know if you could interview any person, who would it be?

[Scuba Steve]

We'll tell you after the break.

[Morgan]

No, answer it.

[Scuba Steve]

I thought it was a tease.

[Morgan]

No, not the tease.

[Scuba Steve]

If anyone. Who would it be? Oh, man. I think it'd be fun to see. That's the only thing, too. I get nervous about talking to people that I really want to talk to, because then it becomes. I don't know. Then it could ruin it for you.

[Morgan]

Think. Take all the emotions and stuff away from it. Like, anyone in the world, if you could interview somebody on your new show, who would it be?

[Scuba Steve]

Anyone in the world. I mean, just for my own personal thing, it'd be cool to talk to Shaq. Shaq or Penny Hardaway. Those are two people that I love so much growing up as a kid.

[Morgan]

And I get, like, the worry of, like, okay, well, you love them, and then you meet them. You're like, oh, I don't like them anymore.

[Scuba Steve]

They weren't as cool as I thought they were. And they look so Cool.

[Morgan]

But I think you would override that if you wanted to interview them. I think you had the opportunity. But it's fine. If I meet him and it sucks. It's going to be what it is. I want to interview him.

[Scuba Steve]

There's even people that you interview and you're like, I guess I'll do it. And then you do it. You're like, oh, my God, this is. This is so cool. Like, I interviewed a guy named Ted Nugent who's a classic rock guy. And it airs, it was aired on Friday show, but it lives on social media now. And it was supposed to be. His assistant was like, how much you need? And I was like, 10, 15 minutes max. We talked for almost an hour.

[Morgan]

Wow.

[Scuba Steve]

And he pulled out his guitar and started playing guitar for me and stuff. And I was, this is, this is so cool. Because I grew up with a father who loved rock and roll music, and he was one of those artists that was like a staple in his truck. And so to be able to talk to him, I was kind of like, I never knew him as the human. I only knew him as the music. And then I kind of knew him as a human when he did an MTV Cribs episode in the 2000s. And I was like, whoa, this is wild. And so that was one of those moments where I was like. So I guess my point is I don't want to shut anyone off from an interview because you just never know what you can get out of it. I guess I'll always go into everything open minded, but if I'm picking somebody, it's Shaquille o' Neal or Penny Hardaway.

[Morgan]

Okay. Hey, we putting it out in the universe?

[Scuba Steve]

Yes.

[Morgan]

It's happening.

[Scuba Steve]

It's gonna happen.

[Morgan]

And now we're taking a break. You can make a difference in someone's life, including your own, with a job in home care. These jobs offer flexible schedules, healthcare, retirement options, and free training. They also provide paid time off and opportunities for overtime. Visit oregonhomecarejobs.com to learn more and apply. That's oregonhomecarejobs.com.

[Scuba Steve]

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[Morgan]

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[Scuba Steve]

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[Morgan]

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[Scuba Steve]

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[Morgan]

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[Scuba Steve]

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[Morgan]

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[Scuba Steve]

Cmn.

[Morgan]

Here's what I love about Impossible.

[Scuba Steve]

You don't have to pick. It tastes great. It's delicious.

[Morgan]

Meat made from plants so you get.

[Scuba Steve]

To eat good and still go big.

[Morgan]

I'm talking about full on protein and full on cheat day meals without the cheat day fills. It's fuel for your body and it tastes delicious. That is the most important part, right? It comes from plants. It grills like beef. It's not or it's. And it's impossible.

[Scuba Steve]

Look, I love burgers.

[Morgan]

There's nothing like the grill going nice summer afternoon, getting that perfect burger, stacking it high, the whole deal, right? Summertime burgers.

[Scuba Steve]

But I also like knowing that I'm not wrecking my cholesterol or feeling super heavy afterwards.

[Morgan]

It's everything you love about meat without the guilt of meat.

[Scuba Steve]

Impossible. Let you have both. It's awesome.

[Morgan]

So if you're like me and you want to eat good and you want to feel good, grab some impossible meat products next time you're at the store.

[Scuba Steve]

Red packaging.

[Morgan]

You can't miss it. It's everything you want from meat and.

[Scuba Steve]

Everything you didn't expect from plants.

[Morgan]

Good morning. Welcome to Today.

[Scuba Steve]

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[Morgan]

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[Scuba Steve]

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[Morgan]

What is one thing in your life right now that you want or need to give up? Abby in Tennessee.

[Scuba Steve]

Want or need to give up?

[Morgan]

I'm not. I'll give you a second to think about this because I, you know, I had a second.

[Scuba Steve]

Of course, you've had more than a second.

[Morgan]

A whole day I am working on because I'm about. I'm about to go on my big detox diet. All the things to get rid of long Covid and help hopefully get me a lot healthier. But it's cheese.

[Scuba Steve]

Cheese, really? Ah.

[Morgan]

I'm gonna have to for this diet.

[Scuba Steve]

Not.

[Morgan]

Not for life, I don't think, but because we're trying to get rid of a lot of inflammation and stuff in my body. Yeah, cheese is such a huge factor in that. Dairy in general is so my detox. Part of it is nutrition and I'll be gluten free and dairy free. Gluten free was already something I'm used to. But yeah, the dairy free one. Never done it.

[Scuba Steve]

That's tough. Because I went to. One time, I went to a restaurant in LA because my cousin is like. She cut everything off. And we went to a restaurant. It was like, I think they had on the menu, they had lasagna. And I was like, oh, that's a safe one. It's just cheese and pasta. And it comes and I start eating it. I feel like I'm eating a nutrigrain bar. And like, what the hell is this crap? And she's like, oh, it's vegan or whatever it is. I was like, what? What am I eating? It should be cheese and a noodle and some tomato sauce. She's like, yeah, there's noodles, tomato sauce, but the cheese is actually ground up peanuts. And I was like, oh, gross. What the hell? Why would anyone do that? Don't even put lasagna on the menu.

[Morgan]

Yeah, cashew cheese is like, you can't.

[Scuba Steve]

It's not a thing. No, it's not. It shouldn't be a thing.

[Morgan]

Listen, I was trying to find alternatives because I'm gonna be struggling.

[Scuba Steve]

Well, you should just. Not even. You should just commit it. You should just omit it completely from your life.

[Morgan]

I think I will be. I love it.

[Scuba Steve]

Cashew cheese was so terrible. It was. Aw. I left with Taco Bell. I was so pissed off. I was like, you guys sit here and eat before we go to this comedy show. I'm going to go to Taco Bell and I'll be right back.

[Morgan]

I love Taco Bell.

[Scuba Steve]

I was so pissed.

[Morgan]

That's funny. But how long ago was that?

[Scuba Steve]

That was 2017.

[Morgan]

They've come a long way.

[Scuba Steve]

Really? Even after eight years, it's gotten better. Okay.

[Morgan]

I mean, in general, gluten free, vegan all those foods have really come a long way.

[Scuba Steve]

Okay.

[Morgan]

Even since I started being vegetarian when I was seven, things have drastically changed over the course of all of that.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

I would give it another try now, but obviously with you knowing what it is not going and not knowing, I had no idea. That's much worse. I would never, like, trick somebody, be like, eat this. And it's.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You know, full on.

[Scuba Steve]

It wasn't even a trick. I was just looking at the menu thinking, like, what's the safest thing for me here? I don't want this, I don't want that. Oh, I love lasagna. Let's do that. Why would they not have cheese in.

[Morgan]

A full blown vegan spot?

[Scuba Steve]

It was la. It was. It was on. It was la. It was right next to the Largo. The lago, if anyone knows where that's at.

[Morgan]

Key Largo.

[Scuba Steve]

That's the only one I know. It's like, it's like. It's actually a really cool comedy space where, like, people out of nowhere will show up. Like, Judd Apatow will be there and try out. He was there that night. But it's in. It's like in Beverly Hills where it's like super, like bougie and like top notch of everything.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So that's why it was a vegan restaurant.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

That's exactly where you were.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, I know. Stupid.

[Morgan]

Okay, what's yours? Did you have one?

[Scuba Steve]

So what I want to and need to. Is it both or is it one or the other or need to or need.

[Morgan]

Like, it could be a want or. You have to. You just have to.

[Scuba Steve]

I need to give up spiraling. Like, sometimes I'll get in a moment where I, like, spiral, spiral, and I can't get out of it. And then I spiral into a panic attack. And then I. Then I. Then I. Then I come to and I'm like, why am I spiraling? Why am I in a panic attack? And then I. Then that creates another panic attack of why I'm having a panic attack and spiraling. And it usually happens like once a quarter where it'll just like the whole world feels like it's just falling on you. And you're like, holy crap. So my wife's like, you need to. She's always trying to help talk me out of it when it happens. And she's like, how can I help you? And I'm like, I don't know how to help me when it happens. It just happens. I guess I just need to go through it. And live it. But I guess it becomes. Why do you get to that point? And then it becomes everything around you? So it's almost like. So I should. I guess I should just quit working.

[Morgan]

He's on, like, Eddie and Lunchbox now, where they're like, we just want to retire right now. Yeah, that sounds like what you need. It is true. I mean, it's really hard to. When you have something that's causing that spiral. The only way to really avoid that spiral is to eliminate it from your life.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah. But you need money to live, so. Yeah, I don't have financial freedom at the moment.

[Morgan]

I mean, therapy could be good to talk through some stuff.

[Scuba Steve]

I don't want to. I'm good.

[Morgan]

Okay. Well, yeah, it's either quitting your job or therapy.

[Scuba Steve]

There's gonna be a third option there.

[Morgan]

Yes. No, not really. I think working through it.

[Scuba Steve]

Working out, though, like, when I used to work out, it was. It. I was mentally better and physically better, and I never had any issues with anything. Ever.

[Morgan]

Working out is still, like, technically a coping mechanism. If you don't know what you're trying to work out, if you know what the problem is, you know what the core thing is of that, then, yeah, you can go work out and you know your coping skills to, like, get through that.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

But if you don't know why the cause of the spiral is happening, like, actually, like, root, root cause, it's going to keep happening regardless of the coping mechanisms, because you don't have. You haven't worked through everything. Does that make sense?

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

So, yes, short term it will, but long term, it will keep happening until you've, like, started to peel back layers and address stuff.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And I know that stuff is not fun.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah. But also, just I. For me, just me personally, I mean, everyone does what they want to do, and I don't shoot anyone down for what they were into unless they're a pedophile.

[Morgan]

That went a drastically different direction.

[Scuba Steve]

That is always wrong. But I guess for me, it's like I'm already a free speaking person to everyone around me. Why would it. Why. Why would I want to then go and spend money and talk to somebody that I don't know? And then they just give me all their tricks and tips that they've learned. Especially you go to talk to somebody who's a therapist, and they're like, I've got kid problems. And they go, I don't have any kids, but here's what I would do. Then you really don't know what I'M going through because you don't have children, so you have no idea. You're only reading based off of what you've learned or seen through your life experiences, which is no different than what I'm doing with my life through life experiences. So I guess for me, it's hard to. Because my wife sees a therapist and then she just kind of gives me those tricks to me. And they do. Some of the things are helpful, but she'll even tell me. She's like, yeah, I talked to her, my therapist, she's great, but she doesn't have kids, so she doesn't even get it. And she'll even admit she doesn't get it. So why would I then go talk to somebody who doesn't get it?

[Morgan]

Well, I've learned through therapy, there's different types of therapy for different stuff that you're working through. So, like, if a lot of it has to do with you being a dad and how you're balancing and all of that, then you would want to find a therapist who is a dad. Like, and there are. I mean, like, when I was coming out of my abusive relationship, I was with a therapist who specialized in abusive relationships because I wasn't going to go to somebody and talk about that and then not have the experience to handle that.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

So you could go to different people who specialize. And you can call before you ever see him is like, hey, what? Like, what's your thing that you're really good at? Or, like, if you want to see a therapist that specializes in working with men, like, there's so many different levels to that. And I will say, like, I get it because I'm. I'm similar to you. I'm a very open book.

[Scuba Steve]

You.

[Morgan]

Everybody knows how I feel, what I feel pretty easily.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

But it was always helpful for me because I was getting an unbiased perspective. So much of the perspectives in my life were biased that, like, having someone sit there and help me understand something without any filter really helped me work through it more.

[Scuba Steve]

Okay.

[Morgan]

And that was why it was helpful. I get. I get that idea of, like, well, you know, why would I go do this or this? I think if you could find someone who specializes in what you want to talk about right now, and that can change. Right. Like, you can be like, okay, well, I've done six sessions with you. I feel good. I don't need you anymore. And you go to another one that specializes in something different. That's very common. But then after, like, that, I feel like you get a different you gain a perspective that you would have never had just because it is someone who specialized in something that you were struggling with. Yeah, that makes sense.

[Scuba Steve]

It does. Yeah.

[Morgan]

I don't know if I'm explaining super.

[Scuba Steve]

Well, but you're good. Yeah, I guess. I've always used therapy for me of just talking to other people and hearing their life experiences. I'm like, man, this is tough. Like, yeah, man. Let me tell you about my thing. I'm like, oh, shoot. I don't. I guess my theory isn't unity. Community. Yeah, well, I thrive on community. Unique therapy.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you need community. You need all of it, honestly. I mean, at the end of the day, everybody needs all of it. You need. You need community to survive. You need therapy through certain things to work through them, just with an unbiased opinion. Also, the healthiest person in the world goes to therapy.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You know what I mean? Like, it doesn't mean anything's wrong with you. It just means you need a different perspective that you're not able to gain elsewhere. That's the way I look at therapy. So maybe reshaiming, re reshaping it can and help you, but you also don't have to. You don't have to. That's the beauty of all of it.

[Scuba Steve]

Is you don't have to, because I'm not going to.

[Morgan]

So maybe one day you will. I'm trying to help you not spiral anymore.

[Scuba Steve]

I'm spiraling right now. I'm just kidding.

[Morgan]

All right. Have you had gained more appreciation for country music since working and living in Nashville is from Jordan?

[Scuba Steve]

I think I gained appreciation for it because of the songwriting side of it, because it is kind of cool. It's like one of the few genres left that actually has, like, a story. Not all the songs, but a lot of them do. Whereas, like, hip hop kind of used to have a storyline, and now it's just kind of like flashy and trendy. And so I've kind of fallen out of love with hip hop. Not the old hip hop, but the new stuff, because it just has no substance to it. And it's more of, like, a sound and what's trendy and what gets the clicks on TikTok versus an actual really good hip hop song. I'm not saying there aren't artists out there that are still doing it. I mean, there's guys like Joyner Lucas and J. Cole and people like that who are still in Kendrick Lamar. But the up and coming ones are just so. They're so terrible. They're so awful and it's not me being the crotchy old man. It really is really bad. Like, there is no substance to it. So I guess I appreciate the side here where it is great storytelling. It's kind of cool and fun. And then obviously, we have an advantage over most people. We get to actually physically meet these people. And so then there becomes this. That's, like, personal experience that you attach to an artist. You're like, man, I really like them. They're really cool or they're really nice or whatever. So I have grown to. I still don't. I'm still not a big fan of the music. It's not. It's not my go to. Like, when I go in the car, I'm never turning on a country song or a country radio station, but I am appreciative of what it is, and.

[Morgan]

You can enjoy it more. You've probably gone to more concerts with it, too. Just having access to it.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah. Without even access to everything. It's like you can kind of do whatever with it, but it's still not my number one. It's like number seven on the list.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Well, you know, at least it moved up maybe one or two spots.

[Scuba Steve]

That's probably about the same. Oh, just kidding.

[Morgan]

You know what? It moved up over new hip hop.

[Scuba Steve]

It did move over, for sure. Yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Okay, we're gonna jump out of here. Scuba, thanks for being on.

[Scuba Steve]

Thank you for having me. I appreciate it.

[Morgan]

I like your shirt today. You're wearing. What is his name? Grouchy Girl.

[Scuba Steve]

What's in the. Oscar the Grouch.

[Morgan]

Thank you.

[Scuba Steve]

But it's like. It's a cause shirt. The artist. Cause where he puts X's over the eyes.

[Morgan]

I've never heard of that one.

[Scuba Steve]

I think he'll start seeing it now. He usually would do, like, a specific animal that he created, but then he started doing collabs like Sesame street and all that kind of stuff. If you looked up. Cause K A W S. Is that your spirit animal?

[Morgan]

Oscar the Grouch?

[Scuba Steve]

Maybe. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Is there I. Elmo's mine and Elmo's, like, secretly the one that sets everything on fire. So it's.

[Scuba Steve]

Oh, yeah, I love Ammo.

[Morgan]

Ammo. I'm Elmo. I love you. That's a good Elmo voice.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Okay, now you turn it creepy. I'm gonna kill you. Okay, goodbye, everybody. Go listen to Scuba's show. 1 059, the Rock.

[Scuba Steve]

Yes. You can call me at 615-737-1059. Or follow me on Instagram Scuba Steve Radio.

[Morgan]

I'm proud of you for posting on your socials more too.

[Scuba Steve]

I know. I hate it. I hate it so much. So much. It's a job we don't need to do within a job. That should just be the damn radio. Especially in my genre where it's classic rock. They don't really get. They don't really care about social media.

[Morgan]

Social media matters. It's important for marketing and brand.

[Scuba Steve]

I understand. Trust me, I get that side of it. But God is it takes too much damn time, too much consuming. I just want to get on there and do the damn show. God.

[Morgan]

Okay, well you can also follow me at who I've grow Morgan or you can go follow the show. Obbyboneshow Bye everybody.

[Scuba Steve]

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[Morgan]

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