Best Bits: Raymundo Travels to His Hometown & Morgan Had to Stop Wearing Apple Watch on Dates

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – Episode Summary: "Best Bits: Raymundo Travels to His Hometown & Morgan Had to Stop Wearing Apple Watch on Dates"

Release Date: February 1, 2025

In this engaging episode of The Bobby Bones Show, hosts Bobby Bones and Morgan delve into a variety of entertaining and insightful topics, offering listeners a behind-the-scenes look at their personal lives, professional challenges, and amusing anecdotes. The episode seamlessly blends humor with heartfelt conversations, making it a must-listen for both regular fans and newcomers.

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1. Voice Changes and Health Updates

The show kicks off with Bobby Bones addressing listeners about a noticeable change in his voice. Due to his wife's minor illness at home, Bobby's voice has taken on a deeper tone.

Bobby Bones [02:37]: "It's not as enthusiastic as it typically is. My wife had a little something at the house… it made my voice deeper. Maybe I'm just maturing."

Morgan reassures Bobby that he's not sick and jokes about his maturing voice, adding a light-hearted tone to the conversation.

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2. Super Bowl Plans and Viewing Habits

As the Super Bowl approaches, Bobby and Morgan discuss their differing approaches to the event. Bobby admits that with his expanded team, he can finally consider watching the game more closely.

Bobby Bones [03:38]: "I think now, because I have a staff… I can probably watch the Super Bowl."

However, Bobby reveals his traditional habit of not watching the entire game, usually placing a half-time bet instead.

Bobby Bones [03:45]: "Typically bet at halftime. I never make it the whole game."

Morgan playfully expresses surprise over Bobby's long-standing reservation about fully engaging with the Super Bowl, prompting a humorous exchange about future plans and potential viewing parties.

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3. Behind the Scenes: Team Dynamics and Responsibilities

A significant portion of the episode focuses on the inner workings of the show’s team. Bobby emphasizes the importance of each member, highlighting how the absence of any could lead to a "complete S show."

Bobby Bones [06:43]: "And if one of those people was missing, it would be an absolute S show."

Morgan shares her experiences filling in for team members, particularly during unforeseen circumstances like her bout with COVID.

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4. Home Maintenance and Family Support

The conversation shifts to personal life, with Bobby discussing the collaborative efforts with his father-in-law in maintaining their home. From innovative solutions like a paintbrush device to efficiently removing Christmas lights, Bobby showcases the ingenuity and support within his family.

Bobby Bones [09:28]: "He invented this device where he was able to just rip them down from the ground."

Morgan admires Bobby's father-in-law, noting his constant presence and assistance with household projects.

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5. Managing Promotions and Workplace Stress

Bobby opens up about his experiences with workplace promotions and the associated stress, particularly highlighting his struggle with managing emails and high-pressure situations.

Bobby Bones [27:05]: "I wouldn't worship. Wish that on my worst enemy."

Morgan empathizes, discussing the challenges of managing multiple responsibilities and the impact on personal well-being.

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6. Communication Styles: Emails and Texting

The hosts delve into their communication preferences, with Bobby expressing a dislike for excessive emails and his minimalist texting approach.

Bobby Bones [29:00]: "I like them when they're manageable."

Morgan contrasts this with her own communication habits, highlighting the differences in how they interact with family and colleagues.

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7. Personal Philosophies: Community and Future Aspirations

In a heartfelt segment, Bobby shares his beliefs on the keys to a fulfilling life, emphasizing the importance of community, having something to look forward to, and faith.

Bobby Bones [41:22]: "Community feels like that's how you're supposed to live this life… fly outside and go to the park today."

Morgan adds her perspectives on pets and good food as essential elements for personal happiness and well-being.

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8. Fun Anecdotes: Apple Watch on Dates and Fashion Trends

The episode concludes with amusing stories and light banter. Morgan recounts her awkward experience with Apple Watch notifications interrupting her dates, leading her to abandon wearing the device on romantic outings.

Morgan [46:37]: "I was on a date with a guy… he goes to the bathroom and the bartender comes up to me and she says, 'I keep seeing like hinge things pop up on your watch.'"

Additionally, the hosts humorously discuss dress code changes within the radio industry, reminiscing about the days of casual attire and joking about the enforcement of new professional standards.

Bobby Bones [36:49]: "Guys, we now need to wear pants to work and close-toed shoes. Hoodies are loud, but never again can you wear yoga pants."

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Notable Quotes

• Morgan [41:22]: "What do you feel like your thing is going to be when you get older and somebody asks you, what is the key to your long, great life?"

• Bobby Bones [42:35]: "Community and look forward to something. And then a belief in God, I would imagine, you know, that gives you just such a warm feeling…"

• Morgan [46:37]: "I have to stop wearing it on dates."

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Conclusion

This episode of The Bobby Bones Show offers a delightful mix of personal stories, professional insights, and humorous exchanges. From discussions about the Super Bowl and home maintenance to deeper conversations about life philosophies and communication styles, Bobby and Morgan provide listeners with a comprehensive and entertaining glimpse into their lives both on and off the airwaves.

Listeners are encouraged to follow Bobby Bones and Morgan on their respective social platforms and tune into their additional podcasts for more exclusive content and behind-the-scenes action.

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Transcript

[Bobby Bones]

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[Tisha Allen]

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[Katherine Legge]

Hey, you guys, I'm Katherine Legge. I'm a racing driver who's literally driven everything with four wheels across the planet. And I've got a new podcast. It's called Throttle Therapy. This season, I'm in some of the world's most notorious racing events. Tune in to my new podcast, Throttle Therapy with Katherine Legg, an iHeart women's sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Morgan]

Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iheart Women's Sports.

[Alec Baldwin]

Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. This season on my podcast, here's the Thing, I speak with musician, photographer and philanthropist Julian Lennon.

[Julian Lennon]

One of the really important things that happened to me with photography was I would have people write to me, people that couldn't financially afford to travel the world. And what they had all said to me is that you bring these stories to us, you bring the truth, you bring cultures that we would never necessarily know anything about.

[Alec Baldwin]

Listen to the new season of here's the thing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

The Best bits of the Week with Morgan, Part 1 Behind the Scenes with a member of the show.

[Morgan]

What's up, everybody? Happy weekend. I've got Raymundo joining me. Ray, how are you?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that was a.

[Morgan]

That was kind of a sad one.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it's a little. It's not as enthusiastic as it typically is. My wife had a little something at the house. Sick and cold wise. So it's affected my voice. But I'm not sick. I'm not sick.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you got to be careful about with that around here.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm really not, though. I still have an appetite. Just something with allergies and it made my voice deeper. Maybe I'm just maturing.

[Morgan]

Okay, we can roll with that. You know. How old are you?

[Bobby Bones]

39. But I mean, maybe you can. They say guys ears and noses never stop growing. Maybe guys voices never stop getting deeper. And I'm gonna have a lunchbox voice.

[Morgan]

Okay. You're part of the new study with the voices.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Well, we do have super bowl coming up. Do you have any big plans for the Super Bowl?

[Bobby Bones]

See, that's a great question. Because I think now, because I have a staff before back in the day, I've never really had other audio people doing stuff with me. But the last couple years it's evolved where we do have more people here on the team. So I think I can sleep in more, which means that I can probably watch the Super Bowl.

[Morgan]

You've never in years past watched the Super Bowl.

[Bobby Bones]

Typically bet at halftime. I never make it the whole game.

[Morgan]

Really?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So I'm sure we'll make food. It might just mean me and my wife, we have awesome neighbors. So maybe it's something like that where you just walk over to their house and they all make all the food. So we really just bring ourselves and maybe a 12 pack of alcohol and a dish and it's awesome. And then we can just walk back to our house. So we'll probably do that.

[Morgan]

I'm baffled. As someone who loves sports and bets a lot, that you for years have never finished a complete super bowl and.

[Bobby Bones]

Changed the narrative on bets a lot. I'm now a futures better. I don't bet on the daily. I do season long bets. So I will do one bet that typically lasts four to five months.

[Morgan]

Got it.

[Bobby Bones]

Instead of winning.

[Morgan]

Sorry, I misspoke.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Instead of in the moment winning $30, I hope to win $30,000 over five months.

[Morgan]

And has that happened yet?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

But we're hopeful.

[Morgan]

Okay. I'm just making sure I didn't miss something.

[Bobby Bones]

But yeah, I'm into sports, but I always go to bed because of the job.

[Morgan]

Do you at least watch the halftime show and then you go to bed?

[Bobby Bones]

I'll do that. Because we have to pull audio for it.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And you have to kind of know what happened.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

At least not be totally Blindsided by the morning.

[Bobby Bones]

It's the worst, though. Waking up. You never. It's. It's been my last 10 years. Who's the president? Who won the football game?

[Morgan]

You don't know any of it until the next morning.

[Bobby Bones]

What? There's a pandemic. Stuff like that.

[Morgan]

Okay. So this year might be your first full Super Bowl. Maybe you.

[Bobby Bones]

What do you.

[Morgan]

I don't know. I feel like you have this less stress, more life mentality. But I do feel like you. There's a side of you that I don't think anybody sees. And you. You like to have control over the board situation. So even though we do have more staff and other people to help, I just. Knowing you, you'll be like, no, it's fine. I'll take care of it.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, it. I mean, there has still been some issues. So as much as it seems like I stress out about stuff, there was just the other day, I took a picture of a guy in his shorts and T shirt. His name's Jeff. He's an engineer. I had to call him at one in the morning because the board messed up.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Though there would have been dead air nationwide for hours if I wasn't there.

[Morgan]

I don't give you a hard time for your less stress, more life. I know that your job is hard. I know that everybody on our show has a job and a role to play. You know, I don't give people a hard time for their jobs. Lunchbox. But I am. I understand your stress and I understand where it comes from, so. But I just say that lovingly, like, I don't know that you're going to be able to let go.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, no, I let go, girl. That board, some of the stuff it does, it runs on its own. I let go.

[Morgan]

I've been getting better.

[Bobby Bones]

I've been sleeping in, and it has been awesome.

[Morgan]

Okay. We are. We're improving. This is huge.

[Bobby Bones]

The thing about people in their own jobs, people ask me, oh, so what does Morgan really do? I don't know. Different departments. It's. It's just like on a football team. There's a court. We're talking super bowl, quarterback, running back, wide receivers. What does Bones do? I don't know. What does Amy do? I don't really know. She does her own prep. Everybody does their own thing to get ready for the show. I have no idea what you do, Eddie. The intricacies of him hitting the buttons. Lunchbox. I think he just wakes up and rolls in. But other than that, I have no idea what anybody does to Prepare for the show.

[Morgan]

Yeah, Everybody has a job to play for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

And if one of those people was missing, it would be an absolute S show.

[Morgan]

And when we've had that happen, except for.

[Bobby Bones]

Cause you can fill in pretty easily with him.

[Morgan]

You know, I have been able to fill in for Eddie. But it is funny when I. The few times I've had to call off work, I barely actually got to, like, call off work. I was still working from home or wherever I was at based on whatever the situation was. There was only one time when I had Covid. Gosh. When it first happened, first hit and I was homesick, I was like, I can't touch that computer. You guys are on your own. I don't care what happens, but I am miserable. I cannot help you.

[Bobby Bones]

Outside of Baser's one year cancer celebration, not having it in her body anymore. Trip to Hawaii when I was there for a week.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

As you've noticed, I've never missed a day at work because I really can't because we're so specialized. It would be an unmitigated S show if I wasn't at work.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Like I said, everybody has their specific job and you notice when they're missing.

[Bobby Bones]

Yep. So what are you doing for the Super Bowl?

[Morgan]

Honestly, I don't have any plans for the Super Bowl. Right. I haven't. I haven't even thought about it up until this, like, kind of moment where you're like, we might go out with our neighbors.

[Bobby Bones]

If anybody was wondering if Morgan single, she is. Because if she has no plans for the super bowl, that is a single chick.

[Morgan]

You know, Typically I host a party, though, because I love food. I love a little food party. Last year I did a dip party for the super bowl that's on a dip. I just haven't thought about it this year and I don't really have a desire to go watch the super. I feel like the super bowl is the game that you watch at people's houses. It's not the game you go to a bar for.

[Bobby Bones]

Correct.

[Morgan]

So I don't really have a desire to go to a bar and watch it. I might just, you know, be at home. I might see what a few friends are doing and make some food. I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you're right, though. There's different sporting events where, oh, you gotta go to a bar for this Super Bowl. That's house party.

[Morgan]

It is. I feel like if you go watch the super bowl at a bar, it's either has to be your favorite bar and your favorite Food. And there's like a re. A really good reason. But not often do I actually see a lot of the bars busy at super bowl time.

[Bobby Bones]

If you go to a bar on Super Bowl Sunday, it's saying, I don't have any friends, I don't have a house, and I am homeless because that's what I used to do when I was homeless.

[Morgan]

When you were living up here, that's where you were at. Speaking of your home, what's the latest update on Ray Country Life.

[Bobby Bones]

Country life. Well, we took down our Christmas lights. My father in law comes down. He invented this device where he was able to just rip them down from the ground. It was, it was a paintbrush, but it was two of them stuck together so it was 15ft in the air. And then the paintbrush was on the very end one of those rollers. And then all you do with the new clip ons we had talked about, I don't know if it was on this podcast or off air, but there's clip ons now where you don't staple lights to your house. And so it's just. And you've even said, don't you leave the clip ons on your house?

[Morgan]

Yeah, my. Well, my dad found like a new strategy. But yeah, it's stapling. It doesn't really have to be a staple anymore. Now you can do all the different versions.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So there's all these clip ons and my father in law rolled the paintbrush a along the top of the house and it would just pop all the lights off and then we just go retrieve them. And it took 15 minutes. Dang, we did that.

[Morgan]

Dude, your father in law comes in clutch for you all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, he's so awesome.

[Morgan]

I see him on a lot of your guys's Instagram stories. Like he's at your guys house doing.

[Bobby Bones]

Something new and he's so respectful too because he knows I nap in the afternoon so he'll just start doing a project. I'll be like, oh my gosh, are we getting broken into? What is this, an earthquake? I go outside and he's got a paintbrush removing all the lights. I'm like, bro, I'm going to help you. Just hit me up with a text. I'm not gonna let my 70 year old father in law do this by himself. And he's just rocking and rolling. Comes over with a box truck.

[Morgan]

What was it yesterday? You're like, oh yeah, I'll help you. And I said, I don't know, Ray, I've seen Your father in law do a lot of your stuff?

[Bobby Bones]

He does it all.

[Morgan]

You had offered to help me with something. I don't remember what we were talking about, but that was like my first initial reaction was just, I'm sure you're capable of it. But what I have seen is that your father in law does just about all of your house stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, he does. I just assist him with lifting things, getting whatever he may need. Maybe a drill, gun, something that's charging. I got it. But me and him also, we can lift stuff together because his back at one point wasn't good. Now it's amazing. After his surgery, he went and had back surgery. So he's even stronger than me. It's a golf ball, 300 yards. But we were coming over to your house for Bazer's podcast with you.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I go, hey, anything you need me to do. But I really don't know how to do too much.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you definitely have a really great crutch. And he's in construction and stuff, so it makes sense. But it's just funny. I wonder if have you ever asked him, like, what do you think of the fact that I always have you do stuff instead of me?

[Bobby Bones]

He knows that I'm more in the. In a white collar type industry where I'm. He knows I don't know how to do a lot of that stuff. And it's my own fault. My dad maybe would have taught me as a kid, but a lot of it my dad just did on his own. Oh, it's just fast for me to do it. You guys just watch and he would just do it. I was around all kinds of stuff as a kid. We did all kinds of projects. I just never did it on my own.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I think he understood, but he's. He's there to help. But there also are projects where he knows that. Hey, you. That I can knock it out. Like, I've had to hang these two TVs and he hasn't done it because I'm pretty sure he's like, okay, you can find a stud. You got the bracket. You can. You can hang these two wall TVs. It's on you. So I should probably do that project.

[Morgan]

I was going to say, but have you done it yet?

[Bobby Bones]

No, because we had to get a Roku stick because there are TVs we got from the old studio and they're not smart TVs, so the Roku makes them smart.

[Morgan]

These. Are they going somewhere in like your new dudes den?

[Bobby Bones]

Dudes den. I have two TVs in there. There could now be a third TV in there. And then I also got to hang one on the patio because if it gets weathered and weather damage, if it gets ruined, I don't care. It's from the old studio. Is going to get thrown away anyways.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So I'm going to stick one of those out there.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

But it's on the side of my house.

[Morgan]

Did you get from the old studio?

[Bobby Bones]

Couple.

[Morgan]

Okay. I'm hearing a lot of them. And this is a lot of TVs. Are you guys in like a ranch style house? Like it's all one level?

[Bobby Bones]

No, there's two levels. There's two levels, but it is spread out.

[Morgan]

So where's your dude den?

[Bobby Bones]

Upstairs.

[Morgan]

Upstairs. Okay. And it's Laura allowed in the dude den?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. The cats in the dude den bays in the dude den. There's way too many people in the dude den. I thought it was supposed to be just me. Well, yeah, we're getting ready for the summer stuff. We gotta get with this dude, get our grass green. It kind of went brown. We're the only people in the entire neighborhood with brown grass.

[Morgan]

How is that even possible though? We've had horrible weather. How has anybody kept up with their lawn?

[Bobby Bones]

Not that, but they properly did. Whatever you got to do. Fertilizer and stuff. I guess we didn't put enough money into it. I guess it's like hundreds and hundreds of dollars you got to put into your grass.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

We kind of just went to Home Depot and Ace and threw some seed on the ground. And it worked at first. But then the first time we had our cold snap, it all turned brown. And everybody else in the neighborhoods is green. We're like, oh. I called my father in law, Phil. I'm like, gary, Gary. Our whole grass went brown. What should we do? He's like, we got to get some fertilizer. I'm on it.

[Morgan]

See, that's what's hard. Like, I. I have to call my dad all the time for lawn help. I'm like, what do I do with this? And I hate, I hate keeping up with a yard. If there's one thing I don't like as a homeowner is the fact of that you have to every season do something new to keep up with that yard.

[Bobby Bones]

You need a man. I was out in the yard the other day was water and I was putting out our ferns. I think it's now time I say it's. If it's in the 50s. I'm putting the ferns Back out. So now I'm curious. Are the ferns gonna be green? Did they die over the winter? So all my plants are out. I'm starting to water, starting to see. Oh, maybe we need a little bit of mu. Right here. You need a man.

[Morgan]

Wait. Okay. I'm. I'm proud of you. Because we might not be able to do the construction and the things in the house, but it sounds like you've taken over the outside.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, because my dad at his job, he was a procurement manager, so he knows all kinds of trees, perennials, window water. If. If you need to put stuff in the garage, plants, water, fertilizer. Put it on your hose, and you can spray them twice a year, and it gives them extra nutrients.

[Morgan]

Okay, so you see, you got the outside at least.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Morgan]

I was just seeing what you contributed to the whole party giving you a hard time. Okay, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back.

[Reed]

Hey, y'all, this is Reed from the God's country podcast. We had the one and only Bobby Bones in the studio this week, and we cover everything from his upbringing to his outdoor experiences with the stepdad, Arkansas Keith, to the state of country music. We may even end the episode with a little jam session led by Bobby himself. Y'all be sure and listen to this episode of God's country with Bobby bones on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

Don't go shopping at Target with khaki pants and a red shirt on. Don't go shopping at Target with khaki pants and a red polo shirt on. Switch up, songwriter. An old lady came up to me. She said, how much for this cream of Wheat?

[Jon Stewart]

Jon Stewart is back at the Daily show, and he's bringing his signature wit and insight straight to your ears with the Daily Show Ears Edition podcast. Dive into John's unique take on the biggest topics in politics, entertainment, sports, and more. Joined by the sharp voices of the show's correspondents and contributors. And with extended interviews and exclusive weekly headline roundups, this podcast gives you content you won't find anywhere else. Ready to laugh and stay informed? Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Welcome. My name is Paola Pedrosa, a medium and the host of the Ghost Therapy podcast, where it's not just about connecting with deceased loved ones. It's about learning through them and their new perspective. Join me on the Ghost Therapy podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

Whoa. My lights in my living room just flickered.

[Morgan]

I'm a little nervous. I'M excited. I'm excited. Nervous. You know, I'm a very spiritual person, so I'm like, I'm ready and open. That was amazing. I feel so grateful right now. I got to speak to my great grandmother Abuela, and she gave me a lot of really good advice that I'm gonna have to really think about. Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

That's crazy. Yes, that is accurate.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Listen to the Ghost Therapy podcast as part of the My Cultura Podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Alec Baldwin]

Good people. What's up? It's Questo, Questlove and Team supreme. And I have been working hard to bring you some incredible episodes of Questlove supreme with guests you definitely don't want to miss. Now, one of the things I love about this Questlove supreme podcast is we got something for everybody, every type of music lover. We enjoy speaking to the people who are the face of some movements, some people you've seen on stage or TV or magazine covers. But we also love speaking to the folks who are making it happen behind the scenes, and they paved the way for those that followed, you know, keystones to the culture. This season we've had some amazing one on one conversations, like I'm Jay P. Hill chatting up with hit maker Sam Hollander, Sugar Steve chatting with the legend Nick Lowe. And I've had pleasures in doing one on one conversations with Willow, Sonata, Matreya, Kathleen, Hannah, and the rza. These are conversations you won't hear anywhere else. So make sure you go back and you check those episodes out. All right, Listen to Questlove supreme on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Morgan]

Speaking of your family, your dad and everything, you went home to Michigan for the holidays.

[Bobby Bones]

That was last second. We were gonna hang out and then we had an invite from our buddy Billy in Texas. He goes, hey, come roll with me to Austin. Let's get for a week. And I go, bazer, we got to go home to my parents. But it's such an expensive flight because they live right next to Canada and you basically have to take a private flight in there.

[Morgan]

Like multiple flights to get there. Yeah, kind of how it works.

[Bobby Bones]

And so I said, we got to go home. And we did. Totally out of budget. We're supposed to live below our means. We're way over budget, folks. We're not spending any money the rest of the year now. But we were able to go home and I'm happy we made that decision instead of getting S faced in Austin for six days.

[Morgan]

So was the request to get drunk in Austin what sparked you to say, no, we should probably go home? Or were you already thinking about going home?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, it's just that catch 22 of I'm a companion pass from Southwest, so I fly free wherever in the country. But when we fly home, there's no companion pass because there's no Southwest. So we both have to buy flights, which ends up being thousands of dollars.

[Morgan]

How can you. Is there not, like a way for you to fly in on Southwest somewhere and then get a. Can I team fly on another one? I know it's probably more work, though.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I don't know. That's actually a great question because I.

[Morgan]

Know Southwest flies to Detroit, but.

[Bobby Bones]

Right, but Detroit's nine hours from where I live, so.

[Morgan]

But then could you take a different flight from Detroit to there?

[Bobby Bones]

It's such a small city I live in.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

That flight is expensive regardless.

[Morgan]

Got it.

[Bobby Bones]

So that's what it is. Probably.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Bazer looks at all the angles, but. Yeah.

[Morgan]

So you know what I'm thinking about? Have you seen the movie the Proposal?

[Bobby Bones]

Probably.

[Morgan]

And Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock. So they go to his, like, hometown in Canada or whatever, and they have to take multiple different things. That's what I'm picturing.

[Bobby Bones]

That is your home watch the Proposal. That's my house.

[Morgan]

They live on an island.

[Bobby Bones]

Right.

[Morgan]

But I'm picturing this type of travel to get to your place is how you're describing it.

[Bobby Bones]

So that. That's how we got to the conclusion. Let's go to Michigan. We'll recover within the first quarter.

[Morgan]

Okay. And you're glad you went?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And so then. But then we had to do the thing where we did freezer roulette, where we had to eat stuff out of the freezer. That's how we were able to cut back for the whole month because we're trying to get the money back from those flights. So we've been playing freezer roulette. Okay, okay, okay.

[Morgan]

What's been the best thing out of freezer roulette?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, mozzarella sticks are always money.

[Morgan]

Nice.

[Bobby Bones]

So many pizzas in there that we just like small ones that you just never eat. Those are good. We did stir fry the.

[Morgan]

Great, great. Good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Combined. We did stir fry all kinds of mysteries in your freezer. And you realize, don't ever get stuffed and put it in your freezer because you never eat it.

[Morgan]

Really? I eat my freezer food all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

So dumb. You should never get freezer food because you never. It just sits there for a year.

[Morgan]

Well, I. I get stuff from Trader Joe's freezer food and that I always use because it's pastas and stuff and it's easy to make. You just throw it on and it's ready to go. And you don't ever make your freezer food normally.

[Bobby Bones]

No. What we learned now.

[Morgan]

Okay, you learned to know. And now you're going to start making freezer stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

But it was dope. Going home. Going home. Seeing Michigan. I had been there recently, but typically we'd been meeting my family in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint, other places that aren't as far and we could fly southwest. So this was Baylor's first time going back there. Seven years.

[Morgan]

Really?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And we said, this is the last time we'll see you guys in another seven years.

[Morgan]

Just because it's so expensive or because.

[Bobby Bones]

Not a lot to do. It's out in the middle of nowhere. The reason I moved away from there is because there's nothing to do.

[Morgan]

But I thought with Michigan, you have the lakes. They have really pretty winters with snow. I just. You kind of have a combination of all things. I've always heard great things about Michigan.

[Bobby Bones]

They do, they do. But it's just. It. Michigan is beautiful. But the town my father decided to live in isn't the greatest town. And the only reason we live there is because it was right close to the lumber mill. We had four other cities we could have lived in. And us kids chose all the other ones. And my dad picked the one that was right next to the lumber mill. And it's the ugliest, most depressing. There's one gas station. Nothing goes on there. People go there to just die, so.

[Morgan]

Well, that's sad.

[Bobby Bones]

So I'm not running to go home.

[Morgan]

Got it.

[Bobby Bones]

But my parents come down here all the time. And there's other place we meet up. We'll go meet up in East Tennessee. Phoenix. We went and met up. So it's not like I'm not seeing my parents. I'm a good son.

[Morgan]

I know you're a good son. I'm just following the. The Michigan.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Morgan]

What is your favorite city in Michigan?

[Bobby Bones]

It would have to be one right along Lake Michigan. I'm on Lake Superior up there. Give me Traverse City. My grandparents used to live in before they pass in Grand Rapids. That's beautiful. That area over there. I mean, because it's all American pie. Whatever you saw when they play football on the beach, that's Lake Michigan. That's all right there. So Grand Haven. Give me Grand Haven.

[Morgan]

So there's cool areas of Michigan. It's just where you were living, you know, not so much.

[Bobby Bones]

Final answer. Grand Haven.

[Morgan]

Okay, Grand Haven. Can you get to Grand Haven easily? Can you get to Grand Haven? On Southwest?

[Bobby Bones]

You'd probably fly to Grand Rapids, but I don't know if that's Southwest. And then you'd have to drive an hour to the lake. Grand Haven.

[Morgan]

I feel like most lakes you always have to drive to. There's never an air like Table Rock. Going to Table Rock, if I were to want to go to that. Or Lake of the Ozarks, which is in Arkansas and Missouri, both of those. Anytime you fly into somewhere, you'd have to drive to get to the lake because there's never really airports by lakes.

[Bobby Bones]

Great Point, Lake Tahoe. My buddy's trying to get me to go there for the Super Bowl. Bazer said no, turned it down. And I'm pretty sure it's a flight and then a drive. Lake Tahoe, there's no lakes at it next to an airport.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I wonder if there's anywhere that that's the case. And if so, I wonder why this is not a thing. Because I think more people would go to the lakes otherwise you just road trip to them.

[Bobby Bones]

It always is a road trip if somebody says a lake.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And yeah, that was the same. Like we always went to Table Rock growing up and it was like a six hour road trip from Wichita.

[Bobby Bones]

So far.

[Morgan]

So far. But it was so much fun.

[Bobby Bones]

Our limit is about three hours.

[Morgan]

You don't even like a road trip.

[Bobby Bones]

I do like a road trip and we've done that before. We drove to Panama City. Me and Bays are seven hours, but three is good. We did Knoxville, we did Lexington, Those are good three hour drive. Chicago, six hours, so.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but it's a cool city that's six hours away. I mean, I know the flight is 45 minutes or an hour, but like, if you can't take a flight, that's not that bad.

[Bobby Bones]

With our jobs though, I don't have three weeks to go take a leisurely drive.

[Morgan]

Listen, Ray, I drive home to Kansas every year at the holidays for clothes. 11 hours, not a lot of time off.

[Bobby Bones]

No, those are two days lost.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that's why I get up at like 3am and I go. Then I'm getting there by like 2pm so it's not horrible. But 11 hours, though, that's where it gets long for me. I think that's why six hours doesn't seem that bad to Me, I'm like, road trip in 11 hours with a dog and a cat that's roaming.

[Bobby Bones]

Yep.

[Morgan]

When you guys road trip, do you ever bring your cat?

[Bobby Bones]

Let's see. No, no, no.

[Morgan]

Would you?

[Bobby Bones]

No, because we got our. We have so much family by where we live. We got. They always are at our house when we're out of town.

[Morgan]

So you don't even have to. This is also why you don't have to road trip.

[Bobby Bones]

Like a cat takes care of itself. But my mother in law will be there every single day for eight hours. Play with the cat.

[Morgan]

Well, that's a cool.

[Bobby Bones]

It's awesome.

[Morgan]

What about when you get a dog though? Because I know this is coming.

[Bobby Bones]

Mm, I don't know. We're not getting a dog yet.

[Morgan]

Is that because of you? Because I know if Laura.

[Bobby Bones]

We don't have a fence.

[Morgan]

I know, but if Laura had her way, you guys would have had a dog like five years ago.

[Bobby Bones]

We don't have a fence. And I'll hang up and listen.

[Morgan]

Are you going to put in a fence so Laura can get the dog that she wants?

[Bobby Bones]

Here's the thing. We have a huge property. I think it would look weird if we did just. I guess people just do backyard fences. They don't do a fence around their whole house.

[Morgan]

No, you can just do a backyard fence. Heck, you could even just do a side fence if you wanted to.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm pretty sure that costs $20,000.

[Morgan]

Well, you do have a really great father in law who has seemed to help you with about everything else.

[Bobby Bones]

He does help with a lot, but it still costs money. It does cost money. Takes more time at work. And I don't want any more time at work. I want time at home. So therefore, we will not get a dog.

[Morgan]

You know, we did learn this when Bobby said you asked for a promotion. Is this, is this a true story?

[Bobby Bones]

That's the weirdest story ever. He goes, ray, I offered him a promotion. Do you see what Steve goes through every day when he's running through the hallway with his laptop asking Bones about four proposals and Bones gives him one word answers all pass that.

[Morgan]

Was that the promotion that you were getting offered at one point?

[Bobby Bones]

I guess if it was offered to me, it was in just such a casual way. And I go, I would never want the headache of getting done with my job because now we have more assistance and stuff. So it is more manageable. Back in the day I would have had to have done so much audio. And then after that I have to do email work and then a 20 minute conversation with Bones about proposals where he turns me down and says no and gives me. Tells me that was a bad idea and terrible. You're bad by. No, no. Why would I ever do that?

[Morgan]

Your body just got a little more tense.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you ever see that? It's the worst. Scuba's like, bones, can I talk to you for a second? They're going down the hallway downstairs and he's yelling proposals at him.

[Morgan]

You know, would you ever.

[Bobby Bones]

I wouldn't worship. Wish that on my worst enemy.

[Morgan]

I have Scuba, though. I feel like Scuba always adds an extra layer of emergency to some things. He has this, like, urgent. I don't. I don't know how to explain it. Yeah, he adds a little bit of, like, whether it's. It's an emergency or, like, it's urgent. He has this, like, hustle to it sometimes. I don't. Do you know what I'm talking about? That.

[Bobby Bones]

But I will tell you. He has people then pressuring him. He's got the, the, the R's and the J's and the J's hitting him, saying, hey, I need answers on this.

[Morgan]

I know. And he does. But it's so funny, like, watching him, because he can go from like a level 2 to a level 10 real quick.

[Bobby Bones]

He has to.

[Morgan]

Yeah, he can. He. He does that. That's the, that's the shift that I've seen.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

But I don't know how to explain that. I wish I had that level of urgency sometimes with things. Otherwise, I just. I'm like, yeah, never mind. I'll figure it later.

[Bobby Bones]

Sometimes you got to get answers on stuff.

[Morgan]

It's true. But not for you.

[Bobby Bones]

He said he emails Amy and she doesn't email him back. He's got to get answers. But guess what? I don't email Amy. I don't have to get answers because I don't want to be the executive producer.

[Morgan]

You really hate emails.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I like them when they're manageable.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I used to. But people think, oh, spam emails. Yeah, I hate my spam emails. No, no, guys. I would wake up to 30 emails every morning from Bones, and it would be 30 things that had projects that had to get done before 5am try that stress on for size and let me know how that works out.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Now we're still talking about Scuba's job, right?

[Bobby Bones]

But with Scuba's job, same thing. Emails out the wazoo.

[Morgan]

You're not an email guy. You're also not even like a texting guy, though, either. Anytime I've texted you it's been either one word or just you send me whatever I need. There's no, like, yeah, I've.

[Bobby Bones]

I've narrowed texting down to. I guess I just used to text to hit on chicks, you know, now that I'm married, I'm like, what's the point of texting?

[Morgan]

Just.

[Bobby Bones]

And also my parents.

[Morgan]

All communication with everybody.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, no. My parents and family are now into texting. I'm like, guys, I was popular 15 years ago. I'm almost over the phase of texting now. And they' the heat of it. They do these family text threads, 100 deep, and I'm at work. I'm like, what do they talk about? What are these 100 texts?

[Morgan]

Do you just ignore all of them or do you go back through them?

[Bobby Bones]

I'll go back. When I'm chilling at home on a Friday night, I'll read through them all. It. It'll be, let's say Valentine's Day. And I'll be like, oh, hey, Aunt Sherry. Everything looks good. That looks like it was a fun Christmas. I'll hit her back two months after when I can sit down and look at the pictures and read the comments and enjoy it and appreciated it. Because what I found is if I'm sitting at a red light scrolling through friends text messages, I wasn't actually, like, putting them into my head.

[Morgan]

That's fair.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not comprehending. It's like retaining. I wasn't retaining anything. And they'd be like, you hear my funny comment? But what was he said? Now, if I really want to read something, I sit down, I read it, I laugh, and I retain it. And I go, justin, I remember when you text me that. That was so funny. Otherwise, I get back to him. Like, right now, there's probably 20 texts from Billy and Danny. And I'll get back to these guys. Look at these idiots. Bet slips from last night. I'll get back to them. I'll get back to them. This right here is going around the Internet. I guess it's a hamburger. And if you look at it, it kind of looks like Steve Harvey.

[Morgan]

You know, I don't. I don't get that one.

[Bobby Bones]

But. But guess what? I haven't fully looked at it, and I haven't retained it. You haven't appreciated it. So guess what? No response. They'll get a response in three days.

[Morgan]

I really love the look inside of your brain, just understanding how it works because it's funny. Everybody's different. Everybody has their different ways of. And you're right. I. When I'm moving so fast and I'm responding to things, I'm really not retaining a lot of stuff. That's why my brain, when I'll play easy trivia, I'm like, I don't know. Yes, I know this answer somewhere deep inside my brain. But right now, there's 80 million other things up here, and that is not one of them.

[Bobby Bones]

If you don't write it down, you'll never remember that.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that stuff's hard. It's funny. It's funny looking at your little brain. Your little brain. My little.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, your little brain.

[Morgan]

They're all little.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, okay.

[Morgan]

That's more what I was trying to say. I was saying you have a little brain. That sounded weird when it came out. Okay, one more quick break. We'll be right back.

[Reed]

Hey, y'all. This is Reed from the God's country podcast. We had the one and only Bobby Bones in the studio this week, and we cover everything from his upbringing to his outdoor experiences with his stepdad, AR Keith, to the state of country music. We may even end the episode with a little jam session led by Bobby himself. Y'all be sure and listen to this episode of God's country with Bobby bones on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

Don't go shopping at Target with khaki pants and a red shirt on. Don't go shopping at Target with khaki pants and a red polo shirt on. Switch up song. An old lady came up to me. She said, how much for this cream.

[Jon Stewart]

Of Wheat Catch Jon Stewart back in action on the Daily show and in your ears with the Daily Show Ears Edition podcast. From his hilarious satirical takes on today's politics and entertainment to the unique voices of correspondents and contributors, it's your perfect companion to stay on top of what's happening now. Plus, you'll get special content just for podcast listeners, like in depth interviews and a roundup of the week's top headlines. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Welcome. My name is Paola Pedrosa, a medium and the host of the Ghost Therapy podcast, where it's not just about connecting with deceased loved ones. It's about learning through them and their new perspective. Join me on the Ghost Therapy podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

Whoa. My lights in my living room just flickered.

[Morgan]

I'm a little nervous. I'm excited. I'm excited nervous. You know, I'm a very spiritual person, so I'm like, I'm ready and open. That was Amazing. I feel so grateful right now. I got to speak to my great grandmother Abuela, and she gave me a lot of really good advice that I'm gonna have to really think about. Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

That's crazy. Yes, that is accurate.

[Paola Pedrosa]

Listen to the Ghost Therapy podcast as part of the My Cultura Podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Alec Baldwin]

Good people, what's up? It's Questo, Questlove and Team supreme. And I have been working hard to bring you some incredible episodes of Questlove supreme with guests you definitely don't want to miss. Now, one of the things I love about this Questlove supreme podcast is we got something for everybody, every type of music lover. We enjoy speaking to the people who were the face of some movements, some people you've seen on stage or TV or magazine covers. But we also love speaking to the folks who are making it happen behind the scenes. And we paved the way for those that followed, you know, keystones to the culture. This season we've had some amazing one on one conversations like I'm Jay Peele chatting up with hitmaker Sam Holland, Sugar Steve chatting with the legend Nick Lowe. And I've had pleasures in doing one on one conversations with Willow Sonata, Matreya, Kathleen Hanna and the rza. These are conversations you won't hear anywhere else. So make sure you go back and you check those episodes out. Alright? Listen to Questlove supreme on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Morgan]

We're gonna go into some fun, random question topics, kind of spitfire, if you will. But because we were just talking about work and all the craziness, I wanted to give you a second here to talk about your disdain for our new dress code.

[Bobby Bones]

Your use of words, not mine. Dislike. I would say. Disdain is just such a hateful word.

[Morgan]

Disdain, really.

[Bobby Bones]

Allow me to say this. I entered into this industry, the radio industry, long, long ago, because guys wore hoodies and backwards hats and sweatpants and sandals. And I said, this is the coolest industry I've ever seen. Bones was in the hallway one of my first days when I worked with a sports station. Didn't even had never met Bones, had heard the show on the radio, knew of the show, didn't even know Bones was in my same building. And here comes this dude, Bobby Bones, wearing sandals, sweats, a hoodie. I'm like, this is what I want to do the rest of my life. This is so cool. Smash cut to 2025 and we get the inner office memo. Not inner office, inner show memo. Because it wasn't from corporate.

[Morgan]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Guys, we now need to wear pants to work and close toed shoes. Hoodies are loud, but never again can you wear yoga pants. Joggers, leisure wear, athleisure. And I said this is the end of an era. Let's just take a moment to appreciate how awesome that was to dress like crap for the past 15 years.

[Morgan]

It is, it is the end of an arrow and a lot has changed.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm wearing pants. I got gray jeans on right now.

[Morgan]

You know, seeing you in jeans every day is a weird experience.

[Bobby Bones]

You got jeans on right now.

[Morgan]

I do, I do. And I always listen when we always had guests and I would always dress up and have that. But yeah, I for sure loved my legging days because there are some days where I was so tired and we come in so early that I was just like, I don't want to dress up today. It's a lot of effort for this frickin early in the morning. My brain isn't even awake yet.

[Bobby Bones]

I had wind pants, I had guy joggers, I had golf pants, which I think probably are acceptable now. I had the most comfortable leisure wear of all time. And every morning I'd wake up and go, man, some of my friends got to put on suits and ties. Three piece suits. Look at me, I'm just rocking a hoodie, going to a pretty respectable job. Yeah, like people would kill to get into this industry. And then I look on tv, people are wearing suits and dresses and I say how much that sucked to dress like that. I remember at my wedding, dang right.

[Morgan]

You put that in the universe for us.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, when you had to dress up for. I was going to say wedding, but never mind. That was a bad example.

[Morgan]

Well, I've had to dress up for a bunch of weddings.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, thank you. It was. It's so miserable because I never wear that stuff. I don't want to wear this stuff. This isn't Wall Street. I'm not a president. United States suits are fine. I've just never been a big fan. My parents used to always make us dress up on Sundays and we had to wear the nicest clothes and I hated it. So maybe I've just always been revolting against that. I don't ever want to have to dress up like that. I really don't even have. A wife always says, you need more ties. You need. I don't want to dress like that. I would enjoy my life. And now we got to start wearing pants and looking respectable.

[Morgan]

I love. I love this rant because it went from suits and ties to wearing pants. So I get it. Trust me. Listen, like, I saw the tags, and I was bummed because I really enjoy my legging days and my days that I'm very tired and I don't want to dress up and put together an outfit, but I also get it. At the same time, there's a. There's a level here. But.

[Bobby Bones]

But. And then here's what hasn't been brought up. When do you communicate the best? When you're comfortable and relaxed.

[Morgan]

Yeah, it's true.

[Bobby Bones]

And our hours are different than your typical 9 to 5 banker. So that's kind of why we dress with joggers. Because you're going to communicate the absolute best possible way when you're chilling and living just a relaxing life. Maybe you're a little more uptight in jeans. Maybe we're not going to be as funny in jeans. And guess what? I hope that happens, because then we will go back to wind pants and joggers, and it'll be awesome.

[Morgan]

It is true. Nobody responded in our group thing, besides me. And I was like, guys, we can't even get our temperature in the room figured out. How are you going to tell me how to dress when you don't even know if it's going to be Antarctica or the Sahara desert?

[Bobby Bones]

Great point.

[Morgan]

And it was like, well, it's been fixed. I was like, but has it? Because I don't know that it has. Maybe in the studio, maybe not everywhere.

[Bobby Bones]

Else, but has it? Because I'm wearing a stocking cap today. Freaking cold in the glass room.

[Morgan]

But, yeah, nobody responded to it besides me asking that question. And I was like, okay, I guess it's fixed. We'll figure it out.

[Bobby Bones]

But they come at me for my stocking cap, I'm going to be like, no, not when it's 60 degrees in the glass room. I'm wearing a damn stocking cap.

[Morgan]

That's the one thing you're going to hold on to. You're gonna make me wear jeans. But a stocking cap is not gonna be taken away.

[Bobby Bones]

Where I draw the line.

[Morgan]

Okay, I wanted to give you the space to talk about that.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you.

[Morgan]

Do you feel a little better now?

[Bobby Bones]

That was good.

[Morgan]

Okay, good. I'm glad we got it off our chest. I was talking to a resident at the retirement home when Remy and I were visiting, and it was her 99th birthday. Wow. And she was so with it, so communicative. Like, just. You would have never known. This woman was 99 years old. So I asked her what her secret to this long life was, and she said exercising and volunteering, the two things that made her always feel really good and, like, good for the soul, good for the health, all those things. What do you feel like your thing is going to be when you get older and somebody asks you, what is the key to your long, great life?

[Bobby Bones]

Interests in the future and community. You can't go through this life alone because we've all had that point in our life where you didn't have any friends. I remember I moved to Texas. I had one friend. So when I went to all my classes, I didn't know anybody in my apartment. I didn't know anybody. So, you know that feeling when you have nobody, it's not a good feeling. Community feels like that's how you're supposed to live this life. So I'd say that's the number one thing. And then something to the future. Right now, my future's parlays. I look forward to that time when I'm gonna win $30,000 when I'm 90. Am I? Is that gonna be my future look? No, it's gonna be, oh, I hope I can get outside and go to the park today. But you have to look forward to something. So those are my two things. Community and look forward to something. And then a belief in God, I would imagine, you know, that gives you just such a warm feeling that you're. That you're. There's like a greater good in this planet. And whatever bad thing you're going through there. There is like a loving God. So I would say those three things.

[Morgan]

Okay. Hey, I'm very proud of you. This is like you came up with that on the spot.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And I mean, you don't really experience that until you go to church. And then you're just like, oh, man. Like, you probably should have God in your life. Like, that really does make you a lot better. Okay, so those are my three things.

[Morgan]

I love this for you. She only gave me two, but thanks for three.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Morgan]

The. The two that I came up with are not as introspective as yours. You did really good on that. Mine were pets and good food. It was just more simple. Like, you have pets in your life, you're going to feel loved all the time, and you're going to back to your thought of, like, community. Pets just bring a different spice to your life that I don't feel like a lot of things can. And they also give you a lot of perspective all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

Agree.

[Morgan]

And then good food, it's good for your body. It makes you feel. And also you can have soul food, which makes you just feel good when things are bad. So having good food all the time is good for you.

[Bobby Bones]

You definitely do that. Good food. You're always rocking a restaurant. I'll be like, hey, what about this Embers place? You said bomb food. Great place. Go there.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you. That's what. Scuba and I were having a little meeting yesterday. We were updating our notes app with all of our recent things we visited. We like to do that. Okay, that's one. What would you be an ambassador of? So we see ambassadors for things like cities in states, but what would you be an ambassador of? Maybe something you really, really love. It can be the most random thing.

[Bobby Bones]

I would say, almost getting involved with kids, like when they're in high school. Because honestly, when I made that jump from high school to college, it was such a jump. And I don't necessarily. I mean, I didn't need college to get to this job.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Journalism is a different world for sure. So you need more experience than you need a degree.

[Bobby Bones]

And I've already kind of been an ambassador. I don't know if this is answering your question, but with my two nephews. So every day I reach out to them. I'm like, because my one nephew, he's. What is he, Boomer? 17, I believe. My other one is 12 to 14. Dang. I need to know their. I need to be an ambassador of learning their ages. But he's kind of started to hate school a little bit. And I got it. And I keep telling him, I'm like, dude, school sucked for everybody, Everybody. And I can tell you, life is so much better after school. We just got to get through it. So I feel like there's that jump from middle school to high school to college. Kids just need maybe not their parents, because their parents kind of be like authoritarian. You gotta have somebody you can reach out to. So I've been trying to be there for my nephews and like, hey, let's go. What's. What's the next thing? What are you thinking of? Are we getting you guys into video editing? Trying to get him to be my little video editors get a little pushed.

[Morgan]

Working out for you.

[Bobby Bones]

I just texted a 17 year old the other day. I was like, you have effectively been fired from my video editing because you don't respond to my text.

[Morgan]

You are the ambassador for the in between.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Morgan]

I like this. This is really good. That's Also really good for your nephews and a good reminder, if anybody has nephews of that kind of in between spaces.

[Bobby Bones]

You the ambassador for single living.

[Morgan]

Right? You throw me off every time I, you know, I am an ambassador for like living your best life regardless of your situation. For sure. But I mean what I was gonna go ambassador of was volunteering. I wish more people volunteered. Yeah, I think it. I. Every time like Remy and I go somewhere, I have had just multiple perspectives that I wouldn't have if I wouldn't be in that situation. I think you just see life differently and you experience so many different types of people that it really opens your eyes and the littlest things don't seem so important anymore.

[Bobby Bones]

Vibes.

[Morgan]

So I wish more people would. It's hard. It's hard, right? You have so many things that you have to do in a day to day life and you have a job and you need to make food for yourself and exercise and socialize and take care of your partner and the list goes on. Volunteering is always going to be low on that list because it takes a lot of effort and energy to do something that's totally outside of your norm. But it's so important and so rewarding, especially if you find something that you're just super passionate about.

[Bobby Bones]

For sure. Rewarding.

[Morgan]

So that one. But thank you for my single life.

[Bobby Bones]

I was gonna say put a good face on it. Like it seems awesome.

[Morgan]

Oh, thank you. That makes me feel good. Okay, I want to tell you something funny that happened and then I want you to tell me your trend that you started. So I had, I got my apple watch, which I was really excited about getting Ray. I had to stop wearing it on dates though.

[Bobby Bones]

You want to know why shows like if your heart's going more.

[Morgan]

No, but that's funny too. But no, my hinge matches would pop up on there while I would be on a date.

[Bobby Bones]

The worst.

[Morgan]

And it'd be like a picture of a dude because that's for some reason how it shows up. And I haven't sat down and messed with it. How to get the notifications to stop popping up. But literally I was on a date with a guy. He goes to the bathroom and the bartender comes up to me and she goes, hey, just a heads up. I keep seeing like hinge things pop up on your watch.

[Bobby Bones]

The worst.

[Morgan]

And I was like, oh my God, that's so awkward. And she's like, yeah, just a heads up. So I like took it off, stuffed in my purse, went on with the date and you know, now I can't wear it.

[Bobby Bones]

Get this watch away from me.

[Morgan]

Is that weird? What would you do if, like you're on a date with somebody?

[Bobby Bones]

I think it was fair. It was the wild west. You knew when you're dating somebody on those apps that they're dating other people too. I don't think it's really strict.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You wouldn't feel weird about it?

[Bobby Bones]

No. I think you joked around about, oh, you got another Tinder date. Like, you got them lined up, you're just dating.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Okay, that makes me feel a little bit better. But I did panic and now I haven't been wearing it on my day.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's wild that it just shows up and the face to you.

[Morgan]

Yeah, it's a whole. It's like the whole first picture and I'm like, okay, go away. Okay, tell me about a chick pops up, like, ma'am, is there something we need to talk about? Tell me about your trend. You were talking about how Eddie thinks he started the Hawaiian shirt trend.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. He said in high school he did flip flops in Hawaiian shirts. And then the next day, within a week, everybody to school started wearing Hawaiian shirts. So my idea was, as a prep idea, I said, what is a trend you started? And so for me, I'm gonna say Stevenson Ranch. It's my boy, Mike Stud. He created the company. It's a fake ranch. It doesn't exist. It's just this in your mind. Just like it's like Yellowstone, you know, like Yellowstone. Yeah, there's the theme. But Yellowstone doesn't really exist. I get It's a. It's a state of mind. Okay, you get that point. So people watch Yellowstone. I mean, the physical Yellowstone is like some Yellowstone National Park.

[Morgan]

Yeah, Yellowstone national park and Yellowstone, the TV show are nothing of the same.

[Bobby Bones]

Correct. But it's just like the mindset of Yellowstone. Well, the mindset of Stevenson Ranch is just this make believe ranch dude. And so. But my boy created it. Okay, let me get back to my point. So I started wearing the Stevenson Ranch sr. I have all these hats that say sr. I swear, within a month, every major artist was wearing it. Kane Brown, Bailey Zimmerman, Ernest. Every single one. Travis Kelsey, Kill a Trav. Taylor Swift. She doesn't, but Travis Kelsey is with her and he wears it. All these people wear it. I was there at the infancy. I wore Stevenson Ranch before anybody.

[Morgan]

Okay. And do you feel like you influenced any of these artists? Like when they came in and you had it on, you were part of that trend?

[Bobby Bones]

You know the answer to that no.

[Morgan]

You have to answer it, Jackie.

[Bobby Bones]

That works with us. What does she wear?

[Morgan]

I don't know. I haven't seen it.

[Bobby Bones]

Stevenson Ranch hat.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

She got that from me. Girl, I started the trend.

[Morgan]

Okay. I don't know if I can get on board with this one, but, you know, I'm going to let you stay in this Delulu space, and I think it's great for you.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you have one?

[Morgan]

I don't have a trend, like fashion. Trend like that, but I would have bangs. I did get some people to cut bangs.

[Bobby Bones]

All right.

[Morgan]

That was the thing. I had a lot of people that did. I also, you know, had a lot of jerks who hated them. But I would say beyond the bangs, because that was a little moment of time. I started the saying words are hard. Like, I say that a lot because I mess up words all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

I would say, you started that.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And I'm like, words are hard.

[Bobby Bones]

Words are hard.

[Morgan]

That was. That was the thing.

[Bobby Bones]

Words are hard.

[Morgan]

I'm pretty sure you can hear the inception of that phrase on Best Bits, when Best Bits first started.

[Bobby Bones]

Words are hard.

[Morgan]

Yeah, words are hard. So I'm sure somebody else said it before me or something or other. But at least in the trend of. Of people around, like, words are hard.

[Bobby Bones]

You started it.

[Morgan]

We'll just stay Delulu. Okay. We're going to jump out of here before Ray and I keep getting Delulu on more particular topics. But, Ray, thanks for being here.

[Bobby Bones]

Of course.

[Morgan]

Tell the people where they can find you, hear you, all that good stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

I think I'm obligated to do it, but, yeah, happy to be here. You can find me Sizzinraymundo. And then I'm also on the Sore Losers podcast with Lunchbox. We got a YouTube. And then you can search us on any of the apps that you and just Sore Losers podcast. And you can listen to us three episodes a week. We're the only show that does that.

[Morgan]

You are. You guys are in there yelling every single day. I hear you.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, except for the Bobby Bone show. They do five a week.

[Morgan]

The one that you're on.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

Okay. You can also check out my podcast. Take this personally. Totally polar opposite. And Ray is right. I don't do that three times a week. That is just once a week. But his wife Laura is going to be on soon, so she's making me.

[Bobby Bones]

Drive her to your house.

[Morgan]

Yeah, they'll be over at my house as we can, recording the episode.

[Bobby Bones]

And I'm not inviting myself over. She literally said, you have to drive me over there because it's a far drive. And then we're just gonna make a brunch out of it.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Yeah, for sure. So check that out.

[Bobby Bones]

And the invite's there for you.

[Morgan]

I know. Laura texted me. We'll see how my day goes. I'm trying not to do anything this weekend, Ray.

[Bobby Bones]

Then don't.

[Morgan]

You know how many times I haven't done anything in a weekend? Like, recently? Not. So that's where we're at right now. Okay, everybody, have a great weekend. Ray, thanks again for being here.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's the best bits of the week with Morgan. Thanks for listening. Be sure to check out the other two parts this weekend. Go follow the show on all social platforms Obby Bones show and follow webgirlmorgan to submit your listener questions for next week's episode.

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[Morgan]

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[Julian Lennon]

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[Alec Baldwin]

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